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Show CMS MADE VICTIMS OF GROSSFRAUDS Indian Inspector McLaughlin McLaugh-lin Accused by House Committee. ALLOTMENT OF LANDS . FRAUDULENTLY MADE White Earth Reservation Manipulated in Behalf of. Lumber Companies. WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. Charles of (roaa frsuds af alnat tba Iodtaas ob the White Earth raaerratlon U Mlnnaaota, that their pbyslcaJ aad material condition condi-tion la pitiful and that Ma). Jamas McLaughlin, Mc-Laughlin, Indian Inspector, did not properly guard tha Indians' laureate la tha allotment of lands, war made to tha house today In a report by the committee com-mittee on expenditures of tba Interior department. , It recommended that some remedy be found by eoagrosa for the present "anomalous situation" by which the commissioner of Indian affaire kaa com- lt av nrnMrtr worth fil.- 000,000.000 bt-louuing to Indiana of the various tribes 1b the United Htates. The committee charges that "fraudulent "fraudu-lent partiality" was sliowa by biinos Mirhalrt. Indian allotting agent, ia allotting al-lotting tha Indian land under the law of l'.'5. "The best and moat -valuable pine sllotments," save the report, "fell into the haada of thoee who were intended in-tended ia advance to receive them." It declares that Maj. James McLaugh lin, tha second agent sent out, refused to allow the full blood Indiana to aend out ruoBera to bring ia tha people: made false reports aa to tha auaiber of full bloods present, and gave ao adequate ade-quate aot ice to the Indiana of the mass meeting, at which the queatioa came up. which "in effect" waa a eouacil of lumber companies. The actios of former Commissioner Francis R. Leupp was condemned oa the ground that he prevented a full statement state-ment of tha ladiaa eoraplaiats to President Roosevelt. |