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ENDS HER LIFE
WITH COCAINE
Tragic Death of Young
Mrs. Neilson at San
Rafael.
No Inquest Held, Though It
Seems a Plain Case of
Suicide.
Said to Have Been Discharged From
an Asylum as Cured, With Poison
In Her Possession.
SAN RAFAEL, Cal., Oct. s.— Mystery
surrounded the death of Mrs. Marie A.
Neilson, who succumbed to a dose of
cocaine administered by herself last Satur
day night in one of the rooms in the
Tamalpais Hotel, on the main street of
San Rafael. Mrs. Neilson's death was
tragic. She refused to allow the hotel
people to send for a physician. The death
certificate, signed by Dr. W. J. Wick man
and on file in the office of Coroner Ed
ward Eden, recites the cause of death as an
overdose of cocaine and congestion of the
lungs. Nowhere is it stated that the over
'•' •doss was taken with suicidal intent, yet
I 1 that that was the intention is shown by
the woman's refusal to have the services
of a physician even after she had swal
lowed the deadly draught and it had com
menced to eat away her life.
Mrs. Marie Neilson was a married
woman a trifle over 31 years of age, and
had relatives living in San Rafael. Her
father, August J. Starke, lives here and
he is employed at the powder works on
Pinole Point, whither he goes every day,
returning to San Rafael at night. Mrs.
Neiisen leaves two children, Leonore and
Eric Neiisen. She was born in Germany.
The facts concerning the death of Mrs.
Nielson have been kept quiet and only
leaked out to-day. She came to the
Tamalpais Hotel last Thursday. On
Saturday night she drank the cocaine and
on Sunday morning she died. The funeral
took place from Edward Eden's undertak
ing parlors this afternoon and the body
was interred in the Tamalpais Cemetery.
Coroner Eden held no inquest, as Eric A.
Starke, a brother of the dead woman, filed
a document with the Coroner setting
forth that he had investigated the case
and. believed his sister had come to her
death accidentally. He deemed an inves
tigation or an inquest unnecessary. As
this is customary sometimes on the part
of relatives of the deceased. Coroner Eden
granted the burial permit without an
inquest.
Mrs. Nielson has been for some time an
inmate of the Ukiah Asylum, where she
had been incarcerated for insanity. Only a
short time ago she was discharged from
the institution as cured. When she left
the asylum, it is claimed, she was given a
bottle of cocaine, which for her ailment
she was in the habit of taking in small
doses. ,
When Mrs. Neilson came to San Rafael
last Thursday she engaged a room at the
Tamalpais Hotel on Fourth street. On
Saturday night at 8 o'clock she gave the
call bell a vigorous ring, and M. B. Ra
, mos, the proprietor, answered the sum
mons. She asked for a pitcher of ice
water, saying to Ramos that she was not j
feeling well. Ramoa returned with the
water, and suggested- that it might be well
to engage the services of a physician, but
to this the woman strongly objected, say
ing that she was only experiencing a
slight fainting spell and would soon be
over it.
In a short time the bell rang again.
Ramos made another trip to the room.
Mrs. Neilson this time asked for a glass of
wine and Ramos went downstairs to th*)
bar and got it. When he reached the
room he found the woman lying on the
floor. A physician was then summoned,
but he came too late.
MM IST ERS IM SESSIOM.
Congregational Pastors Open Their Con
vention at Santa Cruz.
SANTA CRUZ, Cal., Oct s.— The forty
first an nual meeting of the General Asso
ciation of Congregational Ministers in
California began this afternoon in the
Congregational church in this city. After
opening remarks by* Rev. J. H. Warren
the meeting was regularly organized.
Rev. H. E. Jewett was appointed registrar;
Rev. E. D. Hales of Niles was chosen
moderator, with Rev. E. G. Weage of Tu
lare assistant; Rev. E. Lyman Hood was
elected scribe, with H. A. Cnadle to assist
him.
After a devotional service led by Rev.
W. C. Pond the report of Rev. Philip
Coombe, a delegate to the Pacific Synod,
was listened to.
The following committees were ap
pointed: On devotional meeting— Revs.
W. li. Atkinson (chairman J. G. Taylor
and Deacon W. P. Shepert; on nomina
tion—Revs. W. H. Wyckoff (chairman).
W. H. Cro^s and Layman J. M. Haven;
on business— Professor R. R. Lloyd (chair
man), Rev. F. Law3on, Deacon William
Ross; on enrollment— Rev. Ph. Coon
(chairman), Rev. Samuel Weiler, Deacon
J. S. Morse.
The address of welcome to the entire as
sociation was delivered to-night by Rev.
J. G. Taylor, pa«tor of the local church,
and was responded to by Rev. Mr. Hales
the newly elected moderator. Professor
K. R. Lloyd of the Congregational Theo
logical Seminary preached the opening
sermon. r ?
FIGHTING PRAIRIE FIRES.
School Children Aid the Firemen in
the Outlying Suburbs of
Chicago.
CHICAGO, 111..* Oct. Firemen in all
the outlying suburbs of the city were kept
busy to-day fighting prairie fires. The
most serious fire was one which started
about 2:30 o'clock this afternoon near the
Grand Trunk tracks at Forty-third street
and Ashland avenue. Near the starting
point were several stacks af hay, and this
was soon ablaze. The high wind fanned i
the blaze and it spread rapidly In a south- j
erly direction. I
One hundred pupils in the Elsdon
School, Archer avenue and Ridge way
street, were dismissed as a precaution as
the flames advanced. The children car
ried water in pails and with brooms as
sisted the firemen. The fire burned until
evening, when it was extinguished one
mile south of the starting point. No
buildings were damaged, but several hun
dred feet of sidewalk and a number of
fences were destroyed.
Other sections of the city in which more
or less damage was done by prairie tires
are: Seventy-ninth street and the Belt
Line tracks, Clarksdale; Hoyne avenue,
between Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth
streets; Ninety-third street and Indiana
avenue; West Forty-fifth street, between
Madison and Monroe; Ninety-third street
and Saginaw avenue; West Forty-sixth
and Congress streets.
The fires in each instance are supposed
to have been caused by sparks from pass
ing engines, and in many places sidewalks
and fences were entirely destroyed.
DEATH CHEATED
BY YOUNG HANDS
How Mrs. Cliff's Life
Was Saved by Her
Child.
Severed the Rope by Which
the Would-Be Suicide Was
Suspended.
Reached Home Just In Time to
Prevent the Consummation
-' yy of a Tragedy.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Oct. s.— Little
Tillie Cliff, a bright-eyed Spanish girl, who
is just 12 years old, provea herself a real
heroine yesterday evening. It was she
who saved her mother, Mrs. Rosie Cliff,
from the awful fate of hanging, a death
which the woman had decreed for herself,
as chronicled in The Call this morning.
When Mrs. Cliff decided to commit sui
cide yesterday she tied one end of a rope
to a rafter, and, making a noose in the
other end, climbed upon a box, tied the
noose around her neck and jumped off.
She bad dangled in the air but a moment
when little Tiliie, who had been sent up
town on an errand, burst in at the door,
anxious to tell aDout something that she
had seen on the street. She was horrified
to see her mother suspended from the
rafter by a rope, her feet almost touching
the floor. Yet, child though she was, the
little girl did not lose her presence of
mind.
"Oh, mamma, mammal" she cried, and
then ran to a cupboard and seized a case
knife. Rushing back to wbere her mother
dangled, writhing and gasping, Tillie
lifted herself on her toes and was able to
reach the rope just above where the noose
was fastened around the woman's neck.
Fortunately the cord was a small one. It
had been used for a clothes line. The
knife was dull, but the child forced it
through the strands and the rope parted,
letting tbe now unconscious mother fall to
the floor.
Tillie then ran to a neighbor's and
gave the alarm. A telephone call was
sent lo Dr. H. B. B. Montgomery. When
he arrived be fonnd the unfortunate
woman suffering from the agonies of re
turning consciousness and the spasms of
lockjaw, caused by the .--train of ts.e mus
cles around the throat.
The Cliffs live on West Second street,
near Ohio. They have a pretty home and
no trouble has ever broken the serenity of
their domestic life.
The attempt at suic-de was* a desperate
one. A razor was found lying on the box
from which Mrs. Cliff had stepped when
she threw her weignt on tbe rope, in
dicating that she had contemplated cut
ting her throat, but changed her mind in
favor of hanging. Had it not been tor the
timely discovery by her little daughter.
Mrs. Cliff would certainly have succeeded
in her attempt to kill herself.
No cause can be assigned for the deed,
although it is known that Mrs. Cliff's
mother in Oregon is very ill. Her son
Frank, who is 17 years of age, expected to
go to Randsburg within a few days, and
this worried his mother, as she did not
want him to leave. Beyond these facts no
reason whatever for the act can be given.
Little Tillie, ln telling about how she
had saved her mother from banging, said :
"I was just coming home from town
when I saw mamma in the kitchen door.
As I started to walk np the hill she shut
the door qu'ckly, and 1 ran fast because I
wanted to tell her something. When I
opened the door 1 saw her banging her
self, and then I got a knife and cut the
rope."
The Cliffs are of an old Spanish family,
and are highly respected in the neighbor
hood where they live. This morning the
would-be suicide was slowly recovering,
and will probably be all right in a week or
two. For a time it was not thought that
she could live, but constant attention
saved her life.
STATE GRAMGE IS ESS IOM.
Santa Rota Citizens Tender a Reception
to Delegates.
SANTA ROSA, Cal., Oct. The first
day's session of the California State
Grange opened at Odd Fellow's Hall this
morning and was called to order by Master
W. W. Greer. The following granges
were represented at the opening session:
Alhambra, American River, Danville
Elk Grove, Lodi. Glen Ellen, Bennett
Valley, Merced, Occidental, Tulare, Pes
cadero, Petaluma, Potter Valley, Rose
ville, Sacramento, San Jose. Santa Rosa,
Stockton, Two Rock, Watsonville, West
San Joaqnin, Sonoma County, Sacra
mento County.
The usual routine of a first day's ses
sion was transacted, including the ap
pointment of committees, and an address
by the master of the State Grange, W. W.
Greer. Tbii evening a reception was
tendered the visiting grangers at Atben
eum Opera House by the citizens o2
Santa Rosa. .■",
SMELL DIVORCE SUIT SETTLED.
Principals Reach an Agreement and the
Case Is Dismissed.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Oct. s.— The divorce
suit recently bro -ght by Catherine Snell
against Thomas E. Snell has been dis
missed by Judge Kittredge upon th« re
quest of both principals. The charges
were continued cruelty and infidelity. It
is said tbat a compromise has been ef
fected.
The Snellsareold and wealthy residents
of this place and had been married for
over forty years. Their estate i*» worth
about $200,000. Once before divorce pro
ceedings Pad been commenced, but were
subsequently dismissed. To-day Snell
published a card stating that he would
not be responsible for debts contracted by
any one but himself.
Moglected to Turn in Tax Honey,
SALINAS, Cal., Oct. s.— Ex Tax-col
lector Charles L. Westlake was arrested
here to-day, charged with the embezzle
ment of $112, collected for county liquor
licenses during April of this year. He
was held to answer before the Superior
Court in bonds of $2000. Westlake bad
been twice elected Tax Collector, and was
serving bis second term when he resigned
on August 1. The experts who are work
ing on the books mate that there are
other charges still to be filed against him,
and that his shortages will amount to be
tween $800 and $900. The county is am
ply secured Irom loss.
As .1 mister to Denmark,
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. The
President to-day made the following ap
pointments:
L. S. Swenson of Minnesota, Envoy Ex
traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
to Denmark; Edward Bedioe of Penn
sylvania, Consul at Canton, China; Wil
liam C. Myers and Harry , L. Taylor, to
be first assistant engineers in the revenue
cotter service.
Proiessor Swenson is a Norwegian and
a great friend of Senator Nelson. He was
at one time professor at the State Uni
versity of Minnesota and ranked with the
prominent educators of the State. Dr.
Bedioe was United States Consul at Amoy,
& • a V,, He ia well known throughout the
United States.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1897.
SUES HER RIVAL
FOR DAMAGES
The Mesdames Crandall
Nos. 1 and 2 Involved
in Litigation.
Action Brought by the Di
vorced Wife Against Her
Successor.
Asks for $50,000 for the Loss of
the Los Angeles Merchant's
Affection.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Oct. s.— Another
sensational lawsuit has brought into
prominence E. E. Crandall, a well-known
merchant, senior member of the firm of
Crandall, Aylesworth & Haskell of this
city. A former one was based on a charge
of blackmail, preferred by Crandall
against two men who, be alleged, bad
conspired to obtain money from him. The
latest suit has only an indirect bearing
upon the other, but forms another chap
ter in a thrilling domestic drama.
In the Superior Court here to-day was
begun the rait of Mrs. Mary R. Crandall,**
the divorced wife, against Mrs. E. E. Cran
dall, the present wife, of E. E. Crandall,
for $50,0000 for alleged alienation of her
former husband's affections. The defend
ant was formerly Mrs. Clara D. Thomp
son. It is alleged by the complainant
that until IS9I she and her husband, with
their three children, lived happily to
gether in this city. Then Widow Thomp
son appeared upon the scene, and there
after Mrs. Crandall noticed a change in
her husband's demeanor. Her husband's
coolness increased to a frost and the wife
was neglected for the Thompson lady,
who then lived on Picket street.'
Mrs. Crandall No. 1 alleges that in 1891
her husband sent her to Honolulu for her
health, which was aelicate, and that
while she was at that distance he sola his
business for $30,000. He neglected to
remit to her any funds and she became
stranded in Honolulu, being prevented
from leaving by a local law requiring per
sons to pay their debts before departing
from the islands. By the kindness of the
steamship company she finally was
brought back to California, and here
learned that her husband bad bean lavish
ing bis wealth upon the widow.
Finally the deserted wife returned to
her home in Cincinnati, and in 1394 ob
tained a divorce from Crandall. The mer
chant wedded Mrs. Thompson.
As Mrs. Crandall No. 1 was thus de
prived of the assistance and support of her
lormer husband, and, as she alleges,
through no fault of her own, she is seek
in*: heavy damages from the woman wno
dispossessed her.
The answer to the complaint is merely
technical, and says lhat the claims set up
in the case are barred by statute.
The witnesses examined to-day were
those who knew some of the facts alleged
as to the actions of Crandall and Widow
Thompson while Mrs. Crandall was in
Honolulu. MFfS-
URGES A GOVERNMENT FACTORY.
Secretary Long Thinks Uncle Sam
Should hot Depend on Contractors .
for Powder.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 5.— is
proposed by Secretary Long to include in
his annual report a recommendation that
Congress authorize him to secure a Gov
ernment powder factory, so the Govern
ment may not be compelled to depend
upon private contractors for naval sup
plies of any character. The Secretary
lad the matter before the Cabinet to-day.
It is estimated that $75,000 will be ample
to erect the necessary buildings and ma
chinery.
During a conference between Secretary
Long and his bureau chiefs to-day an
agent of the General Electric Company
stated it would fit the battle-ships Illinois
and Alabama with an electric system for
turning turrets for $10,000 each over the
price which the department had fixed lor
supplying the vessels with hydraulic
power. The Union Iron Works announced
that it would be wiilifig to make a change
from hydraulic power.
CAUSE OP THE COLLISION.
Masters of the Orion and Peris Pile
Iheir Statements.
ASTORIA, Oe., Oct. s.— The masters of
the ship Peru and the schooner Orion,
which came into collision off the month
of the river last night, filed with the
United States authorities this afternoon
their official statements of the accident.
Captain Peter Nelson of the schooner
Orion, which was sunk by the ship Pern,
says that he saw tha Peru, but be kept on
his course, as he considered he had the
right of way. Captain Ohling of the skip
Peru in hi-* statement lira: '•'.-.
"The Or. on was on the starboard tack
when tiie vessels were approaching close
to one another. Both the tugmaster and
the pilot endeavored- to avoid the coll -
sion by endeavoring to jut the Peru's
heid to leeward to pass astern of the
Orion. Notwithstanding he cou d tee
every effort was being made by both the
tug and the ship ,o tall off "before the
wind, he held to his course without any
effort to avoid the disaster."
WORK OF TEHPERAMCE WOMEM.
Topics Discussed by the State Associa-
tion at Hottest".
MODESTO, CAL.,Oct. s.— The eighteenth
annual convention of tne Women's
Christian Temperance Union of California
opened this morning at the M. E. Church
with 100 delegates from all parts of the
State, and many of their friends in attend
ance. After devotional exercises, ap
pointment of committees and officers',
reports, Mrs. L. P. Williams spoke on
"State Record." Mrs. D. J. Spencer, Mrs.
Blanch English, Mrs. Emily Hoppin, Mrs.
Annie K. Bidweli, Mrs. H. Mathews, Mrs.
Annie Little Barry. Miss Helen McLean,
Mrs. Clara 0. Southard, Mrs. Nellie B.
Eyster, M*ss S. M. Severance and Mrs.
Laura P. Williams spoke on topics of
interest to the association.
At tbe afternoon session Mrs. Hoppin
presented life membership certificates.
Miscellaneous business closed the pro
ceedings.
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BEET I.AMt.t PLEDGED.
Sacramento County Partners Is d for a
Sugar Faetori/.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., . Oct. 5 -There
was a large meeting land-owners hereto
day at the Chamber of Commerce room to
confer with Oxnard, tbe beet-sugar mag
nate. Tests made of beets at the State
Fair showed that those grown in Sacra
mento contained the highest percentage
of sugar of any in the State, and Oxnard
offered to erect a factory here of 1000 tons
a day capacity if the farmers would guar
antee to plant 10,000 acres of beets for five
years. They have two weeks in which to
decide. Several: hundred acres were
pledged at once. Committees will at once
canvass for subscribers to the proposition .
Oxnard said the river lands would produce
about thirty tons to the acre.
TO DISPATCH
THE BALTIMORE
Arrangements Made for
Sending the Vessel
to Hawaii.
Officers Transferred From the
Philadelphia to the New
Flagship.
Action to Hasten the Return of the
YcrKtown, Now Under Orders
to Stop at the Islands.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. s.—Arrange
ments have been perfected for the prompt
departure of the Baltimore for Hawaii on
the arrival of the Philadelphia, which is
expected at San Francisco the latter part
of this week. This action has been taken
to hasten the return of the Yorktown, now
under orders to stop at the islands, en
route from Cnina home for repairs. The
department also desires to relieve the
Wheeling as soon as possible. Tbe new
liagship will be the finest American war
vessel the United States has ever hod at
Hawaii.
Orders were issued transferring the
present complement of officers on the
Philadelphia to the Baltimore, and where
vacancies are made in the crew by the ex
piration of enlistments they will be filled
fiom a draft of men now on their wav to
San Francisco from the East. The officers
transferred to the new flag vessel are as
follows: Captain H. M. Dyer, Lieutenant-
Commander G. Blocklinget, Lieutenants
W. Braunersreuther, A. G. Winterhalter.
G. W. Brown and W. Coontz, Ensigns E.
N. Hayward, W. S. Whiller, M.I. McCor
mack, Cadets D. M. Wurstbaujh, D. C.
Wintergale. C. M. Tozer and A. Mac Ar
thur, Mr-dical Inspector J. C, Wise, Passed
Assistant Surgeon E. A. Hosier, Assistant
Surgeon R. E. Smith, Passed Assistant
Engineers W. P. Winch-11, H. P. Price
and H. P. Cone, and Pay Inspector K. Bel
lows.
Other naval orders, were issued to-day \
as follows: Lieutenant J. T. Newton, |
detached from the Montgomery and or- }
dered to the Newport; Lieutenant A. S. '
Carter, detached from the Newport and i
ordered to the Boston navy yard; Com
mander B. T. Tilley, detached trom the
war college and ordered to the Newport;
Ensign H. E. Bitter, detached from the
Wilmington and ordered to the Newport.
The full report of the special board con- j
sidering the dock question will be sub- i
mitted to the Navy Department this week, j
and in it will be some recommendations
requiring, if they are carried out, an ap
propriation of about $600,000 to repair the
limber docks now belonging to the navy.
The Norfolk dock will require $200,000 to
place it in condition, lhe League Island
dock and the second dock at New York
will call for the expenditure of $100,000
each, while that at Port Royal will re
quire $150,000.
Admiral Sicard, commanding tbe North
Atlantic squadron, has made a report to
the Navy Department upon the operations
of the squadron off Yorktown and ashore
there. Three battalions from all the war
ships were landed and maneuvered after
the fasnion of troops ashore, and there
was instructive target practice with small
arms.
Secretary Long ha* ordered the Vesu
vius, now fitting out at Boston, to proceed
to Florida to relieve the gunboat Nash
ville*, which will come north and make
ready lor her final trip at sea.
Orders have been issued for the New
port to make ready for her trip »o Nica
ragua, lhe North Atlantic squadron has
sailed for Boston, to participate in the ex
ercises in commemorating the centenary
of the launching of the Constitution.
The Machias has sailed from Chefoo to
New Chang and the Petrel from Chefoo to
Shanghai. The Adams has sailed from
San D ego to Magdeiena Bay.
WILL SAIL IM' 111 LAKES.
Orders for the Trip of the lan tic Are
Given.
' WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct s.—Secre
tary Long to-day gave the necessary
orders for the sailing from Boston of the
Yantic and her delivery to the State of
Michigan for the use of the naval militia.
The old ship will sail under her own
steam some time between the 12th and
15:h inst. She will re under the com
mand of Commander W. I. Moore, U. S.
N., who will have with him a crew of forty
sailors.
Northern Pacific) Reorganization.
NEW YORK. N. V., Oct. 5.- At the
annual meeting of the Northern Pacific
stockholders, held here to-day, the fol
lowing directors were elected for the
ensuing year: Edward D. Adams, D.
Clark, Charles P. Coster, Robert M.
Galloway, Bray ton Ives, Dailies James,
Daniel S. Lamont, Charles Mellen, John
G. A. Moore, Walter G. Oakman, Oliver
Payne, Small Spencer. J:*mei Stillman,
FrancjsL.ndermanand Edwin Thompson.
The new directors are Lamont, Melien,
Moore and Payne. They take the places
of Robert Bacon, Charlemagne Tower
and E. W. Winter, retired. An addi
tional director has been included in the
board. The first report under the reor
ganization was submitted. The report
contains a preliminary statement in re
gard to the organization of the company
giving full informa'ion as to capitaliza
tion and property, with a specific de
scription of the various securities. The
reorganization is practically complete
with the exception of the matter of" the
lands east of the Missouri River, which
are still held by receivers. The length of
the main line operated is 4375 miles. The
land owned by the Northern Pacific
amounts to nearly 34,000,000 acres, of
which almost all is west of the Missouri
River.
Pacific foasl Pensions.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct s.— Pensions
have been granted as follows :
California: Original — Hermann Ditt
mer, Haywards; Henry W. Baltz, Oro
ville; Joseph Carbons, San Francisco.
Increase — Clark Davis, Soldiers' Home,
Los Angeles. Mexican War survivors
Increase, Sterling R. Cockrill, San Jose.
Oregon : Original— lsaac G. Thompson,
Sheds. Restoration and supplemental-
Wilbur F. ' Cocs well, Portland. Original
widows, etc. Leanor Garbison, Wood
stock.
Washington— Original, Robert C. Gas
ton, Sumner.
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Carl Browne. 'J hroscn Out.
CHICAGO, 111, Oct 5.-A special from
Dayton, Ohio, says that Carl Browne,
once of Los Angeles, whose principal
claim fto notoriety lies in the fact
that he is "Genet al'' Coxey's son-in
law, and as such was deputed chief of staff
of the Commonweal Army, which made
such a sweeping onslaught npon Wash
ington, attempted to invade the peaceful
precincts of the Soldiers' Home and was
tired bodily by Governor Thomas and
instructed that if be had any speaking to
do it should be indulged in on outside ter
ritory.
Brown consequently delivered his ad
dress on the border line and wai, listened
to by 2000 soldiers.
NEW CLOTHING.
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our Fall Bargains, so you miy get ready to fall into them. Commencing TO-MORROW, THURSDAY, Oct.
7, our mammoth store will b^ open for the Biggest, Greatest and Grandest Sale ever inaugurated in San
r-rancisco. Our store will positively bs CLOSED WEDNESDAY, Oct. 6, to mirk down in red figures where
the black ones were. We will place Clothing Bargains wrter_ a pile of pennies can reach them. Notice the
windows as you pass. They are simply tell-tales of the values that are waiting for you inside.
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$4. 5. $6,45. $7.95. $9.95.
Red Letter prices on MEN'S All our $4. $4 50 TROUSERS Red Letter prices on OVER" Over 100 of our latest Fall and
TROUSERS— SISO Trousers cut to 93.3-5. COATS. $6, $7 New Fal 1 Winter OVERCOATS, that
cut to .*»<>. %l Trousers .?. Overcoats in heavy and me- were marked $8, $9, $10.
cut to $1.13. $3 Trousers All our $5, $5 50 TROUSERS dium weight. The Red marked in this Red Letter
cut lo Letter price is Sale for
$145* $2 65* $3.95. $6.15.
200 HANDSOME AND The Swellest and Most Bean- Red Letter prices on those Over 150 to select from in
STYLISH SUITS FOR tiful Line of CHILDREN'S choice and exclusive designs those beautiful CAPE
CHILDREN, elegantly SUITS that were marke.i in in CHILDREN'S CHIN- OVERCOATS, so warm and
made, and formerly were $2, our usually low prices at $3, CHILLA REEFER COATS, comfortable, and which were
$2 50, $2 75. Red Letter $3 50, go in this sale for made up to sell for $3. goat cheap at $2 50. but now go in
marked— the Red Letter price of the Red Letter Sale for
SI. 15. $1.95. 51.65. $1.35.
Just received— lo cases Men's Aiso during this sale we will Another SPECIAL in our
New Fall HATS, including offer you free and absolute Big Hat Department will be The MIDDY SAILORS in
-uch shapes as Dunlop, choice of all our $2 50. $3 the selling of MEN'S AND navy blue and garnet ' one
Youman, Knox and Hawes, Men's and Young Men's BOYS' GOLF CAPS, sold of the season's novelties and
in soft ana stiff blocks, all Finest Fall Blocks in SOFI formerly for 25c, but re- formerly sold for 45c. all eo
colors; really you cannotdu- AND STIFF HATS at the duced to sell for only in the big sale for '
plicate this hat for $2. Our Red Letter price of
Red Letter price — ?- v . _ OR
95c. $1.45. ,5c * ■ 25c<
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200 doz. PERCALE WAISTS, MEN'S FLEECED DERBY MEN'S AUSTRALIAN UN- MEN'S FRENCH PERCALE
in bright pattern-, and made RIBBED UNDERWEAR, DERWEAR, all wool and SHIRTS, '1 collars and ex-
up in style— lSc. the regular 75c kinds, in soft as down ;, just the kind ira pair cuffs, 5 lengths of
Red Letter prices on BOYS' Shirts and Drawers, and you need in these wintry sleeves to each neckband
KNEE PANTS; 100 pat- over 50 dozen to buy from davs. size,
terns that were 35c and 45c at $1 50 value for The regular $1 shirt for
sofor 25c 45c b_, 85C E.eh. 40c*
25C _ DC Each. 8&C Each. 40C-
ATTEND THIS GREAT SALE! /T MEANS DOLLARS TO YOU. IT MEANS A GUT-
TING AND SLASHING OF PRICES THAT WILL ATTRACT EAGER BUYERS.
THE BALDWIN CLOTHIERS,
THE. PROGRESSIVE AND UP-TO-DATE VALUE-GIVER OF SAN FRANCISCO ™
j~s—— -! 924 to 930 MARKET STREET.
TAKES A TURN
FOR THE WORSE
Yellow Fever Is Again
Growing- Serious in
New Orleans.
Fifteen New Cases and Three
Deaths Reported by the
Health Officers.
However, the Physicians Yet De
clare That There Is No Danger
of an Epidemic.
NEW ORLEANS, La., Oct. s.— After
two days of improvement and of promise,
the fever situation, on the face of the rec
ord, took somewhat of a turn to-day.
For forty hours there had been no deaths,
and yesterday the number of cases had
shown material falling off from the day
before. Early this morning, however, the
reports of new cases began to come into
the Board of Health office with consider
able rapidity, and by 1 o'clock there bad
been fifteen cases reported, and by 7
o'clock to-ni.ht all previous records of
this season had been broken, so far as new
cases were concerned. .• V
In a few hours three deaths had also
been reported to the board. The physi
cians were not at a loss to explain the in
crease in cases. They took the view that
it might be expected that numerous cases
would still continue daily to be reported.
Dr. Olliphant said to-night:
"The stern enforcement of the law re
quiring all the physicians to report
promptly both suspicious and actual cases
of yellow fever has had a material effect
in increasing the number of cases. As a
rule, the numerical increase of cases is
'doe to the fact that we have so organized
our forces that the corps of the Board of
Health is now so large and tne activity
of the public in ferreting out new cases is
so great that few if any new cases are es
caping attention and prompt report. An
epidemic is absolutely out of the question.
New Orleans to-day is not by any means
unhealthier than it has been for. several
years. The prevailing fever has caused in
several weeks less than forty deaths."
During the day thirty-one new cases
were reported and the following deaths:
Cecile Spies, BaptuUe Saloman, Miss Nellie
Scannell. \ "_. „,.*/*
Two of the deaths to-day were some
what of a surprise. Little was known of
the case of Seci'.e Spies. She had not been
reported as a patient likely to succumb to
the disease. - s Baptiste •* Saloman died
rather suddenly. An examination after
death proved conclusively that the man
had been a victim of the prevailing sick
ness. Miss Scanneil's case was reported
some days ago.
Dispatches received this evenlnz an
nounce th at there are two cases of . yellow
fever on Dr. H. J. Sander's plantation
near Patterson, La., and one additional
suspicious case. All are traceable to
Ocean Springs.
MOBILE, Ala., Oct. s.— "We have not
given up the fight; yet," said; Health
Officer Goode to-day when the noon re
port was published showing two new cases
and these deaths: G. F. Steiner and F.
S. Kllng. '-■<-■
PEARY TALKS
ABOUT ANDREE
Only an Even Bet That
X the Balloonist Is
Alive.
But the Chances of His Hav
ing Reached the Pole One
In a Thousand.
Greenland, Says the Lieutenant,
Would Ba of No Earthly Use to
the United States.
CHICAGO, 111.. Oct. s.— Lieutenant R.
E. Peary, the Arctic explorer, who was in
the city to-day, said that the story of the
finding of a half-eaten human thigh in
the Greely* camp at Cape Sabine came
from one of the sailors who, when ashore
at Boston, was in a particularly happy
mood and wanted to accommodate some
reporters who had been industriously
making efforts to secure some facts re
garding the trip to the north.
"That story is all nonsense," he said,
"for not one of the sailors wai in the old
camp at all. Only one of them went with
us in the boat, and he had to stay in the
yawl to keep it off the rocks."
"What do you think of the proposition
of the United States purchasing Green
land?" the lieutenant was asked.
"There's no earthly reason why we should
want that country." he replied. "Why,
that country costs Denmark annually a
large sum of money. There are only
about 10,000 inhabitants. 200 of these be
ing European^."
••Are there any seals in Greenland?"
"Yes; but not fur-bearing seals. As to
gold, of course it is possible some might
be discovered there. The -principal min
erals of Greenland are cryolite, graphite
and mica. Cryolite is used in making bi
carbonate of soda."
He was assed his opinion as to the
whereabouts of Andree.
"It's about an even bet that Andree is
still alive," he said, "but chances of his
having reached the north pole are not one
in a thousand. He may be somewhere in
Siberia; that is what the latest intelli
gence would point to."
Examinations for Promotion.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 5.— A board
of officers is appointed to meet at the call
of the president thereof at the Presidio of
San Francisco for the examination of such
officers as may be ordered before it to de
termine their fitness for promotion. • The
detail for. the board consists of Colonel
Marcus P. Miller, Third Artillery; Lieu
tenant-Colonel William H. Bisbee, First
Infantry; Major Robert H. White, sur
geon; Captain Sedgwick Pratt, Third Ar
tillery; Captain Euclid B. Frick. assist
ant surgeon; First Lieutenant John D.
Barrett, Third Artillery, recorder.
■ Major Edward Field, Second Artillery,
is detailed as a member ol the board for
service during the examination of cap
J " The Rosy Freshness m_iw
r^The Rosy freshness?
/And a velvety softness of the skin is in«V
riably obtained by those who use PoszoitrV
Complexion Powder. z
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tains of the line only, vice Captain Pratt,
who wi .1 act as a member of the board for
all other examinations. The command
ing officer of the Presidio of ban Fran
cisco will furnish such troops and mate
rial as maybe required by the board in
conducting the practical examinations.
The following-named officers will report
in person to Colonel Miller at such time
as they may be required by the board for
examination as to their fitness for promo
tion: Captain William E. Dougherty,
First Infantry; First Lieutenant Richard
R. Steedman, Sixteenth Infantry; First
Lieutenant William E. Birkhimer, Third
Artillery; First Lieutenant Benjamin H.
Randolph, Third Artillery; First Lieu
tenant Charles P. Elliott, Fourth Cavalry ;
Second Lieutenant William S. McNalr,
Third Artillery. Upon the completion of
their examinations Captain Dougherty
and Lieutenants Steedman and Elliott
will return to their propsr station-!.
Death of David Jackers.
HANFORD, Cal., Oct. s.— David Jack
ers, a pioneer of Stockton, who has been
in this locality for some time past in
quest of health, died to-day. He was a
native of Germany and was 68 years of
ace. Jackers came to California in 1851.
The body will be taken to Stockton to
morrow, where the funeral will be held
under the auspices of the Masons.
. new to-day;
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The social butterfly is really not so much
an idler after all. She works hard. She
keeps late hours. She manages & house-
— plans entertainment for her guests-
superintends the buying of furniture, the
making of dresses, the ordering of dinner;
is worried by her social duties, by servants,
by a thousand things, and with it all she
must perform the duties of wifehood and
motherhood. Is it so very wonderful that
her health fails? It fails as other women's
health fails. The beginning is some slight
derangement of functions peculiarly femi-
nine. From the beginning the progress of
disease is swift and appalling, unless it is
quickly checked. The frightful prevalence
of "female weakness," over thirty years
ago caused the invention of Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription. It is a sure, perma-
nent cure for the ills common to women. It
is equally valuable in keeping women well.
Taken during the expectant period it greatly
lessens and sometimes entirely eliminates
the pain and danger of child-birth.
GOOD COriPLEXION
comes from good digestion and good health,
and these often come from the cure of con-
stipation by Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
' J. B. Stone, Esq., of » Marshall Street, Hart-
ford, Ct., writes: " Dr. Pierce's Pellets, were rec-
ommended by a neighbor who thinks there is
nothing like them. lam subject to acidity of the
stomach and indigestion. As soon as I feel it, or
have eaten too heartily, I take a J Pellet; ' or if I
find that my dinner or supper does not act right
I take one pill. 3 A good many pills that I have
taken cause an unpleasant feeling all the next
day, or a weak 'gone ' feeling that the * Pellets
do not cause. They seem to straighten me out
all through the system without tearing me up."
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D' UPEE HAMS.
ODGE. SWEENEY & CO.
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