Show SEiSATEJ ASSES THE INDIAN BILL Substantially the Same as It Came From the House UNCOMPAHGRERESERVATION RESERVATION i LAND PATENTS TO THE PACIFIC RAILROADS Resolution For a Committee of Five I I Senators to Inquire Into Their Issuance Is-suance Adjournment Taken as a Mark of Respect to the Memory of Representative Milliken Deceased De-ceased Washington April 19The senate passed the Indian appropriation bill today to-day It is substantially the same as it passed the house and can occasion little division save the amendment opening the Uncompahgre Indian reservation res-ervation Resolutions of Inquiry were agreed to 1 asking the secretary of state as to the operation of the reciprocity treaties I made under the McKinley act Mr Vest introduced his resolution i declaring illegal the recent order of the I secretary of the treasury relative to imports arriving after April 1 The senator sen-ator gave notice of pressing the resolution I resolu-tion tomorrow and it may afford another an-other test on the tariff I After the executive session the senate I adjourned as a mark of respect to Representative Rep-resentative Milliken deceased The Rev Hugh Johnson in his opening open-ing prayer invoked divine blessing on i those nations struggling for civil and I j I religious liberty and prayed for the I j speedy termination of all wars He referred I II I ferred also io the suffering along the I Mississippi river I A resolution for a committee of five senators to inquire into the issuance of land patents to the Pacific railroads and to the California Oregon railway and the amounts of subsidies paid to the Pacific Mall Steamship company was favorably reported hut on suggestion sugges-tion of llr Stewart of Nevada went I Oer i During debate on the Indian bill Mr i Allen of Nebraska offered an amendment I amend-ment for the establishment of an Indian I In-dian supply warehouse at Omaha Mr Gear of Iowa said this was designated i desig-nated to take the warehouse away from Chicago If this was to be done he I proposed Sioux City la as well as I Omaha as an Indian supply point I It led to extended debating as to the i I relative merits of various cities as I supply points for the Indians which I resulted In the Allen amendment being agreed to An amendment by Mr Hoar for two additional federal judges in Indian Territory Ter-ritory was adopted After a contest amendment by I Mr Berry of Arkansas was agreed to limiting the rolls of tribes to certain designated classes At 150 p m on motion of Mr Davis the senatb went into executive session on the arbitration treaty and at 215 p m adjourned secure a settlement ofthe claims of the Amerjcan missionaries There are still several outrages onAmerican missionaries mis-sionaries there that have to be righted I understand that Dr Angejl will go to Turkey principally to adjust these cases and that he will return to the university univer-sity when that is done President Anrells connection with foreign mission work has extended over a period of years and he is recognized as one of the ablest men Interested In it s |