Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-06

tendance, n VINO are now receiving
pension at the rate of $24 per month
and to $24 per month the pension of
those who lost one hand or one foot or
had been totally or permanently dis.
abled In the same, or otherwise 80 dis.
abled as to render their incapscity to
perform manual labor equivalent to
the loss Of a hand or foot, and now re.
ceiving $1S per month:
"lnasmuch as said act has imme.
diate effect upon such admitted c,ses
as had been sdjudicated at the rate of
1924 and SIS per month respectively,
no formal application by beneficiary is
necessary to be made, other than to
forward to the commissioner of PEN
sions the pension certificate, accom-.
panied by q letter stating, In the
handwriting of the pensioner, his
present p~ostofice address. As soon
as possible after the receipt of the
pension certificate as aforesaid the
commissioner will reissue 4 new GER
tificate for q new rate and will forward
the came to the proper pension ag ,nt
to inscribe the name of such pension
or on the roll at the Increased rate,
aid to make the pensiouer proper
payment. In case of amputation a
certificate will be reissued without
any further medical examination.
The Intervention of an agent or at.
torney in such admitted cases az are
affected by this act, not being neces-
sary, will not DO recognized"
H GENUINE MoRMoNs.
When Evarts was secretary of state
q circular letter was sent all foreign
governments asking that the emmi.
grafton of Mormons to the United
States be prevented, as they came to
this country to practice o crime
against Its laws. The 'reorganized
church of Jesus Christ of the latter
day saints" however, do not prsctics
polysamy. They claim that the cir
cular letter of Evarts works injury
and injustice to their church. Thil
body claims to have between 20. 00(
and 10000 communicates, and have
their central organization at Lamont
Iowa. Most of these MormonI
are in this country, but they have
large memberships In Europe. To-day
elders joseph Smith, ''son of the
founder IF the Mormon Church," and
z Il. Gurley, a committee on behalf
of the re-organizsd church, waited
upon the secretary of state aud ssked
that the Evsrss letter be modifiss so
as to distinguish between themselve.
and the polygamous branch of the
church. They presented q memorial
In which it Is stated that polygamy
was no part of the faith of primitive
latter.day saints and Is NO part of this
faith Of to-day, but Is q loathsoms
practice INDUCED in only by an off.
shoot from the true Mormon church,
and Is properly branded by Evarts al
a crime.
THE GREENBACKERs.
Fifty-two representatives of thu
greenback-labor party in the Forty
seventh congress issued q long ad
dress to the country, setting forth tn,
needs and issues of the day. The I'D
dress IL signed by Burrows, Jones
Rice, Ford, Hazleton, Brumm AM
bEG segC IRISH IRE Is UP. easis
A largely attended indignatio,
meeting of Irish citizsns was hel,
here tonight, addressed by Capt
O'Meagher Condor. The resolution
adopted charge the British govern
ment with endeavoring to extermtnat
the Irish people by compelling theu
to chose between famine, graves an
emigration, and calling upon the OK
ecutive department Of the govern
ment to employits power to defeat tn
purpose of England. An additions
resolution protests against the deltv
cry of Sheridan to the British au
the rites.
SECRETARY FoLGER, ,
almost recovered from his recent Ill
ness, was at the treasury to-day an
received q large number of visitors.
GUAGING RATES.
Second Assistant Postmaster Genel
al Elms, Superintendent Thompson
of the railway mall service, and SUI
erlntenpent Slater, of the railway &C
justment division, have been designa'
cd a committee to frame and submit I
the postmaster general a system fc
gusging rates of pay for carrying ma
on railroad routes In accordance wit
the provisions of tho postofice appr'
pristion bill for the next fiscal year.
b. f. Pritchard, of this city, ha
been placed upon the postal fraud lis
THAT GOLDEN NICKEL.
Secretary Folger to-day gave II
structions that the word "cents" /
placed on the new five cent piece
order to meet the requirements of tn
law.
A WAR CLAIM.
The French American claims com
mission to-day awarded Henry Dubo
$500 with interest at 8 per cent frol
January l, 1868 This is IN impri
onment case. Dubois was editor of
French newspaper In Now Orlean
For certain articles published he W,
arrested by order of Gen. Butler an
sentenced to imprisonment at Shi
island. He was not allowed trial /
any court. The American comml
sioner dissented fr III tho award ar
announced he wouid hle a dlssentir
opinion.