The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-03-08
WASHINGTON.
Frauds in the Pension Department.
ppcial IN the cantfneI.

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resolution of Congress asking statement
from the Commissioner of Pensions, rela-
tive TO the number, percentage, class
etc, of frauds which appear in the
Pension Office, whereby the Government is
put at disadvantage in one way and
another. Commissioner of Pensions Dudley
says there have been investigated since
July /, 1s 769.60S cases of all classes; out
of the number PISS pensions have been
dropped from the rolls, aEd 1875 pend
ing claims rejected. The criminal prosecu-
tions growing out of these investigations
were 5S1, out OF which numberth there were 20G
indictments and 100 convictions. There were
during this period 295 attorneys sus-
pended from practice, 16i debnfed, 1l3 dis
barred, and 100 dropped. The frauds which
led to this large number of troubles, aud
were procured mostly through false afli-
dsvits. There Is little evidence of de-
crease in the number of frauds being per
! petrated upon the Government, and it IS 10
eliminate fraud that Commissioner Dudley
asks for large appropriation for the pur-
pose of placing special agents i'm the field.
-,- An Indiana Editor Wants Relief
1t is seldom an editor asks reimbursement
for anything bu; damaged reputation, but
Major r. Slater, of Franklin, Johnson County.
Indiana, is the exception. In 1868 the Twen-
ty-ninth Pennsylvanians entered Frank.
lin and destroyed Major Slote's printing
office valued at 81, 200. The owner has lain
quet under the loss long time, but Mr..
Matson, of Indiana, has Just presented bill
for the amount of loss. and it is
now under the consideration oi
the House Claims Committee.
it is said the paper published by Major Slater
was of the wrong color, and a kick will be
made against the allowance OF damages
sought.
4 The Shanks-Nen Case.
Hon. William r. Myers, of Anderson,
who is now in the city, has charge of the
claim of Hon. John L. Nefi, now before the
House Elections Committee, for expenses
incurred in the ShanksNeff contest case,
and has stated to the Sentinel cor
respondent that it was a good one. The
precedents of this Committee stipulate that
the expenses incurred IN the defense
shall be paid by the Government. as
well as those accrninS TO the contestant
1t is stated, also, by a member OF the Com
mittee that the claim for expenses filed by
Hon. George w. Julian is valid and will
be passed upon favorably.
Legislation Against the Chinese.
WASHINGTON, March 2---The Forty-sev
enth Congress is hard after the almond-eyed
denizen of the Chinese Empire. Numerou:
patriotic members from the Pacific Slope
have drawn their little hatchets, uDsheathed
their scalping knives and sworn TO scalT
and brain the uuwary Celestial. All man
ner of grave charges are made against The
Chinese, and there is little doubt but
that the advocates of stringent measures tC
prohibit immigration of Chinese have now
a stronger hold upon the people generally
than they have ever had before. Their argu
ments that the industrial pusuits of the far
West especially are being deteriOrated by
the Chinese laborers and mechanics are
having their effect. The iron bound, brass
rimmed, and FURNISHED Chinese bill, sub
mitted to the House some time ago by q
Western member, has called forth numeT.
, Gus amendments, resolutions, joint and
'
for instance, has introduced in the Senate
an amendment providing that hereafter
no State Court or Court of the
United States shall admit Chinese to citizen
ship, and repeating ell laws in conflict
Herewith. If none of these direct measures
against Chinese immigration are passed al
the present session the same issue will be SO
thoroughly worked up that future Con
crosses, it appears now, will have less
trouble lin checking Chinese immigration
More Indictments.
; WASHINGTON, March IA second batch OF
, indictments in the straw bond cases were
presented to-day against Kate NJ. Armstrong
, James w. Donohue, w. w. Jackson, Albert
L. Boone and Samuel q. Cab I'll, for con
spiracy, on the I'd day of December, 1880, in
signing certain blanks for tweniy-Six bids for
, carrying mails in the name OF Kate NJ. Arm
strong; John w. Dorsey, perjury on oath
G. II. Perkins. George b. Dalton, John +.
FoOte and George s. Hazen, in swearing,
April %, 1879, to an affidavit 10 Mr. Raw
lins. to induce the Postmaster General to
expedite such route; John w. Dorsey, per
Jury on oaths; S. w. Debusk and w. C.
Bergner in making similar affidavit on
April 26, 1879, TO expedite Route 33.l40,
from Trinidad to Madison; John r.
Miner. perjury on oath; NJ. Crane,
as TO route SO 1876, from st. Charles 10 Green
horn, Cal, April II, 1879.
The Grand Jury will be discharged for the
! term on Saturday, and the remaining in
dictments will be prepared and presented by
that day. That OF General Brady will be
! held to the last.
The indictment against Donahue, Jack
son, Boone and Cabell sets forth that these
persons "corruptly did combine and con-
! federate to fraudulently bid' for certain
post-routes in the Southern States in the
name of Kate Armstrong. The indict-
menis against Dorsey and Miner, which are
for perjury, are based upon specifications
setting forth that Dorsey and Miner. in order
to deceive the Postmaster General and OBJ
tain an extra allowance for expedition on
the routes named, made and sworn to false
statements with regard 10 the number OF
animals at that time engaged in transport
ing mails on the respective routes, and
which would be required TO carry them
under the expedited schedule.
Prominent Generals in Council.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-Generals Sher-
man, Sheridan and Hancock we're invited
by the House Military Committee to attend
its meeting this morning for the purpose OF
giving their opinions upon several bills now
under consideration affecting the interests
of the Army. The talk of the Generals was
entirely informal. They all favored a COM
! pulsory retirement bill, and were unanim-
Gus IN representing the evils resulting from
| an almost entire stagnafion of promotion in
the lower grades of officers. They favored
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