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sTAHLISHKD 1820.
ffl)AY OF CONGRESS.
L ggjfATE AND HOUSE REMAIN
IS SESSION ALL NIGHT.
I , Drflclrncy. Fortifications nml
f'" r ,„d Harbor BUIS Fall-Trotter
‘ and Creeley Confirmed-The
Hall Sobebly Defeated.
Lanoim. Maroh 4 - ln ,ha Hon » 6 ’
U.inrk this morning, the effeota of the
fnhoors' session were visible in tho
•™!L 0 f tbe hall of the house itself
, the members of that body. Tho
s strown with scraps of paper and
Sin's 0* documents and reports. The
Inhere was very impure and oppres
sed was well impregnated with to-
Lmokr. notwithstanding tho repeated
1 rf the Speaker to members
. tiog them to observe the rule,, which
its smoking on the floor. Rxceptiog
-c or more members whose 7. el in be-
lit their favorite measures kept them
T, alert to take advantage of any op-
to seoure recognition, gentlemen
1, House, ispsod into indifference, were
Ehed on sofas in the rear of the hall
lathe lobbies, or lounging back in
i chairs, with feet elevated on their
L or grouping together in eonveraa-
r imood they endeavored to ward off
remotes consequent upon their long
la galleries about twenty persona
atd throughout the night, bnt as
of them were in recumbent and som-
t attitude s it was evident they were not
, iotcrosted in tho very tamo
I which were enacted in tbe House in
Li session of the Forty-Ninth'Oongress.
let minutes alter 5 o'clock Mr. Blouut
laactd that the conference committee
[e pcs ofhec appropriation bill bad
ltd an sgreement by the recession of
IdeDite conferees from tho subsidy
fcdmeot. The report was agreed to,
Idiapoting of tbe bill finally.
L Ward, of Indiana, called up the veto
Kige on ihe Senate bill for the ereotion
public building at Lafayette. Ind._
r. Springer, of Illinois, raised the ques-
|of constderetion, and the Home pro-
1 to hill time until the legislative bill
from the Senate. This bill arrived
It C o'clock, and was immediately called
|f Nr. Holman, who explained that
l difference remaining between the
| houses was the item for
Itaries for Senators. After quits u
led controversy between Mr. Town-
", of Illinois, and Mr. Cabell, of Yir-
the former severely criticising the
conferees for yietdiog, as bn said, to
elation of the Senate, while the letter
lusljr defended themselves,
|r. Holman moved that the House rec' dn
t Its disagreement on the Somitoiil
^ amendment.
t. Bcyns, of Pennsylvania, moved that
MACON, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1887.—TWELVE PAGES.
"...—7. me rtpeakc
call * a 8 tl je Home to order, said-
live? 6 Th B m ,< D tho , Uo .r ««Reprcscnta-
if!: ™ ‘ lmo , to; tbe final adjournment
and l I tin n/t' D s n J h . Con «" aa bat air.ved,
than it i 1 deUUn you 0 mom ent longer
la . necessary to return my sincere
acknowledgments for tbe uniform and valu
able assistance you have rendered in evorv
proper effort to preserve order and facilitate
tbe transaction of public business. I thank
you also for the resolution passed this morn-
, J* nd for evidences of friendship
yon have exhibited during onr personal and
official intercourse as members of this
Home, and I sinoerely wish each and every
one of you a happy reunion with your fami-
ly and friends; and now declare this House
adjourned sine die." [Applanse on tho floor
and in tho galleries.]
THE SENATE.
Measures Hnrrtcil Through Without Much
Consideration.
Washington, March 4.—In the Senate,
the deficiency bill being again taken up, an
item (on motion of Senator Dawes) was in-
to pay to the Choctaw Indians
$2,868,000, the amount of a judgment of
the Supreme Court at tho October term.
1SS6. Finally the fell! md amendment were
reported to tho Senate. On demand of Mr.
McPherson the yeas and nays wero takeu
on one of the Paotfio railroad amendments,
and it was agreed to—yeas 27, nays 17.
The yeas and nays were] also taken on the
French spoliation claims, and it was agreed
to—yeas 34, nays 12.
At 6 a. m. Mr. Plumb, from the confer
ence committeo on the District of Colombia
appropriation bill, reported tbo committee
unable to agree. He moved that the Sen-
ate insist on its disagreement and ask a
farther conference. So ordered. He also
presented the conference report on the bill
for the relief of settlers and pnblio lands
in Kansas and Nebraska. Agreed to. Also
the conference report on the post-office ap
propriation bill, the Seoate receding from
the section for mail steamer service to
South America. Agtead to.
Mr. Morgan moved to insert a provision
for fifty oopytsts for the pension ofilco and
made an effecting appeal on behalf of many
respectable, bnt poor women, who are seek
ing government employment In Washing
ton, but can not got it under tho civil ser
vice rales. After discussion the motion
was laid on the table—yeas 27, nays 16.
Finally, at 5:15, tho bill paased, and a mes
sage to that effect was sent to tbe Qonso.
Mr. Allison presented tbe conference re
port on the legislative, executive and judi
cial bill, an agreement bdog reached^on all
points except as to clerks to Senators'. He
moved that tbe Senate insist. So ordered.
The following House bills were taken
from tbo calendar and passed. To provide
for the settlement of accounts with tho
Vioksburg and Meridian Railroad Company
for internal rovenue tax. Uonso bill au-
, tboriang tbs constrnctlon of railroad
bridges were parsed as follows: Tomblg-
leas* recede from its disagreement to bee nver at or near Oolnmbns, Mississippi,
-vndment and agree to the same with * - - — -
givlrg eierks 1m Itfgjmr*-
BMadu
r. Holman's motion received a majority,
Ur. T.nlbee made tbe point of no qno-
whieh consumed tho time untii naif
when his opposition was withdrawn
ke motion declared carried, passing
gulstire appropriation bill.
[though tho deficiency bill had not
M Ibo Honar, on motion of Mr. Long,
li-u-hnstrtta, tho Senate amendments
bill were non-eonoarred In, and the
Itrr authorized the appointment of a
^entice committee,
»tfforia were made at 8 o'eloek to se
ra hour's recess, bat tbe point of no
tun being repeatedly made by mem-
I eho wished to seenre notion upon bills
Itich they were interested, a call of the
io was ordered.
'• Miller, of Texas, presented tho oon-
1 * report on a bill amending sections
T sod 6,192 R. 8. Agreed to. (The
provides that wbonever three-fourths
p« notions 1 banks in any city having n
Ution of 50,(I0U shall makeapplication
* that the name of that city shall be
to the cities named in seo-
->,191 and 6,192, the Comptroller
phtve authority to grant such request,
'Whenever three-fourths of the national
»in cities baring 200,000 papulation
[*»k that that city shall be a central ro-
P city, like New York, tba Comptroller
I hare authority to grant such request)
L .7 u 7 o'clock spectators begsn to
I the gslleries, and an hour before the
Uon of the Forty-ninth Congrats by
uon there wtre at lesat 2.000 persons
it to be in at the death. Tho light of
’Citing into the chamber served to
“* m ° ,e clearly the visages of its oo-
• ynd the untidiness of iu appear-
LiFsyette, Indianna, pnblio
“ff bill still blocked np the wsy until
.*5fijUS on motion of Mr. Morti-
I,' r **°'lotion waa adopted for the ap-
lii . . * committee to infotm the
■m-ietit that Congress wee ready to ad-
“ 'He die.
r. Heed, °l Maine (Mr. Hatch, of Mis*!
’^jJfRfn the chair), offered the follow-
--..utiou, which was adopted uusiu-
, “7 » standing vote:
*solved, That tho thanks of this House
. by tendered to Hon. John Q. Car-
LfS** the eonrtaey, ability and
L, - ,U * which he has presided over
JMibersUons of the ■ Forty ninth Con-
• 1 orney, of Alabama, from the com-
“ nf «fnce on tbe forUficstions
nenL Uun ^ re P orted oontinned disa-
smSilni , i 0f p 1 enn uWania, staled that
SK'^ T0l r? d * he cvpcnditnre of
HO,000.000, whilo the Honse bill,
Honee conferees
| _i ling to adopt, appropriated $17,-
NOMINAT ON8 CONFIRMED.
Trotter, for Recorder of Deeds, Among tho
Number—Cause at the Senate's Action.
Washixoton, March L—The Senate haa
confirmed the nomination of Captian A. W.
Greely to bo chief signal officer with tbe
rank of brigadier-general, and James M.
Trotter to bo recorder of deeds for tbo Dis
trict of Colombia. On tho confirmation cf
Trotter the voto stood 39 to 11. Of tho
minority three only, Ingalls, Sabin and
Palmer, are Uepnblioans.
There Beema to have beon very little oon-
teet in tho Senate over tho confirmation of
James U. Trotter, the colored nominee to
the office of recorder of deeds of tbe Dis
trict of Colombia, and no utterance of tho
Senate has been or lobe to expected on
tba subject. The action of the
body, though apparently inconsistent
with tbe principles enunciated in onn-
nection with the Matthews case, npon the
heels of which it so closely follows, is ex
plained in n variety of ways. Trotter comes,
it is urged, with an excellent record as an
ex-Uoien soldier, whioh with tbo Senate
counts for mneh. No obarge was mode
S ainst him, as was tbe ease with Matthews,
ther of a business or political natnre, and
there was notbiDg to be said In opposition
to him beyond the fact that be is sn alieo
to the District. Upon this point, so
strongly nrged in the Matthews case, it is
said tbst tbe Senate baa made record of its
principles as having pronounced itself em
phatically io favor of the elcotion of a dis
trict man for a purely local office.
Tbe following additional nominations
were confirmed by tbe Senate to day. Hen
ry R. Harris, cf Georgia, Third Assistant
Postmaster-Genera!, Dabney 11 Maury, of
Virginia, to be envoy extraordinary and
minister plefif^otaotisry if the United
States to the Repnblio of Colombit. Post
masters—O, D. Deer, at Rianoko, Vs., and
M. Glennon, at Norfolk, Va.
Mr. Cleveland's Hard Day's Work.
Washington, March 4.—The President
and most of tbe members of bis cabinet re
mained at the White Honse considering leg
islative matters nntil abont 4 o'clock this
morning. They reassembled in the cabinet
room again abont 8 o'clock tbia morning.
All tho departments were represented, Mr.
Fairchild representing tbe Treasury De
partment. Between 8 and 11:30 o'clock
tbe President bad acted on all bill
received by him np .to the latter
hour. He then repaired to the cipitol,
npon tbo assurance from Speaker Carliao
that the District of Columbia bill and tbe
general deficiency bill would certainly fail
to become laws anless be did so. Tbo
President acted on oil bills at tbo capitol
that he was able to in the short time ullottid
to him before ad journmrnt. The party re
turned to tbe While Honse abont 1 o’clock,
and there separated. Tbe President held
bU usual pnblio reception in IbeEut room
at 10:3*1 o'clock, and shook hands with
about 200 people.
Why the PmidnH Went to the Capitol
WasiunoIuS. March 4 —It was under-
st jod up to a lato hour of tho forenoon that
to*PrtLlicnt would not oouupj ! *, -ootn *'.
ti.*' dpi III, ns 1.Id I * , || tin* cu-tuui of Lis
predecessors, but nevertheless he came, be-
iDg ioflaenoed, doubtless to tome extent,
by messages sent to him from member* of
both branches. Speaker Carlisle til* ptffilMd
at 11 o'olock that the President's pKMOai
war necessary to aave tbo District of Colom
bia and deficiency bills, which could not
betnrolltdm time to reach tbe White
Heme, over a mile away. Senators
Sherman and Eanlsbary, the committee ep
K luted at 11 o'clock on the part of the
ante to notify tho President that Con
gress awaited any final message he might
have to send, caused it to bo made known
that they would perform tboir doty by go
ing to tho President's room at the capitol,
and if they did not find him there, would
VOL. LAI. U4!).
WORK DONE BY CONGRESS.
CLAIMS OF THE FORTY-NINTH TO
REMEMBRANCE.
ac.yiitlieTenneH.ieo at or near Gunters
lb Sai fl * W.-jO
anil 1’ouibigbco rivers in Minissippi.
Tbo Sonato then, at 6 a. m., on motion of
•Mr. Hoar, went into secret session. Tbo
doors wero ruopened at 10 a. m., tbo Sour,to
huv.ng iu tbo meanwhile taken a two hour's
recess. Tho first busintss done war tbo
presentation by Mr- Plumb o£ a conference
report on tho District of Columbia appro
priation bill. It was read and agreed to.
The next business was tho presentation by
Mr. Dawes of a conference report on tbo
fortification bill. It was that tbo conferees
had not been able to agree.
Discus-ion followed, nnd was intcrrnptcil
and tbo conference report laid nsido infor
mally in order to lot the other business bo
pushed through. Tho following bills
passed: The House bill, with amendments,
to provide for tbe redemption and sale of I report the feet to the Senate, assuming
school farm lands at Boaufoit, 8. C.; tbo tbst bo bus no further communications to
Senate bill appropriating $30,000 fer the ; make,
of Sonata investigations
if"”* aoerpted nnd the bill died.
e * Missouri, presented tbe
1^! ** p ,rt °t» the general deficiency
G-ion t Tit lt(reed *°- (it contains a
Wonf“‘•““Piotlon of four steel
till- appropriation tor
Io rraeh Jn* n Io . , oriler to enable the
r 0 f tk.*J|" i‘ fctl< iint before neon, the
nine clock were turned
exten ts of Sonata investigations ordered
session; to amond the act for tho con
struction ot bridges across tbe Cnmberland
and Caney Fork rivers in Tennessee.
The resolution to investigate the execu
tive departments and Inquire as to pnblio
bnUdings in Washington was re considered,
the tatter provision attack out and the reso
lution adopted.
Senators Sherman and Sanlsbnry were
appointed to join alike committee on the
part of tho Honse to wait on tho President
and inform him that the two Houses bad
oompletad their business and wero ready to
adjourn, anless bo had something farther
to submit to them.
Tbe presiding officer announced tba ap-
S ointment of Messrs. Cockrell, Harris,
ones, of Arkansas, Platt and CuUom as a
committee on investigation into exeentive
departments; Dolph and Cockrell to attend
the annual examination of tbe military
Academy, and Aldrich and Gray on tbe
board ot examiners at the naval academy.
The presiding officer signed at 11:40 the
enrolled District of Colombia appropriation
bill, and then it was ‘ rushed" to the Presi
dent for bis signature.
Mr. Hale annonneed that tbo oocfsrenee
committeo on tbo deficiency bill had agreed
on a report, bnt aa tbe amendmenta were
reiy numerous ssi had not b»»n printed or
numbered the committee waa not yet able
to present i> a report. He hoped to be able
to do so within the next seventeen min-
UtM.
A resolutions of thanks to tho presiding
officer for his ability, courtesy and impar
tiality was offered by Mr. Harris, and
unanimously adopted.
At this time, (really abont noon bnt
with tbe bauds of tns dock dial lingering
mysteriously abont a quarter before) th-ra
waa a subsidence of badness and a general
loll in the Senate chamber, it being under
stood that tbe President of tbe United
StaUa waa on hta wsy to tbe capitol. On#
of hta secretarita, Mr. Pruden, appeared at
tho door and announced that tho President
bad approved and signed certain bills. The
President himself had abont that time
reached hta room in the oapitoL
Ur Sherman with Mr. Sanlsbnry reported
that tbe committee to wait upon the Presi
dent of tbe United States and inquire if ho
bod any farther communication to make to
Commas, had performed that duty, and
Wagner's Nomination Lapses.
Washisoton. March 4. —Tbe nomination
of Joseph H. Wagner to be pension agent
for the Southern States, with office at Knox
ville, was not reported npon by tne Senate
committee on pensions, and consequently
tapirs. It is said by one of tbe officers of
tho Senate that both tbe Democratic Sena*
tors and aeven Democratic Kepresentativ*
from Tennessee opposed his confirmation.
ATTEMPT!!!) INCENDIARISM.
jKBsnt City, March 5. —Another attempt
to set on fire the Jtray City passenger depot
and feriy house of the Pennsylvania rail
road, making the third, was discovered to
day. The first attempt, Thursday night,
waa by means of a bottle of iafiammablo
liquid placed in 'he gentlemen's closet-,
wuich set tbe hailding on fire, but did
slight damsge. Tbe aicond attempt was
made about lbs same time and apparently
by tbo same man, who placed a bottle in
the depot closets. Ho placed a similar bot
tle nnderoneof the seata in the ladies'cabin
of one of tbe company's finest ferry boats
lying at the dock waiting for passengers.
One of the deck bands discovered the bottle,
and thinking it a forgotten nursing bottle,
Ibrew it and ita milky contents overboard.
When he tried to sweep away some of the
liquid, which bad spilled, it burnt into a
flame which waa difficult to quench and
filled the boat with Ihe aliflirg fames of
phosphorous. The bdllle bad been pladtd
where any lidy’a foot or the sweep of her
skirts would have ignited it Passengers
wae oomiug oil board vben tbe flimes
broke out but we e sent ashore, anil the
boat sent into mid-stream and ventilated
1 be taut attempt waa al-o probably made
Thursday nigbtor previous to that time,
because no onn wonld have bad tbe hardi
hood to attempt it lines vigilance has bten
»rou« d. A piece of cotton wadding about
aixietu inches square and nearly twuincbea
thick, waa fonnd lacked near tbe woodwork
on the ontaide uf the northern end of tbe
gentlemen’s closets, where it wae concealed
from view. A bole about five iuchee iu
diameter bad been ent tbrongb tbe parti
tion, targe enongh to admit a men's hand
from the inside of the closet. Anattampt
bad baen made to light the cotton, sa tbo
bad been assured by tho President that he i edges were partially signed. The perpe-
viiu lurntcl back ten had no further communication to make. _ I trator of the vi Inn I a t evidently worked
The presiding officer then announced from the intin ,( the closet. It r.ioed
that the constitutional period of the iorty- heavily that ni ; t. and the cotton quickly
ninth Congreea having bten completed, the wmt ont. It h-d Drohabiy been saturated
" . .. i - a.. I with . chtni i Ci , to m , k# u bnnt
I I- n-.v?? h ,\* »PP»“vaI of various
I isadSrfJ?» “»» of these briis
Ightoftii^ information of members,
btZmmEr * bhekward two.
h^Men . t *n # * , ’ po “A led t0 n P° a
t.'tvwannonnoed,,,, , t M S
r eom 7 ^^ th ) lt th « President in.,
r noamnnicatioa to make to Con
they lock finally pointed to
Senate stood adjourned without a day.
The dial of the S mate elock showed it to
lack five minutes of tho henr of noon, bnt
the actual time was four minul>a past. Mr.
llalo had not been able «ithm theMvea-
ti-in urinates to which he was limited to
Invi*: repired and present- *1 the oonierc- •>
report on tho genersl d* :i -i-ncy appropria
tion bill, and eon«quently that bill has
failed to become a taw.
n tiin.. lliplootaa
n ij - A dt-palch fro
(ly d- d bocii--, all te
bi .-n brought to tbe
rgen -n C’olli-r\, in
re,limp o-.vn.r-dj
--- -ent 44,100 to i>« -1
tbe fiu-llles n( tbe victim
iniMirtant Mensnres Adopted and lie.
eted—Thaaa Wldcli Wero Vetoed
by tt.e President—All Previous
Records llrokeil - Notes.
Washington, March 4.—The Congrosa
hie I- ended its existence at noon to-day
is r fbrded a striking illustration of tho
nstant increase iu volume of legislation
m inding the attention of Congress which
has beeD going on for three or more years.
Mure bills were iatr-idaoed in tbo houses,
more committee reports, more bills passed,
mors became taws end more were vetoed
than ever before. Most at these measures
wtre of comparative unimportance, such
as billa granting private pensions and spe
cial relief, anlhotizing -be erection of
bridges, granting tbe right-of-way and the
lilt-.-, bnt many, not only of the bills and
reports presented, but ot taws enacted wero
of general interest and importance. A
number of bills enacted into laws were old
and familiar claimants for legislative favor.
In this category belong the Prestdentiai sue-
e-ion bill, tbe electoral count hill, the
mter-Stato commerce bill, and the bill for
tbe relief Fitz-Jobn Porter.
Tbe 49th Congress eommenccdits session
on the 4th day of Deoember, 1885, and was
in session nntil the 5th of August, when
it adjourned nntil December 4th, and con
tinued ita session nntil its close to-day, cov
ering a total period of 10 months and 24
days. Of this time the Senate was in ses
sion 224 and the Honse 251 days. Thero
were introdneed in tho House during this
time 11,258 bills, and 263 joint resolutions,
on which over 5,000 reports were mtdo,
being several thousand mure bills and over
a thousand more reports tbau wore made
in the 43th Congress, whioh tad in its turn
tbo beaten record.
In tbe Senato there wero introduced
,357 bills and 118 joint rcsolotions, on
which 1,938 wiitten reports were made, be
ing upwards of 500 more bills nnd over
400 more reports than in the record-break
ing Forty-eighth Congress.
Tbo total number of laws enacted wob
(.pproximatelj) 1,431, of which 1,053 origi
nated in the Uunse and 333 in the Senato,
and 2-14 of these bills became law by ex-
irtiioii ot the constitutional ton days limit,
ifiy bills were forced to become laws ow
ing to the adjournment of Congress, nine
of them at tno close of tho Unit session.
There were 131 bills vetoed by tbo Presl
dent,or twenty-one moreiosUnco* of the ex
ercise of the Presidential prerogative ot veto
than had occurred from the foundation of
tho government down to tbe beginning of
tliii Coiign-h. (if tliu v-t ied bills liincly-
tlireo originated in tho Honso and tbirt;
nine in tbe Senate. But ono private bli .
viz., that granting a pension to Joseph Ro*
isie-er, and ono public bill, namely,
that providing fur tbo erection of a govern-
iM-it balMing *t Dayton. Ohio, attaaaariiBK
in pasting both Houses over the President's
veto, although several others obtained the
riqnisito two-thirds voto in tho Senate,
ilv to fail in the Honse.
'fwo features of tho closing hoars of
CoDgress aro conspicuously notoworthy.
While more than the nsual degroe of asper
ity was developed by ths dish of opposing
int- rests daring the protracted and wearing
s saioi. ot the past few days, tho general
deportment of members of both houses and
of throngs whioh came to witness tbo pro-
ceaciugs was never more exemplary or or
derly. On tho othor band, nover sinco tbo
Congress bad an existence baa there been
each uncertainty, such burly burly, euch
geni tal disregard in the transaction of im
portant business, as have characterized tho
proceedings ot yesterday, last night and
to-day. In the natnre of things tho coufn-
slon has been more apparent in and
abont tbo Senato than at tbejotber end of
the capitol. It was the Senate which
called npon toattempt the performance
of half a session's work within tbe limits at
a week. Some things occurred during tbe
last Lours which, Irom a parliamentary
point of view, were rather startling. An ap
propriation bill, tbe legislative, waa sought
by Stnatora on tbe secretary's desk, where
it was supposed to be awaiting their inspec
tion, bnt it was fonnd to have been infor
mally borrowed by tbe Honse officials far
the purpose of completing work
they hud not bad time to perform.
Another appropriation bill was reported
directly from a sub-committee to tbe Senate
with only a pretense of having been rtf erred
to the fnll committeo, and some of the com
mittee first learned the featnree ot tho
measnre they were supposed to have sat
upon in deliberation when taken up for
d.actution by tbe Senate.
Two of the regular appropriation bills
were completed in oocference this morn
ing, and then ensued a race between time
and the fagged ont enrolling clerks. In
bnt i no case did the clerks win, and for
that 'banks are das to the 'enerable Cap
tain Basset, who, as the hoar approached,
armed himself with a gas lighter, and (is
be haa done biennially for a quarter of a
cental}) mounted a chair and
S ailed W-L the hands cf
te Senate dock. One of tbe bills, tbe de
ficiency, failed for tbe reaaon that there
waa a limit to Ihe speed and endnranoe of
clerical fingers. It may be that errors have
been made, thongh none have como to light.
The death roll of this Congress was an
extraordinary one, eompriai* g tbe unprece
dented number of thirteen names—cf tbe
S.-nate, those of Vice-President Hendricks,
Senators Miller of California, Pike of New
Hampshire, Logan of Illinois, aud Repre
sentative Ushn of Louisiana, Arrot, Beach
and Dowdrey of New Jersey, Price of Wis
consin, Cota of M try land, Elwood of Uli-
nois, Duncan of Pennsylvania, Rankin of
Wisconsin.
Batons eleetloo esse eras decided by tbe
Home against the silting member of Con-
grtss, and there was an absence of that
acrimonious discussion which sneb canteata
usually awaken. The Itnode Island cue of
Page vs. Puree, in which the Honse decided
that neither party wa* entitled to the seat
an i a new election was orlend, was the
one instance of a seat being taken frum
sitting member.
Tbe Senate bills vetoed were 39 in num
ber, 11 Uing of a pnblio and 23 of a pri
vate character. The ninety-three Homo
bills vetoed inclu liil eighty-seven private
biiis amt six bins ri a pualia Datura,
The r*-gul.»r appropriation nil- which
flilfdoi enactruiiit win-the fortificatifll
bill- for I ,tb Congresses; tbo river and bar
b*.r bill of the pr. -ent storion * *Lieh wa*
not signed by tb.- Presid-nt and tbe defi
ciency bi!!, on wb.ch Ihe confirmee bill
wa« not submitted in lime fur sction
I ifty bills in addition to these which be
came laws and the vi toed wero sent to the
President, bat were "pocketed" by him on
the adjournment of Congress and therefore
failed. Tbe most important are as fellows:
The liter and harbor, relative to promotion
in the medical corps; to prevent the
employment of conviot and alien
labor on pnbiic works; to open to settle
ment the pnblio land strip smith of Kansas;
for the construction cf Federal bnildiugs at
Moi.roe (La ). Saginaw (Mich ) and Annap
olis; the O'Neil lulu r lull for tho s *tHo
rn in i of controversies between inter-State
railroads and their employes; Morrison's
surplus resolution, and bids of minor im
portance failed.
Nearly a dozen bills relating to Ihe same
subjects wore pass d by both leousos, but
f died because of differences between lower
honses. The bill to create a Department of
Agriculture ard Labor was killed by tho in
ability of ita friends to send it to a confer
ence committee.
About 150 bills and joint resolutions which
csiou the Honse failed of action in tbo
lenate, some cf whicli, however, were de
feated in adverse committee report. Among
the bills were tbe following: To antborizs
the establishments of expert tobacoo manu
factories; to authorize the settlement cf
Florida's claim fur expenditures incurred
in suppressing Indian hostilities; to termi
nate certain Chinese treaty stipulations nnd
limit Chinese immigration in tho United
States; to repeal tbe taw allowing collectors'
commissions on taxes collected on distilled
spirits; to amend the taw making a distinc
tion in ths mode of packing and selling cut
tobacoo.
About 760 bills ptsied by the Senate
failid of passage in the Home. Tbe Blair
edncatii nal bill, after passing tho Senate,
was sent abont from ono committee to an
other in tbe hope that it wonld bo allowed
to oonia bifnre tbe Home, although iis
friends claimed a decided majority in its
favor on a test vote. Thu Cameron-Hale
twin bills, appropriating $35,000,100 (or an
increase of the navy were sent to the naval
commitee and died there, although pn.vi*
sion for additional vessels wa*
inserted in the naval ap
pruprition bill The twin fortifications
mils, wbioh passed tho Senate, wero al
lowed to sleep in tbo Honse appropriations
committee room. The McAddo formic i-
tion bill, reported by tho Home military
committee, never received action by tbe
House. The Harrison bill for tbe division
of Dakota and tbe admission tf tho lower
half aa a State was passed by a party vote
in tbe Senate, but was adversely reported
from a committee in in tbo Honse. Tbe
joint resolution to change inauguration day
from March *lth to April 30tb was favorably
reported, bnt left nnacted npon.
Of the 1,053 House bills which became
laws, 275 were of moro or less pnblio na
ture. Of the remaining 768 hills, granting
pensions or relief to special persons, 156
became laws without tho approval of the
President.
Following is a list ot the most Important
Honse bills which have btoume laws: To
forfeit tin- (Atlantic and Pacific land
grant; t; abolish certain fees for official
herylcis t* American vraiels and4o
tiie -.hipping Ian Min* Ihiigley shipping
bill); to amend tbe Thurman act (it requites
the Pecifio railroads to par thecosts ot sur
viving and conveying their land grants and
subjects tbo lands to taxstion as soon os iho
comptniea are entitled to them, notwith
standing tho fact that tboymay delay mleo-
tin i; t*. it crease u,„ niiv.il * st.ilul *h
mem; to pension Mexican war vet
once; the oleomargarine bill; dcctar-
tag forfeited certain grants of laud made to
States to aid in tho construction of rail*
roade; for tho construction of a Coi gns*
sional library; to forfiit tho New Orieaua,
K item K mg** *11.1 Vi ■l, ,bi.rg iinlr-iii I 11; *. v
bone) land grant; to reduce the foes on do
mestio money orders for same toss than $5
to reimburse the National Soldiers' Homo
for money lost through tbo Koifolk Ex
change National Bank; toprovido for clos
ing np tbe business of tbe Oonrt of Ala
bama Claims; to establish additional life
savings stations; for tbs construction of ad
ditional light bouses; extending tbo free de
livery system to towns ot 10,000 inbabi
tauta; for the construction of a iightbens:
supply steamer for tbe Attantio and Oulf
coast; to provido for tho appointment and
compensation ot a district judgo for
tho Southern district ot Alabama;
to amend the statntes so as to require
brewers to give bonds for throo times their
monthly tax; for tbe allowance of “Fourth
of July" claims reported by accounting
officers of tbe Treasury Department (one
bill for each of tbe two eeasione); to author
ize terms ot tbo United States courts to bo
held at Wilmington, N. C.; for tbe issue of
postal notes in sums less than $5; to amend
TWO KANSAS TOWNS l’ULLY PKKi
PARED FOR BATTLE.
The Stnto of Feeling is Very ltllterurnl
Cotillion 1- Expected Every] Day—
Further (Details of ^Sunday's
Bloody Alfroy.]
act prohibiting importation and immigration
of foreig lers under tabor contracts; the re
strict the ownership ]of real estate in the
Territories to Ameriein citizens; for the
erection of a pnblio building at Charles
ton, S. 0.
The most important Honse bill of a pri
vate character that became a law was tho
Fitz-Jobn Porter bill.
Forty House joint resolutions becime
taws, the principal cnee being as follows:
For tbe settlement of the accounts of the
51 Mile Ilsilrpad Companv; to authorize the
President to protect American fishing anil
trading vessels and American fishermen In
Canadian waters, (Sensto retaliation bill);
antborizingthe investigation of tbo books
and meth- da of aooount ot tbe Pecifio rail-
road companies.
Of tbe total number of bills which passed
the Senate, 320 became taws. Including ISO
of • pnblio and 205 of a strictly private na
ture. Tbe following is a list of the more
important Sonata bills placed on tbe stat
ute books by the present Congress: The
Presidential snooeeaion bill, devolving the
heirship to the Presidency npon members
of the cabinet in the event of a vacancv in
tha office of President and Vieo-
Preoident; tha Cnllom-Rcagan bill to
regulate inter-State commerce; for the re
demption and recoinage of the trade dollar;
the eleotonl count biif; for the allotment
of lands in severalty to Indians ami extend
ing tbs protection of the laws to Indians on
various reservations; to repeal the tenureof
office act;,to increase the aurnial appropria
tion for Ihe militia; to eatablish agricul
tural experiment stations; fur ths study ol
the effects of narcotics in s hoois (public)
to ltgalizs tbe incorporation ot trad
unions; authorizing tno trounuUiion
weather reports tbrongb the m*il» free
postage; to indemnify OUoase for losses
at:-twinad by the Rock Springs. Wyoming,
riots; for the erection of pnbiic buildings,
as follows: Aucnita, Ga , iluntavdle, Ala.
Jacksonville, Fla.
In th* ' .r** cf c'.tuha. «etk lac?*, «j,i
blwd. hJ drup^fjl'
r AR FOR A COUNTY SEAT.
Denver, March 4.—A Wallace, Kan., spe
cial to tho News, dated yesterday, h«jh:
Tho situation in tho Coronado-Lsoti war re
mains unchanged. Both towns aro sur
rounded by a BtroDg cordon of aimed men,
who permit no ono to enter. Tho men ia
both towns sloep with their guns, and after
admission tho stranger finds a Winchester
at every turn. They tumid in the doorways
and merchant8'bring their guna to wait on
customers. Men patrol the streets all day
And night. Tho country surrounding is m*
excited as tho towns and about equally di
vided. Toe Ooronado sympathizers are for
tho most part in town, with their ammuni
tion and guns. A Ooronado man said to
day that within an hour 600 men could be
recruited in that town ready to defend it
ith their At Looti tho cry is for
revenge. The citizens are as excited as
they wero on tho day following tho shoot-
iiip\ and they arc unanimous in their deter
mination to sack Coronado at tho first op
portunity.
This will probably bo offorod Thursday,
when tho coanty dictions occurs. Imme
diately after tho shooting Sunday some men
from Leoti came to Wallace and secured all
tho guns and ammunition they could get,
and ‘roprcBontativos from Coronado paid a
similar visit to Garden City, so that both
tuwi 3 'ir.iw.lt (quipped tor war, which
everyone believes will oocur beforo tho
thing is settled. Tbo population of Loote,
which has been increased by their county
cohorts, is looked to for tho first move, aud
the Corrnado men will act on tho dofon-
sivo. Kichtown has plans, bnt they are
in too chaotio a state for a logical forecast
of probable results.
hinco .Sunday there have boon no hostile
actions beyond the harmless firing of
gnns at Leoti. Whisky and beer
aro freely imbibed and will bo
at tho bottom of further trouble should
there be Any. The county sheriff, John
K 1 wards, who is u L ">ti imm, will not ut-
empft to arrest anybody, as ho knows suoh
effort wonld ooBt his lifo. Ho has twelve
warrants, bnt unless tho State authorities
lend the assistancenf Aoonnloof companies
of militia they will nover be served. Even
then tho Coronado men say that not a man
will be taken nlivo. Tho particulars of .Sun
day's row show that whatever ill feeling
may bo at tho bottom of it, it was
brought on by n drunken spree
of threo Leoti men namod Contler,
Itiynes and Watkins, who wound up a
day’s carouse by rousing out of bed a drug-
gi*t who was sick, and whom they cr>m-
pt iied to dancu by shooting at bin tecs. The
protent of tbo druggist's friends waa re-
Hontcd by Contlri * iricndH, who began to
shoot to kill. This b. ought upon them tho
concentrated fire of th*? Coronado men, and
Contler, Kiyncs and Watkins were riddled
with bullets. Contler h&d during his IamI
hours been reinforced by a few friends,
some of whom wore hurt, and their shots
inflicted considerable damage on the Coro
nado party. l-’«» ir men an* dead, throe se-
riou-dy wounded, p.-rhapH fatally, aud no
account Is taken of any hurt less than to
tal disability. A second occurr&nco has in-
oroasod tho bitternoas of feeling. Two Leoti
men wont to Coronado on busings, and
they wero fired upon by pickets. One had
his arm broken aud the other’s horse was
killed and bis but riddled with bullets.
Further trouble may occur at any time, and
it seems reasonably certain to happen
Thursday, unless the militia nro sent to
keep order at tbe election.
FIGHTING OX THE LORDKK.
An Incident tliat May l.<*u<l to Serious
Trouble willi Mexico.
San Francisco, March 3 —A special from
Nogales, ArizjDo, to tbe ISnUetln says: bast
night Deputy Sheriff Jas. Speed haw Lieu
tenant Guttarey with four armed soldiera,
crooning the bridge over a mu*11 dry creek
into the United States. He immediately
called on Lieutenant Little and Dr. Ptrdr
to go with him and see why tho arxnod hoI-
diors ahould enter tho United Staten. On
arriving in front of the American
custom liou*e, the Lieutenant of tbo Mexi
can troops stopped in front of
Little, and covering him with a revolver
demanded tho release of a Mexican named
IUeman, whom be supposed the United
States authorities were holding an jiriso.ie
Little said: *T have no prisoners, and im
mediately snatched tho six shooter out of
tbe lieutenant’s hand and placed him nnder
arrest. The Americans then started for the
main street of tho town. Tho lieutenant
called on some other Mtxican soldiers con
cealed in the Dry creek to release
him. They imundiately con
fronted the Americans and one
of them covered Little with a rifle and
dreaded the release of the Lieutenant. Fir
ing then began betweon tho throe officers
and the -cldiea. The letter re
treated ucross the International into Mexico,
the American officers following and shoot
ing until their weapons wtfu empty. By
this time tho Ametican population was
aroused, and every man who could
prepared himself, expecting au attack
every moment from the M»x can gold -rn.
News was brought that one of tho Mexican
soldiers was mortally injured. It h muiud
that tha cause of armed men being sent into
the United States was to compel an Amer
ican woman to go homo with Culonel Ar-
viza. Sho bad been living with him, but
refused any longer to do ao, which enraged
the ColoneL
Acting United States Consul Grcz.dos
has tiken tho matter in hand, end this
morning made a demand upon tbe Mexican
authorities for Lieutenant Gotterez. More
t rouble is 1 )oked f*.r to-hud.t, us it
it «-xp til tlmt <\,!. 1 Arv:/’i will
seek revenge. Governor Joncn bus
been advised of tbe situation, and will prob
ably arrive here to-morrow morning, (len-
eral Miles has been requested by the United
States Attorney at Tucion to xeml troops
heru iti.rii* •li.it'-ly. The cq>*.iiu of tbe horie
gn »r l- it f'ritt. n b.u h.n t «*-n r* qnested to
forw trd all available arms and a thonnun 1
rounds of ammunition.
Cotton Horned.
New Oei.kjLXs, March ♦>.- A 8p*cial to the
Picayune ttjiu Vi Imbnrg h»vh: Whiles
freight train on the Louisville, New Origans
and Texas railroad wan going *on?h through
a tunnel to-n ght, two car loads of cotton
caught fir-, and about one hundred bales
were burned.