Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-07-09
AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT
The Bill to Amend it in the Senate.
TARIFF TALK GOES ON IN THE HOUSE.
The Senate.

The Senate
Senate bill granting land warrants to soldiers
and sailors OF the Seminole war in 1856 was re-
ported back adversely from the committee on
public lands, and was Indefinitely postponed.
4 motion to refer TO the committee on pensions
one OF the vetoed pension bills was made the
ground work OF speech by Mr.. Stewart against
the frequent exercise Of the veto power by the
President
Mr.: Vest replied to Mr.. Stewart, defending the
President.
The bill was referred to the committee on pen
SionS.
Mr.. George gave notice that he would address
Tie senate on the fisheries treaty next Wednesday.
on motion OF Mr.. Payne, the House Joint resolu-
tiOn declaring the true intent and meaning OF the
act OF May 8, 1Sss, as TO the Marietta centennial
exposition was taken up and passed with amend
mentS).
TO AMEND THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT.
The Senate then on motion OF Mr.. Cullom, pro-
ceeded to the consideration Of the Senate bill to
amend the Interstate commerce act.
Important Nominations To-day.
The President has sent the following nOmina.
tions to the Senate: Colonel Thomas L. Casey
Corps OF Engineers. to be Chief OF Engineers with
the rank OF brigadier-generaL
Elliott Sanford, OF New York, to be Chief Justice
OF the Supreme Court OF the Territory OF Utah.
John W. Judd, OF Tennessee, to be associate
Justice Of the supreme Court Of the Territory Of
Utah.
Hugh w. Weir, of Pennsylvania, to be chief
justice and Charles H. Berry OF Minnesota to be
associate justice OF the Supreme Court OF the Ter
ritory, OF Idaho.
koderck Rose, Of Dakota, to be associate justice
OF The supreme Court or the territory OF Dakota
John H. Keatley, OF Iowa, to be United states
Judge for the district OF Alaska.
Albert Montgomery Dupuy Mccormick, OF Vlr-
g1nla, TO be an assistant surgeon in the navy.
First Lieut.. Ortn B. Mitcham, Ordnance Depart
ment, to be captain; Chas +. Mason, OF Virginia.
10 be 1st lieutenant and assistant surgeon In the
Army.
Forty-four cadet graduates OF the Military Acad-
emy to be second lieutenantS.
TO be collectors OF customs: James E. Otis, OF
New Jersey, for the district OF Little Egg Harbor,
n; j.; Henry NJ. Barlow, Of Delaware, for the dis
trict Of Delaware.
In the revenue service-First Lieut. Washington
c. Caulson, OF Indiana, to be captain; Second
Lieut.. James b. Butt, Of Pennsylvania to be first
lieutenant; Andrew j. Henderson, OF District
VIM. v E. Jacobs, of Maryland, to be third lieu
tenant; Staley NJ. NJ. Landry, of Indiana, 10 be
third lieutenant; Preston II. Uberroth, Of Penn
sylvana, to be third lieutenant; Frank L.
smith, OF Massachusetts, TO be a third lieutenant;
Godfrey L. Garden, OF Illinois, to he third lieu
tenant; Eugene yallat, Jr., OF Michigan, to be
second assistant engineer.
Also. sixtyone postmasters In different parts Of
the country.
THE NEW CHIEF OF ENGINEERS.
Col. Thomas Lincoln Casey, a son OF Brevt. Maj.
Gen. Silas Casey, colonel 4th infantry, was born
in New York. and was appointed to the Military
Academy as a cadet-at-large in 1s4s. He grad
uated at the head of his class in 1882 and was
made brovet second lieutenant OF the Corps OF
Engineers, and was made lieutenant colonel and
0revet colonel for faithful and meriOrouS services
during the rebellion. In 1874 was promoted to be
neutenaEt-colonel. March 3, 1877, he was ap-
pointed experimenting engineer in charge OF pub
nc buildings and grounds and certain pubic works
In the District, including the Potomac Aqueduct.
The construction or the State, War, and Navy
department Building and the completion OF the
Washington Monument were also placed under
his charge. These last works have es-
tablished his reputation an engineer
OF the first order. When IL was discovered
that the foundation OF the monument built OF
stone, was not secure, Col. casey suggested the
novel plan OF removing It, piece by piece, reflling
the cavities with asphaltuin. This was adopted
and the work was successfully accomplished. The
monument now stands upon an entirely new
foundation OF the most stable character. Since
1868 Col. Casey has served on various engineering
boards. At present he is president of the beard Of
engineers at New York, where he was ordered on
the 1St OF last November