CONGRESS
The Legislative Week The Senate:
¶Passed a bill to increase the salaries of post office employes, at an annual expenditure of $60,000,000, by vote of 73 to 3.
¶Passed a House bill giving the Secretary of Commerce authority to close portions of Alaskan waters in order to preserve fish. ¶Passed a bill, proposed by Senator Pittman, authorizing the Treasury to purchase silver in order to rescue American silver mines from depression.
¶Passed a supply bill appropriating funds for the legislative establishments.
¶Ratified a treaty with Great Britain for perserving the halibut fisheries...