The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-06-18
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.

correspondents should write each question on
q separate sheet of paper, give full name and adj
dress and marx it CORRESPONDENCE Column" No
attention will be paid to communications not &C
companied with name and address OF writer. IL -
reuuesed that n stamp be incosed for reply by
letter Postal cards will be replied to by mail
only. Replies by mail will ordinarily be made
within y week and If ia this column within three
weeks.I
j. C., Cincinnati. OIL have been advised that
as an heir ! may collect something out OF the
Anneke Jams estate in Holland. To whom
should / apply for advice? Answer. We DO
not pretend to keep track of mythical estates
that originate in the brains of rascaliy specu-
lators. who secure fat living by bleeding
credulous claimants, but as to the Anneke Jams
estate, or any other old Dutch estate in which
it Is claimed that there is money on deposit in
tho Bank of Holland" awaiting claimants,
we have to say all such claims mere myths
or fakes. The Bank of Holland" in which
it is claimed these moneys are deposited, does
not exist, aud if any OF these estates ever had
bona fide existence, they come clearly within
the purview of a statute OF limitations enacted
by the Dutch Parliament in 1852, by which all
unclaimed inhertances irrevOcably escheated.
after n lapse of five years, to the State. We
cannot undertake to hereafter reply to in
quiries of this nature. We believe that 900
in 900 Of these alleged estates are mere fig
ments of the imagination, and that any money
advanced in furtherance of attempted collec-
tion is wholly thrown away.
j. f. d., Brockfon, Mass.-Please state: ].
How soon after the Revolutionary war was a
service pension granted? g How soon after
the war of 1912? 3. How soon after the Mexi-
can war? Ans,Uer. 1. Thirty-fve years; en-
after the close of that war. 2. Fifty-six years;
enlarged by one passed 63 years after close of
said war. 3. Thirty-nine years.
Z. &. A., Lockesburg, drk.-Please state
whether, if the PickIer bill should become q
law. a pensioner under the act of June q.
1890, who has pending claim under the old
law. will be benefited so far az arrears are con-
cerned. AHswer. The Pickler bill will not
benefit one with respect to arrears under the
general law. Asyet it has not been considered
by the Senate.
Y. D. T.. Cduisteo ~ Y-Please inform me
whether a widow, who draws pension with
an additional allowance of 81 per month for "A
daughter under the age of 10 years, is entitled
to draw that IL tho child mzrries before she
at,ains the age OF IS years; aud il the widow
does draw the pension, is the child entitled to
it2 AnSwer In general, no child is entitled to
pension long as the widow survives unmar-
ried; the 81 additional is part Of the widows
pension, as have repeatedly stated in this
column; and it is immaterial TO its payment
TO her whether the child 10 married or single.
In the case put, the pension belongs wholly to
the widow.
4. H. g.. ST. Paris. O.-Can n soldier. after
getting pension under the old law, and then
going in under the act of June q, 1890, again
he pensioned under the old law at an increased
ratei Ansuer. Yes; he can. after being pen
stoned under the old law, accept the benefits of
The act OF June p, 1890, and may then apply
for renewal and increase under the old or
general law. and If found to be entitled to
rating Hereunder in excess of that which he
receives under the new Law, he may again go
hack under the old law; in short. no one loses
any rights whatever BY accepting and drawing
a pension under the act of June p, 1890
T. d., Hdrrard, M.-Could pensoner in
England apply for an increase of pension, aud,
If lie could, how? AHswer Yes he would
have to execute formal application for it,
crease before some officer of the United States,
or if before magistrate of the country, then
the ~fficial character of that magistrate would
have to be certified to by United States Off
Ger. In due course of time hs would, upon
order Of the Pension Bureau. be examined by
a Surgeon.
o. W. s.. ST. Johns, Mich.. and others who
have failed TO sign their full names to letters,
are informed that all communications not
signed by the full and correct name of the
writer are consigned to the waste-basket; to
secure consideration, another letter must pa
written. repeating the inquiry and supplying
the omission pointed out.
". +. s., Fdirbury. Neb.-Please state the
names Of the last six States admitted, and date
of ad I'D ission of each. AHswer. Utah. Jan, 4,
1896; Wyoming, July TO- 1890; Idaho, July 3,
1890; and Washington, Montana, North Da-
kota, aud South OAK 0ta all on the same day,
Feb. %, 1859.