Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-16
UNION STATION TERMINAL
Difference of Opinion as to Train
Sheds.
SIX FAVORABLE REPORTS MADE
Upon Bills to Incorporate Certain
Societies and Other Matters
of Interest.

Ten measures of local interest were act
ed upon by the District committee Of the
| House at its session, following the adj
| Journed meeting OF yesterday. At both
sessions of the committee the Morreil bill
| to amend the union station act and pro-
vide additional facilities for the Washing
ton Terminal Company was discussed ae
! length. Action on the measure was de-
ferred until the meeting OF the committee
on Thursday next in order that additional
| information on the subject may be co-
tanned.
A Difference of Opinion.
It is understood that there is decided
difference OF opinion as to the kind OF
sheds which should be erected in the train
yard under the provisions OF the bill. Tho
| umbrella sheds. which are favored in the
present plans, are understood to have many
| Objectionable features and It is under
stood that some specific provisions will be
| included in the measure reported by the
| committee. which shall define the sort OF
| train sheds to be erected
The committee considered and laid on
| the table, with action Indefinitely post
poned, the Senate bill for the relief of the
| William B. Todd estate and the by re-
quest measure introduced 10y Represen-
| tative Pearre Of Maryland. for the pay
| ment of claims growing out OF the de-
| struction of the Northern Liberty Market
| In 1872.
Favorable Reports Ordered.
The committee authorized favorable re-
| ports on the following bills:
| II. r. 1925, introduced by Chairman
| Babcock, increasing the penalty for certain
| of1enses in the District of Columbia, ana
| providing that the taking and carrying
| away of the property Of another in tho
| District Of Columbia without right so to
J do shall be misdemeanor. punishable by
a fine not to exceed 800, or imprisonment
| for q term not 90 exceed six months. or
| both"
H. r. l2904, introduced by Representative
! Loud OF Michigan. TO incorporate the Amer
| lean Homeopa thic Institute for drug prov
ing. The incorporators named in the meas.
| ure includes ]. b. Gregg Gusts of WASH
| ington, ID. c.; George Royal OF Des MONIES,
| Iowa; Charles Mohr of Philadelphia, Pa;
| Willis A Dewey of Ann Arbor. Mich;
Benjamin F. Bailey OF Lincoln, Neb.; John
| z. Sutherland of Boston, Mass. and Edwin
| II. Wolcott of Rochester y. Y. The main
| object of the institute Is to study the ef-
| fects Of drugs upon animals and healthy
| persons and to use the data in the treat
| ment OF disease.
| H. r. 14S13, introduced by Representative
Eabcock. providing that the pension or
| the act of March l. 1905. for the relief,
| during widowhood, of dependent mothers
| OF unmarried deceased members of the met
|
deceased members of the fire department
| of the District, shalt include the mothers
of any deceased members of the police
| force and fire departments who have died
| from injury or disease prior to March /.
| 1868
Interpretations Ordered.
II. r. 1892. introduced by Representative
IIilI of Connecticut, TO incorporate the Ma
tional Society of the Sons OF the American
Revolution. Among the incorporators named
are Joseph c. Breckenridge. A Howard
Clark, William Hamilton Bayly and John
Paul Earnest of this city.
S. 3045, to incorporate the American Cross
of Honor in the District of Columbia. The
ineorpoIators named are II. A. George of
Charlottesville. Va; Richard Stocking of
Trenton, n. j.; John J. Delaney OF New
York city. Andrew NJ Taylor OF Rondout.
n. Y; Eugene Longstreet Of Brielle. n. J.,
and Thomas II. Herndon Of Washington,
D. c. The object of the society is to bring
into closer relations of fraternal fellowship
the members Of the organization and 10 per-
petuate the memory of the gallant and
heroic deeds of those persons upon whom
the government has bestowed the life-saY-,
ing medal of honor.
II. r. 1892. introduced by Representative
Sims of Tennessee. changing the name OF
the Eastern Star Home of the District of
Columbia to the Masonic Eastern Star Home
of the District of Columbia.
H r. 1875, introduced by Chairman Bah
cock making il a misdemeanor I'm the Dis
trict of Columbia for a husband To abandon
or wilfully neglect to provide for the sup
port Of his wife and children.