The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-11-08
INDExING PENSIONERS.
The Cases for the Past Year Show n
Falling on.

The Cases for the Past Year Show n
Falling on.
The annual report of the record and
pension office of the war department
points out the satisfactory operation of
the new constitution of the Office. Cur
rent work on the office is kept closely
up to date. Cases received and disposed
of during the year W ere 203 704; those
on hand June 30, 1898. none. The cases
received show a falling off over the
previous year. Many cases are arising
under the act of July 81, 1892, to pen
sion survivors Of various Indian wars,
the principal labor being to ascertain
whether organizations to which appli-
cants belonged were in the military serv-
ice Of the United States so as to give
them a pensionable status. During the
last fiscal year the Individual military
records Of officers and enlisted men in
Ohio, Pennsylvania and Indiana have
been completed according to the index
record system, and work begun on the
records of Illinois. The latter will be
completed I'm a few weeks. This leaves
only the veteran reserve corps and 9th
er United States volunteers beside the
post death detachment and miscellane-
Gus rolls to be completed. The records
of the revolution and war of 1912 which
an act Of congress OF July q, 1892, re-
quired should be indexed have not yet
been transferred from the treasury and
interior departments. The determina-
ton OF the military status Of the sew
eral classes Of troops has been an inn
portant feature Of the carding of the
record. During the fiscal year S,421. .47S
index record cards were filed. This
makes a total Of S5O99,7 ,755 index record
cards so filed that OF any one individual
soldier can readily be found.
Exports and Imports.
n.
issued a summary statement of the inn
ports and exports Of the United States
for September. 1t shows that the total
imports of merchandise during the
month OF September were valued at $46,-
S03, $50, as compared with imports Of the
value of $67, ,466,0 ,062 during September of
last year. OF the imports this year $780,.
1851 were free OF duty, and $20,SS4,9 ,919
were dutiable. The imports for nine
months ended Sept. 30. 1898, were $685.
1872, and for the nine months ended
Sept 30, 1892, were 1896 10000 The ex-
ports OF domestic merchandise for Sep
tember were $70,014 413 and for Septenl-
Der of last year $62,03l 400. The exports
for nine months ended Sept 30 were
ended Sept 30. 1892, 1858. .621. During
September the agricultural exports were
valued at 4S, 1886, 1856, and the exports of
manufactures at SIG, 1882. 431. The statement
also contains a table showing by calen-
dar years the values of the exports and
imports of merchandise during 1890, 1891
and 1892. From the following figures are
taken: Exports 1890. 1857 ,502, ,54S; imports,
$S23, ,397 ,726; 1884, exports, 1870, 500, ,646; i'm
ports, $S2S. 1926. .943; 1892, exports. 1896. .42O.-
$50: imports $40, ,930.955. Nine months of
1893, exports, $603, ,177,S74; imports,
$625, ,331 ,972.
CommissIoner LOchren's Denial.
The report is being widely circulated
tonight that Commissioner Of Pensions
Lochren has resigned. The reason as
signed for the resignation is that he is
an old soldier, and is dissatisfied with
the attitude OF the administration con-
cerning reforms in the pension list. 1t
is also rumored that First Deputy Muir
ply will take charge.
Secy. Smith, when seen tonight, con-
tradicted the report and insisted that
there was no truth In IL.
Commissioner Lochren, when ques-
toned regarding his reported resigna-
tion said:
'You can deny in most emphatic
terms for me any statement that 1 have
resigned. l am deeply interested In
the reforms which the present admin
tration is making in the pension bureau,
and intend to carry them out to the best
of my ability"
Immigration Statistics.
Treasury department figures show that
34.519 immigrants arrived i'm the United
States during September, and that 430,-
SIT arrived during the nine months ended
Sept. 30, 476.s4S arrived for the same
nine months OF 1892 Austrfa-Hungary
furnishes 3,67s of this months aggregate;
Germany, 1921; Russia, Except Poland)
s.9s7; Sweden and Norway, 1853. and the
United Kingdom, 11,2S7.
The AIabnmn Political Case.
Chief Justice Fuller in the supreme
court today denied the application OF
Parsons and Niniger district attorney and