Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1899 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

James A. Sexton of Chicago, command-or-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, died at Garfield hospital iu Washington.

The Republican House caucus at Washington has decided to refer all currency reform legislation to a committee to report at the next session of Congress.

The last of the supply of postage stamps issued in commemoration of the Omaha exposition has been shaped from the Postofflce Department and all that remain of that immense series arc now scattered about the postoffices throughout the country.

The House Committee on Judiciary at Washington has decided that the members of the House who accepted commissions in the army vacated their seats. They are Wheeler of Alabama, Campbell of Illinois, Colson of Kentucky and Robbins of Pennsylvania. Members serving bn civil commissions are held not to have forfeited their seats.