Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-02-01
CAPITOL TOPICS.
A MESSAGE ON THE SAMOAN AFFAIR.

MESSAGE ON THE SAMOAN AFFAIR.
At ten minutes before 8 o'clock the House
received a message from the President on the
Samoan question.
The message recounts an interview between
Secretary Bayard and the German minister this
morning, In which the minister is quoted as
stating that the German consul at Samoa has
been cabled to order off German soldiers from
Samoan soil and to cease all German interior
ence.
A SANITARY ENGINEER.
Senator Faulkner reported, with amend
ments, the bill to authorize the appointment of
a sanitary engineer in the District.
EXTRA COPIES OF THE HEALTH OFFICERS REPORT.
The Senate to-day, on motion of Senator
Henderson, agreed to the concurrent resolution
authorizing the printing of 1850 extra copies
of the report of the health officer of the Dis
trict OF Columbia.
HARBoR ON THE GULF COAST.
Senator Coke to-day reported from the COM
merce committee a proposed amendment to
the sundry civil appropriation bill
directing the Secretary of War to APP
point a board of three army engineers
to make a careful examination of the north
west coast of the Gulf Of Mexico west of SO
degrees and 81 minutes west longitude, and
select the most advantageous place for deep
water harbor capable Of accommodating the
largest ocean-going vessels.
MRS. SURGEONS PENSION.
Senator Hiscock to-day introduced bill to
grant to Adelaide G. Spurgeon, of the District
Of Columbia, a pension Of S25 per month for
services rendered by her as a volunteer nurse
during the late war. The bill was referred.
CONSULAR NOMINATIONS.
At the meeting Of the Senate committee on
commerce to-day a number of nominations re-
ferred to that com mittee were under consider
alton, but were laid aside without action.
THE STATUE OF LIBERTY.
A bill was introduced by Senator Hiscock to-
day authorizing the lighthouse board to COM
plete the pedestal Of the Bartholdi statue
OF Liberty, New York harbor, at a cost
not to exceed $50 ,000 and for the continuation
of the construction of a sea wall and general
Lighthouse depot at Tompkinsville, Staten
Island, at a cost not to exceed $40, 1000.
THE CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY
An amendment to the sundry civil appro-
priation bill proposed to-day by Senator
Morrill, provides that nothing contained
in the sundry civil act of last
year shall be held to prevent the chief of
engineers from constructing the Congressional
Library building in accordance with what is
known as plan D, at cost therefore of not
over IS, 900, exclusive of appropriations
heretofore made.
Marini's Hall.
IT'S SANITARY CONDITION TO BE THOROUGHLY IN
QUIRED INTO.
The following curiously constructed resolu-
ton was offered to-day by Senator Plat and
agreed to by the Senate. If the instructions
are only carried out literally the Commission
ers have quite complicated and delicate task
before Them
"Resoloed, That the District Commissioners
be, and are hereby, directed to examine into
the condition, sanitary and otherwise, Of Ma
rini's building, now occupied by the sixth audi
tor of the Treasury and the officials clerks, and
employees under him, and report to the Senate
whether such building is safe in respect to the
life, health, and physical comfort of those occu-