Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-06

scheme of the enterprise requires that the
trust should be managed by men who are
familiar with scientific progress and VINO
have to be selected from different parts OF
the country. and that they shall fill the va
Cancies In their own ranks. Inc original
scheme and the articles of association OF
the existing corporation provided that the
President. the President pro tempore OF the
Senate. the Speaker Of the House and some
other officers should be ex officio trustees
There seems to have been no warrant IN
law for that, and / think it is generally
agreed to be objectionable. Mr.. Cannon Is
especially opposed to IL. The proposed act
will relieve us from this Objectionable fea-
ture.
What we ask from Congress is nothing
but facility In holding and using the great
fund which Mr.. Carnegie has placed in our
hands. As the gentlemen composing the
board Of trustees are devoting their time
gratuitously to the performance of a duty
OF great usefulness for the people of the
entire country in the expenditure of the
fund which Mr.. Carnegie has given for the
same purpose. cannot doubt that Congress
will wish To relieve as from the possibility
OF any legal complications in the perform
anCe OF these duties
The bill was passed without discussion.
Closing Groceries on Sunday.
House bill 11S19 requiring certain places
OF business to Ice closed on Sundays. was
passed after Mr. Maddox of Georgia had
asked for brief explanation. Chairman
Babcock stated that the bill had been pre-
pared at the request of the grocerymen and
meat dealers of the District of Columbia.
The bill. as passed, provides that it shall
be unlawful for any person in the District
or Columbia to sell. or offer for sale. or 10
keep open any place of business for the
sale or delivery of any groceries or meats
or vegetables or other provisions on sun
day, except that from the first day of June
until the first day of October meats sold
prior to Sunday may be delivered at any
time before 10 o'clock of the morning of
that day. Any person who shall! violate
the provisions OF the act shall on convic-
tlon. be punished by fine of not less than
SO nor more than so for the first offenSe.
and for each subsequent offense by fine
of not less than so nor more than 500. or
by Imprisonment in the Jail of the District
OF Columbia for a period of not less than
one month nor more than three months.
or by both fine and imprisonment in the
discretion of the court
Part of w Street Abandoned.
Senate bill 1929, for the abandonment of
w street northeast, having already passed
the Senate was agreed to by the House
without debate. and therefore became IA
law. The street is to be abandoned be-
tween Lincoln avenue and Rhode Island
avenue 1t is the District Commissioners
opinion that a place" street may be To-
Gated Just north of w street to better ad-
vantage the land for which will be donated
to the District without expense.
Senate resolution 3. charging the scope
OF the highway act so as to include the
Beatty and Hawkins subdivision of George
town. was passed without discussion. The
resolution was adopted by the Senate Feb
ruary IL last.
Removing Installment Bought Goods.
House bill 1885, amending the code and
making it unlawful for any person to re-
move furniture or other chattels bought on
the installment plan from the District OF
Columbia, provoked the first discussion OF
the day. Representative Bartlett of Georgia
argued that the bill should not pass. as 1t
was clearly an attempt to use the criminal
laws for the purpose of enforcing civil con-
tracts He though there should also be a
provision to the effect that IL should De
shown that the creditor was injured by the
removal of the goods.
Mr. Powers of Maine, a member or the
District committee. explained the measure,
and II was passed, Mr.. Bartlett voting In
the negative. The new provision of the
code as adopted today is as follows:
Section S:,;}a. Whoever. being in posses
sion of personal property received upon a
written and conditional contract of sale,
with intent to defraud. sells, conveys. con-
ceals or aids in concealng the same. or re-
moves the same from the District OF Co.
lumbia without the consent OF the vendor,
before performance of the conditions prece-,
dent to acquiring the title thereto. shall be
punished by fine of not more than one
hundred dollars or by Imprisonment for
more than ninety days"
Relief of Adolph Weinhold.
House bill 1s2Is for the relief of Adolph
Weinhold was passed after Representative
Sulzer had asked for an explanation. The
purpose of this bill is to relieve the bene-
ficiary from the cloud on the title to certain
real estate which he purchased before hav-
ing become a citizen of the United states
he having received his naturalization pa
pers in May, 1901.
Amending the Divorce Law.
When House bill 1925, amending one of
the provisions of the District code relating
To divorce, was taken up there was quite
lively debate between Representative Hay
OF Virginia who objected to divorce being
made easy and Representative Campbeii
of Kansas the. member of the District COM
mittee who reported the bill. Mr. Camp
bell explained that section 9S3 of the code
reads follows:
I'm all divorce cases where adultery is
charged the person or persons with whom
the adultery is charged TO have been COM
United shall be made defendant or defend
ants and brought in by personal service
of process or by publication, as in other
cases.
The bill as reported adds the following
prOViso:
appear by the allegations of the petition
that the name of any such correspondent is
unknown or cannot be ascertained. and the
proofs sustain such allegations, the court
may hear and determine the petition for
divorce without any such correspondent
having been made a party defendant or
served personally with process or by pub
lca ton. as in other cases, and enter de-
cree accordingly"
Mr., Hay asked if the amendment would
not make ii easier to secure divorce than
under existing law. Mr.. Campbell admitted
this would be the effect.
Then it ought not TO be passed. de-
clared Mr.. Hay. The laws contained in
the District code were very carefully gone
over and do not think we ought to inter-
fere with those laws"
Mr.. Campbell said the bill was unani-
mously indorsed by the bar OF the District.
lie explained that under existing law ii is
impossible to obtain divorce on the ground
of adultery without naming the correspond
ent and securing service either in person or
by publication.
When the bill was put to vote there was
"a loud chorus of noes" Representative
John Sharp Williams, the minority leader
called for a division. The bill was then
passed by a vote Of 81 to CT. Most OF those
voting In opposition were democrats, but
no party lines were drawn.
Street Extension Bills.
The street extension bills were then taken