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Show o;kkmon Ai. SKNATt. Washington. July to. Pa.eo tiered a resolution which was referred to the committee ou foreign relations, calling on tho secretary of state for information informa-tion as to tho arrest by tho Spanish authorities in Havana of A. J. lbai, an American citiieu and a miuistorof the gospel. Powers offered a resolution (agreed to) calling on tho secretary of tho interior in-terior for information n to the personal per-sonal of a geological survey, it duties, compensation, etc. The resolution offered yesterday by Ciillom as to transportation of goods in bond bet ween the Atlantic and Pacilio ports of tho lulled Slate over the Canadian Pacilio was taken up. Washburn offered an amendment extending ex-tending the scope of the Inuuiry lo the grand trunk, lie intimated a simple-ion simple-ion that the object of the resolution wa to make war upon tho 1'anndtun I'aeitic. Cullom disclaimed any such intention. He accepted Washburn' amendment, and the resolution as amended was agreed to. Tidier introduced a bill giving a pension pen-sion of I'.'OIHI a year to Mrs. Jessie Vie-niont. Vie-niont. Referred to tho commttieo on pensions. Sawyer introduced n bill to establish a limited postal and telegraph service, Uofonvd to the postolllee committee. The. donate proceeded to exeeutiv. business. When the doom were re-opened the senate reumed consideration of tho sundry civil appropriation bill. HOl'SR. Wasiiim;to. July 1(1 After mono preliminary showing over tho approval of the journal and the omission from thn record of yesterday of the lilt between Cannon aiid Hank, the hou went into' commit ten of the whole on tho laud grunt forfeit n ro bill. |
