Show WEEK IN CONGRESS june 5 lions representative buppert one ot the democratic members irom new york introduced a resolution authorizing the ot congress at ap m on june 8 abe resolution was sent to the way end means committee chairman payne and other Be publican leaders 0 the house have not yet taken action as to the time of adjournment owing to the indefinite situation us regards several ol 01 the most important pending geoa urea 0 on SENATE in lurther consideration 0 the isthmian canal project the senate hearil two speeches neither ot which was completed mr uanna of ohio spoke in favor ot the spooner amendment conferring on the president author ity to purchase the rights of the panama canal company it a title could be otherwise he shall decide upon the nicaragua route mr mitchell supported the bill tor the cons ruction of the canal by the nicaragua route at the on ol 01 routine business a all to the district of alaska into three recording and judicial districts was passed as also the military acad my appropriation bill providing tor extensive improvements at west point J ne general debate on the anti anarchy bill closed today the incident 0 the day was speech by mr an alabama democrat condemning the i resident in severe terms for the reference in his memorial day oration at arlington to tl e epithets applied to lincoln and grant during the civil war and tor h s allusions to lie declared the president s remarks violated the proprieties ot the occasion after transacting some routine business the senate resumed consideration of the isthmian can 1 bill mr bianna of ohio continuing his argument in support ot the panama canal june 7 HOUSE the house spent the entire day vot ing upon amendments to the anti anarchy bill but all filled except one proposed by mr me call of massachusetts to strike from the an section the word assault coupled v ath killing in the binl against conspiring tor the killing ot the chief ot a foreign country after the passage mr dearmond of missouri moved to recommit the quorum tailed at this point end the housa was compelled to adjourn without final action SENATE after transacting some routine business and discussing tor a time the bill tc relieve rom the londo dock charges the senate resumed consideration of the lithul an canal project mr depew addressed the cenate in advocacy of the bill appropriating tor the pur chase of 00 acres of land tor a national forest reserve in virginia north carolina south carolina georgia alabama and tennes june 0 the house passed the bill to protect the president vice president members of the cabinet and foreign ministers and flors and to suppress the teaching ot anarchy by a vote of to 38 the re 0 the day was devoted to the bill to transfer certain forest reserves from the interior department to the agricultural depart ment and to authorize the creation in such re erves of ame and flab reserves president roosevelt in his annual n essaye recommend ed such measure SENATE an interesting contribution to the discussion of the isthmian canal project was made in the senate by mr harris ot kansas a member of the committee on inter oceanic canals whole also an of recognized ability his aslon of the technical details of canal construction was listened to with pro aund attention he strongly advocated the selection of the nicaragua route during tl e early part of iho session appropriation bill was considered all of the committee amendments were disposed of ex capt that relating to the construction of two additional battleships two cruisers and two gunboats june 10 the house detected the bill to trana ter certain forest reserves to the raa department and to authorize the president to establish game and fish preserves its death was accomplished by striking out the enacting clause the motion waa made by mr cannon and was carried by a vote ot to 70 he claimed bill would greatly increase the cost of adm nister log forest reserves and de dared that the estimated receipts of the next fiscal year were already exceeded by the ap up to the p cosent time by over the house then adap eda tor the consideration of the corliss pacific table bill by a vote 0 to 73 and for the remainder of the afternoon listened to the author of the measure argue in favor of its passage another of the big supply bills of the government was disposed of by the senate the naval 11 carrying more than being passed it includes provisions tor two first class battleships two first class armored cruisers and two gunboats but strikes out the house provision that one each shall be built aa government yards when consideration was resumed of the esth mian canal question mr turner delivered an extended argument in support of the nicaragua route owing to ill health 1 frederie P prescient of the central trust company president ot two railroads and director in leen railroads will it is announced temporarily abandon hi business duties and start for germany accompanied by his physic an tl e was 1 igi ly delighted with president rift ol 01 a corn set of tie latter s works and confirma con firme tl e report that the pontiff issued orders that mosaics ot bt leters and the vatican be transmitted to the president with his thanks the case of colonel ed cutler the st louis politician who was indicted by he february lebr uary grand enry on two charges of attempted bribery 1 as been set for trial at columbia the defendant 1 abing asked a change of venue alleging prejudice against him in bt louis alarmed by the d bances that marked the strike of the house teamsters last week cl employers have started a movement for the prevention of strikes in the shape of an arbitration board the cenate committee on I 1 ac be islands and porto rico authorized a favorable report on tt e bill allowing pay for the destruction of property la gaii on the order of president me binley on account of the prevalence of the plague during tl e transit ot that territory in 1899 and 1800 the secretary of war has notified the owners of the hyglen hotel aud other private estabi on tl e military reservation at fort monroe va the land occupied by the n is urgently needed for military pur poses and their buildings and contents must be removed within a reasonable time A heavy wind and thunders lorn passed over columbus oa sunday night caused the death of two men perhaps fatal injury ot a third and did considerable to properly |