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Result of Confession.

On hearing Tihue's confession, the
Indians turned like a herd ol wild
beasts against him. They tore his
clothes, beat him and compelled him
to give the names of all his associates
in witcheries. He accused another
man of the pueblo, named Catchise
to be his accomplice. Catchise was
arrested and both declared that their
chief confederate in the witchcraft
was an Indian of Santo Domingo
Weird Manifestations.
The next morning, twenty-five men
started with the two prisoners for
Santo Domingo, their object being to
ascertain the truth Of the assertion
made by the criminals, in regard to
the sortileges taught them by the
head sorcerer of that village. The late
start they took from Nambe COM
PEELED the party TO camp out, Is miles
off on the plateau south of San Ilde-
fonso. During the night all the horses
were stampeded away by strange
coyote who escaped all the shots of
the Indians, and started back towards
the pueblo with all the ponies, thus
compelling the men to return to the
pueblo with their prisoners. Juana
Chavez, who was really the leader of
the witcheries and entertainments prac-
tised in Nambe, metamorphosed her.
self into a coyote and followed the
expedition to the camping grounds to
frighten the horses and prevent the
trip to Santo Domingo. The return of
the messengers to the village created
an immense excitement, which reach
ed it's climax, when the circumstances
which caused the incident became pub.
lie. The inhabitants turned en- masse
against the unfortunate prisoners, who
after a long fagelation imposed upon
them, were caused to reveal all their
secrets, and all the tricks and sOrti
leges they had resorted to, to bring
the dreaded epidemic upon the pueblo
In the course of their revelations they
denounced the woman, Juana Chavez
as the leading spirit of the witchcraft
and also a fourth confederate named
Jayamo.
Dragged BY the Mob.
The four prisoners were dragged by
the mob to the public plaza in from
of the church, and there i'll treated
and beaten without mercy by the in
lfuriated pueblo. A Mexican neighbo1
hearing of the tumultuous riot, rushed
to Pojoaque to ask for help and motif,
Father Trujillo, parish priest of thu
district, of the uprising of the In
dians. On being informed of the sit
uation at Nambe, Archbishop Lamy
who was then at Pojoaque, sent i'm
mediately Father Trujillo in order tt
quiet down the excitement and stop
|if possible, any bloodshed. The prizes
left for Nambe with two companions
Juan Lujan and p Valdez. The.
reached the village too late to rescu'
the prisoners. Juana Chavez wa
killed, she was stoned to death by tn
|infuriated mob. An eye witness tol
the priest that the unfortunate woma
did not breathe her last until the II
dians had torn into pieces the rosar
that was hanging around her neck. He
body, horribly mutilated and disfgure
was hung to tree outside of th
village. The three men were sti
: alive but very weak, exhausted b
the loss of blood occasioned by th
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-09-16
sIST ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.
Of the Sovereign Grand Lodge
Odd Fellows Being Held IN
Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, Sept. 16.-Odd Fellows
from all parts of this country, Canada
and Mexico are here today t. attend
the eighty-frst annual communica.
ton of the Sovereign Grand Lodge.
1t is estimated that by Monday there
will be $4,000 members of the fraterni
ty in the city.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-09-16

100000 The CO.
dred and eighty az
ground which will b,
dredge. During the pas
the company there, five
five hundred to twelve l.
fifty feet deep have been
driven. These will give am.
supply and with the pumpi
chinery which will be placed
will produce about seventy gaaaf
per minute per well. The pun,
will be done from one central sta.,o.
and the wells will be connected by
pipes with this station which will
allow the pumping of the necessary
water supply at minimum cost.
The placer grounds owned by the
company have been thoroughly pros
pected and will yield rich returns.
| The dirt will be eXcavated by
means of steam shovels and elevated
by means of large steel buckets work
| 1t is dumped into a revolving screen
where the water is applied and the
ground thoroughly disintegrated. The
gold and small material passes through
this screen into slufce box where
the gold Is retained. The water and
gravel are conveyed from the sluice
into a centrifugal pump and by 1t
deposited In the cut from which 1t
has been excavated. The water pass
es from here into large settling basins
and is re-pumped back to the machine
thereby using the water over and over
and making from the original supply
of $50 gallons an effective supply OF.
800 gallons per minute.
The Gold Bullion Mining Company
has been operating in southern San
ia Fe County for many years and has
spent in the development of the
mining resources of that section over
$15O,OOO. Colonel Wood is mining
engineer and expert of note and great
experience and has been manager OF
the Gold Bullion for about the length
of time that it has operated in the
NEW TldCClo DloIIlCt. OOllC VI .AS
dirt in that region has paid big, as
cubic yards have been worked that
yielded over four dollars worth OF
pure gold If the new model traction
dredge now being built proves
success and it is believed 1t will, as
Colonel Wood has made a careful
study of all conditions and has had
many years of experience to draw on.
the New Placers District will again
come to the front as one of the lead
ling gold producing sections of New
Mexico. Colonel Wood understands
fully what he is now undertaking and
has great confidence that the new
venture will prove success and that
the new machine will be money MAX
er not only for the company but also
for the population Of that part of the
county as it will give many miners
good wages for some time to come. At
present the company employs four
men cleaning up and getting ready for
the advent of the new machinery.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-09-16
SIXTY H0TTENToTS ARE KILLED.
In Engagement Between Insurgents
and German Colonial Troops.

Berlin, Sept ia dispatch from
Harushas, German Southwest Africa,
says.
major Meisler's column of colonial
troops engaged the insurgent Hotten.
tots west of here, September 13. After
five hours of fighting the natives gave
way, leaving sixty dead Two Ger
mans were killed and twelve wound
nd
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-09-16
NAN PATTERSON MARRIED.
To Her Former Husband, Leon
Martin, at Washington, This
Afternoon.

Washington, Sept 16.-Miss Nan
Patterson, actress, is to marry hel
former husband, Leon G. Martin
from whom she was divorced three
years ago The license was issued
today and the ceremony will take
place this afternoon. Mr.. and Mrs.
Martin will reside in New York where
the former manages a hotel.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-09-16
THE WOMEN IN POLITICS.
National Democratic League Organ.
lied in New York to Cover the
Entire Country.

New York, Sept 1G.-At a meeting
here today the Woman's National
Democratic League was orgaEihed.
Mrs. John Crosby was elected presi-
dent. The promoters of the leagle
will endeavor to carry out the plans
for an organization covering the en-
tire country.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-09-16
RESIGNATION HAS BEEN ACCEPTED.
Baron kayoura Succeeds Viscount Yo-
shikaWa as Minister of Interior
in Japan.

Toxic, Sept. 16.-The resignation OF
Viscount Yoshikawa as minister OF
the interior has been accepted. Bar.
on Kayoura, minister of agriculture
and commerce, succeeds Yoshikawa as
minister of the interior, while retain
ing his original post
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-09-16
TAFT VISITED
BY CITIZENS OF TOXIC.

Yokohama, Sept. 16.-Secretary
Taft arrived here and today received
visits from the distinguished citizens
of Toxic, large number of local
Japanese and foreign residents. All
Is quiet here.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-09-16
DEVELOPMENTS
IN BARON koMURA'S CASE

New York, Sept. 16.-Developments
in the case of Baron Komura are fav-
orable. He received dispatch from
the Emperor of Japan, expressing the
hope of his speedy recovery.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-09-16
NICHOLAS LEAVES
FOR AN EXTENDED CRUISE

st. Petersburg Sept. 16.--Emperor
Nicholas, accompanied by Minister OF
Marine Birileff, left Peterhonf today
for a cruise In the Finnish archipelago,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-04-13
FIND SUBSTITUTE FOR HAIR
an Extraordinary Process of Max
ing Locks from Collodion.

Standardization has now
found a substitute for human hair. 1t
was discovered incidentally in a long
quest for some method for making arti-
fetal silk. After $50 years of failure
French and German chemist have
solved the artificial silk problem, and
the department of commerce and labor
is informed that factories are soon to
be started in the United States for maxi
ing silk from collodion. The same fac
tories will make hair for wigs, scratch
es, switches, and other comforts OF
badness.
In the matter Of hair for the head
nature has not been able to keep up with
art. The collodion-spun hair is lighter.
softer, cheaper and altogether better
than hair cropped from the human head.
The inventors Of the artificial silk
process are DR.. Lehner, Of Augsburg,
and Count Hilarirede Chardonnet, OF
Paris. Two factories are running in
Germany, two in Switzerland and ono
at Besancon, in France, turning out tho
product, of which one Of the German
factories sold the United States $138,315
worth last year.
Cellulose is the basis of the artificial
silk, and this is obtained generally
from carded cotton, although it may
also be obtained from corn and other
grains. After being subjected to GER
tain secret chemical treatments, it is
spun wet into the brilliant threads such
as the silk worm spins to make its coc-
coon.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-04-13
JOKE TO COST THEM $4,000
Tenderfoot Sues Men Who Held Him
Up "Just for Fun" for
Big Sum.

Tacoma, Wash.-A practical joke
played upon tenderfoot has resulted
in a suit for $4,000 damages against
seven men at Lewiston, Idaho.
Ray Names, recently from Kokomo.
Ind, was the victim of lake hold-up
at Waha, Idaho. several weeks ago.
He was employed by John Hames, who
conduct the post Office, store and ho-
tel at Waha.
The defendants, it is alleged, fright
ened him by telling him how fast ten
derfeet were killed off in that part of
the country One man rode up lead
ing a riderless horse and told Names
how his partner had been killed and
he was hurrying out of the country.
The climax came when Names dad
others were held up in the store.
Two of the defendants, with coffee
sacks as masks, entered the store, armed
with revolvers, and ordered the men in
side to hold up their hands
The complaint adds that Names was
recovering from appendicitis, and that
the fright has made him permanently
i'll. He is now at Lewiston under a
physicians care.
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less, as he had only furnished fnforma-
ton which was legitimate and the in
quirer had merely given an expression
of gratitude for services rendered. But
that was but the first step. In few days
the conspirator would call again and
want still other information which did
not have to do with the land cases. The
clerk, eager to oblige, supplied the in
formation, and $50 offered by the CRATE
full inquirer was more readily accepted
than the $40 had been. Now the clerk
was fixed, and when the conspirator
came out boldly and sought information
in regard to land cases, and the clerk
would protest that he could not give it,
he was coolly Informed that he must do
as he was bid, for he had accepted two
or three brides from him already, and if
it became known he would lose his place
and perhaps go to the penitentiary. The
clerk, realizing his position. would
yield, and in a short time would be deep
in the meshes of the great conspiracy.
After Big Game.
But the big game had not been winged
as yet, and it was really the big fellows
which the department was anxious to
get. But step by step the ira was lead
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-04-13

Mitchell and Tanner, and that clause
in the original partnership agreement
read: THAT all moneys received from
practicing before the department at
Washington was to be the exclusive
profits Of John H. Mitchell" while in
the agreement presented before the
grand jury the name of Tanner ap-
peared in the place of Mitchells.
Misspelled words in the agreement fur
nished a clew, and Tanners son in a
test before the grand jury misspelled
those same words, and finally admitted
that he had written the agreement in
December, 1904. Judge Tanner was
now C; led before the grand jury again,
and persisted in his former statement
that the agreement was genuine, and
the grand jury promptly indicted him
for perjury. Later, it is said, he made
a confession to Burns, duplicating
Mitchell in the fraud.
The Burn Without-Fail" Letter.
In the meantime Harry c. Robertson,
the private secretary of Senator
Mitchell, at Washington, had been
subpoenaed as witness by the gov
eminent, and on his arrival at Port
land was Immediately taken by Mr.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-04-13

investigation, news items in the papers
of the country have told of the devel'
opments in the case. Occasionally the
public has Deen startled by the name
of some prominent man being connect
ed with the frauds, as was especially
the case when Senator Mitchell was in
dicted on the charge of accepting a
bride in connection with some of the
land cases, and his now famous, burn
this letter." was made public.
But at best the public has been able
to obtain only very incomplete and
confused idea of the case as a whole,
and has little idea of its magnitude. the
startling boldness of the plot and the
extent of the operations of unscrupu-
lous men.
One Gigantic, Systematic Plot.
First of all we want to remember
that the land frauds are not an aggre-
CATION of isolated cases, independent of
each other in methods and purpose,
but are really one gigantic, deep-laid
and systematic plot which was being
persistently and successfully carried
en- in Arizona, California, Oregon and
other western states by men or wealth
and influence who had lust for the
public domain.
Lawson, in his revelations of Wall
street methods, speaks of sthe SYSTEM ?
but the New York money kings in
their alleged raids on the stock mar
kets and the pocketbooks of the small
investors never worked more thor
oughly organized system than have the
land grabbers of the west. First, we
have the conspirators, bold, rapacious,
unprincipled, Unsuitable. Next were
the vast tracts of valuable government
land as a stake for which these con-
spirators were ready to play, and judg-
ing from the hundreds of thousands of
acres of land fraudulently obtained up
to the time the Investigations were be-
gun the stake was an elastic one, which
ultimately was to include millions. And
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of Senator Mitchell, was indicted for
perjury and later pleaded guilty and it
is stated made confession implicat-
ing Senator Mitchell.
Former Land Commissioner Her
mann, now congressman from Oregon,
is under indictment on the charge of
destroying records of the land office
at Washington, and in addition to this
he is under Indictment with John II.
Hall, ex-district attorney; Edwin Mays.
ex-assistant district attorney; F. P.
Mays, state senator; Hamilton H. Hen
bricks, secretary and treasurer of the
Butte Creek Land, Live Stock & Lum-
Der company, and Special Agents
C. E. Loomis and g. D. Stratford of
the land Office, on the charge of fenc-
ing in a large part of the county of
Wheeler and taking up a number of
entries in the outskirts of the county.
In California r. A. Hyde, John A.
Henson and Henry P. Dimond, extern
sive land spectators, have been indict-
ed on the charges of conspiracy and
the effort to take them to Washington
for trial.
The First Clew.
This, in brief, is the ouLllne of the
plot, the results of the Investigations
and the progress of the legal battle.
1t was in the latter part of 1902 that
the first intimation of extensive land
frauds reached the ear of Secretary
Hitchcock, and the circumstances con-
nected Herewith are of rather a singu-
L., IA hof
it takes thief to catch thief, and
strange enough the first information
of frauds in the land entries was given
by man who had been in the employ
of d-grabbers, and who was threat
ening to expose the frauds in order to
enforce the payment of hush money.
He sent letter after letter to the gen.
eral land Office at Washington, but 1T
is said that Binger Hermann, at that
time commissioner. ignored the letters,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-04-13
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Election in Wisconsin.

Milwaukee.-In the absence of excit-
ing contests a very light vote was cast
throughout the state Tuesday. Judge
John r. Winslow of the supreme court
was reelected without opposition. The
contest for state superintendent is close,
but the indications are that Charles p.
Cary has been reelected over Albert
Salisbury In this city Judge Carpenter
defeated his opponent, Judge Wallber,
and Judges Tarrant and Ludwig of the
circuit court were reelected without OPP
position. Judge Halsey also pulled
through with a plurality of about 700.
Milwaukee gave Superintendent Cary
nearly 5000 majority over Salisbury.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-04-13

Washington.-Th story of the big
is one of the most startling and inter-
esting of modern annals.
1t is a gigantic conspiracy, detec-
tive story and a tremendous legal bat
tie all in one.
The conspiracy reaches back through
the years, involves hundreds of thous-
ands of acres of the finest public lands
in Arizona, California, Oregon and 9TH
er states, and includes among its long
chain Of conspirators, men prominent
in state and nation, government OIL
Gals and employees, and wealthy cor
porations, including at least one rail-
road.
The detective story equals any OF the
Sherlock Holmes variety in the Keen
ness and nicely with which the faint
est clews have been followed up, mys-
teries unraveled and the guilty, high
and low, at last cornered, in spite or
unlimited power and influence and
loads Of money used to block investi-
cation and checkmate the detectives.
The tremendous legal battle begun
come time ago when SUFFICIENT evidence
was secured to start court proceedings
and which is still raging, IS conflict
Of giants. The government has en-
ployed the finest legal talent to be had
to prosecute the cases and the men
on trial. and to be tried, are sparing
no efforts or money in trying to escape
conviction. 1t is fight every inch of
the way with several points scored by
the government thus far.
And all this is included in the com
plete story of the land frauds-a story
of fascinating interest because of its
startling revelations.
It is story one wants to read
From the time some three years ago
when Secretary Hitchcock, of the in
terror department, first received the
hint that gigantic land steals were go
ing on and started the machinery of
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-04-13
State Bank Report Out.

Madison.-State Banking Commits
sioner Bergh issued statement show
ing that the state and savings hanks
of Wisconsin are doing a prosperous
business. The last report was made
at of the close of business on March
IL and the last preceding report-was
made on January II. The increase in
the number of banks between January
IL and March Il was five, bringing the
total number up to $50. The increase
in resources and liabilities was nearly
$3,000,000. The total resources on
March IA was 1913 ,6SS, 777.52, as against
$50, 49,, 473.74 on January IL.
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Suit Sensational.

Green Bay.-"One, two, three sup
pers," hack rides, clandestine meetings
in private rooms of restaurants, saloons
and other places, camping episodes of a
sensational character and many other
salacious incidents have figured promi-
nently in testimony which has been
given in the suit brought by Albert w.
HOLMAN against Henry Rahr for $4,000
for alternating the affections of Mrs.
Holman. The parties to the suit have
been residents of Green Bay practically
all their lives All of them belong to the
most aristocratic circles of this lively
little city.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-04-13
Big sawmill Swept Away.

Sheboygan.-The big sawmill owned
by County Treasurer Schultz, located
near Jacksonville, on the Sheboygan
river, was carried away by the flood and
destroyed. The water, which had been
rising for the last two weeks, was five
feet above the usual high level. Precau-
tons have been taken to safeguard the
east bank of the river, opposite the flour
ing mill, which is also owned by Treas
urer Schultz, as the water has been I'M
dermining the mill. Work at the saw
mill was to have begun soon.
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They Are Far More Gigantic Than Peo-
pie Generally Imagine.
SOME CLEVER DETECTIVE WORK DONE
BY w. j. BURNS.
He Has E.nrapped CUlprits Both High and Low by His
Carefully Laid P1ans-How the Schemes of the
Land Grabbers Worked-Some
Startling Evidence

because the conspirators were bold and
the prize to be won almost limitless in
extent and value, they devised sys-
tenn by which to operate. But more
of this later.
Startling Summary.
To summarize our story before at
tempting to develops it in Its startling
details, let us consider that it's rami-
fications lead us through three states,
with still others to hear from. I'M
mense tracts of timber land, aggregat-
ing 100000 or more acres in extent,
are involved. In Oregon, one firm alone
acquired 100000 acres of the finest of
the public domain by the use of the
fraudulent system. And in California
applications were made for 100000
acres of school lands, indicating that
the only limit to the fraudulent entries
was to be the outermost boundaries of
the land itself. 1t is estimated that the
land grabbed is easily worth $20,000,0 900
to $4,000, 000
Sixteen of the principals involved in
these land frauds have been indicted,
and ten or IL implicated in greater
or less degree. Ten men in the employ
of the land ONCE have been discharged
for completely in the frauds and sew
eral convictions have already been Sc
cured.
Among the indicted are one United
States senator one congressman, two
state senators, an ex-district attorney,
an ex-assistant district attorney, the
former head of the general land Office,
special agents of the land Office and
former judge.
In Oregon convictions have already
been secured in the cases of Clyde
Lloyd, S. A. D. Puter, Horace G. Nc
Kinley, Emma L. Watson and d. w.
Tarpley Franklin Pierce Mays, state
senator from Portland, is now on trial,
and the trial of Senator Mitchell is to
begin shortly.
Judge A. H. Tanner. the law partner