Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-03-03
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From All Quarters.
THE CLOSING SCENES.
Both Houses of Congress
Rushing Business.
LARGE FIRES EAST AND WEST.
Guardingt the Cherokee Strip
Against Boomers.
The SINKING OF The STEAMER IOWA.
The SINKING OF the STEAMER IOWA.
Insurgents at Iquique En-
trenching Themselves.

| THE FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS-.
The House Subsidy Amendment,
| Agreed te-Passage OF the Postomcs
| Appropriation Bill-Several Bill,
| Passed In the HOuse-N1ght Sessie nj
| In Both Houses. :
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 2.-Aftel
the senate had agreed to the house subsidy
| amendment, house bill relating to the
treaty of reciprocity with the Hawaiian isl
| ands was passed.
The postofice appropriation bill was
then taken up, and Mr.. Frye in place OF
| amendment, which he had offered on Sat
urday night, offered one appropriating
100000 for transportation of foreign
mails.
Mr.. Carlisle moved to amend Mr.. Frye's
motion by reducing the amount for trans
portation for foreign mails to 81 1850, 900,
and it was agreed to.
The question being on Mr.. Morgans
amendment, allowing contracts to be
made with vessels owned exclusively by
moved to add to it the words "and con-
structed in the United States"
Mr.. Plumb's amendment was agreed to
yeas 80, nays 18.
Mr.. Morgan then withdrew the amend
ment, remarking that the vote Just taken
had annulled the purpose that he had in
view.
Mr.. Frye's amendment as amended was
agreed to and the bill passed.
Mr.. Plumb offered resolution continu-
ing tho select committee on Pacific rail-
road debts during the recess of the senate
with power to sit at Washington. Agreed
to.
A conference report was presented and
agreed to on the bill as to ife-saving ap-
planes on steamers on any lakes or bays
of the United States (suspending opera
ton of that law for one year ending from
March, 1891.
Messrs Plumb, Allison and Blackburn
were appointed senate conferees on the
post appropriation bill.
The senate then proceeded to the consid-
Grafton of the agricultural appropriation
bill.
The bill was passed and the senate pro-
ceeded to the consideration of the general
deficiency bill
The conference report on the District of
Columbia appropriation bill was present
ed, read and agreed to.
4Ao 6cnhGo UTdASACtoO DuS1d6bS uuCl1 q
o'clock this morning and adjourned until
$50 to-day.
port on the bill to repeal the timber cul-
ture law.
Senate bill was passed making Enfield,
Conn, a port of delivery.
Mr.. Flower of New York moved to sus-
pend the rules and pass the senate bill for
the erection of new custom house in the
city of New York.
The motion was agreed to and the bill
was passed.
Mr.. Boutelle of Maine asked unanimous
consent for the immediate passage of the
senate bill granting pension of $4,000
Mr.. Bum of North Carolina objected.
Subsequently Mr.. Bum withdrew his
objection and the bill was passed-yeas
161, nays SO.
Mr.. McComas of Maryland submitted
the conference report on the District of
Columbia appropriation bill and it was
agreed to.
On motion of Mr.. Payson of Illinois,
senate bill was passed granting a pension
of 500 month to the widow of Major
General Judson Fitzpatrick.
Mr. Simmonds of Connecticut submitted
the conference report on the copyright
bill. An agreement is arrived at on all
but the provision that the home copyright
articles from abroad. The amendments
agreed to put autographs, chromos and
photographs on the same basis as books as
regards the two copies which are required
to be deposited with the librarian of con-
gress. Mr.. Simmolds moved that the con-
ference report be agreed to and that fur
Their conference be ordered.
Mr. Hopkins of Illinois raised ques-
ton of consideration against the confer
ence, but the house decided-yeas 1853,
nays SO, to consider it.
Mr.. Simonds explained that the confer
ence had agreed on all points except the
amendment which was known as the Sher-
man amendment, and he demanded the
previous question on the adoption of the
report. The previous question was ordered
adopted and the further conference agreed
to. The postofice appropriation bill was
sent to conference.
The house then took recess till $50
p. m.
When the house met this evening every
thing showed that the dying hours of con-
gress were approaching. The attendance
of members was unusually large and every
| second member was seskiug to secure rec
IGNITION from the speaker for the passage
of some special measure. The galleries
were filed and many persons, unable to
gain admission, strolled through the cor
ridors.
Mr.. Hatch of Missouri was fortunate
enough to catch the speakers eye, and he
moved to suspend the rules and pass, with
| amendments, the senate bill to provide
for the inspection of live cattle, hogs and
the carcasses and products thereof, which
are the subjects of interstate commerce.
| The motion to suspend the rules was
agreed to-yeas 1871, nays 70.
The speaker appointed the following
committee to attend the funeral of the
late Senator Hearst: Clunie, Mckinley
Blount, Geary, Tucker, McComas, Cruth
| O'Neill of Massachusetts,, and McAdoo.
| After other business the house at
| O'Clock took recess until 10 o'clock.