Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-12-21
Reorcanizine the Pension Bureau.

heOrSdnlZlnS Ine Eens1On bureau.
WASHINGTON, December 20th.-Commis-
sioner Raum to-day issued an order abol-
ishing the Board of Re-review in the Pension
Bureau, and distributing the forty men,
bers of that Board among the five adjudi-
eating distributions, Of the officers, six of
the ablest men in the Board of Re-review
will be assigre ed to the duty of Board of
Review, as q committee to which all the
more important and difficult questions will
be referred for decision. The Board of Re-
view will thus be increased from eighty
two 10 eigbty-eight men. The remaining
thirty four Re-reviewers, together with the
forty special examiners recently recalled
from field work, will be distributed among
the adjudicating division, thus increasing
their effective working force by seventy
four men.
All of the divisions of the Office are to be
on a corrected and simplified basis, with a
view to increasing TO its utmost the adjudi-
eating capacity of the Bureau.
Lumber Companies Win.
ASHLAND wis J. December 20th.-A dis
pute involving mineral and pine lands in
Northern Wisconsin worth over million
dollars, was decided by the United States
Land Office to-day. The Cranberry Lum-
Der Company, of Saginaw, Mich, the Mus
ser-sauntry Land, Logging and Manufact-
uring Company, of Muscatine IA, and
the Superior Lumber Company, of Mason,
Wis, filed notice of intention to offer
final proof of certain lands aggregating
10000 acres. F. NJ. Dudley, the land at
torney of the Northern Pacific Railway
and w. F. Shea, attorney for the alleged
settlers on the lands, presented a protest.
The land officials declared the lumber
firms mentioned above had established the
ownership of their final proof.
Yesterdays Combinations.
WASHINGTON, December 20th.-Among
the combinations to-day were Asa G. Mat
thews, of Illinois, First Comptroller of the
Treasury; John r. Lynch, of Mississippi
Fourth Auditor of the Postoffice Depart
ment; Edward o. Leech, of the District Of
Columbia, Director of the Mint; William
Il. Dimond, Superintendent of the Mint at
San Francisco; Samuel G. Wright. Super
intendent of the Mint at Carson City;
Michael E. Smith, Assayer in charge of the
Mint at Denver; Pearls B. Ellis, Assayer of
the Mint at Carson City; Charles H. Col
burn, Coiner of the Mint at Carson City;
Henry II. Lawrence, Assayer of the Mint
at San Francisco; Horace w. Byington,
Collector of Revenue OF the Fourth Cali
fornia District.
An Illinois Desperado.
ST.. LOUIS. December 20th.-Excitement
ran very high in Collinsville, Illinois, last
night Dempsey Barco, tough character,
became intoxicated and undertook to clean
out the town. He rode up and down Main
street firing his revolver in all directions
and defying any one to arrest him. Wes-
ley Beaver was struck by one of the bullets
and seriously wounded
An armed posse was soon formed to ar
rest Barco, but although several shots were
fred at him from Winchester rifles shot
guns, etc.. and his horse shot from under
him, he managed to escape.
a short time before reaching town Barco
had row with one Heineman, whom he
shot and fatally injured.
The News Confirmed.
NEW YORK, December 20th.-Two i'm
porting firms received to-day dispatches
confirming the rioting among the soldiers
at Rio JaDeiro. The messages do not enter
into details, as they were subjected to the
censorship of the Brazilian Government.
This precaution on the part of the new
Government is taken as an indication that
the troubles are more serious than appears
on the surface. At the office of Charles B.
Flint 1t was said that business in Rio was
only nominal on account of the mutiny.
Many banks have closed owing to the little
business done.
Trouble in Oklahoma.
KANSAS CRY, December 20th.-A Topeka
special 10 the Journal says: The United
States Deputy Marshal received to-day
from the Chief Deputy of Oklahoma City
the following telegram; Telegraph Col
onel Snyder 10 have the troops assist the
deputies and patrol this town tonight
Answer Immediately"
A dispatch was sent at once to Colonel
Snyder commanding the United States
troops in Oklahoma. No explanation Of
the trouble has been received.
Blood Poisoning.
NEW YORK, December 10Th. = Young
Padelford of Philadelphia, who was al
Newport last summer, has met with very
curious and perhaps fatal experience