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Show I Qm 1EDA1S I for utm heroes ML ' PITTSBURG, May 1. Thirty-five M I awards lu recognition of acts of hero- 'j lam wore made today at the spring 'I meeting of the Carnegie hero fund jl ' commission, and tho issuance of nine H silver and twenty-six bronze medals H j ' were authorized. In addition, the M money accompanying the medals B , amounts to $34,100 and j)ensionB to Hj widows of heroes total $1,310 annual- , J Of the larger amounts, $1,000 is HI glvon lo Georgo K. Mulr 'of Grand M, Rapids, Wis., who was awarded a HI bronze medal last January. Mulr is H now suffering from tuberculosis at m Wales, "Wis., and the commission M i1 makes the money award to care for Hj 'J him. K The money" is apportioned as fol- M ' ) lows ; Si?; thousand dollars for worthy H purposes, $2,200 liquidation of mar-H mar-H rlages; $3,700 for other indebtedness; H $4,000 purchases of homes, $14,000 I. for education, $3,200 death benefits, ' and $1,000 for restoration of health. M In nine instances the heroes lost M t their lives and the award is mado to H a member of tho family. HI j Since the Inception of the hero com- H mission 4,991 cases have been refused H recognition, 487 havo been granted Hl and 893 cases are still pending. HI! Today's awards include: U August Wesley, aged 27 (died), at- H I tempted to save two men from suffo- H cation In mine at Brigham Canyon, Utah, November 21, 1908. Silver med-H med-H I al held in reserve for family. H Hugh Bumes, aged 22 (died), ac- H ' companied Wesley In entering mine. M Silver medal held for nearest of kin mf it hen found. H f , Josoph Robes, Jr., aged 22 (died), Hj I helped rescue men from burning mine H R at Cherry, 111., November 13, 1909. Hit Silver medal to father. |