The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-11
SENATOR'S AS PENSIONERS.
Pu6h and George Among The Veterans
Oh the Rolls.

The Latter Receives SO Per Month for
His Services in the Mexican War and
the Former a Similar Amount on Ac-
ooun4 Of the War With the Creeks.
Atkinson Said to Have Been offered
the Consulate at Melbourne.
Washington, June lO.-The New
York World has developed the fact that
very many of our congressman and sena-
tors are drawing pensions varying in
amount from s. to S35p per month. Among
the southerners mentioned are Senators
Pugh of Alabama and George of Missis-
sippi. Senator George was a member of
the First Mississippi Rife regiment in the
Mexican war and is pensioned as a sur
vivor at S. per month. Senator Pugh
draws S. per month as q soldier in the
Creek war of 1886.
Secretary Hoke Smith when informed
to-day of the dangerous condition of the
interior department building, Immediately
set men to work relieving the over
weighted places that were considered
dangerous. The Georgia boys wounded
in the collapsed building yesterday are
doing well. Grogan of Talbotton, who
was thought to be mortally hurt, will pull
through, and his case was the worst.
James White of Griffin is badly SCARED
up. He was pulled out of a group
of five men, all dead. He
was on the first floor, and it was on this
that most of the clerks met death.
ATKINSON OFFERED A CONSULATE.
There was report current this morn
ing that the President had offered MIR
Atkinson the consulate at Melbourne, in
Australia, which pays about as much as
Berlin, but Mr.. Atkinson's friends urged
that he would not like to go so far away.
Maj George Barnes left for Augusta
last night with a check for 500, 900 in his
trousers, his share of the big fee paid by
the Choctaw Indians in their government
case. He was very happy
The papers in the contested election
case of Watson VS.. Black were opened in
the clerks office yesterday in the pres
ence of Maj. Barnes and Sterling Roberts.
Mr.. WatsOn's brief covers a good many
pages and this with the testimony makes
a formidable document Mr.. Black sub
mitted nothing beyond documentary evi-
dence. Some of the testimony for Mr..
Watson is rare and racy reading.
The controller Of the currency said to-
day that he had been notified that dele
cation from Brunswick would arrive here
early next week to talk over their bank
ing troubles and that he would take no
action in the cases of the broken banks
there until after they had been heard.
POsToFFICE RECEIPTS.
The following gross receipts accrued at
those hrst-class postof1ices for the four
quarters ended March 81, 1893, on which
the salaries of their postmasters will be
adjusted for the next fiscal year:
Birmingham, gross receipts S65, 1862; a
decrease of 81, 1856; salary 5000.
Montgomery, gross receipts S41 1886; a
decrease Of 1886; salary $3, 600.
Mobile, gross receipts $54, ,075; increase
Of 81, 444; salary 80, 100.
Charleston, gross receipts SIS, ,69S; a de-
crease of 50, 400; salary 81, 200
Tenny Rucker of Atlanta and II. G.
Tuck and A. H EIodson of Athens passed
through here to-day on their way to New
York to represent the Athens water
works case.
OHOn. L. n. Trammell Of Atlanta and
Mayor Boyd of Griffin are here tonight
H B. Atkinson of Athens has been pro
noted to an 81 800 clerkship in the land
Office under the civil service rules
Hon. B. F. Perry, congressman, of
Greenville, S. c., Notwithstanding his
repeated denials that he wanted the Office
has fled his application for the Office of
internal revenue collector of South Caro-
lima DR.. II. T. Smith of IGasley has filed
an application for the same Office.
G. n. DoZer has been appointed post
master at Orange City, Fla, in place of
H. II. Deyorman, removed.