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THE MORNING ORUGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 190o. IR I TRUSTS Kansas May Investigate ' Them All AND THEN PROSECUTE Monett Will Conduct Campaign Against Standard, HAVING FOUGHT IT IN OHIO Hearst's Lawyer Prepares to Prose cute Oil Trust Under Sherman Law Many States Sup port Kansas. TOPEKA, Kan.. Feb. 2L The sentiment in favor of making a clean sweep of the corporations in Kansas is growing. Today a resolution was introduced in the Sen ate providing for an investigation of the following alleged combines: Beef, grain, Implement, milling and lum ber. The evidence gained in the investigation will be presented to the Governor and Attorney-General for action. The Stan dard Oil Company will be closely watched in the meantime. The Oil Producers' Association an nounces that the fight against the Stan dard will not be relaxed, no matter -what may be the outcome of the state oil re finery plan and pending legislation. H. E. West, president of the association, an nounced that Frank E. Monett has been retained to assist In gathering evidence. During his term as Attorney-General In Ohio, Mr. Monett brought suit against the Standard Oil Company to revoke its char ter for alleged violation of the anti-trust laws. He made a desperate, but unsuc cessful effort. to drive the company out of the state and gained much evidence that will be of use in the Kansas fight. C. A. Walsh, of Ottumwa, la., a for mer secretary of the Democratic National Committee, is here representing William R. Hearst- His instructions are to look the field over with a view of learning all he can for the use of the officers in the prosecution of the Standard. He says that Mr. Hearst "will assist In forcing the in vestigation to a conviction. He says Mr. Sheam, the lawyer who prosecuted the anthracite coal cases, has been retained to assist in the Standard Oil Investiga tion. Hearst's plan is to bring proceed ings against the Standard under the Sher man anti-trust law. The Senate oil and gas committee today brought in majority and minority reports en the anti-pumping gas bill. The minor ity favors the measure, which has already passed the House. Kansas officers have today received as surances that the Legislatures of Illinois, Colorado, Texas. Oklahoma and Califor nia were strongly in favor of the oil cam paign being waged by Kansas. CABINET CONSIDERS OIL LEASE Difficulties in Way of Cancelling Lease Garfield's Investigation. WASHINGTON. Feb. 2L Careful con sideration -was given today by the Presi dent and members of the Cabinet to the proposed extension of the ten-year lease of oil rights on the Osage Indian lands in Oklahoma. Both the President and Secretary Hitchcock have received in let ters and telegrams protests against the extension of the leases, because It is urged the oil rights practically are con trolled by the oil trust. Many of these protests have come from Kansas, one be ing received today by the President from tho Kansas Legislature. It has been decided with the approval of the Cabinet that it would be unjust to some of the lessees, who have acquired vested rights under contract with the In dians, not to extend the lease. Secretary Hitchcock told the Cabinet it was not true that the 6S0.000 acres agreed upon under the proposed renewal included all of the oil lands in the Osage reservation. He said It was quite likely all of the lands contained oil. The subject of the proposed Investiga tions of the operations of the oil oper ators in the Kansas field was discussed, but no definite conclusions further than those already announced were reached. The Investigation will bo conducted by the Bureau of Corporations under the di rection of Commissioner Garfield. His report -will be made to the President for transmission to Congress later. It is quite certain that if the facts developed by the inquiry should warrant action by the Government the matter will be brought by the President to the attention of the Department of Justice. ILLINOIS OFFERS KANSAS AID Would Loan Money for Refinery, and Will Investigate Pipe Lines. SPRINGFIELD, 111., Fob. 2L The House today adopted two resolutions af fecting tho Standard Oil Company. One. offered by Representative Allen, offers to loan tho State of Kansas the sum of 5100,000. without Interest, for a period of six years, to aid in establishing a state oil refinery, and refers to the Standard Oil Company as that "merciless octopus whose tentacles now encircle every state in the Union." The resolution was adopted by a viva voce vote, amid con siderable confusion and laughter. A resolution by Representative Mc Goorty, of Chicago, asks for an Investiga tion of the laying of pipe lines thrbugh Illinois by the Standard Oil Company. and provides for the appointment of a judicial committee to confer with the state officials of Kansas to agree on steps to be taken toward declaring such pipe lines common carriers. This resolution was adopted without a dissenting vote. Mr. Allen is a Republican, and Mr. Mc Goorty a Democrat. SHOULD INVESTIGATE LEASE Oklahoma Believes Standard Is the Real Owner. GUTHRIE, Okla., Feb. 21. By a vote of 15 to 10. the Lower House of the Legislature tonight passed a Joint res olution, introduced this afternoon by Senator Decker, memorializing- Presi dent Roosevelt to investigate tho blan ket lease of the oil lands of the Osage Nation, a part of Oklahoma, held by the In.Uan Territory Oil Illuminating Company, commonly believed, as tho resolution states, to be a representa tive of tho Standard-'Oil Company. It Is expected the resolution will pass the Upper House tomorrow. The perpetuation of the Osage lease, it is asserted, will greatly injure the commercial Interests of Oklahoma, as well as the Osage Indian tribe. The President is asked to investi gate, first the conditions under whlon the original lease was approved; sec ond, whether the lessees have complied with their contract, and, third, whether or not the Standard Oil Company is the actual owner of the lease. INDIANS OPPOSE OIL LEASE They Make Charges Against Hitch cock and Senate Committee. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. William T. Leathy, a member of the Council of the Osage Indian tribe, in a statement given out today, says the Indians are opposed to the renewal of the oil lease on their lands tipon the existing terms, and are protesting against a renewal. The origi nal lease given to EL B. Foster for a pe riod of ten years, the statpment says, was approved contrary to the wishes of the Indians. The statement asks that the President have an Investigation made to disclose all of the facts; that those -for whom it speaks have been obliged to fight their battle alone, and that they have been unable to secure the consent to em ploy assistance which can be done only with the approval of the department. Mr. Leahy Is one of 10 Indians who came to Washington, and. according to the statement of Mr. Leahy, they came as a delegation to secure adequate royal ty for leases on their oil lands. They were fairly treated before the House Com mittee on Indian Affairs, the statement recites, but when the .Senate Committee on Indian Affairs gave a hearing on the Penrose resolution and they expressed a desire to be heard, the Senate committee declined to give them a hearing, saying they could make their statement to the Secretary of the Interior. The statement, continuing, says: "The Secretary of the Interior assumed to represent us before that committee at that hearing and stated that he would be in favor of renewing the lease on -180.000 acres of, the territory on terms similar to those or the original lease that is, the royalty of 10 per cent to the Indians." It Is then added that 5S0.O00 acres cover the entire oil district of the land owned by the tribe, and Is all the oil company desires. The statement takes Issue with a statement attributed to the Secretary of the Interior that the Indians consented to such a compromise. The original lease It Is stated, covered 1,500,000 acres. "We relied on the support of the De partment of Congress," the statement says, "because we have been led to be lieve that the entire administration was unalterably opposed to the renewal of the lease, and we feel that the Osage Indians have been unfairly and unjustly dealt with In the granting of a new lease on our oil lands without our consent or a provision for a greater royalty than we now receive. "We have- understood that the Indian Territory Illuminating Company was will ing to pay us a greater royalty If we would consent to a renewal of the lease, but the statement of the Secretary' of tho Interior before the Committee on Indian Affairs was to the effect that the royalty now pold, that Is. one-tenth of that pro duced, was enough." The statement then says what was said by the Secretary before the committee cannot be reconciled with the statement In which he spoke of the original lease as an "unheard-of monopoly" and a "public scandal." Continuing, the Leahy statement says: "But right in the face of that statement he sanctions tho renewal of the lease on 690,000 acres, or practically the entire oil district of the Osage nation, under exact ly the same terms as the original lease." The efforts now being made to secure extension of the lease under the same conditions, It is said, are protested against by all the members of the tribe, The statement closes by saying: "Let the President have an Investiga tion made and some facts will be brought to light which will show that we have been unjustly treated." OSAGE LEASE TO BE GRANTED President and Advisers Do Not Be lieve Standard Oil Is Interested. WASHINGTON. Feb. 21.-Senator Long today conferred with the President in re gard to the protest of the Kansas Legis lature against the renewal of the blanket lease of 1,500,000 acres of oil lands of the Osage Indian reservation. The protest alleged that, under the lease, the lands were held "by the Standard Oil Company,, through a subsidiary corporation, but this Is not the understanding of the President, the Secretary of the Interior or the Kan sas members of Congress. The decision was Teached and the an nouncement authorized that the Adminis tration will stand by the limited exten sion contained in a Senate amendment to the Indian appropriation bill. The amend ment provides that allotments which may be made of the Osage reservation shall be subject to the terms and conditions of a lease dated March 16. 18DG, given to Edwin B. Foster. This lease, through as signments, is now owned by the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company. The extension of the "Foster lease" for a term of .ten years Is authorized by the amendment to the property actually de veloped under the original lease. The lands developed amount to about 650,000 acres. No extension is authorized of the lease conferring about S20.000 acres that remain undeveloped. Senator Long stated today that it was not his understanding that the Standard Oil Company had any connection with the production company holding' the lease, and It was believed at the Interior Department that the company developing the property should be given an opportunity to get some return for its financial outlay. STANDARD BOODLE SUSPECTED Minority in West Virginia House Ac cuses Speaker of Complicity. CHARLESTON. W. Va., Feb. 2L The report of the joint legislative Investigating committee, which probed charges of cor ruption of the Standard Oil Company, was adopted by the House today. Two reports were made. An effort to substitute the minority for the majority report was de feated. The charges were contained in a letter of United States Marshal Elliott to John Worthlngton. a Standard Oil employe. The majority members found that the letter was written by Elliott, and charges con tained therein were untrue and the Leg islators are vindicated. The minority re port states that the conspiracy alleged was uninvestigated and the majority of the committee rejected the testimony tending to prove a political conspiracy. The minority report says: We further find that the Speaker of the House was directly Interested In the legisla tion which was the principal subject of In quiry and. being so interested, be rtslsid the passage of the bill; that the Secretary of State participated In the resistance to tho extent of procuring their recommittal; that It was represented to the said" Secretary of State by the Speaker and others that. If they were recommitted, they would be de feated. The conduct of the Speaker In this behalf Me shown to have been most Indis creet, as Is also that of the Secretary of State. SAYS IT IS NOT INTERESTED Standard Denies Any Part in Osage Territory Oil Lease. NEW YORK.1 Feb. 2L IL V. Foster, president of the Indian Territory Il luminating Oil Company, which holds what is known as the Foster blanket lease of lands in the Osage River In dian Reservation, "has made the fol low statement: "The Standard Oil Company does not own or control a single shard In the Indian Territory- Illuminating, Oil Company. The controlling Interest in this company is owned by the original lessees, and there Is no agreement or understanding between' the Standard and this -eumpany as to Its policy or management." NO AGREEMENT ON STATEHOOD Senate Factions Still Wrangle Over Choice of Conferees. WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. No agree ment was reached here today in the Senate tangle over the statehood bill. Senator Beverldge made no attempt to bring up the request of the House for the appointment of conferees. It was understood generally that such a mo tion would revive the debate over the faction to be represented in the ap pointment of conferees, and in the ab sence of any compromise agreement, the entire question was allowed to lie over until tomorrow. Kansas Will Investigate Trusts. TOPEKA. Kan., Feb. 21. In the Sen ate today F. Dumont Smith introduced a resolution appointing a committee of two Representatives and one Senator to become a committee of investiga tion. This committee to be appointed is for the purpose or investigating trusts of various kinds, and to sit af ter' adjournment of the present Legis lature. The committee at the close of its work shall make a report, to be filed with the Governor, and to be given to the newspapers, not later than March, 1906. Kansas Protests Against Lease. WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. The Secretary of tne Interior today received from the Kansas Legislature a telegram signed by the Lieutenant-Governor and the Speak er of the House giving the text of the resolution adopted by that body yester day protesting against the continuance of the Foster blanket lease of oil and gas lands In the Osage Indian reservation In Indian Territory. Monett After His Old Enemy. COLUMBUS. O.. Feb. 21. Ex-Attorney-General Frank Monett will leave for Kan sas tomorrow nleht for the ournoss nf In- viifcuuuk me on siiuaiion mere lor ine American Anti-Trust Association of Chi cago. The former Attorney-General will thdroughly look over the situation in that state and report to the Chicago head quarters of the association. Investigate Texas Oil Also. HOUSTON, Tex., Feb. 21. A petition is "being circulated here asking Con gressman Pinckney to request Presi dent Roosevelt to include the Texas oil fields in the investigation of the Stand ard OIL operations In Kansas. GEIZZLY BEARS. Wyoming Hunter Says Dangerous Only When Attacked. Louisville Herald. "In the mountains of Wyoming, where I have hunted for years, you can find any kind of savage animals that you get In America except alli gators. Grizzlies, black bears and mountain lions are commonly killed there," says Hugh Sniverly. of Sher idan, Wyo. "Somo of the men that come dut there to hunt think If they stir 100 yards away from camp they must be armed to the teeth for fear of being attacked bj' a bear or a 'painter and killed. There's a heap more dan ger of getting killed on account of leaving your gun at home when you go down Market street. Someone might shoot you on the- street in a big city, but It is dead sure that a bear or a mountain Hon will never at tack you unless you drive him to it. "I've hunted through the best dis tricts for big game in this country and I've aen a good many-grizzlies, but I've never seen one of them go after a man unless he was cornered orwound ed. If you run into a grizzly bear In a lonely place you'll hear a grunt, something llko that of a mammoth hog, and then there will be a mighty crashing of underbrush ps he makes dft In the opposite direction as fast as he can go. All you can generally' see of a moun tain Hon Is a tawny streak as he makes on at incredible speed. If he hH.s any intention of going- after you it must be his Intention to go around the world and catch you In the rear, for If you are standing to the east of him he Is sure to go due west. ' "Mountain lions in the Winter time will follow sleighs at a distance, wall ing as they go, but there Is nothing in that to Inspire terror, for I don't think they have over been known to close In on anybody. Their terror of human beings Is the thing which makes them hard to shoot. In all the time that I have been in the mountains I have 'never heard of anyone being attacked by a wild animal that has been left strictly alone. But I'vo known men to be killed exen by doer when the brute was driven to desperation. "Grlzzlls are the best game - In the world. When you once get their dan der up they are savage fighters and the hunter's life Is in danger every minute unless he is a good shot and has a steady nerve. If you ever get within reach of a grizzly's paw you are a dead one. Those stories of men kill ing them with knives in hand-to-hand fights are about as reasonable as It would bo to talk of stopping a loco motive by getting In the way of the train. If the bis fellow gets a chance to deliver one blow it Is all over. There was a grizzly up our way that tho cowboys called 'Big Ben' who killed about 150 steers before he was finally shot. He would break a steer's neck with one blow and then he would lift him up and carry hlra off to a se cluded place. Grizzlies look awkward, but they are mighty light on their feet and they can beat any man in a footrace." The Burmese Oath. Rangoon Gazette. Perjury has been rife in Rangoon courts because no form of oath exists which tho Burmese considers binding. The govern ment has now prescribed a formula which Is a queer admixture of" Buddhism. Brah mlnism and Shamanism. Here are phrases from it picked at random: "If an untruth passes my Up?, may all the Nats that live in lakes, ponds and brooks, and the Nats of the five great rivers of India. . . . destroy me. May curdled blood pass my lips rather than a lie, and may I die vrmltlng blood, my body bent in two." Hydrozone Cures Sore Throat A Harmless Antiseptic Endorsed by the medical profession. Send ten cents to pay postage on free, trial bottle. Sold by Lead ing Druggists. Not genuine unless label bears my signature ; 62M Prince St.. N.Y. Write for iree booklet on Rational Treat ment of 'Disease. SHUT OUTTHE LOBBYISTS LABOR UNIONS' RETORT TO GOV ERNOR ADAMS.- , They. Make Prompt Answer to His Request Not to March' on Colo-; rado. Capitol in His Interest. DENVER. Colo.. Feb. 21. The execu tive board of the Denver Building Trades Council has addressed a com munication to Governor Alva Adams, asking- him to exclude from the Capitol the lobbyists -who are said to be en deavoring to Influence members of the Legislature to decide the Gubernatorial contest in favor of ex-Governor Pea body. The letter is a reply to Gover nor Adams' address to the public, ad vising against the proposed labor dem onstration on March 2. when the joint convention of the General Assembly Is to receive the report of the contest committee. Following Is the text of the letter to the Governor: We have read your letter to the public, and readily see the wisdom of your position in tbU matter. But we ask you. In all fairness: lu It Just that the working people of Denver should be denied the right to assemble peaceably and petition the Government for a redress of our srlevances, when the representatives or the corporations have made the State Capitol a home? We submit that you, as Governor, are vested with extraordinary responsibilities, which are compensated at least by extraordinary powers. If you deny ua the right to be heard, then we beg that you exercise your constitutional right as Governor of Colorado and close the doors of the Capitol against the well-known hired lob bjlsta who are moving heaven and earth to disfranchise us by accomplishing your down fall. Folk. Governor of .Missouri; controls the third house by virtue of his office. We hold it to be more dangerous to peace, orderly pro cedure and constitutional government than all the hosts of the working people of the slate. We believe In the law. They defy It. We uphold It. They subvert it. We refcpectfully petition you to exclude' them, as you have vir tually excluded us by your public statement. "I think the suggestion of the Building Trades Council Is wise, and shall look Into It." said Governor Adams today, "but It Is hard to single out any special lobby ists." The legislative committee appointed to hear evidenco in the Peabody-Adams Gubernatorial contest held an executive session today. It Is reported that Repre sentative Thomas offered a resolution pro viding for a committee to Investigate charges alleged to have been made by Chairman Griffith to the effect that he had been approached by persons repre senting Governor Peabody, who wanted him to allow them to make certain changes In the transcript of evidence taken before the committee. However, it is said that Chairman Griffith made a sat isfactory explanation. He Informed the members, according to report, that It was not within the province of the committee to investigate any charges concerning at tempts to influence the committee and further explained that he was not ap pointed directly, but through the secre tary of thr committee. The resolution was voted down, 14 to 4. MUST SHOW BRIBERY" FUND Missouri Court Insists on Seeing That $60,000 Boodle. BUTLER. Mo.. Feb. 21. In the trial to day of Charles Kratz. a former member of the St. Louis Municipal Assembly, charged with accepting a bribe. Judge Deaton Issued an order to compel the Mississippi Valley Trust Company. St. Louis. to produce In court the $00,000 bribery fund which the state has impounded and which has been in other trials against others charged with the same crime as alleged In the indict ment .against Kratz. The Trust Com pany entered a return, stating "It could not send the money, as It had been direct, ed by the St. Louis Circuit Court to hold It. Judge Denton overruled Ihe return and his original order stands. Foley in Temporary Office. DENVER. Colo., Feb. 21. (Special.) The head managers have unanimously promoted Head Adviser John H. Foley, of Los Angeles. Cal., to the head consular ship of the Woodmen of the World, to fill the unexpired term of Falkenburg, until the head camp session in April, when a permanent head consul will be elected. Twenty-Eight Ballots, No Election. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.. Feb. 21. The twenty-eighth oallot failed to make any change In the deadlock over United States Senator. FAVORS CIVIC IMPROVEMENT City Pride Bubbles Through This Letter From a Citizen. PORTLAND. Feb. 20. (To the Editor.) Many hundreds, more probably thousands of our beauty lovlntr. order admiring, health conserving citizens are. I am sure, voicing with me a fervent "thank you" to The Ore Konlan. to Mr. McCusker. Mr. Wheelwright and others who are Instrumental In the re vival of civic Improvement. Some little matters that have been for a long ttm pre- California mustard hus strength but lacks flavor. Trieste has flavor but lacks strength. Schilling's Best is the two mixed, nothing else, no color. The next - best mustard sold here is weak but has good flavor. Your grocer's; moneyback. Tutfs Piiis Cure All Liver Twenty Years Proof. Tutt's LiverPills keep the bow els in natural motion and cleanse the system of all impurities An absolute cure for sick headache, dyspepsia, sour stomach, con stipation and kindred diseases. "Can't do without them" R. P. Smith, Chussburg, Va. writes I don't know how I could do without them. I have had Liver disease for over twenty years. Am now, entirely cured. Tutt's Liver Pills Artistic Picture Framing " Knit ten tn fen crartnontc l"' I RRn r icr orarmpntc www kw yjw ,-" "-" $1.25 to $1.45 garments $2.75 to $3.00 garments 1 All Lace Curtains Reduced! It is our pleasant province to come to the fore with "All Curtains Re duced" right at the time you want them most. Scotch Curtains are the burden of our bargain theme today Broad varieties in the newest Cable, Brussels and lace effects in white, ecru and Arabe color 45 to 60 inches wide 3, 3 Jind 2xz yards long. $1.00 Scotch Lace 1.50 Scotch Lace $2.00 Scotch Lace $3.00 Scotch Lace $4.00 Scotch Lace $6.00 Scotch Lace tenting themselves to my mind In this con nection I would be glad to mention. Ono Is. Why do many people who keep their own premises fairly well In hand (Inside their lot lines) apparently care nothing whatever how the view Is presented from the street or from a neighbor's home? In trimming their lawns they pay no atten tion to the grass on the curb, throw, rose trimmings, etc., out on the sidewalks to Utter and encumber the street, pitch old tomato cans, etc over the back fence to Utter and fester In the adjoining vacant lot. throw grass clippings In the street, etc. And why does any one now build a miserable board fence at the back of prop erty (residence I refer to), no matter how ugly the surrounding may be. There are so many beautiful evergreen shrubs, like juniper trees, cypress trees, privet hedges, etc.. that grow quickly, require no exacting care, do -not rnt down and blow over llk one of those execrable board fences, and Rdd beauty to the whole block instead of disfiguring It, and make an effectual divid ing line where necessary. Another thing I am hoping the city may do. In addition to enforcing the ordinance for painting unsightly poles, burning old wooden sidewalks, etc.. may the city Itself while cleaning up the rubbish at the reno LADIES' OUTFITTERS The Finest Furs The stocK in our fur store is complete at all seasons of the year and contains an endless variety of fashionable furs. Reliable quality, absolute correctness of style, are considerations of prime importance in purchasing fur gar ments these are characteristic of every g'arment we sell. The price of raw furs is steadily advancing', which means an increase in the price of all fur garments the coining Fall, and as this increase taKes place the country over, the far sighted will practice true economy by buying now while prices are down. Repairing and remodeling of fur garments at the low est prices. $7.50 SILK SHIRTS We havo about 60 Dropskirts of -an extra quality of taffeta silk, exceptionally well made and hand somely trimmed; all the most desirable colors and all of a good length; sold for $7.50, on sale at Children's Coats at One-Half Price All our Winter Coats for Misses and Children, in all the most desirable colorings of serge, zibeline, broadcloth and covert cloth, in the full and hip lengths and the popular Buster Brown style, with emblem sleeve, military buttons and velvet piping every coat has been made and finished with the same care as char acterizes the "Silverfield's" garments- for ladies. Every coat at exactly Half Pries. S5.00 Coats $2.50 $6.50 Coats $3.25 Highest prices paid for raw furs. By selling direct to manufacturers such as the Silverfield Co., you save the middlemen's profit. High - Class Watch and Jewelry Underwear at Half The great half price sale of makers' samples started yesterday with a rush. Plenty and to spare for today, however the quantities were too large to dispose of in a day So come again today and find just the kinds you want at 50c on the dollar. Underwear for Children at Half Child's 25c Underwear 13d Child's 35c Underwear 17 Child's 50c Underwear 25 Underwear for Women 55 7 50c to 59c garments .29 $1.00 garments .49 $1.75 to $2.00 garments S .98 $7.50 to $8.50 garments. $3.98 .517 r $ .68 $1.49 65c to $1. Fancy Ribbon Outlined above is the most enticing bit of 'rib bon news you've been told of in many a day. The ribbons comprising this lot about a thousand yards are o various kinds, all this season's, none passe. There are Satin Taffetas, Crepe, Moire An tiques, Basket Weaves and Mousseline Taffetas ranging in width from 5 to 8 inches. The color line is complete in a way every color in some kind or other, but not every color in each kind. 'They sold regularly at buy today at the marvelously low price of Fine Embroideries One -Third Less Broken lines and sets 6f Swiss, Nainsook and Cambric Edgings, Insertings and Beadings, on sale at 669 ON THE Curtains...? .79 Curtains. . .$1.19 Curtains ... $1.59 Curtains. . .$2.38 Curtains. . .$3.19 Curtains. . .$4.7-9 $1.25 Scotch Lace Curtains... $ .98 $1.75 Scotch Lace Curtains. . .$1.29 $2.50 Scotch Lace Curtains. . .$1.98 $3.50 Scotch Lace Curtains. . .$2.79 $5.00 Scotch Lace Curtains $3.9'5 $8.50 Scotch Lacj Curtains. ..$6.95 vated old Union-avenue bridge make a "clean sweep" by pulling down and destroy ing on the spot every vestige of that old eyesore, the dangling remains of the bridge at Grand avenue. 'TIs not an Inspiring sight for travelers to the Fair to be greeted by that reminiscence of other days. Many of us as Individuals and families are willing to do alt In our power .for the beauty, orderliness and health of the city; we Hlmply need co-operation and a good ex ample (in some Instances) by the city au thorities themselves. It seems to me all good citizens are anxious the city shall ap pear at Its best, this year of all others, and, having gotten Into good habits of neatness and order 'twill soon become "second na ture." U C. O. He Telegraphed Too Soon. London Dally Mall. For two years John Mankinson. a afcif's fireman, has been "wanted" at Brlstc for neglecting to maintain hl3 wife and child. On several occasions. It is said, he has gone to sea under fictitious names, and each time before leaving port has tele graphed to the Chief Constable of Bristol the message, "Ta-ta Manklnson." This $4.15 reguarly $4.15 $7.50 ?8.50 Coats 3.75 Coat3 $4.25 SILVERFIELDS Repairing -Lowest Prices at Half 65 to $1.00 You can 33c DOLLAR. message has been sent from Newport. Manchester and Cardiff, and on each oc casion the local police have received tele graph Instructions to arrest him. but have found that hl3 ship had left the dock. The other day he sent the same message from. Glasgow, which port he was just leav ing. But this time he sent it too soon, for he was arrested just as the ship wax leaving. "les. Indeed." said the proud mother, "my children are the cream of the house hold." "H'm!" grunted the crusty bachelor. "Then why don't you whip the cream?" Chloago News. Hood's Pills The best Laxative After-dinner pill; purely vecetable: prompt and pleasant; easy to take and eoay to operate. ZSo. Ironize the blood, feed the nerves and brain, ton the stomash, and five restfal sleep. 50-:. or $L DrnrcisU or mail. C. I. Hood Co., Lowell. Mas, if ilado by Hood- It's Good FOURTH. AND MORRISON 33c SPRING STYLES FOR 1905 Advance styles in Spring Suits and Covert Coat3 on exhibition on the second floor. The very new est creations in millinery and neckwear from the best and most exclusive manufacturers the world over First Floor. $10.00 Coats 55.00 $12.50 Coats $6.25 i