Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-24
STATES REIMBURSED.
GOVERNORS AT LAST REPAID FOR
WAR EXPENDITURES.
FREEDMAN SSAYINGS BANK PAYMENTS
Further Directions to DepOsifors-
Post-Omce Patronage to BE Dis
er-RheR Contest.
er-RheR Contest.

tOhttsts
WASHINGTON, d. c., March 2S.-(Spe-
clal THE warrant division Of the Trea-
sury Department has forwarded to the
Governors of Virginia and North Carolina,
and a number of other States, warrants
for the amount of expenses incurred in
fitting out troops for the recent war with
Spain. This money was used to purchase
necessary supplies for the soldiers, and
the expenditures were at the urgent re-
quest of the President. The accounts were
audited but were held up by the Comp
troller Of the Treasury i'm compliance with
a law which forbids the payment OF
money where unsettled claims are out
standing. In this case, some old bonds
OF the States. held by the government,
represented the unsettled claims. In the
case of Virginia, these bonds were never
paid, because Of prior claims against the
government. The Congress, however, at
the last session. made provision for the
payment of such claims, Notwithstanding
bonds, or securities held by the govern
ment, although these were not to be
prejudced by such action. The Secretary
OF the Treasury has instructions 10 pro-
coed with the collection Of these bonds,
IL possible.
The Virginia claim represented the re-
mainder Of the Governors contingent
fund. so that times will not be 50 tight
now around the State House.
FREEDNIAN'S BANK PAYMENTS
The loss of pass-books and the death
L. h.. oh
being met by Comptroller Dawes i'm the
payment Of barred dividends revived by
the act Of March 81. TO depostors in the
F'reedman's Savings and Trust Company.
DepOsitors at distant points, in a number
of cases. have alleged that they had never
received any OF the dividends. and have
lost their pass-bOOks. The records may
show some dividends due them, but 1t
is not safe TO send checks 10 the writer's
for the amounts due without some eyi-
dence of their identity. or proof that they
have not assigned or sold their claims 10
some person, who may apply later for the
dividends, as the act Of February p. 1881,
provided for the transfer Of claims
under certain conditions.
CLAIMS FROM HEIRS.
The difficulty i'm the way OF getting sat-
isfactory proof Of title from alleged heirs
lies in the fact that the amounts due in
almost every one Of this class Of claims
is 50 small I'm many instances being less
than a dollar, that the usual course i'm
such matters would cost the claimants
more than they would receive.
Some pass-boOks have been presented
showing erasures Of dividends paid, while |
in others the credit page Of the book is
torn out altogether, for the apparent pur-
pose OF destroying evidence of payment, !
50 Mr. Dawes has TO proceed with care.
Tho production of pass-bOoks greatly IA !
cilitates payments. and all who can find |
them should do so.
About 127 claims have been paid thus
far. ranging in amounts from cents to
$75. and aggregating about Sl70O, the |
average payment being about $l3. This |
average, II is assumed. will be considera-
bly, lessened as the claims for smaller
amounts are presented.
POSr-OFFICE PATRONAGE.
Owing to the fact that the Second.
Fourth. and Tenth Virginia districts will
be represented in the Fifty-sixth Con-
gress By Democrats. the pOst-Ofiice pa
trOnage I'm them viii be placed in the
hands Of Nationals committeeman George
r.. Bowden Mr.. BOwden will continue as
referee I'm the other districts, except the
Ninth. which remains unsettled, as Gene
raj Walker will contest the election Of
Judge Rhea.
WALKER-RHEA CONTEST.
The Republicans here claim that one Of
the first matters taken up by the Fifty
sixth Congress will be the Walker-Rhea
contest; that the former will be seated,
and that Dockery will then be seated
from the Wilmington District This is
not so certain. however. as there seems
TO be a growing feeling in the Republican
party against seating contestants-partly
through antipathy 10 their southern
brethren. and partly through a reaIiza-
ton that seating contestants tends 10
sOlidify the opposition IN the contested
districts.
SECOND DISTRICT ELECTION.
Advices from the Second Virginia Dis
trict are to the effect that ex-Representa-
tive Richard A. Wise will probably aban-
don the contest for the seat OF Represen-
tative Young in that district.
PERSONAL AND POSTAL.
Mr.. NJ. Sweet, stamp agent at Ports
mouth. Va. was to-day removed by the
Postmaster-General TO make way for Mr..
J. w. Lawrence The salary Of the office
Is 81 per annum
Edward Bannon was to-day appointed
fireman at the Cape Charles Quarantine
Station, Va. I'm the United States Marine
Hospital Service.
Corporal George +. Ford, Company G,
Fourth Virginia Infantry. al Charlottes-
Vile. has been discharged.
A new post-ofiice was established to-
day at Belamar, Hanover county. Va.
three miles south OF Ashland. with Emma
l.. Mallory as postmaster.
Mr. and Mrs. Connally +. Trigg left this
afternoon for Richmond. where they will
be the guests OF Major T.. n. ID. Myers:
Miss Pocahontas Trigg White. VINO has
been the guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. Trigg,
has left for Fairfax county. TO enter
school.
AT THE HOTELS