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The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
CATCH WILDM
OF THE NORTH
Tacoma Police Succeed After
Weeks of Effort in Cap
turing -Crazed Individual
speel.I plspateh 70 The cam.

TACOMA. March 19.-After several
weeks Of persistent effort the police
have captured Adolph Metzger, the
wild mar who has been terrorizing wo-
men and children in the West End.
Metzger looks more like beast than
a human being. When brought into
the police station he presented a
strange and fearful appearance. The
pockets Of his ragged clothing were
stuffed with hay and the decayed veg
etables on which he subsists. He has a
wild and hunted look, says nothing and
acts like trapped animal furtively
watching for an opportunity to bolt.
When Metzger is loose he is as wild as
wolf, running at the approach of per-
Sons. Metzger's face is overgrown with
long beard.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
GREAT SUM LOST
TO GOVERNMENT
SCOPE OF UTAH LAND FRAUDS
Powerful INFLUENcEs BLOCK LN0UIRY
Special Dispatch to The CAN

principal Rockefeller-Gould corpora
ton in Utah. the Rio Grande Western
Railway Company. which. through
subsidiary corporation, the Utah Fuel
Company, has been working to secure
a monopoly of the coal deposits OF the
West.
Ethan Allen Hitchcock Of ST. Louis.
Secretary of the Interior, was a pol1ti-
cal associate Of Busch It was In
Hitchcock's department that the trans
actions alleged 10 have been question
able have been carried on seemingly
without discovery.
The favorite practice has been to
take up coal land as agricultural land
and buy IL through the State land
board at $50 per acre. whereas the
Government price is $40 an acre IN
stances are on record where the land
has been returned by the Surveyor
General as valuable coal land. has been
filed with the register of the land office
as coal land has been taken up by
the same interests through the State
board as agricultural lands. thereby
saving the company $3.50 an acre.
while defrauding the Governments OF $40
an acre Cases as fragrant as this are
numerous and yet. it is said. the In
terror Department and it's officials have
allowed the practice to go on for years.
Strenuous efforts are being made TO
secure the removal of United States
District Attorney Joseph Lippman. who
was so "offfcious" as to seek evidence
as TO whether Smoot secured his gill
sonite interests after his election as
Senator. He was asked yesterday If he
intended to take any further action in
the coal land frauds. and replied eau
tiousIy:
This Is a matter In which I must be
guided wholly by instructions from
Washington
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
ENGINEERS AMP FIRESIEN
REACH AN AGREEMENT

NEW HAVEN. Conn.,. March 1s.-It
was announced to-day that the sub
committees Of the Brotherhood Of Lo-
connective Firemen and the Brotherhood
OF Locomotive Engineers OF the New
York. New Haven and Hartford Rail-
road had reached an agreement rela-
tive to the long existing trouble be-
tween the two unions and that the
agreement is now in the hands OF Cen
ersl Manager Higgins of the road.
Second Vice Grand Master Shea Of
the flremen is quoted as saying that in
al probability the railroad will give out
the statement in the course of day or
two.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
FIREBUC WORKS
WITH RAPIDITY
Makes Six Attempts Within
Two Hours to Burn Build
ings in City of Spokane
special Dispatch to The Cali.

SPOKANE. March ia firebug.
supposed to be a half-witted youth.
made six attempts within two hours to
burn buildings in Spokane Sunday
morning. He fired a box factory, wood
shed, dairy house, livery stable, wood
working shop, sash and door factory
and an old dwelling.
In each case the fire was discoveSed
soon after being started and little dam
age epsued. but the fire companies had
the most strenuous two hours they
have known in years. each alarm COM
ing in while the companies were pro-
ceeding to their stations after extin-
gushing a blaze. The firebug took the
lanterns used as warning signal at a
street excavation, poured the oil on the
buildings and applied the match.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
TOO CLEVER
As TRADER
OF HORSES
Iowa Clergyman Un-
frOcked by Trial
Board.
Special Dispatch to Tn. Call

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, March 1s-Be-
cause he is a good horse trader Rev.
S. Roster of Orange City will lose his
license as minister of the gospel. He
was tried by board of twelve Dutch
Reformed clergymen. The evidence
showed that he had managed to get the
better Of several men in horse trades,
manifesting capability for business
quite worldly.
The board decided that such compe-
tence was not compatible with priestIy
robes. Solemnly and with great seri-
BUSINESS the discriminating evidence was
weighed. The accused was found want
ing.
Yesterday verdict was returned,
finding Mr.. Roster guilty of sharp
practice in horse trading" He will be
unfrocked at once.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
PRENATAL
INFLUENCE
DO6MS HIM
Man Ends His Life by
Method Parents
Adopted.
special Dispatch to The CAN.

HAMMOND. Ind. March 19.-The
body Of suicide who hurled himself
under the wheels of a street car here
yesterday has been identified. 1t is
that of Christopher Swenson of Rock
Island, Ill.
This self-murderer presents a re-
markable case of prenatal influence.
Two months before Swenson was born
his father killed himself by springing
under a train. When his mother heard
of her husbands death she tried to
commit suicide in the same fashion, but
was dragged from under the train,
with only slight injuries.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
MAY GET LONG TERM
FOR THEFT OF PENNY
Wisconsin Robber Holds Up a Man
Who Had but One Cent In
His Pocket.

SUPERIOR, Wis. March 10
George Douglas may have to serve a
long term in prison for the theft OF
penny He is charged with high
way robbery by Joseph Kotter, who
says he took one cent, all he had at
the time of the holdup- Harry Smith
and Charles Daley, who are alleged to
have been with Douglas at the time OF
the robbery. have been sentenced to
twenty days on the rock pile and will
he used as witnesses against him
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
LARGEST FRENCH SHIP
SOON TO BE LAUNCHED
La Province of Nineteen Thousand
Tons TO Enter the Seas on
Wednesday

PARIS. March 19.-La Province, a
splendid new ship Of the French line.
will be launched on March % at ST.
Nazaire. She viii be the largest French
ship afloat. being $50 tons. exceeding
the tonnage Of the largest French bat
tleship. the Patrie. by 45oo tons.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
GaIlerv Collapses; -Four Killed.

SANTIAGO DE CHILE. March 19-
The accident which occurred in the
Lyric Theater here Saturday night
was caused by the collapse of the gall
lery. An anti Catholic meeting was be-
ing held at the time. Four persons were
killed and a great number injured
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
BOSTON MAN MARRIES
CHARMING SAN JOSE GIRL
Daughter of Pioneer Garden City
Merchant Becomes Bride at St
Joseph's Church.

SAN JOSE. March 19--Miss Eliza
beth Devine. daughter of weIl-known
and wealthy pioneer merchant. was
married at st. Joseph's Church to-day
bv the Rev. H. j. Gallagher. s. j.. of
santa Clara College TO Frederick L.
Gardner of Boston The bride was
given away by her father and was at
tended by Miss Nellie Cookery Igna-
thus Devine. brother of the bride. act
ed as best man. A large number OF
friends were present in the church
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
CRITICS PRAISE NEW YORK
WATER COLOR CLUB EXHIBIT
Those Present at Private View Adj
mire Work of Cooper, Herter,
Palmer and Keller.

LONDON, March 19.-The private
view Of the New York Water Color
Club this afternoon was we'll attended.
representatives of the fashionable
world. critics and British artists being
present and these declared the show to
be an admirable one. Among the pic
lures most admired were C. c. Coon
er's Philadelphia Sky-Scrapers," A.
Herter's Sorrow w. L. Palmer 4
open Book and A. l. Keller's Fin
ishing Touches The exhibition will
remain open until April 8.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
AMERICAN, MAN-OF-WAR
SAILS FOR VENEZUELA
France Files Protest
Against Acts of
Castro.
Special Dispatch to IN. call.

NORFOLK, Va March 1e. - The
cruiser Colorado sailed from Hampton
Roads this afternoon. II is understood
she is bound for Venezuelan waters,
though reports have her going to join
the combined fleet near Pensacola. The
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20
WORD FROM LINEvITCH.
Commander Reports the Japanese Oc.
| cupation Of Fakoman.

ST. PETERSBU RG, March Ia
Commander in Chief Linevitch, in a
telegram dated Sunday, says:
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20

Continued on Pare 2. Co,nn.n :
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-20

FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER
DICTATOR OF VENEZUELA AND
CRUISER ORDERED SOUTH
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-06-30

With the election this fall 1t is pos.
sible that the last remnant of the
fusion wave that swept over Nebraska
will have passed into history. The
supreme justice and the two retiring
regents of the university are fusion
lists, the last that remain in state of.
fee, and it is unlikely that they can
he reelected, or that any of their par.
ty faith will be chosen in Nebraska.
The fusion parties rose into promi,
nence rapidly and as suddenly have
dropped from control of affairs. A
few years represents the influence
they have eXerted and il has been an
overwhelming opinion that they have
not come up to the mark they have
set in the matter of reforms. During
the time that there has been fusion
the two parties to the deal have grad.
ually lost influence until it Is doubt.
ful il both together can show the
strength of the weakest when the
scheme was first installed. II is a
record that cannot be pointed TO with
pride, and some new plan must be
tried to afford formidable opposition
to the republicans who have constant.
ly gained in strength through the
years that the fusionists have been
losing Whether the two parties will
continue to fuse makes very little diff
ference to the republicans, in view OF
the showing Of fusion strength.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-06-30

Chief Justice Holcomb, who hand.
cd down the opinion in the biennial
election law case was practically com.
mitting official suicide in so doing
and the people will feel like approx.
ing his position on the matter in
subordinating personal interest to a
point of law. He retires from the
bench because Of the expiration of
his term of Office. and. has not de
clared himself candidate for re
election. Even though he desired the
Office again his party is too weak
judging from all the late returns tc
again elect him, and unless a power
dul "non-partisan" movement might
be worked up he is as good as out o.
It. His opinion, however, is a neat
testimonial to the fact that the su
preme court is entirely unprecedented
and gives it's decisions on the merit.
OF the case and the law as they appea
10 them.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-06-30

Omaha is feeling clever over an in
crease Of twenty-five per cent in its
bank clearngs over the period cores.
ponding with last week of year ago.
Lincoln also claims to be on the move
forward and the same spirit is un.
doubtedly in evidence in every small.
er town throughout the state. Nor
folk is among the places that are
showing a growth and industry that
would attract people looking for pro.
gressive towns. City and farm prop.
erty in north Nebraska are of the
kind that bring wealth to fortunate
owners and in few years there will
be many to add their accumulation of
fortune to the general roll.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-06-30

Couldn't wake him II you SHOOK him
Bilious Bill the sleepy head.
Dearly loved to lay a-bed;
Couldn't wake him II you shook him;
When his slumbers overlook him.
Suddenly he started waking
Ev'ry morn when day was breaking.
What's this magic necromancer?
Early Risers, that's the answer.
The famous little pills, Early Ras-
ers, cure constipation. sick headache,
biliousness, etc. by their tonic effect
on the liver. They never gripe or
sicken, but impart early rising ener-
gy. Good for children or adults Sold
by Asa X. Leonard.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-06-30

The suicide of the bandmaster Of
other day indicates that there are
cruel partings in times Of peace as
well as of war. The vessel had been
couple could not endure the thought
of the long separation so took their
own lives. 1t would seem like great
might make it possible for it's army
and navy officers to have the company
Of their wives in times of peace, when
they so desired, or else forbid their
marriage, If such a result is not pos.
sible.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-06-30

The Russians are preparing for a
strenuous defense of Vladivostok, but
they will find it unavailing If the Japs
decide that they want that particular
port and an armistice does not inter,
vene to prevent their activities from
taking effect The Russians had time
and did prepare a strong defense for
Port Arthur, but 1t was unavailing
otherwise than to cause the japanese
larger losses and compel them to take
longer time in reducing the de.
fenses, So it will be with Vladivo.
stok, with the added disadvantage of
lacking navy to assist the Russians
in a defense of the city and it's en-.
virons. The Russians might better
be preparing to evacuate, for evacu-
ate they must If the Japs say so and
IL the precedent established by the
war is to be relied upon.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-06-30

An Indiana young man who was for
tunate in being nephew of one Of
the rich Studebakers has recently
made a double winning, His uncle
gave him a check for $4,000 on his
twenty-frst birthday. His other and
better reward is a start in life without
the weight Of either the tobacco or
liquor habit to drag him back. Years
ago his uncle made the offer that II
he would abstain from intoxicants
and narcotics until he became of age
cash reward OF the above amount
would be his. His uncle has done
him service that cannot be measured
in dollars and cents. Arriving at the
age of twenty-one without the acqui
sition of these bad habits he would
be worse than foolish TO begin TO ac
quire them now, and he is probably
rid of them for life. Not only will he
be saved the expense, wholly silly
and useless, of buying tobacco and
drinks, but he will have gained mora
and physical strength beyond the com
putation of dollars and cents. Every
young man or boy may not have ricf
uncles to offer them cash rewards fol
stunning evil habits and vile, hut
they may be certain of a better re
ward If they will heed advice and alb
stain None are more sincere in of
fering the abstemious life to the
young men and boys than those who
were smart" in their youth and have
acquired something that they woult
pay handsomely to be rid of wher
they have come to an age OF sense
and understanding. Ask any of them
boys, if they think they have a goot
thing, whether they be soaked with
whisky or nicotine.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-06-30

quite probable. now, that she never
will hang. The idea Of hanging a
woman Is repugnant 10 the men Of q
country who lay some claim 20 chiv-
airy to the fair sex, and the proposal
to hang Mrs Rogers in Vermont has
brought protests from every section
Of the United states The history OF
her brutal crime would indicate that
she rechly deserved the fate that the
courts have decreed II any woman
ever did, but imprisonment for life
might he worse fate than the one In
store for her and the heart Of the
man upon whom the duty Of strang.
ling woman by the neck until dead
would fall might well be justified in
QuaiinE at the responsibility Of the
office. II in such cases women might
carry ont the degree OF the court
and have the nerve to do II, the Of
fonse against the chivalry of the
stcrner sex might be circumvented,
but II is believed that there would be
very few hanEinSs Of either sex II
the women had the details OF the ex.
cCutions to look after.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-06-30

Lord Kitchener fears that with the
Japanese conflict out OF the way Rus.
sia intends TO turn its attention toward
taking India from the British. He de-
clares that British arrangements for
defense are altogether obsolete and
ineffective" but il Russia is led on
by such a statement it will probably
live TO regret Surely the English
will not fail where the Japanese have
won such astonishingly large success
es. India is considerably better 10
Gated for Russian operations than is
Manchuria, but in resourcefulness and
fighting qualities generally the people
of the British empire may be classed
as of the best in the world. Regard.
less of Lord iKtchener's expression
the military experts Of the world will
believe that Russia will think twice
before entering upon a campaign of
aggression with India as the bone of
contention.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-06-30
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion Of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by an
infiamed condition of the mucous lin.
ing of the Eustachian tube. When
this tube Is inf1amed you have a rum.
bling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when 1t is entirely closed, deafness is
the result, and unless the intiamma
tion can be taken out and this tube
restored to its normal condition, hear
ing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused by ca
tarrh, which is nothing but an in
famed condition OF the mucous sur
faces.
We will give one hundred dollars
for any case Of deafness (caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Halls CatarTh cure. Send for circu
lars, free.
F.. j. Cheney & Co. Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists 75c.
Take Halls family pills for consti
patton.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-06-30

An Iowa woman has come into
prominence by refusing a legacy of
$4,000 because the. conditions under
which it was given required change
of her religious belief, Thirty thou,
sand is a good price TO pay for ones
religious convictions, hut If they are
worth anything they are worth $780,
900 and more, To change the reli-
gious views of those thoroughly con.
yinced that one faith is right, is tan
tamount to declaring for no religion
at all. 1t must have been tempta-
ing deep religious experience would
undoubtedly have fallen.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-06-30

In week the patriots, young, old
and middle aged, will be doing their
mightiest to give the country to un.
derstand that they are happy over
the fact that the republic has safely
completed another year of it's exist
ence, and they will succeed beyond
all doubt. If as many towns in other
parts of the country have made the
same preparations to celebrate as has
been made in north Nebraska there
will be one continuous roll of noise
and enthusiasm across the continent
from sunrise to sunset and there will
be joy and happiness in huge blocks.
Norfolk proposes to be in it with the
best of them and there will be thou
sands of visitors who will appreciate
their celebration in town that is
alive to their entertainment and will
leave nothing undone that will add to
pleasant recollections of the day
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-06-30

The Lincoln Star sounds n warning
to the republicans OF the Second dis
trict, declaring that danger lies in
the size OF the republican majority OF
the district which will tend to lull
them into listlessness. to atrophy the
party organization, to stay at home on
election day when 1t is their duty to
20 to the polls" 1t would look nice
In the face of the record for the Sec
ond TO go democratic this year-in
the opinion of democrats-and II there
is danger OF It the republicans should
heed the warning of the Star and get
very busy.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-06-30

In enforcing the Sunday closing law
and shutting off the betting at races
Governor Folk has certainly made en-.
emies Of those who admired him for
his stand against other forms of graft
and lawlessness, and it is being
learned that he is a reformer on nc
one line aloneand that he has a code
of moral principles to accord with his
record previous to being elected gov.
ernor. Some Of those who are now
being hurt do not like it and promise
that he shall never again be govern.
or, nor hold any other prominent of
flee in the state. Perhaps they have
the strength to carry out their con-
victions on the subject. Anyway, it
is possible that Missouri will herself
dispose of the governor as a factor in
national politics before he has sue
cessfully entered the arena.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-06-30

The citizens Of Dayton, Ohio, are
preparing "A welcome for John II. Pat.
terson, the leading manufactures OF
that town, who Is expected home on
July Ii from trip around the world.
Mr. Pattersn's loyalty to his home
town, his interest in the welfare Of
the people in his employ and the in
fluence he has had on reforms in the
management Of the working classes
throughout the commercial world
gives him honor at home that cannot
be exceeded abroad. II is proposed
that every man, woman and child in
Dayton shall have n share in the Pat.
terson day welcome and It is planned
to make II a testimonial such as few
men have received. Honors have
been repeatedly bestowed upon off,
cials, politicians, army and naval he.
roes, but Dayton Is attempting some.
thing new in n rousing welcome to a
captain Of industry who has made
himself place in the hearts of his
fellow citizens. II is seldom that such
a testimonial has been planned for a
commercial hustler, and It is perhaps
as seldom that great leader in com.
mercial activity has so endeared him.
self to the people under him that such
demonstration would be their unan.
imOnS and SnOntaneOms desire
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-06-30

The president has decided that
Cinnamon exempt from the operations
of the exclusion act must be given
fair and courteous treatment by the
port officials of this country and it is
thus hoped to head off the movement
looking toward a boycott that has
been made by the Chinese guilds.
There are good Chinese, as well as
good immigrants from other nations
and the presidents action is subject
to the approval of the people of the
country. The probability is that when
the Chinese become as advanced and
educated as the Japanese there will
be no further need of excluding them
and that they will be more desirable
than other immigrants from Euro
pean and Asiatic countries. An iron
clad rule cannot be made to hold in
all cases and during all time.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-06-30

Senator Mitchell may have had a
good partner, but there are limits to
the condolences even between part.
ners and the time may come when
the most faithful of them will be com.
PEELED 10 tell what they know. When
a man is going wrong there is no one
to be trusted with his secrets, and
the one way to avoid trouble is to
keep on the side of right so far that
a most trusted friend can have moth
ing worth disclosing.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-06-30
The saIve That Penetrates.

DeWitt's Witch Hazel salve pene
trates the pores of the skin, and by
its antiseptic, rubifocient and healing
influence it subdues Inflammation and
cures boils, burns, cuts, eczema, tet'
ter. ringworm and all skin diseases
A specific for blind, bleeding, itching
and protruding piles. The Original
and genuine Witch Hazel salve is
made by E. C. Dewitt & Co., and sold
by Asa X. Leonard.