BENJ.  HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, April 21, 1890.

To the Senate of the United States: 

In answer to the resolution of the Senate dated March 25 last, in relation to La Abra Silver Mining Company and the distribution or payment of moneys to that corporation on account of the award in its favor by the Mexican Government, I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State upon the subject, together with the accompanying papers.

BENJ.  HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, April 30, 1890.

To the Senate of the United States: 

In compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring, I return herewith Senate bill 895, entitled “An act to organize the Territory of Oklahoma, to establish courts in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.”

BENJ.  HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, May 8, 1890.

To the House of Representatives: 

In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of March 31, 1890, respecting the importation into foreign countries of breadstuffs and provisions from the United States and the rates of duty imposed upon such articles, I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State on the subject, together with the accompanying papers.

BENJ.  HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, May 13, 1890.

To the Senate and House of Representatives: 

I transmit herewith a communication of the 10th instant from the Secretary of the Interior, and the accompanying copies of correspondence, relative to the condition of the Northern Cheyenne Indians at the Pine Ridge Agency, S. Dak.

The desire of these Indians to be united upon some common reservation with their brethren now occupying the Tongue River Reserve, in Montana, is quite natural, and such an arrangement would, I think, promote the best interests of both of these bands.

BENJ.  HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, May 17, 1890.

To the Senate of the United States: 

In compliance with a resolution of the Senate of this date, I return herewith the bill (S. 903) entitled “An act for the erection of a public building in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.”

BENJ.  HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, May 19, 1890.

To the Senate and House of Representatives: 

I inclose herewith a draft of a bill submitted by the Secretary of the Interior, providing for the survey and disposal of a tract of land situated in the city of Monterey, Cal., known as the “Cuartel” lot.

The lot referred to is one of the tracts excluded from the survey of the Pueblo lands of Monterey, Cal., by the decision of Acting Secretary of the Interior Muldrow of October 4, 1887 (6 Land Decisions, p. 179), on the ground that it was in a state of reservation for national purposes.