Show NEWS IN ic THE CAPITAL senators inquiring as to the of ornate sessions OF the daj day in both abts of congress Cons ress idaboy chances or state hoed military nil tary in oklahoma OUa homa THE IOSE FOR MITS ILITS I 1 senator Stua tOrs disturbed by the be publication ol 01 their secret proceedings washington fob feb tolphus its hs committee iee appointed t to 0 investigate the tile method by which the news of the senates Se executive sessions becomes becom es public resumed its billings sittings this afternoon aft er and began questioning que s dioning newspaper men as to their sources of 0 information the committee are beginning to to discover that newsy new ep iper eckre correspondents are not the only ones who are aware of what occurs in executive sessions one of tile witnesses today testified it mas was a frequent custom for prominent men whose no comila miria tiona were being contested to list t themselves hemB hem elyes selves in the committee rooms near at hand in in order to receive information from time to time of how the fight was progressing behind bahi nd the closed doors the day the morgan nomination wag was up he lie had seen the tile present commissioner of indian affairs around the senate and had no doubt morgan knew know nhat hat waa was go going ingon on the query now is is liow how do to these theme men receive their information and if they should be kept posted why wily not the also wran 61 latton editor of the fojt was asked what his instructions instruct iong to his reporters were and he replied to get everything going on and if they are very successful they will get their salaries raised A 1 special meeting of the senate committee committee on rules waa was held t today to day to consider fellers resolution offered spring providing tor for the ilia consideration of nominations in open or legis dative sessions on the tile question shall ehg rules of the senate be changed there wai was a tie vote the feller teller resolution ois did lid not meet with the approval of any member of the committee aldrich and blackburn however favor a modification of the tile present rules to the effect that nominations nomination a be considered in open session unless tile committee committe s i reporting them shall ask for their consideration in in executive session or that a statement of the tile action of the senate in such executive session be furnished for publication li WORK OF THE lialiou liali og addisio hini moi t Fail tribly california bank Crt credits ilits Somi nominations nations ett washington I 1 aeh eh 26 the house committee on deeded to report favorably the bill for the admission of idalio the action was not entirely unanimous two reports therefore wll will in n ill all probability be submitted the comptroller of the tile currency currancy has declared dec laed a third di v idena of 10 per rent cent in favor of alio th cr diters of the th california Cah Cali fonia bank of san sau francisco making in all 35 per cent the president today to day sent to the senate the following nominations registers of land offices 1 d win 0 rosa at walla walla washington james E H bruscell Ru scell cicur dA dalene leDe idaho theodore F V wilsey agent for the indians indiana at round hound valley agency california ON TITO M BIL the special I 1 hougo louse committee on the worl Is fair ia air met tins this morning lu to be gin consideration of the second stage of its work the tile completion of the bill after hearing a statement from hilt as to Chi cagos wishes in the matter a it subcommittee sub aub committee was appointed to t draft a bil bill in accordance therl therewith with AID all TO TUB THE BAN SAN FRANCISCO 1311 ll 11 BUILDERS the request of the union iron works of ban san t francisco fancisco ran cisco to bo be relieved of the penalties ties accruing by reason of the penalties renal horae torso poo cr er developed by the cruiser charleston falling below the ilia contract requirement was w as favorably acted upon by the sen its naval affairs committee tins this morning A bill will be reported relieving the company of the payment of about penalty to which w lich it others otherwise leo would be subjected NOTES FROM CAPITAL the hloupe committee q on agriculture continued the hearin hearing 9 of persona persons in te crested in fit bills for th the 0 regulation of the tax on lard and I 1 lard ard com compounds lounds riis rho session then a adjourned d till ill friday frid fhe the senate oday o ty day confirmed cornelius 11 II ll anford to be beu U S judge for the district of washington inlo into civil strike fob feb 20 26 the investigation into the charge against the civil service com miMon was today F ex commissioner oberly went over the campbell examination and said le lie did wt not think camp campbells ells waa was euch such as aa to call for his dismissal miss lilies dabney who first told commissioner oberly of the papers said when she went to flynn for in tiona he offered to bell sell for f W a list it at of the tile questions which would be aked asked but she did not have the tile money she failed at the examination on account of bickness Pit Pic kneM kness and after afterwards wa ajr on a ri enda advice e she told oberly of the tile offer made lier her Lat liter erst at Ob Ober erlys lye request she borrowed bor the paper 0 0 if allynn il oberly here took tho tile stand island again and showed that the papers obtained 0 of f flynch I 1 lynn were not cecur c 1 I by the latter un until til after ahn ex examination ilynn flynn was cat called aed and laid asid lie received the papers from a mrs smith they ft ere ate old and of po no importance miss dabney took them away without his permission lie declared lier her statement that he wanted to sell the papers false 1 CAmp 0 liell in the tile earne same lin line as lyman and oberly but there was a conkli ct in his testimony as to whether he copied cop td the papers before or after smith asked him for them the next charie charge was that edmond 1 I bailey was as promoted from clerk to when the commie commission sion hid had moro mora competent and deservi deeming I men commissioner aman salt bind 1 bailey was promoted because bc auie of 0 hla life seniority the work also is s not exclusively stenographic 4 thi the military Militar jf lo 10 boma feb 20 in iri re spouse to the senate resolution the secretary of war to day transmitted the papers relative to the actions of the military in oklahoma one interesting te feature la Is the charge against the tile military of an undue and harsh barsh exer exercise clue of 0 authority the tito officers in I 1 charge harge c reply that they found I 1 large largo numbers of lawless people and the action taken by them was necessary to the preservation pie ol 01 peace the charges are said to have emanated from discontented gamblers and others whom the military prevented causing trouble As to the preventing the ejection september it waa was done at a the request of th the e regularly constituted officers 0 of the th 0 city and an with a view to preventing serious trouble which would certainly have occurred the call for the election was issued by dis on tented and unruly citizens and contrary to the city charter general schofield thinks considering the delicate service re ill ired it is a matler matter of congratulation that that it was performed so well and an d with so few mistakes THE feb 26 Cb chandler andler presented a petition from union unto a county ark representing re that at th alie 0 last state election a systematic reign of terror prevailed that armed m rafa is paraded the county day and night terrorizing the whites and at shooting whipping colored voters that the tile ballot boxed boxes were carried off and asking for the protection guaranteed by the constitution the introduction of this petition caused an extremely personal debate between bet een chandler harris and berry and the petition with ill loveral others from front arkansas was finally referred to the committee on privileges and elections stanford forn f om the committee on public buildings buildings reported a bill appropriating I 1 r ft a public building at san jose calendar A A number of pension and private bills passed also the f flowing how ing public bills providing a steam stearn for the use of the civil government of alaska appropriating tra for the vessel and fur for the tile annual expenses bill to amend an act to present prevent the extermination of fur far bearing animal in alaska was on motion of morrill orrill I indefinitely postponed the kalair educational bill wa taken up u as a 1 business fughs inquired lip qu ared as to the time when the bill was likely to be disused dispi sed of remarking that it stood in the way of 0 I 1 many important measures and giving notice that he would insist iri Bitt that its consideration proceed with dispatch Ite agart addressed the senate in 0 opposition PP ll 11 to the bill wilson i lson of maryland Ali ryland also arid against tle uti constitutionality nf of the bill hutler butler offered a resolution which wis wag agreed to authorizing the select oil I 1 i the fire civilized tribes of Indi AtIS to investigate the of tile ns no between the uni ted states government and gild tho olier okee tribe of indians indiana in relation to the cherokee Clie outlet after an executive session the senate sanate adjourned TUE THE HOUSE washington TOI TOV fob feb 20 the tile iionia took up tile contested conte sled election ate ease if I 1 atkinson va vs pendleton from the first fir s t district of virginia the case of the contestant waa was championed by lt oell welland and s claims wery were maintained by oferrall ol errall boell owell was seconded by lacey lace of iowa and oferrall by wilson of missouri Alis all the speeches were eye confined to an analysis of the evidence ey idenie and were uninteresting pending rending further debate tho the alouse adjourned carni carnegie hi giles an elegant banquet Bani jnet washington I 1 feb eb 26 25 the dinner given I 1 yen tonight to night at the file arlington hotel t by y andrew carnegie to the president ent and anti cabinet and the tits delegates and of of the international american conference was undoubtedly the most elegant allair of the kind ever given g iven in in this city ally th re ra were floral decorations novel and unique among them orchids chide or tulips and crocuses and thousands 11 do ol 01 blossoms collected in hew new orleans mobile savannah and other southern cities as well as in the tile greenhouses of philadelphia new york and boston the menu meu was engraved eng raed in in fine script upon heavy bevelled blocks of papier mache and every art cle of ol 01 food was described in n plain there were no forma formal speeches |