Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-03-09

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| age the schools under this new arrangement
and as far as l am personally concerned my
| sloners, as they have been informed. AS far as
| representing the people of the District is CON
cerned, It Is my opinion that the board as now
constituted will be as truly representative as ii
| 1T was constituted of three members from each
district, appointed by the Commissioners, who
| are themselves appointed by the President and
not elected by the people"
District In Congress.
! THE PUBLIC SCHOOL QUESTION.
The House District committee will hold g
meeting on Tuesday next to consider public
| school matters and will give the Commissioners
and any citizens who may desire to do SO an
opportunity to state their views in reference To
| the proposed legislation.
| TIE SCHOOL QUESTION BEFORE THE HOUSE
DISTRICT COMMITTEE.
| DR.. Reyburn and Mr. r. W. Fenwick ap
peared before the House committee on the Dis
| trict of Columbia this morning and asked that
q day be fixed for hearing Of persons inter
ested 10 the schools Of the District, concerning
to regulate school affairs. Tuesday, the 10Th
at ten o clock, was set by the committee as the
gay gay when they would be ready TO have hear
| Ing upon the subject. Parties interested in the
| time.
Adverse reports were agreed upon to the
bills to license engineers in the District Of Co
lumbia, and to protect bOttlers OF the District
| Both We're afterwards reported adversely to the
| House.
| ASKS RELIEF FROM EXCESSIVE TAXATION.
In the Senate to-day Mr.. Ingalls, presented a
petition from Mrs. Mary E. Thompson, OF the
District, praying for relief from excessive as
sessmenfs and taxation. 1t was referred 10 the
| District committee.
| MR.. FAIRFAx's CLAIM.
! In the Senate to-day Mr.. Beck (by request)
| introduced bill to direct the Secretary of the
Treasury to pay John II. Fairfax, q sub-con-
| tractor under the board of public works.
$6O7.O4. an amount due him for labor per.
formed. Referred to the District committee.
Capitol Topics.
! SENATE AMENDMENTS TO THE DEFICIENCY BILL
The Senate committee on appropriations re.
ported back the little deficiency bill with an
| amendment authorizing the Postmaster Gene
raj to pay out Of the fund for rent, fuel and
by the East Capitol post ONCE station
| It seems that by some technicality the Post
master General declined TO pay the rent for
the last fiscal year. Another amendment ap-
propriates $4,000 to pay the funeral expenses
of Gen. Grant, and another $4,000 to lay q
submarine cable in Block Island bay for the
signal and Nfesaving services.
NOTES.
After discussion running through three
days the House judiciary committee to-day, by
ao y9t9 o, 20 an h
ing aliens from acquiring title to or owning
| lands within the United States.
directed the nomination of Gen. Terry for major
general to be favorably reported.
To Enlarge the Government Printing
Office.
A FAVORABLE REPORT TO BE MADE BIZ THE COM.
MITTEE ON PRINTING.
Representative Barksdale, chairman of the
committee on printing, will soon submit a
favorable report to the House upon his bill for
the extension OF the government printing
office. He is now consulting with the architect
of the Capitol as to the estimates for the cost of
the work. The purpose is to purchase q site in
the immediate vicinity of the present printing
Office and to erect thereon building for the
printing. The necessity for such q building is
considered very urgent, and quite large build
ing 1t is found will be necessary.
District Governments Affairs.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Mr.. John J. McGuigan, chief engineer at the
salary.
Mr.. John w. Ross. appeared at the District
Commissioners office this morning and quail
fled as school trustee.
DIR. Abraham H. Wilmer has filed his oath of
office with the Commissioners az trustee of pub
makes inquiry by letter whether the Washing
ton Market company has ever paid any MONEYS
to the District for the use Of the square between
10th and 10Th and street north west given by
Congress to the District of Columbia as rental
or otherwise, and whether they have ever paid
Mr. Robert Ball, bailff to the Circuit Court
calls the attention of the Commissioners TO the
condition OF the life-sze portrait of Henry Clay
which hangs on the wall of the Circuit Court
room directly over q fiue used for heating pur-
poses. The heat is cracking the paint which
lalls from the picture in flakes. The painting
with three others in the same room, belongs to
the District.
BUILDING PERMITS
have been issued by Inspector Entwisle as
follows Henry U. Rean, erect two 2-story
dwellings SOB and sos 8 street northwest:
SO, 500. Motley Anderson, repair brick 1921
Pennsylvania avenue northwest; $7OO. Dam
enhower & Son, erect four 2-story dwellings
5th between D and e streets northeast; o., 500
Rev. E. ID. Donnelly, pastor st. Dominic's erect
q 2-story school building north west corner 9th
and streets southwest; So, 1000 ]. II. Knoch,
erect three 2-story dwellings Delaware avenue
between F and g streets southwest; So 300. r..
Joachim, repair frame LA p street northwest;
500. G. HOrrigan, erect 2-story and cellar
dwelling end store corner New Jersey avenue
aud III streets northwest; $4,000. C. r. Fen.
dler, erect 2-story stable at 1889, 9th street
northwest; $500. Mrs. M. v. Burton, erect Q
3-story dwelling and store E, between eth and
10th streets northwest; $1,000 John I. Len.
man. repair brick office building 1905 r street;
So 600. w. NJ. Gait, repair ffafne northwest
corner Indiana avenue and I'd street northwest;
$500.
THE Two SOLDIERS BROUGHT BACK FROM
ALBANY.-The cases of r. A. Edmond and Jas.
McGurl, the two soldiers tried aud acquitted by