The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1895-08-08
Ip|TOL GOSSIP.
,VSTIVG PARAGRAPHS FROM THE
gLT OF GOVERNMENT.
0o,ycs or THE NOTABLEs.
..,aui Pension Decision Con-
cernIng Ccnfcderatcs.

r,,.ler's Daughter Kills a Negro
Fx-Consul Walters Wife In
L.sr,e circumstances Z Produce
\ Of Aluminium
..-,yaroS. y. G. lnarecent PEN
Assistant Secretary Reynolds,
Interior Department, decided
.t.re There is record Of service
eopiel,rate army, such record of
n .eoa whether the service was
R,.rv or IN, oluntsry, it will be pre-
glGat tie service was voluntary,
,,I resumption may be rebutted,
--lsn of proof being OH the claim
Wb,re the service WAS voluntary,
imant a not entitled to pension,
.-e the service was wholly COM
n, be may he. The sufficiency of
s,e 10 rebut the presumption
m,ary service must depend on the
II .tsnceso of each case. In another
IN Assistant Secretary holds that
soldier was discharged TO re-en-
Hddid then and there re-enlist as
Rnn volunteer, and thereafter de-
from service md never returned
IN discharged from said service,
rot plBsionablc under any law for
eablity contracted under the en-
Is1t irom which he was discharged,
rom which he deserted, for the
i that there was no period Of time
I which he was regularly and le-
released or separated from the
b Nr. Reynolds also holds that
Issna claimant under the depend
Ension act may file a valid declara.
|0r pension hy a competent person
II friend, but before payment, a
iaa ur committee must be ap-
IL,
vALLrBs WIFE DESTITUTE.
0oney Kennedy and others inter
Nnthe Waller ease are at present
HgU devise means of securing f.
aad for Walters wife, who, not
Llng she has escaped from
aGar to Mauritius, is still desti-
nong strangers and far from
Mr. Kennedy has made ar
Enents at the State Department
hny funds contributed deposited
and forwarded direct to her. He
lelegraphed the facts of the case to
Morrill,, ol Kansas, in which
Waller formerly resided, with
lopc that something may be done
tor her relief, and will also seek
hid Of the negro race. Mr.. Ken
says the counsel in the case are
Pit 10 await It's adjudication for
fees and that no money is neces-
% assist in the prosecution Of the
n FLAGLER KILLS A NEGRO BOY.
Y Elizabeth Flagler, daughter Of
fhgler, chief Of ordnance Of the
and well known in army and So
Flcles, shot and killed fourteen
lod negro boy named Ernest
Friday at her home in the
ios Of the city. The Flaglcrs and
lnnilies in the vicinity have been
|g'd greatly Of late by boys steal
Rlar fruit and damaging the trees
II gardens. Friday Miss Flagler
'efed young Green on the fence
lg iruit, and fired at him from
scond-story window. The bullet
r. the right breast and, passing
gA his body, inflicted a wound
caused death in a short time.
llsgler went TO police headquar-
ana gave herself into custody.
Renty-eight years old and an
ta,e y and accomplished woman.
ureen is a son Of Dick Green,
.noVn to public men as one OF
F1iy Carlisle's messengers. The
jury exonerated Miss Flagler
ny was released.
PRODUCTION OF ALUMINIUM.
lOl'hcoming review by the geo.
survey Of the mineral resources
country will show that the pro-
q aluminium in the United
" 1894 was $4,000 pounds.
which is an oxide of alumni
~ been found in sufficient guam
v oe commercially valuable in
'uiee localities in the United
lnese are in New Mexico, Ar
n ana the Coosa Valley Of Geor-
~ Alabama. Aluminium, the re-
!. y Say, has now found the posi-
ne arts predicted for it, and
n Iana is increasing, It's metal
use has proved more valuable
vas expected.
GOLD WITHDRAWALS.
withdrawal Of $3.50, 900 in
.On the sub-treasury in New
not regarded by the treasury
= cause for uneasiness, the
n, ,'nuicate having fully demon
H. ~ Y. ability to protect the GOLD
IN NJ .toM any serious encroach
I5rsr'l, u is not doubted that these
w." "a's could have been prevented
|ssrr course been deemed at al.
N cont % save an impairment o.
s,o,' os,'nll.lence, The treasury off