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The Imperial press., 1904-02-27
Rushing in Trees

The Chamber of Commerce last week received two carloads of cottonwood cut tings from Yuma, which have been turned over to farmers and lot owners at actual cost of cutting and freight, the Southern Pacific Company having given half rate on them.
 At the same time, many shade and fruit trees are being set out by farmers, with the result that many more trees are being set out in the valley than ever before.
 Small cuttings are also being taken from trees sprouted from cuttings last spring and the year before.
 This will probably be the last season in which it will be necessary to import cottonwood cuttings, as next spring small cuttings will beavailable to every body.
The Imperial press., 1904-02-27
A Desert IdyI
BY CHARLES SUMNER LOMBARD

CHARLES II firmly believe that the Imperial dis trict of San Diego County, California, embracing large portion of the des- ert through which the Colorado river flows, is destined to become the most prolific and prosperous portion of the world famed Fl Dorado. It has already sprung, within two years, from naked wilderness into such prominence as to be looked upon as the future granery of Southern Cali fornia.
 I've pitched my tent on the desert wild, Where it's gray and sun-burnt face Is scared by the oceans epitaph Of a strange and by-gone race. It is written on barren pillows,
 On the skeleton beach of the hills, In the grooves of the water-courses, In the graves of rivers and rills. It is carved on the armored mountains, That stem the thund'rous storms; It tells of race whose burial place Is where the wilderness yawns. -Waterloo-what are they, Compared with this battle-plain, Where every hummock marks a mound Where motley host lies slain? What boots it whether the pulsing tide That tinted the lips of life, Was stilled by the palsied touch of age, Or drunk by the foeman's knife? All-all, lie here mot one remains To chant the dire tale of the past, Or solace soul or point to goal Where man shall be happy at last. Strange, mingled tribes find burial Mute dust of the nameless dead !- The wilite-shelled atomic and man Asleep in one dreamless bed Over them all fathomless flood
 Has borne from the palaced earth A ruined grandeur and scattered it here, To give the worn world new birth. Each tomb-each treasury of death, Each grave-each gateway to God, Shields the fond hope of future bliss In speeches. silt and mocking clod. These crumbling skeletons were once, Like me, erect and animate; This one, perchance, no bigger dunce, And this, some lofty prince of State Beneath this bony arch, where now My warm right hand in wonder
 rests
 Meath this disintegrating brow Thought entertained her myriad
 guests.
 These eyeless sockets, once ablaze With loves soft fire, with anger's
 flame,
 Now sift the sands of drifting days That wander wanton OCT the plain These feshless fingers may have swung, Like mine, the mattock or the pen, And to some loved one fondly chung, Or clasped some idol dear to men. But where-oh, where-'mid these re-
 mains,
 Con mon dicoorp tbo ,,ySt;o l;pI>
The Imperial press., 1904-02-27

 The poetry of heaven," shine on! As ye did light the ebon bar
 Of heaven ere Babylon Beheld within thy leaves the trend Of time, the destiny of man, So now, unmuffled to the end, Ye still reveal the Makers plan. These skulls, whose upturned, ghastly
 look,
 Reflect a stern yet wise decree, To soulful eyes are but book
 Wherein to read eternity. In earth's necropolae the birds,
 The forests, fields and flowers, have
 found
 Their sweetness and their life. Gods
 words
 Of love, in whispers from the ground, Come forth like lilies to perfume The breath of life's respledent dawn. And scent the air of doubts dull tomb With faith in redemption morn. When this rude plain-the home Of prehistoric man-was green; When, standing as l stand-alone- Some pagan poet plumed his dream Of far futurity-was there,
 As now Saviour's promise given, Hedging life, by faith, by prayer Pointing a shining path to heaven? Or were these skulls the darkened dens Where Superstition nursed her brood? Did nature doom these denizens To starve by heavens ingratitude? Away! thou base, ,hell-tortured thought! All life is one, though linked with dust, And doubt, and death in all is wrought The instinct ofenduring trust- The finite and the infinite
 Indissolubly bound in one As brightest noon through blackest night Reflects from starry spheres the sun Say not ''there is no resurrection !'' That "the dead are for ever dead !" The bloom of the desert disproves it, In each foweret that lifts it's head Marvel? Yea, marvel! The miracle Of life and death is revealed The spulchred mold of the mountains Is astir in each bud of the field! Soon, soon it will rise to new glory, Till thrilled by imperial skies, It will dance in the blood of human
 flood
 And sparkle in love-let eyes! I've pitched my tent on the desert wild, Where it's glory and sun-burnt face Is scared by the oceans epitaph Of strange and by-gone race. stand alone amid throng
 Within the dim, hushed halls ofdeath, And hear the echo of song
 The prophet-voce of Nazareth:- "Live on! live on, high hope, and dare To spread thy widest wing afar, Cleaving the musky aisles of air,
 To bind thy soul to Bethlehem $ starn'
 Holton, Cal, Jan. 18th, 1904. :..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-05
GUARD BATTLES
FOUR CONVICTS
Armed Prisoners Cut Way Thru
Walls but Are Over
powered.

Jefferson City, Mo-, April 5.-A des-
perate attempt to escape from the
Missouri penitentiary was made to-day
by four convicts heavily armed ana
also carrying sticks Of dynamite
They had succeeded in cutting their
way out Of their cells and when Guard
John Williams, in making his ROUNDS,
came upon them in the corridor, they
called upon him to halt.
williams fed and gave the alarm
and a corps Of guards responded and
soon overpowered the convicts and
placed them in other cells.
The convicts, James Thornton, r. T.
Ellis, James Mcdonald and j. c. Mill
ard, assert that they secured the re-
volvers and dynamite by express, bu1
the prison authorities believe the
weapons and explosives were SNUG
gled to them by friends In visiting
An investigation was Immediately in
stituted.
Thornton, Ellis and Mcdonald came
to the penitentiary three years ago or
ten year sentences each for safe blow
ing in Platts county. Millard wa!
sentenced from Cape Girardeau count!
for grand larceny. y
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-05
RESERVOIR WATER
is NO LONGER SAFE
HEALTH DEPT. BACTERIOLOGIST
FINDS COLON BACILLI.
These Same Dangerous Germs Are Also Found in the Water
from the Northeast Pumping Staton-Ihey Have Just
Appeared and General Boiling Is in Order.

sioner loses no time In so reporting
to the water board.
Thaw Brings Pollution.
The appearance of colon bacili in
reservoir water at this time Is I'M
doubtedly due to the spring break
up in the upper river country and the
consequent drainage of refuse from
barn yards and cities into the river.
A large increase in bacteria as the
spring progressed was expected, tho
it was not supposed that colon bac1lll
would necessarily appear.
New Intake Badly Located.
Until the Northeast pumping sta
ton was started, no colon bacllll were
found in the reservoir. The water FOR
the old North station is taken from
a crib In the middle of the river thru
a long intake pipe. 1t was generally
supposed that the same plan would
be followed for the new Northeast
station, as water in the middle or
stream is more nearly pure than along
the shores.
The intake Ebay" at the new North
east station is on the shore directly
in front Of the pumphouse. There Is
no crib nor any intake pipe out into
the river. The water Is shore water
and naturally contaminated by every
thing found on the banks or the LAND
that is drained by the streams run
ming into the river. Fortunately, this
is a, mistake that can be remedied al
a comparatively small cost, as the
construction of an intake pipe into the
middle of the river is not one thai
will entail great expense or consume
any great length Of time. -,....
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-05
STRIKERS WAYLAY
AND BEAT GIRL
Two Men Attack Young Woman
Who Refused to Quit
81. Work. 8.

Chicago. April 5.-Bertha Van
Gelder, 20 years old, one Of a num-
Der Of girls employed as press feeders
by a local printing establishment in
place of striking members Of Franklin
union, Is the victim Of alleged slug
ging" tactics employed by the strik-
ers.
While on her way home accom-
panied by her younger sister Alice,
Miss Van Gelder was attacked and
brutality beaten by men who she de-
clared are striking press feeders or
their sympathizers. She Is said to be
in q critical condition.
The girl had been, it is said, warned
to quit working for the firm, but re-.
fused. She was within few doors OF
her home when two men appeared be-
fore her and one Of them struck her
blow in the face. She fell uncon-
scious and was left moaning on the
sidewalk.
When carried to her home, it was
found that her nose had been broken
and her face pummelled as II strucR
with brass knuckles, while her body
was bruised in several places where
she had been kicked. One hand was
frightfully lacerted, having appar.
entity been ground under the heel Of ar
assailant.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-05

Newport News, Va, April with
bands playing 1.-THE Star Spangled
Banner" and Dixie" and 10000 peo-
pie cheering "Godspeed." the battle
ship Virginia left the ways at the yard
OF the Newport News Shipbuilding
company to-day, taking to the water
with the grace of q swan.
The launching was the prettiest
ever seen here, being without a hitch.
Miss Matilda Gay Montagu, daughter
OF Governor Montagu, was sponsor for
the new battleship.
On the launching stand were the
governor and his staff. Assistant Sec
rotary Darling and other officials Of
the navy department and shipbuild-
Ing company, the Virginia delegation
In congress and other distinguished
guests. A luncheon followed the
ceremonies.
Just after the launching, John CAL
houn Of Richmond, Va, an aged man
who was among the spectators fell
into dry dock which holds the cruiser
Charleston. He was instantly killed
by the fall.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-05

y Whatever 1t may have been, Min
neapolis reservoir water Is no longer
Safe.
Health Commissioner Hall is the
first to make the announcement. Be
fore the water board this afternoon,
he reported the results Of the latest
daily examinations by DR.. j. Frank
Eorbett, city bacteriologist.
These showed that in samples TAX
en- yesterday from the Northeast
pumping station there were ESQ bacilli
b. cubic centimeter
In a cubic centimeter of water from
the reservoir there were ninety
bacilli.
OF these germs, some in each sam
pie were colon bacilli-the germ
Whose presence indicates the danger
of typhoid fever. They were not nu-
presence indicates pollution Of a suf-
fciently dangerous character to call
for the vigorous boiling of all city
water used for domestic purposes.
No "Colons' Till Yesterday.
Since the water agitation began, DR..
Hall has had made daily bacteriologi-
cal examinations Of water from differ
emit parts of the city's distribution
system. Until the development Of the
culture in the test Of samples taken
yesterday, no colon bacilli had been
found in reservoir water, and DR.. Hall
has stood on these results in his state
ments that the reservoir water was
safe for domestic use, tho he did not
know how long it would so remain.
Now that the colon bacillus has
been discovered, the health commits
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-05

such railway shares as it holds or to re-
ceive dividends on them. This made it
necessary to decide upon plan by which
it might distribute these shares among its
stockholders, either thru the form Of re-
ducing it's capital or dissolution of the
company.
The Northern Securities company owns
several millions Of dollars outside the
shares of railway stock which it pur-s
chased. It adopted the plan of reducing
its capital, which it is able to do with the I
consent Of two-t thirds Of it's shareholders.
The Plan Now Proposed.
Upon the reduction Of its capital all
that is left of it's holdings would be SUBJ
ject to distribution among the .sl1are1lold
ers on some fair and equitable basis. The
company by It's published circular proposes
to reduce its capital and distribute what
it owns in excess Of the capital as reduced
ratably, giving each holder OF its shares
upon their surrender an equal ratable in
terest in the railway shares it has ao-
quired.
Hartman and Pierce, as trustees Of the
Oregon Short Line, hold 1872, 900, 900 North
ern Securities shares they having sold
Northern Pacific shares held by them for
that amount in Northern Securities shares
and $9,000,000 cash. The Northern Pacific
shares sold were $41,000, 600 preferred and
37,0O0,000 common. The preferred no
longer exists. The Northern Securities
company, you will note, did not negotiate
for these shares ]: P. Morgan & Co.
made the purchase and assigned the
shares to the Northern Securities COM
pany. The Northern Securities company
exercised the option 1t acquired It bought
convertible bonds and thru their use the
preferred was retired and common stock
acquired in It's stead.
Values Have Changed.
Thru the Increase of traffic resulting
since the Northern Securities company
was organized, and of earnings, Northern
Pacific stock has increased very greatly in
value.
Hartman and Pierce. by their petition.
ask the court to direct that the Northern
Securities company give to them as trus-
tees Of the Oregon Short Line not only the
$37, 100000 Of Northern Pacific common
which they sold to J. P. Morgan & Co..
but also the common stock that was is
sued thru the process of retiring the pre-
ferred. $41, 100000 Of which they also sold.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-05

MURDERED MANS
BODY IN BOXCAR.
Gruesome Work Of Owatonna
Robbers Is Found at Mime
sofa Transfer.
The Victim Seems to Have Been
Louis Moberg, Railroad
Laborer.
Jos. Lewis, One Of the Boys Ar
rested atiNorthfeld, Tells
Of the Killing.

The body Of youis Moberg. who was
murdered by tramps on freight
train near OWatonna last night, was
found in box car at the Minnesota
Transfer this morning.
The body lay spraw1ed in a corner
Of the car, face upward, one hand
thrust deep in the right coat pocket,
the other raised before the breast in
attitude of. defense. The blood that
had flowed from the nose had formed
a pool in which the head rested.
There were signs of a struggle in the
dust on the floor Of the car.
The car with its CHASTITY freight was
located by the Rock Island people
and held by the transfer officials until
Coroner Miller Of Ramsey county ar
rived, when the body was removed to
the county morgue.
Moberg was evidently a nomadic
laborer, working for short time In
one place to accumulate sufficient
money to move to the next.
Coming to Minneapolis.
When killed he was on his way back
to Minneapolis, where, Judging from
addresses in a note book In his pocket
he had evidently worked at one time
for Smell & Dudley, 1851 Washington
avenue N. and at another for Weston
Brothers, contractors. Several entries
bore the dates of August and Septem-
Der. ~
That he was used to the peculiar
style Of travelling which led him to his
death was shown from articles found
on his person. A bag Of coffee, two
loaves Of bread and some salt formed
his commissary. A razor, comb and
other necessary implements. together
with several newspapers, made uI
the rest Of his travelling kit. He wore
wrought silver ring on the right
hand. His money, 81 cents in small
change, was found in tobacco sack
in the pocket of his shirt.
His Home Was Here.
Moberg was laborer Of Scandina.
Wan birth and lived in Minneapolis
when not engaged in railroad con.
struction work. He is said to have
made his home for time at sol
| washington avenue N at "a lodging
house conducted by William Harris
Harris recently sold out the place AND
could not be found to-day. The new
landlord knew nothing Of Moberg
| having had possession of the place blu
| threee or four. weeks.
| Moberg was wellslsnown at the of
I flee Of Winston Brothers, railroad con
tractors. aHe had worked for the firm
| on several sjobssand was regarded as
| good worker and temperate. Little i
known Of his history, but 1t Is not be
| lieved that he was a married man. S,
far as known he had no relatives IL
this vicinity.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-05
JAPANESE SCOUTS
TAKE YALU POSTS
Russians Retire Before Outposts
and Cross Border River Into
Manchuria.
Wi-ju Reported Occupied and
Main Column Arrives at
Yeng- chen.
Hundred Thousand Men Marching
on Niu-chuang, Dalny and
Port Arthur.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
London, April 5.-All dispatches to-
day agree that the Japanese scouts
have reached the Yalu river, and that
the Russians have retired into Man
churia. Some deny and some affirm
that Wt-ju has been occupied. Fred
erick M. Bernard cables from Chi-fu:
have just arrived from Gilman
pho. I witnessed the rear guard Of
the main Japanese column swing into
the main Wi-ju road on its march
northward.
The japanese have unquestionably
finished the landing of their vast
army, and the general advance at all
points is In full progress. The main
Wi-ju road is one solid mass Of troops.
AS I left Sunday, couriers brought
the news that the advance guard had
occupied Wi-ju without fight. That
town will be the headquarters for the
next few days. The main column has
occupied Yeng-chen and is leaving q
guard to garrison every town along
the route.
The news that the Japanese In force
have landed successfully at Ta-ku-
shan is confirmed from several
sources. Reports all state that 1885,
Of the force Is marching down the
coast toward Dalny and Port Arthur,
while the remainder are moving
northward on Niu-chuang. A heavy
garrison. however, is entrenching at
Ta-ku-shan.
This military movement Of the
Japanese in garrisoning their entire
rear under strong entrenchment is
earning the praise of every expert.
It is the feature Of the entire cam
paign. The army corps marching
from Ta-ku-shan on Niu-chuang will
join hands probably Wednesday with
the army corps which was landed in
southwestern Manchuria. A joint for
nation is expected to be made at Hal
cheng.
The Russian retreat continues. The
general retirement from all points on
the Yalu river is reported. The bases
for concentration are now under
stood to be Hai-cheng and Liao-yang,
but It is doubtful whether the Rus
slams will accept a decisive battle until
the Japanese main army arrives within
| sight of Mukden.
It is also reported from Toxic that
the Japanese scouts entered Wi-ju
Sunday and found the town deserted
| by the Russians.