Show WEEK IN jane 12 the house spent abe day in con sider atlon ot the irrigation bill mr bondeli submitting an extended argument in favor ot abe bill mr roy of new york spoke in appo mitlon to abe measure while mr tongue ot ore gon and mr Sha llenberger ot nebraska con eluded the debate in support 0 the bill A resolution was adopted which called on the secretary of the interior for abe report of the surveys of the agricultural lands in the reservation in utah alter considering abe london dock charges bill tor an hour and a halt without completing it the senate resumed consider atlon of the isthmian canal question mr morgan 0 alabama occupied the floor tor three hours and a half discussing particularly the diplomatic phases of abe question from this he was diverted by an amendment intro deuced by mr fairbanks of indiana providing lor the issue ot bonds for the construction ot the canal mr morgan vigorously attacked abe amendment maintaining the expense of the canal e taxation should be paid out of the treasury s current receipts incidentally mr morgan again opposed the panama route and assailed the report of the new panama corn pany to dispose ot the concessions held froni the old company june 13 the irrigation bill passed the house by a vote ot to sa the utah delegation voted tor the passage of the measure the members ut congress from the western states were all feeling very alter the measure pissed p the house and greeted abe an of its passage with a round of ap the bill creates a reclamation fund from the ale ot public lands in arizona colorado idaho kansas montana nebraska nevada new mexico north dakota oma homa oregon south dakota utah washing ton and wyoming less the amount paid to local land offices and S per cent due to abe state under existing laws for educational pur poses the reclamation fund to be used tor abe construction and maintenance of irrigation works in the states and territories enumerated provision Is made tor abe payment out 0 the treasury of any deficiencies in the allowances to agricultural colleges owing to this dispose aloa of lands the secretary of the in gerior Is authorized to examine survey and construct irrigation works and report abe cost thereof to congress at each session during the greater part of the day the senate was in executive session the borni nation of capt crosler to be chief of ordnance of the army being the particular subject under discussion the president s message urging the of reciprocal relations between the baates and cuba was received after abe senate bad gone into secret session the doors were opened abe message was read and then the secret session was resumed jane 14 the feature of the session of abe house was the attempt of mr hay of virginia to secure the adoption of a resolution calling upon abe secretary of war tor information as to the cost from all sources of the war in the nes the resolution had been referred lo 10 the committee on insular affairs and not having been acted upon within the time limit prescribed by the rules became privileged when mr hay called it up mr crumpacker of indiana moved to lay it on the table and his motion prevailed by a party vote of to 66 the nicaragua canal bill was be fore the senate for a short time mr morgan of alabama continued his speech in support 0 the measure and in criticism of the panama project the district of columbia ap atlon bill was passed and a large number of private pension bills were disposed of mr elkins introduced a joint resolution pro viding for the annexation of cuba and its ad mission as a state of the union the resola alon was not referred to a committee but was at mr elkins suggestion allowed to lie on abe table jane 10 bouse today transacted some miscellaneous es business under suspension of the rules it included the adoption of a reso gutlon appropriating 15 1 5 tor the preparation of plans tor a memorial in washington to abraham lincoln award the erection et a monument to the prison ship martyrs who died off brooklyn as a result of the cruelties to which they were subjected by the british aur ing the revolutionary war and 10 for ane erection ot a monument at fredericksburg va to the memory ot gen hugh mercer who was killed during the revolutionary war the resolution adopted was to carry out an au made tor this purpose in 1 77 by the continental congress the indian war veteran bill was also passed after a discussion extending over parts of several days the senate passed what Is popularly known as abe london dock charges bill fhe opposition to the measure collapsed and it was passed without division consideration then was continued ol 01 the isthmian canal project mr cullom of illinois and mr kittredge of south dakota delivering speeches in advocacy of the panama route jane 17 the bouse spent the day consider ing bills reported from the judiciary commit tee by fur the most important measure was that to amend the existing bankruptcy law the minority made a vigorous effort to repeal the present law in toto but was overwhelm angly defeated 65 to the bill passed amends the law in flitt fen particulars to meet the detects which it is said experience has proven an evening session wag held for the consider atlon of bills reported from the indian corn cittee throughout the session of the senate the canal question was under consideration speeches were delivered by ot california gallanger ot new hamp shire stewart ot nevada and morgan of ala all advocated the adoption ol 01 the N lea bagua route except mr gallanger who made a forceful argument in support of the panama route and who said bis investigations con vinced him that the panama route was abe more healthful ot the two spokane now has a strawberry trust thirty fire strawberry growers having formed an asso bation to control the price of the fruit |