The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 25, 1901, Page 1

146. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1901. PRICE F1VE CENTS. PLAN RECEPTIONS FOR VISITING LADIES WOMEN OF THE OHIO SOCIETY ARE PREPARING A GRAND BANQUET TO BE GIVEN IN HONOR OF THEIR SIGHTSEEING SISTERS FROM THE EAST OHIO SOCIETY LADIES ARE MAKING READY TO GREET THEIR VISITING SISTERS WITH }\\f?"; ‘\\\\‘ ¢ | Reduced Rates From All Available Points Announced by the Southern Pacific, and Other Lines Will Follow With More Cuts Sons of the American Revolution Making Ready for a Function, and the Postal Employes Are Arranging for a Big Affair PALLOU 'S PHOTOGRAPA OF MRS PAINTING OF PRESIDENT mokiNLEY. .. + ALL HONOR. the swing M- are still not re preparing for nd hearty as ve and ¥ of the events the men exclu- San Francisco ge of these intermis- receptions and banquets and and the most nquet planned 0 Soc V. e functions >minent of these is t by the ladies of the O ore; e ba The banquet is to be given to the ladies of the President’s party by the ladies of the Ohio Society of California on May 16. e banquet will take place simultaneou with the Presidential banquet and every effort will be made by the fair esses to make the welcome accorded ladies ofethe Presidential party and splendor to that which will the President and his suite. Tk tire second floor of the California Ho- el will be turned over to the visitors, - ding a sulte of dressing-rooms on the rd floor, with corps of waltin in attendance. General Warfield so placed the large dining-room of el at the service of the ladies and s promised the finest menu ever i Franeisco for their enter- Hawalian band and the tra will furnish sweet mu~ he of equal a oeasion. and characteristic design ! of the menu has been de- sig Mre. Frank Happersberger, It s the Californta bear, the big Cof la in Mre. MeKinley's favors e i and the date of the auspi- gold. The designe are all he rie it by hand and are con= rple rome in result. Covers will be set 1 ween two and three hund dred gue The ladies of the Presiden- tial party will number upward of a huns dred and the feminine contingent of the Ohio Bociety and prominent women of the Btate will probably reach the three hundred limit. The Ohio Boclety will hoid its next meeting to-nigh at the house of Mre. Mary Mozart, 1424 McAllister etreet, and the fina rangements for the affair will then be made Mrs. Addie L. Ballou, secretary of the soclety, i now engaged upon a portrait that many of the | and | to be a speaking likeness of the leader of our Government. The President has promised a sitting to the artiste during his stay here and the already good like- ness will doubtless be further distin- guished when the final touches have been added. The following committee of manage- ment is in charge of the banquet: Officers—Mrs. Mary L. Mozart, presi- dent; Mrs. Addie L. Ballou, secretary; Mrs. Annie E. Payot, treasurer. Executive ‘ committee—Mrs. Mary G. Dunn, chairman; Mrs. Annie E. Fish, Mrs. Lydia F. Luse, Mrs. E. J. Ensign, Mrs. Mary L. Mozart, Mrs. Addie L. Bal- | lou. ——-— SPECIAL EXCURSION RATES. | Railroads Will All Reduce Fares to and From the City. The raflroad companies have arranged special inducements to bring out of town people to the city during the President's visit. The Southern Pacific Company will sell special first-class tickets for San Fran- cisco and return, good upon all trains ar- riving here from May 13 to May 18, inclu- sive, under the following rates compiled | by George Goodman, general passenger | agent of the company: fare and one-third, as fol- and Newcastle and their intermediates, via Benicia; from Martinez and Newman and Modesto and their intermedlate: from Linecoln; from Woodland and Arbuckle and thelr intermediates; fram Vallelo and Cor- | delia, Banta Rosa, Calistoga and their inter- mediates; from Vacaville and Guinda and thelr intermediates; from Concord and Danville and their Intermediates; from Knights Lan g ana Marysvile and their Intel mediates; from Ban Leandro and Rk, Grove, Ban Jose, Milton, Oakdale, Cle= ments, Poltom and thelr intermedintes; from Colma and Ralinas, New Almaden, Tres Pinos, Banta Crus and Del Monte and their inter mediates] from Russell and Banta Crus, New Almaden and Houlder Creek and thelr inters medlates At one first-clase fare and one-fitth, as fol- Jows: From Auburh and Bummit and thelr intermediates; from Turlock and Madera and Reymond and thelr intermedlates; trom Velta and Collis and their intermediatee; from Bheri- dan and Nord and thelr Intermediates; from Willlame and Tehama and Fruto and thelr intermediates; from Honeut and Oroville and thelr intermediates; from Waterford and Mont- pellier and thelr intermediates; from Valley Spring; from Latrobe and Placerville and their intermediates; from Chualar and Bradiey and thelr Intermediates. From Auburn at $4 60, Turlock at $1 50; Sheri- dan and Wheatland at $ 70, Willlame and Colusa Junction at $4 8, Florin and Brighton of President McKinley, which yromlleqn $4 40, Waterford and Hickman at $ 7, | Latrobe at $4 9, Monterey and Pacific at 8. At one first-class fare, as follows: Truckee and points beyond to Ogden, inclu- sive; from Fresno and Caruthers and points beyond, main line and branches, to El Paso, inclusive; from Vina and points beyond to Aslland, inclusive; from San Miguel and points beyond, main line and branches, to Saugus, inclusive. From Truckee at $8 65; Fresno, Malaga, Fow- ler, Selma, Kingsburs and Traver at $675 Sanger and Reedley at $ 75; Clovis at $6 75; Caruthers at $6 40; Vina, Tehama, Red Bluff, Cottonwood and Anderson at $6 80; San Miguel, Paso Robles and Templeton at $6 7. The Santa Fe Rallway will also sell tickets at greatly reduced rates. The com- pany will publish a circular to-day giving all reduced figures. The California and Northwestern Rail- road will run special daily excursions to this city during the President's visit. Tickets sold on these excursions will be sold at much less than half fare, but they will be only good for the day of sale. 1t was decided late yesterday afternoon in the big yellow building that General Manager Kruttschnitt should go to New Orleans and personally take charge of the Presidential train over the entire South- ern Pacific system, E. O. McCormick had originally been slated for the job, but it was finally decided that it would be more Grove From the company to take charge of the train, Kruttschnitt, while traveling on the train, can issue any orders that he may deem necessary, and he will not have to first communicate with headquarters in this city, Special precautions will be taken in the running of the train, A pilot engine will run about three miles ahead of the train and a traller will also fallow behind the train for mouves of precaution. Manager Kruttsehnitt sald yesterday that pieked erews had been selected as to train hands on each divislon that the President will page over. - T0 DINE POSTMASTER GENERAL, Plan to Do Honor to Chief of Poatal Department. A clreular was received yesterday through the mall by employes of the Ban Francisco postuffice, asking them to sube gcribe $10 each and take part in a banquet to be given to Postmaster General S8mith on May 15, Beveral employes have sent in their acceptance and expressed their willingness to attend the banquet, and several have declined on the score that they cannot afford the expense, and that satisfactory for the general manager of | they do not belleve that Postmaster Gen- eral Smith will think any more of them if they attend or any the less if they are not present on the joyous occasion. They say that Congressman Loud was tendered a similar banquet a short time ago, but that he declined to accept it, as he did not wish to tax the employes of the postoffice to exhibit their appreciation of him in that way. The circular is as follows: SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 24, 1901 Dear Sir: Availing ourselves of the presence in San Francisco, as a member of the Presi- dentlal party, of Hon. Charles Emory Smith, the Postmaster General, a number of gentle- men connected with the postal service of San Francisco and vicinity have signified a wish to extend to him that hospitality for which California is noted by tendering him a 'com- plimentary banquet. By special arrangement with the general committee having in charge the reception of the Presidential party, the evening of May 15 has been set aside for this purpose and the banquet will be given at Del- monico's at 7:30 o'clock. To make this func- tion such & success as Wil reflect credit upon our service it is estimated that the cost will be §10 for each person participating. In addi- tion to the Postmaster General we shall have as guests our Senators and Representatives in Congre: ‘We are directed by the special postoffice com- mittee on arrangements to extend you a cor- dial invitation to unite with us in tendering this compliment to our honored chief, As it is important, in making the arrangements, to know the number of participants, and In order that the names of the hosts may be inscribed upen the menu card, you are rvequested to slgnify your acceptance or rejection of the invitation on the Iinclosed postal card, and immediately mail the same to the seeretary, Evening dress will be in order, Yours cordially, JAMES W, IRWIN, Chairman Committee of Arrdngements, D, 8 RICHARDRON, Secretary. —_— COMPATRIOTE' RECEPTION, Sons of American Revolution Will Do Honor to President MoKinley, At 210 o'cloclk on the afternoon of May 16 the California Boclety of Bons of the Amerjoan Revolution will do honor to the Preeident in a reception to be held in the parlors of the Palace Hotel. The recep- tion will be to the President and the ladies and gentlemen forming his party. The President is a member of the Ohlo Boclety of the Bong of the American Rev- olution, and he is very proud of his mem- bership, so when the subject of a recep- tion by his Californian compatriots was broached to him he gladly accepted the courtesy and as a consequence every good local compatriot is planning and working + to make the occasion one to be remem- bered. The Sons of the Revolution will be as- sisted by the California Society of Daugh- ters of the American Revolution, the members of which, under the leadership of their regent, Mrs. John F. Swift, will as- sist in receiving the guests. Beyond the daughters and perhaps a few other dis- tinguished guests, the affair will be strict- ly private. It is on the same afternoon and during the same hours as the recep- tion to the ladles to be given in’ the Hop- kins Institute of Art, but there will be plenty of time for the ladies of the Presi- dential party to attend both functions. WILL GREET THE PRESIDENT. Oakldnd School Children Are to Be in Line. OAKLAND, April 24—The school chil- dren of Oakland will be one of the feat- ures of the visit of President McKinley to this city. Oakland is proud of its schools and its school children and the local committee has decided that no bet- ter reception could be given the President of the natlon than to have the rising gen- eration give him a welcome. Incidentally it will glve the children an opportunity to see the man who has been making the history they will read about in after years, The school children of Oakland will be lined up by schools and classes along the line of the President's drive through the city, The line of children will begin at the corner of Durant and Franklin streets and will run along Durant street to Jackson, down Jackson street to Thir- teenth and along Thirteenth street (o Websater, The children will be drawn up on each side of the streets for aver a mile, This was tried duftng the visit of Presi- dent Harrison and the children were armed with bouquets of flowers, which they were expected to cast down In front of the President's carriage. Instead of doing that they threw the flowers into the earriage, hit the President in the eve, to his injury, scared the horses and made the President so disturbed that he drove away from Oakland and refused to meet the crowds that gathered to welcome him. tn order to prevent a repetition of such an incldent the children will not be trust. ed with the deadly bouauet, but will be given small American flags. The local committee has placed an order for $i00 of ‘these flags and the Presidential optics will be safe. TERROR HOLDS FULL SIWAY IN CAPE COLONY Cruel Tactics That May Cause the Loss of South Africa. et gl oy Treachery and Espionage Features of British Militarism. il & Former Treasurer Merriman Cries Out Against Present Rule of Brutality. LONDON, April 24—J. X. Merriman, the former Treasurer of Cape Colony, who is now a representative of .the Afrikander Bund in England, speaking at a meeting of the League of Liberals to-day agalnst aggression and militarism, said military law, the abnegation of all laws, was established in Cape Colony. The news- papers had not heard of the treachery and espionage gecing on. Respectable people were committed upon the evidence of na- tives alone. They were brought up and fined for harmless observations, called seditious, and the town guards harried them. These things created greater irri- tation and indignation than actual vio- lence. May Lose South Africa. The press was deliberately stopped and four editors had been sent to jail. The fruits of this policy would be bitter, as the memory of these insults burned in the Rearts of the people. Merriman detailed instances of punish- ment of the Dutch under military law, usually upon the testimony of natives and employes. He mentioned an instance of a “cheeky girl" being flned for saying things against the town guards. Martlal law and the censorship throughout Cape Colony prevented the people of England from knowing the hardships of the Dutch. As an Englishman Merriman said he viewed the policy pursued in Cape Colony with the blankest dismay. If peraisted in, South Africa was lost to the British empire. The only thing that could save it was the recognition that the people wanted self-government, and were de- termined to have it. Women and.Children Suffer. J. W. Mauer, the former Commissioner of the Public Works of Cape Colony, said the camps in which the Boer women and children were kept were guarded by sentries with loaded guns and fixed bayonets. The majority of the women had been placed in them against their will. Their homes had been burned and their posses- sions had been taken. He had tried to get the military authorities, through the Gov- ernment of Cape Colony, to permit 200 or 300 women and children camped at Fort Elizabeth to be liberated, food and shel- ter having been promised them by the town, but the military authorities refused the request. Resolutions opposing annexation and crown government were adopted. DISSENSION OVER BUDGET. Chamberlain Opposes Hicks-Beach, Who Offers to Resign. LONDON, April 25.—The date of Lord Salisbury’'s return to London from the Riviera is still problematical and the rumors of Cabinet trouble over the budget are assuming greater consistency in the lobbfes of Parliament. According to the Daily Mail, the framing of the budget revealed considerable dissension. Cham- berlain, the Colonial Secretary, wanted ths whole cost of the war raised on the credit of the South African colonies and had schemes of his own for providing the interest on the loan and the increase of normal expenditure. To these schemes, however, with the exception of the coal duty, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach turned a deaf ear, and on Dbeing pressed, he offered to resign. Cham- berlain, according to the Daily Mail, fa- vored the resignation, but Lord Salisbury and Balfour strongly opposed it. Now it,is said that although at first Sir Michael Hicks-Beach did not advo- cate a coal tax, he now declines to drop it, thinking his reputation would suffer, now that he is committed to it.. He has, however, agreed to give careful consider- ation to the alternative proposal to sub- stitute an ad valorem duty on a basis of 8 or 9 pence on inferior coal, rising to 18 pence on the best Welsh coal. While this would mollify the northern colliery owners, It would intensify the opposition from Wales, and the belief prevails that the upshet will be either the abandonment of the tax altogether or the resignation of the Ministry. Chamberlain is eredited with urging the latter eourse, with the double object of getting rid of Bir Michael Hicks-Heach, whose plain speaking regarding the de- plorable financial consequences of the war offends him, and of proving to the coun= try that there 18 no alternative governs ment, as the oppogition would, under ex= {sting conditions, decline the task of form. ing a Cabinet. Accotding to lobby goselp this expedient would pull the Conservative party tos gether and kill the opposition within its ranks to the nécessary financlal expedis ents. R Humbert's Assassin Is Mad. PARIS, April 24—A dispatch to the Rappel from Rome says that Brescl, the assassin of King Humbert, has becomte mad In consequence of the ill treatment of his jatlers. CUBANS MUST ACCEPT PLATT IMENOMENT Such Is the Decision Af- ter Governor Wood Is Heard. —_— Delegation Arrives and Will Make Demands That Can- not Be Granted. Scheme of Relations as Submitted by Uncle Sam Cannot Be Evaded. St Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W.,WASHINGTON, April 24.—Complete in- dependence as an indispensable preliminary to a discussion of the question of future relations between the United States and Cuba is what the delegates from the Cu- ban Constitutional Convention will ask of the administration to-morrow. The mem- bers of the commission who arrived in Washington this morning are Domingo Mendez Capote, president of the Cuban Constitutional Convention; Diego Tamayo, member of the National party; Pedro Gonzales Lorente, lawyer and selertist; General Pedro E. Betancourt and Rafael M. Portuondo. They are accompanied by Pedro N. Entenza, as interpreter, and two representatives of the Havana press. Wood’s Course Is Upheld. Primed with facts given to them’ by Brigadier General Leonard Wood, who also arrived this morning, the President and Secretary Root will receive the Cuban commissioners to-morrow and will tell them that the Platt amendment must be accepted before the United States will withdraw from Cuba. As the result of a conference lasting two hours this afternoon, the President has unreservedly approved General Wood's course in the negotiations with the con- stitutional convention. This approval had been anticipated by Secvetary Root, with whom General Wood was closeted this morning for almost four hours, and who had commented favorably upon his cours Courtesy of the Commission. The commissioners were met at the rafl- road station by Assistant Secretary of State Hill, Assistant Secretary of War Sanger and Captain Sawtelle and Lieu- tenant Overton of the army, who escorted them to the Shoreham Hotel, where rooms had been engaged. They remained at the hotel during the forenoon and Assistant Secretaries Hill and Sanger left cards for the Secretary cf State and Secretary of ‘War. They went on a shopping expedition at noon and in the afternoon had a con- ference in their rooms to discuss their course of action while in Washington. One of the points determined by the commissioners was that they would not say anything for publication regarding their mission to Washington until after they had called on President McKinley. President Capote and General Betancourt were very courteous. but declined to talk on the ground that their position was one of extreme delicacy and that courtesy lo the President required that nothing should be sald through the newspapers until after they had talked with him. The other members of the delegation took the same stand. JIndependence Comes First. The delegation has not come to Wash- ington in any spirit of hostility toward the United States. They belleve that % per cent of the Cubans desire absolute in- dependence and they have come to voice that aspiration. Until this question of ab- solute Independence has been definitely settled they will not discuss any other basis for future relations between their island and the United States. What the Cuban delegates desire, next to independence, is an arrangement by which the products of their island may be admitted to the United States on pay- ment of reduced tariff taxes. This will be strongly urged upon the President and Secretary of War, but it is a matter with which the administration has not fuil power to deal. Reciprocal Reduction. In order to bring about a reciprocal re- duction of the tariff between the United States and Cuba there must either be direct legislation by both'houses of Con- gress or a treaty must be negotiated which would requiie the approval of the Senate. The President can go no further in this direction than to promise the Cubans that he will try to bring about reductions of the tariff on articles imported from Cuba. ST MURDERERS END LIFE OF A NAVAJO CHIEF Three Men of the Tribe Kill Hoateen~ Bo-Eddy-Begay With Knife and A=, DENVER, April 3#.—=A report has been pecelved at army headquarters in this city Charles Woodhouse, of the from Lleutenant comman killing of “Thomas," Begay, a head man o dians, by three men of ‘his tribe. A party of soldiers discovered bloed and other evidences of a murder about seven mfles southwest of Fort Wingate. Pur- suing the trall they overhauled “Thomas’ mother, wife and two children, who said that Jesus Pardony, Chibe Pardony and Juan Corly had killed the chief with a knife and an ax after a dispute over a pony trade and had buried the body on a | high mesa.