• 28 CONGRESSIONAL REOORD-SENATE. DECEMBER. 7, said reservation at some convenient point nen.r the said city of Peii­ pension to Kate E. Buckham-to the Committee on Invalid Pen- dleton, for the purposes of furnishing and su.pplying the inhabi tan ts sions. · of the said city of Pendleton with water for irrigation, houseliold, By Mr. SMITH of Kentucky: A bill (H. R.11017) to restore Jesse domestic, and sanitary uses, watering live stock, extinguishing Everly to the pension roll of the United States-to the Committee fires, and for such other and further municipal purposes and uses on Inval id Pensions . .as may be incident to the needs and wants of said city-to the By Mr. UNDERWOOD (for Mr. WHEELER of Alabama): A bill Committee on Indian Affairs. (H. R. 11018) to increase the pensions of Mrs.l\Iargrett B. Shipp By Mr. RICHARDSON: A bill (H. R.l0992) to extend Four­ widow of Lieut. William E. Shipp, who was killed at San Juan' teenth street to Spring road-to the Committee on the District and M_rs. Louise D. Smith, widow of Lieut. William H. Smith, wh ~ of Columbia. was killed at San Juan-to the Committee on P ensions. By Mr. JENKINS: A bill (H. R . 10993) to reimburse those who have had sent to their homes for burial the dead bodies of officers, soldiers, and sailors who died away from home while members of PETITIONS, ETC. the Army and Navy of the United States since the 1st day of Janu­ Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, thefollowingpetitions andpapers ary, 1898-to the Committee on War Claims. were laid on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows: By Mr. OTEY: A bill (H. R. 10994) to repeal the stamp tax­ By Mr. COCHRANE of New York: Petition of the Woodside to the Committee on Ways and Means. Presbyterian Church, of Troy, N. Y., and the Young P eople's By Mr. UNDERWOOD: A bill (H. R. 10995) to amend section Ch~istian_ Endea':or Socie~y of the same church, for the passage of 858 of the Revised Statutes of the United States-to the Commit­ a bill which forbids the sale of alcoholio liquors in Government tee on the Judiciary. buildings and reservations-to the Committee on Public Bw.ldin0o- s Also, a bill (H. R. 10996) to amend an act to establish a uniform and Grounds. systetn of bankruptcy throughout the United States-to the Cotn- By Mr. FLETCHER: Petition of the Minneapolis Board of mittee on the Judiciary. • Trade, protesting against· any reduction of the United States By Mr. LOUD: A b11l (H. R.10997) to amend section3287of the troops assigned to garrison Fort Snelling, Minn., and for the Revised Statutes of the United States concerning the drawing off, enlargement of the barracks at said fort-to the Committee on gauging, marking, and removal of spirits-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Ways and Means. By Mr. KULP: Resolutions of the Order of Railway Conductors, By Mr. SKINNER: A bill (H. R. 10998) to establish a term of No. 187, of Sunbury, Pa., in favor of the passage of the so-called the circuit court for Newbern and Elizabeth City, N. C.-to the anti-scalping ticket bill-to the Committee on Interstate and For­ Committee on the Judiciary. eign Commerce. By Mr. DALZELL: A bill (H. R. 10999) to protect the Ameri­ Also, reso!utions of the Thirty-second ~nnual _Encampment of can flag from insult and deseoration-to the Committee on tb.e Pennsylvama Grand Army of the Repubho,at 011 City,Pa.; also Judiciary. of the Thirty-second National Encampment of the Grand Army By Mr. PAYNE: A bill (H. R. 11000) to extend the laws relat­ of the Repubpc, Cincinnati, Ohio, favoring an appropriation foJ; ing to customs, commerce, and navigation over the Hawaiian the preservatiOn and care of"' the Gettysburg National Military Islands ceded to the United States-to the Committee on the Park-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Merchant Marine and Fisheries. .Also, resolutions of the Grocers and Importers' Exchange of By Mr. HAY: A resolution (House Res. No. 347) calling upon Philadelphia, Pa., in reference to restoring ocean-carrying trade the Secretary of War for information as to what towns in the in vessels sailing under the American :flag-to the Committee on islands of Porto Rico and the Philippines will be required to Interstate and Foreign Commerce. be garrisoned by soldiers of the United f;tates~to the Committee By Mr. MOON: Papers tv accompany House bill No. 10944, for on Military Affairs. th~ r~lief of William D. Hubbard-to the Committee on Appro- pnatwns. · By Mr. OTEY: Papers relating to the claim of Phillip Wool~ PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED. wine, of Montgomery County, Va.---'-to the Committee on War Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, private bills and resolutions ot Claims. tbe following titles were introduced and severally referred as By Mr. ROBINSON of Indiana: Petition of Wayne Division, follows: _ No. 119, Order of Railway Conductors, of Fort Wayne, Ind. fa­ By Mr. BERRY: A bill (H. R. 11001) to place Col. M.A. Cooh­ voring the passage of the anti-scalping bill-to the Committe~ on ran, of the United States Army, upon the retired list with the Interstate and Foreign Commerce. rank of brigadier-general-to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. SAMUEL W. SMITH: Petition of Rev. Francis B. Out~ By M.r. BARLOW: A bill (H. R. 11002) for the relief of John ler and 80 other citizens of Oxford, Mich., for the bill which for­ Burns~to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. bids the sale of alcoholic liquors in Government buildings, etc.­ By Mr. ELLIOTT (by request): A bill (H. R. 11003) for the to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. relief of the estate of Robert Fishburne, sr., deceased, late of Col­ By Mr. SULLOW A Y: Resolutions adopted by the New HamP.­ leton County, S. C.-to the Committee on War Claims. shire Baptist Convention, praying that future difficulties and d1f~ By Mr. MOON: A bill (H. R. 11004) for the relief of David ferences be settled by a.rbitration-to the Committee on Foreign Baudy,late a privat-e in Company L, Fourth Regiment Tennessee Affairs. Volunteer Cavalry-to the Committee on Military Affairs. By Mr. ELLIS: A bill (H. R. 11005) to pension Josiah S. Boothby-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. SEN.ATE. By Mr. JENKINS: A bill (H. R. 11006) to appropriate the sum of $281.15 to William P. Swift, of Rice Lake, Wis.-to the Com­ WEDNESDAY, Decernber 7, 1898. mittee on War Claims. Also, a bill (H. R. 11007) granting a pension to F1ora Stanton Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. W. H. MILBURN, D. D. Kalk-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. WILLIAM M. STEW .A.RT, a Senator from the State of Nevada., and By Mr. LOVERING: A bill (H. R. 11008) for the relief of Hud­ D.A.VID TURPIE, a Senator from the State of Indiana, appeared in son Maxim and W. H. Grahatn, in connection with various inven­ their seats to-day. tions-to the Committee on Patents. The Secretary proceeded to read the Journal of yesterday's pro­ By Mr. LAMB: A bill (H. R.11009) for the promotion andre­ ceedings, when, on motion of Mr. TURPIE, and by unanimous tirement of P. A. Surg. John F. Bransford, of the United States consent, the further reading was dispensed with. Navy-to the Committee on Naval Affairs. COST OF PRODUCTION IN LEADING INDUSTRIES. By Mr. OTEY: A bill (H. R.11010) for the relief of the Metho­ dist Protestant Church-to the Committee on War Claims. The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communica~ Also, a bill (H. R.11011) for the relief of the heirs of P. St. tion from the Commissioner of Labor, transmitting, in response George Ambler-to the Committee on War Claims. to a resolution of June 26, 1897, a report on the total cost and Also, a bill (H. R. 11012) for the relief of William R. Perfater, of labor cost of transformation in the production of certain articles Montgomery County, Va.-to the Committee on War Claims. in the United States, Great Britain, and Bel!rlum; which, with Also, a bill (H. R.11013) for the relief of Mrs. Lilly P. Douglas, the accompanying report, was referred to the Committee on Edu­ sole surviving heir of Alexander S. Perkins and Bettie F. Perkins, cation and Labor, and ordered to be printed. his wife, of Madison County, Ala.-to the Committee on War REPORT OF BO.A.RD OF ORDNANCE AND FORTIFICATION. Claims. · Also, a bill (H. R. 11014) for the relief of E. W. Donnelly, The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communica· Roanoke, Va.-to the Committee on War Claims. tion from the Secretary of War, transmitting the annual report Also, a bill (H. R. 11015} for relief of R. T. Vaughn, of East of the Board of Ordnance and Fortification for the year ended Oo­ Radford, Va.-to the Committee on War Claims. tober31, 1898i which, with the accompanying report, was referred By Ml'. STRODE of Nebraska: A bill (H. R.11016) granting a to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. 1898. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. 29 NATIONAL ARMORY, SPRINGFIELD, MASS. Narcissa G. Short; which was read twice by its title,aud referred The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communica­ to the Committee on ~nsions.