Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-26
Fiftieth Congress-Second Session
WASHINGTON, Jan. %.


 SENATE.-Mr. Hale, from the appropri
 ton committee, reported the consular an
 diplomatic appropriation bill and said thi
 he would call it up early next week.
 MT. Allison moved that the Senate insii
 on its amendment to the tafif bill and aske for a conference with the House on the bi | and amendment. The motion was agreed t | without objection.
 MT. Frye, from the committee on com | merce, reported back the House bill for tn establishment of light ship, with for sig nals st Sandy Hook, N. J., at cost not ex ceeding $6o, 900. with an amendment makinl 8 similar provision for Great Rousnd shoa construction of the ships to be built in Amer ican shipyards. The amendment was agreed to, the bill passed and & conference with thu House asked. The pension appropriation bill was then taken up and passed, with bu one amendment, appropriating SIS, 600 fol rent on pension agencies.
 The military academy appropriation bil was then taken up, amended and passed Mir. Allison explaining that the increase ove1 the bill of last year was due to the erection of two buildings at the academy, one for the use of instructors and the other for & gymua sium.
 On motion of MT. Hoar the vote by which on Wednesday last the bill for the relief o1 the Louisiana State National bank was passed ACCOMPLISHMENT the committee on claims.
 The Senate then proceeded to the consid. eration of the bill reported from the finance committee to declare unlawful trusts and combinations in restraint of trade and pro- duction. On motion of MT. Hoar the first section was amended by making it apply also to goods transported into or from the District of Columbia. Mr. Hoar offered an amend ment to come in as an additional section. It provides that one of the purposes of such combination shall be to compel any person or partnership or corpo- ration to become a party to it, or to cease from doing any lawful business or to sell or dispose of any lawful business, such person, partnership or company may sue for and re- cover damages; also that any purchaser who has lon account of such eoRabination) to pay an increased price for the article purchased may sue for and recover damages from any party to the combination. After 8 short discussion the amendment was agreed to.
 Mr. Eustis called the attention of MT. Sher- man in charge of the bilD to the fact that the bill did not seem to apply to existing trusts, and he offered an amendment providing Gas an additional seotion) that any person who ninety days after the enactment of the law shall act ss manager, officer trustee or agent of any such combination, shall be liable to the penalties provided in the bill. The matter was under considers tion at 9 o'clock when the ssunfinished busi- ness" (being the Union Pacific funding bilD was laid before the Senate. MT. Plumb, how ever, called up (as having precedence) the Dis. triot of Columbia appropriation bill, and he then yielded to have amendments offered to the trust bill.
 MT. Platt offered an amendment making the law apply whether the principal of the trust resides in the United States or in 8 foreign country, and MT. Stewart offered as an amendment his "gold and silver certif. cate bill." The bill as amended was ordered printed, as we'll as the pending amendments.
 The Senate then resumed consideration of the District of Columbia appropriation bill. ing an appropriation of $200, ,000 for the es- tablishment of geological park on Rock Greek. The bill was then passed. A con- ference was asked and Senators Plumb, Dawes and Cockrill were appointed conferees on the part of the Senate.
 The following bills were passed: To secure the maintenance of public order during the cermonies and appropriating $S ,500. Accepting the invitation of the Im- periaI German government to the govern ment of the United States to become party to the international geodetic association. (House bill.) For the presentation of suit- able medals to the survivors of ty" of Port Hudson, on June 15, 1863. To make the salary of the supervising surgeon general of the marine hospital service the same as that of the surgeon general of the army.
 The Senate then proceeded to the consid- eration of private pension bills on the calen- dar. Among the thirty bills passed was one Ia Senate bilD increasing the pension of the widow of General Rousseau to $100 month. After brief session for executive business the Senate at 2:45 adjourned until Monday.
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 NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-Ths business fail ures occurring throughout the country dur ing the last seven days, as reported to R. G. Dun 6 Go. and E. Russell & Go. of the mer- camille agency, number for the United States 40, for Canada 32, or total of 342, as against total of 3S7 last week and 381 the week previous to the last. For the corre-