The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 25, 1898, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1898. MAYOR PHELAN CALLS A MEETING Invitations Issued to Prominent Business and Professional Men to Méet and Discuss Plans for the Semi-Centennial Exposition. It Is Admitted by All That the Movement Suggested by The Call Would Prove Lasting Benefit to the Entire Pacifc Slope. Thers will be a meeting in the office | is better for the temporary improve- of Mayor Phelan to-day to arrange the ( ment. 4 preliminary details of the exposition to eiz,‘n" ;‘x;‘;{;;}?:Zb:‘;,‘,’c.?"“l"'fi:fli'fi fa:; be held in 1900 in commemoration of the | YET FREPIATE WU BT Would give fAiftieth anniversary of the admission of | us a grand opportunity to have an ex- alifornia into the Union. The pro- | position distinctively American in char- sed exposition suggested by The Call | acter and should on that account excite 20 has met with general | not only the patriotism but the undi- one expressed a will- | vided interest of every true American X 5 | citizen. t in making it a greater | Uy S N0 0004 work begin right away, Midwinter Fair, and | 4nq Jet us have an exposition in 1900 Mayor Phelan decided terday to is- | that will excite the admiration of every sue jons to leading business and | one who has the good fortune to wit- professional men to meet him to-day | and discuss the matter. ness it. That the exposition will be of great MEETS FAVOR e ON EVERY SIDE. , advertised our resources to tion of 1900 will | The Celebration Should Be One e to Find a Place in State History. v will assist | FRANK J. CONNELLY, of the well- known cigar manufacturing firm of Lane & Connelly—I have just returned several days approval. E ingness to a success than the neighboring king a g y. at is now required is concentra- tior of action. When the local commit- tee gets to work the other counties of e Ste vill chose their representa- the State e e e ereraos| from ‘an_extended' trip’through the tives or have them named by GOVErnOT | gio40 — 0on every side I heard words Budd. Every county in Californta will | 5t2% | O STErY 00 4 o Semi-Cen- have an opportunity to make an ex- | tennial Exposition in 1900, suggested by The Call. eral favor. California has been too background in properly tention to her resources. The celebrat of the golden wed- ding of California to this glorious Un- ion should be one that will find a place in the history of our State. We s the success of the Mid- Fair by united action. Let ) Sy every one put a shoulder to the wheel and we can in 1900 give to the world an exposition that will bring thousands \VILL OPEN UP | of visitors to our hospitable shores. TRADE CHANNELS. | Once we have them here, I am satis- The idea meets with gen- We all must admit that long in the bringing at- hibit of its resourc: wd products, and | addition the junior States admitted | after California will make displays. | It will require months of hard labor | to carry out the project, but the prize | to be gained is worthy of the time. The exposition will attract the attention of | the world, and afford us an opportunity | of showing our products-in a manner | never before attempted. fied the majority of them will re- | main. Many who came simply to at- - _ | tend the Midwinter Fair made their Would Like to Have the Expo-| 0t 0 oo charmed were they ition Distinctively Ameri= | by our climate and resources. If the sitiods s y | Midwinter Fair was a success, what can in Character. a greater success would be a semi-cen- E tennial exposition. JOSEPH D. GRANT of Murphy, Grant & Co.—Anything that will open e op the channels of trade wil receive | NO OBSTACLE my earnest and untiring support, and I IN THE WAY 5-E-5-0-E-E-0-E-E-0-0-E80uuuEEE-EN INCREASING IN POPULAR INTEREST. * I follow with eager eves the increasing popular interest in the pro- posed semi-centennial exposition, and wish to say that to a city like San Francisco such an event would undoubtedly conduce to increase its resources and open new fields for our immense agricultural prod- ucts. It also would improve the business at large, considering the number of visitors that always attend a display of that kind. Ac- cording to my personal views, I naturally would not expect much from the old continents on account of the Paris exposition of 1900, which surely will embrace the commercial movements of all Europe, but would extend invitations to the Latin republics of America. I think we need not fear rivalry there. It must not be forgotten. though, that a good many difficulties have to be overcome to carry out suc- cessfully such an undertaking. The principal one is that the leaders should be selected among men of undoubted honesty and ability, well versed in arts and mechanics, and acquainted with affairs pertaining to exhibitions. ___An almost insurmountable inconvenience is the geographical posi- tion of our State, consequently the utmost facilities should be offered to exhibitors and visitors by shipping and railroad companies during the period of the exposition, and they could very well afford to do it, as they will naturally be the greatest beneficiaries. Napoleon I said that to make a war it requires three things, viz.: Argent, Argent et Argent. I dare to appropriate to this case the same phrase, and to say that to make a successful exposition money, money and money plenty are required, and to get it I would suggest to enlist our San Francisco ladies in the great enterprise, and open a subscrip- tion, but to arouse their enthusiasm they should be given shares or admission tickets to the exposition in exchange, thus stimulating them more into a speculation than a donation. Born enemy of repetition puch as I am, I endeavor to further suggest that the appointed exposi- tion committee should try every effort to make something out of the prdinary groove, not a reproduction or parody of whatever has been seen in Chicago or Paris, but original in construction in building and entertainments. Plenty of the latter will attract visitors more than anything else. I complain that our artists for one reason or another always keep out of public exhibitions. Having seen in private gal- leries a great many of their fine paintings and sculptures, I am aware that even our fine art exhibit could be second to none. . Not speaking of the agricultural products, America is surely the first in line as far as machinery, engines, automatic apparatus, etc., are concerned, and my experience, obtained in various expositions, as- sures me that a proper machine building would be a most interesting feature. Concluding, to properly celebrate The Call’'s proposed State's \golden wedding, it will be of immense interest to secure the united efforts of the whole country. I will make propaganda among my rank, and the pride that our merchants have for the welfare of our city will surely induce them to facilitate such a useful and peaceful .enterprise. P. ROSSI, #8888 ssassssssssseEssssssssnnnen -5-5-8-88-8-5000ENE0EEEEEEEEEEnEnn 3 Manager P. Rossi Company. [] 55 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEa an exposition in 1900 that will attract | California into the Union was a most happy one. While the World's Fair will be held at Paris in that year, there is no reason why we should not hold a counter-attraction. Many who would the attention of the world to the Paci- fic Slope. The suggestion of holding such an exposition to celebrate the | fiftieth anniversary of the admission ufl like to attend the Paris Exposition but have not the means to do so would find it convenient to attend our exposition. Let it be an exposition on the lines of the Trans-Mississippi Congress to be held next summer at Omaha. We have the assurances of the Governors of neighboring States that they are in ac- cord with the movement, and I cannot see any obstacle in the way of holding an exposition that would prove of bene- fit to the entire Pacific Coast. The com- mittee to take the matter in hand should be composed of eitizens who will enter into the project with the proper spirit. Of course the exposition will mean considerable labor for the direc- tors, but the success to be achieved will far exceed the trouble in the lasting benefits secured to California and our neighboring sister States. ADVANTAGES NOT TO BE DENIED Have the. Exhibits Confined to the Resources of Cali- fornia Alone. THOMAS KIRKPATRICK, president of the Jesse Moore-Hunt Company— The advantages to be derived from an exposition of the kind contemplated by The Call cannot be denied by any man who has watched the good results ob- tained by former exhibitions that have been held throughout the United States on those lines. Certainly it will do the State a vast amount of good, and consequently the people will reap un- told benefits therefrom. I would be in favor of making it strictly a State affair; that is, let the exhibits be confined to the resources of California, which is big enough to pre- sent an exposition of the magnitude in- tended, for in that way it would more fittingly carry out the idea of cel- ebration of its admission to the Union and make it essentially a home propo- sition. Let us show the world that we can give such an exposition, and, hav- ing given it, we can be proud of the fact that the achievement was brought about by our own efforts. IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT The Exposition Should Prove a Success and Advertise the State. P. CROWLEY, POLICE—I am heartily In favor of EX-CHIEF OF | an expesition in 1900 to properly com- memorate the semi-centennial anni- versary of the admission of California into the Union. We have been too slow in advertising to the world the ‘wonderful resources of our State. The Midwinter Fair, notwithstanding the predictions of many, proved a greater success than was anticlpated by the most sanguine of the directors. If the exposition is managed by people of spirit and enterprise there is no rea- son why we should not be able to make it a far greater success than the Mid- winter Fair. AN EXPOSITION WOULD ADVERTISE By Concentration of Action It Should Be Made a Grand Success. THOMAS J. WALSH, 733 Market street—By united action we should be able to hold an exposition that will prove a greater success than the Mid- winter Fair. We all appreciate the great benefit derived from the Mid- winter Fair. It advertised to the world our products and resources, and proved of lasting benefit to the State. An exposition on the lines suggested by The Call would prove a far greater success. We have the promise of aid from neighboring States, and there is no reason why we should not be able to hold an exposition on the lines of the Trans-Mississippl Congress at Omaha,. It will, of course, require considerabl labor to perfect the project; but when every one is willing to put a shoulder to the wheel the work should be light. The fact that the World's Fair will also be held in 1900 should not deter us from entering into the movement with cour- age. Many who will be unable to visit Paris will come here and enjoy our hospitality and climate. IT - WILL BE A GREAT CREDIT And Likewise Unmistakably Re- dound to the Welfare of California. H. H. SHERWOOD—There could be no more appropriate manner of cele- brating the fiftieth anniversary of Cali- fornia’s admission as a State than by holding an exposition in 1900. In fact it would be the only way of doing jus- tice to the celebration of such an im- of Great and portant event. Such an exposition would not only be a great credit to our progressive spirit, but would unmis_~ takably redound te the welfare of Cali- fornfa. To my mind there is not a single argument that can possibly be advanced against the holding of the exposition, while on the other hand there are many reasons in favor of tha proposition. The time will be ripe for an exposi- tion in 1900, and it is none too soon ta commence laying out pians, for 1 would like to see it develop into a stu- penduous affair and one worthy of thig great and growing State. Every ona should assist in the worthy movement, for every one will derive some advan- tage, whether it be of financial or pleasurable character. I am most em- phatically in favor of the contemplated exhibition and will do what I can to assist in bringing it to a’ successful issue. EVERY CITIZEN SHOULD APPROVE We Should All Give Our Moral and Financial Support to the Project. ACHILLE ROOS—Iamin favorof the semi-centennial exposition proposed to be held in this city in 1900 to commem- orate the fiftieth anniversary of the ad- mission of this glorious State into the Union, and I am of the opinion that the project should meet with the hearty approbation of every citizen within its borders. The very thought of it should cause us all to become en- thusiastic in its support, and we should every one of us resolve to do whatever lies in our power to carry it to a suc- cessful culmination. ‘Words alone are of no use in advanc- ing the best interests of so praise- worthy an object, but let us be known by our deeds in its behalf. Let us all be ready to contribute not only our moral but our financial support to the venture. As soon as a subscription list is opened I will be ready to subscribe whatever amount would fairly be ex- pected of me and probably a little more. The benefits that California will experience from the exposition can' not be overestimated, and therefore there should be no hesitation on the part of any public-spirited citizen to lend his best aid to the project, for we would all share equally in those benefits. | wished they had concealed their iden- tity. While the train was gliding past rich vineyards and their immense wineries, | fertile hop fields and vast poultry farms and dairies, Conductor Henry Pfaff was actively aiding Assistant Malil Clerk D. Ellis in throwing off bundles of Calls for early delivery to eager subscribers. tained by the special. It is just sixteen miles from Petaluma to Santa Rosa. The distance was covered yesterday in fifteen and a half minutes. The last run to Uklah was over a straight track and a solid roadbed, so the journey was concluded at the pace of over a mile a minute. Six hours later the regular train arrived and a few copies of two San Francisco dailies were delivered to people who had read at thefr breakfast table all the news of the world in the San Francisco Call. ST The foregoing is a condensed . . |of only one remarkable trip of How Calls Are Carried special vesterday, but there wore sov- eral others, and they all speedily car- by the San Francisco |ried The Calls to many important cen- . ters of the State’s population. and North Pacific. | = CHARLES HOFEMAN SAW THE REVOLVER this city. It is true that the improve- | of that description, and although a re- | EX-JUDGE J. F. SULLIVAN—There see.no better way to give impetus to business affairs than by holding an ex- ” A Everything Within Reach to ment might be only of a temporary na- | Make the Expos“"on a ture, but there would be other and | action is liable to set in, still the trade | is no reason why we should not have Remarkable Speed of a Train on a Scenic position of the kind intended in 1800 in | Notable Success. more lasting benefits follow an affair Railroad. record a Call Portions bf the Road Covered at the Rate of Over a Mile a Minute. Cousin of Isaac Hoffman Gives Testimony in the Figel Case. STORY OF A GREAT FEAT. Through a Driving Storm Papers Are Rpiilly wad SR e ‘Witnesses Examined During the Day o Subsiilors Tended to Show a Case of Suicide. _ i Here i the story in brief of the| fastest run ever made between Tiburon and Ukiah. Taking on the papers from | @ swift tug, The Call's special train on | the San Franclsco and North Pacific | Raflroad started on its journey through Marin County at 4:15 o’clock yesterday morning. * Including several stops at | drawbridges and water stations, the | Journey of over 106 miles to the metrop- | ©lis of Mendocino County was made i | 1p, gnooting was done in a drawer in Mr. two hours and fifty-five minutes. Thls“ e e during the latter part of clips just twenty minutes from the‘ the month of May. Under cross-examina- record previously held by The Call's | tion it was elicited that the witness had spectals, but when it is considered that | seen the revolver in the drawer about a the run was made in one of the heavi- | Week prior- to the death of Isaac Hoff- est rain storms of the season, over slip- | Man- pery tracks, and through one of the | , T Witness was siok in making replice darkest nights in the history of Call- | fi1icueh hie was a cousin of the deceased fornia, the performance would seem | merchant, he had not read the accounts little short of a miracle. | of either the Morgue or Police Court pro- For varied scenic effects with {ts| ceedings, and he further stated that he ever-changing panorama along the | had not heard a report that it was in- banks of the Russian River the San | timated that Isaac Hoffman had been as- Francisco and North Pacific Railroad | 928sinated. Following the examination Judge Carroll Cook had sufficiently re- covered from his sudden iliness yesterday morning to allow the defense in the Figel case to proceed. mony given, in answer to questions put by General Barnes for the defense, tended to show that Isaac Hoffman had taken his own life on the evening of June 1. Charles Hoffman was the first witness called and sald under cross-examination that he had seen the pistol with which Now for a specimen of the speed at- | Many witnesses were | examined during the day, and the testi- | has no equal in the United States. Bet- | ter still, the equipment, under the management of General Superintend- ent Whiting, is most thorough. The | roadbed is so often inspected and the | rolling stock kept up to such a higbi standard of perfection that accidents | on the main line and its Sonoma branch are very rare indeed. In a great meas- ure it was due to these faots and the | proficiency of the company’s employes | that the record was broken yesterday. | Engineer W. S. Eddy, with C. Beggs | as fireman, guided locomotive No. 3 on | this wonderful journey through the nky blackness. Upon leaving Tiburon, Eddy was informed that two special | representativesof The Call were aboard | and desirous of criticising his qualifi- cations as to speed. Before the run was half over The Call men, however, | the witness ldentified the pistol In evi- dence and with which the shooting was done as the one he had seen in the drawer during the latter part of May. C. W. Bassett, who met Figel on the evening of June 1 on the corner of Mar- ket and Battery streets, at 6:23 o'clock, was next called, and he stated that he had seen the defendant board a car and start toward the ferry. The cross-exam- inatlon was lengthy and thorough con- cerning his business relations with the firm of Hoffman, Rothchild & Co., and in Teply to questions he brought forth a note book and showed an account entered on July 9, 1896. At the opening of the afternoon session assett wae recalled for further cross- examination. He stated that his attention had first been called to the death of Isaac Hoffman by his wife showing him a pic- ture of the defendant in a newspaper. He had known Figel was a clerk employed by of Hoffman, Rothchild & Co. at that time for the reason he had letters which he posted In the letter-box near the store. e also stated that his watch was cor- rect, as he compared it with a regulator every day. Miss Lillile Cohen was next called and stated that she had seen Mr. Hoffman | the firm of Hoffman, Rothchiid & Co., | but prior to the shooting he had not | known the name of the defendant. In re- | ply to questions the witness stated that he had been asked to testify in the case by William Taylor. P. J. Winiger, saloon-keeper, testified | that Figel called at his place of business | on Market street, near Battery, on the evening of June 1 According to testi- | mony given the defendant left a package, | and afterward returned for it at 8:20 | o'clock on the same evening. | " The witness stated that he had been | sure of the time, as he had looked at his | clock as Figel went out, and that there | was nothing about the defendant’s ap- pearance unusual from that on former occastons on which he had been seen by | the witness. H. H. Unger, employed in the establish- ment of Heinemann & Co., 33-35 Battery To Cure a Cold In One Day. street, stated that he had seen the de- | Take Laxative Bromo Quinin: Tablets. All fendant at 6:15 o'clock on the evening of | druggists refund the money if it fal June 1. He had been in front of the store | %6c. The genuine has L. B. Q. on A NOTED PRIEST TO ARRIVE. standing with another man in front oi The his store on the evening of June 1. witness stated that it was her impre: that the defendant was not the part had seen standing and talking with Hoffman. The witness was not certain as to the time she had left the store of Heineman & Co., where she has been em- ploved for over four years. Miss Cohen will be recalled to the stand at 10 o'clock this morning. — e Rev. Father Younan, Who Will Conduct a Series of | Missions in California. There will arrive in the city to-day one of the best known Catholic missionaries in the United States, the Rev. E. H. Younan of the order of Paulist Fathers. He comes to this city from New York to conduct a mis- sion for the non-Catholic, as well as those of his faith. Rev. Father Elliott of New York city and the superior of the Paulist missionary work conceived the idea not long ago of holding missions for those who do not believe the Catholic doctrines. Father Younan was given charge of this particular work and has visited néarly all of the large cities in the East, and has made it his practice to interest the parish priests, who are now carrying on the work he began. The reverend gentleman is : man of much learning—an eloquent and magnetic speaker. He is about 40 years of dge, and a man of great knowledge of the world. He will hold a two weeks' misslon at St. Mary's Church, on California and Dupont streets, beginning S p will also conduct missions at ot'ier parishes. g ol ey MARRIED FAR - OUT AT SEA A Young Fresno Couple Brave the Ocean’s _ Wrath. Justice Bellrude of Sausalito Performs the Marriage Ceremony. B. L. Roberts and Miss Winnie Hanck Complete Their Romance on the Briny Deep. Another love-sick couple has braved the ocean’s wrath in a small launch in order to avoid the law of the land and become man and wife. The couple came a long distance and with a spirit of romance to add to the novel experience of being wed by a Justice of the Peace on the broad depths of the ocean, they selected ‘Washington’s birthday for the cere- mony. Bernard L. Roberts and Miss Winnie B. Hance, both of Fresno, the former of the age of 25 and the latter 23, were the couple. They came all the way from Fresno to Sausalito, and the idea of getting married at sea was suggested to them by a story published in The Call some months ago of a similar kind. The objection to the pair getting married in California was on account of the law only recently passed to the effect that a divorced person shall not marry within a year from the date of the court’s decree. It was only last January that Roberts secured a divorce and so the regular channels were closed to his remarrying within a year. The young couple came to Sausalito and hired the trim launch Gazette and put to sea with Justice Bellrude to per- form the ceremony. ‘When the launch finally reached a point beyond the three mile limit the couple were not only love-sick but sea- sick. But the ceremony was soon over and the boat was turned again toward the shore. After the landing at Sausalito was made the couple, happy in their joy, took the ferry-boat to the metropolis. —_————— Taken Under Advisement. John G. Chase, financial secretary of the Village Belle Circle, Companions of the Forest, charged with threats to kill by E. P. Donovan, the chief companion, made his defense in Judge Joachimsen’s court yesterday. Chase declared that he used no violent or threatening language, but on the contrary, Donovan made use.of violent language toward him, and stated in open meeting that he had him where he wanted him and would have him arrested. The Judge said he would give his decision on Monday. Burglars Scared Away. Burglars entered the residence of Frank Maxson, 2931 Bush street, Wednesday night by the rear, while Mrs. Maxson and the servant girl were in the front part of the house. They heard a peculfar noise in the rear, and on g to the dining- room two men rushed out and made their escape by the back yard. The burglars i had made a careful Selection of the am} ticles in the dining-room, but in their fright at being discovered, had left every- thing behind them. 'The police were noti- ed. s GLASS FOR DIAMONDS. Guy McCord, Proprie-tor of Poker Rooms, Arrested for Grand Larceny. Guy McCord, the proprietor of a poker room at 13 Third street, was arrested yes- terday by Detectives Anthony and Crock- ett on a charge of grand larceny. The complaining witness is Frances Garey, 2% Stockton street, who alleges that about a month ago she became ac- quainted with McCord, and told him that she wanted some diamond rings altered to suit her finger, as they were too small. There was one ring with three diamonds, another with a large diamond, and a diamond stud, all valued at about $700. McCord advised her to take them to Adolph Hoffman, jeweler at 9 Third street, close to his poker rooms, and she s0. McCord went with her, and after she had left the articles to be altered he went to Hoffman and claimed they belonged to him. He asked Hoffman to take out the diamonds and substitute glass for them. This was done, and when Miss Garey got back her rings and stud she did not know until a day or two ago of the trick that had been played upon her. She com- plained to Captain Bohen, and he detailed Anthony and Crockett on the case. When they saw Hoffman he at once told them that McCord had ordered the glass to be substituted for the diamonds. s A Fatal Fall. J. C. Kimble, the old man who fell down a flight of stairs in Raphael's store on Kearny street Wednesday afternoon, died at the Receiving Hospital yesterday morning. He was a capitalist from Los Angeles and his family was notified by telegraph yesterday of his death. AN OLD PIONEER PASSES AWAY After a Brief Illness Death Claims Elecan Heyden- feldt. Remains Interred in the Family Plat in the Home of Peace Cemetery. Elcan Heydenfeldt, brother of the late Judge Solomon Heydenfeldt and uncle of Judge Walter Levy, died Wednesday af- ternoon at the German Hospital and was burfed yesterday from the undertaking parlors of Martin & Co, 118 Geary street. The body was interred in the Heydenfeldt plot at the Home of Peace Cemetery. Deceased was a native of Charleston, S. C., and was 75 years of age. He was ill but a few days, and the immediate cause of death was a severe cold that developed into pneumo: The late Mr. Heydenfeldt was in ‘the early days of this State a prominent jur- ist and judge in the Supreme Court. He was also a member of the Legislature. The deceased leaves two daughters, Mrs. William J. 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