Show this time on bering fisheries simply obeying senates instructions action of the bouso on mint bill general congressional proceedings washington feb ll 11 tho president today sent the following message to congress to the senate on ane ath day ot january I 1 received a copy of alio following senate resolution resolved Ke solved that the president be required if not incompatible with uio public interest to communicate muni cate to ane senate all reports documents and other papers including logs of vessels relating to the enforcement of the regulations respecting fur seals adopted by tho governments of the united staica and great britain in accordance cor dance with the decision of alie tribu nal of arbitration convened at paris and the regulations said reports are required to bo made as well as relating to the number of seals taken during the season of 1894 by pelagic hunters and by lessees of byloff and commander islands also relating to tho eters which may have been taken to extend said regulations to the asiatic waters of the north pacific ocean and ber ing sea and escure alic concurrences of other nations in said regulations and further all papers not heretofore published including the communications of the agent of the united states before the said tribunal at paris relating to the claims of the british government on account of the seizure ot sealing vessels in bering sea in compliance said request I 1 herewith transmit sundry papers documents and reports have been returned to leoy the secretary of state secretary of the treasury and secretary of the navy to whom said resolution was referred I 1 am not in possession of any information touching the various subjects embodied in eccli resolution it will bo seen irom the letter of the secretary of the navy accod panine the capere and documents sent irom his department that it is impossible to furni sli at this time tho complete log books of some of alie naval vessels referred to in the resolution but I 1 venture to express alio hope that the reports of the corn and era of such vessels herewith will be found to contain in substance so much of the matters recorded in said log books aa are important in answering the inquiry addressed me by the senate signed CLEVELAND congressional proceedings the hour washington feb ll 11 tho senate to the chicago public building bill were agreed to by tho llauro today the denver mint bill was called up by chairman bland of the coinage committee pence colo spoke of the ad vantages to be gained from coining gold at the denver office because large quantities of gold are mined in alie surrounding country in reply to questions from dingley maine ho explained that the officers would bo given the same compensation received by those at the carson city kev branch mint it was agreed that a vote would I 1 taken at the end of the session today wis was at his request relieved of duty on the committee on public lands and caminetti cal appointed to fill the vacancy the house then went into committee of the whole and resumed consideration of the legislative appropriation bill nomination washington feb 11 the president today sent to tho senate the nomination of john C Curtin postmaster at helena mont shall be payable in geld washington feb 11 senator hill lias introduced a resolution declaring eliat bonds shall bo payable in gold if the government cannot maintain a parity between gold and silver |