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Show THE LONG SESSION Or (he nnj-urst Con?rrs to End on Wcdnevlaj-, iTob. i ably. ; ALEXANDER IDUMAS' INNOCENT , GAME. Tli Crar Cams Very Xrar Helng Killed by Conspirator. MRS. BROADLEY, A VICTIM OF LIQUOR. A Pathrr .Shoots Ills Xrnly Sarrlrd Ilanghter and Takes Ills Orrn IJff. Telegraph to the Naws.1 TIIE CM) IlltVVflXi; NEAK. Tlae jnij.rlnlCoasreo. Will Moan Itrttou It. Lanreli. Wasiiisoton, Sejit, 23. In two or three days Uie Ung session of Uib Fifty.first Congress will come to an end. It has been almost the longest long-est ever held. Although Uie first session of the Fifty-first Congress lasted until October 20lh, the present pres-ent session by reason of louger dally sessions, lias consumed moru time, and tne amount of legislative work actually accomnllilied has been extraordinary, viewed In the light of previous Congresses. The record so far is Bills and Joint .resolutions introduced iu the House, 12,4)2; in Uie Senate, 4,7); total, 17,152, against 15,0th) during the first session or the last Congress, which In this matter far exceeds all previous records. Ileports made House, 5,215; Sen ate 1,317; noacmunt being taken in Uie Senate of other Uiun written reports. re-ports. Bills paved -by tho House, 1,232, of which Uie t-jenato has nsscd M3. All except a few or these S49 have become laws, or are awaiting Uie President's appro vaL By the Senate, 1,110, ofwhlch 453 were sent to the President, mtking the total number num-ber about I,S3jacts, or laws, against 1,79) for Uie whole of tho last Cou gress. Of these acts, 606 House and 275 Senate bills were pensions to individual. In the completed work of theses sion, aside from Uie tinff bill, tne following are some of the many important measures enacted Into laws: Theslivtr bill, the customs administrative ad-ministrative bill, the deiudent aud disability pension bilk, tho antitrust anti-trust bill, anti-lottery bill World's Fair bill, admission or Idaho bill aud Wyoming, meat inspection bill, land grant forfeiture bill, original tockagu bill, additions to the navy; also bills repealing the act of 15S5, which withdrew ractlcally nil Western public lands from silUe-ment. silUe-ment. and nrovidiuc that hereafter only actual reservoir sites shall lie withdrawn, and that no oue inrsou shall enter more Uian 320 acres, relief re-lief for the Mississippi Valley flood suflerers, Portage ltkeand Heiiul pin Caual ani Galves-ton harbor pn-jeots, for a large addition to Um clirical force of the Pen-Ion Office to adjudicate cases undtr new acts, providing for classification of worsted clothes as woolens "'at no person In time of )eace shall be tried for desertion after Uie lapse of to years extending relief to rall-rottd rall-rottd land Settlers several bills con-ceruing con-ceruing Indian reservations and treaUes for tiie census of farm mortgages, itc; also, census of the Chiuise, Increasing thu ticuslon for loui helplessness, for aft assUtaut secretary eacli In the Waraud Navy Oriartmcut. There were eighteen contested ejection cases before the House and seven of the republicati contestants have been seated. The Senate seated thu republican Senators from Montana, Seven bills have been vetoed by Uie President, three of them being public building bills, two bills authorizing au Increase of Uie indebtedness of certain cities or counties, one chauglng the boundaries boun-daries of tho Uncompahgre Indian reservation and Uie other extending the time for the payment for lands liurcliased from thu Omaha tribe of Indians. Among the bills which passed the House, but have not yet passed tho Senate, are the Federal clecUonbill, tho National bankruptcy bill, the bill for the relief of the Supremo Court, the compound lard bill, the bill to prevent the products or convict con-vict lalor being furnished upon public Luildingsor works, the eight-hour eight-hour back pay, tho bill to repeal the Umber culture Law, and tho tight-hour tight-hour day bill. Among tho Senato 'bills which have not pa'scd the House are Uio shipping suUldy bill, Uie bill granting grant-ing California 5 pir cent of Uie proceeds pro-ceeds from tho sale of public lauds, to enlarge Yellowstone I'ark, to grant a right or way through public lands, for compulsory education of Indian cnildren.for Uie Inspection of live cattle and beef J roducta for export. ex-port. Tho Blair education bll! and the International copyright bill were defeated in the Senate and House respectively. Manv oUicr bills of promluence have not yet been acted upon by ciUier House. tiie vouk to ee done. How much Ume Uio Senate will consume in the discussion of Uie conference report on Uie tarifl, cannot can-not be stated accurately, but the leaders on boUl sides think a vote can be reached Tuesday. The final adjournment will come theday after the report la disposed of. In addition to Uib tarill bill the general deficiency bill Is Uie only other measure likely to receive the attention of Uio Senate. That is now-pending now-pending in the House. With the exemption of the conference confer-ence report ou the general deficiency bill, .the House lias completed its labors. While waiting, some measures may be taken from Uie calendar and PAnct!ort may be made to pass th two shipping hills sent over by th Senate, but this will be strongly resisted by the democrats, and unless special provision Is made for Uielr conslderarion tho effort will likely fa'l. AIjidyMilcldi-.. HYDE Pakk, Sept. 23. Mrs. Hayes, about 50 years of age, wife of Dr. Charts CHajes drowned herself In Uie Nephonset Itlver this morning. Tho body will be taken to MaJlson, Wis., where the father of the deceased, ex-Go veruor Mills, of Wisconsin, resides. Mrs. Hayes was a very refined anJ estimable lady, and her death Is a great blow to her husband and son. |