Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-05
STATE HOUSE.
Portion Of Spanish War Claim
Allowed by Government.
Claim Was for $62, ,300.48, and Sum
Of S27,624.78 Ordered Paid.
Matters oi Current Interest Concerning Some
Of the State Departments.

During the progress of the Spanish
war the State Of Maine armed and
equipped the soldiers who volunteered
uuently filed claims with the war de-
partment for reimbursement.
| The total amount OF the claims was
IS. ,i3a.s0. The following items Were
allowed: Aug. TO- 1898. $685.: June
| 1899 Sl6..i i.y5: Oct. 30. 1900. $S506 l2
These sums aggregated SIS. 1882. leav-
ing balance due the State of So. 300 as
This amount Of money was paid out by
the State on behalf of the government
| and the question Of its payment has
been pending ever since.
Yesterday. Governor Hill received
letter from the war department audi
tor of the treasury. stating that the
sum of 81 ,624.7S had been allowed and
| would be immediately paid but that
| the balance, amounting to S34.6757O.
has been disallowed and suspended
The letter is as follows:
Treasury Department,
Ofice OF Auditor for the War Depart
ment,
Washington, Dec. > 1901.
Hon. LleweIlyn Powers. Governor of
the State of Maine. Augusta Me-:
Sir--Settlemcnt has been made upon
tn claim of the State of Maine. first
and second instailments. in the amount
Of s. .624.IS. and settlement certificate.
No. l..o21. has this day been transmit
ted To the division of bookkeeping and
warrants. secretary's office. for war
rant and payment.
Tho h,lanca of fbiS nccnppt N ha.r
disalloweda and suspended for reasons
stated in the statement of differences
now being prepared. which will be
transmitted To the State at an early
date.
In connection with this settlement.
your attention is invited to Section S.
Act July 81. 1894:
Any person accepting payment un-
der settlement by an auditor shall be
thereby precluded from obtaining a re-
vision of such settlement as to any
items upon which payment is accepted
Any person whose accounts
may have been settled by an auditor
of the treasury department
may. within {; year. obtain a revision
of the said account by the comptroller
of the treasury. whose decision upon
| such revision shall be final and conclu-
sive." Respectfully,
r. F.. RITTMAN, Auditor.
This money will go to the general
fund of the State and cannot be used
for military purposes, as the State in
the first instance advanced the neces-
sary cash from the treasury to pay the
bills incurred during the preparations
for the war. If the government allows
the balance claimed the State treasury
will he greatly aided thereby.
DR.. A. G. Young of the State Board
of Health. says there is nothing new
in the way of developments in the
smallpox situa ton beyond the fact al
ready published that there is one case
in EiddefOrd and another in Bangor
The local boards Of health in those
cities are looking after the cases very
carefully and have not yet been
obliged to call upon the State Board
for any assistance.
Supt. Stevens asserts that he has not
got half as many portraits of distin-
guished men of Maine for his State
House gallery as he would like to have
He has room for many more. He has
only five promised, several Of which
are being painted. These are pictures
Of former Governors Albion X. Paris
and Sidney Perham. Judge Nathan
Weston. Senator Peleg Sprague and
James G. Blaine
This year 200 bull moose have been
killed in Maine. according to the rec
Ords kept In Bangor. against 1877 last
year. The season Of 1901 has been a
record breaker In the way Of deer kill
ing. Nearly two weeks Of open time
remain. but already the shipments are
much greater than in either 1899 or
1860 In 1900 the shipments recorded in
Bangor were 3139 and in 1899 they were
3lI9 There have already. been sent
through Bangor this season over $500
deer The deer killed by Massachusetts
men alone exceed those by men of that
state last year by nearly 40.
At the fish and game depa artment th.
reports Of the various classes Of per-
sons to whom licenses are issued an
nually are being received. There are
seven Of these classes, Registered
guides pay fee of 81. and IL they are |
non-residents they must pay $50. CamD '
prCprietOrs. hunters and trappers,
dealers In deer skins, taxidermists, and
commissioners to take birds for scien-
;itic purposes pay a fee Of S each year. !
All marketmen or provision dealers in