The Worthington advance., 1892-08-11
PASSED INTO HISTORY.

PASSED INTO HISTORY.
The First sssssoa of the LID con~r...
Has Adjosraed-c Closing scenes.
WASHINGTON, Aug. e.-The light o1
the first session of the Fifty-second
congress went out at IL o'clock FRIDAY
night. A night session at both ends OF
the capitol of midsummer evening Il
rare. 1t comes often enough at the close
OF the short session in March when
both branches are pressed for time.
That it took place in August as well
was due to the sympathetic feeling
which caused partisanship to be for.
gotten, when it was known how
anxious President Harrison was to
have the public business finished SO
that he could join his invalid wife in
the Adirondacks.
The president reached the capital
about $3.50. With him were Attorney
General Miller, Secretary J. w. Foster,
Secretary Noble, Private Secretary
Halford and other members of the ex.
ecutive staff.
The worlds fair was the first i'm.
portant measure signed by the presi-
dent. The sundry civil bill came a lit
tie more than an hour later,
the last one. The intervening time
was filed in with private or unim-
portant bills. When the joint COM
mittee of the house and senate waited
on him i few minutes before II
and asked whether he had any further
communication to make it was with a
look of relief that the president re-
piled he had none and that there was
nothing in the way of public business
to prevent the adjournment at II
o'clock.
As soon as this had taken place the
president was driven from the capitol
to the Pennsylvania depot, where he
took the train which is to bear him to
Loon lake.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-When the SEN
ate met at 8 in the evening there were
hirty or thirty-five senators visible un-
der the glare of the electric lights. They
were having an easy, conversational
lime of it. Various bills came over
from the house and a few unim-
portant resolutions were announced.
Senators Allison Qa.) and German
(Md.) were named the committee to
wait on the president, and the senate
let Senator Sanders (Mont.) introduce
The last bill of the session. Then
Senator Harris (Tenn.) presented a res
>lution thanking Vice President Nor
ION for his impartial services, etc. Sem
ator Cockrell (Mo.) presented similar
'ne in regard to the president pro tem.,
senator Manderson. Both were adopt
"a and the senate took a recess to 1855
When the recess was up the commit
zee reported that President Harrison
ad no further communication to make,
lie vice president watched the wheels
# the big clock go around for nearly
;wo minutes, and then made his pleas
Int speech of thanks and farewell,
lining it SO that he was able to drop
the gavel and declare the senate ad-
iourned within few seconds of IL.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-The house
made a rush Friday night to wind up
;he business of the session, so that final
adjournment might take place before
sunrise. 1t was some relief when
'he conference report of the sun
Try civil bill was laid before
;he house. The conferrees had agreed
IN all the points of difference between
;he two houses, but there was a long
and excited discussion over an amend
mend prohibiting the employment of
Pinkerton men as guards during the
grand army enca1npment i'll this city,
which was passed.
On motion of MIR. Houh (O.) the sem
ate joint resolution was passed author
zing foreign exhibitors at the worlds
:air to bring into this country foreign
aborers to assist in preparing their ex-
libits.
AS The hour of II, agreed upon for
hnal adjournment, drew near some
members began to crowd into the cham
Der again and some made desperate ef-
iort> to get the eye of the speaker, but
promptly at the hour he declared the
house adjourned without day.
Two hundred representatives ioipcd
n applauding the welcome announce
respondents arose in the press gallery
md sang with JUNCTION "Praise God,
rom whom all blessings flow.' The
crowd of spectators in the public and
private galleries and the congressman
ioined in the singing and loudly ap-
olauded.
WASHINGTON, Aug. Ex-senator Man
1erson before the senate adjourned
made some remarks as to the business
# the session. It was unprecedented,
le said. at least for many years. that
;he calendar of cases was as reduced as
t is now. There were on the calendar
lot exceeding six house bills yet un-
disposed of and there were COM
oaratively few senate bills on
;he calendar. The senate had
passed 700 senate bills and of those the
house had passed 120. The house had
passed 400 house bills, and of these the
senate had passed 3l6. OF all the pres
dental nominations that had come to
'he senate there had not been single
election, and but three nominations
nad died on the executive calendar of
;hc senate.
Senator Allison Ua.) said that he
would state in general terms the appro-
oriations of this session as compared
with the appropriations of the
irst session of the Fifty first
congress. The appropriations of
chat session were. in round numbers,
1868, ,00o, 900, and those of the
present session $5O7, 600, 900, showing
IN increase at this session of $4,000
100 The principal increases were in
;he appropriations for pensions and for
;he post office department..
BAD WRECK NEAR ERIE.
The Lake Shore Fast Express Runs Into .
Broken Freight-several Lives Lost.
ERIE, Pa, Aug. Ga freight wreck
occurred at uarbor Creek station on
Tho ,cko Shoro roo1 ,s,h;1o <ol:no A..