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Show CONGRESS 'ENDS WORK;: K "' NEARLY BSttlON SPEN? Oon and 31.325,000 was authorised f' pended out of the Federal treasury f$ that event. - ' Speedy appropriations for the sa Francisco sufferers -resulted from re quests by the President, two and a haJ millions -being donated directly a.nc supplies .from -the stores of the Government Gov-ernment ' nearly equalled that, amount Private pension legislation for the benefit of the old soldier, who Is unable un-able to receive a pension under thai statute laws, kept up Its usual heavy pace. ' WASHINGTON, June SO. The first session of . the Fifty-ninth Congress Con-gress goes Into history today. ' It has been a strenuous session from start to finish. The measure which caused the greatest debate is the . railroad rate bill. Begun with. the session, its consideration con-sideration continued throughout. . The pure food enactment and the meat inspection provision are also important im-portant changes In the Federal attitude atti-tude toward both the producer and consumer of the country. A uniform and more strict method of naturalising aliens was enacted. . The Immunity of,' witnesses from prosecution who give testimony before Government tribunals was made the subject of an enactment which clearly states when such Immunity obtains and when otherwise. . A bill removing the Internal revenue tax on denatured alcohol also was passed. ' The type of the' Panama canal was fixed, thus settling a question which has perplexed both the profession and lay mind. The President Is to build a. lock level canal and was given a total of $39,000,000 for the year "for that purpose. It was required that material mate-rial for the canal should be of American Ameri-can manufacture unless the President shall find the price excessive, in which case he is given (authority to buy abroad. The consular service was given a complete new legal .status, which will permit of an entire reorganization. Here's a Record -Breaker. , When the appropriations" for . the session are totaled it will be found that their aggregate has reached NEARLY WINE HUNDRED MIL-LON MIL-LON DOLLARS. ' This is a greater sum than - has been' made available since the war Congress of 1898. Of this amount $26,000,000 will go Into new public buildings in various sections of the country. - The legislation- on appropriation bills has the characteristic throughout of being restrictive" upon the Government Govern-ment department heads in the matter of making their expenditures and in submitting their estimates to Congress. Con-gress. It has been the desire of Congress Con-gress to put an end, as far as possible, to deficiency appropriations. Naval Increases Checked. The naval increase which has been going on annually received somewhat of a setback. "The largest battleship 1 afloat" was authorized, buf Congress required that before bids for its construction con-struction could be submitted the plans must be sent to Congress at . its next session. . ' ' . - t The annual appropriation for the State militia- was doubled and "hereafter "here-after $2,000,000 will be spent from the Federal treasury- for the purpose" of keeping the State military- organisations organisa-tions In touch with the regular army. Care of Niagara Falls. Congress gave great care to the draft of a bill intended to preserve the scenic beauty of Niagara Falls and the measure was passed. . The tariff to be collected by. the Philippine Government on goods entering en-tering the island trade was1 revised. A me a surd of importance to railroad and oilier employees -engaged in" has-ardous has-ardous employments, known as the employers' liability bill, became a law. The Government will participate In the ' Jamestown ; tercentenary . exposl- |