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SENATE SITTINGS
Sennto Chamber Proceedings !
Succinctly Stated.
UPPER HOUSE ACTIONS (IIONICUD
f.nl"r of Mm PeiuitorA Hulled Down to
DIrcMIIiIii Mo mill lllilicd Up to Our
ltiy Itrnilerit Wbo Want to Kuuw
Wlutt I lli'lnc Done,
Tuesday, iliiiiinirr in.
The senate convened tit 2 p. m., yes
tonliiy. A petition from the library
board of lihii'oln for the ounct incut of
n law for traveling libraries and for it
library commission was received ami
referred to the eoinmittee on libraries.
Arends of Otoe presented a resolu
tion asking congress to pass n law for
the establishment of a school of mines
In eauh .state.
Newell of Cass moved the appoint
, meiit of a eommlttee of three by the
committee on revenue to confer with a
like eommlttee from 'Mm house in re
gard to 11 revenue bill. The motion
was adopted and the chairman of tlint
committee appointed Cnrrie of Custer.
Edgar of Wage and Woolstcitlinlui.
Van Husk irk of Jlo.x lluttc intro
duced senate 111c No, 101, an net pro
viding a game and tish commission and
the appointment of two deputies eaeh
to receive S1.000 a year, and expenses,
one to live at Lincoln and the other to
have charge of the state hatcheries.
Miller, of Hulfulo. Introduced a bill
to repeal the oil inspection act. He
y introduced another bill fixing the com
pensation of county commissioners.
The salaries are graded according to
i" population and range from seventy
live dollars to SI, 200 a year.
A bill was introduced to prevent the
sale or manufacture of cigarettes.
Nerly the entire afternoon was de
voted to bills on second rending.
The two house rolls providing an
appropriation for the. salaries of the
members of the legislature and (In
payment of legislative expensrs were
read a second time and on motion of
AreuiK of tlie tiuniiee committee were
ordered to tho general file for consid
eration In committee of the whole.
This action was taken to hurry the
bills through.
ilaiinn of York secured the adoption
of a rule governing the voting for
senators in the senate today. It is
similar to one adopted in the house.
It provides that the voting shall begin
at 11 a. m., and that each senator hliall
vote for two United States senators,
his choice for the short term to be
named llrst.
Wtiliiril.iy, .luiiuiiry It).
Tin; introduction of bills, tho intro
duction of a resolution by the fusion
. ists asking the supreme court a set of
questions in legaul to the condition of
the railroad law since it had declared
the board of transportation act invalid
and half an hour devoted to the llrst
ballot for United States seuatois, occu
pied the entire time of the senate.
The two bills appropriating money to
pay the expenses of the legislature
were ready for passage when evening
came, but an adjournment was taken
just when the lieutenant governor an
nounced bills on third reading.
The senate unseated Senator Hedges
of Phelps county uud declared thai
John M. Johnson, lepublican, of liar
Ian county was entitled to the place by
4 iea son of having received a majority
of three votes. Hodges, fusiouist, had
been declared elected on the face of
the returns by a majority of two
votes. His seat was taken from him
because of illegal votes cast. The
committee on privileges aud election
has been at work on the ease for sev
eral days' and many witnesses were
examined. Out of a large number of
contests before tho legislature, this is
the only one resulting In the ousting
of a member. The report of tho com
mittee was adopted by a strict party
vote.
Martin of Kichunlsou introduced a
bill placing the clerk of the supreme
court on a salary of S-',300. The fees
of the otllce are to go iuto a separate
fund from which the cleric shall re
ceive Ills salary and pay his employes.
k The judges of the court are to desig
nate tho number of employes in the
clerk's olllco and to determine the sal
ary, no employe to receive over 31, -'00 a
year.
TlmriMliijr, .liuiuury 17,
A precedent was sot by the senate
yesterday morning that Interests all
senatorial candidates. The body re
fused to receive petitions asking for
te the election of E. Ilosewater as United
Mutes senator. Owens of Dawson pre
sented three petitions from voters in
his district asking him to vote for Mr.
ilosewater. Objections were made by
Harlan and Hansom and others on the
ground that the. petitions were not in
tended for the senate, but were mere
private matters for Senator Owens to
consider. It was stated that the right
ot petition could not be denied, but ar
gument was made against the recep
tion of private matters. Mr. Owens
desired that tho documents be received
Th Blmti Crloturltl.
Tho Shah ot Persia Is a great carlca-
turlut The walls of his private apart
ments are covered with plain whlta
paper, and on these ho scribbles funny
pictures whenever the fancy takes him.
When he grows tired of them they aro
washed off or tho room la re-papered.
Ampng the fossil animals that havo
recently figured in geological literature
la a fossil camel from Itoumanln which
enjoys the distinction of being tlie only
one bo far known In Europe,
and placed on file Hv a standing
vote a motion of this nature was lot,
onlv six voting In the tifllniiatlvc
The llrst business of the moriim,? was
the formal liuli tinn into otthv of scn
ntnr.lohiiM Jelpivm of ll.irl.in who
succeeds llndgc. wi o was ousted mi
account of illeg.il Mites east in Id dis
dricl. Senator Johnson took the oath
of otllce udminlsteied by Chief Justice
Norvnl. lie took his seat behind n
desk bearing a placard Jo'.iimiu of
Harlan," which took the place of
"Hodges of l'lielps."
The two appropriation bills lelatlng
to legislative salaries and evneiises.
were rend tlie thud time and passed
without opposition.
A resolution by Zioirier of Cedar ask-
inir the sunrcme court to explain the
elVeet of Its decision declaring tho
transpoitation net invalid was adopted.
I'rlilny, .liitiiuirv lit.
Tlie senate met at IO:Ki a. in. and
for lack of a better subject of discus
sion indulged in a lively controversy
oxer the foiiu of standing eoinmittee
reports. Senators Arends, Owens and
Hiuisom took a leading part and gave
their views on whether the bill fhould
go to the genetal iile without a motion
or whether the committee reporting
should iceomuienda hill for passage or
merely to be placed on general lilt.
Lieutenant (loieruor Savage tilled that
hereafter bills teported favorably
would be placed on the general tile
without a foiinul motion.
Senate file No. 'JO. by Lyman of
Adams, by request, relating to ail
roads and the tiling of a plat of suruey
with the county clerk and requiring
tlie builders of railroads to build with
in forty rods of such Hue, was recom
mended for immediate postponement
by .lie committee on railroads, but on
motion of Miller of ltulValo it was
placed on general tile.
One of the most important was sen
ate tile No. 11J. by Hdgtir. ThW bill
makes it obligatory upon nil political
parties to nominate c.'iiidldutcs.in cities
of the metropolian, first and" second
classes. The act provides tiiat all po
litical parties shall nominate candi
dates at one primary election, which is
to bo conducted after the manner of h
general election. A ticket bearing the
names of the proposed candi
dates of each patty, arranged in
.'cparnte columns, shall be
used in the primary election, and an
elector shiill vote in. but one column.
The cost of the primary election is to
be paid by tlie candidates. A plurality
is all that is required for a nomina
tion under this system. Theie is noth
ing in the bill to bind the electors to
vote only for candidates representing
their ow u party.
O'Neill of Lancaster introduced (sen
ate fitc No. 112, for the purpose of giv
ing tlie young soldiers an opportunity
of having their names placed In the
biennial roster of soldiers aud sailors
which is compiled from tlie reports of
assessors. Cnrrie of Custer Introduced
an act increasing the salaried Of the
olllccrs of the eity of omahn.
Siiliinlii), .luiiiiiiry 111.
The Fcnate made some progress in
the consideration of senate (lie No. 41,
a bill of Van Boskirk, for tho protec
tion of growers of cattle by providing
for a registry of hides ami the exhibi
tion of hides. The bill was discussed
and laid over for future consideration.
U'hd cattle men of 'the west hae de
manded a similar bill so far back- that
the memory of the oldest member
cannot recall the various forms in
which It has been before the legisla
ture. Several years ago a liil I for this
nature passed the house and was
killed In the senate. At another ses
sion one passed Mi" senate and was
lost In the house. Now it is up again
with a fair piospeet of passing the
senate owing to tlie efforts Van llns
kirk, Cnrrie and Owens, three seuatois
from the cattle region i
Among the new bills Introduced was
senate Iile No. 118, by Hansom of
Douglas, to release the bondsmen of
L. K. Hilton from the payment of in
terest which it is said was unjustly
included in a judgment for 5:0, One se
cured on account of the shortage of
Hilton as oil inspector under fJovernor
Cronnse. The supreme court has held
that tlie interest was justly Included
In the judgment. The bondsmen lnij
paid tlie judgment. Edgar of Ouge
hit locuood senate Hie No P.'O, provid
ing for a blanket ballot similar to tlie
law that existed two years ago, with
the exception that the candidate's
name shall not be placed on the ballot
more than once. The bill provided for
voting the straight ticket by the mak
ing of ono murk at the top
of the column Cnrrie of Custer
introduced senate Hie No. r.'7, fixing
county attorney's salaries as follows:
In counties having a population of
from 3,000 to 5,00n, 8.100; from 5, OIK) to
10.000, SIWO; from 10,000 to i'O.OOO, S800!
from 20,000 to 3.1,000, 8l,oou; 3.1,000 and
ovi r S2..100.
Hybrid Fruit.
Crossings in fruit brings out somo
ftno varieties an improvement. Re
cently a new fruit was exhibited in
i lA-.ndon. Tho plant bearing' it is n hy
1 brld between the raspberry and tho
common blackberry. The taste of tho
fruit combines tho flavor nfthenluw
imrrir irith Mint, of thn rnsnberrv. nnd
I It comes Into perfection as the rasp'
berries nre iuiihjb.
, In DrtJ f II" Wafer.
Envelopes were unknown in this
country until 1837, after Rowland Hill
had Introduced them In England. Let
ters were written, folded and address
' ed nil on the same sheet, ami stuck
. with a wafer or with sealing war.
.) rrorbllnc fnr Onueit Mnrijlirlli.
i The government of Italy will ask
parliament to vote a civil list of 1,000,.
I 000 lire (1193,000) for Queon Margher-
lta Tho king has also occidou to give
1 000,000 liro of his 13,000,000 lire (?2,
459.000) ot civil list to his mother.
HOUSE HAPPENINGS
The Work Being Dono in tho Hrtll
of Representatives.
LABOR OF PAST WEEK BRIEFLY TOLD
CiinilciKi'il lliirl (if tlie IIIIU mid Hcmi-
IiiIIiiiir liilriiiliiecil, Tnjtollier ltli
ii sUclili iif the Mure lnixii'l-
iilil 'IraiciilctliiiK.
Tin mln, .liluiuirj 1.1
The house was called to order yes
terday afternoon pioiuptlynt '.' o'clock.
Chaplain I'resson prayed that the
members might transact business in
an oiderly luaniier and expeditiously,
lie pracil that tlie members may be
irniiled in tbe excitement of the coming
week and I hut in the selection of sen
ator the verv best choice inav be made.
On second reading of bills Lane, of i
Lancaster, moveu 10 iiiivaucc iiousc
roll No sx. to a third reading. Lane
explained the purport of the hill,
which is to continue the service of jury
drawing as it is now under the last
census by reducing the population
limit I o 'till. 1 100 fiom lll.illio. siliutild
tlie bill fail to pass Lancaster county
wo-jIiI be compelled to draw only
twenty-four jurors. Instead of having
a much wider latitude as under tlie
law before the census. Tlie bill was
advnnccil.
The Lancaster delegation will re
quest the dual passage of tlie law with
the emergency clause.
The rules for voting in the house
were agreed upon, simply to the ell'ect
that a each member's name Is called,
he shall vote for two senators, ollng
for the short term senator llrst.
The resolutions previously oulcred
drawn up over the death of Curl Mor
ton were presented and passed unani
mously. An important action was taken on
motion of Kvaus of Lincoln county that,
all claims to come before the legislature
must bu tiledwlth the state auditor
before the fortieth day of the session
or they will not be considered either
as an amendment or in original 'or.m
after that except by unanimous consent
of the house. This action was taken
so that all clam.s might be tiled eaily
enough for deliberate action.'
Wi'iliifvilii, .liuiiinry 10.
When the house convened yesterday
Loomis, of Dodge, moved the congrat
ulations of the house for Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Diers, at whose home a girl
baby appeared Monday night. The
motion carried and Mr. Diers thanked
the house, wishing each member might
experience that happiness which came
to himself and the. speaker. The
speaker seconded the sentiment
The proposition to pay car fare for
the house mail carrier was tabled.
Marshall of Otoo moved torccoustder
the motion of Evans of Lincoln with
reference to compelling tiling of claims
before the fortieth day of the session.
The motion carried. .Marshall moved
to amend the mot lou by shortening tlie
time for tiling claims against the state
to forty days from January 1. instead
of making the limit by the fortieth
legislative day and providing that they
shall bo passed to tlie senate by the
llfty-liftli ilny from January 1.
The amendment carried, and the mo
tion as amended carried.
Lane of Lancaster presented a pe
tition from tlie library board of Lin
coln asking for tlie passage of a li
brary commission law.
On motion of 1'hl of Douglas a com
mittee of three was ordered appointed
from the printing eoinmittee to inves
tigate the furnishing of stationery to
the house by Secretary of State 1'orter.
The committee consists of L'lil, Mur
ray and Lowe.
Heisuer and Hamilton announced a
pair for Wednesday and Thursday,
Taylor of Custer offered a resolution
asking tlie supreme, eourt for an opin
ion on the railroad laws of the state
similar to the one In the senate,
The house ndoiimel till this morn
ing at 10 o'clock.
TliiirxtlMy, .luniiury IT.
Mlskell, of Saline, when the house
convened yesterday, presented a peti
tion from Crete asking for a library
commission aud for tlie bill for trav
eling libraries. ,
Residents of Madison county asked
for the same tiling.
House roll No, 71 was withdrawn bv
Crlssey, of Johnson. The bill pro
vides for establishing a hard fibre
binding twine factory at tlie state
penitentiary.
He introduced a bill later providing
for a soft fibre factory, as tlie soft fibre
can be nil mm I in Nebraska.
A hill was introduced to reimburse,
Treasurer Meserve and Treasurer
Smeller for money expended for bonds.
After reading of bills, the chairmen
of committees were ordered to make
public aiuioun?e,nienis of all meetings
of tne committees.
The printing committee was author
ized to proem e additional stationery
for the members.
A photographer pintle a projiositlon
Mle Idea of .luilliw,
Francis Park man, tlie historian, had
a Mosnle Idea of justice. A friend met
him one day walking along the street,
leading u street boy with either hand
"What In the world are you doing,
Parkman?'' asked his friend, "I
found that Johnny here had eaten all
of the apple, Instead of dividing with
his little brother. I am going to buy
another for the younger boy, and make
Johnny watch him while ho eats It."
Often a man is known by the woman
he belongs to.
to take n group picture of the mem
bers. At the afternoon session adjourn
ment was taken until this morning ay
soon as tlie roll was called.
l'rlduj, ,liiiiii!iiy IH.
The house took notion on two con
tests yesterday. The coiutuittie re
ported, recommending that the con
tests for the seats of llaw.xby, of Ne
maha, and Coffee, of Dawes, be drop
ped and the house agreed, after listen
ing to the report.
C. A. lowler, of I'lllniore county,
will Introduce a till', soon in tlie house
providing that the legal icprcsenta
tivcs of any person who shall bo
lynched In the state by a mob shall
have cause of action against tho
countv where this occurs for the sum
of 85,000.
A start was made at real work in re
ceiving tlie report of ouestamlttigcoin
niittee. The judiciary eoinmittee was
the llrst to act ami a number of bills
weie placed on general file anil a num
ber killed. The first hill reported by
the eommlttee as well as the Hist one
Introduced in tlie house and the first
one to be killed was a free high school
law. The eoinmittee reported this
measure by Cooper for Indefinite post
ponement on account of Its form. The
house passed on third reading the bill
Introduced by Lane to alter tho popu
lation limit in tlie law governing the
drawing of juries, to make It conform
with tho decrease in Lancaster countv
Inhabitants.
A number of Interesting bills were
Introduced yesterday. Ono of them
by Crockett of Knox Is permit the
orgnni.ntion of guaranty bond coin
panics giving guaranty bonds In a
number of ways not yet organized In
cluding bonds In legal proceedings.
Another measure Is to permit the
orgauiation of telephone companies
under tho eontiol of eonuties and
townships, by Lowe of Harlan.
Hamilton of IJutler went nfter coal
and lumber dealers in a bill prohibit
ing them from entering into any
agreement to pool or fix the prices ol
lumber and coal.
Sane of Lancaster, by request, intro
duced a hill providing for a statu board
of charities to havo supervision of all
tlie public. Institutions and to regulate
their management In certain purlieu
lars.
Suliiriliiy, .laiiimry
The house went Into committee o
tito whole yesteidiiy ml look action
on severe.) bills. A motion to adjourn
early in the afternoon was made and
lost, after which the members- decided
to go to work in earnest the remain
der of tlie day. The committee of the
whole killed a bill by Crockett, of
Ivnox. providing for three days' notice
of appraisal of lands on sale by order
of the eourt. A bill was favored pro
viding for an appeal in forcible entry
aud detention cases and extending the
matters that a bond In such cases must
cover. The bill permitting the ap
pointment of a deputy county attorney
in Lancaster county was also gotten
thiough the committee of tho whole
us was a bill providing a penalty for
all persons voting Illegally when not
having established a residence in tliuir
voting precinct.
There was some dlfllculty about se
curing consent to an adjournment till
Monday. A motion was carried to ad
journ when the house should stop busi
ness, till this morning. Tills was later
reconsidered.
After the house adjourned several
committee meetings wero held. Tho
committee on counties and county
boundaries agreed to report favorably
upon a bill making county commis
sioners in Lancaster and Douglas
counties elected by the county at largo
Instead of by districts. This was made
necessary In this county because the
census brought tho classification ii de
gree lower than it has occupied.
The committee on llnance, ways and
means agreed to a bill appropriating
SI, -00 for the purchase of medals for
the soldiers of the recent war. This
was authorized by tlie last legislature
but no appropriation was then made.
This bill is house roll No. 81.
yimriinllncd Itiiimu Itnrneil.
Recently the residence of 11. L. Dox
see of Cnllaway. Neb., was discovered
to be on fire, and although nu attempt
was made to save the property, noth
ing could bu done on account of the
high wind, anil the entire building was
consumed in less than a half hour.
The inmates were quarantined with
what was pronounced smallpox, but
all escaped without Injury. A portion
of the furniture was saved, but almost
everything the family had was burned,
There was no insurance.
Joseph Ko.a broke out of jail at
Stanton, Neb,, made Ills escape unde
tected and is still at large. He Is the
same person who waived preliminary
examination and pleaded guilty to the
charge of burglary before the county
court a few days ago. He had been
committed .to jail hi default of bull,
Christian ManteuU'el's fourteen year
old son, Enill, started out from Madi
son, Neb., recently to see some of the
country on his own hook, without tell
ing his parents of tho determination.
The father is doing his best to locate
Ills runaway.
Trump Nuliniira nil Knllwujri.
The tramp question In the United
Stntes has been a most serious, one
ever slnco the introduction of rail
roads. It Is estimated that no less
than 10,000 aro carried nightly on
trains and that 10,000 more nre waiting
to steal a rldo at tho same time. Ono
of the eastern roads has taken a firm
stand In the matter and haa equlppod
a special police ffrrce for the purpos
of preventing trespassing.
The more checks a spendthrift ha
the faster lie goes.
NATIONAL SENATE
t'niniiutlciin of I iicr llm- of f'imircs
llrleflj HIiiI.mI,
Tiievlit), . In nun r.i In,
After tin1 morning business In the
MMiate yesterday the army reorganiza
tion bill was taken up. After some
desultory discussion Mr. Itacon with
drew his amendment and olfered an
other introducing tlie words "during
tho present exigency of the service,"
so that the clause would read "Pro
vided, that tlie president, during tlie
present exigency of the service, In his
discretion may increase the number of
the corporals In any ttoop of cavalry
to eight and the number of privates
to seventy-six."
Discussing the phrase "exigency of
the service" Mr. CalVerv of Louisiana
said lie presumed It was "tlie piesl
dentin! idea of war in tlie Pliilllpplncs."
Mr. Mallory of I'lorhla, said as to
exigencies it was possible an exigency
might arise for the use of an army in
'iiba.
VnliH".ilu), .Imiiiiiii) HI.
In the senate yesterday an effort
was made to secure continuation of the
nomination of Mr. James S. Harlan,
sou of Justice lliitiau of the L'nited
States supieine court, to be attorney-
general for Porto Kico. Action was
prevented by Senator Pettlgtew. Sen
ators l'otaker and Spooner nulled In
an appeal to Mr. Pettigicw to with
draw his objections, saying that Mr.
llaiian is an excellent lawyer ami an
accomplished gentleman, and would
till the place as acceptably us anyone
who could be named.
Mr. Pettlgtew responded that he had
no doubt of Mr. Harlan's lltnesb for
position for which he had been mimed
and added that he had no personal ob
jection to him.
"I can make no charge against the
supreme court," said Mr. Pottlgrow,
'but I do say that the appointment of
two sons of members of that court to
Important positions under thu admliis
1st ration at this juncture of atVnhs hi
tlie supieine court Is Indecent, to say
Mm least."
'rliiimiluy, .tiiiiuiiry 17
The feature of the debate on tho
nriny bill yesterday was the denuncia
tion of the practice of ha.ing at the
West Point inlllttary academy. Mr.
Allen. Mr, Money, of Mississippi and
Mr. Mel umber declared II to be an
evhleneu of brutality and cowardice,
the Mississippi senator maintaining
that a cadet whom others atteinpleil
to luu.u would tie justified in killing
his assailants. I lo declared that. If lie
were a cadet upon whom such coward
ly brutality weie attempted he would
kill those who assaulted him If he hud
to wait a hundred years fortlie oppor
tunity. f
Senator Allen mudo a vigorous talk
against haz.ing. Among other things
he said: "Some of tho regular army
olllccrs sny hazing cannot bo helped;
that it cannot lie prevented. You place
one of the old volunteer oflicers at the
head of that institution and in six
weeks he will put a Mop to It, or there
will be some dead cadets there. This
brutal outrage ought to bo suppressed.
Roy or man, ho who will list, his sujie-
l I. I.. 1 III...! .... l. I
i mi nui'iiKiii in iiiiiiiiuiii.111 in iiruiui-
ly treating a weaker person is a coiyi
urd."
I'rlilny, liniuiiry IH.
As a demonstration in honor of the .
seating of n'single senator, aim as mi
elaborate and beautiful lloral spccta
cle, the return of Hon Matt S, (Juay,
of Pennsylvania, to the senate yester
day was unique in the history of the
body. Within tlie memory of the old
est senators nothing approximating
yesterday'H scene, ever was witnessed
In the senate qu a similar occasion,
A bill providing for sub-ports of en
try and delivery hi the Hawaiian
islands wns passed.
A bill fixing the compensation of
district superintendents of the life
saving service at Su',100 per annum, ex
cept in tlie case of tho superintendent
of the Eighth district, whose salary is
llxed at 81,.r00, was passed.
Hiiliirilny, ,Tiiniiiiry It).
Just before 0 o'clock last evening the
Jcnate finally disposed of the army re
organization bill. The measure hav
ing originated In tlie senate thu final
question was not upon Its passage, but
upon ngreelng to the senate amend
ments. They were agreed to by a vote
of forty-three to twenty-three. While
party lines were drawn on the measure
four democrats voted for it, Senators
Lindsay, MeLaiiren, Morgan and Sul
livan. Senator Hoar, who was de
tained at ills home here by illness, was
paired against tins bill with Senator
Spooner of Wisconsin.
Every effort to prevent the increase
in thu strength of the army was de
feated by a decisive majority. As tho
bill originated hi the senate It now
will go directly to the conference com
mittees, appointed by the two branches
of tlie congress.
Many amendments changing the bill
In minor particulars were offered, but
as ,v i u ii they were rejected without
division. Tlie measure hnvlng origi
nate I in the senate, tlie question Mien
was upon agreeing to the bill
amended.
us
a speoial order
January 'IUnder
A Ncifro Hoipllnt.
"Wlnton-Salem, N. C is to havo a
negro hospital. Tho building Is to
cost $10,000, of which Hum It. J. Rey
nolds, a white citizen, contributed G,
000, while the negroes of tho rommiin
ity raised tho remainder. The hospl
Uil will bo operated In connection with
Uie Slater Industrial school.
Rxpluror Mvliupitmi' Airl Couiln.
A cousin of Dr. Livingstone, MrB.
MacQueeny, who wns Kate Llvtng
stono, Is allvo at tho ago of 104 at
Salon, In the falo of Mnll.
the. senate devoted a greater part of
the session Saturday to eulogies upon
the late Senator John II. Hear of Iowa,
who died in Washington last July.
A resolution olfered by Kyle of South
Dakota was adopted, calling upon the
secretary of war for copies of the re
p rt of (Icneral McArthnr and Mm
reports of other authors upon educa
tional wmh In the Philippines.
A concurrent resolution offered a few
days ago by Mr. Lindsay of Kentucky,
providing for the celebration on tho
ttli of I-'ebruary next for the one linn
dreth anniversary of tlie assumption
of tlie chief justiceship of the t'nlted
States by .hum Marshall, was called
NATIONAL HOUSE
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Weilni'Kilii), ilittiimry III.
The bouse yesterday spent another
day on the river ami harbor bill with
out completing It. Twenty-six pages
were disposed of, The friends of the
bill successfully resisted all attempts
to load down the bill with projects,
nud only one or two Important uinciul
inents were adopted.
The senate resolution to appropri
ate S7,)00 to enable the secietary of
the smiiite to pay the expenses of the
Inaugurattdn of the. president and vice
president was called and precipitated
a lively discussion because It did not
recognize the house ns it factor in tho
ceremonies.
Mr. Dnholl (l'a.), Insisted that tho
house should be recognized. i
Mr. Hepburn (hi.), declared that the
Installation of the vice president was
strictly a senate affair. The ceremony
hi the senate, lie said, always had
been made the oecaston of discourtesy
to the house. He was In favor of tlie
house eonllnliig its part strictly to tho
ecre.inontos in connection with thu in
aiiLMiratton of the president on the
'east front. The resolution was rcconi
milted with instructions to report back
a resolution providing for Inaugural
ceremonies under the auspices of it
joint committee ef the. seniitw and thu,
house.
Tliumilii), .luniiury 17.
The river and harbor appropriation
bill was passed yesterday by tho house.
The bill has been under consideration
over a week, and has been assailed
from many quarters, but Its friend
have stood solidly by It and defeated
( every iiiiiendmciil lu which tho river
and harborcoiiuntttcc would not agree.
The bill passed practically as it came
from the committee. It carries slightly
less than JJiW.OOd.OOO, of which iJ'ia.OOO,
000 Is ill direct appropriations.
lleforo proceeding with the river
and harbor bill Mr. Hull, chairman of
tlie. committee on military iilYulrs, re
ported back the Do Arinond resolution
calling upon the war department for
Mil information relative to the alleged
action of General Chalice in protesting
against looting In China with tho re
comiueiiihitlou that it lie on tho table.
Accompanying the report Chairman
Hull submitted a letter fiom the secre
tary of war explaining tliedillieulty in
obtaining the required information,
pointing out Mini it could not bo pro
cured until after the expiration of tho
present conirrcss
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I'rlilny. iluiiniiry IH. '
Yesterday was an exceedingly dull
day hi the house. The entire day was
spent upon the bill to rcvlsu aud codi
fy the postal laws, which Is to be the
I continuing order, not. however to In
terfere with appropriation bills orcou-
ference reports undisposed of. It is it
bill of U'U'l pages and is simply a revis
ion of existing laws. Some disposition
was manifested to Inject into tlie mens
in e some amendments to the present
law in the interest of certain classes of
mall employes, but such attempts wero
successfully resisted.
s'utiiriliiy, .liiiiimry 111.
The house spent thu entire day yes
terday on the bill to refer to the court
of claims the claims of the William
Cramp & .Sons ShipbuHding coin puny
of Philadelphia fur alleged damageH
Hue to the delay of the government In
furnishing armor plate and material
for tlie battleships Massachusetts and
ludluiiit and the cruisers ,N'mv York
and Columbia. The claims aggregate
Sl,:iH7,4L The bill has been conspic
uous at every session of congress for
several years, It met with the strenu
ous and determined opposition of a
portion of the minority under tho
leadership of Mr. MoDermott, of New
del-soy, and Mr. Ilobb, of Missouri,
lanunry UL The session of tho
, house Saturday was devoted chiefly to
the postal codification hill, which was
about half completed. The discussion
turned mainly on the proposition to
compel star route contracts to bu let
to persons contiguous to the route, but
tho proposition was defeated after ex
tended debate.
Tho army reorganization bill was ie
ceived from the senate, and Mr, Hull,
chairman of the military committee,
made an effort to send the bill to con
ference at once. Hut on objection .by
Mr. Jtiohurds tToun.) the disposition of
tlie bill was deferred. Among tho bills
passed was (lint granting fifteen duyV
annual leave to cmnloycs of nnvv
.vrds, arsenals, etc., anil one provid
ing uie me entry oi (anus, formerly in
tlie Lower llrule Indian agency, South
Dakota.
I'oilllon for Wngncr' Soi,-lg-l.w ,
Herman Ujimm's successor as pro
fessor of the' history o'f isirt ntTJoiiln
Is Prof. Helnrlch Thode of Heldel
borg, whose wife Ib ni'hard' Wagner
dmighter. The cause of Hermann
Grimm's retirement Is bad health,
Hlrthplace of t'oiiitu UnyU,
It may surprise some to learn that
Dr. Conan Doylo wiu born in Edin
burgh, Scotland. His parents wero ot
Irish descent and his father was ono
of four brothers, each of whom, dis
tinguished himself. jtl
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