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V I 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.