Show c IN THE HOUSE I DiLL FOR A XAVAL STATION PASSES I DeIemzte Catron of XCTV Mexico I Introduces u Bill Which He Believe Be-lieve Will be Productive of Much Good t WASHINGTON April 18At the opening open-Ing of the house today Cannon Ill chairman of the appropriations commit I I S tee reported the general deficiency bill and gave notice that he would call It up t at the earliest possible moment A bill was passed to establish a trainIng train-Ing station for naval apprentices on Goat island San Francisco harbor tTalbert S C who had previously blocked a private bill objected to the pension bill presented by Cannon I Cannon made a personal appeal to the c gentleman from South Carolina He said J It was the first time in twenty years that hl had asked for unanimous consent He rcvltwod the pathetic history of the sol dler constituent shot t pieces and almost G al-most totally blind Talbert plainly S touched by the recital withdrew his objection ob-jection 3 The following is a list of the regular i j pn > priatlons as they passed the house 1 wIth th ir amounts i Q Agriculture 3215342 army P2759a Yfl S S X l diplomatic and consular 1030058 District I of Columbia 55418000 fortifications 5 S42337 Indian S420445 legislative etc 21360761 military academy 448117 navy 317239 pension 141325820 post olllce 91819557 river and harbor 10 351860 sundry civil 29835982 In addition to these bills the two deficiency de-ficiency bills miscellaneous accounts carrying car-rying 315024 and the regular annual appropriations ap-propriations amounting to 119054100 have been passed by the house making the total appropriation bills during this session slon 505027405 and in the deficiency bill reported today there Is a clause authorizing authoriz-ing the secretary of the treasury to transfer trans-fer to the city of Atlanta the buildings erected for the government exhibit at the cotton states exposition There is an item of 10000 to be paid to the Italian government for indemnity to the heirs of three of their subjects who were killed and two others injured by mob violence in Colorado In making the appropriation for Indian depredation claims the committee provides that none of the judgments be paid until the attor jUdgent unt ator ney general has certified to The secretary that he has caused to be examined evidence evi-dence heretofore presented to the court of claims and such other evidence a he shall be able to procure a to whether fraud has been done to the United States 01 exorbitant sums allowed and finds no grounds to support a new trial At 1 oclock under a special order the eulogies on the late Representative Cogs well Mass began Catchings Dem Miss Grosvenor Rep 0 Henderson Rep Iowa and Dockery Dem Mo were among those who laid their tributes on his bier Then at 250 as a further mark of respect re-spect the house adjourned To Change the Law WASHINGTON April 18In the house today Delegate Catron of New Mexico from the territories committee reported a bill providing that upon the convening of the territorial legislature of New Mexico any one member of either house may administer ad-minister the oath of office to the presiding presid-ing officerelect and he shall administer the same to the other members and offi cers cersThe The object of the bill says an accompanying ac-companying report is to modify the existing ex-isting laws so that the secretary of the territory an appointee of the president shall not have arbitrary power to organize or-ganize the legislature by ignoring the legal certificates of election as was done at the organization of the last legislature legisla-ture at which time certificates of election tion given to memberselect by the county coun-ty boars of canvassers as required bylaw by-law were ignored and persons were sworn in on trumped up certificates or on pretenses in no manner provided f0 by law so that the political complexion of the legislatur was changed in both houses General Deficiency Bill WASHINGTON April 18The house committee on appropriations today reported re-ported tthe house general deficiency bill the last of the regular appropriation bills of this session The total amount bls carried by the bill is 4791340 The principal deficiencies for which i provides pro-vides are Treasury department Sl 074000 District of Columbia 5116000 war department 607000 navy department depart-ment 199000 interior department 5104000 department of justice 251000 government printing office 190000 house of representatives 104000 judgments judg-ments of the court of claims 143000 Indian depredation claims 40000 audited aud-ited claims 169000 out of the postal revenue 1421000 In addition to this bill the urgent deficiency act passed early in the ses ct sion carried 6305436 making a total for r deficiencies this session of 11096 027405 The total of appropriations is 505 |