Show In the Rouse WASHINGTON March 2Tho Senate amendments to the Indian appropriation bill were nonconcurred in and the bill was sent to conference The conference report on the bill to repeal the timber culture cul-ture law was agreed to Cutcheon of Michigan moved that the House nonconcur in the Senate amendments amend-ments to the army reorganization bill but on apoint of order the bill was sent to the i committee of the whole subsequently the speaker stated an error was made in referring refer-ring the bill to the committee of the whole I should have been sent to the military affairs af-fairs committee and would be so referred On motion of Carter of Montana the Senate bill passed granting the Missoula Northern railroad company the right of way through the Flathead Indian reservation reserva-tion in Montana ton After the passage of a number of unimportant unim-portant bills Bingham of Pennsylvania moved to suspend the rules and pass the Senate bill for thoerection of a new mint building in Philadelphia at a cost not to exceed 2000000 and providing for the sale of the present mint property Afterthe passage of a number of unimportant unim-portant bills the rules were suspended and the Senate bill passed for the erection of anew a-new mini building in Philadelphia at a cost of 2000000 as was also the Senate bill for the erection of a new custom house in the city of New York The speaker laid before the House a communication from the family of Admiral Porter returning its sincere thanks for the resolutions adopted by that body relative to deceased Boutelle of Maine said he was sure the House would agree with him that this was a titling time to puse a moment to do an act of justice to venerable woman who was mourning the loss of a husband who had rendered illustrious service to his country He asked unanimops consent for the immediate im-mediate passage of the Senate bill granting a pension of 3500 a year to the widow of II Admiral Porter Dunn of North Carolina objected Subsequently Dunn withdrew his objection objec-tion to the pension and the bill passed yeas 161 nays 88 The Senate bill passed gran ting a pension of 100 a month to the widow of Major General Kilpatrick Simonds of Connecticut submitted the conference report on the copyright bill He explained the conference agreed on all points except Shermans amendment The report was adopted and a further conference confer-ence agreed to The postofllce appropriation appropria-tion bill was sent to conference The House then took a recess |