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or fish of any kind in the waters of the United States by means of explosives; !; to establish regulations in the District of Columbia during the national en- campment of the G. A. R. in October, 1902; to authorize the director of the census to compile statistics relating to the transportation of dutiable merchant disc at the supports of Tacoma and Seattle, Wash.
 MT. Elkins of West Virginia then addressed the senate in support of his resolution providing for the annexation by the United States of the island of Cuba.
 HOUSE-The house met at II o'clock, Mir. Payne of New York, the majority leader, asked unanimous con- sent that the Hepburn rule requiring the printing of conference reports in the record before consideration should be suspended for the remainder of the session. To this Mir. Richardson, the minority leader, objected. Mr. Cannon of Illinois, chairman of the appropriations committee, called up the conference report on the general deficiency bill. The report left in dis pute items aggiegating $l, ,l95, ,000, in cluding the appropriations for the Buffalo and Charleston expositions, and $l,000,000 for the payment of the Hawaiian claims. The repori was adopted.
 Mir. Cannon moved that the house further insist and ask for further con- ference.
 Mir. Alexander of New York asked for seperate vote on the appropria- ton of $5OO,00O for the Buffalo Ex- position; Mir. Finley of South Carolina for an appropriation of $l60, ,000 for the Charleston Exposition; MT. Bur ton of Ohio upon the appropriation of $25,0 ,000 for the improvement of the Ohio river from Cairo to Mound City, and Mr. Cannon himself upon the ap- propriation of $1,000, ,000 for the pay ment of Hawaiian claims. TUESDAY.
 SENATE-The senate convened at II o'clock for what appeared to be the closing session ot this term of the Fifty-seventh Congress.
 MT. Lodge moved the adoption of the conference report on the Philippine bill.
 Mir. Culberson said the report of the secretary of war indicated that from May 1, 1898, to April 30, 1902, the ex- penditures for the army were $605 ,0O0, GOO in round numbers, while of this sum only $170, ,000, ,000 was expended in the Philippines. This statement Mir. Culberson questioned, and figured up an expenditure by the United States of I tODO iCG i0R nf fhn phi lin pines, and even these figures, he said, did not include some of the eXpen- ditures made for the Philippines.
 After brief recess, the senate at o'clock reconvened and the approval oi the president was announced to the measure temporarily to provide civil government for the Philippines.
 At 5 10 o'clock Mir. Allison and Mir. Cockrell reported to the senate that the president had no further communica. tion to make to congress.
 Mir. Cockrell offered the following resolution, which, he said, gave him great pleasure
 "That the thanks of the senate are hereby rendered to Hon. William P Frye for the dignifed, impartial and courteous manner in which he has presided over its deliberations during the present session.'
 The resolution was adopted unani. mously, and at 5:2S o'clock President Pro Tenn. Frye, addressing the senate said:
 Senators. The resolution just adopted by you is very grateful to me My duties as presiding officer have been very agreeable and comparatively easy, through you, and my debt is tt you rather than yours to me. l hope cur deal Lord will keep you all durins the coming vacation, and permit you tt return in strength and health for tho duties of public life once more. 1 "Senators, the hour has arrived fo adjournment under the concurren resolution passed, and the chair de clares the senate adjouned sine die. |" For some tima after ad iourn mant