The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03
By Beautiful Fiction the Legis1a-
tive Day of March 2 Will Last
Until Monday Noon.
IMPORTANT WORK IS IN GOOD SHAPE
Last Big Appropriation Bill. the Cen
eral Deficiency, Was Passed in
the Senate Yesterday.

ment Of Judge Noyes at length and also
went quite thoroughly into his judicial
acts. y
Senator Pettigrew suggested there
was as much reason for investigating
the San Francisco court which had in
terfered Ill the Mckenzie case as there
was for investigating the Noyes trans
action
Senator Stewards motion was undis-
posed of when the executive session
concluded.
IN THE HOUSE.
Throughout today the house has been
III the throes of the closing hours Of
the SESSION, with many measures clamor>
ing for attention and with crowded gall
leries looking down upon the weary leg
lslators. Work began at 9 m and pro-
ceeded until sin the afternoon. wher a
recess was taken until $50 D. nl. to per.
nit conference reports to be framed,
Under suspension Of the rules a num-
Der of important bills were passed. in-
Guiding those Cor a national standardtz-
ing bureau ccnferring bronze medals
upon the enlisted men of the navy and
marine corps for distinguished heroism.
to amend the Chinese exclusion laws and
what is known as ''the omnibus public
building BILL enlareing the appropria-
tions for some forty public buildings.
The legislative appropriation bill was
also finally disposed of and many con-
ferenceS were advanced to a stage which
gave promise that there would he no
failure Of important legislation.
Inauguration crowds filled the house
galleries at the night session, which be-
gan at $3.50 o'clock. Attention was given
to routine business and bills were pass
ed to authorize the Portland, Nehalem &
.TeHamook Railway company to construct
bridge across Nehalem bay and river
Oregon; confirming a lease between W
]. Peglow and the Seneca Nation Of
New York Indians; to provide for sub
ports Of entry and delivery in Hawaii:
amending the statutes so as to increase
the number of reserve fund cities; au-
thorizing the Knoxville Power company
to dam the Tennessee river near Knox
Vllle,s Tenn; extending the act relating
to prosecutions under the timber cul-
ture act to California, Oregon and Wash
ington; gre 1ting right of way 10 the
Jamestown a. Northern Railway com
pany through the Devils Lake Indian
reservation, North Dakota
The senate amendments to the de-
f1ciency appropriation bill were disagreed
to and the bill sent to conference, with
Messrs. Cannon, Barney and Livingston
as conferees.
The conference on the bill amending
the laws relating to Alaska was agreed
At 1890 the house took a recess until
p. m. tomorrow
THE CHINESE QUESTION.
In response to resolution of the SEN
ate inquiring as to whether the United
States minister to China had joined rep
resentatives of other governments in a
demand for the execution of Prince Tuan
and other Chinese officials, and by whose
authority the president tonight sent the
following reply, signed by Secretary
Hay:
''It is charged by the foreign ministers
In Pekin, and admitted by the govern
ment of China that certain high officials
Of that country have been guilty of
heinous crimes and outrages against
American missionaries and other for
eigners. This department has not direct
ed our minister in Pekin to demand cap
ital punishment for all these persons.
but has instructed him to join with his
colleagues in demanding the severest
punishment which it is in the power OF
the Chinese government to inflict'
WORK OF CUBAN DELEGATES.
The Cuban delegation on economic af-
fairs. which has just completed a months
work here in Washington and returned to
Havana, has issued, through Mr. Abad,
its secretary, a statement describing the
purposes of the delegation and the re-
suits attained through the visit to Wash
ington. 1t is said that there We're three
objects in view, namely to secure the
reduction of duties on Cuban exports to
the United States; the abolition of Cuban
export duty on tobacco, and the appoint
ment of a Cuban-American commission
to revise the Cuban tariffs on a basis Of
reciprocity. The commission sums up
its achievements as follows:
1.-TWO of the requests have been al
ready practically granted. One Of them
is for the appointment OF a Cuban-Amer-
lean commission to revise the Cuban tar
ifs, and the other is the abolishment Of
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