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The San Francisco call., 1904-03-08

the stories they told were carefully fol-
lowed up. The result was summed up
last night by Martin in the words:
I'VE shall probably let them go in
the morning. We have examined all
the people they referred to and find
that their statements are consistent and
are verified by trustworthy persons
They have established a complete alibi.
in my judgment, and 1 see no reason
for holding them further"
The story Of Gonzales and Riley is
in substance that they were at a saloon
on the southwest corner Of Folsom and
Fourth streets when the shooting oc-
Cured. This has been cOrrObOrated by
a number of witnesses. Gonzales is
driver for the Park Department and
rooms with Riley at the lOdging-hOuse
of Mrs. Frances Stelzner. 325 Fourth
street. Mrs. Steiner gives her dodgers
a good name Notwithstanding their bad
police record, saying that during their
eight months in her house they have
been industrious and almost always
quiet and sober. In fact, the only real
reason the police had for arresting them
was the fact that each of the young
men had "done time" for criminal Of
fenses. This was known to residents
of the neighborhood. who reported the
fact that they were in the vicinity at
the time of the shooting
GONZALES STATEMENT.
Gonzales says that about 9:3O p. m.
he and man named Woods went with
Riley to the saloon at Fourth and Fol-
som, in front of which they were stand
ing when they heard the shot fired.
They ran across the street and
met George Harvey on the northwest
corner. They all then went to the sa-
loon of AIDers & Heide. next door to
the packing house. where they arrived
just in time to see Policeman Green
catch Young Buttgenbaeh and Louis
Bruno as they broke through the par
tition Then they went to the home
of Mrs. LitZens at 13 FreelOn street,
where they sat up till a late hour.
Mrs. Litzens is a sister Of Riley, and
another sister is the wife of Gonzales.
This story told by Gonzales was re-
peated in all it's essentials by Riley
and confirmed by the other persons
they named, when the police ques-
toned them. Hence there is no rea-
son for believing that the two young
men were concerned in the murder.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-08
NIarchioness spinoIa Dies.

ROME, March =. Marchioness
Spinola, who before her marriage was
Miss Lily Page, daughter of Captain
Page OF Richmond, Va. is dead. She
was one Of the Oldest American resi-
dents OF Rome Her mother died here
six weeks ago.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-08

BERLIN, March Fritz Pange. a banker
of weisselfels. Saxony convicted at Nsum-
burg to-day OF the embezzlement OF SIo,25O
and was sentenced to four years impriS nment
In the penitentiary.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-08
stantial evidence, and for this the
chain is undeniably weak.
INQUEST THIS MORNING.

stantial evidence, and for this the
chain is undeniably weak.
INQUEST THIS MORNING.
Coroner Leland has set the inquest
for this morning at 10 o'clock. There is
considerable surprise at the Coroner's
action in hurrying on the inquest be-
fore the police have had time to COM
plete their investigation. An autopsy
was performed yesterday by DR.. ]. b.
Bacigalupi, whose report, in it's tech
nical language, is as follows:
The cause of death is shock and hemorrhage
cue TO gunshot wound of brain. The bullet en-
tered the brain one and half inches behind
the frontal parietal suture, and a half
inches to the right of the interparietal suture
passed in direction downward and back
ward and to the left through the left hemi-
sphere at (parietaD lobe thence through the
oceipital lobe of the left hemisphere at the
posteror and, inferior extremity of which the
very much hattened bullet was found lodged
evidence OF powder burns etc, were removed
by the hospital surgeons. who shaved the hair
completely on the Vertex of scalp.
In plain English the autopsy sur
geon's report means that the bullet en-
tered Buttgenbach's brain on the
apex of the skull on a line with the
right eye, took a downward course to
the left and rear. and was found
lodged against the skull at the base
of the brain. The calliber of the bull
let could not be determined conclu-
sively, 1t was so battered by coming
in contact with the skull. but it's
weight indicated that it was from a.
38-caliber revolver and therefore was
similar to the five cartridges found on
the floor of Buttgenbachs office after
the tragedy.
The search for the revolver that did
the deadly deed took several hours of
the detectives time yesterday. but
proved unsuccessful. This is one of
the difficulties of the case, for the dis
covery of the pistol might settle more
than one question that is troubling
the police.
MYSTERY OF REVOLVER.
When arrested in Alpers & Heide.s
saloon Albert Buttgenbach had no re-
volver in his possession. If he did the
shooting he had but a few seconds in
which to dispose of the instrument
According to his own story he first ran
back from the office toward the en-
gine-room at the rear of the building
before he followed Brune through the
partition into the saloon. On this
statement the detectives conclud-
ed that, if he did the shoot
ing, they might find the pistol in
the furnace. Therefore they had this
cleaned out yesterday, only to dis
cover no traces of such weapon
among the ashes.
All over the premises they searched
with the same object in view and with
the same result. The only reward for
their industry was the discovery of an
old and we'll rusted 32-caliber re-
volver lying in the loft and evidently
long innocent of use.
This same loft, however, adds to the
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-08

ODESSA, Russia, March 7.-Euptivs ty-
phus prevails here Fifty-three cases have
been reported
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Nn oaS Yublitnnt,

Die sSreie Breiie" bat uber 400
etablirte Ieenturen I'M Stoote, miro
an iber 700 &oitpfficen nerlanbt, unb
bat elne grose 8erbreitune in Der
Rabbar= &epublit Meritp, i'm Snota=
nerzgerritDrlnm unb Oflabpma.
Sbr Girfu1atiuuss@ebiet in 3eras
eritredt iib 0on @aloefon bis binauf
nab 9ennDn. pon Maribaa i'm Often
biz na6 @l balo IN: fernen Weiten;
es i6lieBt ielbftueritGnolid nit bes
lonhers sablreihen 2elern oas otht=
beliebelte Mittel=9 eras unb ben 5uoz
uelten elm.
3spei 3eiienoe ltno beitdnoig.
iabrein, iabraus int SntereHe oes
Blattes untertpeos uno fiibren oemz
ielben i'm 8ereiu nit unieren riibri=
gen 2otal Naenten ferttpdbreno
neue 2eier su.
Sn Inbetrabt oieIer 9bat1aben i'll
Die p5reie Breiie", tpu es itb borurn
benoelt, Die beutihe 8ep6lferune 81
erreiben, Sas bette 9lmseies Wses
bium M gtaate Geras-
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ear sWrtnrltoaen sur ySelt=
Mnsifeilnna.

YIN II. uno 81. Mai pertouft Die
2eras uno 8acitic Bobn Spesials
@rcnriions'9idets nah ct. Souls
lino surlld BON alien Buntten ibrer
9inie in 2eras. Nrtauias uno 9oui.
ltana Fiir meni9er als einen SFabr>
prets. Die Gidets iino nur in ben
re9elmdBiaen Cars aiItia uno fir Die
Dauer BON iieben Toeen. Benoet
@ut ons lraeuo einen Naenteu Der
QinieR
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Gin itarfer Schmss.

Shligen sic Den S0rpcr gegea arant'
tfit ourh 3utt'5sPiGen ,iu ablOIute5
SRilmittsl fur a0pIId)mst}en. 0p5pep.
iG. Mdlaria, S3arilcibigiei. uao Gbnlis
cf1s geiDsn.
Rae xricbrae ees Sctens."
Or. 3utt: Shrs 2sber pi0en linb bda
Sriebrao os3 0tbsHs. s5s) 'psroe Itets
bsm 3ufol oantbor iein. ipether mir
bieIelbsn gu meiner RenutniB brGthts.
:. Goirleiah, glotte Cannon. gol,
TUFTS Leber PILLEN.
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Srete Geiie nadJ ct. @onts uno
sltriid.


I'm ben Beiubern Der @eltausz
lteluna entgeaen5ufommen, miro Die
Wf. SC. q 8. .sBabn (Tbe Gatp) einen
neuen S6nea5ug 5miihen @aloe=
ton uno San NntDnip uno ct.
Souls einleaen uno Die erite BerlDn,
Die einen geamen fir bieIen neuen
Bug einienbet, Der araenommen
ueroen miro. erbdls elm 5reis9idet
BON irgeuo elmer StatiDn in 9eros
nah ct. Souls uno surif mabreno
Der Gusitellung. Die fnlgenoen Bez
oineun9en iino gu beubatten: Der
Rame muB neu uno origineQ unb
turs uuo oerftdnolib iein. Qle W1its
teilungen in gesu9 bierauf Iinb 7u
rthten an Us. s. grulb,
y. . bor Ro. 620 3.
0nllas. 3eras.
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NofatlOaeu tn seras geipuuldt.

Die 5risco=Spitem 2onos Snmie
9rati0nS Nfiociation lenft bereits
tbren 9eil Der Ginnanoerunq nod)
TerasS
Dreibunoertnnoiiinfsig 9laenteu
oieier Iiiociati0n pDtn Often uno
@Oroen baben ioeben cine 9our ourd
Teras beenoet uno iih nah ben 6iilfss
aueIen oeS States &c. erfunoiat,
UNI Die gatiaben ben 0eimitdtteiuz
herrl Der dlteren Stanten better uDrz
fiihren 81 fDnnen.
Dieie Nhpciation 1T bic uirf=
iatnfte, Die es giebt; iie 6at Naenten
in ben gansen Ser. Staaten. 8plIt
Sbr @uer @igentum, auf Dem 2anoe
uoer in Der Stabt, pertaufen, wiiulCht
Sbr Rapitaf fir sSabrifen Doer
irgeno cine Snbnitrie. iHreibt an
81. g. 2emon. Setretdr bes Sms
tniaratiunS Bureaus, Dept. N.
5riscD @ebduoe, ct. 2ouis, SEQ.
8. q. 9uebes,
8enerals sSntrliarotiDnssWQent.
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Sas .ShsaI eiaes Mannes.

Sas Sbeal eiaes Manues. Die
9rdftn Oelorme bat m einen langen
S4rsibsn ibre Greunbtn IN paris, ibr
dnen 5anstehrer fir ibre Rinbsr be-
torgen gu tpoIIeu. 3aslein lisb f;e
f4 tpeitIdufis aus iiber ale Gisen.
t9afsen. tpslhe bieier Sauslebs,r be.
Fsen miiHe. GrIt nod lGnserer 3eit
erbtelt iie eine 4nttpori, in ipel9er ibr
be Jreuubin f6rieb, baB fie {id alle
Wabs s.seben babe. sinen fol1en
3oaslebrer gu finben. 8isber fsi es
ibr ni4t stIunsen, iie lpiirbe abes
eifrisit fortfubren, ibu au iu9en, unS
tuenn i. 10 sliidlid f.i, ibn au fin.
ben. fsi iie f.it enti4lofen, bsnIslben-
tpfoSt su betratben. Denn tpas ibts
Greunbin forb.rs, bos III ni1ts me9s
anh ni&ts tpeniofr uls bas Jbsal
sines Wexaas.
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TO The PUBLIC.

The weekly issue of the FREE
PREssE FUER TExAs' has po-
sitively the largest circulation
of all German papers published
In the State of Texas.
1t has over 400 established
agencies in the State, is mailed
to fully 700 post-ofices, and has
an extended circulation in Mexi-
co. in the Indian Territory, and
in Oklahoma.
It circulates from Galveston
to Denison, from Marshall to Ell
Paso and of course manly in
the thickly populated central
and southwestern parts of the
state.
Two tlavel1ng men and our
very active local agents are con-
tinuously adding new sub
scribers to the lists.
In consideration of these facts
the "F'REIE PREssE FUER Texas
claims to be the Lest adver-
tlsing medium in the State of
Texas, where it is the object to
reach the German reading po-
pulatlou
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-04-17

ply the love interest? viii that state
~ one in the black dress do? Hushi
They are talking about her now. Her
sweetheart is a ne'er do we'll, and her
people will have none of him. But for
all this, their courtship goes on right
merrily. She tells her friends, he tells
his friends, and then their friends tell
everybody That is the way they hit
it off in the south. But the best part
of it is that the sympathies Of the COM
munity are always with the lovers. II
would be a poor friend who would not
call in the evening to engage the ola
folks in conversation. while ardent Ju-
liet from her balcony enjoys a few mo-
ments of whispered talk with her for
hidden Romeo. Love can always laugh
at Iocksmiths, if the neighbors are will
ing to help.
They say she has a canary that the
old folks think was the gift of a
cousin; but that everyone else knows
il came from her sweetheart. She feeds
it and guards its tender little life as
jealousy as she treasures her thoughts
Of her lover He sent her that red
rose she is wearing so jauntily in her
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Of tricks as a Latin diplomat. and that
he has earned $4,000 in six months.
There is a mystery about the short
girl with the European attache- She
is in the employ of the government, but
she does not belong to the class that
take situations. She must be a lady
Of quality. because she receives and
sends expensive cables, and her serv-
ing girl says she has beautiful silk
night robes. How gossip loves detail
There must be a man on the other end
of the cable, and Santiago will never
rest until it knows whether he Tilted
the maid or she ran away from him.
Did an eaVesdrOpper ever hear good
of HIMSELF l have to take refuge be-
hind my napkin as the talk turns to
foreign newspaper correspondents. The
American reporter is too brazen- He
tackles a king with as much confidence
as a book agent would approach a fac
tory manager. He fears his editor,
but after him, has no respect for Goo,
devil or public opinion. I desperately
order my waiter around as some of my
fellow writer's are verbally torn limb
from limb. One famous Yankee CORE
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thirst is quite in keeping with her
size, and that after her third glass of
wine, she always tells stories that
make the men laugh and the women
blush. The slender little girl in pink
belongs 10 a good family that is very
bad OFF financially. Their house is in
fashionable quarter. but all ;he
rooms are rented except the paTlOr.
kitchen and sleeping apartments.
When they rent their rooms they re-
qui~s that their tenants keep the shut
tiers up during the summer season.
so people viii think the family has
gone TO the ScaShOre. They generally
have new dresses when the president
entertainS the diplomatic corps at the
races. but some Of their rooms must
be vacant this season because the
mother did not have q new gown.
Everybody knows their team with the
silver amounted harness, and everybody
also knows that they sometimes have
10 live on beans i'm order TO keep their
horses and carriage.
But they are respected for their
brave attempt at appearances. The
girl is pretty and sweet, and il is TO
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-04-17

= HE deep snow, which but a few
days ago covered the ground. hid
many secrets which are now being
given up. As the brown earth begins
u appear in patches. we find some of
the results Of the late severe winter.
Birds which persisted from cold or
hunger, and which were not carried
off by foxes, mink, skunks or owls. are
now uncovered, and we find here a
junco or a chickadee, and there a
pheasant, a grouse or a quail. The
spring is here again, but not for them,
and yet no sign which we can read es-
cEpeS the survivors, to suggest that
the dead are missed. The ''tOOt-tOot'
OF the cock pheasant is as vigorous as
ever; the male grouse Will drum with
his accustomed vim, and there is not
a trace of sadness in the clear whistle
of the "Bob-white."
The white-fOoted mice, too have
been desperately hungry this winter,
and. now the snow has gone, we may
find sometimes, under a log or stone
heap. a yellowish- brown skin, from
which the body has been eaten. Dur
ing ordinary winters, these dainty
creatures are able to subsist on seeds,
nuts, cherry stones, and the like; but
when food is as scarce as it was
while back, they sometimes are obliged
10 eat one another The meadow
mice. if not reduced to such straits a
this, have at least been kept busy in
their efforts to obtain sufficient food.
Only yesterday. / went out TO a plan
tation of several hundred young
trees, and found that every one of
them had been killed by the meadow
mice, which had gnawed off the bark
all the way round, in some cases to a
height of two feet or more from the
ground. II would seem that an army
of mice must have been engaged, so
great was the destruction wrought, and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-04-17
SPRING AND IT'S POETRY

IA ELL. Mr.. Idiot" said Mrs. Ped
Wv agog, genialiy. as the Idiot en-
tered the breakfast room.
'vhat can I do for you this fine spring
morning? VIII you have tea or cof-
fee2"
Il think I'd like a cup Of boiled iron.
with two Jumps OF quiniue and a
spoonful Of condensed uerve-miEl in
it. replied the Idiot. YEARLY. some
how or other I have managed to mis-
play my spine this morning. Ethereal
mildness has taken the place Of my
backbone"
Those tired feelings. eh?" said Mr.
Brief.
''Yeppy." replied the Idiot. Regular
thing with me. Every year along about
the middle Of April I have TO fasten
poker on my back with straps i'm order
20 stand up straight. and as for my
knees-well I never know where they
are in the merry, merry springtime
I'm quite sure that il I didn't wear
brass caps on them my legs would
bend backwards. I wonder IL this
ghbOrhOod is malarious2'
Not in the slightest degree" OBJ
served the Doctor. This is the health
fest neighborhOOd i'm town. The trou-
BILE with you is that you have swampy
mind. and II is the miasmatic oozings
Of your intellect that reduce you to
the condition OF physical habbiness of
which you complain. You might swal-
low the United States steel trust and
81 wouldn't help you a bit. and 10000
bottles Of nerve-milk or any other ton
1C known to science would be powerlesS
10 reach the seat Of your disorder
What you need 10 stiffeu YOU I'D is n
fsair OF those armOred trousers the
Crusaders used to wear I'm the days Of
chiSalry 10 bolster up your legs. and
r straight jacket 20 keep your back mp
Thank you kindly. said the Idiot
IF SOu'll give me "A prescription which
] car have made up at your tailors.
III have il filed unless you'll add 10
nv eVer-increasing obligation 10 you
bv lending mo your own straight jack
ct ] promise 10 keep IL straight and
90 return il the moment you feel one
Of your fits coming on"
The Doctors response was merely
ECornful gesture and the Idiot went on.
Its always seemed a very queer thing
p me that this season of the year
should be so popular with everybody
10 me it's the mushiest OF times
Nushy bones. mushy poetry. mush for
q breakfast. fried. stewed and boiled
6he roads are mushy, lovers thaw out
and get nushicT than ever.
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Q II | Al.
I r e

Wooden gloves. muff and ear-tabs;
from the lce-bON get the pick
There's no telling what may happen ere
we've driven twenty miles:
April flirtS with chill December and IS
fun Of other wies.
Bring your raraSCl. q Maudy-it is good
for teto-a-te-es-
At the same time YOU would better also
bring your hockey skates.
There's no telling from the noontide. with
the sun a-shiniug bright
just what kind Of winter weather well
ho mp against by night
Referring TO the advice" said Mr..
Brief. that's good. ! don't think much
Of the poetry"
There was lot more of it," said
the Idiot, "bUt IL escages me at the
moment. Four lines I DO remember.
however
Pin uo faith TO weather prophets-all
their prophecies are fakes,
Roulette wheels are plain and simple TO
the notions April takes.
Keep Your children in the nursery-never
mind q IF they pOut-
And above all do not let your furnace
take IN evening out
We'll" said the Poet. IF you're go
ing to the poets for advice I presume
Your rhymes are all right But I don't
think IL is the mission Of the Poet to
teach people common sense"
That's the trouble with the whole
tribe Of poets" said the Idiot They
think they are licensed 10 do and say
all sorts Of things that other people
can't do and say. In a way 1 agree
with you that a poem shouldn't neces-
sarily be treatise ON etiquette or a
sequence of health hints. but it should
avoid misleading its readers. Take
that follow who wrote.
Sweet primrose Time. When thou art
here | go by grassy hedges
OF long lane-Side, and pasture mead.
and moss eutangled hedges.
That's very lovely. and as far as it
goes il is all fight There's no harm
i'm doing what the poet so delicately
suggests. But / think there should
have been other stanzas for the pro-
lection Of the reader. like this.
But have a care. oh readers fair
To take your maCkintOshes.
And on your feet be sure 20 wear
pair OF staunch gol0shes.
Nor should you fail when seeking out
The primrose, golden yeller.
To have at hand somewhere about
n competent umbrella.
Thousands of people are inspired by
lines like the original 10 go gallivant-
ing all over the country in primrose
time. 10 return at dewy eve with all
the iucipient symptoms of pneumonia.
Then there's the case Of Words worth.
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When the Snow Melts Away.
ERNEST HAROLD BAYNES.

and clear as beII-notes fell their con
hGent cries of 'HOme-hOme-home
On the morning of March 90
heard the call of a robin, and. looking
from the window, saw him fly across
the garden, his breast a warm red
streak across the snow he skinned.
How fun Of interest and mystery is
a newly arrived migrant. We know
not whence he comes or whittier he
goes, save in a general way; yet we
feel that he Is a bright. .coura geOuS
spirit, filled with a purpose from
which he is not to be turned by prob
lens of time, or distance. or fear Of
bodily harm He is delivering his
message TO Garcia" and 10 US, If
we will but understand il.
The perilS OF migration were
brought to my mind again. the
other day when a friend intrusted to
my care a robin which he had picked
up in early March The little fellow
had the first joint torn from his wing.
an accident which must deprive him
of sustained flight for ever. In other
respects he seems as well as any other
robin, and I fear that he does not
understand why we do not give him
his liberty He is not much afraid.
and hops about the room, picking up
food which has been placed for him
and occasionally taking a bath in a
dish of water on the floor. But moth
inv which humans can do can make
up for the loss of his wild. free life.
At first he tried 10 escape by throwing
himself against the panes. but now ne
mounts BY chair to a perch close to
the window. and there ne stands like
a statue. for an hour at a time. gaz-
ing out upon his lost world. 1t is sad
10 see him start up from n seeming
reverie, and call with an earnestness.
the meaning of which il is not hard
% guess. he breaches a strong ser
mon against the cruelty of caging
wild birds.
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indeed few of us realize how nUmer-
Gus these little rodents are until we
begin TO hunt for them Systematically.
In spite OF the fact that they are the
natural prey of hawks. owls, cats,
weasels, mink, skunks and foxes, their
name is legion They are wonderfully
prolific, having usually eight young
in a litter, and at least two Filters in
a year. The winding footpaths which
they make through the meadows, if
Strengthened out and placed end to end,
would reach for thousands of miles
Il wonderful road system" for little
creatures only six and a half inches
long. And when the snow meltS away,
and the freshets flood the Iow-lyins
meadows, the mice which dwelt there
in the winter are obliged to seek higher
ground, and how they escape drown
ing is a mystery. unless they have some
warning that their burrows are soon
to be flooded.
And with the melting of the snow
comes the warming of the earth, and
the release Of the myriads of creep
ing. crawling and flying things which
are destined to become the food of the
great army of birds which is even now
invading the land. For many days
these birds have been coming, n very
few at first. but growing in numbers
daily. They are late this year, Tor
they follow in the wake Of retreating
winter, and winter itself was late in
departing. The vanguard of the blue
birds was more than a week later
than usual, and it was not until the
18th of March that the first great fly
ing squadron of Canada geese passed
over Stoneham, Mass, on its way to
the north. High overhead they winged
their way. at dusk, their grey forms
mingling with the gathering mist. In
Imagination could hear the swish"
of the mighty wings that bore them
swiftly onward 10 the goal toward
which their eager necks were stretched,