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1903. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. 203 WISCONSIN. Also, a bill (H. R. 1193) to amend sections 3242 and 3281 of the William H. Berray to be postmaster at Wautoma, in the county Revised Statutes-to the Committee on Ways and Means. of Wanshara and State of Wisconsin. · Office became Presidential By Mr. JONES of Washington: A bill (H. R. 1194) providing April1, 1903. for subsistence for rural free-delivery can'iers-to the Committee Thomas W. Claridge to be postmaster at Reedsburg, in the on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. county of Sauk and State of Wisconsin, in place of John Kellogg, By Mr. JENKINS: A bill (H. R. 1195) to provide for the pay deceased. ment of certain claims against the District of Columbia, caused Albert E. Edwards to be postmaster at Monticello, in the county by the destruction of the Northern Liberty market house in Sep of Green and State of Wisconsin. Office became Presidential tember, 1872-to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Jnly 1, 1903. By Mr. BROWNLOW: A bill (H. R.1196) for the purchase of Gertrude Frazier to be postmaster at Viola, in the county of a national forest reserve in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, Richland and State of Wisconsin. Office became Presidential to be known as the" National Appalachian Forest Reserve"-to October 1, 1903. the Committee on Agriculture. - Edith L. Maynard to be postmaster at Sheboygan, in the county By Mr. SIMS: A bill (H. R. 1197) for investigations of the of Sheboygan and State of Wisconsin, in place of Charles H. May chemical composition and economic uses of cotton seed and its nard, deceased. products-to the Committee on Agriculture. Sutcliffe Parkin to be postmaster at Mazomanie, in the county By Mr. GILBERT: A bill (H. R. 1198) providing for the pun of Dane and State of Wisconsin, in place of Maud Dodge, resigned. ishment of United States prisoners for crimes committed while Kirby Thomas to be postmaster at Superior, late West Superior, confined in State penal institutions-to the Committee on the in the county of Douglas and State of Wisconsin, in place of Kirby Judiciary. Thomas, to change name of office. By Mr. SIMS: A bill (H. R. 1199) to regulate the mode and manner of taking proof in all civil cases, both at law and equity, WYOMING. in the circuit courts of the United States-to the Committee on FrankS. Knittle to be postmaster at Douglas, in the county of the Judiciary. Converse and State of Wyoming, in place of Howard S. Dates Also, a bill (H. R. 1200) to provide for a road to the Shiloh man, removed. National Military Park-to the Committee on Military Affairs. William P. Webster to be postmaster at Cody, in the county of Also, a bill (H. R. 1201) to provide for a road to the Shiloh Bighorn and State of Wyoming. Office became Presidential National Military Park-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Jnly 1, 1903. Also, a bill (H. R. 1202) to repeal an act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States, approved WITHDRAWAL. July 1, 1898-to the Committee on the Judiciary. Executive nomination withdrawn November 11, 1903. By Mr. ACHESON: A bill (H. R. 1203) authorizing the Secre Asst. Surg. Matthew K. Gwyn, of Maryland, to be a passed as tary of the Treasury to provide a post-office building at all cities sistant surgeon in the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service or towns where first, second, or third class post-offices are located of the United States, the same having been made through a cler to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. ical error. Also, a bill (H. R. 1204) to increase the limit of cost for the purchase of site and the erection of a public building at Wash TRADE RELATIONS WITH CUBA. ington, Pa.-to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Also, a bill (H. R. 1205) to establish a fish-hatching and fish The injunction of secrecywas removedNovember11, 1903, from station in the State of Pennsylvania-to the Committee on the a commercial convention (Ex. 1, 57th Cong., 2d sess.) between Merchant Marine and Fisheries. the United States and Cnba, and from the hearings thereon before By Mr. SULLOWA Y: A bill (H. R. 1206) to provide for the pnr the Committee on Foreign Relations. chase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at Dover, in the State of New Hampshire-to the Committee on Pub HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. lic Buildings and Grounds. By Mr. ACHESON: A bill (H. R. 1207) providing for the em WEDNESDAY, NC(IJember 11, 1903. ployment of letWr carriers at every post-office which produced a The Honse met at 12 o'clock m. gross revenue for the preceding fiscal year of not less than $1,900- Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. HENRY N. CounE...~, D. D. to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. The J onrnal of the proceedings of yesterday was read and ap By Mr. MOON of Tennessee: A bill (H. R. 1208) to amend the proved. pension laws-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. SWEARING IN OF MEMBERS • . By Mr. SIMS: A bill (H. R. 1209) to erect a custom-house and post-office building in the city of Paris, State of Tennessee-to the Mr. LITTLE. Mr. Speaker, my colleagues, Hon. Charles C. Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Reid, of the Fifth district of Arkansas, and Hon. R. M. Wallace, By Mr. SPERRY: A bill (H. R. 1210) for the improvement of of the Seventh district of Arkansas, were not present on the first harbor of refuge at Duck Island Harbor, Connecticut-to the day of the session. I ask that they be given an opportunity to Committee on Rivers and Harbors. take the oath of office. Also, a bill (H. R. 1211) for the improvement of theNew Haven The SPEAKER. The gentlemen will step forward to the bar (Conn.) Harbor breakwater-to the Committee on Rivers and of the House. Harbors. Mr. GROSVENOR. Mr. Speaker, I make the same request on By Mr. HITT: A bill (H. R.1212) to erect a public building at behalf of Hon. Thomas B. Kyle, of the Seventh district of Ohio. Dixon, ID.-to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. The SPEAKER. The gentleman will step forward to the bar By Mr. SIMS: A bill (H. R. 1213) to amend section 4 of an act of the Honse. passed December 27, 1894, entitled "An act to establish a national The Members named came forward and took the oath of office. military park at the battlefield of Shiloh "-to the Committee on Mr. PAYNE. I move the House do now adjourn. Military Affairs. The motion was agreed to. By Mr. DENNY: A bill (H. R. 1214) making an appropriation Accordingly (at 12 o'clock and 5 minutes p.m.) the House ad fo! increasin~ the depth of the main ship channel in the Patapsco journed. R1ver to Baltimore Harbor, Maryland, to 35 feet-to the Commit tee on Rivers and Harbors. EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATION. Also, a bill (H. R. 1215) making an appropriation to increase Under clause 2 of Rule XXIV, the following executive com the depth of the main ship channel at York Spit, in Che apeake munication was taken from the Speaker's table and refen·ed as Bay, to 35 feet and of a width to 600 feet-to the Committee on follows: Rivers and Harbors. A letter from the Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, By Mr. HAMILTON: A bill (H. R. 1216) to increase the pen submitting an inventory of all books, maps, and pamphlets re sions of those who have become totally blind by reason of service maining in his department November 2, 1903-to the Committee in the Army or Navy of the United States-to the Committee on on Accounts, and ordered to be printed. Invalid Pensions. By Mr. SPERRY: A bill (H. R.1217) for the maintenance and PUBLIC BILLS, RESOLUTIONS, AND MEMORIALS. improvement of the Connecticut River below Hartford-to the Under clause 3 of Rule xxn, bills, resolutions, and memorials Committee on Rivers and Harbors. of the following titles were introduced, and severally referred as Also, a bill (H. R. 1218) for the improvement of the Housatonic follows: River-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. By Mr. WILLIAM W. KITCHIN: A bill (H. R. 1192) to re Also, a bill (H. R. 1219) for the improvement of the harbor at peal the 10 per cent tax on State-bank issues-to the Committee Milford, Conn.-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. on Banking and Currency. Also, a bill (H. R. 1220) to provide for the modification of the 204 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. NovEMBER 11, project for the improvement of the harbor of New Haven,Conn. By Mr. BROWN of Wisconsin: A bill (H. R.1246) to authorize to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. the Secretary of the Interior to fulfill certain treaty stipulations Also, a bill (H. R. 1221) to provide for the modification of the with the Chippewa Indians of Lake Superior and the Mis issippi, project for the improvement of the harbor of New Haven, Conn. and making appropriatiun for the same-to the Committee on to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Indian Affairs. By Mr. MARTIN: A bill (H. R. 1222) to provide for the pur By Mr. SMITH of Kentucky: A bill (H. R. 12-17) for the· bene· chase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at fit of t.he national c-emetery near the city of Lebanon, in the State Mitchell, in the State of South Dakota-to the Committee on Pub of Kentucky-to the Committee on Military Affairs.