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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-28

Baltimore, March p. - Flour dull; west
ern superior 81 7o9s1 90i western extra s. 90
wheat. patent So 1d11S3 - spring wheat.
patent - 651S3 90; spring straight, 5 70 q.
s. 50. Wheat quiet; No. red spo $4,000;
March 5JAdtOe; May 6i1a@6lAu; L. 64&Q3
62lac steamer No. ? red DC; milling. by
sample, 5t6g' 1c Corn steady; mixed spot
42l4214c; March 4-@i24c; MAY 42c id;
steamer mixed 4l5sc Dld; southern. by sam
pie, 42Gl43c; southern, on grades. 42Fc. Oats
easy; No white western So asked; No. .
mixed western S5ho ASKED Rye duh; No ..
sic. Hay hrm ana UNI hanged; good TO choice
timothy s14 50DSl5 %. Grain freights dull
aad unchanged; steam TO Liverpool, per
per bushel, IA, IS; Cork, for orders Us; cot
ton. per 100 pounds, 27e' hour per 100 pounds,
lie. Provisions steady; mess pork, Sl3 so.
Bulk meats-shoulders 7: short rib sides 7Isc;
clear sides 7e2c. Sugar cured smoked shoul
ders sac; hams llAc. Lard. refined IS 20.
Butter quiet: creamery fancy, q Sc; ladle
fancy 13S14c: rolls, fine 1iGlSc; store packed
li012.. Eggs steady at i2c Coffee quiet:
No. z l7@c. Sugar quiet; graduated 4.2lc
Whisky firm at 81 24d8l %.
Cincinnati. March 27.-tlour, spring patents
s. @50s9 so /; family 50 254s2 So Wheat
No. 2 red soc. Corn steady; NO. mixed 3sc;
No. > yellow ear 4tc Oats steady; No. 2
mixed Bay; No. white S5c. Pork-city
Lard steam leaf 7%c; kettle dried 714c.
Bacon steady; shoulders 61ac; short rib sides
e971ec; short clear sides 7!sG75lc. Whisky
steady at IL 10.
changed. Wheat higher; May 554c; July
57&c. Corn. same as yesterday; March 34l4c
asked, April 34Ac; May 342sc. Oats, same as
yesterday; May 311sc; July ? sc. Pork
STANDARD mess, sll 60: on orders, Sll -.
Lard, prime steam nom nal at So 700 So S75k
Dry sailed meats-shoulders So 81; longs and
clear rios s. M; shor S s. 92I Bacon
boxed shoulders a6 70; longs S63714; clear
ribs sc 80, shorts So ga. High wines steady
Rice.
New York. March 27.-Rice active; do
nestle fair TO extra, 39sG5l8c; Japan 4Is9
SAC.
Wool.
New York. March 27.-Wool steady; domes-
tic fleece 20625c; pulled i6125o.
Petroleum OILS, Etc
New York, March 81 Cotton seed oil
firm crude 26c bid; yellow Bic.
New Ork. March 27.-Petroleum unchan-
ged Washington, in barrels. 50 90; Wash
ington, in Oulk. s. 80. refined nominal; New
York, in barrels, S. Is; Philadelphia aud
Baltimore in barrels, S. 10; Philadelphia and
Baltimore, in bulk, a. 60aS2 to,
Naval Stores.
New York, March %, Rosln market
firm; strained, common to good 81 I2%Q
81 l7l5. Turpentine duh aud weak at $500
sic.
Charleston. March 27.-Spirits turpentine
nothing doing; quotations omitted. Rosin
inactive; good strained at 95c.
Wilmington, N. C., March 27.-Rosin quiet;
strained, soc; good strained. 95c. Spirits
turpentine firm at 27c. Tar firm at S5:
Crude turpentine quiet; hard 81 90; soft and
virgin, 81 81.
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Port Eads. March 27-Arrived. steamships
Yumuri Mathison, Bocas del TorO: City Of
Dallas Raymon, Puerto Cortez. via Living
ston and Belize; Prof Morse Gerchow, Cuua;
Cola, Mel onald, Belize. II he Prot Morse
broke her starooard crank shaft, and Will be
towed TO this city
Sailed, steamships VIM Cliff, Liverpool via
Newport News; w G J. ewes. n3luedelds.
Jacksonville March 27--Entered, schr Net
tie Langdon, Bray. Guadeloupe, WI
Mobile, March 27-Arrived,steamer Florida,
Hall, Iampa.
Charleston, March 27-Arrived schrs p c
Schultz. Lowrey, Herman Ogden, Shep-
pard, Edward Harlow. Gardner A A Shaw
Morgan, New York: A D LamSOn. smith, - A
Bailey, q ownsend, L glass Gregory, StIll-
man, Philadelphia John NJ Moore, Norton
Portland; b f Lee, Steeman. G h SchmIdt
Sharp, Baltimore; w n Bailey, Port Royal.
Cleared. sohrs Howard B Peck, Mehaffey
New haven, Edward q Hight, Richards, 1bos
Winsmore. Cornwel, New York; Ztmri >
Wallingford hiabee, Newton Creek.
Beaufort. SC March 27-sailed from Port
ROYAL ard arrived Beaufort, schr j II Cross
Georgetown. March 27-Arrived schrs Adele
Ball, City of Philadelphia, Wa1camaw, Jpo G
Gre Org. and Eva Davenhower New York.
Newport News. March 27-Arryed, s.hrs
Chllde Harold and NJ Casson, New York
Sailed, schrs Walker Arlington, Provi-
dence; A 3 phillips, Allyns Point
Whining ton, MAI h 27-Arrived schr John
Snow. snow, New York.
Norfolk. Mar b 27-ArriVed, schrs Casper,
Laurel, Del: Epralm and Anna. Baltimore;
barges b GilChrst, Andrew Jackson and
Washington for coal
Cleared, schrs Cara Simpson. Boston; Eva
d nose. Philadelphia: NJ Harlow New
York barges b Gilchrist, New York; An
drew Jackson, Boston.
Boston, March 25-Arrived, schrs Flora
RoZers, Warren savannah: VIM w Converse
higgins Charleston: Waltham, Barter, Port
Royal.
Baltimore, March 25-Arrived, schr ] S
Hoskins. Bennett Jacksonville.
Philadelphia March 2bArrived schr Annie
Bliss, Phillips, Savannah.
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New York, March 27.-Treasury balances
to day we're as follows: Com. SlO4.992,OOO' cur
rency. 600
London. March 27.-The bar silver market
to day has teen quiet, and was quoted at
275sd per ounce.
Cotton
New York. March p. noon.-Cotton futures
opened s,eady as follows: March, SEC;
April. &C; May 5Jc; June, SIC; July.
New York, Mar 27, p m.-spot cotton
closed dull; middling gulf 1dlec; middling
uplands 9-1tc; sales 272 ales
Futures closed quiet. with sales Of
45,UOv bales as follows: March 4lc; April,
l3c; May, &C; june olc; July, Z CSC; Au-
gust. Uec; Septem er, Z 63c; October. &c;
November. Z 10; L eeember. 7 71c.
New York. March 2f.-Total consolidated
ne etpts a AL the ports today were 1850
bales; exports to Great Britain 547 bales, TO
Frame eales, TO the continent S,942 bales;
stock 1921 bales.
Total so far this week: Net receipts % 946
bales; exports to Great Britain IA .lO3 bales
to france 10 bales. to the continent 1921
bales
New Orleans March 27-Cotton futures
closed qLIe. with sales of IS. 90 bales, as
follows; March 09c, April CSC. May lie,
June 25c, July SIC, August &c, .aeptem-
Ter BIC, OOtoDer z 35c. November 1890, De-
LemDer 45c
New York. March 27-Suns cotton report
says: Cotton advanced 6 points on March
and , to points on the rest of the list, clos
with the next crop to points higher than
at the lose of yesterday. sales IS 6UO bales
he LIVERPOOL exchange will be opened to-
morrow, Wednesday. New Orleans advanced
l to poinos. 1he receipts at the ports were
$3.50 bales, against l0S0l bales this dav last
week, and 1916 bales last year
thus far this week 22,942 ales,
against % SIT bales for the same
time lastweek. Spot cotton here was dull
and unchanged. Sales, l72 bales for spinning:
deliveries on contracts 100 bales. 1t was
small board room market. a narrow profess
siOnal market, devoid of striking features.
Receipts at ports were com paratively small
and some local shorts covered. Prices. there
fore advanced slightly. some are IooEing
for q higher Liverpool market to morrow.
owing to the diminished rece pts and the
small estimates for the interior towns
eived only COL bales and has
shipped 436 bales. The port receipts
to Jay we're s, $50 bales and the port exports
206SJ tales, 1t is predicted that the interior
stocks this week will decrease materially.
Some think Liverpool to morrow will be
easier on selling against export buying in this
country. Washington enters to some extent
into the spe 5ulatiOn owing to the uncertainty
as to what will TO done with the w ilson,
Hatch and Bland bills. Quite little of the
ira ling there was switching from April to
latec positions, such as May, June July and
August.
New York, March 27-Riordan & Co say Of
cotton today ~ his was the champion dull
day. The transactions were very small. May
opened at 7.5Oc and sold up to 7.52c. The close
was quiet, with z50c lid for May the same
Us yesterday S closing i'd. The receipts were
again well below those of the same day last
year, but light receipts fail to enkndle any
bull enthusiasm. The market was absolutely
featureless. Everybody is waiting for the
reopenlng Of Liverpool tomorrow"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-28

Per Florida Central and Peninsular Rail.
road, March 27-3 cars lumber, 3 cars wood,
100 dozen pals bale hides, , goats, | calf,
dl hairs, + chair. II bits cement ! OK
no sehold goods l nest W boxes / box dry
goods, cases tomatoes, crates squash, Z
EoXes oranges, l69 brasses, l box hardware,
- ales cotton.
Per Central railroad. March 81
AS Lales cotton, 327 bUls spirits turpentne so
tons pig iron. / .345 b Is rosin. l25 bales
domestics, lis pkgs mdse 50 bbls oil boxes
p ware, - cases eggs crate china closets 20
cans lard 80 DO ses canned beef, cases shoes,
tdl hides, sacks potatoes, ] Dbl grease.
case axle grease 30 cases liquor, II bbls
WHISKY. 10 half bills whisky. / case hats 8
pkgs hardware. l bdl W tubs 1 box saddery .
rolls leather, cases tinwaIe, II empty hsh
pal s, IL pkgs household goods,7 boxes collins,
box shrub0ery, DDl medicine. pkgs mar
lie, ibis pIetzels, l25 empty barrels, truss
hoops, boxes extracts. car sash etc, cars
corn car bran, car meat, car coal, l car
ice, l car wood IL cars blocks, > cars -four.
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Per Florida Central and Peninsular rail
road Mar, III Dixon Co Woods Co,
w w Gordon g. Co, l. atfin s. :, j q Barrett.
NJ Y Henderson. Hounglove q G.. NJ Y Buck,
ner, L c ndrews. J ID Weed Co. C Il B
smith, w D Slmkins Meinhard Bros & Co,
II 1raub, A thrllLh q BIO. Eckman &V
Per Central Railroad, March ~
w w Gordon & Co, John Flannery & Co. But
lie. 4 >, Dwolle c q D, Woods G & Co, Greigg
& W, l. Putzel. Standard OIL & AC Gel
schiR, NJ : herman & Bro A 5 Mic hols NJ Il
Ram ert, Savannah @ q w Co, Mrs Robin
son. Henry suffer Hu ! & p, J ID Weed g. Co.
j II Ehrli her, Savannah S Co, Mrs James
O'Keife. Geo Schroeder, Frank & Co, j p
Lowe Paul Keller, Chas a Conklin. Armour
Pkg Co. N Mcdaniel NJ Fcrst sons Co,
Rosenheim Co J r Einstein. Peacock II
& Co, j DAVIS, A Leftler & Son, Dixon &
Co
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Fruit and Vegetable Market.

New York, March 27.-Palmer, Rivenburg
s. Co. quote: Oranges. Indian and
Halifax rivers, fancy S3.0o9400; other
brights, selected, S2.7I653.O0 lines, 81 2592 so;
russets, fancy S2.et@3.oU; lines S2iS592 SO;
grape fruit. 81. 0003,00; straw berries 10000
potatoes, new, prime s65OG07 OF; seconds 400.
beets. S1.503300; @ age, Florida. 75c1Sl rs;
Savannah, S1OJd1 80; celery 50caS10O; Gu
cum bers. S30005.0O; egg-pla IT. a5.00as 90;
Leas. Florida, 81 50d2 50; savannah S2 500
beans, ii 5113.0O; tomatoes, sI,O042 81.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-28

Steamship City of Birmingham Burg, New
York-C G Anderson.
Bark Barbadian [Brl, Balmer, Key West,
ballast Master.
Schr Allie Archer, Gibbs, light, Satilla-
George Harriss g. Co.
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Per steamship Kansas City for New York
s. tales Upland cotton, 80 ales sea island
cotton. FOG bales domestics, 20 brls rice $50
b Is rOsiu, ll6 bhls spirits turpeutine, 90 0 o
feet lumL err 30 refrigerators berries, 4refrig-
orators asparagus, 80 bbls oil, 1900 boxes
oranges II bbis oranges lS9 bbls esetables
2,&69 boxes vegetables, l4S tons pig iron,2 cars
shingles, 100 oars, 339 pkgs mdse.
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Per steamship Kansas City for New York
Gen Franklin Townsend, Mrs Charles c
SChey, J III Morse and wife Hopkins, j /.
Morse. Miss c h smith, Mrs = smith j G
Moore and wife, g l. LOOMS and wife MISS
Annie Gennard. Miss sands G d Moore wife
and son, ID G Northam and wife, Miss Hen
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For additional shipping news
see other columns.


Pilot charts and all photographic inforula-
ton will e furn shed masters OF vessels free
of charge In United States photographic or
fee in the custom no Use. Captains are re-
quested 10 call at the Office
Reports OF wrecks and derelictsreceiYed for
transmission TO the navy department.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-28

Bark Ameer [Norl. 1island, Calais (bal
lastl-Chr q Dahl Co.
Schr John G Sohmidt, Norbury Philadel-
phia, with coal to D K Thomas & Son, vessel
to George Harriss & Co.
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THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, MARCH %. 1894

spring 56Ac; No. red S6Ac. Corn-No ..
50 s6tS64c. Oats No. ?, So Mess pork
per barrel. I'll S2lzasll 81. Lard. per 100
pounds ~ iOasT II. Short rib sides 5 3SG
50 sfl5 Dry salted shoulders s i50Si s..
Short cleat SIDES as O0GS6 Is Whisky. II Is
Leading futures ranged as follows;
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Departed Yeste

Steamship Kansas CITY. New York.
Schr Alice Archer atllla.
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Arrived Or from OuarantIne Yeste


Steamship Bere1guel ell Grande, YdoyagC
delphia-RicharGso & Barnard.
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Steamer Alpha. Daniels Beaufort and
Port Royal-CH Medlock, Agent
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MAR NE INTELLIGENCE.

Sun Rises ...... Observation-Disclosures. .. 5 80
gun Sets. .--....... ..''.'..-..,..-.... o W
High Water at Fort Pulaski II :3s am, IL co pm
Central Standard inel
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COMMERCIAL.
SAVANNAH MARKETS.
OFFICE MORNING NEWS.
Savannah, Ca, March p, 1894.
Cotton.


The spot cotton market continues dull, but
--.-as remain steady. Holders are encour-
- Inv the advance in futures at New York
I'D are holding out for the quotations. The
80 Of the day were 80 Gales. At ea,h call
y, the Cotton Exchange the market was
-,srs5 dull. but steady, closing unchanged
rom yesterdays quotations. The following
ave- the oficial quotations at the Cotton Ex-
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MARKETS By TELEGRAPH.
Financial.

"
ness in bankers bills at &S.4444 81 for
sixty days AMI S. ssoG4 s54 for demand;
posted rates SIS LA g.
Commercial bills 81 S3l4614 s51a for sixty
da aud r oi-o9G+ 81 a for demand.
Government bonds ann. STATE bonds strong.
Ra lToad onds rIn.
Silver at the Stock Exchange to-day was
New York. March 27.-The following were
the opening quotations at the stock Exchange
to-day:
Chicagoand Northwestern. .............. 1084
Norfolkand Western preierrei ......... 2O#
/ ichmond11i West Point permia A.. 8 /
Western Union. --.........-. ..,... e54
New ork. March 27-A redu .tion in the
posted rates of sterl NJ exchange. the uirect
result of purchases of American Sc turtles
for foreign account and the general elief
that the seignlorage bill will be We o3d lei to
a higher market its purt bases OF st. Paul
Northen Pacific preferred, Atchison. Erie
and Louisville and Nashville acc riding to re-
liable authority. having amocnted to nearly
$1,000 shares. In addition the foreigners
added to their lines Of low priced bonds. A. he
industrial stocks score the widest changes
Ameri ;an Iooa CO rising ~ pretefre1 g.
Lead t1s, do preferred U.s. sugar "a Cotton
Oil preferred a. To lac- was advanced ~
the pool and Lead was o ght 10y prominent
bear houses who were pro ~ dis
tur ed ty the rumors of diyi-
j he changes in the railway and anthracite
coal group were slight during the early trad
ing. but generally in an upward direction.
Late in the afternoon the market receded I'M
der the leadership OF Burning on and quincy.
which fell from e3]4 to S2]l. and Chicago Gas,
VIII ca de lined from CAS- to 69A. he loss,
outsi le of these sto~ ks was equal to "a i
per cent. American tobacco, however. sold
down q to s2B. The rea ton was ascribed
in some quarters to reports Of damage to the
winter wheat crop, while others eontended
that it was the result Of sales
nv traders who believed that the
effect of the seignioFage veto
had been discounted. At the close the mar
ket was steady to nrm. As rule railway
stocks recorded slight losses for the day,
while the industrials gained anywhere from
a to l = per cent, the Latter In American To
-bac.o common The late deUline in Chicago
was credited TO the roo n traders. Wits ~
was inclined to lie weak throughout on the re-
port that the company had come out second
best in the recent deal with the Am ri, an
Distributing Company. The demand for rail-
way bonds Contln Ies, and the transactions
to-day footed up the large total Of al S5i,UO0
The inquiry ran chiefly TO the low priced is
sues } he sales of listed stocks aggregated
1O6 O0l shares; uni sted 1900 shares.
The quotations al the closing were as fol-
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Wednesday. March %, 1894.
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Rice
Naval stores.

Spirits Turpentine-The demand was slow,
market opened at the Board OF Trale at 28c
for re gulars. and closed at 2111c, with sales Of
IS casks at the latter price.
Rosin-lhe market is firm and unchanged,
the sales for the day were about 200 barrels
The following are the quotations at the Board
Of Trade
4 4 g. and d - Al OOK - 80 Ok
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-25
wHERE THE MONEY GOES.

In every speech that Governor Mat
thews has made during the present can
vass he has pointed with pride to the
fact that during his term $4,000 Of the
State lei has been paid off. This
sounds like a very large sum to his
audiences, and they applaud the state
ment as evidence of Democratic honesty
and good financiering. But the Gov
ernor never tells how much none has
been handled during his term. Begin
ming with 1891. the revenues of which
year were handled during his term, the
report of the Auditor of State shows
that the cash receipts TO the treasury
for the fiscal year ending Oct. 81, 1891.
were $4,945, 465. The reports for 1892 and
1898 show hat the receipts during those
years. respectively. were S5,S33.434 and
$6,609, 447, making a grand total during
three years of S17, SsS, 346. The revenue
for 1894 will be larger than that of 1899,
but, counting it the same. we have an
aggregate for four years OF S23,997, 1913.
These figures, taken from the annual
reports of Democratic State Auditors,
represent the cash receipts to the State
treasury during the years 1891 to 1894,
inclusive, n it mas all been handled
during Governor Matthews's term. If
the Governor would inform his audi
ences that during his term there has
been handled very nearly s24,O O0,O 900 of
the peoples money. perhaps they would
not be surprised that $4,000 had been
paid on the State debt. And he should
inform them that even hat amount
could not have been paid but for the
receipt during his administration of
about $719. 900 from the national govern
ment on account of an old war claim.
The sum which he says has been paid
on the State debt is about one-twenty-
fourth part of the total State revenue
during Governor Matthew's term.
Where have the other twerty-three
twenty-fourths gone? The Journal does
not say they have been stolen. but it
does assert that large sums have gone
TO support a reckless and ~extravagant
Democratic administration. Among the
itemized disbursements in the Auditors
report for 1893 appear:
Attorney-generars lary.............S s., o00.O0
Attorney-generaPs deputy and clerk
Attorney-generaf Office expenses. $50
Attorney-generars ACKNOWLEDGMENT, Sis
Attorney-generaPs messenger. salary 10000
Here is a total of S24. 197.15 paid out
in 1898 On account of the Attorney-gen-
erals office, of which $40, s11.S7 went into
his pocket. and he pocketed much more
in 1894 than he did in 1893. The next
time Governor Matthews points with
pride to the fact that the State deb has
been reduced $4,000 during his term
let him inform his audience at the same
time that during his term the State rev.
enues have amounted to nearly s24. 0O0.-
600, of which a Democratic Attorney
general has pocketed more than $50, 900,
while much of the remainder has gone
to support a Democratic administration.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-25
Cernenu scottish ..Riters.,

NEW YORK, Oct. 2f.-The Supreme Coun-
Gil In thirty-third and last degree OF the
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Of
Free Masonry. which has been in session in
New York city for the past two days. to-
day elected the following officers and adj
journed late In the afternoon. john J.. Cor
man, OK New York, sovereign grand COM
mander: William A. Hershiser. OF 40. lieu
tenant commander; Granville a. Frambez.
of Michigan. minister OF state: Vernon o.
Taylor. Of Rhode Island. prior: David W.
Thompson, of Connecticut. treasurer: John
G.. Baker. OF Brooklyn. secretary-general:
Robert l.. Weygnt. OF Troy. keeper OF
archives; willard c. Van Der Lip. OF Mas
sachusetts. master OF general ceremonies:
r. Junius Edwards. Of Minnesota. marshal
general; n. p. Bayliss. of Washington, ID.
Rhode Island. captain of the guard. w. w.
Carpenter. marshal Of the camp: Edward
Rosewater. deputy marshal OF the camp.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-25

On Sept. %, 1894. the following letter,
signed William Lochren. Commissioner
of Pensions" was received by the at
torney of Nelson w. Pepper, formerly
of Company C, Eighth Illinois Infantry:
Sir-Relative to the above cited claim, you
are advised that IT awaits the testimony
indicated in the accompanying circular let
ter. The testimony of A. II. Carver and
6 fars reason OF 'ne'r anesea unrei'A-
Mr.. Pepper has been a resident of
Westield, H., for years, and that city
is the residence of his former comrades.
Carver and Snider, whose testimony
was rejected because of alleged un-
reliability" When the Lochren letter
was made public. the following state
ment was prepared and signed by
seyenty-eight of the first citizens Of the
place. representing the Republican,
Democratic and Prohibition parties:
Whereas. w. A Snider and a H.. Carver.
Of Westheld. county OF Clark, and State
OF Illinois. appear to have been reported to
reliable liz their sworn statement in a GER
tain pension claim. we, the undersigned,
State aforesaid. having known w. A. Sni-
der as a trusted and competent govern
ment officer. as postmaster at Westfield. for
honored citizen. and a. RI. Carver Tor
nearly the same time. as a public school
moral character, lake this opportunity to
express over our signatures our disappro-
ba ton of this vile SANDER. and our entire
confidence in their integrity. and declare
that In our opinion their testimony Is above
suspicion and competent in any court or
under any circumstances.
The foregoing is signed by several
clergymen, four physicians, three Of
whom are Democrats. the principal of
the high school,. two justices of the
peace and the leading business men of
the city.
statements upon which the evidence of
these two men was rejected for al
legged ~unreliability?" Commissioner
| Lochren, in letters like the following
! sent TO postmasters. answers the ques-
ton:
WASHINGTON. d. c.. June 8, 1894.
Postmaster. -. Ohio:
Dear Sir-Communications in respect 10
pensions will be held as confidential II re-
| quested. or II the nature of the communi-
| Yours very truly. WA. LocHREN.
Commissioner.
Some postmaster, lncited py tnis no.
tice, and thinking that ii would make
him friends in the Cleveland admins
t~ration. has. under the protection ten
dered by Commissioner Lochren. cow
ardIy assailed these witnesses and there
by defeated the claims OF a veteran for
a pension.
II was because the Hoke Smith CO.
terie in the Pension Bureau desired to
make use OF such footpads that Au-
gustus r.. Martin, Democrat. represent
ing the Eleventh Indiana district. chair
man Of the pension committee. sup
pressed the resolution offered by Rep
r~esentative Waugh. which provided thai
the applicant shall be furnished the
names of the persons who have in
formed the bureau that he is not en-