Show ALLEGED LAND FRAUDS IN IDAHO AND MONTANA sensational new printed in new york con berning alleged public lai d fraud A washington special to a new bork paper says news continues to reach the interior department ind eating an extensive system of land fn ads in the northwest thus far the revelations are confined almost wholly to mon tana and idaho hut interior depart ment officials are inclined to believe from the extent of the alleged frauds and the apparent system under which they have been perpetrated that they are confined to that only a few days hitch cock was informed of the finding of indictments by the federal grand jury at helena aga ast alleged land frauds in montana and he received a telegram saying that the federal grand jury in idal had returned ninety ind cements for the same offense tl e montana cases grow out of the transaction by which united states W A clark has obtained possess on of about tl e public domain and timber lands in tl at state it appears that senator dark purchased this property butr aiom a men in montana it is not known wl is the central figure in the alleged frauds in idaho but secretary II 11 has deter mined to dinst tute the most searching and unsparing invest gation into all these cases as he is no v do ng in mon tana in order to expedite the inai iry it is probable that he will soon order an in vesti gation made into the ons of the public land offices both in idaho and montana it is int bated that he connot understand how such extensive I 1 frauds against the government could have been committed if thy coffle als charged with protect ng tl e in teresta had been duly v ailant in the discharge of the r dut es ahe result of his ons may be a wholesale decap tation of federal appo ahe secretary has instructed agenda and experts in montana to prosecute a rigid inquiry and he will now send agents from wasi ington to idaho t perform a similar work it is reported that ex senator carter has telegraphed to the pres dent a long message re questing that no further ait ai t on be tak en in th montana investigation until he can be heard in behalf of the boffl dais the secretary of the inter or is supposed to be after |