Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-11
FRIGHTFUL FRAUDS
DISCOVERED BY THE DETECTIVES
OF TIE LAND OFFICE.
PortofFce MISUNDERSTANDING for Arthur's Trip
Crooked Work In the Pension OHces m
Smuggling Cinnamon,

Fhihr Eiifk lutO iiiiS tOutl-
fry through British Columbia. The
fact has been reported to the presi.
dent who will order their deportation
The Lottery Case.
The postmaster general has gone TO
New York, and will not return until
the latter part ofthe week. 1t Is not
probably that any further action will
be taken in the lottery matter until
then.
1t is likely that the postmaster gem
erals reply to the query whether his
decision applies to the agency in this
city will lake the form Of a general
order to all postniasters throughout the
country, forbidding them TO deliver
registered letters or cash money orders
directed to any agent of NJ. A. Dau-
phin. The company intends to test
the legality of such an order, should it
he issued
A telegram was read by the post
Office department to-day from the post
master at Memphis, Tenn, reporting
that a number of money orders and
registered mail packages had been
received there for Louisiana Lottery
Co, and asking the recent decision
OF Postmaster General Gresham was
iiilCiiNti w UlpDll w ult u2tliiS vi lIlC
company. Chief Clerk Walker in re-
ply telegraphed that the decision ao-
piled only TO agents in New Orleans
and New York.
Yellow Fever Scare.
The surgeon general of the marine
hospital service, to-day received tele-
gram from DR.. Jones, president OF the
board Of health at New Orleans, 20 the
effect that the Swedish bark Balina
arrived, nine days out from Vera Cruz,
at the Mississippi river quarantine
station, with yellow fever ON board.
The bark was not bound for New Or
leans, but was in distress. The surgeon
general is also informed that the
steamship Cityof Mexico left Havana
on the 9TH for New York, with sup
posed cases of yellow fever aboard.
Fraudulent Land Entries.
Over go reports have been received
by the commissioner of the general
land office from dirty special agents
engaged in the investigation
of fraudulent land entries
reported TO the first of July.
In many of these cases supplemental
reports have been called for COW
ering points which are not sufli GENTLY
specific to warrant official action.
About three hundred and fifty reports
show Sufficient evidence Of fraud 10
Justify the l,n1Eotfice in summarily
canceiling the entries. The records
show without exception that the fraud
ulent entries. whether homestead or
.emption, cover the full area ofland
allowed by law, namely, one hundred
and sixty acres. The land already
restored to the public domain upon
the reports Of these agents aggregates
about So, 90 acres. A great deal OF it
is located in rich valleys, aud is held
by the governm mt at double the mini
mum nrica So. 40 ueracre ,,nnrovi
mate OF the saving to the government
already effected ny he secrect service
division OF the general land Office, is
estimated at l25,0 Q acres, aAd II is
maintained that these figures will be
u"uoieo Wileii acltoi Is reached upon
nrlsa,,te df 49, s,,nci .ant, ios
hod tha af,act of ,hs.l, ;n'-
MANY fraudulent scheme nat vi
consi,,nn,ated
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The c mmissioner Of internal rere-
nue. has issued circ liar as follows:
In view of the fact that there was
no specific appropriation made by con
gress at its las session To meet the eX-
pense of the cancellation and return
after redemption of stamps imprinted
upon checns, drafts, etc, IL becomes
necessary 70 inform the public that such
checks and stamps will not be received
for collection and return after re-
demption, after the 3ist of July. All
stamps imprinted upon drafts, checks,
etc, received for redemption after
that date, if redeemed, will be de-
stroyed, together With the drafts or
checks.
Payment OF Pensions.
The treasury deparllnent vcster.
day and today issued Warrants
for the payment of 81 6o1 900. on ac
count az army and navy nensions for
thn fiscal veaTendinr Inn Al 1881
Sui, ,gat,s, ,,,. cnx..rnr.n,
me euse Oh rioflh -. Austtii, au-
\ Austin. arainst The limited state
has been filed in the court of claims
under the snecial action OF Conpre. g
This l. n claim for S367 5O) for cotton
seized during the rebellion.
\ clerk in the examiners division Of
the pension bureau, named j. j. A Hey,
and a pension agent named j. G. Dell.
nett were to-day arreste on the
charge of having violated the revised
statutes IN the furthorance of n scheme
70 defraud pensioners OF the United
states. The officials of the pension