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LOCAL BILLS PASSED
What Congress Has Done for the
District This Session.
IMPORTANT LEGISLATION ENACTED
House Measures Awaiting Sena
torial Action.
"WORK OF REPRESENTATIVES
The American people declare with pride
that they have the most beautiful capital
in the world, and as the years pass by their
claim is placed more and more beyond
question.
Every year Congress Is called upon to
Consider the needs of the District of Co
lumbia and to specify in what way the
revenues should be expended with the
greatest justice to all sections of the com
munity. with a view to making it an ideal
place for the workshops of the government,
to perfect sanitary conditions, to provide
every convenience for living that comes
within the domain of a municipality and to
make the city as beautiful as the nation is
great.
So it is that the close of every' session of
Congress marks an epoch in the progress of
'Washington. Many great and pressing
neeits of the city which must sooner or
later be supplied are annually presented
and urged by the board of trade, by citi
zens' associations, by various societies and
Individuals, and, although Congress fre
quently seems to respond reluctantly, yet
the response Anally comes. During the
session now drawing to a close provision
has bee* m.ile for many extremely im
portant improvements in the District, and
this has given the best evidence that con
gressmen are becoming more and more
alive to the character of their responsibili
ties as the legislators for the people here,
who. having no voice in their election, yet
must look to them for everything they
might get through a local legislature.
It has been fortunate for the District
that senators and representatives now
serving on the committees having charge
of District matters take as great a personal
interest In them as if their home had al
ways been and always would be here. The
chairmen and other members of these com
mittees are among the busiest men In Con
gress. yet they have given liberally of their
time in the consideration of the affairs of
the capital. Senator McMillan, chairman
of the Senate committee on the Dis.rlct of
Coiumbia, has always had the care of ex
tensive interest* In Michigan, and the same
business Judgment which made his life a
success has been brought to bear in his
dealings with the affairs of the District.
Very many of the most Important Improve
ments that have this year been secured for
the District have been the direct result of
his insistence that they should be made.
Mr. McMillan in this work has had the as
sistance of Mr. Charles Moore of Michigan,
who. r.s clerk of his committee, has kept
himself familiar with every detail of the
local needs.
Amending; the Hixliwaj Act.
Perhaps the most important local legisla
tion enacted by Congress is the amendment
of the highway act of March 2. 1898. By
this amendment the making of any more
mislit subdivisions Is prevented, and at the
same time property owners are In a much
better position than they were under the
old law. The law as amended leaven in the
first section of the highway map the mis
fit subdivisions which skirt the city exactly
as they are. while the balance of the Dis
trict can be subdivided only In conformity
with the general plan for highway exten
sion as laid down on the maps which have
been adopted. Congress will year by year
provide for openirg and widening streets
through these misfit subdivisions by spe
cific appropriations for the purchase of the
necessary land and eventually the entire
District will doubtleis be as beautifully laid
out for improvement as was the city of
"Washington by L'Enfant. The board of
trade endeavored to secure the passage of
a bill to complete the work of street exten
sion through the instrvmentality of one act
of Congress, but the more restricted meas
ure was finally deemed more practicable at
this session of Congress.
Aiinednct Tunnel and Reservoir.
Another extremely important Improve
ment provided for Is the completion of the
Washington aqueduct tunnel and the How
ard University reservoir, w hich have been
useless since the scandals in relation to the
faulty construction of the aqueduct tunnel
caused a stoppage of the work on it. This
addition to the water supply system of the
District of Columbia is greatly needed in
#onie parts of tne city, and when the tun
|ie! and reservoir are completed the cause
<}f much complaint will cease to exist. By
a provision placed in the District of Co
lumbia appropriation bill nearly JlJtKUWU Is
made available for this purpose, and the
?work can be resumed under the chief of en
gl:. rs and completed in accordance with
the plans of the board of experts which
have bee a adopted.
A Step Toward Filtration.
Not only is this very important Increase
Of the water supply of the city provided
for, but the same bill takes an initial step
toward the construction of a system of
filtration of the entire water supply of the
District of Columbia.. Thousands of filters
are now in use in houses here In order that
Clean and palatable water may be obtained,
but the great mass of the people are
Qblig-d to drink, to cook with and to bathe
Id a fluid that a large part of the year holds
In solution an Immense quantity of Poto
mac river mud. if not more dangerous
matter.
The lirst step to be taken toward correct
ing this evil is to determine upon the most
feasible method for filtering all the water
that com -s to the city. For this purpose
has been appropriated, and the chief
of engineers is directed to submit a pian of
filtration to Congress, which will probably
be done next winter.
Free Public Library.
Congress has also placed the free public
library, which has so long been needed, on
ft firm foundation by appropriating %H,TJO
for its maintenance during the coming
i'ear. An appropriation for this purpose
has been sought for several years, but,
although Its need has been apparent. It
has formerly been defeated, and the city
lias presented the strange spectacle of a
rapidly growing center of learning and
the home of great universities without a
municipal circulating library.
Truluinjr Scliool Bnilding.
The educational system of the District
of Columbia will be greatly advanced by
the provision Congress has made for secur
ing :t commodious manual training school
building for the first eight dUisions of the
public schools. For the purchase of a site
for this purpose, and to begin construc
tion, CVvaio was appropriated, the total
Cost of the site and building being fixed
at t\s. .of*', and authority i3 givep the Com- J
Wis v. oilers to contract for the construction
Of the bunding. Manual training has been
demonstrated to be a most important fea
ture of the public schools, and it is likely
that within a few years Washington will
fcaie u manual training system in opera
tion that will rival any such system in the
Country.
Kindergarten Instruction has also been
provided for by an appropriation of 412,000.
Such instruction has long been advocated
lor the public schools of Washington.
By these appropriations the District of
Columbia makes a desirable advance along
lines of approved methods of popular edu
cation.
Extending the Sewerage System.
A complete sewerage system for the Dls
Vict of Columbia is a universally acknowl
edged need. While Congress has failed to
provide for Installing a complete system,
it has provided for continuing the work of
extending the sewers, both in the suburbs
and in the city, and has taken a step In
advance by appropriating J2T>,00u for the
purchase of land and preparing plans for
the construction of a sewage pumping sta
tion. under the approved project for sew
age disposal In the District of Columbia.
It has b~?n shown time an! again that the
o.d piecemeal plan of constructing a sys
tem of sewers at the rate money has been
appropriated In the past w?u)d not give
the city, with its present population, an
adequate sewerage system for fifty years,
and at the end of that time the city would
have grcwTi to such proportions that it
would be as badly off as it is now. A com
plete sewer system is on* of the things It
is hoped %he next session of Congress will
provide.
Redaeed Telephone Rates.
Perhaps no phase of legislation during the
present "session of Congress has been of
greater popular interest than the provision
of the District of Columbia appropriation
biU which provides for a lowering of tele
phone rates in the District of Columbia.
This provision follows:
"That from and after the passage of this
act it shall be unlawful for any person or j
any telephone company doing business in
the District of Columbia to charge or re
ceive more than $30 per annum for the use
of a telephone on a separate wire; $40 for
each telephone, there being not more than
two on a wire; $30 for each telephone, there
being not mere than three on a wire, and
$!!."> for each telephone, there being four or
more on the same wire."
The main question regarding this legisla
tion is in respect to the way the provision
will be carried out.
Street Swee pi a fir.
During the coming year a test will be
made to show the relative "value of machine
and hand work under contract and hand
work by the municipality in doing the work
of street cleaning. Of the appropriation
for street sweeping $15,000 is to be used for
hand work in street sweeping without con
tract, and the accounts showing the ex
penditure of this money are to be so kept
as to show the per capita cost of hand
sweeping by day labor and under contract.
The superintendent of street sweeping be
lieves he can pay men J1.13 a day instead
of *1, which is the rate given by contract
ors. and save money for the District in the
sweeping of streets. The result of this ex
periment will be of great interest to labor
ing People here, as it may result in the Dis
wVrr.!nt"a,,l3'L dolne ali 118 8tre9t swr.p
Ing by day s labor.
Pr?,MT?tioB of Fish ?nd Game.
Sportsmen will be especially interested In
that provision of the District of Columbia
appropriation bill which gives *500 for the
enforcement of the game and fish laws of
the District of Columbia, to be expended
under the direction of the Commissioners
??rreALdiffic.Ully has been experienced In
win? ary eame Iaw in the Past- but
" ,h J1he assistance the Commissioners
will be able to give with this additional
small appropriation It is thought greater
success will be achieved In the future
Hospital for Hi.o, CoHarfoa. Di_
eases.
Washington has long felt the need of
hospitals where minor contagions diseases
could be treated, but the great prejudice
people have entertained against having
such hospitals located near their homes has
made it impossible, until lately, to secure
a location for them. Now Congress has i?
fnePnnath to construct such a build
p"fal and ?f the Provide"ce Hos
pital and a like amount for one on the
fIchncise?y(Sofiuld Momo,rlal Hospital. In
$5,000 is appropriated for furnish
tra "tt30??ulPpinVheJ>ui|dlng9 and an ex
tra ?1,001> is allowed for grading tho i
grounds at the Garfield Hospifal. filch of
the hospitals Is allowed J2/KJ0 for the year s
a Ae1anCe of these buildings, and it Is
atr?anyedtlm-at thf,Se hospitals shaf.recehx
i?a?! Ul?e ,such Patients suffering from
minor contagious diseases as may be sent
tri<t.?r r .the. ^ommissioners of the Dis
health officer a" " the re<1UeSt of the
The Naval Battalion.
The session of Congress now drawing to
a close has also placed the naval battalion
of the District of Columbia on a footing
With other battalions throughout the coun
try. The naval battalion of the District
hn, XT" ?,r*an'Zed for abrj"t two years
5"*..^ action of Congress will give it
facilities for advancement which it has
not enjoyed in the past.
Loeal Railway Bills.
Several important railroad bills have
been passed, which promise a grea
Improvement in the railway facilities of the
District. Among these are the Eckington
and Soldiers' Home, the Belt, Columbia
Washington and Glen Echo. Capital rail
waj and the East Washington Heights
Traction railway bills. K s
?J?exm?kinKt?n and Sogers' Home rail-,
jy? requires that company to equip
nnV.i- .. . the clty "mits with the
ESTO"** electric system within one
jear. The Columbia railway bill authorizes
that company to extend its line eastward
1> from loth and H streets northeast to
nihf1""*' ! nce by the race course and
other roads to the eastern corner of the
District. The Washington ajid Glen Echo
Railroad Company has been allowed to
build its tracks Guu feet within the District
of Columbia, and the Capital Railway Corn
pan} has been granted authority to use a
fn?Le-fd /, crossln? the Anucostia bridge
t P?wer- which it has used
heretofore. The East Washington Heights
Traction Railway Company s bill gives that
company authority to build a road from
the western approach to the Pennsylvania
avenue bridge across the Anacostia river
on a trestle to be built by tia< company and
along several routes east of the river. Con
gress has also passed a bill to compel street
I*"?* companies to i ?jove abandoned
also the bill incorporating the
Washington, W'oodslde and Forest Glen
Railroad and Power Company of Mont
gomery county. Md., and the act to vest
in the Commissioners the control of street
parking in the District of Columbia, the
latter being in the hands of the President.
The Anacoslta Plats.
A public resolution passed by Congress
directs the Secretary of War to prepare a
project for the improvement of the Ana
costia river and the reclamation of its flats
from the line of the District to the mouth
of the river. The dagger to health from
the flits of the Anacoetia has been pointed
out time and again by the medical associa
tion of the District of Columbia, the board
or trade and other organizations. The su
perintendent of the government hospital
for the insane has made frequent complaint
about these flats, showing that their pres
ence -has an important bearing upon the
health of the people in the great institution
under his charge. Congress at its next ses
sion can hardly fail to make some provision
for beginning the work of their reclama
tion. It has also been shewn that the
value of the lard owned by the government
to be reclaimed will more than equal the
cost of the improvement and will form a
splendid public park, which is greatly need
ed in the eastern section of the District.
SlactUascou Act*. .
There were passed also a number of mis
cellaneous bills. Acts were paesed punish
ing the carrying of concealed weapons,
regulating the disposal of certain refuse,
for the regulation of cemeteries and the
disposal of dead bodies, relating to the
?i<-ulteration of foods and drugs in the
District of Columbia, to prevent tho adul
teration of candy in the District of Colum
bia and to regulate plumbing and gastit
Other bills and resolutions that have
been pasted by Congress are for the fol
lowing purposes:
To confer in the Supreme Court of the
Liistrict of Columbia jurisdiction to take
proof of the execution of wills affecting
real estate.
Authorizing the Commissioners to accept
the I euuesi of the late Peivr von E.-.sen
for the us-i of the public wtilte schools of
Georgetown and distribute It among the
heirs of the deceased.
To prescribe regulations for tax sales and
In relation to taxes In the District of Co
lurobia.
To extend the charter of the Franklin In
surance Company of the city of Washing
ton. ?
To supplement the act Incorporating Co
lUrabian University.
To require certain writs to be directed to
aDd executed by the marshal of the Dis
trict of Columbia.
MU<aio'nCOrP?rate the Florenc? Crittenton
To Incorporate the Masonlo Temple As
Bv Clo 11UU.
To protect flsh in the District of Colum
bia. and for the maintenance of a perma
river "P* n? *rounJ I* the Potomac
To give permission for the erection of a
^ri^b^Mtrict ot
*?,Th0'Whe National Reunion Monu
ment Association to erect a monument in
the city of W ashing ton to the Union sol
and marlnes of th?,war ?*
Dr.trict'oY^umbia^l^a'^^
Ice on parts of streets adjoining railroad
stations.
Legislation carrying about til* usual ap
propriations for various street and comrty
road iirproT??rents have been Bade ana a
number of thoroughfares have been opened
and widened.
A number of bills are on the Senate,
House and committee calendars relating to
local affairs.
Measures Passe* by tfce Hons*.
Measures that have passed the House and
are now before the Senate are:
An act to amend the criminal laws of the j
District of Columbia.
To regulate taxes upon street railroads
within the District of Columbia.
To Incorporate the Washington and Uni
versity Railroad Company of the District
of Columbia. *<
To regulate tie construction of barbed
wire fences In the District of Columbia.
To authorise the reassessment of water
main taxes in the District of Columbia.
To amend an act for the preservation of
the public peace and protection of property
in the District of Columbia.
Relating to negotiable Instruments In the
District of Columbia.
To authorise the Washington and Get
tysburg Railroad Company of Maryland to
extend Its road into the District of Colum
For the protection of game In the Dis
trict of Columbia.
To control wharf properties and public
spaces in the District of Columibia.
To extinguish alley in a-iurao 46o.
To provide for the establishment of build
ing lines on certain streets.
For the punishment of seduction in the
District of Columbia.
Senate Bills on the Calendar.
Senate bills on the Senate calendar with
favorable committee reports are:
To prohibit the reproduction in the Dis
trict of Columbia and territories by kinet
oscope or kindred devices of pugilistic en
oounters.
For the prevention of cruelty to animals
In the District of Columbia. ,
Relating to the names of streets in the j
District of Columbia.
Authorizing the Commissioners to 8?"*
permits to the Batcheller Pneumatic TuLe
Company of the District of ColumWa.
To readjust the boundary of the National
Zoological Park and preserve ila seclusion
between Park road, Cincinnati street and
Connecticut avenue.
For the payment of claims for material
and labor furnished for District of Colum
bia buildings.
To provide for a municipal building.
To widen l?th street. ,
To regulate insurance in the District of
Columbia. _ ..
The Metropolitan and Capital Traction
railway bills are also pending before the
Senate, having been passed by the House.
Before the Senate Committee.
There are also a considerable number of
tills still on the calendar of the Senate
committee on the District of Columbia to
be acted upon at some later time. Among
these bills are the following, which orig
inated in the Senate:
For the formation of co-operative busi
ness corporations. ? . . ...
To further protect the first day of the
week as a day of rest.
Authorizing the employment of day labor
In the construction of municipal buildings
and works in the District of Columbia.
To elevate the Baltimore and Ohio rail
way tracks.
To further regulate the sale of milk.
For the prevention of smoke In the Dis
trict of Columbia. ,
To provide for settling outstanding claims
against the District of Columbia.
For the appointment of a collector of
fines in the Police Court.
For the prevention of bastardy.
For the construction of a memorial
bridge across the Potomac.
To authorize the Falls Church and Po
tomac Railway Company of Virginia to
extend its lines into the District of Colum
bia.
For the incorporation of an association
for the mutual benefit of its members.
To authorize the Anacostia and Potomac
River Railroad Company to change its mo
tive power.
For the relief of the Brlghtwood Railway
Company.
Authorizing a special election to be held
by the citizens of the District of Columbia
to determine whether the present munici
pal government shall continue or whether
there shall be established in its place a
representative form of government.
Creating a commission for the condemna
tion of Insanitary buildings.
To Incorporate the Wesley Height! Rail
way Company.
For the regulation of the practice of den
tistry.
To relieve non-residents who have paid
license taxes to the District of Columbia.
To regulate the pay of assistant engineer
officers to the Engineer Commissioner.
To amend the act providing for the open
irg of alleys.
For a brj.lge over the Anacostia river on
a line with 1st street southwest.
To regulate the sale of intoxicating
llquorr.
For a bridge across the Anacostia river
on a line with Massachusetts avenue ex
tended.
To punish the impersonation of weigh
n>asters.
To create a permanent board for the
opening of streets, etc.
For the establishment of an inebriate
asylum.
To establish a board of charities for the
District of Columbia,
To provide for the payment of Northern
Liberty Market House claims against the
District of Columbia by drawback certifi
cates. ? ?
To regulate the practice of veterinary
medicine and surgery.
To authorize the Automatic Telephone
Exchange Company (limited) to construct,
operate and maintain a telephone exchange
In th'j District of Columbia
Hone Bills Before Senate Committee.
Bills have passed the House and are now
before the Senate committee on tho Dis
trict of Columbia to quiet land titles; to
regulate steam engineering and the Inspec
tion of stationary steam engines and boil
ers and to amend the charter of the Dis
trict Suburban Railway Company.
WORK OF THE HOtSE.
Greater \nnibcr of I>ocnl Bills Passed
Than Ever Before.
Sixty-seven bills have been .reported to
and passed through the House at tills ses
sion of Congress. That Is a record which I
haa never been equaled by the District
committee in any previous Congress.
There are two bills still pending on the cal
endar of the House, increasing the number
acted upon by the committee to sixty-nine.
Many of these bills are of utmost impor
tance to the capital of the United States.
Men who have assisted In the preparation
of this legislation will have cause In future
years to be proud of their part in the work.
Chairman Babcock was fortunate at the
beginning of this Congress in securing a
hard-working and conscientious committee,
whose efforts have been harmonious and
incessant.
Mr. Babcock himself has been a faithful
and painstaking laborer in the interest of
the people of the District of Columbia. Ha
has never denied a hearing to any one on
any proposed measure of legislation and
he and his committee, at the request of
citizens, have given consideration to proj- !
ects which were foredoomed to defeat
through the Inherent weakness of the pro
posed bills.
Mr. Babcock h?i manifested rare skill
and tact in securing consideration for the
committee's bills In the House. It is one
thing to get a report from a committee on
a bill and quite another to pass It through
the House, but Mr. Babcock has passed
sixty-seven.
Mr. Harry W. Barney, the clerk of the
committee, haa contributed by his constant
attention to duty and his intelligence to
the convenience of every one baring busi
ness with the committee. Mr. George F.
Ever*, detailed from the office of the clerk
of the House to assist him, has been a
popular and efficient employe.
The following bills have been reported by
the House District of Columbia oommittee
and passed by the House during this ses
sion:
H. R. 409?To prevent the adulteration of
candy in the District of Columbia.
H. R. 681?To confirm title to lots 12 and I
14, in square 960. in Washington, D. O.
H. R. 22S3?In relation to taxes and tax
sales In the District of Columbia.
H. R. Ill Tin the preservation of gaj
and for the prevention of Us sale during
certain closed seasons.
8. 467?For the regulation of cemeteries
and the disposal of dead bodies in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
?. 468?Authorising the Commissioners of
the District of Columbia to accept the be
quest of the late Peter von Essen for the I
use of the public white schools of that por
Hon of aaid district formerly known w
Georgetown.
S. 471?Relating"Vo tb? adulteration of
food and drugs In Me District of Columbia.
a 1258?To regulate i? the District of Co
lumbia the disposal oft certain refuse and
for other purpose*? J
H. R. 4101?Grsjitin# the right to sell
burial sites In parts* fl* certain streets In
Washington city tfgthB"vegtrY of Washing
ton Parish, for th^"rfieflt of the Congres
sional cemetery- v ?
H. R. 514k*?To ameriK the charter of the
Capital Railway Con?lMny.
S. 2704?For the riMeQot the heirs of Pom
K. Soh, deceased. v<f jj
H. Res. 148? AutWiiJfcg the appointment
by the Speaker of aSpbAnittee of live mem
bers to investigate Ibfe Itiarge of the Wash
ington Gas Light dSrajlny for illuminating
gas, and for other wrwses.
H. R. 537??Relating to negotiable instru
ments in the Dlstrtet ol Columbia.
H. R. 5326?Authorising the Secretary of
the Interior to convey a certain lot In the
District of Columbia to John H. Gause and
ethers. , ,
H R. 5880?To vest in the Commissioners
of the District of Columbia control of
street parking in said District.
H. R. 5883?'To authorise the reassessment
of water main taxes in the District of Co
lumbia, and for other purposes.
H R. 6885?To' am?nl section Ave of an
act,, entitled "An act to punish the carry
ing or selling of deaety or dangerous weap
ons within the District of Columbia, and for
other purposes," approved July 13.1892.
H. R. 5887?For the prevention of smoke
In the District of Columbia, and for other
purposes. " . ..
H. R. 6148?To amend the charter of the
Eckington and Soldiers' Home Railway
Company of the District of Columbia, the
Maryland and Washington Railway Com
pany and the Belt Railway Company, and
for other purposes.
H. R. 6101?For the protection of fish in
the District of Columbia, for the main
tenance of a permanent spawning ground
In the Potomac river In said District, and
lor other purposes.
8. 1081?Authorising and directing the Sec
retary of the Interior tp quit-claim ana
release unto Francis Hall and Junah Hall
and their heirs and assigns all the right,
title and interest of the United .States in
and to the east 20 feet front by full depth
of 100 feet of lot 2, in square 493, in the
city of Washington, District of Columbia,
as laid down on the original plan or plat
of said city.
H. R. 635#?To quiet land titles In the
District of Columbia.
H. R. 6460?For the relief of Galen C.
Greens.
H H. 6542?For the relief of Eldred G.
Da\ is.
6. 2323?Supplemental to the act of Feb
ruary 9. 1821, incorporating the Columbian
College In the District of Columbia and the
amendatory thereof.
H. R. 6954?To regulate plumbing and gas
fitting in the District of Columbia.
H. Res. 136?For the relief of farmers,
gardeners and truckmen selling produce of
their own raising on the south side of B
street between 7th and ISth streets. In the
city of Washington, District of Columbia.
H. R. 7541?To require certain writs to
be directed to and executed by the mar
shal of the District of Columbia.
8. Jt. Res. 81?Authorizing the public
printer to use oertain government telegraph
poles.
H. R. 8063?To amend "An act for the
preservation of the public peace and pro
tection of property in the District of Co
lumbia." approved July 29. 1892.
H. R. 8004?To amend the criminal laws
of the District of Columbia.
H. R. 8421?To regulate taxes upon street
railroads in the District of Columbia.
8. 1865?To extend the charter of the
Franklin Insurance Company of the city of
Washington.
H. R. 8541?To define the rights of the
purchasers of the Belt railway, and for
other purposes. l~: t
H. R. 8602?For the relief of Charlotte J.
Gottwals from thft, operation of the act
restricting the ownership of real estate in
the territories and the District of Colum
bia to American citizen*.
H. R. 8>lo(i?Authorizing and requiring cer
tain extensions to be made to the lines of
the Capital Traction Company In the Dis
trict of Columbia. ' m
S. 3472?To incorporate the Masonic Tem
ple Association of the District of Colum
bia. -U 3
H. R. 8972?To amendjsection 2 of an act
entitled "An act to Incorporate the Pro
testant Episcopal Church of the diocese of
Washington." r!- .
H. R. 9068?To authorize the Commission
ers of the Distriot,5?f Columbia to extin
guish alley In square 463.
H. R. 92ftt?To regulate the construction
of barb wire fenccs in the District of Co
lumbia. and for other purposes.
H. R. 9205?To authorize the extension
eastwardly of the Columbia railway.
H. R. 9206?To Incorporate the Washing
ton and University Railway Company of
the District of Columbia.
8. 771?To incorporate the National Flor
ence Crittentoa Mission.
S. 914?To compel street railway com
panies in the District of Columbia to re
move abandoned trackB, and for other pur
poses.
H. Res. 189?Authorizing the Commission
ers of the District of Columbia to locate a
cab service, and for other purposes.
8. Res. 28?Making an appropriation for
the improvement of the Anacostia river
and the reclamation of its flats.
H. R. 9414?For the relief of Matilda
Akerblon Molin.
H. R. 9417?To amend the charter of the
District of Columbia Suburban Railway
Company.
H. R. 9428?'To authorize the Washington
and Gettysburg Railway Company of Mary
land to extend its line of road into and
within the District of Columbia.
H. R. 9693?To regulate steam engineer
ing and the inspection of stationary steam
engines and boilers In the District of Co
lumbia.
H. R. 9S56?For the relief of Anna Merkel.
S. 1910?Conferring on the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia Jurisdiction to
take proof of the execution of wills affect
ing real estate, and for other purposes.
H. R. 10106?To provide for the establish
ment of building lines on certain streets in
the District of Columbia, and for other pur
poses.
H. R. 10209?To repeal an act of Congress,
approved March 2, 1898, entitled "An act to
provide a permanent system of highways
in that pairt of the District of Columbia ly
ing outside of cities," and for other pur
poses.
H. R. 10222?To authorize the extension
of the Metropolitan railroad.
H. R. 10278?Imposing a license tax upon
proprietors of merry-go-rounds or other
mechanical devices, operated or exhibited
for purposes of public amusemint or gain,
and for other purposes. In the District of
Columbia.
H. R. 10280?To require the Brightwood
Railway Company to abandon its overhead
trolley on Kenyon street between 7th and
14th streets.
H. R. 10293?To Incorporate ths East
Washington Heights Traction Railway
Company In the District of Columbia.
H. R. 10294?Relative to the control of
wharf property and certain public spaces
In the District of Columbia.
H. R. 10341?To incorporate the National
Congress of Mothers.
H. R. 10474?For the extension of 11th
street northwest.
H. R. 10067?To change the name of the
Capital Railway Company.
S. 2916?Relating'1 % the Washington,
Woodside and Forest" Glen Railway and
Power Company mi Montgomery county,
Md. 9 rt
8. 3144?For the relief' of Finetta Nalle.
S. 4756?For the ijellei of Michael Mc
Nulty. ^
8. 4B71?To exterut.'Rjiode Island avenu*.
8. 924?To authorise Jjfie Washington and
Glen Echo Rallwag, Cqnvpany to obtala a
right of way and dpiiKU-uet tracks Into the
District of Columbia 6g? feet.
These bills were reported from the House
committee of the rustdft of Columbia and
are still on the House calendar:
H. R. 8390?To regulate the sale of poi
sons In the Distrlcrofjvolumbia.
B. 1754?To acquire bf, condemnation land
and water rights afHhtr, Great Falls of the
Potomac. Iv 1 '
The following bilfi *%re referred to the
House committee on ttUf District of Colum
bia, and are pending -bWore the committee,
subject to action nwet sfeesion:
H. R. 803?To provide tract or property
Indexes in the office of the recorder of
deeds for the District of Columbia.
H. R. 488?For the relief of holders of cer
tain District of Columbia tax aala certifi
cates, and tor other purposes.
H. R. 1060?To repeal all provisions of the
law for the payment by the United States
of one-half of the appropriations for the
District of Columbia.
H. R. 1078?To further protest the first
day of the week as a day of rest 1A the
District of Columbia.
H B. 1645?To incorporate the Washing
ton Cooling Company, and grant thereto
the right to lay pipes for distribution of
materials for refrigerating purposes.
H. R. 1648?Requiring all partnerships do
ing business is the District of Columbia to
record with the recorder of deeds of said
District the full name of each member
comprtelnjr the firm. etc.
H. K 1883?To incorporate the Colombian
Telephone Company.
H. 1L 2064?To incorporate the National
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When
the Day's Work
is Done
there is nothing so palatable and re
freshing, so invigorating and health
ful, as a cold, sparkling glass of
HIRES Rootbeer. The thought
ful wife has a supply cooled for
the husband when he comes in
tired and warm; for the chil
dren when they are thirsty and
overheated; for callers who drop
in for a sociable chat?for herself when
she is wearied with the duties of her home.
HIRES Rootbeer
is the most beneficial beverage you can possibly drink in hot weather. Composed of the verv properties
required by nature, when the temperature is too high or the vitality too low, it not onlv tickles the palate
and satisfies the thirst but strengthens and revives you. A temperance drink for temperance people.
A package makes 5 gallons. Sold everywhere. Beware of imitations.
I?-\Vrite to THE CHARLES E. HIRES CO., PHILADELPHIA, and ask how a bov can make
from 40 cents to $4.50 a day.
I
Grand Lodge of the Order of the Sons of
Hermann.
H. R. 2:81?To regulate the practice of
pharmacy In the District of Columbia.
H. R. 2399?To provide for a municipal
building and court house in the District of
Columbia.
H. R. 2486?To provide for widening of
Aqueduct bridge and laying thereon a sin
gle track for street railway use.
II. R. 2596?To Incorporate the Woman's
National Health Protective Association.
_H. R. 3004?For the relief of Ester A.
ivcysfr
H. R. 3005?For the relief of the estate of
Wm. B. Todd, deceased.
H. R. 3383?To restore medical freedom
to the people of the District of Columbia.
| H. R. 3518?To regulate the service and
fix the hours or service for persons em
ployed as policemen and officers in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
H. R. 3819?To establish a system of sin
gle tax in the District of Columbia and
providing for revenue for same.
H. R. 3864?To authorize the Falls Church
end Potomac Railway Company of Virginia
to extend its line into and within the Dis
trict of Columbia, and for other purposes.
H. R. 448!)?For the relief of Marv Al
. marolia. Aylett T. Holtzman and Wm. F.
I Holtzman.
H. R. 4598?To secure adequate compensa"
tion for the right to construct, use or ex
lend and operate street railroads in the
District of Columbia.
H. R. 4759?For the Incorporation of an
usoclation for the mutual benefit of its
| members.
H. R. 5147?To incorporate the Washing
ton and Annapolis Railway Company.
H. R. 5185?For the incorporation of an
association for the mutual benefit of its
members.
H. R. 5888?Creating a commission for the
condemnation of insanitary buildings in
the District of Columbia, and for other
purposes.
H. R. 5890?To amend an act entitled "An
act relating to tax sales and taxes in t.-e
District of Columbia."
H R. 5976?To regulate the manufacture
and sale of paper boxes in the District of
Columbia.
H. R. 5977?To reduce telephone rates in
the District of Columbia.
H. R. 6248?To provide for the disposition
of assessment certificates of the District of
Columbia, and for other purposes.
H. R. 6263?To incorporate the Wesley
Heights Railway Company of the District
of Columbia.
H. R. 63Ut>?To regulate the disposal of
products of government greenhouses and
grounds in the District of Columbia.
H. R. 6437?For the relief of John J. Ship
man.
H. R. 6155?To authorize the United
States Electric Lighting Company and the
Potomac Electric Power Company to ex
tend their conduits In the city of Washing
ton, D. C.. and for other purposes.
H. R. 0539?To incorporate the Columbian
Heat and Power Company and grant there
to the right to lay pipes for the proper dis
. tributlon thereof.
H. R. 5026?To redeem outstanding cer
I t'ficates issued by the board of audit and
the board of public works in the District
I of Columbia.
H. R. 5349?To amend an act, entitled,
| "An act to provide for the settlement of
all outstanding claims against the District
of Columbia, and conferring Jurisdiction
on the Court of Claims to hear the same,
and for other purposes," approved June 16,
IbMi.
H. R. 6823?To regulate the pay of as
sistant engineer officers to the Engineer
Commissioner of the District of Columbia.
H. H. 7022?To authorize the extension
westward of the Columbia railway.
H. R. 7023?Relative to the payment of
claims for material and labor furnished for
District of Columbia buildings.
H. R. 7086?To amend an act. entitled.
"An act for the regulation of the practice
of dentistry in the District of Columbia
tmd for the protection of the people from
impiricism in relation thereto," approved
June 6, 1892.
H. R. 7115?To quit claim all interest of
the United States of America in and to
original lot 4, square 1113, in the city of
Washington. D. C., to Wm. H. Dix.
H. R. 7132?To amend section 782 of the
Revised Statutes of United States, relating
to the District of Columbia.'
H. R. 71U9?To authorize the Anacostla
and Potomac River Railroad Company,
District of Columbia, to change its motive
power and for other purposes.
H. R. 7259?To provide for completing the
system of sewage disposal and protection
against floods in the District of Columbia,
and for other purposes.
H. R. 7336?To authorize the establish
ment of state exhibition buildings In Rock
Creek Park in the District of Columbia.
H. R. 7408?For the relief of the Old
Dominion Granite Company.
H. R. 7701?To establish In the District of
Columbia a national training school for
women.
H. R. 7753?To amend the act of July 14,
1892.
H. R. 7810?To regulate the practice of
veterinary medicine and surgery in the
District of Columbia.
H. R. 7812?To open a street through
block 205 from 1Mb street to 15th stxeet
northwest, concurrent with the streets In
the adjacent block called "Wailach- place"
and "Caroline street." etc.
H. R 7847?To waive and release all
claims of the United States by way of es
cheat to the real estate in the District of
Columbia of which Patrick Kavanaugb or
his sons, Charles W. Kavanaugh and Wil
liam Kavanaugb, died seized.
H. R. 7870?To authorise the Automatic
Telephone Exchange Company (Limited) to
construct, operate and maintain a tele
phone exchange in tlx District of Colum
bia.
H. R. 7876?For the appointment of au
thorized surveyors In the District of Co
lumbia, and for other purposes.
H. R. 8088?For the protection of surface
pipes, cables, wires and other metallic eon.
?tractions in the District of Columbia from
danger by electrolysis, and for other pur
H. R. 8201?Relinquishing the Interest of
the United States In part of alley In square
491, in Washington city.
H. R. 8281?To regulate the practice of
horseshoeing in the District of Columbia.
H. R. 841ft?To amend the act authorizing
the Washington and Marlboro' Electric
Railway Company to extend its lines to
aad within the District of Columbia.
H. R. 8463?For the relief at Mary J.
Cranston of Washington, D. C.
H. R. 8MB For the relief of Canla & T.
Knox.
H. R. 8570?To permit married women la
certain cases to acquire title to lands in the
District of Columbia.
H. R. 8626?To punish the impersonation
of weighmasters In the District of Colum
bia, and for other purposes.
H. R. 8655?To create a permanent board
for the opening of streets, etc.
H. R. 8711?For the relief of Francisco
Perna.
H. R. 8816?For the relief of the heirs of
Minnie Friederick.
H. R. 8867?To regulate the sale of In
toxicating liquors in the District of Colum
bia.
H. R. 8883?To regulate insurance in the
District of Columbia and for other pur
poses.
H. R. 8897?To v?st title to certain prop
erty in Leopold Luchs.
H. R. 9035?For the relief of Mary S.
Townsend.
H. R. 9135?For the prevention of bas
tardy in the District of Columbia and tor
other purposes.
H. R. 9211?To incorporate the Washing
ton, Annapolis and Chesapeake Railway
Company.
S. His?To authorize the completion of the
Washington aqueduct tunnel and for other
purposes.
S. Res. 34?Authorizing the Commissioners
of the District of Columbia to alter, ajnend
or repeal certain health ordinances.
11. R. IM^y?To authorize the acquisition
of certain real estate for the purpose of a
site for a hospital for the treatment of con
tagious diseases.
H. R. 9556?Supplemental to the act of
1892. chapter 244, approved June 27. 1K92.
entitled "An act to authorize the Southern
Maryland Railroad Company to extend a
railroad into and within the District of
Columbia."
H. Res. 225?For the suspension of the col
lection of certain taxes In the District of
Columbia.
H. R. 9760?To redeem outstanding cer
tificates Issued by the board of public works
of the District of Columbia held by W. D
W illiams.
H. R. 9784?To incorporate a provident
aid ^association in the city of Washington,
tj5' i_R" 9"^5?To amend the charter of the
Brightwood Railway Company of the Dis
Columbia, giving better railroad
facilities to the citizens of Takoma Park
and vicinity.
H. R 9793?For the relief of Harriet A.
Maxwell, now Mrs. James B. Ferguson.
H. H. HS14?To abolish the office of jus
tice or the peace within and for the LHs
id and for other purposes.
" Authorizing the attorney for
the District of Columbia and his assistants
to administer oaths and affirmations.
J"v1** ^"?Authorizing sale of the title
of the L nited States in lot 1, square 11KL
*n the city of Washington.
i R' ReIative to the payment of
claims for material and labor furnished
for District of Columbia buildings.
H. R. 1U149?To authorise the construc
tion of a bridge across the Auacostia or
Eastern oranch of the Potomac river, on
a line with Massachusetts avenue ex
tended.
H. R. 10168?To authorize the Commis
sioners of the District of Columbia to ap
point additional privates.
H. R. 10183?To provide for the pavment
of Northern Liberty Market House claims
against the District of Columbia by draw
back certificates.
S. 1217?For the relief of certain holders I
of District of Columbia tax sale certifi
cates, and for other purposes.
H. R. 10258?For the relief of Emmart,
Dunbar At Co., on account of work done
by said firm for the District of Columbia.
H. R. 10340?To authorize the extension
of the 9th street line of the Metropolitan
railroad.
H. R. 10330?To provide for the payment
of Northern Liberty aMrket House claims
against the District of Columbia by draw
back certificates.
H. R. -10363?To amend section 5 of an
act approved July 22. 1892, entitled, "An
act to provide for the opening of alleys in
the District of Columbia."
H. R. 10381?To amend the law providing
fot the police fund and fireman's relief
fund In the District of Columbia.
_H. R. 10395?To authorize the construc
tion of a bridge across the Anacostia or
Eastern branch of th3 Potomac river on a
line with 1st street southwest.
H. R. 10430?'To regulate the height of
residences in the city of Washington.
H. R. 10527?To receive arrearages of
taxes due the District of Columbia to July
I, 1896, at 6 per centum interest per an
num, in lieu of penalties and costs.
H. R. 10549?To regulate the sale of In
toxicating liquors in the District of Colum
bia.
H. R. 10559?For the extension of 17th
street northwest.
| H. R. 105x4?To regulate the appointment
of justices of the peace within and for the
District of Columbia.
H. R. 10672?To amend section 6 of the
act of Congress entitled "An act authoriz
ing the establishment of a public park in
the District of Columbia," approved Seu
tember 27, 1890.
H. R. 10687?Discharging the commission
appointed to select lands for the Rock
Creek Park from the duty of assessing all
or any part of real estate In the District
of Columbia.
8. 3911?Regulating the inspection of flour
in the District of Columbia.
S. 4107?For the protection of surface
pipes, cables, wires and other metallic con
structions in the District of Columbia from
danger by electrolysis and for other pur
poses. <
R. 10752?To create a territory of the
District of Columbia and to grant terri
torial government to the same.
II. R. 10576?To changs the location of
Emporia street.
H. K. 1U764?To extend 16th street.
EXTRA SESSION IX MARCH.
Hear? C. Pars* Tkiska TWn WW Be
??ssetal UgiiUtios.
Henry C. Payne has Just returned to Mil
waukee from this city, wfeers he attended
a conference of the monetery conference
commission. In an Interview yesterday Mr.
Payne gave It as his opinion that aa extra
session of Congress -would be called for
next March for the purposes of financial
legislation, providing there was a republi
can majority In both houses.
by Ik* PraMtst
The Indian and the sundry civil appro
priation bills became laws shortly after ? |
o'clock yesterday afternoon, when the
President afflred hls signature I
LEITER UORROW9 MILLIONS.
He WUI Probably Nerd ?7.<MH),l*>0 tor
HI* Sun's Urbls.
Levi Z. Letter has completed negotiation*
with the Northwestern Mutual Life In
surance Company for a loan of |3,0)10.000
for ten years at 4 per cent. The security
consists of a number of the most vulusblo
pieces of business property In Chicago.
In completing the details of the lo-r. Mr.
Letter informed the agents of the North
western that he would probably require
further advances of about S3.500.0UO or
$4,000,000.
The money obtained by Mr. Letter will
go toward the liquidation of the ?'rsbt in
curred by 1:L> son, Josepu Liter, In wh at
speculation. The share of Joseph L iter
In the Immerse estate of his fa'her will
be nearly, if r.ot entirely, consumed by
liis speculation. Mr. Letter's notice that
he would probably reoutre between J'i.
"00 and $7,000,000 in loans on his property
is taken to Indicate the extent of Joseph
Letter's losses he is compelled to bear,
being the excess cf the turn of los???- In
ilie deal above Joceph Lelter s private for
tune. which wets variosly estlmnt<M at
from $1 ,000.000 to 13.000.000 before he began
his career on the Chicago board of trails^
over a year ago.
HAVE SOT REACHED DEWEY*.
Reinforcement* Were Not at Csrlta
Jmf 27.
Admiral Dewey loses no opportunity to
keep the Navy IVpirtmetit lnforme.1 of the
state of affairs at Manila A dlsps'ch
came from him ltet night dated Cavite.
June 27. leportlng that conditions rema'n
practically unchanged, but not recording
the arrival of his reinforcements. For una
thing, it ctn be stated that Admiral IVwey
lias been particular to avotd committing
his govermrent to any particular lino of
rctlon rerpectlng the future of the Philip
pines or to do anything tfiat wouM em
barrass Gen. Merritt In framing a policy
to neet the needs of the case when he ar
rives. He has made no official pi.??'??res to
the Insurgent lea ler, although he has not
hesitated to openly pnitse his good politics
cod his accomplishments.
THE NATIONAL. HANKS.
A Tear of Growth and Expansion of
Bmmtmr-mm.
Mr. Dawes, the controller of the cur
rency, has made the following statement
regarding the general condition of national
banks at the close of the fiscal year:
"The past year has been one of growth
and expansion in the business of the na
tional banks of the country, as reports of
their present condition, compared with for
mer reports, clearly indicate. The individ
ual deposits of the banks, which on July
23. 1*SUT. were $1.7?0.44*>.5M, reached on
May 5, 1808, the sum of $1.999,308.438, and
the five statements called for during the
past year show that the rate of gain was
quite uniform. The declaration of war did
not stop this gain, the Increase between
February 18 and May of this year lieing
$10.647.?>.->, and the Individual deposits <>f
the national banks of the I'ntted States
now stand at the highest point in the his
tory of the system.
"The expansion In loans since May 14,
1897. has been $17S,T28.W?.
"The concurrent expansion in the loans
and Individual deposits of our banking sys
tem is the best possible evidence of grow
ing confidence In the business and banking
world. Increasing deposits with contract
ing loans, or decreasing deposits with In
creasing loans, are conditions which may
exist without be.ng considered as necessari
ly indicating prosperous conditions, but the
conjunction of a steady Increase In loans
with a steady increase In deposits is almost
without exception the evidence of marked
increase in the activity of profitable busi
ness exchanges of the country and Its gen
eral prosperity." \
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS.
A Gain Over the Prevtoae Year of
A bo at gS7,W0U,tM?0.
The comparative statement of the govern
ment receipts anl expenditures shows that
the total receipts for the month of Juno
were $33,509,313 and the disbursements $47.
852.2S1. The rccelpts from ths several
?sources of revenue are given as follows:
Customs. $15,536,729; miscellaneous, $2,270,
218; internal revenue, $10,083,305. This
shows a loss of about $7,000,01)0 In the cus
toms and a gain of over $4,000,000 from in
ternal revenue.
The expenditures during June Include
$19.72S.t*X on account of the War Depart
ment and I0.50tt.021 on account of the navy.
The total receipts during the last year were
$404,511,081. a gain over the previous fiscal
year of about $57,400,000.
Thrice a Murderer at Flfteaa Yeara.
From the Cleveland Plata Dealer.
I'nited States Marahal F. C. Hubbard of
the northern distract of Indian territory
brought In John A. Oxford. Howard
Hobba. his brother-in-law; Stephen 81xe
more and James McKellopp. on Monday
night. All four of the prisoners are
charged with murder, and ths shortest
term Is ten years. On* man will serve
twenty-one years and ths other two life,
but all are considered dangerous men.
The case of Howard Hobbs Is * Boat re
markable one. He is only fifteen years of
age, bat killed a man one* before On a
repetition of the crime the courts had hut
little mercy on him. When he was only
nine years of age, Hobbs shot a tramp
around the place where he lived, and when
he was twelve years of age he killed an
other man by cutting him In the nepk.
Six months he was tn Jail for this offease,
and was then released. After this the boy
went to the Indian territory, where he lived
with his brother-in-law. John OxforA, and
there the two got Into trouble with a neigh,
bor. They killed him. and, to obliterate alT
trace of their guilt. they took the maa'C
jjead, which the? had cut off, and hid it la