Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, February 04, 1905, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextTHE MORNING OKEGUfllAN, SATURDAY". FiSBKUAKY 4, 1905. FIGHTTOA FINISH Foster and Cushman Have Locked Horns POSTOFFICE IS THE CAUSE Lecroneand Votaw Rival Can didates at Tacoma. WHY FOSTER DELAYED ACTION Held Back Lecrone's Appointment to Insure Vote for Senator Cush man and Ankeny Clash About Crowley. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, "Wash ington, Feb. 3. Senator Foster and Rep resentative Cushman are lining: .up for a fight to a finish over the Tacoma Post mastership. Foster Is ready to recom mend the appointment of Dr. Lecrone, who voted for him In both his contests for the Senatorehlp, but Cushman will not stand for Lecrone. and Is understood to prefer the appointment of Henry L. Vo taw, who In turn Is equally unacceptable lo Foster. According to the present plans, Foster and Cushman will both call on the Presi dent at an early day to present their rec ommendations. At a brief and chilly con ference which they had today they were unable to come to a satisfactory under standing; In fact, agreed to disagree. Cushman? one hope of winning out is in being able to induce the President to de cline to appoint Iecrone. He will point out that Postmaster Cromwell has served a. year beyond IiIb appointed term, and In all that time Foster never asked for the Appointment of his successor. He declares that Foster, now about to retire from the Snatc. has forfeited his right t control this appointment. He will probably go further and present reasons why Lecrone, In his opinion. Is not suited for Postmas ter. Foster will combat Cushman and will demand the absolute right to name the Postmaster. He will deny that Cushman is entitled to any consideration in this matter, and will insist that he forfeited none of his rights by delaying action. If Lecrone Is once nominated. It will proba bly be impossible to prevent his confirma tion, unless Cushman can work upon Sen ator Ankeny to hold up the nomination, which seems unlikely. There is excellent authority for the statement that Foster would have recom mended Lecrone a year ago but for the fact that he feared Lecrone might go back on him in the Senatorshlp contest if ap pointed before election. By holding up the appointment, Foster held Lecrone's vote until the deal was made which as sured Piles' election. It is probable that Cushman and Ankeny will clash over the confirmation of Dan Crowley as Postmaster of Vancouver. Crowley was appointed on Cushman's recommendation and in spite of the pro test of Senators Foster and Ankeny. Since the nomination was made It Is probably held up by Ankeny, and It is rumored on good authority that there will be no con firmation this session. Foster was Inter ested with Ankeny in securing the ap pointment of C. G. Shaw, and by prevent ing Crowley's confirmation they hope to win out. Cushman, however. Is confident Crowley will be confirmed, or. If not con firmed, that he will be reappointed by the President when Congress adjourns. THERE'S ICE BETWEEN THEM Foster Tries to Conciliate Ankeny, Needing His Help. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, "Wash ington. Feb. 3. A very pronounced cool ness was displayed today between Senator Foster and Senator Ankeny, as a result of the former's telegram which nearly discredited his colleague at the White House last week. The Senators met to day for the first time since the Seattle postmastership episode. Senator Foster avoided his colleague before the Senate convened, though their committee-rooms are adjoining. When he entered the Sen ate, he went direct to his seat, and did not leave It while the Swayne case was pending. At its conclusion. Senator An keny approached Senator Foster and con versed with him briefly. During that conversation Foster made every endeavor to square himself with his fellow-Senator. He gave the profound assurance that his telegram to Repre sentative Humphrey had not been Intend ed to place him (Ankeny) in a bad light before the President: that nothing was further from his purpose. He expressed regret that It should have had that effect. These and other overtures Senator Foster made, and he was partially forgiven, though relations between the Senators arc far from cordial. Foster finds himself in a position where he must have Ankeny's support or he will be unable to carry out the programme which he has outlined for his final month in Congress. He wants Ankeny's aid in his fight to name the Tacoma Postmaster, in preventing the confirmation of Post master Crowley at Vancouver, and also in getting various bills through the Senate. While he himself does not intend to de mand the removal of Marshal Hopkins. Foster is anxious that this should be done, and wants Ankeny's approval of any step that may be taken in that direc tion. Altogether he needs to square him self with Ankeny, if he hopes to close his career in a blaze of glory, and his ef forts today were distinctly In that direction. duced a special bill giving the Secretary of "War authority to compel the city to lower its water mains under the river to any depth deemed necessary In the Interest of navigation, and imposing a penalty of $10,000 for failure of the city to lower its pipes if requested to do so. Mr. Williamson will press the special bill so that the Upper Willamette may be dredged by private enterprise. To Open Colville South Half. OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Feb. 3. Senator Foster today in troduced an amendment to the Indian ap propriation bill authorizing the opening of the south half 01 the Colville Indian reservation to entry. NOT PUBLIC FUNDS Why Money Is Paid to Indian Sectarian Schools, ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S OPINION Oregon Rural Carriers Named. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Feb. 3. David P. McKay has been appointed regular, Albert H. Ottlnger substitute, rural free-delivery carrier, Koute 1, at Wilbur, Or. DEEPENING OF UPPER HARBOR Provision Will Be Made by Special Act of Congress. WASHINGTON'. Feb. 3.-The river and harbor committee today voted to strike out the provision in the bill giving the Secretary of War jurisdiction over the "Willamette River above the Madison street bridge, at Portland. There was no objection to conferring this authority, but it is now legislation, and docs not prop erly belong to th river and harbor bill. Bepresentative Williamson today Intro- DELTTGE IN ARIZONA. Passenger Train Narrowly Escapes, and Stage Goes Into Torrent. KINGMAN, Ariz., Feb. 3. A broken rail near Yampai, CO miles east of here, de railed several coaches on the westbound Santa Fe flyers early this morning. WThen the derailed coaches stopped they were within a few feet of a deep ravine. Sev eral people were thrown from their berths but none was seriously hurt. Railroad Canyon, where so much trou ble occurred last Summer from washouts. Is again washed out and it will be several days before trains are running there. Rain has been falling here since early yesterday evening, and today there was a heavy downpour. Freighting and staging is at a standstill. Two inches of rain fell This afternoon the Gold Road stage. In crossing the canyon below here, was over turned by the rush of water, two horses were drowned and the driver escaped only after being carried far down by the tor rent. The stage has not yet been found. Father Ketcham Denies That Public Funds Are Diverted, and Quotes Money to Show Diversion of Trust Funds Is Legal. BOGIE HAS LIFE. (Continued From First Page.) ter in charge, nearly all of the members of the subcommittee leaving Olympia on the morning train's. The strong commission men, however. are still discussing the matter with a seriousness that assures a lively time when the measure comes up for final pas sage. Something less than a provision by which the railroad property can be con fiscated and the railroad men "drawn, quartered and hung" may be acceptable to some of the East Side districts here represented, but If a milder measure is permitted it must still be sufficiently strong to prohibit the roads from having much to say about their own business. The men who are opposing the' drastic provisions demanded by the most rabid commission men nearly all give the same reason for their opposition, and that is that the conferring of so much power on one man is dangerous from a political standpoint. This dangerous feature of the Kennedy bill was quite clearly set forth by Charles M. Sevey, of the North ern Pacific, in his speech before the Joint committee a few days ago. Too Much Power Demanded. Touching on this point Mr. Sevey said: It is too great a power to place In the hands of one man, or one board, and undor the terms of these bills the power is vested in the Governor to remove, without cause, the commissioners. It follows from this that the Governor would have absolute control. If the commissioners did not obey his dic tates they could be removed and a com mission pliable to his will substituted. It has always been one of the arguments In favor of a railroad commission that It would take railroad interests out of politics. The taking of railroads out of politics is Kreatly to be desired. We do not wish to be In politics, but the bills pending before this committee are such as to create the greatest incentive for political agitation, and the result might be that a political schemer In the Governor's choir would use this vast business machinery to promote his ambitions; or. on the other hand, the transportation companies might be com pelled to resort to political methods for their own protection. Wc will assume, and do assume, that the present Governor would be entirely fair, but you are making a law for the future, and you are making a law which ought to be so framed that no par ticular Interest would have an incentive for coins into politics. Any one of these bills. If enacted Into a law, would be the greatest instrumentality for oppression possible in the hands of a designing politician, or set of designing poli ticians. Such a law could not subserve the Interests of the whole people, and the party which enacts It will certainly reap the consequences In the end. We do not seriously object to a fair com mission, clothed with power to adjust real complaints and prevent real abuses, but we do object to a commission which will give to three men practically dictatorial power, not only over our business, but the business of all the people who are our patrons. The commission should have a tenure of office, so that they will have an Incentive to study their business and study the business con ditions of the state, and in that way become an effective instrumentality for adjusting differences between the railroads and their patrons. Impeachment by the Legislature. as other officers may be Impeached, should be the only method of removal. Where Portland Might Suffer. Regarding the feature In which Port land is particularly Interested, the fixing of joint rates, Mr. Sevey said: The bill provides that the commission may fix Joint rates, and without limit compel the transfer of cars from one road to an other. This would enable the commission to favor one road, or system of roads, at the expense of another, even though Its own lines might reach the point of destination. To illustrate: The commission could make a Joint rate from Colfax to Puget Sound, by way of Spokane, thereby depriving the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company of its legitimate part of the haul, which by Its own choice might be by way of Port land. The branches of the Oregon Rail road & Navigation Company might be made feeders of the Northern Pacific, or vice j versa, ir such a law were in force there might not be any Incentive to build com petitive lines. This bill gives to the commission the authority, in case of Joint rates, to divide the rate between the roads performing the Joint service. It would be an Instrumental ity. In the hands of the Governor appointing a commission, and of the commission itself, to favor the system or road which could give the greatest political influence. These are a few of the high places that the commission-bill craft will hit on Its voyage to the statute-books, and unless it Is lightened of some of the load of in justice which it Is now carrying. It may remain stranded on those high places. Unless there is a more compromising dis position shown than Is now In evidence, the railroad commission bill as passed will be satisfactory to neither the roads or the people. E. W. W. WASHINGTON. Feb. 3. President Roosevelt's connection with the diversion of Indian trust funds to the support of Catholic mission schools is explained and justified In a communication addressed to the President by Attorney-General Moody, which was filed today with the Senate committee on Indian affairs by William H. Ketcham, director of the Bureau of Cath olic Indian missions. Father Ketcham appeared before the committee to defend his bureau against the charges that it has been- using undue and political influ ences to secure the use of trust funds for Catholic schools. Mr. Moody's communication, dated Feb ruary 2. 1903, sets forth the record of a cabinet meeting held In January. 1904, when the question of the use of Indian funds for sectarlaa schools was discussed and the President asked for.' an opinion as to nis authority to direct that contracts be made for the use of such funds by de nominational educational institutions. Sen ator Knox, then Attorney-General, decid ed that the action of Congress In declar ing it to bo the noliev of the Oovemment . :l , uc miiiHii wiiu a cut'u j mump not to permit the use of the public moneys I , . , 1 , . l of the American people for sectarian pur--f box when you can have a good piano poses uia not repeal previous laws giving Suicide of Chicago Business Man. CHICAGO, Feb. 3. John B. Scully, sec retary of the Scully Steel & Iron Works, and a well-known business man, commit ted suicide today by shooting himself through the head. Fatigue and lack of sleep consequent on constant attendance at the bedside of his wife, who Is crit ically 111. arc believed to have caused tem porary insanity. Residence Worth $400,000 Burned. NEW YORK. Feb. 3. Fire tonight de stroyed Cedar Court, the country house of Otto Kuhn. a member of the banking house of Kuhn. Loeb & Co., of New York, situated near Morristown. N. J entailing a loss of about $400,000. In the house was a rug fc. which Mr. Kuhn had paid 5100,000. ' tO thp Sliprntarv rf Vir Ttiforlnr 1lcrt-.it!n to use the Indian funds In any manner he saw flt- Certain laws were cited to direct attention to the President's authority in that regard. In this communication Mr. Moody says: Moody's Opinion of Law. By your direction. I submit a statement of what occurred in January. 1001. concerning your decision to permit the use of the Inter est upon certain funds held In trust by the United States for the purpose of sectarian schools. The question was raised whether a cer tain declaration of Congress in appropriating for Indian day and industrial schools pre cluded the use of the funds In question In that way. and Mr. Russell, of this depart ment, received a note from Secretary Hitch cock, dated January 19, 1004, saying: "The President has requested me to Inform you that there will be a meeting at the executive office of the White House at 3 P. M. on Friday next (22d). to confer with reference to certain Indian matters recently brought to your notice, at which meeting the President requests your presence." The Attorney-General (Mr. Knox) and Mr. Russell, who had been considering the question, proceeded to the meeting, at which were present Secretaries Hitchcock. Cortel you and Wilson, and Postmaster-General Payne. On behalf of the Attorney-General, a memorandum was submitted in favor of the legality of the use of the funds, and Secretary Hitchcock submitted a letter from the Commissioner of Indian Art a Irs. There upon the question was discussed at length and left for your determination. Besides the memorandum referred to there was a long one giving the reasons for the conclusion reported by the Attorney-General, the substance of which Mr. Russell stated. The brief memorandum which was left with you was as follows, as appears by a copy retained at the Department of Justice: Indian Funds for Education. "Partial list of Indian funds In the Treas ury In trust for particular tribes, a portion of the Interest of which, funds may be used for educational purposes by the Secretary of the Interior, under authority of the act of April 1, 18S0, and other acts, without appropriation by Congress. "These funds can be used for sectarian schools, but it would be well to do that otherwise than under contracts. "Menominee fund; interest, 57G51 per annum. "Menominee log fund; interest, $70,313 per annum. "Osage fund; Interest, $410,371 per annum. "Sioux, $3,000,000; Interest. $150,000 per annum." The long memorandum (235 pages of type writing) discusses the question substantially as follows: It explained the history of educational work by the Government among the Indians before 1873, under an act of March 3. 1810. appropriating $10,000 to be a permanent an nual fund, without reapproprlatlon. for the employment of teachers among the Indians. It xnlnJnri tVin lu.limii.i. .r . i " "VBiuuiUfc ill IJJC tUU" tract system under President Grant, which naa not existed under the act of 1S19. and began after the act of 1S70. appropriating $100,000 for the support of Indian schools among tribes not hnvlnr- troatt stipulations providing funds for educational purposes. No Public Money to Be Given. It showed the beginning of the general an nual appropriations for Indian schools in 187C for the suDnort of InriiiKtriot v.vi. and other educational purposes for the In dian tribes: that this ally increasing In amount, has practically tununueu until me present time; it Is set forth In the language of current appropria tions Of DUbllc moneva ft lnri!nn 1nv Industrial schools, and the declaration of Congress following adds a proviso to that language, vir.: That It is "the settled poller of the Government tn Wro ft.r- mow appropriation whatever for education In any seciorian scnooi, ana a subsequent declara tory proviso in tiie appropriation act for 1890. Viz.: "This being the flnnl nnnrnnrl,- tlon for sectarian schools." It then took UD the Question nf h rr..t of the declaration of Congress, as to which Senator Vest said In debate: "This drastic declaration In tht Mil daring that the Congress of the United oiaics .win tioi maKC any appropriation to a sectarian school of any denomination docs not meet my concurrency." Does Not Apply to Trust Funds. It is areued from the sernnd ri.ii,niii.. above quoted and other things that the word "appropriation" meant Congressional appro priation and what Congress declared was uiai congress ltseit would not thereafter make appropriations to support sectarian schools, and not that the Secretary of the Interior was forbidden to "appropriate funds for that purpose under pre-existing laws." It quoted the reports of the Commissioner or Indian Affairs. Mr. Morgan. In 1801 and 1802. to show that the evil complained of by the opponents of Government aid to sec tarian schools was that "it Is contrary to the letter and spirit of the Constitution of the United States and uterly repugnant to our American Institutions and our American history to take from the public moneys funds for the support of sectarian Institu tions." and "that no mon.v. f-nm ih. ..i.it. treasury should be devoted to sectarian or cnurcn institutions. It confirmed this idea that It was tho use The Artist and the Piano x If we get all that is best iu music the artist and his piano must be in sj-mpathy with each other. The music lovers of Portland will, on February 11, under direction of Miss Lois Lois Steers, have the pleasure of hearing that great Russian pianist Vladimir De Pachmann .At the Marquam, and the Baldwin Piano, one of the greatest achieve ments of modern piano construction. Everybody will want to hear Pach mann and his piano, as he is undoubt edly the most popular figure among modern pianists. Having spiritualized every phase of sentiment, being able to communicate every gradation of the exultant emotion with the per fection of surety where technical re sources are concerned, small wonder that Paehmann, in genial mood at tracts the public as do few piana virtuosi. The Baldwin is only one of many of the artistic pianos we handle and as we have often said, no music-house anywhere has been able to control the agency of so many fine pianos, and what is best of all, our ar rangement is such that we offer them at such reasonable price and terms that almost anyone can possess one. Why be content with a eheap thump Good Goods Only, Quality Considered, Our Prices Are Always Lowest 5 J in your home, and pay no more for it than some charge for the chean grades, on our easy-payment plan which is so popular with the people? Drop in and see us. It costs nothing to look. Allen & Gilbert- Ramaker Co. Corner Sixth and Morrison way that he might see fit. Including as sistance to sectarian schools were not re pealed and consequently his discretion re mained. This was the legal advice given to you as to your authority to continue the use of Interest on certain Indian trust funds. It appeared in the discussion that some of the Indian tribes desired such use of their own -moneys and various reasons were given to show the advantage of continuing to sup port certain existing sectarian schools on account of their efficient work or special beneficial Influence, but with these consider ations the Department of Justice was not specially concerned. Scharf Had No Authority. The charge had been made that the Catholic bureau, through Dr. E. L. Scharf, of this city, had made promises of Catholic political support to the Ad ministration In return for favors, and It was to answer this that Father Ketch am went before the committee today. He denied that Dr. Scharf has ever had any connection with the bureau or with any branch of the Catholic Mission work, and declared that whatever Dr. Shart did was on his own Initiative and with out authority. It was not denied by Father Ketcham that the bureau has endcavqred to se cure aid for mission schools. He said that for years the bureau has been con ducting; schools on various reservations, notably the Osage, and the Government has been paying for the teaching of pu pils the same as in Government schools. He submitted statistics to show that the per capita cost has been less In the Cath olic schools than In the Government schools. The efforts to obtain the use of trust funds were begun under the administra tion of President McKInley. said Father Ketcham, who explained that he laid the matter before the President and received a ruling that the proposition seemed fair. President McKInley then referred the matter to the Secretary of the In terior, but no action was taken, and a year ago it was taken up by the Catholic Bureau with President Roosevelt, who. according to Father Ketcham, approved the proposition and said It he found It to be lawful he would agree to permit the contracts lo be made. It was then that tho matter was referred to the Cabinet and later to the Department of Justice for an opinion. Bishop Hare Knew Facts. Father Ketcham asserted that Bishop Hare, of the Episcopal Church, knew a year ago that the contracts were being made and at that time made an inquiry of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and had explained to him the authority for the contracts. It was dolnrvH fur. I ther that Bishop Hare was offered simi lar opportunities ror nis schools, but declined to accept them. "If Bishop Hare had accepted this aid in the same manner that the Lutheran synod accepted aid for Its schools In Wis consin, then there would have been no discussion of this matter." concluded Father Ketcham. Reference was made by him to the annual appropriations by Congress to Hampton Institute, Va.. and other sectarian schools. He said that what his bureau was getting was not Government aid. but payment for educa tion from i fund owned hv thf Tnrllnnc and that the aid was by direction of the- indians lawful guardians. Scharf's Retort to Bard. Dr. E. L. Scharf. of "Washington, todny Issued a signed statement In answer to Senator Bard's allegations that Dr. All Humors Are impura matters -which the skin, liver, kidneys and other organs can not take care cf Trithout help, there is tuch an accumulation Xti them. They litter the -whole system.. t: i u:i j ii . hup iu mai u was tno use .lujyico, uuiin cuz.cum una omcr of public moneys of the United States or of i , u x, . A. , the American people that was objected to CruptlOn8, lOSS Of appetite, that tired hv rmrtflnsr fh lanpimrA Af u tji I . . .... ieeung, oinous turns, nts or indiges tion, dull headaches and many other troubles are due to them. Hood's Sarsaparllta and Pills Remove all humors, overcome all their effects, strengthen, tone and invigorate the whole system. by quoting the language at th 7ni.n .. propriatlon act of 1S04 and the report of Secretary' Hoke Smith of December 13, 181M. In which he said: "I agree fully with those who oppose the use of public money for the support of sectarian schools." It quoted the debates tn Congress to show that the intention of Congress was to reduce the regular appropriation of public funds so as to get rid of contract schools aided by the appropriation of money belonging to the American people. It fur ther showed that, in the case of the Osage Schools and Mission Schools on the Sac and Fox reservation In Oklahoma. Indian trust funds continued to be used and tho contract system applied to them, after the declara tion of Congress. Secretary Had Discretion. The argument of the memorandum briefly was that, notwithstanding the declaration of Congressional Intent not to make ap propriation -In the future of public moneys of tho American pc'ople for sectarian Insti tutions, the previous 'laws giving the Secre tary pf the Interior discretion to ue certain moneys of tho Indians held In trust In any "I had salt rhenm on my hands so that 7 could not work. I took Hood's S&rsaparllla and It droTe out the humor. I continued Its uso till the sorea disappeared." Mes. Ika. O. Beow-?, Rnmford Falls, Me. Hood's Sarsaparllla promises ta cur and. keeps the promit. L ipma ruWolf e & Co, Women's Neckwear: Spring 1905 We will have in readiness for your inspection the first shipment of wom en's novelty Neckwear, designed for present and Spring wear. These newcomers are very pretty prices much less than their beauty warrants. New Venise Stole Tab Collars at 25, o0, 75, 1.00. New fine Lace Turnover Collars, special at 25c. Boyish Shirts for Girls $1.00 Last season we sold large numbers of boys' Shirts for girls and women's wear. Their mannish appearance and comfort appealing strongly to the fem inine mind. We have on display in the Men's Store a large shipment of such shirts made with slight modifications, which were found necessary Smaller neck and fuller but shorter body. The' mannish appearance, however, is all there. Made of light and dark blue chambray, ginghams, white linenette and white ground percales, with neat little figures. The price is 1.00. IK Men's Pajamas: Special Three special values in men's Pajamas that are of great bargain merit. Men's Madras cloth Pajamas, light and dark grounds, neat stripe 986 Men's outing flannel Pajamas, good pat terns, nicely trimmed 1.29 Men's Pajamas, in Scotch flannel, Madras and Oxford cloths, plain whites, plain blues, neat figures and stripes; also mer cerized Oxfords in solid blues and tans 1.9o $1.25 Underwear 83c Spring needle elastic rib, ecru color, medium weight; shirts are silk faced fronts, tape gussets under arms, plain neck; drawers have French band, reinforced gusset; tail ored seams, suspender tapes, pearl but tons. Have full range of sizes in this gar ment. This garment is the equal of the usual $1.25 quality; for this sale each.S3 1 Women's $16,50 to $20 Coats at $10 These coats are made tan colored, covert and kersey cloths in tourist, half-fitting and tight fitting styles. Variously embellished with strap ping stitching; many of them are satin lined throughout. Choice of these $16.50 to $20 coats at the very low price of ' 35cCasiiitiereSocks23e Outlined above is a bargain for men that is worth while coming to the store for. Men's cashmere Socks in natural and cler ical gray and plain black, lightweight, the sort many men prefer for all-the-year-round wear; best 35c quality at 23 For those folk who have odd bits of paint ing to do around the home, this sale offers great opportunity. Choice of 18 fine shades. V2 pints.. 9J Pints.. 12 Quarts. -25f All Brushes at special sale prices. ItwJ Great February Sale HomefurmsMnj 1 This sale offers boundless opportunities for buying Curtains, Draperies, Rugs, etc., at remarkable savings. Scotch Curtains; special at 98, 1.30, 1.65, 1.98, 2.10, 2.S0, 3.20, 4.10. Arabe Curtains, special at 1.98, 2.15, 3.40, 3.95, 4.40, 4.95, S5.95, 29 Irish Point Curtains, special at 3.15, 3.95, 4.75, 4.95, 5.85, 11.85. Brussels Net Curtains, special at 4.95,. to 15.00. Portieres, special at 2.95, 3.20, 3.40, S3.95, 5.85. S10.15, 28, 45. Couch Covers, special at 2.70, 3.20, '3.5, 4.95, 5.35, 5.95 to 15. Curtain Rods, special atv4, 76, 15, 20c1, 30c, 40, 75. Women's Underwear 49 Reduced from $1.00, women's ribbed wool Vests and Drawers, in natural gray and white. SS6 Reduced from $1.25, women's ribbed Norfolk and New Brunswick Underwear, Vests and Drawers, natural gray only also black Tights. Children's Underwear 38c Reduced from 50c to 75c, children's ren's ribbed wool Oneita Union Suits, all sizes, 4 to 14 years. 38 Reduced from 50c to 75c, children's ribbed fleece cotton Oneita Union Suits, all sizes, 4 to 14 years. Final Clearance Warm Hosiery Women's black full-fashioned cashmere Hose, reduced from 5.1c to 42c Women's black fleece-lined cotton Hose, reduced from 25c to 10c Women's black fleece-lined cotton Hose, reduced from 35c to 28c Women's black heavy cotton Hose, re duced from 35c to . 2Sc Women's black wool Hose, lxl rib, reduced from 25c to 10c Women's blnck wool Hose, rib top, re duced from 25c to 10c Women's black heavy wool Hose, reduced from 50c to .- 30c Women's black fine worsted Hose, reduced from 35c to 2Sc Women's black lxl ribbed cashmere Hose, reduced from 50c to 30c Children's lxl ribbed heavy wool Hose, re duced from 25c to lOu Children's lxl ribbed medium worsted Hose, reduced from 35c to 2c Children's 2x1 ribbed heavy wool Hose, re duced from 35c to 2Se Children's ribbed extra heavy wool Hose, reduced from 50c to 30c Children's fleece ribbed, full-fasnioned Hose, reduced from 25c to 10a Scharff. when trying to have the appro priations for Catholic Indian missions ex tended two years ngo. tried to Influence the Senator's action by promising certain political support. Dr. Scharff. says: Senator Bard's statements, even If they -were absolutely accurate, lost their force by reason of the Ionic time he allowed to elapse before, bringing hli charge. He waited until the Legislature of California dlecorered the right man to represent that state In the Senate. When I appeared before the subcommittee fwo years ago. Senator Bard should have de nounced me then and ,there. If he really thought that the propositions that I made to him were Improper. But not he. There was fomethlng doing In California, and something etlll to be done. Continuing. Dr. Scharff says he told Senator Bard that no member of Congress oould be -attacKed by the A. P. A. for any vote conscientiously cast for the measure that Dr. Scharff was urging without publicity in that member's dis trict, and thut the Catholics would resent the introduction of religion Into politics and see that that particular Representa tive did not suffer. He says that Senator Bard two years ago Informed him that he was a Presbyterian and his church was opposed to receiving Government money for support of its schools, and continues: He failed to tell n?e. however, that the Fresbyterian missions had received their share of the contract appropriations since the Incep tion of the contract system. AH the Pro tectant denominations had -received fuch ap propriations, but after they withdrew and the Catholic mlsslo.w were the beneflclarlcs, they ihey affected a holy horror at the Idea. Leupp Will Explain Affair. WASHINGTON. Feb. 3. At the Cabi net meeting today Secretary Hitchcock took up the subject of the use of Indian trust funds for the benefit of sectarian schools. Francis E. Leupp. Commission er of Indian Affairs, was called Into the conference. It Is said a statement will be Issued in a- few days regarding the matter. War Stories at Library. The children's room at the Library has a martial look these .days in consequence of a recent arrangement of the Stars and Stripes over the mantel and frieze made of colored prints of soldiers of the Amer ican Army from the time when they wore the first uniform until the blue cloth and khaki of today. These were sent Miss Hassler by the Quartermaster-General at Washington and are much appreciated by all the children. The story hour yes terday was taken up with Alexander the Great, the roomful of children listening with wide-eyed interest, as this was one of Miss Hassler's most thrilling hero stories. The story was illustrated with magazine drawings by Andre Castagne and others, one that pleased the children especially being a spirited picture of the young Alexander training the horse. Bucephalus. Stories of Hannibal will be told on next Friday afternoon. reservation or gLit suitable site owned by the United Statt t. BRIEF TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. So much money from the Interior has been pouring into the New York banks that the clerks cannot count it as fast as It arrives and some banks have to rent outside vaults to store It. One death and four cases of illness in one Chicago family have1 been caused by supposed ptomaines in canned goods. Mrs. T. Craigia is dead at Quakake. near Mahanoj City. Pa., atthe age of 102 years. She spent her Hfo on a farm and was the mother of 14 children. Joseph Raclcut, a wealthy Califor nian, who is said to have had $100. 000 on his person, went out into the country near Sault St. Marie. Mich., a few days ago. and has not returned and is supposed to have been mur dered. Self-Imprisoned In her own home of former wealth and luxury In Flushing, L. I.. Mrs. John Roland Enos, formerly of San Francisco, the young widow of a wealthy mar. well known a few years ago In the clubs of New York and Philadelphia, has been found delirious and starving. She Is the daughter of John Pearce, a diamond merchant of San Francisco. Has Not Yet Acted on Protocol. SANTO DOMINGO, Feb. 3. It is not true, as published in the United States, that representatives of the American Government took possession of the customs-house on February 1 under terms of the protocol recently sigt:'jd by Minister Dawson and representa tives of Santo Domingo. The customs houae is still in the hand of Dominican officers. The country remains quiet. Panic Among Women Proves Fatai. BUFFALO. N. Y., Fee a. rrre tonight destroyed part of the Ingleside Home for Women, In a panic among the 50 Inmates, one was killed, and four women were r"p-ely hurt, one of whom may die. To Build Hospital for Lepers. WASHINGTON. . Feb. 3. Senator Crane today introduced a bill nooic priating $250,000 for the establishment of a leproslum lor the segregation of lepers and to prevent the spread of the disease, in th United States. 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