Goes To Committee

Springfleld, 111., April 18- Senator j Salomón, Chairman of the committee j appointed to Investígate the department j stores of Chicago, offered a report this j morning. He spoke at length upon. the ! report. Senator Crawford moved it be j committed to the Committee on ciary. This motion prevalled by a vote of 27 yeas to 20 nays. The Senate concurred, on motion of j Senator Berry, In the joint resolution reported from the House deploring the death of James W. Scott. Senator Littler's bilí, repealing the trust law, came up as a special order on second reading. The bilí has it in view to countenance the formation of coal trusts to so increase the price of coal as to enable operators to pay minere better wages. Senator Littler said that he introduced the bill by request, and that he was urging its passage as he held petitiors signed by over 5,000 miners asking it. Senator 'Green moved to strike out the enactment clause, which was defeated by a vote of 15 yeas to 26 nays. Further consideration of the bill was, on motion of Senator Berry made a special order for next Wednesday. Senator Evans' bill to prevent trair.s from obstructing highway longer than ten minutes, passed; and the Senate then adjourned. Immediately after the House convened Mr. Merritt of Sangamon offered a joint resolution of condolence on the death of James W. Scott, which was unanimously adopted. The Judiciary Committee'S bill, creatlng a State Board of Arbitration for investigating or settling differences between employés and their employers, j came up as a special order on third i Ing, and was passed with the emergency clause. Mr. Rickrell's bill, declaring express companies to be common carriers and placing them under the control of the Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners, was passed, and shortly after the House adjourned.