The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-09
PENSIONS OF FAMOUS WIDOWS
CONGRESS ALLOWS ONLY \ NIGGARDLY sun no THE WIVES OF
NATIONS HEROES.

! Z p~.snn OF $=e 4 MORN. IA. !. &C.
F@-epe5 II debate tha. re Asts; was
norm something like ::t.1fG and tie
ao.sE killed the hill
%-s- John a Logan -as mara :or-
t-nzta E@ husband w7s 2 -.z.o-
se1+-a- N2rEg me Girl VIZ a1d afr
e.Ns-d io1s { senator 1-ar- Illinois
&c I candidate to- vice 7-ex.d=1: Vii.
james q Blaine IN 49,. Congress
S-a.t@d Mrs L,gsn 4 r=-son - 81
900 : E@zr tDr she appears - IL.
VIII : e1c=p,ioE-;ha vidow %
Major General Francis : S.A:-,h=
".!y roman receiving itz: e1zcI su-1
- :s+at lars The -ta~ G: Cal-
20 Philip =. Sheridan -. granted
15!+e aye among the v.- tew cases
IN VIII pensions excssGs2E stte Z
month aars i@ea x-a.ted - widows
20! ne S-ctl- militia serYtcss %
|a=i- n3soanGs- Ars. G.3-ya 2. Nc
rle-z1 7ec.Ired Z peaslcn - s9.h69
g. e7ngm. out Ge.e-z, Mcclellan
hec BE-. ? candidate q 80 De-ocrs-
States.
M-s. James \. CARTS aad Mrs
william Mckinley e@-@ -. w:~-s III
union so!ai@rs. but the.- fssra-ds M
os.a p:~s.de-: of the t'n!t*d States
and :Es ysrxirn q s5.tne Z ear a.
.o"=6 ta@- r. appears IN
hs'= h". : -zthe- Q~rssce1Iie! than
rn:l:sr Liz. pensions -A.+ granted
he widoTs ct peesi6tr.s 2o:z. -rla-.
Linen. and Grant.
Ta@ *: u widows ,s-s..g az h:s.
e ~" Z month because - TIE -rili-
@-T services 81 ,hei- husbands IL not
isz...g N j in 1907. : .-ea :rciud-
. tae IN .. Mrs. ,la.han:e. P.
Bags. and Mrs. John =. Co-se. bo-h
- Massachusetts,. Gensrai Banks had
ten ~soTeraor ot Mass c.as@..s aa6
sreas -! o: the -at:on2! hose - -tq-
E@s%nfsi:TeS General C9-s@. Z pos
mast, u Boston uad@- Cleveland.
as Ano*n . the her re Altoona
i'eSE. from MS famous ~Glsgatca -
"-eedG4a!t4-s -@ading IL @ect: C..e@k
40 o-a ear shot AVA. -: ca- whip
q: hs!, -:et.;"
Mrs. George a. Gust vhos4 SOL
ol"r husband was Rendered imr1or,a.
n american nisrory th!rcsn tae In
Gia" massacre associated with MS
.ene. -ecei"ed only tlG1 : month. as
SO Mrs. Waiter Q. G.azaa.n. WHOSE
husband ~as q brigade. genera! ard
TaS secretary 81 state = th- second
,, Is sterling ability as t1~- Double
Gay vas hoaore5 ~throusn Z Widows
peas9n .: only 500 Z month.
Writing TOO huTiedly - -eyise the
foregoing Est il may be sid that in q
i+St OF eighiT-th-ee milits-y and naval
heroes whose widows .sd been :
CAL! ~pe.sionad BY oag.e from
1854 70 1872 the AM ~ Only four
"oneE appear as rece.l..g pensions
u NOR than $50 a NOM. Mrs. David
9 Farragut widow Of .h- hero q
Mobile by and EicEsourg. Mrs.
George II. Thomas. wi6oH Of he who
"as called The Rock II Chicksmau-
ga. #3d Mrs, Winfield :. Hancock
ve-" allowed 5000 pe- znnum: Mrs.
James Shi.ics (brigadier general, re-
ceived 800 q month.
Since Porter j. McCumhar % North
basota has been chairman Of the SEN
ale committee on pensions the com
Tnitree mas adhered rigicly 70 its .ule
that the w!dow Of n and navy
officers Of whatever raak or dist:nc-
! ton. snail not be allowed pensions of
more Than $50 2 nonta. il is. per
maps, unlikely that any departure from.
mis- rue ,iil b@ made In the ca
u Mrs Schley and Mrs. Evans. Sar-
at5F EaEns! MAJ not have bs.n auarA
Of what has become virtually the fixed
custom II congress 70 restrict widows
pensions - the sum named. II he is
a"ar" II il 2 dramatic debate in -ne
senate may iH- expected.