Show H el CAPITAL I 1 tile senate Agitate dOver canals I 1 CHA 7 IN T HE BILL appropriations generally Iver eased creditable DAYS WORK the rom making haste slowly in the tariff I 1 amendments AGREED 10 gen Sheri dans voyage now bebing tho residents huab of work western ased press it tram STANDARD THE has a long wrangle over the river and harbot bill 0 se date met at 11 with less than a dozen senators present and resumed con alteration alde ration of the river and harbor bill rhe following amendments nation others agreed to I 1 lie for the f rom the head of the to tile mou th of the ohio from to Insert ingan item of 1100 ODO for the mississippi river from the mou ili to fort benton reducing the appropriation for the san joaquin river california from to increasing the appropriation for the canal at the cascades oregon from to for the mouth of the columbia river oregon from to t mal 00 for the lower WilliA metto olum blit below portland oregon from to for the river above portland from to lver 29 for the coquill re from 2 to r nd CON litz river W T from 2 00 inserting two new to the construction ander a to of the secretary of war of and sufficient clent fish ways and of harbor lines vil heraver essential to the of li arbore A brov I 1 is in arted for the appointment of board of three army engineers to the obstructions to n a a 0 columbia river at D I 1 I 1 with a view to a boat railway T a amendment men dment directing the for a ship canal from la haild si to lake near chicago feet wide and 14 feet dileep v by sherman on mhd ground it might lower the of the lake and that principal utility would be to sewerage for chicago no can thought ought to be constructed by united states except t 0 cut clr a e imperfection or obstruction obet ruction as lake michigan or lake superior on the ohio river at louisville lle also cd 0 position to a provision as to the hennegin hennepin Henn epin 1 teller advocated both propositions being in the interest of trade and om morce the grett metropolitan influenced or owned largely railroads have been in the ur a baking of the hennegin hennepin Henn epin fra DO the railroad coin have been the steady op of ater stays across the continent if there iras a meritorious meri thing lit the bill it was the proposition to hip canals lake michl gan d agn la through the illinois river and from lake Alit higan iacross the couil try which would accommodate tile people of the upper and the extreme west dolph expressed doubts as to the pr ac tic ability or wisdom of h 0 illinois river scheme but lie saw no reason why the survey should not bo made he estimate of cost having been 1 oooo and the present pr orsi tion as not for a 11 survey t fur a location ile had persistently and con blatantly opposed apposed pd utting canal rejects into tile rl ver ian harbor bill ff the friends of the hennegin hennepin Henn epin canal wanted an a pria 11 ion m adether ad ethey should bring agro afore congress as a se ara 11 an ave tie matter fairl dis eat but battin such a project into the river and ila bor bill would of inter nail improve ants to scandal and odium sherman spoke of tile magnitude of tile proposed abil canal ue saw the distal irice from chicago to the mot ill of tile illinois river at lAt sallo v as ZO mil e 1 I 1 greater distance than the pro e d nicaragua canal frontu ocean to oce iian and tile estimate of cost of the N iscaragua icar agua canal vias the discussion was further con linued bv Beina tors teller vest cal I 1 and million senators Pena tors teller and allison advocated both pro pon vest against the enno VA project but having less ob ion to the proposed survey of the canal from lasalle to chicago call favored all internal improvements allison stated far back as a ship canal between the lakes and the mississippi was regarded by arv men and by the people as of the Imper tanco allison said if the river and harbor bill was worth the paper on which lt was w itten this was the ewt imbor t ant water way project in it through a cat densely populated region teeming with industries and commerce aal was cong he asked to appropriate for rivers and harbors and to about a which was intended to connect the lake system with the river lie regarded the eions am tile two most important in the bill and if they w ere to be whit tied down to blind and all the little creams tr eams of the country were t obe dug out aal enlarged he would betl v ery little interest to the gun a of the bill every civilized nation except the united states made long ex tures of public money for canals and water ways eranee and great britain were honeycombed with agals germau favored the lion for ae survey of tile canal front lasalle to lake michigan but moved to strike out the wonia and callable of carrying not leals than cable feet of water per minute flo it ute of two miles per hour I 1 1 in ion to and tile amendment amend men t tied w agreed to it reads for the ing A Conti nuoi la gaviga purr lo 10 wat rw a beth een lako and all e af 14 PIl rivea having A capacity and facilities for tto ikird t river steam ta 0 f naval vessels suitable for defence in time bf war tile secretary of war Is authorized and diorec tell to cause to be made proper su plans and estimates for del improvement and locks and dams in the beds of the illinois and p rivers from aill to aft k edwa al t 0 provide a na gaibl Ibl y not eats than ono hundred andal atly feet wide and not less than fecil feet reel said to have our voyed and located a channel from Lockport to 11 kobli chlian at or near the city of C icaco lucli a channel to be suitable for the purposes aforesaid the epary expenses of such our veys estimates plans and location to be paid out of the sum herein ampro fl 1 te d river for the improvement of the the amendment directing the detarr of W r to lacato a canal from the at to abb mississippi river at the mouth of rock river was then agreed to after 4 by veat that it would commit the government absolutely to the construction of the canal senatore gorman and beek denying that it did so and allison declining to commit himself one way or the other ille last amendment to be acted ar on was the inserting of a provision abolishing tile missouri river commission vest apol re of the utter admay of the commerce on rivers and canals there not being now a single steamboat on the ourt between kansas city and st louis that was seinei thing beyond the power of congress to because time was a great in commerce lie recognized however that canals and rivers wore valuable factors in checking tile rates of rall roads therefore he favored them the amendment was agreed la the bill and amendments were then reported from the commett ee to tile senate and the on which tile separate votes were not asked were aneed to separate votes were doma d 0 n the canal amendment a nal the amendment abol but there being no quorum present no further progress was made with the bill and tile senate proceeded to ex acu ecu vo business after tile doors were re 10 1 o c ned 1 the conference report on p somatic and consular appropriation billias presented and agreed to the only question between the two houses had been the senate amendment for the appointment of a commission to visit ancl res ort upon the upper congo ba oln the result of the conference ina substitute for the amendment appropriating pria ting for tile salary and ex 1 anses of a commercial agent at boma in the lower concu basin with authority to visit and report upon tile aper I 1 ongo basin and its openings f or tra d e with the united statis bills from the calendar aeto up and passed as follows senate bill ing for a wharf in 14 1 1 ahu 1 oregon for the use of the 9 1 so establishment senate bill appropriating for a lighthouse on tile headland mear tile mouth of he Uni river oregon senate bill to establish four additional lifesaving stations in oregon and washington territory there were also 38 private pension bills taken from tile calendar and passed all of them cloupe bills except one senate bill increasing the pension of william J warren to a month working diligently suil makina better progress with the tariff june 00 the house opened thin morning with speaker carlisle in the chair tile bill for the payment of fourth of july claims was taken up and cassea tile then went into commit tee of the whole on the tariff bill A motion of breckenridge arkansas to e the latoof duty on flax seed ind linseed oil from ten to fifteen cents a gallon wits agreed to breckenridge arkansas also offered sit amendment increasing from 4 to 5 cents a pound the duty on licorice paste 0 w aich was agreed to on of breckenridge an amendment was adopted fixing the duty on licorice aice at 35 per cent ad va lorem dingley maine moved to reduce the duty on chromate bi of potash from 2 cents to 1 cent per pound rejected after considerable debate farquhard Farqu harn amendment increasing the duty on acetate of lead white lead orange mineral and red lead way ejected tile china section was passed over informally to be hereafter reverted to on motion of bannin In dlana the tint on glazed or enameled tiles was reduced from 60 to 45 percent ad valoree valorem va lorem not rith standing the earne a t 0 t e 1 11 of buchanan and lehlbach of t 1 1 l 3 after disposing of four pages of tile bill the committee roseand tile flosso adjourned june 30 general sheridan was removed from his house to the shatara swatara about 11 this morn i D tha sailed at pm general sheridan arrived safely about noon ills transfer from home to the I 1 vessel occupied an hour it was ALI ll 11 ed without the slightest ob 2 12 clr delay the general rested well last night ile bore the removal excellently and when the moved 8 a he was in at least as good con dikas before leaving home the bush I 1 Tov juno SO tho prest dent has algal the indian ap the cincinnati exposition commit too has been informed by ti le preel dent that on account of the of business he cannot accept its invitation to attend the expiation at this time ile has now in his hands milli that must tie examined and Us posed of luring the coming week czar and kaiser to meet Il EnLi june 30 an interview be tween the czar and rn or liam mill be held july is r demit port on the aaltio sea bismarck will emperor villiam alien he received a deputation from russian regiments on the occasion of the bunei bof empo or frederick said he hoped fr an batly opportunity to thank the czar for hie ill rr r has conferred upon general N I 1 german envoy to tile ru court to announce the accession of the emperor william tile order of st andrew sand st ile I 1 has also conferred upon count glen burg general von aide de I 1 camp the orde r of st anne I 1 |