Show WEEK IN CONGRESS march HOU SEThe house devoted another day to debate on the bill to classify the rural tree de avery service and to place the carriers contract fc t notable speech was made in th senate by mr bianna of ohio on shipping 1 which he from the point of an american business man ills ments were carefully preparedly prepa redl he was always forceful and earnest and he became eloquent he commanded the undivided at ot the senate and of the galleries and when he closed he received congratulations of 1 early fn the session mr frye in cl arge ol 01 the pending shipping bill obtained an agree biant that the senate should vote on the mea sure and t S at 3 p m monday march 17 that time beang entirely those opposed lo 10 the bill before consideration of the shipping bill was resumed an extended debate occurred on the measure providing tor the protection of the president of the united states no action on the bill was taken march 7 HOUSE A bill was passed to ratify the act of the legislative assembly of arizona pro vid ng for an exhibit attebe st louis exposition bills were passed providing for p inting copies of the special report on the diseases of cattle and copies of the report on diseases of the horse iwo thirds for the use of the house and one third tor the use of the senate and tor the purchase pur chise or construction of a launch for the customs service atA storta or the diplomatic and consular ap bill was passed and then the sen ate took up the measure tor the protection of the president of the united states mr bacon of georgia continued hig speech begun yesterday in opposition to the bill making an extended constitutional argument against it the senate agreed to matte the bill the un business at the conclusion of conald ot the ship subsidy bill elarch 8 closed the general debate on the bill to classify the rural delivery service and place he carriers under the contract tern representative borieson Bu of texas intro admed a resolution of inquiry calling upon the secretary ecret ary of state for information as t whether he declined to request the british government to grant passports to hiram W thomas and wife who are alleged to have requested permission to go to bouth africa tor the purpose of distributing funds raised in the united states for the relief of non combatant prisoners senator mclaurin of mississippi has given notice of an amendment he will offer to the ship subsidy bill inter ded to prevent officials of the united states government from ing any benefit from the enactment of the proposed law the amendment requires that the of all members 0 firms of In corpora tors and stockholders of all corporations whether owners of subsidized ships or con tractors to build the same shall be made public march 10 bill the rural tree delivery service and place the carriers under contract system which has been debated in the house tor over a week was passed but in a form that completely changed the purpose tor which it was framed As passed the bill classifies the rural tree delivery service and fixes the compensation ot employees as follows special agents in charge ot divisions not exceeding t per annum special agents four classes graded from 1 to 0 0 route ansi actors four classes from 1 00 clerks tour classes the compensation of carriers is not to exceed for nearly two hours today mr vest of missouri addressed the senate in opposition to the pending ship subsidy bill mr lallman of south carolina followed with a brief speech in opposition lo 10 the bill A bill was passed to establish an additional land the state of montana to be called the great falls land district with head at great falls the senate also passed the bill introduced by senator granting to the state of idaho certain land on the I 1 ort hall reserva t on on which ara located certain hot springs the waters of which are said to be valuable tor med cal purposes march 11 HOU SEThe house entered upon the conald of the postoffice post office appropriation bill which but as usual during general debate oh an appropriation bill the members who spoke devoted themselves to everything except the bill before tbt bouse SENATE for u eral hours the senate had the ship under consideration mr mallory of florida made an extended speech in opposition to the mr hoar badke to the measure providing tor the ot senators by lar vote eighty one private pension bills were passed dewitt browne accidentally shot howard mall ebney through the fleshy part of the calf of the left leg while on rennet avenue cripple creek the bullet struck the sl oe of another stand ng about twenty away the state department has as yet re ce ved no anti inti i aaion of the selection of a successor to lord it has bad tl e impress on that the cho ce when made will fall to one of the four under secie tanes of the british fore ga office with the appi oval of general chaffee commanding tl e division of the phil p p oes a mil tary prison is estabi shed on pula maligi island in the laguna de bay to wl ch prisoners belonging to the department either military or civil w 11 be sent tl e railway strike which has been for s me time past in italy has been averted by the making of mutual concessions resulting from the strong pressure which the government has exercised both upon the railway company and the r employees ahe mystery surrounding the mur der of mrs ada of lowell midi by means of DO bonous head acl e powders sent through the mails is still unsolved willi iio klump the husband who has been suspected of being the principal is st 11 in jail jess e morrison convicted ing mrs clara W castle of eldorado kan about a year ago has been granted a new trial by the supreme court the court held that there was error in the empanelling of the jury wh ch tr ed M ss it is said at the war department that there will be little or no delay in tl e execution of the orders recently issued by the secretary of war for the return to the un ted states of all the regi bents which went to the philip p nes in 1899 ag gregat ng about 13 men omaha was visited by a cyclone at 1 clock coining A number of houses are reported unroofed blown in and windo s emasi ed ouel t no lives were lost the center of the d anoa haq at depty fourth and 1 cumm V i i 4 art i |