The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 2, 1902, Page 19

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1902, irs are not elaborate in design—on the con- verely plain; yet they possess beauty in both which, unfortunately, cannot be conveyed in a The above ct trary, they are wood and fi re buiit of selected oak, finished in golden The seats are in the centers. Price for a With leather seats P e These chairs a 1 e 2 high polished surface. pe, with cane or wood $3.00. For armchair, $6.00. 8.00 respecti have these cha with cane seats rs in the new weathered oak and t same price as golden oak. here—ofttimes “lookers” come BREWER WILL COMPETE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIPS Fastest Long-Distance Swimmer on the Coast Leaves To- Day for Chicago, Where He Will Meet All Crack Eastern Men in Races From Fi\_re Hundred Yards to One Mie — 3 CLEVER SWIMMER WHO LEAVES TO-DAY FOR CHICAGO TO COM- PETE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIPS. + Young Men’s Christian Association in this city, taking fifteen races in three months. He won the mile champlonship of the Pa- LETTER TELLS OF HER AID TO CRIMINALS Kate Soffel’'s Part in the Biddle Tragedy Explained. Wounded Brothers Die and the Woman May Not Recover. BUTLER, Pa.. Feb, 1L—At the close of a day of intense excitement and many conflicting stories concerning the chances for life of the wounded Biadle brothers and Mrs. Kate Soffel, the unexpected has happened. | Jonn Biddle, who until late this after- noon was consiMered the more iikely of | the brothers to escape present death, suc- | cumbed first and died at 7:35 p. m. His brother Ed, who has been unconscious all | Gay and who was considered in a dying | condition last night, survived until il | o’clock, when he, too, passed away. Botn | men died without any apparent suffering at the close. s Mrs. Softel ceveloped syzipioms of pneu- monla this afternoon, arter having ralied from an operation this morning after the extraction’ of a bullet. She bas a chance | for life, and unless some unforeseen com- | plicatton sets in will recover. | The death of Jack Bidule was caused | by the bullet wounds in his abdomen. Larly in the day the physicians thought peritonitis was the prinaipal danger in h.s ! case, but to-night internal hemorrhage set |in and the man bled to death in a short | while. A lost love letter from Ed Biddle to his | prison sweetheart, Mrs. Kate Soffel, found | in the snow near the bloody scene of their | capture, reveals the long, careful plot for their escape from the Allegheny County |jall. The letter clearly shows the haz- ardous undertakings of the infatuated | woman to secure the escape of the Bid- dles. | Since December 2, 1901, they have been making preparations to escape. The dis- covered epistle tells how Mrs. Soffel car- ried the saws to the cells. It manifests the extreme ‘enamoration of Mrs. Sofel | for the murderer and burglar, and clearly | shows the wonderful influence Ed Biddle had over Mrs. Soffel. Mrs. Soffel fell in love with Ed Biddle in November. DR. KILMER’S SWAMP-ROOT. TRAINED NURSE CURED BY SWAMP-ROOT Used by Hospitals=-Prescribed by Doctors. To Prove What This Wonderful Remedy Will Do For YOU, Every .Reader of The Call May Have a Sample Bottle Sent Free by Mail. . MISS ALICE BROWN. Miss Alice Brown, the well-known trained nurse, is in a position to speak with The burgler soon realized his power over her. It was not long until he started to write love letters to her. His affection was reciprocated. Mrs. Soffel fell madly in love with him, and about the cific Coast In the Lurline Baths in April, | 1897, going the distance in twenty-eight | minutes and twenty-nine seconds, an | American record. On the following day | e won the quarter-mile. championship in | knowledge. She was formerly with the St. Louis Baptist Hospital and has had many trying experiences in her arduous vocation. She adds her valuable testi- mony tc the thousands already received by Swamp-Root. She said in a signed interview with a Reporter of the St. Louls Star: “Although a woman in my position can receive plenty of prescriptions from (Successors lo California Furniture Co.) 357 1o 977 MarKet Street, Opp. Golden Galc Avenue -‘ | R— Italiap School Benefit. given in Wash evening for the benefit school of this city. rendered. ing(nnl AGTOR GAINS A KING'S PRAISE | Gillette Is Complimented by Edward VII in London. concert was Angelo Ferroggiaro, , V. W. Monti, O. M. Ra LONDON, Feb. 1—King' Edward and Queen Alexandra, with a Jarge suite, vis- h B.KATSCHINSKI the signal for an enthusiastic demonstra- tion on the part of the large audience. The King and Queen were apparently 10 THIRD STREET, SAN FRANGISCD. I ‘grva(l}' pleased, the King bowing fre- quently. i The royal party seemed delighted with | the play, and at the end of the third act King Edward sent for Gillette and com- | plimented him upon the performance. At | the end of the play the King again sum- moned the actor and warmly shook him [ hand, thanking him for a delight- | ning. A great crowd waiting out- | side the theater cheered their Majesties | as they left. There has been a wonderful change in the aspect of theatrical affairs here, and the majority of the theaters are at flood- tide of success. Old favorites like “Kitty Grey,” “Sherlock Holmes,” “Frocks and Frills” continue to draw overflowing au- diences, while every ome of this week’s productions has been equally successful, Plays whose success on the first night seemed doubtful are all sharing in the general prosperity. The visits of the King and Queen and other members of the | royal family to the theaters this week have added interest to the productions. So, on the whole, the prospects of the managers have never been brighter. Scarcely a newspaper in town had a good BE ON HAND EARLY MONDAY MORNING. j: af means bary e taken stock and found odds and ends. Well, for you, for W ® e & few them out, and word to say for “Mademoiselle Mars,” we will sell them at such a price | produced by Mrs. Langtry, January 25, at Sk s, sals il Bot et Sk Ta the Imperial Theater, vet all London is s A < * B cager to see the actress wonderful e e e LADIES' @, g ccees, and her theater is crowded night- XKID LA -\”SSIEI’? 1‘3\({\1{) ! ly. Every one in soclety is talking of the - CALF BUT- B gorgeous clothes worn by Mrs. Langtry TON A¥ ACE, LADIES' OX- M| and the other actresses in the play. Mrs FORDS, MEN'S SRESS GAI- Langtry also wears emerald and diamond AND LADI RS TURKISH jewclry, including a long chain of dia- AT ONE PRIC b . . monds reaching nearly to her feet, which excites speclal admiratien. At Daly’s “A Country Girl” has been so | altered that what at first appeared to be almost a failure is transformed into a genuine success. ‘“Mice and Men,” with which Forbes Roberts and Gertrude El- liott had been touring the provinces, was first shown in London January 27 at the Lyric Theater, where it immediately be- came a popular and artistic success, the first Robinson has had. in years. Charles Wyndham’s revival of Haddon 5 CENTS AA wide, A wide, 3to4and 7 to 8. B wide, 3, 3§, 7 and 8. toes and tip C wide, 2%. We do not guarantee to fill coun- try orders on| any of these sale Ml | shoes. e Chambers’ “The Tyranny of Tears” at LADIES', MISSES’ AND Wyndham’s Theater, with all the impor- 5 CHILDR 8 _BOX CALF | tant people of the original cast, including BUTTON AND LACEKE B himself, Mary Moore, Fred Kerr and CENTS SHOES; coin and square toes [ | and tips and spring heels; s: A wide, 8 to 13 and 4% to B wide, 11% to 2 and bl%. C wide, 11 to 2 and 5% to 6. Maud Millett, has been as successful as the new productions. Anthony Hope's | “Pilkerton’s Peerage,” at the Garrick The- ater, has received much needed pruning, | the lack of which at first imveriled its | existence. “The Importance of Being Ear- nest” has been so well received at the St. James Theater that three extra rows of stalls have been added. William Gillette has to vacate the Ly- ceum Theater in the middle of February to make way for Sir Henry Irving. Gil- lette has not yet decided whether to take another London theater or play through the provinces. There is no doubt “Sher- lock Holmes” would have run through the season here. Charles Frohman is expected in London at the end of the month, when he will dis- cuss his plans with Gillette. The latter will not return to America this season. He will reappear in New York in “Sher- lock Holmes” during the month of No- vember, and will then commence prepa- rations for the production of “Hamlet.” “Kitty Grey” has been so successful at the Apollo Theater that Bdwards has made no extensive preparations for the plece which is to succed it. Its successor is entitled “Three Little Maids,” who will be represented by Edna May, Ada Reeve end Ethel Irving. LADIES' KID AND PAT- 5 ENT LEATHER OXFORD pt e e 7 s AA wide, 4 a A wide, 3% ana & B wide, 8 C wide, 8 5 LADIES' EMBROIDERED TAN COLORED TURKISH SLIPPERS; sizes'3 to 8. OENTS 55 axp PATENT CEATABR GAITERS; sizes: OENTS A wide, 6% to B wide, § to Ti%. v C wide, 6 and 10. PHILADELPHIA SHOE CO. i0 THIRD STREET, €an Francisco. Bometimes a man misleads people being perfectly honest with them. ited Lyceum Theater to-night to wit- PHILADELPHIA SHOE GO, ) mess the " pertormence o oremee was | OWARD F. BREWER of the Olympic Club, champion long- distance swimmer of the Pacific Coast, leaves here to-day for Chicago, where he will compete in the National championships. Scott Leary, the short-distance swimmer, left for the East some days since. Brewer will start in the races at 500, 600, 700, 800, 1000 yards and one mile and is éxpected to win his share of the prizes. In the majority of these events he will e pitted against E. Carroll Schafter, who is supposed to be the best of the Easterh contingent. Brewer averages thirty-three strokes to the minute in the mile race, an extraordinary number. Brewer won his first races in 189, when Le carried off the championship of the | Cadet Band Entertainment. The annual entertainment and dance of the League of the Cross Cadets Band will take place next Wednesday evening, February 5, at Mission Opera Hall, Mis- sion street, near Seventeenth. An inter- esting programme of ten numbers, in- ctuding four selections by the band and concluding with an exceedingly humorous and clever farce, will be presented. The officers and members of the regiment have manifested great interest in this event and will be present in uniform. | The members of the band have been working earnestly tc make the entertain- ment a succes ———— Entertainment by the Blind. On Wednesday evening there will be a very interesting entertainment given to seamen®at their institute, 33 Steuart street, by three blind artists—Miss Lila Whaléy, Miss Tillie Woods and L. Bacl- galupi. An interesting programme has been arranged, consisting of songs and ipstrumental music. ADVERTISEMENTS. Sleeplessness Is akin to.insanity. Many a woman re- alizes this as she lies awake hour by hour, peopling the darkness with phan. toms, starting at the cruking of the bed or the rustle of the bedclothes. Such symp- toms in general point to of the delicate womanly or- gans, and a con- stant drain of the vital and nervous forces, This condition cannot be over- come by sleep- ing powders. The diseased condition must be cured before the conse- quences of dis- ease are re- moved. Dr., Pierce’s Fayorite Pre- scription cures the womanl diseases whicl cause mnervous- - ness and sleep- lessness. It is the best of tonics and in- vigorants, nourishing the nerves, en- couragmg the appetite and inducing refreshing sleep. Irregularity, weaken- ing drains, inflammation, ulceration and female weakness are perfectly cured by "Pavori;e Prescription.” . * My wife was sick for ove » Albert . Fulte, of fi’ufifif‘c‘fi.‘m}“&f’ T Tead about Dr. Pierce's medicines and we de- cided to try his ‘Pavorite Prescription.’ I sent to the drug store and got one bottrt and the first dose gave ease and sleep. She had not el for three it woul her T sent for five more bottles and when she had taken the sixth bottle she was sound well.” Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets should be used with * Favorite Prescri; ” 4 ever a laxative is required. Pron B e Your Fortune Told Free. BY THE ZODIAC fztreioss,zeveals, vour a H Read! v lite, Wo will send you most interesting Bo:i Aot return postage. Rabress MAASINE ress Nortn Willlams Sty N, T, P 6:233-5, a record. In July, 1897, he won the quarter-mile championship of the United States at Chicago. In July, 1898, he won the quarter-mile championship of the Pacific Coast, in 6:103, record; the half-mile in 12:452-5, world's record, and the mile open in 26:19 2-5. In 1899 Brewer won the championship of the Northwest at Astoria, defeating all comers. In January of last year he won the 500-yard championship of the Pacific Coast in 7:021-5, American “record. He won the quarter-mile champlonship in Zuly, and again captured the champion- ships of the Northwest at Astoria. He defeated W. J. Kyle at San Diego in Sep- tember in half-mile, three-quarter-mile and mile races. The latter distance was covered In 28:313:5, American record in cpen water. L e e L B i e e e . Municipal League Meets. At the regular monthly meeting of the Muricipal League the approaching bond election was discussed and a committce consisting of Msssrs. Morton, Bundschu, iSch]eslnger. Hutckbinson and Henderson was anpointed to attend the meetings of the Supervisors and when necessary to assist them in expediting the election for bond issues. N. B. Greensfelder was electcd president and J. Henderson secre- tary for the ensulng year. —_———— Family quarrels wouldn’t be so bad if other families would only keep out of them. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Mighty Power 0f Hypnotism. You May Now Become a Hypnotist. Ten Thousan: Copies of a Won- derful Book on Hypnotism To Be Given Away. 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He also won' the 220-yard cham- | plonship of the coast in 2:51, an Amerlcan‘; early part of December he proposed a | plan of escape to her. She consented to {lend him her aid. Between December 14 and 16 they had completed all arrange- ments to escape from the jail. Then they learned of the Governor’s respite. Afier this Ed Biddle almost persuaded Mrs. Soffel to flee with him and his brother. The contents of the letter show it was originally agreed that Mrs. Soffel was to leave the city for Canada on the eve of | the men’s escape. The letter in part fol- lows: 3 We were searched pretty close to-day and these fellows would swear on a stack of Bibles ten feet high that we could not have had this stuff on us since Saturday. See that you clear yourselt of all suspiclon. They never could convict you, but some peaple might suspect you. That would cut no figure. They never could prove it to save their lives. It would be much easfer for us to get away if you stayed at home, on account of the war- den, you know. In case you should not want to g0, go to the people at Homestead about March 18 and call for mail under the name of Mrs, Charles W. McDonald. You will get a letter telling you where I am and how I am to get you. Watch the papers close, and if you see they have traced us any part of the way, leave Toronto on the quiet and go to Mon- treal. Leave letter in the Torontowoffice for me and as soon as you get settled in Montreal write me a letter to the postoffice there, all in signs, where you are. Montreal is about 250 miles further morth. Keep low until I reach you. The writer took occasion to reiterate his instructions, because she seemed not to fully understand. He says: It don’t do to have too much red tape about it. You must think for yourself. It will be easy for you to go to Buffalo, then to Niagara, which {s twenty-four mlles from Buffalo. From there take a_bus and cross over the suspension | bridge into Canada. Go to a bank, get your | American money changed to Canadian money. then ask some boy or woman where the Grand Trunk station fs. Get a ticket for Toronto. The reason I have you take so much cau- tion is that they will try to trace you to find me. They will say right away as soon as they come to a realization that you and I are to- gether, “Find her and you will get the Biddle boys.”” So 1 want you to smooth every track you make. Don’t let them trace you from | Pittsburg at all. Change your appearance so that no one will know you if they are shown your photograph. If they cam’t trace you to Buffalo, you are lost to them forever. I may be with you In three or four days; can't teil. Hide your morphine in the lining of your dress somewhere, 50 {f you are searched no one could find it. And in case the worst comes to worst, wait until you are algne, because if any one knew vou took it the doctors would pump it out_with a stomach pump. I you go Monday. let me know as early .w you can. Come close to the window and say “I will go,” for I can’t see half you say if it 1s very light outside. If you go to-morrow, and now, dear, any longer. be sure and don’t keep me If you decide to stay at home, tell me. Then you will give me permission to go. Every- ihing has been ready since Friday. I am £oing to go Monday night, just as sure as the sun shines in the ~heavens above. &uesday morning I shall be a free man or a dead one. As long as he was able John Biddle was extremely talkative and was at times boastful. But as soon as the shadow of death began to fall on him and he recog- nized it he became repentant. “I know,” said he, *“‘that my time here is short, and you can say for me that I am a Christian and will die a sincere be- lever in God and hope I will have strength enough to say so at the last. I know I have taken part in many wrong deeds, but I have never killed any man and was never implicated with any one who did. I wish I could see Mrs. Kahney. I would tell her the truth about the kill- Ing of her husband. This life has been pretty tough to me, and the end cannot come too_quick, and I don't care how.” A sister of the Biddles arrived in town this evening and was admitted to the jail, but Ed was unable to recognize her. After a consultation at the hospital in the case of Mrs. Soffel this evening Dis- trict Attorney Haymaker decided to al- low the woman to remain here, as her condition is such that the trip to Pitts- burg to-night might be attended with fatal results. Mrs. Soffel is suffering much from her wound and the attending physi- clans fear that her removal now would cause gangrene to set in. Excitement was unabated to-day and a crowd of people hung about the jail doors all day trying to get in to see the two criminals. The most persistent of the crowd were women, many of whom expressed the deepest concern and sym- pathy for Ed Biddle and declared their belief in his innocence. This belief-seemed to deepen when it became known that Ed Biddle "made a death-bed confession to the Rev. Father Walsh of this place last night, declaring his innocence of the crime of shooting Groceryman Kahney and Detective Fitzgerald. PITTSBURG, Feb. L—Late this after- noon, when John Biddle realized that his hours of life were few, he told a de- tective that he and his brother had be- gun to saw the bars of their cells before Christmas and had completed the work before Governor Stone respited them on January 11. He sald they intended to leave the jaill on Bunday, January 12, or the early morning of the Monday follow- ing, just as they did last ursday morn- When they were notified of the respite until the latter part of this month they decided to take their time and run the risk of discovery, of which he sald they I will then go to-morrow night (Monday night), | might not like it. work in the sick room. sleep. Swanip-Root gave me a relish for stagnant impurities. Of course I do not many cases in the hospital cured by this trouble is permitted to con The mild and extraordinary effect of ful cures of the most distressing cases. in both slight and severe cases. most successful remedy. ple bottle sent free, by mail. mer. & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., who will without cost to you, a sample bottle of “Co., Binghamton, San Francisco Sunda If you are alread Call. everywhere. 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He sald they knew it was customary for the night clerk, James Mc- Gary, to carry medicine to the prisoners | if any took sick through the night, and | that it was his habit to leave the door | of the prison department open. They | knew also that he carried the keys to that door and the outside door leading to | the main entrance, and if they happened | to catch him without them th i { doubt they would find the ke outer office. From there, he . they were to unlock the door to the waltin room, proceed to the door leading into the warden's residence and to be let in there by Mrs. Soffel and emerge to the street by the warden’s front door. The whole plan as devised at that time, he says, was carried out just as they an- ticipated, and he says they had no fear that the warden’s wife would fail them. When asked if he belleved the story Detective Robinson said he did; that since | he returned from Butler to-night he had gone to see a man lately a prisoner in the jail who knew the circumstances and he corroberated it. He said he had every reason to believe it. Murray & Lanman’s Florida Water 45c Around town 75c—Owl's reg. price soc Chest and Lung Protectors 40c The regular soc kind—may save you a hundred dollar doctor bill Munyon’s Witch Hazel Soap 10c All other stores charge 15 a cake Woodbury’s Face Cream 15¢ Other stores 25c—Owl'’s reg. price 20 Allen’s Malt Whiskey 65¢ For family use—for dollar bottle we charge regularly 75¢ Coke Dandruff Cure 65¢ Regular dollar bottle Another lot of six-day specials from the Owl Drug Co. No use to pay double the price for inferior qualities when, by watching these ads, you can save nearly half and get better, fresher drugs. Onsale until Saturdgy night, February 8th. Tel. South 356. 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