Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1903 — In the National Capital. [ARTICLE]

In the National Capital.

William IS. Curtis says New York Democrats arc united on Alton B. Parker as presidential candidate and are actively booming him. Agricultural Department experiments with adulterated foods may be abandoned by Dr. Wiley because people hail him on streets as “borax” and regard his tests as joke. Commander Thomas B. Howard, now at the naval academy, has been selected •* the first commanding officer of the monitor Nevada, which will be placed in commission during February.