The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 22, 1901, Page 1

Tall, VOLUME LXXXIX-NQ 84. SAN FRANCISCO, TRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1901. PRICE F1VE CENTS. STEPHEN MALLORY WHITE, NOTABLE LAWYER AND STATESMAN, IS SUDDENLY CALLED BY DEATH Distinguished ‘Southern Californian Passes Away at His Home in Los Angeles After a Long and Suc- cessful Career in Clt\. State and National Llfel CONVENTION CHAIRMAN OEnaTos UMITED Sraves REGENT OTaTE UMIVER SITY ACTING LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ST N OF BF LLIAN IT WAS THE TATE 1 ATOR STEPHEN M. WHITE. THE PICTURE REPRES: IYAN AT KANSAS CITY. TS HIM SECOND- LAST IMPORTANT PUBLIC AP- ing before, over his face as ening veil that Then, eed, he tellect the & the £ extreme unction, at the Rev. Bishop Horst- an old friend. he told his wife to and good by. He prayers. About and rested well olution. About his Edward Dillon, Mrs. Judge les Matthews. k this morning when he he announcement was 1= and the community except those of his im- | knew of his illness. Dur-j €t e placed at half-mast | ( all the y and many private bu €:. The arnouncement of Mr. “’h"es‘ th was flashed over the country, and of condolence poured in trom, flags w, of the family, | 1853—Born at San Francisco. 1882—] 1SS6—FElected to State Senate. 1892—] vention, Chicago. 1893—Elected to United States Chieago. 1899—Term in Senate expired. Kansas City. + @+ oeorteoe the greatest statesmen of the land. All the co adjourned to-day as a mark of res to the dead statesman | and a mee f the Bar Asscziation, the largest gathering of that organization in erior Court during the hed member. red and committee: suitable resolu announce Mr. White’s death te and Federal courts. earers were selected to rep- tion of a resolution to attend the funeral in a body the meeting adjourncd until to- day. Arrangements for the funeral were com- eted this evening. Brief services will be held at the family residence at 9 o’clock Saturday morning, followed by a solemn requiem pontifical high mass at cathedral, Bishop George Montgomery be- ing the celebrant. The remains will be escorted to Calvary Cemetery by eighty seven honorary pailbearers. the Bar As- sociation, Ramona Farler, l—Gradunted at Santa Clara College. 1874—Admitted to practice law before Supreme Court. Elected District Attorney Los Angeles County. 1584 and 1SS6—Chairman Democratic State conventions. 1887—Appointed Trustee State Normal School, Los Angeles. 1588—Acting Licutenant Governor. 18SS—Delegate at Large from California and choxen Temporary Chairman National Democratic convention, St. Louls. Delegate at Large to Chicago National 1896—Permanent Chairman National 1S00—Appointed Regent State University by Governor Gage. 1900—Delegate ot Large to National Second momination of Bryan for President. ® ¥ ! ® 4 ® $ @ + ® i 1 i d in Judge Shaw's depart- | e suitable action on the death | Eulogles Ten | soelation, and after the adop- | the | Netive Son3, | . B i o R S e I R S S e O SO & ] ‘ not dangerous Injuries. LATE SENATOR’S LIFE IN BRIEF. Democratic con- Senate. Democratic comvention, Democratic convention, | Chamber of Commerce and other organt- | zations. Mayor Snyder has issued the following: “With profound sorrow the Mayor of | this city announces the death of our dfs- tinguished fellow-townsman, the Hon. Stephen Mallory White, which occurred at his residence early this morning. The eminent station of the deceased, his high | character, his magnificent attainments, his long and extraordinary career in the public service, his unfailing devotion to the cause of the people of his native State and his splendid ability, which he contributed to the discharge of every duty, stand conspicuous and are indelibly impressed on the hearts and affections of al. “Deeming it highly proper that the cit- izens of our municipality should take the initiative In perpetuating the memory of California’s greatest son, I suggest that immediate steps be taken to erect, at some suitable place within our city, an appropriate monument, commemorative of Senator White's public services, the cost Continucd on Page Three. 042400090 9046964-0994040 CO-EDS SLIDE ~ DOWN A ROPE OF SHEETING Day of Sensations at * the Washington - Universiy. Girl Imprisoned by Juniors Badly Injured While E Escaping. 1 | —— Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SEATTLE, Febs 21.—A thrilling melo- | | drama was enacted at the University of | Washington last night. Handcuffs came into play, young men were overpowered and bound, several pretty girls were | locked in their rooms and one, escaping | by means of a sheet rope from a third- | story window, fell and suffered painful | injuries. ‘ All this resulted from the juniors’ at- | tempt to prevent a senior banquet. An-‘ | | other chapter is to be added when Guy | Robertson and Paul Harper meet in the | squarea circle and settle their argument with nature’s weapons. | The seniors had obtained permission to | hold a meeting in the president's room | | As usual, there | | and plan for class day. were to be refreshments, and, as usual, | the juniors determined to share the good | things. By secret service work the juntors | learned that an adjacent grocery had the | pies, cakes and other eatables. Several of | | the class went to the grocery and asked | for the goods. Belleving them to be se- | nlors, the clerk unsuspectingly turned over the boxes. Later in the afternoon | | the seniors learnea of their loss. They began to do a little detective work. At about dusk Guy Robertson disSovered that the stolen sweets were in Howard | Cosgrove's trunk at the Sigma Nu frater- | nity house. While the occupants were at | dinner Robertson, who is a member of the fraternity, admitted two other senlors, who carrfed off the trunk, not knowing that besides the eatables it contained Cos- grove's clothes and about $100 in cash. The juniors soon found that they were | outwitted. They placed a guard mund‘ lme main bullding at'the university, sc | | that the trunk comdd.hiot be taken inm. It | was left under guard In the trees near by. Then the junlors declded to make the se- |~ niors’ meeting impossible. As each senior | appeared he was set upon by a crowd of juniors, overpowered and bound. Clarence | McDonald, Carl Reeves and the Rev. Mr. Vail' were overcome by force, though the minister won the hearty respect of his foes by leaving his marks on several of | their faces. Guy Robertson fought like a tiger. In | the struggle he was struck by one of the | crowd, and he made it a personal matter | with Paul Harper. The two were sepa- rated and Robertson was thrown down, his legs were tied and his wrists fastened | with handcuffs. He was lald on the grass for safekeeping, but later managed to get his legs free and run to a. neighbor's | house, where the handcuffs were removed | | with a cold chisel. Meanwhile the juniors proceeded to the | | girls’ dormitory and locked up the senior | co-eds in their rooms. Miss May Thomp- | son proposed to Mies Hubert and Miss Prosch the daring plan of escaping by a rope made by knotting sheets togetker. | | Tving her rope to the bedstead, Miss | | Thompson climbed out the third-story | window and started down. When about | .three-quarters the way to the ground hen strength fafled and she fell, striking a | stone abuttment and suffering painful but | Miss Thompson gave the alarm to the young men, who mmediately 1eleased their classmates, | | They proceeded to the dormitory and | ! freed the girl senfors. The trunk was| | then taken into the university buflding | and the banquet held about midnight. | Robertson felt that he had not received | fair treatmentat the hands of the juniors, so this morning he Invited Paul Harper | to settle the questfon in a personal en- counter, Harper accepted. The meeting was arranged for this afternoon, but ow- ing to publicity it was postponed. The two declare that they will fight in secret within the week. Bare fists will be the weapons. Robertson says that after he meets Harper he is willing to go down the line with the junior class, one by one, The faculty has taken no action, be- cause the affalr was merely a class con- test. President Graves says that he was | curprised that the upper classmen had l done things so undignified, but that noth- ing occurred which called for disciplinary | measures. The fight would be a different | matter. The principals, however, expect | to meet secretly at some place beyond the faculty’s jurisdiction. FAMOUS HARVARD PUMP BLOWN UP BY VANDALS CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 2L.—Early this morning the famous Harvard pump | was blown up by vandals, and all Har-| vard mourns its loss. At 2 o'clock an e: plosion took place, although it was not powerful enough to awaken the occupants of the dormitories, which are within a few yards of the pump. Harvard gradu- ates of seventy years ago have tender recollections of this pump, and the under- graduates of to-day 100k on it with simi- lar feelings. 1t was a necessary part of the college, for it was one of the few places in Cambridge where a man could get a drink of cool, pure water. It is said the pump will not be replaced and the well will be filled up. The present pump was put in place in 1532 and has remained there ever since, doing Its work falth- fully. The head of a bomb has been found, proving beyond doubt that it was a case | ot premeditated vandalism. | { i | Government should not be burdened | ances of the probably favorable | Government shall purck: SPEAKER HENDERSON IMPERILS THE LIFE OF CALAVERAS TREES Presiding Officer of House of Repre-| sentatives Reluctant to Permit! Consideration of Pending Bill — I | | | | MRS AD SHARON — CALIFORNIA LADIES WHO ARE NOW AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL BENDING ALL THEIR ENERGIES FOR THE PRESERVATION OF * THE SEQUOIAS. ES o Special Dispatch to The Call. ALL" HEADQUARTERS. STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—Mrs. Lovell White, pres- | ident of the California Club, and Mrs. A. D. Sharon of San Francis- €0, who are in Washington in the interest of the Calaveras big tree bill, which iz now before Congress, have had several In- terviews with the California delegation | and leaders of the Senate and House re- ctment of that The matter is garding the probable ena measure at this session. vet undecided. Speaker Henderson iz quite determined in his decision not to allow the bill to come up for consideration, taking the ground that the State of California should look to the preservation and maintenance | of the proposed park and that the national The acs actlon of Governor the great expense Involved. the California Legislature on Gage's recommendations looking to the future mainténance of the park if the | se it do not en- | [ tirely Temove the Speaker's objections to | present consideration of the bill, in view of the very important legislation now be- WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY 1405 G| fore Congress in its closing hours involv- ing vast appropriations. Mr. Whiteside, owner of the Big Tree Grove, has asked Mrs. White and Mrs. Sharon and the California delegation to meet him to-morrow, when he maie a proposition regarding the disposal of the property. Whatever he may propose wi not affect possible legislation in the mat ter, however. Before the adjournment of | Congress Speaker Henderson will consult | turther with the delegation and with the representatives of the Californta Club and give his final decision in the matter. All of the members of the California | delegation ‘have showa Mrs. ‘White and | Mrs. Sharon every ald and courtesy In their endeavor to secute legislative action on the bill and whatever the outcome at this session the project has acquired a standing before Congress which, in case of failure, will place it in a better poal- | tlon for favorable cousideration at tke next session. The effort of the visiting delegates of the California Club will have borne good fruit if even this shall be ac- complished. It is still hoped that tha Speaker and Committee on Rules of House may allow the bill to be considere | betore the final '\dJ urnmy 3 e ) G * FOR THE PACIFIC COAST CALL HEADQUARTERS, U066 G STREET, N. W., W ASHINGTON, 21.—Willis L. Moore, chief of the U nited States Weather Bureau, has written the following letter to Senator Perkins regard- {ng the establishment of a wireless tele- graph system between the Pacific Coast and steamers plying the Pacific Ocean: “I am in receipt of your letter inclosing a communication from Willlam H. Knight. Los Angeles, suggesting that the National Government establish a wireless telegraph system between stations on the coast of California and steamers plying between San Francisco and the Hawalian Islands, Australia and the Philippines at a point where they cross the thirty-fourth parallel of latitude, about 300 miles from shore, for the purpcse of telegraphing meteorologigal conditions to the shore in advance of the arrival of storms. We are endeavoring to perfect our wireless system for the specific purpose of doing just such things as Mr. Knight suggests. It our work proves out, as it now prom- ises to do, we will be able to place our lake and coastwise commerce at all timés in communication with our stations on shore to call in shipping in advance of storms, to receive reports from outgoing and in- coming steamers and collect meteorologi- cal observations from all vessels off the Paclfic coast which, on a given day, are L Gt FRANCE SHOWS Feb. within range of our instruments. “Sécretary Wilson fs fully | practical working of a wirel system | of transmitting messages. Therefore, act- ing under his direction, I began the work about one year ago. I hope to be able to report to the Secretary before the ist of April that our experts have really | transmitted messages five hundred miles | on water. “Mr. Knight Is In error In saying we have transmitted messages flve hundred miles. We have only reached a distance of between sixty and seventy miles on land, but we have stated that we belleved that we had an efficlency that would op- erate for flve hundred miles on water. “Mr. Xnight speaks of the synchroniza- tion of messages. I have to say for his benefit that, notwithstanding erroneous claims made by others, no one has yet accomplished this feat. I belleve It is possible to do so, and we have experi- ments under way that I belleve will ult!- mately accomplish’ this much-sought ob- ject; but, when vou consider that, in at- tuning electrical apparatus, you are deal- ing with vibrations of more than a billion per second, It will be apparent that great refinement of mechanism is necessary. I anything that can be turned to the inter- ests of the Paciflc Coast.” FRIENDLY FEELING FOR AMERICA CALL HEADQUARTERS, u06 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—Notwithstanding the refusal of the | Senate to take action upon the French reciprocity treaty the Paris Government is willing to glve the United States an- other opportunity to accept the instru- ment and thus avert a hostile tariff com- bination of Eurepean States against this country. Hopes of ratification of the commercial treaty by the Senate at this session have been zbandoned both by the President and the French Government, and consideration has been given to the advisability of extending the time set for ratification. The limit of time for the ratification of the treaty under the ex- tension negotlated a year ago Is placed at March 17. The treaty has been before the Senate for two sesslons, and that body has had | | ample time in which to consider its pro- | | visions. The President does not intend to extend the time of ratification unless there is prospect of action, as he is un- willing to place this Government in the carry out engagements solemnly entered be put into force because the legislative | branch willfully declines to gct. At the same time the President Is keeping an anxious eye on the economic situation in Europe. | It is absolutely necessary for the for- | elgn commerce 6f the United States, ac- ‘\cordlng to administration officials, that the French treaty should be ratified, and a desperate effort will be made to bring | this about before the session ends, -even though the French Government is willing to extend the time of ratification. , altve to the | great benefits that would accrue from the can assure you we will take advantage of | humiliating position of being unable to| into by the executive and which cannot | MAY CONDUCT INAUCURATION INGLASS CASE \Plans for Protecting . the Health of the President, Much Pomp and Ceremony fo Attend the Pro- ceedings. i asnias Spectal Dispatch to The Call. CALL HEADQUARTER ws o | STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Feb. {21.—Two important questions have been settled relative to cer s attending the second inauguration of President Mec- Kinley. The first problem solved by the | committee of arrangements is the safe- guarding of the President’s health whi | he is delivering his inaugural from the east front of the Capitol. Wood, the architect in charge of stand bu | cover or canopy over that part of the stand occupled by the President. Should the weather be Intensely severe prepara- | tions are made for enveloping the Presi- dentfal stand in a glass case to shut out wind or cold weather | To put it playfully, if there is rain the | President will be sworn in within the con- | Aines of a glass case, like a plece of wax- work: in the second place, it has been definitely settled that the President will ride from the White House to the Capitol taccompanied by two members of the Sen- ate Committee on Arrangements. Senator Hanna rman of that committee, will share the honor with Senator Jones of Arkansas, chairman of the Democratic tional Committee. Under ordinary circumstances the pres- ence of Senator Hanna In the same car- riage with President McKinley would not | attract more than passing notice, for 1t is according to a long Iine of precedents that two members of the Senate Commit- address Mr. the work ing, has decided to erect a as ¢ tee shall ride to the Capitol w! tdent-elect on inauguration day. and Sen- ator Hanna heads committee. ith the Pr The accommodations for the entertain- | ment of distingutshed visitors on the In- | angural stand at the Capitol will be bet- | ter and greater than on any similar occa- sion. The seating space extends over the entire east front of the Capitol buflding from the Senate wing to the House wing, with capacity for more than 3000 persons. At the White House and vicinity the inaugural decorations exceed In elegance and beauty anything of the kind previous- Iy attempted. The work is far advanced. The court of honor along Penns: avenue, from Fifteenth to Seventeenth streets, in front of the Executive Man- sion and the Treasury and War depart- ments, 1s being ed on an elaborate scale. There is some criticism upon the plan of the committee In carrying the cocurt of honor into the White House grounds, right up to the front door of the President’s house. The artistic effect cannot be doubted, but there are « in persons who hold that a little less poms ceremony so close to the White H. 'd have been | in good taste. e w ———s CUBAN CONSTITUTION SIGNED. One Delegate Hints at War With ths | United States. HAVANA, Feb. 21.—The Cuban const!- | tution, first submitted by the central com- mittee to thae | sesston of January 21, was signed the convention at to-day. The president and vice presidents signed first and then thejdelegate: Senor Cismeros @reated a sensation by refusing to sign. {Beveral delegates en- deavored to dissuad® him from his course, but he was immovable. As the delegates retired Senor Tamayo remarked: “We are | all Cubans, senor,” and Senor Cisneros replied: “Yes, when the time comes to fight the Americans we will fight them together.” Senor Capote, president of the conven- tion, will deliver the document to General Wood to-morrow. A copy in English will then be sent to Washingto: EXTRA SESSION INEVITABLE. President Announces That It Will Be Called in March. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2L—Three times in as many days has the President told | his callers that he belleves an extra ses- sion Inevitable. Even stronger statements by his friends were made to-day. Mr. McKinley is reiterating his determination so frequently that many persons are re- garding it as absolutely certain to oe- cur. The President went further than ever to-day by indicating his Intention to cail | an extra session to meet about two weeks | after his inauguration. This is taken to 1mem that it will be some time In the week beginning March 18—probably March 20 or March 21. The President stiil ! desires an extra session primariy on | Cuba. Fresh information he has been re- | cetving from Cuba conveys she good news | that the Cubans are manifesting a more liberal policy toward the United States Government. This, In the President’s opinion, does nbt obviate the necessity for an extra ses- sion. While many of the Cuban leaders admit the rTight of this country to in- tervene in certain problems connected with thelr government, the Cuban consti- |tullonl.l convention has rot attached to the constitution any paragraph defining lhe relations which shall exist between this republic and the one formed In Cuba.