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Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-17
Division of tribal Funds.


A great deal OF newspaper space has
been given TO the discussion OF another
subject in connection with the Indian sec
tartan school question, concerning which
many misunderstandings have been rife.
The president, Ia letter addressed 10 the
secretary OF the interior in February 1906
announced that certain Indian tribal funds
would continue TO be used till further no.
tee. unless congress or the courts forbade
TOR the support OF such schools as the
Indians themselves preferred, promising
only that no indian should be permitted to
dedicate 70 this purpose more than his
own pro rata share OF the money coming
70 his tribe. In pursuance of this order
prepared a code of rules 10 govern The
division Of the tribal funds among tha
members OF the tribes concerned so aa
TO determine the amount OF the pro rata
share Of each Indian, which he was free
TO give away. These rules were published
in my annual report for 1905 Later IN the
season the president decided that he pre-
ferred somewhat different method OF de-
termining the amount OF the pro rata
shares MY plan was 70 set apart first.
tho sum which would be necessary 10 sun
port the government schools and divide the
rest among the whole number OF Indians
concerned. His plan was to divide the en-
tire amount without making any such nra-
hminary deduction.
This last mode OF division, OF eoursa
made the pro rata share OF each Indian
somewhat larger than Il would have beer
under my plan. The objection which /
foresaw would be raised against IL wa,
that the shares Of all the Indians I'm !
tribe would be affected 70 a greater q,
less degree by the diversion OF any mar
or the tribal income 10 the support Of Z
seotarian school. Petitions were preparet
which would enable each Indian I'm m,
several tribes concerned 20 tndicat,
WHISTLER he wished his pro rata share o
the money to be drawn upon for a sec
tartan school or for a government school
These were placed In the hands OF tn
several agents, with explicit instruction
a. to tho safeguards 10 be observed 10
assuring the authenticity OF the sigma
lures. and particularly for having tn
whole business conducted with the utnos
eandor and publicity. In one letter. 70
example. occurred the following passage
some question has been raised as 20 tn
extent 20 which the signer Of a petition
liable % reduce BY his own act the amour
o. money coming 20 him and his tamil
during the nscal year. The truth h tina
me goyernmeA4 guarantees u every IN
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-17
view Law more Disniaed.

For one, am extremely glad TO see the
change Of phraseology. The new seems to
me more wholesome, more dignified, In
every way more worthy Of the great body
Of American lawmakers than the old The
only objection I have heard raised 70 II
was that Il was likely to revive the old
controversy about government support Of
sectarian institutions. 1t may. but II has
not yet; indeed. a senate supposed to be
very susceptible TO such controversial In
fluences voted its approval without 30 much
as raising a question on the floor. So much
for candor and plain speaking. as opposed
TO mystery and involution Of language.
As to the intrinsic merits OF such legisla-
ton, I, for one. ask the privilege OF stand
ing up and being counted in It's favor; and
in order that the readers may understand
the subject and form their own opinions,
favorable or adverse. intelligently. I shall
ask them to bear with me through few
lines OF explanation.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-17

fish. I am glad my present is the lasting
Minneapolis Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-17
Reasons for DetaiI.

have gone thus into detail for two rea-
sons: First, because, in any matter in
which the public evince so much interest.
am always glad to give prompt account
of my stewardship as soon as the neces-
sary figures are at hand; In the second
place, feel that this showing justifes
my much discussed dispatches to the
agents at Pine Ridge and Rosebud reserva-
lions, at least in the light in which had
a right to expect those dispatches to be
read.
The story would not be complete, how
ever, If I did not add that, by the presi-
dents orders, the use of the treaty funds
as described above, is to cease with June
so. 1906. Almost as was writing the last
paragraph vas served with the prelimi-
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-17
An UnkHOwR Heroine.

An unknown girl stands In the records
Of the Iroquois theater fire In Chicago as
one heroine OF the holocaust According
70 testimony heard on the witness stand.
II was the hand OF child that caught the
ladder thrown across the alley from the
building opposite the IRE escape. This
ladder Laid across from the nre escape to
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-17

fish. am glad my present is the lasting
kind. "-Minneapolis Tribune.
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How Baby Walter Came to Think.
Far up in the old apple tree, high among
the branches, tiny elf sat in the heart Of
pretty blossom. His thinking cap was on
his head and his little round eyes looked
very wise and thoughtful. Under the
spreading boughs of the tree Baby Walter
lay in mammals lap, smiling up into her
eyes and kicking his fat little legs sturdily.
The pretty green leaves waved lightly in
the gentle breeze, and the apple blossoms
filled the air with their delicate fragrance
Mamma caught one of the little pink feet
in her hand and sang as she patted the
tiny toes:
One little toe, one little toe,
Soft as down and white as snow.
Two little toes, two little toes,
Babys cheeks are like the rose
Three little toes, three little toes
How fast mothers baby grows
Four little toes, four little toes,
Oh, what little speck Of nose!
Five little toes, toes so small,
Mamma loves her baby best OF all.
Mamma thought out the little rhyme all
for Baby Walter and whenever she sings
It little Walter doubles up his tiny fists and
laughs and crows.
ing his cap in his hands he sang a sweet
little song to himself. He saw mammals
bright eyes look into baby's. and 1t was so
pretty TO see them so happy that he was
happy. too. He reached over to the next
blossom. broke its stem > and tossed it
lightly down into Baby Walters hand.
Then Baby Walter looked so pleased that
the little fairy elf dropped his thinking cap
right on the baby's head.
Now a thinking cap makes you think.
Perhaps your kindergarten teacher has
asked you TO put yours on sometimes. Well.
this was the very same sort OF a thinking
cap, only It was smaller. The minute It
touched Baby Walters head he began to
think. He thought how sweet was
mammals smile, how bright and beautiful
all the trees with their soft pink blossoms.
how blue the sky. and how nice papa was
when he came home from the Office at
evening and played peek-a-boo with him;
and that was how he came to think. How
do you suppose you came to think?-Edlth
A. Partridge. In Child Garden.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-17
Pansy Faces.

In a row, the pansy faces,
In a smiling row,
Through the happy Summer morning,
With the dewdrops glow.
Dolly Pansy, fair and golden.
Lifts her face TO see
How the pretty lily yonder
Rocks the honey bee.
Baby Pansy seems to wonder
Why the sky Is blue;
Wonders where the morning came from.
And the night time. too.
Mamma pansies by the cozen
In the garden grow;
Such row Of pansy faces,
Such a smiling row.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-17

school education somewhere, and that IL
maintains a large and expensive educa-
tional establishment, only part Of which
IL supported from the tribal funds, the
rest being a burden on a general educa-
tlonal appropriation by congress, exempt
by statutory prohibition from drafts for
version OF tribal money to the support OF
mission schools Is bound to reduce to some
extent the total balance which would
eventually be divided per capita in some
form among the tribe. 1t may be a very
small percentage Of reduction IL the tribal
fund Is large or a large one II the tribal
fund Is small: but II will be a reduction
OF some sort. and, under the presidents
latest orders, will be suffered more or less
by all members OF the tribe.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-17

Some of the treaty provisions under
which the government still issues rations to
sundry Indian tribes are so framed that
II the head Of a family stubbornly re-
fuses to educate his children, the rations
which would otherwise be given to him
may be cut of II the children 20 TO
school, they are supposed to be cared for
there and their rations are deducted from
the famly's total supply II they attend
a government school, the government SIM
ply, In effect, transfers their rations from
the family to the school, so that the chill
dren get the benefit of them; but r. they
go 10 any other school than one supported
by the government, II has been held that
they were not entitled to such benefit. so
that no rations could be given, without
special legislation, to a nongovenment
school. Under this ruling, which. how
ever just as a legal Interpretation, has
borne with great severity upon certain
very worthy mission schools, moro than
one OF these institutions has been forced
out of existence.
Now, II seems TO me as II this condI-
tion of things tended to defeat. rather
than foster the main end which the gov
eminent itself has had in view--the edu-
cation OF the rising generation OF Indians.
Among white citizens. not the most strin-
gent Of our compulsory education laws
draws any hard and fast line against pri-
vate or sectarian schools; the only ques-
tfon the state asks is whether every child
Is getting an education somewhere. So, as
look at II, we should ask the same ques-
ton regarding the Indian child and stop
there. II is perfectly competent, OF course,
for congress to say II 1t wishes to. that
no part OF the money raised by popular
taxation shall be used for the maintenance
OF private institutions; but II the law
makers OF any community were to say that
the children who go TO private schools
should be deprived OF any of the privileges
universally enjoyed by other children sim
ply as children, we should consider It a
pretty harsh decree.
In other words. to say that a child
which, II It goes to government school,
or II It has a good reason for staying at
home. viii get Its share OF the common
tribal benefits, shall be stripped OF those
benefits simply because It goes to a school
not run by the government, seems TO me
dangerously like laying a penalty on edu.
cation because that education does not
wear particular brand. Perhaps 1 am
wrong' but II I am, shall be glad to be
shown wherein.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-17
sectarian schools Involved.
Jessie's Gift.

ANNA! Mammal cried Jessie.
rushing in all excited. What do
you think7 Every scholar in
Miss Eleanor's class is going to
give something TO the children's
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-12

offer some suggestions in regard to same.
It is three-piece skirt, having tucked
>founce. The hounce has two rows Of
chiffon ruching at the top and two at
the bottom. The foundation Of the
skirt extends down full length under
meath the founce. How may remodel
it and make it look well, as the silk is
perfectly goods Mrs. w. T. A.
Rugby, N. D.
A good and easy way Of bringing
your skirt up to date would be to re-
move the founce and trimming, cutting
the former up into folds, with which. to
trim the skirt at intervals, alternating
with rows of the chiffon, while a second
suggestion, in case your height will not
allow Of your trimming in horizontal
effect, would be to cut up the founce
into little fril1s, gathering on one
edge and trimming each in a
shell or scroll like fashion, covering the
gathered edge with the chiffon, and
The frill and ruching combined in a
motif: as tastefully as possible where
the scroll ends. This kind Of trimming
will be seen a. good deal on the lower
edge of skirts the coming season.
20 -EliZabeth- Lee.
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a BLIND MANS EXPERIENCE

A. blind man was making a tour Of
the New England coast on his vacation
In Maine, in the pretty village of Cas-
tine, lady said as she waited with him
at the pier: ut
"What pleasure is there in travel for
blind man?''
More pleasure than you think" he
replied. IT enjoy this fine, invigorating
wind from the sea as we'll as you do.
The noise Of the water is as pleasant to
me as to you, and the warmth of the
sunshine is as agreeable. And when we
get aboard the boat, do you think |
shan't appreciate the swift sail sea-
The blind are not so blind as the
world imagines. When l walk the
streets. I know the shops I, am passing
by their odors. Meat, perfumes, to;
bacco, leather, flowers tell me as well
as eyes would that a butcher s, a TO-
bacconist $, a shoemaker's or florist 8
is near.
$50 it is in the country. A spicy
smell tells me / am in a grove Of pines.
The sweet breath of new-mow hay
floats from the meadows, and in fancy
I see the haymakers. The wild black
berries have their pungent odor, and it
is easy to know the presence of the
wild honeysuckle. The lowing cows,
the neigh Of horse, the bleating Of
sheep tell me the occupants of the field
I pass, and the gurgle of water assures
me that in that field there is running
brook.
edo you wonder how blind man
makes his way in crowded street.
I will tell you. He walks fearlessly as
long as he hears nothing, but when
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-12

pass thru dirtier hands than gold and
silver ones-you'd think they'd be
alive with micro-organisms. But, no.
Copper kills germs. Diphtheria and
cholera cultures, smeared on copper
cent, die in less than two hours.
They have many cholera epidemics
in China, but certain towns are always
immune. These towns keep their drink
ing water in great copper vessels.
Travellers have tried to buy these YES
sells, for they are beautiful, but the
villagers will not sell them. They have
a.. superstition that their health and
welfare depend on their retention. ri
wish all "superstitions were as true and
sautary as that.
The workers in the Revere Copper
works, during the last epidemic 4 Of
cholera in Massachusetts, were immune,
tho friends and relatives fell on ali
sides Of them. Why were they immune
The copper, with its strange power over
disease germs; protected them.
Water, alive with cholera and
typhoid germs, has been placed, for
an experiment, in copper vessels, and
after standing seven hours this. water
has been found safe to drink-exery
germ dead.
"We should return to copper drink
ing vessels Furt canteens for
the use Of soldiers and sailors in the
tropics, where cholera abounds, should
be lined with copper, and thus. many a
young man 8 life would be saved.
cooper, in the form of copper sui
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-12
Barber Talked Too Much

hidef says-iest like you might say
it. didn't care nothin about It one
way or another. Sturgis ulster keep a
mug with me, an I had his trade
steady.
8, That g what I'd do,' 7 saysiest
talkin' I'd 90 up to him an say,
s'You pay me that $3.50 you owe me,
doggonIe you, or / II take It out 9, your
$ 4 We notion to do it, 8 he says.
Do as you like about it, j says.
1t ain t no business O. mine.'
$50 Well, sir, right then an there
Sturgis comes into the shop. As soon
as he seen who was in the chair he
looked kind o. flabbergasted, but he
didn t go out, as I was hopin he would:
He set down an picked up a paper an,
glass an he looked kind O. fabber-
gasted, too. but he didn say nothin
I ID most got thru with him, but .when!
seen his fists doublin' up under the
cloths begun all over agin snlppln1
here an there an steamin' up 1
thought I'd get Sturgis tired out, but
he sat there sif he had all the time nme
estly WASH t nothln more I could do,
/ wiped off his face an neck an jerked
the cloth off him. At the same time
whispered to him not to make no fuss
in the shop.
i guess he didn It understand what
it was said to him, for he didn It wait
to put on his collar. He just walked
up to Sturgis an he says: You pay
me that $3.50 you owe me, doggone
you, or | III take it.out o your hide.
tried to step in between 'em, but
[ WASH t quick enough. Sturgis didn It
say nothin'; he Just hauled off an
knocked Drank kerslap into the mir
TOR an scattered the tonic an hair
brushes an razors an shampoo mix
lures all over the floor am the next
mint they was trompin AN smashin'
'em into the ground. IA ) picked up q
cane chair an threw it at Sturgis an ;
it missed him an brought down the
mug rack. Sturgis left off poundin
Drank long enough to- return the chair
an this time it didn't miss.tI got it
on top o. my head an l. concluded to
draw out an call. for help. When !
got back: with the marshal Sturgis had
gone an Drank was jest comm to his
senses. 8s&&
1tWell, had 'em both arrested an ;
Drank told the Justice Ed put up a job
on him an I got fined $40 and costs for
incitin to a breach Of the: peace. Then
sued Sturgis for damages an lost out,
an the result o that fracas was I
busted mp in business an had to get
out O town-jest by tRlkin little.
That IS the trouble with you bar
bers,' commented the listener. "You
will talk
1T IS cured me,'' said*the barber.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-12
Lady Mary's Gossip

London:-An American heiress from
New York, Miss Badcock, is attract
ing considerable attention in England.
She is a very goodlooking and exceed
lngly emancipatedE young woman, and
apparently has no thought. Of seeking
a titled husband. Her array of motor
cars 1.-TWO Of which she brought with
her from New York her excellent driv-
lngg-for she is her own chauffeur and
independence and her daring have all
qualified her for snotoriety, whether she
seeks it or not. She recently motored
to Harrogate and is making tour up
to Edinburgh thru the cathedral towns.
The fact is much commented upon in
England that it is only the middle
class American of limited means who
travelling and wants to find out all
that is to be known about centers Of
historic or literary interest. OF her
class, Miss Badcock is decidedly an ex-
ception, for she is doingO England
thoroly. When she has finished here
she is going to the continent with a
similar intention.
Attic an American, she is exceeding
ly reserved, and at hotels, at all events,
other day she was the subject Of a
bet. A certain well known man wagered
that before forty-eight hours were over,
he would sit beside her in her car, or
else she in his. This is how he planned
to win his wager. He knew Miss Bad
cock s hour for departing for her drive
In the morning, and getting into the
garage. removed screw from her mo-
tor which was bound to bring about
slight trouble before she had proceeded
far ahead. In due course she entered
her car. the man who; had made the het
following in his own. When some dis.
lance in the country Miss Badcock IS
motor became troublesome, and her pur-
suer. who had hitherto kept well out Of
sight. now came dashing along. Dis
mounting, he bowed efusiyely, making
offers Of help. She was all politeness,
thanked him cordially, but declined as.
sistance. Meanwhile she had removed
from q drawer in the car box full Of
manner made the necessary readiust-
ments and affixed a new screw. He
had never dreamed of finding. woman
capable of this. That was why he lost
his wager.
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How Many Wives Does a Man Need?
BY POLLY PENN.

tsEvery man needs about three
wives,,' announced the old bachelor,
Ticking off his cigar ashes.
s.For diversified purposes Of enter
tainment an even greater variety might
prove useful. But the average man OF
average needs might get along, should
think, with three.
ssWhat man first thinks about
when he contemplates matrimony is the
comfort of home. This is about the
first essential in. the thoughts Of man
who has arrived at years of discretion
and knows what he really wants IN
marriage. Wife No. l, therefore, must
be perfect cook and housekeeper., 1t
will not do for her to be mere DAP
bier in houseWifely arts, sticking them
over in short order SO as TO get to some M
must be the housewife born and bred
the sort of woman who is happlest IN
her: kitchen, who would rather make a
|pie than paint picture, and who feels
more elation over a. dozen glasses OF
ielly than she would over the produc-
ton of a successful novel. Providence
has mercifully created many such WON
en-, for the material comfort OF man
kind. Their homes are homes of pleas
With wife like that man may be
sure Of always getting his meals on
time, always finding his socks darned,-
and having all his creature comforts
perfectly looked after.
But, while man is three fifths ami
NAL. there is another fifth of him that
is intellectual There are times when
he wants somebody to discuss the: tariff
with him, agree with his views on the
labor problem, keep him in touch with
the newest books, and sharpen his men
tai edges, so to speak. The domestic
wife can't do this. She thinks pickles
and preserves. The only book she
knows well is the cookbook, and heaven
forbid I should say that that has not
its uses, but it is not exactly provo
cative of freside discussion.
$ No, what man wants IN his IN
tellectual moments is an intelligent,
widely Informed woman. who thinks for
herself and can express her thoughts
attractiVely, and stir him on to fresh
energies and Accomplishments. Behold
in this need Of his. then, necessity for
wife. No. 2.
The third needq It is of senti-
mental nature, said the old bachelor
solemnly. sThere are times when a
man shrinks from int llectuality in his
wife; when he doesn' even need beef
steak and muffin hen al Tho wants
steak and mullins when. all he wants
the tender, sYmpa thetic creature who
is allssof tness and alteration, and then
is the time he wants. q wife who is
sweet and pretty and hasnit worn her.
self to an ugly FRAGILE cooking for him.,
nor over developed her brain keeping up
to his accomplishments.
The first wife should be cook, the