Morning journal and courier., 1889-03-02

| eign office. 'Ponsonby' arrived from Paris on Thursday morning. His only baggage
 was small handbag. Soon after his arriv- | al he sent telegraphic despatch to Lon- don."
 The Standard says it is able to confirm the statement that the suicide is Pigott. When arrested he preserved his calmness and ex- cused himself that he might get his overcoat he retired to an alcove and there shot him. self in the mouth with revolver. He died instantly. His head was horribly disfigured. Fiftieth Congress-SecOnd Session WASHINGTON. March l. SKNATE.-1n the Senate this morning long communication was presented from the Secretary of the Treasuary, in response to senate resolution calling for reports as to sugar frauds and undervaluations of mer- chandise at New York and other ports. It was read in part and referred to the commit l tee on the operation of the civil service law. The conference report on the bill to divide portion of the Sioux reservation in Dakota into separate reservations was presented and agreed to. Also the conference report on the l bill for the relief of certain volunteer and regular soldiers of the late war with Mexico as to removal of charges of desertion. Also the conference report the bill to forfeit certain railroad lands, which, however, after some discussion, was laid aside informally until it could be printed.
 
 oeded from it's amendment to the house bill in regard to the organization of the militia ot the district of Columbia and the bill has now passed both houses.
 The deficiency bill was reported back from committee on appropriations and notice was given by MT. Hale that he would ask to have it taken up as soon as printed. ! MT. Sherman, from the committee on for- eign relations, reported back the senate bill for the protection of the salmon fisheries in Alaska, with recommendation that the House amendment (extending the provisions of the bill to Behring's Sea) be disagreed to. Mir. Morgan, member of the committee, said that the question involved in the amend ment was of such important character that the committee on foreign relations would not undertake to pronounce that kind of judgment upon it, which was due to it's ! magnitude.
 The amendment was disagreed to and conference asked.
 Mr. Jones of Nevada, from the committee on contingent expenses, reported substitute for Mir Stewards resolution heretofore offer ed. The substitute continues the select com | mittee on Pacific railroad matters until the debt is adjusted and instructs the committee to examine substantially the roads of the several companies and the counties through which they pass which are imme- l diately contributory to them for the purpose Of asceItaining how the indebted | ness can be so adjusted and paid as to ad- l vance the development of the country and afford the inhabitants thereof reasonable freight and passenger rates.
 \ Mr. Edmunds ojected to the consideration \ of the resolution remarking that there were ! eight or ten other committees which had ! been providing for their employment during ! the recess.
 The resolution went over until to morrow. | The Senate then proceeded to pass private pension bills on the calendar. | All the pension bills on the calendar (52) ! were passed.
 lution proposing liquor prohibition amend | ment to the constitution.
 Pending action on that MT. Riddleberger ! moved to proceed to executive business. The | motion was agreed to, yeas 24, nays 20. Senators Hoar and Riddleberger voted with | the Democrats on the motion. At 5:30 the senate opened its doors and took a recess un- ! til eight o'clock.
 A quorum did not appear till S:15. Mir. Hale called up the deficiency appropriation bill, but Mir. Blair objected as it had
 not been reported till to day. He gave ference report be taken up first. This was discussed and agreed to, and ! then consideration of the bill was begun. Among the reported were those appropria- ting $4, 7S9 fer public buildings at Boston; | $94, ,934 to reimburse Massachusetts for ex- '
 strengtening the fortific ations on the coast, l and $1651 ,439 to pay the findings of the
 Court of claims in the French spoliation
 cases.
 HOUsE.-The joint resolution was passed
 to promote commercial union with Canada.
 It provides that whenever it shall be duly certified
 to 5he 1 | with the United States having . uniform revenue
 import duties be imposed on articles brought in
 to either cauntry from other nations with duties
 he shall appoint three commissioners to meet those l who may bs likewise designated to represent the assimilation of the import duties and internal
 revenue taxes of the two countries and equitable
 Commission sha report to the President. who shall ! lay the report before Congress.
 | A number of senate bridge and right of
 way bills were passed and senate amend I ments to 8 large number of house bridge l bills concurred in.
 MT. Holmes, of Iowa, called up the Des l Moines river lands bill with the presidents
 veto message thereon.
 Mr. Crisp in the interest of the California
 contested election case raised the question of
 consideration.
 The house determined, yeas 13e nays IA,
 to consider the vetoed bills but it's considera- tion was suspended to allow MT. Holman, of
 Indiana, to present the conference report on
 the bill for the disposal of certain public
 lands of the United States under the
 provisions of the homestead law. The state-
 ment accompanying the report explains that the bill will only prevent the further sale of
 any public lands of the United States adapt- 1 ed to agriculture shall be disposed of only
 under the provisions of the homestead law. The bill further provides that pre- emption
 settlers whose claims have been heretofore in-
 itiated and are still subsisting may change
 their filings and entry to homestead to be
 considered under that law. The right of To
 cation of soldiers certificates is left as under
 existing law.
 The report was agreed to, yeas 243, nays 7. The Des Moines river lands bill was ther
 taken up for consid eration. MT. Holmes urged the passage of the bill, the President's
 veto to the contrary notwithstanding. Mr, White of New York said the Supreme court had decided that the title to the lands had passed entirely out of the United States, l and yet the first phrase of the bill was on, declaring the lands to be public lands The question was whether the House ni6ed, carefully prepared, logical vete I of the President of the United States
 It would have been easier for Cleveland tt
 have fallen in accord with the popular voic
 and have signed the bill, but the man haG
 shown he had a conscience about the busi 3 ness, All honor to the man who dared t
 refuse to do popular act aoeeane because he knsv gone vet, (applause on Democratic sids) ant l ss long as he dared to do an unpopula ! thing upon the conviction of his sense of du l ! ty he would remain with the country. H (Mr. White) honored Cleveland through an
 through, because he had done this thing. Mir. Wheeler, of Alabams, also oppose
 l the bill and cited decisions of the Suprem
 ! court to show that the United States had n
 \ title to the lands.
 After further discussion the house refuse