New-York tribune., 1906-06-10
FOR THE BUSY MAN

har. Cassatt said he intended that the coppanv
shoulo nave thorough housecleaning.
one hears mighty little about Jerome ana
the insurance thieves nowadays" said the Busy
Man ~
rhe District Attorney is on the trail Of
wrongdoers In the Mutual just now" said the
constant Reader. HE had witnesses before the
insurance grand jury last week for the purpose
OF lndicting one eX-AIutual official for forgery
ana another one for perjury. Meantime Dr.
water h Gillette, former vice-president of the
company, returned to the Mutual $4,000 ex-
pialhlng that it was what was left of a trust
tuha placed In his keeping. lie did not say why
. ne mad Kept the balance so long. Following the
return OF the money the Mutual began suit
against DR.. Gillette for large sums for which he
Itao not rendered a proper accounting. Robert
aIso a. Shranniss also former vice-president, viii
atso pe sued on similar grounds. Andy Fields
the yellow dog tanner OF the Mutual has OBJ
tanned a promise of immunity from District At
torney Jerome if he (Fields) will tell the names
OF the legislators and other state officials who
tooK the Mutual money. One Of these it is said
Is me Governor OF a state"
What will ever be done about the S0-cent gas
law interrupted the Busy Man again
The law has been held up for a still longer
Lhe' replied the Constant Reader Judge
Lacombe. in the United States Circuit Court
continued the injunction restraining the author
lIes Ifon enforcing the law until the final de-
c!Slon or the court is rendered as to its con-
sntutionaiity. The judge also said, however
that the Gas Trust could not cut off the gas of
consumers who refused to pay the old 81 rate
The Telephone Trust has also been in the lime
light 1t was told by the Board Of Estimate
mat lhat It's rival Inc Atlantic Telephone Company,
Mn4ch Is seeking franchise, would not get it If
the city, ~
some one was saying that William P. Hearst
would certainly be nominated by the Democrats
as their next Presidential candidate" said the
Busy Man.
I would not bet too heavily on that score"
replied the Constant Reader. Bryan seems now
TO be the man. The Democrats of various states
are indorstng him. Indiana South Dakota Mis-
souri, and Arkansas have come out for him.
Meantime, Pennsylvania Republicans named ex-
Mayor Stuart OF PHILADELPHIA for Governor Ont
In Oregon George Z. Chamberlain, a Democrat
was reelected Governor. The Republicans.
however, elected their Congressman. At Wash
ington the Naturalization and Niagara bills were
passed. the first by the House, the second by the
Senate. The Rate bill was sent back TO con-
ference. Meantime, Joseph r. Burton, United
states Senator from Kansas, resigned Foster
Jwlght Coourn was appointed by Governor
Hoch to the vacancy"
Russia must be pretty quiet these days"
said the Busy Man, so little is said about that
country
"A revolt is spreading through the Cars
empire" the reply which VIII cause more
talk later. Peasants burning forests and
estates. They refuse to pay rent or taxes or to
furnish recruits. The troops at Kursk mu-
TIMED. The breach between the Car and the
Assembly widens. Meantime, the Russian gov
ernmcnt is reaching out for a slice of Mongolia.
II has sent government expedition to explore
that country. Spain breathes more easily for
Morales, who attempted the assassination of the
King and Queen, committed suicide"
heard somewhere that a judge dead"
said the Busy Man.
You mean ex-Justice George Carter Barrett
Of the New York Supreme Court who died at
Saratoga" replied the Constant Reader. "Others
who died last week were United States Senator
Arthur Pue German, OF Maryland Oliver 8
Teall, q New York real estate man; Charles
Dana. merchant of this city; Thomas O'Connor
Jones, son Of rich Pittsburg steel manufact-
urer, and Sir Frederick Peel, second son OF the
famous Sir Robert Peel"