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Show H iCONflftESS CONTENES. K 8ENATE QALLERIES CROWDED M WITH NOTABLE PEOPLE. H Jlcadlnp; of (lis Mgo, Which Occupied K Tito Hour, and Flglitern Minutes, B Wan Ilccclved vtlth Cue B ful Attention, H Washington, face. 0. When tho sen. ' ato convened for tho closing session ol ! tho flfty-flth congress tho chambot presented a notable nnd beautiful ap penrance. lly n o.clock tho publlu ' H Bnt' privato galleries wero filled almost jK to their capacltywlth a distinguished m assemblage, including many ladles in 'nTFTTiWi . brilliant uttlri.. On tho 2ccr sf h ffm23&S&i Kcunto the display of flowers was un rjr usually beautiful for tho opening day & .of a session of congress. The odor ol 'flowers filled tho chambers. Jn b(oro Uio rcaate was clld M order several well-known members ol tho diplomatic corps appeared in the diplomatic gallery. Among them were Sir Julian I'auncefoto, embassador of Oreat Jlritaln to tho United States and dean of tho corps, with a party from tho Uritlsh embassy. Mr. Wu Ting Tang, tho Chlncso minister, and party, , , and Mr. Yo. I'ttm Chin, tho Korean t minister. All were interested specta- f tors of tho opening scenes of tho scs . f slon and attentive listeners to tho I leading of tho president's message ITho reading of the president's racs-. racs-. sage, which occupied two hours and ' eighteen minutes, was received with very careful attention for an hour, but ; j after thot tho senators drifted to Iho i cloalc rooms or to tho oommlttco rooms ( where they could pcruso tho message . at their lclsuru In tho printed copies ' with which they had been furnished. I Promptly at tho sttolto of 12 o'clock Vice-President Hobart entered, and ascending to his desk, rapped for , 1 order a A call of tho senate dovoloped tho L presence of sixty-seven members. Tho 3 usual resolutions wero oircrod and adopted. Air. Cullora of Illinois offered ono to appoint a commlttco to Inform 4 tho house that the senato wis ready to transact business. Mr. Halo of Malno i . nnothcr, that fixing tho hour of dally meetings at IS o'clock noon, and Mr. ; Morrill of Vermont that to appoint a ' commlttco to notify tho president that tho senato was awaiting any communl- Mr- tssx "-cRtiorlip migljiilcslwiojaakc. -v:v If At 3:45, on motion of Mr. Piatt of I i Connecticut, tho senate adjourned. |