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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-01-03
DENIES THAT SHE is DEAD
Woman Identified as Murder Victim
Alive AND Well,

Newark, n. j., Jan. 1.-The iden-
tity of the woman whose dead body
was found in Harrison, N. j., last
Thursday remains a mystery. The
story told by Mrs. Hattie Hull that
the dead oma was her friend, MIS-.
Agnes Young, was exploded when Mrs.
Young was found alive and we'll in
New York city. She is employed as
an accountant in a real estate oftlce
in New York and declared emphat-
ically that she had not been in New
Jersey on Christmas day and that she
did not know any one named Charles
Meyers, for whom the police were
searching as a result of Mrs. Hull's
statements. Mrs. Young obtained
first knowledge of the fact that her
name had been connected with the
murder mystery from the newspapers
while on her way to the office where
she is employed. On reaching the
office she consulted her employer and
expressed indignation that her name
had been drawn into the affair by Mrs.
Hull.
Mrs. Hull told the police that she
had parted from Mrs. Young on
Christmas day and that Mrs. Young
was about to start for Harrison in
company with Charles Meyers.
Mrs. Young declared that while she
knew Mrs. Hull she had not seen her
tor two years.
When Mrs. Hull was told that Mrs.
Young had been found alive she de-
clared that the murdered woman was
her own half sister, Minnie jeanette
CASTOR, daughter of r. B. Castor of
Servilla, Tenn. Mrs. Hull said she
identified the body as that of Mrs.
Young in order to avoid involving
Miss Gaston's name in a scandal. She
asked that the body be sent to Mr..
CASTOR at Servilla.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-01-03

Record of plant No. 29S (Nursery, 1906.
Yield of hay-stems, $40 grams; leaves,
2S.2 grams. Per cent protein-stems, ISL;
leaves, 22.3S. Per cent of leaves, 93l.l
LEAKAGE in the two plants. Below is a
summary of the records of two plants
at the stations:
The Ohio experiment station also
says that the success with which all
falfa is growing in all parts Of Ohio
upon soils of widely varying character
would indicate that there are few
farms which do not have some land
upon which it can be made to grow
successfully. No one type Of soil and
no particular elevation has a monopoly
Of favorable conditions.
Upland clay and sandy first and sec
ond bottoms have produced the heav-
lest maximum and average yields.
Sandy upland and clay first and sec
ond bottoms have produced the lowest
minimum and average yields.
Good yields and poor yields have
been produced on all classes of soils,
including muck, and some fields. hav-
Ing lalleu one VI uloie tlAleS, uaNe
been made to produce good yields by
a different method of procedure.
The presence or absence of drainage,
humus, limestone and incubation and
the degree of perfection of the seed
bed have usually been the controlling
factors responsible for the varying sue
cesseS.
Waterlogged soils. soils with water
lying permanently within three feet OF
the surface and soils which become
covered with water during the grow
ing season for two days or more are
not suitable for alfalfa.
The yields on clay upland with natu-
raj surface drainage We're ~ per cent
greater where tiles were also used.
Sandy soil or soil with very porous
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-01-03
STEAL CHEST OF MONEY.
Two Men Carry Off Days Earnings OF
Street Railway.

Rochester, N. Y, Jan. 1.-Two men
stole a chest containing $3.50 from a
street car standing in front Of the
Main street car barns and got safely
away with it in an automobile. The
stolen money represents the days
earnings of the Rochester Railway
company on what is known as the
Eastern division. 1t vas being trans
ferred according to custom from the
Federal street barns to the State
street office to be counted.
Most of the money was in silver
coin and the chest was so heavy that
one man could not carry it.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-01-03
AT EXPENSE OF 100000
Bubonie Plague Practically Eradicated
at San Francisco.

San Francisco, Jan. With only
seven cases of plague reported during
the month of December and but three
cases remaining under treatment at
the isolating hospital bubonic plague
in San Francisco is almost eradicated
as a, result of the vigorous sanitary
campaign conducted the past four
months by the United States marine
hospital service and the local health
authorities.
Over $1,000 900 has been expended in
the campaign of sanitation and 1t is
estimated that approximately 10000
rats have been destroyed in four
months.
The total number of cases reported
to date are 1876, deaths 70, cured CO.,
remaining under treatment 8, suspect
ed cases 10.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-01-03
Cow Manure For Cotton.

We never expect to see the south a
cattle country, but we do expect to see
more and more attention given to this
important feature Of successful farm
ing. We notice with pleasure that all
Of our best farmers are raising cattle
more or less, and many are working
to put this branch Of their farm opera
lions upon a better basis. We notice
where cotton was fortified with sta
BILE manure and especially with COW
manure it has not suffered from the ef-
feet of drought, as has that where
commercial fertilizer alone is used
Southern Cultivator.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-01-03

known clergymen in the United States.
Before his elevation to the bishopric
he was pastor of several large
churches in the New York East con-
ference. Born in Central New York
he studied for the ministry in Wes-
leyan college. For several years be
fore entering the ministry he was pres
ident of Casanova academy in this
state. He was chosen bishop in 1872
and in 1904 was relieved of man, du-
ties and placed on the retired list. His
active interest in the administration
of the affairs of the church did net
cease with his retirement, however,
and he continued to take an important
part in it's councils until the last.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-01-03
MANY PERSONS HURT
Dynamite Bomb Exploded in tile
Stock Exchange at Rome.
COURTYARD ROOF CoLLhPSEs
Supposed That Destructive Missil.
Was Thrown With the Intention or
Preventing the Customary End Of
the Month Liquidation.

Rome, Jan. IA dynamite bomb
exploded in the stock exchange Of this
city. Eighteen injured persons were
rescued and others are buried under
portions OF the building. which col
lapsed. Firemeu, policemen and troops
have been hurried to the scene and
are engaged in calming the excitement
and conducting the work of rescue.
1t is supposed that the bomb was
thrown with the intention of prevent
ing the customary end of the month
liquidation.
The root of the courtyard Of the eS-
change collapsed VITA the force Of the
explosion.
The explosion occurred shortly be-
fore 4 o'clock. The stock exchange is
situated in the center of the city. The
people in the vicinity of the building
were thrown into a state Of consterna-
ton. The explosion was followed al
once by cries of desperation from
within the exchange.
The suspicion that the explosion
was intended to prevent liquidation at
the end of the month increases. The
| plan was to destroy millions in secnri-
ties, but the explosion occurred too
late. The liquidation was all owe!
and nearly all the securities had been
removed from the exchange.
The stock exchange of Rome is Sit
uated in one of the finest ancient re-
mains of the city, the temple OF Nep-
tune, and On the south side Of The
Piazza di Petra. The temple was
built by Hadrian and is notable for
eleven magnificent columns in the
Corinthian style, of white marble,
each one %forty-one feet high. The cen
ter portico was built by Agrippa. The
roof of the exchange was partly sup
ported by these famous columns. They
were assembled for this purpose by
Pope Innocent XII.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-01-03
FULL FORCE To REMAIN.
No Reduction in Number of Troops at
GoldfieId,

Washington, Jan. 1.-The war de.
partment has been in correspondence
by telegraph with General Funston in
San Francisco relative to the disposi-
ton of the troops at Goldield in con-
formity with the expressed intention
of the president to maintain the force
there pending the meeting of the leg.
islature of Nevada. General Funston
contemplated a reduction in the mum.
Der Of troops at the mining camp, but
the war department has decided tc
retain there all of the present force,
numbering 2S3 men.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-01-03
Yield Of ManaeIs.

Mangels grown continuously on the
same land for four years yielded SO
tons Of roots, containing one ton OF
dry. matter, while on land under ro-
tation they yielded thirty-four tons OF
roots and four tons Of dry matter per
acre at the New York Cornell expert
ment station. From. $4,000 to 10000
plants of mangels, rutabagas and n.y.
brid turnips and from 10000 to 10000
plants Of carrots per acre are suggest
ed as proper stands.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-01-03
Defense Offers to Submit Pettibone
Case Without Argument.
TESTIMONY is CUT SHORT
Defendants Attorneys Claim That the
Prosecution tias Failed to Connect
Their Client With the Crime
Charged in the indictment.

Boise, Ida, Jan. 1.-The defense
has rested in the Pettibone ase and
offered to submit the case to the jury
without argument.
When court convened the defendant
was at his place, but showed plainly
the effects OF his illness. After the
formalities OF opening the court had
been concluded Judge Hilton, for the
defense, announced hat the defense
would rest its case and offered to sub
nit it to the jury without argument.
This announcement came as a COM
plete surprise to the state.
Judge Hilton said he had gone over
all the testimony and as the state
had failed to connect the defendant
with the crime charged in the lndict-
ment it had been decided to offer no
further testimony.
Senator Borah asked for a recess IN
order that the proposition OF the de-
Tense might be considered and Judge
Wood granted their request. After a
brief conference of the state attorneys
the senator stated that the question
of dispensing with the argument could
not be settled until the instructions OF
| the court had been examined. Judge
| Wood then announced that he would
have his instructions ready by Friday
| morning and after he had instructed
the attorneys to submit their sugges-
tions an adjournment was taken until
that time.
Depends on Courts Instructions.
The case now hangs entirely upon
the nature of the Instructions OF the
court, so far as further proceedings
are concerned. The prosecution ad-
mits that there has been no corrobora-
tive evidence connecting the defend
ant directly With the killing of Steun-
enberg, but is basing its hope OF con-
victicn on the establishing of proof OF
a conspiracy to kill enemies of the
Western Federation of Miners, alleg-
ing that the murder Of ~Steunenberg
was an incident to that conspiracy.
II Judge Wood in his instructions
holds that it is necessary for the state
to produce independent testimony
showing Pettibone's connection with
the crime charged there will be no
argument. If, however, the court in
structs that proof Of conspiracy in it.
self is sufficient, providing the state
has presented satisfactory proof that
the defendant was a member of the
conspiracy and that the killing OF
Steunenberg was an incident to it, the
case will be argued. The state has
asked that instructions to this effect
be given.
The illness of Pettibone, which is
critical, had much to do with the de-
cision of the defense to submit the
case without argument.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-01-03
BIsH0P ANDREWS DEAD.
Prominent in Church Circles for Hall
a Century.

New York, Jan. 1.-Bisllop Edward
G. Andrews Of the Methodist Episcopal
church is dead at his hQTne in Brook
lyn.
Bishop Andrews, who was eighty
two years old, contracted a severe
cold while attending the bishops con-
ference and the meetings of the home
and foreign mission boards of his
church at San Francisco last October.
eral breakdown followed.
Bishop Andrews, for nearly half a
century, was one of the most widely
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-01-03
Affects Two Thousand Persons.

Holyoke, Mass, Jan. IA further
curtailment of operations in the mills
of the American Writing Paper com
pany in this city is in effect this week
and will continue indefinitely. The
latest shutdown order includes nine
mills, employing 1000 persons.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-01-03
Fertilizer Tests With Corn.

Fertilizer tests with corn in Virginia
show clearly that blowing under green
leguminous crops is a highly bene-
fetal practice and that where this IS
followed only moderate amounts OF
fertility will be necessary to give In
creased yields. When vegetable mat
ter is lacking. however, heavy appll-
cations Of fertilizer seem advisable
Andrew NJ. Soule.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-01-03
Torpedo FlotilIa Reaches Para.

Para, Brazil, Jan. 1.-The torpedo
boat nctilla, which is preceding the
battleship feet to the Pacific, has ar
rived here. The boats left Port Of
Spain Dec. rs and are now five days
behind their original schedule, due to
accidents to the machinery Of two of
tho
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-01-03
MINISTER STRICKEN
Cabinet Officer Dies Suddenly at SEES
sion of Senate.

Paris, Jan. Jean Francois Ed
mond Guyot-D essaigne, the French
minister Of justice, dropped dead OF
apoplexy during the session of the
senate.
M. Guyot-D essaigne was born in
1899. He entered the public service
in 1869. In 1885 he was elected to the
chamber Of deputies and in 1889 was
appointed minister Of justice in the
Floquet cabinet. His present tenure
Of office dates from Oct. %, 1906. He
was a member of the Legion of Honor
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-01-03
PLANT NO. 81.

PLANT NJ. 81.
[Record Of plant No. q alfalfa Nurs-
ery. 19O6). Yield of hay-stems, AIS
grams: leaves. 600 grams. Per cent pro-
tein-stems, 1880: leaves, 23.S1. Per cent
Of leaves, 65.8.l
subsoil ia usually not sufficiently re-
tentive of moisture to insure certain
results on upland.
All soils reported to heave the al
falfa were either poor in drainage or
In humus or in both combined.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-01-03
L arm an3
Garden
GROWING ALFALFA.

No One Type of Soil Has a Monopoly
of Favorable Conditions.
The two plants shown in National
stockman and Farmer are from the
plots of the Ohio experiment station,
which is trying to develop varieties of
alfalfa adapted to Ohio conditions as
regards seed production. yield and
quality of hay. Note the difference i n
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-01-03
INDIAN CORN.
shrinkage of Yellow, White and Mixed
Varieties Compared.

Varieties Compared.
The experiment to determine the
shrlnkage of corn in the crib has been
carried on three seasons at the Kan
sas experiment station. A. summary
OF the results shows Il shrin.age of 3.25
per cent for the first four months after
the corn was placed in the crib, GIG
per cen for the first six months, ESQ
per cent for the first eight months,
I.44 per cent for the first ten months
and S.62 per cent for the first twelve
months. Yellow corn has given the
greatest average shrinkage-namely,
ll.2l per cent in twelve months. the
next greatest shrinkage occurring in
the cribs Of white corn, S.4S per cent
IN twelve months, while the mixed
corn Samples of many v~arieties) de-
creased i'll weight only 6.1S per cent
during the first twelve months after
being placed in the crib.
During the Winter Months.
The average result OF all ~shrinkAge
trials indicates that when corn is crib
bed fairly dry and in good condition
the s%hrinkage during the winter
months should not be over 5 per cent.
1t should be observed, however, that
III these experiments great care was
exercised to prevent loss of corn by
other than natural means.
Corn breeding by the ear row meth.
cd was begun in 1863. Nine different
varieties We're grown and bred in 1906
as follows: Reid Yellow Dent, Silver
mine, Boone County White, Legal Ten.
der, Hogue Yellow Dent, Hildreth, Nc
Auley. Kansas Suntlower and White
Injun.
Some eighty acres were used for
breeding corr and growing corn for
seed production in 1906, and 44O breed.
ing ears We're planted in separate rows
in the several breeding plots. During
the last two years the agronomy de-
partment has sold and distributed
among the farmers of the state sew
eral hundred bushels of selected, well
bred seed corn.
Results of Tests.
The difference in the yields from
different ear rows has been very mark
ed, varying in some tests more than
400 per cent. Comparisons made i'll
1906 between the high yielding rows
seed and first grade seed selected from
the general field gave results as fol
lows: The Silvermine high yielding
rows seed plot yielded 80 per cent
more corn and DIS per cent more first
grade seed ears than the plot planted
With first grade seed. The Hildreti
high yielding rows seed plot yielded
1886 per cent more corn and 10 pei
cent more first grade seed ears thar
the plot planted with first grade sect
of this variety. There has been Il SINH
lar Improvement in the grade anG
quality of the corn.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-01-03
Bomb Factory Discovered.

Sebastopol, Russia, Jan. 1.-One OF
the most complete bomb factories ever
discovered in Russia has been I'M
earthed at a farmhouse twenty miles
from here. 1t consisted of a complete
apparatus for The manufacture of high
explosives. Twenty-seven loaded
bombs OF the most destructive type
were seized.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-01-03
AUeue Scarcity Of Held.

Millville, N. j., Jan. 1.-Three thou.
sand glass bottle blowers have re.
turned to work in the large glass
plants here after a shutdown of ten
days. The companies say they are
rushed with orders. Their only pres.
ent difficulty is in securing enough
help.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-01-03

gate. as shown in the cut. to the build
ings, or a tall post may be used in
stead If the gate is in a fence away
from any. building. The higher the
brace wire is on. the building or post
che less strain there will be on it.
i. w. G. in Farmers Review.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-01-03
ToIstoi pislocates Shoulder.

st. Petersburg, Jan. News has
reached here that Count Leo Tolstoi
was thrown by a stumbling horse and
sustained q dislccated shoulder. In
srite Of lis ID 5anced age the count is
Ysi facovery.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-01-03
SUGAR Beets on AIkaIi Soil.

Beet fields subject to alkali are de-
scribed as being characterized by a
very uneven stand, considerable irreg-
ularity in the size Of the plants n
the prevalence Of chlorosis of the older
leaves.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-01-03
Gate Latch and SUPPORT.

This latch and support may be at
tached to any style of gate. The latch
swings on two wires, and the end
slips into a notch cut in the post. The
brace wire runs from the top of the
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-01-03
potash Ii Orchards.

8s Potash In OrcharoS.
Orchard practice as well as some ex-
periments have demonstrated that the
plea for potash in orchards may not
always be founded on q real need.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-10
SAYS THE WESTERN CLUBS
SCORED A GREAT VICTORY

1T is hard to see from long
range how the owners of western
hiu-Pennsylvania club sdid any
thing but score virtual victory
in their wrangle with the Eastern
magnates at Cleveland Tuesday and
Wednesday.
In all probability there will be a
separation, but Eastern clubs will
have to pay the Westerners a bunch
of aiimony. True, this amount said
TO be fixed at $1,000 isn't large and
won't go very far toward getting
four new clubs along with Marion.
Newark. Lancaster and Mansfield
Agreement to pay over the coin
is confession from the Eastern
section that the Western clubs were
holders of the balance of power
President Wollenweber of Marion.
was the original 80 limony,, man
RAISING over the cash will be eyid-
ence in itself that he and his asso.
ciates gained victory. and n big
one as principle and prestige go
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-10

Very likely It wouldn't take
much urging after. this money I,
received by the western contingent
to have it returned to the Eastern
faction, with the suggestion that /,
could be used to better advantage
by Akron and her allies in films
the holes in her proposed league
Ten to one the club owners OF
the western end of the circuit will
soon discover that their patrons
are lined up solidly behind them
In their efforts to organize a new
league that will glide along In much
otter fashion than the old Ohio
pennsylvania organization
Lancaster. Newark. Marion and
Mansfield have thousands of good
sportsmen. but these four towns
have nothing on some of the others
that NAV come into the league. If
everybody pulls together there ",
bH leagu down in this part NJ
Ohio that will make eyes IN
Youngstown and Akron turn green
with envy. Bob Read In Ohio State
Journal.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-10
MARION PLAYED CIRCLES
AROUND MANSFIELD TEAM

was going to capture the game. Then
came the sensational rally on Ma.
rion's part and from a Marion stand
point it was real game from that
time on.
Just six minutes and fifteen sec-
onds after the gong sounded Long, OF
Mansfield, shot goal. The floor
work in the first half was excellent,
both sides playing in sensational form
but only the one goal was made in
the period.
In the second division Morgan, the
visiting half back, took along shot
the entire length of the playing floor
and drove the ball straight into the
Marion cage. Thus far Wallace had
Jeen doing wonderful work in the
cage and drive after drive, made by
Marion. had been blocked by him.
freeman, the blonde rusher from
the east, opened things up for Ma
rion by carrying the ball down the
floor and caging it FIVE minutes
later. In sixty seconds more. Shaw
had duplicated the performance, tying
the score. In less than two min
utes Shaw Gagged another goal. put
ting Marion in the lead. With but
ten seconds remaining to play. Shaw
used seven of the precious units of
time. in cagng the fourth goal for
Marion.
In the last period Shaw kept up the
fireworks, caglng three more and
Freeman and Kenworthy each secured
one, making total OF nine
Up in front the playing of Freeman
and Shaw was wonderful. The for
Imer has habit of taking the ball
down the floor, eluding all OF mis-
opponents and passing it to Shaw,
who is certain to send II hummIng
toward the cage. The two men
worked together In excellent style.
Kenworthy Perry and Bruck played
great defensive games and worked
well with the forwards Houston, a
new man, was tried in the first period
at center. Although his hands are
crippled from a recent game, he
worked we'll and made a favorable
impression.
The next game at the rink will be
played next Tuesday evening, at
which time the Coshoctons will be the
attraction.
The line-ups and summary:
Marion-9. Mansfield-2.
Shaw .....F First rush. Long
Freeman -. Second rush. Houghton
Kenworthy ....... Center. Whiting
Perry ....... .HalH6ack. -. Morgan
Bruck ...a..... Goal Wallace
Goals-Shaw 6, Freeman 2, Ken
worthy. Morgan, Long. Rushes-
Shaw 8. Long 6. Stops Bruck 81.
Wallace A. oul-Kaaworthy. Ref
eree-Lee.
BULL DOGS WIN.
CCshOctOn O Ian I'm worst