Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-11-27
THE WEEKS WORK.
Selected From Every Source.
WASHINGTON.

pAYs w aSnlngtOn telegram OF n OV
23d: The treasurer of the society of the
Army Of the Cumberland made the fina
payment Of $12,612 to the sculptor, Mr.
Ward, for the Thomas statue. The tota
amount paid was $59,524,O8
POSTMASTER GENERAL. KEY, saws 8
dispatch Of Nov. 23d, has issued orders
forbidding he delivery of registered let
ters or the payment of money orders tc
Morris Richmond, at Covington, KY.
and Murray, France & Co, or Simmons
d Dickinson, Louisville, KY.
| A TELEGRAM from the Ute Commits
sloner at Los Pinos agency was receives
by Secretary Schurz Nov. goth, asking
that Guray and ten of his chiefs be al.
lowed to come to Washington to pro
mote future friendly relations with that
tribe. The secretary replied that Ouray
might come, but that none of the Indians
who participated in the Thornburg mas.
sacre would be received
IT was reported in Washington Nov
gath, that Gen. GIANT has agreed to meet
the representative of the Nicarauguan
government in Philadelphia December
10th for the purpose of exchanging views
about the canal. It was believed by
many that the general contemplated ac-
ceptlng the presidency of the company
1t IS said the salary is to be $25, 600 per
annum until the canal is completed.
When 1t is to be raised TO $4,000.
THE following circular was issued by
the commissioner of pensions Nov. goth :
"fo enable this Office to dispatch with
better facility the erapidly increasing cur
rent business, change in the system of
arranging the records and flies has been
made, which will render it necessary
that all inquiries for the condition of
pension claims on account Of service
rendered after March 4th, 1861,
should contain the name of the soldier,
who performed the military service, with
his state, company and regiments, as
well as the number of the claim or pen
sion certificate as the case may be. In
quiries which do not contain the above
information, will no: :be answered, except
IN special cases where the failure to fur
nish it is explained"
IHE chairman of the congressional
committee national greenback labor par
ty, together with the chairman Of the
national committee of the national party.
has issued the following order, saws a
Washington telegram of Nov. Goth: "In
view OF the gravity of public affairs and
the imminent peril OF representative
government, we, the undersigned, chair
men of the congressional committee of
the national greenback labor party, and
OF the national committee of the nation
al party, hereby invite the union green
back national committee chairmen, and
members of the various state committees
representatives of greenback and labor
organizations, editors of newspapers
Ia.
principles of the greenback and labor
organizations, to meet in conference at
Washington, Jan. s, 1880. The congress
siOnal committee of the national green
back labor party and national committee
of the national party for the purpose of
agreeing upon the time, place, and basis
of representation of the national conven-
ton, to be held for the purpose of adopt
ing a platform of principles, and placing
IN nomination candidates for president
and vice president"
The report of Hon. J. A. Bentley,
commissioner of pensions, was complet-
ed Nov. 21st. It shows that on the Both
of June last, there were 242, 100 persons
in the United States receiving pensions
from the government. The pension list
IS now larger than at any previous time
AC p4SSCuI llSG 1S COIupO Oh 10, lou
army invalid pensioners: 81,174 army
widows, children and dependent rela-
tiyes; 1914 navy invalids; 1,772 navy
widows, and II ,621 surviving soldiers of
the war Of 1912, and 81 1914 widows of
deceased soldiers of that war. During
the year 81 ,345 new names were added
to the list, and 908 names which had
previously been dropped from the rolls,
mainly from failure for three years to
claim their pensions, were restored,
and 13,494 were, for various reasons
dropped. The aggregate amount of
one years pensions to all the
pensioners on the rolls $25, ,493, TAP 10.
but the actual annual payment
exceeds that sum by several million
dollars. This arises from the fact that
nearly all newly admitted army and
navy cases have several years of accrued
pension due at the time Of admission,
which is paid at the first payment. Dur
ing the year the first payments 10 new
pensioners amounted 10 $685. ,75S, of
which $4,375 ,14z was paid to army and
navy, and navy inyalids, widows, cts,
and 81 1856, ,5l1 to the survivors and wild
ows of the war of 1912. The first pay
ment to the pensioners of the war of Isl 2
will rapidly fall off, while material in
crease may be expected in army and
navy cases for several years, owing to
the removal of the limitation upon the
commencement of pensions, by the acts
of January 25th, and March Sd, 1879.