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VOL. XLV. tfO 13,802. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ELECT OF PEOPLE Roosevelt to Be Inaug urated at Noon. WASHINGTON AGLOW Great Inpouring of People to Capital. PROGRAMME OF THE DAY ThirtyThousand MenWill Make Grand Pageant. AFTER INAUGURAL PARADE All Preparations for the Day Are Complete, and AH Is Propitious Except Weather, Which Threatens Rain. PROGRAMME OF INAUGURATION. WASHINGTON. March 3. The time card for the Inaugural events, as closely as can be scheduled, follow: 10 A. M. President leaves White House for the Capitol, with his personal escort. 10:30 to 12 noon President remains in his room, adjoining- the Senate chamber, and passes on measures passed at the last hour and awaiting his action. 12 noon President takes seat In Sen--ate chamber In from of the Vice-President's desk. 12:15 P. M. President pro tempore of the Senate administer oath to Mr. Fair banks as Vlce-Preldent." 22:30 P. M. Senators sworn In. 1 P. M. President "Roosevelt takes oath on stand at east front of Capitol. 1.15 P. M. President reads iia lr.au Kural addrevs. 1.20 to 1:30 P. President Roose velt conclude his .inaugural address and start for White House, and parade? In which approximately 30.000. men will be In line, begins to march. Parade halts at head of Pennsylvania avenue to allow President to take luncheen and reach reviewing stand. 2 P. M. President at luncheon. 3:45 P. M. President enters reviewing stand and begins review of the parade. C .SO P. M. Parade ends. 7:80 P. M. Inaugural ball committees Assemble. Fireworks begin. S P. M. Pension building opened for Inaugural ball. 8:15 P. M. Fireworks conclude. 8 P, M. Grand march at th'e bah. 12 (midnight) Ball ends. Monday night Grand Inaugural concert. "WASHINGTON, March 3. Probabilities strongly incline toward rain for the early part of tomorrow's Inaugural festivities. In the opinion of Official Forecaster Frankenfeld, of the "Weather Bureau. The breather may clear in timo for the parade In the afternoon. There is a chance that "Washington may escape the rain alto gether, Mr. Frankenfeld says. but the outlook was against it. Barring the prospect of rain, everything points to a most successful and brilliant inauguration. Evidence of complete read iness for the event, even as to some de tails, is everywhere apparent. Tonight the illuminations on the several public buildings and In the Court of History in front of the Presidents house, were test ed and found to work satisfactorily. Pennsylvania avenue wag a blaze of light from the illumination in the dome of the Capitol at one end of the thoroughfare to the Treasury Department at the other. Pennsylvania avenue tonight "was a 5ense mass of strollers viewing the sights. Numerous military and civic organizations arrived In the city during the day and night and mingled with the plainly attired inhabitants. The "West Point cadets ar rived tonight. They marched from the station to the "Washington Barracks, where they will be quartered. The Capitol was the Mecca for many more than oould possibly gain admission to the Senate and the House galleries to witness the closing scenes of Congress. The overflow wandered through the cor ridors. The Congressional Library shared honors with the Capitol as to crowds and was filled until the closing hours. At every hotel and clubhouse reunions of various political and patriotic organiza tions or receptions to visiting Governors were In progress. President Roosevelt and his family spent the evening quietly at the "White House. At the Vice-President's home there was a dinner, followed by a reception tq Gov ernor Hanly, of Indiana, and staff. The dinner party included 30 persons In alL PROGRAMME OF FESTIVITIES Administration of Oath Followed by Addresses and Parade. "WASHINGTON. March 3. President Roosevelt will leave the "White House be tween 10:30 and 11 o'clock tomorrow morning, accompanied by a detachment of Army veterans, the famous Rough Riders, with whom Mr. Roosevelt served in the Spanish War; Squadron "A" of New Tork City and the Congressional committee on arrangements, , composed of Senators Spooner, Aldrlch and Bacon, and Representatives Dalzell, Crumpackcr and John Sharp "Williams. This miniature pageant will proceed down Pennsylvania avenue and up the hill to the CapltoL The President, accompanied by the Congressional committee, -will proceed at once to the President's room In the Sen ate wing of the Capitol, where all bills awaiting Presidential action will be signed. In the meantime the Senate is presumed to be In session, and at 11. o'clock its doors will be thrown open to a select few who will have the privilege of the chamber. Those entitled, to admis sion are ex-Presidents and Vice-Presidents, the Vice-President-elect, Justices of the Supreme Court, Senators, ex-Senators and Senators-elect, Ambassadors and Ministers of the United States, Am bassadors and Ministers of foreign coun tries to the United States, heads of ex ecutive departments, members of the House of Representatives, ex-members and members-elect, Governors of states and territories. Admiral of the Navy and aide, Lieutenant-General commanding the Army and aide, also the retired Lieutenant-General, 'officers of the Army and Navy who, by name, have received the thanks of Congress, executive officers of the House and Senate, Judges of the various courts of the District of Colum bia and a few others. Enter, the President. "With the exception of the Justices of the Supreme Court and the members of the House of Representatives and the President of the United States himself, all must be In their seats by 11:30 o'clock. The Justices of the Supreme Court will enter in a body at 11:45 o'clock and will be announced. The members of the House of Representa tives, neaded'by their officers, will en ter at 11:60, and be announced. The Congressional committee on arrange ments will then proceed to the presi dent's room and notify Mr. Roosevelt that all is in readiness. The President and President-elect, -who, in this in stance, happens to be the same person, will proceed at once to the Senate cham ber and, after being- announced by the Sergoant-at-Arms of the Senate, will take a seat directly In front of the desk of the President of the Senate. Inauguration of Vice-President. During these entrances the Senate will continue in session, and at 12 o'clock, noon. Senator Frye, as Presi dent pro tempore of the Senate, will rap with his gavel and announce that the 58th Senate is adjourned, sine die. Mr. Frye will then administer the oath to the Vice-President-elect and stop down from the platform, handing: the gavel to Mr. Fairbanks; who In turn will call the assemblage to order and, after prayer by the chaplain,- -will deliver his inaugu ral address. This will be brief, anj -will refer only to the Senate, Ignoring alto gether the momentous questions of state. Mr. Fairbanks will then admin ister the oath of office to -the Senators elect, after which tho entire body hav ing the privilege of the" floor will pro ceed in the order given above to the rotunda of the Capitol, and thence to the temporary amphitheater con structed at the cast entrance. Upon coming out into the open, the party will be welcomed with song by a chorus of betweon 500 and 600 voices a new departure in inaugural pro grammes. Two songs have been com posed by two eminent musicians espe cially for this occasion. Professor Ho ratio Parker, of Tale University, has composed a choral, entitled "Union and Liberty," and by courtesy of Percy's. Foster, chairman of tho committee on music and organizer of the chorus, Mr. Parker -will lead In - the rendition of his -work. The other composition is en titled "One Flag and One Country," written by Professor Fancuilll, former ly leader of the Marine Band. Oath and Inaugural Address. On reaching the platform the President will take a seat reserved for him at the center of the stand, with the Chief Justice of tho Supreme Court of the United States 'on his right, and the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate on his left. The other mem bers of the party will be grouped behind the President, the Associate Justices and members of the Senate on the right, the Diplomatic Corps. Governors of states and territories, and beads of departments on the left, and the residue in the rear. The oath of office will then be adminis tered by the Chief Justice, or in case of his absence for any reason whatsoever, by the senior Associate Justice present. Mr. Roosevelt will then deliver his in augural address, concluding probably at about 2 o'clock. During this time the grand parade has been forming in tho streets and avenues which radiate from tho Capitol to the eastward. At tho conclusion of his ad dress the President 'will enter his carriage and proceed forthwith to the "White House, accompanied by the Rough Riders and Squadron A, which throughout the day will act as his personal escort. The Grand Parade. The parade, which in fact Is what the thousands of strangers have come to see, -will follow, in command of Lieutenant General Adna R. Chaffee, grand marshal. The column will be divided into a military grand division and a civic grand division. The military division will be led by the cadets from "West Point, the midshipmen from Annapolis and tho troops of the regular Army, and detachments from the Navy. Marine Corps and Revenue Cutter Service. This will comprise the first division, and will be in command of Major-General James F. "Wade, U. S. A. The second division will be composed exclu sively of the National Guard of the Dis trict of Columbia, and will be in com mand of General George H. Harries. The third division will include such organiza tions from the National Guards of the several states as have been designated. The last division will comprise a dozen battalions of cadets from the various mil itary schools in the country. The boys will march fully armed and equipped, and for the first time in the history of inau gural parades will be honored -with a po sition In the military division. The civic grand division will be headed by the Americus Club, of Pittsburg, which will act as the personal escort of B. H. Warner, civic grand marshal. Mr. War ner will also be accompanied by Captain (Concluded on Third Pare.) RAILWAY IS SOLD Purchase of Columbia and Northern. MILLION DOLLARS PRICE Northern Pacific May Be the Buyer. FORMS AN IMPORTANT LINK It May Be Used to Form Part of a Direct Line Into the City of Portland by the Big Corporation. The Columbia River tz. Northern Rail way has been sold for approximately 51,000,000, presumably to Eastern capital ists, though In reality, it is thought, to the Northern Pacific Railway Company, .and in a few days the formal trnsfer of the stocks and property of the com pany will be made from the old owners to the recent purchasers. The Columbia River & Northern Rail way Company Is backed largely by Port land and Oregon capital and is a road running from Lyle, on the northern bank of the Columbia River, to Goldendale, a distance of 46 miles. The road is equipped with three locomotives, two passengers, 12 miscellaneous and 55 freight-cars, mak ing a total of 69 cars ready for use on the line. In addition to this property the company owns the Regulator line of steamships, consisting of four vessels, the Regulator, the Bailey Gatzert, the Dalles City and the Metlaco. Officers of the Company. The capital stock of the company Is estimated at about 520S.O00, while there is a large bond Issue, the estimate of which is not at this time obtainable. The president of the company is Rufus Mai lory; vice-president, H. L. Pittock; sec retary, E. E. Mallory. and general man ager, H. C Campbell. The sale. of the. Columbia Northern I pot Admitted openly by any of ihtf stock holder, UiougftJtMs 'inbcvii'ttjo-be a sou tied 'act. Some of the persons interested refuse to discuss the question, claiming Ignorance of any deal being on or con summated; others say they have no state ment to make for publication, but the fact Is that the sale was finally arranged during the first part of the week, the negotiations being carried on by A. L. Mills. C F. Adams and other of the prominent stockholders of the company. Negotiations for Weeks. Some time ago, as long as six weeks past, negotiations were begun, so it is said, for the sale of the property. These efforts on the part of tho managers of the property to turn their holdings Into cash seemed to be doomed to dfoat, and the hope of a sale was almost given up when a small party of men suddenly roached the city from the East. Those men are known to Mr. Mills and to Mr. Adams, but neither of the gentlemen will at this time disclose their identity. It is sup posed, however, that they came either from "Wilmington, Del., or from Philadel phia, and It is further supposed that they are acting as the agents of the Northern Pacific, either directly or by agreement. The visitors remained in Portland for several days, and while in this district made a trip over the line of the Colum bia River & Northern, Inspected the river boats and in fact made a thorough exam ination of tho jjroperty. At the conclu sion of the visit, it is said that the visitors offered approximately J1.0CO.000 for the road, which amount was accepted, the sale including everything from the ves sels to the stocks and bonds. Valuable to Northern Pacific. If It Is true, as It Is supposed, that the short road has passed Into tho con trol of the" Northern Pacific, it would ar gue much not only for that district through which the road runs, but for the whole Northwest. The old dream of the north-bank grade of the Northern Pacific into Portland has not been forgotten and the project Is not dead, a fact well known among railroad men. The Columbia River & Northern already extends 46 miles into the Klickitat Valley and is headed toward the Northwest through the Ya kima country to a junction with the pres ent line of the Northern. It would fur nish a link and a district of rich rev enue which. It is thought, the wise men at the head of the Northern Pacific have not overlooked and of which they will take advantage in the near future. WILL BE IN ITALIAN GARDEN Beautiful Decoration of President's Box at Inaugural Ball. WASHINGTON, March 3. Italian skies seldom .covered a more beautiful scene than that on which the newly-Inaugurated President will gaze as he enters his panoplied box In the Pension build ing tomorrow night, formally opening the Inaugural ball. He will find himself In an Italian garden, surrounded by a two storied arcade hung with festoons of laurel and Southern smilax and baskets of gaily colored orchids and pink axalias. Flowers bloom everywhere . and stately palms from the tropics stand here and there amid the golden columns of the arcade with Its Ivory facades. Rising 52 feet from the floor back of the grandstand is a nimbus of electric lights In the shape of a shell banked on each side by pajms. Within this nimbus, are 13 orange medallions representing the 13 original states. Bach medallion is set with a blue and white five-pointed star. These medallions are set In a network of gold cable, which Is studded at the inter section of the mesh with gold lamps. Above the nimbus is a trophy of six American flags and an eagle. At the opposite end of the ballroom in the first gallery is the President's box overlooking the entire hall. The box Is draped with rich red curtains and enor mous American Beauty roses predominate in the decoration. The box Is lined with heavy bunting. Immediately above the box hangs the President's flag and over this trophy flags. Huge royal palms with leaves 25 feet In length. Imported from Porto Rico, rise from the floor on either side of the box. ULSTER HEN ASE IN BEV0LT They Denounce Balfour for Keeping . MacDonnell in Office. LONDON, March 3. The revolt of the Ulster Unionists against the government Is Increasing In Intensity. At a meeting of the newly-fprmed Ulster Unionist Council at Belfast today angry denuncia tions of the continued detention of Sir Anthony P. MacDonnell. Under-Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, by Mr. Wyndbaro, the Chief Secretary for Ire land, were heard, coupled with threats to fight the government at all points. The speakers asserted that the "MacDonnell Intrigue" had done more to force home rule to the front as a living issue than Mr. Redmond's party had done In the last decade. The Ulster men and Nationallets profess' to be convinced that Premier Balfour does not dare cut Sir Anthony MacDonnell adrift, because he would then be free to publish compromising correspondence with prominent members of the govern ment. RUSSIA WILL PAY PROMPTLY North Sea Claims of Britain Amount to $325,000. LONDON. March 3. The British claims as a result of the North Sea Incident, as finally submitted to Russia, total 323,0CO. This amount, it is said, will be paid in a few days without demur . Great Fire on River Tyne. LONDON, March 4. A conflagration of coal landings belonging to the Tyne Com- 'missioners. on the north bank of the river at South Shields, last night, spread with great rapidity. The damage already ex ceeds 5750,00). Coalminers Burned to Death. BERLIN, March 3. In the Oskar coal mine in the Ratibor district, fire broke out today, cutting off .5 miners, whose rescue was impossible, owing to poisonous gases. It Is believed all are dead. Oklahoma's New Railroad Laws. GUTHRIE, Okla.. March 3. The lower House today passed a bill providing that railroads shall not use discrimination m freight rates and also that legislators shall not accept passes. Ccnvicts May Make Harvesters. ST. PAUL, March 3.-A resolution looking- tq the establishment ot a statvfac tiHry. fnr tije rruuiufactu.A.c, hct?tGr machinery "by cwirti was cd?p.cd today in tho Minnesota House of Representa tives CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. TODAY'S Fair; northwest winds. TBSTERDAVS Maximum, temperature. 66 deg.; minimum, 45. Precipitation, none. The War in tho Far East. Kuropatkln retreating to Tie Pass. Page 4. Oyama will try to drive him from Mukden or capture him. Pace 4. Japanese take Russian positions by bayonet eharge. Page 1. Bombardment of Putlloff Hill continues. Page 4. Affairs In Russia. The Czar Issues a rescript allowing people a voice Jn government. Page 3. Manifesto by the Czar appeals for loyalty. Page 3. Polish Democratic Association warns people against revolt. Page 3. Foreign. Ulster Unionists denounce Balfour for keeping MacDonnell In office. Page 1. Russia -will pay British North Sea claims. Pag 1. National. All preparations for Inauguration are complete; the programme.- Page 1. Commissioner Garfield's report on the" beef trust. Page 1. Congress completes Its work. Page 5. Rivers and harbors bill finally passed; Panama Canal and statehood killed. Page 5. Binger Hermann indicted for destroying public records. Page 1. Domestic. Chicago Business League suspects attempt at whitewash ot land frauds by Congreu. Page 5. Railroad being built which may be the St. Paul's Pacific extension. Page 4. Excursion trains collide near Pittsburg, killing seven persons. Page 3. Pacific Coast. Senator Miller, of Linn, cries out on the ex travagance of the late Oregon Legislature. Page 12. Last effort to remove "Washington state capital from Ofympla. Is defeated. Page 6. San Francisco police take hold of mystery of Mrs. Stanford's death la earnest. Page 7. All household goods exempt under new Oregon law. Page 6. Commercial aad Marine. San Francisco butler market excited. Page 15. Yakima hopgrowers to form pool. Page 15. Chicago wheat market Inactive. - Page 13. Oregon onions advance In California market. Page 13. Trade reports conflicting. Page 15. Bad break In Southern Iron stocks. Page 15. Steamer Oregon sails from. Eureka for San Francisco. Page 14. Blockade-runner Tacotna caught In Ice. Page 14. Transport Solace will search fcr derelict oil . Columbia. Hirer. Pace 34. Portland and Vicinity. "Workmen strike at Expedition grounds. Page 10. Rtvennen offer compromise on the closed-draw proposition. Page 14. Columbia River & Northern Railway sold, pre sumably to the Northern Pacific Page 1. Board ot Trade is witling to merge into Cham. ber of Commerce under certain conditions. Page 14. Day of .divorces, in local courts. Page 16. Husband sues wife for a debt for groceries. Page la Ladles will be enlisted In the movement to make Portland a city beautiful. Page 11. Crematory is a menace to the Fair. Page 10. Appropriations made for harbors of Oregon. Page, 14- . . City Engineer 'Waazer belda up electric light I bill, saying company is overcharging munici pality. Page 16. C.? R. McCake knocked down by robbers a -he entered More and stunned.- Page 9. Rabbi Wise declares that, the problem of the . lnunortaUty of," the. sonl'- Is iess1 Important HhlnTthaLof rlghttoua.llVlric.- fage-JX.- . , y.rj' . , . ... . . ON NEW CHARGE Hermann Indicted at Washington FOR BURNING LETTERS Destruction of Public Docu ' ments Alleged. GOVERNMENT HAS ORIGINALS He Says Letters Were Private, but, if He Proves That, He May Be Accused of Abusing Frank. OREGONLVN NEWS BUREAU. "Wash ington, March 3. On a charge of destroy ing public records which accumulated dur ing his tenure of the office of Commis sioner of Public Lands, Representative Binger Hermann was today indicted by the Federal grand jury. The records In Question were 36 letterpress copybooks, which are alleged to have contained cop ies of official letters and which were de stroyed just prior to Hermann's retire ment from the Land Office. A number of witnesses testified before the grand Jury, among whom were "Wil liam Burns, the secret service official whose services in Oregon have been most Important In working up the land-fraud cases; Elliott P. Hough, a clerk In tho General Land Office, who was for some years private secretary to Hermann, when the latter was Commissioner of the General Land Office: Harry S. Reger, who has been in the officer of the Commis sioner of tho General Land' Office for some time: Chris Muller, who copied most of the letters and destroyed the books, and other employes ot the Land Office. Hermann's attorney appeared In court immediately after the Indictment had been found and on behalf of his client waived the exemption due a member of Congress and asked that bail be fixed. District Attorney Beach juggestc-d SO00, whlle.Mr. .'!3AQu:uVnnW ?S0Ote Jr-ticr liguro being set by the court. Hitchcock Made the Charges. The charge on which this Indictment la rendered Is the first which Secretary Hitchcock made against Hermann at his retirement from the Land Office. From the very first Secretary Hitchcock has regarded the destruction of these books as one Of the greatest offenses which, he believes, were commlttd by Hermann, and Is the one on which he has repeatedly expressed confidence of being able to se cure Hermann's conviction. " Government Has Originals. The Government will undertake to show that the letters destroyed were of a public character, because they referred In whole or In part to matters pending In the Land Office, to publications of the office or to Its employes. It is understood the Gov ernment has possession of some of the original letters, copies of which were de stroyed, and will use these, together with the testimony of Hough and Reger, to sustain its contention. It is understood the Government's contention will be that every letter written by Hermann as Com missioner which had any reference what ever to any matter before the. Land Of fice was an official ietter and that copies of such letters were parts ot the public flics. On Horns of a Dilemma. . Even if Hermann can show that the letter-books he destroyed contained only private correspondence, he must then face the charge of having sent those private, letters through the mails under the Gov ernment frank, as Muller testified that he mailed letters without stamps. This in Itself Is a serious charge. Hermann Says It's Ridiculous. Mr. Hermann, when asked about his lctterbooks, said it was ridiculous to charge that he had destroyed public records. "There was nothing of a public nature In a single one of the letters destroyed," says Mr. Hermann. "Those 36 books were filled with letters which I had sent to my friends, many of them to my rela ' tives, members of my own family. They were not public papers in any sense of the word. They were letters that I my self dictated and signed. I know what they were. I never had any intention of destroying public records and did not do so." It was suggested to Mr. Hermann that it had been charged by Secretary Hitch cock that he destroyed those 35 books of letters because he feareti some of them, if they should become public, might In criminate him In crooked work. "Any such charge Is ridiculous," replied Mr. Hermann. "I should have been a fool to dictate Incriminating letters to a Government stenographer and to allow a Government messenger to copy such let ters In my letterbooks. I should have been equally foolish to allow copies of In criminating letters to remain in the open files in my office. But how much greater a fool I should have been to turn over 36 books containing Incriminating letters to a messenger to be destroyed, as I did. If these letters had been Incriminating and the copies had been dangerous, I myself should have burned the books and not entrusted this destruction to any one else. The whole charge is ridiculous. It Is trumped jip to Injure me. I don't fear the outcome of fair Investigation." Why He Wrote So Many. Hermann's explanation of this' volumin ous, private correspondence Is that -throughout his six. years as Land Com- missloner many of his former constitu ents wrote to him about pension and postal matters, land claims, applying for publications of maps Issued by the Land Office, and. In fact, seeking all manner ot favors. He say3 he personally dictated replies which were copied in his private letter-press copybooks and that thus the 38 books were filled, the letters he re ceived being thrown In the waste basket as a rule. He says that when he was leaving the Land Office two years ago he had no -further use for these copies, and so directed Chris Muller, his messen ger, to take the 36 books to the basement, tear the leaves In two from top to bottom and throw into the waste pile the outer halves. This Muller did. Next day Her mann directed Muller to throw away the covers and stubs,- which was done. The Law and the Penalty. The "indictment was returned under sec tion 408 of the revised statutes of the United States, which provides as follows: Every officer having the custody of any record, document, paper or proceeding specified In section 5403 who fraudulently takes away or destroys any such record, documents, paper or proceedings filed in his office or deposited with him. or In his custody, shall pay a. fine of not more than $2000 or suffer Imprisonment at bard labor not more than three years, or both; and shall, moreover, forfeit his office and be forever afterward disqualified from holding any office under the Government of the United States. The indictment Is brief. It alleges spe cifically that Mr. Hermann on January 13, 1903. was an officer of the United States, Commissioner of the General Land Of fice, and that, as such officer, he was In the custody'of all the records, documents, papers and proceedings filed in the Gen eral Land Office, and that among the records were 33 certain letterpress copy books which contained letterpress copies of certain official letters concerning the affairs and business of the General Land Office and which were required to be kept In tho copybooks by the usage and cus tom of the Land Office for reference and information pertaining to and concerning the business and administration of the office. The indictment recites that a more particular description of the 33 letterpress copybooks cannot be given because they are not now In existence. The Indictment then charges that Her mann did "unlawfully and fraudulently destroy the said 33 letterpress copybooks and the contents of the said copybooks with intent to Impair their usefulness and to prejudice the due and proper ad ministration of the business of the said General Land Office, contrary to the form of the statute in such cases made and provided, and against the peace of the Government." Hermann Admitted to Bail. A special session of the grand jury was called to meet today to consider tho case and at 3 P. M. the indictment was re turned In Justice "Wright's Court. No steps were taken by the District Attor ney's office to secure Hermann's appear ance In court, but Immediately after the indictment h$d been returned, H. P. Gat- Jey. counsel for Hermann, appeared be fore Jatwef w-sijrhr nn.-movod tho court to fix ball.; District Attorney Beach sug gested that it be fixed at $3000. Mr. Gat ley said' that was too much to require qC Hermann. He said that Hermann was a member of Congress and that for more than 30 years he had held positions of trust and confidence, both at the bands of the Chief "Executive ot the Nation and of the people of his own state. Mr. Gat ley said further that no man could point a finger at Hermann and conscientiously say that he ever did a wrongful act or one not consonant with the duty which he was charged to perform. He said that, although exempt as a member of Con gress. Hermann did not stand on that ex emption, but submitted to the jurisdiction of the court for the purpose of giving bail to answer the charge. He said that at tho proper time Hermann would be ready to meet the charge. He suggested 52300 and this amount was fixed by the court. Shortly afterward Hermann appeared and gave bail in the amount fixed. The witnesses before the grand Jury were Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock, Elliott P. Hough, a clerk In the General Land Office, and C. H. Muller, an employe of the Land Office. "William J. Burns, a Secret Service agent, who has been in vestigating the land cases, has been In conference with the Secretary during the past week and today was In conference with District Attorney Beach. EMIGRANT RECORDS BROKEN Double the Usual. Number of Steam ers Sails From Bremen. SPECIAL CABLE. BREMEN. March 3. All records of emi grant departures from this port were broken this week. Eight thousand people, mostly Hungarians, sailed for America. Usually only three steamers leave here weekly for American ports'. This weelc six sailed. Bremen's 23 emigrant lodging houses are no longer capable of housing the emigrants seeking passage to the United States, and shelters have been pro vided for them. United States Consul DIederich and his staff are busy day and night Inspecting the physical condition of emigrants. Sev eral hundred are rejected weekly, chiefly on account of diseases of the eye. The steamship authorities say that the exodus is likely to continue throughout March, and that redoubled vigilance will be necessary to sift out undesirables. RAISE STEELW0RKERS' "WAGES Steel Trust Will Grant General In crease on April 1. PITTSBURG, March 3. The Gazette to morrow will say: Information from New Tork received by prominent business and financial men of the city states that the United States Steel Corporation's man agement is making preparations for a general wage Increase on April 1 affecting the larger proportion of the big concern's employes of every grade. It Is said that 170.000 men will be affected and 312.000,000 added to the payroll. Crazy Man Seeks Banker's Life. NEW YORK. March 3. An Insane man named Ferdinand" Ingraham went to the office of John T. Crimmlns, president of the City Trust Company. In Wall street today and announced his intention of kill ing Mr. Crimmlns as he beileved the lat ter was in a conspiracy against the Prot estant Church. A detective was sum moned, overpowered him and took him to JaU. GIVESTHE FACTS Light Thrown on Beef Trust's Work BY FULL INQUIRY Big Profits From Re frigerator Cars. SMALL PROFITS ON BEEF Commissioner Garfield ' Tells Facts to President, . FIGURES TAKEN FROM BOOKS He Shows That Margin Between Cat tle and Beef Prices Is Small Enormous Business Which "Big Six" Controls. WASHINGTON. March 3. President Roosevelt today transmitted to Congress the report of the Commissioner of Cor porations on the beef industry, submitted in compliance with the resolution ot the House of Representatives adopted March 7, .1904. The President's letter of trans mittal Is as follows: To the Senate and House of Representatives: I transmit herewith a report from the Secre tary ot Commerce and Labor upon that portion of the resolution of the House of Representa tives, adopted March 7, 1904. having to do with the prices of catUe and dressed beef, the margins between such prices, and the organ ization, conduct and profits of the corporations engaged in tho beef-packing- Industry. In view ot the fact that the Department of Justice la now engaged upon other matters in. volved in the resolution, the Secretary of Com merce" "and Labor cannot at this time rtport thereon. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Earnings on Stock Killed. The report of- the Commissioner o Cor porations Is to the effect that, six packing- companies Armour & Co.", Swift Sz. Cr. Morris & Co., the National Packing Company, the Schwarzchild & Sulzberger Company and the Cudahy Packing' Com pany Slaughtered In the year 1S03 about 45 per cent of tha total Indicated slaugh ter la the United States; that the aver age net profit In 1903 for three of the com panies was 99 cents per head; that the year 1302, instead ot being one of ex orbitant profits, was less profitable than usual; that during the month when prlce3 of beef were the highest, some, at least, of the leading packers were actually los ing money on every head slaughtered. The changes' in the margin between prices of cattle and beef are Jn them selves no indication whatever of tha change in profits, says the report. Price conditions for the years 1902, 1903 and 1504 are reviewed, and the conclusions are stated that the six companies especially discussed are apparently not overcapital ized, that the percentage of profit on the gross volume of business is comparatively small, and that during- the years 1902, 1903 and 1904 Swift & Co.'s profits have not ex ceeded 2 per cent of the total sales; Cud ahy & Co.'s are stated at 1.8 per cent for 1904 and 2.3 per cent for 1903. Good Profit on Private Cars. With reference to private car lines in the packing Industry, It Is stated that the profit Is a very liberal one, a net re turn of from 14 to 17 per cent being indi cated; but, it is added, that, reckoned on the basis of dressed beef transported, tho profit would add but little to the cost of beef to the consumer. Tho profit of one concern, the Cudahy Packing Company, on Its investment in cars was as high as 22 per cent In the year. Further, It Is stated that the principal packing concerns, while they slaughtered but 45 per cent of the cattle killed in 1903, have slaughtered nearly 93 per cent of the cattle killed in eight leading "Western packing centers; that they control a very large percentage of the trade in beef, par ticularly In the East, and that they fur nish New Tork about 75 per cent, Bos ton more than S5 per cent, Philadelphia about 60 per cent. Pittsburg more than 60 and Baltimore about 50 per cent. The report. In conclusion, says that the National Packing Company, mentioned as one of the "big six." is a merger of vari ous packing plants, but except for that concern there appears to be no general lnter-ownershlp of stock among the six principal companies. Actual Figures on Profits. The report contains the following find ings: That six packing "companies Armour & Co., Swift tc Co., Morris & Co.. the National Pack ing Company, the Schwarzchild & Sulzberger Company and the Cudahy Packing Company, frequently designated in the trade as "the- big lx" slaughtered In the year 1903. 5,821,837 head of cattle out of a total Indicated slaugh ter In the United States of 12.COO.000 head, or about 45 per cent. That the true average net profit for three companies the Armour, Swift and Schwarz child Ss Sulzberger for the 12 months ending June SO, 1903, aa shown by their actual book keeping records, was 99 cents per head, not Including Incidental profits mentioned below. That the year 1902, Instead of being one of exorbitant profits, as has bees commonly sup posed, was less profitable than usual. The re port says, in fact, that durins the months when prices of beef were the highest, some at least, of the leading packers were actually losing money on every head of cattle slaugh tered. That the changes in the margin .between the prices of cattle and the prices of beef are in themselves no Indication whatever of the changes In the profits of the beef business. Margin Between Cattle and Beef. That tho margin between the price of cattle and the price of beef during the year 1903. Instead of being unusually high, as popularly supposed, was for each half of that year lower than the margin for any corresponding half year since 160S, and that the Increase in the margin for the second halt of 1903 over -the first half was no greater than the similar change- In other years. An average margin, covering total killings of cattle by most of the packinghouses in five leading- "Western mar ket and sale of beef at 24 cities, having- a total population of about 10,000,000 persons. 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