The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 13, 1901, Page 1

IR J \\ — - // \\.___—/' VOLUME LXXXIX-—NO. 164. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, MAY 13, 1901. PRICE F1VE CENTS. McKINLEY REACHES CITY, NOT AS PRESIDENT, BUT AS DEVOTED HUSBAND, SOLICITOUS FOR THE WELFARE OF HIS BELOVED WIFE MRS. McKINLEY'S CONDITION NOT SERIOUS AND PRESIDENT WILL KEEP ENGAGEMENTS. The C “We have no Jose to-morrow.” ght Secretary. Cortelyou made the following statement: on for any such apprehension,” said he, “Mrs. McKinley is resting comfortably and reports as tc her condition being serious are exaggerated. Her health has always been delicate and the long ney and excitement have told on her. Her health is no worse now than it was when President McKinley was first inaugurated. The President comsiders San Francisco the important point in the State and it was isable to bring Mrs. McKinley here to rest and avoid the excitement of receptions in interior towns. From San Francisco the President can-make side trips and be near his wife.” representative asked Mr. Cortelyou if he apprehended that Mrs. McKinley's illness might by any possibility interfere with the programme of entertainment. “nor do we expect that any part of the trip will be abandoned. 1f Mrs. McKinley is resting as comfortable to-morrow morning as at present the President will be T]wc President Chec Applause of the [ Hundreds Flock to the Depot to Witness | ~’\m\\“. ‘ PrREsGENTIAL, TRAIN ARRIVING - R R, TAAJOR. FHELAN s G M SCOTT e Change of Plan Is No Surprise to Party. President Expects to Return to San Jose. By W. F. Burke, Staff Correspondent of The Call MRS. McKINLEY BEING TAKEN INTO THE SCOTT RESIDENCE AND SCENES AT DEPOT ON ARRIVAL OF THE PRESIDENT. — terey and hurry to San Francisco, so that Mrs. McKinley might secure the rest and < de so needful in her present condi- WA TCH FOR THE BOMBS. 4 ami the f?ag mzfmhd on the t the moment the parade in honor of President morrow afternoon from Third and Town- watchers will receive word by direct wire. * SIGNAL OF PRESIDENT'S ARRIVAL. | "m ish of the znmmw Committee and of General / J id, ;rmxd marshal of the parade, that at this sigsal tle of every engine of whatever kind in San Fran- CiSC0 blown and bombs exploded or other demonstration made g 1o the city’s distinguished guest. Bombs will go up "GREAT DOME OF THE CALL BUILDING Willlam McKinley, consequently, arrived ident McKin- jn San Francisco, not as the head of the family physi- great American republic, but as the de- clan, Dr. Rixey, decided yesterday morn- voted husband of u bLeloved wife, whose i ing to leave the Hotel del Monte at Mon- sf——o0 JOIN IN WELCOME TO THE PRESIDENT TO the Citizens of San Francisco: It is arranged that signal be given by The Call from the dome of the Claus Spreckels build- ing the instant that the column escorting the President starts from Third and Townsend streets Tuesday afternoon. Bombs will be exploded, day rockets sent up and the flag unfurled on the flagstaff. Owners of mills, factories, steamships, tugs, etc., are re- quested to arrange that whistles be blown at that signal, and of others it is requested that bombs be exploded or other demonstra- tion contemplated be made then in honor of the coming of the President of the United States, William McKinley, who at that mo- ment becomes the guest of San Francisco. R precious than the fulsome recognition by Kinley would go at once to the 2 = EL MONTE, May 12—No ' one + was surprised this morning when well-being was a thiousand times more it was announced that Mrs. Me- the .people of their chosen head of affairs. city with the President, and that Shortly before nocn yesterday the start- 3 the remainder of the party would ling information was telegraphed from have to travel to-morrow and " . WATCH FOR THE BOMBS. HE signal to the watchers iwI he Call building will be of - ficial, coming from Gencral Warfield, grand marshal, When the flag is seen to flutter on the breeze, the bombs are heard to txplode and the rockets seen to ascend, then the Presi- dent shall have begun to experience San Francisco hospitality. SIGNAL OF PRESIDENT S ARRIVAL. | ATRIOTIC citizens have the opportunity to join in this P demonstration in honor of the nation’s chief executive. Lay your plans, watch for the signals from the dome of The Call building and set the whistles of your mills, factories and steamships—screeching in cclebration of the arrival of the Presi- dent Bombs will go up from the GHEATDOME OF THE CALL BUILDING | - — Monterey that ‘Mrs. McKinley was in a Tuesday without its chief. precarious condition and would be brought When Mrs. McKinley reached Del Monte to' San Francisco with all possible speed. she was in a very weak state, and the Continued on Second Page. Continued on Second Page.