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out of the revenues Of the District of Co.
lumbia, and that the appropriation shall
be Immediately available.


lumbia, and that the appropriation shall
be Immediately available.
Annc0stin Statue of Warrington.
Mr.. Meredith has introduced a bill in the
House by request appropriating $25,OUO for
the execution of the Anacostia statue of
George Washington, by Theophilus Fisk
Mills, sculptor, and for the models in metal
for the United States National Museum,
showing of degrees of measure in the ma
ture and convergence of parallel; $4,000 of
said appropriation to be advanced by the
Secretary of the Treasury for the further
ance and completion of the work of art,
md the remainder to be paid upon the re-
ceipt of the demonstrating models in metal
by the National Museum and all work.
Daughters of the American RevOlu-
tiOn.
Mr.. Henderson has introduced bill in
the House to incorporate the National So
ciety of the Daughters of the American
Revolution. The incorporators named in
the bill are Mrs. John w. Foster of In
diana, Mrs. William D. Cabell of Virginia.
Mrs. Henry " Boynton of Ohio, Mrs. A.
w. Greely of Washington, Mrs. F. o. Saint
Clair of Maryland, Mrs. A. Leo Knott of
Maryland Mrs. Roger A. Pryor of New
York. Mrs. G. Brown Goode Of Washing
ton, Mary Desha of Kentucky, Mrs. Ste
phen ]. Field of California, Mrs. Thomas
Alexander Of Washington. Rosa Wright
Smith Of Washington, Mrs. Hugh Hagan of
Georgia, Mrs. John Risley Putnam of New
York, Mrs. George H. Shields of Missouri
Ellen Hardin Walworth of New York, Mrs
Marshall Macdonald Of Virginia, Eugenia
Washington of Virginia, Mrs. A. Howard
Washington, Mary S. Lockwood of WASH
ington. Mrs. Teunis S. Hamlin of Washing
ton, Mrs. Arthur E. Clarke of New Hamp-
shire, Mrs. Henry Blount of Indiana Mrs
Pa Kain nf Connecticut
Louise Ward McAllister of New York, Mrs.
Frank Stuart Osborne Of Illinois, Marie
Devereux of Washington. Mrs. Joshua Will
bour of Rhode Island, Mrs. w. w. Ship
Pennsylvania, Mrs. Clifton r. Breckin-
ridge Of Arkansas, Mrs. Adolphus S. Hub
bard of California, Mrs. Charles E. Put
nam of Iowa, Mrs. Simon b. Buckner of
Kentucky Mrs. Samuel Eliot of Massachu-
setts, Mrs. William Writ Henry of Vir-
ginia and Elizabeth Blair Lee of Maryland.
The objects Of the society are stated to
be ''for patriotic historical and educational
prrpo ses, to perpetuate the memory and
spirit of men and women who achieved
American independence, by the acquisition
and protection of historical spots and the
erection cf monuments; by the encourage
ment of historical research in relation to
the revolution and the publication of its
results; by the preservation of documents
and relics and of the records of the indi-
vidual services of revolutionary soldiers
brations Of all patriotic anniversaries; to
carry out the injunction of Washington, in
his farewell address to the American peo-
pie. to promote, as an object of primary
Importance, institutions for the general
diffusion of knowledge, thus developing ar
enlightened public opinion and affording to
young and old such advantages as shall
develop in them the largest capacity for
performing the duties. Of American citi-
ZeDS; to cherish, maintain and extend the
institutions of American freedom; to foster
true patriotism and love of country, and
to aid in securing for mankind all the
blessings of liberty
District Appropriation Bill.
The subcommittee of the House appro-
priation committee having charge of the
District bill will meet tomorrow morning
at 80 o'clock to begin the preparation Of
the appropriations for. the support of the
District in the next fiscal year.
POst-Grndunte School of Medicine.
The Senate today PASSED. without amend
ment. Mr.. Gallingers bill, reported favora-
bly, from the committee on the District of
Columbia,to incorporate the POSTGRADUATE
School of Medicine Of the District of Co.
lumbia. The bill names the following in
oorporators of the new school of medi-
cine: Henry l.. f. Johnson, Edmund L.
Tcmpkins, ]. Foster Scott William W.
Johnston. Samuel c. Busey, Charles w.
James heIT, r.
Cuthbert, Edward NJ. Parker, G. Wythe
Cook, G. Byrd Harrison. Samuel s. Adams,
George N. Acker, W.. Holland Wilmer,
Henry D. Fry, ]. Ford Thompson and
Thomas E. McArdle, their associates.
Portrait of Judge Thurman.
The Senate also passed Mr. Voorhees, res
olution authorizing the secretary of the
Senate to purchase the portrait Of Allen
G. Thurman. painted by J. H. Witt, and
new hanging in the judiciary committee
room of the Senate, and to pay VIM. l..
Woods, it's present owner, $3.50 for the
same.
TO Test the Lake Pavement.
Mr.. Gallinger introduced in the Senate
today resolution instructing the commit
tee on the District Of Columbia to make
careful inquiry into the advisability of
having block of pavement, known as the
Lake pavement" on which letters patent
have been granted, laid on some street or
avenue in the city of Washington with
view of determining its value as compared
with the pavement or payements now in
use in this city, the result of this inquiry
to be reported to the Senate.