New-York tribune., 1900-12-23
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES.

Washington. December e.
TIE NINTH INFANTRY.-At Tien-Tsin Captain
lee Hail who is celebrated in song and story as
Texas ranger and who as volunteer ornoer IA lne
Army commanded the late General Law'on MACE
fehe scouts in the Philippines mas returheu ~
washington and a short time ago received an IN
,eresting letter from Major Jesse NJ Lee oescrlo-
ing the assault TIen-Tsin. and particularly lhe
mart fin that affair taken by the 9Th Infantry "nen
colonel Iiscurn was shot down Major Lee succeeoeo
10 the command Of the regiment In ms lelter 10
Captain Hall Major Lee says;
THE story of the battle of Tien-Tsin, which wes
the big fight. you probably have seen bt Jt vas
hard struggle a bloody fight. My battalion Iost 70
tt1ouSn rules / should have been knocked out. but
BY inscrutable dispensation OF Who
escaped unhurt. hero. but have the prosndd sid
atisfactiOn e OF olo9el eeg enerai Liscum fell
tally wounded at q. m, and the coInnlaho & us
times very hot until nightfal and the battle being
over succeeded in saving the balance OF my S sU1, ~
our Colonel We were beyond all suecoE or or as as
sistance of any kind. ii seemed. We held on @ nhe
grim death. and it was death In many cases barIy
in the day. about 1880 m. sent BACK lor a ILL
wounded but came: for reinforcemesnts sna Dui
none appeared nearer than WlI afnrant 8Ie who took
the message and returned. was hit three
in putting us into the fight where we were: he ne
made mistake we brought % ou1 h,tai;on asoT had
not got up the river company mao been atha IeIf a
S5iace Siolo' When forming we met hot destructive
flank fire our Colonel instead OF getting d ms ni1 nR
for that fire So we met and took the fire. which nta
would have been poured into co1n rond ON oof Of my
comrades in the 9Th for acqutting themselves as
true American soldiers
Mr.. CARNEGIE "ToUCHED."-''The STAR
says:
Andrew Carnegie Of Pittsburg, donor of libraries,
epPed me or senator Hannas residence just
around the corner on Lafayette SQUARE Two Two, gen
pTosebea asked minqtss tax with with h ihet
Walk AI along with me: am behind time
So they went along together. end and Ms as tsT f9ey
negie the necessity for q public library at Fort
Dodge Iowa. They said Fort Dodge 9,nss neede9 aers
going il seemed that the only chance OF gettlng
% 9ne T tbe fgT one g aEed their for
square and half between the shoreham nsrf9 ana
reached the Senator's door the library was won
Surely said Mr. carn9gie' bs aoTt citI DO6 6g9sfe
site and agree to maintain m the T,a 9r OooS for
500 soon b3ijaing 1S Ials Good q Sps day." O''
me be two men were Solicitor o'ConDeH and Di
psrtment 1t was one of the most successIuii cases
A CURIOUS FITNESS TEsT.-That the Admin
istration has resolved upon a policy OF caretui
retrenchment and strict economy in the eNpehol-
ture Of the public funds is abundantly demon
Efrated by the recent pTOIhohioH u a N'SifA - -
Treasury to the important position Of Fourth AS
sistant Auditor Of the Treasury for the Post
office Department. A vacancy at this post was
created by the promotion of A. {. LaWshe 10 DC
Auditor for the Philippines The president az
tention was called to the fact that aside from
exnerience and fitness, what was most neeoeo IN
the Fourth Assistant Auditor Of the Treasury for
the Postofice Department was short name
It was explained to Mr. Mckinley that an a tais ms
official has do is to pass upon accounts anu bere
tach his signature TO warrants Oul ,ans name
is o9 e aesF %peh 5e 5sPlRE TansaGon &c Of public
the time required to write IL seVeIa1 h9tu ~ he S
times dav Furthermore, II was SHOWN 10 lne
President that by selecting man IN "noSS i h9Iro @
rnoTtbs a YEAR would be saved the Government
in the expedition of the business OF tns ~
gfTncted the appointment clerk TO pick a man
answering the requirements as 10 9 pISEy 5freee L
The choice fell upon n. L. Chew. i ana IN me poll poll
he President has vacancy TO ill are now advs
ing all constituents seeking places IN In me b, SI1Is
down 10 the lowest possible number of letters.
r-NrTCKY OHIO sTATESMEN.-Ohio states
men at Washington have had such unlucky
experiences with the automobile that they now look
upon that new vehicle in al its forms as thing
10 he avoided. Last summer Senator Foraker, while
riding in an automobile. had a smashup, as re-
suli Of which he losing his right hand.
Not once since then has the Senator ridden in an
auto" and he shies every time one of the con-
trivances crosses his orbit. Yesterday DR.. James
A. Norton VINO represents the AI1lln OLlo DlstIicl
in The House. started Tor a rloe IN an auI9noplIe'
contrary the earnest advice of Senator Foraker.
Dr Norton is now laid up for repairs. He had not
been on the road ten minutes before the automo-
bile with singular perverseness in its relations to
Ohio statesmen, deliberately rammed itself with
full force against wall, sending the doctor hurt
ing upon him more bruises than the attending phy-
sCisns have yet been able &c count. Numerous as
is the Ohio colony in Washington, not one of its
members Will now consent TO ride in sn auto"
PENNSYLVANIA LEADERS IN POOR
HEALTH.-The approach of the final struggle at
Harrisburg in the fierce Senatorial contest in Penn
sylvania is reminder that both of the chief gadi-
ators in that contest are in poorer health than is
generally known Reference is made 10 Matthew
Stanley Quay. Of Beaver, and Christopher Magee,
Of Pittsburg, who have been fighting each other for
twenty years more and have in all that time
kept the politics of the keystone State in terrible
turmoil. What the nature OF Mr. Quays illness is
only his family and physicians know. but that It
is serious was shown by the fact that a few
ngs before he left Washington, soon after the re-
assembling of Congress- for his winter residence in
Florida. he had a sudden sinking spell which
aroused the gravest fears of his physicians and
family. The intimate friends of Mr.. Magee are
aware that he is suffering from affection which
may al any time remove him from active partici-
patton IN politics. IT, indeed, ii does not completely
cut snort his career. At the same time, IL IS eX-
pected that Quay and Magee will be at Harrisburg
when the Legislature meets there next week. per-
sonally 10 command their forces in the big battle
that Is scheduled to occur.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S VICE.-Senator
Harris, Popocrat. of Kansas. takes an original view
Of The agitation for reorganization of the Demo-
cratic party. The Kansas statesman, who by the
way. a Confederate soldier and represents a
State in which there more Union soldier draw
ing pensions than there relatively any other