New-York tribune., 1906-10-28
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But what has become of the two candidates."
,a sala she Busy Man II haven't heard either of
them speak yet"
MT Hughes has been making an upstate tour
speaking at Kingston Elrlira. Cortland ana
Ithaca" was the reply He promised If elected
TO make many reforms in the various state de-
partInentS and commissions He laid narticular
stress on the Railroad Commission saving that
ne desired TO see the railroad companies live up
70 thelr charter obligations and provide proper
IaClnties Tor the people. Mr.. Hearst has con-
Lhed MS attentions to New York City. He ad-
Square Garden
We'll Sir" remarked the Busy Man Poll
'icS seems to be all people talking about"
- Inc poHcyholders Of the Mutual and the New
toIh LIE nave been talking about something
else, responded the Busy Man. THE election
Hght grows still hotter. The policyholders
committee brought suit against the New York
LIe Tor an injunction restraining it from
electoneering at the policyholders' expense.
The committee expects to base on this suit a
criminal action against the company. The
pohcyholders Of both companies succeeded in
compelling their officers to make daily
ports of the balloting. Commissioner Bingham
smashed all police records by transferring
elghty-eight captains, some of whom were sent
twenty miles from their old precincts The
Shake-up was accelerated by the clash between
Dr. Parkhurst and the police. in which the
clergyman charged the latter with permitting
disorderly houses to open up in certain sec
tions. To prove his accusations DIR. Parkhurst's
society made raids on four alleged Illegal resorts
in the Tenderloin. The Street Cleaning Depart
nlent has head, Macdonough Craven who
was an inspecting engineer in the department.
John j. Delany, who resigned as Corporation
Counsel, has been looked after. He is to have
position on one or two commissions Condem-
nation proceedings for the new water system"
In our last talk you said that President
Roosevelt was going TO Panama" said the Busy
Man. Has he started yet?'
''The President changed his plans" said the
Constant Reader land will visit not only PAN
anna but Porto Rico. He expects to leave
Washington November on the Dolphin. The
President has made many changes in the Cabi-
q
s. Straus, Secretary of Commerce and La
Dor. The new assignments, therefore. are
follows: George B. Corteyou, Secretary Of the
treasury; George Ven L. Meyer, Postmaster
General; Charles J. Bonaparte, Attorney Gen.
ana Oscar S. Straus, Secretary of Commerce
and Labor. These assignments are TO take
place January l, when Attorney General Moody
resigns from the Cabinet. And here's other out
of-toWn news for you: A trans-Alaska- Siberian
railway company has been incorporated TO build
a tunnel under Bering Strait and thus make
possible an all-rail route from New York to
Paris. The Standard Oil Company was in
dicted In Kentucky on 1.294 counts. which. If
the company is convicted, would run its fines
into Millions
How is it there seems to be nothing happen
ing in Japan?" said tho Busy Man "One never
hears of the Japs nowadays
More has happened lately in the island
piled the Constant Reader THE japanese have
taken offence at us because in San Francisco
japanese children have been excluded from the
public schools. Accordingly, the Japanese Min
lister made official request of the Secretary of
State that the treaty of 1894 be carried out
which guarantees Japanese children in this
country the privilege Of attending the public
schools. In China army manpuVres are being
held at which the Chinese forces compare well
with the best drilled armies of Europe. Another
strike has broken out in Russia, The entire body
Of workmen in the railroad shops at Ekaterin-
oslaY, Briansk and Dnioprovsk, numbering
than 10000 men, quit work and raised the black
flag. AS a CHASTITY reminder Of the with
JAPAN Russian steamer blown up by a
floating mine Vladivostos and two hun
dred lives were lost, The English Parliament
reopened, the beginning Of the session being
about one hundred women suffragists took part
They had pushed their way into the House of
Commons intending to buttonhole members.
They were removed, amid scenes of great dis
order. The leaders were arrested. In France NJ.
CleTnenceau has been chosen Premier. He has
shown that he intends to continue the liberal
policy begun by yWaldeck-Rousseau. For Minister
vestigated the Dreyfus case and reported the
man TO be the victim Of conspiracy. Austria
Hungary also has Premier Baron
Aehrenthal succeeding Count GOluChowsld.
Spain is contemplating the adoption OF the gold
standard. Cuba has become much quieter AS
fast the oldtime insurrectiOnists give UP their
rifles the arms are thrown into the sea-"
Didn't notice what names were in the obtt-
uary column last week" said the Busy Man.
Among those who died" was the response,
were George A Crocl1er, a metal dealer Of New
York; Auguste I. CaTdier, New York manu-
facturer; Major General James w. Forsyth. Of
Columbus Ohio; Nine Ratanayapt. wife of the
new Minister from Siam, and Mrs. Theresa
Viele- Griffin, widow of General Egbert L. Viele,
L. S. A"