Show CAPITAL TOPICS Representative Bell of Colorado Intro duced a bill today making it unlawful for any government officer or agent to exchange ex-change cold bars for coined gold except by weight so that the government may recoln as many grains of fine gold in coin as Is contained in the bars It delivers I Todays statement of the condition of the treasury shows an available cash balance bal-ance of J223S94230 gold reserve 167476231 Assistant Secretary Mfekeljohn has gone to Fort Monroe Ho hag been work Ing very hard in the capacity of acting secretary of war during the long Illness of Secretary Alger and la Is search of jest |