4820, entitled "An act granting
a pension to Ellen Kelley."
The husband of this beneficiary was granted a furlough to go home and
vote on the 31st day of October, 1864. On his way there he was severely
injured by a railroad collision, and there does not seem to be a
particle of doubt that the injuries thus sustained caused his death.
Upon these facts this does not seem to be a proper case for the granting
of a pension.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _October 17, 1888_.
_To the House of Representatives_:
I return without approval House bill No. 11222, entitled "An act
granting a pension to Elizabeth Heckler."
The husband of this beneficiary was pensioned for asthma, and there is
no doubt of the propriety of such pension, nor is there doubt upon the
evidence that this affection continued up to the time of his death.
But he died of acute inflammation of the bladder and chronic enlargement
of prostate gland. There is no proof that these causes of death were in
the least complicated with the difficulty for which the deceased was
pensioned, or any other trouble which was the result of military
service.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _October 17, 1888_.
_To the House of Representatives_:
I return without approval House bill No. 4102, entitled "An act granting
a pension to Mary A. Carr."
The husband of this beneficiary served in the Army from November 5,
1863, to June 15, 1865.
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