The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-11-09
PENSION REPORT.
1Auueu 20 the Rolls During the Year, 54.O7s
Names-Losses by Death and Otherwise
During the Same Period, 41.13e.

SONS ID. Clay Evans to the secretary of
the interior was made public FRIDAY.
A summary follows:
There were added to the rolls during
the year the names of 5O,1O1 new pen
Sloners, and there were restored to
rolls 1871 pensioners who had been
previously dropped, total of 4,O72.
during the same period the losses to
The roll were 1860 by death, LOLA bv
remarrlage of widows and mothers.
1,S45 by legal limitation (minors), 1853
for failure to claim pension for three
years, and $3.50 for other causes. an
aggregate of Al, 122.
The whole number of pensioners on
the rolls June 80, 1897, was 976, Ola. The
net gain over the previous year was
$3.50 1t will thus be seen that the
pension roll has not yet begun to show
any diminution, though it has been
anticipated by my predecessors in office
that such would be the fact. Seven
widows of revolutionary soldiers and
nine daughters of revolutionary sol.
dlers are still on the rolls.
During the year "a, 454 pension GER
0-~NOOSNo WI y 1oouCNl, vi WHICH,
so, O1O were original allowances and the
balance were reissues, increases, res
toratlons, renewals, etc. Of this num-
Der 14,671 certificates of various classes
were held in this bureau until July 1.
1897; and are accordingly not credited
to the past fiscal year. During the
same period 1924 claims of various
classes were disallowed. This number,
however, does not include claims which
were made for higher rates of pension.
The amount disbursed for pensions
by the pension agents during the year
was $139, 799, 242.12, and the amount
dlsbursed by treasury settlement was
$50, 1888, a total of $139, 949 III. 35.
This exceeds the amount disbursed
during the fiscal year 1896 by the sum
of 81, 564, 480.1S. If the 14,671 certifi-
Gates which, as before stated, were
held in this bureau until July 1, 1897,
had been mailed to the pension agents
during the fiscal year, they would have
required first payments amounting to
81, 191, 694, besides the additional
annual valu e, which would also have
been charge upon the appropriation.
This amount, added to that actually
iisbursed, makes an aggregate of $141,-
'9O,936. The appropriation for the
payment of pensions for the fiscal year
1897 was only $40, 900, 600. The average
annual value of each pension at the
close of the year was $133 II. The
average annual value of each pension
under the general law was $162. o.; each
under the act of June 81, 1890. was
$1O9.25. The aggregate annual value of
all pensions at the close of the year was
1929, 799. 42S. This, of course. excludes
the cases that were held up. There
were A original and duplicate bounty
land claims admitted and 145 original
claims of this character rejected. Re-
ferring to the consolidation of agencies,
Commissioner Evans recommends that
the executive order of July IA last,
suspending the operation of the order
of February 6, 1879, the latter of which
provided for the consolidation, he con-
tinued indefinitely and adds:
Il am still of the opinion that the
reduction and consolidation of the PEN
sion agencies at this time is not only
unnecessary but inexpedient; that the
disruption of business in the agencies,
the business for the interior de-
partment and the general inconveni-
ence of the service would more than
offset the anticipated saving to the
government. Attention is called to sig
nifcant saving in rentals of agencies, a
policy still being continued. In con-
clusion the report recommends the pub
LEGATION of complete list of pension
ers and of the passing of a law to the
end that no pension be granted to the
widow of any soldier that shall marry
hereafter"
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.-All members
of the cabinet except Secretary Alger
were present at Fridays session, which
did not last long. Routine business
was presented by the different cabinet
officials, but much of the time was
given to a discussion of the recent
elections. Satisfaction was expressed
on all sides, especially at the result in
Ohio and Maryland. The Spanish situ-
alton was not considered, although
there were some dispatches relating to
the subject in the cabinet room. Pre-
vious to the meeting Assistant Secre-
tary Day, with Consul General Lee,
were at the white house and saw the
president. Gen. Lee will have another
interview before he leaves Washing
ton.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.-The president
Friday appointed the following to be
consuls of the United States: Abraham
B. Jones, of Alabama, at TuXpan,
Mex; Daniel Mayer, of West Virginia,
at Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic;
E. Theopilus Liefeld, of Connecticut,
Freiburg, Baden.
WeyIer to Be COurtmartialed.
MADRID, Nov. 6.-The Spanish gov
eminent, as a result of the delbera-
tions of the ministers over the utter
ances of Gen. Weyler, the former cap
tain-general of Cuba has come to the
decision to try him by cOurtmartial, no
matter where he lands, if he confirms
the accuracy of the press reports of his