The Forrest City times., 1894-08-10
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

IN the senate. on the 2d. MT. Chandler spoke an hour and half in favor of the adoption of his resolution for an investigation of the his tory of the Dominion Coal Co. of Nova Scotia. The resolution was sent to the calendar. The sundry civil appropriations bill was amended and passed Senator Pefer offered a resolu- tion locking to the employment by the United States of all unemployed citizens at the min mum wages of two dollars per day. bill for the exclusion of anarchists was reported from the committee on immigration and placed on the calendar. In the house very iituie ousi- ness Of importance was transacted. The con ference reports on the Indian and District oi Columbia appropriation bills were agreed to- and MT Moore tdem) was seated in place of Mir. Funston Crep), from the Second district Of Kansas.
 IN the senate, on the 3d, the general def- ciency appropriation bill was passed and sent to conference House bill for the admission of the territories of New Mexico and Arizona was reported and placed on the calender. The conference report on the river and harbor bill was presented and went over In the house after the passage of couple of private relief bills, the conference report on the river and harbor bill was agreed to. and a conference was ordered or the sundry civil appropriation bill: also upon the bill regulating the printing and publication of public documents.
 IN the senate on the 4th, thirty-seven private pension bills were taken from the calendar and passed Several other bills were passed, the most important of which was house bill to sub ject to state taxation national bank notes and United States treasury notes The bill declares the notes named and gold and silver and other coin subject to taxation as money on hand or under deposit under the laws of any state or territory. .... The house was not in session on the 4tn.
 IN the senate, on the 9th, Mir. Chandler's resolution to investigate the Dominion Coal Co. of Nova Scotia, and the substitute offered by Mir. Hill. were the subjects of a lively de- bate during the morning hour, but went over without action. House bill providing for the inspection of immigrants by United States consuls, with the substitute reported from the committee on immigration for the exclusion and deportation of anarchists, was taken up After lengthy debate, the substitute was agreed to. with amendments, the bill passed and a conference asked. In the house most of the day was spent in discussing the confer ence report on the Indian appropriation bill Without conclusive action however, the house adjourned.
 IN the senate. on the 7th, during short and unimportant session, some half dozen bills were passed, one of the greatest public interest being bill to facilitate the collection Of state, county and municipal taxes from corporations in the hands of receivers under orders of a United States court The house. bankruptcy bill was reported back from committee with amendments. and placed on the calendar ..... In the house, consideration of the Indian appro- priat1on bill was completed, the house reced- ing from disagreement to senate amendment relating to the ratification of the treaties with the Siletz, Yankton-Sioux and Neg Perces h. disns for the purchase of portions of their res ervations. Several senate amendments to the tarin bill were agreed to, and quite number Of bills were passed.