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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-04
SNOW STORM in reras

DALLAS, Tex, Jan. 2.-Tne first snow
storm of the winter has set in over
Northern Texas. The ground is GOV.
cred at Dallas and snow is still falling.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-04
Million and a Half Tons to Export.

BUENos AYREs, Jan. 2.-The minis.
ter OF agriculture, DR.. Martin Garcia
Merou. in his annual report, estimates
that there will be 1,700, 700 tons of
wheat available for export this season.
He says also that the corn crop is good.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-04

Ell. R. Lampman and wife, of st.
Peter, visited the formers father,
N. B. Lampman, of this city, over
New Years.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-04

Congress re- assemblies again tomor-
row and the two remaining months
will be busy ones.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-04

Congressman-elect e. w. Marvin of
Deadwood. S. D., is critically ill of
pneumonia.
The Metropolitan English Grand
Opera company. which is filing a two
weeks engagement at Chicago, will cut
short It's tour and close the season at
Washington. Jan. %
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-04
The Railroads.
CHICAGO GREAT-WESTERN
TIME TABLE AT MANKATO,
IN ErrEor JUNE /, 1899. Leave ARaIvE

IN EFFECT JUNE 1, 1899. Leave AkhIvE
Watsrville, Faribau 1t, e.00am 955pm
Mortified, Red Wing, St. N AS D m iii SO a On
Paul, Minneapolis, and
all intermediate stations
Dodge Center, Dubuque, 900 m 055pm
Chicago and the east, Des II 4.45 D m I'll So "a
Moines, st. Joseph, Kan
sas City, and the South
west
Austin, Lyle and Manly Jet 1900 mi f9.55pm
Trains marked run daily except Sunday all
Others daily For any information as to ratee
OF routes to any point apply to Chicago Great
W. stern Agent at depot
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-01-04

W. R. Geddes, Attorney for Petitioner.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-25
A LETTER FROM MRS. JEFFERSON A
Wis.

lATLANTA, Ca, June 22.-CoI. R. E.
Park, State Treasurer, has received
a letter from Mrs. jefferson Davis
in which she says in part:
"My dim, uneventful life rolls i'm
percePtibly onward to the inevita-
bic and natural end of all mankind.
My health has failed a good deal of
late, but I never look sick and ev-
eryone tells me how we'll l am. / ex-
pect tC spend the winter in New Or
leans, as L have many little matters
to close up before 1 go to render &C.
count of the deeds done in the body
I am really happy in reading the no.
tees of MI. Davis birthday and u
logies on him."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-25
GEORGIA PEACH CROP RUINED.

ATLANTA, Ga, June 19.-Accord-
ing to State Entomologist Scott,
peaches in South and Middle Geor-
gia r rotting very fast as a result
of excessive rain for the past three
weeks. Assistant Commissioner of
Agriculture Wright said Eve have
received reports from every county
10 the State, and the peach crop is
said to be nearly ruined. Not only
is the peach crop in poor condition,
but cotton, melons, and cantelopes
are also in bad shape. Lice had in
tested the cotton and the heavy
rains have caused it to turn yellow.
The outlook now is the worst seen in
Georgia in a number of years"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-25
NEW LIFE TO TEXAS.
text.

What the Oil Discoveries Mean For Her
Cheap Fuel and an Export Trade Such as
Exists Nowhere Else on TIL Earth.
WASHINGTON, June 15.-Robert T.
Hill, Chief Geologist of the United
States Geological Survey, has re-
turned from an extended geological
investigation in the Texas oil fields
and has embodied the results in re-
port which says:
''The Importance of this Oil field is
far greater than at present can be
described or estimated. It means
not only a cheap fuel supply to the
largest State area in the Union, but
owing to it's proximity to tidewater,
it promises an export trade such as
exists nowhere else in the world.
Preparations are being made to sink
hundreds of wells, and very soon the
present output of SOC, 1000 barrels a
day may be quadrupled.
cit is entirely within the limit of
probability that oil will be found at
many places throughout the coastal
prairie, especially in it's southern ex-
tension toward the Rio Grande and
in the Northeastern State of Mex
leo at Tatmaulipas. The outcrop
of the tertiary formations in South
west Texas, in Wilson, Atascocasa,
McMullen, Duvall and other counties
is naturally rich in oil and practical
oil men are risking their money in
experimenting in that region.
GAS the oil bearing tertiary stra-
ia extend east of the Mississippi and
Alabama it is not beyond possibility
that oil may be found in these States.
s'It is impossible now to state ex-
actly the extent of the oil yielding
bed which supplies the Beaumont
wells and this can be only determin-
ed by drinking experiment.
"The area of profitable exploita
ton of the Beaumont oil field is con-
fined between the San Jacinto and
the Sabine rivers, east of the Hous-
ton and West Texas Railroad and
south of Oil City, Nagdoches county.
This area may be extended or re-
stricted by future exploitation.
cit is very probable that other oil
fields may be discovered in the coas-
tai plain between Beaumont and
Tampico fields. Here lies a vast ter
ritory under lain by the oil bearing
Eocene formations which has not
been exploited"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-25
SUFFRAGE IN CUBA.
Delegates s~cheming-How to Get Around
the Negro Voter a Puzzling PrOblsm-Par-
ties Forming on The Color Line.

Delegates s~oheming-How to Get Around
the Negro Voter a Puzzling PrOblem-Par-
ties Forming on The Color Line.
HAVANA, June 2O-Some If the
delegates to the Constitutional Con-
vention are considering the advisa-
bility Of making an attempt to alter
certain clauses of the Cuban consti.
tuition. The proposed changes are
in regard to universal suffrage, the
election of governors of provinces
and the personal responsibility of
the secretaries of the President for
all their acts.
They propose to substitute for the
first two restricted suffrage and the
nomination of governors of prOvin-
ces by a central power, and to abol-
ish the third altogether. Opinion is
divided at present as to the possibil-
ity of altering the constitution,
which says that this can only be
done by the Congress. In regard to
universal suffrage, the majority of
the delegates at present to be
in favor of leaving this question
alone.
Manuel Sanguilly says that this
will not make any difference as the
local cliques are those that rule. By
having universal suffrage the people
will be content, but they will not ex
ercise any real power.
A radical delegate to the conven-
tion is quoted as saying: "Better
leave that question alone, as ways
can be found to prevent the negro
and other ~illiterate portions of the
population from voting.
Other delegates think the question
a serious one, as universal suffrage
will tend to mark the differences be-
tween the whites and the blacks
more than ever. It is claimed that
this has already occurred in Santa
go where, although a few whites
lead the blacks, nevertheless parties
are being formed on the color line.
The quiet element shrinks from
the idea of the American troops
leaving, and it is probable that many
so-called revolutionists share the
same feeling. Delegate Alaman says
the only way to save the republic is
to have a strong man like Maxine
Gomez who will preserve the indie
pendence of the island as President.
Otherwise under the provisions of
the Platt amendment the Americans
will intervene on the slightest pre-,
text.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-25
JULIE" CARR's POLITICAL VIEWS.
He Airs Them in an Interview in The New
York Times.

In North Carolina political circles
last week, the subject most talked of
was Col. j. S. Carr 8 interview in the
New York Times, in which he said {:
"In the contest now going on in
South Carolina, Senator Tillman
may, for the time being, be success
full, but in the long run Senator Nc
Laurin will succeed just so sure as
the sun rises and sets, because he
represents the right principle.
81 have grown mighty sick and
tired of seeing small politicians run
North Carolina and other Southern
States. I suppose hide bound Demo.
Gratis will say 1 am abandoning
Democratic principles for dollars
and cents. Let them. 1t is high
time that the business or commercial
men of the South tried to run the
Southern States on broader lines.
And we intend to get out on a
broader beam. We have had all we
want of Organism, and God knows [
supported him Loyalty.
"North Carolina is making rapid
strides in a commercial sense, and
as one of her sons I want to see her
keep in the forefront in business de-
velopment. The best interests of
the country are lore to me than the
personal success of any politician.
Senator McLaurin has the right idea,
and he is bound to win. l favor ex-
pansion and the Nicaragua Canal,
and I am sick of Organism"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-25
General News.
"ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PRINT"
The Facts Boiled Down and Presented in
Convenient Form for Busy
Readers.

heaQerSs
The Denver, Col, Times says: GA
gigantic scheme is under way to
transfer the railroads of the United
States to the government. A West
ern fnancier declares that within a
few years the Rockefeller, Hartman,
Vanderbilt, Gould and Morgan inter
ests would turn over to the govern
ment every line of the railroads in
the country, the government to pay
the total value of about $40, 600, OOO,-
900, a string of banks to be CONTROL
ed by the same interests to finance
the deal"
In an interview last week, Hon. 8.
E. Morse, of Illinois, a western Dem
ocratic leader, said: "The Supreme
Courts recent decision presents an
issue which will be the central ques-
ton IN politics for years to come.
After we have had a little more ex-
perience in trying to govern distant
people by force without their con-
sent, the voters of this country are
going to reverse the decision, just Is
they the bred Scott Decision for
ty years ago. Who will be the next
Presidential nominee? Well, I per-
sOnally favor either Chief Justice
Fuller or Justice Harlan.
Already Presidential candidates
for 1904 are being trotted out.
Among the Republicans named in
this connection are: Vice President
Roosevelt and Gov. B. B. Odell, of
New York; Senators Charles w.
Fairbanks, Jas. B. Foraker and Mar
Gus A. Hanna, of Ohio; Senator
Spooner, of Wisconsin, and Secreta-
ryssOf the Navy Long, of Massachu-
setts. Possible Democratic candi-
dates include Mayor Carter Harrison,
of Chicago ex-senator D. B. Hill, of
New York Hon. Richard Olney of
Massachusetts ex-senator Arthur
P.GOrman, of Maryland, and Justices
Fuller and Harlan, anti expansion
members Of the Supreme Court.
In the Alabama constitutional con-
vention delegate B. H. Craig is
championing woman suffrage as a
way out of the negro suffrage diff
Guilty. He would, however, confne
it to white women, and thus double
the white vote. He is just in re-
ceipt of two letters from Senator
John T. Morgan, endorsing the
scheme and pressing it on the atten-
ton of the convention. The Senator
argues it's constitutionality, contend
ing that it does not conflict with the
fourteenth and fifteenth amend
ments. when these amendments
were passed they applied only to
males, who then alone were contem-
plated as exercising the suffrage.
They do not affect new elements or
classes of the population introduced
into the suffrage since that time"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-25
WOMEN L OUT.
Tennessee Supreme Court Says They CAM
Practice Law.

MEMPHIS, June 2O.-Women can
not practice law in Tennessee. The
Supreme Court said so today.
Miss Marion Griffin, of Memphis,
was to-day denied a license by the
Supreme Court on the ground that
a lawyer practicing law is an officer
of the court and the State Constitu-
ton prohibits women from holding
office.
Judges Wilkes and Caldwell de-
livered dissenting opinions believing
the decision of the other three jus
toes as reaching too far.
There are a score of women law
yers in Tennessee, who have been
patiently awaiting the decision.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-25
TO sEEL SOUTHERN COTTON.
Manufacturers Commission Company of Char
lotte Begins Business First of July.

lotte Begins Business First of July.
CHARLOTTE, N. c., June 2O.-The
Cotton Manufacturers Commission
Company will begin business on July
1st. This is the company organized
to market the products of Southern
mills Independently of the Northern
commission men. The Manufacture
ers Commercial Company, Of New
York, will furnish money to cash
the sales Of the new company. The
James Brown Company, of New
York, will sell for it. Speaking of
the plan of operations of the new
company, George B. Hiss, the Gen
eral manager, said to-day:
"We have assurances of a very
substantial business to begin with,
for all of our stockholders are cotton
manufacturers and as the operation
of our system becomes mor fully
known the business will increase.
We anticipate handling a business of
SIS, 600, 900 to $50, 600, 900 per annum.
Our company is equipped to sell,
guarantee and cash sales for manu-
facturers of cotton cloth, yarns,
hosiery, etc."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-25
FORMER GOVERNOR p1uaREe DEAD,

hmk P1NGREE DEAD.
A Prominent Man Passes Away-He Had
Been Mayor of Detroit And Governor Of
Michigan-While in The Former Office he
~Inaugurated Many Reforms in Municipal
Alphabetically Aggressive as Governor.
LONDON, June 18.-Mr. Pingree
died at 1875 tonight. His son was
the only person present. The body
will be taken home. The fatal illness
was a cancerous affection of the in
testines.
GAINED PROMINENCE AS MAYOR,
Hazen S. Pingree was born in Dem
mark, Me-, in 1910, and worked ON
his fathers farm until he was four.
teen years of age. He then worked
in d cotton factory, and later in a
shoe factory. He served in the Union
army, and after the war wen to De-
troit. In 1866 he helped to establish
a shoe factory that later became one
of the largest factories of it's kind
in the West.
In 1889 Mr.. Pingree came into
prominence as mayor of Detroit. The
Office is unimportant, from the ma
tional Z standpoint, but Pingree.
brought himself into prominence by
his unique administration. He Sc
cured vacant lots for the cultivation
of potato patches by the poor. While
in office he also waged a bitter fight
against street railways and other
combinations.
Mr.. Pingree was reelected three,
times, and each time his majorities
increased. In addition to inventing
the E'Pingree Potato Patch" and
forcing railway fares down to three
cents, he also attacked the gas COM
panies, and in the end Detroit had 81
gas. He will always be remembered
in Detroit for his war on combina-
tions and the results of this war.
In the spring of 1898 one of the
greatest political sensations that ev~
er startled Detroit occurred, when
Mayor Pingree accused a number of
members of the city council of &C.
cepting brides from the representa-
tive of the electric lighting firm. The
mayor appeared in the council cham
Der n evening and openly accused
the cOuncilmen. To the astOnishmen6
OF every one, he produced a roll Of
bills amounting to about one thou
sandd0IaEs, which he said one coun-
Gilman, who acted as a spy for the
mayor, had accepted, thus trapping
the alleged briber.
A long Investigation followed, re-
sulting in the prosecutionof the agent
of the company concerned and the
retirement Of several councilmen
from politics. This expose increased
the strength and influence of Pingree
with the best elements in the city of
Detroit and throughout the State.
Men who had previously been bitter
partisans forgot party and became
"Pingree men," saying that they
would support "the man who feared
no corporations" against any and all
corners.
EQUALLY AGGRESSIVE AS GOVERNOR.
When Mr.. Pingree became govern
or in 1896 he carried into office all of
his former aggressiveness. His war
fare on the railroad corporations in
Michigan will always be remembered.
He forced through the legislature the
measure giving the people the right
to vote on a repeal of the special rail
road charters, and at every term he,
proved himself hostile to corpora
tions.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-25

or horse power, The hopper will
hold three bushels OF whole potatoes,
which will make about 10000 hills.
This machine will make potato rails
ing much easier and cheaper and
probably a much larger crop will be
raised. The machine can be made at
a cost of about five dollars.-Greens-
boro Record.
Charlotte Observer: Our able
young friend, R. F. Beasley, of the
Monroe Journal, is delving into old
records, written or unwritten, to
preserve the truth of history as to
the fight at Elizabethtown, in Bladen
county, in 1881. He will give the
results of his research in an address
at the Guilford Battle Ground oele-
bration on the Fourth of July next.
Governor Aycock is to speak on the
same occasion upon the history of
the Colony of North Carolina from
1771 to April 18th, 1776. The theme
is a fruitful n and the speaker is a
ChrysOstom on the platform. A
rich treat is evidently in store for
those so fortunate as to attend the
coming celebration at the historical
battle-ground.
Newton Enterprise: A statement
has been quite extensively published
lately that the Democratic una
chine" has fixed up a slate for next
year, including the United States
S~enatOrship and the judgeships. We
hope this is not correct. And in
saying this we use the word machine
in no carping and disrespectful sense.
We are a believer in the machine in
politics. Every party has one in
this State. But machines should
cOnhne themselves to their legiti-
mate field, the management of cam
paignS, the check mating and over
coming of opponents. They have no
business setting up candidates and
using their power for n man and
against another in their own party.
The Western Democrts are entitled
to the next Democratic United
States Senator and they are not will
ing to have him slated in Raleigh.
Locke Craig will not be the choice of
the West. The other candidates will
be F. L. Osborne, Lee S. Overman,
R. B. Glenn, J. S. Carr and perhaps
others.
Monroe Journal: Farm labor never
was carce in this county than at
present. 1t cannot be had in some
sections for love or money. A gen.
tleman from Buford remarked yes
terday that he had been Offering
81. so for reapers and could get none
at that.-A son of Mr.. Hampton
Baucum, of New Salem township,
recently caught a 'possum that was
caring for twenty young ones The
young mes were of two filters, half
of them being one size and half of
dAOGAOL' AAO wy LAS AOp6 OhOL4
until they are quite tame.-Mr. j.
B. Nash, of Buford, has been holding
the belt as champion hawk killer,
having caught and killed twenty
three in three years, but he will have
to hand it over so Mr.. J. C. Mcintyre,
of New Salem, now, who has killed
twenty-three since last June. Mr..
Nash and Mr.. Mcintyre are half
brothers and they are a hawk killing
folk. Another brother, Mr.. z. v.
Mcintyre, in eight months, some
years ago killed 81 crows and IS
hawks. Mr.. Nash catches them in
traps, while Messrs. Mcintyre call
them up and shoot them.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-06-25

A dispatch from st. Petersburg
the birth of another
daughter to the Czarina Of Russia.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-03-06
INAUGURATION SPEECHES.

The i%nauguration speeches on Mon
day were most excellent, and were In
keeping with the character Of the
men who made them. Both were more
brief than was expected; both were
condensed. crowded full Of good
things, decisive and incisive. Presi'
dent McKinley's address makes but
the briefest possible ~allusion to the
great Improvement that has been made
in the country's financial and indus
trial condition and to those matters
which were subjects OF controversy at
the time Of his first inauguration. He
makes no attempt to claim for himself
praise or credit for the outcome OF the
war with Spain. merely saying that he
did all he could and as long az possible
to avert the war. Most of the address
is confined to the two topics now at
the front-Cuba and the Philippine ISL
ands. For these he renews his ex-
pressions OF desire for the utmost
peace and progress for both, stable
government, democracy and liberty.
He says he has done the best he could
for the Philippines In the absence OF
more explicit legislation on the part
of congress. For Cuba he renews his
expression of the American obliga-
tions for independence and stable gov
eminent In that island.
The address of Mr.. Roosevelt is as
modest and yet as emphatic In express
sion of principle and intention. II "
an address quite in keeping with the
record and character OF the man. He
shows deep appreciation of the honor
conferred upon him by the people. and
of the responsibilities that deyolye
uDOn him. not as vice president. but
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-03-06
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TIE MINING I~NTERESIs.

Councilman Martinez OF TAOS coun.
ty has introduced in the legislative as
sembly two bills OF the highest import
TO the mining interests OF New Mex
leo. One OF them provides that, should
a locator fail TO perform the assess
ment work on his claim within the le-
gally specified ninety days from date
Of location, he shall forfeit all right
thereto. and shall be debarred from re-
locating the same. or become interest
ed in II except as a bona 1de purchas-
err for value. Failure to do the work
required by law shall be considered an
abandonment OF the claim. and the
subsequent locator shall not be en-
titled 10 any credit for any work that
may be done prior to his location no
tice, within ninety days from date OF
which he shall mark the boundaries
with eight substantial posts or stone
monuments, n at each corner. and
one at the center OF each end and side
line. projecting at least thres feet
above the surface OF the ground, each
Of which posts or monuments shall be
plainly marked. showing the name OF
the location and the direction thereof
from such monument. The second
bill on the subject by Mr.. Martinez
provides for the establishment OF a
department to be known a the "bu-
reau OF mines OF New Mexico" The
principal office shall be maintained at
fhe capitol. A commissioner of mines
Is TO be named by the governor, and
he shall be a citizen OF the territory,
of not less THAI seven years practical
experience In metalluygy and mining
in New Mexico, and shall possess a
practical and scientific kp0wtedge OF
mining. m~etallurgy, mineralogy Apd
geology. This officer shah give q
bond In the sum of $4,000 for the
faithful discharge of his duties. and he
shall, with the consent Of the govern
or, appoint two inspectors OF practi-
cal experience In mining In New Mex.
leo, covering a period Of at least seven
years. A clerk having a general
knowledge of the subject is also 20 be
appointed. who shall act as assistant
curator for the territorial mineral col.
lection. II is made the duty Of the
inspectors to examine and report TO
the commissioner OF mines the condi.
iion of the hosting machinery, en-.
gines, boilers, cables, cages, etc, the
and method OF working. the
sanitary condition, etc, In use In all
metalllferons mines in operation in
New Mexico. The commissioner and
his assistants are charged with the
collection and preservation OF speci.
mems OF all the geological and miner
illogical substances, including mineral
waters, rocks, fossils, coal. stone,
mica. iron, asphalt, clays, etc 80
classify and study the same. and 10
distribute reliable information regard
ing the location and available supply