Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1903 — In the National Capital. [ARTICLE]

In the National Capital.

Senate passed the bill appropriating $50,000 for a statue of Couut Pulaski. Consul General Gowdy, Paris, will investigate the charges that the valuable furs of Mrs. Charles Fair were changed after her death for Inferior one,*. Senator Fairbanks’ amendment appropriating $25,000 to experiment in telephoning Important mail communications to farmers was killed in the Senate. Senator Tillman'* speech on negro question recognized ns strong nrguineut; opening “door of hope” to blacks declared to mean shutting It for Southern whites; ratio of Illegitimate births among negroes in District of Columbia now 2d per cent of total.