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and as mark of respect. the Senate at 1850 D. m. adjourned.
THE HOUSE.

Washington, Jan. 15.-The House today passed the pension appropriation bill, which has been under discussion for three days, and then adjourned until Saturday. The resolution prepared by the speciai committee on the Mckinley memorial exercises providing for an address py Secretary of State John Hay in the Hall of Representatives February. P. was adopted.
 When the House met today Montague Lessler who was recently elected to sue ceed MT. Nicholas Muller of New York. was sworn in.
 Mir. Grosvenor (Ohio) then presented the resolution for holding the Mckinley
 memorial exercises in the hall of the House February 27. and it was unani- mously adopted:
 The resolution was as follows:
 whereas, The melancholy event of the violent and tragic death of William Me
 Kinley, late President of the United
 States, having occurred during the recess of Congress, and the two houses sharing
 in the general grief and desiring to mani
 fest their sensibility upon the occasion
 of the public bereavement; therefore
 Resolved, by the House of Represents
 lives Uhe Senate concurring), That the
 two houses of Congress will assemble in the hall of the House of Representatives on A day and hour fixed and announced
 by the joint committee. towit: Thursday, February N 1902. and that in the pres
 ence of the two houses there assembled,
 an address upon the life and character
 of William Mckinley, late President of
 the United States, be pronounced by the
 Hon. John Hay, and that the Speaker of
 the House be requested to invite the
 President and ex-President of the United
 States, x-vice-Presidents, the heads of
 the several departments, the judges Of
 the Supreme Court. the representatives or
 foreign Governments. the Governors Of
 the several States, the Iieutenant-Gen-
 eral of the Army and the Admiral of the
 Navy and such officers of the army ana
 navy as have received the thanks of Con-
 gress, who may be suggested by the Ex-
 ecutiye Committee. And be it further
 ''ResoIved, That the President of the
 limited States be requested to transmit a
 copy of these resolutions to Mrs Ida 5.
 Mckinley, and to assure her or the pro found sympathy of the houses or Con gress for her personal afiiction and Of their sincere condolence for the late na- tional bereavement" Mir. Moody (Mass.) presented joint resolution to appropriate 5000 to pay the expenses incurred by the West Indian and South Carolina Interstate Exposi- ton at Charleston, s. C., in connection with the government exhibit at Charles ton.
 MT. Payne (N. Y.) declared that the management, when the government exhibit was secured, agreed that the l United States would not be asked for one cent.
 Mr. Elliott in reply took issue with MT. Payne as to the facts and MT. Moody pledged himselS that with the adop- | tion of the pending resolution the govern ment's expense in connection with the Charleston Exposition would cease. The resolution was passed.
 | A bill was passed to allow the redemp- | ton of war revenue stamps any time within two years after the passage or the act and also 8 resolution on the same | subject to authorize the Secretary of the | Treasury to return on demand within one | wear bank checks and drafts with wal revenue stamps imprinted thereon after ], the cancellation of such stamps. I The House then resumed consideration of the pension appropriation bill, which was read for amendment under the five ! minute rule.
 An amendment offered by MT. Jenkins l (Wis) providing that the testimony of three witnesses that persons lived together as man and wife for five years l should be assumed to be prima facle evidence of marriage, provoked considera- ble debate and was ruled out on point of order.
 A resolution providing for personal clerks for chairmen of committees pre- cipitated considerable discussion about the need of clerical help for certain com mittees, but finally was adopted, MT. wooten CTex.) formally announced the death of the late Representative Burke of Texas, which occurred last summer and the House, at 3:45 D. m., as d mark of respect, adjourned until Sat urday.