Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-12-22
NOTES FROM THE CAPITOL.
Nominations by the President.

| NOTES FROM THE CAPITOL.
Nominations by the President.
| Among the nominations sent to the Senate
yesterday the following were in addition to
the recess appointments hitherto published:
Receivers OF public moneys-R. w. Hutchins,
at Humboldt COL; F. NJ. Zebach, at Yank-
| Ton, lDak.; VIM. o. Mills, at Eureka, New.
Registers of the land office-Thomas X. Davis,
at Lincoln, Neb; David B. Hall, at Eureka,
! New
Postmasters-Felix w. McGettrick, at st.
Adams, VT; II. ]. Humphrey, at Poultney, VT;
Timothy Leary, at Waltham, Mass; VIM. F.
Pialsted, at Sunday Hill, NY; Orville A. Man.
Vile, at Whitehall, N. Y; Newton s. Barnes, at
rralrmont W. Va; r. r. Dashiell, at Jackson,
Tenn; John Warner, at Peoria, Ill.,: Frederick
4; stsbbins. at Mount Pleasant, Mich; James
Crockett, at Nevada, Mo-: VIM. T. Hager, at
Rchmond, Me-; VIM. NJ. Kimball, at Lebanon,
Frank H. Daniels, at Franklin Falls NH;
ben Noble. at West!is Ss' Mass 81 sa% "
Nm; II. Miller, at Meriden, Conn. Isaac
W W. M Hofion i;r at Bethel Conn., los Williams
Oxford. Pa; Henry H. Gilpin. at Elkton, Md;
n B. Johnson, at weathertord, Texas; Geo Haul
ton, O.; David A. Stark, at Delaware, O.; w. Os-
man, ut Ottawa, ILL.,; Willis s. Grimes, at Bata-
via, ~: George f. Young, at Amhoy, Ill.,: VIM.
at May wood. ILL.,; VIM. r. Baird, at Nit. Carroll,
H.; Henry Sharer, at Mount Morris, ILL.,; Chas.
comb, Ill.,; Edwin S. Hawley, at Hyde Park.
| Ill; Sidney b. Stout, at Vandalia, ILL.,; Joseph
n Bell, at Shelbyville. KY; Isaac w. Bush, at
! Howell, Mich; VIM. ]. Edwards at Niles, Mich;
Patrick II. McGarry, at Stanton, Mich A. b.
| Keith, at Denison, Ia; VIM. T. Smith, at Osca-
lOOsa, Ia; Oscar u. Hartman, at Hampton, Ia;
| Thomas at q rE
| The nomination of Morris A. Thomas, of
Maryland for Indian inspector-a recess APP
polntment-was also sent in.
| The District in Congress.
| BILL TO ESTABLISH UNION DEPOT FOR THE
| STEAM RAILROADS IN WASHINGTON.
Representative Harris (Ga) introduced a bill
| in the House yesterday, which provides that
the B. & o. railroad company shall remove its
| tracks from where they now enter the city and
| shall hereafter enter the city at 18th street
northeast, down which it shall run to f street
northeast, and continue by tunnel under 18th
street to the point east of the navy yard tunnel,
where it will meet the Baltimore and Potomac
| line. That tunnel will be widened to accom-
m9date the increased number of tracks. Then
course of the Baimor an and ne
| the combined lines will be carried on viaduct
which will be built parallel with X street over
ence of 7th and Water streets is reached. From
| this point il will cross the Long bridge which
is to be constructed at the common expense
of all the lines using it, and, according to
| plans and specifications hereafter to be agreed
| upon by the commissioners of the District of
| Columbia, all railroad lines entering Washing
ton from the north or east shall cross the
| Eastern branch of the Potomac a draw
bridge and then by the wdened tunnel already
mentioned. All the tracks now used by the
baltimore and Potomac company lying along
Canal street and Virginia and Maryland ave-
nueS and 9th street be removed before the 1st
July, 1889. union depot is provided for, to
| be built on the square south of street, be-
| tween James Creek canal and 18th street SOUTH
west, the exact locality to be designated by the
Commissioners.
THE LONG BRIDGE AN OBSTRUCTION TO NAvI-
CATION.
In the Senate yesterday the President pro
| tempOre presented q communication from the
chief of engineers in relation to bridges for
railroads and other purposes which obstruct
navigation. In the communication is refer
ence to the Long bridge at Washington to the
effect that 1t is an obstruction to navigation
and ought to be removed.
THE OLD CABLE RAILROAD BILL.
Mr.. Breckenridge NArkD introduced in the
House yesterday last years bill to provide for
the incorporation of the Cable Electric Railway
company of the District of Columbia, with
power TO lay a cable road which will have one
end at 11th and NJ streets southeast and the
other end in Georgetown.
PROPOSED BUILDING FOR THE LIGHT HOUSE
BOARD.
Representative Breckenridge (Ark.) intro
duced bill in the House yesterday, appropri-
ating $4,000 for the erection of buiiding for
the light AaAss bSsszs an tntsAeity. $3.50
THEoPHILUs FISK MILLS CLAIMS SIT 500
Mr. voorhees, yesterday presented in the
Senate petition from Theophius Fisk Mills, a
son of the late Clark Mills, setting forth that by
order Of Gen. Meigs he made plaster cast of
after the latter S death, and took measurements,
etc.. for IA bronze equestrian statue of the dead
nd he ss ne er was h paia 1G % MS aoor
pected to get So, 900 for his work. Referred
TO the library committee.
other Capitol Topics.
MR.. EvARTs AGREES WITH MIR. BECK.
After Senator Beck had made his speech in
favor of the continuation of silver coinage yes
terday Senator Evarts, who had listened at
tentively throughout the whole speech said:
Beck is right and intend to make a speech
upon the same line His arguments cannot be
refuted.'
THE INCoMPREHENSIBLE LAWS REGULATING
OUR DIPLOMATIC SERVICE.
Representative Burnes, OF Missouri who is
spoken of in connection with the craftsmanship
of the foreign affairs committee of the House,
says That one of the most important duties of
that committee this session is to compile the
laws regulating our consular and diplomatic
service. He has been studying the question in
connection with the consular and diplomatic
appropriation bill, and says that the laws are in
vague and conflicting in many cases, and are
scattered through forty volumes, that it is
almost impossible to know which are in force
and which are dead letters. All that are now
in operation, he says, could be contained in
four ntges of the Revised Statutes If properly
compiled.
LEGISLATION PROPOSED BY THE SECRETARY OF
THE INTERIOR.
Messages from the President were received in
the Senate yesterday transmitting drafts of
bills from the Secretary OF the Interior grant
ing the right of way for railroads through the
Walker reservation in Nevada, through the
DEVILS Lake, Indian reservation, and Dakota
the Lake Traverse reservation in Dakota, and
the Yakima reservation in Washington terri.
tory; ALSO transmitting report OF the Indian
commissioner in regard to the failure of the Utah
ana Northern railroad company to compensate
Indians Tor lands taken and used in the con-
struction of that road; also submitting bill
relating to tresspasses upon Indian lands also
bill for the relief of he mission Indians in
California, and bill to settle the estate of de-
ceased ktckapOO Indians in Kansas.
SENATOR'S HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
Among the Senators who have gone to their
| respective homes for the holiday recess are:
Messrs. Ingalls,, Riddleberger, Aldrich, sHoar
Plumb, Dawes, Harris, Sewell, aud Wilson, of
Maryland.
THE FIRST ONE THROUGH.
The Senate in executive session yesterday
confirmed the nomination OF John Bigelow to
be assistant treasurer of the United States at
New York.
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