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 2 The river and harbor bill will be signed by the president when presented to him.
 The president has nominated John F. Jewell of Illinois to be consul at Martinique.
 It is understood that the president has decided to sign rebate bill if the senate declines to pass the Cuban re- ciprocity bill.
 Truman G. Palmer of Chicago was before the committee on relations with Cuba Friday. He gave list of seventeen American corporations own ing 5SS, ,727 acres of land in Cuba, with a sugar production of 255, ,425 tons. These corporations, he said, have claims pending before the Spanish claims commission aggregating $9, 9,669,- 954. He gave list of fl estates owned by citizens of the United States having 366, 7S6 acres in Cuba, with a sugar capacity of 394, ,495 tons. Of these thirty-fve have claims before the Spanish claims commission amount ing to SIS ,646,544
 After a conference with the members of his cabinet Friday President Roose- velt decided that there is no legal ground for interference by him in the dispute between the coal operators and the striking miners. The resolutions of the New York board of trade and transportation, requesting the presi- dent to appoint commission to visit the anthracite regions and investigate the situation was discussed at great length, but as the law of 1892, which conferred authority upon the president to appoint such officers, has been re- pealed, the president has no desire to assume the responsibility which the New York board of trade suggested.
 WEDNESDAY,.
 SENATE-When the senate con- vened at ? o'clock to resume the con- sideration of the isthmian canal bill, five large maps depicting various phases of the canal question were dis played about the walls of the chamber.
 At the conclusion of routine busi- ness bill to redivide the district of Alaska into three recording and judi cial divisions was passed.
 Consideration was then resumed of the military academy appropriation bill.
 A bill to ratify an agreement with the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians was passed, also an act providing for free homesteads in the Ute Indian reservation ill Colorado.
 The Isthmian canal bill was taken up, Mir. Hanna, member of the inter-oceanic canal commission, ad- dressing the senate in support of the Spooner amendment providing that the president shall have authority to determine upon the Panama route pro- vided he can get clear title to the Panama Canal company's concessions and property; otherwise he should decide upon the Nicaragua route.
 HOUSE-The house proceeded with. out preliminary business with the consideration of the ant-anarchy bill Mir. Sibley of Pennsylvania. the first speaker, earnestly favored the passage of the bill.
 The report of Colonel Grinder, who investigated the charge that British camp was maintained at Chalmotte La., was sent to the house.
 THURSDAY.
 SENATE-Soon after the senate convened, bill providing for the promotion of the circulation of reading matter among the blind by the passing of such matter through the mails free of charge was reported by Mir. Elkinl from the committee on postoffies anc pots roads. Consideration of the bill was objected to by Mir. Hale.
 A bill providing for the transfer O Lieut.. J. T. Morse of the navy iron the half-pay list to the three-quarters pay list was passed.
 Mir. Quay called up the bill authoriz ing the promotion and retirement O