The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-09-24
WASHINGTON
LETTER
terestiog Gossip of the
National Capital by Our
Correspondent.

large and enthusiastic delega
of Spanish war veterans of the
,artmeut Of the District of Colum.
will start for st, Louis in special
in a few days to attend the first
lmpment. Among the matters
ch will receive the attention of
eneantpment is the proposition to
blish military museum, for
BIZ bill appropriating $3.50, 900
introduced IN the lower house Of
Eres, last winter. Another is the
bsition to build in this city a
for soldiers, to which those
served in the war shall be eligi-
Another measure to be discussed
/ Gillett bill, now pending in
|ress, providing for the discharge
clerks at the age Of seventy
|, with the complementary bill
|ablish civil pension list Civ
Ll superannuated public employees
sion for life .The advocates of.
|ast hold that all public who are .
ID to work have a moral night .
support by the people even
h they have had large salaries
buy years and have recklessly
|all Of their money.
hidaous and lamentable wal
East does not in any way di-
american parties. But it is
Noticeable that there has been
4 the last month a change in
sentiment here concerning the
and probable outcome of the
u A coed many think that
in retreating has fallen back
'tAe superior numbers and has
ed a strategic point, it has also
! obvious that the japanese are
only ones who can fight with
pching, and die game. The
b soldier seems to have met :
Conet onset with the same I
and even stoicism of his l
Pnamy. 1t is doubtless this Il
of feeling, observable in Lon .
hich causes the indignant re- D
Pnce from Tokyo reflected in p
eN. 1t is believed here that II
hinistratiOn will render i'm d
Justice in the case of the Lena p"
ped in the harbor of San
fo.
pal Walker and the Panama
Commission have returned
pat inhamed ligament-the il
for the severalth time. W
em to go and come back as fe
Possible. If the canal gets in
Rapidly as these official pro-
Vibrate between New York ce
everybody will be satisfied. to
lral announces that work is II
commenced; that engineers la
pg'" employed; that santa. III
being" established; that pl
es and yellow fever and ye
re being dealt with; that a
up of the swamp in which me
being seven feet below izs
being" considered, that gel
of the Chagres is being cal
he seems to avoid every ers
OF the past tense and deals De
with the continuing pres Ho
% indefinite paulo-post fu- car
me of the commissioners de- the
sthmus beautiful place, be
them Lave, as vet, erect pre-
villas there, but hurry siss
pack to Washington, al l
On would get SIS a day Der
eY remained in Colon. 1t The
may he several years be- ulis
pmiral learns to apply to will
trent conditions the predi- puS
uxllliaries was, :" "has" not
ana done BEEN" can
OF the models that have gre;
IONS encumbered the cor ! Den
galleries of the great be
ing on F street occupied maj
mt office have been carted pal,
stored elsewhere. The elec
lhers needed more room tuni
patent models in cases Roo
steel will no longer be the
eAhlbition.. Most people mt
THIS is unfortunate and puts
ofhcials insist that, as
'ment is the only one in r
lent that is self-support- ladi