Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, February 04, 1905, Page 11, Image 11
TI1E OMAHA DAILY HEE: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1903. 11 CURRENT NEWS OF IOWA v if f I if COUNCIL BLUFFS HUSBAND IS PARTICULAR lark Washington Objects to Policeman Accompanying Hi Wife Home. WOMAN IS ALMOST 6VERC0ME BY COLD I Goes Into nrnldrarr and Propotei to Camp There I'ntll OtUcer Arrive and Escorts Her to Her Own Home. I ft ) ; Beat Estate Transfera. These transfers were reported to The Bee February S by the Title Guaranty and Trust company of Council Bluffs: Sheriff to William Arnd, lota 1 and 2, block 2, Burns' addition; a. d...f 426.44 i. W. Bqulre and wife to Jamee M. v Bryant, lots 21 and 22. block 8, . Syulrss addition; w. d 1,360.00 Carolina Test Bohrer to M. Frleden. lot , block 10, Crawford's addl- . tion; w. d. 68.00 The Pottawattamie Investment com pany to 8. W. Creel A John . Frees, lots 8 and 9, block 8, Howard's addition: w. d. Anna Ryan to Michael Ryan, lots M and 25, block 6. Squire's addi tion; w. d Louis Harniel and wife to Fred Eberhart, lots 1 and 2. Dlock U Mynster's addition w. d 1,428.00 County treasurer to William Arnd. lot 14. Dlock 22, Bryant ec ciotk s addition; t. d County treasurer to William J. Lev . erett, lot 16, block 8, Twin City place; t. d County treasurer to J. P. Green- . shields, lots 7, 8 and 9, Avoca Land and Loan company's addition; t. d County treasurer to J. P. Green shields, lot 15, block T, McMahon, Cooper A Jefferls' addition; t. d. ' County treasurer to J. V. Green shields, lot 6. block 29, Mulllns' sub division; t. d ., County treasurer- to J. P. Green shields, lot 8, block L Squire's ad- . dltlon, . part lot 4, block 6, How- ard's addition t. d ' I County treasurer to J. P. Green- . shields, lot 6, block 8, Street's ad- I dltlon; t. d .. ' ICounty treasurer to J. P. Green- shields, lot 9, block 9, Beers' sub I . division; lot 8, block 19, Central; - lot 4, block Id, Hall's addition; lot 11, block 1, Mayne's first addition; lot 4, block 4. Mayne's first addi tion; ' lot 8, block 8, McMahon, Cooper & Jefferls' addition; lot 3, block 7. Mulllns' sub-division ; lots 4 and (, block 1, and lots 23 and 24, block It, Omaha addition; lot 11, i block 68. Riddle's addition; t. d... 29.66 46.00 1.00 1.62 1.47 4.82 11.04 3.22 2.60 Fourteen transfers total $3,361.46 Matters In District Coart. . James Arthur, one of three men arrested and Indicted on a charge- of robbing; the Treynor bank, Is preparing to make a legal fight for liberty when his trial Is called. When arrested Arthur and Bernstein had but little money and former County Attor ney Ktlpack was appointed to defend the two men. Arthur's wife has since turned 1 IK - mil nf mnnov KnA It ' that an effort will be made to clear Arthur. i .Airs. Axtnur vimiea ner nusoana at in y ) county Jail some days ago and then left , town. Attorney Kiupack nas peen in com munication with her, and. Arthur expects ' .that with the assistance of legal defense 'he may escape a' long term. The case of Clberg against Johanaon has been dismissed In the district court. Johan aon was a tenant on the Ethers; farm and It was alleged that ho did not run the form exactly In the -Ames manner. An amendment has been filed In the cases J brought against H. B. Knowles by County Treasurer : Conslgny as a result of tax ferret activity. I Charlotte Aylesworth has filed an answer f' to the suit brought against her by A. W. .Way for the payment of a Rock county, Nebraska, farm. In her answer she alleges 'that she went. In company wl'U n agent, .and found a nice, level, rilling 480-acr ..farm, which was a dream of Aden In Its beauty and luxuriance of grasses. She con tracted to pay for the said farm, but later I discovered that she had bought the top side of a number of sand hills, all of which .. la a' sufficient reason why she should not " plant any more money where grass will not , gTow. Maaonle Temple Incorporates. Articles, of Incorporation of the Masonlo Temple Building association were filed with the county recorder yesterday. Ths Incor porators are F. K. Hart, F. O. Gleason, E. L. Bhugart, John P. Sktnkle, George F. Wright and others. The new association expects to take the ; Masonlo temple property from the former Council Bluffs Masonlo Temple association, ; whose Incorporated Ufa expired on June 27 of last year. There has been some dissen sion among the stockholders of the former concern regarding the disposition of the property, as they could not agree either on the value of the property or the best method of handling the same. At the same "tiros the articles of Incorporation were re corded suit was brought asking that the former ' building association be declared legally dead, the directors ordered to close up ths business, dispose of the property and divide the proceeds among th several Stockholders. The Incorporators of the new association represent ths element which wishes the building placed on th market so that the stockholders may realise on their Investments If they so wish. I Jr ; Steal to Get Lodcluas. X. : Frank Vaughn and Charles Anderson, two wanderers who Thursday night stopped at Chief Richmond's steam heated apart ment house, returned there under the es cort of an officer., yesterday afternoon in tims tor th supper hour. Vaughn and Anderson espied ninety pound of plug tobacco on the walk In front of the warehouse of the Peregoy St Moore , company and proceeded to walk jff with V 'the bundle. Burdened ss they were the fl ( mau could net outrun. Fred Murphy, the italt' Alwk wh followed tham tj flavntfi r. M ' s In the hope of seeing- a . policeman. At Seventh street Murphy's wind gave out and a newspaperman took up the chase. A few clerks along the street took a hand In the game, and the two men Anally ran Into the arms of an officer who was mean dering down the street. They had their old rooms Inst night, and Vaughn remarked that It was too cold weather for a man to stay outside. "I'm so cold I can t walk and I won't go outdoors, where I will freeze to death. You ' can have me arrested If you wsnt to, but I V am going to stay by this fire until morn- ing," said Mrs. Clark Washington to the f owner of the Cochran home on Seventh avenue and Sixteenth street last night. Mrs. Washington' Is an Indian woman, the wife of Clark Washington, colored, and last .night entered the home of T. A. Cochran, saying she was freezing. The family at one invited hr .to come In out of the cold, ' but when bedtime came and the woman re fused to go home the police were notified. " Captain O'Nell responded to the call and could not start the woman home unless he would accompany her. Hand In rmnd the nfght captain and the squaw waded snow- . drift after snowdrift, as the woman whs not able to walk alone. Several times she ' nearly -fainted, and only the strong right arm of O'Nell saved her from falling. When ' the couple arrived at the Washington home j 'on Avenue D and, I street, both of them j were nearly exhausted. The husband of the I 1 woman alleged that ha did not know where I she was and stated that he was able to care i for. her without help from the police; In; fact Insinuated that he did not care to have , V his wife In the company of a policeman at I that time of night, as It might Injure the reputation or the family. e promisea to , provide for her In the future and was not . molested. Implement Firm Gets Quarters. A contract has been entered Into between the Fuller-Johnson-8hugart company, by which the local offices and warerooms of the concern will remain In the Champion building, owned by the name promoters who recently lost the Fuller-Johnson-Shu-gart building by fire. It Is given out that there was never any desire on the part of the company to transfer their business to the Omaha side of the river, .although In ducements were held out for such a move. The directors and stockholders of Ware house Construction company No. 2 will hold a meeting next week, at which time ar rangements will be made for a new build ing, which when completed will be occupied by an implement firm new to Council Bluffs. Woodmen Elect Delegates. These delegates have been selected to represent Hazel camp. Modern Woodmen of America, at the county convention to be held In this city In April: Delegates J. C. Fleming, J. J. Stewart, T. W. Selby, E. E. Hart, EOward Can ning. S. B. Snyder. M. O. Gilbert, C. G. Saunders, H. A. Lennox. W. 13. Klrkland, O. T. Shepparrl, Emmett Tlnley, E. T. Vein. L. E. Brlendenstein. M. B. Snyder, rr. J. H. Cleaver, Dr. Matt A. Tlnley, R. P. Patterson. Alternates Tom Tlerney. O. W. West erdahl, L. E. Howe. George Uehltng, N. J. Swanson, Louis Green,, H. W. Fro hnrdt, D. E. Stuart. F. L. Reed, F. F. Everest, M. W. Frederick. W. C. Bnver. O. C. Beach. A. Moreham, W. T. Cole, George Waddell, J. V. Sullivan, G. 8. Dunn, Louis Baum, L. J. Collins. Corn Train la Com In sr. The Rock Island is perfecting arrange ments whereby Pottawattamie county farmers may have the privilege of listening to one of the "corn lectures" given by the experts from the State college at Ames. It Is now proposed to bring the Rock Island corn gospel train here some time early In March, with stops at all the towns along the line. There being no association among the local farmers It Is up to the railroads to produce the crowds and awaken Interest. MINOR MEXTIOX. Davis sells drugs. Leffert's glasses fit. Stockert sells carpets. The Elks meet tonight. Miss Margery Simms Is ill. W. B. Reed Is home from Logan. Duncan sells the best school shoes. Plumbing and Heating. Blxby & Son. Justloo H. H. Fields Is ill with the grip. Drs. Woodbury, dentists. 30 Pearl street Duncan does the best repairing, 21 Main. Go to night school. Western, Iowa College. T. M. Thomas of this city is at Lincoln, with a broken rib. Rer. F. R. Case of the First Baptist church Is 111 with the grip. School drawing, practice and musto pa pers. C. E. Alexander, 333 B'way. Have you seen our cement blocks7 They are the swellest ever. C. Hafer. "Phone 202. Mrs. J. W. Mitchell is at Malvern to at tend the funeral of the late Mrs. Edward Summers. Funeral services for the late H. C. Cook were held from Cutler's yesterday after noon. Interment at Walnut Hill. Rev. James O'May Is home from Ham burg, where he delivered an address on "Save Your Scraps." Nels and Peter Nelson, charged with stealing corn from a car In the Milwaukee yards, will have a hearing this morn ing. Missouri oak dry cordwood. $6 a cord, cobs $1.76 per load, shell bark hickory $7 per cord, delivered. William Welch, 16 North Main. Telephone 128. On account of the slcknesa of Mra. Jack son, the Busy Bees of Grace Eplaoopal church have poatponed their Saturday meeting for one week. Mra. R. M. Osborn, formerly of this city, but later of Washington, D. C, died In that city Friday. The remains are ex pected to arrive In Council Bluffs today. Funeral services will be held from the Broadway Methodist church some time to morrow. Mrs. Osborn waa the widow of Dr. Oaborn, who waa a prominent cltlaen In Council Bluffs In lta earlier days. J. P. Organ, B. O. Brulngton and others are interented In a proposed whist league, to be comprised of towns In the Imme diate vicinity, with a view to getting more team practice before the annual meetings of the Iowa-Nebraska tournaments. At Avoca a movement has been launched to form a new league, and It la expected that a number of Council Bluffa teama will en ter the first of a aerlea of contests to be pulled off February 10, at Atlantic. Local players who do not go to the big tourna ment, which opens at Kansas City on the same date, will go to Atlantlo. BITTER MAKERS ELECT OFFICERS Sam Schlllln of Iowa Chosen Pres ident . of National Association. MASON CITT, la., Feb. I.-The Iowa State Dairy and National Butter Makers' associations adjourned tonight. The following resolutions were passed by the Iowa Dairy association: Resolved, That the association does hereby earnestly condemn the drunkenness and criminal rowdyism which has marred this convention, and that companies send ing representatives to our future meetings must send men who will not participate In any drunkenness or rowdyism, else re main away. The National Butter Makers' association complimented Iowa by naming Sam Schil ling for their president. Other officers elected were: G. O. Lldd of Chicago, vice president; O. O. Knight of Chicago, secretary-treasurer; O. A. Trow, Minnesota, E. R. Burrldge of Ohio, and R. 'J. Noy ter, the executive committee. Farmer at Shenandoah. SHENANDOAH, la., Feb. $.-Speclat.)-Toduy waa the second of th three days' meeting of th Page County Farmers' In stitute at this city, and while the weather was extremely cold last night and has con tinued so today, many of the thermometers around here registering as low as S degrees below aero this morning, yet more than ZOO farmers were preaent at this morning's session and nearly 400 were present this afternoon, some of them having driven fif teen miles through the cold to get here. The principal speaker this morning was Prof. Stevenson of Ames college, whose subject was "Drainage. " Flay by Home Talent. LOGAN, la., Feb. $. (Special.) A home talent play, "Th Merry Milkmaids," will be rendered at the Logan opera hous on th evening of Friday, February 10, and will be under the auspices of the Christian and Methodist Episcopal churches of Logan. Jory I'aaale to Fls Blame. IOWA CITT, la., Feb. $. Spclal Tele gram.) Th coroner's Jury was unable to Ax the blame for th explosion of th Rock Island engine on January SO, which killed three men. It is alleged faulty construction of the engine caused th explosion and th case may be carried Into th courts. Family Sorely Amleted. CLINTON, la.. Feb. $.-(8psds4 Tele gram.) Mra. Jochln Ingwrn died of black diphtheria last night Her 8-yar-old child died today. Six other ohlldren are seriously IU ' CITY ENUMERATION FAULTY More Error. Found Thtre in Genius Return Than in Bural Districts. 0EC0RAT0RS COMMENCE ON CAPITOL State Exeentlre Council Meets at Home of Governor Cnmmlns, as Letter's Illness Prevents Hla Vliltlng om.ee. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES. Feb. 3. (Special. )-Brlght young men who have been appointed In tho cities as the census enumerators sre not a success, according to the secretary of tho executive council, under whose di rection the work Is being done. At the same time the farmers In the country dis tricts, who do net write quite so well, are getting the facta better. Hundreds of cards are being sent back by the secretary for correction. Three cities In the state espe cially are causing the secretary more trouble than all the rest. These sre Cher okee, Albla and Marshnlltown. In Albia one assessor makes more mistakes and causes more trouble than all the rest of Monroe county thus far. The city men fall to All In all the blanks. They fall to state whether a person Is male or female, white or black, married, single or divorced. The cards done Improperly must . be sent back for correction and will mean a loss to the assessors In their time, as they get no extra pay for making the corrections. Decorating; State Honae. Artist Elmer E. Garnsey arrived today with his foreman. Mr. PhiUlpa, and force of workmen to do the decorating on the state house The work will take about a year to complete. The Arst to be done Is to clean the walls, and It will be some tlmo before any color will be put on. The dome and rotunda down to the Aoor of the hall of representatives Is to be completed Arst and then the decorating of the hall of representatives and the supreme court room. All this must be accomplished be fore January 1 next when the legislature meets again. Meet nt Governor's Home. Governor Cummins was still too 111 today to be at the state house, and the members of the executive council met at his home for lunch and to transact such business of Importance as demanded Immediate at tention. The most Important matter taken up was the approval of the bonds for the depositories of the state funds. Governor Cummins will not be able to leave his home much before next Wednesday, when he appears before the Corn Belt Meat Pro ducers' association with Governor Van Sant and Governor LaFolIette. State Contract la Let. The contract for . the electrical work -at the State Inebriate hospital at Knoxvllle was let today to Arthur Frantien & Co. of. Chicago. This completes the contracts for the erection and completion of the Institu tion, with the exception of the equipment for the launoYy and Industrial workshop and the furnishings and furniture for nil fhe buildings. Adjutant Makes Appointment. Adjutant General Thrift today appointed Miss Eva Vleser of DeB Moines as stenog rapher In his office. She has served Ave years In the office under General Byers. It Is believed that Captain Guy E. Logan of Red Oak Is to be named as assistant ad jutant general. He -is a candidate for the office and the report that he would not leave his present position for the one here Is said to be not well founded. I Pharmacy Examination. An examination In the office of the phar macy commission for druggists and drug gists' clerks will be held, next week Tues day. ' M. & ST. L. to Kansas City. There is a report that the Minneapolis & St. Louis will gain an entrance to Kan sas City in-the spring. It Is presumed that the entrance will be through a traffic ar rangement with some other road, presum ably the Burlington, with which It has a traffic arrangement for entrance to Des Moines. The report Is said to have ema nated from an qfTlcial of another road. J. N. Tlttemore of the Minneapolis Se St. Louis, who was In the city last night as the guest of the city on account of the entrance of his road here, dented knowledge of It. At the banquet In his honor Mr. Tlttemore said the rebates were, a two-edged sword and while capable of doing Injury were not an unmixed evil and has been the means of developing many localities and indus tries. ' t ' COUNCIL BLUFFS ORATOR A WINNER Delivers Fine Oration on "The Mob and the Law." IOWA CITY. Ia., Feb. $. (Special Tele gram.) Robert F. Swalne of Council Bluffa won Arst place In the preliminary ' to the Northern Oratorical league contest tonight His oration on "The Mob and the Law" Is said to be one of the best delivered at an Iowa university In ths last. Beveral years. H. C. Anderson of Oelweln and Fred Douglas of Lehigh won second and third respectively. Tho Anal, contest will be held at Evanston, III. WEALTHY CALIFORNIA MISSING Chief of Police of .Michigan Town Looks for Man Who Had Cash. SAULT STE. MARIE, Mlon., Feb. $. The county authorities and chief of police were told today of the audden and mysterious disappearance of Joseph Racclcut, a wealthy Callfornlan, who, it la aald, had $100,000 on his person when hs left' his boarding houss several days ago. Racclcut, who had been employed for over two weeks In securing options on nearby farm property, started to the coun try to see a farmer to close a real estate deal, but never reached hla destination. Friends entertain the belief that he was held up by highwaymen and robbed and the body deposited In snow in ths woods, Racclcut was 63 years old and well dresaed. His California address Is not known, SENATOR BEATS DETECTIVE California Legislator Aeeased of ( Bribery Assaults Jtfaa Em. ployed by the Proseeotloa. BAN FRANCISCO. Feb. $. A special dis patch from Sacramento to th Call says that Btat Senator Frank French, who stands accused with three of his colleagues of bribery, baa made an assault on De tective George N. Tichenor, employed by the prosecution. French accoated Tichenor on the upper floor of the capltol rotunda and without a word rushed at the de tective and sent him reeling with a blow over the right eye. Bystander Interfered at this Juncture artd prevented further trouble. f . Robber Shot by Seatry. NEW YORK, Feb, X-John Sebery, on of four nen- caught in the act of robbing th Brooklyn navy yard today of copper pipe, was shot and killed by Private Lau raooa T. Milton, a sentry. Bebery's tfcre companions escaped. The men refused to halt when ordered to do so by Milton. CONFERENCE ON RATE BILL a Haas Agrees to Vat oa Measare Next Wednesday After noon. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. The republicans of the house of representatives In confer ence this afternoon adopted as a party measure the bill extending rate-making powers to the Interstste Commerce com mission as agreed on by the committee on Interstate and foreign commerce and known as the Esch-Townsend bill. The conference Instructed the house com mittee on rules to bring In a rule providing for consideration of the measure, beginning on Tuesday and continuing until 4 o'clock Wednesday, when a vote shall be taken. No amendments will be allowed to the bill, although the Arst vote Is to be taken on the Davey bill as the democratic sub stitute for legislation on the railway rate subject. The conference, which lasted three hours, developed opposition to the measure. The only test vote taken was on a motion to postpone the matter to a further conference next Tuesday. This was lost, 44 to 107. Efforts were made to amend the bill during the conference, but all of these failed. Fault was found With the bill on the ground that It did not Include regulation for the private car evil and terminal charges. The advocates of the bill con tested these criticisms, claiming that au thority was contained in the bill to correct the complained of evils. The change of the meeting from a caucus, as the call stated, to a "conference" leaves members participating free to follow their own Inclinations. It Is understood that the opposition may organize with the purpose of Joining the minority In the house In the vote on the rule prescribing the manner of considering the bill In the house. These plans, however, have not been actually and definitely decided on. Messrs. Mahon and Sibley of Pennsyl vania wero conspicuous In their opposition to any legislation at this time, both con tending that sufficient time had not been given to the consideration of the subject. Speaker Cannon advised hla associates that if action, was to be taken at all It must be 'taken now. He suggested that a recess might be taken until evening, but the sentiment of the members present was overwhelmingly In favor of Immediate ac tion and the speaker did not press his sug gestion. .. Representative Payne (N. T.), majority leader, said that the bill in Its present shape did not provide for anything more than What was In the original Interstate commerce act, which had stood for ten years, at the end of which time the rail roads raised the question of the legality of the enforcement of the decisions of the commission as to rates, the courts sustain ing the contention that there was no power vested In the commission to Ax rates. CONTEST OVER WARD BOUNDARIES Marshalltown City Council Stirs I'p n Storm. ". MARSHALLTOWN, la., Feb. 3. (Special Telegram.) At the meeting of the city council, held tonight for the purpose of ousting one of the wards of the city, the council chamber was Jammed full of hiss ing, shouting residents of the Sixth ward, the one sought to be done away with. An ordinance establishing the boundaries of the new division of the city was up for Its second reading. Petitions and protests were plentiful, and hisses and shouts of derision were hurled at the members of the coun cil. Two of the main supporters of the movement were absent from the meeting and on this pretext the council adjourned without action and the crowd went wild, shouting "cowards" and other. Uncompli mentary names at the members. After the council adjourned an overflow meeting was held at the office of F. M. Sutton, whero a crowd of Sixth warders and members of the Marshalltown Good Government league held an overflow meeting end de cided to fight the proposed action to a standstill. Confirmations by the Senate. WASHINGTON, Feb. .-The senate tcday confirmed tho following nominations: Harry Tarbel. coiner of mint at Denver: Rev. Georsre Going of Iowa, chaplain In the army? Wllilam A. McClure, receiver of pub lic moneys at Dickinson, N. D. ; James C. Kellogg of Louisiana, consul at Barran qiillln, Columbia; Daniel S. Kidder of Florida, consul at Nankin, China; William Martin cf New York, consul general at Hankau. China. ' Post masters: Montana George W. Crane, Fort Benton. South Dakota-CalvJn Betts, Mount Vernon. Also promotions In the army and navy. Panama Civil Service Full. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-It was an nounced at the office of the Civil Service commission today that for the present no more examinations will be held for clerical and professional positions for the Panama canal service, the applications already be ing far In excess of Its needs. It was said, however, that competent and experienced persons are especially desired as members of steam shovel crews, particularly crane men and pit foremen. Condition of 8lek Congressmen. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. Representative Marsh of Illinois was reported to be slightly better today and the condition of Rep resentative Samuel W. Smith of Michigan shows no change. Both are ill with pneumonia. FIRE AT EAST ST. LOUIS Several People Are Injured In Blase Which Destroys Maeh Property. EAST ST. LOUIS, 111., Feb. J. Six of the largest office and store buildings here were destroyed or badly damaged by Ar early today and several persons were Injured. Ths property loss Is estimated at $260,000, partially covered by Insurance. Mlsa Annie Keeley was overcome by smoke and carried out of her room by Aremen. Joseph Smith, occupying a room in th Blckler building, was hurt by falling debris. Several others were reported Injured. Street car traffic was completely tied up and the telephone service district was badly crippled. All the available Are Aghttng apparatus In th city was called out, and finally a call for assistance waa aent to St. Louis. The Intense cold greatly retarded the effective fighting of the Aams. The fir la aald to have started In the Josephine building, which was destroyed. The Josephine building was used for lodg headquarters, offices and retail stores and was erected at a cost of $100,000. The other buildings burned and loss sre: Lucy building, occupied by retail es tablishments and Aats, $46,000; Walsh build ing, $70,000; Zlegenhetn building, $40,000; Hor ligan's saloon, $5,000; Btrlckler's grocery, $6,000. Th buildings destroyed wer among th newest and most costly la the city. A number of families who ocoupled flats In th upper floors of th Lucy building wr driven out InU th frigid wathr. MeGvesje-v's City Hall Burned. PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis., Feb. 8-Blx business heiaes and a realdenc were de stroyed by fir at North McGregor, la., while the thermometer registered ' below aero. Among the building destroyed were the. new city hall, the council cham ber and the Jail, Families living In sec ond floors were rescued with difficulty. Beveral firemen suntalned froten handa and feet Loss, $2i,0uU, Insurance, $ii,luu. KNOX ADVISED THE COURSE Indian 8chool Contract Based on Opinion f Former Attornt j Gensral MATTER IS TREATED BY HIS SUCCESSOR Extended Note oa the Subject Telllnsj t Details of Affair Is Made Public ut Washington. WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-Presldent Roose velt's connection with the diversion of In dian trust funds to the support of Catholic mission schools is explained and Justified In a communication addressed to the presi dent by Attorney General Moody, which was filed today with the senate committee on Indian affairs by William H. Ketchsm, director of the bureau of Catholic Indian missions. Father Ketcham appeared be fore the committee to defend his bureau against the charges that It has been using undue and political Influences to secure the use of trust funds for Catholic schools. Mr. Moody's communication, dated Feb ruary 2, 1906, sets forth the record of a cabinet meeting held In January, 1904, when the question of the use of Indian funds for sectarlnn schools was discussed, and the president asked for an opinion as to his authority to direct that contrncts be made for the use of such funds by denomina tional educational Institutions. Senator Knox, then attorney general, decided that the action of congress In declaring It to be the policy of the government not to per mit the use of the public moneys of the American people for sectarian purposes did not repeal previous laws giving to the secretary of the Interior discretion to use the Indian funds in any manner he saw At. Certain lows were cited to direct at tention to the president's authority In that regard. Attorney General Moody's stntement con cludea The srgument of the memorandum briefly was that notwithstanding the declaration of congressional Intent not to make ap propriations in the future of public moneys of the American people fur sectarian In stitutions, tho previous laws giving the secretary of the Interior discretion to use certain moneys of the Indians held In trust In any way that he mlRht see lit, includ ing assistance to sectarian schools, were not repenled and consequently his discre tion remained. This was the lepnl ndvlce given to you as to your authority to continue the use of the Interest on certain Indian trust fundi. 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 support certain cx!ttng sectarian schools on account of their efficient work or special beneficial Influences, but with these con siderations the Department of Justice was not especially concerned. Scharf Without Authority. The charge had been made that the Catholic burcnu, through Dr. E. L. Scharf of this city, had made promises of Catholic political support to the administration in return for favors and It was to answer this that Father Ketcham went before the com mittee today. He denied that Dr. Scharf ever had any connection with the bureau or with nny branch of the Catholic mis sion work, and declared that whatever Dr. Schnrf did was on his own Initiative and without authority. It was denied by Father Ketcham that the bureau has endeavored to secure aid for mission schools. Hs said that for years the bureau has been conducting schools on various reservations, notably the Osage, and tho government has been paying for the teaching of pupils the same as In government schools. He submitted statistics to show that the per capita cost has been less in the Catholic schools than in the government schools. The efforts to obtain the use of trust funds were begun under the administration of President McKinley, said Father Ketcham, who explained that he laid the matter before the president and received a ruling that tKe proposition seemed fair. President McKinley then referred the mat ter to the secretary of the Interior, but no action was taken, and a year ago It was taken up by the Catholic bureau with Pres ident Roosevelt who, according to Father Ketcham, approved the proposition and said that If he found It to be lawful he would agree to permit the contracts to be made. It was then that the matter was referred to the cabinet and later to the Department of 'Justice for an opinion. Bishop Hare Informed. Father Ketcham asserted that Bishop Hare of the Episcopal church, a year ago knew that the cortracts were being made and at that time mode an Inquiry of the commissioner of Indian affairs and had explained to him the authority for the contracts. It was declared further that Bishop Hare was offered similar opportu nities for his schools, but declined to ac cept them. "If Bishop Hare had accepted this aid In the aamo manner that the Lutheran synod accepted aid for their achools In Wisconsin, then there would have been no discussion of this matter," concluded Father Ketcham. At the cabinet meeting today Secretary Hitchcock took up the subject of the use of Indian trust funds for the benefit of sectarian schools. Francis E. Leupp. com missioner of Indian affairs, was called Into the conference. It is said a statement will be Issued In a few days regarding the mat ter. Scharf Replies to Bard. Dr. E. L. Scharf of Washington today Issued a signed statement in answer to allegations made by Senator Bard od Cali fornia before the sub-committee of the senate committee on Indian affairs, that Dr. Scharf, when trying to have. the ap propriations for Catholic Indian missions extended two years ago tried to Influencu the senator's action by promising certain political support. Dr. Scharf says: Senator Hard's statements, even If they were absolutely accurate, lose their force by reason of the long time he allowed to elapse before bringing his charges. He waited until the legislature of California discovered the right man to represent that State In the senate. When I appeured be fore the sub-committee two yoars ago Senator Bard should have denounced me then and there if he really thought that the propositions that I made to him were improper. But not he. There was some thing going on In California, and something still to be done. Continuing, Dr. Scharf aays he told Mr. Bard that no member of congress could be attacked by the A. P. A. for any vote conscientiously cast for the measure that Dr. Scharf was urging, without publicity In that membcr'a district, and that the Catholics would resent the Introduction of religion Into politics and see that that par ticular representative did not suffer. He says that Senator Bard two years ago Informed him that he was a Presbyterian and hla church was opposed to receiving government money for support of Its schools: Dr. Scharf continued: He failod to tell me, however, that the Presbyterian missions had received their share of the contract appropriations since the' Inception of the contract system All the Protestant denominations had received such appropriations, but after they with drew and the Catholic mlsslona were the beneflclarlea they effected a holy horror at th idea. 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