Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1900 — At the National Capital. [ARTICLE]

At the National Capital.

Little of Arkansas has filed a bill for the free coinage of gold and silver. Hitt of Illinois has n bill before the llouse providing territorial government for Hawaii. Cortiss of Michigan wants Congress to build a dam at the foot of Lake Erie to raise the level ol' the lake, the Detroit river, Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair river. Congressman itodeuberg of East' St. Louis has introduced a hiil providing for, the creation of a non-partisan coinmis sion of five members to adjudicate of American citizens arising out of tJF* war with Spain. Senator Harris of Kansas has ed n hill granting to the State of KansasV the abandoned Fort Hay military reser vation, to establish thereon Western branches of the Kansas Agricultural. College and of the Kansas Stale Normul School. The State Department has received a report from United States Consular Agent Mitchell at Sun I'edro. Honduras, that the killing of the two Vtrgrm.ms, lmbodcu and (JbMo. was the result of a private quarrel and does not implicate the Government of Honduras. Joy or Missouri has introduced, a bili permitting the West Indian Investment Company to acquire franehjses in Cuba’ and I’orto ltico. ' - Sherman o,f New York wants Congress to contract with the American Cable Company to send oliiciul messages to Hawaii lor twenty years at not to exceed $400,0(10 a year. rite Siamese Government has given another evidence of its friendliness to the United States by offering to present to this country the temple grounds on which the l nited States legation is located at I Bangkok, worth $57,000,