New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-08
ARTHuRL. THOMAS.
THE LINE OF DUTY DEFINED.
An IMPORTANT PENSION DECISION BY Ass'sF'
ANT SECRETARY BUssEY.

THE LINE OF DUTY DEFNED.
An IMPORTANT PENSION DECISION BY Ass'sF
ANT SECRETARY BUssEY.
Washington, May 7.-Assistant secretary pusoo' "
day rendered 40 important decision IN INC pnsh
caee OF Mary +. Mcneil, widow OF AeHsnucr moNo''
private In Company D. l19th LIMOS |
case involves the important question OF line Oh au'
and Assistant Secretary Bussey's Interpretation OF
the law IA even broader and moro liberal than IN ING
zimmerman case. The claim was originally T!eC'"
upon the ground that the soldier incurred his INJURIES
which are alleged to have resulted IN his death ~heh
not IN the .line of his military duty. The soldier re.
ccived the injuries while engaged in camp IN friendly
vrsstng match with a comrade. The injury to the
soldier seems TO have been purely accidental Mr.
Bussey says: He not acting In violation OF any
of the rules and regulations OF the service nor as
obeying any commands Of his superior omcers nor
conducting himself in an unSeemly or unso"ers'Ao
manner, nor dcing anything caicuia'co 10 disturb I"
transgress military discipline and good order"
The former decision Is reversed and the Com
missioner Of Pensions is directed to place the hano
of the widow on the pension rolls.
In speaking of this decision. Mr.. Bussey SAID 70
day that he believed that soldier Is IN line OF day'
within the meaning Of the pension laws when he Is
not engaged in violating any order, army RUE or
regulation, violating any Instruction Oh MS su-
peror officer for the police regulation Of the camp
Commissioner Tanner has granted pension %
Frederick Schweager OF Limo Rock Lancaster County,
Penn late of Company X, l95th Pennsylva nia Fonn
teers Tho claimant, whe in Washington IN 1900
contracted cold which resulted in total blindness
Ais claim for a pension some years ago was rejected
by Commissioner Black on the gronno OF nsuu'
entirely meritorous hence the pension The claimant
will receive $4,000 arrears and s'2 per moh'h here'
after
PRESIDENTIAL pOsTMAsTERs APPOINTED.
Washington May THE President today appointed
the follow ing named postmasters:
Alexander c. Yard, at Trenton, N j., wee EckIoiu
Moore removed; George zimmerman, a. Nd maSrs
vice f noTsa Ford PsHh
jr nominated but not confirmed H. Harvey seH Hon
mission expired Thomas walky, at Jernyn, Penn;
Robert L. Houston, at rminghsm Aia; vice IA Ala
T,cr A S afs sssnsd William r.
Buffalo W vice LeGs simmons r yiSs %s saTiPs
Ross resigned George Crane, st Dubuque Iowa Vice
n Ham sisn Sat-c Gyr Tsn C. SRspder
Williams Baskerville Iowa vice Peter 5UGRsoa
Hcmnsd ds but v nS' oSn %
Een WILSON lat at selma CAL vice William L smith re-
signed Sas at v RssG sarah
expired AnaIeT sSTy5: GEORGE G.
Mas vice !. Mo1 ss Mo- @G George Holman
mouth O. silas VI. Kidder, at vennilll9n Dah; NoS
ts ssanda H. L soy Vice ,e HSonas
sSPIs@ Si WSelche "SS%
swalne at Murray Idaho; v CoIt,, fr r, ' Wee
sosns w. f GsTas e N1FsS aSsm res
Dayton. W t. vice T. En ,assn,tIIs Ky vice
gseSse R r. RS6 a. Sweet,
water 1snn vice I F1rncs s. at oH Wilmington T. c.
S1s Oscar eSo' Parsley removed Julius i Fortune a.
shelby c. vice S. Esnn%'n MFi Sfes nyro%
Brooks, nominated but not c1nfrma' ne1man. At
KE.S5as at s, ss v %e1 pennan
not confirmed; John Head at ul hs!io Samuel mlGn
S SSsSRS !. I PySou ct (fs}ns
row William Yeen w At F0T' t. p sarian at
saneert,es, y. T., vice c. F. sundery, reS'Sned
Ens !, sSw Frsns - at
4. Y' Vice s. Lagrange resigned S'f e1an 81, 81
John FS SoI 5ssv on No an s at SRs% "
5 5s%s; ), SS %7s 's'ss''a
Hec Seddef # sd mSF1s
K Kan k SIce e. Johnson resigned Edgar smith at
Jewell KAN vice SeS 1 Ha rSs Nest ssned
Mortimer L. stewart at Madison; Neo' wee wv 1
ncs bssan H fason F.
Carly, at Chsdron, Nob, vice william wilson; rcm%Vea
WILLIAM Sa1lsna n res ESsmsV %an HshrccE at
Neb, vice F D. Travis, resigned; George F. Poole at
Ross at fche io H. vice Frank shut resigned
James lynn at carrolton H. vice "a fdwa T1oS Sn'c
siuss, at Tuscola Ill, vice NJ. V. Dagget resigned
III shessr at LC S ps vice VIZ Vice aCs
Haines removed De Witt c. Harr, at La sslle' Ill.,
Vice A. J. Reddlch, deceased.
Washington, May IA rather sensational report
upon the subject Of teas sent to the American mar
ket has been made to the state Department py Cohsu
Crowen at Annoy, China. He says that While ths
years crop shows shrnkago OF % 900 half chests us
nferiority is fully equal to last years crop. The
Consul SAYS A large proportion Of the Annoy oolong
Is poorly cultivated, poorly picked and cured diTy
and adulterated. Tho Commissioner OF Customs al
Annoy called It astuf- which was alone wanted In
America Nearly the whole crop is marketed in the
,bn NJ hmm X
nor,ers that alone makes Il possible to impose this
vile stuff upon the American public. Tho Consul
homes that the drinkers OF America may be pro-
,erted against the sO-oalled tea known as Annoy
ooiong and says that the existing laws against the
impor alton OF bad and aiuterated teas is sucient 70
40 IL ~ nroperIy enforced Most OF the ooons goes 10
New-York and honest inspection there would pre-
vent the imposition
INCREASE IN THE EXPORT OF WOOL WASTE.
Washington May Tin report to the department
OF State on wool waste and broken tops, Consul
Grnnell of Bradford, Eng, says hat since II became
hnoun there q year ago last November that brohen
tons laps rovngs and slubbngs OF wool, with 10
Is ner cent OF genuine waste scattered in. would be
ad, tied by the United States Customs Service al
10 cents per pound duty, the quantity exported rom
that consular district has arisen from 6"OAS POUNDS
in November 1887. to 334.lS6 pounds in November
1888 The temptation, he says, 10 prepare genu
inc tops hire for entry into the United States as
waste at 10 cents per pound great and one OF
the larger firms In Bradford Of unquestionaoe repu
tation, Informed me that they had been offered u 4
cents per pound profit their regular price Tor all
the Botany waste they could supply.
PRESERVING THE PURITY OF ELECTIONS.
Washington, May Op"cisr.-Senator Quay chair.
man. OF the Republican National COMMITTEE. TO-DAY
drew his Official check for $3.50 in favor of the supr
visor Of Election, Richard W. Williams, who made
the original report to tie Clerk Of the Court ard the
Republican Stare Committee and was the prosecuting
witness before the United States Commissioners IN the
trial which led the conviction In April OF Thomas NJ
Dausley IN the United States Circut of the Eastern
District Of Arkansas chairman QMaY,s check was