Show IN and house in B I 1 Sessi oll I 1 I 1 I 1 TARI ff I 1 A R PENSION variety to the upper house AND THE LIVELY LOWER struggle Sf ruggle wildly alvith a ealing bill FOE UE fordick T i I 1 abile Bui liling for san vessel ordered for coast 92 LId new representative I 1 assorted Asso ted press to tire I 1 THE of inquiry a crici sr bills and other be S lots washington Tox dec 20 considers 60 it ja f the tar iff bill was suspended while teller offered a resolution which was laid over reciting the newspaper statement as to ties and violations of law in the office of the supervising architect of the trea r s u 1 s t 0 selections of sites for p u b lly b ul 1 di anga and making con tracts and instructing the committee on public building and grounds to investigate the con net of that office during the administration of the present on per architect plumb offered a resolution went calling on the secretary of the treasury for a fult statement of all purchases of bonds since M arch 4 1885 specifying in deta 11 the class amount late parties from whom purchased prices paid now york quotations and available surp in the treasury on the first of ai month during the period on motion of sherman the action 0 I 1 the senate on the direct tax bill was reconsidered and the lull was referred to the finance committee consideration of the tariff bill was resumed and ahen schedule 1 cotton manufactures was reached vest and vance saia they were not prepared to go on with it today to day allison suggested that the free list might be taken up but vest made the same objection to p vance could not pee what waa bl e tied now that a day was fixed for t ing on the bill in applying wh lp spur allison said as tiei ti ei senator from mr davis desired to go with pension bills lie was illing give way lie gave notice how that lie would ask the senate morrow to consider the cotton flax wool woolen and silk schedule the tariff hill was laid ida today to day having been about ten paged and the senate took up private bensi 0 n bills on the calendar all of ia I 1 number were in minutes abe legislative appropriation bill w as referred to the committee on the senate iben went into execl a session when the doom re 0 ened the senate bill to 0 pen abandoned military reservations in the state of nevada was on motion of stewart taken from the calendar and passed adjourned THE HOUSE that bottomless sink tie and bill vigorously Itta cled washington dee 20 the went into the whole on the river aad harbor bill cummings now york said it was only a little over six years since president arthur had vetoed a river and harbor bill carrying 09 the country stood aghast at the immense sum the house bad passed the I 1 measure over the presidents veto that bill hadi been passed in the ani 9 t preceding elec tion within three months the people swept its warmest supporters into poi licit oblivion now this bill came ul two years before election but let not the supporters of the huge delusion think that their tion would be forgotten if the pending bill pas sedr the congress would have appropriated for river and harbor improvement in five months and fifteen days lie was willing to vote the fullest aiono for the benefit of the genuine at of commerce but unwilling to have large sums expended on inconsequential streams fitch of now york spoke briefly in opposition to the substitute of which crain gave notice e st erday increasing the aggregate of y bill to mew jersey said the prea ant system was pouring money into the waters without any return teang made for it lie favored the expenditure of 0 1 u e r the direction of t he rd tile it improve mento or chief engineers the reading of the bill by paragraphs having been entered upon the rose and the house I 1 fir fortia katlic building at offit hatm WAS W tinta dee 20 the house committee on foreign affairs tod to d a r finished consideration of the consula r and diplomatic appropriation bill it appropriates ade creme of 1440 from the current floral year the salary of the at laredo cois increased from 1500 to 2000 and at matamoras reduced from 2 4 to 1000 Ite instructed by tile committee will report a joint roso lution making an additional ra I 1 aaion of to dear ay expenses of tile united abates at the paris exposi tion this will inake an aggregate a P for this of the conferees on the bill providing for tile pu of a site for a public aase san francisco held a mechin af ay the result of which was that the I 1 a use conferees decided to recommend t hat the house recede from its amendment the ap from as aa by the senate to voted by afie llew 4 a petition today I 1 yi cit ena af ali hos t for a constitutional ai rp prohibiting Inte roren by any religious 10 with tile estem of coin man public schools the senate today to day confirmed all army and navy nominations a x capt six new staff als a the f burke chief justice of a territory and 0 B first auditor of the abury the erlath today to day chermin traducer traduced trad a bill W pay the soldiers of the late war who A tro t ro promoted while serving the bounty they would bays been entitled to batt they not been ted the game provision was w lih begird to soldiers dig of tr acted lew coast ference I 1 dec 20 proposals t ere to hythe secretary f the navy for construction tho of armored coast del aca vessel of tons exclusive of armament bids will be opened at noon on feb 20 rebels geas representatives I 1 h c 20 dr nemons of the hantion I 1 insurrection fats to the united states and chirles A Jackson of now Y ork abts attorney artivell arti veil in this city tonight and will atte to interest this government in Y case of the A Lachu Ark cote bobic dec 20 the old doty era on blue hill A venne canton was burned last night th building was a noted sto P g placa in revolution ary times washington and IA layette dined there and it Is said a draft of the declaration of in was prepared under is f the entlich DWI llis it LONDON dec 20 the landard in a finan cli it article the ejection of spencer from the baltimore ohio rad road is a blow to honest management hopes of upright management are dashed to the ground by the bumph of the old garrett party it is a great pity tie baals statement SAN FRANCISCO doe 20 president thomas of the california national bank of ban francisco which suspended last mondays issued a stacey beut today to day of the banks affairs as they stood last ight show in gamete T e claims abat the liabilities amount to the same figure california ettling ittling Itt ling SAN FRANCISCO dec 20 the shamber of commerce this afternoon adopted a resolution which will be forwarded to the california delegation ij congress protesting against the of the duty on sugar raisins and fruit as proposed by the knote tariff balf ats hildres kil dres I 1 dec 20 at noon today while airs staff a colored as away from home the house cau afire nd lie r two chu dren age 3 and 5 years burned to death before assistance could be rendered that beneficent sultan dec 20 four more executions took place here today to day the allowed to claim slaves in the fort under ce af death in the cam of fa vs already executed the sultan offered the owners indemnity |