People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1894 — BIG SAVING ON PENSIONS. [ARTICLE]

BIG SAVING ON PENSIONS.

Payments Will Aggregate 815,000,000 Less Than Last Year. Washington, Jan. 30.—The pension appropriation bill was reported from the appropriation committee and bears the imprint of the new commissioner’s knife. The annual appropriation for payment of pensions is $15,000,000 less than last year. Commissioner Lochren stated to the committee that the payment of pensions would be less than §140,000,000 this year. He also stated that the number of original applications would be less this year than last