Show t V U ro I 1 0 N the senate dull the house e mighty 13 lively GREAT 1 CHINESE FLOODS what shall le he done with church property 01 61 THE HE miff filibusters Is the conse douse DAT have a bard hard raj pay iff two bore more itcan tested war department and an the lake front THE WASIM washington NOTON sept 23 efale in traducer Irod trad a joint resolution which ws was reter rod to the committee on public buildings and gronrods eron gron nila rids for the erection in the district of colombia columbia a memorial building which shall bo be a euit suit able monument to the memo memory I 1 y of U 8 grant which is to contain a military and naval museum etc and in the inner court n of I 1 which may be P placed laced the remains ns of ot the distinguished 9 ot asbed american after a brief executive cession session the senate took up the calendar and passed a number cf of bills the home bill with the senate substitute to define and regulate the jurisdiction of the courts of the united states warthen taken up but went over without action and the senate a adjourned THE HOUSE washington sapt sept 23 oferrall 11 of virginia was the only democrat in the chamber thia this morning during pr paerl prayer the erl clerk rk called the roll on the approval of fridays journal j burnal the speaker a ker hesitated before be announced nott aced the result there b being a ng but two lacking a quorum to of delay 1 I the announcement republican after 1 term republican pub litan to know how they were mere recorded after a sharp interchange between taylor and oferrall OT errall as to the legality of the lattera lat bitting sitting as a member of the house the vote was announced yeas naye n ay 1 no quorum A call cf c the house was as ordered while the roll was being called callej sweeney of iowa and madd mudd a of f maryland appeared dunn g the tho call a phot ogra phea a again gain rep reproduced r c ed the array of empty democratic feats seats one hundred and sixty four members responded to the call the vote again recurred on approving fridays friday a journal and resulted yeas IGO nays nay 0 the clerk noting a quorum saturdays and mondays journals were then read and approved the question qu astion then recurred upon the III first rat of the majority resolutions to unseat venable agreed to heays nays 1 tho the clerk notice noting A quorum then came the question on seating langston Lan geton which was carr carried ed on division and cheadle alone voting la n tho the negative langston was then brought to the bar of th the house and amid applause took the th cath then came a chorus from the republican elde side call op up the other cage the election elections committee called u up tho the south carolina casa case lillep miller r against elliott despite the efforts of oferrall OT errall to block the wheels the previous question was ordered and grevious despite r pite the protest from kerr of lows iowa that some reaton reason for its adoption should bo be given the resolution un seating elliott and seating miller ter was agreed to without division then the house went into committee of the whole on the senate amendments to the deficiency bill mccrear of KeR kentucky tucky who with a number of democrats then entered the chamber inquired what bill was under consideration henderdon Hend erEon of iowa la in ree response pone said he did not blame he the gent gentleman lern n for being a little babied behind on general legislation the afternoon as consumed in a discussion of the french spoliation claims but without action the committee rose candler massachusetts asked unanimous consent for the he consideration dl of a reeo resolution lution providing afia a subcommittee aub committee of the house comm commits t tee on worlds fair shair inquire into the prag progress i ess b being sint made by the fair commissioners but ut kilgore objected the house then adjourned FROM THE FLOODS the th I 1 S legation gation Lf Fori vAris a detailed anil and dismal washington sept 23 the ds do pirt ment of state has received from the tho united states legation at china a report relative to the recent heavy floods the report port says the floods are the most serious ever known an area of three thousand m mile leg and a population of several million people are affected by the them m many were drowned and tens of thousands are living on cl charity lar ity one result cf the floods may have far reaching consequences near lutai which is a point ou on the railway ailway from to Tongs ban hati the railway embankment ban kment was destroyed by the pe people 0 tor for miles it was wits alleged that t the h embankment was damaged liy by water and flooded the country it is supposed the general in command at lutai either instigated or connived at these proceedings ia in which his soldiers largely took part A very ions feature of the case is the of viceroy li lt he ile has done nothing to prevent theeo these lawless proceedings ce colliery is stopp tarr abroe thousand men are stopped pd out of e employment eat and the 0 operation aeration ration of at abo a railroad is 1 suspended Se this destruction was wanton wan ison and unnecessary all these proceedings indicate an anti railroad excitement which may result in postponing indefinitely any further railroad enterprises u iab T na ab ITA IOTES I 1 import report oft church prop arty treatment ef of political 11 prisoners sept se represent dative rockwell Koc kwell deported te favorably from the committee on military affairs a substitute for the bill making an appropriation of to enable the secretary of war to caaso cause in exploration and survey of the interior of alaska to be made by such buell a force of officers olti cera and enlisted men of the army ae as he be may deem proper by I 1 a vote D to of 5 to toa 4 the thol loue committee 0 on n judiciary a favorable report on the senate bill providing aag for the disposition of the i property of the church ot of litter fay saints in utah representative scranton ol 01 vrn elivania ep ivania today to day pro dented for reference to the committee on frelan f a affairs aal aira a preamble pro amblo and resolution ret fet UM forth that harsh and t brut t I 1 treatment of political prisoners ie is now row universally condemned by all civilized civili zeil nations that beveral ame a c ali zene zena ur dr gallacher Gallan Gallar her hor IV kwa kent f wll wil eon son T whitebead and othra oth a are now undergoing imprisonment in england for political of fences and are according to even official re reports dij and admissions being treated with h exceptional and unjustifiable ee verily therefore the blouse requests reque eta the president to cause an inquiry to be made into the condition of the cas cases e s of these prisoners and should the r rea ports referred to prove corr correct ec tz to endeavor to secure for them h humano i sno and decent treatment pending the cf cl forta forts oa on their behalf which it ie Is an anticipated pa frill prove that a they e have ave not ot been fairl fairly or legally convicted of the 0 of fences ances c charged arge against them and therefore entitled titled t to or relief conference to a the tart tariff washington sept 23 the republican conferees on the tariff bill were in session again this mornin morning two hours after they separ separated a ted it I 1 is s said there was no farther further progress t to 0 report the sugar schedule is t the he chief block in the way of agreement the republican tariff conferees took a respite from their labors tonight ill t the situation is now each such that bat no rood good it is thought can come of talk talking ng the matter over any fur further aber the conferees have b bad a of turned upon them all the leighr that can be diffused upon the only items in the bill now unsettled sugar and binding twine and when they adjourned tonight to night it wa was hoped that by to morrow one side or the other will yield the basis on which the metal and glassware sched nies tiles which have caused much contention were settled tonight to night was that on steel rails and structural iron it remains as in the house bill and the duty on an steel billet billets is fixed at a rate lower than provided tor for by the house bill and higher than fixed by the senate saute I 1 te these were three of the princia principal a I 1 items in ibis this ec schedule in dispute the rates fixed on other items in the schedule cannot be given but they aro are very ge generally n lo 10 lower w er than a and nd higher than the senate rates this last statement applies also to the glassware schedule on which there were a great many difference in the rates between the two branches of congress the tobacco clauses ol 01 the internal revenue section of the bill remain Is as fixed by I 1 be he house with the exception of the tax on tobacco and snuff reduced two cents instead of four cents making the tho rate provided by the bill six cents a pound may lit is fixed as the 0 1 period when t lie tobacco clause of the measure go 90 into effect the special oa dealers are abolished as r provided for by the house the minority completely beaten sept 23 93 by its action today in seating lang langhton Lan gaton 8 ton the house ended what was pro probably bably the most protracted and bitterly contested election case ft it his ever decided the result was a surprise to the democratic minority which after two weeks obstruction I 1 was confident its opponent could not secure a quorum but the whip have been active oaring during the first roll call it was discovered that milliken of maine blaine and mudd of Al Marv aryland Und were not ot present and messengers were immediately sent after them S beeney of iowa w u ho had not been expected so soon camo cam 0 in at thia this juncture and with mr mudd cast the votes necessary to make a quorum further proceedings were remarkably mar kably expeditious x lied etious and oferrall the lonely ly democratic sentinel tic was a absolutely power powerless lets to check the majority tha yea and nay ote declaring declai ing nit elected republicans in attendance including those who did not vote but were war pa paired ired the miller case I 1 wh which loh followed the lingaton Langst case was an even greater surprise and in fact it was not 0 tk known abw 2 g generally a to the republicans t that t the he leaders contemplated thio move the democratic minority was considerably sider eider ably mixed over the result of the of days 3 y 8 proceedings and a call for a caucus was circulated with the purpose p 0 so of t endeavoring t to unite the party by way of consultation upon a policy polley of treatment Ireat ment upon the conference report upon the tariff bill which would require the republicans to maintain a quorum to disposal of that report t D but u t ow owing in g bolit to the lateness ot of MO t the h hour our a and n d th the e s email attendance the attempt to hold a caucus was temporarily pora rily abandoned the war department and the late lale front washington sept 23 acting secretary grant of department has his addressed a letter to secretary butterworth of the worlds columbian exposition directory in reference to the use of the chicago lake front for the columbian exposition grant saye lay a the de department artmont has his arri arrived Vedat at the follo following ing conclusion the old bar harbor r line two thousand feet inside the west est wall all of the breakwater is ia reestablished and extended south the restrictions heretofore existing between the prolongation of tho the center of monace street and park Row Rowl Inside of the harbor lice lire are ara removed upon conditions condi tiona that the ilia illinois central railroad company consents to the pro visions of the act of the state of I 1 illinois ili approved august 6 1690 and the ordinance of the city of chicago adopted sept 15 13 1890 and releases all claims to tho the land between the points named and east of their right of way aa As to tho ilia necessity for the consent of the railroad company in the matter acting secretary grant makes reference to the former pro ceilings cee ce Jinca and says in view of the facts it is deemed important in removing of the restrictions that the illinois central railroad company should tot be left in a position to take any advantage d of it |