The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-06-07
FlFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
summary Of Leading Event..

washington, May 2s.-Senate-Tb,
Icaulng Of the sundry civil apnronria
.,"h bil was completed. but NOT nII -
,ne committee amendments have Le,.,
olSpoSed Of a lively debate ,y,s mo-
.!PI'a'ed over the proposition 10 con.
'iiiue the life Of the industrial conn.
mission until October 81. 1901.
house-The Alaskan civil roverr
mrnt bill was passed. Otbcr Nh
passed were: Authorizing tho rra,;
"erf 10 appoint ten first Teutena,t.
ol The signal corps. whose comm.
,'nH N'ilIl expire June 30. 1901. end
40 Pro'ide six additional officers in
we Subsistence bureau of tho war rio.
l''' mem; TO ratifv the agreement Of
- commission 10 the five civilizod
r-,,", rN ana The Seminole Indians: to
dian rcsorvaiio1np.b o1npbiiS domain small
change gold bars for gold coin.
Washington. May 29.-Scnatc Nm
amendment appropriating 5000. 1000
Tor thc Louisiana purchase exposition
10 he held in 81. Louis i'm 1903 was
added 10 the sundry civil appropria-
lIcn bill on condition that 10000 600
IN addition he raised by the cNposi-
non authorities. The Teller reson-
non expressing sympathy for The
b"erS was referred 10 the committee
on Foreign relations by vote of 30
to 2G.
House The conference report on
the post office appropriation bill was
agreed TO. II carried S22j 900 for
pneumatic tube ser, ice. The bill now
goes TO the PRESIDENT
Washington. May 80 Senate Not I
in session.
iIouSc-An unsuccessful effort war .
made 10 get the antitrust resolution .
before the house. One hundred and .
ninety private pension brIs were
passed
Washington, May b. senate The
'undry civil appropriation bill was
passed. II carries an appropriation
If SJ,oO0,00O for the Louisiana pur.
'hasp exposition 10 bp held i'm St
louis in 1903. and SrOO.000 for the be-
Of the work on the memorial
1ridge between Washington and Ar
lngton cemetery. 10 be erected in
memory Of the dead Of both the union
md confederate armies. The project.
I IS expected. will ultimately cost
bout Sj,OOO.OOO.
llousc-Thc entire session was
aiken up discussing the resolution
eportcd from tho judiciary commit
ce proposing constitutional amend
1ent 30 lodge in congress the power
o define. regulate. control. prohibit
+ dissolve trusts, monopolics or com
nations
Washington. June l. Senate The {
Military academy appropriation bill I
as passed. II carries amendments +
laking Gen. Miles and all Of the fu-
IRE commanders of the army licutcu-
Mt generals and plenty % anocNo.
cneral. ConSitn jOyed the unique en-
ne appropriSere Mr.. and Mrs. b. Il.
rmr,Gm'H' 1'',,,a,cI sses Minnie F"v ;--i J
House-Thc joint resolution pro- -,
osing constitutional amendment :
congress TO regulate
'usts was defeated II requires ]
vO-thirdS vote under the constitu-
on TO adopt an amendment TO the >
The vote stood ayes s.
A. nays 13l. The bills TO ratifv the II
eatlcS made 10y the Dawes commits 81
on with the Cherokee and Creek In >,
ans were passed.
Washington, June 2.-Scnatc-Th -
st of tho appropriation bills, the
neral deficiency, was passed, as was
so the emergency river and harbor
II, providing for numerous surveys n
d for certain other public works. r.
d the bill providing for the cxtradi-
IN of persons who have committed u
rtain crimes in Cuba from the Unit .;
States TO the island. The bill pro-
les that the alleged criminal shall -
punished under the laws of Cuba
administered by Cuban courts. in
House The Iittlcfeld trust bill d,
is amended by the democrats 50 A. n,
except from the provisions of the
/ all labor organizations and
ions, and then the measure was 80
ssed, only one vote being cast ~
ainst it. pl