The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 5, 1902, Page 11

~ CAR- CRAGHES INTO A SALOON Two. Persons Killed in a Street Railway Accident, Passengers Have No Time to Jump and Six Are Injured. — s car on the Broadway line ck to-day at Fifth street ¥ and crashed into a saloon. a4 woman and a negro, were x others were injured. The 3ARET CRIST, Olathe, Kas, JOHNSON, Kansas City, njured are: Miss Mollie Crist, . Kas., cut and bruised; Mrs. A. E, nell, Kansas City, cut and bruised; e Dean, Kansas City, head and cut, severe shock; Ernest Mec- @ and shoul- nk Gibson, ulders cut; Kansas Miss Rose control of the car at two blocks away and c speed. At Fifth track turns, the car ahead. It struck a on and pushed it, and daughter, who were through into the saloon. was completely demol- Mrs. were instantly killed. ssengers had time to jum;. wagon d with Mrs front the car badly damaged. Millions for the Transvaal. N, Nov. 4—A civil service esti- s been issued placing the addi required as a grant to | year at $10,000,000. 15,000,000 is to be devoted to > burghers, $10,000000 to British by the war, and $15,000,000 is to d for loans promised by the terms to aid in resettling the LDVEETISEMENTS § Mapy discouraged Asthmatics who long for a cure or even reiief lack faith to try, believing a cure impossible. HIMROD’S ASTHMA CURE is truly a grand remedy and Ppossesses a virtue unknown to other remedies that not only instantly re- § lieves but cures. The late Sir Dr. Morrell McKen- zie, England’s foremost physician, used HIMROD’S ASTHMA CURE constantly in his private practice. If you are discouraged send for a generous free sample. It will not disappoint you. HIMROD’S ASTHMA CURE is a standard remedy prescribed by many eminent physicians and sold throughout the rid for over a § quarter of a century. A truly re- markable testimonial in itself. 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PR S Copies of Their Statement Are Forwarded to the Operators. HAZLETON, Pa., Nov. 4—The state- ment of the anthracite mine workers' case, which was filed with the strike com- | | | mission on Sunday night, was made pub- | Copies of the statement have | | lic to-day. i been furnished to the operators, who will | reply in three or four days. The miners’ | statement in full is as follows: | ..To the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission: | | The mine workers make of the operators the | toligving demands, which were formulated by the "Shamokin convention, held March 18-2 and 1or the enforcement of which the stri was inaugurated: | First—An increase cf 20 per cent upon the | prices paid during the year 1901 to employes performing contract or piece work. This de- mand is made on account of the following reasons: 1. The present rate of wages is much lower than the rate of wages paid in the bguminous coal fields for substantially similar Werk. 2. The present rate of wages is lower than ke | is paid in other occupations requiring equal | skill and training. . The average annual earnings in the an- thracite coal flelds are much less than the average annual earnings in the bituminous coal fields for substantially simil The average annual e thracite coal fields are mucn less than the average annual earnings for vccupations re- quiring equal skill and training. % 5. ‘The rate of wages in the anthracite coal is insufficient to compensate the mine rs in view of the dangerous character of occupat ents, the lia- bility to serious and permanent dfsease, the high duty rate and the short grade life inci- dent to this employment. 4 The annual earnings of the mine workers mamtain the American wdard of living. INCREASED COST OF LIVING. The increased cost of Aiving has made it maintain a fair standard of life 3 of present wages and has not ented the mine workers from securing At from increased prosperity, but has made their condition poorer on account of it. S. The wages of the anthracite mine workers are so low that child iren ure permanently kers and mills instead of nd educated upon the earn- ts low the fair and just earn- his industry. duction of 20 per cent in hours reduction of earnings for of mine Wa ag of mine workers embployed by day or week, and all the peasons-appli- to the demand are asked tu be ap- to the second without repetition. £abmit the tollowing: g r day is detrimental to t and well-being of the mir porter hours improve the physical, moral conditions of the workers. jure increase the intensity and srter ncy of labor The tendenc¥ of national and State gov- of organized trad: and production horter hours. A working day of eight hours is suffi- v long for the best interests of the work- 1 the community. option of a system by which jghed and paid for by waight wherever ra ble, the minimum rate per ton to be €0 cents for a legal ton of 2240 ds, the differentials now exisdng at the nes to b2 malntained. 1 practicable is the only honest and just tem of megsuring the earnings of mine work- | When the operators sell or transport coal it” is on the basis.of a legal ton of 2240 pounds. FAVOR THE LEGAL TON. 3. The excessive.ton was originally in- | tended to compensate the operator for the weight of the small sizes of coal which were then discarded, but which are now utilized and sold, and therefore there is no present nec for the use of any other than the lezal move an incentive, both to the operator and the worker, to cheating and dishonesty, and would alley jealousy among the miners and prevent unjust discrimination and favoritism. 5. Thre change of the present system to the one asked for would prove a strong factor in allay uspicion and discontent among the | llaying suspic} (2223 mine workers. | POLICE SUSPECT PROMINENT MAN A Boston Manufacturer Thought to Be In- sane Criminal, Light May Be &£hed on a Series of Mysterious Assaults. —— BOSTON, Nov. 4.—In' connection with the fifteen murderous assault cases which have occurred in Cambridge, Brookline | and Somerville in the last few ‘months, two of which resulted fatally, the*State police to-day arrested Alan G. Mason of Boston, a well known and wealthy busi- ness man, a member of the piano manu- fucturing firm of Mason & Hamlin, a prominent club man and a Harvard grad- uate, The police suspect, from evidence in their hands, that Mason has been involv- ed in nearly all the cases referred to, as | the circumstances have been similar. Ma- son is a middle-aged man, but he has been a victim of mental trouble for which he was treated at the McLean Asylum at | Waverly. About a year ago he was per- mitted to leave the institution. Since that time, it is said, he has been allowed to,go and come at will and the fact that he had been frequently seen about the localities in which the assaults occurred léa to suspicion against him. The pecullar assault cases which have terrorized Cambridge and viclnity, as well as other suburban sections, began last June. During the summer there were a dozen victims of an unknown assail- ant, each of whom was struck down and beaten with a blunt instrument. Barly | in October Miss Agnes McPhee was as- | lted in Somerville and died from her | injuries. An iron wrench was found and ixed upon as the weapon used. During | the same month eight other cases follow- | ed, the last of which oceurred last Satur- | day night, when Clara A. Morton, a | laundress at the McLean Asylum, was | accosted on the grounds of that institu- | | tion and beaten with a blunt instrument. | | to 'the officers that he wa | years of age and is the son of the founder | i firm of which his father was head. Men- | | tal froubles developed within a few years | time he showed improvement and left the and is made on account of the fol- | ng reasons Measurement, by the legal ton wherever | CONFIDENTIAL CLERK | Fourth—The incorporation in an agreement | between the United Mine Workers of America and the Anthracite Coal companies of the wages which shall _be_paid and the conditions of employment which ~ehall obtain, -together with satisfactory methods for the adjustment of grievan hich may arise . from.time to time, to the end that strikes and lockouts may be_unnecessary. In support of this demand we submit the following reasons: | 1. The anthracite mine workers should not be compelied to make or sign individual agree- | ments, but should have the right to form such organization and choose such agents and of- ficers as they desire to act collectively instead of individually when they deem that their best interests are subserved thereby. BENEFITS OF UNIONISM. | 2 Agreements between employers and em- ployes through workingmen’'s organizations are the ordinary method of regulating production and wages in the bituminous coal fields and | successful and in keeping with the spirit of | the times. | 3. Unions of workingmen tend to the better | aiscipline of the men and to the improvement of their physical, moral and mental condition and to the preservation of friendly relations between employer and employe. 4 Experience shows that the trade agree- ment is the only effective method by which it ie possible to regulate questions arising .be- tween employers and employed in large in- Gustries and that a trade agreement is the only possible way to establish the relations between the dmployers and the wagemaker in the anthracite fields on a just, permanent basis and as far as possible ‘to do away with any causes for the recurrence of such difficul- ties as those you (the anthracite coal strike commission) have been called in'to sttle. Re- tfully submitted, e JOHN MITCHELL, Representative of the Anthracite Mine Workers. 4 — SEAPORT IN MEXICO DROPS INTO THE BAY | Land on Which Town of Ocos Was | Situated Sinks Beneath | Water. OAXACA, Mexico, Nov. 4—The seaport | of Ocos, situated on the Pacific coast of | the State of Chiapas, has-almost com- | pietely disappeared into the sea. At one | time Ocos was one of the principal ports | of Mexico. It was on a beautiful harbor. | A magnificent iron wharf and splendid custom-house and other public buildings | were constructed. The bottom of the sea and harbor and that part of the coast has been’ sinRing since the severe earthquake shocks of last April and the wharf, Government buildings and nearly all the business part of the town are now under water. PRSI es Higher Wages for Glass Workers. PITTSBURG, Nov. 4—President Burns of the Window Glass Workers' Associa- tion to-day recelved a cablegram from Edmund Gilles, president of the Belgian ‘Window Glass Workers' Association, an- nouncing a general advance of 15 per cent in wages for Belgian window glass work- ers. The men had threatened to strike unless given an increase in wages equal to that granted the workers in this coun- try. The advance will benefit the glass industry in this country, as it will lessen the imports. P RN TR T 8, % Funds for Harbor Improvements. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 4—The South- ampton Harbor Board voted to-day to ask Parliament for authorization to bor- row $300,000 to meet the expense of deep- ening the harbor channel to 3 feet. It is proj this amount be recovered from increased tonnage duties. It was said in the course of discussion of this measure that the American line of steam- ers was arranging for a bl-weekly service belween New York and Southampton. ' | in other large industries and are beneficial, | | | Military Attache Middle | | made no objection and on the way to po- . | O’'Bricn was married on October 21 last e adoption of this system would re- M. Morton died Sunday. ason was taken into custody at his | mcther's home on Newbury street. He | lice headquarters, it is said, he admitted | s in Somerville | on the night on which Miss McPhee was | tally injured. The prisoner is about 3y | of the firm of Mason & Hamlin, organ and piano manufacturers. He was graduated | from Harvard in 1836 and entered the | of his graduation and he went to the Mc- for treatment. After a| ution. A second time it became nec- essary for him to return, but he soon im- proved and was released a second time. | In 1897, however, symptoms more serious than any previous ones developed and as he had threatened his mnther and brothe: he was sent to Waverly for the third time. He temained six months. Since then he has been free and has been a stock taker at the Mason & Hamlin or- gan factory at Cambridge. Mason has a mother and three brothers and is a cousin of John Mason, the well known actor. IS A HEAVY DEFAULTER Discrepancies Are Found in His Ac- counts While He Is Off on = His Honeymoon. 5 WASHINGTON, Nov. 4—John Law- rence O'Brien, for several years confiden- tial clerk in the eniploy of Frank Hume, a local wholesale grocer, is accused of being a defaulter in the sum of $5400. to Miss Delia O’'Day, a clerk in the Treas- ury Department, and he left the city os- tensibly for New York to spend his hon- eymoon. After being gone a few days Hume received a letter written by O'Brien | before departure, the delivery of which | ed by his request, in which he called attention to the discrepancies in his accounts. He is supposed to have gone to London and the detective bureau will make an effort to locate him there. st sl Gt National Capitol Escapes Law. WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.—The prosecu- tion of Theodore L. Page and Warren I. Coffin, charged with the sale of liquor at the Capitol restaurants in violation of the law, was dismissed to-day by the Court | of Appeals of the District of Columbia. | The court held that the act regulating the sale of liquor in the District was not in- | tended to apply to the Capitol. — e Minister Comes for Instructions. BERLIN, Nov. 4—John B. Jackson, re- cently named Minister to Greece, sails for New York on the Deutschland next Thursday for the purpose of receiving: his. instructions before going to Athens. | He will stay in America but six days. was formally presented to Emperor Willlam to-day. ———————————————— ADVERTISEMENTS. BRAIN - FOOD Is of Little Benefit Unless It Is Di gested. ? Nearly every one will admit that as a nation we eat too much meat and too lit- tie of vegetables and grains. For business men, office men and clerks and in fact every one engaged in seden- tary ‘or indoor occupations, grains, ‘milk and vegetables are much more healthful. Only men engaged in a severe outdoor manual labor can live on a heavy meat diet and continue in health. As_a genetal rule, meat once a day is sufficient for all classes of men, women and children, and grains, fruit and vege- tables should constitute the bulk of food eaten. But many of the most nutritious foods are difficult of digestion and it is of no use to advise brain workers to eat largely of grains and vegetables where the diges- tion is too weak to assimilate them prop- erly. Ti is always best to get the best results from our food that some simple and barmless digestive should be taken after meals to assist the relaxed digestive or- gans, and several years' experience have proven Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets to be a very safe, pleasant and effective diges- tive and a remedy which may be taken Zaily with the best results. Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets can hardly be -called a patent medicine, as they -do not act on the bowels nor any particular organ, but only on the food eaten. They supply what weak stomachs lack, pep- sin diastase, and by stimulating the gas- tric glands increase the natural secretion of hloric acid. 3 P who. make a daily. p teking one or two of, Stuart’s L sia Tablets affer each meal are sure to have perfect . digestion, !vhlc_h (means . perfect health. There is no danger of forming an i g habit, as “the fiblet:?gnqm“‘fg:. lutely nothing but natural digestives;. co- no place in a stomach med art's Dyspepsia Tablets: are. gertainl best known and most popular:of all ach' remedies. > % 5 Ask your druggist for a fifty-cent pack- age of Stuart pepsia Tablets and at- ter a week's use note the improvement in Realth, appetite and nervous energy. T . THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1902 PRAGERS LADIES’ FOOTWEAR. Lodies’ Strap ® H Caneats V. ® andals — Vi (3 nd-turned soles and French Sold elsewhere for $3.00 a pair - 82.35 $17.50 uit, 81k Liccu “ar.ug.us. We are offering $10.00 Suits for $7.98 1250 “ " 9.95 15.00 12.43 19.00 14.95 22.50 17.50 25.00 i19.76 35.00 25.00 40.00 29.75 “ “ “ s “ “ and gray; winter weight, form perfectly. One of the most ments made. A great value at the Lan b’s Wacl—Gray, extra soft fi shrinkable shirt and drawers; seams; kid and patent leather, one and two . straps; either in low or French heels. Sold regularly for $1.50 and $L75. Wednesday only for vess 31,30 Lad es’ Patent Kid and Caif Oxfords- With matt znd velv t ;:OPT' ha MEN'S UNDERWEAR. Ritb d Worsteds—Shirts and drawers in blu® very elastic, double stitched drawers are faced and have reinforced seat and seams. A regular $1.25 value for.81.00 ‘PRAGERS | 09606690600000068000000008006500800006000900060 PRAGERS Always Reliable offered this year. Al $7.95. At $9.95. , Regular $12.50. ‘A-t $12~&5' tailored effects. did $15.00 suits for.... Al $14.95. AL $17.50. At $19.75. effects. At $25.00: Al $29.75. On sale at.... Elegant The prices are ridiculously low. Splendid dress suits in ch ox coats; taffeta silk lined; flare or flounced skirts. Nobby hlouse suits of ifimgmfi e Market Sireet at Jonss ~ TAILORED SUITS % BELOW COST The greatest collection of exclusive fall stylesin Women’sand Misses’ Tailored Suits We have just closed a deal with one of the leading suit makers of the country for a large part of his stock and we in- tend to let our customers have advantage of the low prices. portunity is given in January, but NEVER in November. To this new stock we have added about 100 suits from our own stock, odds and ends, which a big month’s business has left behind. Stylish dress or-walking suits, eton blouse or double-breasted box coat, with peau de soie faced revercs; velvet collar; seven-gore flare or flounced skirt; black, blue br gray; $10.00 values. $7.95 ots, homespuns or covert cloth; single or double breasted blouse or Also walking suits in black, gray or blue. Neat gheviot or broadcloth blouse suits, variously trimmed in Also Norfolk or blouse walking suits with tailor straps or slot. seams. cheviot or broadcloth; best taxlonng,‘pencc’t fitting newfhre skirts. Also double-breasted .tight fitting suits with taffeta silk drop skirt. Worth $20.00; at...$14.95 Elegant tailored blouse suits in cheviot or etamine, neatly trimmed with se bands; box pleated skirt with taffeta silk drop skirt. Worth $22.30; Swell tailored suits in' Norfolk or blouse styles; made of cheviots, broadcloths or snowflake suit- ing; taffeta lined jacket, unlined or drop silk skirt, with box pleats or taffeta t Worth $25.00; on sale at.. broadcloth or cheviot suits; b! box pleated skirt, kilt bottom; beautifully tailored. Worth $35.00; Nobby broadcloth suits: blouse style, vest effect; peau de soie faced revere and back: box pleated skirt with taffeta silk drop skirt. ouse with fine tuck bod: Worth $40.00; on sale at.. BARGAINS FOR BOYS. Long Pants Suits. $8.35— Tweeds, cheviots, Scotches; pure wool; very pretty patterns: ages 12 to 19 years. Long Pants Suits, $5.85— Blue, all wool; single or double breasted coats; ages 12 to 19 years. Boys’ Suits. $4.35—Al-wool, three-piece suits, high cut vest, per- fect fitting; ages 9 to 15 years. SOMETIMES this op- peau de soie and braid. or plain Splen- .$12.43 straps and taffeta on sale at. 7.50 $19.75 box pleats. front Cotton stitched seams. ter they last for.. able. fits the durable ‘gar- price..81.50 nish znd un- ceived. can be had for. Fleeced — Heavy shirt ani drawers. Both are double cuffs, pearl buttons and double Splendid chance to buy for win- «“Sampl.” Sox—Fancy or p'ain_co or d; not a pair in the lot worth less than 3. Going while Merino Sox — Gray, camel’s hair and black; double heel and toe: extra wide instep; very aur- If you can't buy Wednesday, one to shop for you. Wednesday only 25¢ AND 30c HAIR BOWS, 15¢. 125 Beautiful Hair Bows will Ie on sale to- day at one=talf the regular sell ng price. There are 42 different patterns in the lot; some are of black velvet, some double-faced satin and some of those new fancy ribbons that we just re- These ribbons sell 45¢ 2 3¢ send some ile 2%c and 30c and 15¢ for 25¢ RIBBONS FOR 15c. 1160 yards of fins al-silk pain t-ffeta ribton; a fine line of moire, 4% inches in width. The col- ors are black, blue and cardinal. worth 25¢ a yard. On sale to-day fo: New SILKS and DRESS 600DS Polka Dot Moire—A vard. . . White ground with black dot and bl with white dot; 20 inch, .‘t(.')(-. 24 ;‘nch‘a:i.!;((’;‘fm 20 pi ‘ces of new Pirid $i'ks —20-inch..$1.00 22 inch, exclusive styles, §1.,56): 3-inch black moire velour for Monte Carlos, $1.50. 52-inch 8 owflake Suiiings. . 8125 Several pretty new_effects just received fn black, navy, green and brown ground in those pretty snowflake effects at $1.25 §4-i ch Black Broadcioth—H-av: ¢ Rich black and fine finished. B priced at $1.00- 000030600000095600800990090089002009000000090£250920000200090008 ery piece is 85¢ Greatly under SHPBUILDERS HAVE BEEN BUSY Greatb Inqrease Noted in United States Ton- nage. WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.—The annual report of the Commissioner of Navigation shows that on June 30, 1902, the document- ed tonnage of the United States was the largest in our history, comprising 24,273 vessels of 5,797,902 gross tons. The in- crease over last. year is almost wholly in large steel steamers. In ten years the number of American, British and German scuare-rigged vessels has decreased 50 per cent. American vessels carried 8.3 per cent of our exports and imports, com- pared with 8.2 per cent in 1901 The outlook for steel shipbuilding in the United States for the current fiscal year i not so promising as was last year's. ©On July 1, 1902, there were building or un- der centract in the United States 347,500 tons of steel merchant vessels. Receipts | from tonnage taxes amounted to $868,784, of which only $68,173 were paid by Ameri- can vessels. The report prints at length the agreement of the transatlantic merger and its fleet of over 100,000000 tons and says: ‘é’l‘hi: organization of so great a naviga- tion company under American auspices is a most important step toward the es- tablishment of the influence of the Amer- ican marine. . The relations of the merg- ADVERTISEMENTS. ~ The Dressing Table shown here is of solid oak, with quar- ter sawed oak top, highly fin- ished. It has a roomy drawer and is surmounted by a dainty beveled-edge, French plate mirror, has gracefully curved legs, and is pretty and rich - enough for any boudoir. Spe- cial price is $3.50. This is but one item of in- terest from our stock. We make a special feature of fur- nishing every item for your home, whether furniture, car- or draperies. Hotels fur- nished, ‘also. We deliver free within 100 miles and give Y. BRILLIANT b It FURNITURE CO. 888-842 POST STREET COIN IS APPROPRIATED TO PREVENT RICE FAMINE S e Sufferers in the Philippines Will Have Wants Attended to by Commissioners. . MANILA, Nov. 4—The Philippine Com- missioners have taken firm measures to prevent the rice famine which is threaten- ing many provinces. They to-day appro- priated $2,000,000 (Mexican) for the pur- chase and transportation of rice to be sold to the sufferers at a cash price cover- ing the cost. Governor Taft will control the purchase and sales. The commission has already purchased a large amount of rice. The Philippine Commission, under a re- cent authorization of President Roose- velt to permit foreign vessels to engage in coastwise trading, to-day promulgated a special act allowing the rice-laden steamer San Nicolas, from China, to pro- ceed to Camarines, discharge her cargo and load for Manila. The coastwise com- panies have memorialized the commission | denying the existence of a pool or of ex- cessive rates. The commission is prepar- ing a plap for opening coastwise trade to all fereign craft. AUTHORITIES OF MIDI WILL DELIVER PIRATES ROME, Nov. 4—A dispatch received here from the town of Midd on the Lo- bela Arabia coast, which was recently bcembarded by the Italian gunboats in their pursuit of Red Sea pirates, says the authorities of Midi, besides promising to deliver the pirates to the Italians, have undertaken to collect an indemnity of $2000 for the families of the two Italian suilors who were killed in a fight with the pirates. L e i o er to the trade of the United States will be exceptional, the only parallel being the relations of the two great German lines to Germany's commerce.” Continuing the report says: ‘“The pol- icy of subsldies is the only method at the present time by which American-built steamers with American crews can obtain any considerable share of foreign trade.” The repeal. of compulsory pilotage on sailing vessels in the coasting trade and minor changes in the navigation laws are recommended. The report shows that the world’s foreign going steamers in 11 were valued at about $1,000,000,000 and that gross receipts were about $850,000,000, out of which $50,000,000 in dividends and $9.000,000 interest on bonds were , paid. ‘Wages to crews amounted to about $62,- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HAS NO SPECIAL FLAG The Stars and Stripes Suffice for All Purposes Within Her . Bounds. Commissioner Macfarland has received a letter from Chairman Warner of the G. A. R. encampment committee stating that the committee thought of binding the souvenir book in the colors of the Dis- trict of Columbia, if there are any. Mr. ‘Warner sai believe that there are a seal and a coat of arms of the District of Columbia, but that there is no flag, and the colors, therefore, would be the same as those on the American standard. Ferhaps this might be a good opportunity, if there is no flag for the District, to have one adopted.” Mr. Macfarland has replied as follow! “I have your favor of September 2. The American flag is the flag of the District of Columbia. It has never had any other. The States have State flags, some of which are very much older than the United States flag, but the national flag seems to me all sufficient for the national capital, which is its special home. Peo- ple of the District have never been even tempted to divide allegiance between two flags, and no such temptation should ever be offered. 2 “The colors of the District of Columbia have never been officially determined, but I'think they shauld b ‘red, white and biue. The seal of the District of Colum bia, with its appropriate motto, ‘Justitia Omnibus” (a copy of which I inclose), is trat adopted by the fizst Government of | the District | was made Lecessary by the Government COLONY OF JAMAICA ENJOYS PROSPERITY Acting Governor Announces That the Revenue Is Showing a Large Increase. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Nov. 4—A spe- cial session of the Legislature convened to-day in order to give authority to the Government to make loans to the sugar planters supplementary to the fiaperial grant and thus insure the maintenance of the industry pending the abolition of the bounties. In his opening address Acting Governor Olivier announced a general improvement in the colony's condition during the first half year, the revenue for that period having increased not tess than $250,000 This showing is due prineipally to the increased exports of such products as coffee and fruit, the largest quantities of which go to America. The improvement, Governar Olivier said, was so marked that the Government.hoped rext vear to re- pay the loan of $100,000 ~b!ained last year from the imperial excheyuer. MOTHER OF A SUICIDE DISOWNS SON’S BODY PUEBLO, Col., Nov. 4.—Alexander Rob- erts, father of Frederick Roberts, who killed himself in this city last week af- ter attempting to murder Mrs. Minnie E. Cooper, has arrived ‘from Haverhill, Mass., and is making arrangements for the funeral. It is probable that- inter- ment will be made in Pueblo. The father says that the dead man’s mother told him not to bring the body home, as her boy had disgraced them. 3 Roberts says he will go to Salt Lake City to settle up his son's business. Mrs. Ccoper’s condition to-day is reported en- couraging. PR, 9L Ve NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., Nov. 4.—The Crown Prince of Sfam spent to-day at Niagara Falls, he and his party being greatly impressed with the immensity of the falls and the gran- deur of the scenery, » FOUR MEST LOSE LIFE IN COLLISION AT SEA Steamer Admiral Sampson Runs Into and Sinks a Three-Masted Schooner. BOSTON, Nov. 4—The United Fruit Company's steamer Admiral Sampson, which arrived to-day, reports that she collided with the three-masted schoomer Charléy Bucki, bound from Eddyville, N. Y., for Boston, off Cape Cod lightship, at 2 o’clock this morning. The schooner was sunk and Captain Freeman Huntley of Jonesport, Me., his son, Mate Ulmer Huntley, and two sea- men of the Bucki,” Norman Sampson and Mark Beard, were drowned. OLD MAN LEAVES COIN TO A KINDLY WOMAN Thousand Dollars the Gift From One ‘Who Remembered His Kansas Nurse. HIAWATHA, Kans., Nov. 4—Miss Liz- zie Boyee of Padonia a number ol years ago took care of an old man who became suddenly ill while passing her home. Aft- er his recovery he left and Miss Boyce did not hear of him again until to-day, when she received word from Seattle, Wash., of his death. He had no near friends or relatives, and on account of the kindness shown him left Miss Boyce his entire fortune of $1000. —eepe—— Photographic Supplies, Including cameras, films, plat = ete. Also printing and developing. The i, vest prices that can be made good . done by Sanborn, Vail & Cg.. American workmen. 741 Market street. - Hats like these $2.50. 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