118 CONGRESSIONAL RE.CORD-SEN.ATE. DECEMBER 12, Also, memorial of the Ohio Valley Improvement Association, FINDINGS OF THE COlmT OF CLAIMS. favoring the improvement of the Ohio River-to the Committee The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a com­ ·on Rivers and Harbors. munication from the assistant clerk of the Court of Claims, By Mr. RANSDELL of Louisiana : .Memorial from citizens of transmitting a certified copy of the findings filed by ~ i.l e court in Ouachita Parish, La., relative to additional locks and dams In the cause of the Allaire Works of New York v. The United the Ouachita Riyer-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. States; which, with the accompanying paper, was referi·ed to By Mr. RICHARDSON of Alabama : Papers to accompany the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. House bill for the relief of Simeon Houk, deceased-to the Com­ · He also laid before the Senate a communication from the mittee on War Claims. assistant clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a certified Also, papers to accompany bill H. R. 47.48, to authoriZe the copy of the findings filed by the court in the cause of the Trus­ Secretary of War to correct the record of Calhoun Malone-to tees of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Prairie Grove, the Committee on Military A.ff'airs. Ark., v. The United States; which, with the accompanying pa­ Also; papers to accompany bill H. R. 12673, granting a pension per, was referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to to Ira Davis-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. be printed. By Mr. ROBERTSON of Louisiana: Papers to accompany bill He also laid before the Senate a communication from the for the relief of heirs of Charles and Palmyra Barre-to the assistant clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a certified Committee on Invalid Pensions. copy of the findings filed by the court in the cause of Arthur By Mr. SHERMAN : Resolution of the Brotherhood of Loco­ Taylor, surviving partner of Arthur Taylor and Louis Taylor, motive Engineers, requesting that the engineers during the war v. The United States; which, with the accompanying paper, of the rebellion be placed on the eligible list to receive pen­ was referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be sions-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. printed. Also, resolution of the Chamber of Commerce of Utica, N. Y., He also laid before the Senate a communication from the favoring the enactment of the Cooper-Quarles bill, extending the assistant clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a certified powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission-to the Ccm­ copy of the findings filed by the court ·in the cause of Rosa M. mittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Bowden, Zenobia Porter, Mary E. Bowden, and Martha Bowden Also, petition of the Utica (N. Y.) Chamber of Commerce, Gustin, heirs of Lemuel J. Bowden, deceased, v. The United favoring the enactment of the Cooper-Quarles bill, extending the States; which, with the accompanying paper, was referred to powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission-to the Com­ the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. mittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. He also laid before the Senate a communication from the By .Mr. SNOOK: Papers in upport of House bill granting an assistant clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a certified increase of pension to Samuel Murphy-to the Committee on copy of the findings filed by the court in the cause of Joseph Invalid Pensions. Williams v. The United States; which, with the accompanying By Mr. WARNOCK: Papers to accompany House bill for the paper, was referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered relief of John Clark, late private, Company I, Eighty-second to be printed. · Ohio Volunteer Infantry, granting an increase of pension-to He also laid before the Senate a communication from the the Committee on Invalid Pensions. assistant clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a certified . Also, papers to accompany bill H. R. 161G8, for relief of Isaiah copy of the .findings filed by the court in the cause of the Trus­ H. McDonald, late lieutenant, United States Army-to the Com­ tees of Norfolk Academy v. The United States; which, with. mittee on Invalid Pensions. the accompanying paper, was referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. He also laid before the Senate a communication from the SENATE. assistant clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a certified MoNDAY, December 1~, 1901,. copy of the findings of fact filed by the court in the cause of Charles V. Stark, assignee of Joseph C. Stark, deceased, v. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. Enw ARD E. HALE. The United States; which, with the· accompanying paper, was FRED ~r. DUBois, a Senator from the State Of Idaho, and referred to the Committee on Cla.ims, and ordered to be printed. FRANCIS E. WARREN, a Senator from the State of Wyoming, He also laid before the Senate a communication from the as­ appeared in their seats to-day. sistant clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a certified The Secretary proceeded to read the Journal of the proceed­ copy of the findings of fact filed by the court in the cause of ings of Thursday last, when, on request of Mr. GALLINGER, and John A. Trimble, administrator of George W. Ebert, deceased, by unanimous consent, the further reading was dispensed with. v. The United States; which, with the accompanying paper, was The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, the Jour­ referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. nal will stand approved. He also laid before the Senate a communication from the as­ GEORGE W .ALKER. sistant clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a certified The·PRESIDENT. pro tempore laid before the Senate a com­ copy of the findings of fact filed by the court in the cause of munication from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an Sallie H. Grundy, executrix of the estate of Samuel R. Grundy, item to be. inserted in the Indian appropriation bill for the fiscal deceased, v. The United States; which, with the accompanying year 1906 to pay to George Walker, a Potawatomi Indian of paper, was referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to Michigan, whose name was omitted from Schedule A of the be printed. findings of the Court of Claims, his proportionate share of the MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE. sum of $78,329.25, appropriated for certain Potawatomi of A message from the House of Representatives, by .Mr. C. R. Michigan by the act approved April 21, 1904, etc.; which was McKENNEY, its enrolling clerk, announced that the House bad referred to the Committee on Indian A.ff'airs, and ordered to be passed a bill (H. R. 15895) making appropriations for the leg­ printed. islative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for USE OF WATER IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906, and for other purposes; The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a com­ in which it requested the concurrence of the Senate. munication from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia The message . also announced that the House had passed a transmitting, pursuant to law, a statement giving the amount concurrent resolution providing that when the two Houses of of Potomac water used by the Departments of the United States Congress adjourn on ·wednesday, the 21st day of December, in the District of Columbia ; which was referred to the Com­ they stand adjourned unti112 o'clock meridian January 4, 1005; mittee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. in which it requested the concurrence of the Senate. RECEIVERS OF PUBLIC MONEYS. The message further announced that the House had passed a The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a com­ concurrent resolution providing that the bill (H. n. 10516) for munication from the· Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a the relief of Edward J. Farrell and the bill (H. R. 11444) to draft of a proposed· bill for the relief of certain receivers of grant certain lands to the State of Ohio be reenrolled for the public moneys acting as special disbursing agents; which, with signatures of the presiding officers of the two Houses and for the accompanying paper, was referred to the Committee on Pub­ presentation to the President of the United States; in which it lic Lands, and ordered to be printed. requested the concurrence of the Senate. ELECTORAL VOTES. PETITIO~S AND MEMORIALS. The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid· before the Senate a com­ The PRESIDENT pro tempore presented a memorial of the munication from the Secretary of State, transmitting certified Independent Home Rule Party of the Territory of Hawaii, re­ copies of the final ascertainment of electors for President and monstrating against the form of ballot used in the late election Vice-President for the States of Georgia, Vermont, Ohio, Arkan­ in that Territory; which was referred to the· Committee on sas, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and Illinois; which, with Privileges and Elections. the acC!ompanying papers, was ordered to be filed. Mr. PENROSE presented a petition of the Trades League of 1904. CONGRESSIONAL -RECORD-SENATE. 119 Philadelphia, Pa., and a petition of the Board of Trade of Erie, Association of Manchester; of Mrs. Lucy L. Moore, of Manches­ Pa., praying for the ratification of the international arbitration ter; of the Outlook Club of Manchester; of Mrs. A. L. Badger, treaties; which were referred to the Committee on Foreign of Concord; of Mrs.