Evening star., 1896-03-03
DISTRICT IN CONGRESS.
Petitions Asking Congress to COmuel
Certain Street Car ImprOvements.

Petitions Asking Congress to COmDeI
| Certain Street Car improvements
A member of the North Capitol and
| lexington Citizens Association In submit
| ting to the House District committee a
! petition of citizens urging the passage of
| House bill 322O. requiring the Eckington
and Soldiers Home Railway Company to
! ADOPT rapid transit, has written Mr.. Bah
cock, stating: This petition makes ninety
of the same nature that have been for
| warded to the House of Representatives
SINCE the l4th or February, containing a
total OF about 1852 signatures. A number
| of them are still in circulation
Pay for Prospect Hill Cemetery.
A bill was introduced in the Senate to-
day by Mr.. Hawley appropria ting s5l. .6s6 to
pay the Prospect Hill cemetery for its land
condemned under the act of December ~
lSsei. authorizing the extension Of North
Capitol street.
Overhead Wires.
The Vice President today laid before the
Senate the letter Of the District Commits
sioners IN response to a Senate resolution
relating to overhead wires. which is noted
at length elsewhere In The Star today.
Dfsp"siti"" of Unclaimed Freight.
bill regulating the sale and disposition
of unclaimed freight in the District. SINH
lar to a bill now pending in the House. has
been introduced in the Senate by Mr.
Sewalf.
For James Linskey's Relief.
The Senate has passed the bill s. $50 for
the relief OF James Linskey of this citu
from the operation of the law relating to
the right OF aliens to hold property.
The Diocese of Washington,
The Senate yesterday passed the bill in
cooperating the convention of the Profess
tant Episcopal Church of the diocese of
Washington The bill ratffies the action of
the primary convention of the church in
creating the oiocese, and Incorporates Rev
John H. Elliott. D. D., Rev. Arthur Johns
and their associates in the convention az n
legal association.
One-DolIar Gas.
The House District committee today
unanimously, decided to report a bill reduc-
ing the price; OF gas in the District of Co
| lumbia eto private consumers The bill
fixes theopriee of gas hereafter to be fur
nished by the Washington Gas COMPANY
at 81 a thousand feet, and by the George
town Gas COMPANY at $l.25 thousand
25 cents a thousand additional when the
bills are not paid within ten days.
In ABORTION TO reducing the price of gas the
bill increases'1he candle power from 16 to
have fullfreport made to accompany the
bill. andsto call it up in the House for action
at the earliest practicable time.
Rlcolared People. Home.
The Houseecommittee on military affairs
today had uHder consideration the bill au.
thorizine the location of colored peoples
home in. this city to be established out of
fund now in the hands of the government be-
longing to the unclaimed estates of deceased
colored soldiers The Rev. Mr. White and
Rev. Mr.. Taylor of this city appeared before
the committee and advocated the bill. The
committee listened to their statements with
great deal OF interest and at the conclusion
of their remarks, upon the motion of Mr.
Marsh, special committee was authorized
full committee at a subsequent meeting
The members of the special COMMITTEES are
Mr.. Hull, Mr. Tracey, Mr.. Parker, Mr.. Wash
ington and Mr.. Lockhart.
1t is understood that the sentiment of the
committee on military affairs is favorable to
the BILL and that it will be reported to the
House, the .only OBJECT Of the present delay
being to gather further information as to
the details of the plan.