Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-09
WILL GET OLD PENSIONS
NINETY-oNE TO DRAW FROM
POLICE FUND.
Congress Authorized Payment at
Last Session-The Total is
Nearly $4,000.

Ninety-one pensioners of the police de-
partment or their heirs will receive finan-
cial benefit under the act passed by the
last Congress authorizing the payment of
pensions which were not paid in 1894.
1898 and 1896, because of insufficient
funds The amount due under these
claims is S15.35O.64
The beneficiaries under this act of Con-
gress and the sums due each, according
to a statement submitted to the Commits
sioners by District Auditor Tweedale,
are as follows:
List of Beneficiaries.
II. l.. Atchison, deceased, S249.OS; j. E.
Arnold. deceased. Sa}S.17; Thomas AID
rich, deceased. $1s6.s7; ]. Mel. Bull. de-
ceased. S4s3 Il: Mary Bast, $1S7.27: Irene
II. Bast, S1O3.63; c. L. Bast, $10363;
Timothy Brosnan. S523.17; T. NJ Brod-
erick, S269.os; Mary E. Blaisdell, 1927
S. F. Blaisdel. $17.26: Ernestine NJ. Blais-
dell. $3.50; J. w. Blaisdell. s41.s2; Edna
A. Blaisdell, $501S; C. ". Blaisdell,
$1O363: Sarah A. Coomes. So70.9O; Flor
ence Crjppen. s1s7.27; William Cunning
ham. deceased, $52S.17; s. H. Collins.
s4S317: J. H. Constantine. $1O36S: Mary
l.. Constantine, $103.63; J. NJ. Clawson,
deceased, $46s.17: Laura E. Chamberlain,
deceased, s172.27; William Dubois.
s52317; John T. Findley, deceased.
S52s Il; Annie H. Ferguson, S167.27; Mark
E. Ferguson, s1O3.63: T. D. Fitzgerald.
1898 IL; John J. German. $50; Elizabeth
German. sss.63: Lucinda II. Greer
decea sed. S6O.47: Marion Y. Greene.
s1sa27: Minnie B. Greene. s1osss; Mary
L. Guy. s254.os: Mary N: Guy. deceased,
$23.o3: John NJ. Guy. $1OS.63; William
Gantz. $310.90: J. G. Harper. 5000:
Eliza A. Harper. deceased. $192.27; Sarah
Hardin, deceased. $172.27: Mary E.
Hagan. s152.s7; May E. Hosley: s71.s4;
Robert l.. Hoseley, 1886: Harry Kearney,
Please P1essance kearney. deceased. $9o7:27:
Kate A. kerby. s1479l: J; P. kerby'
by, s44.ss; c. H. n. Kerby. s44.ss: Flor
ence NJ. Kerby. $44.3s: E. II. LARA
bee. deceased. s27667; Jennie E. Lar
rabee. deceased. s7260; Margaret
McHenry deceased. sl92:27: Frances
i .7! H's'sa Fannie s.s7a7 nes s'f" a sssss
1895: J. F. McCabe. 1896: Mary j.
Nokes. s167.27; r. a. Nokes. s1O3.63:
Ethel A. Nokes. 1861; Mary E. Nichol-
son, deceased: sls7.e7: Albert B. Nich Of
Nora Ohlsen. deceased. s1s7.27; Hattie
Ohlsen. s10363; Peter Ohlsen. $103.63
Elizabeth Powell. $l72.27; Mary Powell.
S10363: r. o. Prather. deceased. $473. II;
Bridget G. Parker. $145.33: Georgette Par
ker. s7266 Loretta Redway. s2a4.os;
Margaret Reilly. jr.. sS3.63; Henry Raft.
deceased s7661 Annie B. Raft. s136.0i;
Joseph Shelton. deceased. S523.17: Mary
A. Skidmore, deceased. s1s7.27; Mary E.
Slack, s16727: j. H. Slack s1o363: z. II.
Slack. slOs.63; Ann f. Sebastian, de-
ceased. s1s7.27: Mary NJ Scott. deceased.
$1Q5.O7; Andrew Filling. 3iOS; Helen l..
Treadwell, s1s7-27; Clara V. Warwick.
deceased: $3.50; L. \. Warwick: de-
ceased, S7SS4; G. l.. Wheeler. $19S.11.
AS the balance in the police pension
fund at present is not sufficient to pay
this entire amount. the claims of those
who are stil living will be paid first.
and the others settled later. as the money
becomes available. The claims must be
proved before they will be paid.
No New Appropriation.
1.-THE total allowances under the fore
going claims aggregate $15.9JO.64." said
Auditor Tweedale in submitting the list
to the Commissioners. 1.-THE act of Con-
gress. supra. did not In terms provide an
appropriation for the payment of these
claims. but it has been construed to au-
thorize their settlement and payment by
the Commissioners from any moneys re-
naming to the credit of the police fund
after making proper and adequate pro
vision for the payment of current pen
sions.
The total amount of revenues which ac-
crued In the police relief fund to June 30,
1909. available for the payment of the
pensions claims, was $9.S7S.O9. This
amount is sufficient to pay the claims of
those pensioners who are now living. In
the several cases of deceased pensioners
the pensions due their estates will be paid
at such time additional funds are OBJ
tanned. and which can be used for that
purpose.
I'm the several cases where beneficiaries
under the act of Congress, supra, have
died, this office will not undertake to de-
termine to whom the claims shall, respec-
lively, be paid, and will accordingly re-
quire. as a protection to the government,
administration to be had in each in
stance