Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-07-06
entitled to it. The District committee reported

entitled to it. The District committee reported
favorably, and recommended the insertion In the
6S6 to enable the Secretary Of the Treasury
to pay to the officers and clerks and employees OF
the metropolitan police force, or their legal repre-
sentativeS, the amounts due them under the Joint
resolution OF Congress OF February %, 1867.
THE ADVERSE REPORT
OF the Senate District committee to-day upon the
bills OF the Washington and Atlantic and Wash
ington City and Point Lookout railroads finally
dlsposes OF those two schemes for this session.
The former road was projected to run along Rock
creek, and the enterprise was opposed by numer
Gus citizens and by the officials of the Naval OBJ
old canal ted and Immediately over one of the
Large sewers 1t was decided that the running OF
trains over the sewer would damage it seriously.
ana there would, with a railroad over it, be No
way OF getting at 1t to make repairs.
ITEMS OF DISTRICT INTEREST.
In the sundry civil appropriation bill, in add-
tion to the items of interest heretofore printed in
THE STARare the following For brick building,
TO be used for storing, packing and shipping seed
for the Agricultural department. s25 goo: for the
fecolnage or uncurrent silver coins, 600; for the
repair OF the road leading from the Aqueduct
bridge, Georgetown, to the Arlington cemetery,
$1,000; for the observation or the transit OF Venus.
1882, $4,000; for dredging the channel at the
scoWs, $500; for improving the Capitol grounds,
5000: for the government hospital ior the insane
$4,000: for general repairs, $4,000; for water SUI
the plans to be prepared under the architect OF the
Capitol, and be approved by the Secretary OF the
Interior; for completing the tenth census s25 eco;
for the Us. fish commission s1l5 GO0 for passen-
ger elevator in the Post Office department. s. 0OO
NOT ADOPTED But RULED OUT.
The amendment to the general deficiency appro-
priation bill, paying back to the District sums
equal to the amount Of all general taxes paid In
drawback certificates, was not adopted by the
Senate, as inadvertently stated yesterday. 1t was
ruled out on point Of order made by Senator
Plumb.
Capitol Notes.
The Senate to-day passed bill directing the
secretary OF the Treasury to pay to Lawrence s.
Brumidi, heir OF the late Constantine Brumfdi,
81 800 as payment in full for designs made by the
latter for the embel!ishment OF the belt of the ro
tunda OF the Capitol.
The Senate in executive session yesterday rau-
ned h the commercial and consular treaties with
SerV1a, the commercial treaty with Roumania and
the trademark treaty with Spain
REDUCTION OF INTERNAL REVENUE TAXATION.
The House bill to reduce internal revenue tax
alton was finally agreed to by the Senate finance
committee to-day and as amendedwas subsequently
reported to the Senate by Mr.. Morrill,. The men,
berS OF the committee reserved the right to offer
amendments to the bill when it comes UP for
action in the Senate. The committee have made
no changes In the rate OF taxation proposed by the
strike out the prOviSO which allowed drawback
on all unbroken packages OF checks, Matches
cigars, cheroots and cigarettes. and amend the
Dill so as to provide that the reduction shall not
take effect till after the first day of May, 1883.
CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE SENATE
The Senate in executive session yesterday con-
f1rmed the following: HeZekiah G. Wells, OF Mich
igan, to be presiding judge OF the court OF COM
missionerS OF Alabama claims; James Harlan, Of
Iowa, and Asa French, OF Massachusetts, to be
Judges OF the court OF commissioners OF Alabama
claims; Daniel W. Fessenden, of Maine, to be clerk
OF the court OF commissioners OF Alabama claims;
John NJ Farble, collector OF customs at Pensacola,
Fla; Lyman G. Wilcox, receiver OF public moneys
at Detroit Mich.