Call Number (LC) Title Results
Serial set 3851 Inquiry as to representative from South African Republic. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting...a report from the Secretary of State relative to the inquiry "if any person has been accredited representative in any capacity to the United States of America by the South African Republic, commonly known as the Transvaal," etc. January 25, 1900. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Charges of fraud in the pension roll. February 1, 1900. -- Ordered to be printed.
Hugo O. Loewi. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of January 11, 1900, a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers, relating to the claim of Hugo O. Loewi against Haiti. January 23, 1900. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Old Customhouse in New York City. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending that there be included in the urgent deficiency bill an item of appropriation enabling the Secretary of the Treasury to pay rent for use of the old Customhouse in New York City. January 23, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Cuba Submarine Telegraph Company. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers, with reference to the claim of the Cuba Submarine Telegraph Company, a British corporation, for compensation of the expense incurred in repairing the damage done to its cables and property by United States forces during the War with Spain. January 23, 1900. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Relations with Cuba, and ordered to be printed.
Public buildings at Fort Du Pont, Del. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copy of a letter from the Quartermaster-General of the Army relative to certain needed legislation waiving the provisions of Section 355, Revised Statutes, so far as they affect the erection of public buildings... at Fort Du Pont, Del. January 25, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed.
Expenditures under urgent deficiency act, Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of January 8, 1900, a statement from the Paymaster-General of the Navy showing the allotments to the Navy Department from the $50,000,000 appropriated by Congress under the act approved March 9, 1898... January 25, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Agreement with the Crow Indians of Montana. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting copy of a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs relative to the agreement entered into with the Crow Indians of Montana by the commissioners appointed under the Act of June 10, 1896. January 24, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Fractional silver coinage, 1899. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of January 19, 1900, a statement showing the fractional silver coinage at the mints, by months, for the calendar year 1899. January 25, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Report of the National Academy of Sciences for the year 1899. January 25, 1900. -- Presented by Mr. Hawley and ordered to be printed.
Claims of William Evans [i.e., Evens] and others. January 24, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of J.S. Standley and Halbert E. Paine. January 25, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian affairs and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of C.L. Watrous and others. January 23, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and forestry. January 24, 1900. -- Ordered to be printed as a document.
Pensions to commissioned officers, etc., United States Army, etc. December 18, 1899. -- Laid on the table. January 24, 1900. -- Ordered to be printed.
Pacific Cable. January 25, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Schedule of pensioning for the several wars. Letter from the Commissioner of Pensions transmitting a schedule of pensioning for the several wars. January 24, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed.
Expenditures under urgency deficiency act. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of January 8, 1900, a schedule prepared by the Auditor of the Treasury Department, showing itemized statement of expenditures from allotments made to the Treasury Department from appropriations made by act of Congress, approved March 9, 1898. January 29, 1900.
Text-books used in Indian schools. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of December 13, 1899, copy of a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs respecting the text-books used for instruction in the Indian schools under the jurisdiction of the Interior Department. January 25, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Commutation of ration to certain petty officers of the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, to accompany Bill (S. 2727) authorizing the payment of commutation of ration to the petty officers of the Navy who served on detached duty between March 1, 1898, and November 4, 1899. January 29, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Survey of coasts of United States, etc. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of December 20, 1899, a report by the superintendent of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey relative to the progress and present state of the survey of the coasts of the United States, including Alaska, and which have been inaugurated on the islands under the jurisdiction of the United States, etc. January 29, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Coast and Insular Survey and ordered to be printed.
Unclaimed property of beneficiaries of a naval home dying intestate. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, to accompany Bill (S. 2726) providing for the disposition of unclaimed property of beneficiaries of a naval home dying intestate. January 29, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
National City Bank of New York. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to resolution of the Senate of January 23, 1900, making further inquiry as to communications and agreements between the Secretary of the Treasury and the officials of the National City Bank of New York. January 29, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Outer Bar, Brunswick, Ga. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of January 22, 1900, a letter from Mr. Henry L. Marindin, United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, stating that the report will be forthcoming without unnecessary delay. January 30, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
East Washington Heights Traction Railroad Company. January 31, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad Company. February 1, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
City and Suburban Railway of Washington. February 1, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway Company. February 1, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
Brightwood Railway Company. February 1, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
Pacific cable. February 2, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Choctaw Indian lands. February 5, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Henry W. Lee. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of January 9, 1900, copies of all papers of record in the case of Henry W. Lee, claiming pay under the act of 1894 for services stated to have been rendered by him to the Winnebago Indians in Wisconsin. February 5, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Treaty with the Sultan of Sulu. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of January 24, 1900, copy of the report and all accompanying papers of Brig. Gen. John C. Bates in relation to the negotiation of a treaty or agreement made by him with the Sultan of Sulu on the 20th day of August, 1899. February 1, 1900. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Topographic and geologic insular surveys. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of January 9, 1900, a communication from the Director of the Geological Survey, inclosing a report on topographic and geologic insular surveys. January 25, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on the Geological Survey and ordered to be printed.
Property in possession of Secretary of Senate. February 1, 1900. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Georgetown and Tennallytown Railway Company. February 1, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
Columbia Railway Company. February 1, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed
Capital Railway Company. February 1, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
Metropolitan Railroad Company. February 1, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
Baltimore and Washington Transit Company of Maryland. February 5, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
Industrial and other conditions of the Island of Puerto Rico, and the form of government which should be adopted for it. Hearings before the Committee on Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico of the United States Senate on Senate Bill 2264, to provide a government for the Island of Puerto Rico, and for other purposes. February 5, 1900. -- Presented by Mr. Foraker and ordered to be printed.
Certain money paid by the State of California, etc. February 5, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims, to accompany amendment to S. 1676, and ordered to be printed.
Property of the United States Senate. February 5, 1900. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Coeur D'Alene mining troubles. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of January 25, 1900, advance sheets from the annual report of the Major-General commanding the Army for the year 1899, part I, pages 28 to 74, inclusive, the same being report of Brig. Gen. Henry C. Merriam, U.S.A., "on miners' riots in the State of Idaho." February 5, 1900. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Receipts from sale of condemned property. February 5, 1900. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Expenses under the Urgent Deficiency Act, War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, in response to resolution of the Senate of January 8, 1900, as to what portion of the $50,000,000 appropriated by Congress under the Urgent Deficiency Appropriation Act, approved March 8, 1898, for the purposes of national defense... February 5, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. 		45
Serial set 3852 Report of the special agent for the protection of the Alaska salmon fisheries. January 24, 1900. -- Ordered to be printed.
Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes, etc. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of the Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes, and a copy of a declaration to prohibit, for the term of five years, the launching of projectiles and explosives from balloons, and other new methods of a similar nature; both signed at the Hague....February 8,1900. -- Ordered to be printed.
Convention between the United States and Great Britain to facilitate the construction of a ship canal, etc. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a convention between the United States and Great Britain to facilitate the construction of a ship canal to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans... February 8, 1900. -- Ordered to be printed together with "Clayton-Bulwer Treaty."
Tenure and disposition of real and personal property. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a treaty between the United States and Great Britain relating to the tenure and disposition of real and personal property, signed March 2, 1899. February 8, 1900. -- Ordered to be printed.
Sheathing and coppering battle ships and armored cruisers. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the views of the members of the Board on construction relative to the question of sheathing and coppering the three battle ships and the three armored cruisers authorized by the naval appropriation act, approved March 3, 1899. February 10, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Rachel Wilson. February 12, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims and ordered to be printed.
Revolutionary monument at Talladega, Ala. February 5, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed.
List of maps and views of Washington and District of Columbia in the Library of Congress by P. Lee Phillips, F.R.G.S. Superintendent of Maps and Charts. February 7, 1900. -- Presented by Mr. McMillan and ordered to be printed.
Report of the commission on roads in Yosemite National Park, California. February 8, 1900. -- Ordered to be printed.
Moneys due the Cherokee Nation. Reprint of Senate Document No. 16, 54th Congress, 1st session, and House Executive Document No. 182, 53d Congress, 3d session, relating to moneys due the Cherokee Nation. February 9, 1900. -- Presented by Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, and ordered to be printed.
Irrigation on the Gila River, Arizona. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of January 29, 1900, copy of a report as to the general conditions and cost of water storage for irrigation on the Gila River, Arizona. February 6, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands and ordered to be printed.
Free navigation of the Suez Maritime Canal. February 6, 1900. -- Ordered to be printed.
Proceedings of naval courts-martial. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in response to resolution of the Senate of February 5, 1900, whether the Navy Department has or has not refused or refrained to communicate to the Court of Claims any information concerning proceedings of naval courts-martial on the call of said court, etc. February 10, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Efficiency of the personnel of the Navy and Marine Corps. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, to accompany Bill (S. 3101) to amend section 13 of the act "To Reorganize and Increase the Efficiency of the Personnel of the Navy and Marine Corps of the United States," approved March 3, 1899. February 9, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Trans-pacific cable. February 12, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Vessels authorized and under construction for United States Navy, etc. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of January 15, 1900...showing the vessels authorized and under construction for the United States Navy... February 13, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Memorial concerning the sale and other disposition of the public lands, etc. February 14, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Organic acts for the territories of the United States with notes thereon, complied from Statutes at Large of the United States; also, appendixes comprising other matters relating to the government of the territories. February 5, 1900. -- Presented by Mr. Foraker and ordered to be printed.
Revival of the merchant marine. February 5, 1900. -- Ordered to be printed.
Washington, Alexandria, and Mount Vernon Railway Company. February 8, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
Convention between the United States, Germany, and Great Britain. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a convention, signed at Washington December 2, 1899, between the United States, Germany, and Great Britain, to adjust amicably the questions between the three governments in respect to the Samoan group of islands. February 8, 1900. -- Ordered to be printed.
Ratification of agreement with Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indians. February 14, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, with amendment intended to be proposed to the Indian Appropriation Bill (H.R. 7433), and ordered to be printed. 		22
Serial set 3853 Correspondence and other papers relating to the proposed interoceanic ship canal, being a reprint of an executive document of the special session of March 4, 1857, and of document No. 194 of the Forty-seventh Congress, first session. February 8, 1900. -- Ordered to be printed.
Correspondence in relation to an interoceanic canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty and the Monroe Doctrine, and the Treaty between the United States and New Granada of December 12, 1846, comprising a reprint of Senate Ex. Docs. No. 112, 46th Congress, 2d session; No. 194, 47th Congress, Ist session; and No. 26, 48th Congress, Ist session; and correspondence not heretofore communicated to Congress. 		2
Serial set 3854 Proposed Pacific cable. February 24, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Efficiency of the military establishment. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to Bill (S. 3240) to increase the efficiency of the military establishment of the United States. February 20, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, with S. 3240, and ordered to be printed.
Communications between the executive departments of the government and Aguinaldo, etc. Message of the President of the United States... March 5, 1900. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Philippine Islands and ordered to be printed
The Philippine Islands. February 15, 1900. -- Ordered to be printed.
Claim by the State of South Carolina for moneys expended for militia purposes in the Florida War of 1836 and 1837. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting... the account between the United States and the State of South Carolina growing out of the claim for moneys expended by said state for military purposes... February 15, 1900. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Gettysburg National Park Commission. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of January 22, 1900, a report of the Gettysburg National Park Commission relative to the acquisition of such lands in the vicinity of Gettysburg...February 15, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Salary United States Consul, Toronto, Canada. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State, recommending an increase in the salary of the United States Consul at Toronto, Canada. February 19, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Sale of Otoe and Missouria Indian Reservation. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to sale and lands in the late reservation of the confederated Otoe and Missouria tribes of Indians in the States of Nebraska and Kansas. February 16, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs (to accompany S. 3207) and ordered to be printed.
Survey of outer bar, Brunswick, Ga. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of January 22, 1900, a report from Mr. H.L. Marindin, an engineer of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, recently detailed to survey the outer bar of Brunswick, Ga., showing the amount of work done on said bar since his last report, its cost, value to the government, etc. February 19, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Public receipts and expenditures in Cuba. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting... from the date of the occupation of Cuba by the military forces of this government, January 1, 1899, to December 31, 1899, etc. February 16, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Relations with Cuba and ordered to be printed.
J.A. Ware. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of February 8, 1900, a report of the Quartermaster General of the Army relative to the claim of J.A. Ware...for extra expenditures incurred by him in the construction of the Mound City National Cemetery Roadway. February 19, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
New Panama Canal Company of France. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of January 23, 1900, copies of the communications received by the President and by the Secretary of State from the New Panama Canal Company of France. February 20, 1900. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Interoceanic Canals, and ordered to be printed.
Exchange of denuded lands in government reservations, etc. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of February 5, 1900, copy of a communication from the Commissioner of the General Land Office relative to legislation...in the exchange of denuded lands in government reservations for other lands on the public domain. February 20, 1890. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Finance bill. February 23, 1900. -- Ordered to be printed.
Account between the United States and South Carolina. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, ...a copy of the report of the Auditor for the War Department relative to the account between the United States and the Senate of South Carolina, growing out of the claim of the state for moneys expended by said state for military purposes in the Florida war of 1836 and 1837. February 23, 1900. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Pacific cable. February 24, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Free trade between the United States and Puerto Rico. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copy of a letter from Brig. Gen. George W. Davis...together with a copy of translation of a petition from tobacco merchants, growers, and manufacturers, of Puerto Rico, asking for free trade relations with the United States. February 26, 1900. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
The Spanish Bank of Puerto Rico. February 26, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed.
Trip through the island of Luzon. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of February 21, 1900, a copy of the report of Paymaster W.B. Wilcox and Naval Cadet L.R. Sargent on a trip through the island of Luzon. February 26, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on the Philippines and ordered to be printed.
Work of Industrial Commission. February 26, 1900. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Purchase of current literature for department library. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Acting Secretary of the Interior requesting that an appropriation be made for the purchase of current literature for the library of the Department of the Interior. February 24, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Salaries paid United States judges, etc. March 5, 1900. -- Ordered to be printed.
Restitution of property of American citizens. Message from the President of the United States...showing the steps taken by the Department of State to obtain restitution of property of American citizens seized...by the military authorities of Great Britain on and near Delagoa Bay, South Africa. February 15, 1900. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Pacific cable. February 15, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Allowance for clerks, United States consulate, City of Mexico. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State, recommending an increase in the allowance for clerks for the United States consulate at the City of Mexico. February 19, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Salary United States consul at Bombay. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State, recommending an increase in the salary of the United States consul at Bombay. February 19, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Salary United States consul, Windsor, Nova Scotia. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State recommending an increase in the salary of the United States consul at Windsor, Nova Scotia. February 19, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Harbor of refuge, Sandy Bay, Cape Ann, Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of February 9, 1900, a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, together with copies of reports made by a Board of Engineers relative to the harbor of refuge, Sandy Bay, Cape Ann, Massachusetts. February 19, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Lots belonging to United States occupied by private parties. March 5, 1900. -- Ordered to be printed.
Appropriation for law library, General Land Office. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of the Interior submitting an estimate of appropriation for law books for the law library of the General Land Office for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1901. March 3, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Obsolete and condemned cannon. Letter from the Secretary of War, inclosing two lists showing the obsolete and condemned cannon at the various arsenals and fortifications which are available for donation under the act of May 22, 1896. March 2, 1900. -- Ordered to be printed.
Telephone rates in the District of Columbia. Letter from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of February 19, 1900, copy of a statement of the attorney for the District of Columbia regarding telephone rates, together with decision of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in the matter. March 1, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
Sesseton and Wahpeton Indians. March 2, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Deficiency appropriation, postage, Department of the Interior. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting an estimate of deficiency in the appropriation for "postage to postal-union countries, Department of the Interior," for the fiscal year 1900. March 3, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Miscellaneous expenses, Department of Labor. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Commissioner of Labor, submitting a supplemental and increased estimate of appropriation for "miscellaneous expenses, Department of Labor," for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1901. March 3, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Additional force, office Commissioner of the General Land Office. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, submitting estimate of appropriation for additional force in the office of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. February 27, 1899. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. 		36
Serial set 3855 Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1899. 1
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