Evening star., 1886-06-10
for recorder of deeds OF the District will, in all

for recorder of deeds OF the District will, in all
probability, be finally acted upon.
INTERPRETATIONS OF NATIONAL TRADES UNIONS.
The bill TO legalize the incorporation of
national trades unions which passed the Senate
yesterday provides that national trades unions
upon filing their articles Of Incorporation with
the recorder Of the District shall become cor
propery, and have all other rights and privileges
of corporate bodies. Section of the bill pro-
vides that the headquarters of an Incorporated
national trades union shall be located in the
District OF Columbia.
STEAM RAILROADS IN THE CITY.
The House committee on the District will
give citizens hearing on the Vance-Harris bill
relating to the removal of the steam railroads
in the city tomorrow at 10 o'clock am.
Capitol Topics.
THE CIVIL SERVICE DEBATE IN THE HOUSE.
The House debated the civil service provision
of the legislative bill yesterday after THE
STARS report closed. Mr.. Townshend, Of ILL.,
nois, maintained that the democratic party had
been and stiH was the party of economy, and
that Commissioner Black had enforced the civil
ed the civil service record of the democracy and
eulogiZed President Cleveland's steadfast ad-
herence to the law. Mr.. Randall regretted the
and declared that the provisions in the bill
were not aimed to strike down the civil service
law, but to improve it. This closed the general
debate and the House then adjourned.
THE PAYNE CASE.
Congressman Little, of Ohio, read q written
argument before the Senate committee on priv.
ileges and elections this morning in favor of an
investigation of the charges made by the repub-
lican state central committee of Ohio that Sem
ator Payne'S seat was secured by bribery. The
committee did not reach a conclusion whether
or not to have an investigation.
INTERFERENCE WITH THE RUNNING OF RAIL
ROAD TRAINS.
To-. A.
bill offered in the Senate by Mr.. Morgan as an
amendment to the interstate commerce bill, to
punish individuals or collections of individuals
who interfere with or retard the running of
railroad trains. The bill is intended to prevent
strikers from stopping the running of trains.
THE MARITIME CANAL COMPANY OF NICARA.
Senator Edmunds to- day introduced by re-
quest a bill to incorporate the Maritime Canal
company, of Nicaragua, to construct and oper-
ate ship canal via Lake Nicaragua and the
river San Juan; capital stock to be not less
than 100000 nor more than 100000 shares
OF $500 each. The incurporatOrs are Frederick
Billings, Charles p. Daily. A. L. Hotchkiss,
Merry, Horace Davis, Edward +. Beale, James
H. McMullen and Sheppard Homans.
DESTRUCTIVE SPARROwS AND RICE BIRDS.
Mr.. Miller in the course of some remarks on
the agricultural appropriation bill in the Sem
ate to-day referred to the ravages of the rice
DiIOS, WHICH, he Sdlu, caused u loss eQual 10
seven dollars per acre of all the rice crop OF the
United States. The ravages of the English
sparrow. he added, were very much worse
than those of rice birds, and amounted
to many millions of dollars q year.
The sparrows were rapidly on the increase. 1t
was believed by the OruitholOgical association
OF the United States that steps should be taken
to exterminate the sparrows. This associa-
tion, MIR. Miller said. which was composed of
amateur scientists all over the United States
was doing most excellent work in the investi-
CATION of the food habits of birds that were in.
furious to agriculture.
A Breeze in the Senate.
PRIVATE CLAIM BILL OCCASIONS A LIVELY
DISCUSSION.
During consideration of private claim bill
in the Senate yesterday Mr.. Hoar sharply
criticized Congress for its injustice in deferring
the payment of private claims.
Messrs. Logan and Plumb resented the impu-
tation against Congress, and the latter charged
that Mr.. Hoar recently appealed 10 him
(Plumb) to let a claim pass which has proved to
be fraudulent; that Mr.. Hoar ''got up here like
Joshua commanding the sun to stand still and
asked me to allow that claim to pass" and he
added, "but 1t is confessed substantially now to
be u fraud"
Mr.. Hoar denied the statement and Mr..
Plumb then retorted that the senator from Mas
sachuSetts (Hoar) ''gOt up here in stacy kind
Of way" and wanted the bill to pass
Mr.. Hoar said he did not know what kind of
a stage Mr.. Plumb was referring to, "whether a
two or a four-horse STAGE"
Mr.. Plumb. ga one-horse STAGE"
Mr. Hoar. "At any rate presume that the
Senator was expressing the Judgment of some
body else. 1t would take very small team TO
express the judgment of the Senator plumb.