Daily globe., 1883-10-30
WASHINGTON.
ANOTHER FRAUD ON PENSIONERS
BROUGHT TO NOTICE.
Tho Contest for the Postm astership of st.
Louis Attracting Good Deal of Atten-
tton-VariousI Items of Interest From the
Departments.
Especial Telegram to the Globe. !

| Especial Telegram to the Globe.
| WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.-Commissioner
Dudley has received and referred to Dis
trict Attorney Corkhill a circular sent out
from this city to pension claim agents over
the country, offering to send the five vol
umes comprising the list of pensioners for
$1050, G. o. D. The circular sets forth
the scarcity of the work and its value. On
referring to the public printer Col. Corkhill
was informed that only ten copies had been
! delivered to private individuals, and nons
of these to this firm, and that Lone had
been ordered in advance by the firm. : The
interior department had ordered LOCO
copies and about 175 copies had been or
dered by the other departments. Those
| printed for the senate and house had not
been delivered. There is no such firm il
the directory as the one that issues the cir
cular. large number of complaints of
wrong doing on the part of pension agents
| CONS TO District Attorney Corkhill through
the mail. Every section of the country
is represented. In many of the more i'm
portant cases tha numoer of claims as
fled ia the pension Office were not given.
aud II is therefore impossible to complete
the cases from the files. Col. Corkhill sa rs
that in sending him information it is very
important TO give the pension ofics num-
oers Of claims.
TIE ST. LOUIS PcsToFFICE.
The contest over the succession to Post
master Hays at st. Louis began some time
ago. The fact that it was so earnest was
here whether the trooblss Of Mr.. Hays were
as seriops as persons evidently interested
were continually declaring them to be.
The department had been given the
opportunity to know all about ths
charges, against him. and full time
to make answer. He has, however, chosen
to indicate his purpose to resign. Mr..
CbaDncey, I. Friley and his working asso-
ciates appear to have been very active in
preparing to enter the Office. The chances
are that tney have been altogether too
active and have thus put themselves cut |
side of the race before the real start. The |
conduct of the deputy, who is an eager ap-
piicant, has not been such as to
commend him here. Post
master Hays arrived here yesterday |
morning. He states in reference to dis |
patch from st. Louis concerning him, that |
appeared in several New York papers this
morning, that it contains fifteen distinct |
falsehoods. "The malignity of the dis
patch" lie says, sis sufficient to expose the
animus, especially when aided by the
statement it makes that am working hard |
to secure the appointment of some one
who, will if, appointed labor for the re-
moval of the individual who Influenced the
dispatch"
Western Associated Press.l
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.-Secretary Chan
der has received telegram announcing
the death of q. n. Fox at New York this
Fox was assistant secretary OF
the navy under Secretary Welles, and actsd
in that capacity until 1866, when he was
sent abroad in the Mintonapnah to convey
the congratulations of the American people
to the czar of Russia On his escape from
death.
KILBoURNEs SUIT.
The suit of Hallet Kilbourne against
John G. Thompson, sergeant-at arms of the
House Of representatives., for S35OO0O
for false inprisonment,w was called
for trial to-day. TIE court decided that al
amended plea was not barred by she stat
ute OF linitstions and oyerr1ied the plea
involving the jurisdiction OF the House of
to order the arrest. Ad-
joUrned till tomorrow.
POSTAL RECEIPTS.
Total receipts from postal service for
the fiscal year ended June 80, we're $780,
5oS,692; expenditures, S42,816, ZOO; sur
plus, S2,691, 1892. It is believed The sur
plus revenue would have been greater by
1t least S1,G00,O00 if the receipts had not
been affected the last quarter of the year
By the approaching reduction OF the postal :
rate, while the expenditures we're greatly
increased by the act that began TO operate :
March Sd last, providing for a readiust- ;
nent of possmesters' salaries or the basis
Of the reduced postage that did not go into
,feot until eight months thereafter.
TEAS. II
To secure uniformity in the examina- '
ion of teas imported into United States f
ports on the northern, northeastern and
lorthvestsrn frontier, the secretary Of the
reasury has directed tAat samples be for 4
sarded By the collector at any port on seid f
routiers east of Detroit to the collector of t
,ustons at New YorA,at Detroit. and ports l
rest OF there, but east OF the Rocky
nosnssins, 30 the collector of customs at t
chicago, and sny such port further west to /
he collector Of customs at San Francisco. L
IN receipt of the sam plss they viii be ex q
Inined by the proper officer aud the re- h
ult OF ths examination reported 10 tbs I
;ollector at the port of importation. ii
TIE AsIATIo seUADEoN.
Commodore John Lee Davis, On duty | {
With light house board, will suceead Ad- j
nirel Croaby il command Of the Asiatic b
ietion.
gUsPENDED Fso,I PRACTICE.
A. B. Webb. OF this city, has been sus- :
5ended from practice rs pension attorney, ;
or rnsk-inC TaIsa -e1,reSaT,t tatiOuS ag to the y