Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-20

In speaking on the work of the T
sion Bureau in the eleven months of ~
current fiscal year, Commissioner Eya Ii.
said the other day the number of parrIN|
added to the pension roll during \
period was 1880, and at the end of n
year there would be shown a net q,
In the number of pensioners. or the N
sions granted 35,309 were for Mexica h
Indian, civil and war of 1912, and 3 e.
for service in the war with Spain. r.
addition 4,100 names which had bed
dropped or suspended for various causM
were restored to the rolls. For increasM
reratings, and accrued pensions aOG&
certificates were issued, making the n
tai number of certificates issued in n
eleven months 94,079. The number &
claims filed on account of the Spani&
war is 43,S74. -Four years ago. at N
beginning of Commissioner Evans tern
the adjudication of original pensions W
from twenty to thirty months in arrcarX
He predicts that at the close of the pre- 1
ent fiscal year the work will be up to dat6
so that just as soon as the evidence in
claim is completed it will go from III
pending files for adjudication
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Uncle Sam is indebted to the State Il
Illinois to the amount of S9S,797 id
eQuipping volunteers who served durinI
the Spanish war. The total amount a
the claim was $53O,745, of which $43ll
04S has been paid. Auditor Rittmann a
the War Department has prepared
statement showing the amount the god
eminent owes the States on account d
furnishing troops. The total was Ssh
870,179, of which $3,320, 745 has heel
paid, leaving a balance Of $2,34O.43l
Texas is the only State whose claim hal
been liquidated, and Oklahoma is thl
only Territory the claim of which hal
been paid in full The amounts due hi
States OF the middle West are: mdanaA
S123, O2O, out of a total of $274, $3.50; Iowa
$56,055, out of total of $147,64l Kan
sas, $1,106 out of a total Of $37 7S7.
Michigan, 1912, S52, out of a total Il
S474,335; Minnesota, $14S,207 ont of 1
total of $1S9,399; Nebraska, $2S2S. ouI
of a total of $50 1876; Wisconsin. $ll, ON
out of total of $127, 040.
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All the reports called for by the CompI
troller of the Currency dealing with thS
condition of national banks at the closS
of business April "a are in, and the showI
Ing is held by treasury officials to be 4
remarkable one, far in excess Of anything
Of the kind in history. There is Il total
Of 4,064 banks; at the close Of business
April 26, 1900, there were &,631 Total
resources are $780, 794 1867; in 1901
$4,S11 ,956,04S. Total Individual deposit
$2,S93, 665, 449; in 1900 they were s., 4
449,212,656. Loans and discounts ard
$2,911, 526276; in 1900 s., 1856, 034 1901
Surplus funds and undivided profits
amount to $416,017, 1874; in 1900 they
were 1888, 757 200. Lawful money in re-
serve, including the 5 percentum redemp-l
ton fund with treasurer, is SOTO 66924
last year it was $516, 190,8S6. The ay-|
erage reserve held is 29.1 per cent.
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Orders have been issued by the WMI
Department for the laying up Of the army
transports now engaged between New
York and West Indian ports. The Secre
tary Of War reached a decision some time
ago to place these vessels out Of commits.
sion and abolish the transport line be-
tween this country, Cuba, AMI Porto
Rico. 1t was the original intention OF
the department to dispose Of these YES
sells at auction, but General Bird finally
prevailed upon the Secretary Of War not
to sell them, but to keep them for use
in case of emergency. Accordingly they
have been overhauled and their ma
chnery loaded to prevent deterioration
and they will be kept by the government
until it is certain there will no longer T
any need for them.
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