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5IDLY BECOMING -
HERMANN FOR CONGRESS
STATEMENT OF HIS
DISMISSAL FROM
ROSEBURG OFFICE
Astonishing Evasion Made r by the
Candidate on a Public Platform ;
Republicans Disgusted With the Work of. a Boss
Ridden Convention That Nominated the Man
Who Offended the Administration
UPTON'S BOAT IS NOW ITSELF? fi('N j
WHERE IS THE REPORT?
(Journal Special Service.)
EUGENE. Or., May 15. Effort to secure permission to rive to the
world the text of the special report of Special Agent A. R Oreen. filed lust
year with the Becretary of the Interior, at Vanhlnuton. referring to Uln
ger Hermann and hla admlniatratlon of the general land office, have re
aulted in the dlHi-overy that It Is looked upon a confidential, and there
fore not to be demanded by the public. '
Some daya ago the propoaltion was made from the management of the
Reamea campaign that If Oreen'a report waa not calculated to confirm
the already well-grounded conviction that it waa one of the real causes
leading up to the dlsmisnal of Mr. Hermann, then the supporters of Mr.
Hermann themselves would forward their candidate's Interests by re
leasing the Interior Department-f rom secrecy and causing the publica
tion of the report.
This propoaltion has been ignored by the Hermann management, who
appear thus to have conceded that Green's report waa of a nature to prove
beyond doubt that Hertnann'a administration waa ended because of seri
ous developments as embodied and set forth in the report.
Removed after six years of service, nothing has been squeezed from
the Hermann people beyond a general denial of the fact that all was
well. Tout nothing specific tias been brought to light explanatory of the
dismissal warrants the decision by the public that the allegation! connected
(herewith were truth.
And the statements made at the time by newspapers can reasonably
be accepted an conceded to be truth, that there were grave acts of offi
cial culpability which Induced the forcing from office for the second time
of the candidate for Congress Binger Hermann.
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MASSACRE OF JEWS
IN RUSSIA APPALS ;
CIVILIZED WORLD
More
Revolting Cruelty Has - Never
Made Its Appearance. . . . V . y
Young Girls Are Horribly Maltreated, and: So
Vile Their Fates That Details Cannot: ;. . v i
Be Published.
The Shamrock XZZ is ono more la flrsf olaaa raotsg oas41ton aaa not a iraoe ramaina of tlio lajorlea, sis aa
oonatarad la the recent anlslutp. Car sails kara bean re bant and bar sheets raflttad. he looks exoaedlngly well
under her new rig. The abOT paotofrapkio rvprodootlomjf anew the new challenger and the cup which Bir
Thomaa so ardently lonfa for.
(Journal Special Service.)
..R08EBURO, Or., May 16. Blnger Hermann was removed for cause from
tha Receivership of the Roseburg land office in 187S, for the cause that he
speoulated In and bought public lands while Receiver, contrary to the statutes of
tha United States, enacted In 1S12 and 1826.
anroEB hebmajth did wot x.obb bxs orftoB bboavsb xb
kxz.pi:d tbtb un K. w. coxbstt nr the i.attib'b iehatobiai.
rxoxT, as Azaso xa kb. nuuunrs speech; at etjoewe tbb
OTXXB BAT. '
It Is learned here that Mr. Hermann asserted that he did lose his office
In 1X12. and that he conceded that he bought those public lands and specu
lated m land script, and that he did not. 'deny that there is a statute pro
hibiting such acta. But he strove, so tha Information cornea to Roseburg from
Eugene, to justify his actions by hinting that he did know "that" there waa
auch a law. HI a explanation was:
"I did lose my position and so did all of the others. I had a friend
who was a candidate for the United States Senate, and I went out to help
my old friend get that office. He was defeated, and, as a result, I waa dis
charged from tha Receivership." . -
Facta In tha Case.
Here are the facts In the case, which are not disputed by any truth
ful person here, where the events transpired that made them facts:
W. R. Willis was Register of the Roseburg land office at the time Bin-
ger Hermann was Receiver. Hermann was appointed In 1871. At that time
and for 40 years perviously a law stood upon the statute books prohibit
ing omcers, clerks and employes of tha land offices from buying public lands
or speculating In land script. General Grant, President of the United States,
isauea an order to Registers and Receivers, calling attention to the law
and ordering that It be obeyed. This order was issued in response to caution
given the President that Registers and Receivers were using their official
power to private ends, and that It was necessary to make some pronounce
ment rrom the very seat of power of the administration to compel better ob
servance of the law. '
Cor baying- 3,000 acres of land In Jackson County and 1.000 In Coos
County from tha pnbllo domain, and for buying- and selling and speculating
in AgnoniToraj couega script ana Bounty uuta warrants, contrary to printed
ana written instructions rrom tn fenarai lana omce, ana from the President,
ana contrary xo law as expressed in sxatute, nr. sermann was removed.
KB WAS BEHOVED BECAUSE SB VIOLATED TEAT STATUTE ABB
TB.OSB EhSTBuCTXOBS. l
Judge Willis Was Kot Bsmovad.
JUDGE W. B. WTUUS, the Register at the time Hermann waa Receiver,
was soi BBOTD. judge Wiius was not removed because he did not
speculate in public lands or script He remained In office for several years'
after Hermann waa "fired." , ' v
Tnlngs Bot Bsnlabl. 1
Here are some of 'the things that Mr Hermann dare not deny, and face
affidavits that may be furnished from here signed by reputable citizens:
. That therw was a printed circular from Washington under which Reg
isters arid Receivers 'were prohibited from purchasing Government land.
That h did buy the land as claimed.
, That he waa appointed for four years and removed after two.
Tnat twhen he was removed he left the' Republican party and remained
out therexroni for several years.
TEAT KB TOTED AOAIBST TBB BEPUBUCAIT CANDIDATES XB 1874,
BAB AS AB IBDEPEBDEBT CABDIBATB STOB TBB STATE SENATE Z
1870. i
That he made speeches all over this county in 1876, calling on all good
cittxena to leave that party because of what he alleged to be Its corruption.
FOLLOWS
A FIND
IN LOVE,
Dynamiter Said to Have
Lived in Seattle Un-,
til Recently, .
Man Believed to Have
Attempted to Wreck
Umbriafc Known
IN ME
YotingMan Forges Check
to Have Money for
His Wedding
GOES TO
YOSEMITE
STANDS OR' A
, SHAKY PLATFORM
(Journal Special Service.) '
EUGENE, May 16. To brand as a He
a statement that he violated the federal
atjutes by acquiring public lands while
rktilver of - the Roseburg U. S. Jand
OfVcs between March. 1871. and April.
1873, and then admit that he did acquire
them, was the manner in which Binger
Hermann met the allegations of The
Journal as to those transactions. 'Mr.
Hermann adopted such a course here In
his address, and then, asseverating that
"n nickel of money had ever crossed Wa .
palms" that did not belong to ttlm. he
proceeded to give a artlan speech--in
which he attempted to divert attention
from his own personality to the glitter
ing generalities of party praise.
Mr. Hermann, did not stand upon his
record. He adverted to previous ser
vice In Congress, it is true, but he did
not cite one single act which was rea
son -for returning hinv fo the Congress.
He did promise, promised that If elect
ed Oregon would have everything It
wanted, and promised anything antf
everything that he thought any person
In the district waatedV., ... .
But It did not separata the general
from the specific, and tell whereby his
previous service had done great good
to his constituencies.
It was an appeal purely and sfmply to
party and not, vindication of a record
tnat ne claims teemed with actual ac
complishment for' the district he repre
sented.
Bid Wot Mention Bis Commissionership.
But the most significant feature of
his Eugene speech was that Mr. Her
mann did not mention in one single sen
tence the , six years he served as Com
missioner of the General Land Office.
RE HAS 8EEB OBXX.X.E9 EOB Ai
X.EOED ZJrCOM3ETEiraT.
BB BAS BEEB CEABOED fWTTH
WOBSE THAW THAT CULPABILITY.
BB HAS BEEB COKFELLED TO BE
SXOB TTBOBB A CLOUD.
BB CAKB BACK TO OBEOOB ABB
ASKED TO BB YXWDXCATEO.
TXT KB DID KOT BTBW BE FEB TO
THE TEET MATTER FOB WRICK KB
SEEMS TO ASK VZBDICATXOB.
(Journal Special Service.)
NEW YORK. May 16. A new theory
is now being worked on by the police
and detectives here in their search for
the man who last week attempted to
dynamite the Cunard ljner Umbrla, It
is now Dene veil tnat the man wno went
under the name of G. Rosseau here In
New Tork is none other than John Ros
sow, the notorious dynamiter, who con
structed the lead pipe, bomb used with
such disastrous effect at the Chicago
Haymarket riots in. 1886. . He is also
suspected of manufacturing the bomb
thrown In the Chamber of Deputies, tn
France, in 18S4. Rossow escaped from
Chicago Immediately after the Haymar
ket tnurdess and has never been appre
hended. He returned to America some
years ago and the Chicago police traced
him to Portland and then to ; Seattle,
from which point he started East a few
months ago with an unknown man. Here
all trace of him was lost, unless he is
the man who made the attempt to blow
up the Umbrla. The Chicago descrip
tions, as well as the descriptions held
hero, tally. This morning's Investiga
tions lead to the belief that after com
lng from the far Northwest he made the
infernal machine in Chicago and brought
It to his boarding place In Thirty-first
street In this city, where he charged It
with dynamite and sent It on Its deadly
errand. As Rossow Is a great Anarchist
leader, all haunts of anarchy are today
being searched. Inspector McUlueky be
lieves Rossow is still hiding here.
Known In Seattle. -
SEATTLE, May 15. A man named O.
Rosseau lived at the Plummer House
for nearly four years in this city. He
had no particular business .and would
make frequent trips away, on many of
which he would be gone for. several
weeks. He at one time lived in the
rooming house which was moved away
to make room for .the new Federal' build
lng. About three years ago,' while- Chief
of Police Meridith lived, that official
had Roaseau Investigated; Detective
'Wappensteln was detailed on the- case
and reported that the man- waa a dan
gerous individual, but nothing" could
be landed against him: He was last
seen In this city about Ttbruary. ae.
cording to the latest reports. -
Mr. Hermann keenly disappointed his THE SHAMROCK PREPARING
champion, chertred with gross Ignorance
or gross misconduct, as the.ease may be,
would, rise In the dignity of his, injured
manhood and hurl into the teeth of his
; detractors, as he called them, the de
fense of one who feara not to have the
. " (Continued on Second Page.)
OOUROCK. May 15. Unless the
strong wind which is now blowing .sub
sides today no more trial races between
the Shamrocks will take place In Scot
tish waters, as the yacht will go to
the builders tomorrow and -be fitted for
their trana-Atlantlo voyage,
Walla Walla Police Say
Young Newcomb Is a
Wayward Youth
WALLA WALLA, May. 15. An at
tempt to get married, an intent of sui
cide and an effort to cash forged checks
President Roosevelt Will
Enjoy Nature Until
Next Monday,
(Journal Special Service.)
LONDON. May IS. Newspapers here
are constantly receiving fresh details of
tha niMHsacre of the Jews at Klshinelf,
Itusflu. whirli add freah horrors to the
atroiTtloa. . Reports of the deal reach us
lilKh um 125 i nil fully 1.000 have been
maimed and horribly tortured. Hun
dreds of others have been crippled for
life.
No more harrowing details of cruelty
have ever been received tiere U'nmcn
and young girls are being malfreated In
ways too awfu to describe In print:
Thone Jew who have bees, singled out
for prosecution no longer attempt to
escape.
Almost Beyond Belief.
It is reported that a few miles out of
Klshltien three Jewish families were
overtaken by fully 100 mere, bent on
massacre. In one family there were
three young women besides the mother.
In the other two families there were
four girls Mnder JO years of age. The
seven females were separated from their
parents. Their bodies, were later found
mutilated lying along the road leading
Into KlnhlnelT. The parents of the
girls were led Into Ktshineif by the same
road, and were ftiude to look upon the
dead bodies of their children as they
passed the spots where they . had died.. .
An appeal has been made to St. Peters
burg asking the government to use all
haste In stopping the horrible work, but
today no answervhas been received, to.
the communication, and It is not known
what action the authorities WU1 take. ,
The Jewish Chronicle today directly
charges thp Russian government with '
responsibility for the massacre, and saya
If Europe does not on this occasion dls-
associate itself from the leprous taint'
of this barbarian power. It will then"
write its humanity down as a- ahum and
Its civilization as sn organised hypoc-'
rlsy. The Chronicle says that the mas--sacre
was organized and abetted by
Russians In high authority.' -'
. , .' i A
Oreat Indignation TIU '. . , ,
WASHINGTON. May 1(. Intense in
dignation la expressed by officials herev
regardlng toe massacre of Jews by Rus-,
stans. The State Department has yet
no definite advices, but believes, report
are not exaggerated. i..ay's hands are.
tied, as so far as known, no American,
citizens have suffered. Therefore he can
take no action, no matter how far ,81a
vonla brutality may go in" Its-treatment,
of. those belonging to the Hebrew faith. .
The attitude at the State Department is
that It has 'no more right for Interfer
ence than Russia would have- to pro
test against negro lynchtngs or indlgmV -ties
practiced by Indiana whftecaps.
r
Met by Soldier Escort He
Leaves His Train No
Fireworks
RUSSIA'S PLAN
TOWARDS CHINA
ST. PETERSBURG. May 16. Russian
papers unanimously protest against the
foreign opinion that Russia Is seeking
the main and exclusive privileges tn the
Far East at China's expense. They
say so soon as China, guarantees se
curity to the Siberian railway, and Jts
maintenance and tranquility In Man
churia, Russia win evacuate.
(Journal Special Service.)
RAYMOND, Cal.. May 15. President
Roosevelt reached Raymond at 7:30 thTs
to the value of nearly $300 are some j morning with only half of his special
Of the things Ernest Newcomb of this j train: The sleepers were left behind at
city has been guilty of within the past Berenda and a guard of soldiers met the
two weeks. He wanted money on which ; President to escort him into the To
to marry Is given as the reason for j semlte Park, where he will remain until
forgery. The facts in the case were ad- . Monday afternoon. The plan to have a
mltted late last evening by the police,
who had been trying to keep the matter
quiet. The young man Is well known
tn Walla Walla and is out on his own
recognizance until some settlement in
the tangle is effected.
Ever since a young man entered the
Baker-Boyer National Bank a week ago
and tried to cash checks signed "Fred
Carls," Policeman Mike Davis has been
on a still hunt to catch the offender, and
yesterday landed him. He says he is a
wayward youth. He was taken before
the bank officers and easily Identified as
the person with the forged checks.
Owing to the fact tnat it is tnougnt
the young man is unsound mentally, no
action has been taken against him. He
Is the son of prominent people In Walla
Walla and although he admitted forging
the checks he Is allowed to be at liberty
until it is decided what shall be done.
More than a week ago Newcomb at
tempted to commit suicide and was pre
vented only by the timely arrival of a
policeman. He,, was at the residence of
his prospective bride when a collector
from the Daylight Store came to the
house and asked to see the young man.
When Newcomb appeared he was handed
a bill for clothing secured on credit and
a demand for payment was made. Some
trouble followed, during wnicn tne
bride-to-be fainted and Newcomb drew
a revolver with the Intention of ending
hla life. At this point the policeman
Pwho had accompanied the collector in
terfered and the gun was taken from the
desperate Newcomb. That ended all talk
Of' .the wedding. The young lady tore
UP "the JlOPnH? U Il-J wwihit-m vu,,4
have nothing further .to-do witn new
comb. A far aa can belearned she has
kept her promise.
It la said Newcomb has been , i ery
erratic lately In his actions. He wes
large . bills for clothing and has con
tracted many loans from his friends.
Another tale torn auuui mm iw mat
he has spent large sums gamDimg ana
indulging In other forms" of wayward
ness. ' . .
His parents are air. ana xurs. i-iauu-js
Newcomb. and are weauny ranchers in
the vicinity of Walla Walla.
BEXiXAECE WILL HATE TBT-OUT.
NEWPORT, May IS. The cup defend
er Reliance left here this morning for
New Tork. and anroute, wilt, have sea
trial... i
fire works display in the park, which
was evolved by the superintendent of
the park, was vetoed by. the President
as soon as he learned of It. During the
day the President will travel 40 miles by
stage coach.
TRAINLOAD OF .
HORSES POISONED
SPOKANE, ' May IS. Twenty-five
cars of horses shipped over the Great
Northern yesterday at Pharata are on a
side track at Kaltspell this morning
nearly dead from poison. The cause Is'
unknown. Every known remedy Is be
ing used to allay the sufferings of the
dying animals.
EMBEZZLED 1100,000.
EL PASO, May 15. A dispatch from
Chihuahua says Prof W. G. Furman, a
celebrated mining engineer of London,
has been arrested on complaints from
the Watterson Mining Ccmpany of Lon
don that he was concerned in a deal by
which the Watterson mine was sold for
1700,000 last winter. It is said that
Furman ' Is charged with, embezzling
$100,000. His friends In Chihuahua say
he will be vindicated.
Masked Man Attacks
Citizen ' - '.
Holiday Declared
for the President
I respectfully request that the
"afternoon of the 21st Inst, be
observed as a holiday In the city,
so that all persons. Including
those employed In workshops,
stores and other.buslness houses
and places may have an oppor
tunity to see, and as far as
practicable, participate In the" re
ception of the President of the
United States.
GEORGE H. WILLIAMS,
Mayor.
SEATTLE, May IS. A hold up at :
the corner of First avenue and Yesler . .
Way Is the latest; article in criminal - -work
in Seattle. Never before ha - a ,
masked man attempted so desperate a
deed in the business center of this city,
It took place within 60 feet, of . the
Totem Pole. W. C. McClure. a well ,
known, business man appeared at Police
Headquarters shortly after 2 o'clock this
morning and reported the hold-up to
Pollco Sergeant Stuart McClure said;
that he was going along First avenue at r
the corner of Yesler Way, when tho lone .
highwayman accosted him. 'The) thus
was masked and well ' armed with s
heavy calibre revolver. He-shoved' th-'-"cannon"
up against McClure's stomach j
and told him to throw up ,. -his hands. :.
While his hands were elevated and, th ,
revolver at full cock 'against his bcy .
the thief deftly extracted two $10 bills ,
and a gold watch from McClure's pock, t.
ets. Before doing this the victim was
told that on penalty of his life he must r
keep still. After the highwayman had ;
disappeared down Yesler Way In the
direction of the water f ronti McClure
hurried to police headquarters and e- ,
ported the facts. 'i
ADVANCE ENTRIES
AT WORTH TRACK
WORTH, May 15. The orernlgbt , entries for.
Worth Hire Track are aa follow:'
First net One mile:
Olendale 112i. . .'. . Rllfaln 102
3S)8 Dan Mi Kenna.112 Mlmo DO
SNT1H Llnfillt 1)2 !f77 Sootbaajer Hi)
S8T2U Vraiilum 112
Second raco One and one-half mile, aelllur :
3S720 Bonnie Llaaak lWXst7 iin Spruy ...lul
Moor H7.SS!0 John Clfrke.. IK)
USUI Ktuwnre Ml :tx(ii)9 Prince Wtb 01
3S08O i'l Lead . . .101ftS7J2 Itaratiara HO
Third rc Kour ana oue-balf furlonga, two-jrrar-olda:
3S723 Arnold K 100! Wm. - Wright. 100
anVi Peter Paul . . .1W38-KWI Bi-lle Juan... t7
;1B4B7 Lawndal lt3(38M0 Klie 87
Dick Bernard. 1U6 I
ITonrtb race Power- Handicap, one and one
elghth mile:
asertM FaTonhw 53r21 Flylnr Trpdo.lnT
XX721 Tbnite 10!:iK721 llinioh UK!
B72: Uttlc Scout.. iniWMW4 Kankln f3
'AH' 10 Aureroir I(i2ias72! rU Bard... 97
3(H:i$ N'ltrate I07WW)!t Banter !i
ifci722 The Lady . . ,107!S8722 Un-cer " K t
Fifth race Five furlong:
SS722 Scorpio . sf ..110W722 If Von Dare. 1015
asil 2 Golden Rill., 1101:1X722 B. Bun ton. . .KM
SSutlH Atuw. Leure.Hf;:iM.S8 Mauavr W
Sixth race One milo:
1. Of Africa.. KW.SS0O7 Lingo ,MO
&H721 Thau 102WI1M Herniencla ..100
W:i5 Lee Sthiaon. .ltk'i;)N7.'U Charlie Thomnon
3721 Flying Trpi.100a71( C. Thomson., W
1 ladlcatlOBs Weather, clear; track, fast.
HOSPITAL HEROINE
:-...,!
EIGHTY YEARS OLD
. . -(Journal SpeclatAServlce.)
LONDON, May 15. Florence Nightingale, tho famous Crimean'.!. War
nurse. Is being showered with congratulations today on having reached
her 80th birthday. There were a number of callers at her residence, all of
whom were received and welcomed, although the health of the-.v venerable
heroine Is not of the best. Queen Alexandra's congratulations. In the-form
of an autograph letter, were delivered to. Miss Nightingale' by special
messenger. Dispatches couched in felicitous phrases were a!si received
from other crowned heads of Europo and from persons of note in all pert,
of the world.
3 Miss Nightingale Is now a tall woman, rather stout,, with gray f hair
and line, open face. Although a' great sufferer, she shows little trace of
It. She spends most of her time reading. Her room la littered witft maga
zines, newspapers, writing paper, pencils and letters. '
Miss Nightingale who owes her fame to her labors in reforming the
sanitary condition of the British army, was born at Florenoe in 123., She
visited apd Inspected civil and military hospitals all over Europe; stud
ied with the Sistew of Charity ln"Par!s the system of nursing and man
agement carried put in the hospitals of that city; and. in 1861..wnt into
training as a nurse in the institution of Protestant Deaconnesses . at
Kalsersworth, on the Rhine. In the spring of 1854 war was declared
with- Russia, and a British army of 25.000 men sailed to the Ettt. Alma
was fouaht on September 10. and the wounde from the battle were sent
down to the hospitals prepared for their reception on the banks of the Bos-
phorus. In this crista Miss .Nighttngalo offered to go out ana ergn
a nursing department W Scutari. The -offer was giaaiy seceptea
War Office and within 'a. week she deoarted wltht her nurses.
In the spring of 155. while in the Crime organising the nursing de
partments of the camp hospitals, she was prostrated with fever, the re
sult of unremitting toil aiid analety; yet she refused to leave her poxt, n.
on her recovery remained at Scutari until -Turkey was evacuated by the
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tr sent .
he Bos- J
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by the-
British, July leVS5.-,'