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Show .! .. written report of tbe officer of the department depart-ment of justice detailed to investigate the constitutional questions involved has been tiled with the attorney. mineral. It is said to be overwhelmingly favorable to tbe unlimited un-limited powers of toe president to (rant amnesty am-nesty in the case. Hnntt. Chilean Minister, Will Washington, March 4. Senor Montt, the Chilean minister, has Informed the secretary of state that in consequence of his election as a deputy be will soon relinquish hit present pres-ent diplomatic position, but will probably remain in Washington until his successor is appointed. In the House, Washington, March 4. In the house the committee on appropriations reported the invalid pension bill, and It was referred to the committee of the whole. Tbe house then went into committee of the whole ou the private calendar. The Sick. Washington, March 4. Secretory Blaine is still contlned to his house with a cold, lie expects to tic able to resume business at the state department Ivmorrow. Representative Mills is improving today. A SILVER BILL I Stanford -Wants tbe Government to Purchase Pur-chase all Silver Offe-ed at a Price Not JjD6l $l for 371 1-4 Grains. rSPf Anc ueoretary of the Truasury to Issue iir.iryaient Therefor Legal Tender ' Money of the United States. fCGAi BOUNTY DEMANDS. v. The Vote in Detail on the Idaho Sena- toriai Contest - Stewart Voted Against Dubois. NpVS FROM WASHINGTON Doing In the House and Senate Items j From the Committee Rooms - The AflltlrH ot the Various Departments Depart-ments Personals and Other Notes. Washington, March 4. In the senate this morning Stanford introduced a bill din cling the purchase of silver bullion and the coinage coin-age thereof. It was referred to the finance committee. The bill directs the secretary of the treasury to purchase from time to time such silver t ullion as may be offered at thej uorkeVprire. not exceeding $1 for :7i J-i gratis pure silver, and to issue in payment thereof legal tender money of the United States, without regard to the material of which it is composed; a sufficient amount of such money to be prepared by the secretary of the treasury. The vice president laid before the senate a communication from the secretary of the interior iu rulaliou to the Y.osemlte park in California; referred to the committee on public binds. The Pension nil Washington, March 4. The house appro-prrations appro-prrations Committee today finisbi-d the con-sideration con-sideration of the bill making the appropriation appropria-tion on account of pensions for the riscal year of 1893,A As completed it appropriates SK14,3U5,0tHj as compared with the estimates aggregating 1147,000,(100 and appropriation for the current year of $-io5,000,000. The examination of Assistant Secretary Bussey of the interior department was continued con-tinued today by the special pension office investigation committee. Enloe, after eliciting the information that there were a number of complaints from ptusiorers because of delay in the adjustment adjust-ment 01 their claims, aske-ii if the order had been issued practically taking ahe office force from work under the old laws and putting io to work on the adjudication of eases un''er the dependent aud disability act of 1800 V, 8r tjS'o ftaied that the entire force was so hai ''a"V added tiiat a large number bt J ,'r'"' arising under the old (aw org(fii2 which the evidence ias tncil rEty to .meet its requirements '""V ricat'ld under the new law 1 J AV'J'QI '. Jvh 'sued by himsel1 . ! mJ 'IS ui. m examined Huseey with refer-''II refer-''II Mi tha completed riles order which it (J'argod Va- iss.icd at the request of I XpU ilJtoruey Lemon, and gave Lemon I ilerablei advantage in prosecuting T ' lijfssey aiid he belieued the order facilitated facili-tated the; adjudication of claims. True, ! many claims were found by the board of re-! re-! uiew to be incompleted aud were put on the completed, riles, but no cases known in advance ad-vance to be incomylete were put there. The wstnes" did not know from whom the order originated. He heard before it was issued thatht' experiment had been made ou some of Lemon's cases. The Vote ou Hie Idaho C'a ie. Washisoton, March 4. The senators who voted in the affirmative on the minority report re-port in the Idaho contest in favor of Clag-gelt's Clag-gelt's right to the. seat were George, Gorman, Gor-man, Harris, Kyle Morgan, Pasco and Stewart. Stew-art. Those who voted against Dubois on the majority resolution awarding him the seat were George, Harris, Kyle, Pasco and Slew-art. Slew-art. The democrats w ho voted in the affirmative affirma-tive were; Senators Bate, Berry, Call, Car-lisle, Car-lisle, Chilton, Cockrell, Coke, Colquit, Gibson Gib-son (Md.), Hill, Kenna, McPhersou, Morgan, Mor-gan, Palmer, Pugh, Tnrpie, Vest, Vilas, Voorhees, Waithal, White. Salisbury and the Sieals. Washinoton, D. ('., March 4. The fact was developed today that the authorities had received notice that Lord Salisbury was unwilling, while the arbitration proceedings in the Behring sea dispute were pending to renew the modus viveiidi of last year. He is said to he willing, however, to take Unnecessary Un-necessary steps for putting a stop during the approaching season to miscellaneous deep sea seal fishing within thirty miles of the PribylofI islands. It is impossible to learn at the state department the precise nature of the substitute proposed by Lord Salisbury. It is probable this information received from London has caused President Harrison to shorten his stay at Virginia beach and he will rctuan to Washington Saturday instead of Mori. lay as he contemplated. It is hkely the treaty of arbitration will be submitted to the senate early next week, possibly Monday-Pension Monday-Pension Estimates. Washington, March 4. The sub-committee of the house committee on pensions yesterday yes-terday examined Commissioner Kaiuu with reference to the estimate, for peusion ap-pronriatlons ap-pronriatlons for the next fiscal year. The commissioner said that last year J1.MO.000 bad been'spent for medical examination, and this year'tl, 500.000 would be spent. Which would bring that work up to date. The actual arjnunt of inon spent on in count of pensions duriior the lirM six months of the year Was ti:i.ir.,ti73. About $43,000,1100 Aas'on hand for the remainder of the fiscal year. The Sur Houuty Claim. WAStiaGToA March 4.-T-A statement pre. ferred by the commissioner of international revenue. In regard to the sugar houuty, shows that -328 ciaims f..,r bounty, amount-in-' to 6,'.il4,rV,l, arc rrn i-d, and ciaims. amounting io 2,'.l.V.',:l, were paid, flic heetnugaM'ounties were -'l.'.,l'U, di trihiiteds NeWnska, .Vt,W.4; California, Will Pot Stat Out Public ItuililillKS. WAfwaSTOX, March 4. The house com mittee o public but. lings i.-l: I to 4. to accept iv&. Hank head's resolution, declaring t toil in view of Ho . mel.t ion of Hie general treasui Viit would be unw.se and inexpedi-.I.: inexpedi-.I.: to cuter upon legi.lalion looking to the 1 .instruction of new j.nl buildings. Will CUhIh the Am! I. an. is. Washixotob, March 4. The house committee com-mittee on irrijntion today agreed to a bill prepare&ty Ins sub 1 ommittee for the cession ces-sion of the ri lands to the states and territories terri-tories for reclamaiion. The Amnesty Petition. Washinoton. March 4 The mormon amnesty am-nesty petition from Utah is still under con sideration at the department oi justice. Tho |