The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 16, 1900, Page 1

This Paper not | to be taken from | the Library.++++ @%B 1900, HENRY E. HUNTINGTON WILL BE THE NEW | PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC L e R S S SOADN S VOLUME LXXXVIII-NO, 77. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, PRICE FIVE CENTS. MRS. TOWNSEND MADE A WILL R. A. Tuttle Declares He Saw and Read an Olographic Testament Bearing Her Signature and Witnessed. | | i His Promotion Has Been Arranged, and All That Is Necessary Is to Call the Directors Together. , Memerial Services Will Be Held Here, and All the| J Company’s Wheels Will Stop at the Ioment of Burial in New Monument and Peristyle in Memory of Volunteer Soldiers to Cost $100,000 Provided For—Daughe ter of Dead Woman and Other Relatives Given Small Annuities. LA SRR ST e o i o | . r—— e S L @ 3 ojujeiei=ii-@ | value of a piece of land and when the | “‘2 e e @ - 3 3 t of way men a a3 O relative of mine is t » it- + E. HUNTINGTON will < rom. Bl 1% A R is worthy of my iQr.urfe. These bit 2 . . 5 4 ;4B sin8 Silaansd 3 4 er words are embodied in an olographic will which R. A. & - be the next president |50 2round himsed = it % Tuttle of this city declares was written and signed by Al- & ::: ® of the Southern Pacific % nt and always on his own terms. | ol mira S. Townsend within a few months of her sudden death. :F -+ Co!npany. It has not been of- Wei' & Born Diader. | The document also provided that $125 a month be paid to the 5 % ficially announced, nor will he is a born trader. He | l daughter, Mrs. Ella F. Murray, during her lifetime, and 275 a T X those who are high in the th s, but he will ] 3 | month to her husband ‘“out of contempt that I have for him.” b 1 i management of ‘.'he company ze oo xr‘hnlv:‘. ”fi-‘»» > 1‘ The sum of $100,000 was set aside to erect a monument in i ;. admit that anything has been . ’5_’” B LR | memory of the volunteer soldiers. :F done toward electing a suc- = "N M 80 agatnst ® Mr. Tuttle is positive that the testament was drawn up and . cessor to Collis P. Huntington, of old i speculators and 11 signed by Mrs. Townsend. »+ but The Call has learned from He has made connections and O | @ lmibeirsiofetoiodo P A Q . o foofostosionfe-foforfonts S frfoniol D) P g ed privileges and )g| el ol deferfenieie] @ L a source that leaves no room ot are Orie srtiraly <1 T is now kr all doubt that . b n + for doubt that the matter has b | . M mi - ey < o p and since he | + Mrs. Almira the sol- fve 1t of {. been settled and there is noth- rted as o gers of | dlers’ friend ler some- ,‘ the lad ing more to do than to call a outhern Pacific its progress has been | 4 what m; I E P -+ mifing S S Beastons. 1 to his efforts. He has studied | | idenc Relatives Provided For. . i favorable ancy and | ol where policy of fom»“ L opposition eastly avoided by | into the hands of her ory methoda. . With thesem. daugi lla F. Murray, or still sister, s of the company he is popular and rema secret nook, where it way—with an h the needs of the company he is thor- is not s they lived. 1 wilt ind his ability has placed D S e B e S S o o e o | know R. A 630 Mar- document car the prime of life into Mr. nd vigor, 1 g officlal has n said circumstar 1 succession, it has been decided once, and th der him the immense interests | he naturall . s P. Huntington left so suddenly cussing its con b st be cz Mr. Tuttle was formerly associated with the real e » firm of Madison & Burke, Tweed’s Candidacy. diately upon the death of Collis P. t. the report was spread that Charles H. Tweed, ond vice president of the South cific Company, but in h from New York he is quoted fortune. Mrs. Tow m much of their impor- Mrs. Town ymers | handlir that ted with all of | | An Olographic Will. | Mrs ho were = in a way that seems to indicate that he | { Ko bout the ""'1“3"‘ of 1 a itors 1 ¢ I H eves H. E. Huntington w e Mr. Tuttle was engaged on la s gt B slibe ¥iota qubtedes sedtoe oS b B | and stepped across the office to a desk for Tens uad what § Bats on, nephew of Mr. C. P. Hunt- | some a On the desk lay several docu- o 5 s i e aa 5 is the first vice president of the ments and among them 1e on which | 11214 the will down upon e company. Iam the second vice president the writing “§100000" attracted his atten-| wai'near) o Dage of writing that I d st all that is & matter for future ar- tion. He picked it up and 1I wluv-: h‘:w!‘ not peru: i since the lady's death t 2 . ! tr‘ A A A "the. | have often wondered what, disposition s} » choice of the president will rest | Wning o d -1 P na- | Mhde of her big estate, as the unread page S with the directors, and as ail who can are name “Almira S. Townsen b S\Ena" | of the will must have shown. I have said ving East to attend the fumeral or ture being duly attested by witne: » ONie {0 o ining about this will because I did not wish to become mixed up in the case at alL.” A Will of Recent Date. H. E. Huntington’s Start. ma of whom Mr. Tuttle recollects was named Woods. In speaking of the will, Mr. Tut- ald that the body of the document Iready in New York it will be some | time before they can be called together. In the meantime speculation is rife among | D R e e RN S | 1 t e . o | < e same handwriting as the tes- e Ak el O it e, and no printed or ty “D1a you notice the ¢ head or S el gl o s gl "1‘5’ | » matter appeared upon the two | foot of the will”" was 3 > s mpany, would | e it “I only observed that the year was e the election of H. E. Huntington large pages of the - ) 1900. As the paper was clean and showed no evidence of having been handled and “I was particularly struck,” said Mr. Tuttle, “‘with her bequest with reference on the ground that the policy of the a ceased president was inclined to be rather | ¢ a appeared to be new 1 antagonistic than placating and that the | ps HENRY E. HUNTINGTON, WHO WILL SUCCEED C. P. HUNTINGTON [to the crection of a monument to be 3:1:;«: IH“!‘;!:Y::I; Aypeased T’r\\:nz":l‘lhrt;flhr:::?s: S AR R SR S SR SRCE SR in Golden Gate Park in memory & | soldiers of whom she was so fond and by ¢ AS PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC. $ feclaisrs of whcem she wag S0 o oA ® ® @ o e sum of $100,000 be set aside from Ot Ot OIETIIOI VI OIT SOtV IO OIOIOIOEOI VI DT 404046060+ 0+00000e0@) that the sum of $100,000 be se U;s az“m:u | bell. hew would more than probably follow | in his uncle's footsteps. The policy of an- tagonism, however, has not been that of H. E. Huntington, and his policy while in control of other roads has been anything the will only a short time before—not over a month or six weeks. No, I have no idea what became of it, as I went on with my work."” “Are you sure that the husband, daugh- estate for the erection her rystyle’ in memory of the sol- > opular. In fact, his policy hs b They were driven at once to the | all business suspended there on the day | pany to press by resolution, or otherwise, i marble > . 3 : y has | ; | s B ot i s T e . Philip | ther relatives mentioned w been his own, and it is not likely | -2 Y residence. of the funeral. Fioral tributes will be | gur indiznation and to stand in this community | giers went to the Philippines and | ter and o e ere cut sent to New York. rnalism. never returned. I was considerably im- | out of the estate in all except allowances 'y 4 This concerns t he will reflect any one but himself Story of the Death. | | o SRR you. Will you be there? ~ s vay < life?” manager. in the management of any of his enter-| The casket containing the body was No date for the meeting has be | e I s To ] o, R " ! s y as )\ ) eting has been set, | sbig " -- 3 . vords wer < . began to Pay | prises. R e e e LOCAL SIENS but it will be announcea probably fof | . With 6 eagital P, two. T el | TWRY, duteinly. Her werfs wre o9 ¥ bitter to even admit of their getting any n another part of the will,” continued | but small allowances—'no relative of mine Tuttle, “Mrs. Townsend provided that | Is worthy of my fortune. sold to the | some day soon after the funeral. | OF MoUR”ING Boland’s Petition Blocked. | The matter of the petition of Public Ad- | house. In speaking of the death of Mr. Hun#- ington, Private Secretary Miles, who was BODY BROUGHT service of .| E. Miles Tells Story of Huntington’s Death. EW YORK, Aug. 15.—The body of Collis P. Huntington, who died on Monday at his lodge in the Adiron- dack Mountal s brought to this city to-day on a special train over the Ne York Central Rallroad, reaching the Grand Central station at 4:35 o'clock. It now rests in its casket in the library of the Huntington town house at 2 East F eventh street, where it was taken directly from the station. The fu- neral services, it has been announced, will ctly private and will be held at 11 Friday morning. president form those of t P. Huntingtc ut that time C ging to spend most nephew took hold of be had shown in ess Hatzfeldt, the lite Mr. Hunt- Eastern properties adopted daughter, who is now in sgement the Sou London and who was to have sailed for has spread a acquired home yesterday on the steamer Majestic, nearly doubled its business and its ir did not sall. She was notified by cable of the death of Mr. Huntington and be- ing unable to be present at the funeral delay her homecoming for a short ence. Reaching After Business. When H. E. Huntington took hold of | w the business of Southern rolled by the Santa tern coOmpany Car t of the passengers and company the tle no decision has been reached as to the choice of the officiating clergyman Miles stated this evening that he ould probably be of the Presbyterian h or possibly a Congregationalist. Mr. states that nearly two hundred tel- egrams of condolence had been received, but declined to make public the contents of any or to say from whom they were recelv He stated that they came from all parts of the United States and Eu- | rope and some even from Asia and India. It has been announced that the pail- bearers chosen are D. O. Mills, Edward King of the Union Trust Company, F. P. Albert of the Central Trust Company, 60 per ce it was reaching out for more Huntington entered the ring. and cross lines ory until the t and it was not ad reversed the figures thern Pacific that was ent of the business left to the Santa Fe. charge of the Los Company three | f ago when it was on the feeders built of ¢ e. The plant was old; e ¢ hod become strangers to paint; | Bdwin Hawley, trafic manager of the T bed was rough and rapidly golng | Southern Pacific; Charles H. Tweced, sec- ond vice president of the Southern Pa- cific; Martin Erdmann and E. P. Schwerin of the Pacific Mall Steamship Company, and C. A. Low, an old friend of the de- ceased. In the party which accompanied the body to this city from Racquet Lake, where the mililonalre’s summer home was to ruin and the management was loaded $ expenses and hign- | He ordered a change Within six montks he had the down to a working basis. | and the power rebuilt the road- rail joints in the less oint e | situated, were Mrs. Huntington, the 1}.; oo anlf: ;;’: | widow; Archer M. Huntington, the R a built a and his wife; Miss C. M adopted son, v Campbell, a lifelong friend of Mrs, Hunt- ington; Mansfield Hillhouse Iillnouse, sister of Mrs. Huntingto aac E. Gates, brother-in-law of the A veasedcand a ]\;’ergz“clase gonfidential ad- viser: George E. es, private secretary, ator of rights of way be | g.5 {yilliam E. Coley, whd was a guest rond his OWD | at_the camp. n nown to send @ - When the train drew into the station an out over & piece of country to secure | and (lhe party l:gnzhfg;;p:;flr:inr Mmd dces 8 ¥ he 3 ntington, we ng an rices and then when the list was hand ;‘L‘;vuyflwum b g B s g e ot -~ to him to scale it down from 2% to 80 | 3" Gates, was escorted to the family ser cent on each item and then make sat- carriage waiting at the entrance. sfactory deals with the owners on that T, nd Mrs. Archer Huntington followed basis. He was never decelved in the | and then came Dr. Coley and Camp- He put everything | s basis and last year | of $30,000 from th and $17,000 from the | rame on Mrs. Hunting- of stimulant, as she attack The! ‘l am very, very last words spoken by ank into unconsclousness a t finished playing a game t and were all in our apartments preparing to retire Mrs. Huntington called one of the servants and the alarm was quickly given. When 1 reached the bedside of Mr. Huntington he apparently knew no one, “One of the servants was then hurried- Iy dispatched to the steamboat Oneonta, Iying at her dock on the lake near by, and she was sent for Dr. R. B. Taylor, who was a guest of former Governor Louns- bery at his camp across the lake. Dr. Taylor was an intimate friend of the family. Doctor Too Late. “Dr. Taylor came with all speed, but when he reached the sick man's bedside life was extinct. It was not more than twenty minutes at the very most after the attack of coughing started that death came. “These coughing attacks usually were accompanied by a slight paralytic affec- tion of the throat and other respiratory o’l‘gl‘;-.ns'l\‘hlflfl sald Mrs. Huntington had borne the strain of the trip to this city remarkably well, having regained her composure to some extent since her hus- Pand's death. He also stated that the de- ceased was not afiMated with any church in this city, and no decision haa vet been reached as to who would be chosen as the officiating clergyman at the uneral services. : Many messages of condolence were re- ceived to-day at the office in the Mills building and also at the house. Among those who sent expressions of thejr per- sonal sorrow were Senator Thomas C. Platt, Eaward M. Searles, Booker T. Weshington and J. Kruttschnitt. There Is a Will. been learned that Huntington left a ]v;ll}{,!:vhlch will be read after the funeral services. Charles H. Tweed, in response to an in- cuiry, said: I cannot talk about the mat-. ter of the will until after the funeral, but you will be safe in assuming that there is & Tweed would give no estimate of the value of Mr. Huntington's estate, which is \'urlouz‘l)s‘ sald to be worth from $27,000,000 to $82,000,000. Seven Hundred for a Poem. It developed to-day that Mr. Hunting- ton was the person who, at the time of the great vogue of Edwin Markham's Man With the Hoe,” had offered $700 as a prize for the best poem on the ‘‘Man \\’Rhnut the Hoe.”” More than a thousand oems on the subject were submitted and grn. gecond and third prizes awarded. Mr. Huntington believed in the digmty of iabor and he thought the philosophy of Mr. Markham's poem was harmful. Dispatches say there was general mourning to-day at Newport News, Va., where Mr. Huniington's great shipyard fs situated. A committee of 150 citizens was appointed to arrange for a commemora- tiva servica. Shinvards will be and peonis ot e people of a great measure, depend on the time of the funeral services in New York, but the principal features have been decided upon. There will be memorial services in the First Presbyterian Church, at the corner of Sacramento street and Van Ness ave- nue, at 11 o’clock. They will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. Robert Mackenzie, pastor of the church. There will be a short memorial address by Dr. Mackenzle and some singing by the choir, under the di- rection of the churchorganist, Otto Fleiss- ner. The services will last about an hour. All employes of the Southern Pacific of- fices will be given an opportunity to at- tend the services and those In the yards will be given all the chance possible. The offices will be closed all day.. The ser- vices will not be for the employes of the Southern Pacific Company exclusively, however, for it has been announced that any one who knew Mr. Huntington and wishes to attend will be made welcome. It has also been decided to send a mag- nificent floral pilece to the church in New York from which the funeral will be held. This will be ordered in New York by tele- graph, subject o the approval of Mrs. untlnfton, and will be sent as coming from all the employes on this coast. All Wheels Will Stop. It has been further arranged that for the few minutes that will pass while the casket is belng borne from the hearse to its last resting place every wheel in the Southern Pacific system will be stopped. The shops will cease their bustle, engines will pause upon the rails and ferries will rest quietly upon the water while the body of him who was once the head of all is borne to the grave. The exact time will be sent out here to-day, and all arrange- ments will be made with due regard to the difference of the hours here and in New York. Yesterday the big yellow building on the corner of Montgomery and Market streets was draped In black. Over the doorway the folds of black bunting fell heavily, and over every window there was the same sign of mourning. Every rallroad flag was at half mast, and along the street the rallroad encies showed the same tribute to Huntington's memory, At Oakland and Sacramento, Los An- les and Ogden, the station bulldings ave already been draped in black, and telegrams from the East state that be- fore to-morrow station bulldings all over the Aplantic systems will wear the same insignia of respect. Meeting of Protest. Yesterday morning all the local em- ployes of the Southern Pacific Company recelved an invitation to attend a meet- ing to be called to protest against the icles which lpfielrad in the&:n&lg:r e upon the life of Huntington. is as follows: eeting of the employes of the South- er: g:c‘i.n:,:nCompll\y ‘will be held at a time and lace hercafter to be anmounced to protest Rgainst the maliclous and shamerul attack on the memory of the dead president of the com- any, C. P. Huntington, In the {ssue of the an Frangisco Examiver of August 15. This attack violates all propriety, the taste and sense of emoloyes of the Southern Pacific Com- shames and Tight of the this city and the State, nn“hu is only | one perhaps Many a time to Department 9 it could not properly be taken up. He moved that the petition go over for a few days until it had been regularly assigned, but Judge Coffey de- | nied the motion, as he said if the case had had not been assigned to him he could not pass upon anything relating to it. Hassett then moved that it be stricken from the calendar, but this, too, the court denied, and then, of its own motion, the court ordered that the petition be taken from the calendar list, where it had been added. Mr. Hassett explains the situation by saying that when the petition was filed he went to Judge Coffey and told him that in the natural order of events it would go to Department 9, and that thereupon Judge Coffey ordered that it be placed with the other cases on his calendar. But when the case came up and no ‘assign- ment had been made, that the petition was taken from the calendar and it now is In the position of a case awaiting assignment. SACRAMENTO TO SHOW RESPECT| ACRAMENTO, Aug. 15—The em- 8 ployes in the Southern Pacific Rall- road shops In this city will con- tribute about $500 to the purchase of flowers for the funeral of the late C. P. Huntington. Committees were appointed to-day at a conference of shop employes to draft resolutions, to arrange for the floral tributes and to hold a con- ference with the Chamber of Commerce, hich body intends to take some action | n regard to the death of Huntington, who laid the foundation of his great for- tune in this city. SPEEDING ON TO THE EAST TLANTA, Ga., Aug. 15.—H. E. Hunt- ington, vice president of the South- ern Paeific Company, passed through Atlanta to-day in his special train, on his way to New York. The run from Ngw Orleans to Atlanta, a distance of 4% miles, was accomplished in a little more than ten hours. MEMORIES OF AN OLD FRIEND MAHA, Nebr., Aug. 15.—In the death of Collis P. Huntington, Gould P. Deitz of this city lost a life-long friend, one with whom re- lations of the closest intimacy had been maintained for many years. *T was for several years on terms of the closest intimacy with !:r.uflunxlnmon in r days,” sald Mr. Deitz. “No one perhaps knew him better than I, we slept together when we P. Huntington was some five years my s wonderful business sagacity him asserted itself from the He s a success as a business He had a jovial disposition and friends with all the country folk The sed by man. made around Oneonta. e man of remarkable strength hys ell as mentally. I have often seen him pick up a barrel of salt weighing_ 300 pounds and lift it into a wagon. Mr. Huntington was an excellent buyer. Frequently 1 made trips with him to New York, and in striking a business | bargain he was at all times alert and active, and he left no stone unturned to keep his goods selling. In 1848 Mr. Hunt- ington left New York and struck out for California. | “He had a hard time getting there, but | when he finally landed he began the great commercial and railroad career which marks him as one of the greatest finan- ciers of the country. From that time on cur business affairs kept us widely sepa- rated, but we have kept up a frequent correspondence, and I have often seen Mr. Huntington. My last letter from Mr. Huntington came a short time ago in re- sponse to an invitation I sent him to at- tend my golden wedding anniversary. It was a charming note expressing his con- gratulations for Mrs. Deitz and myself | and denoting his sorrow at being unable | to participate in the festivities person- ally.” ADAMS JURY COMPLETED He Opening Statement Made by Prosecu- tion—Self-Defense Will Be De- fendant’s Plea. A jury to try George G. Adams, for the murder of E. S. Kepner, was secured in | Judge Lawlor's court yesterday and the opening statements of counsel were made. Assistant District Attorney Alford made the opening statement on behalf of the people and was followed by ex-Judge Ferral, who represents the defendant. Mr. Alford laid special stress on the ac- tions of the defendant subsequent to the commission of the homicide at 44 ()’Fnr‘l rell street, the flight of the prisoner to | San Mateo County and his efforts to board an outgoing train being pointed to as evi- dence that he knew that he had no valid defense. The prosecution theorized that the motive for the crime was evidently the defendant’'s desire to revenge himseit on his employer, who had dlsmfs'ned him from his position, but only after numer- ous complaints had been lodged against him by customers. Judge Ferral, on behalf of the defend- ant, said that he would prove that his client acted in self-defense. prtsiaittn s Sentenced for Moonshining. Charles Newman, convicted of illicit dis- tilling in his vineyard in Santa Clara County, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge de Haven to one month's imprisonment in the San Francisco County Jail and a fine of §100. present at thé time, ministrator P. Boland for letters upon | = e — — e TO NEW YORK | aulls Scard ras ye ESTERDAY arrangements were | that portion of the of Huntington | : ! 7 due to cer<-b!k'] ! 0 ern Pacific Company to shew their ented by M. C, Has r-:}fi":n"’;;‘\:} ita, N Y. and talked of 7 toh was-attacked with a sgvere CONGIng respect for the memory of thelr | sett, who announced tb the court tk ur future plans and builded air castles. I - ust & etiring. His wife and he occu- b . bk g Ehe jgourt t our future plans a ¢ < Private Secretary George | st stter retiring, iis wite ana he occn: g e Ty O LR ual it Bien roruiol meieiad O A ey i L Cata | BEIG OF TERROR N NOME ciT Three Attempis Are Made to Burn the Alaska Mining Town. SEATTLE, Aug. 15—The criminal ele- ment is again in the saddle at Nome, ac- cording to passengers who arrived from the north by the Centennial to-day. For a week or more prior to that vessel's de- parture thugs, thieves and firebugs had kept the city in a state of suppressed ex- citement and talk of lynching was to be heard on every street corner. The crimes were apparently the work of an organized gang, which carried on its operations sys- tematically, regardless of the military. The greatest indignation has been aroused by the discovery and frustration of at least three separate and distinct at- tempts to burn the city, and a rumor was in circulation on the streets that a gang of firebugs had planned to start fires in various parts of the city simultaneously | and loot the banks, shops and stores dur- Ing the progress of a general conflagra- tion. The local columns of the news- papers are full of accounts of the doings of highway robbers, burglars, pickpockets and incendlaries. The Centennial brought also news of the wreck of several vessels on the Nome beach on August 2 and 3, during which time a severe storm raged. The steamer W. K. Merwin is a total wreck. She drove ashore on the afternoon of August 2. So far as known there were no lives lost, the crew having escaped to the shore in smalk boats. During the storm the tug Effort drifted broadside on the beach and got bilged. The gchooner Teaser also drifted on the beach and lay on her beams’' end. Many scows and small craft parted from theis moorings and went ashore. The gale is reported by returning passengers to have been very severe. Several drownings oc- curred. General Randall has received authority to send back the indigent sick and desti- tute at the expense of the Government. He had received over 3000 applications for passage and there were still several thou- sand who were broke and who would eventually be compelled to ask the Gov- ernment to assist them home.