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ITS LABORS ARE ENDED.
Fifty-Fifth Congress Adjourns Soon
After Noon, Concluding
Long Session.
IMPORTANT BILLS ARE RUSHED THROUGH
All Approprintion Measures Agreed to
I by House and Senate-Fate of the
! River and Harbor Bill Hung In
Balance for n Time, But After
+! Bitter Struggle Was Passed.

Washington, March 6. - The house
and senate each turned back the clocks
ten minutes. The vice president de-
clared the senate adjourned without
day at 1908 p. m. The house adjourned
at 1910 o'clock.
Appropriation bills Passed.
Washington, March 6.-Both the
senate and house agreed Saturday
morning to all appropriation bills.
At 10:30 each resumed sessions after
recess. The necessary business IN the
way of messages between the houses
and the signing of enrolled bills is now
in progress. The Pacific cable amend
ment failed.
House Proceedings.
I Washington, March 6-The house
proceedings dragged slowly after mid
night, as the conferences on various
appropriation bills were not ready to
report. Time was killed by frequent
recesses, and the members were kept
in good nature by soup and stories.
At 1880 a. m. Saturday the river and
harbor conference agreement was re-
ported by Chairman Burton, who
moved its adoption. This led to consid-
cradle discussion.
Mr.. Hepburn, of Iowa, raised point
Of order against the canal amendment
on the ground that it was not germane,
and also was new legislation not in dis
pute between the senate and house.
The two houses, he commended, had leg
islated with the Nicaragua route in
view, but the conferees had set aside
this route and opened up the whole
question of routes.
Mr.. Hepburn was finally ruled out of
order on the ground that his motion
had come too late.
The conference report was then
agreed to without division. This was
the last legislative stage of the bill, and
1t was ready for the president.
At a. m. Mr.. Boutelle presented a
partial conference report on the naval
bill. 1t covered everything save the
three big items-new ships, price of
armor and a government armor fac
tory. Mr.. Boutelle stated that the
senate conferees were weakening, par
ticularly in the reduction of ships, and
he thought the house would win on the
next conference. The partial report
was adopted. The house insisted on its
provisions as to ships and price of
armor.
Mr.. Handy, Of Delaware, moved to re-
cede and concur in the senate amend
ment for government armor factory;
lost, BAIT. The three items then were
sent back to conference.
At 5:20 recess was taken for 20
minutes.
The two hours from 8: 80 to 2: 30 were
spent in recess, the house reassembling
every now and then to see if any work
was ready.
At 1880 few early stragglers came
into the galleries. The chamber was
still lighted with the myriad of cleo
trio lights in the glass ceiling; mem
bers were longing about, some of
heads bent on their desks; the floors
were Uttered with the waste paper and
congressional wreckage of whole
day; the BARRIERS began to be busy,
and the tired members went in groups
to the restaurant for breakfast.
At 7:45 the District of Columbia con-
ference report was presented and an
charitable institutions.
Mr.. Henderson made a stirring APP
peal to his associates to reject the con-
ference report, declaring that it cut
off the orphans of the district and
was concession to a secret organiza-
ton. The report was adopted.
The conference report upon the de-
fciency appropriation bill containing
a full agreement upon all disputed
points was presented at eight o'clock
and agreed to without a word of de-
bate.
AT $3.50 o'clock the final conference
report on the naval bill was presented
by Mr.. Boutelle. He explained that
the senate had yielded to the house
to the number of ships to be author
lied (12), and the house had confirmed
the armor plate provision so as to
limit the cost of armor to $500, but had
secured the elimination of the pro-
vision for an armor plate factory.
The house had reluctantly yielded up
the item as toprice of armor, said Mr..
Boutelle, and only in the hope that
future congress would remedy the
situation regarding armor. The re-
port was adopted and the house re-
cessed again until 1880.
Speaker Ignores Gen. Wheeler.
Gen. Wheeler, of Alabama, made a
strong effort to gain recognition for
q three minute speech just before con-
gress closed, but the speaker deliber-
ately ignored him. Gen. Wheeler's
status is matter of some question.
The houseunanimously voted thanks
TO the speaker and the latter made a
suitable reply amid one of the most
dramatic scenes in congress-. The
house closed by singing my Country
IT'S OF Thee" cheers for Dewey. and
the singing of the doxology.
Settled schley-sampson Controversv.
Washington, March Cat two a. m
the senate decided to take up the naval
nominations sent in Friday and they
were confirmed without opposition.
THESE are the promotions resulting
from the naval personnel bill. 1t set
ties the Sampson-Schley controversy
by making each rear admiral with
schiey two numbers in advance of
Sampson.
senate's Early Morning Session.
Washington, March Gas the dawn
broke over fha m Ia 81 G . .....l :.