West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-03-11
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
Congress Has Passed Bill Providing
for the Payment Of Claims for Dam
ages Arising from the Confiscation
or Damage TO Property by Union
Troops During the Civil War.
(From Geo. W. Summers. !

trTom leo. w. SummerS.)
WASHINGTON. March 9.-For the
FIRST time i'm eleven years Congress has
passed a bill for the payment OF
claims for damages arising from the
use. confiscation or damages to prop
erty by Union troops during the civil
war. Year after year the House has
passed bills for these claimants but
the Senate has rejected them regular
ly. In order to have the bill this
time the House had to concur i'm all
OF the Senate amendments to the bill
except those granting pay to officers
Tor their travel from the place of dis
charge to their homes at the close of
the war. The West Virginia claims
which were included In the bill which
was passed and is now a law are as
follows: Sarah A. Bodwin, widow
OF William ii. Bodkin, late of Upshur
county, $27S.50;; Mary L. Buckley.
Beverly, s115; administrator of John
Cook. late OF Fayette county, $3.50;
administrator of William Corrick, late
OF Tucker county. $3.50; administrator
Of George w. Craig, late of Mason
county. s2,114; executors Of Jacob
Crouch, late of Randolph county,
s3,11O; administrator of George Dick
son, late of Fayette county, 500: exc
;utor of Samuel Fitz, late, of Martins
burg. $1,000; Mary Foreman, widow
of Jacob j. Foreman, late OF Berkeley
county. SS16; administrator of George
Fout, late of Grant county. $3.50: adj
ministratrix of Lydia A. Hockensmith,
ate of Jefferson county, 1896; admin.
lstrator of John McH. Kelley, late of
Braxton county, $4S5; administrator
Of Allie V. Kelley. late of Braxton
county, $50; Joseph Loudermilk, Mon
zoe county. $3.50; administrators of
Catharine S. Lucas, late of Jefferson
county, $40; heirs of Oliver Milbourn.
late OF Jefferson county, $3.50; Sarah
Miller. Monroe county, $500; execu-
or of James w. Myers, late of Jeffer-
son county, $3.50; heirs of Alfred
OBannon, late of Jefferson county.
1904; administrator of F. A. Rooder.
ate OF Jefferson county, $500; admin
.strator or John Sharp, late of Fay
cite county, $340; II. l.. Briscoe, sole
heir of Maria Shirley, late of Jeffer-
son county, $3.50; Joseph C. Smith,
Jefferson county, $500; administrator
Of Archelas Stanley, late of Berkeley
county. $3.50; James NJ. Stephenson,
Mason county. 1924; administrator of
Beverly Tompkins, late of Kanawha
county. $l,645; David Tuckwiller and
Sarah Bette Wilson, Greenbrier coun-
ty. 5000; NJ. r. church, South, Bar
louisville, $500; Presbyterian church,
Beverly, $1,000; NJ. +. church, Bunker
Hill, $1,000; Free Church, Burling-
ton. Mineral county. $685.: M. f..
church, South, Charles Town, $500;
st. Johns Episcopal church, Charles
ton, $3.50; Zion Episcopal church,
Charles Town, $40; M. e. church,
South. Clarksburg, $1,400; Presbyter-
ian church, Clarksburg, S525; Elk
Branch Presbyterian church, Duffield.
$500; Baptist church of Fayette coun-
ty. $475; M. f. church, Flatwoods.
$3.50; Presbyterian church of French
Creek, $l.100; NJ. f. church, South.
Chenille. $500; West Main street Epis-
copal church, Grafton. $500; M. f..
| church, South, Great Cacapon, $3.50:
St Johns Episcopal church, Harpers
Ferry, $1,700; Presbyterian church.
| Huttonsville, 1891; Trinity Episcopal
church, Martinsburg, $1.34O; Metho-
dist Protestant church, Middleway
| $3.50; Presbyterian church, Moore
| field. $l,430; NJ. Il. church, Paw Paw
| $500; Presbyterian church, Peters
| burg, $4,000; NJ. +. church, Philippi
| $500; Mount Olivet Primitive BAPTIST
church, Philippi, $3.50; NJ. Il. church.
South. Point Pleasant, $1,000; county
court OF Randolph county, $4,000; M
r. church, South, Ravenswood, $3.50:
M. f.. church, South, st. Adams
$l,4OO; st. Marks Episcopal church, St
Adams, $4,000; Caledonia lodge odd
| Fellows, Shepherdstown, $115; Pres
byterian church, Springfield, 5000: St
Johns Catholic church, Summersville
S1.O5O; NJ. f.. church, South, Summit
| Point, $4,000; Baptist church, Sutton,
| S775; NJ Il. church, Webster, $3.50:
county court of Berkeley county
$500; administrator of Kelles Chewn-
ing, late OF Roane county, 81 100; r. J.
Cougar. Webster county, $1O5; admin
| istratrix of James l.. Geaslen. Jeffer-
son county, 1919; executor of Daniel
Hefllebower, late of Jefferson county.
$2.l55; heirs Of James G.. Hurst. late
OF Jefferson county, $6,120. to be ap-
portioned as follows: Helen A. BY
ington 5000. James T.. Wyatt 5000:
John r. Thompson $1,000. MolIie r..
| Moore, $1,000; administrator of An
drew Michael. late of Morgan county
$3.50; administrators of Sampson Sny.
der, late Of Randolph county, S185: l..
s Strauss. Kanawha county, $3.50:
| administrator Of clam ID. Talbot. late
OF Barbour county. $3025 admins.
tra,r.x OF John w. Warwick. late OF
Pocahontas county, $1,519; John Whit
tington, Jefferson county, 1915; NJ. T..
church. South, Charleston, $500.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has fixed Thursday, March IL. for
/ the final hearing in the investigation
OF the ownership and control OF the