Show WASHINGTON Washington 26 Speaker Carlisle received a letter addressed to him personally by several of the most prominent members of the liberal party in the German Reichstag expressing ex-pressing their high sense of appreciation appreci-ation of the action taken by tbe House of R presentativea as a token of the death ofl her The letter l expresses the hope that the two nations may develop and continue In friendship Am ng other signatures are those of V Bern on who visited America the past summer sum-mer and Frederick Kapp formerly form-erly a lawer in New York a member mem-ber of the executive committee of the liberal party Bepresentative Hewitt has been authorized by tbe ways and means committee to report a bill to prevent pre-vent the importation of adulterated tear The bill is based upon the resent re-sent recommendations of the Secretary Secre-tary of the Treasury ExMarshal Turner of Alabama was before the House committee investigating in-vestigating expenditures in the department de-partment of justice today and was cressexamined by tne committee He protested against the cross examination ex-amination by examiners of the de narfment who were nresent and I said if he bad them in Alabama he would have them all in the penitentiary peni-tentiary He exhibited two affidavits affi-davits from persons who denied having made certain affidavits that the examiners held Commissioner Loring laid before the President a report of the commission com-mission appointed to examine the swine industry of the United States It Is emphatic in the statement that there is no condition eurroundmg the Industry which tends to propagate propa-gate diseases or render pork Unhealthful un-healthful From reports of railroad rail-road and transportation companies slaughter houses Ipackers and shippers confirmed by thee from the boards of health humane societies soci-eties and experts employed by the commission it appears that the utmost ut-most care Is preserved throughout that dead hogs are never transported trans-ported except to offal rendering establishments that jiiseased hogs are reu ed transportation that humane laws and ssnitary regulations regula-tions exit in a 1 the stock yards and ere enforced by local inspectors under a penalty The House committee on invalid pensions agree i to repoi t favorably Kepreeentative Ma eons bill increasing in-creasing the pensions or widows and dependent parents of deceased soldiers sol-diers and sailors from 58 tJ 12 per month Phelpp N J will report tomorrow tomor-row from the committee on foreign affars the resolution of inquiry of Representative Brumm 09 to whether the minister of any foreign power had endeavored to nullify i the effect of the unanimous resolution resolu-tion of the House by reflections ont on-t e honor and integrity of its mem bers They eou7d find no evidence and ask to he discharged from further cousicea ion ot the subject |