The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 5, 1900, Page 1

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YOLUME SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1900. ~ PRICE FIVE CENTS. BOERS TRYING TO INVEST ROBERTS AT BLOEMFONTEIN British Forces Now Being Concentrated to Offset the Audacious Plan of the Advancing FIRE DESTROYS CONVENTION HALL AT KANSAS CITY Blsidr Gy T Presbyterian Church, Lathrop School and a Row of Flats Swept Away by the Devouring DESIGNING MEN BACK Transvaalers. . B T S e SAVING A D T R I R I SCEp SN ONDON, April ttempting ne , a. m.—It looks to- L. of delive ATTEMPTS TO KILL PRINCE OF WALES A Young Anarchist Fires Two Shots at His Royal Highness, but Fails to Do Injury. @ririeieieisieies sieieied e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : * 3 . . H.> KCYAL HIGHNESS THE iR NCE OF WALES. = { ® phot 1 taken lately in his uniform as captain general of the 4 . norable Artillery : Bi st ebebeisiotodebsdededeoedoposeiol® Prince of Wales and that he did not 1y his action and was ready to do it in if glven a cha pido subsequently d he wanted to the Prince “because he caused thou- sands of men to be slaughtered in South | Africa.” ing the shots the station master and knocked down the would-be in's arm as he pre- pared to fire a third shot, and a number of persons threw themselves on the Prince’s assailant. In the confusion a second man who was quite innocent was seized, roughly handled and beaten. | After the Prince of Wales had ascer- train of Wales, but | i the insmith sels, 16 found to be tion offictals to kil thel ared be intended Continued on Second Page. GUN OF BATTERY U, v as though the Boers had conceived eits at Bloemfontein, or at least tc endeavor to delay his northward ad- lines of communication. On his side Lord Roberts is concantrating his antage of the bold but risky tzctics of the enemy. He is not likely SO DEDEPIPEPEPEOOPOEPOPEDEIE® o505 0F @ OF DEWEY Elements. | Q2000000000 eieteietesiesisistostosbeisceiosiesieisisoississe® B T S S e Y ) + * 4 @ > ;/Party Opponents of|: 3 & . * | McKinley and Bryan |: 2 PS A E ® * 1 His Advisers. B : P 3 |USING THE ADMIRAL s : 1 AS A POLITICAL CLUB|? 3 ® — e . k3 = 2 @ 'S {|Led Him to Believe Both s . . | 4 1| Parties Would Be Eager |3 . 4| G St : | o : B4 Bidders for His B3 ] & = % le - ¢l Lecd-rship. |@ ¢ d SRS (2 : ol lal Dispatch to The Call | e . t‘0000040‘000«0000000006. h: . NEW YORK, April 4.—The : s Herald has twenty-nine inter- 2 5 p R ¢ 3|3 Hew Cwirh iDimocratlfr Na- Ccnvention ball, Kansas City, as It Appeared Before Destruction. « | ions < tt . - ’_ tY’seven’m::::ltl::m;;B_rv;::; 0%0'€0~05\030.0:0'»0=0v05»0.0:0‘...30...0.......g.o~$vo.0§~‘ 1 North Dakote is for Dewey, | ANSAS CITY, Mo., April 4.—Con- %. | thelr w i and J. J. Dwyer of California 1 vention Hall, Ka Clty pride ks > whereln the Democratic Convention was to have been held on July 4, was 1z says he cannot decide until he knows Dewey’s politics. The Herald has interviews with thirty Senators and Rep- resentatives. Twenty-nine either declars for Bryan or ridicule Dewey's pretensions. Representative Jefferson Levy of New York says he is for the admiral. from a fire that started from an unknowr source at 1 o’clock. The fire burned with | such fury that it was evident almost | from the start that the structure was | Goomed ana the firemen saon turned their i aving surrounding propert slowing and before the at 2:15 o'clock the attention to | A Stiff breeze w fire wa subdued | ond Presbyterian Church, . one | finest edifices in the city, the | sonage, the Lathrop public school R e RS Y T S R 4454444440444 440444440 AL HEADQU | story. thirteen-room 3 LINGTON HOTEL. [;actass the way o8 Ceu ° TON. April 4—Admiral phtaais )"f (REAgRLD ety ® announcement of his candidacy for | TWelfth strect, el .| morning has | ¥ Ee . ater or less ¢ > and for a time 1 o [been aimost the s« of conversatton | ETREE. oF, 168 ASETES AN ke ‘of bulla- \ to-day Washingtor w1 : 9 nun * 3 res| district would go. R. H. 4 ? | The announcement came as a compl ‘lng.s in the r .Mt‘m' district w |I1 1 ® laurprise to all except the few politictans | The aggregate loss s 340,000, g U, Royal Horse + | Who bad been using their influence with | Portioned as follows: Convention Hall, c | $235,000, Insurance $155.000; church ne time to induce him admiral for sc this cof | insured; parso: adopt e b4l £35,000, ance $20.400; Willlamson et AN G PR dbe ingi. | $35.000, insurance $20400; Williamson bloc g1 - ThongniAdgial ]”]“N g p e ,'“T{ Twelfth street, $60,000, insurance $45,000; 5 et e oeses s b esesseeq cateinany way which party be expects | At | to take up his eandidacy it s stated tha* ! he expects that his announcement wiil “create such a wave of popar enthiusiasm as to indicate to’ the leaders of the Democracy the advisabllity of placing him { i3 "homocratic convention in July. While in nomination at the Kansas Clty con- | n¢ JemOCTEE NOTTED ol 0 “members of tion. The men who are understood to |y, Commercial Club, through whose ef- consulted about the matter and | f,,\ "the hall was conceived and built. It more or less emcouragement | . ioq in the crowds of spectators and are all Democrats wha are opposed to the |y, ; soliciting funds for a new struc ‘ miscell the audacions plan of Will Be Rebuilt. Hall immediately and make it ready for no tion of Mr. Bryan. Among them | This eve 00 had been 3 are #a1d to be ‘John B. Mcbasn, the qa-.| Ure. - This evening 3§50, fal bec E | MARCHING TO THE miral's. brother-in-law: former § 1 Slanitla s et B B o of the Navy Whitnéy. former o ke L RELIEF OF MAFEKING | Gorman, Nathan Straus of New York anq | 1Zen® foF to-morrow night to devise wa Judge Brawley of South Carolina LONDON, April 5.—A aispatch to the |, Llre 18 Eood reason to belleve that|gate 1f he had managed matters right Mail from. Mafeling. dnted Masen | Certain prominent Republieans are well | (35 "y firse returned to the United runmer th Guboongs ated March | pleased with the admiral's action. even | Siates ~ He then declined to be considered e. received. the: welc sp|if they did not urge it upon him in ad- | “candidate and subsequently dampened e Rl bl cance. Some of the Republicans who | apthusiasm for him by his marriage and ed the Porto Ritan tariff bill | cne transter of his hou In the judg- ed th peful thi morning when they | pont of politictans he allowed his the roac announcement that it would re- | opportunity to pass and cannot now hope i in frightening the Republlean leaders | to sacure a prize that he might have had the raj cause them to aba for the asking when he first came home from Manila Whether politicians underestimate Ad- tor Alllson of Towa are said | two of the men whe looked upon | cement with favor and Senator | as one of the first callers at the | s residence this morning. | more than 2 g left daily : of the country is a question that can only COLONEL PORTER MAKES A MOST BRILLIANT CHARGE ed for the feeling throughout the country of the admirai’s an- | (o manifest itself somewhat. There have f Washington has | peen instances in American history wher from what ft has | polfticians and party leaders have had Iy fali to arouse | 1o give way to a general manifestation of usfasm to carry the | will. and the admiral ar < White Hous 1 that this would be one of thos fone However this may be, it Is certain that with enthusiasm the trend of opinion among politictans, which ho Dbas n_greeted railway | and espectally among the supporters of e ions and receptions into belief that | Bryan, is that the Dewey candidacy will amount to very little. This was well fllus- | tratea by the reply of Senator Jomes of ift. It is piain that If the admiral | Arkansas, chairman of the Democratic eive any nomination ft must come | National Committee, to my question as result of a spontaneeus outburst | to what he thought of the admiral’s can- American people were ready be- »t him any office or honor within luding eleven the previous suaities on the the ak b5k : L | dldacy: 4 of enthusiasm from the people. so strong | IAAGYS |\ Lio0) it any consideration, GENERAL CL:E!&E&TS' MOVE. l morning march from here Continued on Second Page. ! have been an'exceedingly strong candi- [ R R S R e J £ CONTRIBUTORS TO DEWEY .DAY FUND DEAND A RETURN OF THEIR MONEX CHICAGO, Aoril 4 tions to recelve Admira demands of angry + " | 4 | + & + + T 3 ¥ < + - - From early morning till nearly midnight the executive committee in charge of the prepara- Dewey on the occasion of his proposed visit to Chicago on May 1 was in session listening to ributors of money for,the return of their contributions and to withdrawals of offers of a score or more of civic and other organizations to participate in.the proposed Dewey day parade. As a result it is con- sidered auite probable the Dewey day ceiebration may be called off. When the committee was formed it was declded by the members of the finance committee, to whom was intrust- ed the work of collecting funds to meet exnenses, that there was to be nothing of a political nature in the affair, but that this occaslon was to be a patriotic celebration of one of the greatest naval battles in history; that Admiral Dewey had kindly consented to lend his presence to the occasfon, so that hundreds of thousands of admirers of the hero of Manila Bay might look upon his features, grasp his hand and pay him homage. The committee met splendid success up to this time. The people have felt the season was good for such an event and the occasion would bring thousands-to Chicago. The fund which was raised for Admiral Dewey’'s entertainment was In keeping with the city and occasion. Military and clvic socleties volunteered their services to make the display such as had never been witnessed in Chicago before, and every one felt the celebration would be as fitting to the ad- miral as had been the one in New York on his return from the Orient. The committee was hurriedly called this morning to discuss the new phase put upon Dewey’'s standing before the people by his announcement of his candidacy for the Presidency, and had barely been called to order when demands for the return of contributions began to pour in by malil, by telegraph, by telephone and by word of mouth. The one general excuse for the demand invariably made was that the contribution had been made for the entertainment of Dewey, the victorious admiral of the na and not for Dewey, the politiclan and office-seeker. The withdrawals of re- quests for positions in the parade by civic and military organizations were invariably based upon the same grounds. Members of the committee are facing one of the strangest propositions they have ever been called upon to solve. They talked the matter over at length, and after a conference made the following statement to the press: “The majority of the members of the committee find themselves in an enibarrassing bosition, owing to the fact that they supposed they were to entertain the admiral of the United States navy, and now it develops they are to entertain a candidate for the office of President of the United States. This political feature has caused the embarrassment re- ferred to, and many of the organizations that were to participate ifi the parade have decided to withdraw. “Contributors to the fund to defray the expenses did so on the assurance of the committee that there would be no polities whatever on the occaslon, and now contributors are asking for a return of their money. “‘Tt is hoped that the preparations for honoring Admiral Dewey will not have to be abandoned, and the committee will do its utmost to overcome the revulsion of feeling caused by the publication of Admiral Dewey's determination to become a candidate for thé Presidency.” 1 Notwithstanding the committee’s public statement that preparations will continue, the members privately say they believe the “Jig is up.” Many of the members have lost heart, and if Admiral Dewey should change his mind, now that he has become a candidate for office, and-decline to come to Chicago, it would be a great relief to them. .H-OO0000‘##0044‘¢#¢¢¢¢M¢t¢¢m¢¢ffflf§4#W##Q#fl#*#*####f#fw‘ + + + + + + + & . - - g + - + B ke ) + + + + + ks + + + + + + + - . B + - - + + + + + 2 + + + b4 $ + + o f - + + - + + + + + + + + - S R + + 8 + + + » e + 3 + + + + 3 : & Plaris are on foot to rebuild Convention | fii)' was in ruins. miral Dewey's strength with the people | be answered when time enough has elaps- | | LONDON il 5.—Th Jemfontein | 1% {0 be bevond the power of politicians | 4qj, ator. It will be forgotten by | mlnu;‘.,,.?q AP 2 —phe Bloemfonteln | 5 curb it or controt it. Politiclans with | saimerrow . migh o P what 1a " the use | | graphing Tuesday, sass: “Gene | few exceptions ridicule the idea of his | thinking about it?" e ; ents’ f raversed Petrusberg obtaining the nomination from either | When I asked the admiral this morning and is now encamped a | party. Tt is said that the admiral would — e ———————— girders telegraphed t for massive et _of held by with a crash that ing erabe the fireme Corinthian lining the building along_the fucades on Thirizenth apd Cen | streets tottered a few minutes and into are roof garden, be the asena balcony. yutward and the hall was a complete The tota! y W B wreck. M0 and wit yom the A strong wind carried the flames to the | was capabie Second Presbyterian Church, on th - | people. The posite side of Thirteenth and C building haa streets, and in forty minut ture, occupying a half blo The and next the Lathrop School part i in the cyc at the rat and w d been set a 11 of the newspaper corres the coming cenvention, | simultaneously, and soon nothing but SUDDEN DEATH OF '~ GEN. JOHN BIDWELL Was an Early Pioneer and at One Time Prohibitionist Can- didate for Presidency. . . $ be {2 . P s 6 ps 1t b le > + . ) 9. * Bt b4 - > s . & il A5 2 % s + . s . R . ® N . . £ d ® 14 . e . I+ - kS ' . B 1é - & - 3¢ . : THE LATE GENERAL JOHN BIDWELL. : |9 L R o e . 1 HICO, April 4—General John Bid- well, perhaps the oldest living Cali- fornia ploneer, died suddenly at his magnificent home on the Rancho Chico at 2:3 ‘o'clock this afternoon. General Bidwell had for several years. been superintending the work on a new | drive through his grounds, and went out | to inspect the work this morning at 7:30 o'clock. At about 9 o'clock, while ma ing a fallen tree for sawyers, he suddeni dropped to the ground. He was conveyed to his house and several physicians were summoned to his bedside. At first he ral- lled and strong hopes were entertained of his recovery, but at 2 o'clock fie had a relapse, from which he never recovered. Besides a widow, he leaves three nicces | and one cousin in this State to mourn his loss. In 186% in the ecity of Washington, he was married to Miss Anna Kennedy. His three nieces are: Mrs. Emery Hobart, Mrs. Mary Reed of Chico and Mrs. W. C. Collins of Sacramento. The cousin is Dr. Ella Getchell of Chico. The date of the fuheral has not as yet been decided upon. General Bidwell was born August 5, 1819, in Chautauqua County, New York. His youthful life was full of change, very few opportunities being presented him for edu- cational advancement. The principal and last schooling he received was obtained at Kingville Academy, Ashtabula County. Ohlo. He walked 30 miles to reach the Continued on Second Page.

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