The Republican journal., 1897-03-25
Milliken's Bills.
His Work In Behalf of his Constituents,

Hon. 5. L. Mlliken has introduced
bills i'll the National House to grant
pensions and to Increase them as follows
May II, 1896, bill to pension John W.
Fhannlng, captain Company f, It'll Maine
regiment, at the rate of ST. g month,
tavolably reported by the committee for a
tate OF $50 month, the money to be
paid legally qualified guardians; March
Is, 1896, bill to pension Ann S An
drews, widow of Ezekiei. Of Company G.,
26th Maine Volunteers, 1avolably report
ed: January 10, 1896, bill to pension Mrs
Olive Brown OF Chelsea, Me-, mother of
Edward Brown, Company f, I'd Maine
regiment infantry, favorably reported
May ~, 1896: to pension Susan W. Newell
foster mother of Robert T. Newell, Com
pany /, 10Th Maine regiment, at ST. a
month; January -, 1896, to pension at
sl2 month Herbert W. Leach of Brock
ton, Mass, late seaman on steamboat
jeanette, favoIably reported; April 4,
1896, to increase to $50 month the pen
sion of John Dow of Augusta, Company
X. 18th New ! ork regiment, Company H i,
Fifth Maine regiment; April 4, 1896, 20
increase to $50 month the pension of
Robert W. Groves of Smithfield, Me. :,
Company A. 10Th Regiment of Maine
Volunteers; December y, 1895, to pen
sion at Sl1 month Cynthia A. Lapham,
widow of William B., lieutenant 23d
Maine Volunteer Infantry and first lieu
tenant 18th Maine Volunteer light battery
December u, 1895, bill to pay Walter
r. Gray of Belfast, 81, 600 for injury to
left eye while working under the com
mand of United States officer at Mobile
Bay in April, 1865. Mr. Milliken also in
y a. -
a bill to relieve Samuel W. Tibbetts of
Portland, Me, for loss sustained through
the detention of cargo of gunpowder,
which Capt. Tibbetts sailed away to New
Orleans with in 1861, before the breaking
out of hostilities, in the sum Of SIS, 600;
also bill to relievc William S. Grant of
G"rdiper 70 '.e loss of his historic wag-
on train in Texas: also to pay Samuel Rob
bins of Belfast, 81, GOO for damages to his
vessel kit Carson" which was employ
cd by the government near Fortress Mon
zoe; also bill to pay Samuel B. Pratt and
heirs $50, eco for damages done the steam
er Dirigo in 1864, while under impress
ment by the government; also bill to re-
lieve the heirs of William Pitcher and
Alexander Hayford by paying them $4,
661 and to relieve Samuel Otis and George
B. Ferguson of Belfast, or their heirs,
SIS, 228. % for loss on storage and purchase
of hay during the war. Another bill in
troduced by Mr.. Milliken provides for
the payment of 50, 1853. 63, the cost of re-
pairs to the owners of the brig Abby
Ellen for damages she sustained at Hilton
Head, S. c., while under impressment by
the government in time of the civil war.
He also had bill before the last congress
to relieve the ship Belle of Baltimore, by
the payment of S1,9s7.22 for rescuing
the crew of the Charles Dennis. Mr..
Milliken had another bill, introduced
April 8, 1896, to pay to Loring G. Emer-
son of Orland, Me-, $462 90 for mileage
on account of the coast and geodetic sur
vey between Orland, Me-, and Astoria,
Oregon, ard also for $760.61 the differ
ence between shore duty pay and sea
duty pay between June 16, 1866, and
July 10, 1868. Mr.. Milliken also had
bills before the last congress fer the
donation of cannon and cannon balls TO
the Grand Army post at Bar Harbor, and
posts at other towns in his district.