Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-07-14
PENSION AGENCIES
The Order Reducing the Number OF
Them to Be Revoked.
THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES
Mr. CIeveland's Last Extension Order to Be
Revised-Tbe Conference on the Tariff
Bni-HOnor Ribbon Regulations
Another Pension Decision.

Revised-Tbe Conference on the Tariff
Bni-HonOr Ribbon Regulations
Another Pension Decision.
WASHINGTON, July m.-The order of .
President Cleveland issued last Febru- |
ary reducing the number of pension |
agencies in the United States from Is
to nine will be revoked by President
Mckinley within fey days, probably
early next week AS the original or
der was not to go into effect until Sep
tember next the only result of the
revocation will be to continue in force
the present arrangement. allowing all
of the 1S agencies to remain in opera
ton. Secretary of the Interior Bliss
is now out of town. but he has con-
ferred with the president over the
matter, as also has Commissioner of
Pensions Evans, and it was some
time ago decided that it would be
unwise to permit the change of system
to go into effect and that for the pres
ent, however much some new scheme
might be needed, the plan for the best
interest of the service was to continue
the existing system. The proposed
consolidation was to be effected, by
paying at New York the pensioners
heretofore paid at Buffalo, those at
Detroit from Indianapolis: those at
Milwaukee from Chicago: those at Des
Moines and Topeka from st. Louis.
Thus the agencies at Buffalo, Detroit.
Milwaukee and Topeka were to have
been discontinued and new agency
| created AFT ST I,OuiS
The Civil Service Rules.
WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE president
and the members of the civil service
commission have had a number of con-
ferences recently on the question of a
revision of the civil service rules SO as
to exempt certain important places
which were included in Mr.. Cleveland's S
last extension order. A final determi-
nation, however. has not been reached,
but it is altogether probable that
about 300 places will be taken out Of
the classified services. These will in
clude deputy collectors of customs who
are in charge of sub-stations and dep
uty collectors of internal revenue who
have charge of the distribution of rev
enue stamps. There are approximately
$50 of the places in each class 1t is
not proposed, however, to exempt the
places from examination. 1t is argued
that the positions which it is proposed
to restore to the excepted list are o.
J great Importance and that as the sta
tions of these officers are often far re
moved from that of their chief, who
alone is responsible for their acts, h,
should have some voice in their selec
ton. 1t is probable the president viii
take action in the matter within tn,
. next few days.
The Conference ON the Tarin Bill.
WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE republic
r an conferees met yesterday morning
e and began discussion of the variou
points of difference in the tariff bill a
D it passed the two houses. There ar
s71 changes. On many of these ther
, will be short work, but on importan
variations the house will stand firml
for the Dingley rates. The house suga
/ schedule will be insisted on, and tn
/ general expectation is that it will pre-
vail; but it is not impossible that ther
may be a compromise on this schedul,
" It is the intention of the conferees
:, reach a complete agreement befor
~ making any sort of report. To max
preliminary reports declining certai
- agreements and asking instructions {
to points where agreement could NJ
be reached would lead to endle
trouble.
l. Honor Ribbon Regulations.
~ WASHINGTON, July 11.-An order w;
9 issued from the war department We
- terday relative to the medal of hon,
ribbon of the new pattern and DO
II knot to be worn in lieu of the media
which will be issued to any person a
DO plying therefor to whom medal h
+. been awarded. Whenever new ri
re bons thus issued shall have been los
e. destroyed or rendered unfit for us
n without fault or neglect on the pa
of the persons to whom they were
ed sued, other ribbons may be issued
I'd replace them, but as the joint resol
Id ton of congress on the subject do
ed not authorize similar replacement
to bow knots, in no case will more TIL
er one bow knot be issued to any one d.
I'D son.
Another Pension Decision.
D. WASHINGTON, July 11.-A decisi
in of some novelty and Importance w
it rendered by Assistant Secretary Da,
yh yesterday in an application for pc
sion made by Mrs. Theodore Shire
H., formerly of Missouri, who asked pt
he sion for an illegitimate child. T
nd evidence showed that the soldi
Shreve, was not legally married to t
ed claimant, although a ceremony W
De- performed. He had been previous
'm married. Under the Missouri lay
M however, the secretary finds tt
'm where woman marries under su
ar circumstances the offspring is leg
matized and accordingly he deci'
re that pension, as the child of the s
dier, can be allowed.
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