Show nt Ln Ln 1 Fr nce March liTho of dock laborers here Is ended endee tho n M cabled cable last night having tho of their em I Rhodes Worse March 17 The heart hert r of ot Cecil Ceci Rhodes are worse worle today and ho Is weaker Good for PlAt Flat Racing March M rh 17 Tho lat race sen le son had an nn excellent sendoff endon at Lincoln this afternoon l The weather w ther was O pleas pleasant pl ant and big crowds congregated to whet their appetite for tomorrows great handicap The oWlen of ct tho horses honeR were not represented today tolY The only American horse hors In the Lincoln Lincolnshire shire Olympian shir Ol handicap l In Foxhall Keenes nut Hut the race Is I generally expected to tobe tob be b a n duel tuel between II I S Sceptre tre tr A M 3 Singers Singers Rol It Jt was WIS rumored today that should win that horse bOf will wi le the proper property ty tf of ot either W C Whitney or Kenny henn the tho price named sonie me In the of The fact that Tod To Sloan Slon had been be riding Sir Veles Vele four in training led to the tho rumor that the American Jockey would ride him In tomorrows handicap but butI Sloan thus thul tar far only has ha been granted I a license to train trIn u ad d ride rid In gallops Washington March 17 The senate convened nt lt It 1 today this be 1 ing the day on 01 which tho final Ilal vote on al the ship bill bi Is II to be taken Uy D agreement voting oUng on the lle bill bi and ull ul pending amendments Is 19 to 10 begin at nt 3 p m a on UI the tho measure II UI to be limited tn IS I minutes except that Mr Fryt In charre of the bill Mi ni granted JO In which to reply to arguments ments 31 t the tle bill billA bi A resolution providing for tor the ap appointment 0 of 01 n 1 board to Investigate the project of constructing nn on canal the of at Darlen Dulen was wa reported unfavorably by the ean eanIe Ic Ie canals committee and was Indefinitely Indel postponed Pending discussion d of ot the subsidy lub bill bi the following bill bt were wel passed for n public building nt at Colorado Colordo Springs Colo granting the Central Arizona railway company n 1 right of or for tor railroad through tho Ban Sn Francisco mountain forest reserve granting granUm V 1 the University of Utah additional lands adjacent to Its site appropriating 1100 0 0 for tor a n public building at Wyo yo for tho accommodation of or deeds ded other Instruments In In the Philippine Islands bland and Porto lorto Rica Jeo lands situated In the District of ot Columbia or oral any al territory ot of the tho United l Stats States to prevent trespassers or Intruder from entering the Mount national park ark state of ot Washington appropriating ing 00 for tor tho of the the Francis rancis U D Heltman manuscript of the historical register U 8 Army rm from 1789 to 1901 I HOURI Washington March 17 Sprays of shamrock In honor onor of ot St at Patricks dI the tho lapels of at the tho coats of ot halt half the members member when the house met to today day Immediately after the of the house hOlo wont Into Inlo committee of the tho whole and commenced the con can consideration ot the river and harbor bill bUI Mr i Burton Dlton ot of Ohio who was A In charge r of ot the tho measure In his hil opening state statement mont ment said ho he would 01 not discuss tha f benefits to commerce I I I trade from the appropriations contained contine In the tho bill bi hut but would woul confine himself at some same length to discussing some popular mis with wih reference to It In tho thu first place luo he the impression that tho bill II carried something f for tor the ensuing year whereas It tarried but bUl W of or nc ac tuat u remaining being simply authorized to be lB f 1 appropriated under the contract system tem There Ther was a also be b sold ft I mis mistaken ml I taken Idea Iden that th the pending measure curried larger large appropriations than any previous bill billIn hi f J JIn 1 In 1590 ho hu said the actual I Ij tOIS In tho 1111 bi c nc l t KiO 1 lVir n the tl current year the appropriations Bi Ii contained In the sundry civil cIvi Mil JI to I provide for tor continuing contract au authorized I In river harbor bills to said were ere against for tor tho two previous years Mr r Dur Durton f ton said that the appropriations for tor riv rh r er ond ud harbor work ork Instead of Increasing ing with wih other governmental expend expendi expenditures I t f tures tur 8 as was popularly supposed suppose in reality decreasing j Mr Durton also nl denounced the tho popular lar lur Idea that unworthy projects for Cor tho Improvement of or bains and ond ab nb absorbed a proportion of the appropriations tons In the tha bill bi The appropriations were era not up to state and localities Tho great reat projects In 11 which th whole country was wa Interest J 10 50 r 00 out of carried carrie and 11 authorized lul holz 1 by b the bill bil I II I Mr fr Hurton then Into tho de do details tails tais of ot the bill bi I Winter Weather Wc In ln Chicago March Irh 17 Chicago experienced I 1 severe weather ather today tOny Saturday there has hal been a drop L In tho temperature t of ot W O degrees dege At t V 1 today tony the tho mercury registered 4 degree zero while hlo a 1 strong I wind added to the general discomfort fort It I Is 10 predicted that the temperature will wl to rise tomorrow Ii IiI I j |