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Show BERING SEA TREATY. It (b Sent to the Senate Today by the President Unaccompanied by Any Recommendation. J J ' In Cabinet Meeting Considers the Question Ques-tion of the Renewal of the Modus Vivendi of Last Year. A CONGRESSMAN DEAD. Representative Kendall of the Tenth Kentucky Ken-tucky District Answers a Sudden Sud-den Call. IN SENATE AND HOUSE, Coogrcsrsc.niii Springer's Condition is Much More f avorable Todaj f.elieral Helio-fielil Helio-fielil in a Smash-up News from tike (.'tiiiiuiittee ltoouis. Wasuisoion. March 8. A message from the president, transmitting the recently negotiated ne-gotiated treaty of arbitration relative to the Bearing sea ilsheries has just been laid before be-fore the senate. It was unaccompanied by any recommendation. There was also laid before the senate a message 1.1.,: ng to the indemnity claims of UwVfficl'nclan Steamship company. The Cabinet Meeting. Wash i si. i March 8. The meeting of Hie cabinet today was devoted almost entirely en-tirely to the considerarion of the Bering saa question with a view to deciding ou a plan of action in ease Great Britain ad hercs to its refusal to renew for the present season, pending arbitration, the modus Vivendi of last year. There was a smaller attendance than usual owing to the illness of Secretary Blaine and the absence from the city of secretaries Foster and Noble. While thoroughly discussed, It ffc understood no definite plan of action was determined upon. It is said action was postponed until the next meeting in the hope that the cabinet would then have the benefit of Blame's counsel. Later It is understood the cabilet decided to insist on the renewal of the noAna rintmli for the preservation of the seals in the Bering Ber-ing sea. |