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BINGER HERMANN-
APOORWITNES?. TELEGRAM
.INTRODUCED . CONTRA
. A lDICTING TESTIMONY.
'The " vouchers - were
Peary will Make Another Attempt
To Reach tbe Pole. Oil Dis
covered at Ntz Perce, Idaho.
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The Famous Packard Shoe, Sold by " -
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Dealer in men's Furnishings. ' j
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Fisherman's luck means a wonderful catch once in a blue
moon. But all moons are alike to the man equipped from our
superb Sporting Goods stock the latest in Rods, Reels,
Dandy Minnows, Hooks, Bicycles, Sundries, ultery, Sewing
Machines and Sewing Machine Supplies, Edison and Victor
Talking Machines, Records and Supplies. The hunter will find
himself in a paradise of his own when he lands in this fine
Sporting Goods stock. You are. welcome to buy, or admire,
just as you choose. Unmatchable prices now.
M. M. LONG'S
; Washington, ' April ' 9. Blnger
Hermann literally went to pieces this
afternoon when subjected, to cross-
exanination by i District -Attorney
Baker.' Where brevioosly he bad
been calm and euave, though eome
times evasive, he today frequently
exhibited temper, when preseed
with embarrassing questions, and
repeatedly avoided giving direct
! answers to questions put to him by
1 the prosecuting officer. When pin
ned down ne made several reluc
tant admissions that reflected any
thing but credit npon him. At
other times, though confronted with
documentary evidence, showing
what the District. Attorney styled
violation of the law upon his part,
Hermann repeatedly denied all
guilt and undertook to explain away:
transactions which involved him in
various land deals The most
pitiable feature of Hermann's ex
planations was that they did not
explain. uv-. p -
Altogether Hermann showed up
in an extremely bad light. Unless
he improves tomorrow when the
bulk of the cross-examination will
be conducted, it is evident he will
have done his cause more injury
than good by going upon the stand.
At the outset of bis. examination
Hermann '-was asked if any member
of his family had, taken up public
and while he was Land ComrnU'
sioner.
VNpt that I recall," he answered
When certain Land Office records
were 1 produced in " evidence, ana
spbmitted to Hermann, his memory
was refreshed and he recalled, that
bis bod Schiller had made a home-'
stead entry. When his memory
was further refreshed Hermann ad
mitted that his eon Schiller also
acquired three other 160-acrs tracts
from settlers in the Roeeburg land
district and conveyed all three to
his father for 3000 in gold, while
he was yet Commissioner, to relieve
Sahiller's finaccial embarrassment.
Hermann had written a memor
andum directing the patents to be
mailed to his son.
Hermann inshted tbat his son
did not acquire title from the Gov
ernment, but from eettlers, which
he had a perfect right to do, but the
tecord was produced to show that
at lea-t one patent was issued by
the Land Office in the name of
Schiller Hermann, and not to the
original teitlers. ;v-
The Finest and most complete line ever brought to the city.
Also a Full line of Base Ball Goods.
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aesjgned to , Hermann;;wh:o was to
The government asked, if Miller,
while receiving the money as srie-
cfcV agent as shown in Hermann's
vouchers,, was studying medicine In
nermann's oacK omce. ' Hermann
denied it vieorodely" and said 'he'
might have advanced the ;money to.
Miller in explaining the assign-'
ment of the youchers. ,! ' '" '
The proeecution brought 'from
Hermann the statement -'that he
took into the service of tbe land
office these relatives: W. A. Sorter;
uncle,' forest eupervisor;' Edward
Bender, brother-in-law, special
agent; W. G. Hermann, brother,
forest supervisor; "Arthdr , B.' Her
mann, tne j alter s son, eupervieor;
.Kyle Miller,' son-in-law,' special
agent; Ernest F. Glotfelty, ' coUBin,
messenger. The government went
into tbe allegation that Hermann
procured the appointment of Uncle
Borter for the eole purpose of enabl
ing the latter to discharge a, mort
gage held by Hermann, and brought
out that he had expedited a pay
meat to Surveyor Cart heart in or
der to procure rnoney to be applied
on the account he- owed his son,
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Hermann emphatically'' denied
that he bad ever "expedited" a
payment for that' purpose. The
district attorney then took up the
telegram Hermann j sent to P.P.
Mays. -i , i? ' .
I overed here before on a number xf
I ccasions where wells have been
I uok t ) a depth ' of 3bo feet water
has- been so, contaminated, as to
render it unfit for domestic nie,
stock- Byen refusing o. drink 1
iTbif is the first . known ; instance
where , crude , petroleum, has been'
struck in Idaho. , Vieions pi riches
are already .filling the, , minds of the
people io the vicinity, of the gusher
and if tbe flow keeps, up wells will
be, drilled in ' a , large, number bi
places-f.'f u:) i " ..
i ; News, of the strike quickly spread
over theprahaies and within a short
tiuej scores of . farmers ' wera on
their way to ete the spouter. .'
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JNez Feroe, Idaho. April 1U. Ntz
Perce is wildly excited over the
discovery of an oil gusher on the
E. G. Gasson place, two miles from
town, at 1 o'clock yesterday after
noon and hundreds ot people view
ed the phenomenon yesterday and
today. A steady stream of oil is
pouring from a hillside and efforts
are beiDg made to control the flow
All last night men worked casting
up the opening so that the) valuable
fluid, which is flowing at : tbe rate
of 30 gallons per minute can be
saved.
..: Petroleum waB accidentally struck
while S. P. Connor was drilling
well for water. , H6 had reached a
depth of 220 feet with no signs of
water when the drill suddenly sunk
in a subterranean ovity, Imme
diately the bitominons liquid began
oozing from the ground and when
tbe bit was removed It spouted
forth to the height of 10 feet.
ims eruption continued for one
hour. It then grew less forcible
and finally sub. iied into a steady
now.
L. M. Mattoon, an expert drill
man, who has spent years in the
Pennsylvania fields, states that the
petroleum is of the purest, quality
and tbat in drilling different stratas
wee e CO intered identical with
those of lue Pennsylvania oil dis
tricts. .
Evidences of oil have beeu die-
Hermann testified that he could
not recall, any of the circumstan
ces, connected with the analr.
The government read a letter
written by George BrBwnell to Her
mann in 1897, m which Brownell
said he wanted Edward Dixon, a
Democrat, appointed special agent,
giving as. his reason that the re
publicans had had a bard fight
tq elect five members of the legisla
ture; that ttey needed to utilize all
possible political resources;
Dr. W. E. Carll, Democrat,
man of the Clackamas county cen
tral committee, was a warm sup
porter of Brownell always and of
Mitchell too.
Hermann replied to Brownell
that he would try later to provide
for Dixon. Ihe government ex
perienced difficulty in getting from
Hermann a statement as to when
the legislature of Oregon meets.
Hermann said he could not be sure
whtn the date was changed from
fall to winter; that he was not sure
whether theymet in August, 1902,
or the previous year in January.
The government claims it has
broken down Binger Hermann's
defense, utterly discredited him
and involved him in contradictions
which destroy his credibility a? a
witness. The bomb thrown into
the camp of the defense was a tele
gram discovered by Irvin Kitten
house, Heney's private secretary,
never before known by the govern
ment to exist, which it is asserted
proves true Sorenson's testimony
tbat Hermann wired a "tip" three
days in advance to F. P. Mays as
to what particular lands would be
included in. the Bins Mot n'ain for
est reserve. The telegram to Mays
was:
"July 25, 1902 Fifteen timber
land entries forwarded. Roeeburg
land office. I recommend with
drawal original Strawberry moun
tain and later additions to tbe sec
retary. He has approved them."
The government alleges that
these 15 claims were tbe same that
were brought out in the Poitland
eases in which checks were pro
du e1 sh winj t at Fred A. Kribs
psid Mays $50 or puEhinc; through
each' claim' and 'Mitchell IScl for
each claim. It la claimed that t!
telegram waskas ed , on previous
arrangement with Mays, who un
derstood from it that the lands they
bad selected together had been in
cluded, : Today Hermann admitted
he eent the 'telegram saying
. "I did bo', because I knew Maya
was Interested in the: creation of
forest reserves. . I Bent it aa I might
have sent, it to any citizen. I had
previously told a Portland news
paper correspondent about Straw
berry mountain being include J,"
' - The government asserts that ha
merely told the correspondent In
general terms, so as to convey no
special information to anyone not
in a previous arrangement. The
government, in view of the revela
tions of today, and to admissions
by Hermann, asserts that it baa
positively broken down the de
fense. The official reporter gave
the following as testimony of Her
mann on direct examination by his
counsel on the previous day:
Question: "There have been
statements made here about what
Mr. Mays said to various people; I
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i uu uuv uaro iu uuui mem an up
that I and go over them, what Mr. Mays
chair- , had said to Sorensen or Din Tar-
pley or Puter cr somebody that you
were in collusion with Mr. 'Maya
about this forest reserve business I
want to ask you tbe question
whether or not, was any such ar
rangement understood between you
and Mr. Mays."
Answer: "I have already resent
ed euch a proposition as that. I
want to eay to every member of tbe
jury, and to his honor, that at no
time, under no circumstances, did
I ever have a conversation with
Mays, with regard to any of hia
business dealings, direct or indirect,
forest or otherwise. I had no com
munication with tbe man, to him.
direct, or from bim, or through
anybody else for the man."
"I never bad any dealings with
P. P. Mays, not even political
dealings. There was no relation
ship between us that would prompt
me, or which would relate to the
man, to take any interest in his
affairs, or to know what bis busi
ness was. I wish to say tbat as
emphatically as the human lan
guage can eay it, and I invite proof
to the contrary wherever it may
come from."
- Today the government asked Her
mann if ha ever wrote or telegraph
ed Sorensoo, but he refused to state
positively, saying one's memory
might at any time, be faulty, and
hence might make a mistake as he
did in eaying he never remembered
communicating with Mays with
reference to the forest reserve land
matters.
It is understood that more sensa
tions are in store by the government.
Washington, April 9. Secretary
Metcalf today pranted the .applica
tion of Commander Robert E.
Peary for a three years' leave of
absence, tbe , time to be spent in
polar explorations.
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New Yoik, April 9. The appli
cation of Robert E. Peary for leave
of absence of three years, which was
approved today by the Secretary of
the Navy, has uncovered the fact
that Commander Peary proposes 10
make another .attempt this Bum
mer to reach the north1 pole. The
three years' leave of absence, dor
ing which he made his famous jour
ney to the farthest point ever
reached by mau 87 deg 6 min
expired last Sunday, and tbe new
leave begins at once. It is expect
ed the start will be made in June.
' Washington, April 10. At the
trial of Binger Hermann this morn
ing the prosecution said it would
show by documents tbat Hermann
bad kept bis relatives on the pay
roll, incurring an aggregate of
$2,000 annual expense; that though
nermann was all tbe time com
plaining that he had not money
enough to conduct investigations
into land frauds, he was working
the government for his relatives
The government introduced vouch
ers signed by Hermann for several
hundred dollars for salary and ex
penses of Dr. Kyle Muler, his son-in-law,
as special agent in the field
when Miller all the time, to Her
mann's knowledge, was in Wash
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