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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-05-12
Negro Mail Carrier Attacked.

Washington, May THE Post
Office Department was notified Off
cially to-day that John @. Allgood,
a colored rural delivery l~etter-car-
rier, while making his regular trip
near Gallatin, Tenn, was stopped by
men armed and masked, and that he
and his colored substitute carrier
were warned not to continue in the
service under penalty of death.
Postmaster General Payne has sus-
pended service on the route pending
investigation, and if the reports of
the affair are confirmed, summary
action will follow.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-05-12

revoke the inn-hoIders' license, which
is considered in the first class, cat
any time without notice, at their
OWL discretion" and can ever grant
licenses in towns where the majority,
votes against license. They are al
so "authorized and empowered to
prescribe regulations for the conduct
of the traffic under any license of
the first class as they see ft," and
can appoint as many special agents
as they please ito investigate all
matters relating to the collection of
license fees or penalties and in rela-
ton to compliance with the law
New York Literary Digest.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-05-12
New Hampshire Abandons Prohibition.

New Hampshire Abandons Prohibition.
New Hampshire, following quick
ly in the steps of Vermont, has ADAM
doned its policy of prohibition, or
semi-prOhibition, of the liquor traf-
-fc, to which it has chung for forty
eight years, and has adopted in it's
place a high-license and local -op-
ton law. This takes New Hamp-
shire out of the prohibition column,
leaving but three prohibition States
Maine, Kansas, and North Dako-
ia. The old prohibitory law, which
was enacted in 1855, resembled the
Maine law, except that the prohibi-
ton was applied only against the
retail sale, and not against the man
u~facture, of Intoxicating liquors.
The new law, which was signed by
Governor Batchelder week before
last, will take effect this month
(May), and provides that it shall be
lawful to engage in the liquor traffic
in all cities and towns of the State
that shall have accepted, by : ma
jority vote, the provisions of the act.
The law is different from others of
it's kind in that it calls for the ap-
pointment of a bipartisan State
Board of License Commissioners,
which is practically given absolute
authority to regulate the liquor traf-
fc.
These commissioners may not only
grant licenses of all classes, with
out number, provided that the appli-
cants conform with certain require
ments, but they have the power to
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-05-12
GENERAL NEWS
Rural Delivery Superintendent Under
Fire.

= Washington, May 8.-There were
important developments in the post
Office situation to-day. At the re-
quest of Fourth Assistant Postmas-
ter General Bristow, Postmaster
General Payne late this afternoon
issued an order ~suspending Superin-
tendent August W. Machen of the
free delivery division, pending the
completion of the investigation into
his official conduct; transferring
the bureau of which he has been the
head from the control of the first
assistant to the Jurisdiction of the
fourth assistant, and appointing M.
@. Fosnes, who had charge of the
entire Cuban postal service follow
ing the arrest of Estes @. Rathbone,
and who is now an inspector in the
department, to be acting superin-
tendent of the free delivery depart
ment.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-05-12
President Roosevelt on the Monroe
Doctrine.

Doctrine.
During the Presidents tour of
the affectionate West, the West has
certainly again displayed in its most
unmistakable it's good opin-
ion of the President. In return, Mr..
Roosevelt has made a number of in
teresting and important speches.-His
address in Chicago on "The Monroe
Doctrine" has excited attention
abroad as well as at home. He said
nothing essentially new about the
Monroe Doctrine, nor did he even
try to express the old sentiments in
especially striking language. But
he spoke with good temper and good
sense, and both these qualities are
needed in the discussion of the Mon
roe Doctrine when the fighting ad-
mirals and the fighting editors here
and in Germany are doing their
bravest to make it a source of inter
national bad feeling. "The Monroe
Doctrine" he said, "is not ~interna-
tional law, and, though I think one
day it may become such, this is not
necessary as long as it remains a
cardinal fea, ire of foreign poll
cy and as long as we possess both
the will and the strength to make
it effective" This is a very just
description of the present status of
the Monroe Doctrine. Equally sane
is the Presidents rebuke of the
fighting and talking admirals.
"Boasting and clustering are as OBJ
jectionable among nations as among
individuals, and the public men
of a great nation owe it to their
of national s~elf-respect to
speak courteously of foreign powers,
just as a brave and self-respecting
man treats all around him courte-
Ously." He could not refrain from
introducing a more warlike tone in
the speech at this point. There was
an old adage, "Speak softly and ear
ry a big stick; you will go far" This
ought to be the motto of the Ameri-
can people in upholding the Monroe
Doctrine. The "big stick" is the
navy. In the last two years, he was
glad to say, great strides had been
taken as regards the navy. "The
last Congress, in addition to small
er ships, provided nine of those
formidable fghting-ships upon which
the real efficiency of any navy in wal
ultimately depends. We wish a
powerful and efficient navy, not for
purposes of war, but as a guaranty
of pease. If we have such a navy
If we keep on building it up-we
may rest assured that there is but
the smallest chance that trouble will
ever come to this nation; and we
may likewise rest assured that no
foreign power will ever quarrel with
US about the Monroe Doctrine."-
Golfers Weekly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-05-12

What the Louisiana Purchase Has BA.
come.
The States, and Territories of the
Purchase produced 264,OOO,O 900 BUSH
els of wheat in 1900, valued at $751;
600, OO0-more than half of the wheat
crop of the whole United States.
lob, 100000 bushels of corn, Or
forty-eight per cent of the coun-
try's product; th~irty-eight per cent
of the country's oats. The wheat,
corn, oats, rye, barely, cotton, hay
and potatoes produced in this region
in 1900 brought 1855, 100000, and its
farm animals we're valued at $685.
600, 600, thirty-eight per cent of those
of the whole country.
From that celebrated pioneer e-
pertinent in wheat-growing by Oliver
Dalrymple, a wealthy Minnesota.
farmer, in the Territory Of Dakota
in 1875, quickly came magnificent
results. In 1902, North Dakota
stood second in the list of wheat
producing States and Minnesota
first. These with Missouri, South
Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas, all
in the Louisiana Purchase, led all
the rest of the country last year in
wheat-growing. Much more than
half of the country's 67O,OOO,OW
bushels grown in 1902 (Valued at
1922, 600, OOO) was grown in the
States of the old Jefferson tract.
And the story of corn is similar
Illinois stood first in corn yield IN
1902, as in most years. The t0uf
Louisiana States of Iowa, Missouri
Nebraska and Kansas led all the resi-
of the country. More than halt the
country's corn crop, valued at d.
100000, was produced in the ter
ritory of the Purchase. Iowa va.
second in 1902 in the production o.
oats, Illinois being first. Ano'nVI
Louisiana State, Minnesota, was SS'-
ond that year in barley ~produetlOr'
California leading. Iowa was Seconu
in hay, New York heading the lls'
Two-thirds of the countryS ISo,
800 tons yield of beet sugar tor l'Vi
was grown by the territory west y
the Mississippi. Texas, a regipD
which belonged to Louisiana at u'
time Bonaparte transferred the p6o
vince to the United States IN low
but our claim on which was sN =
up to Spain by President MonIp'
1919 as part of the price WHICH, II
paid for Florida, and which We ' ~
not recover until Folks o'J' .hs
1915, produces almost a third % o.
entire country's cotton. lS
however, is not included in LOUIS n
ana in any of the figures gnSr N
this articIe.-CharleS NJ. Har''"
the Worlds Work for May
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-05-12
The Tariff Question and the POstOfhce
Department Scandal.

The POStOhco mVeSG4SaCAOH DULL
progresses, is still made the subject
of much newspaper speculation and
discussion, has given rise to two
libel suits already with more in pros
pect, and yet has furnished no
strikingly important Developments,
at least none that are known to the
press. The most serious phase OF
the situation has been the thorough
Generalization of the clerical force
of the Department. The truth of
whole situation, the partisan press
dare not reveal. It is that the con-
ditions which necessitated this inves-
tigation and which are ~prolonglng
it are the effort to mix politics n
business. Could politics be eliminat-
ed from the equation for a single
week the whole affair could be dis
posed of. But on the contrary, ev-
cry step is taken with due reference
to the Influence" of each employe.
Men who, regardless of whether they
have been guilty of m~alfeasance or
not, have been guilty of ~insubordina-
ton and conduct prejudicial to the
general discipline which would have
insured their instant dismissal from
any properly conducted business
house, have been and are still retain
ed in office because of the influence
of their political hackers. Men ap=
pointed by the President and con
frmed by the Senate as superior Of
fcers have assumed the responsible
tiles of their positions without eX-
perience in the vast amount of detail
and have been hoodwinked and ig-
nored by their su%bordinates and even
defed by those with sufficient pull"
These conditions are not chargeable
to any one President or one party,
admixture of politics and business
in a purely administrative depart
ment. No President has ever dared
to conduct his administration on
lines calculated solely to furnish
the best service to the people, and it
is questionable if the people would
be willing to exert the energy neces-
sary to uphold the hands of a Chief
Executive who did.
President Roosevelt and the lead
erS of his party have determined
to adopt what is known as the "stand
pat" tariff policy from now until
after the next National election,
and e. in the meantime no def
mite promise of tariff revision will
be authorized by the leaders of the
Republican Party. This statement
is made on the authority of a mem
Der of the Cabinet who described
to your correspondent the discussion
of the subject from Washington and
the decision reached at that time.
Secretaries Root and Shaw, after
submitting their speeches to the
President, have both spoken in pub
lie to this effect. It was the burth-
ern of the Presidents Minneapolis
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-25
Negro Suffrage Convention.

Richmond, Va, Aug. 24.-Repre-
sentative negroes of Virginia to to-
tai of several hundred assembled in
Richmond today for a two days con-
yention to discuss the steps already
taken and yet to be taken to test the
clause Of the new constitution of
Virginia DISTINGUISHING the negroes.
Jordan Thompson, president Of the
negroes organization, reports thai
there is now on deposit il Richmond
banks $4,000 that have been raised
in Virginia and contributed by other
parts of the country for use in the
legal fight against the constitution
The negroes have retained John F.
Wise of New York and John G. Car
isle to represent them when the test
case finally reaches the United
States supreme court.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-25
CAMPBELL BROTHERS. CIRCUS.

The Campbell Bros Consolidated
Railroad Shows, Menagerie. Museum,
Triple Circuses and HippodrOme will
give two exhibitions at Walla Walla,
on Wednesday, August 26. A menag
erie of the rarest of wild beasts, birds
and reptiles, the largest geological
collection of the earth's most curious
creatures ever gathered together at
one time. A museum Of weird and
strange people from far distant lands
dressed in costumes peculiar to their
nationality and mode of living. A
grand galaxy of arenic celebrities,
who occupy the two big rings stimuli
taneously in feats of strength. daring
exploits in mid air and on the backs
Of swift running horses. A hippo
drome presenting thoroughbred Ken
lucky racers, ridden and driven by
experienced jockeys, male and fe-
male, characters and exponen1s of
the Roman style of racing in the
middle ages, all in friendly contests
of trials of speed and daring, grand
free street parade, pageant Of gilt
tering and shining reality will take
place at 10 O'Clock in the morning
he afternoon performance will begin
at two o'clock and the night perform
lnce at s o'clock.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-25
NATURAL GAS AT WHlTCOM.
Discovery Nearly Leads to Two Men
Losing Their Lives-An Important
Find

Natural gas was discovered Satur-
day afternoon, six miles east of
WhatcOm, on the northeast diagonal
road and its finding was attended by
al accident which came near causing
TWO men to lose their lives.
John McCush was superintending
the driving of a we'll to augment the
water supply Of a shingle mill, and
the drill had reached the depth of
seVenty-two feet when the accident
occurred. There was bubbline
which hindered the work and which
the workmen took for water. While
| John McCush and H. T. Jones were
bending over the opening another
man lighted his pipe and threw the
match into the we'll
Instantly there was an explosion
and sheet of flame burst from the
mouth of the we'll
| Jones was knocked insensibIe and
1t was five minutes before he recov
cred consciousness
McCush was burned about the face
and his clothes scorched so that they
crumbled when touched. He is al
home in bed from his injuries
| The flames continued shooting about
twenty feet in the air, and the Other
men worked more than two hours be
fore they could get the opening closet
so as to confine them
The discovery was made in the vi
cinity of the old Glen Echo coal mine
The quality Of coal mined there has
not made it possible to work up tt
this time. All attention is now being
turned to the work of trying to dis
cover if natural gas exists in paying
Quantities.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-25
KILLED BY AN ANGRY STEER.
Horrible Death of the First Officer or
Steamer Excelsior at Valdez.

First Officer Small. of the steamer
Excelsior, was killed by an angry
steer at Valdez, August u. His back
was torn open by the animals horns
and he was tossed from the Valdez
dock, striking against the hull of the
Excelsior. mOored alongside, and
breaking his neck. When taken from
the water below the dock he was
lead. The terrible wound in his back
would doubtless have proved fatal,
and those who witnessed the acct
dent believe the breaking Of his neck
to have been the more merciful end
ing News of the death Of Small was
brought to Seattle on the steamer
Nome City. The Excelsior sailed
from Seattle for the north August /,
part Of her cargo consisting OF a
small herd of cattle. When the land
ng at Valdez was undertaken, Aug
yst -. the herd was very unruly.
First Officer Small was directing
he landing of the cattle. One huge
steer appearing obstreperous, Small
took the rore fastened about the an
imalss horns and led the way along
he gangplank. The steer was
brought after considerable strug-
cling. upon the deck. and Small made
MS end of the rope fast to a pile,
leaving considerable slack. AS the
mate turned to board the steamer
again the animal sprang forward and
ccught him squarely in the back,
tErusting one of its horns through the
liver and intestines. One toss of the
huge head and the body Of Small went
hurting between the steamer and the
dock.
When brought to the wharf, 1t
was found that his neck and both
legs were broken and his body was
mass of bruises. Two days later
| the body was buried at Valdez. Small
was a native of Maine, about 40 years
of age and unmarried. For the past
eight years he had been sailing at
mate on Alaskan voyages.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-25
TWENTY YEARS FOR LEONARD.
Beat Victim With Rock Until Head
Was Pulpy Mass. Averse to Tell
ing His History.

Twenty years in the penitentiary
at Walla Walla at hard labor was the
sentence meted out to John Leonard
alias William Hogue, when ne ap-
peared before Judge Denny of What
com. Saturday morning and pleaded
guilty TO the charge OF having rot bed
and beaten Henry Veth. who is still
in the hospital in that city as tn. re-
suit OF his INJURIES
When the information had been
read to Leonard and he was asked by
the court whether or not he had
anything to offer as to why sentence
should not he passed upon him. he
said there was nothing to offer after
Which Prosecuting Attorney Cooley
made an explanatory statement Of the
facts surrounding the crime.
1t appears that when Veth was
knocked senseless and had been
pounded some by Leonard he regain
ed consciousness and made an at
tempt to rise from the ground, where
upon Leonard said to him:
Are you not dead YETI" and again
set upon him with a rock and beat
him into insensibility. after which he
relieved the injured man of some.
thing over $40, the remainder of an
$50 check which he had got cashed
at Bryant
While Leonard is somewhat averse
20 telling his past history, it was as
certained that he served several
years in the United States navy, was
born and raised in Denver. Officers
are also inclined 10 the belief thai
Hogue, and not Leonard, is the right
name
Leonard is a man under the medi
UNI height. smooth shaven, with &
low, receding forehead, and brown
hair, which plainly shows that it il
allowed to remain in an unkemp
condition at all times. In fact, h,
has the appearance of a veritablt
hobo. His clothes are ill-ftting, be
coming man Of the character he i:
proven to be. Altogether, Leonard il
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-25
INLAND LAKES REGATTA

Oshkosh. Wis. Aug. 24.-Tne week
Of the annual regatta OF the Inlanl
Lakes Yachting association has ar
rived and Lake Winnebago is dotted
with more fleets than ever before in
is history. Several hundred crack
Yachts are here as Representatives Of
the various clubs belonging the as,
ISOLATION, which embraces in rs
membership the states Of Wisconsin,
Minnesota. Michigan, Indiana, Hin.
cis and Iowa. The Oshkosh Yacht
club has made preparations on an
elaborate scale for he entertain
ment Of the wishing yachtsmen an,
the week promises TO be gala one
for the lovers Of aquatic sports.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-25
TRIB
The Worlds Greatest Cure for ~
Liquor and Tobacco Habits

Trib is harmless, positive
cure for either the liquor or 10,
bacco habit
Read the words OF the best and
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and Washington.
Rev. J. r. n. Bell, the Oldest living
chaplain of the grand lodge of The
Masonic Order in the world writes:
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cost is what the public has always
wanted | have watched with lnte'
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your remedy, Trib, for the cure o.
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feel | can heartily recommend 1t 10
all il need
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sale b. all druggists.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-25

so you're a veteran of the Rebel
ion," said the young man admiring
". "The war clouds were thick
,bout you when you were youth
weren't they?" Yes replied the
7eteran as he Endorsed the nesion
7oucher he wished to have cashed
but they all had their silver lining.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-25
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST !

one Of the toughest looking men to
appear before Judge Denny in some
time, although he is but &c years of
age.
1t is at least a instance of quick
justice, for it was only Wednesday
that the crime was committed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-25
Trial of the DanvfIIe Lynchers.

Danville. Ill, Aug. 24.-The draw
ing of a special jury was commenced
today for the trial Of the persons in
dicted for participation in the recent
lynching riots here. Great popular
interest is manifested in the trial,
but no further disorders are anlici'
pated.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-25

Mrs. Go0dman-One question. be,
fore l give you this money: Do yog
drink beer? Mumpsy MulliDs-Do |
drink i? Why, lady, you cerai,lr
don. 'spose l squirt it into my arm
wild s'ringe? Dere's no oder way
bur TO drink il.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-25

!: WITH THE MAGAZINES !
Cs.s ) - 5 . ) = : 50 ; 5 5 ) ) ) : =,

a glance at the contents of the
September W'oman's Home Compan-
! len reveals wealth Of good things
| 1t open with a thrilling story OF love
and danger, called winning Through
| Fire" By Will n. Harden. Zoe Ander-
son Norris has timely story. The
Yacht" Holman F. DAYS "COnfes-
siOns of Sewing Machine Agent" are
.linlitably funny, and there is 2
charming sketch Of ANNA! life called
Toby" Feature articles Of great IT.
terest are The Coed Works Of the
+utherans,' After the Hounds in
America" and 'Radium, ana sne No-
man Who Discovered It." Al unusual
feature tells Of the Correct Dress
for Business Women" of all profess
sions. The household departments
are as usual full Of suggestion and
helpfulness. Published By The Crow
ell Publishing Company, Springfield,
Ohio; one dollar a ,gear: ten cents q
copy.
Inc horse III American Is per-
maps, tne widest reaching topic in
tne September Century. It is treated
" John Gilmer Speed in a manner
20 awaken discussion, and there is
rare collection CT pictures of fam
Gus horses, which will themselves
be attractive to all who are interest
ed IN the development of the horse
III the United States. 1t is followed
81 paper on The Berlin Course"
by William c. Dreher. who describes
German methods On change and
eompares them with those of New
FORK.
The same number contains two por-
ats Of the late pope. drawing from
l:fe by Andre Castaigne and front
Is piece drawing by H. T. Tobin from
a photograph. Accompanying these
Is brief aDpreciatiye article by
Cardinal Gibbons on The Character
OF Leo MIL" based on personal i'm
I.essiOns. Other articles relating to
recent events are "A Wonderful
Change in Pelea" b. DR.. Hove, with
photographs taken By him on the
tank Of the new peak, and Heroes
! Black Skins narrative Of some
admirable deeds by negroes. written
By Booker T. Washington, with a re-
production Of the bust of the Tuske-
gee educator by Miss Leila Usher.
4 remarkable phase of American life
Is graphically described by Ray Stan
nard Baker in The Day Of Run IL
Illustrated by Blumenschein. and the
northwest also comes in for further
consideration in an article by James
Cutram on The First Ascent of
Mount Assinibone.' made by him.
Ambassador Andrew D. White prints
more "Chapters from My Diplomatic
Life" full of anecdotes of nouable
people in various European countries.
" r. Merriam, director OF the last
census, writes Of Noteworthy Re
suits Of the Twelfth Census bring
.ng out curious data. and Thomas
Galley Aldrich recalls an episode in
he life of Edwin Booth under the IL
tie Of Poor Yorick.'
The fiction has large variety and
geographical distribution. when the
Emperor Prays for Rain" by Abigail
4. Fitch. deals with China; "The Re
lemption." a PA Gladden. story, by
Elizabeth Cherry Waltz, continues the
interest in this unique character of
he middle west; "Bap Sloan's Pts
gah," by Annie Fellows Johnston, Isl
a story of provincial life in the south,
The Match Came by Edwin L. Sa-
bin, author Of "Chums," describes a
boys baseball match in Iowa; the'