The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 7, 1898, Page 5

XXX AR X R AFTHEARERFFRFAAFXXFRRFXRRFAXR R R ER CALIFORNIA EXPOSITION--1900. Mayors of Cities Applaud the Idea and Promise Aid in the Great Enterprise. FERERFREFFARFXRRERERE R XA R XX RRE IR T E R R R R R R R THE CAPITAL CITY IS IN LINE. EHEEE K ERE R KKK R R E R KRR Just What Should Be Done to Bring to Us Pzople of Less Favored Climes. SACRAMENTO, March 5.—I am heartily in favor of an exposition in 1900, fittingly celebrating the semi-centennial anniversary of California’s admission into the Union. The mining fair re- cently held in San Francisco to cele- brate the fiftieth year after the discov- ery of gold proved a great success and of incalculable benefit to the whole State, as it was a school for the old and young and will be the cause for a closer relationship between all of the people now within the borders of the State. I believe the move to hold an exposition in 1900 similar to the “Mid-Winter Ex- position ” a most excellent plan and just what should be done to bring people of the United States and in fact of all parts of the world to our State. It would do more to advertise our re- sources than any other means possible, and I for one would do all possible to assist in such an undertaking. WILLIAM LAND, Mayor of Sacramento. CALIFORNIA’S GOLDEN WEDDING. Its Celebration Enthusiastically Favored by the Mayor of Los Angeles. L.OS ANGELES, March 5—To the Editor of The Call—Dear Sir: I am most emphatically in favor of a semi-centennial exposition marking the adr on of California into the sisterhood of States. Such an exposi- n the lines suggsted by The Call . in my opinion, do incalculable It would be a grand advertise- it would show what we are do- out our possibilities ould. What our State <ome enterprise which ople of the two conti- what we are doing, and this is just what an exposition would do. No one will say taat the Midwinter Fair was not a grand success, nor that it did not do wonders for the State. A celebration in honor of the golden wed- ding of California should and would exceed in magnificence and general good to the State a Midwinter Falr. We have the resources. No other State has a richer or more varied field to draw upon. I know that every citizen of the southern counties indorses my words when 1 say that we of the south stand ready at all times to do everything in our power to g4d any proposition which will operate for the good of the State of California. The fact that there will be a World’s Fair in Paris in 1900 should not cause us to falter. There are hundreds of thousands of people who cannot afford the expense of seeing Paris, but who can afford a trip to California—and they will come. Flower shows and carnivals have done much to draw people at a distance to Los ngeles,and we have been the gainer by their coming. Why should not active interest be taken in a grand exposition in which every town, city and coun- ty of the State will take part? Such an exposition as proposed would prove a benefit, not alone to California, but to all the Pacific Coast States. I can- not find a single argument against the proposition; everything is favorable. We have the climatic conditions, we have the resource: we have men who never fail when they take hold of an enterprise. Why then should we not go ahead? Let us put our shoulders to the wheel of progress; let us have a semi-centennial exposition. Respectfully yours, M. P. SNYDER, Mayor of Los Angeles. most is the ¥ SAN JOSE WILL CO-OPERATE. Every Dollar Expended for the Exposition Will Be Repaid Many Times Over. SAN JOSE, March 6.—The Call's suggestion that California celebrate the centennial of her admission as a State into the Union by holding a great exposition at San Francisco is one wor- thy of The Call's enterprise and of the attention and interest of every resi- dent of the State. San Jose and Santa Clara County I am sure can be de- pended upon to lend their moral and financial support to the enterprise. No State in the Union, no country in the world, ever made such marvelous ad- vancement in so short a time from such humble beginnings. Fifty years ago California was in a state of semi- barbarism. It was comparatively an unknown country, separated from the East by thousands of miles of moun- tains, deserts and plains, haunts of wild beasts and hostile Indians. Yet within a year American energy and courage overcame all these obstacles and laid here the solid fou..dation for a great and glorious commonwealth. Certainly these achievements and the grand strides since made are worthy of commemoration. The great Golden State should holdan Interstateand Interna- tional Exposition that will portray to all the world her civilization, her re- sources and her progress. Nor would such an exposition cost her a dollar. On the contrary, every dollar expended for such a purpose would be repaid over and over again by the splendid advertisement which the State would receive and the consequent greater demand in the markets of the East and of the world for her products. This is an enterprise for the promotion of which all the counties and cities in California can gladly combine, and I know that Santa Clara County and the city of San Jose can be depended upon to co- operate with the other sections of the State in making the California Expo- sition of 1900 a magnificent success. VALENTIN KOCH, Mayor of San Jose. OUR STRIDES IN FIFTY YEARS. We Should Give the World a Grand Demonstration of Our Marvelous Progress. NAPA, March 5.—In an interview with Mayor J. A. Fuller of Napa, that gentleman, referring to the Exposition, said: “I heartily indorse the project as ad- vocated by The Call of having an ex- 4 position in 1900 in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the State of California. On the 18th of October, 1850, I was pres- ent at the raising of the American flag at Portsmouth Square, San Francisco, in honor of California’s admission to the Union. California was admitted nearly a month prior to that date, but fifty years ago the telegraph and the telephone were not giving the news of the world tc California as they are to- day. Let us give an exposition in 1900 and show to the world the advance- ment that this, the greatest of all States, has made in half a century. Fifty years ago California was almost an uninhabited wilderness, while at the present time no other country in the world is making more rapid strides In the way of advancement. I believe In fittingly celebrating our State’s fif- tieth birthday and showing to the rest of the world what California is; this State can have and should have an exposition that will demonstrate that it Is unsurpassed in productiveness. Exhibit the wealth of our mines; exhibit the productiveness of our soil and exhibit the results of a most beautiful climate. Let us give an exposition that will induce people from all parts of the world to visit our State, and when they are here let us call to their attention the number and character of the charitable Institutions maintained and owned by this State, thus show- ing that we are advancing both morally, socially and intellectually. “I believe that every county in this State should stand ready to pay its ~-~mortion of the cost necessarily attached to the proper celebration of Cali- fornia's fiftieth birthday.” THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1898. 5 EXFEFFRA R RFEEHRERRARE XXX KW KW KK KKK KRR EEKE KKK KR F ATTRACT THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH Let the Exposition Show California in All the Glory of Her Matchless Charms. MARYSVILLE, March 4—BEditor Call: A proposition with results be- yond the naming, and one that will prove an advertisement of inestimable value to California, is that put forward by The Call, viz.: the holding of a grand exposition in 1900 at San Fran- cisco to commemorate the semi-centen- nial of the admission of the State into the Union. While the ninth day of September, 1900, Will be a day which will justify a general lollification and high jinks by the Native Sons, it will remain for the populace to put their shoulder to the wheel by inviting to our midst the world, that it may learn of the great strides the young State has taken and become convinced that the advancement i8 not a phantom, but a real, steady progress, that in a remarkably brief space of time will place her in the galaxy of States the grand particular star of all. 7 As some one has said, the Ciolden Wedding of our State should be an occasion for a demonstration that will surpass all previous efforts; what bet- ter lines then can be advanced on which to carry on a celebration than those embodied in the proposed grand expo- sition, that will call out the greatest number of people’ and attract the na- tions of the earth. It is none too soon to prepare for the grand event, which will no doubt be on a magnificent scale. Let old and young take pride in the Golden State and see to it that the divers resources of this grand common- wealth are afforded an apnortunity to do that credit which is peculiarly the section’s own. I have no doubt Northern California will enter into the proposition with a vim, for no section of the State contains more truly loyal patriotic sons and daughters than are found in the valley of the Sacramento. Any scheme to advance the interests of the great and only California will ever find able supporters in our midst, therefore we say in chorus, “Let the good work go on.” W. T. ELLIS, Mayor. MANY EASTERNERS WOULD COME. It Would Be a Big Thing for Every County in the State, Says Fresno's Mayor." FRESNO, March 5.—C. J. Craycroft, president of the City Trustees and ex-officio Mayor—I can only say that I am heartily in favor of the plan for holding a semi-centennial exposition in San Francisco to commemorate the fif- tieth anniversary of the admission of California into the Union. The idea, 1 believe, has originated with The Call, and I can promise my hearty support to the project. Of course every one realizes that it is a stupendous under- taking, and one that would involve a great deal of hard work all over the State to make it properly representative of the State whose semi-centennial ad- mission it is proposed to so fittingly celebrate. I have no doubt, however, that if the project is taken hold of in the proper spirit, as advocated by The Call, it can be made a great success. It would be a magnificent advertise- ment for the State and would attract many Eastern visitors here, as the Midwinter Fair did. It would give Fresno County a splendid opportunity to make a display of her products, which would attract the attention of all visitors to the exposition and would doubtiess result in bringing many new people to our favored part of the State. Other counties would also have a similar chance, and it would be a big thing for the whole State. Yes, I am for the exposition by all means. SHOULD HAV IT BY ALL MEANS. The Exposition Idea Is Warmly Advocated by San Diego’s Mayor. SAN DIEGO, March 5.—As a citizen of California I am proud to note the deep interest which The Call manifests in the upbuildingand growth of this matchless State. Its ad- vocacy of an exposition for 1900 is wise, thoughtful and in keeping with the progressiveelement for which California has been famous throughout the civil- ized world. San Francisco is particularly noted for her hospitality in entertaining strangers. Her resources for handling large crowds are unlimited. The exposition we should, by all means, have. It will bring thousands of people to our shores, who will come for settlement, and thousands will be attracted thither by advertisements of our remarkable resources and great- ness. The immense benefit which will ac- crue to the entire Pacific Coast cannot be estimated. An exhibition and publi- cation of what California has done in the last fifty vears will surpass in magnitude all other attractions that have ever been held upon the Pacific Coast. Yes, let us have the exposition, ana let each and every citizen of the Pacific Coast bend all his energles to make the same a success, and their fu- ture reward will be great. Respectfully, - D. C. REED, Mayor of the City of San Diego. PRACTICAL AND PATRIOTIC IDEA. Pomona Valley People Generally Favor the Califor=- nia Exposition Proposition. POMONA, March 2.—~Mayor Charles P. Patterson of Pomona was seen at his pretty suburban home on Fifth street in this place to-day. He sald: “Of course I am in favor of the pro- . posed exposition in San Francisco in 1900 in commemoration of the first half century of the State of California. It is a good idea—eminently practical and patriotic. I have just been reading in The Call about the proposed exposi- tion. I believe that all California will join enthusiastically in the plans. In Pomona Valley the people will, I think, generally favor the exposition propo- sition, I am confident. “The exposition should be different from the Midwinter Fair. That was a sort of warmed-over side show of the World's Fair, and was gotten up too hurriedly to add much luster to our State. Now, the proposed exposition may be planned and prepared for two vears in advance, and there need be no incongruities about it. The California exposition of 1900 ought to be mainly representative of the great golden State, with a showing of the progress of the Pacific Slope and all the region west of the Rockies in the last half cen- tury. There is material out here for making one of the most unique, in- teresting and Instructive exhibitions the world has ever seen. I would have less exhibits of French silks and satins, German cutlery and terra cottas and Italian mosaics and sculpture, and more California and Western products than we saw at the Midwinter Fair. The benefits that the proposed exposition would bring to this coast are incalculable. They would fill columns of The Call. The first and general benefit, would be calling more attention to Cal- ifornia. Ours is a unique State. There s not another region on the globe that has such a wide diversity of products and interests, and such extra- ordinary possibilities, that we ought to keep everlastingly at telling the world what nature has done for our dominion on the Pacific shore. T am in fa- vor of a generous appropriation by the State Legislature next winter for the exposition, and I hope the proposition will be kept alive in every one's mind from now on to the day the exposition is opened.” | Nothing has ever been known before FEDERATION OF COLONIES Progress of the Conven- | tion Being Held at Melbourne. . | Australian States Are Uniting | Under One Central Gov- ernment. Delegates Still Have the Features of | the Enabling Bill Under Discussion. Special Dispatch to The Call. VANCOUVER, March 6.—The Aus-| tralian mail brought by the steamship | Aorangi contains very full reports of the meetings at Melbourne of the Fed- | eration Convention. The convention | opened on January 20, and when the | Aorangi left on February 6 no great | progress had been made. When the convention got down to business it took up the federation en- abling bill. A long discussion ensued | over the judiciary bill. It was decided | ultimately that as regards the high court the bench should consist of at| least a chief justice and two other jus- tices. The right of appeal to the Im- perial Privy Council is abolished, except | in cases Involving public interest. A | proposal giving over all railways with- out consent of the States, instead of railways that might be agreed to by any State, was rejected. Another pro- | posal to include a power to deal with conciliation and arbitration for the pre- | vention and settlement " of industrial disputes extending beyond the limits of any one State was agreed to. A question which had almost result- ed in a deadlock when the mail left | was a proposal to place the Murray, | Darling and Murrumbidgee rivers un-| der Federal control. | The New South Wales de]egates; raised the cry that the colony was be- ing robbed of its rivers. | At last the convention unanimously decided as a preliminary to remove from the bill the sub-clause, giving the federation the control and regulation | of the navigation of the Murray ana the use of its waters from where the stream forms the boundary between Victoria and New South Wales to the | sea. | Various compromises regarding other | rivers were being discussed when the | mail left. | The colony of Victoria. like Tasma- nia, has suffered fearfully from bush fires. Fires are reported from all parts of the colony, and much damage has been done. Scores of families are homeless. In Tasmania, Chief Justice Sir Lam- bert Dobson is obtaining a report of the damage done by fire to guide the | relief committee in its distributions. in the southern colonies like the ruin wrought, and this year will long be | woefully memorable, both in Victoria and Tasmania. | From Adelaide and Wellington, New Zealand, come further reports of bush Zealand fires. The report from New says the fires did serious damage. The township of Kaituna, near Fielding, | was all burned but one house. | — e | DEMAND FOR VESSELS. | = | Stockton Ship Builders Besieged by | Would-Be Klondikers. | STOCKTON, March 6.—Within the last | two wecks Jarvis & Son, ship builders, have received no less than fifteen inquir- jes from the East as to their ability to construct boats for the Yukon. The let- ters serve to show the widespread inter- est in Alaska and the great tide of gold seekers which will shortly begin to move. From a little town in Kansas a company announces that it has $3000 to spend on a boat. The Argo, which was launched last week, is a_thirty-ton stern wheeler and | will be ready for her machinery within a week. The Luella, a_forty-tonner, will be | Jaunched next Tuesday and a week later the Arrow at the Navigation Company's shipyards will be ready to take apart for | Shipment north. All of these small steam- ers will be taken to San Francisco and placed aboard a sailing vessel. Several | barges are also contracted for. Both ship- | vards have enough work ahead to last a | year, if they care to take it. £ g LOSES HIS POSITION AND ENDS HIS LIFE.| Suicide of a Chico Stage Driver on | the vay Following His Discharge. CHICO, March 6.—Neighbors at mnoon to-day discovered the body of Willlam | Wright dangling from a rope suspended | from a rafter in his barn. Wright, who | is about 50 vears old, had been a resi- | dent of Chico for a number of years. He | vas a married man and leaves a widow | Woi four children. Wright last night lost | his position as stage driver on the line | from Chico to Orland, a position which | he has occupled for the past four years. | —-— | INVENTS A WAVE MOTOR. Monterey Man Said to Have Achieved ; Success. & MONTEREY, March 6.—A Monterey man living In_the Carmel Valley, about five miles south of this place has recently | completed an Invention which is the solu- tion of a problem that has baffied scien- Hon o e e tists for the past half century. The man is K. M. Henneken and his contrivance is | a wave motor by which the enormous power of the ocean is to be converted into mechanical energy. The new device is very simple in its mechanism, but perfect in its working and the patent attorn who are handling Heneken's interests it is the greatest invention ever brought to their attention. Henneken has just procured a caveat on the invention and will apply for foreign as well as United States patents. He intends erecting a small working model here to demonstrate the practicability of his invention. FRANCES E. WILLARD NOT THE FOUNDER. Correction of a Popular Error as to| the Organization of the W.C. T. U CINCINNATI, March 6.—The Enquirer to-day publishes the following: Many persons have been speaking of Miss Frances “Willard as the founder of the | National Women's Christian Temperance | Union. The faunder of the Women's Christian Temperance Union resides in this city. Mrs. McClellan Brown was in- strumental in calling the first convention inaugurating the movement at Columbus | in February, 1874, and in August following she went to the Chatauqua assembly with a full plan of organization, which she had incorporated by a committee from various States present at that assembly. | By her correspondence the first conve: tion was called at Cleveland in Nove: ber, 1874, where Miss Willard first el teréd upon the work and was made secre- tary of the convention. Mrs. Brown at that time declined the nomination for the | presidency. Mrs. Annie Wittenmeyer of Philadelphia was president for five years preceding Miss Willard’s succession to the presi- dency Brown was, in 1874, the right worthy vice-templar of the Good Templars, which had a _constituency of 800,000 paying members. Mrs. Brown | still holds the copyright of the original )}Ixn of work in the Women’s Christian | emperance Union, dated January 12, 1875, and_bearing the signature of Li-| brarian Spofford and the official seal. Mrs. Brown formerly resided at Alliance and later at Pittsburg. L2l e] Escholle Estate Divided. MONTEREY, March 6—One of the large Monterey County estates, the divi- sion of which was made necessary by the | death of Henri Escholle three years ago, | has just filed its articles of incorporation, | and each of the heirs is to receive his pro- portion of the stock. The capital stock of the concern is $110,000, divided into 110 | shares of $1000 each. 'Adelaide, Leon E., | Charles B. and Joseph Escholle and Marie | E. Lucke are the directors of the corpor- ation and will manage its affairs for the | Escholle hefrs. This step was made nec- | essary on account of the difficulty of di- viding the estate as it stood equitably. g e Victory for Nevada City. NEVADA CITY, March 6.—At Cashin Park this afternoon over 1000 people saw the Colts of this city defeat the Mon- archs of Grass Valley in one of the most exciting baseball games ever played in the county. The score was 11 to 3. Rock- enfield and Ballestro, late of Napa, were | the battery of the home club, and Over- myer and Whitburn for the Monarchs. The visitors could not hit Rockenfield. CORONA HAULED OFF THE ROCKS Wrecked Steamship Lies in Deep Water Once More. Escapes From the Reef With the Assistance of the Lakme. Within a Few Days the Vessel Will Be Brought South for Repairs. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. 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