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THE, SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MOXNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1901. Y WANTS DRYDOGK N PHILIPPINES Admiral Bowles Says It Is Badly Needed by Government. Chief of Construction Bureau Makes Recommendations to Congress. WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.—The annual re- port of Admiral Bowles, chief of the Bu- of Construction and Repair, calls at- v progress in the con- of the ships now building for the year, ow! to strikes and delays y of armor and steel forg- out that under the pres- ae purchase of armor the or delays emanating from ble to suits for damages atractors. Bureau, he says, has progress toward the stand- which will reduce the ps of the navy and d f their maintenanc tests of fireproofed by his bureau and says »ducts of the two pr ess commend itself Havana, T Spanish Gov- of the new n it , for the he says, ent within the ds of the ser- limit of the ess to sixt of the navy country. lent number ings for the navy yards, odern engi- juipment. expense, proportion to the am the Construc- ed to its utmost e for ff of the bur: ughtsmen pe cal schools. ice to the need of carpenters in the the corps of nav; ACCEPT THEIR ELECTION AND INDORSE MOVEMENT Vice Presidents of Memori Axch Association Grateful for Honor erred on Them. meaps 6 srateful 1 start to- % men. It is ve in the ADVERTISEMENTS. Headache kills, not mecessarily suddenly, but SURELY. It pi=ys upon the intellectual powers more than we realize. It consumes the vitality faster than nature can replenish it, and we cannot tell just what moment a temporary or complete aberration of the mind will result. Headache and pain should be promptly re- moved—but properly. Many pain cures are more harmful than the pain. Beware. If you would be safe, take . . Pain Pills. “As 2 result of nmeursigia T lost the sight of my right eye, and the pain I have sul 1s_incomprehensible, be- ing obliged to take opiates almost con- gisualy, A fricud gave me one of Dr. Miles' Pain Pills and it promptly re- lieved me. I then purchased 2 trosble is gone. They have & ld%my recommend them %ofl-&"—- . J. CorLEY. Bre- mond, Texes. Scld by Druggists. 25 Dores, 35¢. Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. desirable | recommends iated by Con-| COACHES THE PRESIDENT’S WIFE IN SOCIAL AFFAIRS Unique Position Occupied by Miss Isabel Hagner in Mrs. Roosevelt's Household, Where It Will Be Her Duty to Supervise Details of State Functions and Name Gues's | | { 1 | | | | | | ) A g ISsABEL. city, is the first appointee to the unique office of social sec- retary of Mrs. Roosevelt. *Miss Hagner is eminently fitted for this position. She has for the past three or four years been the recognized authority on all social forms and conventions. She has made a pro- found study of the laws of etiquette and she brings to her work the experience gained by acting in a similar capacity for A Mrs. Hay, wife of the Secretary of State; HACGNE 05 G T3 T ~— ASHINGTON, Oct. 20.—Miss e \ Isabel Hagner, daughter of G 2G) Dr. Charles E. Hagner of this Q)j\i oo YOUNG WOMAN WHO IS PRAC- TICALLY RULER OF WASH- INGTON SOCIETY. o Mrs. Root, wife of the Secretary of War: Mrs. Charles Emory Smith, wife of the Postmaster General; Mrs. Hanna and Miss Paulding, niece of Senator Devew. As the social secretary of Mrs. Roose- velt Miss Hagner's duties will be arduous and various. Besides keeping up the large private correspondence she will supervise all the details of the state functions. She know the little private enmities and sities which often embarrass hospi- occasions, 2nd it will be her task to a tab! NOVENEZUELAN ~ GOLD INSIGHT Republic Defaults on a Payment to This Government. e m of $5000 became due this e United States from Venezu- ot been paid. The claims amages sustained during t nd the United States $32,000 per h annual st on the sinking fund, the pay- | dent would be likely to lead to an out- to be divided pro rata among the |break of violence among the 5000 miners an cl the first in- | In_ the ltzcu!lu'.h These are divided into stance Venexvicls b ietanite wo factions—the ‘‘Reds,” who favor a —— ”‘::‘lj‘;av‘;‘n‘t_r”“‘_“l" Bl Tl S s, sl G Tl i % situation on the Tachira remains unchanged military apparently h the scouting and re: Uribe-Uribe ult in an engagement with lowers may the Colombian 0 portance any day. Nor is there any "changa on the Guajira_peninsula. In various parts of Venezuelza guerrilla | parties of Nationalists continue more or | fess armed activity and minor uprisings | are frequently reported. President Castro |is vigorously repressing insurrection | wherever he can; but repression, instead | of discouraging the Nationalists, seems to stimulate them to fresh operations. They are not lacking in numbers, the principal | want being arms and ammunition. | PAN-AMERICAN DELEGATES " PASS A QUIET SABBATH | o | Minister of Foreign Relations Ig- | nacio Mariscal to Preside Over ‘ Inaugural Session. CITY OF MEXICO, Oct. 20.—The Pan- American delegates passed Sunday in sight-seeing. On Monday morning the delegates will visit the quarters of the general secre- taries of the conference, inscribing their names and addresses. In the afternoon they will hold an informal meeting for the purpose of making preliminary ar- rangements, but will not meet for a for- mal inaugural session until 4 o’'clock “Luesday, when Minister of Foreign Rela- tions Ignacio Mariscal will preside, deliv- ering an address of welcome. He will then ask the delegates to name an act- ing chairman to preside at the meetings in which the delegates will discuss rules and regulations. T y night all the delegates and amilies will be entertained in the dential apartments at the national palace to witness the fireworks and illum- ination and listen to a serenade by the best military bands. Two rooms have been set apart in the palace and_handsomely furnished for the use of the Bureau of American Republics. | National League Players Desert. | CHICAGO, Oct. 20.—President Ban Johnson to-night definitely announced | that the American League has already under contract twenty-one National League players and that the number will be slightly increased before the beginning of next season. President Johnson, how- ever, would make no definite announce- ment as to_the individual players included in_the raid. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 20.—It was cffl- clally announced to-day that seven play- ers of the Philldelyhln National League Baseball Club will play_with the American e next season. Delehanty, Wolver- ton, Orth and Townsend will play in Washington and Flick, Dugglel and Monte Cross will play with Connie Mack's Philadelphia club. 0 others, it is said, will be found with the American League, but it has not yet been determined with | what clubs they will be connected. WILLEMSTAD, Island of Curacao, Oct. | | They were adjudicated | troops of more or less im- | L e 2 e e e e e e R R R ) | | turn. | cases of muskets at St. Etienne that were | arrange the functions with a view to per- sonal harmony. A revision of the guest list will be con- fided to her, and this alone is no light duty. The unofficial functions at the White House probably outnumber the offi- cial events. Miss Alice Roosevelt's debut and the entertainment given especially for her will be under Miss Hagner’s direction and it will be her duty to name the young women figuring in officfal and resident so- clety who are entitled to invitations from the President’s daughter. FRENCH MINERS READY TO FIGHT BothFactions Are Armed and Officials Fear an Outbreak. PARIS, Oct. 21.—Two meetings of the delegates of the Miners’ Federation were | held yesterday at St. Etienne without any | decision being reached upon the question | of the threatened strike. Another meet- ing will be held to-day. Meanwhile the | papers are devoting columns to the situa- | tion and generally taking a gloomy view. Dispatches from Montceau-les-Mines say | that, while the place is outwardly quiet the feeling is such that a very slight inci- posed to such a step. The prefect, who has forbidden the sale of arms through- out the department, yesterday seized two on their way to Montceau-les-Mines. It is asserted that both factions are already supplied with guns and revolvers, which they have concealed in their homes. One of the leaders of the “Reds’ declares that | they not only have Gras muskets but also Lebet rifles, ammunition and bayonets. The chief element of danger is the possi- ble action of some 1200 men whom the | mining company refused to re-engage after the last strike, and who have been uxxs?mp;‘oyeg s:iince. x hundred gendarmes are patrolli Montceau-les-Mines. The manag%r of txl"lg company does not leave his office except in a carriage and under the escort of mounted gendarmes, armed with revolvers andh!axbegs. The leaders of the “Reds’” insist tha strike is inevitable, but many who lretl: a position to form a sober opinfon believe that a strike will be averted or at all events confined to certain localities, —_— EXPORTS ON INCREASE FROM ISLAND OF CUBA War Department Prepares a Compar- ative Statement of the Insular Commerce. WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.—A comparative statement of the commerce of the island of Cuba for the ten months ending April 30, 1%1, and the ten months ending April 30, 1900, has been prepared in the aivision of insular affairs of the War Department. It shows that the value of merchandise imported during the ten months ended April 30, 1901, was $4,412,262, against $9,- 925,339 for the same period of 1900. The total value of merchandise exported dur- ing the ten months ended April, 1901, was $45,967,117, against §35,404421 for the same period-of 1900, a decrease of 9.2-10 on the value of imports and an increase of 412-1 | in the value of exports. Gold and siiver | imported during these ten months was $992,836, and for the same period of 1900 $3,209,553. —_— Damaged Steamer Reaches Port. HALIFAX, N. S., Oct. 20.—The steamer Manchester Shipper, which went ashore on Pietres Ledge, Low Point, C. B., was successfully floated off at high wat, night without the -ald of tugs. ’sar?; steamed up to the Government wharf at North Sydney this morning. The cape officer reports that she is making water slowly. To-morrow morning a diver will be sent down to ascertain the extent of the damage. ——— Southern Pacific Excursion to Soutk- ern California. Leave Third and Townsend (special) Monday, Oct. 21st, 8:30 a. m. Arrive Santa Barbara 7:30 p. m. Remain there night. Stopovers whers desired. Return by Joaquin or Coast Division. $15 to Los An- geles and return, $19 50 San Diego and re- | threes .050. POPE'S GONDITION NOT ALARIING No Immediate Danger, Though His Health Is Failing. AT Declines to Receive Physician and Declares He Is . Quite Well Special Dispatch to The Call. 1 LONDON, Oct. 20.—A dispatch to the | Daily News from Rome says: Inquiry at ! the Vatican regarding the reiterated re-' | ports that the Pope is seriously ill elicted | an assurance that they were absolutely'| untrue. Dr. Lapponi, the Pope's physi- | | cian, visited the Vatican on Sunday morn- | | ing, the first time since Friday. The Pope | did not receive him, sending him message | he was quite well and too busy to see him. Dr. Lapponi was requested to call on | Tuesday. It is stated that when the Pope | was {nformed of the rumors that are cur- rent he said: s | “I suppcse there is again a scarecity of sensational news; but I have yvet much | work to do.” The Rome correspondent of the Chron- icle says he is informed by a high official | at the Vatican that although the Pope is | not exactly ill he has been in fafling | health for the past few months. He is so easily fatigued that he does not celebrate ! mass except on rare occasions, and he walks in the Vatican garden much_sel- | domer than was his wont. He is able to | continue giving audiences, but visitors no- | tice that his face has lost its vivacity and | his memory is less tenacious. Effective direction of affairs has passed completely | into the hands of Cardinal Rampolla, Pa- | pal Secretary of State. @ et et @ | LONDON MARKET VERY SLUERSH Experts Do Not Expect| Favorable Reaction for Some Time. LONDON, Oct. 20.—The Stock Exchange last week was extremely dull and wholly | Various causes contributed | professional. to the stagnation, among them the indus- trial depression in Russia, Germany and France, the American uncertainty touch- ing copper and railway developments, and lastly and chiefly the-South African situa- | Good-bye. tion. Experts do not look for any serious | break in the market, because the specula- | tive public, whose timidity usually pre- cipitates a panic, is wholly eliminated at | present; but they think it will be a long while before there is any decided favor- ! able reaction. The unusually geod traffic reports made | i home railroad shares the most favorable | features of the week, but these had no effect upon the general list. Money is still easy, but unless there is a prompt increase in the open market rate gold shipments to Paris and Berlin will soon be inevitable. Mines are hard, a general dullness char-, | acterizing that section. The recent at< tempt to boom Kaffirs has failed, despite the permission of the authorities for the starting of fifty additional Rand stamps, and mining shares all closed fractionaily lower. BERLIN, Oct. 20. — Notwithstanding much news from the industrial centers, | the Boerse last week was comparativeiy | strong. The volume of business remains | slight, outsiders holding aloof. Neverthe- | less the feeling is somewhat more confi- dent. French Money Invested in Coal. | A favorable factor was the buying of | coal and iron shares for foreign account. It is asserted that considerable French | money was invested in such securities dur- ing the week and especially in coal shares, upon the expectation of a coal strike i France. On Wednesday from 100,00 to 200,000 marks were invested in Harpener coal for Paris account. There has also been some British buying. A number of | inquiries were received from abroad re- | garding German Industrials making good | investment. Nevertheless coal shares | generally were neglected, domestic Inves- | tors being influenced by American im- ports of coal and the impending reduction | in prices. The improvement in coal and iron shares | reached four points this week. The coke | market is described as ‘‘very feeble.” | Stocks are accumulating, and it is con- | sidered certain that the situation must in- | crease the restriction of the output to 50 | per cent. American railroad shares were | the strongest features. Northern Pacific preferred_was heavily bought for New York, gaining points vesterday. On the week the gain was 6.62 points, closing quotation being 104. Foreign rentes were generally strong, pa Chinese loan, owing to the sig peace protocol. Italians were strong on | the fall of gold premium, but Spaniards | were weak. Foreign Loans Still Weak. In consequence of the condition of the money market domestic loans were weak. Imperial threes lost .065 and Prussian There was much short sell- ing of both. Foreign holders also sold. Arother cause of weakness was the rate of new loans and the belief that the gov- ernment continues to sell the loans pri- vately, anticipating the issue. It is now regarded as certain that considerable new loans will be floated the new year, both | imperial and Prussian. | Trivate discount advanced on the week | 3 of a point to 3 per cent, which was maintained. The impulse to this_was | chiefly the scarcity of money in Paris. Considerable French paper was offered here for discount. Another cause was the Reichsbank’s return for the week, which proved somewhat unsatisfactory. It is said the bank has been compelled to pro- long & number of bills in order to pre- vent insolvencies and other difficulties. The Bourse gave considerable attention to the negotiations between the Algemeine Elkektricitaets-Geseddschaft of Berlin and the Schuckert Electrical Company of Nuremburg for establishing a community of interest, arranging prices and saving expenses in selling. The shares of the latter company improved strongly in con- sequence. German works are now securing orders for locomotives in India. This js ex- plained by the possibility of more rapid delivery, owing to the fact that the Brit- ish works have heavy orders ahead, The | Prussian railroad authorities will soon | order 400 locomotives. | The sugar syndicate has decided to re- duce production next year, owing to the Jow prices and the amount of stock. The alcohol syndicate has reduced prices | four marks per hectolitre in the case of crude alcohol. Mine Superintendent Loses His Life. SALT LAKE, Oct. 20.—A cave-in oc- curred in one of the drifts of the East | Honerine mine at Stockton, Utah, late | this afternoon, entombing Superintendent | H. G. Button and two miners. Rescuing parties by prompt action succeeded in rescuing_the two miners alive, but could not reach the spot where Button was in time to save him from death by suffoca- tion. Grand Army Appointments. MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 20.—Commander in Chief Eli Torrence of the Grand Army of the Republic to-day gave out the follow- ing_ appointments: Judge advocate gen- eral, General Henry M. Duffield, Detroit; chief of staff, Major A. Noel Blakeman, Mount Vernon, N. Y. Oriental Rugs DISGRACED WIFE ENDS HER LIFE WITH POISON Mrs. Charlotte Nichol, Whose Husband Is a Railway Com- mercial Agent, Is Found Dead, and Dr. Orville Burnett, Her Admirer, Unconscious in a Hotel at Chicago HICAGO, Oct. 20.—While grieving over the dual life she was leading with Dr. Orville Burnett, a promi- nent Chicago dentist, Mrs. Char- lotte Nichol, wife of W. L. Nichol Jr., commercial agent of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway, com- mitted suicide to-day in the Marlborough Hotel. Burnett tried to end his life at the same time, but was unsuccessful. The two were found in their rooms, both stretched across a bed, the woman dead and Burnett with his neck pierced by a | hat pin, a bottle of morphine clutched in his hand and the gas turned on from everyone of the six jets in the suite. Dr. Burnett is still alive and has been ar- rested. In one of the rooms was found a note written by the woman, which told of her reason for the act. It read: To whom it may concern: I did it because I loved him better than anything on earth, and he loved me and we could not be separated. CHARLOTTE. The note, supplemented by a statement made by Dr. Burnett, tells of the tragedy enacted by the two lovers. According to the dentist's story, he met Mrs. Nichol while she was yet a young girl, in Nashville, Tenn., and fell in love Wwith her. Burnett moved to Chicago and married several years afterward. “‘Our love was still strong for each other,” said Burnett, “‘and she moved to Chicago to be near me. We were together nearly every day. There seemed, however, to be a constant remorse on her part on | account of the dual life she was leading. On_ Saturday we went down town to-| gether, and, after having several drinks, | she proposed suicide to me. We went to | the Marlborough Hotel and she produced ! a bottle of morphine she had hidden in her dress. She again asked me to die! with her and I consented. Then she | swallowed nearly all the contents of the bottle and handed it to me. was left, but, 1 drank what | believing that I had nmi | taken enough to prove fatal,<I tried to end | my life by sticking the hat pin into my | neck. I saw this was also going to be a failure, so I turned on all the gas and lay | down to dfe.” . Burnett stated that his wife knew noth- ing of his attachment for Mrs. Nichol. A policeman who was sent to the Nichol heme at 6515 Minerva avenue to-night to notify Mr. Nichol of the tragedy found no one there but the two little children of | the dead woman, one a boy of eight and the other a little girl of four years. They told the policeman that their father was | the fifth, out looking for their mother, who had been missing all last night and to-day. Dr. Orville 8. Burnett was born in Hast- ings, Nebr., about 28 years ago. He was married seven years ago to Grace Ander- son, also of Hastings. who had been his playmate and schoolmate from childhood. Immediately afterward the family moved to Denver. His father was a wealtny stockman, and the young man lived in ease for years. Finally his wife urged him to take up some profession, and he decided to become a dentist. About three years ago he came to Chicago to study. NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 20.—Nothing is known here of Dr. Burnett, connected with the suicide of Mrs. W. L. Nichol Jr. at Chicago. Mrs. Nichol was a daughter of Dr. F. A. Shoup, connected with the University of the South at Sewaunee, Tenn., and before her marriage was pop- ular socially both there and in Nashville, where she spent part of her time. ‘W. L. Nichol Jr. is the son of the late Dr. W. L. Nichol of Nashville, one of the South’s prominent physiclans. He is at present commercial agent at Chicago for the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway, but had recently been promoted and was to return to Nashville at an early date to assume the duties of com- mercial agent at the company's head- quarters here. Cycle Records Continue to Fall. NEW YORK, Oct. 20.—Joe Nelson made a remarkable showing for a boy still in his teens at the Vailsburg cycle track to- day. He not only defeated his opponent easily in a fifteen-mile motor-paced race, but created new world’'s amateur records for every mile excepting the fourth and fifth. Fulton, Nelson's opponent, took the lead at the start, but Nelson quickly over- | hauled him and led at the end of the first mile by fully three lengths. At five miles Nelson lapped Fulton and repeated this in ninth and thirteenth miles, eventually winning by three and a half laps, seven-eighths of a mi Nelson's time for the distance was 24:55 2-5. One of the events, a motor handicap, was a novelty. Albert Champion, al- though on a single_motor bicycle, was placed on scratch. He won easily, mak- ing world’s motor records for nearly every mile and covering the five miles in 6:25. —_—————— Secretary of Legation Resigns. SANTIAGO DE CHILE, Oct. 20.—Henry J. Lenderink, secretary of the United States Legation, has resigned the position and will soon leave for the United States. | not say what we wiil want or ask for in [T0 AND PARTY IN WASHINGTON Staff of Japanese Lega~ tion Entertains Him at Dinner. Ex-Premier Declines to Dis- cuss International Questions. WASHINGTON, Oect. 20.—Marquis Ito arrived in Washington this afternoon. He was met at the railroad station by Jap: nese Minister Takahira and the entire le- gation staff and escorted to the Arlington Hotel, where he will remain during his stay in this city. To-night the Marquis was entertained at dinner at the legation. Only the visiting party, which in addi- tion to the Marquis included K. Tsudzuk former Vice Minister of Forejgn Affair: S. Tokioka, and the members of the lega- tion staff, were present at the dinner. Marquis Ito would not be seen, being in- disposed, but Tsudzuki, who is authorized to speak for him, said: I really cannot say whether Japan will join with the other nations in regard to the set- tlement with China. I know our country signed the protocol with the others, but I cannot say just what will be done further. It may be necessary that China have a new com- mercial treaty with Japan. The Marquis cai connection. He has not, I am quite sure, pronounced views on the question of a Pac: cable, except that he, like all the rest of t! people, would be pleased to see a cable I d. Marquls Ito is much pleased at the advances this Government has made in the East, as we are, and he and all of us hope to see further development there on their part. To-morrow the Marquis will visit the State Departmént and also pay his re- spects to President Roosevelt. In the evening he will leave for New York and thence go to New Haven, where he is to receive the honorary degree. of LL.D. from Yale University. He will leave be- fore November for England on his way ome. Succeeds Late Justice Murphy. LONDON, Oct. 2.—George F. Wright, Solicitor General for Ireland, has been ap- pointed a member of the High Court of Judicature In succession to the late Jus- tice Murphy. John Campbell has been appointed to succeed Wright. At auction. Continuation sale to-day and Office 613 Market street. daily at 2 p. m. only at 332 Post | near Powell. ks i - high-priced goods. thing we could say about it. Last week we placed on sale several lines of new styles in Norfolk, sailor and vestee suits. The price is much less than what is usually asked for such late style clothes. The suits are for boys from 3 to 10 years of age. The Norfolks come in blue cheviot and mixed patterns, with deep yoke. The vestees have the military cut sack and the materials are blue cheviots and dark check mixtures in winter weights. The sailors come in new blue, navy blue, brown and red serges. Price of any of the three suits $3.50 Just received from our workrooms 3000 pairs of knee pants made from rem- nants left in our retail and wholesale tailoring departments in N. Y. and S. F. Materials are all-wool, pants well sewed, strong pockets, taped seams, riveted buttons, patent elastic waistbands, ages 4 to 16; if made up under the usual cir- cumstances the pants would cost you $1, $1.25 or $1.50; we charge you only for the making, so our price is but 50c a pair Large assortment of leggings in leather, jersey, velvet and cloth, ages 3 to 10, prices B0e to $2.50. ;s i Elegant assortment of stiff bosom shirts for boys from 7 to 14 years, prices 50c, 75¢ and $1.00. 5 i Boys' swell sailor caps in stylish colors, 25¢ each. Boys' hats in large assortment, 90e. Write for our new illustrated catalogue. Out-of - town orders fil'ed. Write us. ‘718 Market Streect. The suits- represent the best variety and value we ever offered. reputation around this suit that will make it the most popular suit in San Francisco. erly speaking the suit is making the reputation itself. It speaks more for its value than any- SNWOOD 5 (- have all those points of style and grace which make them fashionable, desirable garments. The cutting and making are done as they should be done—in a thorough, careful, painstak- ing manner by union men. The materials are all wool. well dyed, winter weight serges, worsteds, cheviots and tweeds in staple and fancy patterns equal to assortments found in We are building a Prop- The suits are union-made, money-backed and guaranteed. The union make means good workmanship; the money back is for your protection if you are dissatisfied; the guarantee is a year’s repairing free. You could not buy a suit under better advantages. New Styles--Norfolks, Sailors, Vestees

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