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Serial set 2682	Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of December 21, 1889, a list of judicial officers retired on pay since March 31, 1888. January 6, 1890. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting in response to Senate resolution of December 5, 1889, report on the boundary line between the states of Iowa and Nebraska. January 6, 1890. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed, and also to be printed in the record. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in response to Senate resolution of December 19, 1889, relative to the legal status of the Indians and lands in Indian Territory. January 6, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Navy-yard, Washington. History from organization 1799 to present date by Henry B. Hibben, A.M., chaplain, U.S. Navy. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the Secretary of State relative to the claim of Mrs. George Pauls. January 7, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Bureau of Animal Industry. Letter of the Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting the report of the operations of the Bureau of Animal Industry for the year 1889. January 8, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Attorney General, in response to Senate resolution of January 8, 1890, relative to the case W.W. Dudley. January 9, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the second annual report of the Commissioner of Schools for Utah. January 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to the resolution of the Senate of December 16, 1889, a statement showing the stations and annual salaries of all officers, men, and employes in the Signal Service, etc. January 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter of the Secretary of State relative to proposed buildings for legation at Bangkok, Siam. January 14, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to the resolution of the Senate of December 21, 1889, a list of officers of the Army who have been placed on the retired list since March 31, 1888, etc. January 14, 1890. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in response to the resolution of the Senate of December 21, 1889, in regard to the withholding of patents for lands within the limits of the grant to the Union Pacific Railway Company, etc. January 15, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to the resolution of the Senate of the 13th instant, a copy of the recent report of the Solicitor of the Treasury relative to the administration of immigration laws at the port of New York. January 15, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Immigration and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to the resolution of the Senate of December 17, 1889, copies of certain reports on the settlement of Oklahoma, etc. January 15, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to the resolution of the Senate of December 19, 1889, a report of the Third Auditor relative to the Indian war claims of the State of California. January 15, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the Secretary of State relative to the claim of the Government of Sweden and Norway for lower rate of tonnage dues under the acts of 1884 and 1886. January 16, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in compliance with Senate resolution of January 27, 1890, the report of the so-called Policy Board. January 29, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in pursuance of law a report relative to certain papers in the files of the Department not needed in the transaction of business, and of no permanent value. January 29, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting copies of papers relating to certain transcripts of important manuscripts in Europe which relate to the Revolutionary epoch, and recommending the purchase of the said transcripts. February 4, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an abstract of the militia force of the United States. February 4, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the report of the Government Directors of the Union Pacific Railway Company for 1889. February 6, 1890. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the President's Message Transmitting the Report of the Pacific Railway Commission and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the report of the Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua for 1889. February 6, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting in response to the resolution of January 29, a statement showing the amount of Indian trust funds invested in state bonds which have not been paid at maturity, etc. F ruary [i.e., February] 10, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting reports to the proposed division of the Great Sioux Reservation, and recommending certain legislation. February 10, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to the resolution of the 5th instant, a report on the improvements of the entrance of Yaquina Bay, Oregon. February 10, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to a resolution of the 29th ultimo, a letter from the Chief of Engineers with a report in regard to the Aqueduct Bridge over the Potomac River, etc. February 11, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report relative to the preservation of the forests on the public domain. January 20, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of January 13, 1890, report relative to withdrawal of troops from Fort Klamath, Oregon. January 23, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of January 13, 1890, report relative to the military telegraph line between Ashland and Fort Klamath, Oregon. January 23, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting in response to Senate resolution of January 8, 1890, report of the Secretary of State relative to the execution of laws concerning the Chinese. January 27, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Attorney General transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of January 21, 1890, report upon the damage caused by dams on the Fox and Wisconsin rivers. January 28, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to the resolution of the 20th instant, a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs relative to the Indians of the La Pointe Agency, in Wisconsin. January 27, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter of the Secretary of War and reports touching the Apache Indians at Governor's Island. January 20, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to the resolution of the 13th instant, a report from Maj. William Ludlow, Corps of Engineers, upon the condition of the harbor at Grand Haven, Mich. January 27, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.	34
Serial set 2683	Protocols of proceedings of the International Marine Conference held in Washington, D.C., United States of America, October 16 to December 31, 1889. Volume I.	1
Serial set 2684	Protocols of proceedings of the International Marine Conference held in Washington, D.C., United States of America, October 16 to December 31, 1889. Volume II.	1
Serial set 2685	Trade and transportation between the United States and Latin America, by William Eleroy Curtis, Executive Officer, International American Conference. Report on extradition, prepared by the Third Assistant Secretary of State for the use of the International American Conference. February 13, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. The modern lighthouse service, by Arnold Burges Johnson, Chief Clerk, United States Lighthouse Board. Sundry reports on weights and measures, patent laws, trade-marks, copy-right, a uniform system of customs regulations, and a circular of the Peace Union of Philadelphia, prepared for the use of the International American Conference. February 13, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Reports on the sanitation of ships and quarantine, prepared by the Supervising Surgeon-General, U.S. Marine Hospital Service, for the use of the International American Conference. February 13, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Epidemic Diseases and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting, in compliance with law, sundry communications from commercial organizations of the United States, with reference to subjects considered by the International American Conference. February 13, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.	6
Serial set 2686	Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting in response to Senate resolution of March 11, 1890, correspondence regarding the Apache Indians. March 20, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a further report upon the subject of war claims of the State of California, called for by Senate resolution of December 19, 1889. May 10, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. May 17. -- Ordered to be printed. May 19, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to a resolution of the 3d instant, a report from the Director of the Mint, and other information in regard to the movement of gold and silver coin, bank-notes and other currency, and exports and imports of merchandise, etc. May 7, 1890. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office relative to the abandonment of military reservations. February 28, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter of the Secretary of the Interior with estimates for appropriations for the expenses of the office of Surveyor General of South Dakota. May 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Attorney General, in further response to Senate resolution of January 21, 1890, relative to the pay due certain commissioners. April 8, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting correspondence relative to providing against the sale of intoxicants to Canadian Indians. April 19, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of March 24, 1890, reports on tests made with a new method of firing shells. March 27, 1890. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of March 24, 1890, report upon a certain obstruction in the Columbia River. April 12, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to a resolution of the 28th ultimo, a copy of a report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office in regard to the mineral lands of Alabama. March 10, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report relative to the purchase and release of the surplus lands in the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation. February 19, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to a resolution of the 4th instant, a letter from the Adjutant General, with copies of correspondence on file in his office, relating to affairs at Guthrie and Oklahoma City, Ind. T. February 26, 1890. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to a resolution of the 30th ultimo, a letter from the Chief of Engineers, with a report from Capt. William M. Black, Corps of Engineers, relative to the improvements on the St. John's River, Florida. February 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a bill to amend Section 2399 of the Revised Statutes, relative to the survey and sale of public lands. February 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Postmaster General, in response to a resolution submitting an estimate of the cost of extending the free-delivery system. February 17, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter of the Secretary of the Interior relative to certain legislation in behalf of Indians of various reservations. February 17, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of March 10, 1890, the compilation concerning the legal status of the Indians in Indian Territory. March 12, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter of the Sixth Auditor, and requesting an appropriation to meet the requirements of his office. March 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in response to Senate resolution of March 10, relative to the cause of withholding patents for lands within the grant of the Union Pacific Railroad Company. March 14, 1890. -- Laid upon the table. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimate of an appropriation additional to the District of Columbia appropriation bill. March 20, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, suggesting certain amendments to House Bill No. 8391, relating to fortifications and other works of defense. April 7, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of March 7, 1890, relative to the separation of the wagon road from the railroad on the north side of the main channel of the Potomac. April 7, 1890. -- Referred to the Select Committee To Investigate Condition of Potomac River Front of Washington and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of March 31, information relative to the need of additional pension agencies. April 8, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in compliance with Senate resolution of March 24, 1890, report on tests made at Newport and Annapolis of a new method of firing shells. April 5, 1890. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the draught of a bill, with copy of accompanying letter from the Acting Superintendent of Census, providing for the free registration of official mail matter by census officers. May 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on the Census and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter of the Secretary of the Interior and documents relative to the condition of the Northern Cheyenne Indians. May 14, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of March 28, 1890, statement of arrivals of Chinese at the port of San Francisco. April 8, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Immigration and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter of the Secretary of State asking an appropriation to meet the expenses of the International Marine Conference. March 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of March 3, 1890, a report relative to the membership of the Sac and Fox Indians. March 14, 1890. -- Laid upon the table. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the Secretary of State relative to the discriminating duty on foreign works of art. March 31, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to a roadway to national cemetery at Hampton. April 1, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the public building at Bridgeport, Conn. April 9, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of April 2, 1890, reports and papers in the case of Joseph H. Maddox. April 9, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of Department letter of February 28, 1889, recommending the payment of a claim of Daniel J. Snow for $808.80. April 11, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to a resolution of the 15th inst. in regard to the transit of Chinese through the United States. April 21, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Immigration and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of March 25, 1890, correspondence relative to the La Abra Silver Mining Company. April 21, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending an appropriation of $25,000 to pay for certain proposed alterations in the post office, court house, etc., at Syracuse, N.Y. March 4, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of December 19, 1889, a report upon certain alleged organizations among naval officers not authorized by the Navy Department. March 19, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of January 28, 1890, reports relative to the treatment of certain Apache Indians. March 17, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of March 11, 1890, report in relation to authorizing a lottery company by the Creek Nation. March 18, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriations to meet judgments against the District of Columbia. March 18, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of March 29, 1890, reports bearing upon the proposed improvement of Grand River. April 17, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of April 15, 1890, Mr. Spalding's report on the management of the Pacific railways. April 23, 1890. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to a resolution of the 17th instant, papers relating to the public building at Springfield, Mo. April 20, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to a resolution, information in regard to the occupation of portions of the Crow Indian Reservation by white men, etc. April 24, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in further response to Senate resolution of March 24, 1890, a letter of Mr. Smolianinoff. April 25, 1890. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to a resolution of April 10, a report from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in regard to the Pottawatomie Indians. May 7, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of April 22, 1890, report upon the regulations of the Superintendent of the Census for taking the same. May 7, 1890. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of May 7, 1890, report upon the proposed transfer of the revenue marine. May 10, 1890. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations required under the provisions of the act of May 2, 1890, providing for a temporary government for the Territory of Oklahoma. May 13, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. In the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of February 24, 1890, report of proceedings in the court-martial of Dell P. Wild. February 28, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Attorney-General transmitting, in compliance with Senate resolution of February 4, 1890, a statement of expenditures in connection with certain operations of the circuit court of the United States for the Northern District of Florida. February 13, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to a resolution of the 13th instant, a letter from the Chief of Engineers, and a copy of a report of Lieut. Col. P.C. Hains, Corps of Engineers, relative to the improvement of the Shenandoah River. February 18, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting, in response to a resolution of the 20th instant, a copy of the report of John R. Mizell, United States marshal, with reference to the killing of W.B. Saunders, United States deputy marshal, at Quincy, Fla. February 24, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report relative to the compensation of Henry B. Carrington, a special agent for the sale of certain Indian lands. February 24, 1890. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report relative to the proposed removal of certain Indians in New Mexico. February 24, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the action of that department in endeavoring to secure a site for a public building in Buffalo, N.Y. February 19, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in response to Senate resolution of February 28, 1890, relative to the cost of a line-of-battle ship's cruise around the world. March 21, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of April 21, 1890, a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs relative to illegal occupation of the Capitan Grande and La Jolla reserves. May 13, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to a resolution of the Senate of the 13th January, 1890, reports in regard to the northern boundary of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. February 19, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report touching the necessity for additional buildings for the Chilocco School, Indian Territory. March 11, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in response to Senate resolution of March 25, 1890, relating to patents issued to Indians under the severalty act. April 1, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.	62
Serial set 2687	Climate of Nebraska, particularly in reference to the temperature and rainfall and their influence upon the agricultural interests of the state. Five appendices and twelve charts. May 7, 1890. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.	1
Serial set 2688	Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of May 14, a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, which contains a detailed statement as to the facts alleged by the Pillager Indians in relation to the non-fulfillment of the treaty of August 21, 1847. June 4, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the International American Conference on the extradition of criminals. July 16, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting letter of the Secretary of the Interior and reports relative to the proposed purchase of certain land by the Seminole Indians. May 22, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to resolution of May 26, reports relative to the alleged use of armed forces at Cedar Keys, Fla., to protect United States officials. June 6, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a draught of bill and reports relative to the proposed survey and sale of a certain tract of land in Monterey, Cal. May 19, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Report of the International American Conference relative to an intercontinental railway line. May 19, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting in response to resolution of July 2, 1890, a report of the number of pensioners on the roll of each agency, and the amount of money apportioned to each for clerk-hire. July 15, 1890. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter of the Secretary of State relative to the report of the International American Conference in favor of an international American bank. May 27, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, in response to resolution of May 28, 1890, relative to expediting work on the records of the rebellion. June 2, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter of the Secretary of State relative to certain recommendations of the International American Conference. June 2, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in response to resolution of May 3, 1890, relative to the appropriation for investigation as to the irrigation of arid lands. June 3, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, requesting an additional appropriation of $75,000 for improving Ellis Island, in New York Harbor, for immigration purposes. June 4, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill 1306, for the erection of a public building in Hudson, N.Y., with his objections thereto. June 4, 1890. -- Read, laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in response to resolution of May 14, 1890, relative to land patents retained in the General Land Office for more than one year after issuing. June 4, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to resolution of May 26, 1890, a report relative to the use made of the appropriation for the irrigation survey. June 4, 1890. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of May 19, a copy of the report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, dated the 23d ultimo, and of the letter referred to therein relating to land selections in Florida. June 5, 1890. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting two agreements concluded by the Cherokee Commission with the Citizen Band of Pottawatomie Indians and the Band of Absentee Shawnees for the cession of certain lands. July 16, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a resolution of the International American Conference for the erection of a tablet to commemorate the meeting of that body. July 16, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, recommending the amendment of the law relative to certain intruders upon Indian reservations. July 25, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to resolution of July 3, 1890, a letter of General Franklin relative to the manufacture of articles at the military home. July 22, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to a Senate resolution of July 3, 1890, certain papers giving names of corporations whose bonds and interest have at different times been guarantied by the Union Pacific Railway Company. July 26, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of judgment rendered by the Court of Claims in favor of Theodore Yates. July 26, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter of the Comptroller of the Currency relative to an appropriation to print the report of the condition of the national banks. July 26, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting letter of the Postmaster General in regard to the use of the mails by the Louisiana Lottery Company, and Exhibit A, history of the Post Office Department concerning lotteries. July 29, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting in response to Senate resolution of July 23, 1890, information touching the alleged arrest of A.J. Diaz in Cuba. July 30, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of the opinion of the First Comptroller in the claim of Daniel J. Snow for compensation for the collection of certain moneys on a judgment in favor of the United States. August 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation to re-imburse the owners of the tug-boat A.F. Walcott for damage sustained by collision with the U.S. tug Catalpa. Aug. 16, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to ordnance stores for the states of Washington and Maine. July 12, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of June 24, 1890, report relative to supposed claims and accounts in the Treasury Department of which the claimants are ignorant. July 12, 1890. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter of the Secretary of State with a report of the International American Conference relating to an international monetary conference. July 12, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter of the Secretary of State, with a report of the International American Conference on the subject of weights and measures. July 12, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the International American Conference relative to a proposed uniform system of port dues and consular fees. July 14, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the International American Conference touching a uniform code of international law. July 14, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter of the Second Comptroller of the Treasury asking for an increase of ten clerks, made necessary by the pension act of June 27, 1890. July 14, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. July 15, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War, submitting an estimate for an appropriation of $2,000 for a submarine cable between forts Hamilton and Wadsworth, New York Harbor. June 27, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in further response to resolution of December 21, 1889, relative to the withholding of patents for lands within the limits of the grant to the Union Pacific Railroad. June 28, 1890. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting in response to Senate resolution of June 12, 1890, reports and letters relative to the improvement of the harbor at Buffalo. June 18, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed, the letters only. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting an agreement between the Cherokee Commission and the Sac and Fox Indians in the Indian Territory. July 3, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a resolution of the International American Conference relative to celebrating the discovery of America. July 3, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Select Committee on the Quadro-Centennial, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter of the Secretary of State and reports of the International American Conference touching improved postal and cable communication between the United States and other American states. July 3, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting an agreement between the Cherokee Commission and the Iowa Indians in the Indian Territory. July 3, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the International Conference on the subject of international sanitary regulations. July 11, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Epidemic Diseases and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to resolution of July 10, reports of the Director of the Geological Survey and Commissioner of the General Land Office, relative to the selection of sites for reservoirs. July 31, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Chief of Engineers, together with a report and accompanying map from Lieut. Col. Peter C. Hains, Corps of Engineers, upon the practicability and probable cost of an avenue from Washington Monument to Soldiers' Home. August 2, 1890. -- Laid upon the table. August 4, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed, except the map. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the times of rendering accounts by disbursing officers of the government. August 4, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 4th instant, a copy of a report concerning the accident to the lock at the Sault Ste. Marie. August 5, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of July 26, 1890, a report as to the advisability of utilizing the fishing battery light station, on the Susquehanna River, as a station for propagating fish. August 5, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Fisheries and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the 16th ultimo, information in relation to the loading, bonding, etc., of railroad cars in Canada for transit in bond to American ports. Aug. 6, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate Commerce and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Governor of the Territory of Oklahoma, urging relief for settlers in that territory on account of drought. August 8, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate from the Secretary of the Interior for an appropriation of $5,000 for protection and improvement of Hot Springs, Ark. August 13, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations required for the various departments of the government for the year ended June 30, 1890, and for postal service payable from postal revenues. August 15, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of 11th instant, schedule of claims allowed by Treasury officers under appropriations the balances of which have been exhausted or carried to the surplus fund. August 15, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of the Surveyor General of New Mexico on private land claim known as the Rito de los Frijoles Grant, No. 133. August 15, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the 6th instant, a statement showing the names of all officers in the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps on the retired list and who are drawing pensions. August 15, 1890. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of July 26, 1890, correspondence touching the efforts made to secure a modification of the decree of the French government prohibiting the importation into France of American pork and kindred American products. August 15, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the 1st instant, a list of unappealed awards and judgments for flowage damages caused by the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers. August 11, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of a preliminary report of Col. O.M. Poe, Corps of Engineers, concerning the accident to the lock at Sault Ste. Marie. August 12, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with supplemental estimates for salaries and expenses of agents and surveyors, fees and expenses of gaugers, salaries of store-keepers, and miscellaneous expenses. May 19, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to a resolution of the 12th instant, information in regard to the condemnation of land for a zoological park in the District of Columbia. May 21, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of the Interior with supplemental estimates for "Salaries, Indian Office." May 29, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the First Comptroller of the Treasury recommending the employment of additional clerks in his office. May 29, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Chief of Engineers relating to work at North Point and on Anastasia Island, in the harbor of St. Augustine, Fla., in response to Senate resolution of May 16. May 29, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to a resolution of May 14, 1890, information in regard to the alleged non-fulfillment of the treaty with the Chippewa Indians. May 29, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics relative to an increase in the appropriation for collecting statistics relating to commerce. May 26, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, with other papers, suggesting an amendment to the river and harbor bill, with reference to the sale of certain government lands along the Muskingum River after the completion of improvements thereon. June 6, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs relative to certain sums of money appropriated by the Cherokee Nation in violation of treaty obligations. June 7, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copies of communications received from the First and Fourth Auditors of the Treasury and from the Assistant Treasurer of the United States at Cincinnati, Ohio, requesting that additional force be provided for the prompt disposal of the business of their respective offices, etc. June 10, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of the Interior submitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for salaries, General Land Office, and for rent of buildings for additional force, etc. June 10, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting letter of Chief of Engineers, together with report of engineer in charge of improvements of Patapsco River, in response to resolution of the Senate of June 4, 1890. June 11, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, requesting an additional appropriation of $110,000 to provide for heating apparatus, approaches, and elevators for the United States customhouse and post office at Pittsburgh, Pa. June 13, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of State, with inclosure, respecting the needs of the United States and Venezuelan Claims Commission in the way of clerical assistance. June 13, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter of the Secretary of the Interior relative to the destruction by fires of timber on the public lands. June 17, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of the Interior submitting an estimate for an additional force for the Pension Office. June 17, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in response to Senate resolution of June 16, 1890, relative to negotiations for the purchase of certain lands in Indian Territory. June 18, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter of the Secretary of the Interior, with estimate of appropriation for the appraisement of the Port Angeles town-site reservation. June 19, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 1762, to change the boundaries of the Uncompahgre Reservation, with his objections thereto. June 19, 1890. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter of the Secretary of State relative to proposed reciprocal commercial treaties between the United States and the other American republics. June 19, 1890. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter of the Secretary of the Interior with estimates of appropriations for new land offices. June 20, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter of the Secretary of the Interior, with additional estimate of appropriation for contingent expenses of the Interior Department. June 20, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a letter of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, relative to a proposed change of law regarding the accounts of disbursing officers. June 20, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter of the Chief of Bureau and Engraving, recommending the enlargement of the building occupied by the Bureau. June 20, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and grounds and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting in response to resolution of June 17, 1890, reports relative to the work on the improvement of the entrance to the St. John's River, Florida. June 20, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Attorney General, in response to a resolution of the 2d instant, with reference to the practice of the United States courts at Fort Smith, Ark., and Paris, Tex., in the appointment of commissioners for the investigation of offenses committed in the Indian Territory. June 23, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior submitting an estimate of appropriation to re-imburse the Chickasaw Nation. June 23, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting estimates for additional appropriations for Howard University. June 24, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to claims presented on account of Indian depredations. June 24, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting correspondence and reports relative to the adjustment of claims under Mexican grants to lands in Arizona and New Mexico. July 2, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the International American Conference concerning patents, trademarks, and copyrights. July 11, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draft of a bill providing for the attendance of witnesses before town-site trustees in Oklahoma. July 30, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the necessity for additional clerical force in the office of the First Comptroller. July 18, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting in response to a Senate resolution, July 14, 1890, a report of special agents who were instructed to investigate the manner in which sugars are classified. July 19, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to resolution of June 30, 1890, information relative to the work in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. July 10, 1890. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed, and to be printed in the Congressional Record. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Chief of Engineers relating to completion of the tunnel between the two reservoirs in the District of Columbia. June 14, 1890. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.	93
Serial set 2689	Letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting a report on the preliminary investigation to determine the proper location of artesian wells within the area of the ninety-seventh meridian and east of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. August 21, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Postmaster General, in response to a resolution of September 20, 1890, relative to alleged records of the late Confederate government, valuable in connection with certain mail-contractors' claims. September 30, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 3830, to prohibit book-making in the District of Columbia for the purpose of gaming, with his objections thereto. October 1, 1890. -- Read and laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to resolution of September 17, 1890, report relative to the claim of Thomas T. Collins. October 1, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the 6th instant, a report of Lieut. Col. P.C. Hains, concerning the bridge over the eastern branch of the Potomac River at the foot of Pennsylvania Avenue. August 18, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations required by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to complete the service of the fiscal year ended June 30, 1890, amounting to $8,586.06. August 16, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in answer to the resolution of the 13th instant a list of claims of naval officers allowed and certified in accordance with decisions of the Supreme Court. August 16, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the 6th June, 1890, a report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs respecting intruders into the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations. August 18, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting draught of a bill for the sale, etc., of lands of the Flathead Indians in Montana. August 22, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting in response to a resolution of September 11, 1890, report relative to the claims of settlers antagonized by the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. October 1, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed, and also to be printed in the record. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, in response to a resolution of September 22, 1890, relative to differences in test and classification of sugars at the ports of New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. September 24, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a statement of the disbursements for the expenses of the International American Conference. September 29, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to a resolution of September 29, 1890, the last report of the Government Directors of the Union Pacific Railroad Company. September 30, 1890. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Pacific Railroads and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 1857, "For the Relief of Charles P. Chouteau," with his objections thereto. October 1, 1890. -- Read, laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, returning Senate Bill No. 473 "For the Relief of the Portland Company," with his objections thereto. October 1, 1890. -- Read, laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draught of a joint resolution authorizing the transfer of certain appropriations for the Indian service on the books of the Treasury. August 30, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting reports adopted by the conference of American nations recently in session at Washington relating to the subject of international arbitration. September 3, 1890. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 11th ultimo, correspondence with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs concerning the award of contract for the supply of blankets for the Indian service for the year 1889. September 5, 1890. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting in response to Senate resolution of July 16, 1890, information relative to the Geological Survey. September 11, 1890. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of June 28, 1890, a list of Spanish and Mexican private land claims pending before his department. August 19, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed without accompanying documents. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to a resolution of August 16, 1890, a report relative to alleged cutting of timber on the grounds of the Soldiers' Home at Leavenworth, Kans. September 15, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, in response to the resolution of September 18, 1890, relative to the method of payment for silver bullion. September 19, 1890. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.	22
Serial set 2690	Minutes of the International American Conference.	1
Serial set 2691	International American Conference. Reports of committees and discussions thereon. Volume I.	1
Serial set 2692	International American Conference. Reports of committees and discussions thereon. Volume II.	1
Serial set 2693	International American Conference. Reports of committees and discussions thereon. Volume III. Excursion appendix. Narrative of the tour of the delegates through the United States; together with descriptions of places visited, and reports of addresses delivered.	1
Serial set 2694	Conferencia Internacional Americana. Dictamenes de las comisiones permanentes y debates a que dieron lugar. Tomo I.	1
Serial set 2695	Conferencia Internacional Americana. Dictamenes de las comisiones permanentes y debates a que dieron lugar. Tomo II.	1
Serial set 2696	Conferencia Internacional Americana. Dictamenes de las comisiones permanentes y debates a que dieron lugar. Tomo III. La excursion.	1
Serial set 2697	In the Senate of the United States. December 4, 1889. -- Presented, referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Communication from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, transmitting a report on the cost of gas and electric lighting for municipal purposes in the District of Columbia. In the Senate of the United States. December 2, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hoar submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Senate proceed to ascertain the classes to which the senators from North Dakota, South Dakota, and Washington shall be assigned... In the Senate of the United States. December 2, 1889. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Aldrich, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following concurrent resolution: Resolved by the Senate of the United States (the House of Representatives concurring), that the Committee on Rules of the Senate and the Committee on Rules of the House of Representatives are hereby constituted a joint select committee... In the Senate of the United States. December 2, 1889. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Aldrich, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution: Resolved, that a select committee of nine senators be appointed, to be called the Quadro Centennial Committee, to whom shall be referred all matters connected with the proposed celebration of the four-hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America. In the Senate of the United States. Annual report of Anson G. McCook, Secretary of the United States Senate, showing the receipts and expenditures of the Senate from July 1, 1888, to June 30, 1889. December 4, 1889. -- Presented, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. In the Senate of the United States. December 4, 1889. -- Presented, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Communication from the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of findings of fact filed in the case of A. Webster Shaffer vs. the United States. In the Senate of the United States. Dec. 4, 1889. -- Presented, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Annual report of Anson G. McCook, Secretary of the United States Senate, showing the property of the United States in his possession on the second day of December, 1889. In the Senate of the United States. December 4, 1889. -- Presented, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Communication from the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, transmitting a report on the construction of the building for the Library of Congress. In the Senate of the United States. December 4, 1889. -- Presented, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Communication from the Court of Claims, transmitting findings of fact filed by said court in the case of George Brown vs. the United States. In the Senate of the United States. December 4, 1889. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Manderson submitted the following resolution: Whereas by the act approved April 19, 1864 (13 Stats. at L., p. 47), entitled "An Act To Enable the People of Nebraska to Form a Constitution and State Government..." In the Senate of the United States. December 4, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Vest submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the President of the United States is hereby requested to transmit to the Senate copies of all letters or communications... in regard to fees exacted by or paid to the consular officers of the United States in Great Britain... In the Senate of the United States. December 4, 1889. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Call submitted the following resolution: Whereas the Secretary of the Interior in a communication to the Senate in 1885 stated that, at an estimated number, there were between two and three thousand contests and homestead cases in the State of Florida, alleging unlawful selections of the land covered by their homesteads under alleged railroad and swamp-land grants... Fifty-first Congress. (First session.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress, by W.H. Michael, clerk of printing records. First edition. Corrected to December 5, 1889.	13
Serial set 2698	In the Senate of the United States. December 5, 1889. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Voorhees submitted the following resolution: Whereas the only power conferred on Congress to impose taxes on the American people is to be found in the eighth section of the first article of the Constitution, wherein... In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Squire, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Washington relative to the construction of a railway through the Puyallup Indian Reservation. In the Senate of the United States. March 31, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, presented the following: Letter of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in relation to a building for the accommodation of the National Museum. In the Senate of the United States. March 17, 1890. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Voorhees submitted the following resolution: Whereas the deep and wide-spread depression and decay of the agricultural interests of the American people... In the Senate of the United States. April 9, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Sherman, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. (To accompany Mr. Sherman's amendment to the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill.) Letter of the Secretary of State in relation to the necessity of an immediate outlay of the United States legation premises at Siam. In the Senate of the United States. June 7, 1890. -- Presented, referred to the Committee on Interstate Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Interstate Commerce Commission, submitting report on the subject of transportation rates on food products, in response to Senate resolution of February 19, 1890. In the Senate of the United States. April 12, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Gibson, referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Resolution adopted at a meeting of a board of directors of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange protesting against the passage of the Butterworth bill, prohibiting the sale of articles for future delivery. In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Allen, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Washington in relation to certain lands withheld from entry and settlement by reason of withdrawal by the Secretary of the Interior for the benefit of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. In the Senate of the United States. March 25, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Gorman, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 66.) Papers relative to the conferring upon Commander Dennis W. Mullan, U.S. Navy, by the Government of Chili, a gold medal. In the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of State, relative to the acquisition of sufficient territory from Mexico on the Gulf of California for a deep-water harbor. March 26, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Sherman, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. April 23, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed. Mr. Gray submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to furnish the library of the Senate with fifty copies of Volume 20 of the Statutes of Large of the United States. In the Senate of the United States. April 23, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Sherman, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. (To accompany amendment to H.R. 9603.) Letter of the Secretary of State recommending that the American representative at Athens, Greece, be raised to the plenipotentiary mission at the rate of $7,500, and that he shall be assigned to the countries of Greece, Roumania, and Servia. In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Chandler submitted the following concurrent resolution: Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), that the Senate Committee on Immigration and the House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization be, and hereby are, authorized jointly to investigate the workings of the various laws of the United States... In the Senate of the United States. March 5, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Call submitted the following resolution: Whereas the Florida Central and Peninsula Railroad Company claims the right to sell the alternate section of land on the line of the railroad from Waldo to Tampa, Fla... In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Chandler, referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections, and ordered to be printed. Petition of citizens of Union Country, Ark., praying for legislation for the protection of voters in the southern states. In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1890. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Mitchell submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Finance, in the consideration of any House revenue bill relating to duties on imports, be, and they are hereby, directed to consider the advisability of increasing the duties on the product of foreign hops... In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Mr. Voorhees submitted the following resolution: Whereas Section 1963 of the Revised Statutes of the United States provides that when the lease heretofore made by the Secretary of the Treasury to the "Alaska Commercial Company" is surrendered... In the Senate of the United States. December 18, 1889. -- Presented, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Communication from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting the conclusions of fact and of law filed by said court in sundry spoliation cases... In the Senate of the United States. December 19, 1889. -- Presented, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Utah Commission as to the management of the Industrial Christian Home of Utah Territory. In the Senate of the United States. December 19, 1889. -- Presented, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Communication from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting the conclusions of law and of fact filed by said court in sundry spoliation cases. In the Senate of the United States. December 16, 1889. -- Presented, referred to the Committee on Fisheries, and ordered to be printed. Communication from the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, transmitting a statement of expenditures for propagation of food fishes during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1889. In the Senate of the United States. December 16, 1889. -- Presented, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Communication from the Court of Claims transmitting the conclusions of fact and of law filed by said court in sundry spoliation claims, under the act approved January 20, 1885. Annual report of the Public Printer for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1889. December 16, 1889. -- Presented, referred to the Committee on Printing, and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. December 16, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the President be, and he is hereby, respectfully requested, if not incompatible with the public interests, to transmit to the Senate copies of all diplomatic correspondence between the United States and the Empire of China... In the Senate of the United States. January 6, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Platt, referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed. Constitution adopted by a constitutional convention held at Boise City, in the Territory of Idaho, August 6, 1889. In the Senate of the United States. January 6, 1890. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Plumb submitted the following resolution: Whereas the Secretary of the Treasury has by public advertisement invited bids for leasing the islands of St. Paul and St. George, in the Territory of Alaska, for a period of twenty years... In the Senate of the United States. January 6, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Mr. Call submitted the following resolutions: Whereas there is reason to believe that the debt of the island of Cuba, such as consolidated by the decree of Her Majesty the Queen Regent of Spain, dated May 10, 1886, amounting to $124,000,000... In the Senate of the United States. January 7, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Voorhees submitted the following resolution: Whereas it is alleged in the public press without contradiction that on or about the 10th day of December, 1889, at Indianapolis, Ind., Smiley N. Chambers... In the Senate of the United States. January 8, 1890. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Call submitted the following resolution: Whereas the Commissioner of Public Lands states in his annual report to Congress as follows: In the report for 1888 (p.45) special mention was made of the frauds that had been perpetrated in regard to the claims of Florida under the swamp grant... In the Senate of the United States. January 13, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Cockrell, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 1927. Letter of Hon. W.S. Rosecrans in relation to Bill (S. 1927) to determine and settle final balances of accounts due to and from the United States government. In the Senate of the United States. January 13, 1890. -- Presented, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the conclusions of fact and of law of said court in certain spoliation claims. In the Senate of the United States. January 15, 1890. -- Presented, referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the President of the Brightwood Railway Company, of the District of Columbia, reporting the operations of said company to January 1, 1890. In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spooner, submitted the following resolution: Resolved, That the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds be, and it is hereby, instructed to consider the subject of affording at the Executive Mansion, by alteration... In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Platt, referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the heirs of D.B. Bonfoey praying payment to them of an amount found to be due the said D.B. Bonfoey in the settlement of his accounts as collector of internal revenue for the Fourth District of Texas. (To accompany S. 2375.). In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Allen, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Washington, in relation to the navigation of Gray's River and other tributaries of the Columbia River. In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Allen, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Washington, praying for the appointment of a commission to investigate certain losses sustained by settlers of Washington Territory during the years 1855 and 1856 by reason of Indian hostilities... In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Squire, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Washington praying for the removal of a bar in the Columbia River. In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Squire, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Washington praying for an appropriation for clearing Palouse River. In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Allen, referred to the Select Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Washington asking an appropriation of $50,000 for the purpose of testing the practicability of sinking artesian wells... In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Allen, referred to the Committee on Fisheries, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Washington asking that Congress donate to that state, for the purpose of establishing a fish hatchery, sections 11, 14, and 15, in township 36, range 37 east of the Willamette meridian, lying west of Columbia River. In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Allen, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Washington, praying that Maj. Gen. R.H. Milroy, in recognition of his gallantry as a volunteer officer, be placed on the retired list of the U.S. Army. In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Chandler submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Attorney General directed to transmit to the Senate the report recently made by United States Marshal John S. Burton, of the Northern District of Mississippi, concerning the maltreatment of Henry J. Fanz at Aberdeen, in said state. In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Turpie, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a convention held at Oklahoma City, November 29, 1889, praying for the passage of a law for the adjustment of contests growing out of settlements upon town sites in the Territory of Oklahoma. In the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of buildings rented by the various departments in the City of Washington, with the location of each, for what purpose used, and the annual rental paid. February 5, 1890. -- Reported by Mr. Morrill from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Dolph, and ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of the Board of Trade of Portland, Oregon, praying for an appropriation for the erection of a customhouse in that city. In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1890. -- Presented, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Board of Managers of the National Soldiers' Home, in response to Senate resolution of January 6, 1890, relative to the establishment of a hospital at Hot Springs, Ark., for disabled soldiers. In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Chandler, referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of William Patrick Henry, of Elbert County, Ga., praying an investigation into an alleged outrage perpetrated upon him at the late national election held in that state November 6, 1888. In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1889. -- Special Session. -- Submitted and referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. February 10, 1890. -- Reported by Mr. Evarts without amendment. Resolution: resolved, that it is competent for the Senate to elect a President pro-tempore, who shall hold the office during the pleasure of the Senate and until another is elected, and shall execute the duties thereof when the Vice-President is absent. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a general act, or conventional agreement, concluded and signed at Berlin on the 14th day of June, 1889, by the plenipotentiaries of the United States, Germany, and Great Britain, in regard to the neutrality and autonomous government of the Samoan Islands. January 7, 1890. -- Read; convention read the first time and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and, together with the message and accompanying papers, ordered to be printed in confidence for the use of the Senate. February 10, 1890. -- Ordered to be reprinted. In the Senate of the United States. February 11, 1890. -- Presented, referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections, and ordered to be printed. Headquarters, Executive Committee of the Citizens' Equal Rights Association of America... In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1890. -- Reported by Mr. Sherman and ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Letter from the Acting Secretary of State, transmitting a copy of a letter from the Navy Department communicating late advices of the political situation in Samoa. In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Manderson, referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions adopted at a meeting of the Real Estate Exchange and citizens of Lincoln, Nebr., held January 25, 1890, in relation to a new public building in that city. In the Senate of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the leasing of the rights to engage in taking fur seals from the islands of Saint Paul and Saint George. February 13, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed to accompany Bill S. 1969. In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Chandler submitted the following resolution: Resolved, That the Attorney-General be directed to transmit to the Senate any information in his possession with reference to the recent assassination, at Quincy, Fla., of W.B. Saunders, United States deputy marshal for the District of Florida. In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Cockrell and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Director of the Mint in relation to silver coinage. In the Senate of the United States. December 18, 1889. -- Reported, referred to the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hiscock, from the Select Committee on the Quadro-Centennial, reported the following resolution: Resolved, that the Select Committee on the Quadro-Centennial, or a sub-committee thereof, be... In the Senate of the United States. December 5, 1889. -- Presented, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Communication from the Court of Claims, transmitting the conclusions of fact and of law filed in the matter of the brig Juno, John Walker, master... In the Senate of the United States. December 5, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Mr. Stanford submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to examine all vouchers, accounts, papers, and evidence... submitted to him in support of the war claims of the State of California against the United States... In the Senate of the United States. December 9, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sherman submitted the following concurrent resolution: To invite international arbitration as to differences between nations... In the Senate of the United States. December 9, 1889. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Turpie submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the proposed penal enactments against trusts... In the Senate of the United States. December 10, 1889. -- Presented, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia transmitting in response to Senate resolution of the 5th instant, a list of names, date of employment, and rate of compensation of all persons now in the employ of said district who are not paid out of funds appropriated solely for the purpose of such employment. In the Senate of the United States. December 11, 1889. -- Presented by Mr. Chandler, referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, and ordered to be printed. (To accompany Bill S. 1085.) Petition of Albert D. Spalter, heir of Lieut. Moses Child, deceased, praying compensation for services rendered by said Moses Child in the Revolutionary War. In the Senate of the United States. December 11, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Communication from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, transmitting additional report, in reply to Senate resolution of February 5, 1889, in regard to exclusion of persons from charitable institutions in said district on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. In the Senate of the United States. December 16, 1889. -- Presented by Mr. Platt. Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the state constitutional convention of the Territory of Wyoming praying the admission of that territory as a state into the Union. In the Senate of the United States. December 16, 1889. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter of Commander Bradford,, U.S. Navy, and other papers, relative to the system of electric lighting now in use in the Senate wing of the Capitol. In the Senate of the United States. December 17, 1889. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Chandler submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Navy be directed to inform the Senate whether formal organizations, not expressly authorized by the Navy Department, exist among naval officers for purposes not merely literary or scientific... In the Senate of the United States. December 17, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Postmaster General be, and he is hereby, directed to transmit to the Senate an estimate of the increased cost required to extend the free delivery system... In the Senate of the United States. December 18, 1889. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Coke submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Attorney General be, and is hereby, directed to transmit to the Senate copies of all orders, instructions, directions, or advices given by letter, telegram, or otherwise to the marshal and the district attorney, or either of them, of the Northern District of California, touching or relating to the protection of the person of Justice Field... In the Senate of the United States. December 20, 1889. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed. Mr. Harris submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that hereafter when bills for the payment of private claims or granting private pensions are introduced in the Senate only one hundred copies shall be printed... In the Senate of the United States. December 20, 1889. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Plumb submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Interior be directed to report the cause of withholding patents for lands within the limits of the grant to the Union Pacific Railway Company... In the Senate of the United States. December 21, 1889. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Call submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Attorney General of the United States is hereby directed to report to the Senate the expenditures made by the circuit court of the United States for the Northern District of Florida... Report of the National Academy of Sciences for the year 1888. In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1890. -- Presented, referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Report of the President of the Georgetown Barge, Dock, Elevator and Railway Company, in compliance with section 5 of the act incorporating said company. In the Senate of the United States. January 20, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. McPherson, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Petition of the Board of Trade of Jersey City, N.J., indorsed by the Mayor and leading business men of said city, praying for the removal of the powder magazine from Ellis Island. In the Senate of the United States. January 20, 1890. -- Presented, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting the conclusions of fact and of law filed by said court in sundry spoliation claims. In the Senate of the United States. January 20, 1890. -- Presented, referred to the Committee on Fisheries, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries in relation to the erection of a fish hatchery in the State of Colorado. In the Senate of the United States. January 21, 1890. -- Presented, referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Letter of the President of the Eckington and Soldiers' Home Railway Company of the District of Columbia, transmitting a report of the names of stockholders... In the Senate of the United States. January 21, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Wolcott, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Albert Borcherdt, of Denver, Colo., in relation to the destruction of forests in the United States. In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Squire, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Washington relative to selection of lands granted to that state. In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Squire, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Washington praying for the relief of William Packwood. In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Squire, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of the Washington relative to the improvement of Nooksachk [sic] River. In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Squire, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Washington, praying for an appropriation of $100,000 for dredging Swinomish Channel. In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Allen, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Washington, praying for an appropriation of $50,000 for the improvement of the Nasel, Willapa, and North rivers, in the State of Washington. In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Squire, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Port Townsend, Wash., praying for the appointment of a commission to select a suitable position for a dry-dock on Port Townsend harbor. In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Hoar, referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions adopted at a mass-meeting held in Tremont Temple, Boston, Mass., January 9, 1890, praying for legislation to protect colored citizens in their rights. In the Senate of the United States. March 14, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Call submitted the following: I give notice that I shall move on tomorrow to amend and modify clause 2 of Rule XXXVIII as follows... In the Senate of the United States. March 20, 1890. -- Presented, referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the chief and delegates of the Cherokee Nation, remonstrating against the amendments of the House of Representatives to Bill (S. 895) proposing to organize a territorial government for Oklahoma which includes within the boundaries of said territory a portion of the Cherokee strip. In the Senate of the United States. April 7, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Squire, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Petition of citizens of Fairhaven, Washington, praying for legislation making that city a subport of entry. In the Senate of the United States. April 7, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Platt, referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of William C. Hazeldine in behalf of the committee appointed by the Constitutional Convention of New Mexico, to present the constitution framed by said convention to Congress, asking the passage of an enabling act for the admission of New Mexico under such constitution when ratified by the people. In the Senate of the United States. May 16, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stewart submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Select Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands be continued until otherwise ordered by the Senate. In the Senate of the United States. May 17, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Teller, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of the Denver Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade, the Denver Real Estate Exchange, and the Denver Produce Exchange, to the Congress of the United States, suggesting a means for equalizing gold and silver by legislation. In the Senate of the United States. May 22, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Call submitted the following resolution: Be it resolved by the Senate, that the President be, and he is hereby, requested to communicate to the Senate such information as may be in the possession of the Executive Department relating to the landing of an armed force from the United States revenue cutter McLane at Cedar Keys, Florida... In the Senate of the United States. May 22, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Sherman, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Committee of the National Convention of Wool Growers, held in the City of Washington, D.C., December 2 to 9, 1889, praying for full and adequate protection for the wool industry. In the Senate of the United States. May 24, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Plumb submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Finance Committee be directed to report to the Senate, in connection with House Bill No. 9416, commonly known as the tariff bill... In the Senate of the United States. June 2, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Platt, referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed. Petition of citizens of Utah Territory praying that the elective franchise in that territory may be restricted to those who give unqualified allegiance to the government of the United States. In the Senate of the United States. June 2, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Fisheries be, and it is hereby, instructed to make early inquiry into the administration of the affairs of the United States Fish Commissioners' Office, and especially in respect of the changes in the force, compensation paid to employes, and any alleged favoritism or other undue administration... In the Senate of the United States. June 4, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Gibson, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Committee of the Merchants' Exchange of St. Louis, Mo., praying necessary appropriations for continuing the work of improving the Mississippi River between St. Louis and New Orleans. In the Senate of the United States. March 10, 1890. -- Reported and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hoar, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, reported the following order: Ordered, That in all future editions of the Congressional Record the following words be stricken from the report of the remarks of Mr. Call, a senator from the State of Florida... In the Senate of the United States. March 10, 1890. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Stanford submitted the following resolution: Whereas, there is a stringency in money, and much consequent distress, the energies of the country being depressed, large portions of the farming communities heavily burdened and struggling for relief... In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Platt, referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the officers of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the District of Columbia, urging legislation for the prohibition of the liquor traffic in the District of Columbia. In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Gorman and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of War, transmitting papers relating to S. Res. No. 62. "authorizing the President of the United States to appoint a commission to examine and report on a national harbor of refuge near the mouth of Delaware Bay suitable for deep-draught vessels." In the Senate of the United States. March 29, 1890. -- Presented, referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 25th instant, a report of the inspector of buildings as to the steps taken to render fire-proof, as nearly as possible, the new eight-room school building in the District of Columbia. In the Senate of the United States. April 1, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hale submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that on and after Monday, April 7, 1890, the daily sessions of the Senate shall commence at twelve o'clock meridian, until otherwise ordered. In the Senate of the United States. April 2, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Sherman, referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. (To accompany S. 3359.) Petition of Mary A. Henry and other papers relating to Bill (S. 3359) to compensate the heirs of Prof. Joseph Henry for services rendered by said Henry as a member of the Lighthouse Board from October 9, 1852, to May 3, 1878. In the Senate of the United States. April 2, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Voorhees, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and, with accompanying papers, ordered to be printed. Memorial of Charles Forster, late United States Consul, in relation to the discontinuance of the United States consulate at Elberfeld, Germany. In the Senate of the United States. April 9, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Evarts, and ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Remonstrance of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, and of the New York Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, composed of 300 ministers and representing over 50,000 members, against the proposed enumeration of the Chinese. In the Senate of the United States. April 9, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Sherman, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of State transmitting dispatch No. 50, of August 17, 1889, from the United States minister at Paris in relation to the peace congress. In the Senate of the United States. April 10, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Morrill, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. (To accompany S. 3479.) Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a draught of a bill to provide for the issuing and recording of commissions in the Treasury Department. In the Senate of the United States. April 11, 1890. -- Presented, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of said court in the cause of John A. Lynch vs. The United States. In the Senate of the United States. April 21, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Plumb submitted the following concurrent resolution: Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to increase the Treasury purchases and coinage of silver bullion... In the Senate of the United States. March 19, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Berry, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Chickasaws relating to lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations west of the ninety-eighth meridian of west longitude, with accompanying statement. In the Senate of the United States. March 19, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Sherman, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Samuel Shy, of Wichita, Kans., praying the passage of a bill for the establishment of a bank and fiscal agent of the United States. In the Senate of the United States. March 26, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds submitted the following order: Ordered, That on and after Monday next, March 31, the daily sessions of the Senate shall commence at 11 o'clock a.m., until otherwise ordered. In the Senate of the United States. April 18, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Sherman, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the representatives meeting of westerly yearly meeting of the Society of Friends of southern and western Indiana, and the State of Illinois... In the Senate of the United States. April 16, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Voorhees, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of George Rhey, of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, praying for the repeal of the law providing for the coinage of gold and silver money, and suggesting other financial legislation. In the Senate of the United States. April 23, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Sherman, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. (To accompany amendment to H.R. No. 9603.) Letter of the Secretary of State recommending the advancement of the American legation in the Empire of Turkey to the grade of a second-class mission. In the Senate of the United States. April 23, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Sherman, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. (To accompany amendment to H.R. 9603.) Letter of the Secretary of State transmitting copies of dispatches from the United States legation at Copenhagen relative to the raising of the grade of the mission to that place. In the Senate of the United States. April 29, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Gibson, referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, and ordered to be printed. Protest of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange against the passage of the Butterworth bill defining "options" and "futures," and imposing special taxes on dealers therein. In the Senate of the United States. April 30, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Squire, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Washington, praying for an appropriation for the removal of obstructions between the bay of Port Townsend and Oak Bay, in that state. In the Senate of the United States. April 30, 1890. -- Reported and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dolph, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, reported the following concurrent resolution: (Requesting the President to negotiate with the governments of Great Britain and Mexico with a view to securing treaty stipulations for the prevention of entry into the United States of Chinese laborers from the Dominion of Canada and Mexico.)... In the Senate of the United States. May 2, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, directed to report to the Senate at his earliest convenience -- First, the total amount in value of gold coin and gold bullion, respectively, and the total amount in value of silver coin... In the Senate of the United States. May 7, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Gibson, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Mississippi River Improvement and Levee Convention, held at Vicksburg, Miss., April 30 and May 1, 1890, and resolution adopted by the Southern Press Association. In the Senate of the United States. May 7, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Walthall, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Letter of Col. M.B. Hewson in relation to the levee system on the Mississippi River. In the Senate of the United States. May 12, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Postmaster General be directed to send to the Senate papers and information as follows: First, copy of opinion of A.A. Freeman... In the Senate of the United States. May 12, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pettigrew submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and are hereby, directed to immediately furnish the Senate with a statement of the assessed value of the land per acre and the number of acres in each tract, that composes the proposed Rock Creek Park in the District of Columbia... In the Senate of the United States. May 29, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spooner submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Attorney-General be directed to give to the Senate any information in his possession with reference to the practice of the United States courts at Fort Smith, Ark., and at Paris, Tex., in the appointment of commissioners for the investigation of offenses committed in the Indian Territory... In the Senate of the United States. May 29, 1890. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Teller submitted the following concurrent resolution: Be it resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), that it is the determined policy of the United States government to use both gold and silver as full legal tender money under the ratio now existing in the United States... In the Senate of the United States. May 26, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Plumb, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. A communication of William L. Elseffer, C.E., on the anomalous high-water condition of the lower Mississippi River in February and March, 1890, caused by the jetty system of government works. In the Senate of the United States. May 27, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cullom submitted the following resolution: That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to inform the Senate under what authority merchandise in bond, appraised or unapprised, and goods of domestic origin are permitted to be forwarded between Atlantic and Pacific ports of the United States over the Canadian Pacific Railway... In the Senate of the United States. June 6, 1890. -- Presented, referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. Letter of Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting findings of fact filed by the Court of Claims in the case of George H. Plant v. the United States. In the Senate of the United States. June 9, 1890. -- Presented and ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia in response to Senate resolution of the 29th ultimo, calling for information in relation to a permit granted to the United States Electric Lighting Company to dig up Fourteenth Street from New York Avenue to R Street. In the Senate of the United States. June 9, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Teller and ordered to be printed. Monetary contraction and the present crisis. By Emile De Laveleye. In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1890. -- Reported by Mr. Morrill, and ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting reports in relation to Bill (S. 426), "To Determine and Settle Final Balances of Accounts Due to and from the United States Government, and for Other Purposes."... In the Senate of the United States. February 18, 1890. -- Mr. Coke, from the Committee on Commerce, presented the following papers, which were ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 2716. December 20, 1890. -- Mr. Coke introduced the following bill, which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. A Bill for the Improvement of the Bar and Harbor at Galveston, Texas... In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hoar submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Finance be instructed whenever a tariff bill shall be reported to the Senate, to incorporate in it a provision that in case any foreign country shall impose an export duty on pine, spruce, or hemlock saw-logs... In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Cullom, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial indorsed by numerous mercantile exchanges praying the establishment of a first-class bonded mail service for the term of five years, between Tampa, Fla., and Aspinwall, Central America. In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Chandler submitted the following resolution: Whereas, during the debate in the Senate on Thursday, February 20, 1890, upon the resolution directing the Attorney General to transmit to the Senate any information in his possession with reference to the recent assassination at Quincy, Fla., of W.B. Saunders, United States deputy marshal for the District of Florida, Wilkinson Call... In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Mitchell, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. (To accompany Bill S. 2828.) Letter of the Secretary of the Interior transmitting correspondence in relation to the ratification and confirmation of certain agreements between the United States and the Coeur D'Alene Indians in Idaho Territory. In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Chandler and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. February 24, 1890. -- Reported and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 2504. Memoranda relative to Bill (S. 2504) making an appropriation for the construction of Hall Automobile Torpedoes. In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Call, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Correspondence in relation to swamp or overflowed lands in the State of Florida. In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Cullom, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. (To accompany Bill S. 2792.) Memorial of John Cowdon, praying the passage of a law to make the Lake Borgne outlet, and to improve the low-water channel of the lower Mississippi River... In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Manderson, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Petition of George S. Fisher for re-imbursement for losses sustained by him while consul in Japan. In the Senate of the United States. April 8, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Call submitted the following resolution: Whereas the newspapers have published statements that Charles E. Swayne, judge of the district court of the United States for the Northern District of Florida, and Joseph Stripling, district attorney of the United States for said court, have prostituted the judicial powers of that court... In the Senate of the United States. April 23, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed. Mr. Chandler submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the following be adopted as a standing rule of the Senate... In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed. Mr. Butler submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, acting under the direction of the Committee on Rules, is hereby authorized to lease for the use of the Senate, for the term ending October 1, 1890, the building on New Jersey Avenue and B Street, known as the Maltby House... In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Squire, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Washington in relation to military wagon-road along the Straits of San Juan De Fuca. In the Senate of the United States. April 14, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Walthall, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of citizens of Vicksburg, Miss., praying for liberal appropriations for the Mississippi River Commission. In the Senate of the United States. April 24, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Morrill, referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and ordered to be printed. Communications received by the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds relative to a site for the city post office of Washington, D.C. In the Senate of the United States. December 17, 1889. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Manderson submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, instructed to inform the Senate what military reservations, or parts thereof, have been relinquished by the War Department...	149
Serial set 2699	Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1889.	1
Serial set 2700	In the Senate of the United States. June 16, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting findings filed by said court in the case of E.N. Fish & Co., and other causes... In the Senate of the United States. August 12, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Quay submitted the following resolutions: 1. Resolved, that during the present session of Congress the Senate will not take up for consideration any legislative business other than the pending bill, being Bill No. 9416, and general appropriation bills... In the Senate of the United States. September 20, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Harris submitted the following resolution. (Requiring the re-enrollment of Senate Bill No. 145, for the relief of the legal representative of Henry S. French.)... In the Senate of the United States. August 9, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hoar submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the rules of the Senate be amended by adding the following: When any bill or resolution shall have been under consideration for a reasonable time it shall be in order for any senator to demand that debate thereon be closed... Extraterritorial criminal jurisdiction and its effect on American citizens. A treatise by Adolph Hepner, editor of the "St. Louis Tageblatt." July 25, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. August 14, 1890. -- Reported and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. August 22, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Platt, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting reports relative to the destitution now existing in the Territory of Oklahoma. In the Senate of the United States. July 24, 1890. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Call submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Interstate Commerce be, and they are hereby, instructed to inquire and report to the Senate whether any arrangements have been made between the persons owning elevators and the transportation companies in any of the western states which will have the effect or which are intended to have the effect of preventing the storage of grain... In the Senate of the United States. August 8, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 1st instant, information in relation to the occupancy of certain parts of P, Q, and R streets, in the Trinidad subdivision of the district by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. In the Senate of the United States. July 23, 1890. - Presented by Mr. Sherman, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. (To accompany S. 3842, "To Reduce the Amount of United States Bonds to be Required of National Banks, and to Restore to the Channels of Trade the Excessive Accumulations of Lawful Money in the Treasury.")... Annual report of the Librarian of Congress, exhibiting the progress of the library during the calendar year 1889. In the Senate of the United States. July 16, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Turpie submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Postmaster-General be directed to send to the Senate a tabulated statement within the rule of law, published and referred to under the resolution of the Senate of April 10, last, in the case of the State of Illinois... In the Senate of the United States. July 17, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allison submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that during the remainder of the present session of Congress it shall be in order to move at any time that debate on any amendment or all amendments to any appropriation bill then before the Senate be limited to five minutes for each Senator... In the Senate of the United States. July 17, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Gibson submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to report upon the practicability and the probable cost of laying out and constructing an avenue for the accommodation, separated, of persons on foot, on horseback... In the Senate of the United States. July 26, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell submitted the following concurrent resolution: Whereas the United States would hail with approbation any reciprocal arrangement, by treaty or otherwise, between the government of the United States and that of any or all of the republics of South America... In the Senate of the United States. July 28, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mitchell submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Postmaster-General be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to make inquiry and investigation as to whether there are in existence in the hands of private parties any records of the late so-called Confederate government... In the Senate of the United States. July 29, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sherman submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that hereafter the hour of meeting of the Senate shall be 10 o'clock a.m., until otherwise ordered. In the Senate of the United States. July 30, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Plumb, from the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to House Bill 3711, submitted the following conference report... In the Senate of the United States. August 19, 1890. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. National prohibition of traffic in alcoholic liquors. In the Senate of the United States. August 19, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. Hoar to the resolution submitted by Mr. Quay, August 18, 1890. Amend the resolution by inserting after the words "the pending Bill (H.R. 9416)" the words: "the bill to amend and supplement the election laws of the United States (H.R. 11045),"... In the Senate of the United States. August 28, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Plumb, from the Committee of Conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the House to the Bill (S. 2781), submitted the following conference report... In the Senate of the United States. August 28, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, transmitting letter of the marshal of said court in response to resolution of the Senate of August 12, 1890, calling for a detailed statement of the fees charged and received by the marshal of the Supreme Court of the United States. In the Senate of the United States. August 14, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Carlisle and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Commissioner of Labor transmitting a statement showing the direct cost of labor in the manufacture of one ton of steel rails in the United States, Great Britain, and on the continent of Europe. In the Senate of the United States. July 15, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cullom submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to inform the Senate under what authority merchandise in bond, appraised or unappraised, and goods of domestic origin are permitted to be forwarded between Atlantic and Pacific ports of the United States over the Canadian Pacific Railway... In the Senate of the United States. July 15, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Daniel submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to inform the Senate what amounts will be due the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, and South Carolina... In the Senate of the United States. June 28, 1890. -- Submitted by Mr. Plumb, from the conference committee on House Bill 3711, and ordered to be printed. Conference report. The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the Bill (H.R. 3711) "making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia..." Letter of the Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting synopsis of the report which the Department of Agriculture will make upon the subject of irrigation by artesian wells, etc. July 1, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Stewart, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. August 1, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Blair submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Rules be instructed to report a rule within four days providing for the incorporation of the previous question or some method for limiting and closing debate in the parliamentary procedure of the Senate. In the Senate of the United States. July 25, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Harris and referred to the Committee on Commerce. August 1, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Memorial of John Cowdon in relation to the protection from overflow of that portion of Washington City lying south of Pennsylvania Avenue, and other purposes. In the Senate of the United States. August 2, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morgan submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that during the continuance of the order for the meeting of the Senate at 10 a.m., the Senate will, until otherwise ordered, take a recess at 1 o'clock p.m., for thirty minutes. In the Senate of the United States. August 2, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Plumb submitted the following concurrent resolution: Resolved by the Senate, the House concurring, that Congress desires the removal of the remains of the illustrious soldier and statesman Ulysses S. Grant to, and their interment in, Arlington National Cemetery... In the Senate of the United States. August 4, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Sherman and ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Petition of the Western Iron Ore Association praying an appropriation to complete works on the Sault Ste Marie Canal. In the Senate of the United States. August 5, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Hale, referred to the Committee on the Census, and ordered to be printed. Memorial to Congress and statement of the National Electric Light Association, favoring the authorization of a special census investigation and report on electrical industry, and an appropriation of $50,000 to provide for the same. Presented for the association by its president, Marsden J. Perry, of Providence, R.I. In the Senate of the United States. August 7, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Edmunds and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Acting Commissioner of Labor, transmitting an analysis of costs of one ton of steel rails made in the United States. In the Senate of the United States. August 7, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Call submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Foreign Relations is hereby instructed to inquire and report to the Senate by bill or otherwise such measures as may be necessary for the protection of citizens of the United States who were formerly residents of Cuba... In the Senate of the United States. August 7, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allison, from the Committee of Conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to House Bill No. 10884, submitted the following conference report and statement... In the Senate of the United States. August 7, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Dawes, from the Committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to Bill H.R. 8391, submitted the following conference report... In the Senate of the United States. August 8, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Sherman, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Cleveland Vessel Owners' Association, praying the speedy completion of the improvements at the St. Mary's Ship Canal. In the Senate of the United States. August 11, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. McPherson submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Commissioner of Labor be directed to furnish to the Senate at the earliest practicable moment a statement of the direct labor cost as itemized in Senate Mis. Doc. No. 198 as to labor cost in one ton of steel rails in establishments in the United States... In the Senate of the United States. August 12, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds submitted the following order: Ordered, that during the consideration of House Bill 9416, entitled "An Act To Reduce the Revenue and Equalize Duties on Imports, and for Other Purposes," no Senator shall speak more than once and not longer than five minutes on or in respect of any one item in said bill... In the Senate of the United States. August 12, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Blair submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the following rule be adopted to fix the limit of debate... In the Senate of the United States. August 12, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Turpie submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to include the claim of Silas Q. Howe, surviving partner of W.T. Pate & Co... In the Senate of the United States. Memorial by John Cowdon on the Mississippi River, showing the reasons why plans are inaugurated and advocated that have not nor never can improve the low-water channels of that river and its tributaries. August 12, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Blair and ordered to lie on the table and be printed. In the Senate of the United States. August 16, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Quay gave notice that on Monday next he would submit the following orders: 1. Ordered, that during the present session of Congress the Senate will not take up for consideration any legislative business other than the pending Bill (H.R. 9416)... In the Senate of the United States. August 18, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Plumb submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Rules be directed to make such order as shall wholly prevent the sale and drinking of spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors in the Senate wing of the Capitol. In the Senate of the United States. August 18, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Plumb submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby directed to make forthwith to the Senate a full and complete report containing copies of all charges and complaints, and by whom made, against Lieutenant Guy, of the police force... In the Senate of the United States. August 19, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hoard submitted the following, intended to be proposed as a substitute for the resolution submitted by Mr. Quay, August 18, 1890. Resolved, that the rules of the Senate be amended... In the Senate of the United States. August 29, 1890. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Edmunds submitted the following concurrent resolution: Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), that when the two Houses adjourn on the 19th day of September, 1890, it be to meet on the 10th day of November, 1890. In the Senate of the United States. August 25, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Aldrich submitted the following proposed agreement for the consideration of Bill H.R. 9416. That the consideration of the pending Bill (H.R. 9416) shall be continued to the exclusion of all other business except appropriation bills and conference reports... In the Senate of the United States. August 25, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Squire and ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Seattle, Washington, praying for an appropriation sufficient to place the Pacific sea-coast in a condition of defense... In the Senate of the United States. August 25, 1890. -- Reported and ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Mr. Dawes, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following letter from the Secretary of the Interior, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, transmitting copy of a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and accompanying papers, relative to coal leases in the Indian Territory. In the Senate of the United States. August 25, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter of General William B. Franklin, President of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, transmitting certain information in relation to the admission of ex-soldiers and sailors to the national soldiers' home, in response to Senate resolution of July 28, 1890. In the Senate of the United States. August 25, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bate submitted the following concurrent resolution. Whereas legislation is pending in Congress, in which delay must unavoidably occur, as to the site of the Lafayette statue... In the Senate of the United States. June 12, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that Edward K. Valentine be, and he is hereby, appointed Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate... In the Senate of the United States. June 18, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Mr. Morgan submitted the following resolutions: Resolved, that all private claims of citizens of the United States against foreign governments, presented to the Senate by petition or otherwise, shall be referred to the committee now styled the Select Committee To Inquire into All Claims of Citizens of the United States ... In the Senate of the United States. June 18, 1890. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Senate, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution, a list of clerks of Senate committees receiving annual salaries. In the Senate of the United States. June 18, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Carlisle, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Wool Consumers' Association praying for a reduction or abolition of the duty on wool... In the Senate of the United States. June 18, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Quay submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Sergeant-at-Arms be instructed to make no changes in his subordinates, appointees, or employes prior to 1st July proximo... Annual report of the American Historical Association for the year 1889. June 18, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. June 20, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that a committee of seven be, and is hereby, constituted, whose duty it shall be to take into immediate consideration the state of the administrative service of the Senate... In the Senate of the United States. June 24, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Pettigrew, referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed; to accompany amendment to H.R. 10726. Papers relating to the establishment of an Indian industrial school at Flandreau, South Dakota. In the Senate of the United States. June 24, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Morgan, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Petition of G. Rodney Burt and other citizens of the United States in relation to certain lands owned by them in the Fiji Islands. In the Senate of the United States. June 25, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Privileges and Elections be directed to inquire into the publication of the "personal explanation" of the Hon. Wilkinson Call in the Congressional Record of this date... In the Senate of the United States. June 25, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Call submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Senate be, and he is directed to prepare an official statement from the Senate document... In the Senate of the United States. June 26, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed. Communication from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia in response to Senate resolution of the 15th ultimo, in regard to the hours of work and wages of laborers employed by the district government. In the Senate of the United States. October 1, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell submitted the following: Memorial of the National Convention of the Representatives of the Commercial Bodies of the United States in favor of the passage of the Torrey bankrupt bill. In the Senate of the United States. October 1, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hoar submitted the following petition of Ezra Nat. Hill for the passage of a national election law. In the Senate of the United States. August 27, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Manderson, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Dr. Mary E. Walker, praying compensation for services during the late war. (To accompany S. 4267.) In the Senate of the United States. September 22, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Plumb submitted the following resolution: To provide for an investigation in the interest of labor and capital. Whereas certain statements made in the memorial of the Woman's National Industrial League of America for the protection of women and children employed in the mills and factories throughout the United States... In the Senate of the United States. September 25, 1890. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Platt submitted the following memorial of the Prescott and Arizona Central Railway Company, in reference to the Bill (S. 4165) to authorize the County of Maricopa to issue certain bonds in aid of the construction of a certain railroad. In the Senate of the United States. September 25, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls, from the Committee on Conference, submitted the following conference report: The Committee of Conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the House of Representatives to the Bill (S. 4), "Authorizing the Establishing of a Public Park in the District of Columbia,"... In the Senate of the United States. April 15, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate. September 30, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Nevada, reported the following resolution: To amend resolution authorizing an investigation into the status of negotiations between the Government of the United States and the Cherokee tribe of Indians... In the Senate of the United States. August 30, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Morgan and ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolutions adopted at a meeting of colored citizens of Birmingham, Ala., August 15, 1890, remonstrating against the passage of the lodge federal election bill. In the Senate of the United States. September 2, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Blair and ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Statement of Charles L. Randall concerning the mica industry. In the Senate of the United States. September 10, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morgan submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Interior be directed to inform the Senate what number of cases are now pending in his department, in which the claims of settlers are antagonized by the Northern Pacific Railroad Company... In the Senate of the United States. September 10, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morgan submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the conferees on the part of the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses be instructed to insist on the following additions to the amendments to Senate Bill 2781... In the Senate of the United States. September 15, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Plumb, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted the following letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office relative to the Bill (S. 4161) requiring the United States to defend the titles of homesteaders in certain cases. In the Senate of the United States. September 15, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Plumb, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted the following letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office on the Bill (S. 4176) to limit the right of entry in certain cases. In the Senate of the United States. September 17, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Blair submitted the following documents in connection with his speech of same date in support of Senate Joint Resolutions 11 and 18, proposing an amendment of the Constitution to confer representation to the District of Columbia in the two Houses of Congress and in the Electoral College. In the Senate of the United States. September 17, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Plumb submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Bill (H.R. 3316) to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy be recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary, with instruction to so amend the same as to provide a system of voluntary bankruptcy only... In the Senate of the United States. August 29, 1890. -- Presented by Mr. Hoar, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Petition of manufacturers who use velveteens and corduroys, and importers of these goods, doing business in Boston, Mass., praying a modification of the proposed revision in the rates of duty on such fabrics. In the Senate of the United States. July 11, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ingalls submitted the following resolution: Whereas it is alleged that one Thomas T. Collins, a citizen of the United States, residing at Manila, and doing business under a license from the proper authority...	81
Serial set 2701	In the Senate of the United States. June 28, 1890. -- Submitted by Mr. Morrill from the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. H.R. 9416, as reported to the Senate from the Committee on Finance, June 18, 1890, with tables showing duties collected under existing tariff; notes explanatory of proposed changes from present law, and estimates of the probable effect upon the revenue.	1

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