| Show IN tile I 1 work of the senate and houses FIFTY FIVE BILLS passed the upper houn dur ing the day THE TELEPHONE SUIT pt ally settled by decision of I 1 the supreme court JUTE ON THE FREE LIST A to the cause of strikes the estial of notes western asad pros to tax STAIT DARDI notes SENATE washington march 19 the following bills were reported and placed on tile calendar for the erection of bublie buildings at salem oregon an to increase tho app for a building build ng at sacra mento califern Cali forn 12 bill to a portion of the sioux reservation in dakota I 1 nto separate reservations and to secure a relinquishment of the indian title to tile remainder bowen introduced a bill to lich a park in colorada Co to be known as royal arch park the senate then proceeded to the of bills on the calendar in irregular order the bill to reimburse the depositors of the Freed mens bank went over without action the following bills were passed article of the rules and articles of war in relation to do authorizing the appointment of a superintendent of indian schools and prescribing his duties to construct a railroad to tile national cemetery at corinth alss to e the state of colorado to select indemnity lands and for other 8 er to settle and adjust the claims of 6 tate for the expense incurred by it r n the defense of the united states during the war of the rebellion authorizing the a appointment of delegate ta the fou r th international prison at st 1890 A I 1 ODO for the in of a bonu went to the negro solders and sailors bogage their lives for the preserve tion of the yeas 31 nay 19 I 1 foi relief of certain settlers settlors sett lors upon the school land of washington territory TO establish an additional land district the harvey district in to a an art for h a admission of colorado into tile union to establish public parts of pagosa springs colo there were altogether fifty five bills passed among them two bills pensioning volunteer nurses during the war at 23 a month blair from the committee on civil service reported a bill providing that w chenever persons who were not loyal to the united states during the war shall be appointed to office in the 4 ivil service those who were not di discharged from the military or naval service of the confederate states and bo are from wounds or disabilities resulting front such service shall be preferred to other persons not known to have been loyal to the united statis during I 1 ila mar platt objected to tile second reading of the bill and it went over till tomorrow to morrow teller introduced a bill for the ad mission of the state of wyoming in to the union referred after an ex session the senate adjourned HOUSE washington march 17 under a call of the states the following bills and resolutions were introduced and referred by felton of california for the free a of machinery for the manufacture of beet sugar by oneill of to create b of arbit ration for settling con between officers and e in of railroads engaged in intern state commerce morrell of kansas offered a resola tion setting apart the and 2nd and ad of mayjor the consideration of general e n s lo 10 on under the rules t ph i s r esol aaion would go to the commit tea an fulep but morrell moved ila reference to the committee on invalid pensions and the was agreed to yeas nays wilkins of ohio moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill authorizing the iss ue of fractional silver after a was ased yeas nays 67 I 1 be fol ro text that the secretary of baand he hereby Is an th oried and directed to issue of na a ave r eions of ya ave otte n and ten cents each n ruch certificates to be received redeemed pa id ana reissued re issued in the same manin cras silver certificates of larger denominations and to be exchangeable I 1 mcatee of other and secretary of tile treasury Is antho theorized zed and dire acted to mato such regulation as may seem to him proper for distributing and redeeming do nom inactions of silver certificates here in authorized 4 on motion of bland tile rules were su speeded and the bill passed discon tit luing the coins a of ta gold pieces and tl adjourns Ad journe 5 TUX 0 march 19 progress was made tod to d by the ways commit considers tion of the tariff bill than has been made during tile past faw days ave free list was passed upon as well as the chemical section and at adjourn went the committee had just taken up the paragraph relating to crockery and china tha moat important jc tion taken was ohp striking ailt of cement L free list and the im position of 10 percee pt ad wrex duty upon it instead of the arese prese per cent rate into manufacturing machinery was placed on the free flat in consideration of the fact that lute to also free bag io yen natice that whon the proper section is reached I 1 lie will make a move to cominer tle vote by which cotton bagging as transferred from I 1 I 1 ie free list to the class with the tariff of 1 12 1 2 cents per yard in ti ie chemical section shee bp wa at I 1 a proprietary compound or 0 removal 01 vermin and tile cure of skin diseases in was taken from the list of sheep e articles the frea list theas F ignec reason for the change was the d air to cheapen the cost of farmers supplies as u partial compensation fr tile removal of duty on wool THE bearch 19 the bill ed by arve to spill to tile lawr of the fevers states relating to and fermented liquor sto such liquors uben they have been import a uell as when manufactured in ch States was reported adverse by senator george today to day from on judiciary A minority report was als presented after a long discussion of the u edtion tile majority came to the all bowing conclusion it should not be overlooked that the province of bbate control over what concerns the police regulations of domestic health peace and general good order and well be log alt an each state is under the constitution re secure against indru slon federal an I 1 hority as the regu lation of foreign c by tile general government Is from encroach ment upon that province by state an thorit in tile opinion of the com cittee it is best to leave the question as it now is a judicial one in the highest interest of both federal regulations of commerce and state control of its police authority the minority re port laigner laig ned b Y senators filgon g de d in un d s says it would seem that ill e legislative and judicial of the government conell in the answer that tile character of the legislation presented by this bill is within constitutional power that it does not violate the injunction of the constitution that all du ties imports and excises shall be nl I 1 f orm 11 A TIES march 19 anderaon of iowa offered a resolution res alution in the house today to day for the appointment of a special committee of five members to investigate the railroad strikes and to report what ae atlon is necessary to prevent such st ruction to commerce and disturbance of the public peace the resolution is accompanied by a long preamble reciting that the strike of the locomotive engineers on the C B Q road resulted in an obstruct ob tion to the interstate inter state commerce and put in jeopardy the public peace that the management of that road claim 8 to have supplied with competent inen the places vacated at the tinie of the strike and to have restored the comi papy to a proper discharge of its public duties and obligations as a common carrier 1 that it is alleged thattie new men are incompetent and to discharge the duties of locomotive en gin aers that a strike of tanti ally a a i mila r character is in progress on the atchison topeka santa fe railroad and that such conflicts be officers and employee emp loyce of coin banies being common c arriens arri ers are matters of great national concern dd manding tand careful consideration by congress referred THE BELL TELEPHONE SUIT WAsa moToN D 19 the supreme court this morning delivered an opinion in tile bell tele plAine case in considering file question of the alleged anticipation of bells invention of the telephone by reis in ger any t b e court holds that reis dis covered a indans af transmitting mn bells patent being for the process or art of speech would have been just as val ii even if lie had used the ap aratus of reis in developing U tee court holds that the apparatus appi ratus of reis was not successful in transmitting speech and that his invention was not in any respect an ant 1 C 1 pa tion of the discovery disco of bell A li the thus tar considered joints it the courts i in tele pho cares 1111 been decided in fa vr laell the points set up in the c faints of reis vander welde and mcdonough justice blatchford Is now 1245 pm reviewing the drawbaugh case ile held that the force of tile testimony showing that drawbaugh had telephones in use before the invention of bell Is completely broken by his own conduct and which lie manifested ith regard to his alleged invention until years after bells telephones I 1 were known to the whole world Draw baughs claim is declared to be the de cislon as announced is all in favor of the bell telephony company on all points and in all of the cases justice bradley read a decision dissenting fron the decision of the court just ices field and also dissent and justices gray and lamar did not sit in the 1 1 1 the bell patents are therefore 1 tallied by a majority majot ity of one the court stand 4 to 3 ini ustice Blate liford in reviewing the charge of fraud and collusion in the patent office by means of chic h bell alleged obtained surrepta tiou a afo with fegard to the invention of his rival and then amend ed lih i own specifications held that there was not the a t evidence to support this charge or to cast the least reflection upon the integrity of bell or his attorney the dissent of JustIC 64 bradley field and in tile telephone case in based u pon claim the opinion that tha evidence over w helmin gly shows that drawbaugh was thi tint inventor of the speaking akinA telephone although he was ancon scions of it and was not aware of its import tile anel f the court in the to ep hoffon a wa prepared b y chief justice waite towing bU to his india 1 justice Blat cliford read it F r ll 11 I 1 m the decision was als 0 wondered jon dered iq the case of awman bros vit tile ch cago rail oad coin pany to bring intoxicating liquor into that state unless such company has been furnished with a from the county auditor of the county form which I 1 0 r is to be transported sho lying I 1 ill a t tho consignee Is legal authorized to sell it tile court hol a t tile power td regulate or forbid tile sale of tile commodity after it has been brought to the state does not carry with it tile right and power to prevent its by transportation from another state tile ivec tion of tile lo 10 a statute of april 15 aich railroad coin 5 it bri gin g I 1 liquor into the P ve I 1 I 1 declared to be in valid ch II 11 J a if ce gray and liar an |
