Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-12-18
The District I'm Congress.
NIGHT SCHOOLS

The District IN Congress.
| NIGHT SCHOOLS.
| Mr. Palmer to-day introduced in the Senate
his bill of last Congress directing the Commits
| sioners to establish suitable number of even
ing schools for the accommodation of youths
! and adults of both sexes, 10 be under the same
| rules and regulations. as tar practicable. as
other public schools of the District Referred
| TO the District committee.
| BILL TO REGULATE LICENSES.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Ingalls, introduced
the bill, which was before the last Congress, to
| regulate licenses in the District.
! SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Ingalls, reintroduced
the old bill to extend the time for the payment
| of special assessments in the District. 1t pro-
| vides that drawbacks due upon special ASSESS
ments unrevised at the time of payment but
since revised shall be issued to such parties as
they are due, and shall be receivable In pay
ment of general taxes and for all special assess
| ments. Referred TO the District committee.
THE DENMEAD PROPERTY.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Call introduced a
bill to relinquish all right title or claim of the
| government in the Denmead property, In
! square 924, in favor of Francis Denmead.
CHIEFS OF MILITARY AND NAVAL BUREAUS.
In the Senate to-day, Mr.. Frye introduced q
bill relating to naval bureaus as follows:
Section l. The chiefs of any, or of all of the
discretion of the President be appointed nom
| competent persons in civil lite.
| Sec. 2. All chiefs Of the Navy department
shall personally perform the appropriate duties
of their respective offices, and no such chief
| shall be assigned to any other regular and con-
tinuous duty which will in any way impair
| OF his bureau Office
! Mr.. Frye said the bill was designed to prevent
| abuses in the Navy department, and he ear
! nestly called the attention OF the naval com.
| mittee to it.
He also introduced bin providing that the
oh SafS
| hereafter be appointed by the President, by
ana with the advice and consent oil the Senate
from the branches of the army to which the
bureaus respectively relate, tor term OF four
years; also providing for the retirement of
chiefs OF bureaus. Referred to the military
! committee.
| MINISTER PHELPS SALARY.
Mr.. Beck to-day introduced in the Senate a
joint resolution to pay to Mrs. Lizzie Maynadier
Phelps, widow of the late s. L. Phelps, late U. 5.
minister to Peru. one years salary from last
| June, of that office.
| ROOMS FOR THE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS.
| The Senate, this afternoon, adopted the House
| joint resolution authorizing the Secretary OF
| the Interior to use certain funds tor fitting up
rooms ior the commissioner OF patents.
PROPOSED WASHINGTON CENTRAL STREET
| RAILROAD.
| Mr.. ingalls, to-day introduced in the Senate
a bill to incorporate the Washington Central
| railroad company. 1t makes Samuel p. Brown,
John q. Moore, Noah L. Jeffries, j. f. Olmstead,
Green b. Raum, Chas. F. Peck, Geo. n. Blout,
n. w. Burchell and their associates the incor-
porators, with authority to construct and lay
down single or double track railway, with
switches, etc, commencing at the intersection
OF u tn street and Boundary northwest, THENCE
| south along 18th to /, along L to 18th,
thence along 18th to u, along G to
New Jersey avenue, along this avenue to E
street and New Jersey avenue, north Side of the
capitol, with the privilege OF entering the Capt.
toi grounds under such restrictions as Congress
| may prescribe, along New Jersey avenue to K
street north; along +, through Judiciary square,
| TO 14th street west and Pennsylvania avenue;
along Pennsylvania avenue to 10TH street west:
| along 18th street west to Pennsy lvania avenue:
| along Pennsylvania avenue TO 18th street;
along 18th street TO NJ street north; along N
| crossing Rock creek BRIDGE to 2Sth or Mont
gomery street west; along 18th to N, or Gay
street, to Fayctte or Georgetown college,
also from the junction of New Jersey avenue
and street, at the Capitol, along b northeast
to Mass ave., along Mass. ave. TO 11lh street
northeast, along 11th to NJ street southeast;
also from 9th and Boundary, north, along 9Th
| street to the Potomac river, with the privilege
OF extending the tracks to the new reservoir,
| and the Soldiers home when 9th street is
opened; also from 10th and Boundary north
west, along 10th to b northwest, aud along b to
connect with the 9th street line; also from 18th
along B TO 18th southwest. along 10Th SOUTH
west, to Water street, along Water TO connect
| at = street with the 9Th street line, with the
privilege OF connecting along B northwest, with
the 10th and 9Th street lines; also from 18th
and Boundary northw st, TO l and Vermont
ave-, passing on the west side OF, Mcpherson
square, along vermont ave. and the east side
OF Lafayette square to Penna. ave-, there TO con-
meet with the tracks ON Penna. ave-; also from
connecting the several liiesof the company The
bill gives the right TO run public carriages on
the tracks drawn by the electric motor or
electricity in any form applicable thereto or by
the improved cable power. 1t is provided that
where any part Of tine route prescribed is occu-
pied by a railway company the tracks shall
q rnah
and property are made liable to taxation.
Referred to the District committee.
CONTROL OF THE CAPITOL BUILDING.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Hoar introduced a
bill providing that the Senate wing Of the Capt.
tol shall be under the control of the Senate who
shall make rules for the government of the
same and the House wing shall be controlled
by the House and its rules; that the Supreme
Court room, clerks office and other rooms Occu-
pied by the court and judges shall be under the
control of the Supreme Court, who may make
| building and the grounds shall be under the
control Oh the two Houses OF Congress- who may
make joint rules for the government thereof.
referred to public buildings and grounds COM
mittee.
Capitol Topics.
THE JOINT RULES ADOPTED.
At p. H., upon the conclusion of MIR. Vests
speech on the Butler resolution in relation to
Dakota, the Senate took up and adopted the
code of joint rules
ADJOURNED TO MONDAY.
At 2:4O p. m, on motion of Mr.. Allison, the
Senate adjourned till Monday.
IN FAVOR OF THE DISTRIBUTION.
A test vote taken on the question of distribu-
ting the appropriatin bills, in the House at 3
O'Clock, resulted in a vote OF 227 to 90 in favor
of the distribution.
TWELVE HUNDRED NoMINATIoNS.
To-day's Congressional Record contains twen-
ty-fve pages of nominations sent to the Senate
since the beginning of the present session
They number about twelve hundred cases.
A BILL TO FINE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WHO
SOLICIT APPOINTMENTS OF PERSONS TO THE
CIVIL SERVICE.
Mr.. Hampton's bill, introduced in the Senate
to-day, declares that it is contrary to the spirit
of the civil service law for members of Congress
to solicit the appointment of persons to govern
ment positions, and makes it q msdemeanor
for any Senator or Representative to solicit
such appointments. and subjects the offender to
a tine of not more than $1,000, nor less than
$500, half TO go to the person whose evidence
procures conviction, and half to the United
States. The bill also provides that whenever the
appointing power may wish to consult any
Senator or Representative as TO an appointment