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against the SoNerumcut. which. Ia spHc
at uudoubted merits. have landed them 20
the poorhousc or The rottcrs Field. hut
rarely Is one o. these eases iu real h.e
brought 60 public attention.
tn the white House matt, tho other day
came letter for Mrs. N kinney. eeEginE
her 20 intercedc with the President au1
induce him TO iuvessislte tho writer's
case The letter was in "A feminine hand,
md. though uldeiN spelled in places. was
generally wen expressed The writer saih
that she inherited from her mother a
claim against the government which ought
TO have been paid "a quarter 81 century
ago Ia tryiug 60 collect it the family
had spent every penny hey had az COM
mand had mortEueed their home ana
lost ID by foreclosure, aud now We're re-
duced 20 extreme need with nothing on
which 10 build a nope Of future success
except the interference 81 some powerful
personage in their behalf Tho nrst law
yer they had applied 20 had told them
that they would ges their money IN jan
uary last and on the strength 81 that
haa demanded Il 81 fee A. they hai no
money they presented the case 20 their
landlord who was s. mercifui man and al
tauced them che necessary sum as n loan
Then this lawyer, having put them into
communication with Arm of claim at
torneys IN Washington disappeared and
they have no. been able % ind MIN since.
The Washington attorneys ucNt came to
the front with q demand Tor contingent
fee 10 consist OF one-hnif % whatever
they might obtain from the government.
Now she does mo- hear from the Wash
lr gton firm either. and She IS In despair
The letter continues:
There seems 20 % no more justice on
4.H n
borrowed money TO try TO get my rights
but got nothing Now the winter is com
lag on have not a lump 81 coal TO burn.
NV four little boys are going to school
every day without any unAerc' othes on.
and with very thin suits. you may know
what they are when ] bought two suits
al IS cents each and two At 81 cents each
Myself and husband are just as badly on
] have = good husband a man that never
spends cent foolishy. Bu' he cannot
get out 81 this struggle ne is Only driv-
ing a grocery wagon. and gets 81 a week.
Out of that We try 20 I've. ard We have
to paw s4 n month rent our boys are
not able 70 help us vet our oldest son
will be is years old this month. end the
others are II, and years Old
III I could on'y get paid that claim 7
would see my way clear 10 educate nv
sons aud get along IN the world again
ne We USED TO. But as things stand. may
God help us this winter
search or the files iH the Court 81
Claims. made by your correspondent to-
day, discovered the papers In this case.
showing that the mother Of Mrs McKiu-
ley's correspondent was tho widow Of a
wcli-to-do Irish contractor who removed
IN 1889 from Chicago % q Southern state
bordering on the Mississippi river whore
he undertook considerable Job on the
levees. The Civil War came on. ana one
dag a holy Of Federal troops came 20 the
place where the widow lived ana pre-
pared 70 throw up fertilization. Accord
Ing 20 her affidavit. they took from her
two horses valued nj 500 each. one mule
valued at si25. sN wheeibn-rows valued az
g7l4. Is shoveis valued Of t5i. 5000 fcot
Of pine plank. valued a. s79n. and eighteen
pairs Of double blankets. valued al siA.
making a total valuation - g ~
An army board was first called 10 look
into her case. and after taking all the
testimony Il could procure. hut without
lmpugning her good faith IN asking for
more money. cut her claim down 20 sss5 %.
throwing out the horses and the mule ipo-
cause she could not prove positively
whether these were taken for the govern
ment service and reducing che amount
Of lumber and the number Of wheelbar-
innate had been actually used In con-
structing tho fertilization The poor wo-
man appears Ia have been ignorant 81
che necessity 81 vouchers for her prop
erty. and one such paper which was vol
unfairly given 70 her she deposited Va d
clerk OF one Of the officers who pro-
posed TO raise money for her on "a: but
she never saw the clerk or the voucher
OF the money thereafter This experience
had the effect Of making her 80 susa'
cious that she would not trust come OF
her original papers even with the chair
man Of the military board. refusal
which appears 90 have cost her eosne.
thing. She afterwari went 20 live with
her married daughter IN Chicago. and
the whole family seem to have turned
their attention to The collection of her
claim civH commissioner was presars
iy authorized to examine the claim. buf
after looking INTO O. concluded that sde.
9nate proof was lacking Of the LOYALTY Of
the widow To- her husband One OF the
Illinois congressman undertook 10 get ,
private bin passed for her relief. but ara
not succeed. and under one 81 the gen.
erai acts the case was turned over 70 the
Court Of Claims for adjudication There
II has been lying six or seven years. the
evidence being ip 80 imperfert a condi.
ton chat the attorneys have apga rently
been somewhat loath to press II.
So the story may he summed up In this
wa%. Al the hands Of somebody purport-
INK % represent the United States gov
eminent. the widow LOST more than s. sl1
worth Of property. Her claim for II. when
fitted with the usual formalities. was cut
down nearly nine-tcnthH In order 10 col.
lect the remaining t2s5 the family has
impoverished itself lost rs home. and add.
"a SIS to iiH debts. this sum presumptively
carrying interest til vepaid OF the pitt
ful residue 81 the claim. ope-half will De
required as contingent fee for the At
torneys who argue the case before the
court. This reduces II 10 tie7 r.. from
which must be deducted the 81 loan and
a modcum for interest leaving ab0u.
$40 TO be paid over 20 the original claim.
ants heirs II no more expenses are in.
CURED. II r. upon this sum- the meagrc-
ness o. which she probably does not vet
realize. that Mrs McKinley's correspon.
dent expects 30 educate her children and
restore the old comfortable conditions oi
her lifci Have any Of the plays or novels
told more distressing Etory7 Ana who
can fail 20 read the moral IA it7
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