Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-10-27
ALLEGED FRAUD
In Connection With the Payment
of the Creek Indian Debts.
Over 100000 of Fraudulent Warrants
on the United States Treasury.
The Administrations Policy in Establish
ing, Disseminating and Naming Post Of
fices-More Stringent Statutes Cover
ing Green Goods, Etc, Necessary.

| hCcS-mOre stringent STATUTES CONer-
| ing Green Goods, Etc, Necessary.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-Fourth Assist
ant Postmaster General Joseph L. Bris-
tow, in his annual report just submit
ted lays down the administrations
policy in establishing, disseminating
hand naming post offices and shows the
| following figures as to appointments:
Presidential postmasters, on resigna-
| tions, 70; on expired commissions, 214;
on removals, 129; deceased 40; offices
becoming presidential, 1914; fourth-class
postmasters, on designations, 1899; on
removals, 5, 115; deaths, 722; offices rel
egated to the fourth class %.
Massachusetts, ranks first and North
Carolina last as to compensation OF
| fourth class postmasters and as to
gross receipts of post offices compared
with state population, New York ranks
first with S2.12 per capita, and South
Carolina last with 20 cents per capita
expended in the use of the mails. The
main recommendation follows:
Severer penalty for employees embez-
zling or destroying newspaper mail,
statutory tSPi t'tu
tions of railway postal clerks contin-
uous offense, more stringent statutes
covering green goods and obscene mat
ter, special tenzcent stamped envelope
of superior material to obviate bad en-
velopes for registry use, and that the
subject of the use of postage stamps as
currency should be considered to effect
some legislation as to at least curtail
the extent of their use as a medium of
exchange.
Over 100000 of alleged fraudulent
warrants on the United States treasury
on the account of the Creek Indian
nation in Indian territory, have been
discovered by government authorities.
The alleged fraud was perpetrated in
connection with the payment of the
Creek Indian nation debts and only the
barest details have reached light. Con-
gress, by a recent enactment,
authorized the liquidation of in
debtedness of the Creeks amounting
to 1888, 900 incurred by the Indians for
various purposes. The amount appro-
priated was to be paid out of the
United States treasury and deducted
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in the treasury for their benefit. The
work of paying off was begun
months ago, but when the last
warrants were presented it was
found that the amount paid, in
stead of 1888, 600 as authorized, had
reached sS52, ,OCo. Special Agent w. H..
Zeverly, of Missouri, formerly conf
Dental agent for Secretary Francis,
together with Special Agent Ross,
were Immediately dispatched to make
an investigation of the discrepancy.
Mr.. Zeverly left here October 4. Since
then the two have been working on
the case and official advices from them
now show that over 100000 worth of
the warrants were fraudulent.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.--The interna-
tional seal conference met again at the
state department Monday with all of
the members present. The proceedings
are secret in the sense that no one but
the delegates are allowed in the meet
ing room, save certain persons who are
called upon to give expert testimony
as to the conditions of seal life and the
state of the market for skins. 1t is eX-
pGcLCtt JldI Ile COulGItHCC VIII DS III
session some time.
\ delegation of four braves from the
UncomphaEre and Uintah Utes in
Utah, accompanied by Indian Agent
Becll and Chairman Je1fries, of the Ute
Indian commission. have reached here.
The main object is to talk over allot-
ments The commission has been ne
gotiating with the Indians for some
months for allotments of their lands in
severalty, but have not been successful,
Adm. Matthews, chief of the bur-
eau of yards and docks in his
annual report 20 Secretary Long, rec
ommends the construction of four new
dry docks of the best type. He recon-
mends that concrete docks be built at
Boston, Norfolk and Mare Island, and
that steel floating dock be placed at
either Key West, Tortugas or Algiers
| La.