Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-02-09

appropriation bill was taken Up and de-
bated until adjournment.
In the Senate Tuesday House bill
was passed extending to express COM
panies engaged III Interstate commerce
the prohibition against carrying obscene
literature. \ bill largely increasing the
fees for Incorporating stock companies
in the District of Columbia was passed
and Mr.. Platt of Connecticut introduced
4 measure intended to correct abuses I'M
der the local corporation laws mentioned
by the President in his message Monday.
Mr.. Nelson of Minnesota spoke on the
statehood bill. In the House the Senate
amendments to the army appropriation
bill were voted down and the measure
was sent to conference. y resolution Of
fered by Mr. Fitzgerald of New York
calling on the Navy Department for in
formation regarding the inequality in the
amount of armOr plate delivered for the
battlcShipS Connecticut and Louisiana
was adopted. The conference report ON
the Philippine government bill was
agreed to. The poStofce appropriation
bill was considered until adjournment.
In the Senate Wednesday Messrs
Clark (Afont). Dillingham; and Teller
continued the discussion of the statehood
bill. Mr.. Dillingham; supporting the meas
ure as it stands and the others cOntending
for amendments and the right of the
four territories to be admitted as so
many States. \ number of semi-public
bills We're passed. The Senate resolved
to insist on its amendments to the army
appropriation bill, and a conference COM
mittee was appointed. Mr. Proctor re-
ported the agricultural appropriation bill.
The bill carries appropriations aggregat-
ing S6,ISI,l7O, an increase of S2O6.7 40
over the bill as passed by the House. In
the House the postoffice appropriation
bill occupied attention during the greater
part Of the day. The bill went over for
further consideration. Messrs. Shirley
and Sibley discussed railway rate legis-
lation for more than an hour The con-
ference report on the Notifications bill
was adopted.
A bill authorizing the keokuk and
Hamilton Water Power Company to con-
struct dam across the Mississippi river
from keokuk. Iowa. to Hamilton, H..
was passed by the Senate Thursday. The
agricultural appropriation bill was taken
up and the provision for the distribution
of seeds was discussed at length. In the
House motion 10 strike out the proyis-
ion for subsidies for special southern mail
facilities III the poStofIice APPROPRIATION
bill was lost. - to 10. The measure
was considered until adjournment.
Tn f1e NatiOuaI CoD;-,i
Representative Fuller has introduced
bill providing for dam across the Hi
nois river at Ottawa.
Ten Republican members Of NIassa
chusetts delegation in Congress adopted
resolution favoring tariff revision.
Seven members of the House from
Rocky Mountain and Pacific coast States
issued statement opposing tariff revision
Engrosscd copies Of Il resolution re.
Gently adopted by the Boston Chamber
of Commerce favoring the adjustment of
international differences by arbitration
and urging the ratification of the arbi
tration treaties now pending before the
Senate were presented to the President,
President Roosevelt convoled a board
to revise report of Endicott harbor de
Tense board, appointed i'll 1885: plan is
to save money in erecting harbor de
fenscs.
United States Minister pierson. at TIE.
heran, has Informed the State Depart,
ment that he has forwarded to that de,
partment the check for $4,000 received
from the Persian government as pecu-
mary indemnity for the assassination of
the Rev. Benjamin w. Labaree. an
American missionary who was killed by
a band of fanatic Kurds in Persia last
March.