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Show CONGRESSIONAL. Sl'..ATE. Washington, 7. On motion of Cas-serly Cas-serly the resolution was agreed to directing di-recting the secretary of tho treasury to . transmit a statement of the net earnings nft ho Union Pacific railroad comttanv and of the Central PmciLc railroad coiu-panv coiu-panv for ISTOand 1ST 1, showing the receipts re-ceipts of freight and passenger?, with amount of running expenses and other details. The bill providing an international Ccpvr'clit wv reported adversely. A'.corn i"r. m ll.e cnnv.ttre on niir.e. reported. w;th amendment, a b:ll to a.d tho construction of the Sutro Tur.nrl from the proceeds of the salts of mineral la". I;. The hill tV'T tho dirtril-.Mtin of the Geneva award was ta'ien up. K irnunds arn'.;-d :ta:r,-t the cl-urn of insurance con-.par. es t'1 any r-Tiin of tho award. Thvirman sdvoev.e.i lhe:r clai.ns. The bui to relieve ee-.tin ieror.s of tho Soiith of po. '.Heal ih-abiuties was taken up. a v.vc on which s-how.-'d no quorum present. Adjourned lilt Monday. Mon-day. HOI St. T. e c. r.-.:..:f.ce on appropriations, to-dav, to-dav, linvit.-d ih new government building build-ing at PiuladelpiiJt to $o,(.liau at present An appropriation of a million and a half was made on that account They also aieed to appropriate S iu,-0,0 iu,-0,0 tnanprai-ers store ht San Frareitc. ar.d jleO.1""1 for oberving tbe train t 'f Venuf . Tbe comniiltee r impleled their action on tbe army bill, bv an apuro-prinion apuro-prinion of abo-l j-.L'O.i.'.O- Af.er the diip s&l of a few prlvaie bills the House went into committee of the whole on the military academv appropriation ap-propriation bill, appropriating $t-l ',517. 1 Cobura moved to strike out thecis'e which gives the secretary of war discre-tionarv discre-tionarv power to substituts for the pro-fessorsbip pro-fessorsbip of 5 panish a professorsaip of Rhetor i and English literature. This motion 'XVood, Bj tier, of Mass&chusem. Maynard, Bunnell and Young favored. , It was opposed by Marshall, Sarcnt. and Slough ton. During the discussion. ! relative to the importance to a military education of the Spanish, French and German languages, the opponents of the motion contended that the two latter re of most importance, and its supporters suppor-ters claiming that the close relations between be-tween the United Slates, Mexico, the West India lsisnds, and Spams h-American h-American countries, rendered the tnowledee of Spanish on the part of army omcers necessary and desirable. 1 Butler spoke of the acquisi ion of Mexico ' as a thing that would take place in this eneration; and Coburn predicted that tbe American boy was born who would iue a proclamation from Morro Castle, Havana. Finally the motion prevailed . ard the clause was struck out. An amendment was agreed to mora specirj- , cally defining the pay and term of service ser-vice of professors of the academy. V hen tbe committee rose, the amendments werp agreed to, and tho bill passed. Adjourned. |
