Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-05-25
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upon the City Hall extension.
n Dill prescribing the terms for sales and
character OF notices of sales of property in the
District OF Columbia Tor overdue taxes was in
troduced in the House Yesterday by Mr. Hemp
hill, of South Carolina.
Sprlgg Belt, administrator of the estate of the
late Charles r. Belt, of the District of Column
bia, has appealed from the Quarterrnaster gen.
era1 to Congress with the claim against the
United States "for supplies and stores aud for
timber taken for the construction of Fort
OF the United States during the war, in 1861"
1t was Senator Wilson's bill to compel
Columbia to put up iron fire-escapes, which
Was Was introduced in the House yesterday by Mr..
The Senate passed over fifty House pc nsion
pills Yesterday. Among them was a bill grant
ing pension of $50 month to Mrs. Maria
Hunter, widow OF Gen. David Hunter.
Capitol Topics.
WILL REPRESENTATIVES HARBOUR SUCCEED
Mr.. E. E. Meredith who is spoken of as Mr..
Barbour's successor in the House from Virginia
has published card Withdrawing his name
from the field and saying that he thinks the in
terest of the eighth district of Virginia
ELECTION be of sis' Mr. b the
announced that he will not be a can
d1date Tor denomination to Congress, and has
Induced to change his mind. His constituents,
however, seem disposed to disregard his with
draWal and TO insist upon sending him back TO
the House for another term.
DEVELOPMENT OF STEAM TRANSPORTATION.
The House of Representatives has received
petition bearing the signatures of /, 124 persons
prominent in railroad circles asking for an APP.
preparation of money to organize section OF
steam transportation in the United States Ma
t1onitl Museum, ito perpetuate the history of
the birth and development of steam transport
tatlon 10y steamboat and railway in America"
the money TO be expended under the supervis-
SDencer of he
smithsonian Institution and director OF the
United States National Museum.
S3,00O,O0O FOR DRY DOCKS.
Mr.. Cameron yesterday introduced a bill in
the Senate to appropriate S3,OO0,OOO for the
construction of three timber dry docks at such
three navy yards as board of naval officers to
be named by the Secretary Of the Navy may
designate.
To CLASSIFY SALARIES OF LAND OFFICE EN-
PLYOES.
Mr.. Waithall, from the Senate committee on
public lands, reported favorably yesterday a bill
to pay registers and receivers of land offices a
fixed salary instead of fees on the following
D;isis: Offices at which receipts exceed So 600
year, $4,000; less than $4,000 and exceeding
$4,000, $4,000; less than SO 900 and exceed
ing $4,000, $1,000; less than $4,000, $1,000.
NOTES.
The Senate took up the bankruptcy bill yes
terday afternoon, and will continue lis consid-
Grafton from day to day until it shall be finally
disposed of.
In the Senate Yesterday Mr. Platt gave notice
that he would cali up his open Senate resolu-
ton as soon as the bankruptcy bill is out OF the
way.
The nomination of Nageeb ]. Arbeely of Ten
nessee, To be consul at Jerusalem, has been
Withdrawn.
Mr.. Swineburne, of New York, a member of
the House committee on agriculture, has filed
minority report vigorously attacking the bill
reported by the majority of that committee to
extend the powers OF the bureau of animal