Show FIFriETH CONGRESS SENATE WASHINGTON September 24 Amoag r the executive communications received and referred was one from the Secretary of tlia Treasury stating the amount due California under the act af the 27th of June 18c2 as 11 723 The committee of public lands reported re-ported a bill allcwn g t any person who had relinquished a homestead entry before be-fore the expiration of the requisite six months to make another entry not exceeding ex-ceeding a quarter section Passed Among the bills introduced and referred re-ferred were the following By Stewart to prohibit the immigration immigra-tion of Chinese laborers By Plumb offering n reward of 10 000 to any person who shall discover the cause a remedy and successful treatment of yellow fever By Call for a commission of medical men In Jacksonville Florida to observe ob-serve the facts relative to yellow fever and the best method of its sure prevention preven-tion and suppression By Chandler regulating the allotment allot-ment of lands in severally to Indians Shermans resolution heretofore offered for an inquiry to the relations between the United States and Great Britain and Canada was kid over till tomorrow The Senate bill restoring to the United States certain lands granted the Northern Pacific railroad was taken up Plumb addressed the Senate in favor of Its passage The bill for the payment of the Weil La Abra claims in Mexico ware made the special order for Monday next The Senate proceeded to tne consideration consider-ation of the general deficiency appropriation appro-priation bill Among the amendments reported and agreed to was the following An appropriation ap-propriation of 80OCO in further aid of the Industrial Christian Home Association Asso-ciation of Utah Plumb moved to assert as an additional addi-tional secton a provision eqteuding all the criminal laws of the United States to the unorganized territory known as No MansLand and placing that Territory within the judicial district of Kansas and within the land district of Southern Kansas Agreed to Stewart offered an amendment ap piopriating 1248 for the mileage of the lato Senator Farley of California Agreed to Teller offered an amendment appropriating appro-priating 276000 indemnity for outrages out-rages on Chinese in the Territories Agreed to The bill was then passed Adjourned HOUSE The following bills were introduced and referred By Morrow of California a resolution resolu-tion providing for the immediate transmission to the President of enrolled en-rolled bills By Matson of Indiana increase the pensions of those who have lost a limb On motion of Forney a joint resolution resolu-tion was passed extending till October loth the existing appropriation for the sundry civil expenses of the government govern-ment Burnes of Missouri called up the conference report on the sundry civil appropriate n bill Sayer of lexas replied to the charge made by Cannon of Illinois that the Democratic administration had been characterized by extravagance The conference report wad agreed to with the exception of the Congressional library featnre A further conf rence was then ordered Holman from the committee on public pub-lic lands reported back the Senate bill extending the laws of the United States over the public land trip and ho asked for its immediate consideration Weaver of Iowa notified the gfntle man from Indiana that it would require re-quire a quorum to pass the bill because it was a measure which was antagonistic antagon-istic to the Oklahoma bill Warner of Missouri intimated that enemies of the Oklahoma bill had attempted at-tempted to kill it by voting for the amendment giving the land in the proposed Territory to exsoldiers without with-out the payment of the price required I from other settlers Anderson of Iowa who had offered the amendment defended his course in doing so stating that he had offered it in good faitn and disclaimed any intention in-tention of jeopardizing the passage of the bill He would allow no member to arraign him for his motive After a reply from Warner the House adjourned |