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Show BILLION DOLLAR " TJLSSfl Congress Which Expired on Monday Broke Record for Atoney Expended. Amount Approximates One Billion Dollars, River and Harbor Appro, prlatlon Alone Being $83,000,. 000 Salary of Public Servants Increased. Washington. Moro money wus appropriated ap-propriated during tho short session ot tho Kitty-ninth congress, which passed Into hlBtory at noon on Murch 4, than during any previous session. Tho amount approximated u billion dollars. Two big battleships for tho navy wero authorized and tho nrtlllcry corps of tho army was reorganized A general servlco pension bill wns granted to vetcrnns or tho Mcxlcnn and civil wars, and life provisions woro made for army nurses. For river nnd hnrbor Improvements the appropriation aggregated $S3,000,000. Increased salaries wero given to cabinet offlcers, tho vlco president and senators, tho spenker of the houso ot representatives and Its members; to ambassndors, ministers nnd consuls; to postotllco clorks nnd letter carriers. Tho public made moro Inquiries for Information from tho document rooms of congress regarding tho ship sub sidy hill, tho currency measure and tho hill regulating tho hours of sorv-Ico sorv-Ico of rallwny employees than any other pending legislation. Tho ship subsidy bill died hard in tho last hours. Tho Immigration bill, ono of the mensurcs brought over from tho long session, wns completed under tho spur of tho president, that ho might meet tho California Japanese situation situa-tion by giving tho administration control con-trol of coollo Importation through passports. Tho bill further restricts tho admission of nlleus to this country. coun-try. A bill wns passed for tho establishment establish-ment of nn agricultural bnnk In tho Philippine Islnnds. Tho freo alcohol law of last session wns modified that farmers may distill wasto products to bo denatured. Tho right of appeal In criminal cases was granted tho government, a measure Intended to strengthen tho nntl-trust legislation by affording n menus whereby tho Bupremo court may pass on tho constitutionality and construction of such laws. An Investigation wns authorized regarding tho condition of women and child workors. Tho intorstato commerco com-merco commission was authorized to ascertain If tho express companies of tho country nro evading tho railroad rail-road rato law of last session, by buying, buy-ing, selling and handling on consign ment fruit, vegetables and oysters. Itced moot wns retained by tho scnato as a senator from Utah, ending end-ing four yenrs of controversy. Tho scnato ratified treaties with ftento Domingo and Algeria. Tho president was authorized to use his good offices to provont atrocities atro-cities In tho Congo. Tho scnato also launched an exhaustive ex-haustive Investigation of tho Browns-vlllo Browns-vlllo affair. After tho recess tho houso ngrced to tho conference roport on the gen-oral gen-oral deficiency bill. A number ot monument bills woro passed. |