Show WEEK IN CONGRESS jho naval appropriation bill was completed ell except one parn graph atau it authorizes th lb orizes two new battleships and to lo 10 cruisers crul lers abe present appropriation makes a total cx pend fLore of on oa the davy the house discussed the question of abrogating tho the treaty tresty of 1817 which prevented either cither the iho united states or great britain from maintaining way war hept on the great lakes but took no action SENAI EThe tho war revenue bin bill was reported it provides lor for a reduction ot of nearly taxes are anro repelled repealed on the follo ing promis soly oay note notes mortgages mone agea bills ball of lading for export powers ot of attorney protest charter party certificates of atau oil kinds hinds leases var warehouse chouse re rc telegraphic dIK dispatches patches telephone messages passage tickets costing not less leps than express receipts freight receipts bindl andi except bonds ot of indemnity in legacies to religious charitable literary or educational institutions and rom commercial mercial brokers bro liera fix fixes esthe the tax on beorse acor at per barrel and on tobacco cigars and snair nult atil at 0 aerts a pound consideration ot the indian appropriation bill was resumed friday housa the house bouse adopted tho the conference report on the army anny bill and it wai wag sent to the ibo president tho the naval appropriation bill wag waa passed us as also sevan private pension bills SENAI ethe E the ship shipping subsidy bill and the indian appropriation bill were both considered tt it length mr towne offered onerea a n reo luton to atop hostilities la in tho the philippines i on u a basis ranting independence to tho the natives native but con len ian ing the interests of the united states stales burday tur day tho house disagreed to tho the senate amendments to the legislative exec executive autive and judicial appropriation bill and ogre agreed d to the conference asked aked for or by the sea a te massre dingbat of pennsylvania Hern of 0 in nunn llana and livingston of georgia were up pointed conferees on the part of the iho bouse boube SENATE national irrigation Irrl hallon was discussed in the bonato for or three hours boom the text being an amendment to tho the indian appropriation bill providing far or surveys looking to tho the construction of nn fin irrigation dam and ditches for the watering of tho the reservation of the iho pima elrna and Marl Mar leopa copa indians at san carlos carloa on tho the gila river arizona tho the credentials of frd T dubois of idaho and d shelby II 11 cullom of illinois were pro presented fien ted mr hoar hear introduced and tho the senate passed a a resolution asking tor for alt all at the command of the president or any executive officer of tho the government as to the extent of lands in the philippine islands held tor for pur purposes the character and value of such lands and whether any had bad on an behalf of the government entered into any obligation as to the title of tuch buch lands iroc sEThe the bill to codify the postal laws which his has occupied the house for or several days was passed objection was m mado ada to consideration of bill to extend the charters of 0 national banks for twenty years A bill authorizing deputy clerks of united states courts to administer in oaths was passed SENATE senator towne of minnesota delivered a a lengthy speech in advocacy of his big reo resolution lution to stop the war in the philippines after which the credentials of hl bis a successor were presented andar and mr towne withdrew the san carlos irrigation amendment was agreed to with changes providing that the surveys shall hall not commit the united states to 10 the ibo execution of the plan of irrigation tuesday tho agricultural bill was wag under consideration all that portion of the bill relating to the reorganization of the bureaus of the agricultural department were ruled out ol of order SENATE the indian appropriation bill was passed containing amendments continuing the incan day agency washington the nevada agency nevada tho the agency oregon and tho puyallup agency washington which had bad been betru k out by the committee sa senator frye gave notice that he intended to t keep the ship subsidy bill to the front even as again appropriation bills not yielding to them without a veto it revealed a disposition on tho the part pan of 0 some of the senate leaders to force an issue on the bill |