| Show BY TELEGRAPH congressional SENATE washington 31 gordon presented sen teda a petition praying that congress take action U in regard to the Freed Fre ere edmena mens saving and trust company so as to restore to them their deposits referred washington ington I 1 the desk of benator senator morton was marked by a bouquet of plain white flow flowers ersi placed thereon by some friend the chaplain in his opening prayer alluded to his illness the vice president appointed withers a member of the board of regents of the smithsonian Smiths onlan institute XVi A imber number of bills were referred the senate then went into executive session and when the doors were wt opened reopened adjourned washington A 2 the reading of the journal of Tester yesterday days a proceedings ce was diVen dispensed sed bed with and the death of senator morton was announced by senator mcdonald A resolution submitted by him providing for the appointment of a committee of six senators to attend the funeral was agreed to and the vice president will assign the committee hereafter the senate as a further farther mark of respect t to the memory of senator morton n adjourned till tuesday next BOUSE washington 31 the papers in the contested election cases were presented and referred butler introduced a resolution appointing a committee of seven to inquire into the best manner of ventilating the hall of the house with a view of changing it to secure air without pumping and light without stained glass also regarding better acoustic properties adopted ewing presented a bill from the currency committee repealing the third section of the resumption act fort presented the views of the minority which by bill repealed that part of the resumption act which authorized the secretary of the treasury to dispose of united states bonds and redeem and cancel currency ewing moved to recommit the motion to recommit was agreed to without divi division slon elou ewing in order to attain control of the bill and have power to call it up at any time moved to reconsider this vote cox moved to lay on the table and after considerable discussion as to the propriety of such a motion upon which ahe the speaker Speak ir passed declaring it pro proper r a vote by yeas and nays was taken tae en and the motion to lay on the table the motion to reconsider the vote recommit ting the bill to the currency committee cittee ewas evas was rejected ted yeas nays the result of tha the vote is to leave the control of the bill in the hands of the banking and currency cam committee or of ewing who report 71 d and who can at anytime any time cell call up his motion to reconsider and thus have action on the bill it will be in his power to cut cat oft off all amendments even that proposed by fort by moving the tha previous question adjourned washington I 1 schleicher introduced trod a bileto bill to aid the washington cincinnati and st louis railroad to construct a narrow gauge road from tide lido water to st louis and chicago by cabell authorizing the secretary of the treasury to pay the owners thep the alue value of bf cotton and tobacco seized by fhe the government since 1865 schleicher offered a resolution calling on the president for allin all nil information respecting the condition of tha the mexican border horder of united states territory by mexican incursions adopted Haskell Haskel kwas iwas was sworn in from kansas kaneas ewing callea up bo his fin resolution to reconsider yesterdays bayli of the bill repeal repealing ilig resumption act after discussion as to the time when the morning chour expires ewing moved the previous question which was seconded 10 8 to and the house proceeded to a yea and a nay vote on ordering the main question conger moved to adjourn but his motion came after the call had begun the main quest question lorL was ordered to the question now nov was on recon ei si eldering dering yesterdays vote recommit ting the bill r the resolution was ws then rejected without a division I 1 the speaker overruled springer who tried to bring before the house again the tho bill repealing the resumption act on motion of kelly the house went into committee of the whole on the state of the union to allow the gentleman an opportunity to speak on the pending bill lill hunter then argued that national bank notes were safer aad and cheaper money than greenbacks green backs kelly keuy sarcastically felicitated felicita ted himself on getting the house into committee of the whole where bankers wrongs and sufferings had bad been so feelingly stated ho RU was i sure bank bans officers and stockholders were ignorant of their sufferings and would bur Pur surrender render their circulation when they read hunters speech he knew no pennsylvania bank had declared a dividend of over per cent but it was common to declare 10 per cent dividends semiannually semi annually and put a large amount to the reserve the committee rose and springer offered a resolution for a final a adjournment d journ ment of this extra semion session on november 28 th referred adjourned WASU washington INGTON 2 wood asked leave to onn off offer er a resolution requesting the president to communicate the correspondence with the spanish government and the orders and directions of the treasury department part ment to collectors of customs regarding the recent imposition of a deferential duty of 50 cents per ton on spanish vessels entering american ports pridemore objected wood asked leave to offer off er a resolution calling on the secretary of the treasury to furnish the house copies of the contract made with a certain syndicate of american and foreign bankers for negotiation of the 4 per cent loan lean and all other papers relating thereto and also with a statement of the present presents position of such negotiations and whether it remains in force as originally made without modification or change pridemore objected wood 1 also asked leave to ober offer a resolution calling on the secretary of war for information in regard to the number of commissioned medi cial officers of the army now on duty in the district of columbia and other information about them pridemore objected atkins chairman of the appropriation pria tion committee reported the army appropriation bill which was referd referred to the committee of ot the Whole and was made the spec i ial lal order for wednesday next the appropriates hill bill cox asked atkins if the ampro i privation pria tion committee had confide considered red the question of adjournment atkins replied that it had bad not formally benning introduced a bill fixing h e payl payi pay of letter fletter carriers refer e ed d after the call of committees the speaker stated that the committee on currency had the floor for the remainder of the morning hour conger moved to go into com cittee of the whole on the private calendar the speaker declined to admit the motion on the ground that there were no bills on the private calendar and he added that the chair ought to exercise a little common sense in such matters conger retorted that if the chair was making an effort in that direction he conger was unwilling to interfere with him laughter ewing I 1 now withdraw the motion to recommit the bill reported from the committee on currency ewing said that the committee instructed ted him to ask unanimous coni sent to substitute for the committees bill that presented by fort and that the F substitute be made the special order for tuesday the and from day to day till dis posed of with the understanding that the amendments may be offered er before the previous question is demanded the tho committee baits bill and forts forto nearly identical and that if As ts bill becomes a law banking will be free forts bill was proposed under apprehension that the repeal of the third section would restore the restrictions on the aggregate amount of banking currency and its distribution to such fears the committee was willing to accept the substitute the committees bill repeals the whole third section of the resumption act the third section depeal repealed all banking to the tho amount of bank currency and its distribution that existed january 1875 if the third section be repealed the restrictions and limitations repealed by it will not be restored this is 19 laid down in the revised chapter 12 2 hubbell objected to the substitute and asked what avro two amendments would be permitted ewing said baid any two bic which h the opponents odthe of the bill agreed on hubbell wanted to ofner offer a substitute ewing refused to allow it and yielded the floor to fort for amendment which fort did it is the game same as printed ewing then moved the previous question on the bill and amendt amend ments hale moved to table tabib them defeated yeas ios nays the speaker then announce announced 1 ed that the morning hour had expired atkins athina chairman of the appropriations committee offered ofle redl a colu resolution for adjournment tomorrow to morrow to wednesday next to an inquiry by goode atkins sald said the navy deficiency bill had bad been beery refer referred red rea to the committee subcommittee sub which could not report tomorrow to morrow nor would it be brought before the house until after the army bill had been acted ou on the adjournment was defeated to 83 also a motion to adjourn today till monday next hanna hahnn then efferd the following resolutions which were agreed to unanimously resolved in view of the sad intelligence of tr bhe the death ot of oliver V I 1 morton a late d distinguished S senator in the congress Con gresa ot of th the e united states from the state stale or of I 1 indiana that the speaker of this house as a mark r ot of respect for the memory of the man whose dt dath ath Is the nations loss appoint a committee of seven members to represent this house at the funeral obsequies melved AB ast a further mark of 0 respect respects ct that this house do now adjourn adjourned 1 washington 3 price asked leave to offer a resolution providing for the remones remon eh bation of silver objected to consideration was resumed of tile the bill for the repeal 1 of wo the resumption act after discussion as te affie he proposed terms for the management and consideration of the bill kelly proposed to offer a resolution making it the special order for tuesday next and until thursday the when the previous quest question lon ion was to be ordered but willis objected absolutely on the resolution being received inasmuch aa as he fie regarded the bill as an assault u upon poh the I 1 national credit the bill for the free coinage of the standard silver dollar was in introduced trod by buckner and was on motion of stephens after discussion referred erred to the committee on coinage rather than to the banking committee washington 5 calkins of indiana asked leave to offer a resolution adjourning the house out of respect to the memory of the late senator morton kelly of pa objected Tb eHouse then proceeded to business and the following bills were introduced and referred by frye to amend the bankrupt law also to make persons charged with crimes and of fences competent witnesses in the united states courts by hewitt supplementary to an act carrying into effect a convention between the united states and china to give court of claims juris in certain cases byward by ward authorizing the directors hof bof national banks to declare quarterly dividends by hunton for of accounts between the US and the several states growing out of monies expended by them in the war of 1812 also for the construe a bridge abridge across the potomac river by cabell to reduce the tax on manufactured tobacco by scales for the transfer of the office of indian affairs from the interior to the war department by shelby appropriating the cotton tax for school purposes by hooker authorizing the election of a delegate from the indian territory by buellis E Ellis ills defining denning the manner in which certain land script may be located and providing c for ther issue of pat patents ants in the name of locators by sayler relating to the execution of customhouse bonds also to secure the rights of homestead settlers on public lands Byl ByS Neal imposing duty on barley by anul anui banning Annl Dg amending an aci act relating to the t tax am on cigars also ralso removing all restrictions now existing in relation to eai eal enlistment odeol ot colored citizens in the army h b i by boyle for the repeal of the bankrupt law i by young for protecting abo al lands lauds of the mississippi from overflow by riddie riddle directing the trans trana mission of matter through the mails malls when postage Is insufficient fi fiol fici ent also cpr election of postmasters by whitt whitthorne horne authorizing a treaty with mexico to procure protection for the capital and laboroi labor of united instates id states citizens which may be invested in opening railway communication AMERICAN BOSTON 3 in wooi wool wool wooi there is a more mord active de demand demaud man mau dirom from manufacturers rs but prices prides continue to run low and unsatisfactory par particularly nicular fon foi fine fleeces the prices of which are again a shade easier easler the demand still runs on medium fleeces 9 and manufacturers will now pay as high prices for good medium as asfor for dealers generally are disposed to meet the market and there therb is no prospect at present of any favorable reaction the receipts are quite small compared with previous years sales comprise ohio and pennsylvania fleeces medium and above 43 47 michigan X and 40 6 43 wisconsin X and no 1 39 40 New Hampshire 42 medium maine 38 40 combing and delaine 45 45 0 57 unwashed combing comb bg 34 31 40 46 tub tut washed 40 0 47 super and X pulled 31 46 16 scoured 40 a 50 california nia ula P ja wool is a comparatively quiet sales salda pounds fall pall and spring which include spring at 22 0 35 the latter an extreme price for very choice and 15 j 25 for fall total sales of domestic for the week were iba SAN FRANCISCO 3 A fire in the wood pile of the virginia and truckee railroad near carson nevada nevida last jast night destroyed about cords of wood liosi loss insured for about two thirds the value incendiary in the municipal court today to day on motion of mr darwin assistant district attorney the two indictments against george IL pinney for forgery were dismissed darwin stating that there was ne no proof that th the documents signed by pinney were for forger gerleE lee iee bebau because be he had mid authority from spaulding to r sign them and in favor bf the parties therein named eia ela he further said bald the evidence of ing Instead would acquit him of the onnen cee charged there now remain against pinney only three indictments for obtaining money by false pretenses I 1 and it is considered that these also will be dismissed sew NEW YORK 4 dispatches from ogdensburg plattsburg Platts Platta burg schyler ville vilie and other places along abat that lin line report quite an earthquake shock at two this morning bull buil Building dings were shaken inhabitants aroused and nd crockery broken indianapolis ind 4 at 10 this morning senator morton tons remains were escorted to the house by the light infantry and pall pill bearers behrers tho the infantry forming around the herse and the pall pali bearers and a few friends on foot some torae ofello of whom m carried floral tri trl the herse harse was bands hands handsomely dinely covered with flaks flags the arrangements at t the court house souse have b teen leen een admirable and the immense crowd was handled with but little confusion the corpse was exposed in in the cutre centre of the main hall midway between the grand stairways and an elevator boneither on elther either side of which a continual flow of people have passed all day and evening at least some say more have hate viewed the remains the decorations of the galleries gail kall 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