The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-10-21
THE SENATE AND HOUSE
At Last Adjourn After 32l Days Work.
Dispatches From Europe and the East.

At Last Adjourn After 32l Days Work.
Dispatches From Europe and the East.
ROME. Oct. 20.-A land slide oc-
CURED at the Datenza railway today;
train was buried in the debris, and
number of persons killed. Six
bodies have been recovered and ten
wounded rescued.
A SPANISH RIOT.
MADRID, Oct. 20.-The republican
rioters mobbed Senior Canovas del
Castillo, at Saragosa, last night and
stoned his house. Rloting continued
for hours. The government army is
powerless to quell the disturbance.
THE AUTHORITIES APoLoaIzED.
PARIS, Oct. 20.-The escutcheon on
the German consulate at Havre was
torn from its position last night and
thrown into the streets. The project at
Havre rendered q profuse apology to
the consul, and N. Goblet, minister
of foreign affairs likewise apologized
to the German ambassador here for
the outrage. There is no clue to the
persons who committed the act. =.
THE CLOSING SCENES.
WASHINGTON, OCT. 20.-When the
house met this morning at II o'clock
on the last day of the most protracted
session in the annals Of congress, in
addition to the speaker there were
fifteen members in attendance. In
the galleries there were not more
than a hundred persons to witness
the closing scenes. The speaker ap-
pointed Mcmillan, of Tennessee,
clements, of Georgia, and Ryan, of
Kansas, q committee on the part of
he house to wait upon the president
and inform him that congress was
ready to adjourn, il he has no fur
ther communication to make. A re-
cess was then taken until IL 80 P. NJ.
After the recess representative Nc
MILAN, chairman of the committee
appointed to wait upon the president,
reported that the duty had been per
formed and that the president had
stated that he had no further COM
munication to make to the house.
A recess was then taken till seven
minutes before one, After the second
recess, Ryan of Kansas, offered and
the house unanimously adopted the
following resolution :
ReSolUed, That the thanks OF
this house be hereby rendered Hon.
John G. Carlisle, the speaker, for
the courtesy, ability and fairness with
which he presided over the deliber-
atoms of the first session Of the fif-
tieth congress.
As the hands of the clock pointed
to the hour of one. the speaker said
"The hour of the, clock having ar
rived, now declare the house ad-
journed sine dieY The announce
ment was received with applause and
the correspondents.in the press gal
lery evinced their thankfulness by
chanting the doxology.
IN THE SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.-Only seven
senators had the benefit of the final
prayer of this session by the chap
lain. namely: presiding officer ingalls,
of Kansas, ,Allisen of Iowa, Cockrell
Of Missouri, Mitchell Of Oregon, Pad
dock OF Nebraska, Salisbury of Del
aware and Teller OF Colorado. During
and Immediately after. the reading of
the journal, the senate was reinforced
by tho presence of Blackburn of Ken
lucky Reagan of Texas, and Sawyer
of Wisconsin.
A committee of two, Allison and
Salisbury, was appointed to go with
a like committee on the part OF the
house and wait upon the president
and inform him that congress having
finished its business was ready to
close the present session by an ad-
journment at II : o'clock to-day.
Blackburn presented minority re-
port on the selection Of the committee
on operations of the civil service law.
It was ordered printed with the ma
jority report.
The last bill of the session to be in
troduced was one by Mitchell propos-
ing an amendment to the constitution
providing for election OF United States
senators by the people. Business was
then informally suspended awaiting
a message from the president or from
the house. The first message was
from the house announcing the ap
pointment Of a committee to wait
upon the president; five minutes
afterwards Allison of the committee
to wait on the president reported thai
the committee had performed thai
duty and had been informed by the
president that he had no further com
munication to offer. A resolution
rendering the thanks of the senate tt
president pro tenn. ingalls, for the
uniformly able courteous and impair
tial manner in which he presided
was offered by Salisbury and adopted
unanimously.
At five minutes before one a mes
sage from the president announced hi
approval of sundry senate bills an6
joint resolutions. Senator Ingalll
then spoke, briefly acknowledging
with. thanks the complimentary
vote rendered him as presiding officer
and thanking the senators for tn,
courtesy and consideration showr
him. He then declared the senate
adjourned without day. O.
THE ATCHIsoN BONDS.
BOSTON, Oct. 20-The Journa
says: We learn from excellent au
thority that the full measure of the
Atchison's financial necessities is ter
millions. This sum will take in tn,
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