Show congressional proceedings general appropriation bill passed by the senate the house washington may 25 the last of the general appropriation bills the deficiency bill engrossed the attention of the senate today As reported from the appropriation committee it covers items aggregating about about twice tha amount it carried when it came oscr from the house in its progress through the senate today the aggregate was still further increased by the appropriation of over a million dol lars for findings in the french tion claims of over half a million dollars for findings of the cobit of claims under the bowman act and for the choteau claim in building an iron steam battery in t at first there appeared to bo a purpose on the part of mr butler to antagonize with his own bill prohibiting the issue of bonds without the consent of congress but be yielded to the appeal of mr halo of magneto Mai neto have the deficiency bill disposed of several propositions requiring unanimous consent were made to have a day and hour fixed for taking the vote on the bond bill and all amendments thereto but a very determined ter mined objection was made by mr palmer of illinois who declared that no unanimous consent could be obtained for taking the vote on that bill after having loaded the deficiency bill pretty heavily with private claims the bill was passed and the senate at adjourned jour ned the house washington may 25 session of the house under the rules devoted to district of columbia affairs that calendar waa soon cleared bow ever aud the remainder of the session was spent in committee of the whole cona derinK the bill to repeal that section of alio present tariff law providing tor a rebate on alcohol used in the arts and medicinal compounds mr evans rep ky on behalf of the ways and means committee offered an amendment providing for the appointment of three senators eena tors and three representatives to consider the question relating to the use of alcohol in the arts and manufactures free of tax and to report to the next session of congress in advocating vo the passage of the bill mr evans stated that the section had been found so faulty that no regulations could be framed by the treasury department as the lang guage of the section directed that would protect the government and that the government stood to lose between and in claims every day since it was enacted the repeal of the sections was vigorously opposed by russell and hill reps conn on the ground that it would be a reversal of one of the principles of the republican party in the matter of protection tec tion the latter divine notice that he would move to strike out the repeal clause and insert instead an amendment for a committee of investigation the bill was not disposed of when at 5 the committee rose and the house adjourned the report of elections committee as 0 3 on the case of martin pop hart acm from the sixth north carolina district in favor of martin the contestant was presented and ordered printed atie case ot race decided washington may 25 in the cabo of john H ward sheriff of uintah county wyoming vs a bannock indian involving the construction of the terms of the treaty with the bannock indians giving them the right to hunt on unoccupied public land tue su court 0 the united states today decided that the right to hunt on these ands could not be exercised in contravention of the state law forbidding the huntine of wild animals race borso was arrested for violating the game law of the state the arrest being part of the incident which led to tho jacksons hole trouble of last year mr justice brown dissented from the judgment of the court for tho reason that it violated the terms of a treaty between the united states and the indians ready for the coronation moscow may 23 at p m today the gorgeous regalia which will be used at the ceremony tomorrow was transferred with pomp from the treasury to the throne room the hall of st andrew in the kremlin palace these magnificent symbols of authority will remain in the throne room during the night guarded by a detachment of the grenadiers grena diers of the palace and several gentlemen of the court this afternoon the emperor and empress left the palace of alexandrina and took up their quarters in the kremlin all day long preparations leavo gano forward for tomorrow and many of the tribunes which were erected for the triumphal entry have been removed so that more space can be given for ano massing of soldiers and entrance and grouping of invited guests the deco rations throughout the city have been looked to renewed where necessary full preparations for the illumination have been made eo much so that had a stranger happened upon moscow today he might almost have thought a new town was in process of erection special masses have been eaid at all the churches in moscow today with appropriate craters lor blessings on the emperor and empress upon their coronation Es gov pittsburg kansas may 25 arthur C mellette former governor of south dakota died at his home in this city today of heart failure after an illness of several weeks he had been a sufferer euf ferer from complication of diseases for more than four years the remains will bo taken to watertown S D for interment he moved to this city about a year ago and practiced law he was a prominent knight templar and leaves a widow aud three sons nish opio africa elected cleveland 2 tho general conference of the M E church today elected dr joseph U II artzell of louisr ana bishop to africa nominations of an additional secretary of the Freed mens aid society were in order and out of a field of fo 0 mabon of savannah colored was chosen on the first ballot adjourned mckiniry holds a reception cleveland ohio may 25 ex gov arnor mckiniry held an informal reception in the office oe lion M A bianna this morning there were men from every section of the country present and after the general handshaking was over there was a quiet little caucus at which the following gentlemen were present II arrison gray otis of california W T durbin of new york es collector Wim beriy of louisiana col fred grant of new york major moses P handy cf chicago gorton II 11 alien albany N Y II 11 A booth judge john T caples and J D of oregon C G mcdougall of new york and john F of the same state the whole situation was gone over though all parties refused to tell what waa eaid except that mckin aey was surely the man who would bo nominated ai st louis mckiniry left for canton as soon as the meeting was over when asked about the rumored visit of samuel fessenden clarksons Clark sons right hand man to mckiniry at canton mr Hanna said well I 1 really had not seen the report that he intended to come but I 1 can tell you that all those stories are canaras canards can ards H A booth who is a delegate to st louis from oregon was spokesman for the party of men from that state who called on mr bianna and ho said there is some freo silver talk in our state but at present the great majority of the people are for sound money and what is better still they are for mc keniey |