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In the House,

125TH DAY.-The bill amendatory of the
Census act was passed. II prescr;5eS pen
atty upon any supervisor or enumerator who
shall receive, or any person who shall pay
any fee or other consideration in addition to
the compensation of such supervisor or
erumerator. Mr.. Quinn introduced bill
reducing to one per cent. an ounce or frac-
tion thereof the postage on drop letters in
cities of ono hundred thousand inhabitants
or over. :. In Committee of the Whole the
River and Harbor Appropriation bill was
discussed.
126TH DAY.-The River and Harbor bill
was considered and the point of order was
made that the Hennepin Canal was not
rightfully included in it. Mr.. Flower in
troduced bill subjecting oleonargarine to
the provisions of the laws of the several
States. Referred. Mr.. Parrett introduced
a bill to increase the pension of parsons who
have lost leg or an arm to $50 a month; OF
those having lost both legs or both eyes to
500 a month, and of those having lost both
hands to 1925 month. Mr.. Flood intro
duced bill appropriating 100000 for the
erection of public building at Ithaca, N. Y.
12TTH DAY.-During the delivery of the
opening prayer. in which the Chaplain an
nouuced the death of Speaker Reeds mother
in Maine, the Speaker occupied the chair, but
while tne Clerk was reading the journal he
left the hall, designating Mr.. Perkins, Of
Kansas to preside in his stead. .. The House
went into Committee of the Whole (Mr. Bur-
rows, of Michigan, in the chair on the River
and Harbor bill. The pending question was
the point of order against the Hennepin
Canal proposition. This was lost. On mo-
ton of Mr. Henderson, an amendment was
adopted, reducing from S2,0O0 900 to 81, 900, :
600 the appropriation for the Improvement OF
the Mississippi River from the head Of the
passes to the mouth of the Ohio River, 81, ,000
900 having already been appropriated in q
special bill. :. Mr.. Wade Introduced 4 bill
providing that the pay of letter carriers,
after three years service in first-clasS poStA
offices, SHALL be $1,000 per apnum, and after
two years service in second-class poStotficeS
S1050 per annum . Public business was sus-
pended at O'clock and the House proceeded
to pay fitting tribute to the memory of the
late David Wilbur, of New YORK. After eulo-
CYSTIC addresses by Messrs Sherman, of New
York; Mccormick, of Pennsylvania; McRae,
of Kansas; Russell, of Connecticut; Tracey
and Farquhar, of New York, the House, as
mark OF respect to the memory Of the de-
ceased, adjourned.
128TH DAy.-The session was devoted to
matters pertaining to the District OF
Columbia The Rock Creek Park bill was
passed. Mr.. Bingham introduced bill to
amend the Revised Statutes relative to TIE
punishment OF burglars Oh postoHlcss, 50 as
to provide that any person who shall break
into, OF attempt to break into, any postoffice
building shall upon conviction be punished
by a fine of not mora than $1,000 and by i'm
prisonment at hard labor for not more than
twenty years.
129TH DAy.-Thc River and Harbor bill
was considered, and several amendments re.
lating to the Mississippi River were defeated
-. Mr.. Flower introduced bill appropriat.
ing $3.50, 900 for the completion of the Grant
Monument at Riverside Park, New York
city. Mr. Mckinley submitted the confer
ence report upon the Customs Administra-
tion bill. The report was adoptel-yeas l27;
nays 1S--the Speaker pro tenn, counting a
quorum. "a bill was introduced By Mr..
Russell for the construction Of lightship
with fog signal at Cornfeld Point, Conn,
and one by Mr.. Quinn, of New York, pro-
viding thata all railroads shall use automatic
danger signals and alerms oD all trains.