| Show NEW to investigate bond issues I 1 sundry appropriation bill passed QUIET SESSION IN THE HO USE 6 A call for a conference of the republicans public ans looking to tariff washington b 19 the senate has agreed to ta up the cuban resolutions at 2 tomorrow lodo presented in the senate a resolution directing the finance committee to investigate and report on the circumstances attending the sale of united states bonds during 1894 5 6 and tha disposition of the proceeds of such tales alie resolution went over it is substantially ly the same as the resolution which lost its parliamentary status yes by hills speech carrying the debate up to 2 except it directs the finance committee instead of a special committee to make the investigation the senate the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill in the house washington feb 19 the houa committee on territories voted today to reconsider ahe former ote against tha arizona and new mexico statehood bill thua leaving them stilt before the committee the house today passed a bill to extend five years the time within which suits may be brought to annul patents issued under railroad mexican or any other grants amendments were adopted limiting the application of the act to railroad and raaon road grants and the follum ing proviso made that no suits shall be brought nor shall recovery be had for lands that v ere patented in lieu of other lands a grant which was linquish ed by the consequence of the failure of the government to withdraw the same for sala or entry the substitute offered by macao to repeal the act of 1891 vs defeated by a vote of 72 to A call lias been issued for a joint caucus of the republicans of the house and the senate tomorrow night to select members of the new congressional corn matteo the question agreeing on the legislative program may bo broached with a view to concerted action tha house leaders are very anxious that tho tariff bill should be taken up by the senate and it is probable thero will be an interesting time at the caucus the house committee on ways and means to day voted to report a bill for the killing of all seals in bering sea unless an effective agreement for their protection can be reached regular dividend boston feb 19 the chicago burlington quincy directors have declared atie regular quarterly dividend of one per cent anaconda stock to c sold new york feb 19 it is rumored that kulin loeb oo 00 have taken another block of anaconda mining stock for sale in europe it ia said the time the last block of shares was taken a further privilege was secured by this firm to have the first right to take morar stock at the pric to be fixed by the owners the owners have not yet fixed the price the owners are the estate alio still hold shares to crookes tubes chicago feb 19 prof stine of the armor institute believes lio has discovered a practical way of cheapening the crookes tubes the professor says just as marked cathode rays can be obtained with a simple plate of tin foil pasted outside the bulb of an incandescent burner as edison hag secured tho cathode plate of platinum placed on the inside this is he eaid proof positive the cathode ray is not a stream of electrified metallic articles but rather of mol culea under extremely low pressure tho chief value of this discovery professor stine said ailt be the placing ot tubes upon the market at a nominal cost the crookes tubes rs at present used cost from 6 to 20 each thus making experimental material too expensive for general use tho school question winnipeg man feb 19 the proposal of alio greenway government to settle the school question by making the school absolutely secular and eliminating all religious exercises had aroused ft storm among tho clergy both protestant and roman catholic clergymen clerey men bitterly oppose the establishment of what they term godless schools roman catholic clergymen bay they would rather submit to the system while protestant clergymen say they would prefer that the roman catholic have their own schools |
