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Show LAND FRAUDS IN OREGON. Indictment Returned Against Senator Mitchell and State Senator Drowned. Interest In tbo Oregon land fraud case was again raised lo fever heat by the announcement that tho Fedt ral grand Jury at Portland had, on Wednesday, Wed-nesday, Indicted United States Senator Sen-ator John It Mitchell on nnnther chargo of bribery, anil had also Indicted Indict-ed Stato Hcnator (leorgo C Ilrownell, one of the fori most Republican politicians poli-ticians and lawers In this stato on charges of subornation of perjury This Indictment against Mr .Mitchell alleges that wbllo a senator from this stato to tho Federal congress he accepted ac-cepted on scveu different occasluns sums of money aggn gating 11200 from a limber land denier, named Frederick It Krlbs for services ren-tiered ren-tiered In, It It alleged, Inducing Con hrftsman Dinger Hermann, the commissioner com-missioner of tha neutral land office nt Washington, to expedite, mako special nnd approvo certain applications for public lands, and recommend the Issuing Is-suing of pate nts to tho lands Tha Indictment against Senator Ilrownell charge's that Mr Ilrownell caused Fred Stovers and John How-land How-land to swear falsely that certain field notes In connection with tho survey of public lands In eastern Ore gun wero truo. |
