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In the House.

In the House.
I 9th DAY.-The House agreel to resolu.
ion for q holiday recess from Thursday, De-
.smber %. until Wednesday, January e.
rhe floor vas then under the special order,
accorded to the COMMITTEES on Indian At
airs. The first bill called up was one
authorizing the Secretrry Of the
Treasury to cover into the Treasury
AS, 800 Of the appropriation for the Choc-
aw and Chickasaw Indians. Fassed-
A bill was passed to ratify and confirm an
agreement with the Kickapoo Indians In
Oklahoma Territory-Mr. Antony intro
iuced bill repeating the acs of June q,
1890, granting pensions to soldiers and sail
,rs and to widows, minor caldren, and de-
pendent parents Of soldiers and sailors. The
DILL also provides that all pensions granted
ander the act sha i be discontinued.
10TH DAY.-The House held short ses.
non. The Speaker presented communica-
lion from Secretary Tracy, submitting
an estimate OF appropriation OF
f9o0O for the completion Of
the dry dock at Puget Sound;
also a letter from w. B:
Franklin, President OF the Board
of Managers OF the National Home
for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, enclosing
an estimate for deficiency appropriation
OF S32, $50 for aid to State ana Territorial
homes for the fiscal year lS92-These bills
we're introducea: Providing that rail-
road corporations snail, for the
eatiEens of the respective States into
which their lines OF railway extend. or in
which they conduct or carry on their busi-
ness. Providing that companies Of the
hospital corps organize by the Secretary of
War in the medical department
of the army shall be established
upon the same military status as COM
panies OF infantry-rhe Senate bill for
the enlargement Of the military post at
Fort Wayne, Ind, and the bill appropriat-
ing $50, 900 to enable the Secretary OF War
to acquire good and valid title to the Forc
Brown Reservation were passed.
11TH DAY.-A bill was passed to increase
the pensions Of Mexican War veterans
A bill to extend Ross Winan's patent cover-
ing whalebacks was defeated--These bills
the pay Of officers of the navy,
which fixes the salaries Of each
grads and provides for longevity increase.
a bil for the establishment Of bureau Of
Congressional service. A bill providing that
no person receiving pay in the naval or
military servica of the United States shall
receive any pay whatever from the Govern.
ment for any other service.
18TH BAY.-The House considered various
private bills, called up and passed under
unanimous consent NO determination wa
arrived at on the Indian Claim bill-The
House then proceeded to the consideration
OF the special order. being the reoorts called
up by the Committee on Public Lands.
, 18th DAY.-Mr. Greenleaf introduced for
reference bill appropriating $500, 900 for
the establishment of military post at
Rochester, n. Yin COMMITTEES Of the
Whole the House considered the bill pro-
viding for sundry lighthouses and other aids
to navigation. 1t provides TOT an expendi-
ture Of s550,00o. A half-hour limitation
was placed upon the discussion. Mr.. An.
thony opprse ed the bill, aud the House, oeing
without quorum, was Obliged t" adjourn