'fIlE I i I F.\LLS CITY 1 I TRIH ( ' : \ ri. Januar f ) x , left i _ . . . . . . . i - " - - . . Imlw/ - - - - . . . , . . . . . . . . N . IifiYM\/t - . a . \ ' . . . : ' : ' . ' ; iti' . ) Ii ' c'i _ Para.graphs from fhe Ptesideni's Special . Isthmian Canal Message y : ; . " . ' . . " I hesitate to refer to the injurious insinuation which have been , , ' ' ; . , made of complicity by this government in the revolutionary 1110\'e- - ' - A ' : , . 111C11t in i L1lalhia . 'l'hey arc as destitute of foundation a ; of pro- ' . " : ' ' . . . priety. ' 1'he only excuse for my mentioning- them is the fear lost : . . - ; : : . tlnthinking persons mig-ht mistake ; acgttiesence for the silence of " , " k " . more self-respect. I think proper to say , therefore , that no , one con- . ; ; ' nected with this government had any part in preparing , inciting , or ' . ' " cl1coltrag-ing' the late revolution on the isthmus of Panama , and 1 , " that save from the reports of our military and naval officers , given . ' \ tbo\'c , no one connected with this government had fLny' pre\'ious. . : : . / f 1 / knowledge of the revolution except such as was accessible to any _ ° : i. ' . . h I ; person of ordinary intelligence who read the newspapers ' and kept ' . , ' ' : : ; ' ; ( : , , , , . " ' - - " , / ; tip a current acquaintance wtih public affaIrs. " . : . ' .ry . . . . : " : Instead of using our forces , as we were il1\'itecl hy Colombia to' _ , j , ; ' . , : : . [ " " < for thc t"oold purposc of defeatingour ' and inter . ' , . " tQ , - purpose our own rights inter" . ; : 1 , , _ . : . . . . . . _ , , , . . .cst-R . and the interests of the ciyiliierl l world ' , and _ of compcllingthe' _ ' : 'fC- : w . . . . . ' : i } , . submission of the people of the . isthmus i to those wlioui'tliey . ' re- _ . ' . ' ' ; , " . , ' . ; : . ' 4 , Ii S g-ardcd as oppressors , we shall , as in duty bound , keep the transIt , ? _ : . : : . . . . . , , ' ' , open and prevent its invasion : ldeanwhile , the only qucstion.fi . , , ; Y , : before llS is that of the ratification of thc trcaty. l + or it is to bc , ' ° r" ' , . . ' : : remembered that a failuc to ratify thc treaty win not ' undo what , _ : ; ; . , ' " - : . . . has'bcen ; done , will not restore Panama to Colombia , and will not. : , : , < ' ' ' 'j . ; alter our obligation to keep the transit open across the isthmus : : and , " ' . : f ; , , ' , ' l' . , .to prevent any outside power from mcnacing' this transit. ' . : , ; ; . ; : . , ' ' t I , will not for one moment discuss thc possibility of thc United . " ' , . . ' , , . ; ' ' " I I , r , . . , ; . , f States i O'111mi tUng- an act of such basement as to abandon - thc new . - , , M .r' . . . : , : ' , - . ' \ : , , < . republic of Panama. : . . , . . , : T , . , : ; , : , . ' \ ' . . . r ' : ; I ' As Commander J-Iubbard in his lettcr.of November " ' ' A . ; , reported letter \ 5 , , > i. . 1 . . - ! . ; ' . : . . " ' " this officer " ( Col eorres ) ) pi tctically " - began war against the United : . , . ; : : " 1 I ' ' States and only the forbearance and coolness Or ; fur officers , acid , , " . a ; : r , -men prevented bloodslecl. ! . " . . . . > 11 , : -ov- : : r , " . , < , , : - ' : " : > ' ' . . . . \ - . j I , " ; ' . " _ , . . _ , , . : . . : if' , . , , ; , " ' _ . \ . , : , ' , _ ' ' . ' " " ' ' . . . . ' 1i . , " . , ' , , ' , ' . , _ " . ' " . 'n ' ' ' ' " " 1' ' : i ' " ' ' " . ' - " . . . . , ; ' , > , . . " ' : , , : : _ , , , " . , ; . . ; . . ' ' . - . . . " . . . " I' _ , , ' " _ . , , - ' J. I . , , . . J' " , l ' " r ' . ' fi. . ' ' , 'Y , . - - ' - " . . . . , " > ' . ' . " " . ' - - f , " . " . . , . (1 lt ' . . , . , : i , " ' " - " 'e' " ' ' . . 'r \ ' 'j' i . ' < ; " ' ' ' . ' ' . - .I :0' . " { ' - I . \ , . ; . . , ; ' , ' , . . . , . , ' > " . > . . , J ! ' . ,4 , ; - ' t. , . . . _ " " _ _ . - I " _ . . . . . > - - ' _ _ . - - - . . _ . . " . . . . . . . - . , , Iar" : " _ , . : " . 'C ' _ , _ ' . &t . 1 .aLt9trtar.a2tw , ' n ' 1 - . . . . - . . - - LOCAL AND PERSONAL . - - - - - - - Telephone i4 when you want a dice juicy steak : \1. Zv . Harding' . of , n llnbolclt attended to business mutters in i this city Saturday' , . , \Vhile thc winter has , on the whole , , been a very pleasant one , it is not just what might be desired - sired as far as thc wheat is' con- cerned. , A little more moisture would be benit cial. II (1corge Hinton has contracted for a fine new Corliss engine to he installed at the ice lant. } The difficulty in the operation of thc plant arose from the fad that the engine was too mall and the new l'ng'inc will obviate that diffculty. The management of 'ehe 'l'ri- hune has not had time to org'an- ize it corps of county correspondents - dents but the matter will he a- : ; promptly looked after as possible. It is the object of The Tribune to have a complcte department nf this nature and to cover com- pletely all parts of. the cQun ty : You will find your home news in ' ' ' ' : ' , 'fht" Tril'l1n , : . ' , ' 'I:1Fi/III : J'.1T " ' - ' , . . . rJii JllltiJJlJ.'IIJeJ'.M. : : ! - - . . . . . . . . . . , - . . . . - . . . . . . - . . - " " . . . , . Coupe & 'Thornton cure all their own t11eat . 1'he fixtures for the new steam heating plant that b to he installed - stalled in thc Gehling' theatre block , hayc arrived and the work of installing thc plan -is being completcd. The patrons of the theatre \ \ : ill greatly _ appreciate the change. ' EXPLANATION . . This issue of The Tribune - bune is simply intended to give prospective pat- rons an idea of the appear- - Hnce and general ; nature O'l the publication. O\\- ing to circumstances over which \ve had qo control , eve are very late in issuing our first nulnber , but \ve are now in shape to get The . Tribune out promptly - ly on . ti lile. . -.L. _ , , - = - - - - : . . : : : : . : : . . - . - - : - : - . = = M . . . . . . . . 1. . . i . . P11Y1RNBNWO"IMbNCY1 ClnQ9.R I - tC4rI . , f1rs. Howell's Narrow Escape. , firs. ; Lou Howcll , wife of the Burlington agent , who , has just > returned from Chicago , was a witness to the great Ire ( tuois theatre calamity , having been passing along the 'sh'eet in front of thc play house when the tire broke out. Not only was she it witness to the terrible , scenes incident - cident to the panic , , but she her- self and her daughter , Aetna , wh accompanied her were' only 1iy the merest chance prevented from being in the midst : ; of the thrbng' which fougt ! desperately fur life. 'rl1l relative with Wh0111Ir : . , i _ _ s , W.E. HANER , I . . DEALER IN ' " " , , . , . , " , ' : : : . ' , : - . .t ' . ' _ ' " roO' . F'RVITS , " /r / , : : > . ' , - ' , , /\i . ' , :1" " ' ; < ' . . ' ' " ; 1 : t : : ' COjrFECTIOvER . ; ; : : , , : . . . . , CIGARS , - ' . T01JACCO . ; ! , : ; ' . : . . . : .L y , ' . , , - . , - it ' , . . 'i , fie . . " . . ' . " ; : / tU.NCH . . _ COLVTE'R „ : : . ( " , , : - u . . . - SHORT OP..DERS .f " . . . . . ' . . ' - A fr na a''ir -5 .i\ ; ' . ,11 SPECiALTY ! I < : : , . . _ ' , ( . , . . - . ; , . : , , f" . Ope 7. O. Falls City' : , , ,1' " , - _ -.c.c- . . . . . . _ ; Howell and daughter were stop- : ' i ping in Chicago had provided ticket to the matineeperform ! - ance on : lie fatcfitl l afternoon , but < , - owing to the fad that the J31ir - , " ling-ton's . train for Kansas City - left about 5 o'clockIrs. . Howell . decided that they would hardly ; ' , : " . . have time after the performance " . to reach' the station and tal't O1" ! ' ' their \Yay home , so they abandoned - . > . doned the projcct. \Vhcn the " ' ; first news of the fire 1 reached this " ' I .place , Agent Howell WetS fcrarful " ' : ' ! l.j that his family might have been " . - , in , the crowd and sent message , ' - aftcr message .throug-h the early . : part of the evening but owing , . , . , . R to the crowded condition uf the , \p 'ires-.it was at a late hour ami"- : . after eight communications : hatL been sent ' that he received an an- s'\\'er from the 'Chicago rc.1 at'e.s' , . containing the welcome.ile \ \ 's that. ; t . . > ' , . ' they were safe and 011 their way . ' . hem . -Hu111doldt Item ' , ' l.te111 , , . , 'I . ' , tA- , Eat Sowle's Can ( h' , . . ' t. . . " ' , , . . J ' . . ' lin " - - - : S2ecitl ; : prices ! on ' cared l llf - sts , . anal ( larl 1 at Coup : & ' rhOlllt l1. J\ : . , , : . I Read the Trjbun ' If it suits YJ as 2. ' local newspaper suhscribb nob. : _ . r $1.00 per YCh.r. 1 . \ A GOOD LECTUF\E \ \ - Here are a few poin \ s. about our coal--It ; is as goo i as any coal that was ever dug out of the ground There is heat in every ! unlp. ' ; r f \ \ ' e screen itvi th the ut- / , . . ' most care , give full weight and deliver it proi11pt1y. Our employees are neat , careful ! \ and polite. . E. A. MAUST & . ' sort\JSa " ' : : : =