Show J I CHAT FROM THE CAPITAL 1r To House Commlltc6 on Elections No 2 Wa decided the caso of John J Lfentz vsEmmctt Tompkljis for the Columbus OvUlstrlct In Congress In favor of rom rc kln The report will be made next weejc ftnator TJIIman from the Committee on Mines and Mining reported favorably Lit bill devoting portion of the proceeds oj tho sale of public minis to the malh tnanco of State and Territorial 1i is Shovls Gen Leonard Wood left Washington list night on his last visit to Havana n the capacity of Military Governor of he Island of Cuba Gen Wood said ho xpected to depart by boat from the city bf Havana at 12 oclock on May 20th Senator Quay was at the Whlto HQUKO ngaln yesterday t to sec the President in behalf of Mr Powderly the Commissioner Commission-er of Immigration whom the Pennsylvania I Pennsyl-vania Senators and Representative Cornell Cor-nell of tho same State want retained The conferees on tho war fevomio bill were unable to reach an agreement yesterday yes-terday tho main division occurring on tire tax on bucketshops which was taken ta-ken off by the House and restored by tho Senate Tho meeting will bo resumed this afternoon Ono of tho first acts by the President consequent upon thu ratification the treaty for tho acquisition of tho Danish Wcsc Indies now pending before the Senate Sen-ate will bo tho appointment of a Governor Gover-nor for tho Island Several names have been suggested to the President for tho office one of which Is that of Jacob Rlls the wellknown newspaper man of l work w-ork |