The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-02-05

WAsHISGT0N, Jan. go The senate
committee on pensions has adopted the
following rules, which will be of gen.
| eral interest to those concerned In
pensions:
Consideration will not be given to any bill
| which has not first been submitted othe pen
sion bureau for adjudication unless conclusive
proof Is presented that the claimant has no
| pensionable status before the bureau
Where original pension or increase OF PEN
sion has been allowed By special act, no propo-
sirion for additional pension will be entertained
| by this committee
Bills proposing TO pension children OF soldiers
will not be entertained except In cases where
| the child has been idiotic. deformed, or other
| wise mentally or physically incapaoitated from
| birth or early childhood and then only in cases
Of destitution-
Bills for increasing pension by special act
/ which have been granted at the max mum rate
under the act OF June "a. 1880. will not be given
consideration, except In cases Of actual destitu
| ton or extreme physical disability.
No Widows pension viii be granted by spe-
| otal aot In excess Of the maximum rate allowed
| by law except In cases of destitution-
This committee will not give consideration 70
any bill to restore to the roll the name OF q
| widow Of q soldier whose pension was forfeited
by remarriago unless she was the wife of q SOL
| dier during the war and Is now widow In
| actual need
As rule bills for original pension will be
given consideration In preference to those for
Acreage OF Cereals-
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The final es-
Inmates of acreage, production and
| value Of the crops In the United States
for 1897 made by the statistioiSn Of the
department Of agriculture are as fol-
lows:
Corn. s0oes. 1ol acres, I.eo2, se7. .osa bushels
1901 072 oSe value; wheat. 99. .4e5 oee $50
1s4 los bushels sz2s 6a7 l2l value; oats rs 73o
BIS acres 6es 767 e09 bushels tl47, 7l9 value;
rye. L7o3 5oi acres q S6s Se4 bushels. ei2 gag e
value: barley, a7ls.il acres e3.es i27 bushels
ees. lSe value: buckwheat, 7I7sSo acres, a.
ss7.4s bushels. as.sIs 1855 value: potatoes. 1854
ST. acres l64 OILS e64 bushels $50 6i3,05e value;
hay. a. ee 10 acres co. .s7e tons ttol $50 rs
Against Educational Test of Voters.
WASHINGTON, Jan. S1.-Congressman
Crumpacker, of Indiana, has intro
duced bill providing that no educa-
tional qualification upon the right to
vote shall be imposed upon citizens of
the United States by any state in
| which. according to the last preceding
census, more than a5 per cent of the
| male Inhabitants over 81 years Of age
| who arc citizens of the United States
are unable to read and write intelli-
gently. Any such qualification here
| tofore imposed by any state shall be
and IL declared to be invalid
Government Export statistics.
WAsHISaToS, Jan. 31.-The monthly
statement of the bureau of statistics
shows that the exports of wheat dur
ing the calendar year, 1897, aggregated
l09, o09. 32e bushels, gain of more than
90, 900, 900 bushels over 1895. and over
43, 900, 900 bushels as compared with
1895. Wheat -four, however, fell off
over s.00o. 900 barrels. as compared
with 1895. The exports of corn ia 1897
| were unprecedented, amounting to
1s9. 127. $40 bushels, an increase of 57,-
o00, 900 bushsls over 1895. which itself
was a very heavy export year.
Italy stll In the Lead.
WASHINGTON. Jan. SL-During the
six months ended December 8! the to.
tai arrivals of immigrants were 90, ITS,
as against 107, ,60s for the correspond
ing six months of 1895. OF these Al, 732
were males and 46. 900 females- The
Italians furnished the largest num-
ber-2o.ol6 during the period re-
ported. Russia Is next with 10, S2S and
ireland third with 1o. 582.
30 Nominations Rejected.
WASHINGTON. Jan. e9.-It is a remark
able fact that the United States senate
has not rejected any nomination for
office submitted to 1t since the 4th Of
March. Up to the close of the week
ended January % President Mckinley
had sent In 2,s40 executive messages
containing nominations.
Internal Rsvenps Receipts.
WAsHISGToN, Jan. 97.-The monthly
statement of >the collections of inter
nal revenue just issued shows the to-
tai receipts tor December to have been
Sl4. s73,os2. . gain for the month of
81 lot $40