The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-28
WASHINGTON
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WASHINGTON. Aug. z.-There Is good |
news for the farmers Of the Pacific coast |
IN the state department reports Of a fAii- !
ure o. crops in Southern Russia The
American consul ~ Odessa says this Is
much more serious affair than is generally |
admitted
"Nowhere.'' he says. has this failure
been more complete than IN the province
OF Cherson. which has within it, borders
the Two largest exporting ports in the Rus
sian empire-Odessa and Nicolaiey. During /
the famine year Of lSSl-e this province
suffered severely. though not a. much as
1t present The famine year found the
peasant farmers without any reserve stock
OF grain. ami consequently. without seed
Tor future sowing or the means Of subsas-
tenee until the next harvest Their dis
tres. however. had been provided for by
the erection OF ssorehouses in the peaszn.
villages. In which every HORSEPOWER had
been obliged 10 place q certain quantity OF
grain for eventual public aImentasion.
Later on the system was found to b In,
convenient. and the grain was sold and
the proceeds invested in interese-hearins
bonds. Thus was formed the so-caiied
fund for the public alimentation.' During
administrations OF the districts purchased
grain and distributed It to the peasants at
cost price for food and sowing purposes.
and time was stipulated for the repay
mcnt Of this relief"
A very important question TO be solved
In how the working stock and other ant
mails are to be saved. the hay crop being
q complete failure. Hay and fodder are
now at such price as to be beyond the
reach of the peasant farmer. Horses and
oxen are being sold far below their value.
and evidences Of great distress are visible.
even at the beginning OF summer. Stock
raisers. who are among the more wealthy
classes. are selling their stock for what
they can get. II IL not an easy task 20
sell. and the supply 10 constantly increas-
Ing.
As " to refute the SANDERS that have
been scattered over the country by dis
barred pension attorneys, the pension bu-
reau continues to grind out pena.ons this
summer faster than ever. This 3 not due.
however, to any unusual activity on the
part Of the pension office clerks ard ex-
aminers. for on the contrary the force Of
the office. like the pension list itself. is
continually on the decrease. But under
the law of 1870. allowing pensions Of at
least s. month To every soldier Of the
civil war who was able to prove to the
satisfaction Of the department that he Is
now disabled In reasonable degree. pro-
vided only that the cause Of such dis
ability Is not due TO vicious habits. nearly
all claims have been filed two or three
years ago. some OF them even longer.
The average applicant for pension does
not realize the importance OF promptly fur
nishing the proofs asked for by the de-
partment. and much time Is allowed TO
elapse, and oftentimes several notices will
be sent out to the same man before he
will conquer his aversion to telling so
much about himself and satisfying what
he often deems to be vulgar curiosity on
the part OF the pension commissioner, but
which Is really required by law. and must
So 1t is that at this time OF the year,
when congress Is not In session and con-
gressmen are not here to write out TO their
valued constituents and tell them how
hard they have worked to get their little
claim Of IS allowed, why the pension once
stu keeps on grinding The names Of those
in nine cases out Of ten. those for whom
8. G. Hyde and w. II. Doolittle did the
preliminary work In the years gone by. So
Cushman and Jones arrive upon the scene.
They will wear themselves out going down
to the pension bureau or writing TO tho
commissioner about pensions which viii
nnally be allowed during the terms CT their
Successors
In the meantime. they will learn to calm
" receive the thanks Of those who are al
lowed pensions. the work upon which was
done before they came to congress
The following list Of pensions which have
been allowed this summer and not previ-
proving the truth OF the above statements
to those who are acquainted with the facts.
ner, =: John Il. Purcell. Pomeroy. IS:
Lloyd. Marshall. IS: Isaac II. Kean. sum
ner. s.: John h. Purcell. Pomsory, IS:
William J. Galbraith, coiville. 5: Berge o.
l. Eee rs na0rsn1s ;, Ionn Huffman Mis.
shen, %: Nathan s. Arnold. Aberdeen, $40;
William Leak. South Tacoma. o.
Talitha Cook Bridgeneld s.: Louisa L.
King. Fall City. s.: Mary A. Mccain. BUD.
lington, -: Catherine Cannon, Spokane. a
observation-disclosures ". Smith. Olympia q
to =: James sloan. Stones. IS to IS. Henry
Roberts. Hamilton. IS 70 sl2: Thomas J.
Ansnrn sp 70 ,,o = to psnni. shy
kane, $40 TO So; James j. Rifle, IS 10 s.:
Charles 7: Wooding, Aberdeen. IS to IS:
John I. w ~ Ps.,ijohn; Montssano s. to 81:
Boyd. Tacoma. $40 70 So
Renewai-Henry II. Gilmore. Tenino, g.
Reissue-David W. HUI. Tacoma. s.
Supplementai--Herbert E. FarrAworth
Pomeroy. s.
Patents have been issued TO John r.
nrifri, VI rsNsrstt, w ASH, Tor
roasting furnace: TO Thomas f. Kellogg.
assignor OF one-fourth TO III. A. Reynolds
OF Walla Walia. for a vehicle wheel: and to
George r.. Potter OF Spokane for an eject
ing mechanism for breakdown guns.
John NJ Owens an Indian. of Sacaton
Arix.. has been appointed a teacher In tha
Puyai!up Indian school
J. III. Sargent has been designated m n
member OF the board OF civil service er-
aminers In the postofYice at New Whatcon
Arthur r. Ridge. 81 Puyailup. and Harry
L. Gardner. OF Seattle have been appojn.-
ed railway mail clerks.
William T. Hracken and John w Brew.
er have been appointed substitute letter
carriers az Walla Walia
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