The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 1, 1900, Page 23

Berore *OXPIEXSFEHG RO “wocnte 4 * b4 4 * N * : V10 : - : = 3 B ¢ 0 EEIEEEREFE FOX SXOXIXGXREXEQ SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, PARK OFFICER GREGGAINS ~ MARKED WITH IRON HOOFS [ e o ae o o 2o o0 2 A . S e cn o o S e aa o 7 ) > Is Hurled to 4 Earth by Sudden Turnof His Mount and Narrowly Es- capes Death. re of Park Of- t the of. Qerosdssededbededbedeieden . bede . ’ e e b e etese@ THROWN FROM HIS HORSE AND KICKED. LR R S s ‘warning the horse alone saved him from a Greggains had by this time recovered b sufficiently to ald In. the search for his o during the wild plunging | saddle, which was found in the shrubbery, nimal had remained stricken with | where it had fallen when torn loose from i | the horse. ~Again mounting his horse, but bruised and sore, Greggains made his way to the station, reported his- misfortune 3 avern n the meantime ¥n the road, to Greggains, like those who ~witnessed it, a swayed | marveled at his escape. He may be back he runaway attracted | on duty to-day, but it 13 thought by those park officers, who | whe mined Lis hurts that many days him back to the b4l b - he can again find com- ort ddle. = YEARS OF SICKNESS UNSETTLED HER MIND Mrs. Ferguson Found Dead With End of Gas Hose in Her Mouth. , wife of W. E. Fer- alencia street, committed MORGAN TO APPEAR TO vesterday morning by asphyxiat- ing rself w illuminating gas. Her h a K. 5 o'clock in the morn- 3 ing and went into the kitchen to look for IN CART N A A her.- He found her lying unconsclous on the floor with one end of a rubber tube in her mouth ed with the g Dr. Wyme three ho o Db e e e e ebhebedeboibeieie® + L4 the other end being connect- burner, was summoned and spent trying to resuscitate the in, but without success, a native of Illinois, ad been in bad health and the constant use «ttled her mind. She had 1 to commit suicide, and uesday was prevented hter from Killing her: _a husband and . three 1 and dang She lea children. Coroner Cole held an inquest y d the vesterday, v returned a verdict of suicide ——————— ! D’EVELYN ON SOUTH $ AFRICA AND HER WARS * 4 | Hlustrated Lecture Given in Aid of 3 the Indian Famine Fund. Last night at Metropolitan Temple Dr. d"Evelyn, late of the Natal 1 & | Frederick W. | fleld force and Pretoria siege garrison, | gave an illustrated = lecture- on - “South |-Africa and Her Wars,” in ald of the Call- 4 | fornia Indian famine fund.. Willlam Greer @ | Harrison présided and a short musical programme was rendered by Miss. Mar- ? | Baret Davis, planist, and . Miss Lillian Merrihew | Pleasure. | - Mr. Harrison, { @Evelyn, - in the lecture, severely condemned: the atti- tude of critics who aseribed the famine at present existent in India to anything but the severe and unprecedented droughts of the past two vears and averred that the English-Government had ‘done all that lay in-its power for the alleviation of the awful -conditions. - He advised alse the formation of a:British leagie in America for thé purpose of educating public senti- ment into a juster appreciation.of British method: Dr. d ® before " introducing Dr. elyn’s lecture, which was illus- v 100 slides taken at the seat of nt war, was listened to with the tientioh by ‘a large and enthu- | stastic . The Flctures of ‘White, | Baden-Powell, Ladysmith and Mafeking, | with the racy descriptions of the lecturer. TWO NEW PLAYERS IN “THE TREE OF EKNOWLEDGE.” S e s ] --00-0 4806540004 P . i members of the Henryated in the New York production of Car- | were greeted with prolonged cheerin; : whom San Fran- | 1on's drama. “Nigel Staftvon.” Sadie | the Boers; various delinguencies shobting their artinot and Walcot will be seen in .roles | on the white flag and escaping under its b3 ey g at call for the best that the players can | protéctio !e suitably hissed. Pool-Sellers Arrested. The police continue to make arrests of | pool-sellers who violate the ordihance by | selling pools, Policemen Byrne | give. Apart from th the play itself great dramatic | The ai se and sitdations are ding up to climaxes of unusual Besides the players - mentioned t will include the following names remarkable - cast, drama entitled The Sadie | interest erisp, 1 Wal- | Yesterda; forming | Henry Miller, Frank Worthing, E. J.|and Sheehan - arrested Joseph result will be o cast | Backus, John Findlay, Charles Christis | slark for Zick Abrams: Joseph Ef,%fl: ancisco a dramatic | Margaret Anglin, Mrs. Thomas Whiffen | clerk for Ha: Corbett, and ~Edwa i, reon enjoyed here | and Tilian Thineate ” Tne advance’ de Storgan, clerk for Ed Smith, Leldesdo aguire's. mand for seats is immense and there will | street. They were each released on appear in the part he cre- | be crowded houses. cash 3 B : » B e e e 2 - @ . . @ * < 1 ?1 * @ * & * ® Rd ® ®. @ L 2 ® + é * L 4 * @ . Q 1 + ! @ b 4 * D000 0000640000008 0000000000000 000000Q whose numbers -gave ‘much | sheaking of the object of | i Hazen, chief of the Government Secret Service Bureau on this coast, and charged | t'with: émbezzlement. “The p | takeri to the chief’s office: in. the | building and was releaséd some hours | fater on:$2000 bond: Taylor, who -1s 93 years of age, comes and then turned toward his home. Officer | | t SAID TO HAVE STOLEN GOLD { deposit melter at the United States Mint, | was last evening arrested by George W. | under arrest: | ed i pear before Commissioner {'and that he is innocent. HINT ERPLOYE ARRESTED AT 1S QOORSTEP F. A. Taylor Charged With Serious Offense by His Superiors. -~ AL S Evidence of His Guilt Found on His Person and in His Trunk hy Secret Service Agents. - Frederick A. Taylor, an assistant gold miable - family, sensation in of-the late ( arce promin He !s'a brother | r Taylor, whe. .was mentioned for guber torfal ‘honors. ' Taylor: haw been’ emplaye in the Mint for . He was ap- pointed _tunder ntendent -Daggett: As’ a-melter ‘it as ‘hig duty to handle thousands of _dollars”: worth of gold; and according to Chief Hazen, he was tempted to pilfer the preeious-metal at every op- | ty. His stealings soon ' became and a watch was'set on his gde- artment. :Suspicion fell upon Taylor and hief. Hazen ‘took the mattef in hand. | He has had the meiter under survellionce | for more than a month, and during that | time - has - recelved . material - assistance | from Superintendent Leach of the Mint. When thg Ming employe finished his ia- bor yesterday afternoon he was followed | by ‘Hazen, who, satisfying himseif that | he had the gullty person, placeéd. Taylor The _prisoner :was .dum- founded ~and broke -down - completely, When searched at his: captor's: office: & ortion of the stolen matal was.found in is purse.. Tha Government officers then visited Taylor's homeé -at 49 Golden Gate avenue and found. more - gold - in - his trunk. A #ervant girl in the house hand- | over to the officars - some of the | i recious metal - which Taylor .had -given jer to dispose of.. She Informed them that Taylor had told her the gold was melted fram = jewelry ‘left him. by his mother. United States Attorney Edward J. Ban- ning fixed the - prisoner's - bond._at $2000, |.and Taylors sister-in-law and a Mrs. Me- Farlane acted as his suretifes. He will ap- | Heacock - for examination on Monday. Taylor asserts | that the charge against him is unfounded On the ‘other hand the officers of the Government posi- tively state that they have a strong case against thelr man. { SLIPPED HiS HANCCUFFS } AND GAINED LIBERTY | | Bold Crook Evades Officer Wilson on | Orowded Thoroughfare—His 1 Partner Jailed. | William Matthews, a desperate crook, | was arrested William Wilson and baoked Prison.for petty larceny and batte The prisoner, in company with a visited the store of A. Schoenfeld. at 1334 Market early In the evening and while the *'engaged the salesman In canyersa- Matthews “lifted” two overcoats and departed. with his friend without being discovered. A neighboring storekeeper ob- served the peculiar conduct of the pair and_he notified the salesman. The latter follewed the men to the corner of Mason and Ellis streets, where he met Officer Wilson and notified him of the theft, Both men were placed under arrest and securely handcuffed by the policeman. He then walked them toward the police sta- tion, and when the prisoners and captor reached the corner of Jones and Market streets the ““pal’ shipped his hondcuffs and made a bolt for liberty. Wilson turned Matthews over to a citizen named Victor at the City Nathan and gave chase, but after running three blocks lost sight of his man. He re- turned In time to lend ajd to Nathan, who | was makirg a vallant attempt to hold the remaining prisoner, despite the fact that he had been struck on the head with the handcuffs' by Matthews. The I named was hurried to the City Prisol where a charge of petty larceny S placed against bis name by Yhe officer, and the citizen added another charge of bat- | tery against the fellow. The overcoats were held as evidence against him. —_———————— | TO ASSESS ROADBED SAME AS REAL ESTATE Market-Street Railway Company Cannot Escape Taxation on Cer- tain Property. The City Attorney advised the Assessor | vesterday that if it shall be found by the | courts that the assessment of last year | made against the roadbed and track of the Market Street Rallway was invalid it would follow that the property had es- caped taxation in that vear and would | then become subject to assessment this | year. In order that the rights of the city | and county may be preserved - pending | | the outcome of the pending litigation the 1u|vl.~osd that the roadbed e City Attorney and tracks be asses estate. last year the Market Street Railway made a return of various-items of per- sonal property, ~ including the roadbed and tracks of the company’s street rail- way. lines. These roadbeds and tracks were accordingly assessed at a valuation of $3,575,445. The assessment upon this property was paid under protest upon the 2ith_day of November, 1 The ground of the protest was that the assessment was invilid “in that said roadbed and tracks should have been assessed as real groperty and not as personal property. n May 17, 1900, sult was begun against the ‘city and county for the recovery of the taxes so paid under protest, one of the allegations of the 'complaint being that in sald assessment . was improperly inicluded the roadbed and track of plain- 1iff, valved at §3,575,445, which was real and not personal property, and .the amount of the tax assessed thereon was the sum of $45,869 75. United Moderns. A new lodge of the Order of United Moderns was instituted in Red Men's Hall last Friday night with a large charter list. The following named were installed as officers for the current term by Su- reme Vice Chancellor E. M. Elliott: this vear as real | 892 JULY 1, | of September, 180, but it was not unt last.night - by Policeman | | to taffrafl, presented a g: ’L\p]\eal"zfl‘l(‘?.” 1900. all. Pages DOEHODO LORIEGHOROH & H STSRORNSEON LD e e i3 2310 32 RO X PPN S SAN FRANCISCO'S FIRST ADMISSION DAY FET N view of the now befng ‘made tieth anniversary of the admission of | California to statehood, a brief out- iine of the inittal Admission day celebra- | tion will be interesting. California was admitted as the thirty first -State of ‘the Union on the 9th da elaborate preparations to celebrate the Octaber 18 ~following - that the people | of “the new Btate ~were aware of the “fact that -1t was _an ~ integral aware of the fact that it was an integral | part of the great confederation of Ameri can States. And this because fifty years | ago the telegraph'as ‘a means of commu- | nication between the East and the West was unknown, and the most rapid mode of | transit was by the Paclfic Mail steamers | from New York to- Aspinwall, a five days’ trip across the Isthmus of Darien and by | Mall steamer from Panama to San Fran- | ciseo: It ‘had been arranged that if the meas- ure - to. admit California to . statehood passed the vessel bringing the news should be.decoratéd with flags and signals so that the lookout at Point. Lobos could. commu- | nicate the fact that the Steamer was in sight to the loakout on Telegraph Hill. At thate time the method ‘of announcing the arrival of a vessel was by a system of white and black wootten arms from. the | mast on each station. When & vessel was sighted by the cuter lookout he designated | the character by raising the appropriate arms: this was observed by the lookout on the inner station by means of a pow- | erful telescope, and he at once hoisted the | signal. The signal for a gldewheeler—and } the steamers of the Pacific Mail, the Cali- | fornia, Oregon, Panama and others were | all . sidewheelors—was two long black boards that were displayed from the mast | on _the station like a pair of outstretched, | uplifted arms. It was time for the Oregon to arrive, and every one was anxious to know If she would bring the news that all were ‘waiting for.. From early morn to setting of the sun thousands of eyes were cast in the direction of the signal station on_ Telegraph Hill. At last the signal appeared, and in a few hours the Oregon saliled through the | Golden - Gate decked from stem to stern| with flags, signals and streamers, and also from truck to taffrail in like manner. The American flag was in evidence, and as the | Vessel sailed by Paint San Jose, North | Beach and Clarks Point, opposite which | she dropped anchor, she.was greeted with | toud and prolonged hurrahs from those | who lined the shore, which evidences of | joy. were responded to from the steamer‘ by the dipping of colors. Clarks Point was the landing spot for early Califor- | nians, and was a bluff. plece of land on the | line of Battery street, between Broadway | and Vallejo street. The reception of the news, important as | it was to all Californians, was received in a most enthusiastic manner by the peo- ple, but the leading paper of the day In | San Francisco, the Alta California, did not | enthuse over it very much. The morning | after the arrival of the steamer there ap- | peared on the editorial page of that paper | a column of matter with a heading that occupied but two inches of space, as fol- lows: ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER OREGON. TWO WEEKS LATER. S R A SR A OSSR IR SR g an el 2 600D NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. —_— | ADMISSION OF CALIFORNIA. e | Passage of the Utah and New Mexico Bills. S et Death of Louis Philippe—Ezecution of Pro- fessor Webster—Jenny Lind and Her | Charities—E c. | AL R The introduction to the news was in the | following words: “The steamer Oregon arrived yesterday in seventeen days from Panama. The ship, as she rounded to anchor, decorated from stem to stern and from main truck and animated The local account of ‘the arrival of the | steamer and the reception of the news ap- pears on the same page under the head of “City Items,” following a report of an inquest. It is in agate, as follows: The news of the admissioh of California into the canfederacy .of States was received here With many demonstrations of rejoicings. Flags Were displayed all over town. - Captain Frazer brought two brass pleces: into the plaza and fired a national salute in the presence of thou- sands of men who gave nine hearty cheers for the Unlon. e firing of crackers was con- tinued late into the evening. Altogether the event was celebrated in_a manner worthy the | oceaslon. The. first steps public demonstration to celebraté admission of California were taken at a mesting held in the American Hotel on the night of the arrival of the Oregon, which was presided over by General John Wilson, Colonel John D. Stevenson -and John Middleton, vice presidents. and ... Bartol, secretary. It was decided-that the ball should be given in a new building In course of comstruction at the corner of | Clay and Kearny streets, and the follow- | ing remed, who have nearly all passed away, were the committee ta arrange for.| that event: John W. Geary, General John Wilson, Dr. Bowie, C. V. Gillespie, ¥. [ Argenti, J. H. MacDougall, W. D. M. Howard, Frank Turk, William Burling, | . H.. McAllister, Benjamin Berry, Gregory Yale, ~John C. ys, Captain Keys, William Hart, F. C. Bennett, J. W. | Wetherson, Lucien Herman, D. T. Bajali, | A. G. Meredith, William = G. Woods, Harvey Sparks, Levi Parson, D. C. Broderick, Captain J. L. Folsom, Colo- | in the matter of a| o thsi gohn Ralph. Wilson, chancellor; John A. B. Wilson, D.. D.,: past chancellor; Lizzie J. Wheelock, regent; Edna Morris, 'orator; Herman J. Custer, guide; Jacob H. Baker, treasurer; T. G. Hodgkins, recorder; Ern- est -Jakobs, warden; L. McAnany Jr., ‘- watchman. ————————— To Celebrate the Fourth. The Boston Shoe Company will give the boys and girls an opportunity to celebrate the Fourth in new shoes, and will there- fore sell to-morrow ladies’ shoes and ties and boys’_and girls' shoes worth from $2 to $3 for 50c a pair. Be sure and attend the shoe sale at the Boston Shoe Com- pany, 775 Market street, near Fourth, #* nel J. D. Stevenson, John Middleton and | John Nugent.. Nearly every one of these | men became_ prominént in the early his- | tory of San Francisco. i The citizens, however, were of the opin- | ion that a ball was not a sufficient demon- | stration, so they arranged for a parade, | which took place on Tuesday, the 29th o(‘ October. San Francisco, with its limited territory as to city limits and limited ma- | terial for a display,had one that was cred- | itable for the time. There was a national salute at sunrise and at sunset, flags were displayed from all the housetops and b; the hundreds of ships in the harbor. salute of one hundred guns was fired on the plaza by a detachment of Company M, Third United ,States Artillery, under | Boys.” { tion, October 12, 1849, Licutenant H. G cession was moving. The procession was made up of Grand Marshal J. D. Steven son and - forty-six alds, £ detachment of Native Californians mounted, under com- | £ Major Andre Pico, Soclety ornia Ploneers, organized Augu States marines, the Cal Guard, Captain Howard; the Was Guards, Captain Bartol, the ‘United try: officers of the United States army and navy, officers and_men of the First Regiment of New York Volunteers officers and men who served in the w 1 Mexico; the Governor and Lieuten ant Governor, State officers and members- 1 e ‘State Legislature, the judi- clary, members of the bar and the clergy Then followed H. N. Bennett, the orato: of the day, officers of the general Govern- ment, Collector of the Port, Consuls and representatives of foreign Governments, and citizens of the Celestial empire. These. as the programme of the day an- nounced, were in line with a special ban- ner and a guard of honor composed of E. D. Keys, marshal, and J. D. Carr, W. C. Hoff. J. Winchester, G. W. Baker and M. Crane, alds to the marshal. The anner carried at the head of the fifty Chinese who were in line was of crim- son satin and bore on its face “The China 2 They were under the command of Norman AR Sing. - These were followed by Mayor, common Counell, municipal of- ficers and officers of sister cities, the chief marshal and Police Department carrying a banner showing the date of organiza- ‘Then there was a triumphal car on which rode thirty-one children, a little girl representing the new State and the other thirty the other States. The Fire Depariment made an at- tract: display under the marshalship of Hon. David C. Broderick. There was also the association of the water men of the port, having in line a model of the boat General Taylor: the Typographical Union, with press striking off an ode written for the occasion by Mrs. Wills of Louisiana; then the New England Society, Order of United Americans, ship masters and mates, the officers and members of the | Masonic fraternity, the Odd Fellows and then citizens not attached. The picture presented shows the forma- tion of a number of the organizations in front of the old City Hall at the corner of Kearny and Pacific_streets, prior to moving into position. The line of march was along Montgomery to Bush streets, countermarch on Montgomery to Sacra- of | 2 o Q B R R R R R e R R R S+ dedeseibeieteietel Gibson, while the pro- | mento, to Kearny, | to Washington | of the proc { then east, s formed to Clay to to K Stockton arny. the the a ie. In the evening there wer and fireworks on Tele; . R | Point, Yerba Buena Is! other isi | ands in the bay. The grand ball was the t of the celebration. It was attended 4 ople, and it wa aylight As a matter of interest, is well state that the musicians who led the divi | ston had their price, which was $25 | man and $40 for the leader ASHAMED TO SWEAR TO THE COMPLAINT Policemen Robinson and Schmidt | Shirk the Responsibility of Ar- resting Thomas Nelson. about 3 kept charged Judge Conlan yesterd N complaint on file and the Judge intimat that when the case was called to-morr | if no complaint had been flled he w dismiss it. He exonerated the boy’s s tles and allowed him to go ¢ recognizance Policemen Robinson and Schmidt | dragged the boy out of bed and | him up in the “tanks” all night, w not swear to a complaint, and wa Willlam Helbing, the contra whom the boy was alleged to | some brass hinges, to do so refused. So the matter rests. Chief Sullivan did not object to the of- ficers dragging the boy out of bed, but ad- mitted that they did wrong In putting him in the “tanks” and not char once. The boy who hinges has not yet bee: St the police know where to find him arrest of Neison has aroused con: but Hel are well known and respected. WEDDED IN A BOWER OF AMERICAN BEAUTIES Pe G erereb et Dean and Walter Magee wers mar- ried yestérday morning = at 11 o'¢lock. Bishop Nichols, assisted by Rev. Mr. Foute, performed the ceremony. The wedding of Miss Dean and young Magee is the culmination of a pretty ro- mance that dates back to the early child- hocd days of the youns couple. Flora Dean and Walter Magee grew up together. They had the same friends, thc shms tastes -and. belonged to the same set. At the home of the bridé's mother, Mrs. W. P. Shaw, 1920 Van Ness avenue, young u and so_when three ycars ago the young cowple annmounced their deter- minatlon to wed no cne was surprised. Miss Dean at that time was just about to enter. Vassar, an gagement was not to interfere with her en; coll follow her graduation. Two months ago Miss Dean graduated from Vassar, and the fair young miss who has not yet made her soclal debut began whic her preparations for the W!dd.\nf took ‘place yesterday. The wedding was a qulet though charming affair. No invi- tations were issued, and only about fifty intimate friends were present. The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Ethel | Dean, and Clarence Follis officlated as best man. Simeon Wenban, grandfather of the bride. gave her into the keeping of S oo oot 2 yed all the privilege of one of | d she decided that her | ege work end that her marrfage should | oo @ D R R R o R R td e e e e . s B a . 3 o > D¢ . . ? » & > t . ° > . . L 4 > | - . - ¢ WALTER MAGEE AND HIS YOUNG BRIDE. * 5 4 . Q4040000040004+ 40 4090000000 000000+9 TANDING in a bower of American | the groom. The bride’s gown was of white Beauty roses Miss Flora Grace | embroidered mull and her bouguet of Ii'ies | of the valley. Miss Ethel Dean wore a | cream embroldered crepe over pink silk. { Her bouquet was composed of American | Beauty roses. | _After the ceremony an elaborate break | . The young couple left ’3 sterday afternoon on the Dorie for an Orfental tour. o e _Miss Emma Beatrice Fextan and Percy Long were married last eve 3 o'clock at the home of the Washington street. 3 le, 318 pro- bri Father Claney | nounced the happy couple one in the pres- ence of a limited of friends. The bride is the daughter of William | Fexton of the Fireman's Fund Insurance | Company, and the happy man is a popu- lar young attorney of this city. The home was prettily decorated for the In the drawing room, where the ceremony was performed, an altar was erected and white sweet peas’ and gar- lands of smilax were used for decorative purposes. The bride was attended by her sister. Miss Nette Fexton, who acted as bridesmaid. Judge Framk Dunne officiated | a8 best man. The bride wore a charming gown of white mousseline de soie and tulle. The | bridesmaid’s gown was of pink mousselina over pink silk. Mr. and Mrs. Long will fo their bridal trip, and on their make their home in this city. number intimate south for return will l