The Washington times., 1902-04-20
SENATE ACTS ON MINOR
DISTRICT MEASURES
Statueito Benjamin F. Steph-
enSOn Authorized.
BILLS ON CALENDAR PASSED
Opening of R and Twenty eighth Streets
Authorized - Taxes Enormously Col
lected in 1893 to Be Refunded-Tem-
porary Detention of the Insane.

The Senate yesterday passed sevcra
measures relating to the District. among
them the following:
Bill for the opening OF r Street north
east to Twenty-eighth Street and thu
opening Of Twenty-eighth Street from
to NJ Streets.
Bill authorizing the District Commits
sioners to refund certain license take!
enormously collected in the year 1898.
Bill for the temporary detention of the
dangerously insane.
Resolution to postpone the payment o.
Columbia for the tax year 1903 until May
1903.
Bill authorizing the Commissioners t.
extinguish portion of the alley in square
1S9.
Statue to Mr.. Stephenson.
Bill granting permission for the cree
tion of a monument or statue in the Dis
trict in honor Of the late Benjamin F
Stephenson. founder OF the Grand Army
of the Republic.
large portion Of the day in the Sem
ate yesterday was given up to the pas
sage Of bills on the calendar. In addi-
tion to the local measures and a great
number of pension bills the following
were disposed Of:
Appropriating $4,000 for the establish
ment of fish cultural station in Florida
To authorize the construction of a
bridge across the Neuse. River at Kin
ston, N. C. as -gao
Appropriating 100000 for a public
building at Findlay, Ohio.
Appropriating $f.50O000 for a public
building at Providence. K. 1.
Appropriating s125,000, for a public
building at Meriden3 Conn.
To provide an American register for
the bark Homeward Bound.
To authorize the Western Bridge Com
pany to construct and maintain a bridge
across the Ohio River. .-oT-
To authorize the Shreveport Bridge and
Terminal Company to construct and main
tain bridge across the Red River, in
Louisiana at or near Shreveport.
To authorize theo construction of a
bridge across the, hattahoochee River at
some point between Columbus Ga, and
Eufaula, Ala, or in the city of Colum-
bus, Ga. 47'S lsiN p IT."
To authorize the construction Of a
bridge across the Emory Rive- in the
State of Tennessee by the Tennessea Gen.
trai Railway or its successors.
Railway Bridge Over Cumberland River.
To authorize the Nashville Terminal
Company to construct a bridge across the
Cumberland River in Davidson county,
Tenn.
To amend section 1929 of the Revised
Statutes relating to design patents.
Appropriating $4,000 for public build
ing at Marblehead. Mass.
To lend 1,0O0 wall tents for encamp-
ment of knights OF Pythias at San Fran
cisco.
To authorize the registration OF the
names of persons. firms. or corporations
engaged in transportation business.
House bill to confer jurisdiction on the
Court of Claims to render judgments for
the principal and interest in action to
recover duties by the military authorities
of the United States upon articles i'm
ported into Porto Rico. from the several
States between April II. 1899, and May l,
1900.
Placing Lieut. Col. and Brovet Maj. Gen.
A. s. Webb en- the retired list of the army.
To increase rates Of pension for loss of
limbs.
And sixty private pension bills. includ-
ing one increasing the pension of the
widow of General Ludlow to $50 a month.