Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-05-07

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property fronts on the leuth side of PennsyI-
vania avenue.
NoRTHWARD EXTENSION OF THE STREETS AND
AVENUES.
A favorable report was ordered upon the bill
to continue the streets and avenues OF Wash
ington in conformity with the present existing
plans of the city in and upon all subdivisions
OF land hereafter made in the District. The
bill directs the Engineer Commissioner of the
District to have prepared a map of the District
showing the position of all streets and avenues
extended in conformity with the existing plan
of the city, and provides that it shall be the
official map. 1t also directs that all future sub
divisions of land lying without the present
limits of the cities Of Washington and George
town, in the District of Columbia. shall be made
In accordance with the map provided for in
this BILL and that no subdivision of land shall
be recorded in the surveyors office of the said
District unless made in conformity with the
said map. All acts inconsistent with this are
repealed.
THE MATTHEW'S NOMINATIoN.
Nothing was done with the nomination OF
Mr.. Matthews for recorder OF deeds beyond
the announcement that no response had been
received to letters of inquiry addressed to AL
bany. These letters were written to inquire
into the charges of offensive partisanship"
made against Mr.. Matthews by persons of Al
bany. The charges were contained in letters
and the writers were requested to subst3ntiate
them with something more than mere asSer-
ton.
STREET RAILROADS.
The subcommittee on street railroads will
meet at 1920 q. IN. next Wednesday to con.
slider the several pending bills to charter street
railroads in the District.
Capitol Topics.
GONE TO DINE WITH EX-SENATOR CAMERON.
A party invited by ex-senator Simon Came
ron, through Senator Don Cameron, to visit the
ex-senator and dine with him at his home at
Lochiel, Pa, left in special car via the Penn
sylvania railroad this morning. The party
consisted of Senators Cameron, Edmunds, Nor
rill, Aldrich, Hale, Beck, Blackburn, Butler,
R Rd, ana hearst, ex-senator Eaton, hon: : -
the Senate; Messrs. Richard Murphy and AL.
johnson, private secretaries Of Senator Came
ron, and several others. They dine with ex-
Senator Cameron this evening and will return
to Washington tomorrow. Senators Gray and
Henderson were invited, but were compelled
to decline owing to the death of a relative Of
the former and illness in the family Of the lat
ter.
,PosTMAsTERs' SALARIES.
The committee on post offices and post roads
has authorized Mr.. Norman, of New York, to
make a favorable report to the House upon the
bill to readjust the salaries of postmasters, and
to approve the construction placed upon the
former act for this purpose.
THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE BILL.
It was agreed in the Senate yesterday that a
vote should be taken on the Interstate COM
merce bill Tuesday. An amendment submitted
by Mr.. Morgan relates to conspiracy. 1t pro-
vides that If two or more persons, with intent to
prevent the movements of any locomotive, car
or train, TO put in peril the personal security
OF any officer or employe of any railroad COM
pany. shall be guilty OF conspiracy, and on con-
victiOn shall be punished by Imprisonment for
| not more than SIX months, or by fine of not
more than $780, or both.
A SHARP CONTEST EXPECTED OVER THE POST
OFFICE APPROPRIATION BILL
The outlook is for very hard fight in confer
ence over the Post Office appropriation bill. 1t
is not considered at all likely that the House
will agree to the Senate amendment for a SUBJ
sidy OF 100000 for foreign mails. Last Con-
gress the House was coerced by the fear OF an
extra session, and upon the pressure OF eager.
| ness to get home, agreed to the $780, 900 sub
sidy which was withheld by the Postmaster
General.
THE RIVER AND HARBoR BILL
was passed in the House yesterday by a vote of
143 to 1O2. Several amendments were adopt
ed, among them one providing that the work
on the Mississippi and the Missouri shall be
conducted under the direction of the Secretary
of War without the Intervention OF the Missis-
sippi commission. Several efforts were made
to recOmnllt the bill to the committee with in
structlons to report a bill appropriating a less
amount, to be expended by the Secretary of
War at his discretion. The bill as passed foots
up in round numbers about S15 100000. There
is no provision tor the Potomac rivor front i'm
prOvementS at Washington.
THE EDUCATION BILL.
The House committee attempted to meet to-
day to consider the educational bill, but failed
getting through the House are not good, and it
is believed by many that it would be vetoed if
it should ever get through Congress.
EIGHT HOURS FOR LETTER CARRIERS.
The bill to make eight hours days work for
letter carriers has been favorably reported from
the Senate Committee on Education and
Labor.
TRESPASsES ON INDIAN LANDS.
The House committee on Indian affairs to-
day agreed to report favOrably the Senate bill
to prevent trespasses on Indian lands, with an
amendment intended to protect innocent per-
sons from the operations Of the bill
NOTES.
The Senate was not in session to-day
Mr. Morris A. Thomas, whose nomination as
Indian inspector is pending, had a hearing be-
fore the Senate Committee on indian Affairs
Messrs E. B. Taylor, Hepburn, Caswell, and
Ranney, of the House Judiciary Committee,
have submitted minority report in favor OF
female suffrage.
The telephone investigating committee to-
day held a secret session to determine what
additional witnesses, II any, shall be sum-
The nomination of Frank Brown to be post
master at Baltimore was confirmed by the Sem
The House Committee on the District yester-
day decided to report favo-ably the bill to pro-
vide for the examination of engineers and
boiler inspectors.
A fire among books started in the basement
of Representative Hewitt's house in New York
yesterday did $4,000 damage.
Senator Fair has written TO Secretary Lamar
advising the purchase by the government Of
Santacatalina Island, in the Pacific Ocean,
about twenty-five miles from Los Angeles and
the placing OF the Apaches thereon.
The House commerce committee has de-
cided to ask the House to set aside the third of
June forth consideration OF the Eads ship
railway proposition.
RIGHT OF WAY THROUGH THE INDIAN TER
RITORY.-Senator Plumb and a delegation of
gentlemen interested in the Southern Kansas
railway called on the Secretary of the Interior
to-day and requested that a Recommendation
be made TO the President for the appointment
OF three Referees as provided In the OF fncor-
poratlOn of the road, to appraise the land be-
longing to the Cherokees In Indian Territory
for the right OF way Of that road. Owing to the
tact that they had failed to reach an agreement
with the Indians, and contracts had been en-
tered into for the construction Of 100 miles of
road through the disputed territory, they asked
for prompt action by the department. The
Secretary took the matter under advisement.
THOMAS J. SMITHsoN's WILL.-The will OF
the late Thomas ]. SfnithsOn was filed to-day
He leaves lots 81 and So square 5O2, 70 his
daughter, Mary kellogg, as also his household
furniture, and directs the executor (Rev. c. c.
Meador) to pay $500 to keep his grave in no
pair. Lots and 2, square 500, to the executor
In trust, to sell and divide the proceeds between
his son Isaac, daughter Elizabeth Thayer, and
grandson Charles w. Smithson, and the re-
maind0r of hia estate b0 eounllv dividou1 10