The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-12-18
Blath Rals Nnlon,
sl5sIoN PUBLISHING 90. Pun,
i SANITARY EFFECT
ON ACCOUNT OF THE ACTION
oFsEcRETARY WINDOW.
=. t,,v.. A..urauceT THAT tho Admtnistra-
lion wan Lend Every Assistance to Avert
the threatened Panic-Other Capital and
General News.
RAPID CRY. i. =

General News
WARRINGTON, Dec. 15.-The news in
all sorts of forms comes from New York
that the threatened panic is over. Sec
retary Windows presence there has had
q very salutary effect. He not only con-
suited the monetary arteries as TO the
best course for the administration to
pursue In order to avid q panic and put
at rest all doubts as. to tho solvency OF
the country, but he gave assurance that
the administration would stand firmly by
the people and lend every assistance to
carry the business interests Of the
country safely over the stringencies.
The course Of tho administration in
i coming to the rescue Of the people is
. v%ariously commented upon BY men in
= and out of congress. The policy Is
: praised on every hand. 1t Is acknow-
ftngrtnonsyt1ma Jtahsnu ttieaafBPS
would have precipitated a disastrous
financial panic in this country. Word
comes that the bankers are ready to
loan as usual and have concluded that
there is no longer q necessity for doub-
ling and trebling their reserves in an
%tfcipation of further trouble. 1t is con-
fd%entially believed that during the week
the house will pass the bill giving ma
tional banks the full par value of a cir
culation upon the bonds deposited, and
decreasing their required circulation to
$1,000 each and possibly providing for
the increase Of the bullion fund by turn
ing into the treasury about $25, 900, 600
of worn Inc mutilated fractional silver
and trade dollars. 1t may be that pro-
vision will be made to purchase all the
surplus bullion produced in the United
States amounting to $12, 900, 900, and
against which it is proposed to issue Ger
tthcates. 1t is believed that free coin
age Will not come up in connection with
this proposition, as there seems to be a
universal desire for the adoption of
measures OF this class. without hazard
ing their chances by The incorporation
OF any doubtful proposition.
After the PeDsion Attorneys.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-Congressman
Dockery is still following up tho pension
attorneys. He obtained o few days ago
the figures for November. During that
month the attorneys fees were $196, 600.
That is the amount the pension office
withheld from the allowance to pension
ers and turned over to the pension at
torneys. The general public may have
overlooked the fact that pension at
torneys do not have to collect their fees
from their clients. The government |
does that for them. The attorneys fee
is withheld from the first allowance to
the pensioner whose claim has been
granted. In that way the pension at
torneys received $196, 600 last month. At
this rate, if other months are as good as
November, the pension attorneys would
receive So, 360,2SO in a year. OF the
amount paid to attorneys in November,
S85,430, nearly one-half, was no
for new pensions. but for increases.
in obtaining which the attorney could
not be of any service worth mentioning
to the applicant. Fees for increases are
prohibited in the new pension bill. The
prohibitive clause was inserted in the
bill through the efforts of Mr.. Dockery,
Mr.. Morrill, and Mr.. Peters. The bill il
now before the senate. The pension at
torneys are bringing every possible in.
uence to bear upon senators to have
the clause stricken out. They succeeded
last year in preventing similar )egisla
ton, but it is not believed they can sue.
coed this time.
The feeling Of indignation over the
enormous sums paid to pcsion attorney:
has grown very strong. Another reform
is proposed by Mr.. Dockery. It is tha.
the fees allowed in the cases under the
new disability law shall be cut from slt
to So. The evidence of disability in
great many cases is already in the pos
session Of the pension office, and at
torneys cannot possibly be of $40 wortl
of assistance to the claimants. In re
ceiving the fee they are getting an un
earned gratuity at the expense of thu
pensioner.
After tho Mexican Lotteries.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-The post
master general has issued the following
order:
Postmasters will hereafter intercep
the transmission in the mails and decline
to deliver at their respective offices an,
circulars in sealed envelopes brough'
into the United states from Mexico pre-
paid at less than the Scent rate; an
will, whenever such matter is ID discovered
in transit or in the office of delivery, hole
the same and report the fact to tn,
postmaster general for instructions as tt
the disposal of it.
The order is intended to apply to tn,
circulars of Mexican lotteries, which
have heretofore been received in sealet
envelopes, the corners of which hav,
been clipped, and the postage of whicl
has been prepaid by Mexican stamps o
the denomination of 1 cent.
cLARKSoN'S PLAIN TALK.