The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-21
C. P. Huntington Manifests Disposition to
Make a Stubborn Fight to Retain
the Texas Pacific Grant.
A Proposal to Abolish the Agencies
and Pay Pensions by Checks.
Commissioner Dudley Addresses a Peppery
Letter to OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Keifers Alleged NepOtism,
NEW MEASURES OF ALL KINDS.
More Bills for Relief of Observation-Disclosures
for Postal Clerks.

More Bills for Relief of Indianians-Provision
for Postal Clerks.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-The following addi-
tional bills, relating to Indianians, were intro
duced last week:
By Mr. Holman: Approprating $s,911. SO tore
imburse and pay Warren Hall for sixty bales of
cotton taken from him by the authorities of the
United States army, in 1863 and appropriated to
the use of the government, near Vicksburg Miss
By Mr. Calkns: To place George W. f.
Doughty on the pension list at sum and rate
corresponding with his present disability.
By Mr. Lamb: To place on the pension list
George w. Loomis, Company A, Fifty eighth In
diana Volunteers; also to rerate the pension of
Hamilton Elliott, Company G, Seventy-ninth
Illinois Volunteers, and allow him at the rate of
$12 per month
bill is being considered by the House com
mittee on postofices which provides that when
ever postal clerk, while in the discharge of his
duty shall be injured or disabled by railroad
accident, without contributory negligence, the
Postmaster general is authorized to grant a
leave of absence to the postal clerk thus injured
disabled, with full pay of his grade, until his
recovery, but not to exceed one year. The bill
also provides that in case any postal clerk, while
in the discharge of his duty, is killed by rail
road accident or so injured that his death re-
suits therefrom within thirty days after such ac-
cident, the Postmaster-general is authorized to
pay to his widow, or to the guardian of his minor
children, a sum of money equal to one years
salary of the grade held by such postal clerk at
the time of his death.
Mr. Cobb has bill which requires United
States marshas, within their respective districts,
to make all sales of property which may here
after be made by virtue of any order, Judgment,
or decree of any United States court, master in
chancery, commissioner, or by virtue of any
execution or other process The bill authorizes
United States marshals within their respective
districts, to make all sales of property which
may be sold by virtue of any order from the
authority above named, and to tax and collect
the fees now provided by law in case of such
sales and account for them under the law. 1t is
specially provided that marshals shall not be en-
titled to any compensation for such services as
are described above other than the salaries here
tofore fixed by law.
Mr. Holman has introduced bill in the House
directing the Secretary of War to deliver to John
A. Platter Post, Grand Army of the Republic.
at Aurora, Ind, two condemned east-iron can
non and four cannon balls for the adornment of
the soldiers burial ground in Riverview Gene
terry, at Aurora.
General Browne has bill to reduce the pay
department of the army to twenty eight officers
by stopping all appointments to vacancies that
may occur in that department until the number
of officers is reduced to twenty EIGHT. After be-
ing reduced to that number it is provided by the
bill that the pay department shall thereafter CON
sist of one brigadier-general, colonel, one
lientenant-colonel, and twenty-five majors. AS
now constituted, the pay department. consists of
one brigadier- general, two colonels, two lieuten
ant-colonels, and fifty majors.