Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-04-21
Washington News Notes.


WASHINGTON. ID. c.. April 20. -Postmas-
tiers were to-day appointed as follows: y.
y. Bennett nj san1y Level and K u. Turnman
ut Turnfnan, Va.
The House Labor Committee to-day agreed
upon n bill which limits and restricts 70 elsns ~
hours in any one calendar day the service or
employment OF al laborers and mechanics em'
ployed by the Government OF the United states,
by tho District Of Columbia, or by any cou-
tractor or suD-contractor upon any pubic wo i.
OF tho United States or OF the District OF Columbia
Tho vote on the bin was not unanipous. Sow
raj members dissented. The existing eig1s.,
hour law Ia mere naked declaration that eiens
hours should constitute days Work, ana con-
tains no penalty provision. Hence the law be.
came practically Imperative. Inc Dill aSfeou
upon to-day does contain penary pto',s'vn,
and will. the committee believes, help to Dring
about the results desired.
an effort 10 recover the ground which the SILVER
men assert that they lost yesterday through ,no
vote IN the Senate upon the hyie emehd,nSnt ~
the Arizona funding bill, for when the Dill was
laid before the House to-day Delegate smith
moved TO non-concur In the Senate amendments
(the principal one being the lawful money
amendment) aud ask conference, ana MS mo
ton was carried.
Senator Daniel to-day introduced bills eppro-
priatlng $50, 900 each Tor the erection OF pupic
buildings Of Salem and kadiord, va. oena,ol
Daniel also introduced bill appropriasine
100000 for tho erection OF pubic ouiinihs Nv
Portsmouth. Va.
The Light-House Board has called on Anderson
& Barr, the &C ntractors for the construction Oh
lighthouse on Hatteras sh oals, Tor formai ac-
acknowledgement OF their abandonment Oh tnat
contract in order that the fact may be maze ol
Official record. These contractors lost ABOUT
$4,000 in trying to make foundation ior the
structure, but have not demonstrated TO the sat-
isfacton OF the board that the project Is impos-
sible. Captain Mahan. the englneer-secre'ary
Of the board, 10 OF the opinion, however, tnnt II
will take nearly 52,000.OOO 10 establish hsht-
house on the shoals In question.
The Senate Committee on Patents - 10 crap
pie with the legal questions involved In the pup,
LEGATION OF copyrighted books IN the Congressiohas
Record. The resolution introduced In the Senate
yesterday looking 70 such an inquiry was to-uay
referred TO the Patent Committee for report.
BY n vote OF Ave to three to-day the house
Fisheries Committee decided to report fayora-
bly, the Lapham bill authorizing fishing for men,
haden and mackerel with purse seines IN all
United States tidal waters regardless OF state
laws and customs.
Ameeting Of the Executive Committee OF the
American University was held at the Arlington
Hotel to-day. Hon. Matthew q. Emery presided.
Bishop John F. Hurst, Dir. A. Il. DIVA, President
w. w. smith, Of Randolph-Macon College; MIS-.
John A. Logan, Rev. q. w. Baldwin, secretary
of tho university, and DIR. G. W. Buoy,
OF Philadelphia, were present. AS request
ed by the trustees at meeting retehny
held, Mrs. John A. Logan submitted plan Tor
tho organization OF the women OF America III
the interest OF tho university. The movement
will be known "a the American University
League, and will he composed Of national, STATE
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, and local leagues