The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 2, 1901, Page 1

NS FRAper ot SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1901. PRICE FIVE CENTS. — B0l BUEHS TAKE CAPTNE | MORE BRITONS Fourteen Men of Nes- bitt’s Horse Are | Prisoners. Kitchener R@purs a Num- ber of Minor Victories in South Africa. op A } VoG 1ol ’ L ASHINGTON, Jan. 1.—One of the early achievements of vaders e Col )4 g 3 a0er CZD Col ny Now Number \ the new century will be a new White House; or, rather, - o “,‘r such extensive additions to the present structure that it F € Tn us a" “Ed ate on will practically be new. The plans for this palace of the south e Large Scals | the President of the United States have been completed s in so far that a model has been made. It is the work of Colonel = 3 Theodore A. Bingham of the United States Army Engineer Corps. | The p provide for two build one to be erected on the east In detall the new White House will be rich. will be fluted. The basement will be of granite and the walls of concrete and marble, inclosing a steel framework. At the west end the large room will be sultable for a stafe dining-room, capable of and another on the west, each of these baing about the same size as the present mansion, and connected with it by curved wings. quadrangle will be completed by rebuilding the conservatories on nd of the grounds. The main columns ' PALATIAL NEW WHITE HOUSE FOR THE NEW CENTURY. | ARE BEHIND seating more than 200 guests. The end buflding will probably be used as a kitchen and storehouse. In the east and west additions provisions have been made for the reception of a large number of | guests, with all the necessary details of dressing-rooms and ward- | Tobes. On the second story at the west end will be a sulte of six bedrooms and four bathrooms. At the east end of the second story are six additional rooms Intended for offices. The new work on the White House will cost 31,100,000, including partial furnishing The B e OF THE Knox De- neral ARRISBU thew 8 the How: The cau- or nator. 123 legislators, aate for Ur us was attended by less than the number necess the joint convention of the which will be held Three of those present were Messrs. Hill and Tiffa of Susquehanna unty and McPherson of Adams, who absented themselves from the House cau- cus and voted with the Democrats in the House to-day for General Koontz for Speaker. Mr, Beaver of Juniata, who voted with the stalwarts for Mr. Marshall for Speaker, was presént, but did not an- swer to his name. It was stated that he will abide by the caucus. Thompson of Center and Haldeman of Montgomery, iliness, a cholce in House and January Sen who ~are detained at home by were pledged by their colleagues to Mr. apparently gives Mr. Quay necessary to a choice. The voted with the Democrats the o tion of the House and are the Quay Republicans 3 o3 were made nominating Mr. - . o ngressman John Dalzell and A G ewart. 4 = oo ing Mr, Quay received t and ninety- < e s of the House. Before the . R announced the names of y.” & T ewart were with- on of Mr. Quay 5 o nd he was thus With one pres- g and two absent on ac- all three of whom, it is ision, = c will abide by the caucus s " a vote of 1% for Quay on joint ballot is indicated. As the names of certain men who had been counted in the anti-Quay o were called and they announced = g te for Mr. Quay there was demon- nex t approval on the part of resent. The caucus did and speeches were e T t was not until 11:2) that 1 e s reached. B L T o y people are jubilant over the A COLORED MAN the taucus, as the number pres- result of ent exceeded their expectations and they Cpposes Red uc ion of Represomatmn is taken on will have before the vote for: Senator they that ballot aim Soith Cardlina ached good ck, and safd 1Stances are Con- ter. for congratulation are doing so much and uplifting of u:g\ y reduction of Cosi- ' aiming that it | be a blow 1o the colored | eventually . come: .td ‘his | He cited the alleged péfsecution of | DENVER, ‘Jan. 1 ~Helen Gould has negroes by Governor Tanner .of Illinois, | formed e partnership: with M. Mankuss. and said that neither the North nor the |, Polish tafior living In ‘Leadville, axid Re; party wanted the negro, that will, aecording to Mankuss, invest $10,- nothing in favor of the full suffrage rights | ¢0) in developing tlaims ‘which he has lo- for the negro could bs found in President | cated near Léadville 1h. Two. Bit ‘Gulch. McKinley's message, and that perhaps | Mankyss haé been prospecting for a num- the only. leading Republicans now ltnxrd-' ber .of years with poor success until Jate- ing up for the race were Chandler Mason, Allison, Reed and Harrispn. own | sA¥S HE FOUND BONES SEVEN TRAINMEN ARE | OF MURDERED CHILD KILLED IN ECK { . ; 7 D— o Leadville Stirred by the Alleged Rev- Disastrous Collision Between Two | elation ‘of ‘an. Exponent of - Heavy Freight Trains Near Occuitism: Hays Station. DENVER. Jan. 1L-The city of Leadville | VICKSBURG. Mise., Jan: L—A tele- | {g undergoing a severe nervous: strain on message from Faystte savs that! account of the alleged revelations of a | beavy freight trains om the Yazoo | body of spiritualists styling themselve: ississippi - Valley Raiiroad, beth | the Leadville Oecult Soslety; of which C. ble-headers, coltided near Hays Sta- | E. Schaeffer-is president and: Professor | fifty miles south of here, at 9 o’efock | Bling is vics president. Schaeffer clajms | o-night and that seven of the elght in the | 10 have discoversd :the ‘bones of ' mur-| 2 | dered: child in' a house on East Tenth " ® 1 v ews were kilisd. ‘Fayette and Haeriso treet, which lie recently rentéd, and says were calied upon for surgeons, and at the | ¢ngt he got the: -clew from a friendly | time the telephone message was sent an | gpirit. ~Professor Bl nn savs he knows | ne had Jeft r;-J the scene of the wreck | ‘%;;;rfi“ othier” children's bodies have carrying all the dactors obtainable. been concealed in abandoned wells, and as | o> & result the:city authorities are beitg im- York Made a Rear Admiral. portuned to’ make an Investigatian. 'rhel LONDON, Jan. 1—The Ditke of ‘Tork | spiricualists’.say. Leadvilie i8 & very | has been gazetted as Rear Admiral. wicked city, | QUAY IS THE CHOICE OF THE LEGISLATURE QUAK:R STATE| Nominated for United States Senator by afPresident Joint Caucus of His Party and the Pros- pacts Are That-He Will Be Elected MATTHEW S. QUAY OF PEN SYLVANIA, WHO IS STRIV- ING FOR THE TOGA. i 2 +* many more than the necessary number to eles Mr. Quay himself i{s quoted as saying that he expected 125 votes in the caucus. The news of the result of the ga and party leaders from alil over the State visited him and extended their greetings upon what they claim is a certain victory for stalwart Republicanism and party regularity While the caucus was in session in the House chamber a secret meeting of the anti-Quay Republicans was held at their headquarters at the Commonwealth Ho- tel. ‘At the close of the meeting the pledge of the arti-Quavites binding themselves | together to oppose Mr. Quay's election was made public. The pledge contains sixty-eight n A call was issued to-night for a caucus | of the House and Senate Democrats on the evening of January 14 for the nomina- tion of a candidate for United States Sen- ator. ~Colonel James F. Guffey of Pitts- burg will probably be chosen the caucus nominee. HELEN GOULD'S MONEY TO DEVELOP A GOLD MINE )Lucky Leadville Tailor Appeals to Her and Will Receive Aid. Special Dispatch to The Call, 1y, when he struck paying ore. He read in & New'York paper of Miss Gould's benefactions, and as he needed money.to| develop his property he wrote ‘her. . To- day he said Ne had recetved a letter from her agreeing: to: advance the: necessary money. Miss: Gould's agent has investi- gated the praperty. ",QWWWQ LONDON ENVELOPED IN VERY -DENSE FOG In the Country: Floods: Continue and Four' Deaths by Drowning Are ‘Reported. LONDON, Jan. 1.—Dénse fog of what is calléd the pea-soup variety, and the worst in several years, covers the whole af the Tondon aistrict, serlously interfering with traffic of all kinds. Even pedestrians g’ difficuity in finding their destinations. Thn floods continile in the country. The water in the lower part of Bath.is fourteen fest d(he[,\_ and the tops of cottages dre just nppvarlng above the waste. Boats have been kept busy rescuing the inhabitants of the place from the water. Four deaths from drowning are reporfed. Thousan have been réndered idle through the clos- ing of inundated works. In some districts trains were held up all night, 6ut of ‘the reach of assistance. : ring was taken to him by his friends | @ | i.. |BRILLIANT | NEW YEAR'S RECEPTION R S and Mr‘s. | McKinley Greeted i at White House. ASHINGTON, long line of New Year recep- tions at the White House, none, perhaps, was more bril- Hant than the one which to- day ushered in the twentieth century. versally gratifying to the distinguished | throng which came to extend the greet- ings of the new yvear to the chief execu- | tive of the republic as the fact that the mistress of the White House was able to participate in the happy occasion, and and well wishes of all. The day dawned dull and gray. but the air was goft and baimy. Toward 11 o'clock, when the reception opened, the sum bnrst through mist And <lowd, “oright- ening the white walls and pillars of the historic old mansion until it shone like alabaster and touched the stripes of the glorious American flag that floated above it with streaks of flame. * The grounds of the mansion house pre- sented a stirring scene as the carriages began to arrive, and the long line of army and naval officers in full uniform to the left of the massive porte cochere. Within, under the glamor of myriads of electric lights, which were reflected in the happy faces of the shifting throng, all was bril- | Hancy. The. Marine Band, stationed un- der the stairway, discoursed natlonal alrs and lively marches throughout the cere- mony. The members of the Cabinet and their wives, together with the ladies of the re- | cefving party, were the first They laid aside their wraps in the state dining-room and entered the public apart- ments of the President, where they ex- changed greetings with Mr. and Mrs. Me- Kinley. The ladies of the receiving party entered the red and blue parlors and took their places behind the line Meantime th Embassadors and Ministers of for- eign countries, with the attaches of the various legations, in their gorgeous and | resplendent court uniforms, had gathered | in the state dining-room. | Promptly at 11 o’clock the bugles sound- | ed the approach of the Presidential party, and; led by Colonel Bingham, the master of ceremonies, and Major McCauley, of the marine corps, the President and Mrs. McKinley descended the main stalrway, followed by the members of the Cabinet and their wives. As the party passed along to the recetv- ing room the President reflected in‘ his smiling face his health ' and ~happiness. He ‘bowed repeatedly to the crowds as- seribled .in the corridors, greeting many ‘of them with well wishes of the day. Mrs. McKinley. alsé - bestowed her ‘gracious greétings ‘uponmany in the throng, ‘and ‘when three swiet-faced children near the frant chirped & “Happy Naw Year' to the first ‘lady. b~ the ‘land, she took a handfal of buds: from her exquisite bou- quet of white foses and tossed them to the children. . The ‘party- passed into the blue parior and took their places, whua' the full 'Marine Bidnd burst forth with' the _stifring strains. of “Hail to the Chiet. In addition to’ the ladles of the. Cabines ths following ‘ladles were invited ta oc- cupy places behlnd the live and ms.rly all; of them were ‘present: Misses Griggs, Miss H. Hitchcock, Miss Catlin, Miss McKittrick, Mrs.. Abner Me- ‘Kinfey,” Mrs. George B. Cartelyou, ‘Miss ‘Hinds, ‘Mrs. T. A. Bingham, Mrs, ‘David J. Hill; Mrs.- F.'W. Hackett, ‘Mrs.. .. K. Rl hardsen, Miss Steece, Mrs. Fuller, the Misses Fuller; Mrs. Aubrey, Miss Wallace, Mrs. ' Harlan, the Misses Harlan, '‘Mrs. Gray, Miss Hrewer. Mrs. Karrick, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Shiras, Mrs.” White, ‘Mrs. Peckham, Mra McKenria, the Misses. Me- Kepna, Mrs M. A. Hanna, ‘the Misses Hanna. Miss' Phelps, Mrs. J. C. Burrows, Mra. 8. M. :Cullom, Miss Ridgley; Miss Fisher, Mrs.'.Stephen B. Elkins; -Mrs. Charles W. Filrbanks, Mrs. J. K. Jones, Mrs. Kean, the Misses Kean, Mrs. Henry Cabot Lodge; Mrs. A. P. Gardiner, Mrs, James McMillip, Miss McMillan; the Misses Morgan, Mrs. O. H. Platt, Mrs. T. Ci Platt, Mrs. Redfield Proctor, ‘Proctor, Mrs. Henry M. ’I‘ellerl seéph B. F‘onker, the Misses Forlkett conflm:od on lecund Pm : Jan. 1.—In the | And perhaps no feature of it was so uni- | with the President recefve the fellcitations | to arrive. | The Misses ‘Hay, Miss Cox, Miss Boot, | 'MAYOR VAN WYCK BEGINS VIGORCUS CRUSADE ———— . Chief of Police Devery Promptly Obeys * = o EW YORK, Jan. 1.—With the end of the century Mayor Van Wyck took steps toward putting an’ end to gambling, and practically every gaming resort in this city is closed to-day. The Mayor ordered that this be done and Chief of Police Devery promptly obeyed the mandate. He issued instructions to his captains last night and the keepers of the various establishments were given the tip that this time there was to be “no fooling.” Police Commissioner Hess’ term of office expired at noon to-day. Mayor Van Wyck, however, has glven assurance to the frfends of Mr. Hess that he will con- tinue a member of the present board, at least for the time being. This reten- ~tion of Commissioner Hess !s understood to be equivalent to an anpouncement from Mayor Van Wyck that he will not inter- fere to bring about the retirement of Chief of Police ‘Dever; { | Killed by an Explosion. LONDON, Jan. 1L.—The Spanish steamer 4. Oleta from Genoa for New Orleans has { arrived at Las Palmas, having burst her steam pipes. The chief engineer killed by the explosion veyed. + 5 GIBBONS" NEPHEW IS SLAIN BY YOUTHFUL FOOTPADS [Refuses to Be Robbad by Two Highway- men and Is Shot. MAYOR VAN WYCK OF NEW YORK, FOE OF GOTHAM'S GAMBLERS. Epecial Dispatch to The Call ORLEANS, Jan. 1.—James Gib- Gibbons, a wealthy thinking from the boyish appearance of | the highwaymen that they were merely | playing him a practical joke, he refused NEW bons, son of John T. | grain merchant, and nephew of Cardinal Gibhors, died to-day at Charity Hospital, | to obey the command. One of the two where he was a resident student. Late | fired, the ball lodging in his groin and last night young Gibbons while on the | penstrating the intestines. Gibbons was way home was held up by two vouthful | 25 years cld and one of the most promis- highwaymen. He was ordered to hold up |ing students in attendance at the hos- his hands at the muzzle of a revolver, but | pital e © COMMITS MURDER AT COMPROMISE WITH A HIS FATHER'S COMMAND | Seventsen-Year-Old Boy Shoots a Man Who Was Fighting ‘With His Parent. EATON, Ga., Jan. 1L.—Will Furk, a boy of 17, to-day shat and killed - Kimball | Atien néar. Rere. “Thomds Turk was en- gaged in‘m fight with Alken when he called -on his young son Will -to. shoot Alken. - 'The boy: fired at once upon his father's’ sntagonist, who fell dead. All the: pergons ;concerned are prominent. . ‘Engineer Is Killed. CHICAGO, Jan..1.—J. W. Bell, engineer, _wds kifled and John Scott, fireman, was fatally injured by the derallment of a | Chicego. . and . Northwest locomotive at Batrington, ‘hear here, to-day. The en- gine rgn Off.-the turntable and ‘tumbled toona Will Be Prosecuted Nevertheless. ALTOONA, Pa., Jan. 1.—On a confessed defalcation of between $30,000 and . $40.000, the county commissioners have agreed to | accept $25,000 from Tax Receiver James H. McCullough's bondsmen and call his | aceounts. square. 1898 duplicates and $30,9% on his 1899 du- plicates. These amounts include the sum total of his peculations. The compromise was effected yesterday by’ the bondsmen, commissioners. and a torneys. - The bondsmen are to pay $12,- 500 for 1898 and the same amount for 1599 the commissipners claiming McCullsugh's | ;i;;;;lleues are square up to and including | AMERICANS THANKED FOR ~ AIDING FAMINE SUFFERERS BQHBAY Jan 1.~THo!following letter of thanks to America has been re- cetvad: by United States Cansul Fee from Governor Northcote.of Bomba; “My Dear. 8ir—The famine which caused "siich terrible . suffering in this Prasidericy during the past twelve mionths has now - sufficiently ahated to enable these Who have had to grappie with it time to express their deep gratitude for ' the generous assistance they have recetved from sympathizers with Bambay troubles' throughout the world. *The peopls. of the Unlted States have borne a very consplcuous part among thase who have come to our assistance. = American missionaries, philanthro- pists.and I may say American men and women of every class, have come for- ward,. many to: give personal help, others pecuniary assistance, in a spirit of kindness and ‘generosity which the people of India will long remember with gratitude. ““May I be'permitted, therefore, on behalf of the Presldency to express to you, and-ask you to convey to your countrymen, our warm acknowledgement and sincere gratitude for the repeated acts of charity and kindness which the unhappy- sufferers from famine have received from the hands of your humane and generous nation. Belleve me, yours: gratefully and sincerely, “NORTHCOTE. chairman of the “To Honorable Willam T. Fee, United States Consul, Anmierican Indlan Famine Relief Committee, Bombay.'t | AGAINST THE GAVN.BLERS ' the Mandate and Every Gaming Resort| in the City Is Closed in Short Order| was | She will be sur- | DEFAULTER'S BONDSMEN | Tax Receiver McCullough of Al-| He owes $25,000 on “his | after several corferences had been held | TWO CROWES - PRISON BARS P { Is Run Down in - a Chase in South | Dakota (His Brother Surprised and || Arrested at Council Bluiis. Two Principals in the Kidnaping of Young Cudahy Fall In'o the Hands of the Police. CHADRO —Pat Crowe charged with compli in the abduction of Edwin Cudahy of Omaha, has been captured Three detectives following Crowe's trafl came upon him to-day on the Pine Ridge Reservation near Oeirichs, 8. D., and cap- tured him er a wild chase. Crowe was 1 buckbe He and tried to outrun the horsemen, who soon bro a stop with their felder, a cattle { with the news, ax at a rarch abc lunch and to fes J. 7. CEOWE IS ARRESTED. | Brother of the Notorious Pat Also Placed in Jail. OMAH 1—A second arrest in the C made. J. J. Crowe, brother of Pat Crowe. whom the police believe to be a principal in the abduction, was taken into in Council B to-day by Omaha tectives. The warrant charges Crowe with the abduction of Edward Cudahy on December 18 ented to accom- pany the officers across the river with- out the formality of requisition papers. While residents of Western Council Bluffs in the vicinity of Thirty-fourth Broadway were In bl s0 momentous an event as the attempted trapping and arrest of the men impl cated In the kidnaping was taking place | a posse of sleuths equipped with search warrants and complaints char tfon ransacked the premises adjacent | 3. 3. Crowe's saloon in the hope of d covering Pat Crowe in his place of con- cealment. They had the necessary papers for the arrest of both Pat and his brother | Early in the day the police department had been given the quiet tip that eit Pat Crowe was making his hiding plac in his brother's saloon or the brother knew a whole lot more than he would di- vulge about the kidnaping and the letter that has been recently written to the Cud- | ahys threatening the death of thelr s if the reward for the arrest of the ki napers were not withdrawn. Crowe ec ging abduc- to A diligent search disclosed no trace of Pat Crowe, but the officers came upon the brother asleep in a rear room. Th and took away t h he carrfed in firs fon by hastily awaken huge bulldog p his pockets. the Ccuncil Bluff: tective Weir of the Iowa Department and then he was conductedl acr: - for an examination by Chief Donahue | When the informat that Pat Crowe might be found in the s police sta De- vorn. was confined complaints m to his house by illness, the officers w | compelled to go to the Judge's dwelling | to secure the necessary papers. A com- plaint charging J. J. Crowe and Pat Crowe witlf being fugitives from justice Ktd through implication in | naping in Omaha was sworn out by T tective Dempsey. The warrants were placed in the hands of Detective Weir. | oFrFICERS OF ARMY AND NAVY TO BE RETIRED Generals Merriam lnd Buffington and Rear Admirals Kautz and Schley Nearing Age Limit. WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.—The first year | of the new century will be marked by many retirements in the army and navy for statutory reasons, mainly on account of age. The retiremernts in the army in- clude three heads of staff departments, viz.: Judge Advocate-General Lisber, Gen- eral Wilsor, chief of engineers, and Gen- eral Buffington, chief of ordnance, each of whom helds the rank of brigadier gen- eral. Ome brigadier general of the line, General H. C. Merriam, commanding the Department of the Colorado, and six col- onels of the line will retire during the year, In the navy two rear admirals of the Iine, Kautz and Schley, and one chief of bureau, Rear Admiral Hichiborn, will be transferred from the active to the re- tired list during the present year. b CONFLAGRATION :T SEATTLE. Public Library Building in Flames and Loss Will Be Luge. SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 2, 2 a. m.—The publie Iibrary baflding is burning and will be totally destroyed. The loss will be encrmous, but how much cannot be stated at this hour. —_———— NATIVES OF GAMBIA RIVER mlon REVOLT LONDON, January 1.—The Colonfal Of- fice is In recefpt of news of & native riging In the Gambia River region in West Africa. The news containing this infor- mation adds that a punitive expedition la being organized. | | | |