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4 INDIAN Sn*OOL N'NDS. LETTER FROM PRESIDENT. Money Was Distributed According to the Wislies of the Indians. Washington, Feb. 4.— President Roosevelt has rent a letter to Secretary Hitchcock on the sub ject of authority for granting contracts for the education of Indians in denominational schools. The President says that, inasmuch as the legal authority exists to grant the request of the Ind ians. unquestionably they are entitled by moral right to have their moneys used to educate the children at the schools they choose. The Presi dent directs that the Interior Department con tinue the practice unless Congress directs other wise or the courts bold that the decision of the Department of Justice is wrong. He also urges the passage of the I-acey bill, authorizing the allotment of annuities in severally to the Ind iana in the same way as their land Is allotted.' The letter follows: White House. Washington. Feb. S. 1905. To tae Secretary of the Interior: I have received from you the letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs of January 31. 1905. hi relation to the Inquiries of the Hon. James S. Sherman as to the authority for grant ing contracts for education of Indians in denom inational schools. This letter of the Commis sioner of Indlao Attain asks that the general Questions raised In Mr. Sherman's letter of Jan uary 23 be united with the special question raised by the Commissioner In his letter of Jan uary 21. and presented to the President for sub mission to the Attorney General. The letter of January 21 concerning the pay ment of a claim filed in the office of Indian Af fairs in connection with th© contract with St. LabrVs School: on the Tongue River Reserva tion,' stands by itself, and mil be submitted to the Attorney General for his consideration and report. • As regards the general question, I have re ceived from the Attorney General under date of February 2, a letter a copy of which la inclosed. Early in 1902 petitions en behalf of various Catholic and Episcopal schools were brought to my attention by certain ecclesiastics and lay men, who requested the Interior Department to distribute the rations and annuities through the mission schools of their several churches when the children were In the care of those schools. The Attorney General decided that this request was illegal and could not properly be granted. Over a year afterward the request was made — originally on behalf of certain Catholic schools in 1903. also on behalf of a Lutheran school In 1904— that where there were Indian moneys held In trust for the Indians by the Secretary of the Interior, the interest on these Indian moneys being distributed among the Individual Indians, or in such other ways as the Secretary of the Interior might direct, and where certain of the Indians petitioned that the moneys so distrib uted to them should be used for the support of the particular denominational school which they desired their children to attend, this petition should be granted. The question raised was, of course, wholly different from that originally raised on behalf of the Episcopal Church and of the Catholic Church. This new request was sub mitted to the Department of Justice, and the department decided, as eet forth in the accom panying report, that the prohibition of the law as to the use of public moneys for sectarian schools did not extend to moneys belong ing to the Indians themselves and not to the public, and that these moneys belonging to Hie Indians themselves might be applied In accordance with the desire of the Indiana for the support of the schools to which 'hey were fending their children. There was in my judgment no question that, inasmuch as the legal authority existed to grant the re quest of the Indians, they were entitled as a matter of moral right to have the moneys corn ing to them used for the education of their children at the schools of their choice. Care must be token, of course, to see that any petition by the Indians is genuine, and that the money appropriated for any given school represents only the pro rat a proportion to which the Indians making the petition are entitled. But if these two conditions are fulfilled, it. is in my opinion just and right that the Indians them selves should have their wishes respected when they request that their own money — the money of the public — be applied to the support of certain schools to which they desire to send their children. The practice will be continued by the Department unless Congress should de cree to the contrary, or. of course, unless the courts should dei [de that the decision of the Department of Justice is erroneous. It is. however, greatly to be desired that the bill Introduced by Representative Lacey, pro viding for permission to allot these annuities In several ty to the Indians, exactly as is now dene with land, should be enacted into law. Its en actment and administration would prevent the raising of any question of this character, for each individual Indian would then be left free to use the money to which he Is entitled out right, on his own initiative. Instead of having It used for him by the Secretary of the Interior In consequence of his petition. I earnestly hope that Congress will at once enact this bill into law. The special case of the St. Labrc's school stands by itself, the Question being whether the con tract entered into is one authorized by the find !r.g of the Department of Justice In January, 3904, or whether It is one of those cases forbid den under the decision of the Department of Justice of January, 1902. The Attorney Gen eral will speedily report the category In which thi* case comee. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Mr. Leupp, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, In an Interview regarding the sectarian school question, to-day said that all these contracts •were made under a previous administration, and he had not yet had time to review them. He said he had no knowledge of the subject, except from a hasty glance through the records in the Indian Bureau. He said that -when the St. Libre School ■ tali In the Tongue River Reser vation, came to his attention through a petition presented to the Indian Bureau by that school, he took no action on the case and directed that payment be withheld pending a request he made to bare the matter presented to the Attorney General for an opinion as to the authority for making such a payment. If the law was* per fectly clear on the subject, be said, he could see no objection to the claim. He suggested that a determination of the matter in the courts would be welcomed. "There can be no objection," he raid, "to any one bringing Injunction proceed ings which could bring about a review and set tlement of the whole subject in the courts." STATEMENT FROM C. J. BONAPARTE. Denies Remark Attributed to Him in Hegard to Indian School Funds. [BY TELEGHAPH TO ten TBIBVXE.] Baltimore. Feb. 4.— Charles J. Bonaparte, in I this evening's "Be. If Image Mews" sharply replies to "The New-York Evening Post's" editorial quoting a recently published remark of Mr. ! Bonaparte— "tome snail people engaged in small [ and dirty work." The lawyer says: "The Post" says I referred to the people who object to th* diversion of $98,400 of Indian trust fends held by the government to the sup" port of Oatkaele mission schools Now thl* etatement i» not true, ar.d tha ,■,..•„:„ who 'wrote Cures Colds and GRIP Back-ache. Back-ache is the most distrusting symptom of Grip. It may be between the shoulder blades, extending clear through to th& chest, or down In ? the kidney region; it may take the form of j' Lu:vL-::n (cj-ick-In-the-back), i-.r.i la me you fo that you cannot walk or stand; to lie still is Jasptssilile; to move, agony. The Back-ache of Grip destroys jour disposition end makes you a bugbear to your family and friends. Why not try T>r. Humphreys' "Seventy-seven"? It works m wonders—cures Grip, breaks up the Cold and " prevents Pneumonia. At Druggist*. 25 cents, or mailed. > ; V\ I'; Humphreys' Hcmoa. Medicine Co., Ccr. William end ? Jtfca Btr<*ts. Now TorJc L . , ■ ■ - ' . ■ ■ the editorial in "The Post" knew it was not true. Many of those who object to the use of the tribal funds to which he refers arc very worthy people, engaged In very creditable work. They do not understand the facts of the case, and some of them are more or less prejudiced against the Catholic Church, but I have not the slightest disposition to impugn the good faith of at least the great majority among them. The small people of whem 1 apokn (and they ore very small) are people who pretend to be lieve that the Catholic vote was obtained for Mr. Roosevelt by virtue of some bargain vhereby government aid in some form was to be granted" to Catholic schools or other institutions. Any one who really believe.i this would be. of course, an object of pity, but I doubt tho exist ence of any euch persons. There are, however, some people, including the editors of somo news papers, who seem ready to profess belief in any story, however absurd, which reflects upon the President. It !s small and dirty work, anyhow, to pretend to believe what you don't; it is smaller and dirtier to do this because of disap pointed malice and the mortification of a hu miliating defeat. But the smallest and dirtiest work of all 16 to be guilty of this mean and cowardly lorm of falsehood, knowing that you may thus far. the dying ombf-rs of sectarian hatred among Christians of different denomina tions. Such work as that is worthy of the smallest people any newspaper can find to do it. HAY-BOND TREATY REPORTED. Senator Lodge Now Favors Amended to Meet Objections of Fishermen. Washington, Feb. 4.— The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations to-day authorized a favorable report on the Hay-Bond reciprocity treaty. It was amended in a number of important partic ulars. The treaty was reported to the Senate by Senator Lodge, who has heretofore opposed It. The amendments meet the objections raised by the New-England fishing interests. The treaty provides for reciprocity in products of the United States and Newfoundland. While it is agreed that the amendments shall not be made public until those proposed by the United States are approved by Premier Bond, It is understood that they provide for the ad mission of fresh fish, frozen fish and coal to the United States free of duty, and Newfoundland gives a reduction of duty on all articles of American manufacture. The amendments are long, and enter into details of the proposed changes in the tariff. It Is proposed to reduce the duty on several articles produced in New foundland, but an amendment was agreed to providing that the tariff changes shall not take effect until Congress passes a bill making the tariff revision operative. An amendment by Senator Bacon declaring that no change in the tariff can be legitimately made by a treaty was adopted. It stipulates that the provisions of the treaty cannot go into effect until the tariff laws of the United States have been so amended by act of Congress as to conform to the proposed changes made in the treaty. Under former treaties of a similar character, notably the Cuban treaty, It was pro vided that the treaty should not go into effect until "approved by Congress," suggesting that Congress, and not the Senate alone, should have the right to approve or disapprove such treaties. NO PARDON FOR POSTAL "GRAFTERS." Machen and the Others Likely to Go to the Penitentiary Wednesday. Washington, Feb. (.—United States District At torney Beach to-day forwards! to the Department of Justice his disapproval of the application of Samuel A. Groff for pardon. Grofif is one of the men sentenced to two years' Imprisonment for complicity In postal frauds. It is the understand ing at th© District Attorney's office that Machen, the 3 offa und Dr. Lorenx will be taken to the penitentiary at Moundsville, W. Va., probably next Wednesday. . SENATE PROCEEDINGS. Statehood and Agricultural .appropriation Sills Discussed. Washington. Feb. i.— Sir. Long, of Kansas, oc cupied most of Ihe time given by the Senate to the Statehood bin to-day, with a speech i;i support of the bill as it stands. He gave especial attention to the portion of tho bill providing for the union of Oklahoma £.n<l Indian Territory as one State, and ur^i the Importance of giving self-govern ment to the people of that region. In connection with .tb« Agricultural Appropria tion bill there was consifierablp debate on forest reserves. The bill was not disposed of. AMERICAN RAILROAD IN COSTA RICA. Washington. Feb. 4. -Mr. Merry, the American Minister to Costa Rici, has informed the State Department that the Northern r.allroad of Costa Kl'3a. an American corporation, will take posses sion of the Costa Rica Railway Company, an K:ig- Ush corporation, on July 1, 190G, and both compa nies will bo operated under one manr.irement. Tha Minister says this will tend to advance American ir.tarests, investments and commerce in Costa lUCK. THE LEGISLATIVE BILL SIGNED. Washington. Feb. President Roosevelt to-day signed the first of the- big supply bills passed by Congress at this session. It was the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation ?>ill pro ving money for the fiscal year ending June 30. CONSUL GENERAL GOODNOW TO RETIRE. Washington, Feb. 4.— lt hi understood that Con eul General f3oodnow. who is now in this city, has decided to retire from his office at Shanghai, and a change In that post will be announced next MARINE BAND AT INAUGURATION. Washington, Feb. 4.— Secretary Morton hns de clined to interfere in the arrangements made by the inaugural committee • It* the Marine Band for music at the inauguration ceremonies. The Secre tary said that if the executive committee In charge sees flt to pay the band for Its services ut the boll and elsewhere, it is, in bis opinion, a matter entirely between tho Inaugural committee and tho band, and does not call for any action on his part d *i£ ftnj l he jnaucural committee evidently dia -not fe«l Uk* risking the band to niav for nnth •?*» t ,£ rcm ? h IUI order *>' Ul « Navy Marttrent and fcc<i therefore arranged to pay tor its services, OKLAHOMA JUDGE EXONERATED. Washington, ret). 4._Tho following statement re garding the charges against Judge Irwin, of Okie homa, was made public to-dry at the Department of Jostles by Charles W. Uunell. Bpecial A »T«.t ant Attorney General: «■■*■«. Some time age Milton B. Cope, a lawyer nf vi Tttno. Okiuhomo. Bled charges against JuJpV ?' 5? lrwia, of the SccoivJ Judicial District "of o;!.1 on V ChMfftor bin with <ln;«!ke!;r<ss.s on the ben fm a a certain day. and. en Information and belief with • various other offence*. Mr. Cope desire^ an'tovea. UfitUon but M ( informs that unless 8e auiponl ♦•d lii» cbargeii with <undnv:ts non* would be modi This he failed to do. The Department of jSst?c« has received from Judge Irwin a statement aim ported by ailidavita of tom« of the very parties Mr Cope furred to in support of his allegations, show ing that the allegations had no basis in fact him! hence the department will take no further action in the premises. It appears that the J<jdg« was flick wnea no Is supposed to have been drunk. ' t-: NEW-YORK DAILY TRTBUXR UUKDAY. FBBBUABY 5. 1906. CARNfcGffi TECHNICAL SCHOOLS FOR MTTSBURG. To be built from plans drawn by Palmer & Hornbostel, of this city. TAtK WITH PRESIDENT. Cassatt and Spencer Give Their Views on Rate Legislation. Washington, Feb. 4.— President A. J. Cassatt of the Pennsylvania Railroad and President Samuel Spencer of the Southern Railway called at the White House to-day, at the Invitation of President Roosevelt, and discussed the proposed legislation looking to the regulation of freight rates. It may be said oo authority that the two presidents expressed perfect willingness to co operate in legislation that protects both sides, but they made known to the President that in their opinion the Townsend-Esch bill, which will come up for consideration in the House on Tues day next, furnishes practically no protection to the railroad Interests. When a&ked if those interests intended to flght the proposed legislation, one of the officials said he did not know that there was any movement of thai kind on foot. "Of course," he added, "Congress will do what it thinks best." After their interview Messrs. Cattsatt and Spencer were among the President's guests at luncheon. Representative Hepburn, chairman of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, to-day Introduced a resolution to provide a rule for the consideration of the Inter state Commerce bill, providing tha- it shall be In order to proceed with it on the adoption of Uie resolution. Tho Committee on Rules will meet on Monday. Representative Tawney, the Republican whip of the House, to-day requested all the Repub lican members to be in the House at 2 p. m. on Monday to vote on the rule. WILLCOX TAKES ISSUE. Delaware 'and Hudson President Opposed to Proposed Rate Laic. David Wtllcox, president of the Delaware and Hudson Company, who, with Samuel Spencer, pre pared the brief for the railways on the rate making Question, hag given out a statement, which follows in part: It was reported in the newspapers this morning that Speaker Cannon and Mr. Payne, the .Repub lican leader, stated yesterday at the Republican caucus with reference to railway rates, mat the pending bill would not provide tor legislative action additional to what was contained in the original Interstate Commerce act which has stood lor ten years, at the end of which time the roads had raised the Question of th« legality of the enforce ment of the decisions of the commission as to rates, and that the courto had only then sustained the contention that there was no sucii power vested In the commission— ln other words, that the law now proposed was in effect for ten years, and had operated to the satisfaction of the railroads. It these statements are correctly reported, they aro merely a repetition of an erroneous view which has been as«idulousfy propagated, but which has no foundation whatever. In 1897 the commission itself said that its power as to rates was merely to determine whether those which tha road* imposed were, for suiy reason, in conflict with the statute; and this language was later cited by the Supreme Court, In the maximum late case, as showing that the commission did not at first deem Itself to be possessed of rate-making power. The powers of the commission were ae ilned by tha Circuit Court, through Mr. Justice Jackson, in 1889 and 1890; and the latter case was affirmed by the Supreme Court of the United States, in 1882. Judge Jackson's language clearly denned the power of the commission, and excluded the idea that making rates tor the future was within its authority. His language was later Quoted by the Supreme Court as. naving that affect Nevertheless, the commission in 1594 attempted to mah rates* on an extensive scale, covering large branches of traffic between New-York City and Southern tints, and the railroads declined to rec ognize this 'action as within its powers. There upon the commission brought suit to enforce Its orders, and the statute was construed by the Supreme Court upon March 30. 1898. and upon March 24, 18S7. as not conferring tha rate making power. it is. therefore, erroneous to say that the power was ever effectively exercised or was ever ac quiesced in. As soon as it was attempted on any important scale it was challenged in the courts, and as soon as In due course the question came to adjudication it was held that no such power existed. There was, therefore, never any period of time when there was any acquiescence in the possession of such power or in the results of its exercise. As statutes in existence for many years have al ready given the commission ample* power to deal with rebates and other illegal discriminations, and in view of the fnot that this power has never been fully exercised by the commission, there seems to be no reason why further power should bo aakrd for or granted to the commission. Furthermore, the commission has repeatedly stated that rates are seldom, or never, unreasonable in themselves. Yet, with the natural <I*>«;re of n. rovftrnrnental body to magnify Its Importance by extending its functions, the commission now seeks to aecur» power over rates which it has steadily defended as reasonable. Buch an encroachment on the busi ness of a large class in tho community Is absolutely contrary to all American traditions. The srant of such power to the commission will inevitably have disastrous effects upon general business, since every manufacturer and shipper will feel uncertain as to the possible changes in rates: every Investor will have doubts as to the ability of the roads to maintain their earnings and every manager and employe of the railways will have fear of changes in the conditions of his employment. The Inters Commerce Commission has re peatedly -stated that rates are in general reason able. if it were resolutely to exercise the powers already Riven it. to discover and punish infraction of the law as to rebates, etc.. there would appar ently be no further neea of dealing with rates. ARMOUR CAR LINES DEFENDED. President Bobbins Denies Discrimination and Explains Charges. Washington. Feb. 4.— E. M. Ferguson, of Duluth representing the Western ITruit Growers and other associations, who has !>•-• -n heard by the Senate Interstate Commerce Committed, repeated his statement before the House Committee on Inter state and Foreign Commerce to-day. He said he would favor abolishing th« private car line system. George B. Robbins, president of the Armour Car IJr.es. was heard by the committee. He said the refrigerating charges were based on the cost of Ice, supervision anil general expenses. Mileage charges alone, he said, did not afford remunerative compensation lor the service, owing, among other things, to delays. The Armours, he said, had made voluntary reductions in icing charges. He tie clared that their tariffs were printed and circu ! ited, and he exhibited a copy of a current tariff. | He said there was no secret about the. tariff. Mr. Robbinn denied thnt tho Armours engaged In the fruit business. They engaged in product) in a small way. he said, before last May, at which time they withdrew from that business. Hi h.i| 1 ; they dealt in butter, eggs and poultry. He denied > that hie company had discriminated in favor of i the Pennsylvania Railroad. lie nr>ok» of the vicis- ' situde* of the service, Haying that a, number of i their cars, for Instance, were tied up In the South ' because ot the cold snap. The car business, ha de clared, Ik conducted on its own basis. M. Robbing was asked about a number of ratua hi" explanation being that they varied as condi tions varied, pointing out tho difficulties In obtnln- Ing ice m some points. lie niada a general dHiilal of charges against the Armour Car Line* and »>x- ' ptalned their busings and methods of operation He rill continue his statement next week. HOUSE PASSES DIPLOMATIC BILL. Washington, Feb. 4.— The House to-day passed I the Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation bill, j carrying $2.IOT,<XT, which Is an Increase for this ! service of 178.716 over the current appropriation I Several minor bills were disposed of by unanimous consent. The debate while tho Diplomatic bill was i.nder consideration was .1. brief, and was da. ■ oi«d to railroad rau WslattQU und reciprocity THE MAYOR AND REVIEWS He Decides His Presence Costs City Too Much Money. Mayor McClellan has about decided not to accept any more invitations to review regiments. He has discovered that it costs the city too much. He went to a review of the 13th Regiment, in Brooklyn, on Tuesday of last week, and discovered next morning that It cost the taxpayers J2.000. At least, that is the way It wag figured out by Mr. O'Brien, the Mayor's secretary. Colonel D. E. Austen of the 13th prevailed on the Mayor and other officials to review tha regi ment. At the close of the review there was the customary dinner. Just at the rl*ht time an officer of the regiment said: "Gentlemen, I propose three rousing cheers for Mayor McClellan." They were given with a vehemence that aston ished the Mayor. At the City Hall the next morn ing Mr. O'Brien, with certain resolutions passed by the Board of Aldermen the week before in his hand, went to the Mayor and said: "Mr. Mayor, do you remember those rousing cheers at the ISth Regiment Armory last night?" "Certainly." was the prompt reply, "and I must say I never heard better cheering at a dinner table." '•Well. Mr. Mayor, do you know how much those cheers cost the city?" continued the secretary. "Pardon me. I do not quite grasp your meaning," said the Mayor. "They cost the city $2,000." said Mr. O'Brien, lay ing before the Mayor a resolution increasing the salary of Colonel Austen, who Is the Receiver of Taxes, from 15.000 to $7,000 a year. "Well, they were good cheers, and I guess 1 11 have to stand for the raise," said the Mayor. Soon after the Mayor was elected he was Invited with President Pornee to review the 12th Regiment. It was a wet nlKht, and when the time cams for the review the Mayor was led to a spot on the floor where th« rain came through ana sprinkled him. He looked around to see if other people were in range of the shower, and saw that they were not. He did not understand It till the next day, when there came before him for signature a resolu tion of the Armory Board calling for an appropria tion of about 140,000 for repairing the roof of the 12th Regiment Armory. JUMPED INTO BURNING OIL TANK. Farmer Chose Unusual Way to Commit Sui cide After Shooting at His "Wife. Sisteravllle. W. Va., Feb. Linsey Owens, a prosperous farmer living about fourteen miles southeast of this city, committed suicide in a horrible manner after an unsuccessful attempt to murder 'his wife. Maddened through jealousy, so it is alleged. Owens shot at his wife with a .38 rallbre revolver. He then walked to the farm of a neighbor. F. T. McCullough, where an oil tank was. and, after setting fire to the oil. deliberately plunged into the burning fluid. When the flre could be extinguished and the body recovered it had been burned beyond all recognition. The bullet nred at Mrs. Owens struck her lust above the right temple and glanced off. infllctlnff a dangerous but not necessarily fatal wound. HOCH'S WIVES IN BALTIMORE. Four Thought to Have Been There—One a Mysterious Woman from Boston. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE] I Baltimore, Feb. 4.— Johann Hoch appears to have had at different times four wives in Baltimore, one of whom was a rather mysterious woman from Boston. Two of tho women were Mrs. Nannie Klencke-Schultz. now in Philadelphia, and Mrs. Henrietta Brooks-Schultz. Hoch is supposed to have lived in Baltimore in l£i< and 1903. The third woman in the case, so far as this dtv is concerned, came her© to find Bchulta, alleged to have been then under the name of Louis or Charles Barteis. She seised his furniture at' No. 1,260 !bast North-aye., after he fled suddenly leav ing the Boston wife. Bartels was a man "of pol ished address, posing as a German professor and diamond dealer. . \ SENATOR SMOOT DEFENDED. Counsel Present Arguments Against Unseat ing Him. Washington, .Feb. 4.— Separate briefs will be filed on Monday with the Senate Committee on Priv ileges and Elections by A. S. Worthington, of this city, and Waldemar Van Cott, of Salt Lake, coun sel for Senator Smoot In the investigation of pro tests against his retaining his seat in the Senate. Mr. Worthington deals with the question whether It requires a two-thirds vote or a majority to va cate Senator Smoot's seat, lie contends on prin ciple and on precedent that when Senator Smoot was sworn in, the question of his qualification was passed on once for all, and that ho can be removed now only by a vote of expulsion, and only on the ground that since he was elected to the Senate he has committed some criminal offence, and that to do this will require a two-thirds vote. The endowment ceremony, polygamy and the alleged interference of the Mormon people In pol itics are discussed by Mr. Worthington, following practically the same line of his oral argument to the committee. He Insists that while the Consti tution of the United States prohibits the national government from making any law respecting an establishment of religion. It does not forbid' the States from doing so. but leaves it to the States themselves to determine. Mr. Worthlngton contends that it is entirely competent for any religious organization to be come a political organization, or for any political organization to make religious principles a part of Its platform and to work through religious or ganizations; that this is a matter not of law. but of taste and propriety. Mr. Van Cott, in his brief, discusses the po litical phases of the investigation almost entirely, lie cays: The contention of the protestants Is Idle, to the effect that Senator Smoot should be unseated be cause he believes that nun Is capable of receiving revelation from God. If the objection Is good. Utah should not have been admitted as a State because this belief of the Mormon people was known before Statehood. If the objection i» ten able. no Gentile in the United States who be lieves In man's capacity to receive revelation qnuld bncomo a United States Senator. The reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Halr.ts and many people of dirtertnt religious persuasions be lieve In man's capacity to receive revelation. In conclusion, Mr. Van Cott nrguea that Senator Smoot should be encouraged, as "lie Is opposed to tho practice of polygamy and stands for obedience to all the laws and good citizenship; and If h(» Is ousted, it logically follows that no Mormon can bo v United States Senator, that Mormons will only be nt to vote- for Gentile Senators and cannot them selves be Senators." SAVES TRESTLE FROM BLAZE. Caldwell, N. J.. Feb. 4 (Speclal).-The prompt ac tion of James Williams saved the tr«Jtl« spanning the Pompton Turnpike, on the Caldwell branch of the Erie Railroad, from destruction by lire last nigh:. Williams discovered the blaz« while on his way home. and. with the aid of neighbors, whom he aroused from their slumbers, put out tln-'iiam»%. }\'is«*«ngprß were transferred nt that point to-day an several tlmbora were burned out before William* discovered the blaze, and th-» structure Is consid ered unsafe. , OBERLIN BANKER THOUGHT DYING. Oborlin, Ohio, Fob. 4.— President C. T. nockwlth. of th» closed Cltlsens* National Bank, was re nortftd to be in a very critical condition to-dny and nil death may occur within a few hours. He la un conscious, and has taken no nourishment fur two or.thrco days. ,,.. t NEW CARNEGIE SCHOOL. Plans for Additions to Institute Buildings at Pittsburg. It is proposed to build at once the schools for Journeymen and apprentices of the Carnegie tech nical schools at Pittobur*. These schools will be established for the technical Instruction of men and women In sclent and Industrial pursuits. The photograph reproduced In The Tribune from a model made by the architect*. Talmer & Horn b«>«tel. of this city, represents the schools for Journeymen and apprentices, and I* about one seventh of the totnl scheme. It shows the corner of the general building: at he— that fronts In WoadtawQ-av*. and Junction Hollow. The Wood lawn-ave. front Is about five hundred and sixty feet long. All the wings shown are connected by a wiae corridor. A site of thirty-two acres, adjolnins Schenley Park, has been provided for the use of th© schools In the erection of tho necessary buildings. Andrew Carnegie hits promised to erect and equip these buildings, and has empowered the trustees of the institute to carry the project into effect. Tho schools will comprise an administrative group deslprned to house the executive department, make provision for the social development of the stu dents, and provide an auditorium for the assem blage of the entire school. There will be a school of applied science, oper ative for day and night students, and for the training of young men over sixteen years old for two or three years, for draughtsmen. inspector*, foremen, engineers' assistants and other positions above those of the skilled mechanic, where intel ligence and technical Information aro more essen tial than dexterity. In this school a large part of the Instruction, fn cludlnjr that In shop work, will be given In labor atories, draughting rooms, etc. To make this in struction thorough and effective, the entire equip ment will be of the most modern type. The ma chinery and appliancps will be of such character and so used that an economic use of labor and ma terial can be utilized in a manner similar to that found In the commercial shops. The school for apprentices and Journeym-n is adapted to the night instruction of students. It will offer a system of Instruction for the further education of apprentices already at work in the trade, who will receive technical and theoretical in formation, coupled with a fair amount of that prac tical demonstration necessary to their ultimate ad vancement into the ranks of skilled mechanics. The course of Instruction will be so arranged that the students will have an opportunity lo acquire familiarity with materials, knowledge of the basic principles employed, and of mechanical and work ing drawings, element!! of physics and chemistry, ar.d a faml.iarity with new materials and the most modern tools. The shops, laboratories and class rooms required for this school will be equipped :n the most complete manner. The technical school for women will give instruc tion to day and evening students. It will be strictly practical In character and will have for its principal aim tl.p training of women to earn th^ir livelihood. Its purpose will be to give to them a technical train ing or special skill in various subjects, which will Increase their earning power. These will be practi cal Instruction In millinery, dressmaking, etc. The school of applied design will accommodate classes in the design, technique and mechanical processes of the various art industries specified. The purpose of the school will be to instruct thoaa who aspire to become skilled workers as well as designers, after a reasonable amount of experience, who are familiar with the technical requirements of these industries. LIBRARY BREAKS RECORD. Mount Vernon Institution Has Surplus for Mr. Carnegie. According to Andrew Carnegie, all records have been broken at Mount Vernon by the committee which has had charge of the erection of the new public library there. He has written a letter de claring that of the thirteen hundred libraries which he has endowed in this country and elsewhere, the Mount Vernon committee is the only one which has offered to return a surplus to him. W. F. Gay. chairman of the Mount Vernon committee, received a letter of congratulation from Mr. Carnegie, in which ha says: Please hand over the surplus to the committee to purchase an encyclopedia or some other stand ard work thought moit useful. In short, make dis position of it as you think best, as I feel I can trust a committee which builds a library, with all of its expected demands, for a stated sum and show* a balance at the and. The library, with all of its accessories, was inaide the limit of 3"O,O0O contributed <o the city by Mr. Carnegie. The building is of Grecian design. Th« Diana were made by Edward L. Tilton. a N«w- York architect living in Mount Veraion. who some years ago restored the Grecian temple at Argos. He has included several of the classical features of the famous Grecian temple in the library. The building is on a lot 100 feet wide by 300 feet long, facing in Ist and 2d ayes., two of the principal res idence streets of the city, necessitating two fronts of equal importance, which give access to a cen tral delivery room, winch has a domed ceiling studded by electric lights. The. book stacks ar« placed on th« north and the reading room is on the south of this, with semi-circular ends to Insure the light, even though buildings may in the future be erected on th« adjacent property lire. The interior gives ample accommodations for all of the requirements of a library of its sixe. with its large reading room and a separate children's room, reference room and librarian's ofllce. In the basement is a large room, which is entered directly from the street level, accommodating the trus tees, or it may be used for lectures; ajid In addi tion, there Is ample room for storage of bicycles CARNEGIE LIBRARY DEDICATED. Bedford Branch the Third in Brooklyn Open to the Public To-morrow. TTje Bedford Branch of the Brooklyn Public Li brary, the third of the Carnegie libraries to be completed In Brooklyn, was dedicated yesterday afternoon. It occupies a commanding site In Franklln-ave., opposite Hancock-st. The reference and circulation departments will be opened at 9 o'clock to-morrow morning. David A. Boody presided at the exercises yester day, and on behalf of the Carnegie committee turned the building over to the city, represented by Health Commissioner Darlington. He in turn placed the custody of the building in the hands of lbs trustee* of tne Brooklyn Public Library, rep resented by Abner 8. Height. Addresses were made by the Rev. Ijt. S. Parkes Cadman. pastor of the Central Congregational Church, and E. P. Lyon president of the Brooklyn Young Men's Christian Association. The library, which has accommoda tions for thirty thousand books, will be in charra of Miss M. T. Read. HIS FOURTEEN WIVES TO MEET HIM. Police Said To Be Arranging Unique Recep tion for Johann Hoch in Chicago. Johann Hoch. who Is wanted by the Chicago police for bigamy, with a probability that he will also be called on to answer a charge of murder, was remanded to Police Headquarters by Magis trate Crane. In the Jefferson Market court, yester day. The next hearing in his case will be to morrow at I o'clock, by which time It Is expected extradition papers will have arrived and Detective Loftus, of Chicago, will take charge of the pris oner. At Police Headquarters Detective Loftus said that the superintendent of detectives of Chicago will have fourteen women at tho station In Chicago when Hoch arrives there, nd all probably will Identify the man as their husband. The police say Hoch admits the bigamy charge in part. OLD BELL RINGS KJTELL OF DEBT. Pastor of Historic Church Has Kept It Silent Till Obligations Were Met. For the first time In years the bell of the Asbury Church. In East Chester, on* of the oldest and most historic Methodist churches In the United States, will ring to-day. The bell has hung mut«» because the pastor, tho Rev. Thomas F. Clark, would not allow It to bo sounded until the church debt was paid. This remedy has finally brought the delinquent members to time. They appile.i themselves to gathering the necessary funds anil not only i>nld the debt, but moved the church to a better neighborhood. After the service the conKrejr?tlon. Including th* Sunday nchool children and all who have subscribed to the fund, will be allowed to pull the bell rope. A rope has been carried by pulleys Into the centra aisle of the church, where the pulling of the boll will take place. The Asbury Church wan erected nearly a hundred years ago. when the hamlet of Kast Chester whs no larger than Mount Vernon Charles Bummerneld. John Whlttleld. John Htman! Nathan Bangs and other well known Metlu»Ji*t liulplt orators have preached there. x r ■ » LOOK AROUND YOUR OFFICE :iu«l «pi» whnt you lack, There are man? bargain* la >le»k», autfftk and omen furniture offer**! la to-d»T» l»»«r. Ucad the "Little Adi of tho ftiHrfl" The Financial Wo?: / Cold In large volume goes abroad end th* "railway Issue" still looms at WasJi!nstor.-l these being the final bear stork In trade" in stead of advancing $10,000.4)00 gold to Europ t/e can lend to th* foreigners $rd)flnOfiOi)-.] it profitably: there Is really no calamity In being the money lender of nations. And as to legisla tion, the very direst- threat Is that "sup»rvlalon" (by forcing the abolition of private rebate favors) may oblige the railroads to collect m«?» money. And that Wall Street. In norrrel mocJJ. sees this and appreciates It appears in th* steadfastness of value throughout virtually th* whole Stork Exchange list. For "information" that actually informs, note railway earning* i n . creases, comprehend what Is attested by th« phenomenal figures of the United States Stsel Corporation's official exhibits. StJU significant Is the character of !*adersh > that the market has. Storks of highest type are In this leadership— lssues like Northwest and St. Paul, Pennsylvania and New-York Cen tral, Union Pacific and Illinois Central. Jersey Centra!, Delaware and Hudson, and Reading— with close seconds in those like Erie and Balti more and Ohio and groups of Independent prop erties whose future prosperity Is become indis putable. Here is leadership that Invites and abides that best of all tests— value, tangible and expanding. Explanatory of this strength is ?h<» real ly wonderful demand by the investment public for bonds, of which notabie Illus tration was furnished on Friday. wh*n Speyer A Co. and Kuhn. Loeb * . it b» known that HMf had for sale *7.\Ono;€Ba) of the new Southern Pacific refunding * The announcement was] scarcely mAde— and this Just In a private way, not by advertisement— when the offices of these bankers were crowds* with applicants for the bonds, and in less than two hours the entire Issue was sold with applica tions refused to the extent of |150.000,00)> Th'.s incident Is conclusive evidence that bond de mand is from bona fide Investors, it is also flattering testimony to public approval of South ern Pacific financial acumen. The amount 501d— 573.000. 001 >— Is the first part of an authorised issue of $160,000.000— and evidently the company can at any moment r*»llie on the entire amount if It so chooses. The payment of the sum realised Into BBaJsftOTI Pacific's treasury will relieve it of heavy demands for betterments whh-h have up so now ■**■ taken out of earnings, assuring early di-. :der>d^ on the common stock, which will largely bene fit Union Pacific as controlling owner. In the light of such achievement how pettily puerll* is the criticism still attempted from certain quarters as to the character cf our security market — how evident it Is that the current dem onstration of strength in stocks springs froai the pressure of accumulated wealth seeking in vestment. No matter ho\r large a new bond is sue of high character may be it is forthwith ab sorbed — and bond supply growing scarcer. It in evitably follows that first class stocks are the necessary next choice of capital. Every day brings some new evidence of pend ing developments whose ultimate success will materially change th> railway map of the coun try. We are going to have fewer small inde pendent roads, more great systems. Mergsra on a vast scale are in course of arrangement some of them now practically concluded. Herein may be found explanation of market movements recently conspicuous in the Vandsr bilt quarter. There is relation to it also la what goes on in a variety of Western properties. Rock Island, for example, is not yet the roundefi out system contemplated and planr-d by tho masterful men who control its destinies. In this connection la ample explanation of the increased market value which comes to various independent, properties. The Kansas City Southern road, for example, was In some quar ters regarded as almost a derelict until recently; but Kansas City Southern securities are noTT among the most conspicuous upon the Stock Exchange list, among the most buoyant, whi.a old time cynics and critics are working- over time with theories as to Just what Is to be the company's future— rapidly rising quotations in dicating that that future holds now the promise of substantial prosperity. Comparing the operations of the year ended June .'#>. 1904. with the fiscal year ended June 30. 1900. gross earnings have Increased 56.61 per cent.; operating expenses and taxes increas* 37.03 per cent.; net receipts, after payment cf operating expenses and taxes, increase 154.05 per cent. ?Im gross receipts from operation p?r mile of road have increased from $4,042 la $7,688, and net receipts per mile of road, after payment of taxes, have increased from $827 to $2,067. These results were obtained without in crease in operate 1 mileage. lPOrt. I<KH. Increase. Gross earnings. s4.llS763 f6.450.a20 $2,331,557 Per mile 4.W2 7.688 2.746 Net earnings. . 689.179 I.7.V>>s7 1,061.708 Per mile 827 Ust For six months ending December 31, last, further lne:-»as*3 in profits have been shs'^n. The amount of increase $116,465. if added to the 1904 surplus, would indicate $960,000 earned for the share capital, on the basis of 1904 charges. or materially more than 4 per cent on the pre ferred stock. This assumes no further Increase in net earnings for the six months. January- June. A marvellous transformation Is thus shown, and within the speve of less than five years. A direct line from Kansas City to the Gulf, this is really an important property, already able to boart of 884.000 ton miles per .r.tie of road as Its freight density, and of gross earn ings on a mileage basts exceeding those of many old established properties. Including systems c? as great importance as St. Paul and the Chi cago and Northwestern. Note the following comparative results per mile of road. 1904: Earnings per mile. Ton miles. Chicago and Northwestern. .$7,203 52-522 Bt. Paul T.OTrt •>. • .£*• Kansas City Southern 7 ■ £>S4,OW Growth of business has exceeded the expecta tion even of early enthusiastic promoters. Stock holders are now to get substantial benefit. Reference was made in this review some weeks ago to the renewal of prosperity for the Com Products Company. Publication of the facts at testing the property's progress was resented by some Influential Insiders as being •"untimely"— the facts were not disputed. Wholly apart, how ever, from any details of the corporation's pol icy, the facts as originally stated In this column are now restated as being officially attested. Worth much more than all perfunctory denial* and clever evasions is the evidence which the company's own shareholding list provides. Ona director has bought 10.000 shares of Corn Prod ucts preferred stock, and he holds *2r».ooi> »h'ar*» of the common. Another director for hirrsptf and family associates holds 150.000 shares, di vided in about the same proportion between pre ferred and common. And Corn Products Insiders have not recently been buying their own stock in large quantity with any carefully formed intention to lo* o money. Incidentally at the close of the **•* announcement Is made that dividends are re sumed upon Glucose Sugar Refining stock, prac tically all of which Is In the Corn Products treasury. And the company's business to-day I* approximating In volume and In profits, tosv t»*» Inspiriting records made when the company w ** at the height of Us prosperity a year •» two ago. The patient holder of Corn Products atocs Mai profit handsomely. In Wall Street it is a* safe to act upon * *'' men do a* upon what men say. a. au**wat.