, 104 CONGRESSIONAL· REGORD-SE·NA.TE. DECEMBER 1(i), ·. By Mr. KNOX: Memorial of George J. Carney and others, of Cuban patriots in their struggle for freedom-to the Committee Lowell, Mass., praying for the removal of obstructions in the on Foreign Affairs. Merrimac River-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Also, petition of Caroline D. :Mowatt, for restoration of pen­ By Mr. LACEY: Petition of Nancy A. Killough for a pension­ sion-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By'Mr. CHARLES W. STONE: Resolutions of a meeting of By Mr. LOW: The Maritime Association of the Port of New citizens held at Grand Valley, Warren County, Pa., in favor of York, the Board of Marine Underwriters, insurance companies an amendment to the Constitution of the United States prohibit­ and owners, underwriters' agents, and masters of vessels engaged ing the use of public money for sectarian purposes, etc.-to the in the coasting trade along the Atlantic coast, together with those Committee on the Judiciary. of Bath, Belfast, and Rockland, Stat-e of Maine; Boston, Glouces­ Also, resolutions of a meeting of citizens of Seneca, VeTJ.angt> ter, Salem, and Taunton, of the State of Massachusetts; New County, Pa., in favor of an amendment to the Constitution of the London a.nd New Haven, of the State of Connecticut; Philadel­ United States prohibiting the use of public moriey for sectru:ian phia, Pa.; Jersey City, N.J.; Providence, R.I.; Baltimore, Md.; purposes, etc.-to the Committee on the Judiciary. Ocracoke and Beaufort, N. C.; Charleston, S. C.; Savannah and By Mr. WALKER of Massachusetts: Petition of the represtjnt­ Brunswick, Ga., respectfully represent to the Congress the im­ atives duly accredited by the mass meeting of the Armenian col­ portance of a harbor of refuge near Cape Lookout-to the Com­ ony of Worcester, Mass., urging that vigorous measures be mittee on Rivers and Harbors. recommended for putting a stop to the indiscriminate slaughter By Mr. MILLER of West Virginia: Petition for the relief of of Christians by the Turkish Government-to the Committee on John W. Trader-to the Committee on Military Affairs. Foreign Affairs. By Mr. MOODY: Petition of Austin Quinby and 25 others, sur­ Also, a memorial adopted by a meeting of Armenian citizens at vivors of the crew of the U. S. S. Kearsm·ge, requesting that the Worcester, Mass.-to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Congress of the United States turn over to the survivors of said ship all of its relics-to the Committee on Naval Affairs. • Also, petition of John M. Anderson, harbor master of Glouces­ ter, Mass., and 58 otherE, masters of vessels and merchants, re­ questing an appropriation by Congress to remove certain specified SENATE. obstructions to navigation in the harbor of Gloucester, Mass.-to TUESDAY, .Decem.ber 10, 1895~ the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Also, petition of Albert H. Rogers and 342 other citizens of the Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. W. H. MILBURN, D. D. town of Marblehead, Mass., requesting an appropriation to The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. build a sea wall on the southerly side of the isthmus connecting Marblehead Neck with the main body of the town, for the pro­ E:n;CUTIVE COMMUNICATION. tection of Marblehead Harbor-to the Committee on Rivers and The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communica­ Harbors. tion from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to a By Mr. MEIKLEJOHN: Memorial from citizens of Fremont, resolution of the 3d instant, the report of the Chief of Engineers Nebr., praying for the recognition by this Government of the bel­ on the project for further improvement of the harbor at Wilming­ ligerent rights of the Cubans-to the Committee on Foreign toll, CaL, proposed by W. H. H. Benyaurd, lieutenant-colonel, ­ Affairs. · Corps of Engin-eers, United States Army; which, with the accom­ By Mr. MEREDITH: Petition of the heirs of William Ross, panying paper, was referred to the Committee on Commerce, and deceased; the heirs of Robert A. Smith, deceased; the heirs of ordered to be printed. E. V. Gordon, deceased; the estate of John W. Hawkins, deceased; the estate of Mary Gwinn, deceased; the estate of J. J. Curtis, REPORT OJ.': SUPERINTENDENT OF COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY. deceased, all of Culpeper County, Va., and the estate of Charity The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communica­ Sinclair, <leceased, late of Fauquier County, Va., praying for refer- tion from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the report - ence of then· war claims to the Court of Claims-to the Committee of the Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey for the on War Claims. year ended June 30, 1895; which, with the accompanying papers, By Mr. MORSE: Resolutions passed by a mass meeting held was ordered to lie on the table and be printed. in Andover, Mass., November 25, 1895, denouncing the Armenian outrages and calling upon the Government of the Unit.ed States COURT OF CLAIMS REPORT. to take action in relation thereto-to the Committee on Foreign The VICE-PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communica­ Affairs. tion from the clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting the find­ By Mr. OWENS: Petition of William Toley, of Woodford ings and opinion filed by the court in the case of George T. Vance Coun~y, - Ky.,.praying that his war claim be referred to the Court and Guy P. Vance, executors of the estate of William L. -Vance, of Claims-to the Committee on Claims. deceased; which was referred to the Committee on Claims, and By Mr. OTEY: Resolutions adopted by citizens of Roanoke, ordered to be printed. Va.-to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. By Mr. OTJEN: Petition of David Vance & Co. and 220 others, MESSAGE FROM THE ·HOUSE. By Mr. PARKER: Petition of James A. Wormley and others, A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. T. 0. of Newark, N.J., requesting investigation and action as to John TowLES, its Chief Clerk, announced that the House had passed a. L. Waller, ex-consul to Madagascar-to the Committee on Foreign bill (H. R. 803) to amend section 2601 of the Revised Statutes, rel­ Affairs. ative to ports of entry, in which it requested the concurrence of By Mr. RUSK: Petition of Regina Ernst, for the honorable dis­ the Senate. · charge of Antone Ernst-to the Committee on Military Af­ PETITIONS AND MEMORIAI.B. fairs. By Mr. RUSSELL of Connecticut: Petition of the Groton Mon­ Mr. NELSON presented a petition of the legislature of Minne­ ument Association and citizens of Groton and New London, sota, praying that the buildings and grounds on which old Fort Conn., for the purchase of land adjoining Fort Griswold at Gro­ Snelling is situated be granted to that State in perpetuity for use ton-to the.Committee on Military Affairs. as a museum for milita1·y and other purposes; which was read, and Also, petition of citizens of Danielsonville, Conn., asking a referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, as follows: pension for Lydia A. Taft-to the Committee on Invalid Pen­ Resolved by the legislature of the State of Minnesota~ That the Congress sions. of the United States be, and thesameishereby,requestea to grant to the State asking for the completion of the harbor of refuge at Milwaukee, of Minnesota, in perpetuity, the old buildings· and the ground upon which they stand, which constitute the old and original F ort Snelling in the State Wis.-to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. of Minnesota, to be forever used by said State, perpetually, as a museum of By Mr. REYBURN: Papers to accompanyHouse bill No.154- natural, military, civil, botanical, and archreological history of this State. to the Committee on Claims. Resolved, That our Senators and Representatives in Congress are requested By Mr. ROYSE: Petitions of the citizens of the different to urge this measure upon the attention of the Congress of the United States. States of the Union, asking Congress to take such action as shall Resolved, That the secretary of state is hereby instructed to forward result in the speedy recognition as belligerents o~ the Cuban copies of these resolutions to the Vice-President of the United States, the patriots in their struggle for freedom-to the Committee on For­ Speaker of the House of Representatives, and each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress. eign Affairs. Approved March 2, 1895. By Mr. STRONG: Resolutions and memorial of the students and teachers of the Ohio Normal University, in behalf of the citi­ STATE OF MINNESOTA, Depa1·tment of State: zens of Cuba who are struggling for liberty-to the Committee I hereby certify that the above is a. true and correct copy of house :file No. 99, filed in this office March 2, lb'95. on Foreign Affairs. ALBERT BERG, SeC1·etanJ of State. By :Mr. SULLOWAY: Petition of William 0. Sides and 220 other citizens of Portsmouth, N.H., praying Congress to take such ac­ Mr. NELSON presented a petition of the legislature of Minne­ tion as shall result in the speedy recognition as belligerents of the sota, praying for the passage of the Olney arbitrati0n bHl or Rome 1895. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. · 105 '""ther scheme of arbitration between the railroad companies of the Mr. MILLS introduced a bill (S. 686) to increase the pension of United States and their employees; which was read, and referred Francis M. Durham; which was read twice by its title, and, with to the Committee on the Judiciary, as follows: · the lltCCompanying paper, referred to the Committee on Pensions.