Daily Kennebec journal., 1888-03-09

Inc whole, the bill was passed for the ailot
ment of land in severaity on White Earti
and Red Lake reservations to the Chippews
Indians in Mimi, and for the opening up te
the settlement of other reservations of those
Indians in that State.
The house at 5.l5 adjourned.
General Congressional News
The Committee on Banking and Currency
has ordered adverse reports on the heading
of bills to repeal the Law imposing a ten per
cent tax on state bank circulation.
The investigation into the subject of trusts
and their influence upon the price of COM
modities, formally began today by the House
committee on manufactures. Messrs. Bacon
(Channing,) Breckenridge. Wilson, Mckin-
ney, Grimes and Smith, of the committee
were present. The investigation began with
inquiry into the sugar trust. John c. Par
sons the attorney of the sugar trust was first
called upon the stand. He said that there
was deed, or agreement, which created q
board called The Sugar Refiner's Company =
that he was member of this board and At
the suggestion of Representative Bacon pro-
duced copy of the agreement with the ex-
ception that that part relating to the interest
held by various members of the board in
the capitalization of the company, was
eliminated from the copy as that was regard
ed as private matter and one which could
have no bearing on the investigation. The
boardwas composed of eleven persons. Theo-
dore Havemeyer had been elected president.
The agreement was dated August l6, 1887.
Bacon asked if it was executed on that date
The witness said that it was not considered
complete until October lst, but had been
signed on the date mentioned in the instru-
ment by Havemeyer, Elder Havemeyer.
Others signed between August 10 and Octo-
Der /, and the agreement went into operation
| October "a, Other parties came in after
Oct "a and as far as he knew, thei- interest
dated back to the time when the agreement
went into operation. The delay in signing
the agreement, the witness said was explain
ed by the fact that the agreement required
that an inventory be made of the property
of each member of the board. In accordance
with the agreement each of the members of
the board had organized his concern into a
corporation Each of these corporations was
represented by stock and that stock was
transferred by those holding it 10 the MEM
bers of the board who iss led the certificates
of interest in the Sugar Refiner's Company,
corresponding to the amount of stock turned
in by the stockholders. Although the deed
runs in the name of corporations, he said, it
must be obvious to the committee that the
stock was surrendered by the individuals
as such The agreement says that tina board
constituted by it may transfer to such per-
sons as may be desired to constitute the
trustees and directors of the corporations
so many shares as may be necessary for that
purpose, to be held by them subject to the
provisions of this instrument and that they
may be subject also to the right of the
board to call for a transfer.
The President on Thursday sent to the
Senate the following message in reply to the
resolution that the President be requested to
negotiate treaty With China, containing pro-
visions that no Chinese laborer shall enter
the United States =
The importance of the subject IefeIred to
in this resolution, has by no means been ov-
erlooked by the executive branch of the
government charged. under the constitution
with the formation of treaties with foreign
countries Negotiations with China for a
treaty such as is mentioned in said resolution
was commenced many months ago, and been
since continued.
1t is however, with much qualification that
deem myself justified in expressing to the
Senate, in response to its resolution, hope
and expectation that the treaty will soon be
concluded concerning the immigration of
of our people and the appreciation of the
body to which it will be submitted for con-
firmation.
(Signed) GROVER CLEVELAND.
The bill granting pensions to ex- x-soldiers
and sailors, etc, as passed by the Senate to-
day, provides that in considering pension
claims of dependent parents, the fact and
cause of death, and the fact that the soldier
left no widow or miner child'or children hav-
ing been shown as required by lay, it shall
be necessary only to show by competent and
sufficient evidence, that such parent or par
ents are without other means of support
than by their own manual labor or contribu-
tions of others not legally bound for their
support 1t provided that all pensions al
| lowed under this section shall commence
from the date of the passage of this act or
from the date of subsequent dependence
and shall continue no longer than the exis
tence of such dependence. All persons who
served three months or more in the military
or naval service of the United States during
the war of the rebellion and who have been
honorably discharged therefron, and who
are now, or who may hereafter be, suffering
from mental or PHYSICAL disability, not the
result of his own vicious habits, which total
ly incapacitates for the performance of man
ual labor ana VINO are without otner
adequate means of self support,
shall, upon making due proof of
fact according to such rules and regulations
as the Secretary of the Interior may provide,
and be placed upon the list of invalid pen
soners of the United States, and be entitled
to receive twelve dollars per MONTH and
such pension shall commence from the date
of the filing of the application in the pension
office. The bill also provides that all who
are now receiving pensions or having claims
pending. may, by applying to the commits
soner of pensions, receive the benefit of
this act, provided however, that no person
sap,e neriod and also that tbeir rank in tho
service shall not be considered IN the appi-
cations hled. Ii an Invalid pensioner mas
died, or dies leaving widow MINOR chiid
or children, under eighteen years of age or