The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-03
Senate Appropriation for n New Agri-
cultural Building Costing a Million
and n Half Approved.
ARMY BILL IN THE SENATE
IT'S PASSAGE DELAYED BY MR.. PET
TUS, WHO DESIRES TO AMEND 1T.
Monthly Statements of the Treasury
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Debt, CircuIa-
ton and Coinage.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 2.-The House to-
day passed about forty bills under suspen-
sion of the rules. The most important of
them was a bill to authorize resumption
of the negotiations with Great Britain for
the preservation of the Alaska fur seals
and to give the secretary OF the treasury
authority, il a modus vivendi is not con-
cluded prior to the opening of the pelagic
sealing season this year. to exterminate
the seal herd on the Pribylov islands, ex-
cept 10000 females and LOCO males. The
Senate bill appropriating 81, 500 900 for a new
department of agricultural building was
passed. Among the other bills were a
number to restore to their former rank
In the army or navy and then retire officers
who resigned years ago. One bill advanced
Brig. Gen. H. C.. Merriam, retired to the
grade of major general on the retired list
The bills passed were: To restore and re-
tire Lieut. Robert Plat, u. S. NJ. as
commander in the navy; to appoint and re-
tire Capt. John Russell Bartlett, u S. ~.
as rear admiral; to restore John Walton
Ross to the active list of the army as a
medical director: for the relief of Henry G.
Rogers; TO mark the positions of the regu-
lar troops on the battlefield of Gettysburg:
to tender the thanks of Congress to Rear
Admiral Louis Kempff, u. S. N, for the
wisdom displayed by him in refusing to
join the allied forces in the bombardment
Of the forts at Taku, China: to regulate
the practice of medicine and surgery in the
Indian Territory; to extend the time for
the construction of bridge across the
Cumberland river at Carthage, Tenn; to
authorize the Eastern Railroad Company
to construct a bridge across the Monon-
gahela river in Pennsylvania: to extend
for three years the time for the construc-
ton of a canal by the Mussel Shoals Power
Company at Mussel Shoals, Ala; to re-
store to the rolls and retire Capt. Thomas
H. Carpenter, u. S. A.; to advance Lieu
tenant Commander w. c. Raidal, u s. NJ,
retired, to the rank of commander on the
retired list: to amend the act to divide
the Northern judicial district of Alabama
into two divisions: to extend the time for
the construction of the Akron, Sterling
G. Northern Railroad in Alaska; to restore
Capt. Kenny j. Hampton, U. s. A, to active
list; to create a new division of the East
ern judicial district of Texas; to extend
the provisions of the Revised Statutes
on the Reservation and sale of town sites
on public lands" to the coded Indian lands
in Minnesota; to authorize the construction
of a wagon and foot bridge across ST
Francis river, Arkansas; to authorize the
international Road and Terminal Company
TO construct bridge across Rainy river,
Minnesota; to dedicate to Columbus, o.
for purpose of streets, certain portions of
the government barrack grounds; to ad-
judicate conflicts relative to school lands
growing out of abandoned military reser-
vations; to authorize the secretary of the
interior to issue a patent to certain land
TO the ROCKFORD Cemetery Association.
ROCKFORD, S. D.; to permit the town of
Montrose, Col, TO enter leo acres of land
for reservoir purposes; to establish a fog
bell and lens lantern light on Southampton
shoals, San Francisco bay; to grant the
State of California $40 acres in lieu of the
State lands now occupied by the Mission
Indians, and to convey Widows island to
the State of Maine.