The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 4, 1901, Page 1

B VOLUME LXXXIX—NO. 155. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1901. PRICE F1VE CENTS. AKINLEY LEAVES TH FOR BROAD AND + ND OF DIXIE . DRAWING RooM. WHERE- N KINLEY Wi GRASSY TEXAS PLAINS LL BE ENTERTALNED. - | “NHERE THE Two PRESIDENTS WL LOUNCH TO GETHER., ‘.. - 3 SCENES OF THE HOUSE WHERE THE PRESIDENT OF A NATION -AND THE: PRESIDENT OF ‘A COLLEGE WILL MEET AND DINE AND DIS- CUSS THE CARES OF THEIR CHARGES. . Nelcomed at All the Wayside Towns and Received: in Austin, the State Capital, With an Enthusiasm That Told of the Death of All Sectional Feeling in the Great State of the Southwest BY C. C. CARLTON, Sprecial Correspondent of The Cail. —¥or the first time in her history this city, the capital.of -Texas,: was-honored to-day by a President McKinley and party doubtless left here feeling that they nd hospitality that could be shown them. rrival of the Presidential train until its departure, and the wéll laid committees were carried out without a single hitch. TWe city had within ever gathered here at one time before. No reliable estimate can ) into the thousands. o eriue, the pringipal.thoroughfare, over which the: Presi- the station to the Capit e mingling color nf red, white and biue bunting, and flags ng which the President received was of the heartlest character, and he showed his appreci- ended to him by returning smiles and bows to the derge throng on either side of the streets y through the city. 3 all that could have been desired r was an interesting featu T the celebration.” The one thousand and more members of the State USTIN, Tex., May isit from the chief magistrate of the nat 1 the recipients of every attent) recention and ente ater crowd than of strangers, but the decorated for the occ e w er w The military di g Itinerary of Ohio’s Governor and a List of ' His “Party *Have: Been Announced---A ‘Call -for the People to Begin Decorating HE residence of Benjamin Ide Wheeler, one . of -the 'neatest . and cosiest homes of Berkeley, will be honored by the presence of the President after the conclusion of the commencement exercises at the university on the morning of Wednesday, May 15. It, is: the programme that, immediately upon the conclusion of the exercises, the President and Mrs. McKinley shall’ drive to President Wheeler's house and there, with cther guests, have lunckeon. The President will have some time {o spend in the college president's house, and there he will meet prominent members of the faculty and members of the Board of Regents. No formal affair has been arranged, for the principal object of the visit will be not to meet the people of the college, which will have already been accomplished at the exercises, but tp allow the President time for a quiet meal, and such will be provided for him. v His visit completed, the President will proceed in his carriage through Oakland, - and will arrive again in 8an Francisco early in the evening. The following information of the Ohio Governor’s party has been given out: Special t as follows: One' baggage car, Pullman ‘special 'car, three twelve-section, drawing-room /sleepers, one dining car’(where needed), one B. & €. S. W. private car (for Goverrcr :f’and varty). The bound schedule will be: Saturday, May 4—Teave Columbus, 1:30 p. m.; arrive Cincinnati, 5 p. m.; leave Ciucin- nati, 5:30 'p. m.; arrive St. Louis, 3 a. m. Sunday, May 5—Leave St. Louis, 3:30 a. m.; arrive Kansas City, 12:30 p. m.: lpave Kan- sas City, 1 ». m. F j Monday, May 6—Arrive Las Vegas Hot Spring: \ Wednesday, . May $—Leave Las Vegas, 5:30 p. m.; Thursday, May. 9-Los Angeles. 3 The citizens of California, especially those ‘a.lso members ' of the Ohio Soeiety, 3 30 p. m.. arrive Rédlands, $ a.'m. . + Vallejo ‘'Men Say the /President Was Invited to the Navy-Yard, and Scott Says He Neyer Heard *About It-—-Some Opinions e — VALLEJO-WOULD WELCOME NATION’S CHIEF. VALLEJO, May 3, 1901. By reason of the United States navy yard, Mare Island, Cal., being included in the territorial limits of this city, and the fact that it is the' most important naval station on the Pacific Coast, being second.to none- in.its equipment as a modern shipbuilding plant (whether Government or private), in drydock and machinery, and having a large force of skillad mechanics on its rolls, it is earn- estly requested - that -the programme of the Presidential tour be changed so’'as to include the navy yard and this city in the itiner- __ ary, thereby giving us the pleasure of welcoming the nation’s Chief Magistrate, to whom we extend cordial welcome. JOEL A. HARVEY, Mayor. o+ — HE proposition to allow the President a sight of the navy yard at Macs Island has aroused much interest in this city, and in Vallejo it has awakened renewed interest in the coming of McKinley. There was a positive statement from Vallejo last evening that the people of the city, through prominent men of the town, had requested 2 that a trip to the navy yard be made part of fhe President's itinerary while at . San Francisco. Whatever was done or said, however, it is positiveiy dented by the chairman of the executive committee, Irving M. Scott, that any request from Vallejo has ever been received by the committee or by himself per- sonally. e It was not an Interesting conversation that brought this out, but such as it was here it is: s ““‘What has ever been done about the application of Vallejo to have.the Pres- ident visit the navy yard at Mare Island?" “There 'has never been any applicatign from Vallejo for such a purpose.” ‘as there ever any application to the executive committee?” No, there was not.” r to you personally?’_ “No, there was not.” “Did any one.ever suggest to you or the committee that shown ' the navy yard?” “I don’t know anything about it.” “Has any one ever suggested to the President that it would be well for him the President be dniinued on Second fn?e ? . i Continued on Second inge‘ Continued on Second Page.