Suits Against Ninety-seven Farmers

Suits Against Ninety-seven Farmers.

New York, May 22.-A Kansas City special says: Suits have been begun in the United States court at Denver, Col., against ninety-seven farmers in the best part of the San Luis valley, the lands being claimed by a Dutch company called The United States Freehold Land and Emigration company. The suits involve half a dozen villages, including San Luis, the county seat of Costilla county. The company bought 500,000 acres of land in the Beaubein grant fifteen years ago from Governor Gilpin for $500,000. The grant was originally made to Charles Beaubien by the governor of New Mexico for a tea of horses and a buggy.