The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 29, 1901, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXIX-—NO. 150. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1901. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ALL IS IN READINESS FOR THE PRESIDENT AND HIS PARTY TO START ON THEIR TOUR OF THE WESTERN STATES THIS MORNING The President and Mrs. McKinley Are in the Best of Health and Look Forward With Pleasure to Seven Weeks of Sightseeing--Local Arrangements Have Been Approved by Mr. McKinley and Nothing Remains Except to Subscribe the Money Necessary to Carry Them Out Properly and With Credit to the City and to the State HAT those welcome to the President ir this city are most in need of st now is money. It has with a that promised more th: d it is take a y the p ¢ will would be | Montanya & Co., §%5: Gladding, McBean & Co.. ! $25; Hornleln & Krumb, $%; Mutual Label a e Sutior | and Lithograph Company, $25; Charles G. | 2 | . 825; total, $130. Banquet Arrangements. =S et wut & FLOWERS FOR THE dicate that r ns to fill the la SAN JOSE FIESTA die g lace Hotel will ac- i ce be between sixty and | They Will Form the Prin- % o e ianeenl these wih | cipal Feature of the Re- t ng capacity of the grll- | ception to Mr. McKinley SAN JOSE, April people of Santa Clara County" has th be well the President ed off from object bel: astic Snfer ts myriads of flowers, will give the East- erners a glimpse of a veritable realm of Flora. For the past month the executive com- jal hand and | Mittee has been at work on the pro- . same. It is the | ET&mme, and the report made by Director be as little hand. | General Greeninger covers almost the en- e idea being that | Ure carnival. Of course there are some ¢ shakes hands with every | Minor details and other amusements to be added. enthusiast desires the | A his hand and a gooa | The street decorations will consist of ¥ behind him. It | evergreens, carnival flags, American flags, ey several thousand | PAlm trees, etc., so placed as to present n adle act, and the | @ beautiful appearance through all the more awalit. | Streets. The ~decoration of business houses will also be made on a plan in harmony with those of the streets, so t help matters. which the President | - ferry building will be | that when completed it will present, as a A s and palms and|Whole, one of the most beautiful appear- ances that has ever been seen in San Jose. St. James Park, the decoration of which was assigned to the ladies of Santa Clara County. will also be magnificently deco- rated. These decorations will consist of twelve-foot arches at each of the main en- trances, with four ten-foot arches in the center leading to the fountain. The fount- ain will be handsomely decorated. The great masterpiece of these decorations will Is more green ill help to trans And the arden. ich follow the arches be overhauled so that brightest, for it is nt as far as San Francisco. will be marshaled by e on the inside by comes the 5 pected that there will | be the President’s bouquet, which will be o people to pass through | erected near the First street side of the g on that | park, directly opposite the entrance to the courthouse. There will and it will take &, much patience be about fifty magnificent skill to keep |floats In the grand floral parade. These g themselves 1u | will include designs that are unique and ave them re- |beautiful, and which will eclipse anything ever seen In this city or on the coast. In addition there will be a large number of handsomely decorated carriages and au- | tomobiles in the parade. Street Decoration. | ©On Monday. the first day of the carni- This morning will see the first move | val, the President and party will be met toward decorating the streets. The deco- athsama Cruz by“hiiayor Mhartlr;nand two S | othe: ent citizens, who will accom- w7 5 gy Ao, Thia nan:'r :)’:\":an:xs city. Here the President and Kearny, on Market street—will con- | 270% 15052 008 B O e o Direc. but 2loNg | {or General Greeninger. He will be ‘met rd and Kearny streets garlands and |at the depot and taken to the reviewing potted palms will add their beauty to |stand in front of the courthouse, where the sun by day and the twinkling lights | he will be welcomed by the Mayor and At the intersection of Third, |Presented with the keys of the city. The Geary and Market there will ‘be | 1adles will also come forward and present £d some such plan as so beautified | t0 the President the mammoth bouquet— ng during;the presence of the |75 feet in circumference and 25 feet high at their last celebration. | —they are preparing for him. The bouquet on Market street to the City | Will be in St. James Park, just in front ghts and evergreens will |Of the courthouse. After this the Presl- street into a boulevard | dent will be taken for a drive through the reen and roofed with blaz- | orchard districts surrounding the city. At the bay the ferry buila- | In the evening the Presidential party 4 with fire, and far up | Will be tendered a reception at the Hotel t the gleam of the lamps will | Vendome. There will also be a display of blazing tower of the City | fireworks from the roof of the eity hall plerce the sky like a leap- | 27 an illustrated band concert by Ron- covieri’s band in St. James Park. Tuesday morning the great floral parade to | Will be held. An early hour is necessary | because of the departure of the President | from the city. In the grand floral parade | there will be six bands of music. There $100; Pacific Gas Improve- | Will also appear as a feature a “‘winnow- and Pacific Light Company, | ing mill” float, which will strew the path ank of Commerce, $50; R |of the President in the procession with | rose leaves. $50; Hobart estate, $50; J. at pwn—that nainly of illumination, mainly sist committee reports the fol- subscriptions up & Stetson, $100; Mills Jane L. Stanford, $100; M. Alexan C. & E Coleman, $0; Producers’ Oil Ex. | The afternoon will witness bicycle agd Slaps. #00; Mels 5 W ig‘:::;;; "~ R'c.‘i“i'f,} | automobile races at Agricultural Park. Charles E. Nelson, §25; W. T. Garratt & Co., | The Wheelmen will give a grand fllumin- $%; George W. Dow Pump Company, §%; |ated parade in the evening, and there will the better place 1 - cessible from 1 the on Ice Company, $25: American Biscuit On the other ha | a ames V. Coleman, $X John | Zan Bros. & Co., $25; Hen: Doyle & The Bradstreet Compan: $25; Thomas Magee & Co., $25; James de la | —Thé tribufe: ana | ~eception tendered President McKinley by | | been almost completed in detail. It will be | 1 reyal floral fete, and the carnival, with | be another {llustrated concert in the St. James Park. After the parade the floats will all be grouped around St. James Park, and these will be kept fresh with flowers all through the carnival. For Wednesday entertainments not yet perfected will be given throughout the day. In the evening will be the grand pa- rade of the horribles, with all of the Mar- di Gras features, in which all citizens and have a good time. Other amusements are to be provided, and the thousands of visitors who come On the lots back of the courthouse will be a complete Midway, conducted by the Western Street Fair and Exhibition Com- pany. These attractions are coming from the East. There will be at least twelve | shows, and free exhibitions will be given daily by skilled vaudevillians and aerial- |ists. The attractions of the Midway in- | clude the Beautiful Lunette, the Aerial Venus, Streets of Cairo, Coontown Four Hundred, Visions of Art, Little Baby Krause, German Village, and several oth- er shows of a high standard of excel- lence. SACRAMENTO HAS AMBITIOUS PLANS The President to Be Re- ceived on May Queen’s Throne in Capital Park SACRAMENTO, April 28.—A great wel- come awaits President McKinley and his party on their arrival in Sacramento. The resident members of the legislative com- mittee—Senator R. T. Devlin and Assem- blyman Grove L. Johnson—has held sev- eral conferences with Mayor Clark, repre- serting the municipality; General T. W. | Shechan, representing the local posts of the Grand Army of the Republic, and Captain E. L. Hawk, president of ‘the Ohio Society of Central California, look- ing to an arrangement which will unite all interests and accord to the President a memorable reception. It will be recalled that the last Legisla- ture appropriated $2000 to be used by the reception committee which it named in any manner which the committee should deem best, It had been suggested that the money be used to give the President a strictly legislative reception in the State Capitol, but this idea has practi- cally been abandoned as taking on too much of the appearance of exclusiveness, and it has been pretty well settled that the legislative committee, the Ohio Soci- visitors are expected to participate and to | to San Jose will not see one dull moment. ! | | | < <+ MEMBERS OF THE CITIZENS' EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND CHAIRMEN OF FIVE OF THE SUB-COMMIT- TEES THAT WILL HAVE CHARGE OF THE IMPORTANT PORTIONS OF THE PROGRAMME OF ENTER- TAINMENT PROVIDED FOR THE RECEPTION Of THE PRESIDENT. B o ety, the Grand Army of the Republic and | the Shasta County Ohio Soclety. General citizens in general shall participate in a reception on the:throne of the May Queen in Capitol Park, which, with the grand stand, will remain in place for the event. Lieutenant Governor Neff, President of the Senate, will address a few words of welcome on behalf of the State Legisla- ture, and it is expected that President McKinley will respond, so that the thou- sands on the grand stand will hear his voice. 5 A drive about the city at night is con- templated, and rows of electric lights are being stretched across the streets at in- tervals of twenty feet. The arches and | streets in the street fair will also be il- luminated, and the committee even has under consideration the great project of outlining the Capitol building with elec- tric lights. It is believed that a sight so impressive as this would be one of the most novel and striking experiences of the Presidential visit. From the May Queen’s throne, which will be built upon the classie architectural lines of the Capitol itself, the President will be greeted by several thousand school children, who will present him with flow- ers. A special train will be chartered by the legislative committee to escort the Presidential party from Stockton to this city. If Governor Gage is in the city at the time he will doubtless participate in the reception and be one of those to de- liver short welcoming addresses. The Grand Army of the Republic and Ohio Society will.act as the guard of honor to the President. Secretary Cortel- you has sent a telegram to Mayor Clark, saying that Mr. McKinley is pleased with the arrangements as roughly outlined to him. REDDING WILL GIVE WELCOME Ten Minutes’ Stopof Presi- dent to Be Spent in En- thusiasm—No Exercises REDDING, April 22.—Arrangements for the reception of President McKinley are rapidly taking shape. ~The non-partisan committee having the matter in charge, recently appointed by the local Board of Trade, is composed of the following rep- resentative citizens: J. Thornton Rohm, Mayor of Redding, chairman; Edward Sweeny, Judge of the Superior Court; George W. Bush, president of the McKin- ley and Roosevelt Club; Francis Carr, sec- retary of the Bryan and Stevenson Club, and General W. D. Tillotson, president of Tillotson will act as spokesman of the committee on the arrival of the Presiden- tial train. As the Presidential party will make a stay of only ten minutes, there will be no speechmaking and no elaborate exercises of any kind; simply a patriotic outpouring of the people to see the President. It is proposed to have a procession of all so- cletles and orders in the city and the school children. Delegations will be pres- ent from every part of the county. Officers and sub-committees appointed by the general reception committee have been named as follows: Marshal, M. F. Eldridge; finance, F. P. Primm (chair- man), W. M. Campbell and John Potts: invitation—F. M. Swasey (chairman), J. W. Brackett, L. F. Barnes, Mrs. Eugene S. Watson and Mrs. Eliza Logan; decora- tion—Mrs. William Gillespie (chairman), Mrs. Cal Owings, Mrs. Rufus Brain, Mrs. Tom Houston, W. E. Smith, J. J. Cham- bers, Rev. J. P. Jones and Rev. A. L. Burleson; musie—F. F. Dustin (chairman), Fred Brownlee and F. G. Sanderson. SISSON TO MAKE A DEMONSTRATION Though but for Five Min- utes President Will Be Given Royal Welcome SISSON, April 28.—Sisson is not going to be behind other California towns in ar- ranging an appropriate and patriotic re- ception to President McKinley and his party on the occasion of their visit to the coast. Though the Presidential train will make a stop of but five minutes at this point, it is expected the President will be greeted with a big outpouring of the peo- ple from miles around. The committee appointed to perfect and carry out arrangements for the reception is composed of E. H. Autenrieth, A. J. Knight, W. W. Foster, Leroy Lee, S. H. Hill, C. W. Hirsch and Dr. E. E. Thomp- son. It is probable that there will be a procession in which the different lodges and socleties and the school children will participate. The town will also undertake to entertain the crowd that is expected to be present by providing games and other amusements that will give to the occasion the semblance of a holiday. E. H. Autenrieth will probably be chosen to act as spokesman for the committee. Mr. Autenrieth is one of the old-timers. ‘When President Hayes visited the coast Mr. Autenrieth, who was then a resident + of Jacksonville, Or., took part in the re- ception to the President. That was before | the gap in the California and Oregon Rall- | road was closed. Hayes and party were forced to take the stage at Redding and proceed overland to Oregon or return the way they had come. General W. T. Sher- man was a member of the Hayes party. g e MAKING READY IN SAN ANTONIO | Town Is to Be Decked in | Red, White and Blue— Every One Enthusiastic SAN ANTONIO, April 28.—The visit of President McKinley and his Cabinet to San Antonio on May 4 will be one of the most notable events in the history of the city, and on that occasion there will be multitudes of people here from all over this part of Texas. The railroads will run special trains to accommodate the crowds, the city will be lavishly decorated with the national colors and all San Antonio will put its best foot forward in the wel- come to be given the chief executive of the nation. The Presidential train will arrive in the rallroad yards some time during the night of May 3, the visitors re- maining aboard on the sidetrack until the Treception committee takes charge of them after breakfast. President. L. J. Hart of the Business Men's Club and his committees have been hard at work getting everything in shape for the reception and entertainment of the distinguished party, and now, with the exception of a few details, have the prcgramme mapped out. Several days ago the following was wired Hon. George B. Cortelyou, the private secretary of President McKinley: Our information is that President McKinley will arrive on morning of May 4. Programme contemplated is as follows: Committee In car- riages to meet Presidential party at depot, thence drive through center of city to Fort Sam Houston, thence return to reviewing stand. Address of welcome by Mayor; re- sponse by President McKinley and others. La- dles’ reception at hotel. Further entertain- ment if time permits. Complete programme will be mailed. L. J. HART, President Business Men's Club. Z. B. CAMPBELL, for Committee. Tuesday afternoon the following answer to the above telegram was received by President Hart: Executive Mansion, Washington, April 23. %. J. Hart, President Business Men's Club: Telegram from yourself and Mr. Campbell Quly received and held awaiting arréval of the programme by mail, which has nat yet ar- | rived. Programme suggested intelegram satisfactory. GEO. B. CORTELYOU, See. While the telegram outlines the pro- gramme to be carried out, our people could not frcm a teading of it fully ap- preciate just what the full programme will be. The city is to be decked in red, white and blue bunting from one end to the other: 5000 flags have been ordered for the school children to wave as the Presidential party passes before them in Travis Park: the veterans of Albert Sid- ney Johnston Camp, U. C. V., and the G. A. R. veterans will be out in force. The reviewing stand will be near the historical Alamo, and from it President McKinley will listen to the address of ‘Wwelcome from Mayor Marshall Hicks. is | mearly seven weeks, covering 10, EREIRer'S ASHINGTON, April 28.—Pas- senger engine 350, of Engineer mond, will at Monday from in charge Frank Lar- 10:30 o'clock morning pull out the Pennsyivania sta- tlon one of the finest private trains ever ystem. This train of seven cars Is for the use of President McKinley and his party, and on it they will travelscontinuously for Tun over any American railway 1 mi hrough the length and breadth of the | United States. The guests have been notified to be at the station promptly on time. Not a de- tall has been forgotten for the comfort nd convenience of the party. Each mem- her was notified to have his or her bag- gage ready at 8 o'clock Monday morning, to be taken to the station, where it will be placed in the individual staterooms assigned to the guests, or in allotted space In the combination baggage car. Each person on the trip has recelved from Secretary Cortelyou a card signed | by himself, proclaiming the bearer to be a member of the President’s party, and commending the bearer to the courtesy one to whom the card might be presented. All of the hundred details of the trip, so admirably completed, have been ar- ranged by Secretary Cortelyou and by of any | Second Vice President of the Southern Railway V. P. Finley, through his representative, Colonel L. S. Brown, gen- eral agent of the Southern Raflway Com- pany. The Southern Railway will have charge of the trip from Washington to New Orleans. General Agent Brown will accompany the party to superintend all detalls as far as New Orleans. At this point the party and the train will be under the supervision of Julius Kruttschnitt, gen- eral manager of the Southern Pacific Railroad. The Train Ready. At noon to-day the trajn arrived in Washingtsn-fresh from the shops of tiwe Peunsyivania Company iz Wilmington, Del: The cars were sidetracked and will be brought up to the station ready for the start early to-morrow morning. By the time the Presidential party has ar- | rived the entire interior of the train will | be handsomely decorated by a local flor- ist. The entire train is practically new. All of the cars have been touched up and are glistening in their splendor. The external color is the regulation rich dark hue of the Pullmans. Nothing will tell of the distinguished occupants of the train except the Presi- dent’s flag waving " from the tiny flag rods at the front of the engine. The con- ductor of the train will be W. W. Al- bright. Both he and Engineer Larmond are among the most trusted employes of the Southern road. The engine is a first class passenger engine, large and of the latest type. The President will not be relieved of all his official duties while absent from Washington. In fact the seat of Govern- ment will go along with him. Three ste- nographers will be at his command and public - business will be transacted as thoroughly as if the executive were at the White House. All of the Cabinet of- ficers except Secretaries Gage and Root and Attorney General Knox will be mem- bers of the party, and regular sessions of the Cabinét will be held on the train. Secretary and Mrs. Long are now in Colorado, where they were called several days ago because of the illness of one of their daughters; but they expect to join the party before San Francisco has been reached. Presidents Will Not Meet. It is now a certainty that President Diaz will not meet President McKinley at El Paso, so the little session of the Presidents of the sister republics has been cut from the schedule. The reason given Is that Diaz cannot now leave the City of Mexico on account of important affairs of state. All the foreign Embassadors have called upon Secretary Hay to bid him farewell before he leaves on the President’s trip. Practically all of them have signified their intentlon to visit Europe during the Sec- retary’'s absence. Lord Pauncefote, the British Embassador, announced that he had changed his plans and would leave soon for England. The Presidential train, which Is practi- cally new, is made up of seven cars. The President’'s own car, the Olympia, is in the rear of the train. Next to the engine is the combination baggage and smoking car, Atlanta, followed by’ the new dining car, St. James, with a capacity of forty people. The next two are the handsome twelve-section drawing-room cars. Omena and Guiana, which will be followed by the Pelion and Charmion, compartment cars, with seven staterooms and two drawing- rooms. The President will ride In the Olympia as far as San Prancisco, and there will be transferred to the Lucania, one of the finest private cars in existence, in which he will make the return to the East. The Olympia is seventy feet long, has five private rooms and one sofa sec- tion, and will ~~~-—modate nine persons The Lucania has accommodations for thir- teen people. The President and Mrs. Mc- Kinley will have their meals served in their own car. At the White House to- night it was announced that all was in readiness for the trip. There were a num- ber of callers during the afternoon and evening to say good-by to the chief exec- | utive and his wife before their departura.