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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-04
MONETARY COMMISSION REPORTS.
Proposed Ratio of 50 to for Oriental COun-
tries Well Received in Europe.

Washington. Aug. "a report has been received
at the State Department from the United states
Monetary Commission. which IS investigating the
question Of currency for silver using countTi'5
The commission had visited London. Paris. The
Hague and Berlin. and was expecting 10 so 10 St
Petersburg in a short time According 70 the re-
port the proposal e the American commission tor
& ratio OF 22 TO ! for new silver currency Tor
Oriental countries has generally been well re-
ce:ved although the French c-nmi zion sugg sted
the ratio Of 81 /. which is half the French Tao
at the present time. The repTasf natives q Ine
Chinese Government have manifested a HVeIy IL
terest the proceedings CT the commission at lAe
European capitals
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-04

eoheneetady. y Y. aug. Emmanuel Herr. a
-, ne he soauish-American War. was closing
,,ir7oy in the General Electric Works to-day when
rts c,ot touched 1--we wire and ne was Instantly
i-fIiee. He formerly lived in Syracuse "heTe ms
-i-ie1. -, - brotbcr live Re was hono-ably dis
- from, The United States Navy SIX months
o Sbsvine completed his i've year term o. ser
vice
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-04
NO POLITICAL DEMoNsTRATIoN

Rome Aug. 3.-The Republican party, which
is small in Italy is trying to organize demon
stration against the Vatican on the day of the
coronation Of the new Pope, hoping to make
show Of strength by gaining the adherence Of all
anti-clerical elements The Premier, Signor
Zanardelh has decided to prevent any such
demonstration on the ground that it is against
public order
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-04
W. g J. SLOANE
CLASSIC FURNITURE
At Reduced Prices During August

Although well Floor
pieces of Foreign Furniture brought models
dispose them each making and
repetition design We made special purchases
prices this SALE collection many
and beginning we will them
acobea Sheraton Adam Georgian Colonial There BESIDES
reproductions many Chairs Cabinets
important collections
We shall place Floor addition the above
factory made Bedroom Furniture which usually
large
This offers opportunity during
August securing exceptionally
Broadway and 10Th Street
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-04
MAKES SILVER FR0M GOLD.
Oregon Chemist Expects to Make Gold from
Slate

Merlin. Ore, Aug. al. La Rix. a chemist and
meta.lurgist, has made silver from gold and de-
veloped new meta from slate from which he
expects TO produce gold. From his notes which
We're scanned by the government inspectors il
seems that ne has developed a new metal from
commercial slate, abundant here. which has an
affinity for tle aiom OF god and silver, which ne
calls -.rixunl ." The theory he has aeen working
is the disintegration OF the atom into ''unitons
10 the silver
Tie process consists OF tire OF strong acid
solution combined with powerful cleo ric currents
long exposures to their action causing a De-
sTrucuion OF a portion II the atom by electrical
conveyance into similar solution or Fixum.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-04
TO MARK THE OLD MILITARY ROAD.

Westheld. Vt, Aug S--The Orleans County HIS
toricaI Society on August q will place tablet al
rJaze1,s Notch 70 mark the terminus Of the old
military road begun in r776 under General Bailey
at NewbHy. VT. and 177s worked 70 this point
nv General HaZen. The road was built IN connec-
zion with plan to provide a highway across the
State of Vermont TO Lake Champaign IN order 70
M off and repel invasions from Canada. The
work was not completed because the danger OF IN
vasion passed. but the road became OF gteat Va4ue
ana was extensively used by early settlers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-04
zoaes1 RESERVE IN IDAHO.

11-osbinpton Aug 2-The Acting Secretary Of the
Interior has approved the recommendation Of the
commissioner of the General Land ONCE FOR the
tenDorarr withdrawal OF about 5000 acres OF land
@ r,ooa,euo Idaho with a view TO the early es-
neai III rermaneut forest reserve. 10 IN
of,ao .the land MilhQraW n
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-04


Colo-el SAMUEL R WHITALL. assigned 10 "a Infantry.
Colonel JAMES REGAIN. assigned 70 Oh Infantry.
Refinement Of Brigader General CHARLES F. ROBE Is
Announced
First Lieutenant CHRISTIAN BACH 9TH Cavalry de-
tailaa 70 attend encampments OF lst and ID Rest-
raeHts u Tennessee National GU1IC-
First Lieutenant JOHN W. KILBRETH, u, artillery
corps. 1F Battery he,d 10 51st Company, cuast
artillery.
Captain MERIwETHER T. WALKER, to command Of
Company =, d Battalion q Engineers, from Com
parry u B. Battalion
First Lieutenant EDWARD y JOHNSTON. TO relieve
First Lieutenant EDWARD u MARKHAM, as
and cr-nl1lssdTy OF Companies y and
r. - Battalion OF El54neeEs.
FIRST Lieutenant PAUL STANLEY BOND from Company
N. 80. COulpa ~ Il. - battalion OF Engineers
First Lieutenant iUY T SCOTT. artillery corps. Bat-
l. assistant recruiting Cf-cer-
Captain FRANCIS WINTER, assistant surgeon. from
Louis Fort Haachuca-
Captain JOHN Z RICE. Ordnance Department. from
Manila 10 Columbus
NAVY.
Lieutenant Commander BRACNERsRECTHER.
crcers to Wabash revoked; continue as eon-
manGanI naval staten. New-Lendrn-
Lieutenant ? D. KAES orCe-s 70 The cUgoa revoked:
detached Naval Academy; 20 TIE Alabama
Ensign II n EVANS. to the Adams
Cable from Rear Admiral Cotton. European Sta
tioa:
Chaplain c. l. BAYARD. Mdshipuaan s. c ROWAN and
Lieutenant Z. MCALE. the Cnicaso 70 the IT
Lieutenant e T C0NsTEIN aid on SAT- ne . 80
Francisco: CsPtain ". c. POWELL. the san 14--
cisco 10 the Chicago
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-04

Oswego. " Y. Aug. S.-A committee Of fifty
citizens was appointed by a non-parrisan mass
meeting tonight 20 help carry out the thousand
ton barge canal project \ permanent orSaniEa-
tior in zach citv ward was formed. State Excise
Commissioner CuIinan and Deputy Attorney Cen
erai Bulger spoke in advocacy Of the measure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-04
BEATEN BY MASKED BURGLARS.

Seattle. Wash. Aug. S-Thomas S. Lppy the
KIondike millionaire. confronted by two
masked burglars in his house on returning from
church last night. He beaten on the head
with a revolver and was bound gagged and tied
TO q post of the stairway. a maid. who had prev!-
ousy been surprised by the burglars and tied the
stairway. witnessed the attack or her employer.
Lippy robbed Of rvs gold watchrs and Sl4
all the money his person His wounds are CON
SiCered
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-04
TO OPEN RESERVATION TO WHITES.

Sioux Falls. s. D. Aug. 3.-Major James G.
LaughIin. Inspector of the Indian Bureau at Wash
ington is at Rosebud Agency securing the sigma
lures OF the Indians TO an amended treaty Tor the
ora,rs N white settlement Of 4l6 900 of their
res ervation situated in Gregory County: he Is
meeting with good success and VIII HIIsA IHS "oi
in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-04
SILVER FOR PHILIPPINE COINAGE.

washington. Aug. 3.-The Treasury Department
- bought $4,000 ounces Of silver for Philip
,,. cojnase ct an average Of 5io5 cents an ounce
III for delivery al san Francisco.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-04
MILITARY ACADEMY IN VENEZUELA.

vvoebington. aug. S.-Maf advices from Caracas
- the STATE Department say that on July the
venezuelan Government establis he'd a military
academy for training onlcers LOT us army
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-04

Syracuse. Aug 3.-Robbers blew open the safe OF
the Manus postofce last night and secured $500 in
money and stamps
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-04
MADE HIS SUICIDE CERTAIN.

Utica. y Y. aug. S.-CInton G. Sherman. sixty
i've years old. committed suicide at his home in
smyrna. He tied a rope around his neck and over
rafer in the barn then cut his threat and stepped
or a beam so that ne DANCED at The end OF the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-04
ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS.

Washing Ion. Aug. S--The following army and
navy orders nave been issued:
ARMY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-04
Pope. Now can you Sleep"
NUN A CARDINALS cOOx

One Of the daily sights at the Vatican now &c
The arrival OF the nun whom Cardinal vaszarv
The Prlnce-Archbishop and Primate Of F4pn-
gary brought with him from Hungary TO act as
Els cook Cardinal Vaszary is the wealthiast ~
the cardinals, and is reputed TO have an t,coroa
OF SfJ5VO annually lie desired TO have bie
cook enter the conclave. but. the presence 30
women being forbidden. he arranged 70 have
her cook his dinner outside and bring il dan,
The Tomahawk., 1903-05-28

other contests against the Indians
on the Mississippi Reservation in
the future.
If Mrs Lydick would take adj
vantage of the provisions OF the
Indian appropriate, act OF 1894,
which ,psovides THAT amy Indian
may sue for.an allotment in the
United States ,circuit courts for
the distriotswhere the lands claim
ed are located, she would without
doubt, win her suit and besides
this escape the long drawn out,
expensive and tedious routine 0f
departmental litigations.
The Tomahawk., 1903-05-28
STEVE KING DROWNED,

While fishing in Detl7,it Lake,
Steve King, deputy sheriff for
Becker County, was drowned: MIR.
King and one Of the County pri-
soners were fishing, and when they
threw the anchor Of their boat
into the water it became eritangled
around the formers legs. and this
caused the boat to capslze, AL
though neither of them could
swim they both succeeded in catch
ing hold of the boat to which they
clung. but the anchor which was
attached to Mr.. Kings legs ex-
hausted him and caused him to let
go Of the boat. The prisoner was
rescued by two men who were also
fishing near by.
The Tomahawk., 1903-05-28
VS.. HONESTY,

1t is said upon the returnlQf Presi.
dent Roosevelt to Washington an ef-
fort will be made to have Major Scott
relieved OF his duties as Indian agent
at Leech Lake. Major Scott has been
too honest an official to suit the poll.
ticians who will give the president
an ear full.-Brainerd Arena.
We believe that SecretaryIHitch-
cock, knowing that Major Scott
simply did his duty by the Red
Lake Indians, will insist upon his
retention. !.
If the agent is either removed
or transferred it will be a practical
admission by THE administration
that politics.and mot :hdhesty takes
precedence withlit.
The Tomahawk., 1903-05-28
The IOMAHAWk
Gus. ii. BEAULlEU 80 Publisher.
AKhite Earth Agency, Milnn.

1B a WEEKLY NEWSPAPER de-
voted to the interests of the
White Earth Reservation and gen
,eGal Northwestern News. Publish
ed and managed by members of
the Reservation.
Subscription rates: 81 80 per
annum. For the convenience tdf
those who may feel unable to pay
for the paper yearly or who wish
ITO take it on trial, subscription
may be sent us for six and three
months at the yearly rates. All
sums sent to us.,should lhe forward
ed by registered letter ITO insune
safety. Address all ,eeInmunica-
tiOns .t0.
YME .'ToS1AHxwK
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The Tomahawk., 1903-05-28
THE PARK SCHEME.

G: e. iIartly, in the Duluth News
Tribune VI the 10Th inst SHARPLY critiz
cista the provision t,f the Morris Act
i'm It's relation to fOfestry, and the
methods purs'ietl by the old National. :.
Park junta to force upon the people Of
Northorn Minnesota, and the Chippe-
wa Indians, a scheme for the establish
ment of what may properly be termed
a park system, with their consent
and against the interests of the stAte
and the country. Mr.. Hartley intia
mates that the idea entertained by
the Park promoters that Congress will
at its next session provide for paying
the Indians for the lands and for the
) per cent of pine reserved is not pos.
sible, and that the lands.- ultimately
will be sold for it's timber and home-
steaded as it should be.-Cass Lake
Times.
The Tomahawk., 1903-05-28
CHIPPEWA PINE LANDS.

The first sale OF Chippewa plha
timber under the Morris Act will, iG-
cording to recent dispatches FROM
Washington, take place about the
first of next December, and if the
secretary of the interior does not de-
lay his approval of the sales too long
considerable of this timber NAV be
cutneXt Winter.
The law prescribes that, when
practicable, Indian labor shall be EN-
ployed in cutting, handling and manu-
featuring the timber. We. doubt
whether this part of the law will be
strictly or even inditierently observed,
but if it should every Indian who may
be desirous Of securing work might ~ 4
able to do SO at the numerous lumber-
ing camps that will be established oh
the reservations next winter. But III
depends argerly on wfto will lrave gem
eral supervision OF the Work under tire
act for ii to he CARRIED nlt properly,
honestly and with 4'effetit to the M
dians. II the Same re1ffhie which lad
control over the ''dead ah,d down tim
ber'' operations and which, up tile
present time, seems to have had corr
troll over the work of the Act, con-
tionucs to be in control, ii is safe to
say tlrat the interests of the Indians
will not be well on" honestly looked
after: the numbering interests will see
to it that they are well protected by
securing control of all the places for
their representatives, which were cre:t-
eddy tleact, ,especiallyif if these appoint
me11ts are to be made by the general
land office. So far as the Indians are
concerned we believe that they would
prefer to take chances with the Indian
office at Washington, in regad to lava
ing the Morris .Act honestly and
properly carried out tllAn with the
general land office. While the land
Office I.s,d charge of the dead and down.
operations there was no strong effort
made to protect the Indian interests,
and while there was wiOnE doing un.
der the supervision of Capt. Mercer
he wis wholly resposibic for it., and
the Indian Office lost no time in
going to the bottom of the matter
when it became convinced of this.
The Tomahawk., 1903-05-28
AN INTERESTING Law SUIT.

Tie Indian wife ct George Jen-
kins, an old Indian TRADER, has
tStAfhenccd suit agafhst his white
chitFcnA to recover her dover
right to his property. Mr.. Jen-
kins, WHO died last year, was an
old Indian trader,and formerly be-
longed to the firm of Jenkins and
Briggs. Whfhe he was in the In
dian country lie married an Indian
wonaan according to the customs
OF her tribe.
He removed to the village Of
Crow Wing with his wife and their
children, and engaged in a general
mcrchantile business. Out Of this
business Mr.. Jenkins aIElsSed
considerable property During
the tin4e ht resided at Crow Wing,
he and his Indian faAMilS lived in
rooms over his store.
Subsequently he Abandoned his
family and married Il white woman
without the formality of a divorce
from his Indian wife, who now
seeks to recover her share of his
property. The former. residents
of Crow Wing, who live on this
reservation and know all the cir
cumstance ef Mr.. Jenkins marri-
age with his white wife and his
abandonment Of his family for her,
feel that there shOtild lie some re-
dress for his Indian wife even at
this late day.
The Tomahawk., 1903-05-28
WELL KNOWN HERE.

The many friends of Mrs, j. D.
LaChance of Little Falls, who
formerly lived at Crow Wing,
Belle Prairie and Little Falls and
who now lives here will be sorry
to learn Of her death which took
place recently. Mrs. LaChance,
who taught school at Crow Wing
for nineWears and afterwards at
Belle Priirie for several ears, was
we'll and.favorably know by great
many oflthe residents of this res
ervation, as many Of them were
her pupils while she taught school
at the lplaces named. At Belle
Prairie She met and married Mr..
j. ID. LhChance, who was, for a
number'Jf years, the comnty aud
itor of Morrison County. Her
maiden name was Ford, and she
was educated in Catholic converts.
She was a devout Catholic, and
wss, just prior tbco1ting to Crow
Wing, a novice INA Convent at St.
Joe, in the then 'ferritory of Da-
kota, but owing to in health she
was forced to abandon 'her iiiten-
ton of becoming nun. On the
recommendation of the late Bishop
Tache of Manatoba, she WAs en-
ployed as a private 'teacher at
Grow Wing. Subsequently she,
&h engagement te teach
in the public school at Belle Prai-
rie. Since her marriage she mas
resided almost continuously at
Little Falls.
The Tomahawk., 1903-05-28
The Indian; Right and Wrong.

sB""We hold'tNese truths to be self
evident; tliat tAIi. 'AtEN are,created
equal: that theyHsfe fe endowed by their
Creator with certain unalienable
rights: that amolig these, are LIFE.
LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT. OF HAP
PlNEss"-Declaration OF Independence
July 4th, l776.
The Tomahawk., 1903-05-28
THE CASE OF nellie
4.YD|CK.
If She Loses a Dangerous Precedent to the
interests Of the indians on the Missis-
sIppi Chippewa Reservation Wl|I'AaVe
Been Established.

Nellie Iydidk is a mixed blood
Chippewa Indian woman whose
husband, George Iydick, lis "a
white IMAM. Mrs. LAydick lis an
intelligent and educated woman,
Having lbeen educateH:at the Lin
coin Institute of Philadelphia, and
her husband is a prosperous 'busi-
ness man, and they are maEmg a
stubborn fight for her righttto the
tract of land which she selected
.as an allotment, and upon which
.traat the town of Cass Lake is
built. 1t is admitted by even those
who are opposing Mrs. Lgdick,
,that.she is member of the +'Chip-
IpeMa bands of White Oak. Point
for whom the Mississippi Reserva-
rtion was set aside under the treaty
,eH 1861, and this being the case
it is impossible to see upon
what gro,tnds her night to sthe al
lotment she now claims lis disput-
led. Her right to an allotment is
identioally the same as that 'ef
every Indian who now has an a'f-
.lotment on the Mississippi Chimp
;pewa Reservation. If she has no
right to the land which she has
selected as, an allotment then not
an Indian who formerly lived 'at
White Oak Point has any right to
an allotment on the Mississippi
Reservation.
Under the provisio1,s OF the
Nelson Act Mrs, Lydick applied
to the. Chippewa Commission to
have a tract of land on the Missis-
ysippi Chippewa Reservation al
dotted to her, but this application
was rejected Upon the grounds.
we have been informed, that she
had never resided on that 1eserva-
ton but had always lived either
outside of the reservation or on
the '<Wlaite Oak Point Reserva-
tion>'' She appealed to the secre-
tary of the interior and he render
ed a decision in her favor. Re
Gently the case has been reopened
upon the application of Senator
Nelson.
Under the j provisions of the
treaty of March Goth, 1865, be
tween the Mississippi Chippewa
bands and the United States, the
Mississippi Chippewa Reservation
was established. 1t was expressly
understood during the negotiations
of that treaty, that the Indian set
Element of White Oak Point would
be included within the new reser-
vation. This was SO well settled
in the minds Of the officials of the
government that they made the
improvements provided by the
treaty at that point, and also built
houses for government employees
there. It was only after these i'm
provements were made that it was
discovered that White Oak Point
was not within the boundaries OF
the reservation as intended in
spirit Of the treaty.
In order to correct the error the
the commissioner of Indian af'
fairs secured Presidential order
setting aside one township of land,
within which White Oak Point
| was located, as q pOrCloH ol Viie
Mississippi Reservation as origin
ally intended by the treaty,
White Oak Point was always re.
garded by the Indians and the
government as part OF the
Mississippi Reservatio n, ano
the position taken now that il
is seperate reservation IS
in our opinion, merely a poor ex
cuse to take away not only Mrs
ILydick's allotment for the benefit
of the trespassers living thereon
but also the probable grounds fol
The Tomahawk., 1903-05-28
=! '!$H,
A bad pR0pOS|1IuN.
Minnesota Boarding Schools for Indians
Will Probably be Reduced by Closing
up. Two Of Them.

Washington, May l9.-In ,accor-
dance with suggestion made by
Agent Michelet at White Earth,
Minn., the Indian boarding schools
at Pine Point and Wild Rice will
probably be,discontinued. The agent
reports tl1at the buildings ittt these
schools are in "a dilapidated condition
and ThRt lit win take a 'grent deal OF
money TO repair 4tllem. He iatMices
against the consolidation Of the two
school ,plants. HE suggests thdt the
White Earth school be so enlarged :as
to accommodate sixty additional prt-
pills which may be taken from the
Pine Pdint'and Wild Rice schools, ;tind
that two additional day schools be
constructed for the use of the Indian
pupils who ;are attending the board
ing schools. AS the plan outlined by
Agent Michelet would 'materially re-
duce the cost of the school service 1t
will probably he adopted. pioneer
Press.
If the department should adopt
Agent Michelet's recommends
tions great injustice will be done
to the Indian children who live at
Rice River, Pine. Point and the
vicinity which is adjacent to the
boarding schools which the agent
proposes to abolish.
The day school system is not a
new venture but has been tried res
peabedly on this reservation, and
has each time failed to accomplish
any good results, and from a lack
of attendance it was finally
abandoned.
Instead of abolishing any Of the
schools on this reservation they
should be increased in numbers.
Congress has been appfopriating
one hundred and fifty Thousand
dollars every year since 1889,
which amounts are reimbIrsable
out of the funds to: be derived
from the sale of pine timber and
lands under the Nelson Act and
these amounts have been as regu-
larly expended with practically no
benefit to the Indians, except SO
much as have been used for edu-
cational purposes And az long
as the tribal funds are used for
school there will be no fault found
by the Indians, but as soon as the
schools are also cut out from the
benefits the Indians should have
received under the act, the time
will then have come for the In
dians to take active steps towards
inducing Congress to cut out en-
tirely the annual appropriation of
one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars.
The boarding school at Rice
River is the most popular and best
conducted school on this reserva-
ton, and the good results from it
are all that could be expected.
The Pine Point school is also doing
good work, and, therefore, neither
of these schools should be abol-
ished.
If the government desires tc
economize in the Indian service OF
the Chippewa reservation in Min
nesota, it should practice this econ
omy in the expenditure of Chip.
pewa fundsin some other direction
than in that of Indian schools, and
where it would be of benefit
to the Indians instead of an in
] jury.
The Tomahawk., 1903-05-28
RESERVATION LAMBS
40 LEASE

neA,00O acres e0f first sdlass. farm
Hands on White Earth Reservation, in
H:Eactts <of 80 ;acl;es iane more, .by
.ALLWTTEES. ~ .,,,.
The Tomahawk., 1903-05-28

The ToMAHAwK will be mailed
to any address in the United States,
Canada. Cuba and the Philippines.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-03-18
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