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.-
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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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