The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 14, 1901, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXIX—-NO. 104. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, MARCH PRICE F1VE CENTS. FORMER PRESIDENT BENJAMIN HARRISON PASSES PEACEFULLY FROM EARTH'S CARES AFTER MAKING GALLANT STRUGGLE AGAI S S s Death Comes to the General After Many Hours of Uncon- sciousness. UL Unable to Recognize or Speak to Members of the Family at the Bedside. e belleved tI dren Not Pre EX PRESIDENT BENJAMIN NST INROADS OF PNEUMONIA HARRISOMN | times careful to say nothing could be misconstrued or twisted gard for the dignity which he once held. semi-conscious condition, when the sentinels of discretion ard propriety 1 gone from their posts and the mind e man was wandering, he began to speak the Boers and iggle for national life. His volce was trembling, his thoughts were ted, but the listeners bending words of pity for the s ps were at once taken to mo ves abroad tha dispatched the Indtana Se s In were also 7 immediatey. Unconscicus for Hours. Ransdell death, the exact time | to 2 comatose state be- | take place next Sun- e. The greater part The services will be e was in a semi-con- | | held in the First Presbyterian Church, of nourh he was at times | his bedst me he recogrized and spoke to who had just e also spoke to Mr. very indistinct, | however, and “my lungs” | being urd the last words | o i ot be uttered were addressed to his wife. of | .11 4 o’clock. y at General Harrison was a member Re osc at | for rears. M. L. Haines, pastor of the church, have charge of the services. This afternoon it was de- cided at a meeting of Governor Durbin and a number of the other State officers that body of General Harrison should te in the rotunda of the Capitol next Saturday. Newcomer, his a whom he 1 red Tfic !y before he be-[ . pighest honors which It Is in the came unc ous, if the doctors were| . .. of the State of Indiana to pay will present | ered to the remains of General incidents of general occured | most dathetic of One of th the whole & To-morrow morning a meeting will be Tuesday before he became unconscious. | ye1g in the office of the Governor to per- The gener: lttle davghter. Elizabe fect the detalls of the funeral. It has was brought into the =ick room for a few | peen decided that the honorary pall- moments to see nar Zather. and offerel | pegrers shall be the members of his Cab- him 2 small apple ple which she hersel had made. General Harrisor smiled his recognitibn of the child and her gift. but | posed by the members of the family that the effort to speak was too much and he | all will be here. As far as they could be eould 4o nothing morz2 1o express his ap- | reached by telegram the members of Gen- preciation. | eral Harrison's Cabinet, who were at- To-Gay ell efforts {0 arouse the slowly | tached to his officlal household at the @ying man to consclousness falled, and he | time of the expiration of the term of his @led without a word of recognition to any | executive office, were promptly notified ©f the loved ones who surrounded him. ! of his death and most of them will attend Pity for Struggling Boers | the funeral. From one who was present at the death- | Prominent Men Notified. bed is learned that the allegations of| With the exception of ex-Secretary of eru y and injustice cealt out by England | State John W. Foster, who is traveling in to the Boers in their siruggle for liberty | Mexico, and could not be located, the fol- had been @ subject of thought in the | lowing received the notices forwarded: mind of"General Harrison. To his friends | Secretary of the Treasury Charles W. It is not known positively how v of them will come, but it is sup- he had often spokes of the pity and | Foster, Fostoria. Ohio; Secretary of War shame, as he viewed it, that the brave | Stepnen B. Elkins, Elkins, W. Va.; Sec- farmers of South Africal retary of the Navy Benjamin F. Tracy, and sturdy their hopeless | New York; Secretary of the Interior John | W. Noble, St. Louts, and Postmaster Gen- eral John Wanamaker, Philadelphia. A telegram from Mrs. Mary Harrison McKee, received in the city to-night, an- | | ed that she will arrive at noon to- | morrow. She will be accompanied by her | rusband. { Mrs. Bevin of Ottumwa, General Harrl- | son’s sister, will not be able to attend the funeral on account of il health. 'TIME DEVOTED ; TO ATMUSEMENT| | General Harrison Attended Social Functions With | ! His Wife. I INDIANAPOLIS, March 13.—Since Gen- eral Harrison's retirement from the Presi- | dency he had devoted hnmself almost en- | tirely to his law practice kis only public | service being his appearznce In 1898 as counsel for Venezuéla ‘n the South Ameri- can republic’s dispute with England with her boundary lire. Notwithstanding his large law practice, General Harrison had | devoted much t'me since retiring from the | | Presidency to amusement. He attended | | the theater, receptions, was a great diner |out and was at all social gatherings, one !of those most thoroughly entertained and | happy. He attended local musical con | certs, was president of the University | Club, which he assisted in organizing | three years ago, was a member of the | Independent Dramatic Club, and mada many informal gocial calls. In all of these affairs he was attonded by Mrs. Harrison. | General Harrison loved a good dinner |and a bright social atmosphere of witty | conversation to go with it. He accepted | | invitations to dire out freely and little | | dinner parties at his own house in honor of intimate friends were frequent. With- | |1n the last three weeks, with Mrs. Har- rison, We had accepted a uumber of din- | ner invitations. | Tre following telegrzm was received |the Harrison home l!ate to-night from ‘:Eenor Azpiroz, the Mexican Embassador: | “Mrs. Harrison—Please accept con-| | @olences from himself and Mrs. Azpirez in your grief.” A telegram of condolence was also re- | celved from Justice McKenna of the Su- | preme Court. Arother was received from i.'ohn ‘Wanamaker, who was Postmaszer Genera! during the Harrison administra- tion, stating that ha will attend the funeral. The following relegram from ex-Pres!- dent Cleveland was raceived to-night by Mrs. Harrison: “PRINCETON, N. J.—Accept my heart- felt sympathy in an affiiction which many | millions share with vou.” | . Other telegrams were from Chief Justica | Fuller of the United States Suprema Court and ex-Secretary of State Fos'er, —— President to Attend Funeral. WASHINGTON, March 13.—President McKinley will attend the funeral of Gen- eral Harrison. He will leave here prob- ably to-morrow night, accompanied by Mrs. McKinley and Secretary Cortelyou. The party will stop at Canton for a day or more, and Mrs. McKinley will remain » there, while the President and Mr. Cor-!late Benjamin Harrison, telyou proceed to Indianapolis. TRIBUTE PAID BY CLEVELAND Only Surviving Ex=Presi- dent Speaks of Harri- son’s Useful Life. PRINCETON, N. J.. March 13.—When interviewed to-night by the Assoclated Press correspondent ex-President Cleve- land made the following statement on the death of ex-President Harrison: “I am extremély moved by the sad in- telligence of Mr. Harrison's death, “for, notwithstanding the late discouraging re- ports of his condltion, I hoped his life might yet be spared. Not one of ou countrymen should for a moment fail to realize the services which have been per. formed in their behalt by the dis tinguished dead. - Ir high public office he was gulded by patriotism and devotion to duty, often at the sacrifice of temporary popularity. and in private station his in- fluence and example were always in the direction of decency and good citizenship. Such a career and the incidents related to It should leave a deep and useful im- pression upon every section of our na- tional life.” GIVES MONEY TO CHILDREN After Second T[larriage Harrison Accumulates Present Wealth. LOUISVILLE, March 13.—“Public sen- timent condemned General Harrison when he married a second time,” saild a Louis- ville Judge who was associated with Gen- eral Harrison in legal cases, “but this would not have been so had the public urderstood all the circumstances of that marriage. His second marriage was op- posed by his two children, Colonel Rus- sell B. Harrison and Mrs. Mary Harri- son-McKee. Feeling that their opposi- tion was In a manner justified, General Harrison turned over to them his whole fortune with the exception of his house in Tndianapolls and sald with character- istic firmness, ‘I shall now start out again in life, and whatever I may make shall belong to my wife and any children God may bless me with." “He turned over to his son and daugh- ter about $100,000 accumulated in the prac- tice of law and saved from his salary as President. Since his second marriage he has accumulated about twice that much, and I am told his will will cut off his children by his first wife with mere men- tion, and leave his second fortune to his second wife and his child by her. Since the second marriage his son Russell and Mrs. McKee have not visited their father's home in Indianapodis.” ‘Honored by Legislature.. CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, March 13.—This evening when the Senate and Assembly adjourned they | | | 1 | | | sometimes said that the same tenaclty of — ex-President of the United States. The motion was made in the Assembly by Fisk and in the Sen- ate by Belshaw. KIND WORDS BY WHITELAW REID Those Who Knew Harrison Intimately Found Him Genial. By WHITELAW REID. MILLBRAE, Cal, March 12.—General Harrison ranked intellectually among the ablest of our Presidents. His conduct of his office was labori- ous and consclentious, and he was eady when occasion required it 0 assume at the same time the detall | duty of the most exacting of the depart- | ments. His administration was pure, and the country under it was prosperous. His absorption in his work sometimes led to a brusqueness of manner which was mis- construed, and those who knew him slightly, or not at all. thought him cold Those more intimate found him hearty and genial, and In private life full of quick and tender sympathies. He never forgot a friend or a service. though his critics character might occasionally make it dif- ficult for him to forget an injury. He has distinctly gained In public appreciation since his retirement from office. The loss of such a man when beyond further ambi- tion and trusted by the country is almost the greatest we could experience. st s sl General Harrison’s Wealth. INDIANAPOLIS., March 13.—General Harrison’s wealth is variously estimated, public opinion rating it as high as half a million dollars. Those who are best informed about the ex-President's affalrs, however, say he was worth about $250,000 or $300,000. At the time he was elected President he was reputed to have ac- cumulated a fortune of $125,00 from his law practice, and this has been doubled at least since that time. Of late his practice, owing to his great reputation as a constitutional lawyer, was very lu- crative. His fee In the Venezuelan boun- dary aispute, in which he represented the South American republic, was $100,000. KING EDWARD WANTS A PACK OF FOXHOUNDS Government's Proposals for the Civil List Show Aggregate of Nearly ‘Half Million Pounds. TONDON, March 14.—The Times asserts that the Government's proposals for the civil lst show a total of £470,000. being £110,000 for his Majesty’s privy purse and the rest for the expenses of the royal household. At a meeting of the Civil List Committee of the House of Commons yesterday the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, Sir M. Hicks-Beach, who was elected chairman, explained that the Gov- ernment proposals contemplate an aboli- tion of the royal buckhounds, intimating that the substitution of a pack of fox- hounds would be ed as a sultable appendage to the royal establishment. The Queen Consort’s allowance fs £50,- 000, and is included In the total already given. This will be increased to £79,000 did so in respect ‘v the memory of the |in the event of the death of the King 'President to | bids the draping of public bu | sued by President Harrison himself pr: | ably brought about the enactment of | obliged to issue an order an '|Nation Will Pay All Due Honors to the Memory of the Noted Statesman. Issue Proclamation and Army and Navy to Fire. Salutes. ASHINGTON Mar 13.—Deep Interest was ex- hibited In all of the executive as to the condition of ex-Pri rison. As office hours had o for the day before the end came the first official action regarding death will be deferred untl when, following precedents Kinley will is mation to people notifying them of General Ha son's death and setting out in becom terms his vir: s and characteristi also will order salutes to be fired at the va- rious army posts on the day of the funeral and on shipooard when the new ceived. The Secretary of War ar Secretary of the Navy cial notices to soldlers and sailors conv Ing the President’s directions in this mat- ter. Little more can be done officially, as the act of March 3, 1833, spec! e his proc! s re- the will send out spe- cally for- lings in mourning or the closing of the e departments on the occasion of the death of an ex-official. Display of Mourning Prohibited. It is a curfous fact that two order: law. January 18, 1593, the President ncing the death of ex-President Hayes, closing the departments on the day of the funeral and was | ordering all public buildings to be draped in mourning. Almost before this period of mourning had expired ex-Secretary Blaine died and another funeral procia- mation Issued from the White House. The long continuation of the exhibitions of mourning were too much for Congress which promptly passed the act above re- ferred to, prohibiting mourning display and the closing of the departments on the occasion of the death of an ex-officfal. Tributes of Cabinet Members. The late President Harrison was per- sonally known to every member of the Cabinet and all its members in the city spoke in praise to-day of his ma, intellectuality and rugsed force of char- acter. Naturally the proclamation the Presi- dent will issue setting out the admints- | tration’'s estimate of General Harrison character in a large measure will include the personal views of a majority of the Cabinet, and consequent y most cases care to enter into extended aralysis of the good qualities of the de- ceased. Secretary and Attorney General Griggs are out of town. Post- master General Smith was expected to re- turn to Washington to-n Secretary of State Hay sald: “The death of Mr. Harrison is a na- tional loss. Tndependent of the great offi- cfal position he had held, he of extraordinary mental capacity and ac- tivity. He was a true statesman, lawyer and orator and he has left few men his equal behind him. In character as well as abilities he was a man of very unusual force and value.” Served the Best Interests. Secretary Long sald: “President Harrison made a distin- guished record as President of the United States. He was a conscientious, painstak- ing chief magistrate of absolute Integrity, who maintained the honor and prestige of his country and whose highest ambition was to do his duty toward and serve the best interests of that country.” Secretary of Agriculture Wilson sald: “President Harrison was one of our strong Presidents. He was a man of un- did no Gage was a man questioned ability and made an Impres- | sion upon the country that will challenge | the Investigation of the historians.” Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock sald: “Ex-President Harrison was a descend- ant of an {llustrious grandfather, and thelr countrvmen will ever recall with gratitude and admiration the work both in the development and exaltation of | our country.” Death a Great Public Loss. Postmaster General Emory Smith, wkn returned to Washington late to-night, said of General Harrison: “The country had very great respect for General Harrison, apd his death will be universally deplored as a great pr Hc loss. He was one of the ablest men who filled the Presidential chair. In in- tellectual force, in civic virtue, in deep and genuine patriotism, he ranks among the first half-dozen in the whole list. His greatness as a lawyer, his thoreugh knowledge of affairs, his rare adminis trative capadity. which enabled him to gulde any one of the executive depart- ments as he actually gu’ded several it one time and another during the disablil of their chiefs. have rarely been equaled His administration was one of the best and most prosperous the country has ever had. The genera! admiration for his high intellectual powers and for the signal capacity with which he handled affairs has deepened with passing years.” i g Speeding to Indianapolis. SARATOGA, N. Y., March 13.—Mr. and Mrs. James E. McKee, who left here this afternoon, expect to reach Indianapolis tos of | —_—— RNEY LOST TO SANTA CRUZ Ex-President Was Coun= sel in the Celebrated Bond Suit. SANTA CRUZ, M and was expe Ist ard 15th Santa The oid. The ca taken to United States Suprema Court on a writ of review. Mayor Parker a se was then tha erton were seen to- thought the only effect would have w trial a little while e opinion tha I a2 4 be employed to ass AMERICANS DEFEAT PHILIPPINE BANDITS Vaille Says O Told Him That Hs Did Not Want to Capture Aguinaldo. MANILA, March 13.—Paymaster John A. Pickett, with 7 gold and an es- cort of ten mo men from Company D of the Sixte ulars, was attae by e roald a pa ague, in the ya. A hard fight were routed. Tha srporal Hooker was killed and a pr 1 March 13.—Frank NDIANAPOLIS t returned from | he was 4 ctor king of Philippine neral Otis had ot want to capture Aguf- to be In the al Otls as sa n the hands of ing. “than for him to be the American a as a marty WIND HURLS BIRDS | TO DEATH ON WIRES Thousands of Desert Larks Found De- capitated by Fury of the Storm } Near Denver. | DENVER. March 13.—Out on the Brighton road, near Denver, thousands of known as fences and larks, commonly " snowbirds, lle dead along the | paths with their heads, wings or legs cut | oft. The birds were beheaded or malmed | by telegraph wires strung along the road | The high winds of the past few days. | catching them in droves, have forced | them violently against the wires. | The momentum must have been terri- | ble. for the frafl bodies, not heavy enough | to ad® much weight to momentum, struck | the wires with sufficient force to cause wholesale decapitation. The birds trom the ground during a lull, are caught in the swift current of wind and hurled to | their death, unable to reach the outer or more quiet air. | REVOLUTION IS SAID TO THREATEN BRAZIL Frontier Is Being Vigilantly Watched to Prevent the Possible Incursion | of Disturbing Forces. RIO JANEIRO, Brazil, March 13.—Thera | are persistent rumors of a revolution. The Government is having the frontier watched carefully. fearing Incursion of revolutionary ba: The arrest of several military chiefs is regarded as probable. A dispatch from San Pablo announces the death of Count de Pinhal, a wealthy planter and leader the monarchical element. Count Pinhal was going from San ~ablo to Rio Janeiro, when he lost a bag containing 297 contos collected for a | monarchical propaganda This loss af- fected the Count very much. as he feared that it might cause him dishonor. He !dh‘d in Montevideo of cerebral trouble. Murder Done at Stuart. SPOKANE, March 13.—A special from Stuart savs: John L. Morrison was shot and killed by Daniel McGann yesterday afternoon. McGann and Nelson Hether quarreled over a piece of land. Morrison championed Hether against McGann, and when ordered off the land refused to leave. The shooting followed. desert-born