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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-10-19
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The San Francisco call., 1905-03-13

they will rise shall sink The level OF
all of US.
We cannot keep that level down for a part
and not have It sink more or less for the
whole. II we raise II for a part we shall
raise 1t to certain extent for the whole
Therefore 1t means much, not merely to the
Immigrants, out to every good American, that
there should be at Ellis Island the colporteurs
of this city. and the representatives OF other
religious and philanthropic societies to try to
care for the immigrants body and above all
to try to care for the immigrants soul.
1t is. Of course, unnecessary to say that the
things of the body must be cared for: that
the first duty of any man, especially OF the
man who has others dependent upon him, is
to take care OF them. and to take OF him.
self. Each man must be able to pull his own
weight. carry his weight; and there
fore each man must show the capacity to
earn for himself and his family enough to
secure Q certain amount OF material well being.
That must be the foundation. But that
foundation he must build superstructure
the spiritual life.
1t is good thing to have had the extraor-
dinary material prosperity which has followed
so largely on the extraordinary scientific dis
coveries alluded to by Justice Brewer. II we
use this material prosperity Alright. 1t is not
it the end of all of life. II make
init the people of this republic to get before
carried to an ever higher degree is the one
and only thing to be striven for, are lay
ing up for ourselves not merely trouble, but
ryrfr
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-13
WOUND FATAL
Tragedy Occurs on
F arm in Placer
County.
Special Dispatch to The Call

LINCOLN, March. I'm. S. Ms
sen. fruit rancher near Lincoln, was
shot this afternoon by his fourteen
year old son Claus. Nilsson. who was
in the habit of abusing his wife, was
I'm pursuit of her when her screams
attracted the attention of her son who
was near by. The boy hastily grabbed
a double barreled shotgun and from
a distance of twelve feet deliberately
fired at his father. The shot took eff
feet in Nissen's back, infiicting NOR
tai wound.
After the shooting the boy ran to a
neighbor's house and told of his deed.
Several persons were soon on the scene
OF the tragedy. Doctors were sum-
moned and the wounded man was re-
moved to the county hospital. There
is no hope for his recovery.
The boy surrendered himself to Con-
stable Lasswell. He has the SYM
pathy of the entire community. His
act is considered justiiable as his IA
ther had frequently beaten Mrs. Mis-
sen and shamefully abused his chill
dren.
Nissen senior is about 30 years old
and has a family of six children. The
son Claus warned his father that he
would kill him If he continued to
abuse his wife.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-13

The steamship Brunswick came into
port yesterday sorry victim OF the
sea. All her forward gear was torn
away, half the deck cargo gone, and a
more generally demOralized looking
craft has never crossed the bar. The
storm she encountered was terrific.
That she ever reached port was a Won
der to all her passengers. In speaking
Of the trip Steward Jones said: Talk
about a hurricane at seal Why a hur-
ricane was nothing compared with the
storm we encountered. 1 think the
wind must have been blowing 100 miles
an hour"
Everybody on board was seasick, and
at the height Of the storm, when the
little vessel was plunging furiously
and rolling the scared passengers did
not dare try to venture out of their
rooms. They could not save their bag
gage which wa stored in the forward
deck
At 1:30 o'clock yesterday morning the
steamer listed to starbOard and was on
the verge Of turning turtle when Cap
tain Ellefsen rushed on to the bridge
and gave the order TO cut away the
chains and let the forward cargo of
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-13
INQUIRY INTO
LANDS IN Utah
Hundreds of Thousands of
Acres Said to Have Been
Grabbed by Corporations
QUESTIONABLE METHODS
Valuable Coal Property Has
Been Secured at Prices
of Agricultural Holdings

SALT LAKE, Utah, March 12.-Spe-
cial agents Of the Federal Government
are reported to have been engaged for
some time past in investigating public
land frauds in Utah The Salt Lake
Herald to-day states that hundreds OF
thousands OF acres of valuable coal
lands have been acquired by corpora
tions by questionable methods. Vast
tracts of coal land are said to have
been fled on and patented as agricul-
tural and grazing lands and then trans
ferred to coal companies. In many in
stances, it is stated. lands have been
filed on as coal lands, under the law
which permits every adult citizen to
acquire 100 acres Of coal lands by pur-
chase, upon payment Of ten dollars an
acre for such lands. when situated
more than fifteen miles from any rail-
road, and twenty dollars an acre when
situated within fifteen miles OF a rail-
road. Later these filings have been
allowed to lapse and the same lands
have been acquired as agricultural or
grazing lands at 81 90 an acre. More
than two thousand of these coal entries
have been made In the Salt Lake land
office, but not more than one in fifty
Of the persons who made the filings
have completed the purchase, the fil-
ings lapsing and title being secured as
agricultural or grazing land from the
State land Office through State land
selections.
Forty filings made in 1901 within
period of sixty days have recently
been investigated and thirty of the
forty claimants are found to have been
represented by an employe OF a big
coal corporation. exercising a power Of
attorney. The land was fled on and
held for fourteen months. as is permit
ted under the law, without being paid
for, but In none Of these cases was
the purchase completed, title being
acquired through the NState land Office
at nominal figure under proceedings
instituted while the land was covered
by the coal lands filings.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-13
GRAIN MEN SMILING.
Storm Hurts Fruit Trees, but Bene.
fits Cereal Growers.

FRESNO, March 12.-The most op-
perfume and at the same time the most
destructive rain of the season began to
fall this morning. During the after
noon the storm increased. Rain came
down in sheets and a heavy wind Gre
ated havoc with fences and fruit trees.
The greatest damage Is to the decidu-
Gus crop. The apricot and peach trees
are in blossom and the rain and wind
have united in littering the ground
with petals Horticultural men say
that while the damage is heavy the
havoc has not been sufficient to permit
the statement that the crop is entirely
ruined. Many trees are not yet In
bloom.
Grain men are smiling. For ten days
they have been hoping for rain. An
other week without rain and a large
percentage of the acreage planted in
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-13

redwood lumber go overheard. With a
terrible crash il went into the sea.
taking with it all the trunks of the pas
sengers, lot of household furniture, a
piano and two locomotive trucks. At
the moment the steamer was actually
on her beam ends, and in another in
slant she would undoubtedly have gone
down. AS soon as the weight on her
bows was released she righted, and the
frightened passengers, who had been
pitched about misceilaneously in their
stuffy staterooms. were enabled once
more to hold themselves in their berths.
SAFE ASHORE.
The steamer docked at Mission-street
wharf shortly after o'clock. The Woe
begone passengers presented sorry
aspect as they clambered down the
shaky gangplank to the dock.
The women passengers were very
much exhausted as a result of their
startling experience. While all were
grieved over the loss of their trunks
they were glad to reach land in safety.
Many OF the unfortunates lost every
thing they possessed. Some of them
had their furniture with them and had
come prepared to settle in this city.
Mrs. John Manchester, who is an
invalid, had to be carried ashore. She
was made as comfortable as possible
in the freight clerks office on the
wharf, pending the arrival of an am
bulance, when she was conveyed to the
Lane Hospital A great crowd had
collected on the dock, and viewed with
interest the debarking of the demoral-
lied passengers.
Captain Charles Ellefsen, master of
the Brunswick, made light of his ex-
perience. He said:
"Oh, it was nothing out of the ordi-
nary. We had little wind, but the
sea was not rough. I don't want to
say anything about the trip. / sup
pose the passengers will all be coming
in for big damages for the loss OF
their trunks and their belongings. That
the baggage went overheard was nc
fault of mine 1t is all bosh to say ]
ordered the lashings cut to save the
boat from sinking. She listed a little
and the forward deckload went over
board"
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
Mrs. S. A Kapple, one of the pas
sengers, said: "Oh, it was something
terrible. I thought at o'clock this
morning we were all going to the bot
tom. l was awfully seasick, but l was
aware of the danger we were in.
have lost everything. All my trunks
and my furniture were swept over
board. don't know what to do
Charles Kapple, another passenger
said: Il don't know how to relate the
story of this trip. Some of the crew
told me the boat was overloaded. OF
course, I don't know about that, but
do know that she almost stood on enc
at times, and until the load on hel
bow was cut away she was flooded
with water"
The Brunswick was twenty-five
hours from Fort Bragg. Her usua
time is about fourteen hours. She il
275 tons burden, and brings lumber
and ties to the Union Lumber Com.
pany. She had forty-one passengers.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-13

the interior, especially to the telegraph
lines, most of which were blown down
by the high wind that prevailed all
through Saturday night and yesterday
morning and afternoon.
weather ForecaSter McAdie reported
severe windstorms, accompanied by
heavy rains, in the Sacramento and San
Joaquin valleys. He says the Sacra-
mento River is sure to run high this
afternoon and may overflow in the
vicinity of Red Bluff, where the rain
mas been unusually heavy, one inch
and twentieth having fallen there in
twenty-four hours up TO o'clock last
night
In Los Angeles and San Bernardino
the rainfall was very heavy. One inch
fell in Los Angeles up to o'clock last
night and nearly that much in San
Bernardino. The wind in the two
places blew at the rate of thirty-six
miles an hour. No reports were re-
ceived from Fresno or San Diego, ow-
ing to the wrecking of the telegraph
wires.
The wind In this city blew at the
rate of thirty eight miles an hour and
kept up steadily all day. Off Point
Reyes the gale developed a velocity of
100 miles an hour, at Mount Tamalpias
seventy was registered, while off the
Farallones the gale averaged seventy
two miles an hour. Reports from the
southern part of the State show the
velocity there to have been from thirty
two to thirty-eight miles an hour.
McAdie looks for more rain to-day
accompanied by heavy winds. The
storm prevailed throughout Washing
ton and parts of Oregon as well as in
this State. 1t is expected that the
rainfall to-day in the southern part OF
the State will be heavy and that sec
tion will receive it's much needed
Grenching before the storm breaks up
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-13
ADVERTISEMENTS.
COnvulsiOn,
Fits, then
Epilepsy.

DR.. Miles Restorative Nerv-
inc has been so successful in
curing these brain-wrecking
diseases that there is every
reason to believe that even the
most hopeless cases can be
benefited, if not fully restored.
We will be pleased to refer
anv one thus afflicted to many
who now enjoy the blessing of
health, after years of hopeless
suffering.
Il have q son that had brain fever
when two years old, followed by fits OF
the worst type, and he was pronounced
fncurab ble I spent hundreds Of dollars
fifteen years he became so bad that We
sent him 10 Longclif hospital for the
insane. at Logansport, Ind. He was
there nearly three years, but he con-
him home JulR 80, 1902, In an awful
condition. He Had lost his mind almost
entirely. He hardly knew one OF the
family; could not even md his bed;
10 fits a day. We were urged TO try
DR. Miles Nervine, and before the first
bottle was used. we could see a change
for the better We have given it to
him ever since. and he has had but
two very light spells since last August,
1903 and then he was not well other
ways. We pronounce him cured, as he
can work and 90 anywhere. II any one
wishes to ask any questions concerning
this, they are at liberty to do so.
Z. H. BUNNELL, Lincoln, Ind.
Dr. Miles Nervlne is sold by your
druggist vino will guarantee that the
first bottle will benefit. II II fans, ne
viii refund your money
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-13
CONVICTS BREAK RULES
AND LENGTHEN TERMS
Prison Directors Punish Felons by
Taking Away Credits Earned by
Good Behavior.

SACRAMENTO, March 12.-The
State Board of Prison Directors met
last night at Folsom and transacted
the usual routine business. A con-
vict named John Redmond, serving a
sentence for robbery committed in
San Francisco. lost three months
credits for having opium in his pos
session. A prisoner named Brown,
sent up from San Francisco for bur-
glary, lost six months credits for
hiding out and trying to escape.
1t is understood that Prison Di-
rector Robert T. Devlin will soon re-
sign from the board, as he has been
appointed United States District At
torney for Northern California.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-13
OLD MAN KILLS
FARM LABORER
Midnight Tragedy in a Sa-
loon Three Miles East of
the City of Marysville
NO WITNESSES TO DEED
Slayer, When Arrested by
Sheriff of Yuba County,
Says He Shot in Self-Defense

MARYSvILLE, March 12.-Shortly
after midnight last night William P.
Slusser, a bartender at the Yuba Dam
saloon, three miles east of Marysville,
shot and killed Schuyler C. Douglass. a
farm laborer employed In the neighbor-
hood. There was no witness to the
tragedy.
Slusser claims he shot in self defense.
After the shooting he called Jake
Morrison from his room and left him
with the body of Douglass while he
came to his home in Marysville Sheriff
Voss and Police Officers Sayles and
Becker arrested him few hours after
his arrival.
Slusser is past sixty years of age and
his victim was about forty. Douglass
has parents in Iowa.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-13
BLACKMAR WILL
VISIT PACIFIC COAST
Commander-in-chief OF the G. A. r.
tolAttend Gathering In
Marysville.

BOSTON, March PA grand fly
ing tour of the United States to the
Pacific Coast and possibly Alaska is
being arranged by Command-in-chief
Wilmot w. Blackmar of the Grand
Army of the Republic. General
Blackmar will cover 26 States be-
tween April IL and June % in tour
of inspection He will arrive in
Marysville, Cal, on May 10 and re-
main three days to inspect the Cali
fornia and Nevada departments. Be-
tween July 10 and 80 he will arrange
a schedule of camp fires through the
Northwest.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-13
BIG PROBLEMS BEFORE Us.

I, too. feel the faith and hopes that have
been expressed here to-day by the vice presi-
dent and the secretary of the society, but
feel because 1 believe that shall not permit
mere material well-being to become the only
ideal of the nation, because 1 believe that
more and shall accustom ourselves
to looking at the great fortunes accumulated
by certain men as being nothing In themselves.
either to admire. to envy to deplore, save
as they used we'll or i'll If the great fortune
is used we'll If the man who has accumulated
1t has the strength necessary to resist the
temptation either to use II wrongfully or, what
is nearly as bad, not to use 1t rightly. he is
entitled to the praise due to whoever employs
great powers for the common good
If the man who accumulates that great for
tune uses II Ill or does not use It well, then so
far from being an object OF envy, still less an
object of admiration, he should take his place
among those whom we condemn and pity If
he uses it Alright, then he is entitled to our
admiration. our respect. exactly every man
is entitled to it IL he has special talents and
uses those special talents for the welfare of
the people as whole. for the uplifting OF
mankind
Wonderful changes have come in the last
half century. 1t may be WELL Mr.. Justice
Brewer has said that we tremble on the verge
OF still greater changes in the future. The
railway, the telegraph. the telephone steam
electricity, all the marvellous mechanical in
aspect of the world and have. therefore. pro-
duced certain great changes in the world It
self But after all. in glorying and won
dering at this extraordinary development
think that we sometimes forget that. compared
to the deeper things. 1t is indeed only super
fetal in its effect The qualities that count
most in man and in woman the quail
ties that counted most 2O00 years ago, and as
a nation we shall achieve success or merit ac-
cordingly as we do do not display those
qualities
The railroad. the telegraph. all these wonder
full inventions produce new problems. confer
benefits and bring about new dangers. Cities
are built up to an enormous size, and. of
course with the upbuildng of the cities comes
the growth of the terrible problems which con-
front all of us who have to do with city life.
outward circumstances change New dangers
spring up and old dangers vanish But the
spirit necessary to meet the new dangers the
spirit necessary to insure the triumph that
we must and shall win is the same II
bas aIvays been
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-13
HEARS WIFE'S FUNERAL
SERMON BY TELEPHONE
Husband III in Hospital Listens to
Pastors Words In a Distant
Church

PITTSBURG. Pa. March 12.-Ben-
tarnin P. Welsh. druggist. lay on a
cot in the Allegheny General Hospital
this afternoon with q telephone re-
ceiver adjusted to his head and heard
the sermon at the funeral of his wife
at his home in Allegheny.
The telephone company had ar
ranged a transmitter in front OF the
coffin. Rev. Thomas Park talked
into the receiver while addressing the
mourners In a room
mile and a half away, the sick
man heard every word
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-13
FURY OF THE SEA.
Several Hundred Sightseers Brave
Elements to Visit Beach.


Elements to Visit Beach.
Huge masses of flying scud, heavy
surf that broke in spray over the Seal
Rocks and along the shore furnished
the attraction at the beach yesterday,
and those who took the windy jour-
ney were well repaid for their trouble
A steady southeaster that whipped the
ocean into a fury at times, blew all
day long and being an off-shore breeze
rrecluded the chance of any wreck.
Captain Varney and his staunch men
of the Golden Gate Station were on
the alert for the unexpected. but it
failed to appear.
A few hundred sightseers braved the
weather to reach the beach, while a
struggling few wandered over the ball
grounds in the park hoping to see a
game. Automobiles and those hav-
ing trotters spent the greater part of
their time in the beach taverns.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-13
SAN FRANCISCO ACROBAT
is KILLED AT POMONA
Francis Perliot, Known in Vaudeville
Circles as Francisco, Trick BIZ
cyclist, Meets Sudden End.

POMONA. March 12.-Francis Per-
liot of San Francisco was killed here
this morning while helping the South
ern Carnival Company to load its
wagons upon Southern Pacific cars.
He was in the employ of the carnival
company as an acrobat.
Perliot's head was crushed between
two wagons. The accident was due
to the slipping of a wedge used to block
the wheels of the vehicles He was
taken to the Pomona Hospital. where
he died shortly after his arrival.
Perliot was "a years of age. His
parents live in San Francisco. He Is
known among vaudeville and circus
acrobats as Francisco. the trick BIZ
cyclist.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-13
TRAINS ARE DELAYED.
Heavy Storm Damages Railroad in
Tehachapi Mountains.

BAKERSFIELD, March 12.-It has
been raining for fourteen hours. The
downpour has been general all over
the country. From points in the Te-
hachapi Mountains news has been re-
ceived that the rainfall is very heavy.
Damage has been done on the rail-
road. At Keane washout has oc-
Cured, and from the present indica-
tions no train will move south of
Bakersfield this evening.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-13
BIG SHIP ADRIFT..
U. S. S. Relief Blown From Moorings
Off Mare Island

VALLEJO, March Zone of the
fiercest gales that has ever swept over
San Pablo Bay made the lives of ship
ping men anything but pleasant to-
day. The United States steamship Re-
lief, which has been moored in the
channel off Mare Island Navy Yard,
broke from her anchorage this after
neon and was being swept by the wind
up Napa Creek when a tug sent out
from the navy yard fastened "a line to
the big ship and brought her back to
her anchorage
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-13
SEVERE STORM VISITS COAST.
Much Damage Is Done i'm the Interior
of the State.

MUCH DdIlldRt Is DUlIt III lIlt Int1TIOr
of the State.
One of the liveliest storms of the
season visited the Pacific Coast from
Puget Sound to Los Angeles yes
terday. The wind blew at the rate of
100 miles an hour in some localities.
Heavy rains fell throughout the day
end night. The heaviest precipitations
were recorded at Red Bluff and Los
Angeles.
The storm came from Western Ore
gon, and quickly blew along the entire
California coast. The wind was un-
Usually strong and blew from the
southeast. Much damage was done in