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General Rivera's Successor. HAVANA, April 28.— Senor Perfeto -L* coste has accepted the office of Secretary of Agriculture made vacant by the res [ icnation of ¦ General Ruia Rivera, AID POURING IN UPON OTTAIA FIRE VICTIMS Workmen Already Provid ing Shelter for the Homeless. Total Value of Froperty Destroyed by the Conflagration Now Placed at Fifteen Mil lions. OTTAWA, April 28.— The estimates on the damage wrought by Thursday's fire proved to be rather over than under the mark. The survey of the field gives the following results: Dead, seven; homeless, 15,000; buildings burned, 3000: persons out of work, 5000; value of property destroyed, 115,000,000, Lumbermen have been having a talk over their losses, and while none of them will speak for publication, the loss of lumber alone is put at 125,000,000 feet. This makes a total loss for lumber of about $3.5^,000. The great need for ready relief for the sufferers from the disaster haa made all strain their best efforts in that direction. Quick response has been made from many cities of the Dominion and goods and money are coming in by every train. Workmen have already started in Hull to build shelter for the people. Everything has to be conveyed over the river in boats. At a mass-meeting of citizens it was decided to instruct the City Council to ask the Ontario Legislature for permission to borrow $100,000 by issuing debentures to aid the sufferers from the fire. General sub-committees were appointed for the purpose of affording relief. It was de cided to build two shelter buildings in Hull Orders for blankets, bread and other necessaries were given. Archbishop Bruchesl of Montreal has given $500 to the LONDON, April 28.— After a consulta tion with the Canadian High Commis sioner, Lord Starthcona, and Mount Royal, Lord Mayor Newton has decided to immediately open a Mansion. House fund for the relief of the homeless peo ple of Ottawa, and a Stock Exchange fund was opened to-day with large subscrip tions. The Lord Mayor's appeal will be issued Monday. _. PORTE LIKELY TO REPLY IN THE NEGATIVE Answer to American Note May Be a Virtual Defiance. It Is Believed That Without a Dis- play of Force Turkey Will Not Fay the Missionary Claims. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 28.— The United States legation haa not yet re ceived the Porte's answer to the note handed to Tweflk Pasha, th© Turkish For eign Minister, by the American Charge d'Affaires, regarding the Indemnity claims, and the impression is gaining ground that the reply will be in the negative, or even that no reply will be made. The latter alternative, however, seems to be unlikely. The general opinion is that without a dis play of force the Porte certainly will not pay the claims, because it wishes to show the Moslem world that It only yielded to force. It is not considered here that a simple rupture of diplomatic relations will render the Porte easier to deal with; but a rup ture of formal relations is not necessary, while the sending of a warship to a Medi terranean port would suffice to obtain a settlement In less than twenty-four hours. The same proposition for the settlement of the Indemnity question by an order of a warship, in the price of which the In demnity should be Included, was formerly made to France and Italy, but M. Con stans and Senor Pansa rejected the pro posal. The newspaper critclsms and comments upon the attitude of Turkey in this affair are causing great irritation at the Yildiz Kiosk. • . • . •¦ . i WASHINGTON, April' 28.— The United States Government has not received the slightest Intimation from any European nation of a disposition on Its part to In terfere in any manner In the present dis pute between the United States and Tur key over the American indemnity claims. It may also be stated on the. best author ity that none pf the representatives of the European powers in Washington have requested the State. Department to deliver itself of any explanation of its intention affecting Turkey, nor does our Govern ment expect' any interference by third parties in this matter so long as our claims are confined to. their present per fectly legitimate basfs. " ' All that can be stated by authority re specting Mr. Grtscom's course at Constan tinople is contained in the general declara tion that he is pursuing instructions to insist to. the, Turkish Government upon a redemption of its promise to pay the American indemnity claims. Naturally the officials decline to Intimate what steps will be resorted: to In case Mr. Griscom's re i quest is denied. They prefer to believe that the demand will meet. with success. The phase \o bo feared is procrastination on the 1 part of the Turkish Government something harder to meet than an unqual ified refusal to pay. It is understood that Mr. Griscom Is., shaping -his representa tions to the Porte with special reference to the avoidance of this pitfall. .- Ferrouh-Bey, the " Turkish Minister, called at the State Department this after noon and -spent - a 1a 1 half-hour in conversa tion with Secretary - Hay. Beyond the statement .that the indemnity claims were the subject of discussion nothing official could be ' learned of what took place be tween the two. It is gathered - that : tha Turkish effort 1b still in the direction of finding some other means of escape from the present situation than a cash settle ment. Thus there Is belteved to be more talk of the old proposition to build a Turk ish cruiser here and settle the claims un der the coverof such a transaction, but whatever the' character of the details of ,the Turkish proposition, .It appears . that ithere is no attempt to deny the obligation assumed toward these claimants and em bodied in the piomlses to Mr. Straus, and consequently there has been no refusal to pay the debt in some manner. PARLIAMENT AWAITS ACTION BY ROBERTS Herculean Efforts Being Made to Reconstruct Liberal Party. American Complications With Tur key the Gossip of London, but No Serious Consequences Are Expected. ____ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ . : . •; Copyrighted, 1900, by the Associated ¦ Press. LONDON. April 28.— Though the event of the week in England has been the re sumption of Parliament it scarcely justi fied even passing- comment. Lethargy haa marked and probably will continue to mark the debates. Dissolution is in the air, but all the members of the- House of Commons now seem to realize that their. happy release from Westminster depends entirely upon the progress of : the war in South Africa, although, as -' announced weeks ago in these dispatches, until Lord Roberts brings the campaign to a climax the Government will continue to kill time, adopting a non-committal attitude toward any home measures that might engender serious controversy and holding back any announcement of any permanent policy in regard to South Africa until the issue of arms simplifies the multitudinous prob-. lems involved. The Liberal papers in veigh against this endeavor to secure peace first and announce the policy after ward, maintaining that a frank announce ment of the Government's intentions .to ward the South African republics would greatly hasten peace. However, the Liberals are fcr too hope lessly divided on the war Question to have any chance of forcing Lord Salisbury's hand in this respect.' Thus the unimpor tant situation is likely to define itself into forgetfulness amid Liberal clamor that the Government ' is' making deathbed re pentance on international issues, and when Lord Roberts breaks' the backbone of the Boer resistance the Premier' will spring a programme and go' before the country. , . .-Jijy'o Activity of Liberals., Judging from Lord Spencer's speech this week, herculean efforts are being made by the old-time Liberal leaders to recon struct the party. Lord Spencer blessed every Liberal section, but in the same breath declared himself for Lord Rose bery. That is the rock on which the Lib erals split. The attitude of the former Premier will probably have more effect on the next election than any other cir cumstance except the outcome of the war. Strenuous efforts are making to bring Lord Rosebery into 'active politics again and within the fold of recognized party lines, but so far they have met with no success, as he cannot be persuaded to put International policies above considerations affecting the empire. While he stands with the majority of the Liberal leaders on local issues, he is bitterly at variance upon imperial questions with a large body of the party, especially the Forwards, or more radical section. As Lord Rosebery numbers among his followers Lord Spen cer, Sir Henry Fowler, H. H. Asquith and many other leaders, it can only be surmised that the Conservatives will put off the election until a moment most op portune for themselves and then, faced by the disintegration of opposition, sweep the country even more completely than at the last election. The past week has witnessed a feeble attempt to celebrate St. George's day with the outward signs that marked St. Pat rick's anniversary. One result was that roses slightly increased in price (most of them came from France), and there was a sprinkling of flags. But on the whole the efforts to celebrate England's patron saint were by no means successful. Ex cept by handling the gold coinage of the realm few people, however, have any knowledge of St. George, and in the pop ular, mind, he retains only uninteresting associations in which he is connected with the mere conquest over the. dragon portrayed on the sovereigns, which fails to awaken enthusiasm in stolid England. Complications With Turkey. American complications with Turkey continue the topic of the day. The Out look, after declaring the Sultan and Isaac Gordon, the notorious money lender who died recently, were own brothers in mat ters of money, says: "The Sultan has now fallen back on the desperate debtor's last device of buy ing more and has offered to place an or der for a warship with an American firm if only the American Government^ will accord him a- while longer. ButT the American Government will do nothing of the sort and grimly intimates that unless the dollars are promptly forthcoming the matter will be put in the hands of the United States navy. Yet President Me- Kinley's candidature may not, after all. enjoy immense help from a naval demon stration in -European waters, for the European powers who are fellow • suf ferers with America and Armenia are,- in wholesome imitation, taking steps, to press their claims, and un der such pressure Turkey must give way. Russia, it Is true, is holding aloof, but, menaced by Japan, she is hardly likely to lend Turkey more than diplomatic help." During the course of a long article the Speaker maintains that the difficulty is chiefly due to the exploitation of the Con tinental and American press and ridicules the possibility of a serious outcome, say ing: "The devH'B shadow promises to re build, punish, tax and to do a hundred things, but pay he cannot. Thereupon his vision conjured up Admiral Dewey, of all people, sailing into the Mediterranean and occupying one of those ports, for. the virtual neutrality of which the great European powers are willing to risk the chances of a great war among them selves. It Js on a par with the boycott of the French exhibition of the Don Paciflco claim." Richard Croker will remain in England until after Derby day and neither politi cal rumors nor personal paragraphs will alter his determination to enjoy the Eng lish spring racing season. FLYNN IS DEFIANT. Says the Irish League Will Meet as Arranged in Newmark. CORK, April 28.— James J. Flynn, mem ber of Parliament for the north division of Cork County, haa been served with a proclamation prohibiting a meeting of tho United Irish League, scheduled to take place at Newmark; County Cork/ to-mor row, on the ground that the meeting is for the purpose of Intimidation. Mr. Flynn has written a letter to the authorities declaring his intention of hold ing the meeting and warning the police against interfering with free speech. A large force of constabulary is being draft ed to that locality. -, » DEATH OF MRS. WILSON. Wife of Porto Rico's Governor Suc cumbs to Fatal Bums. .... HAVANA, April 28.— The wife pf Major General James H. Wilson, Military Gov ernor of the Department : of Matanzas, Santa Clara, died this afternoon from the effects of burns accidentally received this mornlne while driving with her daughter. In alighting from her carriage Mrs. Wil son stepped on a match," whicn ignited her dress. She was terribly burnea, and'al though everything was done to relieve her. sufferings she died about 3 p. m, "AT THE SLOANE BUILDING" POST STREET, BETWEEN HEARNY ST. AND GRANT AYE. SPECIAL SALE OF LACE CURTAINS! « We offer an intense stock, specially imported for the opening of department • ia UEW STOhE, at greatly reduc»d prices. WE QUOTE FOB EXAMPLE: Irish Point, regular price $3.75 REDUCED to $2.75 Per Pair Irish Point, regular price $5.00. . . REDUCED to $3.50 Pep Pair Irish Point, regular price $6.00 REDUCED to $4.50 Per Pair Irish Point, regular price $6.50 REDUCED to $4.75 Per Pair Battenberg Lace, regular price $6.SO.. REDUCED to $4.50 Per Pair Battfnberg Lace, regular price $7.50. .REDUCED to $6.00 Per Pair Battenberg Lace, regular price $8.00. .REDUCED to $6.50 Per Pair Battenberg Lace, regular price $9.00. .REDUCED to $7.00 Per Pair Battenberg Lace, regular price $9.75. .REEUCED to $7.50 Per Pair We beg to announce that we are ready to show our lines of • RENAISSANCE, ARABIAN , RUFFLED MUSLIN and other CURTAINS. FURNITURE OEPA R TMENT Occupies three floors of our NEW BUILDING, with complete lines of Parlor, Dining-room, Library, Kail and Bedroom Furniture, SOt_IE AGENTS I=OF* BERKEY & GAY FURNITURE CO. and ANSONIA BRASS BEDS. W. & J SLOANE & CO., Furniture— - — —Carpets Upholstery 114-W6-118-120-122 Post Street. Battery N to Leave Alcatraz. WASHINGTON. April 28.— Battery N. Third United States- Artillery, is among: the batteries" which have, on the recom mendation of General Miles, been ordered by the Secretary of War to -take station at Fort Monroe, Va., for duty at the artillery school. The action of the depart ment In this matter is taken with a view to increasing the efficiency of the artil lery arm of the service, the importance of which has greatly increased by reason of the additions and Improvements of the coast defenses. REVEALS THE SECRET OF HER LIFt'S TRAGEDY Crown Prinoess Stephanie's New Book Causes a Sensation. Portrays the Infelicities of Her -First Marriage and Her Hus band's Want of Fidelity. ? Special cable to The Call and New York Her ald. Copyright, 1&00, by the Herald Pub llshlne Company. BERLIN, April 28.— Crown Princess Ste phanie,' now the Countess Lonyay, has be come an authoress. A few weeks ago an iHustrated article by Her Imperial High ness appeared in the work "The Austro- Hungarian Monarchy in Pen and Pencil," which she edited with her husband. Crown Prince Rudolf. After the death of the Crown Prince, Princess Stephanie herself took up the editing of the work. The book has caused a great sensation. It would be Interesting even If the writer were not such a highly placed personage, for it reveals the secrets of woman's soul— all that she suffers, her hopes, fears, all the love she lost and that which she found. "When I think of the past," Countess Lonyay writes, "I ask myself if I have lived or dreamed. When one's life has failed, deep in the heart there rises a yearning for something unknown— for something endlessly sweet, for some heaven-sent happiness which one feels, but yet which one can never reach." She early learned the shadowy side of married life, and concerning her former husband's want of fidelity she expresses herself as follows: . - "In a marriage where the husband is completely blase, both heart and soul with time become as empty as an egg shell?" . Much surprise was expressed and It was regarded as a" mere conventloual act that Crown Princess Stephanie often laid flowers on the grave of her husband, who died for the sake of her rival. But, as was to be expected, her youth made the Princess yearn for more life. Fate of fered it to her. She writes: "It is possible I have passed tfirough a long, long and dark night, and now the black, clouded sky Is flushed with the ris ing light and gleam of hope which pre sages the splendor of the sun. Will it rise in dazzling beauty? Shall I bask in its warm beams, and will it kiss tears from my cheeks? Come, oh, sun, come. You will find a poor, wretched, almost withered rose which the hand of fate has stripped of thorns." • ¦ . ? It becomes clear that she has decided on the final step. "Two young people see each other for the first time, know each other for a quar ter of an hour and then utter words which bind them till death doth them part" Her struggle to realize her new life is thus described: "Parents, friends, all desert me one by one How often does one's heart bleed in having to respect narrow laws of so called conventional morality?" The Crown Princess addresses the fol lowing poem to her daughter: Tbe evenlns bell i» softly ringing: Across tha peaceful vale to me: I would its nlstant chimes were brlnglns My greeting from afar to thee. Ths sun Is sinking: slowly westward. The glistening moonlight nils the air, - And heavenward floats on angel pinions . For thee my silent evening prayer. JAPANESE CONSULS ACT. Bequest That Emigration to This Coast Be Checked. SEATTLE, April 28.— Japanese Consul Shokmo of this city to-day received a dis patch from the Consul at " San . Francisco to Join in the cabled request, signed by all the Japanese Consuls on the coast, to the Japanese Government to stop further Immigration to this country.. Eight thou sand Japanese have arrived on the coast this -year, and the Consuls -fear trouble if the arrivals continue. Shokmo wired a strong protest- to the Japanese Govarn- L jnent this afternoon. DEWEY SAYS HE IS IN THE RACE TO STAY Certain to Be an Opponent of Bryan at Kansas City. ? Oliver H. P. Belmont Declares tho Admiral's Backers Are Seek ing to Disrupt tha Democracy. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK. April 2S.— "When asked whether he would issue a statement de fining his position on public questions be fore leaving Washington Admiral Dewey said: . "No; I see no reason for any hurry in this matter. I have announced that I would be a candidate and have announced that 1 am a Democrat. Then, too, it is known that I will be an opponent of Mr. Bryan at Kansas City, which should suggest plainly where I stand on the vital issues. I am not prepared to say just when I will make a statement." Oliver H. P. Belmont returned from Europe to-day. He has been absent two month* and most of his time has been spent in Paris. Since his departure from these shores the candidacy of Admiral Dewey for President has been announced. "It was with regret." said Mr. Belmont to a Call correspondent, "that I heard that Admiral Dewey had announced him self as a candidate for the Presidency. I regard it ts simply the result or a scheme of n few men who are attempting to dis rupt the Democratic party, tor Aumiral Dewey. himself I have great admiration, and having once served in the nayy ¦ t have for him the most kindly feelln*3. He has certainly served the country w«Il. and th! United States owes him a debt of W&rait ?h CC e U candida C y ox Admiral Dewey is a hopeless one. It la a foregone conclusion that Bryan will be the nominee of the Democratic convention and that McKinley will be chosen bx the Repub ii7«n« As far as votes are concerned I think that Admiral Dewey would take mo?e from the Republicans than from the Democrats. The admiral has been most unfortunate in his choice of those who hayS represented him before the people In th .?Aa U r^ral P Dewey'» platform I ? e*. Is the American flag and the constitution. It is onTy a question of determining upon those nrinclDles which are necessary for the Carrying out of the constitution and pre serving the honor of the flag. ••Do you think, then." Mr. Belmont was asked, "that Mr. Bryan will be elected tf he is nominated?" -'- '¦"'¦, ••Unquestionably," was the reply. "The Democratic party will win on the issues of trusts and of anti-lmpenalism. The winter climate has deranged, more or §|\ WWI WWA ° St °* aU SP " ng tOnkS ' '^ ***' °* *" less, the mucous membranes of your whole \\\\W| W^S\ P uriflers > ths surest of all nerye mvi Sor a tors. body; has produced a catarrhal condition, if#\\\™|| C\ \@S®iM One bottle of Peruna will do more in clearing not only of your head, throat and lungs, but g^|l|| l . \\tPw aw *y tbe fogs of April ailtnents tbaD all thO quite likely your stomach anddigestive organs, wl^ll^ other medicines in the world, also. Your appetite is changeable. Your \^^S^^ J ' Stuartf Eastland > Texas, writes: "/ food digests poorly. 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Past Year Has Been the Most Pros- ] perous Since the Founding of the German Empire. Copyrighted, 3900, by th» Associated Press. BERLJN. April £«.— lnterest in the South African war has flagged, owing to the lack of exciting nws. The semi official Milltair Wochensb'.att says it is Impossible to grain a clear idea of the present status there "because of the want of concentrated efforts on both Fidf-s. the actions being small and scattered, probably ov.ing to Lord Roberts' mistake in believing that the southern half of the Orange Free State was pacified, whereas numerous commandos are evidently form ing there constantly." During the week the German press paid great attention to the relations between Great Britain and Germany, and it was Interesting to note that even such an An- ClophCbe paper as the Hamburger Xach richten added "it was foolish to needless ly anger and provoke England," and ad vised the German people to "use more wisdom and circumspection when criticiz ing the English or the war." It Us also significant that the Govern ment organ, the North German Gazette, reproduced the fon&going article. The Vossische Zfitung came out with an editorial, eemi-excuFing itself for pre vious utterances and claiming that what the German press had been doing was, only giving the British good advice in criticizing the war. otherwise remaining friendly to England. The whole Government press now simul taneously prints pro-British arguments, evidently navir.g received a cue from ; headquartprs. It is quite true that the Emperor has all along been pro-English.} He regards friendly and even intimate | relations between the two countries as j one of the cornerstones of his policy. i The correspondent of the Associated I Press has from time to time furnished j proof of this. His Majesty's latest cvi- j dences in this line are his personal utter- ; ances, the knowledge of which has not j penetrated beyond his immediate sur- j roundings, but it is said that they are ; all confirmatory of his pro-British feel- , The Emperor is of one mind with the j Foreign Affairs Minister, Count yon Bu- | low, and both of them have been strength- i ened in their views by the behavior of i France and Russia since the South Afri- I can war bfgan. They have also been lnflu- j enced by the attitude of the United States toward Great Britain since the beginning of the war. his Majesty being a tirm be liever in a cordial understanding between Great Britain, the United States and Ger many. He has not scrupled to give ex- | pression to this conviction during the past | year to both the British Embassador, Sir | Francis Lascelles, and the United States Embassador. Andrew C. White. It is need less to say that this policy is wholly dis approved of by the Agrarians, who are putting out that the late Prince Bismarck always thought Russia was Germany's be«=t friend. The pfmi-official Post, correctine the views expressed by part of the British and American press that a strong anti- American feeling is prevailing in Ger many, concludes: "It is true the war with Spain, which began without sufficient cause, was more I heverely condemned, but now that peace is restored we endeavor to be just to the Americans, not being blind to their feel ings, but admitting their great achieve ment* in every department of life. Tha United States has stepped into the rank of the world powers and we do not know why Germany should show animosity, since both powers, rather, should go to Fame paces." The visit of the Emperor to Prince yon Furstenberg was partially undertaken in order to gain a correct id<*a of the actual status of the German language and na tional strife in Austria before meeting Emperor Francis Joseph, with whom he will converse on the subject. The North German Gazette prints fie: ures showing that financially the year 1R99 was the most successful since the founda tion of the German empire. The surplus over the estimates was sixty million marks, in pplte of the larger expenditures for the navy. The Socialist May festival Tuesday next will not be generally kept, the Vorwaerts referring to Tuesday** RelchFtag session as a "counter-demonstration." In Berlin six Socialist Reichstag districts will cele brate the day with popular entenlain ments. dancing and fireworks. Jr WASHERWOMEN'S STRIKE ANNOYS TIE PARISIANS Famine of Clean Linen Is the Result of the Walk-Out. Proprietors Greatly Incensed at the ! Action of Their Employes During the World's Fair Bush. ... , Copyrighted. 13C0, by the Associated Press. PARIS. April 28.— A famine of clean linen is more disturbing to Parisians than the incomplete condition of the exposition grounds. Eight thousand Paris washer women have struck, for higher wages and shorter hours and serious inconvenience ha*s already been caused. The hotel man ager-! and keepers of restaurants bitterly complain that half their linen is not re turnt<l from the wash, and private fam ilies are also feeling the pinch. The strike commenced at Boulogne-Sur-Seine sind spread to several other environs where laundries are situated. The laundry work people around Paris number between 20,000 and 30.000, and if the strikers succeed in securing; their adhesion the mass of Paris ians will have to go unwashed. The fact that the influx of visitors to the exposi tion is begun, necessitating heavy de mands on the laundries, gave the washer women an opportunity to put the screws on their employers, who naturally are much incensed by this attempt to force their hands now, when they have already concluded contracts in many cases with hotels, restaurants and other establish ments for tho exposition season at deter mined rates. Refuse to Compromise. I The masters offered a partial increase of j wages, but the strikers thus far have re fused to compromise. Bands of work peo ple gather in the neighborhood of the ! laundries where work is still partially 'continued and try to persuade the non strikers to join them. No serious disorder j has yet occurred, but the police are lak i ing precautions and detachments of I gendarmes have been drafted to the dis- I tricts where trouble is possible. This ebullition of labor difficulties calls ; attention to the serious possibility of much graver disturbances arising from i the throwing on the labor market of thou sands of workmen by the completion of ! the exhibition and of the central portion jof the new Metropolitan Railway, These I great undertakings attracted to Paris vast | numbers of provincial carpenters, masons, painters and unskilled laborers, and the I problem the Government has now to face i is the dispersal of these men through the I country or to avoid a great labor crisis in I Paris, the consequences of which It would Ibe difficult to foresee. The first measure • of the Government has been to post at all ( centers of work placards enumerating un ' dertakings in the provinces directed by the Minister of Public Works. It is esti ! mated that three days will absorb about j 12.000, and free transportation will be given to the places where the men are required. There still, however, remains a large number for whom jobs are wanted. The acting secretary of the Labor Ex change calculated that 60,000 workmen came to Paris last year. Of this number perhaps two-thirds intend to return to their homes. The secretaries of the various trads unions take a more pessimistic view of the situation. The secretary of the paint ers' organization reckoned that the com pletion of the exposition will leave over 10,000 painters alone unemployed, while a I committeeman of the unskilled laborers' i union claims that thte number of that . class who will be thrown on the streets will reach 20,000, few of whom will con- I sent to go to the provinces. This latter ' reluctance is an important factor In the j crisis, as the countrymen, intoxicated by \ the glitter of the metropolis, are disposed • to hang on as long as possible. Order Out of Chaos. The fortnight's work on the Exposition since the opening has done much to j bring order out of chaos which obtained : when President Loubet declared the Ex- I position open. Perceptible progress is j neing made daily, and sight-seers can find sufficient to repay them for the I trouble of a visit. The galleries are fill- I ing up with the exhibits, which are being rapidly installed. The foreign sections ¦ in this respect are further advanced than i France's own building, and the American i exhibits are keeping well abreast of those of other countries. Most of the foreign national pavilions now are on the eve of Inauguration, and several have been i opened, Bosnia and Hungary being the ! latest to unclose their doors. Both of I these offer charming Interiors, and are I characteristically and artistically repre- I sentative of their respective countries. ADVERTISEMENTS. THE SAN FRANCISCO^ CALL, SUNDAY, APREL 29, 1900. 581-585 EIGHTH' ST. . Telephone Sooth 239. We beg to announce that we have Just completed the erection of a new building and have fully equipped It with a line of new and modern ma- chinery. We will turn out Laundry Work as It should be, where your linen will be handled with the greatest care and your Interests especially consid- ered. We assure you the prices and work will be satisfactory and solicit a trial. V GEO. W/. SCHINDELE, Manager, 0 Recent Manager Whit* Star Lanndrjr. 14 NEWS OF FOREIGN LANDS BY CABLE TO THE CALL