| Show NOT VOr or CO D Payne IH IN Not Nat III In Mining Company Washington Jan Jill 0 The confirma confirmation tion of at Gov Co 00 Shuw Show to b be secretary of thu time treasury was accomplished In time tho ho Senate without but timer thore was wan some Romo controversy over the tha action of ot the committee on im po In Iii Ct m re Ill reporting porting Mr Mi 11 Paynes nomination to bo general without going through the formality of ot a IL mating inciting Senator doted that he had hall desired to appear before the time committee for tor the purpose of ot requesting that nn an Inquiry be Instituted Into the charge that Mr Payne had been be Interested Int re In thu efforts to secure leases for the purpose of or prospecting for tor minerals on the Indian reservations re In Utah having been president of ot the Florence lorenco Mining company In this connection conn interesting Interest Ing Inn letters presented to the Senate i by Mr Ins yesterday wore were rend read rea Senator Spooner a representative of ot Mr Ir Paynes own state stale replied to this statement by rending reading a letter address oil eft to himself by Mr Ir Payne and nn dated several Weeks week tack back In which Mr Payne said that his connection with the th Florence company had terminated two to years car ago ngo and that at nt present he lint no Interest direct or Indirect Im tut Immediate mediate or remote Ut In that corporation Mr thereupon said that tho the Investigation was satisfactory and utter mutter some further criticism of ot the committee for tor the manner In n which time the report was as made millie namely by nn nil Informal mal anal canvass this nomination was unanimously confirmed continued Senator Mason Muon de to defended fended the tho action of ot the tho asin as ns In III harmony with numerous prea d and also olao spoke eulogistically culo of ot Mr Payne Claim Berlin Jan mu 9 A correspondent In Samoa writes to the Cologne Gazette giving a hitherto unknown explanation lion tion of ot the tho Milling of ot Dr louder leader of ot n German Carman scientific expedition In tho the South Houth Sea Island lII archipelago go Menke Tho correspondent le ty that Dr Menke an hU hili party ruthlessly des dell destroyed troyed troed a number num r of trees of which there were but few tew on the Island and the natives acted In defense ot of their property Time Tim Gorman German expedition sent Rent to avenge the time killing of ot Dr Menke and Iii hla party which landed from the Oar Ger German man cruiser cruler near the scone of the massacre killed Is Islanders isLanders landers Such Is the time civilization says sayo tho the that our colonial mina ana are spreading |