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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-19

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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-19
ONLY TWO NEW TOWNS
To Be Established by the G. G. w.
This Summer.

The Great Western will open only
two towns this summer, Rinard in
Calhoun county, and Gilliat, seven
miles from Council Bluffs, and will de-
vote it's energies to building up the
fourteen towns established the last
three years along it's Omaha line. E..
B. Magill, the townsite manager re-
ports great success in the building up
Of these towns.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-19
soo,s Offer to Connections.

The 500 road has offered connections as
q basing rate continuation Of the low,
one-way rates for settlers thru the first
three days Of May.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-19
RAILROAD NOTES.

ftxaIl1SOdO lNOIES
After blockade of two days. caused by nuner-
ous washouts in the Burnt river districts of cas-
tern Oregon and western Idaho, the Oregon Short
Line yesterday resumed the routing of thru
trains to the North Pacific coast over its own
lines. Floods have compelled the sending of
passengers for Oregon and Washington points
around via Sacramento, CAL
A. B. Stickney. president Of the Great swes-
tern has returned from. long absence in New
York city.
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r. &. Commission BEARINGS.

The state railroad and warehouse COM
mission held three hearings to-day. Heron
and Wilder asked for better facilities and
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-30
THE ONION SISTERS
and
MR. CORN FRTTTERS
Are at Outs
IN NEXT SUNDAYS
COMIC SECTION.
ESCAPES WITH A FINE
AFTER KILLING A GIRL

to Automobiles Who Ran Down
a Young Woman.
PARIS. Dec. 29.-Senor AveIIaneda.
son OF a former President OF the Ar
gentine republic. who resides in
Paris, has been sentenced to one
months imprisonment, a fine of 800
and $4,000 damages for an automobile
accident which occurred last June. A
young woman who was run down by
Avellaneda's machine died the next
day. Developments at the trial led the
police TO prosecute the owner. who. wit
nesses declared, was handling the car
himself
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-30

known him to carry pistol, not even
the one that Sample gave him. NV
husband, however, has threatened him
and threatened me.
never said to any one that 1 heard
Ed (Keeley) say Annie, we've got him
this time 1 do not know anything
about any threats regarding the di-
vorce"
Charles and Ethel Byrne. who occu-
pied rooms opposite those of Bruce
Metcalfe. said that they had repeatedly
heard rappings at the MetcaIfe door
and the response Get away from
there" They did not see Kelley. but
think 1t likely that it was he.
Kelley is described by the police as
short Of stature, weighs about 14O
pounds and wears a mustache. no
beard. He is native of Kentucky.
and his former home was in Louis
vile.
AUBURN, Dec. 29.-Mrs. Annie Met
calfe, whose husband was killed this
morning in San Francisco, was born
and reared in Auburn. Her aged par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. James Hill, and her
three sisters-Mrs. w H Dickerson.
Mrs. j. c. Smith and Mrs. William Ma
cey-all reside here and all are re-
spected. Annie Hill was married to
Bruce Metcalfe twelve years ago. He
was then resident of Napa, but trav-
eled around the country taking pic
lures. About four years ago he suf-
fered stroke of paralysis while at
San Jose and had been mentally unbal-
anced ever since. At times he was
very bad. Four years ago Mrs. Metcalfe
was willed several thousand dollars by
Mr.. Veach of San Francisco. whom
she had nursed. Nearly all this money.
so the. relatives here say, Mrs Met
calfe has spent in trying to cure her
husband. For long time she had him
in seclusion at his parents ranch on
Rough and Ready Island, near Stock
ton. He was attended by expert doc
tors on insanity.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-30
BANCROFT MAY
GET THE TITLE
Report From Chicago Says
He Is to Be General Man.
ager of Southern Pacific

The latest report going the rounds Of
the Southern Pacific Company's new
offices on California street is that Act
ing General Manager W. H. Bancroft is
to become the permanent manager Of
the big Western system OF the Harri-
man lines on Monday next Yesterday
a prominent officer of the Southern Pa
cific Company received a letter from
one of the heads of the Hartman lines
in Chicago IN which the writer says
that Bancroft is slated TO fill the posi-
ton of general manager Of the South
ern Pacific, recently relinquished by G.
H. Markham. In addition 10 this inter
esting information the letter SAYS that
Bancroft viii soon retire from the posi-
ton Of general manager of the Union
Pacific, TO the duties Of which he has
been unable to give much attention
since he came to this city.
The writer says it is generally under
stood in Chicago that ]. NJ. Gruber,
general superintendent of the Union
Pacific, is to succeed Bancroft as gen
eral manager of the Western system
Of the Union Pacific, and that W. l..
Parke of Cheyenne, superintendent OF
the Wyoming division of the same road.
is TO be Gruber's successor as general
superintendent. W. A. Whitney, assist
ant superintendent at Cheyenne. is
slated to become superintendent of the
Nebraska division, succeeding w. A.
Deuel., who it is said will return to Den
yer to assume the duties of superin-
tendent of the Colorado division. sue
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-30
MISSING HEIR
Is IN STOCKTON.
Fortune Awaits Edward J.
Lawson, Salesman in a
Furniture Establishment
PREDICTION COMES TRUE
Is Told by a Clairyoyant
That He Soon Would Re-
ceive Big Sum of Money
Special Dispatch to The Call

NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-Heirs to the
estate of Jacob Lawson. a manufac-
turer who died recently from aceiden-
tai asphyxiation at his home in Brook
lyn, are seeking to locate his son, Ed
ward J.. supposed to be somewhere in
the West
Lawson, who was supposed to be
only fairly we'll of, was found to have
left an estate amounting to $500
600, TO be divided among three sons
and d daughter. The missing son,
Edward, is said to have gone to Cal
!fornia some years ago after a dis
agreement with the father. but re-
Gently was heard from in St. Louis.
STOCKTON, Dec. 29.-Edward ].
Lawson, heir to a share Of the estate
OF Jacob Lawson of Brooklyn. is a resi-
dent Of this city and a salesman in
furniture store. Lawson said to-day
that his fathers home had been in
Augusta, Me. but that he had lived in
New York for a time Lawson left
Augusta two years ago and came to
California. Since that time he has not
heard directly from his relatives in the
East. His father was we'll to do, but
not a millionaire.
The news of Lawson's good fortune
~ ACooOA VI d
coincidence. Lawson a rev days ago
visited local clairvoyant and had his
fortune told. He was informed that
there was in the East a large amount
OF money belonging to him and that
he would hear OF 1t shortly. The for
tune teller professed TO be unable to
give him any further particulars Law
son said that the words made no i'm
preston upon him until a reporter
showed him the dispatch from New
York. He is not at all enthusiastic
over his prospects, but Will place him
self in communication with his rela-
tipeS
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-30
Who is that?" shouted Metcalfe.

no is thatT shouted Metcalfe.
There was a low sound, as of some
one cursing and saying, Let me in
and then the photographer jumped
from his bed and opened the door,
Mrs. Metcalfe. according TO her story
TO the police, ran from the room to the
rear Of the house Regarding what
happened thereafter she made state
ments that were contradictory in essen
tial points. First she said that when
she left the room she hid in the back
hall and a few minutes later saw a
man come from the Metcalfe room
who looked something like Kelley
Later she declared that Keeley was the
man who came from the room and that
he had done the shooting. Captain Bur
nett gave orders that no one but police
officials interview the woman until her
story could be put in shape for legal
evidence in the trial.
To strengthen the theory that there
was a plot to do Metcalfe bodily harm
or TO murder him Detective Whitaker
offered Captain Burnett evidence to
show that Keeley had procured a pistol
about three days ago.
To the police documents was attached
the story told by John Metcalfe, which
he repeated TO an interviewer, as fol-
lows:
For some time I have been suspicious that
my brother was going to get into trouble with
his wife-that is, serious trouble. I knew that
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-30
NEW LIMITED SERVICE.
over Southern Pacifc's Sunset Route

Over Southern Pacific's Sunset Route.
The Southern Pacihcs winter service over
the great Sunset Route will be formally inau-
gurated to-day December So when the Golden
State Limited will start on the first trip OF It's
third season, running between Los Angeles and
Chicago via FL Paso and Kansas City over
the lines of the Rock Island system. The
equipment of this famous train will be even
better and finer than before, and Will include
electric lights, steam heat and every other
modern convenience 1t will carry drawing
room seepers between San Francisco and St
Louis and between Santa Barbara and Chi
cago, and will be made up of dining, observa-
tion. library and modern sixteen section tour
list cars besides the sleepers.
A second train, carrying Pullman standard
and tourist sleepers and dining car, and max
Ing the run to Chicago in less than three days
will leave Los Angeles daily at :45 D. m. over
the route.
The Sunset Express. running between San
Francisco. Los Angeles and New Orleans will
continue to give its fine service daily upon
former schedule. This popular train will be
provided, however, with greatly improved
equipment. including composite observation
containing gentlemen's smoking-room and
large parlor for ladies, an observation ro-
tunda being at rear Of train. These new OBJ
servation cars are a distinct advance in travel
comfort and it is expected that they will prove
the most attractive feature of passenger travel
adopted in recent years
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-30
LOCATION OF COURTHOUSE
is CHANGED IN A NIGHT
Down and Moves 1t From One
Town to Another.

ABERDEEN. s. D.. Dec. 2s.-The
crowd of men who went from Selby
to Bangor Tuesday night and carried
off by force the county records in the
courthouse and then left word that
they would return last night for the
courthouse itself kept their promise.
The building has been torn down and
piled on wagons and was hauled to
Selby in sections and rebuilt TODAY.
Although the action of the Selby rneo
has aroused much bitter feeling, the
Bangor residents made no resistance.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-30

a woman's uncertainty and a woman's
whirns and csDrices led 10 the murder
of Edward Bruce Metcalfe early yes
terdsy morning. In the unraveling Of
tfbe ta5e of love and tragedy there was
found a thread Of circumstantial evi-
dence that seemed 70 vaguely lead To
the conclusion that Metcalfe was killed
as the finale Of desperate plot, in
which his wife and her companion were
the chief plotters.
Edward Keeley, an irOnwOrker, with
whom Mrs. Metcalfe has been intimate
for q long time. is suspected Of having
shot Metcalfe 20 death; Mrs Metcalfe
Is supposed 70 have lUred her husband
70 IN Seventh street. where the shoot
ing TOO place. for the purpose Of giving
Keeley opportunity 10 pick a quarrel
with him. The man who has been most
emphatic in advancing this theory is
John Metcalfe, z brother OF the nur-
oered man. who lives at sos Cough
street
Last evening Mrs. Metcalfe stated
positively that Keeley was seen IN the
hallway after the shooting. She also
added that her husband had frequently
threatened Keeley's life. In her opin-
ion KeeleY had learned OF her meeting
with her husband and hurried to the
latter's lodging 10 find her entering
just as fight between herself and
Metcalfe was taking place.
In the divorce courts yesterday the
case of Metcalfe versus Metcalfe was
70 have been brought I'D for prelim-
inary hearing. This suit was Instituted
by Mrs Annie Lou Metcalfe. Bruce
Netcalfe's wife. who was a Miss Hill
of Auburn before she married Metcalfe.
travelling photographer, in Sacrament
20 twelve years ago That Mrs. Met
calfe should have sought her hus-
band "Wednesday night al 10 O'Clock
and consent 10 accompany him 10 his
lodgings at 221z Seventh street under
theee circumstances IS considered one
q the things in the case that is puz-
zliog the police
The pair met az 10 o'clock d. M. at
Market and Seventh streets. They
Immediately went TO the room that
had been occupied by Metcalfe and
remained there, wrs ngling, fighting
and drinking. until early in the
morning. According TO Mrs Metcalfe
who has been closely questioned bv
Captain Burnett, chief OF detectives
and By Detectives Whitaker and Cole
man, Metcalfe abused his wife, struck
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-30
KEELEY's CHARACTER.

heeley is structural iron worker. ~
said Mrs. Fox, "and he was ernployed
on the new Postotfice building. He
never made any trouble, and was not
q orlnklng man. To prove to you
what kind of a heart he had, I had a
litter of kittens that l wanted drown
ed and asked him if he would attend
TO the rather disagreeable job for me
He laughed and replied: If Won would
BUY me some milk for them, Mrs. Fox.
l think / would rather feed them than
drown them. A strange contradiction
in human character, isn't it?"
Kelley claimed to have been a great
friend of F. Fl. Mccarthy and Eugene
Clancy, union leaders. Keeley is said
to be an ardent unionist
Last night Mrs. Metcalfe was allowed
to talk freely with newspaper men.
She answered questions put TO her by
captain Burnett and the reporters and
said that contradictions in former
statements were due to the excitement
under which she had labored when ar
rested. She said in part:
l am positive / saw Keeley in the hall and
| am equally as positive that he shot Metcalfe
1 am confused as 10 whether there was a ran
ping at the door before my husband opened II
Dut DO know that he had been striking me
and when the door opened he started TO chase
me down the hallway. to closet then
to q bedroom. and saw from the later place
the fash Of two shots.
Kelley has no folks here Metcalfe's father
Is a farmer on Roberts Island, Sacramento
River
! left Keeley at o'clock and went TO Met
Gales room; he went to his union lodge meet
Ing When did not return at midnight 7 s,In-
pose he thought ] at my husband 4 room
apd he followed me TO the place. was in
need OF money and went to see my husband
Tor the purpose OF begging him to give me a
lew dollars. He forced me to remain with
him, but did not give me any money I did
not get away because he would not let me; he
detained me by force.
Yes. there was another woman in the roo,,,
when arrived, but she left the place as soon
as l came in She said she was there 70 90.
man named. Charlie Moore. She had nothing
whatever TO do with the case
Mrs. Metcalfe then added that her
husband had often threatened Keelev
he had visited the ironworker's lodg-
ings the afternoon before the shooting
and had hammered on the door She
had heard her husband make threats
to kill Kelley.
Detective Whitaker found that the
pistol that Kelley carried and with
which he probably shot MetcaIfe was
given to him by one Sample a Iodger
at 6O3 Eddy street. There had been
some trouble between Sample and
another man and the former was afraid
TO carry weapon, as he was not sure
that he could control his temper in q
fight and might get himself into
trouble.
keeley never threatened any one"
added Mrs. Metcalfe. He is a small.
inoffensive man and 1 have never
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-30

ceeding H E Ferris, who will resign
that post TO accept a position under Ed
ward Dickson, general manager of the
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Rail-
road.
Actlng General Manager Bancroft
was not inclined TO discuss the report
last night. saying that he had NOT been
oinclally advised who is to be made
the permanent general manager OF. the
Southern Pacific Company.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-30
MURDERER ENTERS.

her several times and was beating her
when loud rap came on the door.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-30
GILA FOREST RESERVE
OPEN TO THE CATTTEMEN
Interior Department Decides to Per-
init Immense Herds to Craze on
Arizona Lands.

Ell PASO, Tex, Dec. 29.-what is
generally regarded as a concession to
the stock growers of Arizona is the
decision rendered by the Interior De-
partment at Washington permitting
sheep and goats to the number OF
$4,000 and 5000 head of cattle and
horses to Craze on the Gila Forest Re
serve for the season of 1905
Not more than 10000 head of sheep
or goats nor more than 1000 head of
horses and cattle for single person
will be allowed grazing.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-30

Keeley lived in the same house with the
woman al SOB Eddy street, where Mrs. Met
cziie occupied a room near that rented by
heeLey They were continually in each 9TH
e. company Several nights ago 1 accom-
panied my brother 70 his lodgings and as |
was passing down Seventh street 1 noticed
Mrs Metcalfe and Keeley lurking IN door
way. then urged my brother TO come home
with me, as was afraid that there was a put
" lob on hand 70 do him up. He did as
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-30
HAS BEEN THREATENED.

Bruce has told me that he was threatened
by MS wife and that Kelley and she were
planning TO ge< married as soon as the divorce
was granted The fact that Bruce was going
70 file cross complaint in the divorce pro-
ceecinEs on the grounds Of intempsrance and
inhoelty angered Mrs. Metcalfe. There was
no doubt that she was much infatuated with
heeles and was anxious that her marriage
with him be hsstened.
Lodgers at 2215 Seventh street say
that the mysterious woman in the
case" was heard in Metcalfe's room
at an early hour Of the evening" She
was neard to say "Good-by," soon
after which Metcalfe went out Of the
house. The woman is supposed to be
in no way connected with the shooting,
and was undoubtedly only one of the
several women with whom MetcaIfa
is said to have been Intimately ac-
quainted. Mrs. Metcalfe's answer to
the charge of conspiracy was as fol-
lows:
1 do not know much about the circurn-
stances OF this case. 1 was SO excited. so
surprised at II all. All l know Is that at AZ
O'Clock in the morning / heard loud knock
at the door and my husband ran to the fore
and called out loudly, who is there?" I got
out Of bed Just as the door was opened and a
man man whisked past me ran TO room in the
rear Of the building. There was a Hash and
two shots and the man. who looked something
Ike Kelley, ran down the hall and out OF the
place.
The woman's other statement to the
police was that she saw Kelley run
out. He did the shooting: ] am inno-
cent?
The detectives visited the lodgings
Of Kelley an hour after the shooting
took place and made a careful search
Of his room. The landlady of the house.
COB Eddy street. is Mrs. A. NJ. Fox, and
she said that there was not a more
sober, pleasant man than Keeley
among those to whom she has rented
rooms.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-30
Three Lose Lives in Fire.

GENESEO. y. Y, Dec. 2s.-Thrse
persons lost their lives in a IRE that
destroyed the farm residence of
Charles Mcmillan at the head Of Cone
sus Lake to-day. The dead: Charles
Mcmillan, Lottie Mcmillan, his sister;
Frank Mcmillan. his nephew.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-30

TIRES OF MORPHINE.-Everett Newman
a morphine 1eDd, "a years of age was before
the Insanity Commissioners yesterday He
asked to be sent TO State hospital where he
could be cured Of the morphine habit He was
committed to Ukiah.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-02-24
Needed No Advice

1t WAS a'my p ,ng .f.er
no"n. i;r i,i'a o. - trees
over la,,sI .).a ,,.pliiui, aud
ruIy to. Tissiagykan wz5 a pt,ce
or TIC aa$tAeuc in nature 1t
was SUNDAY, and the stiffness of
the Sabbath pcrvaded jhe entire
atmosphere Ali the environ
ments were conducive to qnie-
and rest, to beauty and sol enity. t
Calmly seated on the stump OF
Il tree, little fellow had thrown
out line into The rushiuS waters
and WAS anXionsly awaiting Il first
bite.
Slowly and apprehensively u
lone woman WAS seen coming up
the east side of the creek. Be.
holding this donizsn of the woods
st his work, she pounced upon
him.
"Littls by" said she, 81 have
lost my way. Can on tell me the
road to MaoaYuuk -
Yes 'm," chirped the fisher.
"Keop right on up this road an
,.nn' II ,,p,o F., IL -
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-02-24
LiQCUp or Your Cash.
That Is ths DIspcnsiry Slogan il
South Carolina
to Gresnville News.

SPECIAL to GresnviIle News.
Columbia, Feb. -. The Gen
eral assembly has passed what is
known as the Bvicc bill. 1t start
od ont az Mr.. Brice's bill, but
some ono said, in tho progress of
the discussion over the matter,
that the author OF the bill would
hardly recognizs it Oh the public
roads. The bill meant to he a
plain, open and shut proposition
that if county did rot want a
dispeRsary after trial that it could
close 1t up by a vote of the people
and get rid of it and that wCald
be he aud Of the matter. The
idea was that if the people de-
cided by vote that thoy did not
want 4 dispensary taat tho grant
of such an expression was simply
local self-g0vGrnment and that
nobody wanted u force the dis
pensarY upon any count-. The
bill, Ss it now stands, and az ii
will probably he ratified, provides
thrt f, ronpiy CON - - -. .Lo, =,