Show WEEK IN CONFESS thursday i HOU SEThe naval appropriation bill was I 1 completed all except one paragraph it nil th orizes two new battleships and two cruisers the present appropriation makes a total ex ture of on the navy the house discussed the question of abrogating the treaty ol 01 1817 which prevented either the united states or great britain from maintaining war ships on the great lakes but took no action SENATE ibe war revenue bill was reported it provides tor a reduction of nearly taxes are repealed on the following promas notes mortgages bills of lading tor ex port powers of attorney protest charter party certificates of all kinds leases warehouse re telegraphic dispatches telephone mes sages passage tickets costing not less than express receipt t eight receipts bonds except bonds of indemnity legacies to rell charitable literary or institutions and commercial brokers fixes the tax on beer at tl 50 per barrel and on tobacco cigars and snuff at 9 bets a pound consideration ot the indian appropriation bill was resumed friday house the house adopted the conference report on the army bill and it was sent to the president the naval appropriation bill was passed as also seventy seven private pension bills the shipping subsidy b 11 and the indian appropriation bill were both considered at length mr towne offered a resolution to stop hostilities in the phil pp nes on a basis granting independence to the natives but con serving the interests of the united states saturday Hon sEThe house disagreed to the senate amendments to the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill and agreed to the conference asked tor by the senate engham of pennsyl ania hemmenway of in diana and livingston of georgia were ap pointed conferees on the part of the house SENATE national irrigation was discussed in the senate tor three hours the text being an amendment to the indian appropriation bill provid ng tor surveys looking to the construe alon of an irrigation dam and ditches tor the watering of the reservation of the pima and Marl copa indians at san carlos on the alla river arizona the credentials of fred T dubols of idaho and shelby M bullom of illinois were pre dented mr hoar introduced and the senate passed a resolution asking for all at the command of the president or any executive officer of the government as to the extent ot lands in the philippine islands held tor purposes the character and value of such lands and whether any official had on be half 0 the government entered into any obliga alon as to the title of such lands monday houlb the bill to codify the postal laws which has occupied the house lor se eral days was passed objection was made to consider atlon ot bill to extend the charters of national banks tor twenty years A bill authorizing deputy cleri s of united states courts to ad minister oaths was passed senator towne of minnesota de levered a lengthy speech in advocacy of his resolution to atop the war in the philippines after which the credentials of his successor were presented and mr towne withdrew the san carlos irrigation amendment anen dment was agreed to with changes provid ng that the surveys shall not commit theli led states 10 the exe catlon of the plan of irrigation tuesday Hon sEThe agricultural bill was under con sider atlon all that portion ot the bill ing to the reorganization ol 01 the scientific bureaus 0 the agricultural department were ruled out ol 01 order the indian on bill was passed containing amendments continuing the neah bay agency washington the nevada agency nevada the agency oregon and the guyal up agency washington which had been struck out by the committee senator gave notice that be intended to keep the ship subsidy bill to the front even as against appropriation bills not yield ng to them without a vote it revealed a disposition on the part of some of the senate leaders to force an issue on the bill |