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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-21
OTHER COTTON MARKETS
NEW YORK MONEY.

NEW YORK. Apr 20 n. m-money on
on call eeslee at 80 per cent closing 36H
~, time money 'asier 60 days. per cent;
90 days = SIX months 4AdS Prime mer
camille s1S%, sterling exchap ge firm with
actual bT sines in bankers blls at 49, s
TO d-msn lad At 4Si for 80 day bills Posted
IS 49, 61ieoeLiS Commercial hills 4Ssh
Bar silver so; Mexican dollars 3}n; Gov
INT bonds ir egl ar RaIlroad tonds
steady;
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lopnNINe ,a1eHEsr. LowEsr oLoa.Ns

Cash quotations were ~ foIoWs
Flour dull and steady winter patents 70 ~
1850 strsights 49, I0H3 30: clears " 7OQ13; ~;
10 spring specials 40: sprine patents $50
40; do. straiRhts g. 00d320; bakers ~ 2002 ~
red, 76101S Corn--No. 2. 43A No vel
low 43A. bats No. 2, 35l6; No. 2, WHIT; Rye
10. 2, so; No, white 8; good feeding haFnley
5a189 raiI to choice mating 48d54 No. ia,
sIoe;No. northwestern 1ll;@1.R Prime
si,noens seed $40; Mess cork pc BIB .lSoJOie ~;
Lard, per 100 lbs. s9S5G99.S7h; Short ribs aides
l"ose, - 8n9 9O Dry -shlted shoulders a., 6ooHso
0 81: Whiskey basis high grade wine l.3O
clover scontract KrAde. li.59Gsl2 o.
NEW YORK
NEW YORK, April 90 Flour firm aud
held higher; winter patents StlOGSfOo:
Min .esOtapaten's 3.9004.25. qakors, 21d3 AL
I've hour saeady fair to goou 2e0G w. Oh ace
Buckwhea flour steady sl.9o02 Is
Corn nea steady; yellow "~s."rn GO6
Rye firm; No 2, western 60; State II
Barle qui t; fe ding a., nia'An. 5lG5lh
Bsriev n4slt ste dy; western H5n66.
WI ea'-'cot quiet No. 2, red 82N. Closing
May SIA July 779s September Az
Corn Spot dull; No. 2, 80. April May
IL; July 51~ September 4uN.
n Is SCOT easy; NO p 80 May 10 1000
100: eef hams s20.00G12l5O. packet $40 50l1I2
cut meats irre@ul r; pickled bellies ~;
pickl d shoulders 1904; picked hams ll1bGl2,
Lard steady: WESTERN steamed I925; refined
pors steady; family 1880; snori cle r Is -
II ess SlS.250lS65.
T.llow quiet; city per package 5N; country
5A65B
Rosin steady; strained common to good, 1925
r.rpentlne du |; III 52HGD53.
Rice firm; domestic. LAR to extra 4ASi
tapap 4A05h
Moasses firm; New Orleans, open Kettle,
good to choice. 3lD4O.
Coffee-spot firm; Rio quiet, No invoice
Sugsr-rsw firm. ir refining 33-l6n3h;
centrifu gal 96 tst 5000 ll-16; olassses sugar
2 1915; refined firm
@utte Ieidy; ext:a creamery 25;S.ate dairy
1904.
Cheese firm small colored fall made, Is; sinai
wr''e. fall myde, AN.
Eggs strong; State and Pennsylvania l5b;
So thern, AN.
Potatoes steady: Southern 2006D.30O; State
ana western p r ls0lbs l.h00lS Long Island
i75Q1200; South jersey sweess s27MD3 10
Peanuts steady. fancy oand-pAoAeu 4404h
DO nestic 2A04A
Cabbages easy; Long Island southern
ern ~ l. ".
Freights to Liverpool: colt N bv 't"au er i2c:
Shorts bid the Cotton seed OIL m rket up to
d Az and it closed firm at advance. Prime
crude I. o. b. mills 3i036 prime summer yell
low 44NM45. unsun'bar We Nv. 3Sk n89 prime
whitetf6l47, prime whit yellow 4odDi7, prime
meal s2Z00D 1880 nom.
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Little Support in the Marker
for Cotton.
STOCKS ARE IRREGULAR
On The Modification of the Decree in The North.
ern Securities Case the Stock Market
Rebounds---.ts Reaction Domi-
nant INA Ience.
nant IEn Ience.

New York, April 20-The improved
weather conditions have been reflected Is
a slight extent In the dry goods trade
both at first and second hands. The
latter have shown materially more ac-
tivity, and while buyers are combining
their purchase 10 actual requirements il
is evident that conditions were improved,
which improvement is likely to be re-
ieeted in all departments in an increasing
degree
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
what erratie today but strong under.
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. April 20 -4p m -Cootou-Snot
aniat points lower; American mtd ling
fair s. ss; God middling SSs; ,niddlinES a.,
good rdirary o; q iinarv s. oS The sales
OF the day were 5000 bales. of which
500 were TOR EQUATION and export and
included 1900 American. Receipts Hloo
bales al $500 American
Futures opened quiet aud closed qui
and s. eady
Amarira u middlInR. 90. G.:
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BALTIMORE PROVISIONS,

BALTIMORE. April. 20 Flour firmer
Winter patents 3.5514; Spring patents 40 @4.;D
Wheat easitr s,ot and April e2A0S2;
Southe n wheat bv sample 17llS31s.
Coin f1rmer; spot ana April 50s@5l
Southern white corn l60D5l.
Oats quiet; No. white, AN.
Rye S ady; Nc. 3 57@57% No. western.
Butter b rey steadyaDd lower fancy imitst OF
fancy i as; ancy efeamery Is.
Eggs fir N: fresh 10.
Cheese steady and lower; large 14X medium
HlDl44: sman lfnQl4z
sugar firm Que anu coarse granulsted 4. ON
The Tomahawk., 1903-05-07
SHOULD Be STOPPED.

1t is reported that several per-
sons, not all members of this re-
servation, have been making a
daily practice of shooting ducks
and prairie chickens this Spring.
During the past month one of
these persons also shot a deer near
Ledeboer's farm, much to the in
dignation of the Indians who, as a
rule, will not shoot deer at this sea-
son Of the year. Something should
be done to stop these violations of
the game laws, and if the state
courts have any jurisdiction in
the matter, some steps should be
taken to prevent a repetition OF
the outrages.
The Tomahawk., 1903-05-07
INJUDtCiUUs CHARITY.

The Indian is not different from
the white man when it comes to
making a loafer of him by injudi-
ci6us charity. So long as the
Indian is the ward of the state he
is inclined in greater or less num-
The Tomahawk., 1903-05-07
The T0MAHAWk.
GUS. II. BEAULlEU -. Publisher.
White Earth Agency, MINI.

IA WEEKLY NEWSPAPER de-
voted to the interests of the
White Earth Reservation and gen
eral Northwestern News. Publish
ed and managed by members of
the Reservation.
Subscription rates: $3.50 per
annum, For the convenience OF
those who may feel unable to pay
for the paper yearly or who wish
to take it on trial, subscription
may be sent US for six and three
months at the yearly rates. All
sums sent to us should be forward
ed by registered letter to insure
safety. Address all communica-
tions to.
The TOMAHAwK
WHITE EARTH, MINI.
The Tomahawk., 1903-05-07
We SURELY WOULD.

G.. H. Beaulieu has begun the publi-
cation of the ToMAHAwK at White
Earth. How about you, Gus, will you
take scalps-on Observation-Disclosures
apolis Both Sides.
If the editor of Both Sides will
confne himself to one side for a
brief period, namely: the Indian
side, and deliver to them the po]it-
ical scalps of the land examiners
and those who were instrumental
in securing the passage Of the
Morris Act, and get bill through
Congress authorizing the Govern
ment to pay the Indians for 225,00o
acres of land which the act has
arbitrarily taken away from them
for forestry purposes, we, will
agree to furnish him and all
his friends with each copy of
the ToMAHAwK during their ma
tural lives, and we have no doubt
that the Indians would willingly
add a few thousand dollars year
to our donation as a pension to
pay him for the very valuable
services he would render them if
he succeed in accomplishing our
suggestions.
The Tomahawk., 1903-05-07

bers to rely upon such means OF
support as the government pro-
vides. Naturally, he feels less re-
spopsibility for his own support
and has inclination to provide it.
If, however, he we're given a piece
of land to do with as he pleased
to farm it, to sell Il or to rent IT.;
if he we're settled with in full for
all his claims upon the govern
ment, and turned loose upon his
own resources, he would be COM
PEELED to develop industry and
capacity, which are now thorouh-
ly discouraged by the unwlse
policy of the government.
This is the conclusion OF Mr..
Michelet from his own observation
extending over a period Of two
years on White Earth reservation.
No man has had a better oppor-
tunity to study the question and
his opinion is certainly entitled to
serious consideration, He con-
cedes that some of the Indians
would waste their resources and
soon lose all they had, but argues
that they would still be able to
work and earn their own living
and since the government has edu-
Gated the young men and women
and fitted them to make their own
way there is no reason why they
should not be required to do so.
Furthermore, he says that a great
many of them are anxious to be
placed in position where they
can control their own property
and assume entire responsibility
for their own support. Mime
apolis Journal.
The Tomahawk., 1903-05-07
The Indian; Right and Wrong.

@T"We hold these truths to be self.
evident: that ALL MEN are created
equal; that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain unalienable
rights; that among these, are LIFE,
LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAP
PINEss" Declaration of independence
July 4th, 1776.
The Tomahawk., 1903-05-07
THE 0J|BWAS.
Their Customs and Traditions.
AS HANDED DOWN FOR CENTURIES
FROM FATHER TO SON.
WAY-NAH-BOzHO.
His Origin, Birth and Life.
By THEo. H. BEAULIEU.

1t is undoubtedly we'll known to
a majority of our member that
Way-nah-bozho is but fictitious
myth, existing in mind only, and
is the basis upon which many of
the traditional and legendary tales,
as we'll as the general ''pastime
stories' and fables of the Ojibways
have originated.
1t is not only the Ojibwas who
are familiar with the legend of
Way-nah-bozho, but almost every
school child in the United States
has heard of it through Longfel-
lows poem of Hiawatha, and it was
from this legend that the now
famous poem originated.
1t is somewhat difficult to now
obtain the ''unadulterated" sub
stance of which the legend was
originally composed and the man
ner in which it was recited many
winters since, and ere it's originali-
ty was corrupted by the brilliant
fiction and romance of recent
civilization; and there is much of
the legend, whilst being Of anus
ing interest to the Indian ear, loses
it's sweetest charms when given an
English version; there are, other
portions also that would be con-
sidered proper and modest when
related in the native tongue, that
would sound extremely harsh,
course, vulger-when translated
into English. And to attempt to
clothe the stories of the legend
with acceptable fiction and romance
we must needs sacrifice much OF
their originality, and when we DO
this their traditional charms and
value, alike vanish. Thus our
readers will see the difficulties
naturally arising in the translation
and publication of the legend. If
we fail to interest and entertain
you it will not be from lack of
effort on our part to do so.
With this brief explanation we
make our bow and respectly present
you with the origin and birth OF
the Thor of the Ojibway Indians.
B1RrH OF WAY-NAn-Bozno.
A great many winters since, and
when this country was occupied
and owned exclusively by Indians,
there lived on the shores of large
lake, in the Chippewa country,
with his band, powerful but un-
principled chief, who had a son
who, besides being as unprincipled
as his father, was a profllgate
and despised by his people.
In the same village there lived a
widow with a daughter who was a
virgin pure and beautiful, with
whom the chiefs son was infatu-
ated. but whose advances were re-
pulsed by the maiden. Finally,
firing of the repeated failures of
his suit, he decided to rely on his
prerogative of a chiefs son by
having wife selected by his father
whose requests or commands would
have te be obeyed by the parents or
guardians of any Indian in the
band in the selection of wife for
the son. He informed his father
of his desire to secure as his wife
the girl in question. In due time
the chief sent the customary pres
| ents to her mother with demand
for her daughter as wife for his
~ b,,4 4bo uido1p rnf,1ced thiS
The Tomahawk., 1903-05-07

the widow decided to build wig
wan and live permanently. For
some unaccountable reason the
spirits ignored and excluded the
presence of man from this vicinity,
and which seemed to have been
the meeting grounds of the four
powerful spirits representing the
four winds. One day while the
young girl was gathering wild rice
the North Wind spirit, who
chanced to be passing by, espied
her and became very much en-
amored of her. When she returned
home she related to her mother
what she had observed. The lat
ter became very much alarmed and
warned her daughter to be very
careful whenever she went out
thereafter, and to be very neat
about her dress and person, and to
guard against the wiles of the
North Wind, who was very harsh
fellow and might carry her of.
Some days after this, the young
girl went into the woods to gather
blue berries, that grew in abun-
dance along the banks of a brook
which ran through a beautiful
grove of pine trees.
While she was busily engaged
gathering berries, the North Wind
Spirit, in a very noisy and bolster
manner, came to her, took her in
his arms and kissed her, futtered
her garments and then departed
from whence he had come. For
some time the young girl was
overcome with delicious feeling
of JOY and happiness, and she re-
clined to rest.
When she awoke from this de-
licious stupor every tree in the
forest were mingling their voices
with the birds in piping forth
their sweetest songs. Again when
she had returned home she related
to her mother what had taken
place. The latter listened to this
in silence, and when the young girl
had concluded, said; my daugh-
ter this was fore ordained' and
then the young girl knew she had
conceived and would become a
mother. In the course of time
the young girl became very sick
and for several days she lay in
pain on couch of boughs.
One day feeling a little better
than usual, she went outside and
laid down beneath the shade of
a balsm tree. While resting thus
she heard voices talking as if they
were in dispute and at the same
the sweet tones of nightengale
were heard as if endeavoring to
to pacify the disputants. Sud.
denly there was a rustic, and u
great gust of wind from the north
swept by and taking the young
girl in it's embrace disappeared
from the Earth. The girls moth
er, who had been enjoyingt. nap, !,
was awakened by the commotion,
looked about the wigwam for her
daughter, and being satisfied she
was not within hurried outside
searching and calling for her be-
loved child, but the sweet tones OF
the nightengale were the only
sounds that answered her call.
At last, worn and with grief and
weeping she returned to her now
lonely wigwain, and while passing
the tree under which her daughter
had SO lately reclined she over
heard a wee little voice say: No
ko-mis (grandmother) do not cry,
/ am your grandchild, and have
been left here to comfort and to
take care of you. My name is
Way-nah-bozho, and l shall do
many things for the comfort of
you and my people, and when my
work is done l will take you home
to your daughter, my mother,
where YOU will never be parted
The Tomahawk., 1903-05-07
C0DDL|NG POOR 10.
Simon MicheIet Believes Minnesota indians
Could Be Made More Independent.
Many Of the Young Element Well Qualified
to Earn a Living.

the White Earth agency, has been
in Minneapolis for several days
disbursing to claimants in Mime
apolis and St. Paul the last of an
annuity payment of 800, 900.
Mr.. Michelet has made study
of the Indian question since he be-
came agent Of the Indian depart"
ment and has some ideas in regard
to the policy of the government
toward the Indian which seem to
be we'll worth consideration by
the department and by the con-
gress. Mr.. Michelet calls atten-
tion to the fact that, on his list of
beneficiaries of this annuity he
has men worth all the way from
$5, 900 to $4,000 or $4,000 and
that the government is paying
large sums annually to 10000
Indians in the state of Minnesota,
half of whom probably are able to
earn their own living, and the
majority of whom are positively
damaged by this annual annuity:
Under the existing laws, while
Indians are allowed to take lands
in severalty and the greater part
of the White Earth reservation
has already been allotted, they are
not allowed to sell their holdings
or lease them for anything except
cash rent. The result is that land
that is not occupied and used by
the Indians is idle. Very few
tenants leasing small tracts are
able to pay cash rent, or are will
ling to.do so. Mr.. Michelet would
permit certain Indians to sell their
land, if they desire, whenever the
government came to a final settle
ment with them and cut off the re-
lation of guardian and ward.
AN ADVANTAGE TO INDIANS.
There are, of course, a good
many old Indians whom the COVER
ment is under obligation to take
care of and those who have made
but little progress toward civiliza-
tion, as the Blanket Indians of
Leech Lake, who are not yet ready
to be thrown upon their, own re-
sources. But if the government
were to exercise proper discrimna-
ton in the matter, thousands who
are now on the annuity rolls could,
with great advantage to themselves
as WE'LL as to the government, be
thrown upon their own responsible
lity. It would be of material ad-
vantage to the Indians, because
most of the young men and wo-
men have been educated in at least
the rudiments of common school
education and are equipped to earn
their own living, either on their
own land or iii any occupation
which may attract them and for
which they are adapted, the same
as white boys and girls. When
this is done the Indian question is
settled. and, with this plan adopt
ed, twenty-five or thirty years
would wind up the Indian business.
There would be Indians, of course,
breeds" and full bloods, but they
would be mixed in with the whites
and so Thoroughly absorbed by
them and so civilized that their
existence in the state would be of
no more significance than the pre-
sence here of so many people of
some foreign nationality who are
freely received under the immi-
grafton laws:
INJUDfCiUUs CHARITY.
The Indian is not different from
the white man when it comes to
making loafer of him by injudi-
cious charity. So long as the
Indian is the ward of the state he
| is inclined in greater or less num-
The Tomahawk., 1903-05-07
RESERVATION LANDS.
TO LEASE

100000 acres of first class farm
lands on White Earth Reservation, IN
tracts of 80 acres and more.
For full particulars address The
TOMAHAWK.
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CAT FISH CREEK.

The enquiry about "Cat Fish" CreQk
seems to have awakened considerable in
terest, and to have brought to light the
fact that there are several streams re-
joicing in that appellation. AS Cat Fish
creeks are confined to no locality any
neighborhood might we'll have a creek Of
that name
The enquiry was made by a gentleman
in Canada, who writes NJ. p as a part
of his signature. He says that the old
document in which Cat Fish Falls is
mentioned also contains a reference to
Canetuck That gives a clue to the par
ticular stream meant About four miles
northwest of Wilmington is Cat Fish
Creek in Canetuck District, and running
up towards NAT Moore" postoffice
Canetuck District is almost a primevaI
wilderness. Fifty years ago, when the
writer knew something Of it, wild cat
tie and wild hogs abounded in it, and it
was the nursery of herds of deer
There were great canebrakes on its
waters, and when the forest fires swept
through it, the burning of the cane
joints was like the rattle of musketry
In the lower corner of the creek, which
is wide, deep and sluggish estuary of
the Cape Fear, the rock and wide mouth
trout of great size were caught.
In those days it was a solitude ex-
cept for the slaves who worked the Cat
Fish" rice plantation where fields lay
between the creek and the river; and
since that plantation. once quite valuable,
has been abandoned now for thirty years,
we presume the solitude is unbroken,
and that game is still more numerous.
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MY CREED.
Theodore Tilton.)

Theodore Tilton)
AS other men have creeds, so l have
mine;
l keep the holy faith In God, in man,
And in the angels ministrant between,
1 hold to one true church of all truo
souls:
Whose churchly seal is neither bread nor
wine,
Nor laying on of hands, nor holy oil,
But only the amounting of Gods grace,
/ hate all kings, and caste, and rank
of birth:
For all the sons of men are sons Of God:
Nor limps a beggar but is nobly born;
Nor wears a slave a yoke nor Car a
crown,
That makes him less or more than just
man.
I love my country and her righteous
cause;
So dare I not keep silent OF her sin;
And after Freedom, may her bells ring
Peace!
I love one woman with holy fire,
Whom I revere as priestess of my house;
l stand with wondering awe before my
babes
Till they rebuke me to a nobler life;
friend,
Whom Loyalty serve before myself;
I lock my lips too close to speak lie;
I wash my hands too white to touch
bride;
I owe no man a debt cannot pay
Except the love that men should always
owe.
Withal, each day. before the blessed,
Heaven
open wide the chambers of my soul
And pray the Holy Ghost to enter in.
Thus reads the fair confession of my
faith
So crossed with contradictions by my
life,
That now may God forgive the written
Yet still, by help of Him who helpeth
men
To face two worlds, I fear not life or
DEATH
Oh, Father, lead me by Thy hand!
Amen!
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HAD a CLOSE SHAVE.

That hoary old fraud, Senatorial
Courtesy, had a close shave in the Sen
ate yesterday. A House bill, unanimous
ly favorably reported by the Senate Com
mittee to allow the voters of Toisnot,
Wilson county, to vote on a dispensary,
was before the Senate. Senator Wood
ard proposed an amendment requiring the
vote to be in the whole township and he
begged the Senators to stand by him. IN
a very earnest speech of entreaty The
appeal was successful and the vote
was announced % to 20 OLD Senatorial
Courtesy had a close shave. and came
near TO defeat
When will all Senators vote upon bills
upon their merits and reIegate senatorial
courtesy to the dark closets where all
such frauds ought to be locked up in this
day OF enlightenment?
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LOCALIZED PRIMARIES.
Tarboro Southerner.

Tarboro Southerner.
1t is with pleasure thatthe Southerner
notes that Senator Gillian is inclined to
favor legalized primaries for this county
such as the county of Mecklenburg has.
With but slight exceptions the provi-
sions applicable to that county are the
same that governed our primary regula-
tion last summer.
The only objections raised to the
Mecklenburg law was the oath which
every one had to take before voting in
the primary. This has been repealed.
1t is hoped that Senator Gillian viii
carry his very good intention into effect,
and so safeguard the primary plan that
fairness to every aspirant will be as
sured.
The Southern can assure him and
Messrs. Daughtride and Shelton as well,
such a law will give satisfaction to the
people throughout the county The pri-
mary of Edgecombe has come to stay, so
it should be legalized to insure the just
ness and fairness that all good party
men sincerity desire