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SWORDS VS MAG?E SUNS. IP:-' m Brave Tibetans Make Desperate Attack on British Force Terribie Slaughter the Result !?ana, Tibet, April 3.-The Ti be? tas general, the whole of his personal -escort and five high Lhassa officials ?ere among the hundreds killed in the ?ghting of March 31 at Guru, Tibet The small British losses are accounted , fer by the fact that the Tibetans were ' so huddled together that the majority ; were unable to use their swords or to ire. The swordsmen in the front rank could not reach the Sikhs, who had fixed bayonets, while the men in the middle of the mob coald not reach tfae enemy, but many of them pro? bably killed each other in the mad excitement The scene recalled old . time fights ia cock pits, the grim, determined faces of the Tibetans, lighted with devilish savagery, ex? pressing contempt for the Sikhs, whom they outnumbered six or seven to one. When the Lhassa general fired the first ?hot the Tibetans, with wild shouts, drew their swords, fired their matchlocks and surged forward. About a dozen swordsmen made a desperate rush in the direction of Col. MacDonald and' a small knot of officers. Four Tibetans attacked Mr. Candler, the correspondent of the London Daily Mail, but Col. Mac? Donald seized a rifle and shoe two o: them at a few y&rds and another officer Tri Had the other two, thus saving Mr. Candler's life. Those of the Tibetans who tried to climb the wall were met with a terrible magazine rifle fire, but they did not falter, those behind springing over the heaps of dead and con tinning the fight until riddled with ballets. When finally the Tibetans retired they tramped back slowly nad steadily, though followed by a hail of bullets. A mountain battery was brought into action and tore the re? treating lines with shrapnel A terri? ble trail of dead and dying marked the lise of march. At length the last wounded, limping Tibetan turned the comer, some four hundred yards from the scene of the grim tragedy where the best of the Tibetan army had , perished. Capt Lewis' Fish Story. Hare is a fish story that is up to the limit, and yet it is vouched for, says the Hartford Times, lt was told by Capt James Lewis of Centreville, Mass., grandfather of George E. Crosby of 1?9 Ashley street, this city, the latter having a newspaper clip? ping of the incident The relator died many years ago at the age of Si years. Here is the story of Capt Lewis : "In one of .my fishing voyages to the Grand Banks I lost overboard a pock? etknife which had my initials cut in the handle. It occurred while all were busy hauling in and dressing codfish. We returned home with a good fare, discharged our cargo and sailed back for another haul. One day while we were pretty lively pull ' ing in and dressing" our fish, one of fir men found a pocketknife in a cod. ll hands gathered around che finder to see the curiosity, I among the rest. As soon as I laid handsr and eyes cn it I knew it was mine, and said so. . " Your knife" exclaimed one and another; "that's a likelv story.' " "Tis my knife,7 I repeated, 'and I can prove it Here are my initials on the handle.1 "There were others on board who . knew the knife to be inine, and who remembered the circumstances of my -Joeing it overboard the previous voy? age. So I'was allowed to retain pos? session cf it, and I kept it as a. relic macy years after. You may call this a 'fis*; story,' but it is a true one nevertheless." Mexicans Celebrate. City of Mexico, April 2.-The anni? versary of the battle of Puebla, one of the most important events in Mexico's .struggle for independence, was ob? served today with one of the greatest military celebrations ever held in the espital. Leading features of the pro? gramme were a grand military parade on the Beforma drive, followed by a review on the A azures plains, attend? ed by President Diaz and the members ol bis cabinet The celebration closes ?this evening with a military banquet given by the Minister of War and Navy, Francisco Z. Mena. ~~mm-*?+??*? -- The postoffice department has an? nounced that a special series of stamps in five denominations to com? memorate the Louisiana purchase of 1903 and to be known as the commem? orative series of 1904, would be issued, beginning April 2, for sale to the pub? lic during the term of the exposition from April 30 to December 1. A sup? ply of the regular issue of stamps also will be kept in stock by all postoffices during this period. The commemo? rative stamps will be as follows: One cent, green, with portrait of Robert B. Livingston, United States minister te France, who conducted the Louis? iana purchase negotiations; two cent, red, portrait of Thomas Jefferson, president of the United States at the time of the purchase; three cent, pur? ple, portrait of James Monroe, special ambassador to France, who, with Livingston, closed the negotiations for the purchase ; five-cent, blue, portrait of William McKinley, who as presi? dent approved the act of congress oScially connecting the United States with the exposition, and the ten-cent 3>rown, bearing a United States map, showing the territory of the purchase Letter to L. W. Folsom. Sumter, S. C. Dear Sir : Here's a bully one. Mr Dooley (not of Chicago), painter, Lancaster, N, H. got the job of paint is* the Episcopal parsonage. He was used to a paint, as pare as Devoe, bat weak and short-measure-be didn't ka ow it was weak or short-measure. Dooley surveyed the job, and said it would take 20 gallons. Mr L F Moore our agent, offered tc give IC gallons Devoe. Accepted of coarse. Eleven gallons did it: the 10 pins one. Mr Moors isn't painting parsonages on ?hares thia year : Tours truly 18 \ PW Devoe & Co B. Burant sells our paint DB. CABNEY IN INDIANAPOLIS. He Advocates National Aid to Edu? cation of Both Whites and Blacks in North and South. Indianapolis, Ind., April 2.-Dr. Charles W. Dabney, president of the University of Tennessee, and presi ? dent-elect ol the University of Cin? cinnati, in an address before the Southern Indiana Teachers' Associa ? tion, in session here, on the subject, "Educational Needs of the South," outlined the work which has been taken up by those interested in the move of which he is regarded the head and leader. Much importance is attached to his utterances on this sub? ject. It is expected that great results to Southern educators will follow from the address, and that such hos* tility as was shown fomerly against the Blair bill will not be used against the proposed methods. Dr. Dabney, by way of introduction, said that the present educational needs of ther Southern people arise from circumstances in the past. In the old South there was a caste system of our general classes-the aristocracy of the wealthy planter and slave own? ers, and the small farmers living chiefly in the hills, the poor whites of the low-country and the African slaves. "The war not only freed the black man, it freed the whiteman as well," said he. "It made a way for the small farmers, liberated the poor white man from the bonds of a semi feudal system and established both for the first time in full citizenship. It also freed the minds and spirits of the aristocratic classes, and by throwing them upon their own re? sources, made them a stronger and better peopje. "The old South, whose ruling class was an aristocracy of. land and slaves, has given place to a political and in? dustrial democracy with no ruling class. But herein lies our danger and out of this fact grows the special ne? cessity for a system of popular educa? tion, which shall train all of our citi? zens to think clearly and act fearless? ly, each for himself. "The actual development of such a system of free public schools was long retarded by the conservatism of the aristocratic class, which refused to recognize the new individual and held as long as possible to old institutions and ideals. It has been delayed fur? ther by the poverty of the people, by the sparseness and consequent isola? tion of the population, and by the ab? sence of roads. But this new concep? tion of manhood has now caught the mind of the plain man, and will give rise to a great new system of edu? cation, supported by all the people for all the people. "In 1900, out of the 8,500,000 whites 10 years of age and over in the eleven South Atlantic and Gulf States, includ? ing Tennessee and Arkansas, one million^ were illoterate. One-hird of the illiterate of the United States are found in these States, which have only however, one-fifth of the population. Of the 5,000,000 blacks in the same States?. 10 years and over, 2,500.000 were illiterates. In the Fame States, of 4,400,000 males 21 years of age, 1,100,000 were illiterate. More than one-half of all the illiterate males of voting age in the United States live in the South. Disfranchisement can be only a temporary good, a partial remedy fer this awful condition. "Of the 4,000,000 white and the 2,500,000 black children m these States last year, only 45 per cent, were in school 80 to 90 days. It is not a new Blair bill that we want; we rejected that long ago. I hope, for my part, that the particular ?ueasnr3 may never again be brought forward, but that some plan may he adopted which shall make the wealth of the whole nation contribute to the education and general social improvement of all people who, by reason cf their poverty, their race or recent condition of servi? tude, or from any other cause, have not been able to take their place in tiie grand army of American citizenship, or to catch step with the march of modern progress. "Every intelligent Southerner now believes that the right kind of educa? tion makes the negro a more thrifty, a more useful, a more moral and a more lawabiding citizen, as it does every other man. Every Southern State is now committed by its Constitution and laws to the principle of negro educa? tion, and in their Legislatures and Courts they have so far successfully resisted all proposals to divide the school funds. In fact, the Dis? franchisements Acts are all working to compel his education. The Southern people will be fair to the negro in these matters. Any other course of conduct will not only dis? honor, but will injnre their own race. "Any plan of national aid should provide, not a largess for the South, but a consistent, rational plan for up? lifting the retarded and depressed populations in all portions of the country. The people in some counties in Maine and in New York are as illiterate as those in the counties in South Appalachians. This is truly a national problem, not one for the South alone. "Methods can also be found to aid needy communities without paralyzing their powers, either of initiative or support. While we are helping the Porto Ricans and Philippines to estab? lish their schools, we should aid our own neglected peoples whenever they need assistance.'' Greenville, April 1.-The court of common pleas bas been engaged for three days in hearing a most extraor? dinary case, in which the Southern railway is asked to pay $50,000 dam? ages to Mrs. Susan L. Franklin, of Newberry for an alleged insult to her by a passenger while on a train be? tween Greenville and Atlanta about a year ago. The jory brought in a verdict this afternoon for $25,000 in the plaintiff's favor. Eastover, April li.-This morning about 2o'clock Mr. T. H. Auld of this place lost by fire his barn and stables, including all hay, corn, five horses, one mule, five milch cows, several head of other ?attle, several fine hogs and all farming implements. Also six other buildings adjacent to barn? yard were burned. The Joss was about $5.000; insurance $700. The origin of the fire is supposed to be incendiary? RILL FAVO?S JUDEE PARKER. He Wants the New York Delega? tion to be instructed In Favor of the Judge. Albany, N. Y.. April 3.-From a source so close to former Senator Hill that it may be understood as repre? senting Mr. Hill's own views, it is learned that it ls intended that the New York State delegation to the Democratic National Convention at St. Louis shall^be positively instruct? ed in favor of Judge Alton B. Par kr as New York's choice for the Presiden? tial nomination. Senator Hill and his friends now believe that they will control at least three-fourths of the State Convention, which will be held here on April 18. It bas been during' recent years an almost unbroken custom for the New York State Democratic delegation to go to the National Convention with positive instructions. Only in 1884 were there nc instructions. In that year Grover Cleveland and Roswell P. Flower, both New York State men were candidates. The New York dele? gates voted for Cleveland. --- Paying the Pensions. Columbia, April 3.-All arrange? ments for borrowing 8200,000 by the State for the payment of pensions have been completed and the loan will be made by the banks by the 20th of this month. The payment of pen? sions will begin in a few weeks and the financial statement will be handed out in a day or so. Out of Place. Martin J. Wade is the only Demo? crat in the house from Iowa. In ex? planation of the relation of the State of Iowa toward Gov. Cummin's views on the necessity of adjusting the tariff rates to meet changed conditions, Mr Wade said the people of his State were like the fellow who sat on the doorstep of his home one winter morning about 2 o'clock when a policeman came along. "What are yon doing here?" inquir? ed the guardian of the peace. The man replied: "I am just think? ing." "Well," said the policeman, "get in or yon will freeze to death. What are you thinking about?" "I was just thinking," replied the man, "whether I would stay out here and freeze to death or go in and get killed." According to Mr. Wade, the people of Iowa are nokonly thinking like the man alluded to, ^but they are realizing a great truth expressed in a case where a man was taken to an insane asylum in that State. In reply to the inquiry why he was sent there, the man said : "They sent me here because I'm a tariff reformer and voted the Republi? can ticket." "Oh, that's a shame," remarked the questioner. "You should not have been sent hero. This is a place for the insane. You arc nothing but a - fool." Cape Hay tien, April 3.-A dispatch received here from Monte Christi, Santo Domingo, reports that Gen. Epifanio Rodriguez and Ciena Navarro attacked that place, and that Gen. Jiminez, being without ammunition, abandoned the town and embarked on the German steamer H?spanla fer St. Thomas. This news is confirmed by the Dominican consul there. It is rumored that Gens. Rodriguez and Morales, are trying to start a move? ment in favor of former President Horatio Vasquez. They are believed now to be marching on Santiago de Los Caballeros and Porto Plata. A score of Dominican refugees arrested here were sent back to Santo Domingo today by the Dominican consul. ? Ill ? --<__JJ m - Says a Chicago dispatch' of March. 30: A child's testimony reversed saved five men today from the gallows. The result was a striking parallel to the case in which a fortnight ago Millionaire Peter Van Vlissingen practically demonstrated that under the police pressure a boy named Wil trax had given false testimony leading to the conviction of the boy's father for murder. Today's instance of youthful unreliability under oath was in the case of Wm. McCarthy, and four Polish young men on trial for murder, the witness being a little girl, Appollonia Tarpsta, who gave first direct straightforward eye wit? ness testimony apparently establish? ing beyond question the guilt of the men, and then repudiated her sworn evidence. In explanation of the re? markable change of front, the child declared that she had been instructed how to testify by the widow of the murdered man. Charges against the prisoners were withdrawn on the spot by the State's attorney, the five men immediately walking ont, free by the order of the court. Case Against McBee and Finch. Raleigh, N. C., April 4.-Judge George H. Brown today refused the motion of the defense to quash the bill of indictment of V. E. McBee and K. S. Finch, of New Yoik, charged with conspiracy in the ap? pointment of a receiver for the At? lantic and North Carolina railroad. Ile allowed the motion for a bill of particulars and makes no mention of the motion that the court has no jurisdiction and that the federal court is the tribunal in which to try the case. Finch and McBee are under ?2,000 bond each and the cast' will be tried at the next term of court. Man-Slayer Suicides. Charlotte, N. C . April -4. -News reached here today that Chas. E. Campbell, who killed "Silver Cre?'k"' Sam Pearson, at Morganton, N. C., and who escaped from jail at Newton, while supposed to be ill, yesterday committed suicide at Mountain City, Tenn., by shooting. Ten thousand aplications for patent are held up in the United States Patent Office on aecoourit of informal presentation or unskilled prosecution. C. A. Snow & Co., Patent Lawyers of Washington make a specialty of .'ach cases, fees moderate and con? tingent on success. WAR NEWS STILL SCARCE. Russians Falling Back Before Advancing Japanese in Corea. Conflicting Reports About Condition cf Port Arthur. Tokio, April 3, 7 p. m.-Thc ad? vance guard of the Japanese anny in northwest Corea occupied the town of Seng-Cheng yesterday afternoon without opposition. Sen^-Cheng is on the Pekin road, / IS miles west of Cheng Ju and about ?d miles south of Wiju. ' When the Japanese drove the Rus? sians out of Cheng Ju last Monday the Russians withdrew in two col? umn?, one going over the Koak San road and the other over the Pekin road. The Japanese advance from Cheng Ju was made very rapidly. It was anticipated that the Russians would resist this advance but they failed to do so and it is not probable there will be any further opposition south of the Yalu river. Cheng Ju, because of its superior natural surroundings, is the strongest place between Ping Yang and Wiju. Besides these natural advantages, there is an old Corean fort there which had it defended with spirit it would have been hard to take. The Japanese are gratified at the compara? tive ease with which they drove the Russians from this fort. Russian patrols are reported to be in the country east of the Pekin road but it ls not probable that there is any considerable force of Russians in that section. The patrols are withdrawing gradnally to the northward toward the Yalu. It is reported that the ice on the Yalu is well broken up and in the future the river most be crossed either in junks or over pontoon bridges. ? A dispatch to the Associated Press from Tokio dated April 1 said informa? tion had been received there from a private source that the Japanese after dislodging the enemy at Cheng Ju had advanced to Yong Chun (about 45 miles west of Cheng Ju), from which place also they drove the Russians after a brief engagement. It is possi? ble that the many different spellings given to Corean names in gazeteers and on maps has led to confusion and that the Seng-Cheng mentioned in the above message and Yong Chun referred to in the dispatch of April 1 should be the same place. The two towns, however, are quite distinct, being about 25 miles apart. COMPLETING RUSSIAN SHIPS. St. Petersburg, April 3.-As soon as the Neva is clear of ice the battleships Sou^aroff and Slava in course of con? struction at the Baltic works, the battleships Borodino and Orel, at the Franco-Russian works, and the cruiser Meleg, and the transport Kamtshatka, at the new admiralty yard, will be sent to Kronstadt for completion. The cruisers Ze.mchug and Izumrud and the battleships Sissoi Veliky and Im perotor Alexander III, are already there and are being prepared for com? mission. These ships will form part of the fleet which is destined to reen foreo . Vice, Admiral MakarciTs fleet next summer. COAL NEAR PORT ARTHUR. St. Petersburg, April 3.-A corres? pondent of the Associated Press, at Port Arthur, telegraphs today as fol? lows : "The Chinese prophesying new attempts to block the channel, are at the present moment awed. "All is quiet in port and the situa? tion is unchained throughout; the peninsula. " Deposits of coal similar to that of Cardiff, Wales have been found in the vicinity cf Pert Arthur. The dis? covery is extremely important in view of the necessity of obtaining a supply of fuel for the fleet." WAR NEWS VIA LONDON. London, April 4.-Reports of further skirmishes between the Russians and Japanese in the Yalu river are reach? ing London, but no reliable details are given. The Daily Telegraph's Seoul cor? respondent believes that the defenses of Port Arthur have been so weakened that the early capture of the port is to be expected. There is little doubt, the correspondent says that only a narrow passage is left, and that at the first favorable opportunity the Japa? nese will block the channel. The Rus? sians have taken many 12-inch guns out of their ships to arm the old and new defenses of Port Arthur. A correspondent o? the Morning Post at Yin Kow, says that the position here is daily becoming stronger. A fortnight ago the Japanese could have landed with comparative ease, while now they would experience great diffi? culty. The correspondent says lie bas re? ceived trustworthy information that the concentration of troops along the railway has been so rapid that it is now impossible for tho Japanese to carry the war into Manchuria with any hope of success, and that the most they can do is to isolate Port Arthur. DESCRIPTION OF NAVAL BAT? TLE. St. Petersburg, April 3.-The Novi krai, of Port Arthnr, thus describes the scene on board the cruiser Bayan during the bombardment in which she distinguished herself : "Bursting shells bowled overman after man until the decks were slip? pery with blood. Amidst this shell the captain stood unmoved in the cou ning tower calmly telephoning his orders to the gun captains. His won? derful calmness had a marvellous in? fluence upon all the officers. "The cockpit was soon crowded, thirty-nine men being there before the fight ended, but amidst tho crash of thi* guns, the hiss of dying splinters and the din of the working engines, the surgeons labored over the sick as at the hospital operating table. Al? though some of the men suffered frightful agony, there were few ?roans, in spite of the fact that anaes? thetics wen? administered in only one case. "When the battle ended, and the! .enemy began to draw oiT the officers on the bridge cheered and the cheering extended down into the hold, the stokers and even the wounded joining in it. "The captain signalled for full speed ahead after the retreating Jap? anese, but the Bayau had not gone far before the flagship signalled to re? turn." Shanghai, April 4, Evening.-A lot? ter received here from Kobe, Japan, says the Japanese government has 260,00') tromps in motion and fully 60,000 more under arms in garrisons and at the depots. These numbers are exclusive of the third reserves num? bering about 120,000. which have not been called to the colors. The exact number of troops which have left Japan for their various destinations are not known, but the entire first army has been landed and has estab? lished itself in northwestern Corea with its main base at Cbinampho. The Japanese general staff still care? fully guards the plan of campaign, but it is generally believed that it will operate three armies, each nomi? nally numbering 100,000 men, and the second army landing west of the Yalu river and the third army east of Npw Chwang. The landings of the latter two armies will be easily accomplished for the light cruiser squadrons can protect both movements. It is thought that the landing of a heavy Japanese force west of the mouth of the Yalu will force the Rus? sians to abandon the fortifications which they have been erecting north of the Yalu, for the purpose of oppos? ing the crossing of the first army of Japan from Corea. It is also anticipated that the three great Japanese forces will ope- j rate in conjunction, the third army swinging eastward from New Chwang, seizing or cutting the railroad and then engaging in a turning movement against the main Russian position. The Japanese are confident that the Russians will be unable to transport supplies sufficient to maintain in Manchuria a force larger than 300,000 men. The heavy detachments neces? sary to guard the railroad and supply bases will, it is claimed, reduce the Russian fighting force to about 200, 000 men. The Japanese are requisitioning thousands of horses and it is probable that a considerable detachment of cavalry will accompany each army. Though the horses of the' Japanese cavalry seem inferior to those of the Russian the Japanese officers say they will satisfactorily accomplish the work planned for them. Much Japanese artillery is depart? ing for the front. The guns seem light, but it is believed that the Jap? anese have a number of heavy bat? teries equal in range to the best Eu? ropean field artillery. Japan also possesses a large number of excellent mountain batteries, which in a rough country will have a distinct advan? tage over the Russians. It seems certain that Admiral Togos" falure to dispose of the Rus? sian fleet at Port Arthur has delayed tiie Japanese land operations. A general thaw is now proceeding in Corea and Manchuria, rendering the country roads impassable and making it imposible to conduct gen? eral military operations until the ground hardens. St. Petersburg, April -1.-As the time approaches for the opening of land operations on a large scale, the Russian authorities are exercising greater vigilance to prevent the news of their plans for the movement tc. and the disposition cf troops in, the theatre of war from going abroad where it might be of service to ti ie enemy. For ten cays not a scrap of real information, except such as is contained in official dispatches, has been given out or has come frcm the front. There practically exists an embargo upon news dispatches, these corning through being colorless and devoid of importance. The melting of the snow in a moun? tainous country wi ii render impassable in the spring the roads over which the Japanese must come, and tiiis is considered to be almost as effective an opposition as would a Russian army corps. The Russians also count upon a Japanese, flanking movement in con? nection with a frontal attack and therefore a Russian force has been disposed along the Tun en to prevent the entrance of a Japanese column there. Another effort to block Port Arthur is consequently expected daily. Viceroy Alexieff has returned to Mukden. New York Cotton Letter. Special by Ware & Leland's Private Wire. * New York, April .">.-It was the narrowness of he market that caused the break. There was no change in the position in any way, simply that when those who bought lower, at? tempted to take profits there was no buying power to absorb the stuff. Stop orders were reached and the market broke easily. Receipts were small enough to put up the price half a cent and in spite of this the price broke half a cent. Liverpool sold about 161;? cents at one time for May and June, and 17 cents for spots, and then broke half a cent. For some reason people herc were inclined to let go and to look for a break to buy again. There was very little short in? terest and this left the price to break more readily. The position is so streng that no ono-will sell. There? fore when profits are taken there are too few buyers to prevent a crash. This is why the average trader takes profits on a good bulge and waits for a break to bny again. The market is narrow. The advance to 15.45 was a 70 point rise. No wonder we had a break. We don't look for much lower prices as long as receipts are so small. On such breaks as we have had today cotton should be bought and sold on a sharp rise. C. W. Lee & Co. NEW YORK COTTON. Open High Low May 15 19 15 20 14 51 July 15 35 15 38 14 74 August 14 84 14 87 14 30 Sept. 13 00 13 10 12 65 October 12 28 12 28 Ll 90 Nov. 12 10 12 10 ll 79 Dec. 12 13 12 15 ll 76 Tone of market on close, steady. Spots, dull; middling,-15.00. The height of the eaves lines on all txhibit palaces at the World's Fair is 6.) feet WASHINGTON POLITICAL GOSSIP. What is Being Done, and Also Not Done in Congress-How the People's Money Goes. Washington, April 2.-Legitimate business goes forward by spasmodic jerks in both Senate and House. The Senate now has the Postoffice appro? priation bili in hand and the House is trying to swing the civil service ap? propriation bill every night "a day's march nearer home." The reading clerk is presenting them item by itenC and contesting the floor as far as the Speaker will let him with members who insist upon carrying on an acri? monious partisan debate between sen? tences. This hesitating progress has continued day by day. On Thursday Senator Gorman spiritedly arraigned the Republican party for sins of com? mission and omission, especially for refusing to investigate the diffusive postoffice scandal. He insisted that under lax methods corruption had per? meated every department of the gov? ernment; that thousands of officehold? ers had snatched boodle merely because their party had been too long in power and would probably soon be driven from all places of authority. Senator Dolli ver, Iowa, "the" Re? publican orator, deprecated the "sense? less clamor" which demanded investi? gation, and insisted that adequate and ample investigation had already been made and reported by the Postoffice Department itself. There had been enough investigation, he said, and Congress ought to go straight on with its work. Gov. McCreary, Ky., asked Mr. Dolliver if it was generally con? sidered adequate for a prisoner to sit in mjudgent on his own offenses. Senator Patterson, Col. insisted that there had been no investigation what? ever in reply to the demand which had been made for one by the Commis? sioners appointed by the President himself, and declared that an early adjournment had been decided on to avoid legislation not desired by the President. There was to be no* tari ff revision; no public building bill; no river and harbor bill; no reciprocity; no investigation of various scandals ; no settlement of the Swayne or Smoot cases. Senator Lodge asked him if the nation had not had prosperity, and when in the past there had ever been such a high tide of prosperity, as under the Dingley act. Senator Patterson replied that the country had had flosh times and periods o*f depresssion under both parties and all kinds of legislation, but he would venture to say that under the so-called free-trade regime of 1846 there was more general thrift and national pros? perity than there had been under the administrations of McKinley and Roosevelt. Senator Lodge admitted that the worst feature of the so-called postoffice scandal was the fact now re? vealed that there had been "secret rules" in the department for the benefit of Congressmen; it was hoped that the present bill would abolish them. In the house there are premonitory spats every day. Willliams, Demo? cratic leader, said the situation bris? tled with issues for the campaign. The party in power would be held responsible not merely for its failure to cultivate reciprocal relations with other nations and its refusal to punish grafters cr investigate manifest and palpable corruption, and for bank? rupting the treasury, but especially for its refusal to prosecute the coal carrying-railroad trust and to bring criminal action against the Northern Securities Company and condign punishment on the promoters of that conspiracy. He .added that the im? peachment of Judge Swayne ought io be vigorously carried on or stopped ; that it was not dignified or decenr to hold a high judicial officer in sus? pension, while his arraigners went home to fix their fences. Although there will probably be no new public building begun or author? ized this year, the House has provided in the sundry civil bill for a magni? ficent addition to the Capitol-an ex? tension of the main body of the build? ing eastward ISO feet so as to bring it out upon the piazza with the two wings. This addition will contain sixtv-six spacious and sumptuous rooms, half of which will belong to the House and half to the Senate. The entire extension will cost $2,5C0, OOO, and will be finished in two years. Leading from toe east steps to the rotunda will be a beautiful marble vestibule, ISO feet long, forming a grand entrance to the building. The. Senate will probably ratify the scheme. The administration indulges in vc ciferous joy over the news from Paris that the Panama title is clear and Colombia has lost her canal suit in the French court, enabling the canal com? pany to turn over the property to us during the present mouth. When he read the news Senator Lodge rushed np to the White House and embraced the president with no more attempt to hide his emotion than two girls show upon the street when confiding to each other their matrimonial pros? pects. Other visitors gave way, and diplomatically shrunk into embrasures of the windows and slid behind portieres so as to see, not to be wit? nesses of the too ardent felicitatioi s and transports of rapture. Now Jetes see if Uncle Sam can read his title clear to ditches in the swamp. Thc numerous understrappers who have risen from Shankz's ordinary mnre to a gorgeous equipage during the last two or three years will be deeply embarrassed by the sundry civil bill, if it goes through the Senate unscathed. It provides that all carriages owned by the government shall herefter bear thc painted name of the department which they serve. This will diminish their use as private chariots to some extent, out, as it stands, the identifying name need not be any larger than the type in which this letter is printed, and they may put it on the inside or on the under side. So there are chances of esca]>e. It will not be denied that the Y. M. C. A. has its share of all. It has applied to be appointed superintendent of all the new army post exchange buildings, with the privilege of iutro ducing all sorts of religious quarrels into the raiiltary service. This is fair? ly matched by the proposition that the government shall give 70,000.000 acres of irrigated land to the Salvation Army and lend it millions of money. The Texas building at the World's Fair was dedicated with app-opmte ceremonies on March 20.