Call Number (LC) Title Results
Serial set 3856 The history and growth of the United States census, prepared for the Senate Committee on the Census, by Carroll D. Wright, Commissioner of Labor, assisted by William C. Hunt, Chief Statistician, Twelfth Census. February 24, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on the Census and ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 3857 Part I. Petition of Franklin Webster Smith for the site of the old naval observatory for the national galleries of history and art. Descriptive hand-book of the halls of the ancients constructed for promotion of said galleries according to design annexed. February 12, 1900. -- Presented by Mr. Hoar, referred to the Committee on District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 3858 Memorial from Osage National Council. March 9, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, to accompany amendment to H.R. 7433, and ordered to be printed.
Charles O. Spencer. March 14, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed
Proceedings of a court-martial of Lieut. Col. Henry C. Corbin. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of March 3, 1900...together with a complete record of all the testimony introduced before the said court, etc.; also copy of the report of Col. Thomas J. Morgan, dated January 16, 1865. March 12, 1900. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of Eastern or emigrant Cherokees. March 12, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Approximate value of squares on south side of Pennsylvania Avenue. March 9, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed.
Assets of the confederated bands of Utes, etc. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of February 14, 1900, copy of a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, containing a statement of the assets of the Confederated Bands of Utes, and showing the share of those residing in Utah... March 12, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Reduction in clerical force, Office Auditor for War Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Auditor for the War Department, relative to reduction he has been compelled to make in the clerical force in his office. March 14, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Deficiency estimate, printing and binding, War Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Acting Secretary of War, submitting an estimate of deficiency in the appropriation for printing and binding, War Department, for the fiscal year 1900. March 14, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Leasing of grazing lands in the Ponca, Otoe, and Missouria Indian Reservations, Okla. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of December 19, 1899, copies of documents,... relating to the leasing of grazing lands in the Ponca, Otoe, and Missouria Indian Reservations,.... March 13, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Survey of the Outer Bar of Brunswick, Ga. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of March 7, 1900, the report of Mr. H.L. Marindin, the officer of the coast and geodetic survey detailed by the Secretary of War, under the provisions of the river and harbor acts of 1894, 1896, and 1899, to make survey of the Outer Bar of Brunswick, Ga...December 23, 1899. March 20, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Public building, Norfolk, Va. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the supervising architect relating to the necessity for an additional appropriation for the court-house and post-office building at Norfolk, Va. March 20, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Indian appropriation bill. March 19, 1900. -- Ordered to be printed.
An isthmian canal. March 20, 1900. -- Ordered to be printed.
Subdivisions of certain land in Montana. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of February 8, 1900, copies of reports on the subject as to the subdivisions of land over which the Battle of the Big Hole, in Montana, was fought in 1877, from the Quartermaster-General and the Adjutant-General of the Army. March 16, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Travel pay, etc., to officers and soldiers returning from the Philippines. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting,... communications from the Adjutant-General of the Army and the Paymaster-General of the Army relative to travel pay and commutation of subsistence to officers and soldiers returning from the Philippine Islands to the United States, etc. March 16, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Board of trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Arlington, Va. March 21, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed.
Proposed adjustment of the account of the State of South Carolina with the Secretary of the Treasury on account of bonds held by him as custodian of the Indian trust fund, and claims of that state for moneys expended in the wars of 1812 and 1836. March 20, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, to accompany amendment to the sundry civil appropriation bill, and ordered to be printed.
Reciprocity convention with France. March 16, 1900. -- Injunction of secrecy removed and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the report of the proceedings of the Committee appointed in conformity with an act of Congress entitled "An Act to Provide for an Appropriate National Celebration of the Establishment of the Seat and Government in the District of Columbia," approved February 28, 1899. March 7, 1900. --
Services performed by letter carriers in excess of eight hours. Letter from the Acting Attorney-General, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of December 18, 1899, a list showing the amounts which have been reported by the Commissioners of the Court of Claims as representing services actually performed by letter carriers in excess of eight hours per day. March 13, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Roads in the Yellowstone National Park. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of March 12, 1900, letter from the Chief of Engineers, U.S.A., together with copies or originals of all reports relating to the present condition and appropriate plans for the development of the system of roads in the Yellowstone National Park. March 16, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Additional employees, Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of the Interior submitting an additional estimate of appropriation for salaries for additional employees for service in the old general Post Office building. March 20, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Porto Rico. March 20, 1900. -- Ordered to be printed.
Report on the legal status of the territory and inhabitants of the islands acquired by the United States during the war with Spain, considered with reference to the territorial boundaries, the Constitution, and laws of the United States, by Charles E. Magoon, law officer, Division of Insular Affairs, War Department... March 20, 1900. -- Presented by Mr. Davis, and ordered to be printed.
Request of South African republics for intervention. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of March 12, 1900, a report of the Secretary of State furnishing copies of correspondence touching the request of the government of the South African Republics for intervention, with a view of the cessation of hostilities. March 15, 1900. 		25
Serial set 3859 Report of the Commission Appointed by the President to Investigate the Conduct of the War Department in the War with Spain. 1
Serial set 3860 Report of the Commission Appointed by the President to Investigate the Conduct of the War Department in the War with Spain. 1
Serial set 3861 Report of the Commission Appointed by the President to Investigate the Conduct of the War Department in the War with Spain. 1
Serial set 3862 Report of the Commission Appointed by the President to Investigate the Conduct of the War Department in the War with Spain. 1
Serial set 3863 Report of the Commission Appointed by the President to Investigate the Conduct of the War Department in the War with Spain. 1
Serial set 3864 Report of the Commission Appointed by the President to Investigate the Conduct of the War Department in the War with Spain. 1
Serial set 3865 Report of the Commission Appointed by the President to Investigate the Conduct of the War Department in the War with Spain. 1
Serial set 3866 Report of the Commission Appointed by the President to Investigate the Conduct of the War Department in the War with Spain. 1
Serial set 3867 Mrs. Annie Birdsall, administratrix. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting...a report of the Secretary of State, with copies of correspondence, in regard to the protest and claim of Mrs. Annie Birdsall, administratrix of the estate of John Birdsall, deceased. March 28, 1900. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Preliminary report on the Cape Nome gold region, Alaska, with maps and illustrations, by Frank C. Schrader and Alfred H. Brooks, assistant geologists.
Ninth annual report on introduction of domestic reindeer into Alaska, with maps and illustrations, by Sheldon Jackson, LL. D., general agent of education in Alaska, 1899.
Concessions or grants, Cape Nome, Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of War, in response to resolution of the Senate of March 21, 1900, relative to alleged concessions or grants made to excavate the gold-bearing bed of the sea at or in the vicinity of Cape Nome, in Alaska. March 23, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Naval cadets appointed at large. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Navy, relating to the Bill (S. 3442) to increase the number of naval cadets to be appointed at large by the President to the United States Naval Academy. March 23, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to printed.
Deficiency appropriation for vaults, etc., public buildings. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Supervising Architect submitting an additional estimate of deficiency in the appropriation for vaults, safes, and locks for public buildings for the fiscal year 1900. March 28, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Enrollment of pupils, etc., in the public schools of the District of Columbia. Letter from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, transmitting... a statement by the Superintendent of the Public Schools of the District of Columbia... March 24, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
Lease for prospecting for coal, etc., Wind River Indian Reservation. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of March 10, 1900, a report of the Commissioner of Indian affairs with a copy of a lease for prospecting for coal within definite limits in Wind River Indian reservation, in the State of Wyoming, etc. March 28, 1900.
The tariff schedules now in force and effect in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippine Islands, transmitted by the Secretary of War in response to the Senate Resolution of March 22, 1900. March 29, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Ages of clerks, Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in response to resolution of the Senate of March 16, 1900, transmitting statement of number of clerks, messengers, etc., employed in the Navy Department between certain ages. March 29, 1900. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Manufacture of cotton goods at Hankow, China. March 29, 1900. -- Ordered to be printed.
Distinctive paper. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Chief of Division of Loans and Currency submitting an estimate of appropriation for the purchase of distinctive paper for the remainder of the current fiscal year upon which to print national-bank currency. March 26, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Certain information relative to national banks. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to resolution of the Senate of March 22, 1900, directing the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish the Senate certain information relative to national banks, the circulation, etc. March 26, 1900. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Letter of Emilio Aguinaldo. Letter from the Secretary of War, in response to resolution of the Senate of March 16, 1900, directing the Secretary of War to communicate to the Senate a letter of Emilio Aguinaldo, dated at Bacoor, July 15, 1898, addressed to the American Commander. March 26, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on the Philippines and ordered to be printed.
Persons employed in the several bureaus of the Post-Office Department between certain specified ages. Letter from the Postmaster-General, in response to resolution of the Senate of March 16, 1900, requesting information as to number of persons employed in the several bureaus of the Post-Office Department between certain specified ages. March 27, 1900. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Repairing United States legation premises and grounds, Bangkok, Siam. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting copy of a dispatch from the minister of the United States at Bangkok, Siam, relative to the repairing of the United States legation premises and grounds at Bangkok. March 29, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Rent of old courthouse, Indianapolis, Ind. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Supervising Architect submitting an estimate of appropriation to pay rent for... the old courthouse and post office in the City of Indianapolis, Ind., occupied by the government. March 29, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of delegates from Cherokee Nation. March 29, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Claims of Nez Perce Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting communication of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, inclosing report of agent C.T. Stranahan, of the Nez Perce Agency, together with the testimony taken by him in support of the claims of the Nez Perce Indians for services rendered by them during the war with Joseph's Band of Nez Perces in 1877. March 29, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Qualification of voters at coming election in Cuba. Letter from the Secretary of War, in response to resolution of March 21, 1900, relative to qualifications required to entitle a person to vote at the coming elections in the island of Cuba. March 26, 1900. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Transport ships and other vessels purchased by War Department since March 4, 1897, etc. Letter from the Secretary of War, in response to resolution of the Senate of January 9, 1900, relative to transport ships and other vessels purchased or chartered by the War Department since March 4, 1897, etc., transmitting a letter from the Quartermaster-General United States Army, and accompanying statements. March 29, 1900. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. 		21
Serial set 3868 Production, consumption, and exportation of raw cotton, etc. April 3, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and ordered to be printed.
Vivisection. Hearing before the Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, February 21, 1900, on the Bill (S. 34) for the further prevention of cruelty to animals in the District of Columbia.
Brig Pilgrim. April 5, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Schooner Betsey. April 5, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
La Abra Silver Mining Company. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State relative to the suit in the Court of Claims against La Abra Silver Mining Company, its successors and assigns, under the act of Congress approved December 28, 1892. April 6, 1900. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
The proposed interoceanic canal. March 9, 1900. -- Injunction of secrecy removed and ordered to be printed. April 5, 1900. -- Executive Report No. 1 ordered printed as a Senate document.
Memorial from the principal chief of the Choctaw Nation, etc. April 26, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Ages of employees, Department of Agriculture. Letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of March 16, 1900, a statement showing the number of persons employed in the Department of Agriculture between certain ages. April 10, 1900. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Complaints against railroad companies. Letter from the Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of April 16, 1900, a statement of complaints made to it against railroad companies. April 30, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Submarine torpedo boat Holland. April 30, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed, to accompany Mr. Stewart's amendment to H.R. 10450.
Account between the United States and South Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of April 17, 1900, a statement of account between the United States and the State of South Carolina. April 30, 1900. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Brig Harriot. May 3, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Additional estimates of appropriations for certain naval yards and stations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of the Navy, submitting additional estimates of appropriations for certain naval yards and stations. May 3, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Allotments of pay of enlisted men of the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the chief disbursing officer of the Paymaster-General's Office, relative to the payment of allotments of pay of enlisted men of the United States Army. April 12, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Additional appropriation for stationery for Treasury Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the chief of division of stationery, printing, and blanks of the Treasury Department in regard to additional appropriation for stationery for the department for the remainder of the current fiscal year. April 16, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Agreement between the Commission for the Five Civilized Tribes and the Cherokees, etc. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an agreement between the Commission for the Five Civilized Tribes and the Cherokee Tribe of Indians, and accompanying papers. April 18, 1900. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Five Civilized Tribes and ordered to be printed.
Agreement between Commission to Five Civilized Tribes and the Muscogee or Creek Tribe of Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an agreement negotiated between the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes and the Muscogee or Creek Tribe of Indians, and accompanying papers. April 18, 1900. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Five Civilized Tribes and ordered to be printed.
Jorge Cruz. Letter from the Attorney-General, in response to resolution of the Senate of April 21, 1900, relative to action taken by him in the case of Jorge Cruz, a resident of Porto Rico, alleged to have been brought into this country under a contract to labor in the United States. April 24, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed
Memorial from John F. Palmer, of the Osage Tribe of Indians. April 23, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
William H. Theobald. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to resolution of the Senate of April 30, 1900, directing the Secretary of the Treasury to transmit to the Senate a copy of the report of Secret Service Agent Burns... relating to the irregular practices and methods of special employee of the Treasury Department, William H. Theobald, stationed at the port of New York. May 7, 1900. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Disappearing carriages for the seacoast fortifications. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copy of General Miles's letter relative to disappearing carriages for the seacoast fortifications, together with the reports thereon by the Chief of Ordnance and Chief of Engineers. May 7, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Protest of Keetoowah Cherokees. May 7, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Amendment to Naval appropriation bill. May 7, 1900. -- Ordered to be printed.
Expenditures of commission to International Exposition at Paris, 1900. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of April 10, 1900, a report from the Secretary of State, accompanied by a detailed statement of the expenditures of the commission of the United States to the International Exposition at Paris of 1900. May 7, 1900. -- Read, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Acting assistant surgeons. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copy of a letter from the Surgeon-General of the Army, inclosing draft of a bill for the relief of the acting assistant surgeons. April 7, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Expenses, delegates to proposed International American Conference. Message from the President of the United States, recommending appropriation to defray expenses, etc., of delegates to a proposed International American Conference. April 16, 1900. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Additional cable service to Cuba. April 14, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Snow Isabella. April 16, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Expenses of the Philippine Commission, etc. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to a resolution of the Senate of March 23, 1900, a report from the Secretary of State inclosing an itemized statement of the expenses of the Philippine Commission, etc. April 16, 1900. -- Read; referred to the Committee on the Philippines, and ordered to be printed.
Improvement of the Missouri River at Rulo and Nebraska City, Nebr. May 4, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Expenses of volunteers during organization of the Army for the Spanish War. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of March 8, 1900, reports of the Quartermaster-General and the Acting Commissary-General of Subsistence, United States Army; report of all claims...for the Spanish War. April 2, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Expenditures for Paris Exposition. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Commissioner-General of the United States to the Paris Exposition of 1900, submitting a detailed statement of the expenditures incurred under authority of law. April 2, 1900. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Persons employed in the State Department between certain ages. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of March 16, 1900, a report from the Secretary of State as to number of persons employed in the State Department between certain ages. April 5, 1900. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Petition of Isaac Mode. April 26, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Abandoned and Captured Property Act. April 27, 1900. -- Ordered to be printed.
Credentials of J.C.S. Blackburn. April 5, 1900. -- Ordered to be printed and placed on the files of the Senate.
Commissioned officers on duty at Navy-yards and naval stations. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of April 2, 1900, a statement showing the number of commissioned officers on duty at each Navy-yard and naval station in the United States during the month of March, etc. April 24, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Ages of employees, War Department. Letter from the Assistant Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of March 16, 1900, a statement showing by specified ages the number of regular employees in the War Department. April 7, 1900. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Additional appropriation for printing and binding, Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Chief of the Division of Stationery, Printing, and Blanks, of the Treasury Department, relative to an additional appropriation for printing and binding for the remainder of the current fiscal year. April 7, 1900.
Ship Eunice. April 9, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Protest of Creek Nation against amendments to pending agreement with Muscogee or Creek Tribe of Indians. May 2, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Protest of Cherokee Nation against amendments to the pending agreement with the Cherokee Indians. May 2, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Colored and Indian soldiers, etc., in national soldiers' homes, etc. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, in response to resolution of the Senate of April 18, 1900, as to the number of colored and Indian soldiers, or persons partly of African or Indian descent, in the national soldiers' homes and national insane asylums. May 2, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Armor-plate situation in Great Britain. May 3, 1900. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of the Cherokee Nation. April 11, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Ages of employees, Department of the Interior. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in response to resolution of the Senate of March 16, 1900, reporting the number of employees within the several age periods specified. April 14, 1900. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Ages of employees, Department of Justice. Letter from the Attorney-General, submitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of March 16, 1900, a statement as to the number of persons employed in the Department of Justice, with certain specified ages. April 14, 1900. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Jorge Cruz. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of April 7, 1900, a statement of the action of the Treasury Department in the case of Jorge Cruz, a resident of Porto Rico, alleged to have been brought to New York under contract to labor in the United States. April 11, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed.
Schooner William & Joseph. April 12, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Certain claims for extra payments for vessels built for the United States Navy. April 14, 1900. -- Ordered to be printed.
Civil government of Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States, relative to the civil government of Porto Rico. April 18, 1900. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Port Rico and ordered to be printed.
Pure food legislation. Memorial of the American Baking Powder Association in the matter of the Bill S. 3618. April 21, 1900. -- Presented by Mr. Proctor, from the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, and ordered to be printed.
Schooner Adams. April 20, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Levy and collection of taxes in Porto Rico. April 19, 1900. -- Ordered to be printed.
Schooner Orange. April 19, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Irrigation upon the Pima Indian Reservation, Ariz. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of April 9, 1900, a report from the Director of the Geological Survey relative to the proposed plans for irrigation upon the Pima Indian Reservation, Ariz. April 21, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Sloop Almena. April 20, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of the Cherokee Indians for moneys due them from the United States. April 21, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Number of commissioned naval officers. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of April 18, 1900, a statement prepared in the Bureau of Navigation, showing the number of commissioned naval officers on March 31, 1900, etc. April 24, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of Eastern or Emigrant Cherokees. April 23, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Improvement of Winyah Bay and Sampit River, South Carolina. April 25, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Extra compensation paid to Army officers in Cuba and Porto Rico. Letter from the Secretary of War, in response to resolution of the Senate of April 21, 1900, relative to extra compensation paid officers of the Army of the United States on duty in Cuba and Porto Rico. April 25, 1900. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of the Osage Nation, Oklahoma. April 4, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Petition of citizens of the island of Cuba. April 4, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Relations with Cuba and ordered to be printed.
Mississippi Choctaws. April 4, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Civil government for Alaska. April 6, 1900. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Purchase of land at Cushings Island, Portland Harbor, Maine. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copy of a communication from the Quartermaster General upon the subject of the acquisition of land at Cushings Island, Portland Harbor, Maine. April 10, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Delaware tribe of Indians. May 1, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Brig Thetis. May 3, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Memorial concerning water supply of Salt Lake City. May 3, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Change in laws relating to appointments to the Naval Academy. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Navy, urging the necessity for providing such a change in the laws relating to appointment to the Naval Academy...and the necessity for such legislation as will substantially increase the authorized quota itself. April 11, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Ages of employees, Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to resolution of the Senate of March 16, 1900, as to number of persons employed in the Treasury Department between certain ages. April 11, 1900. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Schooner Little Will. April 19, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Public building at Georgetown, S.C. April 25, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed.
Revenue derived from war-revenue law. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting in response to resolution of the Senate of April 20, 1900, a detailed statement from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue showing the amount of revenue derived from the so-called war-revenue law. April 24, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. 		75
Serial set 3869 Feasibility and propriety of filtering the water supply of Washington, D.C. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copy of a communication from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, submitting report of an investigation of the feasibility and propriety of filtering the water supply of the City of Washington. April 2, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 3870 Food furnished by Subsistence Department to troops in the field. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of March 30, 1900, the original record of the court of inquiry relative to the unfitness for issue of certain articles of food furnished by the Subsistence Department to troops in the field during the recent operations in Cuba and Porto Rico. Part I. 1
Serial set 3871 Food furnished by Subsistence Department to troops in the field. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of March 30, 1900, the original record of the court of inquiry relative to the unfitness for issue of certain articles of food furnished by the Subsistence Department to troops in the field during the recent operations in Cuba and Porto Rico. Part II. 1
Serial set 3872 Food furnished by Subsistence Department to troops in the field. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of March 30, 1900, the original record of the court of inquiry relative to the unfitness for issue of certain articles of food furnished by the Subsistence Department to troops in the field during the recent operations in Cuba and Porto Rico. Part III. 1
Serial set 3873 New legislation concerning crimes, misdemeanors, and penalties. Compiled from the laws of the Fifty-fifth Congress and from the session laws of the states and territories for 1897 and 1898. By Samuel J. Barrows, Commissioner for the United States on the International Prison Commission. 1
Serial set 3874 Alaska. 1899. Copper River Exploring Expedition. 1
Serial set 3875 Repairs of coast defenses. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of War submitting an estimate of appropriation for "repairs of coast defenses." May 18, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Coast Defense and ordered to be printed.
Transcripts of records and plats, General Land Office. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior submitting an estimate of appropriation for furnishing transcripts of records and plats of General Land Office for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1901. May 18, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Amendments to act to regulate commerce. May 16, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate Commerce and ordered to be printed.
McLeod Brothers, of Marietta, Kans. May 17, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Gathmann Torpedo Gun Company's gun equipment. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a letter from the Bureau of Ordnance, Navy Department, relative to the Senate amendment to the Bill (H.R. 10450) providing for the purchase...of the Gathmann Torpedo Gun Company's gun equipment...May 8, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Water resources of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting... a communication from the Director of the Geological Survey relative to investigations being made of the water resources of the United States, particularly of the arid regions. May 8, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands and ordered to be printed.
Surveys of islands recently acquired. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of March 31, 1900, a report by the Bureau of Equipment, Navy Department, stating what surveys of the islands recently acquired by the United States have been made by the Navy Department. May 8, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Flow of the Arkansas River. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of May 1, 1900, a copy of a communication from the Director of the Geological Survey, relative to the flow of the Arkansas River. May 8, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands and ordered to be printed.
Extending the limit of cost of certain public buildings. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Supervising Architect in relation to the necessity for extending the limit of cost for the construction of certain public buildings. May 11, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Education in Porto Rico... April 19, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. May 14, 1900. -- Ordered, that the letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of April 12, 1900, a letter from Brig. Gen. George W. Davis, together with the report of Dr. Victor S. Clark, and other papers accompanying the same, relative to education in Porto Rico, be printed for the use of the Senate.
Execution of persons in Porto Rico by the Spanish method of garrote. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting...a report from the military governor of Porto Rico relative to the execution of persons in Porto Rico by the Spanish method of garrote. May 12, 1900. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed.
Cape Nome mining region. May 11, 1900. -- Ordered to be printed.
Number, location, character, and cost of public buildings, etc. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of April 25, 1900, a report showing, by states, the number, location, character, and cost of each completed public building under the control of the Treasury Department... May 11, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed.
District of Columbia appropriation bill. May 14, 1900. -- Ordered to be printed.
Claims arising from war with Spain. Letter from the Secretary of War, in response to resolution of the Senate of May 2, 1900, relative to claims against the United States for damages to private property used or destroyed by troops in the military service within the limits of the United states during the war with Spain; also transmitting a draft of a bill providing for the settlement of such claims. May 12, 1900.
Petition from merchant millers, etc., of Kansas. May 14, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Free-homestead bill. May 12, 1900. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Union Pacific Railway Company. Letter from the Attorney-General, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of April 14, 1900, copies of papers connected with the distribution of the receivership fund of the Union Pacific Railway Company. May 9, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Pacific Railroads and ordered to be printed.
Electric plant, Interior Department buildings. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of the Interior submitting an estimate of appropriation for an electric plant for the Interior Department buildings. May 11, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Liquor traffic in Manila. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting in response to resolution of the Senate of March 2, 1900, copy of an order to the provost-marshal-general of Manila relative to the liquor traffic in Manila. May 12, 1900. -- Read; referred to the Committee on the Philippines and ordered to be printed.
Cable dispatches from General Otis, etc. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of April 28, 1900, copies of cable dispatches from General Otis...also copies of correspondence with Admiral George Dewey...May 21, 1900. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Philippines, and ordered to be printed.
Material, etc., needed for use of the coast artillery. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to appropriation necessary to enable the Ordnance Department of the Army to provide the requisite material, etc., needed for the use of the coast artillery. May 17, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Brig Dove. May 11, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Alleged violations of section 11 of the Civil Service Act of January 16, 1883. Letter from the Attorney-General, in response to resolution of the Senate of May 3, 1900, relative to action in regard to alleged violations of section 11 of the Civil-Service Act of January 16, 1883, during the year 1899. May 9, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment and ordered to be printed.
Importation of Japanese laborers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of May 16, 1900, a report from the Commissioner-General of Immigration relative to the importation of Japanese laborers under contract in violation of the contract-labor laws. May 18, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Immigration and ordered to be printed
Additional appropriations, Department of Justice. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Attorney-General, submitting additional estimates of appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1901. May 9, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Imports from France under reciprocal commercial arrangement, etc. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of April 26, 1900, a statement showing the quantity and value of merchandise imported into the United States under the reciprocal commercial arrangement ... May 9, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Gathmann torpedo shell and gun. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of May 7, 1900, copies of the reports of the experiments with the Gathmann torpedo shell and gun. May 9, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations to carry out provisions of act to provide a government for Hawaii. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting estimates of appropriations required to carry out certain provisions of an act entitled "An Act To Provide a Government for the Territory of Hawaii." May 9, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
William H. Theobald. Letter from the Attorney General, in response to resolution of the Senate of April 30, 1900, directing the Attorney-General to transmit to the Senate the report of Special Agent W.A. Sutherland, relative to the connection of William H. Theobald with the Chinese investigation, etc. May 9, 1900. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Appropriation for War Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War submitting estimates for appropriations for the use of the War Department for the service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1901. May 10, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Alleged violations of section 11, Civil-Service Act. Letter from the President of the United States Civil Service Commission, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of May 3, 1900, the papers in connection with alleged violations of section 11 of the Civil-Service Act occurring during the year 1899 in Ohio and in Kentucky. May 10, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment and ordered to be printed.
Capt. H.C. Newcomer. May 16, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Postal code for the island of Cuba. May 16, 1900. -- Ordered to be printed.
Lieut. Col. Charles J. Allen. May 16, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Investigation of fisheries of Hawaii. May 16, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Traveling expenses of Army nurses. May 16, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Repair of wing dam, Rock Island Arsenal water power. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to appropriation for repairs of wing dam of Rock Island Arsenal water power. May 17, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Steamer Palatia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting item of appropriation to refund the fine of Steamer Palatia. May 17, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Subcaliber tubes, etc., for coast artillery target practice. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to estimate of the Chief of Ordnance United States Army of an appropriation for subcaliber tubes, fittings, and ammunition for coast artillery target practice. May 17, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Rock Island Arsenal. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of War submitting an estimate of appropriation for the Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Ill. May 18, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Subcaliber tubes, etc., coast artillery target practice. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War submitting an estimate for subcaliber tubes, fittings, and ammunition for coast artillery target practice. May 18, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Repairs of buildings, etc., Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of the Interior submitting estimates of deficiencies in appropriations for repairs of buildings and removal of offices of the Interior Department. May 18, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Sloop Farmer. May 19, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Maj. W.H. Bixby. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, submitting certain facts pertaining to the disallowances for mileage by the Auditor for the War Department in the settlement of the accounts of Maj. W.H. Bixby, Corps of Engineers. May 19, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Brig Hannah. May 19, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Annex to the United States Naval Academy. January 24, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. May 21, 1900. -- Ordered to be printed.
Quality and condition of milk and cream sold in the District of Columbia, etc. Letter from the Acting President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, transmitting...a communication from the health officer of the District of Columbia, accompanied by a detailed report of the inspector of live stock and dairy farms, and of the inspector of dairy products. May 21, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
Papers relating to the War in South Africa. May 21, 1900. -- Ordered to be printed.
Compensation in lieu of moieties. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the acting chief of division of customs, in relation to the inadequacy of the sum of $10,000, included in the sundry civil Bill (H.R. 11212) for "compensation in lieu of moieties." May 9, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. 		50