The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 21, 1899, Page 1

Call This Paper not to be taken from the Library.++++ VOLUME LXXXV—NO. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, MAY 21 ' 1899—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS, DEWEY NOW IS ON THE WAY HOME The Admiral Sails in the| Olympia From the Bay of Manila. He Will Make a Leisurely Trip Through the Suez Canal and ‘the Mediterranean. Dewey has started for home. The brave admiral, on board his | flagship, the Olympia, sailea from Manila yesterday amia' the baommg of great guns, and will make a leisurely journey to New York by way | g , o o o\ of the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean. The admural, 1t 1s to be regretted, did not see fit to come home | by way of San Francisco. In this connection 1t is significant that in an interview just before he left Manila Dewey observed that if he miss a chance like that. Presidency. cruiser | Dewe 20.—The Admiral following: Rear Admiral shield, chief of the bureau of naviga- e twenty years younger and had political ambition he would not | Clearly, he will not be a candidate for the Crownin- | ft here on tion, told me to-day he believes that irney to th | Admiral Dewey will not speed the St at 4 o'clock thi | Olympia. The department has left en- away the Ore- | tirely to that officer the determination | rcord fired an|of time when he shall arrive at New At the first shot the | York, and Rear Admiral Crowninshield played a lively air | seems to think that he will not reach vded the decks and | his destination until fall. To settle the | Olympia passed the | matter there is reason to believe that he that battleship | the department will cable to the ad- the Olympians, throwing their caps of them were I miral when the Olympia reaches Hong- kong, outline of his itinerary. this information will be valuable to the ] the noisiest President and the department as well this harbor e the battle | g5 to the public. Mr. McKinley ked its with that of |naturally desirous of knowing when to | I The din and brass | expect the admiral, as that officer re- i hoed through the smoke, a fleét | tains his membership on the Philippine | shr 1 their Commissior and besides 18 <wharged | of the Baltl | with presenting to the chief executive Home,"| the views of his colleagues on the en- and those tire Philippine question. Secretary Long would like to idea of the time of the admira ve an these waters 1ie: )] e a h '!y““‘-‘ on ‘_h] val, in order that he may make prepar- the fleet waved | a4ions for his reception. These prepar- | . -at black will probably take the form of | , which lay the s to Rear Admiral Sampson to f out, saluted u ."113"1}}";’ T;"" meet the Olympia with the squadron s band played Poc S ‘l“’ under his command at some point to be Q n,” and to (‘m,\ the cre > _“f ”j‘_ designated just as soon as the route of Powe sponded with hearty cheers | . 2qmiral's flagship Is ascertained. b g B e the admiral should decide that he - e e ae ought to ('umovhvvmfi without dela b S he fobts Lt (Cavite aRditrar] thonsn ot forcing the Olympia, he will 5 e foxts ac be able to arrive in New York in sixty t " | days, or about July 20. From Hongkong th thence to Colombo, > Olympia will proceed to Singapore, where she will take : on coal, and from Colombo will go to S Aden. It may be considered advisable ke Manila’s last 5 : i § to replenish the Olympia’s coal suppiy A Lo Sneck st At that port, and then she will con- e '1 ‘) s ']"‘ - “( tinue her cruise, stopping next at Suez, e O arrangements will be made for iay nost of the The first to ar ge through the canal. kgt " | Once th!u\l;,h the canal the Olympia | 7 oclock |yl turn her prow to the westward, terward the ad- | and if the admiral desires.to take a nd called> upon the v cruise, he will probably order and the United States mpia to various ports along the mmission. Admiral Dewey | Mediterrancan, stopping at Malta and r his home going, | Gibraltar, where the English garrisons But WEfio 5 eintes the friendsniy | Will probably pleasantly greet him. gl e e SMD | From Gibraitar the Olympia will sail SO °ply he hopes they | ) the Azores, and then for New York. vill not be too demonstrative. He in- | 2 e B e e . | GREAT RIVARRYEIN Just before the Olympia sailed I went | SUBSCRIBING FOR DEWEY by her and interviewed Admiral | on his departure. In response ; 1,,.,“,]”, Lo pon NEW YORK, May 20.—The Brooklyn leave Manila to-day. I go with | Dagle this evening sa Novonly hag . peavel behile [ billcwe | the Admiral Dewey house fund become ”‘rm,‘ A a matter of national interest, but it 10 2 | looks now as if there would be friendly 1 our surgent lines of emissaries sent | rivairy headquarters can Ly among the cities of the Union arri- | : " | great privations. | | | requesting to be advised of the | The receipt of | | is' | | | | | | . sb e et ed e e THE OLYMPIA HOMEWARD BOUND. [ o i SRRl SCI SCRR el SO i aaCie G o cie e oo e e e o e e e o ) > FOUR MILLION DOLLAR FIRE SWEEPS DAWSON Entire Business Section of the Klondike Metropolis Destroyed by a Conflagration. ICTORIA, B. C.,, May —An- | other dlsastrous fire has visited | Dawson City, this time wiplng out the entire business center of the Klondike metropolis and cre- ating losses that will aggregate ov ur‘ $4,000,000, with scarcely a dollar of ln-‘ surance. It is believed that several persons perished in the conflagration. The news was brought from Dawson | by C. Hume of Seattle and T. Reilly, | who made the trip out with the fews | at the risk of their lives, for the ice is | | | | the water front buildings abreast of the | broken and unsafe. They were obliged | to make big detours and experienced Hume is a son of ex Mayor Hume of Seattle. They report that the fire occurred on April 26 in the very center of the city. | It commenced near the opera house, on | | the water front. Spreading with un- usual rapidity, fanned by a strong northeast wind, it destroyed building after building, eating its way down the | street to and including Donahue & Smith’s establishment and taking in all In other words, the fire | crossed the street, burned through and | spread over to Second street, covering the principal business portion of Daw- son, leaving it all in ashes, with the firemen helpless and powerless to do anything. The fire consumed every- thing from Timmins' Royal Cafe down | to and opposite the Fairview Hotel. | It was a terrible conflagration, for, | same blocks. said Mr. Rielly, every building burned | like tinder. They had been standing | two yvears and the logs were as dry as | powder. The whole place seemed to be | a sea of roaring and leaping flames. | The excitement was intense. As the | | flames raced along the streets, crack- | 2 o 7 as to the number of su ribers that one thing. They point to the | : iR o | would be placed upon the roll, which | naa I consulted my pride, 1| Wil e handed to Admiral Dewey when presentation is made. Every city taken a sort of pride in pushing the remained here till peac }‘,h‘ tablished. But there are a man’s life r» sides his idered. My health, fc seen ,,r.-duau under- g strain placed upon onstant care that has subs mention of the fact that San Francisco | had up to this day subscribed $1508 sent Brooklyn subscriptions bounding up, so | that they now top those of the city of the Golden Gate. It is appar the Brooklyn borough posed upon me for we And, of course, are home beaten by San Francisco in this pa- One of the ti s that touched me | triotic enterprise, and letters which most, among the many expressions | have been rec how that a strong of warm fee from the feeling of rivalry exists.” home, was the raising of a sub: = in my nadve State—it was started at % Bosion, L believe—to build a bror WALES LIKES TO HEAR statue of me to be placed in the . Rouse at Montpelicr opposite the AMERICAN WHISTLERS of Ethan Allen. 2 ve T looked “Many a tim at that statue of n in wonder ar : rnm‘run, if 1| Mrs. Shaw and Clever Frank ‘Surrender in the Lawton, chovah anc 3 < e 4 and the | o ia1 Cable to The > New York wn.!)l a 1 Herald. Copyrigh James Gor- “The way I feel is that no greater don Bennett compliment could be paid me than the| 1,0NDON, Ma: —The: Prince of| erection of my s Alur;(m such a place in | yijes' great pleasure in hearing Mrs. my own village R Shaw whistle was frequently the cause Being told t gLt peouls wanted | 5 that lady appearing at many soclal te home |h) way of San Fran- | ¢ynctions. His Royal Highne: and across the continen | enjoys the keen notes of siffleurs 1 replied: “If I W { has on two oceasions sho r and had pol the whistling of F tion of s that chance.” he Bell of New York would not mi D b, befare him. ent that | not going to be | cription along. The old civic pride | for Brooklyn is apparent, for the mere | | incr Has Greatly Enjoyed the Talent of‘ Captain Walker of the Concord, the | questing him to appear Jast of the commanders here who was | Last week at the Grafton gallerles the o e battle before Cavite, went to the | ETince was very much amused by the n the battle b e Pl 1¢ | American’s clever rendering of negro mel- | Admiral to-day and Don’t leave | bajes. and at the cafe chantant of the me behind.” So he was relieved and | Hotel Cecil on Monday night, his Royal | goes home on the Olympia. Highness arriving late and belng told that e i Lawton had contributed to the gramme earlier in the evening, that he be asked to whistle again. ton waa dug up out of a corner of llw smoking room of the hotel, rushed up- stairs and was soon whistling away, de- lighting the Prince and a large audience with the same clear notes which many American audiences have enjoyed in the past. ANXIOUS TO RECEIVE DEWEY’S ITINERARY NEW YORK, May 20.—The Herald's Washington correspondent sends the | | have ling and roaring, the citizens ran panic- | stricken before them, unable to save | anything in the way of furniture, goods or clothing. Everything that the greater number of them possessed wa swept away and hundreds will be des titute. There will be a great deal of suffering if not actual starvation in | m.m"mses. ng the firms known to have been burned out were the Bank of British | North America, the McDonald block, McLellan-& McFeely, Parsons Produce Company, Royal Cafe, Donahue & Smith, Aurora saloon, Bodega, Madden House, Hotel Victoria. These were the only destroyed places OROKOXD X QROXOXONOX M ABSURD RULES FOR BRITISH RECRUITS Had They Been in Force Twenty Years Ago England Would Be Without Generals. to The Call and the New York 1899, by James Gor- B3 o + ® o ? ¢ ® * @ * ® + & * © + t ble Copyrighted, don Bennett How not to get soi- ibsurd recruiting rules, gitating more and more the military | .. It is very well known that not- withstanding all the talk of disarmamen Britain_as well as R all_othei making the most ase her army, to are na Truth explains the secret o try's comparative non-suc men for the armv and giv se of | a man 5 feet 6 inches in height who was | refected because he was only 10 stone 3| pounds in weight—velow the regulation | | welght, A military correspondent, writing to | sks where would have been Lord | Wolseley, the present commander in chief | of the British army; Lord Roberts, Sir | Evelyn Wood and other eminent generals, 5 feet 6 and over, who certainly did not come up to the present regulation weight at the age of 20. Had the absurd rules been in existence ten or twenty vears ago Britain would A no generals now, and will have none the future if recruiting rules are not altered, unless, of course, the peace conference decid that all swords are to be beaten into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks. Returns to the White House. WASHINGTON, May 20.—The President and Mrs. McKinley, with the friends who accompanicd them, reached Washington at 5:30 p. m. to-day. The stay of .twelve days at Hot Springs was one almost en- tirely of rest. The outing has been of great benefit to the President and he re- Sumes his official dutles thoroughly re- freshed and invigorated Truth, B N N A oshss#gxo;g. of business given by the two news- bearer: They say scores of smaller firms lost their all. This fire came at a time when the mills and dealers in bullding materials had exhausted their winte supplies, and were awaiting the opening of nav. gation to replenish their stocks. The | result is that there is a dearth of all | kinds of building material and furni- tare. Tie few articles still Témaining | outside the burned district have quad- | rupled in prices. Doors are selling for $35 each, door locks for $8 each and everything else in proportion. The town is paralyzed, because noth- ing can be done until the opening of navigation, which is several weeks dis- tant. The first boat going down with building material will reap a rich har- vest. Hume and Reilly say that two riv closed. and it was expected that the steamer Ora would leave for Benmett about eight days after they left. They left Dawson with the ncws of the fire two days after the catastrophe, | and rushed out at great risk, intend- ing to sell the story to the paper ding the highest amount. They told a man named Toklas at Bennett and he gave the story to the Skaguay papers. NO TRAITOR, BUT HE DIED A SPY'S DEATH | Ao e B o O R IR b £ + + ® © * * & & * * * * @ ® * * $ & * * * © * 3¢ i : i % z z JACOB VETTER. I S S O R ) HUENEME, May 20.—The following article, dated “San Diego, May 11,” which appeared in The Call on May 12, is of more than passing interest to the people of Hueneme: E. E. Clark of this city, who is in the engineering department aboard the United States steamship Philadelphia, writes to his father, John Clark, from Apia, under e of April 19, 5 “There was a fellow shipped from San Diego as a steward. He was a German, and when he got here he went ashore tc buy groceries, but never came back. They say he was a spy. A seaman named Stlefer says he saw the deserter in a fight our men had with the rebels and shot him. He says he is_sure of It, and most of the fellows aboard believe him.” The subject of this article, it is believed, is a young German named Jacob Vetter, who was employed for nearly two years as baker in the establishment of Z. D. Shipman here. He gave up his position the latter part of January and after selling most of his effects started on his bi- cycle for Arizona, where he hoped to obtain more remunerative em- ployment. Several weeks later it was learned Vetter had shipped as steward on the cruiser Philadelphia at San Diego. In a letter from Apia dated April 15 to Albert Karcher of Hueneme, the young man gives no inkling of an intention to betray the country of his adoption, but it would seem that he was taken captive upon landing at Apia while sent to purchase groceries for the ship. From his letter the inference is drawn that if he was the young German steward of the Philadelphia who was shot as a spy his presence among the rebels was due to no act of his own volition. + R RORIRIRENIRIRRI RN+ N+ R+ ReReRN+O : 5 g g . & 5 + : : : § : & & g § : O I O R R e D R O s v steamers reached Dawson, but a | cold snap came on and the river again | It was breaking when they left | bid- | WI ‘ Sugge | Jaaaaasssssasasssnssnant | £ JAMES. D. PHELAN - - President $ I CLAUS SPRECKELS, Ist Vice-Pres’t t + IRVING M. SCOTT, 2d Vice-Pres't ¢ CAI’T K. H. FLETCHER, Secretary ¢ 3 2¢ Treasurer - Abaak to be selected :; iéflmmflb 0“40“0#“‘ HESE are the representative men selected by the Dewey Statue Committee at its meet- ing yesterday in the office of his Honor, Mayor James D. Phelan. In addition to the chief execu- tive the members present were Irving M. Scott, C. L. Patton, Professor C. H. Murphy, Charles Bundschu, W. G. Stafford, George D. Clark, Joseph § Tobin, Captain R. H. Fletcher, R. P. Schwerin and Horace G. Platt. The dominant tone of comment from the men gathered in the name of the people of this city was that the pro- posed movement to honor Admiral George Dewey and the men who fought with him at Manila was assured of suc- cess from the outset. That Dewe: all living Americans holds the f place in the estimation of the people of this coast was shown by the efforts put forth to imnduce him to return to the land he has so ably represented through the Golden Gate. A small part of the energy which would have been expended on the greeting accorded him had he returned this way will, if di- rected toward providing a suitable monument, yield grand results. After the organization of the com- mittee yesterday an informal discus- sion ensued as to the probable cost of | the statue and the most appropriate location. It was suggested that from $100,000 to $150,000 would be required and the gentlemen of the committee | seemed confident they could raise the amount without difficulty. It is not proposed to make this a local move- ment, limited merely to the metropoli- tan district, but one to be taken up throughout the State. The committee- men will strive earnestly to press the matter to a successful issue and have Wo+o+64 | | He4040+040404 2 $0404040404 @ a sculptor at work on marble or bronze at an early date. Mayor Phelan complimented his as- sociates on their leanings toward the artistic, saying he felt assured they would select a design that would be an ornament to the city. He holds strong ideas on the subject of the “City Beau- tiful,” believing Market street should | be dotted with artistic groups of statu- ary. He has done his share in this re- gard as shown in the fountain sym- bolical of California which he dedicated to the Native Sons. His Honor believes | every gore on the north side of Markil, street from the ferry to Van Ness ave- nue should be ornamented with artistic ®eroups of statuary. - The standard of art has been raised | materially in recent years on this coast. This is marked by the rejection of the Garfield and Grant monuments and by the interest manifested in art exhibi- | tions of all kinds. To educate the pub- | lic and develop in them a desire for | the artistic the Mayor would erect statues wherever possible. The Dewey monument he would place where every- body entering the city would see it without being compelled to go in quest | of it. | The gentlemen of the committee have | no misgivings as to the possibility of raising the funds required. They did not discuss that detail of their duties yesterday, leaving it in the hands of their executive committee to map out a plan of campaign. This will be sub- mitted at the next meeting in the office of Mayor Phelan on Tuesday. Decks will then be cleared for action and the collection of funds commenced in earnest | for | R. H. Fletcher, SRR R O O THE STATUE TO DEWEY LL ARISE Executive Committee Or- ganizes to Provide Funds. Sure of Success—Senator Per- kins Makes a Novel Patriotic stion. In giving an official title to the com- mittee yesterday it was determined to call it “A committee to erect a monu- ment to the American navy in com- memoration of the victory of Admiral Dewey at Manila.” It will thus honor the gallant “Jackies” who fought un- | der the Stars and Stripes, making Dewey the central figure. The question of collections has yet to be settled by the general committee. The members will have decided upon a plan of action on Tuesday, and the work of getting the contributions will begin immediately. It is well to heed the Scriptural injunction in this par- ticular: “He that gives quickly gives doubly.” Upon the assembling of the gentle- men selected by his Honor the Mayor, Irving M. Scott moved that a tempor- ary organization be effected. Mayor Phelan sketched in outline the objects which they had been called to- gether, saying it was the intention to erect a monument in honor of the navy nd of Admiral George Dewey. He said the matter vague and that it would devolve upon the com- mittee to determine where the monu- ment should be placed when completed; its character and its cost. He was econ- fident from the number of men of artis- tic temperament on the committee trat a monument would be selected which would be a lasting credit to the me whom it was intended to honor. There was a tone of_ regret in his voice when he said the Grant and Gar- field monuments had been finally re. jected as not being up to the required standard. He felt ured the mem- bers of the committee would all take an active part in the present move- ment. and that the monument would be built before any other community can honor the heroes of Manila. Upon motion of Mr. Scott, Captain curator of the Art As- W appointed temporary Upon rollcall the following gentlemen were voted present: James D. Phelan, Irving M. Scott, R. P. W. G. Stafford, Chadrles L Patton, Joseph S. Tobin, Professor ( H. Murphy, Charles Bundschu, George D. Clark, Horace G. Platt and Captain Fletcher. D R R = R sociation, secretary. ++m + + + + + + d 2 + & SAN FRANCISCO, May 20, 1899. » >% To the Editor of The Call-My Dear Sir: Referring to your advo- & 4 cacy of building a monument or statue in honor of Admiral Dewey, to t © be erected in Golden Gate Park in commemoration of the great naval 4§ + + ¥ achievement by Admiral Dewey in Manila Ba: . [ have already given ex- 4 pression to my views in relation to the matter and most heartily com- ¥ fi mend the public spirit which prompted your excellent paper to inaugu- o ¥ rate this movement. I think this plan far more appropriate than build- & + ing a house for him in Washington. + > 4 I desire to suggest in this connection, provided it meets with the $ & approval of our citizens, that I will offer a resolution when Congress & 4 meets ‘asking the Government to place at the disposal of the people of ¥ $ San Francisco through the special committee appointed, of which the ¢ & Mayor is an ex-officio member, the brass cannon captured at Cavite @ 4 and Manila. These cannon we can have melted and cast into a bronze & $ statue of Admiral Dewey and such other appropriate emblems in con- + $ nection with the monument which would commemorate the valor-of the § ¢ admiral and those who took part in that memorable conflict. It seems & 4 to me that such use of these cannon would be most appropriate and + & more beautiful and useful from an artistic standpoint than as useless © g cannon, and would be an enduring monument of the valor of our sailors. & % Yours truly, GEORGE C. PERKINS. ® R AR e SRR RCRROS SIS | _The matter of permanent organiza- tion was then approached. Mayor Phe- lan, at the urgent solicitation of the to gentlemen present, agreed act as chairman of the committee, ving he felt assured the work which had been undertaken would be pressed to a suec- cessful ue. Claus Spreckels was chosen first vice president, Irving M. Scott, second vice president; Captain Fletcher, secretar The chairman was empowered to select either a bank or an individual as custodian of the funads which will be collected. rhe question as to what number should -constitute a quorum ‘for, the transaction of business was then des bated. Mr. Clark favored seven, while Mr. Patton favored five as being a good working number. Mr. Platt and Mr. Stafford both thought five too small a number, considerin~ the responsibili- ties which must devolve upon them when questions of Casign and location must be determined. The judgment of many people will be obtained to the end that the best selection may be made. Mr. Patton urged that the public want the first and best monument, and that a competent working majority was de- sirable. The motion that seven of the eighteen members constitute a quorum finally prevailed. Mr. Scott suggested that the chalr. man and secretary retire and prepare rules under which the committee could work with the best results, and also to name the sub-committees. The first and second vice presidents were added to the committee on organization. Mr. Bundschu, who is one of the most enthusiastic supporters of the project, urged that the entire committee act as