The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 24, 1901, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXIX—NO. 1465. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, '1901. PRICE F1VE CENTS. cKINLEY’'S WELCOME THE GREATEST JENEZUELA GETS LESSON 1 COURTESY Will Be Made to Feel Weight of America’s Displeasure. R Castro’s Treatment of Loomis an Insult to the United States. S P At resent Diplomacy Is Considered Sufficient to Bring the Little Republics to Time. SRS The Call. n to 1406 G STREET, N. ¥, April 23.—Venezuela el the weight of Ameri- nt of Minister Francis B. s attitude toward the ve of the United d, mot forcibly but American legation in some mont! re of Mr. Russell, who d’affaires, and it is e Venezuelan Government of the reason which sident Castro’s Imprudent Course. 7 of the administration with ezuela was reached to-day Hay had a conference >omis, and at a Cabinet communicated the explana- the diplomat to the Presi- It was an- colleagues. g out instructions given him tment.” 0’s objection to Min- e latter represents the It is not proposed to dis- on to Venezuela. For the diplomatic representa- ed sufficient, and it is bring President Castro clation of the course to ment of foreign rep- Loomis Is Not Indiscreet. t he had not been in- ad not made statements re- Pr ent Castro. He sald ing Secretary Hay that he had disagreement with Gen- ed he did not be- said that the Vene- ed he accepted fa- It trust. He declined tion as to whether he grata to President Cas- ! ed that no representa- ding Loomis have been made to Secretary Hay. y gave Loomis to under- 1d return to Venezuela but the Minister granted leave to g0 be benefit of the health of his He elf. expects to be at Upon his return ne whether he will go back e expectation is that he some European diplomat whom he succeeds ent to Caracas. Other Powers Also Object. ult of Loomis’ report it is that the officials understand that d Spain, as well as the United y separately informed the lan Government that they would ent to the consideration of claims out of the recent revolution in nezuelan courts. Great Britain is ex- to make similar representations. Castro is said to have vacked which is to consider the facts disputes, but the State As asphalt President Castro is accused of being per- interested in the settiement of this where he and his brother, it 1s r contemplate seizing that part f the Felicidad concession outside of that T o Warner and Quinlan. Repre- of the Orinoco Iron Company, on which was recently canceled, ngton urging that the United upon the restoration of their CHICAGO’S CHIEF OF POLICE RESIGNS HIS POSITION 23.—Chief of Police resignation this For some ril in his yor Harrison. ror, that he did not intend to reapyp t Chief Kipley and as the ap- pointment is to be announced next Mon- | f decided this afternoon to into his own hands. pon the Mayor and asked ¢ terms if he was wanted for another term. The Mayor was as spe- cific as the chief and told him that he had no intention of reappointing him. The chief then went to his office, wrote out his resignation, sent it to the Mayor and, calling up all the police stations in the city, announced that he was no longer Chiet of Police. Mayor Harrison declined to discuss the retirement of Kipley or give the name of his successor. EVER SCHEMES FOR RECEPTION RAPIDLY SHAPING TOWARD GRAND SUCCESS i1More Than Three Hundred Acceptances to . the Banquet Already Received---Forty return for its discour- | at least will | in reducing the | erican representation at | uthority that Loomis | lligence and discre- | This means | not personal, but due to | = convinced the author- partment will review the decision ren- | evident. from statements | | Thousand School —_—— Children on Revie v i 5 Sowmrs = EASWN COMMITTIEE, { E S ENSIGN cnmmRcan com o~ HowmiLs CHARM AN ENTERTAINMENT LANS for the reception of Presi- dent McKinley are tending toward one of the grandest demonstra- tions ever given by a city and State 1o a chief executive. The finance committee of the Citizens’ Committee of San Franecisco now has its work systematized, and money is coming in freely and with many promises of more. Sub-committees have their work well in hand, and the outline of the local celebra- tion is beginning to loom up among the countless schemes under consideration. | The citizens’ banquet is still without a | home, but there are but two places in the race for the honor just now. One is the large grillroom of the Palace Hotel and the other is the gymnasium of the Olym- | pic Club. The grillroom will seat 450 peo- ple. Already there have been received by A. A. Watkins, chairman of the banquet | committee, 330 acceptances, so it looks very much as if, by the end of next week, the capacity of the griliroom will be left far behind. This will leave the Olymplic | Club next in the race for favor. The gym- nasium can be made to seat 800 persons at | table, and if advantage be taken of the boxing room opening from the gymnas- ium, 200 more can find place. There is a lack of culinary appliances in the club, but they could easily be installed for the time being, and President Harrison will allow anything that the committee sees fit to do. In addition to. being surrounded by all the rooms and convenlences necessary for the reception of a large number of guests, the gymnasium of the club offers peculiar opportunities for the art of the decorator. It may be that this feature may declde the committee in favor of the club. The tickets for the citizens’ banquet are | $20 aplece. At first sight this seems to be a source of revenue, but when the cost of the dinner itself, the best of champagne and cigars, the decorations, the music, the menus and a dozen other things are fig- ured out of it, it begins to look small, for this is going to be a pearl among ban- quets and what will not be done to make it perfect in its kind is not worth doing. The problem of the school children, and there are 40,000 of them, is being consid- ered by the Board of Education. That they will be lined up to be reviewed by the President is a settled fact, but the trouble is to find a place to line them up, for 40,000 children make an army by them- selves. Golden Gate Park and Van Ness | avenue are the only available places, and |one or the other will be chosen. The school directors prefer the avenue, be- cause it s more accessible and besides there is more room for them there in formation for review than anywhere in the park. | Charles R. Allen, chairman of the com- mittee on decorations, says the committee has completed many of its plans, and has closed contracts for the illumination and decoration of the streets of San Francisco. The committee has decided to resort to electrical illumination very largely, this having proved such a success in the past. One new scheme will be tried in {llumin- ating Market street. Instead of incandes- cent lights, arc lights will be used, and will be strung fifty feet apart on each side of Market street, from the ferry to the City Hall. ! The tower of the Ferry building will be {lluminated with incandescent lights just as was done upon the arrival of the California volunteers. Very little bunting will be used, and that only on Third street, through which the President will march upon his entrance into the city. Market, Montgomery and other streets will be decorated with evergreens and gar- |lands. The evergreens will be placed at e WORK OF FINANCE COMMITTEE PROMISES NECESSARY AMOUNT Reports From Towns on President’s Route Show That Everybody Is Alive to the Situation and Hard at Work Preparing i ; R 227 —»é 0 Lt 0 -+ the side and garlands will be strung on the wires which support the electric lights. The contracts for this work have nearly all been let. The Day’s Contributions. The executive council of finance ac- knowledges the receipt of the following subscriptions up to 12 m. yesterday: Palace and Grand Hotels, $400; Dodge, Sweeney & Co., $100; Murphy, Grant & Co., $100; Hale. Bros., $100; Occidental Hotel, $100; Goldberg, Bowen & Co., $50; M. A. Gunst & Co., $30; Levi Strauss & Co., $30; Hoffman, Rothehlld & Co., $50; Baker & Hamilton, $50; American Steel & Wire Co., $50; W. P. Fuller & Co., $50; Willlams, Dimond & Co., $50; Ris- don Iron Works, $50; John Shirley, $50; John Breuner & Co., $50; Russ House, $50; Arctic Ofl Works, $50; Lick House, $75; Selby Smelt- ing Co., $25; Newman & Levinson, $25; Sher- man, Clay & Co., $25: D. Samuels Lace House, §25; Unlon Transfer Company, $25; Cluett, Pea- body & Co., §25; Winchester Repeating Arms Company, $25; Lowenberg & Co., $25; Keller, Bachman & Co., $25; Triest & Co., $2%5: Payot, Upham & Co.. $25; Meyerstein Company, $25: Piper, Aden & Goodall, $25; Code-Portwood Canning Company, $25; Rosenberg Bros. & Co., $25; Anglo-American Crockery Company, $%; M. Ebrman & Co., $25; Norton, Teller & Ro- den, $25; Johnson-Locke Mercantile Ccmpany, Otls-McAllister Co., $25; Getz Bros. & Co., $25; William Cluff Company, $25; Berry Bros., Ltd., $25; Sherwood & Sherwood, $25; Califor- nia Fruit Canners’ Association, $25; Abraham- son-Heunisch Glass Company, $2%5; Curtls & Muir, $25; Rinaldo Bros. Company, $25; G. M. Josselyn & Co., $25; Neville & Co., $25; Bank of British North America, $50. Total, $2325. The people of Marin County are making great preparations for welcoming the President on May 16, for on that day he will cross over to Sausalito on his way to the top of Mount Tamalpals. He will be met as he leaves the ferry at Sausalito by thousands of citizens and by the school children of the county. There will be no time for more than a cheer and perhaps another when he pauses on his return, but the people of Marin County are mak- ing ready to crowd into that single mo- ment all the loyalty and hospitality they feel for the President and all he repre- sents. The Ohio Society. The Ohio Soclety of California, upon whose shoulders will devolve a great por- tion of the responsibility of successfully entertaining President McKinley during his visit in this city, is without exception one of the most vigorous social organiza- tions on the Pacific Coast. The soclety was organized June 12, 1897, with less than fifty members, but since then it has met with a remarkable growth and to- day it numbers within its ranks many of the State’s most influential citizens. The names of many of California’s leading merchants, scientists and jurists adorn its roll and President McKinley himself is one of its honorary members. The Society of Ohio has for its object the promotion of social and fraternal union among its members and the collec- tion, preservation and diffusion of infor- mation concerning the State of Ohio and its people. When the soclety was organ- ized Benjamin B. Haskell was elected first president and after serving two terms he was succeeded by Colonel John P. Jackson, late Collector of the Port of San Francisco, who retained the honored seat until summoned by death. Then the incumbent, General James M. Gleaves, was elected. General Gleaves will have OFFICERS OF THE OHIO SOCIETY WHO WILL BE PROMINENT IN THE RECEPTION. | the Palace Hotel and a member is always the honor of presiding at the banquet which the soclety is preparing to give to McKinley. The famed hospitality of the State of California is well upheld by Society. Apartments are maintained at the Ohlo on hand to welcome and entertain any visiting native of the Buckeye State. When ex-Mayor Strong of New York, who incidentally is a native of Ohlo and a member of the Ohio Society of the Empire State, visited San Francisco, the local soclety extended to him a splendid reception and feted him at a sumptuous banquet. Benjamin Butterworth. while he was sojourning in this city, was the guest of the society. An Army of Ohioans. -t is estimated that there are at least 35,000 sons of Ohlo who have emigrated westward and settled in the State of Cali- fornia. In almost every county of the State societies have been organized and an attempt will soon be made to form the various societies Into a federation. Advantage will be taken of the coming celebration, when almost every society w..L have representatives here, to accom- plish something definite in that direction. The soclety meets on the second Wed- nesday of each month at 320 Post street. The Ohio Soclety will entertain the President at a banquet on May 1§, from 5 o’clock in the afternoon until midnight. Deputations from almost every lodge in the State will be present and every effort will be made to render the entertainment one of the most pleasant features of Mc- Kinley's visit to the coast. The society will also be called upon to entertain Governor Nash and his party, which is scheduled to arrive at almost the same date as the President, A street parade in honor of the Governor is one of the projects which is inviting consid- erable debate. The society desires to have the 9000 soldiers who are at present quartered at the Presidio turn out, but it is very doubtful if they will be per- mitted to parade for both the President and the Governor. Governor Nash will be accompanied by 200 members of the Columbus Board of Trade and will re- main in the city for ten days. It is ex- pected this will afford him ample time to view every object of interest. The officers of the Ohlo Society of Cali- fornia are as follows: Past presidents, Benjamin B. Haskell and John P. Jack- son; president, James M. Gleaves; vice presidents, William H. Jordan and Jofin W. Richards; financial secretary, W. L. Maule; secretary, Louis P. McCarty; treasurer, Henry Hilp; board of directors, G. A. Scheer, E. J. Ensign, John A. Whiteside, Milton E. Baker and E. L. Baldwin. Automobilists to Greet McKinley. The board of directors of the Automobile Club of California held a meeting in the Parrott building on Monday evening, at which were present President 8. D. Rog- ers, Treasurer A. E. Brooke-Ridley, F. A Hyde and Dr. Frank J. Tillman. The fol- lowing new members were elected on the active list: W. 8. Arnold, Sol J, Levy, D, L. Lewls, J. P. Edwards and R. R. 'Hom- medieu. Dr. Max Rothschild of San Fran- cisco and H. B. Taylor of Oakland were elected “resident” members; and C. W. Dibble of Santa Clara, F. H. Holmes of San Jose, H. J. Mohr of Mount Eden and W. C. Smith of Chico were elected *“non- resident” members. President Rogers appointed C. C. Moore, C. Wilson Frankel and P. F. Rockett a committee on applications for member- ship, and F. A. Hyde, Dr. Frank J. Till- man and A. E. Brooke-Ridley a committee on contests, runs and tours. Beveral of the automobilists will go down to San Jose on Sunday, May 12, and will take part in the procession in henor of President McKinley on the following morning, returning in the afternoon. Dr. Frank C. Bangs has made complete arrangements for the reception of the chauffeurs and the stabling of their ve- hicles, which will be elaborately deco- rated. There is talk of holding automo- bile races in San Jose on the afternoon of the 13th, but the club will take no official share in them. E. O. McCormick, trafic manager of tae Southern Pacific Company, leaves to- day for New Orleans to meet President sucKinley. The popular railroad man will superintend the transportation of the President over the Southern Pacific sys- tem and will journey on the special train all the way from New Orleans to Port- land, Or. . Sacramento in Line. SACRAMENTO, April 23.—The prelimi- nary arrangements for the .reception of President McKinley and party in this city are progressing. The following commit- tee of citizens has been appointed to act Jjointly with the Board of Trustees and the committee appointed by the Legislature: Mayor George H. Clark (chairman), O. W. Erlewine, E. W. Hale, H. Weinstock, Frank Miller, George W. Peltier, Willlam Beckman, Ed R. Hamilton, B. U. Steinman, T. B. Hall, C. A. Luhrs, F. B. Adams, L. Mebius, P. C. Drescher, D. A. Lindley, O. G. Sage, Willlam Schaw, J. O. Coleman, J. B. Wright, C. F. Curry, C. N. Post, C. M. Reuter, H. I Sey- mour, T. L. Enwright, H. Fisher, F. L. Gray, E. B. Willis, V. S. McClatchy, Albert Galla- tin, M. J. Dillman, Dr. G. L. Simmons, Tom Fox, Frederick Cox, Rev. C. L. Miel, H. H. Grau, Rev, Father Quinn, Emmett Phillips, J. N. Larkin, P. S. Driver, Peter J. Shields, . E. C. Hart, Joseph W. Hughes, C. W. Baker, Frank T. Johnson, H. J. Small, T. W. Hein- tzleman, L. T. Hatfleld, Louis F. Breuner, H. ‘W. Johnson, Joseph Steffens, H. G. Smith, 3. B. Terry, Frank Rubstaller Sr., J. G. Mar- tine, L. L. Lewls, William Land, Russ D. Stephens, G. M. Mott, Frank E. Smith, C. C. Hall, Tom Scott, Charles F. Dillman, W. E. Gerber, W. R. Ormsby, A. A. Van Voorhles, 8. 1. Hopkins, William Geary, Gus Lavenson, G. W. Murray, W. D. Knights, John Well, W. F. Purnell, J. W. Wilson, F. R. Dray, H. Bell, James A. Barwick, Albert Elkus, W. A. ‘Anderson, T. H. Berkey, J. E. Sullivan, Wil- liam B. Hamilton, W. H. Hanlon, Fred Knox, J. H. Pond, P. Wolf, E. C. Atkinson, Willlam M. Petrle, Fred Mason, J. H. Batcher, E. L Galvin, W. J. Hall, Joseph M. Anderson, G. W. Locke, A. Meister, C. A. Yoerk, L. B. Mohr, L. Tozer, F. F. Thomson, Dr. Charles Van Norden, M. A. Howard, W. C. Hendricks, R. T. Cohn, A. Mazzini, B. F. Howard, E. F. Frazer, W. O. Bowers. The Mayor has received a dispatch from President McKinley’s private secretary, George B. Cortelyou, announcing that the Presidential party will arrive in this cfly at 4:46 p. m, Monday, May 12, and will depart st midnight. In reply Mayor | o 3 . e s WHITESIDE ASST. secy E s Clark wired the following: There will be a joint reception on behalf of \the Legislature of the State of California and citizens, of the_ city of Sacramento, the recep- tion on behalf of the State to take place at the State Capitol. Arrangements not all com- pleted. Will wire you in a few days. If agree- able to the ladies of the party a public recep- tion will be given them. Stockton Plans Reception. STOCKTON, May 2.—The McKinley day committee, consisting of Mayor Har- rison, Rev. W. C. Evans, Orrin S. Hender- son, C. E. Williams and Irving Martin, has outlined a plan for the reception of President McKinley and the Presidential party in this city on May 20. The Presi- dent will arrive here at 1:15 p. m. and will depart at 3:15 p. m. The main feature of the occasion will be a carriage ride through the city. President McKinley will not be asked to make any speech or to leave his carriage. The school children will be gathered at Eden, Fremont and Independence squares, where they will greet the President, sing- ing national anthems. Two: combined harvesters will be in the line, one moved by steam power and one attached to horses. The harbor will be filled with steam and sailing craft, all of which will be deco- rated and will be passed on the line of march. Excursion rates will be furnished by both the Santa Fe and the Southern Pacific Company on McKinley day be- a radius of 125 miles of Stockton. following dispatch has been sent by Mayor Harrison to Secretary Cortelyou: The provisional programme provides for a drive about the clty. There will be no leaving of carriages. The President will not be asked to speak unless at his own option to assembled school children. The sub-committees already appointed include. A. W. Simpson, H. C. Holman, D. A. Guernsey and Rev. W. C. Evans. The School Superintendent and Board of Education are the committee on school children. The people of the towns in sur- rounding counties will be invited to take part in the welcome to the President. Reception in Ventura. VENTURA, April 23.—President McKin- ley and his party will be properly wel- comed in Ventura. The day of the visit will be a gala occasion in the town of Ventura and for the county. The outside towns will be invited to participate in the reception. A general holiday for the school children of the county will enable them to be present. The special train of the Presidential party will arrive in Ventura at 9:05 a. m. The party will be met by Senator Bard and the reception committee of the Board of Trade, of which Professor Kauffman is chairman. Carriages will be in waiting and under escort of the veterans of the Civil War. The party will be taken to Main street and thence to the Mission. The school children will be gathered at the Plgza School and will strew the Presi- dent’s’ way with flowers. The route of march will be handsomely decorated and the carriages of the Presidential party will be garlanded. The following commit- tees have been named by the Board of Trade: Music—G. L. Sackett, J. C. Brewster, J. P. Rasmussen. Decoration of streets—T. J. Donovan, J. W. Hammons, C. B. MecDonell. . Decoration of buildings—H. A. Giddings, W. S. Chaffee, H.' B. Rowlatt. Decoration of carriages—The Native Daugh- ters. Route of procession—J. H. Chaffee, F. R. Hennlon, Charles Sewell. Presidential salute—George C. Power, George L. Conklin, John Lane. Carriages—Willlam Menzel, J. H. Reppy, R. H. Teague. Z B e don, Miss Henning. Invitation—D. J. Reese, C.L Bard, A. Bern- helm. tween Stockton and all points included in | The | dren, whom he was abducting. PLANNED FOR THE PRESIDENT BOERS STILL BOLDLY FAGE THE BRITISH Commandos in Touch With the Pursuing Columns. Republican Raiders Hold Up Train, Steal Cattle and Burn Trucks. Gt Dashing General Dewet Is Reported to Be Again Operating in Orange River Colony. —_— Special Dispatch to The Call. CAPE TOWN, April 22.—It is officlally announced that the Boers in Namaqua- land are still clinging to the hills north- east of Pella. Burghers in the Calvinia and Kenhardt districts, especially those under Froneman, have been more active of late and have required energetic work on the part of the British. The commandos of Scheepers and Malan have moved east to districts be- tween Peadson and Pietersburg. The British under Senneker and Scobel are in touch with him. The commandos of Kritsinger and Fouchee, after threatening to attack Maraisburg, apparently united and re- turned in the direction of their retreat in Zuurberg. The last heard of Command- ant Kritzinger he was near Venterstad and making toward Orange River Colony. Several small parties of Boers are report- ed about Venterstad. They are probably trying to establish a connection between the burghers in Zuurberg and the Orange River Colony commandos. Boers Hold Up a Train. The Boers held up a train between Mol- teno and Stormburg last Thursday night. They looted cattle and burned trucks. The engine driver and stoker wers wounded. The British had two other casualties. Ninety Boers are reported between Allemans Poort and Jamestown, appar- ently moving on Barkley East or Lady Grey. General Christian Dewet, according to one report, crossed the line north of Wolvehoek on Thursday. Another report locates General Dewet at Senekal, Or- ange River Colony. Harassed by British Columns. Generally speaking the Boers appear to be considerably harassed by the con- stant movements of the British columns, and from an English standpoint the situ- ation may be considered satisfactory. It is officially stated that the number of Boer prisoners now is 17,823. LOSES CHILDREN BECAUSE OF HORROR OF CROOKED HAT Woman Stops to Fix Disarranged Headgear and a Pursued Ab- ductor Escapes. DENVER, April 23.—Mrs. Mary Fipps® horror of appearing in public with her hat on crooked interfered yesterday with a wild chase which she was making to overtake her husbaad and their two chil- Mrs. Fipps is the handsome wife of the fore- man of the Globe Smeiter, and has lived with him for ten years in Globeville, a suburb of Denver. Recently they quar- reled and Mrs. Fipps threatened to re- turn to her parents in the East. Whils she was away from home yesterday her husband, thinking that if he secreted the children she would give up her idea of leaving him and compromise the quarrel, loaded the youngsters in a buggy and started for the country. Mrs. Fipps, re- turning home in a few minutes after he had left and learning the facts, jumped astride a neighbor’s horse and set out in pursuit of husband and children. Her way lay through the main street of Globe- ville. Her rapid riding disarranged her hat, which fell dangling about her neck. She stopped the horse while she straight- ened the headgear and when she was ready to proceed husband and children were lost to view. She then appealed to the police. SSEAL S FATALLY STRICKEN WHILE GOING TO DYING CHILD Dr. Roy Ingliss Has a Hemorrhags ‘While Speeding East and Soon Dies. DENVER, April 2.—While hurrying East to his dying child Dr. Roy Ingliss of Denver was taken with a hemorrhage, from which he died. Dr. Ingliss was a special inspector of the State Board of Health. He came to Colorado on account of lung trouble about a year ago, leav- ing his. wife and two children with her parents at his old home in Jersey City. Last Saturday night Dr. Ingliss received word from Jersey City that one of his children was dying from pneumonia. Ha bastily got ready and took the first train East. At Ottumwa, la., he left the traia to take lunch, but the oppressive air and the exertion of the journey affected him greatly and he became ill. A doctor told him If he proceeded farther Hast it would mean his death. He accordingly boarded the next train west, but was taken with a hemorrhage just Lefore reaching Colo- rado Springs. He arrived here at § o’clock last evening. This morning he dled In his room at 701 Seventeenth avenue,