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Show INDIAN WAR I VETERANS TO 1 GETJENSIONS nenefits About 2500 Persons In the H State. Annual Amount J $1,000,000 H Washington, May 9 Tho Senato lLw toduy passed tho House bill granting IjH pensions to survivors of Indian wnrs" -H from 18C5 to 1891. It has been es- , H tlmated It would Increase tho pen- B Blon roll about $1,000,000 annually. i H Ah passed, tho bill carries all of ; H Sonntor Reed Smoot's nnd Congress- H man Joseph Howell's amendments, ' " H which reduce tho period of sorvlco ' to thirty days, or less if n campaign it.H lasted loss than thirty days, and dls- V H penso with tho necessity of proof ot - 1 sorvlco from wnr or treasury depnTt- ( H ment records and accept stato must- M or rolls In lieu thereof. Tho bill H will go to conference and If accepted by tho Houso will placo Utah Black H Hawk war veterans on pensionable H basts, H . t HM |