Show PASSED THE final vote preceded by many amendments but one republican voted with the democrats against its passage 4 i house agrees to senate amendments to the urgent 1 deficiency bill washington dec senate today by a vote of 44 to 23 passed the philippine civil government bill the final vote was preceded by the presentation of many amendments and a general discussion of them as well as of the provi giona of the bill the discussion wa confined quite generally to the merits of the measure on some of the amendments suggested by democratic senators several western republicans voted in the affirmative but mr mccumber was the only republican who voted with the democrats against the final passage of the bill the most notable change made during the day waa the lowering of the rate of interest on railroad bonds to be guaranteed by the philippine government from 5 to 4 per cent the bill as passed exempts from taxation all bonds issued by the philippine and porto alcan governments authorizes municipalities in the philippines to incur a bonded indebtedness amounting to five per cent of the as valuation of their property at five per cent interest authorized the philippine government to incur a bond ed indebtedness of abc 4 12 1 2 per cent interest and to guarantee the payment of railroad bonds at the rate of 4 per cent pr annum provides tor the administration of tha immigration laws by the philippine authorities establishes tab lishes a system tor the location and patenting of mineral coal and saline lands the metric system for the islands and gives the civil governor tbt title of governor general sir beveridge reported the statehood bill and he will make a motion on the first day that the senate convenes in january that the consideration of the bill shall be entered into abc once when the result was announced mr spooner for the committee on rules presented a resolution authorizing the appointment of a joint committee consisting of three members of the senate and three of the house to appear at the inauguration of the president on the of starch next and it was agreed to mr lodge moved an executive semeion and his motion on a roll call prevailed the senate therefore abc p m went into session adjourning abc p m until monday HOUSE AGREES TO SENATE amendments dec 18 ses tion of the housa was given over almost to consideration of the attla on the prorate calendar a doz en or more being passed the senate amendments amend menta to the urgent deficiency bill were agreed to and adjournment taken until monday TO CURE A COLD N ONE DAY take laxative bromo quinine tablets all druggists refund the money it it falls to cure E W groves signature is on each lox sensational ENDING OF A WRESTLING MATCH san francisco dec 16 the wrest ieng match between tom jenkins and Buza yell the algerian tonight ended in a sensational manner jenkins was given the decision on a foul the wrestling was gracco roman was the aggressor through out after a struggle of two hours when the nen a ere at the edge of the mat jenkins secured a hammer lock and aa he waa bringing tha algerian over both rolled off the platform and fell to the floor in the midst ot the spectators there was great contusion for a fw seconds and when the men got on their feet there was a larga sized piece of cuticle missing abdomen there were also teeth prints in his arm where he had been bitten by bu gayell referee awarded alie match to jankins and the police placed Buza yell under arrest |