Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-01
LATE EASTERN NEWS.
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Taylor o! THIS city Is reputed 10 he
VIZ II >n:nt;hin. III the neighbour
h.. .! $3li .uUU eco. He WAS ion.
ineuher OF Congress from
~. 'rf. He c,me he:e poor sew
q us - AID acquired We 18th
WI consisting raridity, sometimes
acA."scl 10y 4 knowledge of devious
way that ,noncv in the L. :. Treas
ufy = reached Though oficipl his
infringement and wong doing.
Taylor at present is worthy Of special
attention from the fact tina; he IS the
rtpu'e! owner Of an assignment oi
81, o10. GEO of the SO 900 ,0U0 claimed
by this country before the French
American claims commission. Tav-
lor WIS largely instrumental in Sc
cnrli!.s Il majority Of the claims,
wli!"l has been boaS.fullv stated hv
himself. The fact Of hi> being the
principal claimant before the COM
mission makes deci,.u.i Of the L.
$. claims just given. of great inter
est to members of the cummissi II
and the country. In this decision
George Taylor is shown up as guilty
of suborlination, of perjury and
manufacture of claim of $500, 900
against the L. $. Upon the fraud
ulent claim, the court Of claims be-
lieving in its honesty, awarded the
sum of S296, 0G4 which was paid to
Taylor for a syndicate represented
by HIM. The court afterwards re-
viewed the case when it was too late
to save the money, and it now
solemnly AYERS that it is the first
time in the history OF the govern
ment when SO large has been
wrested from the Treasury upon a
case wholly fictitious.
The petition was filed August,
1864, in the name of the firm of
Be!lacugue, Nablom X Co. What
led to this final action of the court
was the investigation of the Louisi-
ana authorities four years after the
fraud was successful. In 1878, the
grand jury in New Orleans investi-
gated the case carefully and indicted
Taylor, the attorney of record, so
savagely denounced in the decision
given above although his name is
not mentioned with his associates in
fraud. This Indictment was based
upon the allegation of the fraudulent
character of the entire claim. A re-
QUESTION was made for Taylor but
Judge Carter who is personal
friend of his refused to give him up.
Taylor's plea was that the court of
claims was the only one that had au-
thority to pass upon the validity of
the testimony submitted by him.
The decision of court is just made
and has created a great sensation
among lawyers as at once causes
suspicion of fraud over the main
body of claims pending before the
French claims commission.
The Steal OF the Age.
New YORK, June 22.-The Times
Washington special says the pcstmas.
ter-9eneral has made a large reduc-
ton in the cost of the most notorious
of the star ring routes, from Vineta,
Indian Territory, to Los Vegas, New
Mexico. This route, which was 724
miles long, was originally let under
the competition to the Parker COM
bination for Sc $50 per year, for q
term of three years and nine months
Within nine months the annual pay
was raised by expedition and increase
in number of trips, to $50, 691
This was the pay for ten months and
it then became S159, 17S. Three
months later, or about a year ago,
it was reduced to $64 $50, and the
contractors will draw pay at this
rate until July LIST.
Pacific Coast Fishery Statistics.
New YORK, June 1S.-Census re-
turns show the total number of per.
sons employed in the fisheries in the
Pacific States and Territories to be
16, 745, of which 1910 are Aleuts
Exquimaux and Indians, and about
1900 Chinese; 1896 are in Cali
fornia, $685. in Oregon, and 744 il
Washington territory. Total value
of boats, vessels and outfit, $1,7SS,.
1873.
Terrible Disaster In Mexico.
CRY OF MEXICO, June 27.-The
accident on the Morelos railway late
Friday evening, loses hone of its
horror through receipt of more &C.
curatc advices. The scene of the
catastrophe was on the river Sar
Antonio, near the village of Mailpois
For some time past this section Of
country has beeu swept by fierce
storms, swelling creeks into torrents
and laying waste many fertile fields.
Included in the general wreck was q
bridge spanning tile river at the
point mentioned. Although known
to be unsafe it was still in use when
the fated' train, bearing u battalion
of soldiers, attempted its passage
The result was crash as the under.
mined supporters gave way, and
engine and cars were hurled head.
long down the chasm. Scarcely had
the magnitude Of the tragedy become
apparent, when a new horror was
added. In freight vans comprising
portion of the train, was con.
signment of alcohol. This took fire
after an explosion and contributed
much to the loss of life. The few
who escaped uninjured at once ap-
piled themselves to rescue their less
fortunate comrades, but it was some
hours before the exact extent of the
u-S"dy grew apparent. 1t is now
H. y however that thirteen officers
and - privates were either killed
outright by the fall or roasted to
death, while others sustained hurts
of more Or less serious character.
When information of the sad acct
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