! date of the act, but from the date of
1 approval of the increase claim in tin*
l pension bureau, ami that the increase
] does not apply to the case of widows.
’ The act. says Judge Reynolds, does
i not include those persons who com
-1 posed Powell’s Battalion of Missouri
J mounted volunteers, who were direct
; ed to be places! u|x>n the pension rolls,
subject to the provisions of tin* act or
1 Jan. 29. 1871. pensioning tin* survivors
of the war with Mexico.
The department also holds that the
i foe of $25 claimed by attorneys, under
| articles of agreement, cannot be al
lowed. and no fee in excess of $2 can
be paid, as provided in the act of
March 3. 1891. the increase in the na
ture of an allowance on account of in
crease of the disability for which the*
soldier is already pensioned.
A STRONG PETITION.
i Influential Labor Representatlven Appeal
for Free Coinage of Silver.
! Washington. Sept . I.—The most
I strongly endorsed resolution for the
I free coinage of silver ever presented
' in congress or elsewhere is that re
| cently offered by Representative Plarf
, • man of Montana. Among the official
I endorsements are those of Grand Mas
ter Sovereign ami Secretary Hayes of
the Knights of Labor; Marian Butler,
president of the National Farmers’ Al
liance; Samuel Gompers. president of
the American Federation of Labor: r.
