Show FROM washington sealers are pushing to sea without delay I 1 THE modes MODUS IS FEARED I 1 and they wish to escape notice oj of it proceedings in the house are very light washington march 12 the house territories ri committee will report favorably on the arizona statehood bill united states consul mayers has furnished the department of state with a list of the sealing vessels which have cleared I 1 from victoria and it says pays the fleet of sealers has been operating daring durin g the past few wee weeks kia along the coast between t the e mouth of columbia river and cape flattery all verry successful especially the tile W 1 P bayward sayward warn and the tile II 11 D if Marwin arwin both of which are industrious poachers the consul says the sealers have gone out earlier tha than n usual fearing a cenewa rene of the modus and are ht hastening ening to sea to avoid official notice of it father II effron of st paul telegraphs cardinal gibbons that he lie is not the author of the tile statement rent petit out from st paul yes yesterday terca a y that archbishop ireland la is to be ina made d 0 cardinal r d and that he lias no information anthe on the subject congressional THE HOUSE washington NOTON march 12 when the journal was read coombs new york objected to the pa passage which stated thai that alter after it sat was found I 1 tuat L at I 1 no quorum wag was present at last nights session and the tile se sergeant at arms had been ordered to arrest t ane I 1 te absen tees lee he coombs was arrested and brought before the bar 0 01 W the house ho ile said the me page notified him he was wanted and he lie came when asked if the page was not a depuy deputy sergeant ergeant at arms he lie replied that he ill did not know ho accompanied me to the house we came on oil the car and I 1 paid the tile fare laughters the tile journal was allowed to stand in ili this respect 0 oneila ON beill eilI pa also took exception to the journal it s shoeing lowing I 1 that last night he lie had been been excused from attending on account of sickness he ile had not been sick he Ife staid a away a because he had no pension bills to I 1 look after during hia twenty seven years of service in the house rouse he lie had by the blessing of god been detal detained tied from the house but a day and a half on account of sickness mid and he wanted the lord to continue his ble blessing asing I laughter aughter the senate amendments to the urgent deficiency bill were non concurred in and a conference committee appointed A number of private bills were passed eulogies I 1 of the late representative gamble S D 1 were delivered by S D perkins ns iowa Jo johnson limon N D lind I 1 afian ilayan neb eb and jolly S 81 1 the house then as a mark of respect to the memory of the decea deceased d adjourned adour adjourned ned TI the ad diplomatic somatic anase and c consular buiar appropriation tlona s M bin IN will probably be reported to the house next week there are a number of changes proposed by the tile bill in the diplomatic and consular service and in the r former there haa has been a nu number m er of consolidations by which savings are made in ili the tile expenditures done bytho consolidation of the adjacent countries in ili south america such as peru and ecuador and bolivia and colombia |