The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-03
SUSPENDED PENSIONERS
List OF Persons ia Washington aad Ore
gon Reduced or Cut on.

Eon fsedaG~a or Tut On.
WAsHTSsToS CIrT. sept 2-fSpeciaI. T.
In response 30 a senate resolution calling
upon the secretary of Ghs interior for
detailed statement OF the namher Of PEN
sioners whose pensions have been sus-
pended or Cancelled since March 4. lSaS.
Judge LochFen. commissioner OF pensions.
has furnished a complete list Of names
aud addresses. the amount Of pension
paid in each case the amount Of reduc-
tion and the number dropped from the
roll. Below will be foand the list Of
Washington and Oregon pensioners who
were Included in the commissioned
statement. These pensioners in most
eases are well known ia the towns IN
which they live. and their neighbors and
friends can readily decide whether the re-
ports Of special examiners ia their cases
and the inal rulings by Judge Loehren
were just or not.
That the special agents and examiners
first appointed we're undoubtedly too zeaI-
ous in their efforts 10 make a record OF re-
form IS clearly 10 be seen from ihs fact
that of the Is 80 names dropped from the
rolls =. SO have since been reinstated AZ the
same old rate. Oi the others II may be
said that great number, principally in
the Southern states, had obtained their
pensions through fraud. As one example,
in the city Of Norfolk, Va. over loo negroes
were supposed TO be receiving pensions
who did not even know they had applied;
and twelve pensioners we're credited TO one
house on a certain street which proved,
upon investigation 10 be the office OF a
shysser lawyer.
Following is list of the Washington
and Oregon pensioners whose names are
mentioned in Judge Lochren's report
Ine names of these who we're dropped
and reinstated at the same rate are not
given;
Pensions suspended after March 4, 1898
and resumed az lower rates prior 10 May
To- 1904 for the reason that the pension
disabilities did not exist in degree TO
warrant continuance at former rates:
George ". Calvert. Tracyton, Wash. Si2
20 S., Henry III. Gilmore Cosmopolis,
Wash, S. TO 81; Wheaton Huntley, Stay
ton, Or. IS TO So; George I. Ireland. Van
couver, Wash. $40 to s.; George L. Mar
Mullen. Roseburg, Or, sl2 TO $40: Robert
5 Richart, Palouse, Wash, sl2 TO s.;
Samuel u. simpson, Montesano, Wash,
sI2 To s.; Leander h. Brooks. Portland,
si2 To s.; Thomas Criteser, Rosehurg, Or,
SIP TO IS; Cyrus NJ. duncan. Cottage
Coquille, Or., 81 10 $50; samuel A. Gross,
Grand Ronde, Or. Si2 20 SO: George
Meader, Moro, Or, s. 10 SIS; W. J. Il. Nc
Cullock, Turner, Or. sI2 10 SO: Benson ;.
Philbriok. Hoquiam, Wash, Si2 10 $40;
Martin l.. Price. Portland. s. to 81; Carlos
{. Sherman. Seattle, S. to So; John The
sen. Cascade Locks, Or, 81 10 81.
Names and rates OF pensions under the
general law whose names we're dropped
from the pension roll between March T.
lS93, and May 10. 1894, for the reason thai
the disabilities for which they were pen
stoned had ceased 10 exist in pensionable
degree: John +. Davis, Cosmopolis, Wash.
Wash, Sl2; Denard Montague, Portland,
S.; Mark III. Myers. Portland, $40;
Thomas Phillips. Seattle, So; Scion Peter
son, Waitsburg Wash, S.; James III.
Stewart, McNinnyiIie, Or. $40.
Names and rates OF pensioners whose
names were dropped from the pension roll
between March 4. 1888. aud May 10, 1884
for the reason that the soldiers deserted or
were dishonorahiy discharged from the
military or naval service: John Mccarthy,
Spokane, s.; Joseph +. Tyler, Tacoma. 81
Names and rates of pensioners under the
act of June y. ls90. whose names were
dropped from the pension roll between
March L. ls93. and May 10, 1sa4, for the
reason that they were not ratably disabled
for earning = support by manual labor:
John B. Knight. Pendleton. Or. IS; John
r. Moore, Puyallnp. Wash, 50: James B.
Payne, Seattle. So. John 7. smith, Seat
tie. s.: Robert Is. Vunk, Albany, Or, 50;
Coleman ID. Winn. Weston, Or. 50; Rob
ert Young, Puyallup Wash, So.
The pension roll OF the United States
has increased from ,635 names in is6l 20
s66,0l2 at the present time, and the DIS
bursements TO those who have served the
country an time OF war and have since laid
claim TO the nations bounty have IN
creased from $L072, i62 TO $i3-, ,ia5, ,3f23 81,
making total paid during the thirty
three years on account OF pensions OF
81, $40, SIS, ,544-42