Lieutenant Col. W. J. Fife of Tacoma has been tried by court-martial in Manila and completely exonerated from all charges preferred against him, says the Tacoma News. Such is the information received by a friend of the colonel, living in Tacoma, from an authority whose word is absolutely trustworthy. The man from whom the letters have arrived was present at the court-martial and is thor oughly familiar with all the facts of the Case.