Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-05
FROM THE CAPITOL.
BOTH HOUSES AT WORK.
THE SENATE PASSEs SEVERAL BILLS
Among Them One Appropria.ing $4,000
For National Museum Annex.
MILITARY BILLS IN THE HOUSE.
MILITARY BILLS IN THE HOUSE.
THE SENATE.

Among the petitions presented was one from
the president OF the Methodist Episcopal Church
mission protesting against the passage of the
bill providing for .he deportation or imprison-
ment OF Chinese found in this country without
certificate.
Also remonstrances from the American
Baptist mission, the Baptist ministers recent
conference at Boston and the churches OF
Dorchester, Mass, against pending legislation
III reference to the Chinese.
Also resolutions of the board of commerce
OF San Francisco against the repeal OF the Chi
nese exclusion act and for additional legislation
effectually to prevent Chinese immigration.
Mr.. Voorhees,. from the library committee.
reported bill (Which was placed on the cal
endar) appropriating $3.50 for the purchase
from George B. Mathews of his portrait of
John Paul Jones.
BILLS PASSED.
The following Senate bills (among others)
were taken from the calendar and passed: Ap-
propriating $4,000 FOR an Indian industrial
school at Flandreau, SD. Appropriating
sl3,621 to Laban, Heath 4 Co. of Boston. Mass,
for damages on account of imperfect i'm
pressions of US. bonds furnished them for
their bond detector.n To authorize the con-
veyance of certain absentee Shawnee Indian
lands in Kansas.
To provide for the disposal of the interest on
the VIrginius indemnity fund by distribution
among the persons who have already estab-
lished their right to participate in the fund.
To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury
and the proper accounting officers TO restate.
settle and pay to the owners of private dies
the balance of commissions due them and ap-
propriating $350.0N.
FIREPRooF BUILDING FOR THE NATIONAL MUSEUM
Appropriating $780, 900 for an additional ire
proof building for the National Museum.
FOR PURE FOOD.
Providing for an inspection of meats for
expectation, prohibiting the importation of
adulterated articles of food or drink and au-
thorizing the President to make procla-
nation in certain cases. and for other pur-
poses. 1.-THE bill provides that the Secretary
of Agriculture may cause to DC made care
ful inspection of salted pork and bacon in-
tended for expectation. with view to deter
mining whether the same is wholesome. sound
and mt for human food. whenever the
laws, regulations or orders of the gov
such pork or bacon is to be exported shall re-
quire inspection thereof relating 10 the impor-
tation thereof into such country. and also
whenever any buyer or seller exporter of
such meats intended for expectation shall
request the inspection thereof 1t forbids the
importation of any adulterated or unwholesome
food or adulterated wines or liquors: provides
penalties for such offenses; authorizes the
President to issue a proclamation suspending
the importation of animals $50 as TO guard
against infectious or contagious disc ease)l
10 place Major James Belger on the retired
list OF the army as colonel.
70 amend section l754 of the Revised Statutes
as to preferences Of honorably discharged
soldiers in appointment to civil Office.