The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-02-18

WAsHlNGTON WHI>PEEINu>. The Sen
ate committee on pensions has ordered
favorable report on the bill introduced by
Davis to amend the act to increse the pen
sonS of soldiers and sailors. totally help
less from Injuries received from disease
contracted in the war, SO that soldiers
who are not shown to be disabled to re
quire constant aid. but who are incapac-
tated for performing manual labor. shall
be entitled to a pension not exceeding $50
a month Another bill. favor.blv acted
upon hN the committee, increases to $40
a month pensions of persons who con-
tracted disability caused by wounds or
other injury resulting i'll total deafness OF
both ears. Great Britain and the
United States have agreed to invite
France. Sweden and Italy To designate a
person to serve on Il board OF arbitration
to settle the Behring sea controversy......
The coinage committee has voted to favor
ably report the Bland free coinage bill to
the House. Two men have been
arrested on suspicion Of attempting to
burglarize the residence of Senator Hale
...... The Senate finance committee has
voted to report adversely on the free
coinage bill. The vote WAS seven to four
..... The United States steamship Talla-
poos;a. now at Montevideo, has been con-
nemned as unfit for further naval service
and will be sold at auction to the highest
bidder. The Tallapoosa is a relic of the
war, and has had rather an eventful career
...... The Secretary of the Navy has made
the fourth payment of S41 $50 on the har-
Dor defence ram now being constructed
by the Bath Iron Works at Bath w Hon.
John }. Knox. eX-comptroller of the L.
5. Treasury, died of pneumonia in New
York, Feb. 9......A statement prepared
at the post Office department shows the
total number of employees in the postal
service to be 1S4, 431. The grand total of
all the government employees is 247, 294 :.
The House Friday passed the military
academy appropriation bill. 1t appro-
PIRATES 1895, ,666, OF So, 59l less than the
bill for the fiscal year,. Ex- Senator
Edmunds is no small-fry lawyer picking
up petty fees and accepting cheap cases.
Any brief that is indolsed with less than
81, 900 finds 10 place upon his desk
The friends of the late speaker Randall
are moving to erect a suitable monument
to his memory...... Hon. D. B. Hill has
achieved a distinction, probably unparal-
leled in so short a service in the United
States Senate, as The Member Who is
Never in His Seat ..... In the house Satllr-
board of managers of the National Sol
ders' Homes to appoint their officers from
soldiers who served in the late war with
out regard to rank. ...... The Indian appro-
priation bill for 81, 2:'6, 737, was favorably
reported. ..... The treasury department bal
ance is stated at S2S, 400, 947, the lowest
point reached tor many years. Secretary
Tracy has cabled Admiral Gherardi at
Montevideo, instrlcting him to return with
the Philadelphia and Concord to the West
Indies. 80. The minority report on the free
| coinage bill was submitted to the House
Monday. 1t is signed by Messrs Tracy,
| Taylor, Williams, Stone and johnson.
| The Senate Monday passed a Joint resolu-
| ton looking to an Investigation of the
| workings of immigration laws with es-
| pecial reference to the outbreak of typhus
fever in New York. .. The House has
passed the bill providing for lineal pro
J motions in the army. Senator Kyle has
| introduced a joint resolution to authorize
| the committee on labor to make a full in
vestigation relative to what are known as
| the ''slums' of large cities. w The House
| has adopted resolution directing the
committee ON agriculture to investigate
the effect of the Mckinley bill on the ag-
rcultural interests of the country.
| CENTER MoNTvILLE. Millie, the four year
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John Erskine,
died Feb. 7th of heart failure. The funeral
| took place Wednesday, and the remains
| were inferred at Morrill,. Mrs. Jessie Frye
is quite ill. Mr.. Almon Messer, reported
| last week i'll, continues to fail. .. Messrs.
| Berry of Portland, and Morse of Thorndike
! We're in town last week buying apples. They
paid 81 % per barrel delivered at Thorndike.
Many of the farmers are holding their apples
for better price. The storm of last week
was theIfirst of the winter that necesstated
breaking roads. Two meetings of the musi-
cal society We're postponed on account of the
storm.