The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-06-02

IOrth's Criminal Connection with
IL COnclusively Established.


THE PENALTY.
TWO YEARS IN the PENITESTIARY- THE
AphIRALs EXPLANATIONS MAY nv CUT
sifORr BY THE GRATING or PRISON
DOORS ERE THE CAMPAIGN CLOSES.
The Washington special Of the Chicago
Times saya: Orth's troubles thicksn.
Tie foreign Affairs committee have bcen
sense baser than ScIienck's. By his own
confession he succeeded as Congress
nan ia getting hold of stock, and sub
sequently took advantage OF his rc-elec-
lion to make his legal services of value
Lesio owing them, against the law, to push
fraudulent claims through the state de-
parlment. lie was mainl, instrumental
in the passage Of the bill making the
Venezuelan claims valid. This lays
Orth liable to two years il. III" rerii-n-
Itiary, and there Is every p. yspe. that
his case will be certified to the grard
Jury, and just about the time Indiana
iii be ready to vote for Governor Nor
tons candidate
HE WILL DE IN PRISON.
The law covering such eases a. Orth's
provides that every member OF Congress
" ho directly or indire, ~ takes, receives.
VI agrees to receive any money, proper
~, on other valuable consideration sfisr
his election ~ such member, forssbis A..
tcntion to, services, action, vote, W de-
Icision on any question. matter, cause, Or
proceeding witch may thsu .e pending
or NAV by law. under the constitution,
be brought Drfore him in his official ca
pacity. such member of Congress shall
oc considered guilty of M,is,i~,neanor.
aud imprissned not more than tw"
wears, and fined not more than $1,000.
The penalty goes farther. Ii uullities
The proceedings and disqualifies the
member or officer from holding any
Office of honor. profit or trust under the
government Of the United States. An
minent LAWYER whose attention was
called 10 the matter says
oKrH's CONNECTION WITH THE MATTER
lie clearly covered by both the spirit
aud letter Of the revised statue which
was adopted la the winter OF 1878
after Orih's election, NJ the last session
o.t the forty-second Congress. Though
the matter was settled in = Inessure by
the passage Of the bill, it m,y Roi have
been tcitlrd that the claim would not,
Through his own efforts ~ member
elect. have been brought up in sac-
c~ediny Congress. As chairman OF the
committee on foreign affairs il would
NATURALLY have been brought e-p-cia.lr
10 Orih's notice. thus taking away from
him The only alternative given him ~
the sta, ute. At all events he Iecrived
p,y fcr . vice. in q matter Of lrgis-
ion which. ii not effected al the tiuie
might have come when
HE WAS AN AcTIvE MLNBrR,
and through his preparatory efforts hsv,
been accomplished. The immensity o
the swinuie by the Venezuelan COMMITS
son has mot half been told. TIE te.ti
nonv now being taken by Springer
sub. committee on foreign affairs has de
velopsd tho following additional frauds
Three Of the largest claims adjudicate,
by the com 'ssioncrs were the claims o
lJ'cob ldler. &: : Philadc'pbia, amouniin,
Ito about $3.50. 900; Bealls. Noblr + Gar
lrson, Of New York. amounting To ahoH
1.-The same, and the heirs Of Will.tr
;, amounting To about 42i0.UOO. the thre,
,ggregating something over o7nWo
rLe., three claims we're disagreed TO b.
1.-The csmmissisn. Lg.
ALLOWED NJ ROY UMPIRE,
Who was oniy Is years Of age and the in
l-ir,i,uent OF Stillwel aud TsImadge
who got their shares Of one-half Ac
cording 10 the treaty, the Russian min
Ester here, Baron Stoecke, was 10 choos'
al umpire. lie appointed DIR. Machado
Ia person Of considerable cninence a
Caracas. A boy of tho same name wa
employcd a. copyist by Stillwell at th'
United States legation, aud advsntag,
was taken OF his name BY Tslmadge an'
lStilw ell to hoist him 10 place whicl
/. .lpropcrly Lrlenged 10 DIR. Machado 49,
thus the umpire became the dupc t't
lcorrupt commissioners. IL is said ths
4 the aggregate Of those three claim
4. Ishould not have exceeded 35OiU0. bu
. OF course the larger II was made by tb
: 'couin,issionsrs the grea;er would be
THE swAu
to be divided between them. The clair
of Bealls, Noble aud Gar, ison was on
contract ior running . steamer 10 Cara
cas. The contract, IL IL alleged, Wa
never fulfilled, and wss snnulled by tn
Venezuelan government. The Wilie'
claim was for house that tney rentc
!, of the president OF Venezuela, and du
! ring the insurrcction II was occupied b
: the insurgent trooIs, for which the
!. claimed damages. Every phase VI Ill
y business presents persistent and con
!. plicated frauds which the House cou
\ nittec will lay bare, mmd, II possible
!. bring the culpriis to jud2
" -
!. Albert Niblsck. con of the Hon. "
: 4. NiblAck. has received an sppoin