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Show VOTE ON CANAL BILL SET POR THURSDAY WASHINGTON, June IS. The Senate Sen-ate yesterday decided to vote next Thursday on the Panama sea level canal bill; accepted the conference reports on the diplomatic and naval na-val appropriation bills, the former complete and the latter partial; passed a bill limiting the liability that may be assumed as-sumed by individual to national banks; adopted Senator Morgan's resolution relative rel-ative to the control of the Panama railroad; rail-road; admitted A. W. Benson as the successor suc-cessor of Senator Burton of Kansas; received re-ceived the credentials of Senator-elect Dupont of Delaware; listened to a speech by Senator Dryden in support of a lock canal across the lsthmua of Panama, and also passed several semi-private bills. In connection with the agreement to vote on the canal bill, Senator Foraker rained the point that the Senate is not sufficiently Informed on the question of the type of canal to vote this session and s sharp debate ensued, but in the end no one objected and the date was fixed. The Senate sojourned nt 6:20 p. m. |