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The San Francisco call., 1905-02-07
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atCOIltO With the San
Francisco Public.

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Many the remedy that makes the
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Because it fails to keep its prom
ises.
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San Francisco proof for San
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Here's a case OF It:
:. Z. Bent, woodworker in the
Carvill Manufacturing Co, residence
20 Turk street, says: L had pain in
my back for over three months. 1t
was not the kind that comes from
overwork, but was deeper seated.
and from the indications knew
my kidneys were not perform
ing their functions properly. Ii
struck me If Doan's Kidney Pills
were for the kidneys and the kidneys
alone they might at least help, and
7 took a course of the treatment. You
can put me down as an emphatic in
dorser of the claims made for Doan's
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For sale by all dealers. Price soc.
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sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name, Doan's, and
take no other.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-07
TELEGRAPH KEPT BUSY.
Russian Government Uses Siberian
Line for Eight Hours.

LONDON, Feb. much specula-
ton has been caused here by the fact
that the Russian Government on Mon
day assumed control of the Siberian
telegraph lines from o'clock in the
morning until o'clock in the after
noon. 1t is said to be the first occasion
on which telegraph communication
has been stopped since the war began.
Various possible causes are discussed
such as the strike movement on the ST.
berian railway and important corre-
pondence with General Kuropatkin.
Little attention is paid to rumors of
peace mediation, but the Chronicles
st. Petersburg correspondent sends
the statement (Which, however, is not
confirmed in other dispatches) that
the recent conferences of the Grand
Ducal party to consider the far East
ern prospects arrived at an agreement
as to the desirability of ending the
war and that the rumor of General
Kuropatkin's resignation was started
to facilitate negotiations for peace.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-07
sTRENUoUsLY INTRENCHING.

TOXIC, Feb. 6.-Official announce
ment is made that everything is quiet
in the vicinity of Changtan, with the
exception that the Russians are strong
ly intrenching.
The Russian force which attacked
Chitaitzu on February retired north
ward on February 5. In the afternoon
of February and the morning of Feb
ruary the Russian artillery west of
Tanshan shelled Machuantzu Mountain
and vicinity. Small bodies of Russian
infantry attacked. but were repulsed.
Before abandoning Songchin, in
Northeastern Korea, on January "a the
Russians burned all their stores. 1t is
believed that the Russians intend to
abandon all operations in Northeastern
Korea
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-07
WAR A BOON TO KOREA.
Increased Trade Follows In Wake of
japanese Army.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 6.-The State
Department is in receipt Of a report
on the commerce and industries of
Korea and the effect of the war on the
trade of that country by Gordon Pad
dock, the American Consul General at
Seoul, Korea. Paddock saws that
owing to the large number of troops
to be fed and the large railway and
other undertakings being pushed for
ward in Korea there has been much
money distributed throughout the
country.
The Consul General says that on ac-
count of the orderly manner in which
the campaign in Korea has been con-
Quoted the regular routine has been
disturbed very little.
Following the advance of the army
there has been an immense immigra-
ton OF japanese, mostly laborers and
small merchants, and much of the
available land in the treaty ports
notably Fusan and Chemulpo and the
city of Seoul, has been bought by
Japanese. The Consul says American
interests in Korea to-day are un-
doubtedly greater than those of any
European nation.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-07
BALTIC FLEET TO PUSH
ON TO THEFAR EAST.
WILL NOT AWAIT REINFORCEMENTS
Departure of the Third Squadron
Postponed Until the End of Nav

ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 6.-The
dockyard authorities at Kronstadt are
completing the preparations for active
service of the battleship Alexander II,
the cruisers Pamyat Azova and Ad-
miral Korniloff and the gunboat Groz-
jastchy, which, with the new battle
ship Slava, will form the second di-
vision of the third Russian Pacific
squadron. These reinforcements are
expected to sail at the end of May.
The Admiralty confirms the press
statement that the first division of this
squadron will leave Libau in the middle
of February, but it is pointed out that
Admiral Rojestvensky will be unable
to await its arrival. because he will
have to cross the Indian Ocean before
the monsoon season, which begins in
March and renders navigation impos-
sible for torpedo boats, small cruisers
and coast defense vessels. Admiral
Rojestvensky will proceed to the Far
East at the end of February.
Military operations in Manchuria are
at a standstill. No Importance is at
tached by the War Office to the Jap
anese movements on the Russian CEN
ter and left, which are regarded as
merely demonstrations.
General HeieSman, war critic, ex-
presses the opinion that the Russians
are not likely to surrender the positions
captured northeast of Sandepas and
that series of encounters there will
continue until the weather is favorable
for a general advance.
RUSSIAN ARMY HEADQUART-
ERS, HUAN MOUNTAIN, Sunday
Feb. 5.-The weekly reports from the
sanitary department of infectious dis
eases is interesting as showing the good
health of the Manchurian army. These
reports show for the week of January
81: Dysentery, 156 cases; typhus of all
kinds, cases; influenza, 129 cases. re-
mittent fever. 80 cases; Siberian plague.
"A cases; pink eye, 81 cases; diarrhoea,
205 cases; smallpox. cases; measles,
case.
Regarding typhus only four cases de-
yeloped among soldiers at the front, the
remainder being among troops that
have just arrived.
Careful sanitary measures are en-
forced in all sections of the army. All
the troops are supplied with warm
quilts and clothing and large per-
centage have felt boots.
The Japanese have lately shown
feverish activity in the construction of
new trenches, redoubts and abatis,
especially east of the center, indicating
that they fear another Russian ad-
vance.
All is quiet along the front except for
occasional sentry shots and cannonad-
ing directed against Japanese working
parties.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-07
FREDERICK LAWRENCE
BUYS A DAILY PAPER
William p. Leach Succeeds Him as
Manager of Hearst's Chicago
American

CHICAGO, Feb. 6.-Frederick w.
Lawrence of Hearst's Chicago Ameri-
can has bought the Peoria Daily News
of Peoria, ILL.,, and Will assume charge
of the paper soon, severing his con-
nection with the American. He Will
remodel the plant and install new ma
chinery and other Improvements.
Lawrence is we'll known in newspaper
circles. not only in Chicago, but in
San Francisco and New York. He has
been connected with the Hearst pa
pers for twenty years.
William p. Leach. formerly of the
San Francisco Chronicle, has become
manager of the Hearst papers in Chi
cagO.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-07
COWBOY ROPES A CHINESE
AND DRAGS HIM ALONG
Pulls Him Behind His Galloping
Horse Until Outsiders Take
Hand

FRESNO, Feb. Sam Walker, a
COW puncher. while on a spree at Ar
mona last night. started out to do the
town. The first person he met was
Cow Tuck. Chinese vegetable man.
He lassoed the Chinese about the
waist and started down the street, his
horse at a gallop. The cries of the
Mongolian attracted the attention of
bystanders. who stopped the cowboy
and released his victim. Walker was
placed under arrest.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-07
GUNPOWDER FOUND UNDER
A HOTEL IN RAYMOND
Explosive Discovered i'm the Midst of
Box of Smoldering
Excelsior

FRESNO. Feb. 6.-The GrunnaeIe
Hotel at Raymond was saved from de-
struction on Sunday night by mere
chance. Under a corner Of the hotel
box of smoldering excelsior was
found with a quantity of gunpowder
concealed within. The fire was ex-
tinguished before any damage was
done.
Louis Gojaux. a French shepherd
er, came to the totel during the day
and asked for rooms They were re-
fused him. He became angry and left
the place. swearing he would get even
before he went back to the woods to
work. That night George Hansen. the
night watchman at Raymond. on his
rounds noticed a peculiar odor as
from burning OIL Under the corner
of the hotel he found the box contain
ing excelsior and powder.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-07
HAWAIIAN POSTMASTER
STEALS OVER $4,000

HONOLULU, Feb. 6.-Manuel Rego,
postmaster of Koloa, Island of Kauai,
was arrested to-day charged with the
embezzlement of s27, ,077 of money or
der funds. He was brought before
United States Commissioner Judd and
committed for trial to the April term
OF the Federal Court. To Postoffice
Inspector Hare, Rego admitted that he
had taken the money and used it In
his private business enterprises.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-07
Russian Loan Floated in Paris.

LONDON, Feb. 6.-It is stated in
we'll informed financial circles in Lon
don that negotiations have been COM
pleted for floating a new Russian loan
of 5000, 100000 in Paris. The loan
will bear interest at the rate of per
cent per annum. The date of the is
sue has not vet been fixed.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-07
CAVEIN OF A DITCH CAUSES
THE DEATH OF A LABORER

PLACERVILLE, Feb. 5.-While at
work in ditch at the plant of the
American River Electric Company
Saturday night Charles Melchoir was
killed. The storm of Saturday night
loosened the dirt above one of the
banks of the ditch and a cavein re-
suited. Melchoir's skull was crushed
by large rock and his brother-in-Iaw.
Charles Mcclellan. who was working
in the ditch with him, was badly
bruised.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-07
Asked to Remain i'm Service.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 6.-Secretary
Morton to-day directed a letter to
Paymaster General H. T. B. Harris
chief of the bureau of supplies and
accounts. informing him that. al
though his statutory retirement will
occur on March 10 next, it is the Gov
ernment's wish that he remain at the
head of the bureau for at least a year
after that date. in recognition of his
excellent administration
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-07

army. DR.. Seaman has recently re-
turned from an observation tour with
the japanese army and his compari-
son OF sanitation and medical methods
between the japanese and American
armies was embodied in these words:
Iney go US million times better
In sanitation and military supplies. y
he said that but l per cent of sick
ness is fatal with the Japanese army
while 20 per cent of the sickness in
the American army during the Span
ish war was fatal
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-07

LONDON, Feb. e.-One of the most
beautiful and accomplished of the
American peeresses in England, Lady
Tankerville, might easily be reigning
faNorite Of Mayfair if she cared TO
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-07
MAY LEARN FROM JAPANESE.
DR.. Seaman Argues for Improvement
in Medical COrDs.

WASHINGTON. Feb. s.-Dr. L. l..
Seaman was heard to-day by the
House Committee on Military Affairs
on project to increase the efficiency
of the medical department of the
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-07

All ailments arising from a disordered
stomach, torpid liver and constfpated
bowels are quickly cured by using Lash's
Kidney and Liver Bitters.
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here. But YOU can see that We do not want
any comment on his-er-pecullar-
'.Oh. of course, sir. We chaps often have to keep
ewes and ears open and mouths shut sir
We moved apart The Cunarder gained her
berth after an hours delay. A stream of Passen-
gers flowed down the broad gangway Running
through the boisterous greetings OF friends and the
turmoil of people anxious to secure their luggage
heard crescendo of broken EXPLANATIONS which
carried their special import TO me alone.
oh my dear, it was perfectly shocking 1t
has quite spoiled my trip
Must have been cracked
"A Young man ike him! Just fancy it
Guess he was tired of bein rich Never had
that complaint myself
There was no need to ask of whom they spoke.
L was an awkward moment to seek information
from the ships officers The triumph OF organza-
-igr which marks the Atlantic mail service would
speedily empty the crowded decks, and already
two cataracts of boxes and steamer trunks were
h,1rt1irle over the side into the customs shed Ny
orrortunitv would soon arrive. So, sitting my
horrible irlaginings as best might, l mixed with
the throng and thus by chance encountered one
who had been an eyewitness of Constantines last
madness
Nv most recent acquaintance the man IN uni
form while helping a passenger with his port
raneaus asked if there had been accident before
the vessel warped alongside the landlng-stage The
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but his color was green when | turned toward him.
He seemed to be gazing at something IN the water,
and as far as could understand his words gurgled
deep in his throat, he thought he saw a shark
A shark
Eyes 1t was all utter rot, of course l was so
taken back that l could only stare at him. Several
ladies screamed they were 50 frightened; but Con-
stantne put his hand inside the left breast OF his
waistcoat whipped out dagger, and began to
stab savagelv at the air. l was certain he had
gone mad until a few minutes later a steward told
me he had practically lived on champagne all the
way from New-Yorll. Like other men in the
neighborhood, l was thinking seriously OF graphing
with him from behind, when he gave another yell
and bounded across the top of the companionway
to the starboard side. That is the Blrkenhead
side of the ship YOU know, and the deck there
was almost deserted He knocked down three
people who were in his way, and began to climb the
rail I made after him, but just missed him,
though nv hand touched his heel He struck the
water, vanished, and just then the ship swung
round toward the landIng-stage.
so the screw whir1ed HIM under when he rose:
blurted out invountarlly
All. You heard of that I never saw him
again; but his state-ro0m steward said that when
the tugs dingy picked him up he was still living
He died while they lifting him out OF the
water. Strange thing he should have had that
Continued pasr
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enough TO pay heed 70 our strange
fahavior. He also caught Suff1-
Gent Of KarIs excited words to
a--ach some significance to them,
though Of course they must have
sounded IN his ears ike the brok-
en- gable of dementia. Civilly
seeing that we bore the tip-givIng
appearance, the man approached.
Is the young gentleman ill2
he asked. Can I git him any
think"
Kari turned and looked at him
The mans Jaw fell and he stepped
back a pace. Away out IN mid
stream Of the Nersey l saw the
Cunarder stop; a tug III attend
ance reversed engines and drop
ped astern. There was no need TO
tell me that Karl was not mis-
taken. Constantine soul was
even then passing. somewhere out
there amid the swirling waters.
Within twenty minutes At the
utmost the tragedy would be
reported ashore, and there was no
knowing what this suspicious
policeman might say, i. as l
suspected, he was able to piece
together Karl's DISCOUNTED sen
fences.
Thu situation demanded cool
ness-it was no time tor vain
regret I advised Grler TO take
Karl TO our hotel without an
instanr's delay. and there await
my arrival Make him talk TO
YOU. insisted Keep him occu-
ped necessarily until I JON YOU
The older man was dazed.
frightened a little. I think, by
the glimpse he had caught OF
strange light n Karl : eyes. but
still incredulous, as We mortals are
likely to be when faced with
truth. Indeed. We weld prompt
and unquestioning belief only 10
glib imposture, and the more out
rageous It Is the more pertervld
dupes do We become.
For karl's sake and your own
Gr,er," whispered emphatically,
g. do not hes-tauet You can trust
me. I will bring all news. Con
s-antine Is surely dead. but II
We are wrong and he still lives
! VIII bring him TO you.
Ny earnesrness had It's effect.
son away from the landing-srage.
Then I tackled the policeman.
my Young friend had a sudden ;
q neurasrhenIa I said.
The bewilderment left the man
Il SIR" he said. BY gum. 1t
thing. He fairly scared me"
He scares everyone connected
not really serious. but It Is Undue,
and he often receives strangely ac(
Of events that are taking place al
now he imagined that q friend
overheard from the liner.
So I heard HIM say. sir, and,
think hasn't gone wrong
Nothing could be clearer now
s=l was motIonless. her rails
passengers gazing ait, and the I
boat
Wen. I said, whatever 1t
to be gained by adding 10 the pr
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Shark

answer he received led him to
hail me in passing.
Here a gentleman who can
tell YOU all about it, sir, he said,
thinking, no doubt, he ought to
consolidate the gift of that sover-
eign.
Are you a friend of Mr.. Con-
stantine' demanded the stran-
ger, a pleasant-looking, square
faced man, whom l found after
ward to be the London partner of
an important Anglo-American
house of discount brokers.
No. | only happened to ac-
company some people who came
here to meet him"
Are they waiting YETI"
"No. They heard of the affair
and have gone. OF course it upset
them a good deal"
by Jove! it was CHASTITY I
knew Constantine-have done
business with him for years, in
fact. He was always a quiet,
sober sort of fellow. I, for one,
never suspected he was given to
drink"
Was he2" I asked.
"Well, l am not exactly an
expert where deIirium tremens is
concerned; but surely this could
be nothing else"
All have been told IS that he
threw himself overheard.
That ) the fnish-natural
enough when one comes to 60
through things again. He kept
much to himself on board
rather avoided me and others, we
thought-but we put that down
to illness. He had a deck cabin,
and seldom appeared unless the
sea was rough. Then he would
find a sheltered place and gaze
at the waves for hours. Yet.
whenever l spoke to him, he was
quite Civil-a trif1e reserved,
perhaps-but as sane as | am
myself. Like everybody else, he
seemed to brighten up when we
entered the Mersey. He was stand
ing on the promenade deck, near
the saloon hatch, within a yard
of me, and like the rest of US
looking at the shipping in the
docks. Suddenly he let out a
screech ike a wild Indian. He
made me jump, l can assure YOU
He was a swarthy-skinned chap,
green when | turned toward him
gazing at something in the water,
uld understand his words, gurgled
1t, he thought he saw shark
all utter rot, of course. I was SO
could only stare at him. Several
hey were so frightened; but Con-
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t. Grier hurried his
ge.
an. You saw that
n and severe attack
face. Is that
1t must be an awful
ted with him. It is
iuced by excitement,
accurate impressions
e at a distance. Just
nd of his had fallen
nd, s'elp me # some
low. The huge YES
Is were black with
& tug had lowered a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-04
From Inc New York Evening Sun.

From the New York Evening Sun.
 ~HE late William ziegler was good fighter and never seemed to tire Of
 standing up for what he believed to be his rights. Some of these struggles became of national moment and made their chief figure a person of proml- hence in the eyes of Americans Who love a scrap as they do a horse. From printers devil, lost among the cases of type, to a millionaire and fa- nous patron of Polar expeditions, the life of zeigler was full of struggle, fali- ures and successes.
 The early part of zeiglers life was varied and wandering. He was born III Beaver county, Pennsylvania, on sep tember l. 1s43, the son of Francis ana Ernestina ziegler, and obtained his early education in the public schools of Iowa. After learning the printers trade in newspaper office he went from one thing to another and from place to place. until in 1861 he found himself a drug gists clerk Two years later he was graduated from Eastman's Business col lege at Poughkeepsie, and in 1888 had managed to set himself up in baker and cOnIeclloHti 5 Supple btSAANNs.
 It was during this period that he be- came interested in baking powder saw the great possibility of the article, and in 1870 organized a company. This bak- ing powder scheme was undertaken Tn partnership with a young man named Uoagland with whom Ziegler tramped from Cleveland Ohio, to New York be- cause they didn't have enough money to pay carfare They located in Brooklyn, where, it Is said, they learned the sec ret of the powder which was to be the boon of housewives forever after Hoag- land. after time, returned to Gleve- land. while his former partner remained in Brooklyn to develop the great busi- ness they had contrived to establish. In time he gained control of many other companies The capitalization of the trust" was s200OO,0c)
 About a year after tnis notable con summation the famous indictment against MT. Zlegler for the alleged bribery of the Missouri legislature for the defeat of bill repeating a law prohibiting the sale of alum baking powder in the stae was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-04
FROM A PRINTERS DEVIL
 TO A MUlTI-MILLIONAIRE

ioaha and caused great excitement tttt.iousHout the country. It was said that 'iiiough an agent D. J. Kelley, he had caused certain state senators to be paid sieV eaeh Tor their vote against the bill
 MT Nelgler denied the charges point u'alA sald he knew nothing of the ae- ton or the Cole county grand jury which found the indictment. and disclaimed all khowIedge of the fact that such a man as Kelley ever lived. His exact words regarding EVely B. Baldwin. the explorer whom he sent to find the north pole. with whom he quarreled after his return. and who was the chief witness against him in the Missouri scandal, have never been reported.
 Interest in the case became more wide spread than ever when Governor Dock cry of Missouri made application to Governor Odell for the extradition of the bakng-powder man, who was a resi- dent of this city. The principal evidence the Missouri lawyers offered was that zeigler was in St. Louis the day after the senators were said to have received their pay for voting right A great array of lawyers argued before Governor Odell, who, however. finally decided that insufficient evidence had been offered, and on that ground refused extradtion The name of Ziegler was probably best known to the general public of recent years by it's connection with the eXpedi- ton sent out to discover the North pole. It was famous boast or the baking powder man that he would plant the American flag on the pole if it took $l,000,- 000 to do it. The first exploring party was sent out under Evelyn B. Baldwin in 1901 by way of Franz Joseph Land. For va rious reasons the expedition failed and Baldwin had falling out with his pa tron. The scandal connected with the quarrel became at one time a national nuisance.
 Another ship was sent out this time under the command of Anthony riala, a young Brooklynite. That was in 1903. Fiala has not been heard from since. Early this month Dr. Oliver l.. Fassig of Johns Hopkins university and W. s. Cramp, William Zeglers secretary, took the steamship Teutonc to England on their way to command two relief ships the Belgica and the Terra Nova, respectively, which are to hunt for the lost explorer this summer It was learned that the death of their packer will in no way cause change of plans.