The National tribune., 1906-02-15

1843. and as soon as he was able -
go To the field began his career az ~
agitator and so-called soldier. He has
been In prison for years. banished sew
eral times, President of Ecuador for
three years and a leader in revolutions
I'm other South American countries. A
great many men have thought him "a
good subject for removal, aid 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 lew
el. which is said to be not only the
highest garden I'm the world, but the
most perfect OF its kind.
The Americans in Paris are watching
with much interest n legal battle be-
tween two American women who have
acquired titles. One of these j. tho
Countess Spottiswoode-Ma ckin. who
vas formerly Sailie Britton. of st.
Louis. and Is the widow of State Sem
aior Mackin. who was ennobled b. the
Pope. The other Is the Duchess dc II
Rochefoucauld. who was Miss Matte
Mitchell. daughter Of the late Senator
from Oregon. The Duchess and her
husband rented the CounteSs's house az
500 month, but vacated II. complaint
ing that the furnace was out OF order
aid dangerous. The Duchess sued for
1900 damages on account OF incon-
vcHience. The Countess retort.d by
etc. upon n claim for $4,000 damage
for the violation OF the contract.
Boss Murphy Of Tammanv finds JUST
as he was calculating to take advantages
0. the intestine troubles in the Repubi-
can Party, hat he has more serious
ones OF his own In Tammany. While
the Republicans are divided between
Higgins and Odell the Democrats hava
threefold rift. MIR. Murphy and his
friends favor ID. Cady Herrick for Cow
ernor, while Timothy ID. 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
arc most unpalatable to Mr.. Murphy
as Jerome has roasted him Ia q darh
brown on the stump, while Mr.. Hearst
has allowed no paper to go 10 press
without savage dig at the Tamnany
boss
Gen. w. Y. W. Ripley. who died al
Rutland, VT. last month, went into tho
service as Captain of Co K. LIST VT. I'm
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 hin
out Of further active service. though nd
was anxious TO return to the field Ih
1864 he was commissioned Major-tfen-
eral of the Vermont Militia, which POI
sition he held until the law was
changed. In 1868 he was Delegate TO
the Republican National Convention,
and was Mayor Of Rutland in 1899. For
many years he was engaged i'm the mar
bic business under the firm name OF
Ripley Sons.
The court-martial has acquitted En-
sign Charles I. Wade of responsibility
for the explosion on the gunboat Benz
nington in San Diego Harbor.
Col. Frank o. Lowden is a candidate
for Representative Hits seat in Com
gress. He lives in Ogie County and the
strange spectacle is presented of the
Deneen and Yates Republicans sup
porting him, although he is a strong
adherent of Senator Cullom's. This ID
the only obstacle i'm the way of his
ambition. and 1t is suggested as conn
promise that he only work for CulIom
in his own County. One reason for this
favor IS that when he was candidate
for Governor in 1904 he 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 1t would be
treachery to Senator Cullom. There
fore, it i felt that he has a right TO
the nomination. He will still have TO
fight for it, because there are other can
didates in the field, among them II. r.
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.
If the Supreme Court reverses the YER
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. i'm
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
ne is married to a Nicaraguan lady,
daughter of an ex-President and enemy
of Zelaya. Zelaya got down on Mer-
curys 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 q children, and re-
Gently eloped with boarder. She was
arrested in his company and her hus-,
band took her back, but she remained
at home only one day. OF her q chill
dren IA 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 iatters Presidential
term. To bring this about it will ba
necessary TO change the constitution of
the University, which prohibits anybody
but Baptist from being President,
while President Roosevelt belongs to
the Dutch Reform Church.