St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-17
CLEVELAND WILL GATHER THEM
The High Handed Proceedings Of Ger
tain Dakota Government
Officers.
Especial Telegram TO the Globe.

FARGO, Oak. Nov. 15.-Ever since the land
Office has been established at Devils Lake.
the government officials have undertaken TO
run Ramsey county (Dakota) politics
and propose 10 sit down upon
every one opposed 10 their schemes.
Lieut.. Creel, one of the original settlers, and
gentleman who han spent large fortune
in developing that country, has chosen TO be
an independent citizen and refused 10 obey
the behests Of the government officials ring.
and therefore has come under the ban Of
their displeasure. They have used every
means in their power to ruin him
financially as well as TO break Up
his family. A few weeks ago, while passing
along the street, Creel was attacked by Pres
colt, who came out OF his bank end slipped
up behind the lieutenant and attempted 10
take him at a disadvantage. Creel pulled
his gun and the banker precipitately fed.
Finding that Creel could not be intimi-
dated, the gang of officials succeeded in in
timidating Mrs. Creel while she was
sick and obtaining her signature to papers
which afterward proved to be an application
for divorce, but which at the time were rep
resented to her TO be of an entirely different
nature. They had a bill filed in the courts,
and the newspaper organ Of the
government official ring published
with glaring head lines the outrageous
charges and claimed 10 have Mrs. Creel's au-.
tSority for the same. As soon as the lady dis
covered the purport Of the papers she denied
having anything TO do with the matter, and is
now living with her husband and denoune-
ing the outrageous proceedings of the char
acter assassins.
1t is notorious fact that the land Office
officials have supported the paper edited by
Postmaster Hansborough by furnishing him
with all toe land office notices, refusing TO
give the same toany other paper there, pay
ing Hansoorough from IS 10 81 for
notice that the other papers offered
TO print for less than half the sum, and by
using the power Of their officers, the register.
receiver, and the postmaster, have succeeded
in feathering their nests and are cutting a
wide swath in Ramsey county, intimidating
ali who dare to raise their voice in opposi
ton TO their transactions.
1t is also charged that the township In
which Dunseith, in Rolettc county,is situated
was surveyed under special orders Of the in
terror department, and when Surveyor Gen.
eral Fessenden refused to certify TO the cor
rectness of the same, the secretary of the in
terror passed it over his head and
permitted final proofs 10 be made at the
Devils Lake Office for homesteads and pre-
emptions at Dunseith without advertisement.
tits thought that the whole gang are in ca
boots to wrong the government as well as
the settlers.
II is hoped when Cleveland is in augurated
that this gang of robbers and cut Threats,
under the guise of federal officers,
will be exterminated, as they well deserve TO
be. 1t is thought that we're it not for the
fact that change is to come soon the people
would rise in their majesty and wipe these
men from the face of the earth.
Finding that their efforts 10 break up
Lieut.. Creeps family were fruitless and the
rufiians were caught, some of the govern
ment officials hied themselves 10 Grand
Forks. where the district court was in
session, and made complaint against Lieut..
Creel for drawing his gun on
Prescott, who made the cowardlv assault on
the lieutenant as he was passing along the
street. This whole transaction on the part
of Prescott and his hackers is regarded as
one of the worst outrages ever attempted TO
be perpetrated on a citizen Of Dakota Lieut..
Creel has the sympathy Of the community.