New-York tribune., 1906-12-23
rousfaut Reader Tells What He
Missed IN Last Weeks Papers.

Missed IN Last Weeks Papers.
q heard that there was a famine down SOUTH"
sid the Busy Man, but didn't believe J.
y an glad you didn't" responded the Constant
x,.sser for there is no famine down South IN
s,.,s. it's in the Northwest The railroads IN
.finnesota North and South Dakota and Montana
AVE not furnished enough cars 10 supply many
communities in that part OF the country with fuel
srs food. The winter has brought great suuer1Us'
4. hearings which the Interstate Commerce CON-
,,,ssion has bean holding II Minneapolis. 10 learn
nv the railroads have been unable 10 provide ade-
mate transportation facilities It was learned that
a some regions farmers were burning their fences
s,s ortbuildings 10 keep from freezing. Il also
vss brought out that this shortage has greatly
sepressed the price of wheat, that at many points
phsat was rottns tie ground because Il could
not be marketed, and that at other places the
farmers rsd either 20 sell their wheat for little
nothing or haul Il back home again. The President
has taken deep interest in the car shortage Ques-
f.an having received complaints not only from the
S0rthwest but many other parts of the United
s.stss. As result Of his efforts coal care are
heing rushed TO the suffering districts. Senator
Fansbrough, OF North Dakota visited the White
youse 10 show Mr.. Roosevelt a hilI giving the
Interstate Commerce Commission the necessary
authority 70 investigate and order the dispatch
q cars from one part OF the country TO another,
where. In its judgment, the cars are more needed
But what does the commission itself think about
re question: asked the Busy Man impetuously.
According 20 its annual report. the commission
ysys that there is regular freight car famine in
almost every section OF the country replied the
Constant Reader. In some localities IL has
amounted almost 10 calamity. The extraordinary
rIcsps-itv which everywhere abounds, with the
/ gh prices obtainshle Tor all classes Of commodi-
ass Says the commission, has so stimulated pro-
eueaon as 70 yield volume Of transportation
business which far exceeds in the aggregate the
carrying capacity Of the railroads
i stiu hear great deal OF talk said the Busy
zlsn about those Negro soldiers whom the Presi-
6suI discharged. 1 was told yesterday that the
President regretted his action and had reinstated
"9e did just the opposite" replied the Constant
Rssosr. In message 70 Congress Mr.. Roosevelt
defended his action II vigorous language. lie save
paries B. and D. Of the 18th Infantry. AZ BrowuE-
tls members Of those companies The evidence
proved concluslyelg, the President said. that
Concerted attack. as coldblooded rs it cow
Erdly Tie purpose being 10 rerrortze the community
and 10 klA or lnJure men women and children il
their homes and beds or IN the streets A biaCker
crime. the President said. never stained the annals
Cf the American army. Nevertheless. Senator
f0raksr has taken up The cudgsls with the Presi-
tpeech on the heor Of the Senate he said that Br.
conceived lls duties and nisrepreseuted the facts.
As consequence. lhe Senate Committee on Mill
ing inquiry into the BrownsviIe rioting.
- Tie President was especially active last week
plher messages, all IN one day in which he dis
eussed the Panama Canal. The personnel OF the
Tots q news in Washington these days" re-
i1srksa l2 The The Busy Man Things certainly keep
There was some moving IN the different de-
&c Constant Reader oscar s strars took 6fsice
saossedSd Victor II Ssteaif Who % 65ca. ecr1 re
ilTy q the Navy, n place OF Nj, Bonaparte, who
i0ok the place Of Mr. Moody who became a justice
& lAe United states Supreme Court Meantime
gevenues Of more than $1,000 40 over those OF 1895
tbe greatesr increase in the history OF the service
mere seems 10 Dc JUL n the war against the
t.gsts JUST a. present said the Busy Man as he
y doa't know why you think Sc returned the
STATE last week began action against the American
jee Company 70 dissolve il. alleging that it Was
Eus- tAe iedera4 government also began It's night
ssrs iG court - snow how ITSle & ~ ~ Is15 ] nv
the agreement OF competitions Indeed the prose
cution announced that fl had evidence which
eeen under the probe OF Herbert s; Hadley. the
Attorney General OF Missouri ana witnesses ar an
.sS.ry coIGueted "a his city made statements 20
oally abandoned the fight These witnesses testified
taI the Republic and Waters-Plerce oil companies
n fscf drew a ssIsTy 5irectv from the Rocle-
cent OF the Mutual Reserve Life. was sentenced 10
7 understand CalunBis I-niIerSitv received
tg grant OF land; said the BUSY alan.
the Constant Reader Through the generosity
Ts5 A Rgs5 sage 5hst ss 2s9a @5 ana e1 's @
area q fourteen acres. II ad5oins the university
toc G9vernor-elect Hughes. 10 learn how the
Erookivu Bridge jam may be renedieC. travelled
over tie bridge IL the height ~ the rush hour.
Albert T. Patrick has escaped the electric chair.
his death sentence being COmmuted 10 life i'm
frisOnmeut. The news, however, bitterly dlsap-
pointed The prisoner as he said he had hoped for
pardon"
In our last talk YOU said that France was seek
ig the enforcement 0f the Separation act quiet
y az possible said the Busy Man. Has this
course uaciied the Pope
No the Vatican Is stTl opposed 10 any recog-
Tiuo1 o. The law dlssolving Church and State
leplsd the Constant Reader. Nevertheless, the
laE is being pur into efec- and thirty more
ecclesiastical residences and more than 4 half
soore ot semiuaries have been evacuated by the
lstholcS Meantime the Chamber q Deputies IS
Discussing law which may prove more ac-
te1tatle Catholics. L simply plaaes the clergy
inaer the cerlnon Law. The aut-clerlcal spirit
I France has aroused A similar feeling in Italy.
= Rome the Vatican even had to be guarded by
troops 10 prevent zu assault upon r by mobs.
, saw that some bishop was dead" said the
Busy Nan
Bishop Charles {. McCabe. Of The Methodist
Episcopal Church. died al the New York Hospital,
fepiied the Constant Reader Others VINO died
iast week were General George A. Aarden, for
ilsny years Assistant TTeasurer Of the United
kisteE. Charles Fremont Cochran. former Con
Gresham from Missouri; Edward Livingston,
wealthy member Of the old New York family Of
thiE name and James 5. Coleman, ex-Streer Clean
~ Commissioner and one OF the firm which built
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