Show EM THE WORLDS N hl NOW constitutional amend I 1 ment reported 1 i I 1 TIE AM OF CONGRESS 1 I 1 f and introduced I 1 I 1 yesterday Xester day I 1 ALTI IEk ROBS 1 4 the dally ballway rati litY 0 dok au immense gas scheme notes of general interest I 1 asad arross to STANDARD 1 fir NATE the son ato today to day offered a that tho treaty between the find great britian now Cyc tore the senate in executive session be considered in I 1 session ana asked for its immediate consideration edmunds objected and it was laid over the resolution which was offered instructing the postoffice post office committee to make a thorough the cause of the inefficient mail service especially in the wea and south was taken up 31 anderson hoped the on would be thorough steward said the service in ne VA da was wholly inadequate teller thought the fault was lar aly in the inadequacy of appropriations mado for the post department although some reason for it might be found in the numerous removals of skilled and competent men and the of now and unskilled men beak thought congress had not dobao its lutito the department in furnishing chas S a member ortho postoffice post office committee said the greatest cause of the difficult was th 0 great changes a cheru the re solution went aver until tomorrow to morrow without action among the bills passed were to authorize dalles city to construct a bridge across the columbia river fit oregon and washington to grant the right of way through the public lands for irrigation pur poses the joint resolution p ng an amendment to the conati Con sti r 0 ovidiu that I 1 the ter m of office of he Pre silent and the F congress shall continue until the day of april at noon that like senate whose existing term would otherwise ll 11 arx the of march 1889 and ft er shall continue in office until april succeeding such ex that the of april at noon shall thereafter be substituted for the ath of march as the commence ment and termination fr acial term of the president vice senators and representatives in congrow Con grew evarta spoke briefly in support of the blair educational bill adjourned 4 jan ai morrill of Kansas reported abill grantin gapen stan to airs aen logan also the senate bill increasing tile pension of mrs gen blair both to private eat I 1 andar the memorial from the reading strikers kerg asking congress to hinves was ordered printed adjourned 11 ane chairman culbertson of the house judiciary in behalf of the sub com cittee to which was referred representative senta tive taylors ohio bill defining toby to by reported to the full the following substitute section x L polygamy shall not ex or be lawful within the united states or any place subject to their ja SEcT loi 2 polygamy shall consist odthe marriage relation by contract I 1 or in fact between one person of either sex and more than one person of the other sex 3 contreas shall enforce this article within the district of cc lumbia and the territories of the ted states and other places subject to thefil j urie diction and shall alave ilave pow I 1 er com with the several states to enforce the same within the states by appropriate legislation the full committee did not attempt to discuss the report today to day and it took its picco 88 business allt I 1 the house committee n banking and currency today to day d favorably on bill authorizing the see detary of the treasury to invest money Ae posited by the national banks for the retirement of their circulation in the purchase of united states bonds the committee reports an amendment limiting to 85 per cent the amount that may be invested and authorizing the secretary to the bonds redeemed if it shall be necessary to re deem the circulating notes outstanding I 1 A bill introduced by senator stewart today to day to ezorie ez orce restrictions on chinese immigration provides that after ninety days from its passage the chi new laborers shall not have the right to enter the united states on the ground of previous residence the second section declares that the secretary of the treasury shall have a ri lit to change at will the form of geates to be de ai vered to chinese vartitia from this country for the purr ro 0 I 1 nd on their return secretary is also granted power to snake all rules and regulations to prevent the unlawful entry of chinese into this country abe secretary of the interior en a request of acting commis lioner of the land office asking adal dional appropriations forstr to lie devoted specially to surveying lands within the grant and indemnity limit land ants of railroads for for the general and for increase surveys lW erring to a telegram received b from the butte city board yf trade asking the operation cooperation co of the department in prevent 1 the of me antana mine I lands we northern pacific road acting commissioner I 1 said today to day there was no to fear patents would have to be aked b the railroads and in t lie issue of sue patents all lands even being re fineral in character amex clouded the parties interested in the I 1 matter are asked to furnish ille general land office information as to the mineral character of lands selected by the com piny will bring action t jan 31 the geneva Journal says that the overn ment will probably initiate diplomatic action inconsequence of the accusations zurich police by herr von Patt kamer the minister of the interior sarah althes aalia I 1 s As raA isco jan 31 the su pren to court today to day filed a decision u the div can in which the lower court granted to barsh althes sharon divorce from ills late U S sharon 1 I 1 I 1 L I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 and allowed Ili mony I 1 and a large amount of money 83 counse lees tile supreme e firms tile decision of the lo wout order to counsel fees the amount of counsel fees allowed was 35 and the amount of alimony yas 7 and an additional annual al f M cc of the supreme court fixes the alimony at 1600 and tile annual allowance of three of seven of the supreme edges a dissenting that sharon an d ar were never lagally married marrie 4 aa san 31 A bold project to supply chicago with unlimited of natural gas for fuel and illuminating purposes is being deve I 1 aped by a combination of chicago and philadelphia who w III shortly incorporate it if 0 line company one of the tors said toda to da y the pipe ir ines would be fed by wells near t 0 or re mote it callea they could aln je I 1 them I 1 hey have already located several wells within bewon able distance of this city they will m for pipe lines seamless steel tubing an invention of a combination which Is said to be a marvelous sue cess idle prisoners sma sra jan 31 to morrow twelve hundred men will fill 0 in the state prison here be locked in their cells the same condi tion vill be true of three hundred and fifty convict il in the clinton prig on they will be confined in the fr cell s for twenty two hours daily until the senate passes a bill making an appropriation for manu fracturing fac turing in one million dollars have e ons t ed into the state treasury since july int from the prison industries A railway URDA jan 31 the limited express westbound west bound on the railroad ran into an open this afternoon and collided with a frank brown the en gincer and charley 31 alliani of the locomotive were fa taa injured and frank shade the mas ter was killed the gers escaped they want the money jan 29 the porte has been notified by the kru firm that unless tile money U rn orth corn ing immediately the con tract for the manser for the turkish army will be broken |