Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1898 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

Henry Ives Cobb, the Chicago architect, is ill at Washington. Ex-Senator J. C. S. of Kentucky suffered a stroke of paralysis of the heart at Washington. Gen. Wheeloek G. Venzey, formerly a member of the interstate commerce commission, died at Washington. President McKinley lias received the verdict of the Maine court of inquiry by wire from Admiral Sica rd, ami now knows that our battle ship was wrecked by a nextcrual explosion. , A bill for the protection of song birds was passed by the Senate, It provides that the importation into the United States of birds' feathers or parts of birds for ornamental purposes lie'prohibited. Secretary Wilson has designated C. C. Gcorgcson special agent of the Agricultural Department in Alaska to conduct experiments with a view to determining what vegetables ami cereals are best adapted Jo grow in Alaskan soil. Captain Sampson of the lowa and also of the inquiry boarddtfts been ordered to command the North .\tlaiitic licet, relieving Admiral Sicard, who Js ill. Commodore W. S. Sijdcy tn iHT probability will In* placed in command of the squadron ut Hampton Roads. Senator Cullom has presented the Senate u memorial sigued by nearly all the

Chicago banks asking that half the cn»-' toms duties collected by the United States be required to be paid in gold; At the same time the Senator introduced a bill for carrying the request of the memorialists -into effect.