Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-10-27
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

] SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 26.-Regardlng
 inc unusual number of Chinese traders fbat have been arriving and about whica
 so much has been said in the newsps-
 pers, the custom house officers state
 that the Chinese superintendent of cus- toms at Canton IS doing good biz turn isbing trader" certificates at from s2 oO
 to s each.
 SAN FRANCrsCo, Oct. 26.-The Mer-
 chants and Farmers Association for the
 Prevention of Railroad Extortion, have
 issued a circular in opposition to the
 joint circular issued by the railroad companies a few days ago, regarding tbe renewal of special contracts. The
 Merchants and Farmers circulars IS an
 appt al to the merchants throughout the
 State to give their patronage to the Northern Pacific road as a compet'r-
 line.
 PARAso SPRINGS, via Soledad, Cal, Oct. 25.-Jas. McClatchy, edItOr of the Sacramento Bee, died here at i o'clock
 this evening. The remains go to Sacra-
 mentO.
 NEW YORK, Oct. 2G.-Anderson and | Mann hp pllcA tD e4S tso tAA " - day Tor an order Co examine Henry Nll- lard, president of the Northern Pacinc, in reference 10 the standing of the com
 psny. The order was granted Wm- l M. Evarts and Roscoe Conkling have
 been retained by the Northern Pacific
 company.
 NEW YORK, October 26.-Mrs. Lang
 try started yesterday upon her protes- sional tour. On the 29th instant, Mrs. l L,angtry opens in Montreal whence she
 goes to Chicago and San Francisco, playing in all important towns en route | probably continue her journey to | Australia.
 WASHINGTON, D. c. Oct. 26.-The See retary of the navy awarded tho contract | for the armor plate, turrets and pilot house of the monitor CantOnimal to an
 English firm.
 ROME, Oct. 26-It is stated that the | Pope will declare the Pantheon a pagan | temple If Q monument to Victor Eman-
 ueI is erected in the centre as indicated
 by King Humbert.
 ALEXANDRIA, Oct. 26.- Cholera has re- | appeared in FayrOom, on the west side | of the Nile, and at Ziftch.
 ALEXANDRIA, October 25.-Nine addi-
 tional deaths here from cholera mostly
 Europeans.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., October 25.-Upon | the recommendation of the cOmmls- | sioner of pensions, the Secretary Of the | Interior has ordered the suspension of | the following named pension attorneys: J. C. Cilley, of RocklGnd, Maine; Fran
 cis Register, Philadelphia; Milo B. Stevens & O., of Cleveland, Washing ton, Detroit and Chicago; William c. | Wells e Co.,, of Washington, D. C., and | James II. Russell d O., of Trenton, \. J. The commissioner accounts for the general charge of improper practices be- | | fore --e pension office | The following changes have been ordered ID the Quartermaster's De partment of the army: Colonel J. D
 Bingham is relieved from duty in the department of the Missouri and or dered to San Francisco. Major James | Giles is relieved from duty at Fortress ! Monroe and ordered to the department of the Missouri. Designations of pOstmasters below named have been received at the Post Office Department: R. l.. tlske, Helena, | Montana, editor of the Montana Herald; l An. -Nl. AlEEl5t AEUAAAtAr lAA1s VI A4f WAL IN ! succeeded by Francis M. Wright; Mary | J. Acker, Kent, Ohio, who will be sue | ceeded by Charles H. Barber; l.. W. | We, Laramie City, Wyoming, Of the | "Boomerang" and 5. II. Stubbs, of | Sterling. Kansas, who will be succeeded l by Charles D. Ulmer. Following letters of District Attorney l Corkhill, is the first step in the move | ment on the part of the government to | put 0 stop to the practices of penEion | claim agents. and is the course decided | upon by Attorney General Brewster, | Secretary Teller and COmmissICne | Dudley. Col. Corkhill is very desITOus | Una. all soldiers, or others, having copies | of deceptive circulars from claim agents l in this city, or knowledge of any fraud | ulent acts on their part, should interest I themselves in this attempt of the auth critics to protect soldiers and other | families, as to send him full inforna- | ton to the end that an exhibit may be | put in shape by special agents for legal | prosecution.
 Hon. Henry M. Teller, Secretary of | the Interior;-Sir; Some time ago l mad | an interview with Hon. W. W. Dudley, | commissioner of pensions, in regard to | a number of complaints, l have been re- | ceiving, for some time, concerning the | methods employed by certain attorneys | and claim agents of this city, ID presen- tatiOn of prosecution of claims for pen slOns, filed in the pension office. l beg | to say that l have since been making | careful examination of the allegations, | from various persons regarding the | subject, and have become satisfied that | the grand jury of this district should | give those complaints thorough Inves- | | tigation, so that the innocent may not | ! be subject to unjust imputatiOns and | the guilty may be brought to answer. l | | have consulted with the Attorney Gen | eral upoa this subject and he has dl- rected me to proceed with full and | exhaustive examination of the com | plalnts, and assures me l shall have | | the earnest corporation and assistance |
 of the Department of Justlc and Its | officials The character Of the enOr- |
 nous frauds which are being perpetra- l | ted upon applicants for pensions by cer- l | tain claim agents in Washington, will, If l ! the allegations are sustained by the evil dence, surprise the public. The devices aud methods are as numerous as the ! | skill of the dishonest men can cUntrIye. l Some cases are beHrtrending ID theIr | details. Maimed and decrepit sOldiers and poor widows and helpless orphans
 of soldiers pay their pIttance of Sl, S2, | S4 or Sl0 to agents, who must know that | these claims are worthless and can nev-
 CT be paid, and these agents merely file | formal application to enable them to ! collect money from then deluded clients. If the present law IS inadequate to prevent such transactions, Congress | should uroylde efficient remedy. I am ! sure you will agree with me that some action should be taken in order to pro ceed effectively. I shall need assistance from the pension office in the lnvestiga- tion and ] have therefore to request that you will direct the Commissioner of pensions to detall an examiner, to re- port to me for temporary service with authority to investigate all claims in connection with which charges are made against attorneys, and to specially examine such charges as I shall desire
 Go present to the grand jury for their consideration and action. The persons
 defrauded are all poor and comparatively helpless, and form a class to whom the country owes special protection. If the representations made to me concerning the devices used to defraud tfem are
 true, they rival in cunning the artifices of the most experienced schemes of those who practice three card monte. IT nothing else were accomplished by the investigation, 1t would at least warn sol diers and their widows and orphans of their danger and prevent m the future their being swindled out of their money, and 1t will vlndicate the honest agents from unjust suspicious.