The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 27, 1901, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXIX—NO. 148 SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, APRIL 27 1901. PRICE F1IVE CENTS. SCOTT HOME IS NEARE Y READY FOR RECEPTHON OF FRESIDEN T MCKINLEY While He Remains There He Wili Be the Absolute Master—None Can Come or Go Without His Permission and for the Time Being It Will Be the Seat of the United States Government—De- HEREVER the Pres- fdent goes he takes his office with him, so it will come to pass that for six éays In the month of May San Francisco will be the real capital of the na- tion. And out on the corner of J.aguna windows over- and its doorway the lawns of Lafayette e of Henry T. Scott, e six days will be the comparatively new one, wealth can pro- and its place on ] gives it a It is com- upant it will be absolutely home. He will bring his the strictest him. The 1l means of ssary for the prompt transac- A one of the room: \ office, where the will be considered house is at present in gone to spend of it wa a prob- uld be McKin- at what President where he own th ce where he could round of public s of riou kinds e w his mily and his 1 hardly be se- the problem of find- e house fitted and furnished i guest was al- il Mr, Bcott of- ed his own residence. He is person- | . and so the x fend as from a eitizen ar was gladly accepted A House of History. often that e residence m the seat of gov- ecomes for a time the veritable f the country, but such an Scott home. It and s na- hile the F tour “will city dircetly with some story of the San Francisco being the t s more than prob- ent will do very little ¥ questions of s0 most of the o await ¥ pr E ’ . B ecided upor rere are at have been changed P p ¥ hour to f s fr ntly a matter of € m s carrying out of the the d it is not likely she de the peo- ple are work on its to Los Angeles to do 1t wili be time at Redlands, ead of 12, and an- Angeles, arriving of half-past Z. and Los Angeles are cb- osing any of the pre- wed them and it does le that the President will ta Clara’s Minutes. Clara a walil is going up population and it is given vo E mns’ lengths in the local press der ing that a stop of at least . tes be made in that town. It is President shall be nta Clara, but when it would not stop there he amount of correspond- sed between the Santa s ar management of to San Jose would amount of talk it e a phonograph; but all @s the concession of a f a slow trot. The carriage vill slow down to a the at that pace it will 1 blocks, but there is all Santa Clara still demanding a t carriage. San Francisco. societies seeking to that a schedule which o utes and which can sendwich & reception in between a launch and & trip on the bay and a couple of entertain the he principal street | [ ——— FIRLPLASE 1N TRAVINTROOM g banquets is none too elastic for the oc- | ing in the evening. On Wednesday there casion. As it now stands the features for Tues- day, the day on which the President will | will be the commencement exercises. at the State University and the Oakland re- ception; on Thursday they will be his trip arrive in San Francisco, ‘are the parade | to Mount Tamalpals in the morning, re- and review in his honor and the public | reception to be glven in the ferry buiid-! of the Ohlo Society in the evening: on ceptions in the afternoon and the banquet tails of Programme of Entertainment to Be'Decided#Upon by the Executive Committee To-Day WHERE THE PRESIDENT WILL LIVE HE house on the corner of Laguna and Clay streets, | where the President will live and work during his stay in | | San Francisco, is the property of Henry T. Scott. It is large and well furnished, and nothing that money could buy | | to make it comfortable and homelike was spared. The pictures | here presented by The Call are the first and only ones that have | || been taken of the rooms which the President and Mrs. Mc- | | Kinley will occupy, and where the President will receive those | who are his most intimate friends. | | L | | | Friday will be the welcome by the school children, more receptions and again | more receptions in the evening; on Satur- day they will be the launching, the Union League banquet and the citizens’ sanquet; for Sunday nothing has been vrovided, for it was the President’s wish that he be allowed to rest upon that day. He will attend service at the Central M. E. Church. On Monday morning, just before he leaves the city to continue his trip on. through the State and home, he will un- veil the Donahue fountain. This is the outline, and woven into this are dozens of minor matters besides room for any number of delays and hitches. Ohig’s Entertainment. Then the Ohio. Society. is getting up a programme of entertainment to Governor Nash of that State which .will- parallel | 3 % | that of the President, besides including a, return to the city with him; on Wednes- few more functions to take place while | day, after the commencement exercises at the President is away or In retirement. He | the university, while the President is be- will be given a street car excursion on|ing entertained at luncheon by President | Monday, the day before the President ar- | Benjamin Ide Wheeler, Governor Nash | rives; on Tuesday he will be taken to San | will be the guest of J. W. Richards, vice Jose to meet the President, and he will' president of the Ohio Society, and he will LL the bustle and enthusi- asm of preparation for the reception of the Pres- ident being shown In this city is being multiplied every town his train will pass through, regard- less of wi he wi stop a minute or a day All along the line committees are working, parades are being formed and carriages and harnesses are being furbished up to the point of ab- solute newness. Prices of flags and bun ing of the national colors are rising ste ily and even the flowers are blooming their prettiest, each in the hope it will be cast by some school girl's hand into the carriage bearing the nation's ch It is better than a Fourth of July; it is more enthusiastic than a county falr; it is as patriotic as returning volunteers, and the smaller the town the higher the pressure. Everywhere every one is work- ing, and the result will be a welcome un- surpassed and unstinted and thoroughly characteristic of the We: IN BERKELEY AND OAKLAND. Details of the Programme for Receiv- ing McKinley Across the Bay. OAKLAND, April 2%.—The Berkeley committee in charge of the commence- ment day reception to President McKinley has perfected the general plans for the programme at the univers The de- tails in connection with the President's trip from San Francisco have shaped. On the morning of May 15 the President and his party will leave San PFrancisco on the revenue cutter McCullough, which will land at Oakland pier, where a spe- clal train will take the distinguished guests to Berkeley. They will then be driven in .carriages to the university grounds under escost of a troop of cave alry. It is expected that Governor Gage, with President Wheeler, the regents and the s0 been { faculty, will receive the President at the stand from which he will deltver the ad- dress to the graduating class. The uni- versity committee has arranged seating capacity for 10,000 persons. The students will occupy a reserved section directly In front of the speaker’s stand. Citizens have co-operated to make the visit to Berkeley a memorable one. Plans for decorations are under way and promise to result in an elaborate display. The university committee is composed of Professor Frank Soule, Professor Set- chell, Professor 'O'Neill, Lieutenant Waite, Mr. Maybeck, Professor Magee and Mr. Winterburn. After the commencement exercises have been concluded the Presiderit and his party will be the guests of President Wheeler at luncheon. During the after- noon the citizens of Oakland will have an opportunity to see the President, who will drive through the city from Berke- ley. He will deliver an address at the Oakland High School building. L anad ] have luncheon at the Richards residence in Berkeley with other distinguighed | guests. Thursday he will receive a wel~ come in the park. The remainder of the time he will be present at the Presidential functions. Missouri’s Plans. The Missouri Society of California has about completed the afrangements for the reception of Hon. Ethan Allen Hitchecock, Secretary of the Interlor, on the oceasion of the visit to San Francisco of the Pres- ident and his Cabinet. At a meeting of the executive committes of the Missouri Society held yesterday re- ports were received from the various com- mittees having the affalr in charge and the detalls of the reception were substan- tially worked out. The reception will take place on the evening of Friday, May 17, at the parlors of the Y. M. C. A. build- ing, at the corner of Ellis and Mason | streets. The foliowing members of the Missouri Socisty have been appointed a reception committee for the occasion: Mrs. James Farris of Sacramento, Hon. and Mrs. Willlam T. Jeter of Santa Cruz, Hon. J. H. Sewell of Ukiah, Hon. Frank H. Short of Fresno and Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Lowe, Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson C. James, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley A. Jacobs, Dr. and Mrs. Potts, Hon. and Mrs. Tirey L. Ford, Miss Nellla M. Blakey, Mr. and M Lucy, Hon. and Mrs. Eugene A. Bridge- ford, Dr. and Mrs. Hodgen, Mrs. James Hatcher, R. O. Osborn, Meredith Spencer and Dr. and Mrs. R. B. McNutt of San Francisco. An orchestra has been secured and light refreshments will be served. At the re- quest of Secrstary Hitchcock the recep- | tion will be somewhat informal in char- acter and there will be no set speeches. There will, however, be some words of greeting and welcome and a short but highly entertainingsprogramme has been prepared with a view to making the even- ing particularly pleasant to the distin- guished visitor. The officers of the society are: Hon. Eu- |gene A. Bridgeford of San Francisco, president; Hon. Tirey L. Ford of San Francisco, first vice president; Hon. Erank H. Short of Fresno, second vice president; Mrs. James Farris of Sacra- mento, third vice president: R. O. Os- born of San Francisco, secretary; M. L. Spencer of San Francisco, financial secretary, and Hon. W. A. Jacobs of San Francisco, treasurer. : The society desires all Missourians te take notice that applications for member- ship to the society may be made to the secretary, R. O. Osborn, whose address i8 1222 Pine street, San Francisco,