Show BY TELEGRAPH congressional menace SENATE washington 19 the house bill relating to the claim of agents and attorneys in pension cases passed it makes it unlawful for any attorney agent arother or other person to demand or receive for services es in a pension case a greater sum than 10 and provides that no fee contract shall shail hereafter be filed with the commissioner of pensions in any case the concurrent resolution extending the session until 10 p m was agreed to EVENING evenna sessi BEssi SESSION ox allison submitted the following resolved ide Ite solved that the select committee appointed under the resolution of the insi to mako make inquiry concerning the alleged connection of senator matthews with ma matters aters xela relative tive to the late presidential election in louisiana in exercising the powers granted to sit during the recess of the congress may hold its sessions at such place or places as it shall deem most convenient for the purpose of investigation agreed to thurman submitted a resolution returning the thanks of the senate to ferry president pro term tern for the able and impartial manner in which he has discharged his bis dut duties les ies as presiding of officer fleer agreed to unanimously ni ransom submitted a resolution returning the thanks of the senate to vice president wheeler for the able and impartial manner in which he has discharged his is a presiding officer agreed to unanimously and the senate again went into executive session at 1210 the doors opened reopened re sargent submitted a concurrent resolution extending the session until 3 am agreed to the tho senate concurred in the amendment of the house bill to appoint a commission to ascertain the cost of removing the pat national ional fonal observatory sargent called up the house bijl bijj to authorize the sale of small arms now in use in the naval Bervice service and to use the proceeds of the sale for the Ph purchase ichasO ot of mins arms ot lut amil calibre to used in the army passed the house rouse resolution ex extending tending these the session silon to seven was concurred in at a athe m the senate went into executive session at the clerk of the tho house rouse representatives appeared with the sundry civil bill which was immediately signed by the president pro tem tern and then sent to the president being in his room at the capitol having remained there during the night anthony submitted a resolution providing for the tha appointment of committee of two senators to 0 join a committee of the house of representatives to wait upon president and inform him that congress having finished its business is now ready to close its tiek fies session by adjournment agreed to anthony and thurman pointed a committee on the part of the senate the senate then on motion of sargent held a brief exec executive autive session and when the doors were reopened anthony from the committee appointed to wait on the president of the united states reported that they had performed that dut yand the president replied he had no further communication to make at 7 ferry Ples pies president ident pro temy tem said the hour of 7 having arrived it gives me pleasure to congratulate the senate on the termination of a session of nearly seven months duration and to comply with the joint resolution of the two houses fixing the hour of final adjournment permit me senators to cordially thank you for lor your favor your confidence and your courtesy without which I 1 should havo bavo failed to meet the delicate and responsible duties of the chair commending you all in parting to the care of the same beneficent ruler who has preserved unbroken our number throughout tho the prolonged labors now ended I 1 declare the second ee deslou slon sion of the forty fifth congress adjourned kit wp jo dic ie Ap plaue op thol loor floor the senate after 3 ara apa were several E tip deft y without phout a quorum and anil goir gaag tim in calling the roll to secure the attendance of senators many of whom were asleep in the committee and cloak rooms HOUSE WAsHiNG washington ton Tox 19 southard sou Bou thard moved to suspend the rules rulea and pass the following bill that on and after the list of october 1878 legal tender notes of the united states shall be received at par in payment of custom duties agreed to and the bill passed yeas nays 53 haskell moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill providing that all pensions on account of death wounds received or disease contracted in the service of the united states during the late war shall com commence menee meDee from the date of the death or discharge and for the payment of arrears of pensions on that principle and also providing that no claimant shall be entitled to any compensation for making application for arrears of pensions agreed to yeas naye nays 62 clark dark mo moved to suspend the rules and pass the senate bill to create an auditor of railroad accounts agreed to yeas nays 13 the senate resolution extending the time for the final adjourn ment until 10 p ra was concurred in EVENING SESSION the attendance of members was rather slim many having 0 already left the city cox NY moved to suspend the ruiess and pass the bill to fix the pay of letter carriers agreed to yeas nays 54 the result was hailed with applause conger moved to suspend the rules and pass the joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment forever prohibiting the payment of any claim for property taken used injured or destroyed by the united states troops during the war of the rebellion unless the owner was loyal to the government and gave neither aid nor encouragement to the enemy agreed to yeas nays 61 A message was received from the senate that that body had bad adopted a resolution for the further extension sion of bho glo ao jio 1 thursday morning and it was con in morse moved to bus suB pend lend the rules and pass the bill for a commission on the removal of the national observatory atory at washington agreed to cannon moved to suspend the rules and pass the post route bill which contained all the routes in the original house bill all the routes put on by by the senate and some additional post routes and none of the objectionable amendments that had been added by the senate ward and freeman dreeman demanded the reading of the bill in full in that way to prevent its passage cannon desired to make a statement but waddell objected most decidedly tordis to his doing so and he joined ward and freeman in demanding the reading of the bill this took place plade amid great uproar the speaker ruling yuling that the motion to suspend the rules did not deprive a member of his right to call for the rending reading of the bill cannon canlon to withdraw the bill but he was overruled on that R and id the clerk commenced to read the bill bul before he had been five minutes reading his voice failed and a member of the house bouse keifer Keife kelfer rJ stepped to the desk and relieved the clerk the act was greeted with shouts of laughter and calls of louneil Lou derl deil louder the tumult increased to such an extent that the speaker called on the sergeant at arms to restore order and und that function functionary arys shouldering his heavy mace topped with a large abed sized eagle eagie marched epand up and down the various side isles amid shouts of laughter cheers and clapping of hands when this little episode was over keifer kelfer resu resumed nied reading the bill after aften sometime some come time kelfer was relieved by humphreys humphreys by cummings cummings gummings by hur denber gb alid and liar ilar hardenbergh by stone the theu reading was finished at 1030 by motions of liberal skipping and then was declared passed by an equally liberal counting of votes dunnell in tho the chair chain as speaker pro tern tem in spite of wards protest against both maginnis of montana moved to suspend the rua rul rules tes les and pasa the senate bill bin cre ere tle tuo T utah r ah aud and air northern railroad company in utah idaho and montana agreed to ha hamilton moved to suspend the rules and pass the senate bill in relation to tho the venezuelan mixed commission agreed to the bill repeals the act of the of april 1866 to enforce the of the venezuelan convention leave was given the committee on appropriations to meet on the of november next to prepare appropriation bills atkins then made a conference report on the sundry civil bill he explained the report which however he had not signed because he be said of the appropriation for the halifax award which he thought unjust the be bill as originally Dally reported appropriated as 48 it passed the house and as it passed the senate exclusive of the appropriation for the halifax award as it came from the conference committee the bill had bad been cut down to also exclusive of the halifax award A discussion ensued regarding the halifax award the house then proceeded to vote on the conference report and it was adopted its opponents being in too small a majority to order either the yeas and nays or tellers idlers the vote on a division being yeas nays 39 the announcement no of the result was hailed balled with applause tucker declined to serve on the select committee on the labor question and jones of Alaba alabama may was appointed in his stead the house concurred in the senate resolution extending the session to 3 am recess till 2 aam am washington 20 the home was again called to order at 2 the house at agreed to a resolution extending the time for final adjournment till 7 ol elock o lock recess till after recess at atkins offered a resolution extending the time for ninal final adjournment until seven to the reading read ing clerks being worn out cox of N Y volunteered to read the bill but his appearance at the clerks deckwas desk was the tho he signal for a c chorus h orus of cries of cloud cl louder oud until he was obliged to leave his position anet and onu the of tle the at arma was again in requisition great amusement was created by vt v t amsa who at the al sight of the sergeant at precipe itt apt to the cloak room pending action on the bill the house took a further recess until the house re reassembled assembled asse mb ed a at t 6 3 0 am with few member members Ef present clymer offered the customary resolution for the of a committee of three to wait on the president and inform him that the two houses were ready to adjourn if it he had no further communication to make to them agreed to franklin offered a resolution declaring that in the investigation of the charge charges si preferred against the late doorkeeper of the house JW polk nothing had been shown affecting his personal integrity or reflecting ting on on him as an honorable man and allowing him two months extra pay agreed to at 6 45 rainey of the committee on enrolled bills appeared in the house with the enrolled sundry civil bill which the speaker laid before the Hou seand it was big sig signed ned amid ap applause at a message from the president announced his hia approval of the sundry civil bill clymer announced that together with williss lofky and conger r that he had waited on the president and that the president dent had stated ithac he be had no further communication muni cation estion to make to congress the hour of 7 having arrived the speaker said gentlemen of the house of be jre presenta tives the arduous labors of the session are closed let us hope under the providence of god that they will ivill inure to the solid welfare and happiness of the people ps expressing the fervent hope that each and every one of you muy may have havo a safe journey to your respective homes it only remains for tile the speaker sin in pursuance oatha resolution odthe of the two Ho houses for adjournment of the congress to declare that this thia house stands adjourned without day applause owing to the early our the adjournment lourn journ ment took pac place very quietly q do kelpa ju tho he gall galleries erles eries and not more than 50 j members were present i AMERICAN NEW the public says pays the exchange at 19 clearing houses for the second week in june is 18 a little larger than those for the first week and compare much more satisfactory with the returns of the corresponding week of last year MIDDLE MIDDLETON ton Tox N Y 19 at ya ta gerville ulster county yesterday morning frederick lumble entered hii bis son Bic Ric hards hardys room and attacked the latter lattery is wife in bed with a small axe inflicting three frightful and fatal gashes on the head bead the husband was awakened by the first blow and fired his revolver the second shot struck the rather father in th the a f nace face ace T the he C cause au be of t the he assault was the fathers dislike to the sons wife MADISON wig wis 19 gov smith has advises advices from burnett county stating that considerable alarm exists in that section because the chippewa indians of wisconsin and minnesota are bell beli believed eved to have formed a compact with the sioux and a general rising is looked for the indians have stopped their hunting bunting and are ore roaming over the country and changing visits with bioux sioux tribes the people fearing for their lives urge the governor to remove by force to their beserra reservations all indians in that section the governor has forwarded the facts to general B sheridan an and d asked 58 ked for protection han BAN FRANCISCO iga 19 A silver city dispatch says A body supposed to be that of captain john white of bruneau was found near Mc McDo Dowells ferry lower boise killed by indians there is great excitement in powder river kiver valley the settlers have all left their homes and are fleeing to towns for safety A silver city dispatch says saye A we messenger sengen from the vicinity of camp harney reports serious indian depredations A party under egan have burned diamond ranche banche in happy valley near steins mountain the indians have captured over homes horses thirty soldiers of the first cavalry avala have gone there to render assistance troops and L supplies are ate needed french and roble bobie with their employees have been driven from steins mountain they report the moun mount afna alna full of In indians they also report all allied oz 01 driven off and two men shot the latest from colonel bernards bernard command states that he has a howitzer and three companies of cavalry and will be reinforced by mcgregor before reaching camp harney they are in hot pursuit of the Banu band bannocks Ban nocks general howard sent groyer greyer and three companies of cavalry to olds ferry to prevent the bannocks Ban nocks goin 4 north canyon city and vicinity I 1 aie ate being raided by the indians A number of whites have been billed news per the city of new york says the unemployed working men of melbourne helda large meeting on may bray soth temporary employment on public works was promised A disastrous flood occurred at coromandel Co with great destruction to property the mines batteries roads water races and tramways tram ways bufie buffered suffered considerably bridges were carried away and the roads and tracks blocked up by land slips in every direction cincinnati 20 it is 16 claimed by the relatives of mrs patrick kinney thial among the bodies found in the medical college at ann harbor mich by cincinnati detectives was the body of that lady who died and was buried last january in a graveyard in reading a suburb df of this city the grave was subsequently robbed and the body shipped to michigan dr herdman of ann harbor college publishes a card denying that the body reco recovered vereld by detectives gla ela that of devin as alleged SAN ban 20 the T returns returns from the city as far as ai counted indicate that the have elected nearly all their candidates though the contest is close cloge the returns from the interior show that the non partisans have elected most of their men and it is probable that the interior nonpartisan non partisan majorities will be |