, 1881-04-10
Wholesale Grabbing Of Its Great
Laud-Gr.ab by Trusted
Agents.
Abstracts Of Bills of Complaint Filed
at st. Paul Yesterday.
/ hegro Prisoner at 81. Louis Escapes from an
Officer and Plnnses into the Ri'er.
Acquittal Of Riley, Charged with the AS
sasi1atioa Of Judge Page.
A Revenue Officer in Tennessee Mur-
dered by Unknown Men.


sptctal Dis1.atck to The C.icaao Tribune.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, April A.-Quitc ii sensation
vii: be spruug in the Northwest not Only out
Throughout the country by the publication TO-
morrow morning of i series OF suits tiled Ia the
Federal Court this afternoon ag:aiHst e1-i'0uo
Commissioner James d. Power, of ST. Paul. no"
in New York, and also against Helen Power MS
w,fc- as well rs Chief Clerk Kindred Of the sarnc
department and his wife, and also other
members of each Of these sen;lemens 5
: families Tho complainant Is the Northern
Pacific Company. ard the complaint chhrSeS
that some TING ia September, lS.3- the Company
c1uplo:ed .1amcs Il. Power and Charles f. Kill
s.red rs its agents for the snle OF the lands be-
longing 70 its land grant, and that they contin-
ucd 10 act rs its agents from that time I'LL they
were discharged frn1n the Company's service,--
Kindrcd ia December, 1850, and Power in Febru-
ary 1851; TINT as such agents their duties were
to negotiate sales of the Company lands, and
to epter into written contracts for such sales,
but to negotiate saies only to actual and bona
dde purchasers, and at prices that should repre-
sent fair value Of the luuds sold, nor to be less
In nnr than their appraised price; to sell
lands valuable for timber only In stnnil lots,
aud only 10 ac,ua. settlers, and at prices based
upon the quantity OF timber Standing on
the lands In addition to the price
Of the land itself; to collect and receive pay-
ments fnr land. and. in general. to look after
and prurnote the interests of tho Company In all
things. The bills further alie~e that, during the
period that Power and Kindred we're employed
by the Company there were outstanding large
number of the shares of the Company preferred
stuck; that. by the bylaws of the Company and
by the terms Of the stock Itself, the stock was
receivable Mt par in payment for such
OF Tue anos u Tue Ionpa"s as
lay In tho State O! MINNESOTA ana Dakota. tnat
this stock has never been worth par OIL the mar
Ke1. During Nil the period Power and Kindred
we're employed b: the Company 1t was worth
ony from about II 70 ~ cents or me npar. uae
bills then 60 on to state thu1. notwithstanding
the duty Of Power uad Kindred as the Com
panys agents. OIL numerous occasions
they wronsfnlly and 'frauunlently audit. con.
1p'f y Deprive he plaintiff. and did acioa
deprive him. Of the benefit which the pantif
ought TO and otherwise would have derived
Whereby % W ihey @ y wrongtuliy m and fraudulertly ob-
tained tho title to large quantities OF
said lands. and tho proceeds. IN whole
e IN od Ghsr ugs
The complaint specifically charges forty-four
violations of his duty By Mr.. Power In having
caused to be sold q large number Of tracts OF
land belonging to the Company TO large nuul-
ber OF persons. o5tenstbly on behalf OF the Com
pany, for certain sums payable IN money; that
the money hnd been paid or secured: that Power
then obtained preferred stock OF The Company
at the small friction OF It's par value and turned
them into the Company 1T their par value in
payment for these same tracts Of 1and.aud pock-
paid in money and what tho preferred stock
cost him. In the bill to which Marx Paine is
party it Is charged that Power and Kindred,
some time In the fall or winter Of 1850. consplred
with Paine to obtain u lnrge quantity Of the
most valuable pnB innd of the Company,
situated III tho County Of ST. Louis, Nin-
Power and Kindred made out IN instrument
which purported TO be u contract between the