Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1905 — In the National Capital. [ARTICLE]

In the National Capital.

The Supreme Court of the United States has taken u recess for three weeks. The House committee on judiciary nnthorixedsja favorable report on a bill requiring aN corporations engaged in interstate commerce to make annual reports to (lie commissioner of corporations of the Department of Commerce and Labor. Secretary Shaw lias sent a letter to both houses of Congress recommending the refund of the duties paid on imported wheat when used for seed. Representative Connell of Pennsylvania introduced a Dill granting thirty days’ nnuual leave, with full pay, to clerks anil employes of first and second-class postofllces. Seuntor Alger introduced a bill appropriating $5,000 for the erection of a monument to the memory of Captain C. V, Gridley, who commanded Admiral Dewey’s flngsliip Olympia at the battle es Manila Bijri