The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-01-30

IN WASHINGTON.
The senate has passed Senator
Vests bill for the construction Of
another bridge across the Mississippi
st 81. Louis.
A bill 10 make Hncoln's birthday,
February II, legal holiday has
been introduced BY Representative
wnlism Alden Smith Of Michigan in
the house.
Representative Hubbard has intro
duced . bill apr ropriating u, 1000, 900
to permanently improve the Usage |
river with locks and dams from its
mouth 10 Osceola, NO., s181 800 to
bs expended immediately in COM
p'sting the loci And dam now In
process Of constroo>ion ~ RrenneHes
shoal, and %, ,2ocso szasg'se, csts
ting timber, eto3 ~ ~ ~ ~ i.
prof Ration S5@ = b h.
expended yearly, all under The
supervision Of the Missouri River
Commiss.on. Mr.. Hubbard a SO
introduced Q bill appropriat ng "a, 900
10 continue the Improvement OF the
Gasconade river from its mouth to
Arlington.
The following bills Of concern to
lIissourlans have boon introduced:
By Mr.. Crowther-To repay to
Fred O. Ernst, executor Of Charles
r. Ernst, oroe postmaster at st.
Joseph, money paid for the heating
and lighting Of the st. Joseph post
office.
Mr.. Crewther--A bill for the re-
lief Of VIM. Il. Self. The preamb Q
fscites that whie engaged in q
drunken csrousal he killed fell
low soldier, was tried at Kansas
City, imprisoned and dishonorably
discharged. 1t 10 pro osed to re-
lieve him OF this disability SO that he
may get q ensiop.
Mr.. Burton introduced bills to ay
VIM. Il. Nesbitt Of Newton county
t72 q month, to remove the charge
Of desertion from tho record Of Ja-
cob Scott, and to pay Benjamin A.
Woods se05 for property taken
during tho war.
The abstract from the reports
made to the comptroller Of the cur
rency by tho 8,706 national banks in
the United States showing their
condition on December ID, 1885,
shows loans and discounts amount
ing to 5000, 1851, 1872, against t2,-
e6s, ,4ss, ,402 on September 2S, 1896,
the date Of tho last report. The
gold coin held by the national banks
on December 13 last amounted to
tiI0,s4S, 400, against $l10,37s,Sso on
September %.
The gold treasury certificates on
hand amounted to t2o,s88, ,o3o, "a
compared with s21, ,625, $3.50 on Sep
tsmber 2s. The gold clearing house
certificates sggregared t33, 3,4e5, 900,
~ compared with s31,021 900 on
September 28.
The silver treasury certificates
amounted to .$25, 1878, S23, as COM
pared with s22, ,Oi4, 1850 in September.
The total specie on hand December
12 was s2O6,7l3,4lO, as compared
with $i98, ,2S7,S1l on September 2S'
The legal tender notes on hand
amounted to sss, ,2O9, ,42s, as against
e93, ,948, $3.50 in September. The
United States certificates Of deposit
for legal tender notes on hand
aggregated t31, ,44O, 900, as agsins
e4s, ,920, 900 in September.
The reports show that between
eeptember 28, 1895, and December
Is the national banks increased thei
individual deposits from 81, 701, ,65S,
sal to sI,72o,65o,24l.
Assistant Secretary Of State Ade'
and Gen. Dufield, superintendent o
the Coast Geodetic Survey, cxpl.!ne'
to the committee ON ways and mean
the desirability OF an appropriation
for the expenses Of . convention
with Great Britain for marking tn
Alaskan boundary along the 14is
meridian Of west longitude. A join
resolution to appropriate ga, 200 70
the purpose IL before the COMMITTEES
By independent surveys by Unite
States and Canadian engineers thi
meridian has been marked ct thre
Important points, Mount St. Elias
Forty Mile creek and Porcupin
river. Tho two lines are but si
feet apart at the tirst Of these point
and 400 feet at the third.
Mr.. Ades represented that ther
would probably be little difficult
In reaching . settlement Of thes
slight differences. The great ques
tion 70 bs decided II the method fc
dslimiting tho boundary. The Oau
adian authorities, IL wss devslopet
desire the meridian to be estsblishe
BY an astronomical survey, to ;
made by . Joint scientific party
the two governments. This woul
bs IN exceedingly difficult msthos
and would require several years
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