Show 11 WASHING TOJ tile work af the two ses of compress 6 lana AGE N it I 1 BOWERS reports on the condition and flit of PUBLIC LANDS president cleveland CleT eland adheres to tile policy I 1 OF THE I 1 tit language in thel and scores the methodist preachers I 1 western asod fren to tun washington news secrate WA april 3 stewart withdrew his motion heretofore made to reconsider the vote passing tile bill for the relief of purchasers habers and other granlees grantees gran tees of swamp and el lands ind to and indeman k f certain states the bill goes to the afton e tito resolution heretofore offered by to suspend to much the rules as provid for the executive sessi onit during the 1 I consideration of the treaty aas taken U was given 3 that would call up the resolution in order thoe mho were to it might absent and draw chich lacked to vote for it alid had been beaton frob time ta time and had been for fi iv tile saine kind of pa i ameri tary practice that had been triet 1 today to day litter poi Ile called or asand nays urt agreeing to ilia resolution 11 amunds said lie desired to submit soine observations to the senate aich lie to submit to her ild niters just at present ile therefore awed hat ile galleries be feared and the doors the motion was agreed to and the order executed tile senate after two hours spent in session opened its doors during the secret session sanator resolution to cou bider the fisheries treaty in often session as t lie only suj ct af debate senators edmunds and aloar mad v a strong fight against the rem lution upon motion of senator butler th I 1 resolution was ordered to be i f erre I 1 to the committee oil r lations only eight senators bena tors voting in the nea alivo the senate then resumed consideration of the bond billa bill A vote wai taken on halmers palmers Pal mers motion to mit the bond sd bill and th notion was r eje acted j aas 2 3 nay 31 0 A sub for the bond 93 bill declaring that ilia authority to purchase bonds given in lite act nak ing appropriations for sundry aird expenses for tile year 30 1989 was intended to be a tient provision of declare I 1 such and to be now in full furco an I 1 effect was offered by spooner and was agreed to spooners ners substitute was agreed to without division beek then offered an amendment as an additional section providing that whenever tha circulation or any portion thereof to any batik not in liquidation be surrendered and not be taken p by other national banks the fecu detary odthe treasury shall purchase at the market price an equal amount of silver bullion in excess of the min I 1 mum monthly silver coinage abich shall be coined and used as provided for in tile silver coinage bill of tile of february proposed an addition to the amendment and it providing that nothing antho act shall alter or silver coinage act of 1878 sherman ampro d fully of the substitute as agreed thought it air improvement on the house bill bat flit it best to post polle tile coil of beck proposition till a convenient season lie baj cle nore aly of the opinion that it was not also to continue the inage of silver when was stripped of that feature alad if it to ie of bullion it would be relieved of the ol ihnot beat to let the bill stand as it now ion able in form go to the president an 1 be approved and carried into execution and let ilia P ropo sad amendment and all ai c on finance an d be carefully car fully considered allison some verbal changes InI ticks amendment si aj to make it read that u banever liaa 6 or any portion theroa of any national barill not in liquidation be surrendered of united states notes in aha otherie band tile aale or abent amount shall n A be taken by other national lbanks thirty das the Sit rotary of the treasury Tre abury shall etc after further debate by beck and Il unit and without acy lion on tile beek and ith the substitute for I 1 h t bill to be reported from the colt i cittee of the bhole the senate adjourned jour ned at ril 1 called up a special order the son ate direct tax bill foran moved that taa home in to committee of tile eoll ile pension act on bill tile mo i a st wheeler elfr L ove d to re vote on motion of ad ilia motion to was tabled fad house then ment into a marole for tile consideration of special 9 r dei I 1 B teller of ohio said that while tit illgas important Import apt f tile money involved ili it the batts 0 I 1 tile case acre so simple that lie did n 0 t think any extended di wits necessary bec esSary the bill proposed to rai linquish the amount of direct tax tin collected colleL ted and to provide for ment to the stata and who had paid any of tile money oates of in opposing the bill a r g aed that under the con Falt ution had a perfect right and I 1 power to lovy a direct tax but he I 1 denied the right of coutress Cou gress to refund a tax ellich dmd been legally levied ani if ah 0 waa 10 to va his bill it should its provisions one for tile re ising of ilia cotton tax a tax 11 halh al 11 been I 1 J v lett after further debate ilia com knitte rose the took a e tito slon is to le or tile consideration of by the committee oil military affairs at the e e j i ng g es lo 10 n t 1 0 J 0 pt accede d t 0 1 I 1 t e eo n s i d e rat i 0 t i by on militate mili affairs tito 4 providing for tile promotion of boffl cers of ilia arm after wanly years of continuous contin in one grade bill introduced by mr mor to of california Coli fornia for ilia construction and repair of roads from the entrance ent ranco of the reservation of presidio Pre idio san francisco to the cemetery of the A bill introduced by crain of texas was passed for the retirement 0 aalfred pleasanton alth the rank of c clonel AND WAsi maTox april 3 president clet eland bar written a I 1 0 letter to hitov james marrow D D of phil phia in o to a resolution adopted at a 0 n philadelphia of ilia annual conference of the methodist epi copa church held march 20 of N aich the following is a syn my dear siri sir I have revolved fain re solutions by the annual conference the action taken by the assemblage of carl alan men has greatly surprised me ibey declare that this conference earnestly prot eRts liga the recent a ebion of the in excluding ill e use of the native languages lit the el ti cation of indians and especially abole c fusion of ilia dakota bible T 1 t tile adv an I 1 in to pel thein to ra iva all ilia religious 4 I 1 1 in ian hinr adge 1 tactically their rece ving it in the I 1 llo effect vo m av tile line of power travels ith the human heart and ilia heart of the indian its in his language that ilia operations of all missionary be b y te interferences es th ta a president quotes tile rules of the indian bureau and continues the government seeks in the anan argement of the indians to civilize vivi lize and prepare chent fur that the world t e harily c iiii nothing important to the indian from poll I 1 t of yiew than the knoal of alie langua e nothing can be more consistent than the teaching of english in our indian schools it will not do to permit these wards of the nation to become their on la tera to indulge in their OA I 1 1 barbaroux language becart a it Is easier or because it plea cs them rile secular teaching ii ilia object of ordinary gov erit ment schools but surely there call be no objection to reading a ila pter in the bible in or in Dk kutA it ilia could not bo u at tile daily opening 0 r the use of tile r hould not be encouraged beyond the limit of sue it an I 1 the text booke ilia oral instruction fit a general tene ten e and the curriculum certainly be in 11 u lish tito rule gf file indian bureau have beer modified ati I chiam ed in their ahr a of olly to kneet tile view 0 I 1 good men it seek to government in iti benevolent until it was mip posed their ine aning ws anita plain and their sath actori these rulea mill be adhered to and tile government mill contin tio to all people and organizations in 11 asvery important and interesting part of IA bor entrusted to it THE FINANCE BILL A aril 3 the meet iniz of the committee on finance today gradually changed itself cintr a of caucus committees of the two parties A proposition haq made to strip the bond bill of all a I 1 and pass it as it came from the finance committee at half t two no result had been reached ft 13 understood that senator stewart as senta on condition that the finance committee agree to report the bill providing that for every dollar of cl r culat ion retired under ahe operation of the bill a siver dollar shall be coined THE LANDS washington april 3 report of S e cial agent bo us of the land upon ilia condition and future public timber lands was laid before tire houle today to day it eirl bodies a scheme of for tile protection of forests b tire creation of a forestry bureau in I 1 0 land department aprie S it I 1 s stated by authority claus aret kel 4 tile california king I 1 now in this city has decided to build a nery in and that lite liase of a site for it on dela mare river front wilt bec mated tn day it is understood that capital will be put into the enter prise all to be supplied by spreckels elfand that contracts for the eroc tion machinery eta paced in a low days tile capacity of the proposed refinery Is put at barrels or pounds 1 er day chec ow bof the stated aud the output as A aspre true I 1 have purchased the property slid will build a refinery here I 1 ill proceed without daay to make wy contracts and try eer e er thing pos ible to build t it ii the ak chich ila an area of beten jane and ten acrea tile property Is on the lines of reading aard lehigh vaclev railroads the price paid wag cash lie added that work would be cow plated in about one year feat N r W ark april 37 tho great cotol Brg hron at C ancy islands a at by feet and eughing tons mas moved b ick from tile cwach today to day I 1 u feet and A ill ila talen 26 feet further tile tests oil flat carev running on ki k i and 14 drawn b y bix I 1 eavy ilia great buil Jag a it bout a t rack or jar removal was necessitated by the of the sea and ie considered a feat of eu glue ering I 1 I 1 an S F petition I 1 SAN I 1 1 the south berrr 11 wille company filed 91 petition in tilts TT S court today to day to limit I 1 ts liability growing out of the 17 Y lio I 1 1 slon of tile julia at I 1 I 1 J tito petition peti tinn enfiled under sect loiis to of t lie re cf tile m md der this con is that all persons be rest rabi ed from proe buting suits for damages and offers as provided by the to convey to t he et all that remain 4 of the burned steamer to fie applied toward tile liquidation of any claims tile comp any judge II fran made an order ap 1 I as a trustee but dill not asmo an in to prevent ilia filing of snits file petition cites 1 at thirty lives were lost bv ilia hurn inse of the and other persons were in cr aired it is sign represented I 1 fiat the heirs to those killed are about to in li lute suits for damages aggregating more than the w as worth |