The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 23, 1901, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXIX—-NO SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1901. PRICE FIVE CEN o1 ATE PREPARES TO TENDER GRAND RECEPT ION TO THE PRESIDENT AND HIS DISTINGUISHED PARTY MACHINIST SWALLOWS POISON SAN FRANCISCO PLANS MARCH OF VETERANS OF THE PHILIPPINE WAR IN MOST IMPOSING ARRAY Prominent California Cities and Towns Name Executive Committees and Are Will Be Participated Arranging in by Children of the S Exeursions Whieh chools R HIO en citizen. Oddly raised a voice, being, that the pro- leading of has gh 2 new he has of the reception part of one of California—the The battleship as arranged, but en it will not be ck, for the ob- has interfered, mittee wil have charge of the President on at least one other important occasion. Republican State Committee. ‘The rooms of the Republican State Com- mittee in the Palace Hotel will be deco- rated in honor of President McKinley's visit to California. -Artists appointed to carry out the plans of decoration will be- e the place of Mrs. Bab- te, Miss Helen Deshler, he honor of the ocasion. ““Mrs. private dispatch he capital of the Buck- as given up all thought of fa to christen the new e no other interferences in t may alter the general design tion and accompanying cere- will make memorable the of the nation's chief executive to Golden State. The various commit- visit the tees that are working for success are de- ! veloping details. Some of these are yet only suggestions, but they embrace much that is interest and are fruitful in possibilities. The Philippine Veterans. General R. H. Warfleld, chairman of the parade committee, has, with his com- mittee, taken steps to have the soldiers now in San Francisco recently returned from the Philippines and also those who are Gue to return within the next few days from the southern seas take part in the parade. There are now in San Fran- Uncle Sam’s banner in the Philip- who are sbout to be discharged. oubtedly there are thousands of them © have never seen President McKinley. ches have been sent to Secretary £ them to hold the troops here r the arrival of the President, may add their presence to the Congressman Kahn has tele- yashington in reference to d other influences are at me direction. The parade t next Saturday fore- e of Irving M. Scott and will discuss its plans. The e purely military, em- pine veterans and other the Presidio and the the National Guard of will make an imposing ing pageant. tee is about to re- to the funds fcr all be sent in by persons ted by the sub-commit- committee. This 1s t is difficult to cover e time allotted, which | ask ground is now grow F. W. Dohr n, chairman of the finance commit said last evening that | it had been ascertained that the sum of $30.000 is needed. Subscriptions reported isco 9000 veterans who have marched un- | War Root and Adjutant General Cor- | up to last evening amount to only $13,000 in round figures. Checks Are Welcome. “There is no lack of willingness on the part of the people to subscribe,” sald Mr. | Dohrmann, “but the difficulty lies In get- ting enough committeemen to make the canvass. The sub-committees must be made up of representative men to have weight. It is often necessary for a sub- committee to make two or three visits, for there are partners to consult concern- ing the amount of the subscriptions or | there is no one in to speak for the fizm | when the committee members call and the | members must go back again. Those who are not called upon or who wish to save time ‘can send a note to the finance com- mittee at the Mills building or checks to either S. G. Murphy or F. W. Dohrmann. No one can underestimate the importance of this occasion or the necessity that the entertainment shall be the best possible.” General Warfield made a suggestion last evening concerning the banquet. In his opinion that event ought to be made to net the sum of $10,000, approximately. He says | that there are undoubtedly 1000 persons in |Cahromsa who would gladly pay $20 each for the honor of being present at the Pres- idential banquet. The rate of $10 per plate is ample to make it first class in every re- | spect. There is room enough at the Olym- pic Club for the seating of 1000 persons, 800 in the gymnastum and 200 in a smaller | room. When the speaking is about to be- | in all could be gathered in one room. ‘Will Be in Hands of Committee. P. H. McCarthy, chairman of the pub- lic reception committee, says the recep- | tion committee will have the President in charge at all times when he is not the | guest of private individuals. Entertain- ment, aside from the banquet at the ferry depot, has been arranged in the shape of drives to all the important points of in- | terest which the President’s limited time will enable him to visit. The committee will visit Mr. Scott's house on the night set aside for the banquet and will conduct the President to the ferry depot. He will there be in special charge of this commit- tee, which'will see to the matter of intro- ductions and oversee the social part of the programme. At the close of the banquet the committee will escort the President back to Mr. Scott's residence again. The executive committee has not fully defined the duties of the sub-committees as yet and therefore detalls are not known, but it is probable that the reception com- THE YOUNG MATRON WHO WAS TO CHRISTEN THE OHIO AND THE GIRL WHO WILL TAKE HER PLACE. B g gin work to-day. No special effort will be made for exterior display, as the bridge across New Montgomery street, connect- ing the Palace and Grand Hotels, obscures the view of the quarters from the street, but the Interior decorations will be elab- orate and beautiful. Union League Club. The Union League Club is making exten- sive preparations to receive and enter- tain the President in fitting style. The skill of professional decorators will be in- voked to render the club quarters attrac- tive. The luncheon on the day of the President’s visit to the club will be spread in the Maple Room of the Palace Hotel, but the reception to the Presidential party will take place in the regular rooms of the club. Visit in Redlands. REDLANDS, April 22.—President Mec- Kinley and his party will ride through Redlands. The line of drive has been changed by the committee of the Board of Trade so that the President will enter Canyon Crest Park at the Highland-ave- | nue entrance, instead of from Serpentine | drive, as first planned, because the roses on the Serpentine wére the main attrac- tion for using the east entrance to the park, and now they are out of bloom. Mr. Bradley’s “Little Kite” road also will be visited by the Presidential party on |its way through Terracina to town. At | the suggestion of the Board of Trade the | Messrs. Smiley have consented to have | Smiley Heights closed to all visitors on the morning of the President’s visit there, Guards will be placed at all entrances to | keep visitors out until after the Presi- dential party has taken the drive. Petalumans Are Invited. ~ PETALUMA, April 22.—Secretary Wal- ter 8. Davis of the Ohio Society of So- noma County has received$a letter from the secretary of the Ohilo Soclety of Cali- fornia, inclosing invitation blanks for a limited number of gentlemen who. choose to attend the grand banquet to President McKinley. NINE MONTHS AT ath [N A FAAIL aLOOP Newly Wedded Seattle Couple’s Strange Honeymoon. Start for Two Weeks' Cruise and Land on Coast of Alaska. Sail Back to Port After They Have Long Been Mourned as Dead. —— Special Dispatch to The Call. SEATTLE, April 22.—The celebrated Vvoyage around the world by Captain Jo- siah Slocum in his forty-foot sloop Daunt- less has been matched by the wedding trip of Roy Ovaett, a lad of 19. Single handed, Ovaett sailed an eighteen-foot sloop from Seattle to Seward City, which is near Juneau, Alaska. Then he put about and beat his way home again, ar- riving here less than a week ago. Captain Slocum sailed with a fully provisioned and thoroughly equipped boat. Roy Ovaett had scanty supplies, $10 in money, not a stick of spare canvas nor a foot of extra spars and a young wife to care for. That in brief is the story. Told in detail the narrative would make a book. Ovaett is a modest young chap, with clear blue eves and a frank smile. His wife is a beautiful young woman. She was Meg Goodell before her marriage, and the long months at sea have only added to the charm of her face. ) Sailed Away Last July. The young couple were married early in last July andsa few days later the hus- band went to Frank Faber, who owns the Brighton boathouse, and rented a sloop named the Ultra. He told Faber he was going for a wedding trip, and the sloop was provisioned for a two weeks’ cruise. The Ultra left port on the 28th of last July. Three weeks later Faber received a letter from Allard Bay, in which Ovaett arinounced that-he was going to/take his wife to Alaska and that he was not com- ing back. From the day of her departure the Ultra was not spoken by any craft. She disap- peared as completely as if she had sunk to the bottom of the Pacific. And that is what in time people came to believe was her fate. Mrs. Ovaett, prior to her marriage, had lived with her grandmother, Mrs. Goodell, in a little cottage close by the water front. Mrs. Goodell gave up her grandchild as dead and young Ovaett’s family mourned for him as one lost to them forever. Return of the Ultra. A week ago the Ultra sailed jauntily up the bay and dropped anchor off the Brigh- ton boathouse. Many things happened during the long voyage to Alaska. There were storms and head winds. Provisions ran short—perilously short at times. Once they lived for two days on a handful of clams. On another occasion the Ultra staggered along in the teeth of a gale un- til her trysail parted, and for thirty-nine hours this boy stood at the tiller, holding her head close to the wind. Had the Ultra fallen off she would have upset. Sitting in his cozy home this afternoon Ovaett told the story of his wonderful cruise along the shore of the North Pacific to Seward, Alaska. After working his way out into the ocean from Puget Sound he took what is known as the inner passage to Alaska. That he was not wrecked a dozen times was due to vigi- lance and the numerous sheltered nooks along the irregular passage. Venison for Their Larder. His two weeks’ provisions were made to cover a much longer period by the prac- tice of economy and the addition of fish and deer meat. Ovaett had no trouble ob- taining plenty of fish and when the meat larder ran low he resorted to the old fash- joned plan of “jacking”. for deer. There are many places along the coast even now where deer may be killed with compara- tive ease. Ovaett had a gun with him, and owing to the necessity of making each shot tell, got good results. The sloop touched at Allard bay, from which point Mrs. Ovaett was sent home by steamer, while Ovaett sailed home without assistance. CFFICIAL OF TURKEY ACCUSED OF TREASON First Secretary of the Legation at Washington Is Ordered Home for Trial. NEW YORK, April 22.—A World special from Washington says: All Ferrouh Bey, the Turkish Minister, and other officials of the legation, were amazed to-day when shown a dispatch from Constantinople stating that Alfred Rustem Bey, First Secretary of the Legation here, had been accused of treason. According to. the dispatch Rustem Bey has been summoned | to stand trial in the criminal court at Constantinople, his alleged offence having been the writing of revolutionary articles for the London Mail. The Turkish Minister and his staff have no dispatches on the subject. CYCLONE DEVASTATES THE CANARY ISLANDS Twelve Persons Are Killed and Much Property Is Damaged by Furi- ous Storm. 3 LONDON, April 22.—A dispatch from Madrid to the Daily Express says that the Canary Islands have been swept by a cyclone, killing twelve persons and do- ing great damage to property. BECAUSE WIFE AND CHILDREN ARE IN THE DI REST DISTRESS F. Law Leaves His Body for Dissection With the Expressed Hope That the Medical Students Might in Return Help His Family, Whom He Had Lovingly Kissed Adieu et 1 +. found a piece of hydrocyanic acid and a note reading as follows: My family is destitute. May some kind per- son help them. I leave my body to the medical students. May they hely my wife and family. Law was 40 years old and had been out of employment for six months. The body JIZAVES MomE To LooKk Fom Womi< - — THIS MAN, HEARTBROKEN AT THE SPECTACLE OF HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN SUFFERING FOR FOOD, WILLED HIS BODY TO THE DOCTORS AND POISONED HIMSELF IN ORDER THAT PUBLIC ATTENTION MIGHT BE ATTRACTED TOWARD HIS FAMILY'S RELIEF. 2 ISAPPOINTED in his efforts to obtain work at his trade of ma- chinist, and heart broken at the thought that his wife and chil- dren were destitute and suffer- ing, F. Law of 25 Clara street swallowed prussic acid while walking along the street yesterday morning. He fell to the sidewalk and died almost instantly. At a quarter before 8 o'clock Law kissed his wife and children good-by and left the house, apparently on his daily quest for work. As he was passing 726% Howard street he was seen to stagger and fall to the sidewalk. Mrs. Anna Stewart and Mrs. Cohn of 728% Howard street went to the assistance of the pros- trate man and sent for a glass of water, but he was dead before it arrived. Dr. Westerberg was called and pronounced life extinct. In the pockets of the dead man were was taken to the Morgue and an inquest will be held. The condition of the dead man’s family appeals strongly to the humanity of the community. They are destitute and have been subsisting upon next to nothing for several months past. They have not a cent in the world and the larder is empty and unless some char- itable person intervenes the husband and parent must be buried in the potters field. L i i s e S OIS o TWO MASKED MEN MAKE A RICH HAUL Compel a Newcastle Saloon- keeper to Open His Safe for Them. Special Dispatch to The Call. SEATTLE, April 22—Two masked rob- bers held up the saloon of Harry Collins at Newcastle last night and escaped with a cash booty of $2860. The robbery was one of the boldest and most successful that has ever been perpetrated in this county. There is no trace of the high- waymen, though a half-dozen deputy Sheriffs, reinforced by scores of armed citizens of Newcastle, are searching the country for them. The two men wore masks that covered the lower part of their faces. They evi- dently were well acquainted with that kind of work. They took nothing from the saloon that could in any way iden- tify them, even leaving behind a gold watch and some jewelry that belonged to Harry Collins, the owner of the place. It was 9:45 o'clock when the last cus- tomer left the saloon. Collins washed some beer glasses and wiped off the bar, Then he sat down to await the next cus- tomer. He was drowsy and sat nodding in his chair. Suddenly, awakening from a doze, he found the muzzles of four re- heard the abrupt command, “Hands up!" “Open that safe!” was the order next given to Collins. The safe contained a large sum of money, at least $2500 in gold and silver currency. The money was kept in the saloon in readiness to cash the checks of the Newcastle miners. Col- lins had heard from the mine officials that the men were' to be paid for the month of March with checks. He accord- ingly prepared himself with a large sum to accommodate the miners, most of whom were patrons of his place. When the safe was opened the money drawer was pulled out and its contents emptied. A wallet was found on the sa- loon-keeper's person and taken. There was about $I50 in it. After cautioning Collins not to move the robbers disap- peared. GOLD ENTANGLED IN THE HIDE OF A WOLF Yukon Prospectors Are Now Seeking the Lair of a Wild Beast. SEATTLE, April 23—Gold in a wolf's hide is the subject of the latest story from the wilds of Alaska and it is given out by Captain H. F. Dixon, an old Yukon River pilot, who is now visiting friends in Seat- tle. He says that he knows the story to be true because he killed the wolf and saw the gold himself. Tt consisted of fine dust and a few small nuggets, the total value being several dollars. How the gold got into the wolf's hide has caused no end of speculation and prospectors are searching the ground near where the wolf was killed in the hope of finding its lair. It is supposed that the gold came from dirt against which the dvolvers pointed straight at him and he 'animal had been rubbing, TWICE SETS FIRE T0 PARENTS" HOME | Lodi Incendiary Proves to Be a Thirteen-Year-Old Negro Lad. Special Dispateh to The Call. STOCKTON, April 22.—Thirteen-year- old James Morgan to-day confessed to having set fire to the house of his par- ents, a half mile out of Lodi, last night. The Morgan house was fired last Tt day night the first time, while five chil- dren of the family were in the house and the mother was in Lodi Young Morgan denies having started the first | fire, but his confession of the attempt to burn the dwelling last evening leaves no doubt ir the minds of the officers that he alone s guilty. Thres children were sleeping over the place where the blaze was set. Only hard work on the part of | neighbors saved their lives and the prop- erty. Deputy Sheriff Wall ivas sent to Investl- gate. Young Morgan confessed to having started the second fire and sald when | questioned: “My father is preaching down in Bak- ersfield and I don’t want to stay in Lod!, as the boys there torment me. I thought that if I burned the house down my mother would move away.”” The Morgans are a colored family, con- sisting of father, mother and eight chil- dren, of which the youthful prisoner is next to the oldest.