The National tribune., 1906-02-15

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| is4s. and as soon as he Was able to
go TO the field began his career as an
sgita;or and so-calletf soldier, He has
| been in prison for years. banished sew
1 erai times, President of Ecuador for
| three years, and leader in revolutions
! iTi other South American countries. A
great many men have thought him u
good subject for removal, and more
than a dozen times there have been
serious efforts made to aSsassinate him
Queen Margherita of Italy has an
+ Alpine garden 5000 feet above sea lev
el which is said to be not only the
highest garden In the world, but the
most perfect of its kind.
The Americans in Paris are watching
with much interest legal battle be-
| tween two American women who have
ACQUIRED titles. one of these i the
Countess Spottiswoode-Mackin who
was formerly S1llie Brittou. of ST.
Louis. and is the widow of state SEN
aior Mackin. who was ennobIed b. the
/ Pope. The other is the Duchess Dc ID
/ Rochefoucauld. who was Miss Matte
I Mitchell daughter of the late Senator
I from Oregon. The Duchess and her
/ husband rented the Countess's house at
/ $500 month, but vacated II, complains
I ing that the furnace was out of order
and dangerous. The Duchess sued for
! 5000 damages on account OF incon-
vcnience. The Countess retorted by
seizing the Duchess's furs. Jewels Iaces.
etc. upon a claim for $4,000 damage
/ for the violation OF the contract.
Boss Murphy of Tammany finds JUST
as he was calculating to take advantage
/ o. the Intestine troubles in the Repubi-
| can Party. hat he has more seriouS
/ ones or his own in Tammany. Whiia
| the Republicans are divided between
| Higgins and Odell the Democrats hava
a threefold rift. Mr.. Murphy and his
| II
ernor. while Timothy d. Sullivan and
the men who follow him are of opin-
| ion that nobody but William Travers
Jerome can carry the State. Still an
other powerful faction is for William
/ X. Hearst. Both Jerome and Hearst
are most unpalatable to Mr. Murphy,
as Jerome has roasted him to dark
| brown on the stump, while Mr.. Hearst
! has allowed no paper to go 10 press
without a savage dig at the Tammany
| boss.
Gen. w. Y. W. Ripley. who died al
/ Rutland, VT, last month, went into tho
service as Captain of Co K. lst Vt in
the first three months service. and
afterward entered the 1st L. s Sharp
shooters, in which he became Lieu;en-
ant-Colonel and was seriously wounded
at Malvern Hill. His wounds kept hinh
out of further active service. though hb
was anxious 10 return to the field. III
1919 ne was commissioned Ma1or-tfen-
erai of the Vermont Militia, which po-
sition he held until the law was
changed. In 1858 he was a Delegate to
the Republican National Convention,
and was Mayor of Rutland in 1899 For
many years he was engaged in the mar
Die business under the firm name Of
Ripley Sons.
The court-martial has acquitted En-
sign Charles T. Wade of responsibility
for the explosion on the gunboat Ben-
nington in San Diego Harbor.
Col Frank o. Lowden is a candidate
for Representative Hits seat in Con-
gress He lives in Ogle County, and the
Deneen and Yates Republicans sup
porting him, although he is a strong
adherent of Senator CullOm's. This is
III" only obstacle in the way of his
ambition, and it is suggested as a COM
promise that he only work for CUlIorI
in his own County. One reason for this
favor is that when ne was candidate
for Governor in 1901 ne lost like a man
IL the Deneen and Yates forces and
then turned around and helped all he
could to elect Deneen. He refused to
accept the nomination on the ground
upon which it was given to Deneen,
because he argued that it would be
treachery to Senator Cullom. There
fore, it b felt that he has right TO
the nomination. He will still have to
didates in the field. among them r. r. 4
Tiffany. an out-and-out Deneen man.
Gen. Smith ID. Atkins. of Stephenson
County, is also a probable candidate.
and each of the other Counties in the
District has one or more candidates,
but they are identified with one faction
or the other. so that their nomination
is not considered probable.
The case of Caleb Powers is now be-
fore the United States Supreme Court,
and the Kentucky Republican Club is
soliciting subscriptions to aid him in
continuing the fight for his innocence.
Il the Supreme Court reverses the ver-
dict of the Kentucky Courts. a fifth
trial will follow. If they are sustained,
the case will go to the Federal Court in
the State.
In spite of having been most useful
to President Zelaya. of Nicaragua. in
helping save his son from a distateful
marriage. Consul Chester C. Mercury,
of Boston, has become a persona non
srata. and Zelaya refuses TO receive
him. The grounds of offense are that
he is married to Nicaraguan lady,
daughter of an ex-Presldent and enemy
of Zelaya. Zelaya got down on Mer-
cury's predecessor, and the State De-
partment had to find him another place.
Mrs. Rosanna Nolan, of Poquonock,
Conn, attracts attention to her remark
able maternity record by suit for di-
vorce from her husband. 1t develops
that while she is only 40 years old she
is the mother of % children, and re-
Gently eiOped with boarder She Wa9
arrested in his company and her hus-'
band took her back, but she remained
at home only one day. OF her 27 chill
dren II are now alive. She asked for
the separation from her husband and
the custody of four minor daughters.
1t was the hope of the late President
Harper of the Chicago University that
President Roosevelt would succeed him
at the end of the idtter'S Presidential
term. TO bring this about it will ba
necessary TO change the constitution OF
the University, which prohibits anybody
but a Baptist from being President,
while President Roosevelt belongs to-
the Dutch Reform Church.