The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-07-12
NOTICE TO PENSIONERS.
Payment Will BE Suspended Unless
the Law Is Complied with.


The pension bureau has notified a
great many pensioners throughout the
country who are drawing pensions under
the act of June p, $780, known as the
dependent pension act, that payment OF
their pensions will be suspended for sixty
days. during which time they are re-
quired 10 show cause why they should
continue to draw pensions The testi-
mony necessary to prevent their being
dropped from the rolls is the certificate
of a reputable physician. attested by two
witnesses to the effect that the pension
er is precluded from active labor owing
to injuries or disability not the result Of
his own vicious habits. In case no at
tention is paid 10 the department notifi-
cation within sixty days the pensioneF
viii be dropped from the rolls. On the
other hand, should the necessary certif-
cate. properly drawn up and signed, be
forwarded TO the pension bureau the
pensioner will be requested to appear be-
fore the local board OF medical examin-
ers for examinations as 10 his condition.
This action is pursuant To the recent
ruling OF Secretary Smith. TO the effect
that a pensiOner under the act of June
27 1890, drawing a pension for total dis
ability. must be shown 90 be physically
incapable of manual labor The board
that decision. is now going over all OF
the cases of June p. 1890 probably 100.-
600 in number, and selecting those cases
which show i'm the record that the PEN
sioner may not be incapacitated for
manual labor. In the cases thus selected
the pensioners are notified as before
stated to prove their total disability to
the department or cease TO draw PEN
sions Under Secretary Smiths ruling
the department holds that a man who
can work should not draw pension for
total disability. 1t is estimated at the
pension Office, although the work has but
recently been begun, that something over
thousand suspensions have ALREADY
been made.
Changes Urged at the White House.
Col. John NJ. Wilson, L. s A, who by
reappointment of President Cleveland
has now charge of the white house
and the adjacent grounds, has made a
strong report on the necessity Of some
changes in the arrangements OF the do
mestic life of the chief executive. He
says:
'It again becomes my duty to call at
tention to the fact that the chief magis-
trate Of our country should no longer be
obliged to have his private residence
and Office under the same roof. Surely
he is entitled to the same privacy in his
home life as any other citizen. and it is
sincerely hoped that either office rooms
may be found for him in the treasury
or the state, war and navy buildings, or
that congress will take such steps as
are necessary to erect a suitable Office
building at an early day. Efforts here
tofore made to enlarge the mansion have
failed. and l invite attention to the sug-
gestions made in the annual report SUBJ
mitted by me in 1889 at the close Of my
lag gf Of MY in off rr'b All
l suggested that a structure suitable for
office purposes might be erected within
the white house grounds on the site of
the greenhouses, opposite the state,
war and navy building"
For biliousness and headache Simmons
Liver Regulator is the best medicine the
world ever saw-H. II. Jones, Ma