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morrow. The absence Of Mr.. Keme per-
mitted members to paSS bills in the clos

| mitted members to pass bills in the clos
ing hours in which they were interested.
There was a great clamor for recogni-
| ton. Fifty-three bills and joint reso-
lutions were passed. the most important
of which probably was the bill appro-
| priating $780, 200 for the trans-MiSSisslp-
pi exposition at Omaha
Chairman Cannon of the appropria-
tions committee, made a gallant fight to
induce the house to stand out against
the senate public buildings item in the
sundry civil bill, but the members out
voted him, 100 to S8.
After the conference report on the
District of Columbia bill, containing its
compromise on sectarian charities had
been presented, Mr.. Cannon precip1-
tated a heated discussion of the politi--
cal situation in which Mr.. Dockery of
Missouri and Mr.. Dingley of Maine par
ticipated. The work of the session was
elaborately reviewed, criticised and de-
Tended. The conference report on the
District of Columbia bill was adopted.
The senate resolution for final adjourn
ment tomorrow at p. m. was passed.
The house held brief session at $3.50
to enable the speaker to sign the en-
rolled bills.
With seventy-f1ve or eighty members
in the area in front of the speakers
desk clamoring with uplifted arms, the
house today resembled nothing so much
as wheat pit during semi-panic.
The senate resolution directing the
secretary of the interior to resume the
work of issuing patents to bona fide
purchasers of Union Pacific lands was
adopted after it had been amended so
as to exclude the possibility of placing
a construction on its language which
would include mortgages under the term
purchasers"
Bills were passed for the preservation
of forest reservations from fires; to en-
able certain persons in the state of Mis-
sissippi to procure title to public lands:
to release suretieS on the bond of Neil
Hepburn, late postmaster at City Island.
N. Y: to make Santa Barbara, CAL.
SUPPORT Of entry; to authorize the es-
tablishment Of a 1ife-saving station on
the Massachusetts, coast between the
Hampton and Merrimac rivers; to direct
the secretary of war to improve the
roads in the Gettysburg military park;
to make Erie, Pa. a port of immediate
transportation.
During the consideration of a resolu
tion to print 10000 copies of the bank
ruptcy bill. Mr.. Allen (Dem, Miss.) got
the floor and delivered a humorous
speech which conVulsed the house with
laughter. He satirized the presidential
situation and made some yelled thrusts
at some Of the presidential candidates.
which appeared to tickle the members
immensely. This was the first time Mr..
Aliens voice had been heard this ses-
sion and he began by referring to the
universal criticism" of his silence.
Il desire to say, however" said he,
"that there has been little at this ses-
sion Of congress to inspire Christian
man to be loquacious 0aughter), and
want to say further that am not the
only statesman whose recent career has
been distinguished by his silence" Gre
newed laughter)
At IL o'clock the District of Columbia
xrvaa 20 ,,~fI, ,vafn y,
house was eager for final adjournment,
and Mr.. Dingley, the floor leader Of the
| majority, expressed the hope that a
| proper spirit Of concession would be
| shown by the conferees.
| Bills were passed to regulate the es-
| tablishment of submarine telegraphic
| cable lines in the United States; to di-
rect the auditing of the account of John
A. Moore, who was United States mar
shall for the district of Nevada, under
| the last administration: to set apart
certain lands now known as the Pacific
| forest reservation as a public park to be
| known as the Washington National
park; to protect public forest reserva-
tions; appropriating 100000 for a gov
ernment building exhibit at the trans
| Mississippi and International exposi-
| ton at Omaha in 1885,
| At 1:50 pm. the house took a recess
| until o'clock.
| WI Lie uOuSc TtCOHVcHeu d Ulll was
passed to pension the widow of the late
! Brigadier General John H. Gibbon at the
rate Of $50 per month.
| A bill was passed to amend the ship
ping law so as to provide still further
for the comfort and health of sailors.
Mr.. Cannon presented the conferees'
report on the sundry civil appropriation
bill. He explained that the conferees
had been unable to agree on the public
building items. The senate still insisted
/ on its amendment, but he expressed the
opinion that If the house continued
to stand firm the senate would yield.
| He appealed to the members not to give
| way, but to make the senate, If the bill
| fail, shoulder the responsibility.
On a rising vote the house refused to
concur, 81 to SS, but by tellers the mo-
ton was carried, 80 to "A.
| Mr.. Owens, Democrat. of Kentucky,
demanded the yeas and nays and the
roll was called, and the motion was car
ried. 100 to SS. There was some cheering
when the result was announced.
| The house then concurred in the SEN
| ate amendment to the Cummings bill to
| prevent the fraudulent branding Of bot
| tied spirits.
The speaker appointed the following
| committee to sit during recess of con-
gress to investigate the charges affect
| ing the Leavenworth, Kansas, soldiers
|
| Stone of Pennsylvania, Wagner of Illi-
nois, Sayers of Texas and Layton of
| Ohio.
The conference report on the District
| Of Columbia bill was agreed to. The
| senate amendment to the final adjourn
| ment resolution fixing tomorrow at 4
| o'clock as the time for sine die adjourn
ment was agreed to, after which, at 7:20
| the house took recess to permit the
speaker to sign the enrolled bills tonight.
The house transacted nothing but for
| NAL business at the night session and at
| II o'clock adjourned until II o'clock to-
| morrow morning.
| The president today sent to the house
veto of the Fort Omaha, Neb., military
| reservation bill.
The president has approved the fol-
lowing acts and resolutions of congress:
To authorize the secretary of war to
| improve and maintain the public roads
in the Gettysburg National park; the
Omaha exposition bill; to make Santa
| Barbara, Cal, SUPPORT of entry;
amending the law for the protection of
| salmon fisheries in Alaska; granting an
American register to the steamer Me-
nomsha; the postoffice appropriation
bill, to establish a site for the peniten-
tiary on the Fort Leavenworth, Kas.,
military reservation; the act to prevent
collision at sea; the Indian appropriation
bill.
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| SAN FRANCISCO. June 10-Justice