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ESTABLISHED 1887.
PALMA MAKES REPLY
Caban Delegate Says Zertbnha’s Story
Is False.
MACEO DID NOT INVITE DEATH
But Bore His Banners Bravely
For Freedom
CUBAS' CAUSE NOT A LOST ONE
The Insurgent Leader Wai "’ell Satisfied
With the Condition «C Affiirs and Confi
dent of U.tiinate Success—Forty Thous
and Men Are Now Flichtlug For the
Freedom of the Island.
New York, Dec. 25 —General Tomas
’ Estrada Palma, the Cuban delegate, has
given out a statement in reply to the
published letter of Dr. Zertucha, in
which the doctor says that Maceo, driven
to despair by the nonsupport of the
> rebel government, invited his own doom;
that members of the Cuban council are
in the pay of Spain; that they failed to
back their own general, and that Maceo
was dispirited from several letters from
thoss connected with the civil govern
ment of the insurgents.
General Palma’s reply is as follows:
“I am not very much surprised to see
Dr. Zertucha rush into print for the pur
pose of distracting attention from him
self by attracting it to a scandalous
charge, which can only aid him with
the Spaniards.
•■For me it is a sufficient indication
of the man’s character that he surren
der’s to the enemy under the conditions
jn his case, and that he is treated in
such kindly manner by the Spaniards.
“What more natural than that he, in
combination with a Spanish diplomacy,
should be the instrument by which the
(evolution should be discredited? He
certainly knows that this interview will
ultimately be sent to Cuba, where it
cannot be received by the Spaniards
otherwise than with demonstrations of
gratitude.
Maceo Was Not DowncMt.
*‘l know from letters received from
General Antonio Maceo personally, as
well as from a person of our mutual
confidence, through whom we frequently
communicated, that Maceo was not in
the desperate straits depicted by Dr.
Zertucha. The following extract from
a letter which I lately received will
show that Maceo was well satisfied with
the condition of affairs:
“ ‘The active operations of the cam
paign have prevented me, much against
my wishes, from answering immediately
your welcome communications of Dec.
19 and 25. General Rius Rivera, hap
pily disembarked with all the war ma
terial sent, which was well employed in
a series of hard combats which were
signal victories for us.
“ ’The object of Weyler was to im
prison our army between two fortified
lines and make us suffer a tremendous
defeat, ly means of simultaneous at
tacks by forces previously placed in
those positions, but the most brilliant
success crowned our efforts, six of the
enemy’s columns, which tried to impede
our progress after our saving the expe
dition of General Rius Rivera, being
destroyed. ’
Cubans In Good Condition.
“As late as Dep. 6, the day before it
is reported Im was killed,” General
Palma said, “a person of veracity and
confidence had a conference with the
general, and I am informed that Maceo
then stated that the Cuban forces in
Pinar del Rio were in excellent condi
tion, in charge of Rius Rivera, and that
he was well satisfied with his position.
“Zertucha’s last published interview
differs in detail from all others previ
ously published. His assertion of Ma
ceo’s disappointment is absolutely
groundless.
“Zertucha’s attitude towards his
former companions in arms is such as
cannot win for him the credence, of any
honest man.”
Continuing, Sen or Palma said:
"We have 40,000 well equipped
soldiers in active operation on the field.
If they fall, 40,000 more soldiers will
spring up to take their places. The Cu
bans will die, if necessary, but they will
never give up the fight until they are
free from Spain. They do not forget
the blood their countrymen have shed.”
A TRAGEDY AT LAGRANGE.
Claude Dno.on Shot and Almost In.tantly
Killed by Dougla** Cooper.
LaGrange, Ga., Dec. 25.—Douglass
Cooper killed Claude Dunson on the
public square here. The shooting was
entirely unprovoked. The murderei
fled and has not been captured.
Douglass Cooper is a son of Mr. J. N.
Cooper, one of the oldest merchants in
this city. Young Cooper has been vir
tually the manager of the business, as
Mr. Cooper is in very feeble health.
It seems that during the day a negro
did some trading there and money was
changed and the negro went out. La
ter on the negro came back with a worn
dime, which he said was given him
there in change and that he c mid not
pass it.
From a statement of one of Mr. Coon
er’s salesmen, the uagro was more oi
le«s insolent when he wus told that he
did not get the dime there and that he
must get out, as they were not going t<
give him another in place of it.
Young Cooper came up mid told tin
negro to get out or he would cut hi>.
throat. The negro went out and when
' outside began Io curse and said he wa>
on the public streets, his tone of voic<
and manner of speech indicating that
he would do worse than talk if any on»
came out for him. Douglass Ooopn
THE ROME TRIBUNE.
went out after'the negro and Wade Mc-
Cain went out with him, telling him to
come back, as the negro was going off,
and not to have a difficulty with him.
Cooper, however, caught up with the
negro or found him in front of Dunson
Bros.’ store, and began to quarrel with
him. Suddenly Cooper reached back to
draw his pistol. Claude Dunson, who
was standing by, saw him and grabbed
at him, saying:
“Oh, Douglass, don’t do that; he
hasn't done anythingl”
Whereupon Cor-per struck Dunson
and knocked his hat off.
Dunson stooped to pick it up and as
he was rising up with it Cooper shot
him, the ball entering the left eye and
coming out at the back of his head.
Dunson fell and was picked up by
friends and carried into a drug store,
where he lingered for about one hour
without uttering a word after he was
shot.
AN IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY.
The New Treaty Between Japan and Peru
Ratified at Washington.
Washington, Dec. 25.—An interest
ing ceremony occurred ut the Japanese
legation when final ratifications of a
new treaty between Japan and Peru
were exchanged by Minister Hoshima of
Japan and Consul General Bergmann,
acting as plenipotentiary for Peru.
The Japanese copy was prepared with
the artistic elegance characteristic of
that nation and enclosed iu an envelope
of heavy velvet, on which was em
broidered the arms of Japan and the
two national flowers, the chrysanthe
mum and the panlowonia. This was in
turn placed in a box of exquisite work
manship made of lacquer, with mount
ings of gold and including the arms and
national flowers in gold.
The new treaty is one of a series
which Japan is effecting with all na
tions and is almost identical with the
one concluded with the United States
about a year ago. It is brought about,
however, under unusual circumstances.
In 1873, when Japan was first entering
upon her modern policy, she sought to
keep out Chinese slaves, who were
taken to Japan byway of Peru. For
this purpose a treaty was made with
Peru which stopped the slave trade.
But in securing this Japan granted to
Peru all the powers enjoyed by such na
tions as the United States and Great
Britain in maintaining consular cou s
in Japan and the new treaty does away
with these consular courts on July 17,
1899. It gives Peru the benefit of the
favored nation clause. Another treaty
to this one has just been cone.uded be
tween Japan and Brazil. The signa
tures have been affixed at Paris.
Committed Suicide While Insane.
St. Louis, Dec. 25.—Albert A. Met
ziek, aged 44 years, a German with a
fine education and a bent for invention,
committed suicide by shooting himself
in the head. It is thought the deed was
committed while he was insane. For
several years, until recently, he has been
an inmate of an insane asylum. Three
years ago he invented a street car fen
der. He told another man of his design
in order to have his project adopted by
some company. He claims that this
man had the design printed iu his own
name, robbed him of all credit and
profit. Metziek worried over this until
his mind gave way
Alderman < harmed With Bribery.
Minneapolis, Dec. 25. Aiderman
George A. Burnam of the Third ward
was arraigned in the district court and
pleaded not guilty to an indictment for
bribery. He is charged with demanding
a bribe of SIO,OOO from Halvorsen, Rich
ards & Go., a firm of contractors, which
bid on the excavations for the new res
ervoir. His first arraignment resulted
in the grand jury’s investigation of mu
nicipal affairs and a number of other in
dictments will follow.
Fee and Salary Law Valid.
Indianapolis, Dec. 25.—The supreme
court has affirmed the decision of the
circuit court of Vanderburgh county,
refusing to allow the claim of the aud
itor of that county for services under
the provisions of the fee and salary law
of 1879. The court holds that the fee
and salary law of 1895, which provides
that county officials shall receive a
fixed salary without fees, is constitu
tional and valid.
Two Germans Fight a Duel.
Stuttgart, Dec. 25.—A duel, result
ing in the serious wounding of both
combatants, was fought near this city
between Baron Wangenheim, ex secre
tary of the German legation at Copen
hagen, and Count Uxkull Gyllenbaid.
The wounds of both combatants were sc
severe as to render necessary their re
moval to a hospital.
> hoot Ing Affray at a Dance.
Russellville, Ky., Dec. 25. —Thomas
Bracken was fatally shot at a dance 8
miles north of the city and Babe Ship
per ot this city was slightly wounded.
Peter Gillum did the shooting. All are
white and respectable families. Gillum
has not been captured.
The Quarterly Pen.lon Payment.
Washington, Dec. 25.—The secretary
of the interior has issued a requisition
on the treasury for $10,800,000 for next
month’s quarterly pension payments.
The amount is divided as follows: Pitts
burg. $1,775,000; Milwaukee, $1,895,000;
Des Moines. la.. $2,100,000; Concord, N.
H.. $700,000; Chicago, $2,750,000; Buf
falo, $1,000,000.
The Cante of the Delay.
Paris, Dec. 25 The Intrasigeant
says that the delay in appointing a suc
cessor to Baron de Uoursel as ambassador
to the court of St. James is due to the
desire of M. Hanotaux, the minister of
foreign affairs,.to be envoy of France at
St Wterwbursr.
ROME, GA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1896.
WILL PRITCHARD WIN
Senatorial Race In North Carolina
Grows Warm.
ELECTION SOON TO TAKE PLACE
Political Poc Boiling Hot In Tar
Heel State.
QUESTION IS WHO WILL IT BE.
If the Present Occupant of the Seat Is De
feated It Will Probably Be Due to Oppo
sition In His Own Party—J. M. Brower
Hopes to Step In and Secure the Repub
licati Caucus Nomination.
Washington, Dec. 25.—1 n view of
the fact that no party will have a large
majority iu the senate after the fourth
of next March, the election of three or
four senators in different states becomes
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SENATOR J. C. PRITCHARD,
unusually interesting and important.
The selection of a successor to Jeter (J.
Pritchard of North Carolina occurs in
two weeks and there are already several
candidates iu the field, including l the
senator himself.
If Pritchard is beaten for re-election
it may be due to opposition in his own
party. While he has been gaining in
saver with the Populists, he and his
friends have reason for alarm in the de
fection of Republicans. Reports have
reached here that there are two or three
Republican members of the legislature
who will not support Senator Pritchard
for re-election under any circumstances.
Claude Dockery, member-elect from
Rockininghatn county, is said to be one
of these Republicans, and ex-Represent
ative J. M Brower of Mount Airy, is
another.
The defection of Dockery arises from
the fact that he is a sou of Colonel O.
H. Dockery, who was defeated for the
Republican nomination for governor,
aud who was afterward placed on the
Populist state ticket as a candidate for
lieutenant governor. Colonel Dockery
charges his defeat for the nomination
to Senator Pritchard, aud stumped the
state against Pritchard. His son has
taken up the father’s fight, and declares,
it is said, that he will never support
Senator Pritchard.
The case of Mr. Brower is somewhat
different. He is a silver Republican,
although he voted for McKinley. He
hopes to secure the Republican caucus
nomination for senator himself, and be
lieves the Populists would support him.
The Populists, it is said, are not favora
bly disposed to Brower. They declare
that if they are to have a Republican
senator at all, unless he is a silverite,
they woula prefer it to be Pritchard.
They find no tau t with hisa ilityor
with anything except his silver views.
Brower i>oses as a silver Re, übiican,
but he voted for McKinley the same as
Pritchard.
The Populists are watching the situa
tion closely, and there are slight indica
tions, it is said by good judges, that
they are wavering in their opposition to
Pritchard. They have been unable no
far to settle upon a silver Republican
who would vete in the senate to suit
them, and they are rapidly coming to
the conclusion that one Republican is as
good as another. They have not form
ally decided, it is said, to support any
Republican, but many of them are look
ing to Senator Pritchard with more fa
vor than before.
A BABY IN A BEAR’S DEN.
Seeks Shelter From the Snow With Bruin
mid Is Found Uuhurinrd.
Jersey Shore Junction, Pa., Dec.
25. —Little Elsie Yarrow wandered awav
from her home near Germania, in the
Black Forest, and all truce of her was
lost. A heavy snow had fallen, and a
searching party organized by her father
set out to search the forest.
The tracks of the child’s feet were
found and followed into a bear’s den.
There Elsie was found lying uncon
scious. A bear came out of the hole and
was killed
Marvelous to state, the child had not
been injured by the bear. Elsie will re
cover. It is believed that the child
found her way into the cave to obtain
shelter.
THE INAUGUHAL PROGRAM.
Preparation* Helm; Made Fnr MoKhileyV
Induction Into Office.
Washington, Dec. 25. Chairman
Beli of Jthe inauguration committee has
returned from New York where he had
a conference with General Horace Por
ter, the chief marshal of, the inaugura
tion parade. General PorJsr hes .ap
pointed Mr. A. IS. Bldkeinah of S'ew
York chief of staff and Colonel H. O.
Corbin, United States army, as special
aid. Other appointments will be made
from time to time.
General Porter has already perfected
the outlines of the arrangements for the
big parade aud has decided that when
once started it will not be allowed to
stop until the disbanding point is
reached. Both military and civic or
ganizations will be required to march in
columns of 24 front instead of 16, as
heretofore, aud iu close order, the pur
pose being to have 12,000 marchers pass
a given point each hour. The question
of position in the parade will be deter
mined by the order in which the sever il
states came into the Union. Large rep
resentations of cadets from the naval
academy at Annapolis and the West
Point Military academy are expected.
From information received, General
Porter does not expect as large a repre
sentation of the National guard of Penn
sylvania as usual.
Circular letters to the governors of
states are iu course of preparation ask
ing for information as to their personal
escort and the number of state troops
who expect to take part in the parade
and similar information will be re
quested from mayors of cities a-s to or
ganizations. All organizations will be
required to notify the chief marshal of
their desire to participate iu the parade
prior to a certain day, hereafter to be
named, iu order that there may be no
confusion as to positions. A storm cir
cular will be printed and prepared for
distribution, incuse of a storm occurring
on March 4, .necessitating a change in
the program.
Chairman Bell had an interview with
the secretary of the interior iu regard to
the use of the pension office building for
the inaugural ball. The use of the pen
sion office building was freely tendered
and accepted.
General Nelson A. Miles was ap
pointed chairman of the reception com
mittee by Mr. Bell.
PRISON FACTORIES BURNED.
Fire Destroyed One Hundred Thoo.aud
Dollars* Worth of Property at Elmira.
Elmira, N. Y., Dec. 2b.--Fire here
destroyed two buildings at the State Re
formatory, entailing a los< of about
$190,000. The buildings destroyed were
occupied by the F. M. Mills company,
which manufactured plumbers’ and cab
inet supplies. Both were brick struct
ures, two stories high, the two valued
at $40,000. They were at the extreme
west end of the reformatory yards.
After the convicts had left the build
ings the watchman noticed the flames.
The fire engine at the reformatory was
put at work, aud two steamers were
sent up from the city, but it was nearly
three hours before the flames were un
der control.
The loss on stock and machinery of
the company is estimated at $50,000,
which *= insured. About $:0,000 worth
of hardwood patterns were destroyed.
The fire is supposed to have originated
iu the finishing-room, where paint and
oils were stored. There was great ex
citement among the convicts and every
corridor was doubly guarded.
Under the provisions of the new law
abolishing manufacturing at state pris
ons a ter Jan. 1, the company was clos
ing up its business and looking for an
available site to locate.
An Order Regarding Mail Service.
Washington, Dec. 25.—The second
assistant postmaster general has issued
an order iu regard to the covered screen
wagon mail service. Hereafter author
ity from the second assistant’s office is a
necessary precedent to the requirement
by postmasters or railway mail superin
tendents of increased trips or additional
service on the part of contractors for
this service, except on emergency or
through delayed trains. Unnecessary
service is to be reported immediately,
and if only a temporary decrease of ser
vice, the probable date of resumption
given.
Big Firs In an Indiana Town.
Anderson, Ind., Dec. 25. —The Loeb
Brunt block, one of the largest in the
gas belt, has been burned. The loss is
SIOO,OOO. It is thought the fire caught
from gaslights, burned carelessly. The
building was devoted partially to busi
ness purposes. This is the third fire on
this site. Two opera houses, costing
$60,000 aud SBO,OOO, having been de
stroyed.
Crashed to Death by an Engine.
Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 25.—Charles
Williams, foreman of a switching crew
on the Birmiugham Mineral railroad,
at Bessemer, fell off an engine and was
mangled to death. His head was cut
off and but small pieces of his body
were left. He was for seven years in
the employ of the company at Besse
mer. He leaves a wife aud three chil
dren.
Low Rate* to the Cycle Show,
Chicago, Dec. 25.—The various rail
way passenger associations have agreed
on a rate of one fare and a third for the
round trip for the bicycle show, to be
held at the Coliseum under the auspices
of the national board of trade of bicycle
manufacturers, Jan. 28 to 30, next.
Author Crackenthtirp’s Body Found.
London, Dec. 15. —lt is reported here
that the body of Hubert Crackenthorp,
the author, who mysteriously disap
peared in Paris during the month o»
October, giving rise to suspicions ol
foul play, has been found in the riyei
Seine.
Mn. Harr lion** Watch Returned.
Indianapolis, Dec. 25.—Several weeks
ago General Harrison's house was
robbed of a gold watch belonging to
Mrs. Harrison. He offered a reward
for its recovery, and he has just received
* package from Chicago containing the
wateh.
BUSINESS REYIEffI
Recent Bank Failures Have Unsettled
Confidence.
THE VOLUME OF TRADE CHECKED
Excuses For Good Times Are
Now Being Pulled.
TRADE REVIVAL DISAPPOINTING.
Proepect of Tariff* Legislation In the Spring
Will Probably Put Off’ a Permanent Re
vival Until Next Fall—Eleven More As
signments Thau In the Correaponding
Week a Year Ago.
New York, Dec. 25.—Bradstreet’s
says:
"The arrival of the holidays, the close
of the year and the period of annual
stock taking have further checked the
volume of the wholesale business. Only
filliug-in orders are being received and
trade is slow. Retail demand for holi
day goods has been active, but it is for
cheaper grades than in previous years.
In other lines the distribution of mer
chandise has been smaller at a number
of distributing centers. Failures of im
portant banking institutions at north
westerncities tend to unsettle confidence
iu commercial and banking circles.
“The moderate trade revival which
followed the last presidential election
has been disappointing in that, aside
from the (Jhristmas demand, business
has been more unsatisfactory for a
month past than at a corresponding pe
riod in many years. The confidence
with which merchants and manufactu
rers have been looking forward to the
arrival of the delayed trade revival
early in February next is less pro
nounced than it was, while the pros
pect for legislation next spring aud
summer looking to tariff revision aud
congressional anxiety to talk of affairs
abroad, is more than likely to put off a
permanent revival in business here un
til next fait.
••The shakeup in the iron and steel
prices is nearly complete and quotations
for bessemer pig iron and for steel bil
lets have got down to the level of those
for other staples. The break last week
precipitated speculation in bessemer pig
iron and billets and large purchases for
an advance and for consumption have
been made —more than 300,000 tons of
billets—some of it as low as sls, a drop
of $5 a ton. The billet pool has been
patched up nominally. Bessemer pig,
which went off to $10.50 on the break
and on the prosi>ect of a readjustment
of costs, is firmer and has sold at sll.
“Anxiety is felt in the iron and steel
trade as to the uncertainty of the price
of Lake ore under the new combination
to control that staple. A Pittsburg con
cern is shipping 2.000 tons of sheet bars
to the United Kingdom aud southern
pig iron furnaces report further sales in
England. Sheet and tin plate bars have
sold down to $16.50. Rails are firm at
$25, but that does not show the shrink
age suffered by billets. Freer receipts
of cotton teua to encourage high crop
views and account for the reaction in
price. Lard and. petroleum are also
lower. Unchanged quotatio is are re
ported for wheat, flour, sugar, pork and
coffee, as well as for print cloths.
“Manufacturers of wool have not
opened heavy weight samples yet and
are not inclined to buy raw materials
except to complete orders iu hand.
Some Massachusetts mills have booked
fair spring orders, but the industry in
Rhode Island does not appear to be so
well situated and two large mills expect
to shut down soon.
“There are 278 business failures re
ported throughout the United States
this week, 32 less than last week and i 1
more than iu the corresponding week a
year ago.”
M’BEE MADE MUCH MONEY.
Sold Hl* Interest In the Bryan Lecture
Tour For a Large Sum.
Atlanta. Dec. 25. —Captain Bunch
Mcßee, who recently entered into a con
tract with William J. Bryan for a series
of lectures to be delivered in different
cities, has sold out his interest in the
lecture tour. Eastern parties, whose
names have not been made public, were
the purchasers.
Alexander Comstock has been engaged
as manager by the purchasers of the
contract and will continue to direct the
tour.
It is understood that Captain Mcßee
realized a neat profit on the contract.
He sold out, he says, because his time is
occupied by other business.
Negotiations for the sale of the con
tract have been in progress for some
weeks, but no deal could be consum
mated until Captain Mcßee had n per
sonal interview with Mr. Bryan. The
two gentlemen had a conference here,
and Mr. Bryan expressed himself as en
tirely satisfied for the deal to be closed
and this was accordingly done.
THE NEW INDIAN TREATY.
OHIcIhI Report of the Dawe* Comiululon
Filed With Sect el ary Francis.
Washington, Dec. 25.--General Frank
Armstrong, a member of the Dawes
commission, arrived iu Washington and
filed with Secretary Francis the com
mission’s < fficial report on the treaty
entered into with the Choctaws, one of
the five civilizid tribes of Indians in the
Indian Territory.
General Armstrong Slid that the com
mission was much gratified with the
success which hud crowned its labors.
The Acreemont with the Choctaws
murknu, be said, the beginning of «
thor< uyh aadexsc&udtng between the
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
com-msston and tne Indians. He ha’t
no doubt but that the other tribes would
meet the commission on the same terms
as Lad been agreed upon between the
commission and the Choctaws. The
Cherokees had already signified' to the
commission their willingness to treat
with it. and a meeting had been ar
ranged to take place at Tallequah im
mediately after the holidays.
‘‘We do not anticipate any opposition
to the agreement on the part of the peo
ple of the Choctaw nation,” said Gen
eral Armstrong. “They are certain to
ratify the action of their representa
tives. Os course those persons whom
the commission decided were not en
titled to citizenship will make a protest,
but this will amount to nothing. The
real Indians are satisfied, and realize
that the agreement is for their best in
terests. While this is true, the treaty
is at the same time everything that the
United States government could desire.
It does away with the Indian courts and
makes the United States courts supreme.
‘‘Another important provision is that
all coal leases and all railroad grants'
made by the Indian council must be ap
proved by the secretary of the interior,
or be invalid. It is also provided that
the checks drawn in payment feu: coal
and other leases granted by the council
of the Choctaws and approved by the
secretary of the interior and the presi
dent must be drawn in favor of the sec
retary of the interior, and by the secre
tary deposited to the credit of the In
dians. ’'
LONG TRIP OF TWO WOMEN.
Mother and Daugher Tramped From
Spokane, Wash e to New York.
New York, Dec. 25.—Mrs. H. Estby
and her daughter, Clara, 19 years old,
the transcontinental pedestrians, com
pleted the journey from Spokane to this
city at 1:30 p. m. They left Spokane on
Muy 5 on a wager with a New York
woman that they could cross the conti
nent in less than seven months.
The conditions of the wager were thai
each of the women was to leave town
with only $5, and earn her living en
route. If any sickness befell either, the
time consumed by it was to bo sub
tracted from the total time.
On the way across the continent they
worked at anything. They did house
work, sewing, and sold photographs of
themselves.
At Lincoln, Neb., Mrs. William J.
Bryan fed. them and bought photo
graphs. In Ohio they called upon Mr.
and Mrs. William McKinley and Gen
eral Qoxey.
Sheriff Newman Must Go I.Jail,
Denver, Dec. 25. —The state supreme
court has denied the application for a
hearing in the case of Sheriff Newman
of Lake county, sentenced to six months
imprisonment and retirement from office
on charge of malfeasance. The judg
ment againt Newman will probably be
carried into effect within a few days.
Governor Mclntyre has announced that
if a successor to Newman will be chosen
who will enforce the laws in good faith,
he will withdraw the troops from Lead
ville.
Tanner State* Hl* Position.
Chicago, Dec. 25.—The Tribune sayst
The story that Governor-elect Tanner
in conversation had made the statement
that he was for Martin B. Madden for
United States senator, is without foun
dation. Mr. Tanner’s only statement
was that he did not think it the duty or
the business of the governor to interfere
in matters of this kind.
Many Fornumn Brigands Stirrehder.
Tacoma, Dec. 25. —The northern Pa
cific steamer Braemer. just arrived from
the Orient, brings dispatches from For
mosa announcing the submission of
over 1,000 native brigands as a result
of a proclamation issued by the Formo
san government calling for their sur
render and offering pardon to all who
gave themselves up.
Vlistook His Nephew For a Burglar.
Sistersville, W. Va., Dec. 85 -Del
wood Haven, a worker in the oil fields,
was a guest of his uncle, Allen Whit
ing, and during the night went to the
kitchen for a drink. There was a little
light in the kitchen, and Whiting see
ing Haven and supposing he was a bur
glar, fired. Haven lived a portion of
the night. .
A Murderer's Christmas I‘resent.
Topeka, Dec. 25. Hugh O’Neil,
the Marion county wife murderer, who
was serving a 25-year sentence in the
penitentiary, received his liberty as a
Christmas present. It is the practic of
the governors of the state to grant one
pardon each Christmas, and this year
O’Neil was the lucky one.
Arlroiiians IC» ter a Protest.
Phenix, A. T., Dec. 25. —A resolution
has been passed by the Phenix chamber
of commerce and transmitted to Wash
ington condemning and arguing against
the project advanced in congress for
adding to the territory ot' U rah that por
tion of Arizona lying north of the grand
canon of Colorado.
Shot His Wife and Himself.
Peoria, Ills., Dec. 25.—The body of
Ebenezer Scott was found on the river
bank with his brains blown out and a
shotgun clinched firmly in his hand.
During the night he had filled his wife’s
neck and shoulder with shot and then
went out and killed himself. The
woman, it is thought, will recover.
Jealousy was the principal cause of the
tragedy.
A Bank Robber Pardonad.
Stillwater, Minn.. Dec. 25.—Philip
M. Scheig, the teller who robbed the
Bank of Minneapolis of over SIOO,OOO
three years ago and was captured in
England. has been pardoned by Gover
nor Clough.