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ators Pettigrew and Wolcot. Several
| test votes were made during the day
on the resolutions which showed that
they will pass. The Cubm question
again came to the front when resolu-
ton was presented requesting the
| President to protest agains the execu-
| ton Of American citizens taken on
| board the schooner Competitor by a
| Spanish gunboat Mr., Morgan, of Ala
| bama. moved that resolution intro
| duced by him some time since. for a
recognition of the bellige'ency of the
Cuban insurgents, be referred to the
committee on foreign relations in order
| TO take the sense of that committee.
| He said that developments had occur
red which made it sheer justice to our
own people, without reference to its
effects on the Cubans, that we should
declare that state of war Exists there.
HoUsE-The house served notice on
| the senate and the country that it had
| transacted its business and was ready
for the final adjournment by passing,
without division, "a resolution for final
adjournment Monday, May Is. The
house proceeded under the special
| order to consider private pension bills
and acted upon them at the rate of
one every five minutes. By the terms
of the order debate on eacl was limited
to 10 minutes. In five and one-half
| hours ~ bills were favorabl' acted upon
SENATE. -121st day-Tht bond reso-
buttons passed, and thus, by the deci-
sive vote of 81 To 6, the senate inaugur-
ated an investigation, To lie conducted
by the senate committee on finance,
| into the facts and circumstances con-
nected with the sale of [ s. bonds by
the secretary of the treasury during
| the last three years. The final day of
debate was very hot, involving an in
| tereSting set-to betweel Senators
| Palmer, of Illinois; Vest, Of Missouri.
and Cocl1rell. of Missouri. Mr. Palmer
roasted the Republican candidates for
the presidential nomination and was
bitter against snap conventions to
commit the Democracy tosilver. Mr..
Vest took turn at President Cleve-
lands administration for alleged use of
federal officials to control Democratic
conventions, notably in Michigan. Mr.
Hill also had hand in the closing
scene, opposing the resolution The
conference agreements reported on
! the Legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill, including the item
of salaries for L. 5. district attorneys
and marshals, was agreed 10. Several
other minor matters were disposed
of also. HoUsE.-The net result of
three and half hours session was the
passage of bill to amend the act
creating the court of appe ais so as to
| allow appeals from the supreme courts
of the territories to the court of appeals.
SENATE.-122d day.-With the bond
resolution out of the way the senate
gave its attention TO an accumulation
of minor measures before going on
with the river and harbor bill. The
| bill for the erection of bridge across
| the Detroit river, at De.roit, was post
| poned until next session on the request
of Mr.. Sherman and the assent of the
| Michigan senator's, Mr.. sherman stated
that there would be string opposition.
voted themselves 500 per month for
clerks hire during the ecesses of con-
gress. A number of MINOR bills were
disposed of. An evening session was
devoted to private penson bills.
SENATE.-123d day.-rhe senate gave
most of the day TO passing the accumu-
lation of bills on the cllendar and sue
ceeded in disposing of large number
| of them. Considerable progress was
| also made on the riverand harbor bill.
HoUsE.-No session.
SENATE. day-In reporting
the bankruptcy bill from the judiciary
committee Mr.. Teller stated that it
| favored the substitution of the senate
bankruptcy bill for that passed by the
| house. Mr.. Mitchell added that the
minority of the committee favored the
house bill The river and harbor
bill was then taken up, the ques-
ton being of the only remaining
| amendment for deep water harbor at
Santa Monica. Cal Mr.. Berry, Dem,
Ark, member of the commerce com
mittec, spoke in opposition to the
amendment, declaring that this pro-
posed expenditure of S3.000,0o0 was
against the public interest and in the
private interest of c. 7. Huntington, of
the Southern Pacific senator's Vest and
Gallery took the ground that no appro-
priation should be made at present.
Mr.. Frye, chairman Of the commerce
committee. replied to the structures
upon the proposition IloUsE.-The
session of the house was almost entirely
devoted To the consideration of District
of Columbia business. Bills were
passed TO authorize the secretary of
the treasury to detail revenue cutters
to enforce regulations at regattas; and
other matters of only local interest.
Otto and Henry Stever, were terribly
injured while riding tandem bicycle
near Laingsburg. They were descend
ing steep hill at a high rate of speed
when the front forks broke, throwing
them into the fence with terrible force.
Ottos injuries consist of broken nose
and arm, and severe cuts about the
head and face. Henry, remained un-
counscious for long time. His injur-