Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-28
ONLY ONE DAY MORE And the -ss-rst Half of the Fifty
 VTl'hird Congress WILL $ HAVE PASSED AWAY Lara jai Number of Visitors in t T GallerieS-Nothing of
 Interest Done.
WILL $ HAVE PASSED AWAY

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.-The senate was in session today only an hour and quarter and that time was spent behind closed doors, in order not to expose the fact that the mum Der of senators in attendance was twenty short of a quorum, an actual, but unofficial, count showing the presence of only twenty-three senators.
 There were three matters of legislative character disposed of while the senate was in secret session. These were the passage of house bill authorizing the Kansas City, Oklahoma and Pacific Railway com pany to construct and operate railroad through the Indian territory; house bill for the issue of a duplicate cheek for Sl0,- 115 to J. H. Hathaway & Co.,, contractors for government work at the mouth of the St. Johns river, Florida; house joint res- olution to print the agricultural report for 1894, COCO copies of the part containing merely business and executive matter, and 5C0, ,000 copies of the second part, dealing with matters specially suited to instruct and interest the farmers of the country.
 The senate adjourned at 1:15 o'clock D. m ;, the adjournment being until noon to- morrow, at which time there will be ex- sctly two hours left before the final close of this long and exciting session of con- gress.
 IN THE HOUSE.
 The Pythian hosts and their friends now gathered in the capital were fully repre- sented in the galleries of the house today, their numbers filling them to overhowing. They presented striking contrast to the floor, which was occupied by not more than sixty or seventy represe natives. Mes. sages were received from the president and from the senate, the former announcing his signature to "sundry bills and joint resolutions.'
 Several members requested and obtained leave. to grlnt remarks in the Record, one of them to insert a speech on the repeal of the Sherman law, accomplished year ago. In the course of the consideration of these requests it developed that the last copy of the Record for the session will be published a week after the day of adjournment, so that if any speech is not in the hands of the printer in time for that publication the leave to print, as Speaker Criep observed, will not avail the member.
 MT. Holman, with the predatory remark that It had been many years since he had asked the house to consider private bill, asked unanimous consent for the consider ation of bill to reimburse Jane and o. B. Cobb of Aurora, Ind, for the seizure and destruction by government forces ot certain. boats on the Ohio river in 1863. MT. Hol- man made a brief statement of the claim and the facts upon which it was based, showing that 1t had been before congress since the Thirty eight congress.
 Several members interrogated MT. Hol- man respecting the facts, and finally MT. Marsh, republican,, of Illinois, objected, remarking that he was surprised that the gentleman from Indiana should, in the closing hours of congress, ask the house to pass bill appropriating over 5000 of the peoples money to pay an old claim of two constituents of his, whether just or not he would not say, which the gentleman, MT. Holman, says has not been submitted to a committee of the house.
 This was greeted with laughter, which was increased as MT. Holman crossed the aisle to appeal to MT. Marsh to withdraw his objection, and the latter sought the rear lobby to escape his opportunities. The disabilities of Speaker Crisp were visibly excited by the scene and he felt impelled to suggest, in connection with his efforts to restore order, that ';the gentlemen desir- ing to converse will please retire to the cloak room.''
 MT. Richardson of Tennessee reported from the com mittee on printing, with a recommendation that it pass, a resolution providing for printing 40, 900 copies of the tariff bill compared with the rates of pre- vious bills.
 MT. Wilson of West Virginia said that the comparison was not, in his opinion, of great value, for the reason that 1t was practically impossible to compare importa- lions and receipts under an ad valorem and specific rates of duty.
 MT. Bynum said the comparison had been made by the treasury experts with the clerks of the finance committee and with the committee on ways and means, and he believed it was as accurate as any thing could be made, and had been pre- pared as all similar comparisons had been madd. On the adoption of the resolution the vote was 76 ayes, 47 nays.
 MT. Johnson, democrat, of Ohio, made the point of no quorum. Tellers were or- dered, but before the result was announced the point of no quorum was withdrawn.
 MT. Haugen, republican, of Wisconsin, was recognized and announced the death at his home this morning of the Hon. George B. Shaw.
 The usual resolutions were agreed to, and in accordance herewith at 1 :25 o'clock the house adjourned till tomorrow.