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The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-18
A Close Contest for the House of Representatives.

And it is, in fact, very generally admitted even
bv the most ardent Democratic managers that the
chances favor Roosevelt's election. It is by no
means so certain, however, that the Republicans
viii retain control of the National House of Rep
resentatives. The situation in this respect is so
well summarized by the New York Outlook in the
following informing editorial which we reprint
it in full for the benefit of our readers:
'There are $50 members of the House. A party
to have the majority must have at least 1914 mem
bers. The Republicans now have a majority of
about "a. In the present campaign there are
about 1852 districts that are regarded as safely
Democratic, and about 153 that are set down as
safely Republican. This leaves II doubtful dis
tricts, and in these the battle for control of the
House will be fought. To get a bare majority the
Republicans must carry AZ of these districts and
the Democrats 81. The problem has been compli-
Gated by the number districts in States where
the National Republican Committee feels safe
without making effort, and in others which are
likely to be abandoned as hopeless. There are five
districts in Wisconsin now represented by Repub-
licans which are doubtful because of the party
feud between Goernor La Follette's Half
Breeds and Senator Spooner's fStalwarts.' It is
said that the National Committee does not dare
interfere in that State. Nebraska is perfectly
safe for Roosevelt and Fairbanks. because the flu
sion between the Democrats and Populists does
not extend to the electoral ticket, but there is
complete fusion for members of the Legislature
who will vote for William J. Bryan for United
States Senator, and for members of the House of
Representatives This makes four districts now
represented by Republicans doubtful. So, too, in
Kansas, where Mr.. Roosevelt will have a tremen-
dous majority, fusion has placed three Republi-
can districts in the doubtful column. Massachu-
sets is also safely Republican on the National
ticket, but three Republican districts are fighting,
ground. and the two districts in Rhode Island are
questionable. Connecticut, with a solid represen.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-18
EDITORIAL
CURRENT EVENTS: THE DRIFT OF THINGS
AS WE SEE IT.

Except in the Russo-Japanese War, last week
brought no events of overshadowing Importance.
There the Russians hope of success at the first of
the week wilted like a Jonah's gourd before the
week was half done.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-18
Japs and Russians in Another Great Battle.

The heaviest fighting since the battle of Lao
Yang occurred in the vicinity of Mukden last
week. On Monday it was announced with a -four
ish that Gen. Kuropatkin would assume the Of
fensive, that Russia had decided that the time for
vigorous fighting had come, and that henceforth
the tide of war would turn against the Japs. And
this report, as the St. Petersburg dispatches an
nounced last Tuesday, "sent a thrill of ioy
throughout Russia" But the JOY was short-lived.
Kuropatkin did leave Mukden and surprise the
japanese at Yentai, and at first, it did look as if
he would win a victory. "I have now begun to
make war" he telegraphed to his home govern
ment' and the Russian press grew enthusiastic
But even as
The King of France with forty thousand men
Marched up hill and then marched down again.
so did Kuropatkin with his 200, 900 Russians.
With the ferceness of a tiger surprised in his
lalr' the japanese, after a temporary wavering,
turned upon the Cossack forces and drove than
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-18

back after terrible fighting. "On both Sides says
the Associated Press, "there have been such losses
in killed and wounded as make the contest one OF
the bloodiest battles in history. Already the
losses at Lao Yang have been appropriated and
the Indication are that they will be exceeded;
that of the Russians up to noon of October IA
being estimated at $4,000"
In the bitter cold which so numbed the fingers
of the soldiers as to make accurate aiming diff
cult, here occurred perhaps the most desperate
fighting of the war. The Russians, inspired by
hope of victory at last, fought with a courage
such as they have not shown before.
"Both sides displayed complete disregard of
of life,' says a Mukden dispatch. "Villages and
other positions we're taken and retaken seven and
eight times daily at terrible cost. Hand-to-hand
encounters we're frequent, the combatants throw
ing hand grenades with murderous effect. The
cannonading continued all night. Guns have been
captured and re-captured in force in hand-to-
hand fights, while a p%itiless downpour of rain, the
Inevitable accompaniment of a great battle, has
flooded the trenches and drenches both armies
without allaying the desperate conflict"
The Russian officials, and especially the Gar,
who is said to have personally directed General
Kuropatkin to assume the offensive, are greatly
depressed by the defeat.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-18
Watson's Letter of Acceptance.

In previous issues of The Progressive Farmer
we have reviewed at considerable length the letters
of acceptance of Messrs. Roosevelt and Parker.
Last Monday, the Populist candidate, Thomas E.
Watson, formally accepted his nomination In a
letter which the New York Outlook pronounces
"by far the liveliest contribution to campaign lit
erature in the present canvass" Mr.. Watson
scores both Roosevelt and Parker, but he insists
that Roosevelt is a straight-out Republican and
plutocrat who fights in the open, while Parker,
pretending to be the opposition candidate, really
stands for practically nothing that Roosevelt OPP
poses. ooh, if that pretense at Esopus would only
get out of my way" he declares, II would lead a
fight for genuine democracy that would startle
the powers that bel"
"The Peoples Party" says Mr.. Watson, "favors
the public ownership of public utilities. In near
ly every civilized country the government owns
the railways, the telegraphs and the telephones.
The last two should be a part of our ~postoffce
system, to which should be added the parcel post,
to free our people from the extortionate charges
of the express companies. The Peoples Party has
always earnestly advocated the graduated income
tax. This would not only throw the support of
the government upon the rich, where it should be,
but would, in a great measure, prevent the accu-
of huge, unnecessary and dangerous for
tunes. we 1aVor the elght-hour law, ana the aDo-
lition of childlabor in factories, where the I'M
healthy moral and physical conditions are almost
certain to destroy the child. We believe it to be
a part of mans natural liberty and equality to
labor for himself and not for a master, and that
the laws should be so framed that there should be
no monopoly of the land for either the living or
the dead"
1t is probably true that the Republican Nation
al National Committee is aiding the Populists Ill
some States, but there is no reason to doubt the
sincerity of Mr.. Watson himself. Nor is it sur
prising that many men who supported Mr.. Bryan
with his free silver and anti-monopoly planks in
1896 and 1900 are not satisfied with Candidate
Parker in 1904. The Watson movement was in
evitable.
Japs and Russians in Another Great Battle.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-18
Glenn's Educational Policy.

Candidate Glenn's Educational Policy.
When Hon. r. B. Glenn was nominated for
Governor by the Democratic Convention in
Greensboro last June, there we're many who feared
that he would stump the State in favor of the
Vardaman idea, that is, for Gripping the negro
schools by allowing them only the direct school
taxes paid by the negrces-a policy which, as Gov
ernor Aycock pointed out, would be unworthy of
a strong race dealing with a weaker, and would
do incalculable harm by driving labor from the
State. Responsibility, however, seems to have
sobered Mr.. Glenn-or perhaps it is only the fact
that the Convention which nominated him almost
unanimously rejected the Vardaman plank he had
been reported as favoring. At Smithfe1d last
week Mr.. Glenn, according to a report in the Ra-
leigh News and Observer, thus defined his educa-
tional views:
Saying that he was asked for his views on edu-
cation, he said that some had reported that he op-
posed education. L do not he cried. T favor
education. Aycock is a taller. a higher man than
I, a man of more ability, but [ am going to stand
on tiptoe and see if I cannot write my name in
education a quarter of an inch higher than his
Then he told that for the negro he favored an edu-
cation IN reading, writing and arithmetic, follow
ed by instruction that would fit him for the farm.
and for labor that BELTS him, that the Bible made
the negro a newer of wood and he did not favor
a division in half of the school funds. nor vet for
the negro to be educated from only his own taxes,
but that something above this should be given him.
Mr.. Glenn also urged an education of the hand
for the white boy and girl. and for his own daugh-
ter declared that he would rather see her married
to a laboring man of character, than to a dude,
no matter how high sounding his name, without
character"
IF Mr.. Glenn as Governor will confne himself
to this line of activity-to giving public education
a practical and industrial turn-he may do a no
less notable service to the State by urging better
schools than Governor Aycock has done by urging
longer schools. For it is true that we stand in
about as dire need of an improved quality of rural
education as of an increased quantity of rural
education. The law for teaching agriculture to
all children over fourteen is only step in the right
direction, and this. law is by no means generally
enforced as yet. Especially is there need of a
changed policy in the negro schools, for as the
writer said in The Progressive Farmer three
weeks ago: Industrial education, as exemplifed
in Hampton and Tuskegee Institutes, strikes d-
rectly at the evils which foster crime; and to
breathe the spirit of these institutions into the
general public school system of the negro. race is
the imperative and immediate duty of those who
have the matter in charge. To delay in this
means danger. It is the impotence and ~ineptness
of the old systems that have brought people to
doubt the wisdom of ali negro od1ca+;or -
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-04-09
Montana Mining Notes.

-Four feet of gold ore, samples from
which are siad to run from $4,000 to
S11 900 to the ton, has been discover
ed in the property of the Crevasse
Mountain Mining company at Gre
vase, Montana. The Basin Reduction
company, which handles all the ore
from the Heinze mines of Butte at
Basin, Mont. is to enlarge its con-
ce1trator to handle $500 tons a day
instead of 1900 tons, as now. This
will make it one of the largest con-
centratOrs i'll the world, and will re-
suit in an increase by one half i'll the
number of employees. The company
has also started work on the dam below
Basin, to hold the tailings. The main
dam will be of timber and rock, 200
feet long and about % feet high. From
this another dam about 600 feet long
will extend to the railroad grade. The
water backed up more than mile,
giving large surface for the tailings.
and slum to settle upon. The dam
will be completed in about five weeks
The supreme court of Montana in an
opinion by Associate Justice George r.
Mllburn has reversed the judgement of
Judge William Clancy of the district
court of Silver Bow county, allowing
Thomas r. Kinds 5000, 900 as cOmpen-
sation and $31, Jig as expenses for the
five days he was receiver of the Boston
q Montana properties in the case of
Forester q McGinniss against the
Boston and Montana, and the suit
brought to recover the amount claimed
for compensation and expenses will be
tried again in the lower court. The
Supreme court states that the evidence
i'll the records is not sufficient for it to
decide upon just and reasonable
compensation for the receiver and for
an expense allowance. f. A. Heinze,
president of the Montana Ore Purchas-
ing company; Al Frank, secretary of
the johnson, and j. Trerise superin-
tendent of the Rarus mine, paid their
fines for violating the order of the fed
eral court, enjoining Heinze and the
Amalgamated Copper company from
mining the Michael Davitt lode claim.
1t was $4,000.
After much discussion and strong
resistance on the part of the Montana
Ore Purchasing company s attorneys,
Judge Beatty, i'll the federal court,
signed the order asked for by the attor-
neys for the Butte and Boston COM
pany granting that company a pe1pet-
ual inspection of the workings of the
RarDg and johnson claims
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-04-09
COL. WINSTON DIES.
Heart Failure Takes the Noted Law
yer, Orator, Editor and Humorist.

Spokane, April 4.-Patrick Henry
Winston, former attorney general of
Washington, former United States dis
trict attorney, and editor of WinstOn's
Weekly, died in this city Easter morn
ing at 1870 o'clock. In his passing
departed one Of the best known men
in Washington-a man of brilliant
mind, of powerful eloquence. wonder
full humOr and an ever ready flow Of
wit His eloquence had thrilled the
hearts of men and women from many
rostrums in many states, ana his hui
NOR had delighted thousands.
Colonel Winstons death came sud-
denly-as he had often expressed a
wish that it should. For several
months he had been suffering from in
digestion and heart trouble.
The news of Colonel Winston's
death will come as a shock to hun
dreds of people, not only in the state
of Washington, but all over the east
and south. He enjoyed the acquaint-
ance of many of the leading men of
the nation, and probably no man had
so wide an acquaintance in the state
of Washington. His elOquence, his
humor, his power as an orator and his
one time activity in politics all COM
bined to give him a wide acquaintance.
while in Spokane, where he had lived
since 1883, he was known either per-
sonally or by sight to almost every
resident of the city.
Colonel Winston was born in the
town of Winsor, IN BERTHE county,
North Carolina, August 81, 1S47. and
was accordingly over Sc years of age.
His father, whose name likewise was
Patrick Henry Winston, was a lawyer
of distinction in North Carolina.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-04-09
British Columbia Mining Notes.

n. f. Mcknight of Silverton. an
Lemon creek to a syndicate headed
by S. r. Oldacre of Helena, Mont, on
a basis of $4,000 Of that $4,000 was
paid down and the balance is due in
six months.
There is a movement on foot for the
removal of the duty on soft coal i'm
ported from the United States. The
duty is SO cents a ton. Railway com
panies and manufacturers are in IA
yor Of the duty being removed.
After running a crosscut at the 500
foot level on the Rambler-Cariboo in
the SLOGAN, the main ledge has again
been encountered, and drifting in the
ore has started.
Paul Couldrey, manager Of the lie
Roi No. 2, at Rossland, in his report
for February, cables the London office:
Estimated tonnage shipped for Feb
ruary is, Josie, 1858 tons; No. 1 Mine,
40 tons. The net receipts, after de-
Quoting smelling charges, $21, Asst, from
which to be deducted mining eX-
penses."
The list of quiescent mines at Ross
land likely to resume operations with
in two or three months embraces
these; Iron Mask, Cliff, Blue Bird,
Iron Colt, Monte Cristo and Velvet.
These properties have been closed
down for periods ranging from one to
four years, in the course of which
conditions affecting mining costs have
been almost revolutionized.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-04-09

eight hour day victory in the soft coal
regions.
John Bland has entered suit in the
district court against the Frisco Con-
solidated Mining company to recover
$4,000 damages on account of injuries
employed In the company's mines at
Gem, Idaho.
The Northport smelter will start up
again within 30 days, says T. J. Will
son, manager of the smeter The
sampling plant is about completed and
sample between 500 and 1000 tons of
ore a day.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-04-09
Honors About Even.

In the meantime the Russian and
Japanese outposts are in constaN,
touch on the line Of the Choug Choug
ing, but as a rule they do not come to
serious conflict. although few sharp
encounters have taken place, IN which
honOrs were about even. The country
in northern Korea is of such a nature
that the Cossacks are badly handicap.
ped and are hardly so effective as
well trained infantry forces would be-
The weather is improving. though com.
municatiOn is still extremely difficult
The Japanese are constantly improv.
ing the roads, and even though they
penetrate far into Manchuria, they will
not suffer sc muCu as General InuOy's
men on the marcn to seize Pingyang
last month.
The naval conditions are extremel!
puzzling. 1t is impossible to learn
whether the entire Russian fleet was
in Port Arthur at the time of the
last Japanese attack When the Hal
mum passed the entrance of the harbOr
ish no smoke in the harbor and we
met no vessels on the way. The dense
fogs that at this season of the year
hang over the waters and make navi'
cation extremely hazardous, may give
Admiral Makaroff the opportunity to
practice his own theories regarding de-
stroyer tactics and attempt night
dash on the Japanese fleet.
The latest trustworthy reports show
that the Russian land forces are in the
main on the line between Liaoyang
and Hal Cheng, south of Mukden, while
all of the arrivals from the north and
the troops that could be spared from
Forth Arthur are concentrated az
points where they are available for
quick dispatch to the Yalu when they
are needed there. There are also mo
bile forces at other points ready TOT
dispatch to any theatened point.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-04-09
MINING AND MINING NEWS
SHELTERS ARE PREPARING FOR
SPRING WORK.
Items of Interest Gathered During the
Past Week-B. c. Lead and Zinc
Mines Busy on Account Of Bounty
Occur d'Alene District a Great Pro.
ducer-Accidents and Personals.

With the declaring of a dividend by
the Big Casino mine IN Tuolumne
county, California, another dividend
paying mine is added to the list OF val
liable properties in which Spokane
mining men are Interested. The prop
erty has been Systematically deyel-
oped until the Big Casino shows one
of the largest ore shoots on the famous
mother lode of Tuolumne county The
plant consists of a 100 ton mill, 10
which 10 stamps are being added.
Finch & Galusha are representatives.
Tor the company.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-04-09
Riot in Chicago.

Chicago, April 6.-In a riot at the
plant of the Diesel branch of the Amer
lean Can company growing out of an
effort to reopen the factory and retain
30 Greek strike breakers, one man was
shot. The union can makers, who de-
manded the discharge of the Greeks,
We're gathered about the factory when
the nonunlon men, under police escort,
approached. Bricks began 10 fly and
several shots We're fired. In the attack
ing party were a number of girls The
strikers were dispersed bv the police.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-04-09
Princess Edward Is Dead.

LOndon-Princes Edward of SAKE
Weimar died here of acute pneumonH'
aged II years.
Princess Edward of SaXe-Welln@
was Lady Augusta Catherine Gardon
LennoX, and was married to Prince
Edward in 1851 She was a daughle
of the fifth duke of Richmond. Queea,
Victoria granted to her the title .
Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar -
England, and in Germany she held 'n'
title of countess of Dobnburg.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-04-09
Mining News.

Owing to the completeness of the
canvass made, the volume Of mineral
resources for 1902, which the United
States geological survey will soon have
ready for distribution, will be of moro
than usual value to those interested
in the development of the countrys
mineral wealth.
Owing to lack of water the mills of
the famous Treadwell mines on Doug
las island are running at only one quar-
ter Of their full capacity.
The joint scale committee of the coal
operators and miners of Illinois have
signed the scale. Ihe scale agreed on
at Indianapolis, five and one-half cents,
was adopted.
The Iowa miners and operators fail
ed to agree and 1850 miners are on
strike. Every mine in Iowa is closed.
The mining prospects in the Keller
district, on the south half OF the Col
Vile reservation, in Washington, are
looking good. The project of erecting
a smelter at Keller is one that greatly
interests every mining man in the dis
trict
Sodden & sFredericks of Pony, Mon
tana, who have been making extensive
| tests of their new process, claim that
they have been able to save every par
ticle of gold in 40 tons of low grade
ore so far subjected to the process
They are secretive regarding the pro-
cess. 1t is known that the ore is first
| pulverized and then roasted in an
electrical apparatus, after which it is
put through wash" Tests have
been temporarily suspended, as the
deep snow prevents them from getting
ore from the Old Joe mine, property
they recently acquired.
A notice is posted at the NorthpOrt
smelter notifying the men that work
there will be resumed in a few days.
This notice was evidently posted to
! prevent a general exodus of the men who
We're making preparations to leave.
The Majestic Copper Mining'&5 Smelt-
ing company of Salt Lake City, Utah,
is now in the hands of two receivers.
r. r. Tanner has charge of the COM
pany's affairs in Utah, and Henry Alt
man in Colorado.
a flaw in the large fly wheel in the
Federal Mining company's compressor
at Wardner, Idaho, caused the wheel
which is IA feet in diameter, to break
while running at full speed of ia
revolutions a minute. Parts of the
wheel were hurled through the walls
of the building on both sides and the
floor was smashed in. No one was
hurt.
All the collieries in Wilkesbarre
Pa, were idle one day last week, the
miners remaining away from the work
TO celebrate the anniversary of the
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-04-09
Fire in Rideau Hall Wing.

Ottawa, Ontario.-The new WING ',
Rideau hall. the official residence :, :,
the governor, has been destroyed =. !,
fire. Some anxiety was at first -.
for the safety of Lady Mimic, VINO We,
lying in one of the apartments WIN :
fractured leg, but her removal was .
complished without difficulty. Rluee =
hall was purchased as the Vlceiest
residence SO years ago, and has W. ~
about 100000. The damage Dy
fire was about $4,000.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-04-09
Sundays War News.

Field Marshal Yamagata Of Japan
says the Japanese probably will fight
their first great battle against force
Of Russians numerically twice as large
as that of Japan. He believes Japan
would have done better to attack be-
fore the Russians transported so many
men to Manchuria.
Orders to the warsnips at Cronstadt
are to be ready to sail by the last OF
July, says Paris military expert.
Ice on Lake Baikal is breaking up
and the railroad is being removed. The
railroad has served the purpose for
which il was intended.
Twelve of the customs officers
at VladivOstock have been withdrawn
and sent to Irkutsk. This is the first
step in the direction of closing the Gus
tom house there because of the poor
trade prospects in consequence of the
war. 1t is expected that Vladivostock
viii be declared free port after the
conclusion of the war.
Brigadier General II. T. Allen, Unit
ed States military observer with the
Japanese forces, has started for Ma
milo
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-04-09
Leup's Estate.

st. Louis, April 6--In the inventory
OF the personal property of the late
millionaire brewer, William ]. Lemp.
shows a total valuation of $4,34S 900.
1t Is believed that the real estate is
worth 100000. The widow inherits
nearly the whole estate.