Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-01-14
LOCAL NEWS.
Bills Of District Interest.
70 REMOVE rHE NATIONAL oRsrRvAro


70 REMOVE TIE NATIONAL OBSERVATORY
Senator Sargent introduced a bill in the Sen
ate day Ia provide for the removal nf the
National Observatory. The bin directs the
Secretary Of the Navy Ia appoint A commits
sion Of three 10 select proper site In the Ibis
trlct Tor the Observatory. and on receiving th,,
report of the commission the Secretary iS Ia
purchase the site and accept plans and erect
the necessary buildings. The sum of s}OR0
ls appropriated 10 carry out the work. The
committee on public buildings and grounuS is
directed 10 sell thc present site of the obSerya-
tory, the sale not Ia take place uutil the new
observatory is erected. The bin was referred
Ia The committee on naval affairs.
TIE NATIONAL CAPITAL INSTRANtT COMPANY
a hIll Ia repeal The charter oi the National
1apli"l insurance company was introduced i'm
the Scna'c by Mr.. HaTuum to-daN and referred
10 the District ot Columbia committee. The
bill. after providing for the repeal ol The char
,Sr de>l2natcS Charles 4. White. Of New
haven, Conn, now acting as trustee in inSol-
VcnCy Of the company. as trustee of an assets
and rights of action belonging 10 said com.
pany al The lime ot the repeal of its charter,
with power To sue. hC sued, Sc. The trustee is
required 10 give bonds with surety before th,,
Judge oi the I. y District Court of Connecfi-
Cut for the faithful performance of his trust.
The |. =. District Court of Connecticut has
the jurisdiction for hearing decisions. Sc, of
parties Interested in any way in said company,
and the court has power 10 remove the truS-
lee Tor cause: All outstanding policies issued
hy or legally relnSUrCd or assumed hy the
company. although not Vet payable by their
terms shall constitute lawful claims against
The company or itSaSSctS. subject 10 such pro-
visions as 10 computing the present value
thereof. a Id aS Ia any marshalling Of assets
BILE.
OTHER BILLS
Gcn. Williams. chairman of the District of
Columbia committee, introduced a bill today
10 authorlZc the Commissioners of the District
OF Columbia lo purchase the Unitarian church
property Tor the use of the Police Court of the
lhStIlcl- lie also introduced a hill 10 amend
the act Tor the support of the government oG
ending June &,th. ISIS
The bill introduced i'm the House today by
Mr HartIidgc. of Georgia, To promote the ad-
Iumbla. Is the same bill introduced i'm the Seu-
ate last week, the fun purposes Of which have
heretofore been printed i'm The STAR.
n OH was introduced IN the House TODAY
by Representative Foster. of Ohio authoriZ-
ing the commission on the Washington monu-
ment To complete II i'm accordance with the
original design.
THE ATLANTIC COAST HNE.-ElSewhere will
he seen the advertisement of the improved
lrdluleS ol The Atlantic coast line Ia all points
south, 10y which the speed of travel and the
comforts 0l travellers viii be greatly enhanced
A superb line ol Pullman sleeping cars have
been placed upon the line: the connections
nave been greatly improved. especially at
Charleston. IN avoiding the omnibus transfer
through the city; and generally the tedious
ness Ol travel has been ObYiated and the time
shortened. Passengers going south can get
ali needed iccOmm DdationS bN application to
Mr.. A. l.. Reed, passenger agent of the line
Oh pennsylvania avenue.
The GIA~CO lNFANTICIDE CASE. THIS
morning In the Criminal Court, Judge Mae
Arthur. the ease of Amy and Mary GIaSco
charged with having murdered The infant of
the latter. on the liih of October last. was re
Sumcd-lfisuict Attorney Wells prosecuting
ana M"SSrS. Willard and a. Il. Webb for de
PENDANTS. Margaret Thompson. who lived
hrM door 10 prisoner, testified that the
prisoner, Mary, did not have child al the
referred Ia. Abraham GlaScO test tiiied 10 the
same Eject, and also denied certain state
mentS by Fanny Parker, and testified that
She SwOre i'm the Police Court that she was not
present when the child was born and To other
things, and also charged him with having
carried the child away. Witness knew that
his sister did not have a child about that time,
and consequently he carried none aWaV Lury
LinSey testified that She heard Fanny Parker
tell Louisa Hanson that She had had the Glas-
COS arrested uut Of madness. Isaiah Wash
ington testified that he was i'm the Police Court
and heard Fanny Parker teStifythat she heard
the cry before She entered the room.
BROKE HER ARN.-AbOut 9lS o'clock this
morning. aS Mrs. Ally Henderson, cOored, was
engaged IN sorting rags on L street. between
9TH and Ith, AT MIR. Ncaycr'S, she fell through
the hatChway a distance of % feet, breaking
her arm and lniurlng herself internally.
TIE HAEEAs CoRPUs CASE of John L.. Kelly,
convicted ol assault and battery under in
StructionS of Judge Humphreys was not taken
up in General Term this morning but was con-
tiEued until "Wednesday.
The N.M.C.A. is endeay0ring to provide ad-
vantageS social and intellectual, as We'll as re-
hgiouS, for the benefit of the young men and
others of Washington. by evening classes for
educational purposes. etc. The class in elOcu-
ton, under Mr.. John Tweedale meets tO-mor-
row afternoon. See adVt.
BROKEN LEG.-A boy named John DOno-
hue IL years old. had his right leg broken be-
tween The ankle and knee Saturday night
trying TO get on a wagon which was passing
His leg GOT caught between the SpokeS Of the
wheel. He was taken To his home corner of
9th and | streets, where DrS. Newman and
Mead set the limb