The National tribune., 1906-04-19

lean prisoners, and this stopped all pro-
| ceedings against him, but he wants. not
| a pardon. but vindiCation. A bill de-
manding a re-examination of the mat
ter is now before the Senate. having
been introduced by Senator Teller.
Representative CARRIER. Chairman of
| the Ohio Democratic Committee. saws
| that Gov. Pattison will surely get well.
| He is suffering with nervous prosira-
| ton only, and the stories about cancer-
Gus growths and kidney trouble are
wholly incorrect
| Mrs. Jane Jutte, widow of the coal
| king, is suing Frank n. Hoffstot an !
| James w. Friend TO recover several
! million dollars worth of prope -ty whi n
she alleged they obtained from her hus-
band before his dea h when he was in
sane. She chargg that they oil every
| thing to induce her hu band to take t.
drinking again after he had quit the
| habit. She had great difficulty for
months before his death in preventing
| him from committing suicide by ju mp
| ing off the bridge, taking poison or
| shooting himself Her testimony is
| strongly to the effect that her husband
was absolutely incapable of transacting
| business at the time that the papers
were signed.
! The friends of Gen. r. TT. Warfeld
Past Senior Commander-in-Ch Chief CIR nd
ARMY OF Ine fteDuBHCs Will Ds STdtile
| to learn that he has established himself
| in new hotel, which he will undoubt-
| dely make as attractive as for many
| years he made his other hotel For
| this he acquired q worldwide reputa-
| ton. His new place, the Hotel Sequoia,
at S0S Geary ST., San Francisco, is alb
| solutely fiTe-proof, with all the latest
comforts and e!egancies
| Capt. W. C. johnson, Past Command
er-in-Chief, Grand Army of the Re-
public, has been appointed Assistant
| Postmaster of Cincinnati. and the in
| telligence will be gratefully received b.
the entire Grand Army of the Repub-
| lie, which remembers with admiration
| how he took up the gavel from the
| hands of the dead Sexton and admin
| istered the affairs of the Order with
the greatest ability and zeal. He has
| been for some years q member of the
| Board of Public Service of Cincinnati.
| Andrew g. Fields, the former legis-
| lative agent of the New York Mutual
| Life. is following the example of Judge
| Andrew Hamilton and turning upon S
acCusers. He says that all Of those
! trustees of the Mutual who are now
| pointing the finger of scorn at him were
| fully aware of all that he did and au-
| thorized and approved of it. Mr.. Fields
| is suffering from an incurable disease,
| but it is hoped that with proper care
his life may be prolonged for some
years.
Representative Joseph W. BabcOck,
who has just retired from the Chair
manship of the Congressional Campaign
Committee. says that he has no idea OF
| retiring from Congress and deyoting
himself to real-estate investments in
Washington. This is an invention of his
enemies. He is. in fact. preparing for
the hardest fight in his political career.
as Senator La Toilette has declared that
his first act in the coming campaign
will be to defeat Babcock for re-elec-
ton. La Toilette proposes to run four
rival candidates, one in each County in
Babcock's District. so as to reduce his
vote in the primaries. Democrats will
be asked to vote for Babe Ock's rivals.
which can be done under the Wisconsin
law.
Gen. Jacob II. Smith, U. S. A, retired.
received a handsome VindicatiOn last
week at the hands of Representative
Henry T. Bannon, of the 10th Ohio Dis
trict Gen. Smith did not need any vim
dication, since his conduct was su5-
tanned by all right-thinking people, but
Mr.. Bannon showed that Gen. Smiths
entire course was proper and soldierly.
Another distinguished foreign noble
man has come to grief. Baron Bavastra
de Carazzi, who has been cutting quite
a SWatn IN New ! OK society, mas DtSii
arrested for 'jumping' his board bill.
He had himself locked in his trunk and
carried out of the hotel. He tainted
when taken into the Police Court.
Carl Schurz wrote to the German
American meeting that there is no rea-
son for quarrels between the United
States and Germany. The friendship
between those peoples is as old as the
Republic itself. Men who would attempt
to bring about Il war without the most
commanding necessity belong to an era
of barbarism.
Capt. George II. Pettis. Secretary CAL
ifornia Volunteer Veteran Association,
Providence, Il. L., has been appointed
by Gov. Utter of Rhode Island, Safe
Sealer of Weights. Measures and Bal
ances and a delegate to the second an
nual meeting of su'h officials in Wash
ington. Capt. Pettis served as First
Lieutenant of Co. X, 1st Cal. and First
Lieutenant and Adiutant of the 1st
n. M.
Capt w a. Fuller, who was con-
ductor of the train stolen by the An
drews Raiders at Big Shanty, April II,
1852, died quite recently at Atlanta,
Ga. Except for his ready action and
courageous pursuit of the raiders their
plans would have been successful. 1t
will be remembered that Andrews and
his party, disguised as refugees, took
possession of Capt. Fuller'S train in the
midst of a Confederate camp and while
the conductor and passengers were at
breakfast. Capt. Fuller with two of his
men rushed after the train on foot for
a while. then got n hand-car, on which
they pushed forward until they secured
an old engine and began the chase with
steam. The country was aroused, the
Union soldiers were run down, cap
tured, and seven of them hanged.
Gen. James N CIarkson, of Iowa, who
was formerly First Assistant Postmas-
ter-General, and one of the ablest po-
litical managers this country ever knew,
is now Surveyor of the Port of New
York He says that his chief interest is
centered In the welfare of his thres
promising sons-Croker. who Is making
his way as a lawyer in New York city:
Hal, who has prospered as q mining
man in the Republic of Uruguay. and
Grosvenor, who has gone to New Mex |
leo to grow up with the country, and
who is a particularly brilliant and at !
tractive young man.
Thos. c. Hennings. of St. Louis. a |
prominent Democratic politician, says
that Missouri is for Folk, and that MI. |
Folk is making no canvass as yet for
the nomination, and | do not know that
he will make one, but | am convinced, |
as affairs are now shaping. that the |
West and South will be united for him
for the nomination in 1905"
The latest NEVIS from eX-President
James w. Alexander. of the Equitable,
is that he has undergone two surgical
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