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Show 1 ,C0iNtGE'ESSC0N VENES. SENATE OALLEHIUS CROWDED WITH NOTABLE PEOPLE. Ilradlnf of Ih Hh.ii, tt tilth Ilrele4 Too llonra an.l I Ithlren llnutM, Ut IU..I...I Stills Cars- fl Attention. Wathlngton, Dec. 0. When tho ten. ato convened for the closing ecttton ol the fifty-nth congress tho chambel presented a notable and beautiful ap pearance. Ily 11 o.clock tho publl and private gallcrlct were filled almott to their capacity with a distinguished nitcmblagc, Including many ladle In brilliant nttlrr. On tho floor of tin scnuto the display of llowcra was nn. usually beautiful for the opening day of a tension of congrt-ts. The odor ol Howera filled tho chamber. Jutt before tho senate wat called to order several well-known members ol the diplomatic corps appeared In the. diplomatic gallery. Among them were Hlr Julian rauncefote, embassador ol , Great llrltaln to tha United State and ' dean of the corr, with n party from the llrltlth embassy. Mr. Wu Ting Fang, tho Chinese minister, and party, and Mr. Yc. Turn Chin, the Korean minister. All were Interested spectators specta-tors of tho opening scenca of tho te tton and attentive llttcnera to the reading of the president' message. Tho reading of the prctldont'a me, sago, which occupied two hours and eighteen nilniitct, tvn received with very careful attention for nn hour, but , after that tho senators drifted to tho cloak rooint or to thccominlllco room where they could icruto tho tnettaga at their leisure In the printed coplc with which they had been furnished. l'roinplly nt the ttroko of 13 o'clock Vice-President llobort entered, nnd atccndlng to lilt desk, rapped for order A call of the senate developed tho presence of slxly-tevcit member Tho littuil resolution were offered nnd adopted Mr. Ctillom of Illinois offered one to appoint a committee to Inform the house that the senato was ready to transact butlnesa. Mr. Ilaloof Mnluo nnnther, that fixing tho hour of dally meeting nt 13 o'clock noon, and Mr. Morrill of Vermont thnt to appoint a coinmltleo to notify tho president that the senate wainttaltlngnny eommuul-cation eommuul-cation he might desire to make. At 3:15, im motion of Mr. I'lntt of Connecticut, tho senate adjourned. |