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The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-08-15
Aggressive Republicans in Virginia.

The Republicans of Virginia held their State
Convention in Roanoke last week and Nominated
full ticket Secretary of the Treasury Shaw of
Mr.. Roosevelts cabinet was present and doIvarod
what many regard as the opening speech IN h;
campaign for the Presidential nomination in 1908
In this Speech however, he avowed himself tbo
champion of the most extreme Protectionisnl, and
the pendulum of popular thought is now swinginp
in the opposite direction. Commenting on the
Roanoke Convention, the Richmond Times-Dis-
catch, the States best-known Democratic dailv
predicts that Virginia is henceforth to have
strong minority party, saying:
''It is not to be denied that the Republican con-
vention in session in the city of Roanoke was the
ablest and most respectable body which that party
has ever assembled in Virginia. 1t is notable too
that there were few negro delegates. and those
who were present took little part in the proceed
ings. The negro is no longer a factor III Virginia
politics, and the temporary chairman made en-
phatic the statement that no in Virginia
needs longer to vote the Democratic ticket on ac-
count of an imaginary question that no longer
exists Let Democrats reflect. The political sit
uation in Virginia has changed, and the Demo
cratic party must stand or fall by its merits The
Republicans will be bolder and more aggressive
in this campaign than ever before. They have
nominated for Governor, Judge L. L. Lewis,
man of ability and character, who is deservedy
popular and who commands the respect and con-
idence of all classes of Virginia citizens. In view
of all this, the Democratic party has stiff fight
on it's hands and should recognize and accept the
fact. The party must be its good behavior
and especially must the managers be careful thai
the forthcoming Democratic primary is conducted
so fairly that there will be suspicion Of
fraud or trickery."
The Montague Martin Senatorial primary
ours Saturday. and the news that to
from the Old Dominion indicates that it is to be
a very close contest
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-08-15
The Russian and Japanese Peace ENJOYS.

Russia's ENJOYS are Count Sergius Witte and
Baron Roman Romanovitch Rosen, and Japan's
are Baron Jutaro Komura and Mr.. Kogora Taxa
hira pronounce these namesun hestitantingly, for
VI, hody will have the temerity to correct you)
AID of these the most distinguished is NJ Serglus
Wi5te formerly Russias Minister of Finance and
7.ov. President of the Imperial Committee of Min
i,ters Witte has risen from the ranks; began
.ife as railroad clerk and porter, rose steadily
until he became manager of several railway sys-
tens, and in 1892 appointed Minister of
Finance. In this position he did a notable work,
but was too progressive for the Russian bereau-
cracy. He opposed beginning the war with
Japan and has been regarded well qualified
for bringing about suitable terms of peace. Baron
Rosen, his co-laborer, has represented Russia Of
ficially in Toxic and Washington, and has recent
ly succeeded Count Cassni as ambassador to
America.
The leading peace commissioner on the part of
Japan is Baron Jutaro Komura, Japans Minister
of Foreign Affairs. He for Japan and Baron
Rosen for Russia conducted the unsuccessful dip
lomatic negotiations eighteen months ago, when
Russa's policy forced Japan into Seldom
in the history of the world has the relative stand
ing of two Powers changed so much in eighteen
months as has that of Japan and Russia since
Rosen and Komura last met. Like many other Jap
anese leaders, Komura was educated in America,
being graduate of Harvard. Japan's other peace
envoy is Mr.. Kogoro Takahira who, like Baron
Rosen. is now his country S minister to America
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-08-15
Japan's Terms of Peace.

These titled gentlemen with their names and
other baggage safely landed in Portsmouth, i'm
mediately proceeded 20 business. Credentials
promptly exchanged, and the Russian gov
ernment, representing 100000 square miles of
territory and 12SOOOOOO people, found itself lis
tening to terms of peace dictated by nation with
only 2 per cent of her area and only about
third her population. And the terms which Japan
suggested were, first, the payment of her
penses and then in addition to this
"The cession of Port Arthur and the Lao Tu i.
Peninsula to Japan. The evacuation of Man
churia The cession of the Island of Sakhain.
The control of the Russo Chinese Railway far
north as Harbin."
These terms were Immediately cabled to the
Gar, the Russian ministers conferred together
and with their home government, and on Saturday
morning the Russian reply presented to
Baron Komura. The payment of Japan's ex-
penses and the cession of Sakhalin Island, says
the reply, out of the question; the other
points are practically agreed to.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-08-15
The Yellow Fever Scourge.

The yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans
shows little signs of abatement as yet. Each day
a large number of new cases are reported, each
day a number of deaths; each day more people in
the threatened territory flee to the mountains
The United States Marine Hospital Service is
now in charge of the situation, and the campaign
against mosquitoes and mosquito breeding places
is being vigorously prosecuted. Archbishop Chap
pelle one of the most distinguished American
Catholics was one of the fever victims last week.
The MOSQUITO theory of the disease is now gen
orally accepted and to those who object that
have occurred in Philadelphia and other Northern
Cities where the Stegomyia mosquito does not
habitually flourish, the Medical Record replies
that cit is more reasonable to explain these cpl
denies on the supposition of an importation of
the feverbearing insect than it is to explain the
fact of Havana's riddance any but the mos
quito theory
The Peters Jordan Incident.
An unfortunate incident of last week was the
removal of Vice-President Peters of the Southern
Cotton Association by President Jordan who act
ed with the approval of the Executive Committee.
Peters may have been persistenty perverse in try
ing to embarass Jordan's work relative to the De-
partment of Agriculture but in this he was only
hurting himself, while we fear that Jordan's GUST
ing Peters will hurt the President and the Asso-
citation. Col Peters, we believe, was at the head
of the National Cotton Association, strong or
ganization of Texas growers, until the New
Orleans meeting last January, when this was
merged with the Southern Cotton Association,
and Peters elected Vice-President Many cotton
farmers fear that his removal will ALLEVIATE Texas
from the rest of the South, and prevent an eff
fective organization of the cotton farmers As
Vlce-President, Peters had little authority his
nagglng could not have amounted to much, and
we fear that his removal from Office without any
more serious charges against him will make him
Tar more troublesome than before.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-17

feet up on a chair or do anything dis
graceful like that after a hard days
work he used to go to the club. Oh,
no; he never smoked at home! You
couldn't associate anything so vulgar
as smoke with Mrs. Blanks gentle, re-
fined nature. Why, she was as dainty
and pure minded as a flower. Mr.
Blank was not fit to be her husband
He was made Of much coarser clay
Why, he used to read the sporting page
and go occasionally to boxing match
OF course he never told her these
things, but once she came in suddenly
and found him reading dreadful
large typed account Of prize fight in
paper, and, my dear, it almost killed
her. She wasn't herself for days after
ward
All, yes, she was a wonderful soul,
a model wife and mother!
And yet of the inner life Of her hus-
band and her children, Of their likes,
dislikes, struggles and inward cries
for help, this model wife and mother
knew not one blessed thing.
MAUD ROBINSON.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-17

While no official action was taken at
the meeting of the Commercial Club
held at the Hotel Dacres last evening,
considerable information regarding the
irrigation project was impaired by En-
gineer T. A. Noble who addressed the
meeting for fully an hour. Mr.. Noble
stated that the project had not been
abandoned but that the work would
probably be delayed, inasmuch as the
original estimate had been greatly ex-
ceeded by subsequent investigation
of the scheme. He said he was not in
a position to advise the people of
Eastern Washington one way or the
other, but was able to state facts re-
garding the cost of the proposed pro-
the reviewing board of engineers.
The report of the last examining
board he said mad been forwarded to
Washington two weeks ago but he was
not at liberty to state the nature of it's
contents He intimated however, that
the estimated cost per acre of reclaim
ing the land would be around $45 as
against $36, which was the estimate
of the former board of engineers. En-
gineer Mobiles remarks were closely
followed, denoting how much interest
is being taken in the proposed project.
DR.. N. G. Blalock presided over the
meeting and in one of his cnaracteris-
tic and forcible speeches took the O.
r. & N. to task for it's stand taken in
regard to the removal of its tracks
from the Washtucna coulee branch.
He was of the opinion that the o. r. &
N. could we'll afford to bear all the ex-
pense of moving the tracks as the road
was the one to receive the greatest
benefits in event the Palouse project
was pushed through. Among those
present at the meeting were:
Mayor Gilbert Hunt, Vice President
McCabe of the w. & C. R.; H. H. Tur-
ner, Harry Strong, Miles c. Moore, Eu-
gene Lorton Isaac w. Anderson, Ben
Holt. J. B. Catron, Judge Mariner, w.
P. Winans, ex-senator o. T. Cornwell,
DR.. n. G.. Blalock, Allen Reynolds, Sen
ator Fred M. Pauly, A. F. Slater, pri-
vate secretary to Senator Ankeny; w.
H. Kirkrnan, c. F. Van De Water, John
H. Mcdonald and Engineer Theron A.
Noble.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-17
MRS. DOCTOR ANITA NEWCOMB
MGEE WILL BE At WHITMAN
FRIDAY NIGHT
Had Charge Of American Corps Of the
Nurses in Japanese Army-saw
Service in Philippines.

Mrs Anita Newcomb MCGEE, who
had charge of the American corps OF
nurses in the Japanese army, and was
head nurse in the American army dur
ing the Spanish American war in the
Philippines, will lecture Friday even
ing at Whitman chapel under the au-
spices of the mission study class of
the Young Mems Christian association
and the Young Women's Christian as
ISOLATION of the college. Her reputa-
ton is almost world wide. Her lee
ture is illustrated with colored lantern
slides and forms wonderfully thrill
ing account of the great war now be-
ing carried on in the orient.
DR.. MCGEE is the only person in
sstance in the present war was ac-
copied by the Japanese government
and Red Cross society. AS president
of the Spanish American war nurses
and as representative of the society of
the Red Cross of Philadelphia, Pa,
she took a party of trained nurses to
Japan for a period of six months of
work in the army hospitals of that
country. All of these nurses had seen
field service in the nurse corps of our
own army, some in both Cuba and the
Philippines and even in China. Going
without compensation, as all of the
party dir, they were welcomed as the
guests of the Japanese nation ana as
signed to posts of honor as nurses in
the most important hospital of the
army (Hiroshima, Ujina) and on the
finest hospital ships. They worked
side by side with the Japanese nurses
in the wards, and operating rooms, so
that benefit should be gained by direct
comparison of work and methods
The minister of war appointed DR..
MCGEE Kangofu Kantok (superintend-
ent of nurses) with rank of officer in
Tie JdpdISSe Amy, ana she was Scll
to inspect and report on various hos
pitfalls in Japan and on the Yalu river,
travelling on the hospital ship Kosai
Maru.
During the whole of the time the
party spent in Japan the appreciation
and gratitude of the soldiers and of
the whole nation, from the throne it
self and the highest nobility down to
the country folk and school children,
found expression in a thousand ways.
His majesty, the emperor, bestowed on
DR.. MCGEE the Order of the Sacred
Crown, a very rare honor, and she re-
ceived also the special decoration of
the Red Cross society. Each of the
nurses also received decorations.
By courtesy of the government, the
party returned home on a United
States army transport, and since then
the emperor has instructed the Japa-
nese minister in Washington to convey
to our government his thanks for the
very valuable services rendered by DR..
McGee's party to Japan.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-17
hCDEL WIVES AND MOTHERS

:OmetImes the World Is Inclined to
Exaggerate Their Goodness.
"Ah, she was such a good woman
hey said of Mrs. Blank when she died
Model wife and mother!' put in an
other enthusiastic friend
And l thought over that quite bit
Was she such a success as wife and
mother?
Her two sons, it is true, were now
honOred members of the community,
but they had certainly had wild and
foolish youth. At one time it was even
whispered that the youngest Well,
boys will be boys! And yet it was
strange, considering that he had such
good home and such good mother.
WAS his mother aware of what he
was going through?''
"Oh, dear, no. She hadn't even an
idea that such troubles existed in the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-17
Personal Mention

Z. r. Stahl of Dayton is Walla
Walla visitor today.
J. H. Alexander Of La Grande is reg
istered at the DacreS today.
elmer Wooten is in the city today
from Starbuck. He is putting up d,
the State.
H ]. Miners, a prominent merchant
of Nez Perez, is a guest at the Dacres
today.
L. C. Houtchens, a prominent real
estate man of Waitsburg, is among VS.
itors in Waila Walla today.
Isaac O,Dell and E. ]. Purdy, well
known Prescott farmers are In Walia
Walla on business today.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-17
Trap Tournament at Toronto

TORONTO, Ont, May 1.-THE an
nual tournament of the Stanley Gun
club which opened today bids fair to
be the most successful event Of the
unusually large number of expert
marksmen are competing for the cash
prizes and valuable trophies The
program of events covers three days.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-17
tIIEGEO BICYCLE THIEF
"A MGIVEREN, A PAINTER, Ar
RESTED BY OFFICER SAN
DERsON LAST NIGHT.
Was Caught in the Act of Repaintins
Wheel Stolen of r. w. kaser a
Week Ago.

T. A. McGiveren, a painter and be-
reved to be the clever bicycle thief
who has given the police no end of
trouhIs the past month, was arrested
bv Officer Sanderson last night While
in the act of selling a wheel which
was stolen a week ago from F. w.
Kaser. of the DavisK aser company.
the officer traced the wheel to the BIZ
cycle repair shop in Alder street, be-
tween Third and Fourth streets.
When questioned about the wheel
McGiveren declared that he had pur-
chased it of hobo for 81. AS he could
give no further explanation. Officer
SandersOn placed him under arrest
and took him to the city Jail. Mr..
Kaser fully identified the wheel soon
afterward. Officer Sanderson yester-
day received information that the
wheel was hidden in a barn on Jeffer-
son street, but when he visited the
place he was unable to find it. BY
questioning the neighbors the officer
learned that McGiveren had placed such
= wheel in the barn the day before,
JFhich led to the mans identification
and arrest last night The fact that
McGiveren has told so many different
stories leads the police to believe that
they have the right man.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-17
TOWN TOPICS

Death of Mrs. Ginn-Mrs. Catherine
Walla Walla, died at the residence, 4O9
East Main street at o'clock last eve
ming of heart trouble brought on by
paralysis. Mrs. CHM was a native OF
Canada and was nearly II years of age
She was married to Mr.. CHM in 1856
She is survived by eight children, sew
eral of whom reside in Walla Walla
The funeral will take place tomorrow
morning and interment will be in the
Weston cemetery.
Decide on Trout-A meeting of the
Walla Walla Rod and Gun Club is be-
ing held at the office of Attorney J. H.
Pedigo in the Roman building this af-
ternoon for the purpose of taking up
the matter of restocking Mill creek
with trout. The members are unde-
cided whether to stock the stream
with brook or rainbow trout. Either
variety can be obtained by Senator An
keny of the bureau of fisheries at
Washington. Senator Ankeny has ex-
pressed mis- willingness to cooperate
with the Walla Walla club to restocl
Mill creek and today's meeting is be
ing held for the purpose of deciding
the number ana variety of trout want
ed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-17

READING ABOUT BOXING MATCH.
world! She was a sanity woman. 1t
would never have done to tell her any
thing about it. She never suspected a
thing Arthur would have died rather
than confide in her anything more in
tense than his progress in his studies
and his work. Oh, dear, mol He fought
it out alone. 1t was the same thing
with her daughter Alice. At sixteen
she knew more about the world than
her mother ever did
Alice used to 60 to the mother Of one
Of her friends for advice She was a
rather frivolous, worldly minded wom-
an and entirely without Mrs Blanks
sanity character and spiritual nature"
did the children love their motherY
"Oh. yes, indeed; they had the great
est respect and admiration for her
much the same feeling they had for the
beautiful bit Of porcelain china in the
parlor which was meant to look at,
but never for USE"
And her husband?'
"Oh, well, he had such a model home
that whenever he wanted to put bis
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-17
Apt Comparison.

Il understand Bilkins is very in
dependent man."
Il should say so. Why, Bilkins Is as
independent as the sole negro cook at
the only restaurant in a small village
when eight drummers are waiting for
something to eat" New Orleans
Times Democrat.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-17
The Worst Ever

The Worst Ever.
Hes a very meek individual, isn't
hep
Meek? Why, that's no name for It!
He wouldn't even show fight If he were
cheated out Of his turn In the barber
shop."-Philadelphi Press.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-17
Too Fast.

Too Fast.
Slam-I had an accident with my
auto this morning.
Bang-Will the damages amount to
much?
Slam-No; I didn't break the ma
chine. I only broke the law.-Detroit
Free Press.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-17
Mccormick, Goes to Dieppe.

PARIS, May 17.-Ambassador NC
Corr,;ck has gone to Dieppe to recuper-
ate as the result of an attack of grippe.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-17
1t Hurts.

She-Mrs. Nervey wasn't invited to
the o'clock tea, but she came just
the same, and when she entered the
room the silence was painful
He-Naturally. Silence is always
painful among women. - Philadelphia
Ledger
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-17
Asked and Answered.

Asked and Answered.
The Maid-What is love?
The Bachelor-Love is the prelude to
matrimony.
The Maitland what Is matrimony?
The Bachelor-The prelude to alimo-
ny.-Columbus CO., Dispatch.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-17

For Acetylene Gas Machine address
e. H. Hombuckle, College Place.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-17

Concert Tuesday. May %, Whitman
Chapel.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-17

But for a real goo1 meal go to
Olson's.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-17
WHITMAN ATHLETES TO MEET
THEIR OLD ENEMY THURS
DAY AFTERNOON.
Only intercollegiate Meet to Be Held in
WaiIa WalIa This Year-A Hol-
iday Has Been Declared

Whitman athletes are training hard
for the big meet with Idaho ON Thurs
day afternoon at 2 o'clock. This is
the only intercollegiate meet mere this
year and the faculty have decreed
holiday for Friday afternoon. Dorsey
Hill will referee the meet. The boys
at Billings hal have it figured out that
Whitman has a better chance of win
ming this meet than she ever had of
winning a track meet.
Postpone Tryouts
1t has been decided to postpone the
tryout for the oratorical contest to
choose an intercollegiate orator until
next October at Whitman. This con-
test has usually been held in Com
mencement week, but the feeling
among those interested in this line of
work at the college, was expressed at
meeting Monday afternoon, seems to
be that it would be better to have the
tryout and the intercollegiate contest
come during the same year. The big
contest will also occur at Whitman
next year.
Whitman College Notes
Rev. Giboney, of the First Presbyte-
rian church of Spokane, mas been ask
ed by the faculty of Whitman college
to deliver the baccalaureate sermon
at the coming Commencement on Sun
day, June II.
The faculty at their meeting yester
day afternoon granted permission to
the freshman class for a class picnic
on Saturday.
Professor w. A. Bratton returned
yesterday morning from a very sue
cessful trip visiting the different high
schools of Southern Idaho and Eastern
Oregon in the interests of Whitman
college. A very vigorous campaign
for young men who are both students
and athletes will be conducted by
Whitman college this summer.
Resolutions concerning the death of
DR.. O. w. Nixon were adopted by the
faculty, and a special meeting of the
Associated Students has been called
for Friday, at which similar resolu-
tons will be adopted.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-17

concert Tuesday, May %, Whitman
Chapel.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-17

The Portland Restaurant will help
YOU save money.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-05-17
1t Is a Well Known Fact

that whenever a meritorious article
comes into the market and epiovs good
patronage some one will try to initiate
it and thereby destroy the reputa-
ton of the original article. To guard
against this l caution the lovers of a
good Cigar to look out sharp and get
the genuine article and no substitute.
FiEDLER's LONG ONES UUz DE
ORO), INVlNCIBLE and SWEET
ERIN are made of the best imported
tobacco in the market.
Gilpin observer., 1905-08-10
COSTLY HATS FOR mrN.
Gen. Grants $500 Mexican Som.
brero Still Holds Record.

Talking about expensive hats"
said a prominent hat dealer, 'the
most costly hat that was ever mahe
was presented to Gen. Grant while in
Mexico in 1882. 1t cost 81 500 in gold.
1t is now in the national museum at
Washington, says the New York Press.
Panama hats used to be frequently
sold MS high as $500 each. I remem.
ber selling four hats at that price in
single day in 1872, but such hats are
no longer to be obtained. The most
expensive panama have sold in
years was bought by a banker of this
city last week for $100. 1t was the
last fine panama hat in stock. Such
hats are still worn by the hidalgos in
South America. They are not made
in Panama, but got the name because
that city was formerly the greatest
market for them. The finest hats
come from Peru. They are made Of
the fiber of the pita or pineapple plant,
which is as soft and pliable as silk,
and some of them are so fine that
they can be folded up and carried in
ones vest pocket"