Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1889-12-21
WASHINGTON.
ADJOURNMENT FOR THE HOL-
DAYS.
BILLS BY VIRGINIA MEMBERS.
An Unusual Incident Creates a sensa
ton In the Senate "A Man In tho
Gallery During Executive Ses.
sion Ofthe Senate.

WASHINGTON, December 20.-Con-
gress will adjourn tomorrow for the
holiday recess. A great many mem
bers have already left for home,
among the number being Honorable
Paul E. Edmunds.
Mr.. Jesse D. Abralams, deputy
comptroller of the currency, has left
for q two weeks visit in Virginia. He
will go to Salem, Lynchburg, Roanoke
City first, and then visit his brothers
and sisters in Powhatan county, and
stop to see some of his Richmond
friends before returning to Washing
ton
Among the bills that have been in
troduced by Virginia members are
the following:
To open and build q roadway to
Federal cemetery at Winchester.
To preserve the grave OF General
Daniel Morgan and to erect monu-
ment over the same.
To pay to the several states and ter
ritories the moneys collected under
the direct tax levied by act of con-
gress in 1861.
For the establishment OF light
house on Pages Rock, Va.
To establish range and other nec-
essary lights at the entrance to the
harbor Of Cape Charles City, va.
For the erection of a new tower
near the site of the lighthouse on
Smiths island, Va.
For the establishment of a first-or-
der lighthouse on Hog island, Va.
For the completion of the monu-
ment to Mary the mother of Washing
ton at Fredericksburg.
To provide for matchmaking the
road from the railroad to the national
cemetery in fredericksburg.
For experimenting with electricity
as motive power in its application
to marine architecture.
To provide for advances made to
the United States by the states Of
Maryland and Virginia.
To establish station at g wynn's
and Tangier islands, in Virginia, for
the culture Of the oyster and other
shell-fish.
There was great excitement in the
senate yesterday afternoon, when, at
about $50 o'clock, the senators who
were in executive session looked upat
the gentlemen's gallery in the north
west corner Of the chamber and saw
there man sitting upright and ap-
parently taking good deal of inter
est in the proceedings.
The utmost confusion prevailed for
while, and then Captain Bassett
was dispatched upstairs to eject the
intruder.
The doorkeeper in charge of that
gallery unlocked the door and es-
corted the man out.
He proved to be a young fellow
about IS or 20 years of age, and with
out realizing sense Of his condition
or situation. He had evidently been
asleep on seat when the senate went
into executive session and was proba-
bly, discovered before he had secured
any very valuable information. He will
always, however, carry with him the
distinction of having been in the gal
lery while the senate was supposedly
enjoying the seclusion of secret
session.
A gentleman who heard the door
keepers description of the man stated
that he had seen him, he thought,
loating around the capitol for several
days, but would not say that he be-
lieved him to have concealed himself
in the gallery for any Interior pur-
pose.
The incident created quite q sensa-
ton. as none of those around the
capitol could remember that similar
one had ever before occurred.