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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-12-02
NEGOTIATING CLOVER AND Al
FALFA GROUNDS.

Among other important con-
ditions in successful culture of
alfalfa, Hoards Dairyman says:
Every species of the legume
family of plants, such as peas,
beans, vetch, alfalfa, and all Of
the clovers appear to have separ-
ate species Of bacteria upon
which they depend very greatly
for their supply of nitrogen. If
the plants do not thrive, it is
taken as evidence that the de-
sired bacteria should be sup
piled in some other way. This
is done by wetting the seed in a
solution of bacteria water and
drying before sowing, or by
spreading on the land from 100
to 600 pounds of inoculated soil
ga thered from the field where
alfalfa is growing successfully.
On this subject the Illinois Ex-
pertinent Station says: I'VE
have conclusive evidence that in
fected sweet clover soil can be
used for the incubation of alfalfa
fields.
The infected soil may be OBJ
tanned from any place where
sweet clover is found with an
abundance of tubercles on it's
roots. The soil may be collected
to the depth of three or four
inches and scattered over the
alfalfa field at the rate of 100
pounds or more to the acre. 1t
is well to scatter the infected
soil at about the time the alfalfa
is seeded, and harrow it in with
the alfalfa seed, although it may
be applied some days, Or even
some weeks before the seeding
time, and probably it would be
all right to apply the infected
soil the autumn before; for it is
known that the bacteria will live
in the soil for several months,
even though the soil be placed in
sacks and allowed to become quite
dry. Investigations have shown
that 100 pounds of thoroughly in
fected soil to the acre is sufficient
to produce a very satisfactory
inoculation within one year from
the time it is applied" Joseph
E. Wing, an eminent authority
on clovar and alfalfa culture in
the Breeders Gazette says, ''Dr.
Cyril G. Hopkins, of the Univer-
sity of Illinois says that bacteria
inhabiting sweet clover also in
habits alfalfa and makes it
thrive. There is no better author
ity than DIR. Hopkins. Use soil
from the sweet clover field and
with it plenty of stable manure
and if your soil is not sour you
will get the alfalfa all right. "
Montague Hamm in the Breed
ers' Gazette continues the SUBJ
ject and says: Il used for inoc-
nlation the Dept of Agriculture's
culture, old soil and alfalfa meal.
The meal gives the best results.
The tubercles are like clusters of
grapes, only small. Inoculated
soil gave the next best results,
and the culture gave a few
tubercules. From what l have
seen and learned of this great
legume l am convinced that it
can be grown on nearly every
well-drained farm by using inoc-
ulated soil and patience. l have
had the best results from seed
ing August /. This will give a
growth that cannot be clipped
not later than September Is. /,
That will make growth enough
before the ground freezes for
winter protection. l used lime !
In part of my plots. The best
results are from lime, bonemeal, |
muriate of potash and alfalfa |
meal inoculated." i
Parties whose land does not
raise alfalfa and clover will do
well to prepare their ground and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-29
PRESIDENT GIVES
PRAISE TO PAYNE
Postmaster General Complimented
on Success Of Department in !:
Eliminating Fraud. n

Washington, Feb. 29.-In letter to
Postmaster General Payne regarding
the postal frauds, President Roosevelt
says:
while all the work Of the postoffice
department and the department Of
justice in connection with the postal
frauds is not yet over, there is already
to the credit Of the departments, and,
therefore, primarily to your credit,
such an amo cunt of substantial achieve
ment that take this opportunity to
congratulate you personally upon it..
|" ''It is impossible to expect that cor
ruption will not occasionally occur, in
any government; the vital point is the
energy, the fearlessness and the eff
cheney with which, such corruption is
cut, out. and the corruptionists pun
ished. The success of the prosecu-
lions in this case, as compared with
previous experiences in prosecuting
governmental officials who have
been guilty Of ma1feasance or misfea-
sance, is as noteworthy as it is graft
flying, and must be. a. source of graft
fication to all men who believe in de-
cency and honesty in public life. What
has been accomplished by you, by
those who have worked under you
in your department, and by the de-
partment of Justice, rebounds to the
credit Of our whole people and is a.
signal triumph for the cause of popu-
liar government .. -. =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-29
DEFENDS CENSORSHIP
Baron Hayashi Declares Japan Cannon
Afford to Risk Disaster. ~ .

London. Feb. 29.-In reference to
the severity of the censorship exer-
cised by the Japanese government over
the news dispatches of foreign cor
respondents, Baron Hayashi, the jap
anese minister to Great Britain, said to
the Associated Press yesterday:
I have had numerous representations
from English and other newspapers upon
this subject, but believe our position in
this matter is not only right, but will be
admitted to be correct by those looking
into the subject
We are fighting against numerical odds,
out of proportion to the odds against any
combatant in recent wars. We are fight
maintaining it. is to- strike swiftly and
secretly at the beginning TO get in the
first blows means more to us than,
think, it ever meant to any belligerent
and to insure this it Is vital for us to de-
1nand a degree of secrecy which has not
been a necessity in any recent warfare.
Even at the risk of alternating temper
arily the friendship Of the press Of the
world, we must prevent even a whisper
of our real intentions reaching our power
full enemy.
One line might ruin our projected lane
operations. gs.,a... 80 ...
When we fought China we gave the wal
correspondents free latitude and in many
cases they took advantage of this to pre-
dict our future movements. That did no
matter much when China was our enemy
but against a power like Russia SO i'm
mensely superior in eventual resource i
might turn the scale.
I cannot believe that Japan will los
friends in the world because she has beer
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-29
PURDY Is COMPLIMENTED

NIinnesotan's Conduct of Postal Prose-
= cutions Causes General Praise. -
From The Journal Bureau, Colorado Building,
Washington.
Washington Feb. 29.-M. D. Purdy,
of Minneapolis, assistant attorney gen
eral of the United States is coming in
for many fine compliments as the re-
suit Of the convictions in the postoffice
cases. .
Mr.. Purdy, went. into these cases
early at the. personal request Of Attor-
ney-General Knox and President
Roosevelt, who have great admiration
for him and have been anxious to push
him ahead as fast as possible.
He had charge of the examination
and cross-exanination of all witnesses
and made, the opening argument for
the. government after the testimony
was all in. J. :. T. ~. go.
This address lasted for two days and
was iliberally reported in the Washing1
ton newspapers Mr.. Knox last night
returned from Palm Beach, Fla.
where he has been resting for severaE
weeks and the first thing he did after
reaching home was to send send for
Mr.. Purdy for the purpose of compli-
menting him personally.
| The president has also let it be
| known that he is greatly pleased with
/ Purdy's work. Altogether the young
Minneapolis attorney has cause to feel
! that he has made good on his first big
| assignment as assistant attorney gem
| eral. '~-
! >+t.. - >e-.. w. w. Jermane. :.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-29
.LYNCHINGS RAISE
B0 0! } ( ;.R|||| {. Y R
Tuskegee President Addresses
Protest Against ,Unchristian
Conduct, to: the Press.

birmingham, Ala, Feb 29.-In a
letter to- the Age Herald printed to-
day, Booker T. Washington says:
Within the last fortnight three
members of my race have been burned
at the stake; Of these,sone was a wom-
charged with any crime even remotely
connected with the abuse of a white
the sole accusation. All of these
burnings took place, in broad daylight,
and two Of them occurred on Sunday
afternoon in sight Of a Christian
church. %s,rs s.y:#z
These burnings without trial are
in the deepest sense unjust to my
race; but it is not this injustice alone
which stirs my heart ! These bar
barous outrages, followed as they are
by the publication 81 the, shocking
details, are more disgraceful and de-
grading to the people who mt1ict pun
ishment than to those who receive it. -
IF the law is disregarded when a
negro is concerned, it swillssoon be dis
regarded when a white man is con-
cerned, and, besides; sstheS@rule of the
mob destroys the friendly . relations
which should exist between races and
Injuries and <interferes- with the ma
terial prosperity of the communities
lsconcerned.
! worst of all, these outrages take
place in communities where there are
| Christian churches; in9the midst of
people who 2have ,their Sunday schools,
their Christian, EndeavorSs cieties,, and
Young Mems Christian sAsso Citations;
where collections are taken up for
sending missionaries to. Africa and
EChina and the rest :sof. the so-called
i heather world. - T,'.sa -
us. 1t not possible for pulpit and
press to speak out against these burn
I ings in manner that Shall arouse a
public sentiment that will compel the
mob to cease insulting our courts, ou1
| governm and our legal authority
cease bringing shame and ridicule
upon our Christian civilization?,,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-29
.BRITAINS COPY
OUR ARMY PLAN.
Lord Esher's Committee Recon-
mends Establishment Of Cen
eral Military Staff.


/ London, Feb. 29.-The second re-
port of the Lord Esher committee has
been issued and gives details Of the
proposed war office reform. The most
important recommendation of the
committee is the creation Of a general
staff, which, in the words Of the COM
nittee, consists of a department de-
voting undivided attention to mill
tary problems in the widest sense and
a, body Of officers occupied in time~of
peace in training all ranks of the
army and prepared to direct opera
tons in the field $50
:: With a. view to ensuring the infu-
sion of new blood, the committee
urges four years as the maximum
period during which an officer shall
serve as military member of the army
council. He should then resume ac-
tive service for at least one year be-
fore again serving in the council.
"A feature of the report which meets
with general approval is the final dis
appearance of the 'Broderick system
involved In the abolition Of the army
corps, with. the exception Of the first.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-29
RIOTS r. i
f. !. At I DE j 5 ). MONIES \ Y 5
--.-s --:-=--77 = tn te' 23.:s
Special Police P'o'wa$t Ass. 10 Con.
troll the Partisans ST the Rival =.
4, ss+ Candidates. :::: =. ~ .S: :.
Speeial. to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. "a r. -. -
9Des Moines, Iowa, Feb. 30
Rioting has been a feature of the
congressional primary. to-day. The
police are powerless ITO control the
situation. Six hundred specials, fully
armed, have been sworn in, and will
guard the polls while the count is
being made. =. =. 81.
Twenty arrests have been made, but
no one has. been detained more than
a few minutes. II. l.. Ogden, colored
charged with attempted repeating, was
brutally slugged by, a, special police
man. He drew a gun and shot twice
but missed fire. 1872 -:
Mayor Brenton has issued "a pro-
clamation calling upon the good citi-
zens Of Des Moines to preserve the
peace: He has promised that special
officers will watch the count in every
precinct. Further trouble is expected
this evening.
The indications are that 5000, more
votes will be cast at the election to-
day than at the last general election
Judge Prouty claims two-thirds Of the
delegates to the congressional =conven'
tom, -, .: 49, -
Governor Cumnins:is holding the
militia in READINGS for any outbreak. :
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-29
KING SOLOMAN is LONELY

Gets Tailor to Transfer Him to Cell Where
He Has Company.
Lonesomeness has @overtaken his royal
highness, liking Solomon confined in the
county jail on a charge Of assaulting his
wife with intent to commit murder. The
royal prisoner has not acquired the pie
beian accomplishments of reading and
writing, and self-communion has ceased
to tighten the loneliness which has be-
come so oppressive, that this morning he
begged for company. 81. =. =.
Acting upon the kingly request Assistant
Jailor Quiiln has transferred the dealer
in mysteries to cell No 5, where he has a
cell mate in. Louis Bordeau, a. prisoner
accused Of Forgery. BoEdeau is a French
man., and is thus enabled to indulge the
royal desire for Partisan discourse, ir
which Solomon is proficient. A "friendly
game" is also allowed.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-29
PROTEST FROM JAPAN
Objection Taken to Remarks Of Rus
sian Minister at The Hague.


The Hague, Feb. rs. The protest
of the Japanese minister against the
remarks made by M. Muravieff, presi-
dent of the arbitration tribunal and
Russian minister of Justice. in the
speech which he made Feb. %, after
announcing the tribunals decision in
favor of the blockading powers as
against Venezuela, says: -,s 49,.
"The government Of Japan, con-
WINGED that the permanent arbitration
court cannot properly be used as a
means Of attacking the. action, mo-
tives, or good name of a power sigma
tory to The Hague convention Of 1899,
protests formally and seriously, both
in defense of it's honor and dignity and
to prevent further misuse of this high
court, against the insulting remarks of
M. Muravieff concerning the Japanese
government. :"
Japan further requests the insertion
of this, protest on the minutes of the
court and that it be given publicity
equal to that given to the remarks
which called it out"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-29
MILITIA GUARDS
NEGRO FROM MOB
After Staying Postal Clerk on
Train, Wounded Fugitive is
go. Caught by Dogs.

Birmingham, Ala, Feb. 29.-Ac-
cord1ng to reports received here by the
officials of the Alabama Great South
ern railroad, the shooting Of two pos
tai clerks on the north-bound train
No. 2, early to-day, two miles north of
Meridian, Miss, was part Of a plot to
rob the train. H.
Jim Paris, negro, : boarded the
train in the Meridian yards as it was
pulling out Before it was under good
Roadway Paris entered the postal car
and opened fire on Clerks J.. T. Stock
ton and A. J: Bass; killing Stockton in
stantly and wounding Bass in the arm.
In leaving the train the negro fell
and had one leg crushed under the
wheels, but managed to drag himself
three miles. II
Bloodhounds were secured and their
scent led to the capture of Paris: Sew
eral registered letters were found in
his pocket. He was taken to Jail at
MERIDIAN.
Stockton, the dead clerk, resided at
Meridian, while Bass home was near
Birmingham. =:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-29
GREAT WESTERN WINS

Gains Free Access to Omaha Under Rock
Z . ..1r Island Contract.
Ina decision by Judge Sanborn to-day
the right of the Chicago Great Western
railway to enter Omaha from Council
Bluffs over the, bridge Of the Union Pacific
company is confirmed by the federal cir
cult court of appeals. The Great Western
is also given the right to use the pas
senger station Of the Union Pacific in
Omaha and the use Of the tracks Of The
latter company from Council Bluffs and
Omaha to South Omaha, where the big
packing Industries are located. The case
was brought to enforce a contract orig
finally made with the Rock Island ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-29

sdered the lifeboats launched. They
were manned by the crew and ordered
to remain close to the ship. !: In these
the women and children were placed.
Hardly, however, had the boats been
cast loose than, unable to weather the
fierce waves, two of them were cap
sized. ~. - :
The passengers ,: and those Of the
crew who remained on board, 4contin-
:ued theirsfight against the flames with
Increasing success and the fire was
brought under control. When it was
thought the danger was past, Captain
Cousins recalled the lifeboats and the
occupants were taken aboard. ;.Ss.
How: They Died. a..; ;.
!. Ten of those who lost their lives
We're spilled out of the small boats
three men, walters on theFvessel, were
suffocated before they could reach the
outer air from their hunks in the aft
part Of the ship, and one woman dice
later from exposure.
Four lifebeats filed with women
and children and sufficient men tt
man them Were dropped over from
the .windward side Of the vessel, eacl
containing about sixteen persons.
The first boat capsized almost al
soon as it touched the water, by get
| ting under the stern OF the snip. Al
| the passengers in this were rescued
| BY the other small boats except Mis-
Steiner, a flrst-class passenger, WIZ
was drawn under the ship when tn
! boat capslzed.
| The second boat capsized while be
| ing lowered. There. We're no passen
gers in it at the time, but the Grey
Of four men. We're thrown out and LOST
A. third boat filled about half a mil
from the Queen and all but four OF It
| passengers and crew were rescued b,
I the other small craft in the vicinity
| The lifeboats that T: were f1oate(
safely and two RATS that We're throw
over to pick any who might be throw
into the water, remained in the vicin
ity of the burning vessel and within
view of it while the fire was beln
fought by the crew and those anon
the male passengers that remained O.
|
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-29
CANADA TO BUILD
RAILROAD SYSTEM
Government May Construct Trans.
Continental Road Planned
by Grand Trunk.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. sazg
Ottawa, Ont, Feb. PA meeting
Of the shareholders of the. Grand
Trunk railway will take place soon in
London, England, when the contract
with the Canadian government for the
construction of the new transconti-
mental railway must nfally be accept
ed. Otherwise the government itself
will take preliminary steps at once to-
ward entering upon the undertaking
as national enterprise.
Many supporters of the administra-
ton in parliament are of the opinion
that it would be more advantageous
to the country for the government to
build the new highway j. across the
continent, and adopt whatever plan
for it's operation may. then be deemed
expedient. s3.s~s.
Circumstances seem to be SO shap-
ing matters that the government may
at length be compelled to adopt this
alternative policy and provide q state-
owned system Of railways from ocean
to ocean.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-29
JAPANESE SHIPS MISSING
Two Battleships and Dispatch Boat
Are Unaccounted For.

Chi-fu, Feb. 29.-While the Japan
csc report that their fleet was un-
scratched in the latest affair at Port
Arthur they are using every endeavor
in an attempt to prevent any details
of any injury to a Japanese feet from
leaking out. -
Two battleships and dispatch boat
are missing. 1t is learned from two
sources that two Of the missing war
ships were taken to SasebO in a dis
abled condition.
1t is being circulated among the
Chinese that Port Arthur has fallen.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-29
COMBINE TO FIGHT
TREATER TRUST
Seven Of the Foremost Producing
Managers Organize opposi-
tion Association.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
New York, Feb. 2s.-seven Of the
foremost producing theatrical man
ayers in the country are forming a
mutual protective association, the OBJ
ject being to deal telling blow to the
theatrical trust
The managers are Henry w. Saw
age, David Belasco, Kirk La Shelle,
Fred Hamlin, Weber & Fields, Har-
rison Gray Fiske and James X.
Hackett. -, .
They aim to obtain bookings with
out a forced tax, to adjust railroad
transportation rates, to prevent the
jumping of contracts by stars and
to cut salaries thought to be exhor-
bitant. ~ -.
The: managers named have already
fought the trust in other ways.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-29
RUSSIANS MOVE SOUTH

Troops COncentrat1ng AIOng 1aIll
Leaving Japs Unchecked in North.
New York Sun Special Service. , T.. ;
Tientsin, Feb. 29.-The movements
of the Russian troops are all from
Hardin southwark. They are concen-
trating along the Yalu at Chu-liang,
Cheng- naicheng and Liaoyang.
The Japanese thanking movement. on
Kirin promises, if it meets with NO
check, to be the most effective blow
yet delivered, provided the force is
sufficiently strong. 1t may be able to
cut both branches of the railway sim
ultaneously. 81" = -
To all appearances the Russians
have anticipated an attack from the
south only.
The railway at Hsinmintun has not
yet been seized, but the intention OF
the Russians is obvious.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-29
JAPAN PROTESTS
TO THE DOMINION
Canada Asked to Permit Japanese
to Settle in British
-. -s Columbia.

The action Of British Columbia in
persistently endeavoring to obtain
legislation which will exclude the
Japanese from settling in the province
has occasioned much displeasure to
the japanese government. This fact
has been emphasized by the recent
visit to Ottawa Of Hon. Taiz- Gore
Nosse, consul general for Japan at
Montreal.
Mr.. Nosse came to the capital to
lay before the dominion government
Japan's formal protest against the
Japanese. exclusion act passed by the
British Columbia legislature year
ago, as well as a similar act passed a
couple Of weeks ago, which makes 1t
compulsory. i for all Japanese immi-
grants coming into that province to be
able to speak at least one European
language" @~'as sf4> - =
1t is quite likely that the Dominion
government will meet the wishes of
the Japanese authorities and disalloW
this Legislation. There are at present
less than 5000 Japanese living in this
country, and all with the exception of
some 200 scattered thruout other parts
of Canada, are settled within the
boundaries Of British Columbia.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-29
AFTER TOWING BOATS
Southern Men Want the GazeIe and Jessie
of saltwater,

Southern Men Want the GazelIe and Jessie
3 Of saltwater.
Special to The journal. -, 4:$ 81. -s...ss..G-..E
Saltwater, Mimi, Feb. 29.-W. F. Nu-t
gent of Louisville has been in the city
negotiating for the purchase of the Ca
zelle and Jessie 3 towing beatssof the
Staples Towing company He wants them
for az company operating on the lower
river The deal has not yet been made 1
Charitable ladies of tSillwater have col
.lected and forwarded to a destitute fam,
lily at Pine river three large boxes Of
groceries. clothing, shoes and other sup
plies. ql1e family is composed Of a widow
and her six children and their condition
was said to be desperate. 800
Frank 4Granquist, a policemen, is critic
ally ILL Of pneumonia and his recovery
seems unlikely. He lies in an unconscious
condition.
Clinton McIlree broke his right wrist
while, coasting. ;t.,. ~
The, firm Of Hoffman e. Starkel has
been dissolved, the former retiring.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-29
GRANTS AMERICAN REQUEST
Russia VIII Permit Officers to Accom-
pany Troops During War.

Washington, Feb. 29.-The Russian
army formally has granted the re-
officers of the American army be per-
mitted to accompany the Russian
troops and witness their operations in
the war with Japan. Ambassador
Mccormick. in a. cablegran1 informing
Secretary Hay Of this fact, states that
the officers cannot join the Russian
army before April II Of the Russian
calendar. +