New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-25
MR.. TARSNEY'S BALD-HEADED PENSlONER
HE TURNS UP IN RHODE ISLAND. WHERE lie
DRAWS 81 MONTH FROM THE

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DRAWS 81 a MONTH FROM THE
GOVERNMENT.
Washington. June 24.-Mr. Tarsney's bad-hcadcd
pensioncr has been found according TO story m'''
public this morning. In February last Representa-
| 1--WE Tarsney OF Missouri. delivered speech IN th'
House. In which he made the following statement:
IL speak not In Jest. but In sober truth, and from
the record when declare to this House ana 10 The
country that pensions have been granted on account
OF loss OF hair-on account OF badness Think OF
the diminishing effect upon mans capacity TO earn
support by manual labor that must result from
| the disability OF badness"
week later, I'm u batch OF correspondence sub
mitted to the House which passed between Commits
sioner Of Pensions Raum and Medical Referee In
graham, OF the Pension Office, the statement OF Mr.
Tarsncy was denied by the Pension Bureau Repre-
sentative Grout submitted this correspondence. TO-
gcthcr with letter from Commissioner Raum In which
the latter stated that he felt confident Mr. Tarsncy
had been mIsinformed." Mr. Tarsncy In reply said
he could not give the OF his informant. because
the gentleman who had given him the Information
was employed in the Pension Office as Il medical
examiner, and would suffer dismissal II his name
published
Dr. Warren Holt, Of Missouri medical examiner In
the Pension Office 1t was said later. had given Mr.
Tarsncy the Information that brought forth Commits
sioncr Raum's denial. DR.. Holt dismissed from
the Pension Office on March . last for cause"
DR.. Holt not able to point out any case Of
badness which had been pcnsoncd. but by acci-
dent yesterday the following remarkable case was
XlIcn O.. Peck. OF Company II. lst Rhode Island
isvi Cer,inca,c No. 67Oi75 was issued him. and
the ordered To be dated from March !. leoi
x3G4 The records Of the Pension Bureau developed
the fact that no other cause was given as the reason
for the allowance Of Mr.. Pccks claim than "loss Of
hair" as n result OF typhoid fever
Efforts. 1t Is said, will now De- mode TO have DR..
Holt reinstatcd.
THE PATENT OFFICE DIsBARMENT CASES.
Washington. June 24.-Thc hearing OF testimony
I'm the Patent Office dsbarmcnt cases was closed late
this afternoon, and by agreement OF counsel July
was set for the hearing OF the argument.
The feature OF today's proceedings the testi-
mony OF Mr. simonds. who said that these events
about which all the testimony had been given were
the sequence OF something beginning considerably
earlier. months after he became CommiS-
si0ncr Of Patents there before him, by regular
appeal from the lower tribunals Of the Office Tie
question whether the application OF Daniel Draw
baugl for improvements In telephones filed April 3.
1884 was barred BY reason Of pubic and sale Of
the Edison mcrophoncs for more than TWO years prior
TO the filing OF the Dravbaugh application of April
2. 1854. on October IS, 1-91. he decided that the
statutory bar existed and that decision pu0-
iishcd In the "Gazcttc- of November ., 1891.
The next day after rendering the decision. TO his
surprise, Mr.. Smonds said the examiner In charge
OF the proper electrical division reported him In
writing upon the status and condition Of the appliru-
lion OF Emil Berlincr for patent on telephones which
had been pending in the Patent Onice since 1876.
II appeared thcrcfrom that In the regular course Of
events In the ofcc the Berner apple ition then
ready for ISSUE and had been ready for issue for some
years, except for n threatened possible inicrfcr
with this Drawbaugh Application over the qncs
lion OF priority OF invention. In the Dran,aush
application had been victorious upon the question Of
Two years public use but the Drawbaugh app.l
cation had been KILLED. far The Patent Office was
concerned by his decision about the existence OF The
statutory bar OF two years public USE 1t WAS no
longer possible Interference contestant Upon that
report he treated the Bcrlncr application Hike any
other and ordered II 10 ISSUE and 1t did issr Nov,
Der II, 1891. to the American Bell Telephone Con-
puny the assignee OF Emil Bcrlincr. About year
had elapsed when day The Attorney General 81
the United States Mr Miller called upon him and
said he hid under consideration The project OF brin,
Ing 4 suit In the name OF the Government 10 repeal
and annul the Bcrlincr patent OF November Il. syi
and gave opportunity for the expression 81
any opinion which h. Chr. oinonds) might choose 10
make. lie told the Attorney General that h" hai
no opinion about 1T TO express that when he Issued
the Bcrllncr patent he performed and finished hi,
duty In the premises.