Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1911 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports from Many Parts of the Country SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in Distant and Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention from Many Places. NO EXTRA MONTH’S PAY. Washington, August 3.—Upsetting a practice of more than thirty years, the senate and house conferees yesterday agreed to eliminate an appropriation of an extra month’s salary to all emj loyes of the capitol. This saves the government about one hundred and forty thousand dollars.