Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-10
PECULIAR PENSION FRAUD.
The Agricultural Department Issues an
Interesting Bulletin.

WASHINGTON, March 8.-The agri
cultural department has issued the
following bulletin on live stock:
The returns of the number OF live stock on
farms in the United States January /, show
there to have been l3 9ll horses 2,25I 6j5
mules; 1880 sSj milch cows; 30 264. 1917 oxen
and other cattle; 1885 $50 sheep, and 49, I5g SO
swine, These figures show decrease Of IO3,-
1855 in the number Of horses; lOO84l In that Of
milch cows l,244.2 in that OF oxen and other
catte $40, 2S3 in that Of swine On the other
hand there Is an increase Of S3S, 3l7 in the num-
Der OF sheep and ~ 0il in that Of mules While
there has been an increase in the number Of
mich cows in each of the New England states,
and somewhat considerable increase
| in the northwestern states, there has
been a decrease throughout almost the
entire south, and this fact, together with u
slight decrease in New York. Pennsylvania
Ohio Michigan, Indiana and Illinois. reduces
the total for the country ut large to slX-tenths
Of one per cent below that Of last year or the
IL states reporting total Of over l,0W0JO Of
hogs Pennsylvania, Ohio, Georgia, Missouri
Kansas and Nebraska show an increase and
Indiana Illinois, Iowa and eight southern
states a decrease There is marked increase
In the value Of live stock on farms reported
from almost every section of the country. the
total value of farm horses having increased
during the year by as. 1921 that OF mules.
B,7299i2; of milch cows. as 5i3, 1888; Of oxen
and other cattle, 1914 35i2l3 Of sheep, SIS 100, =
1871. and of swine. Ss,O75 639-a total increase Of
1895, l62, $50, or l427 per cent
Remarkable Pension Fraud
WASHINGTON, March s.-A remarka-
BILE case of pension fraud, the latest
developments in which have Just come
to light, has been made public by the
pension Office. About eight years ago
George Watson, with four aliases, was
sentenced to a fine and Imprisonment
for having drawn four separate pen
sions. AT the time of HIS conviction
he had two other claims for pensions
on file. Being an exemplary prisoner
Watson was discharged in June, 1896.
Shortly after, under the name of George
Kelley, he presented a claim for pen
sion on account of service in the Next
can war on the ship Savannah and
later filed application for still another
on account of servi ce in the rebellion
on the ship Pawnee. In this his du-
plicity was discovered as u result of
which he was held in Philadelphia
several days ago in $1,000 bail.
Pa ers on the Alaska Gold Fields
WASHINGTON, March S-Two papers
containing important contributions to
the collaborating regions of Alaska,
the publication of which has been
awaited with great interest for nearly
a year, have just been issued from the
government printing office. They are
both advance chapters of the 18th an
nual report of the director of the
United States geological survey not
yet issued. The papers give the re.
suits of reconnaissance examinations
by survey experts, made respectively
in the summers of 1895 and 1896, or
shortly before the outbreak of the
Klondike gold excitement. OF each of
these papers the geological survey has
about 1900 copies for general distribu-
ton.
Opening of Reservation POSTPONED.
WASHINGTON, March S.-Sccretary
Bliss sent to congress yesterday the
vi dlb VI lNoOAublOh GANCLhlnk buG
time for the opening of the Uncom.
pahgre Indian reservation in Utah for
six months from April 1, the date set
for the opening. The reason given by
the secretary for asking an extension
Of the time is that the allotments to
the Indians have been retarded by the
severe snowstorms which have visited
the reservation.
Suspension OF Forest Reserve Order.
WASHINGTON, March 8. The senate
on public lands yesterday
favorably an amendment to
the sundry civil bill, extending for one
year the time when the surveys for
forest reservations may be made. This
continues the law as at present and
for another year the last or
der of President Cleveland, making
several large reservations.
Want the Church Rules suIpendsd.