The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 15, 1901, Page 2

z THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WED ESDAY, MAY 15, 1901. CALL SIGNALS THE ARRIVAL OF - THE PRESIDENT 3omb Shot From Dome of the Claus Spreckels Building Informs Waiting Thousands That McKinley Isin Town Examiner Accepts the Cue and Follows With Shrieks of Its Great Siren From Roof of the Hearst Building tinguished guest was at last here and a mighty shout went up. A second bomb was _fired several seconds after the first by the watchers on the dome of the Claus ckels building, and just as the smoke was clearing away the powerful siren on the roof of the Examiner building bel- lowed out a rousing welcome. The Ex- aminer’s siren was the first whistle to take up the Call's official signal and soon ter every steam whistle in the city was a at work. The factory whistles, the ts’ sirens and even the railroad HE CALL'S arrangements announeing the arrival of sident McKinley in the were a great succe erything went like-clock- work. The moment the train g the distinguished v pulled into the depot at x streets air above and ex-| rt announced that the Presi- ext instant a sounded from | the streets be- shrie up the sign: ay down the Potrero were by his time making as much noise as they . Lads with miniature cannon on the fs of houses fired salutes and the town was in a din of uproarious de- and enthusiasm. Japanese rockets discharged from jome of the Claus Spreckels building ed like a charm. t - intervals of a half minute one discharged ecutive com- | skyward. A stiff breeze was blowing and arations for ailed to all parts of the city. official sig- verybody was pleased with The Call's ecidential train | SPlendid service. ~Congratulations came evmaodin pouring into the offices of the paper from eing sent UD | gyery source for'the enterprise shown in dome of g the residents of. this city such a A direct and prompt information of the ar- rival- of the President in_our midst. tions and illuminations of Spreckels building came in al- uild- | so for great praise. Promptly at 8 o'clock last night the many thousand electric lamps were turned on. The illumination of the building was almost instantaneous and with the lights turned on the streets ded the curve | below became as light as-day. off the eagerly | The general effect of the fllumination of the tuilding was best apparent when . when the | viewed from a distance, The ef- *all business | fect standing several blocks away was arvelous. The building presented the »pearance of a beautiful fairy house vdded with ~diamonds. Old travelers globe trotters who make it a point to ness carnivals and celebrations in all parts of the world said that no illumina- tion they had ever witnessed was so ar- stically conceived and carried out. 1 of the e wire connected | e tall breeze. unexpectes ONG STREETS Continued From First Page. e cockles of his heart and wreathed his face with smiles. Gratification countenance of the President and, intent upon the manifestations love and loyalty of his countrymen, he was oblivious to fog and wind and No Presage of the Afternoon’s Enthusiasm. ve little presage of what the afternoon was to bring. Men iness as if they could not leave office or counting room or occasion. Commercial activity scarcely the scheduled hour of the President's was garbe holiday attire. Flags fluttered inting and gay pennants, evergreens and a gages of the city’s hospitality, but individ- ed on in its accustomed channels. Even jons were clattering noisily toward the s busily employed at work that could and retarded progress toward the formation 1 the wa ple gathered along the. wire ropes stretched on the line of crowds in check. At some points of vantage crowds began the most pa here was nothing to indicate the massing of former red-letter for San Francisco had seen. of Third and T end streets the sidewalks were crowded housetop, telegraph pole or other that afforded visual ied Carriages with well-known citizens arrived early and for the Preside tc come. Sturdy bluejagkets and along on th y from landing places to their assigned street to await the parade’s formation. Clattering roops of horse hastened to the rendezvous. v, but not when clocks showed the time for the arrival of the Presi- and five, ten, fifteen minutes had passed. The Call’s Signal Caused Big Transfermation. ecedented transformation occurred. The flag on the staff sur- diome of The Call building was suddenly unfurled and simultane- exploded with a roar and a volley of day rockets high _into the air from the top of the sky- ct was more than electrical. Immediately whistles. began to t their various tones mingled in & mighty crescendo, nd locomotives arose the screech of sibilant steam, sirens notes from steamship whistles came roaring up from the barked and reared. -From every block of its velcome reets were filled with cheering people thought of business cares. Men, women an incredibly short time along the line the parade would filled untii progress was difficult or impossible, < as far as Bush street, and Market out to d with people struggling for places from which the ing could be seen to_advantage. 1 arrived a trifie late. President McKinley was ushered depot into Third street, Mayor Phelan and Irving M. him. His bodyguard of policemen and detectives was quate force of policemen held the surging, cheering resident was being shown to. his carriage. Fresident Turns to Bow to the Workingmen. pot was prophetfc of what was to come and Mec- atedly. A group of railroad employes standing 3 cheers for the President, and he turned s hand in recognition of their greeting. tled up the street, the four mounted policemen of his body- outriders ¢ other carriages were filled rapldly with the dential party, committeemen and others of —prominence. e grand marshal, gave command, & bugler sounded ‘“For- e ]y»erade moved up Third street between two dense lines ople. rey b 25 % ' 3 e b A E B b rars et IR P o | o y H by WA S S ex e SRR S AR . 8 i I 1 | Police Arrangements for Handling the Vast Multitudes ing the Parade on the Streets Dur- Are Almost Perfect Chief Sullivan’s Orders Are Carried Out to the Letter and the Day Is Remarkably Free From Accidents EVER before in the history of this city have parade con- ditions been more perfect. Miles of wire rope attached to the wooden posts pre- sented to the city by the Merchants’ Association held the cheering crowds in check and the police officers Who were stationed on either side of the street along’ the line of march had virtually a sinecure. Chief of Police Sullivan had his entire force on the street, and thanks to the energy displayed by the officers there was not an accident to mar the splendid spectacle. On every corner and within hailing distance of each other the officers, dressed in their best uniforms, kept c stant watch. Their vigilance and clos tention to the orders given them by thelr respective captains won them the high ap- proval of Chief Sullivan and the members of the Police Commission. Even the d}s(mguished visl(t‘)lrs s 3 earance and c ggx):gd othemghrle?pfn the _splendid g pline that was apparent in the depart- T itenant of Police Anderson and a po- liceman were provided with a buggy and the rode through the lines and saw - McKINLEY AT THE FERRY DEPOT Continued From First Page. that everything was In readiness for the parade. Chief Sullivan was busiest men on the street. He w: where and his presence was of gre: to his men. Captain Spillane of the S ern Staticn had a post of honor in tu rade. He marched at the side of the ident’s carriage and was in virtual mand of the escort to the Chief Executtve. All aleng the line of march the popular | officer received the salutes of his men and returned them with the military precision for which he is noted. At the reviewing stand there was none of that ccnfusion that is not unusual in | aftaies of this kind. A strong cordon of | policemen under the command of Sergeant | Wolft kept interlopers from taking posses- sion of the place of homor and from crowding too close to the temporary wooden structure. B, Sergeant Clarence Coogan and his squad of mounted policemen won the admiration of thousands along the line of march. They led the procession and their ac- couterments and clean-limbed steeds won the unstinted praise of every one. The cordon of policemen and detectives that surrounded the President’s carriage made it impossible for any one to run out and grasp the hand of McKinley. This was not attempted. Only in a few In- stances were men called up and_intro- duced to the President by Mayor Phelan or Irving M. Scott. outstretched paw. He stood against a background of flags. More flags were draped from the crest to the spring of each arched window along the sides and at the keystone of each, and in the cen- ters a shield and a stand of flags gave a neat and tasteful finish to the scheme. The Crowd Enters. Tt was half-psst 9 o’clock before the crowd was let in. It was a quarter to 10 before the President had taken his seat. It was fifteen minutes later when he rose after the speech-making and left the stand, while the struggling mass of peo- ple, forgetful of all else but a chance to see his face, stood and stared and jostled and passed the fainting women into the press stand and bore with unruffled pa- tience and good humor the shouts of the police and the prods from the muskets of the soldiers whose duty it was to keep the crowd moving. Thgl duty devolved on the First Cali- fornia Regiment, ‘under_ command of Colonel O’Neill, and the First Battalion of the Fifth Regiment, under command of Major L. W. Jouillard. The men marched let in, and they were stationed in lines down both walls and back on each side of the dividing line of flowers. They did magnificent service and to them is due the absence of serious injury to any one. The President came in behind a platoon of National Guardsmen, Mayor Phelan on his rigkt and P. H. McCarthy, chairman of the reception committee, on his left. They walked up the nave from the stalr- way entrance so quietly no one seemed te realize that the man they had come to see was passing in front of their eyes. Behind him walked several of his party, but by the time they reached the end of the nave they had become so mixed in the crowd that it was hard to tell who was distinguished visitor anc} who but ordinary citizen. McKinley Comes Forward. There was no doubt who was who, how- taken through a side door was brought on the platform, and then a cheer that made the arches_tremble burst from the people, while far down the nave—it:seemed miles away—came the faint but stirring notes of *‘Hail to the Chief.” McKinley was in the center of the plat- form, seated in_an imposing high-backed chair. Mayor Phelan was on his right and Governor Gage, who met him upon the stand, was on his left. On the right of Mr. Phelan and on the left of Gover- nor Gage were seated Cabinet officers, and on the extreme right and left were seated the executive committee and the officers of the Governor’s staff all in uni? form. Behind the President was seated the Governor of Ohio and the Ohio dele- gation and then behind that were seated the Supervisors, Federal ojcers, promi- nent men of the city and members of the reception committee. Commander Thomas Phelps, aid to the President while he is in California, took his stand just behind McKinley's chair He was in the special full dress of the navy ‘and was quite the most imposing figure in the party. Phelan’s Speech. ‘When Mayor Phelan rose to speak the people had packed into the end of the ever, when the President after being |and by the awakening of the Pacifl heard, but now and then he made a fa- miliar reference and the crowd cheered and waved flags and hats and canes and crushed closer to the platform. At Phe- lan’s reference to the First California, the pioneer regiment in the Philippines, there was trefhendous enthusiasm; there was more when he referred to the Oregon and there was almost hysteria when he spoke of the Ohio, the great vessel that will take her first plunge next Saturday. He said: Mr. President: The people of San Fran- cisco bid you cordial and patriotic wel- come. They have for many days been making ready for your coming and now enjoy the pleasure and the homor of re- celying and entertaining their President, the President of the republic of which they are a devoted part and in whose greatness and glory they are proud to share. We feel that San Francisco is indeed one’ of the nation's capitals. Our ecity not only renders munieipal service for its in- habitants and fulfils the purposes of a metropolis as the chief city of a great State, but its position {s betier defined as the principal port of the United States on into the hall long before the crowd Was | in, pacific Ocean. It Is therefore, Mr. President, in a peculiar sense your city well as ours. It belongs to the country. As late as 134% however, Daniel Web- ster said that California on'account of her remoteness could never be expected to ac- cept laws from Congress. But it is a mat- ter of history that she eagerly joined the union of States, and you know, Mr. Presi- dent, having just crossed the broad conti- nent, that you were never absent for a hour from the seat of government! W hre no6 longer remote. It Is true that fort long days-elapsed after our admission be- fore we were appraised of the event, but invention and enterprise which Webster failed to foresee have since that day di tanced the revolutions of the earth and we can now-in point of time anticipate Con- gress itself in the passage of its acts. B the grace of electricity our western pos tion puts us in the vanguard of the have become a center, whereas we were an outpost. San Francisco a World City. We are indeed a world city, serving the the United States on the greatest world's oceans. The lands beyond | us for commerce and trade; the a : | our country camp within our confines; transport fleets crowd our docks squadrons ride at anchor in our ba bave been and are an active and patriotic factor in the stirring events of your ad- ministration, and while serving our coun- try, permit me to say tnat San Frageisco has splendidly vindicated her own e cutcheon, which Is inscribed with the old Spanish legend, betraying her origin, ‘Oro en paz, flerro en guerra,” “Gold in peace, iron in war.” For ours is the golden ore, the golden grain, the golden fruit, and I may say the golden opportunity, which | the march of nts has opened to us | while iron, emb:ematic of fortitude, indu | try and the mechanic arts, has been illu trated by our people in every fleld. The first transport that ever departed from ou country’s shores_on a warlike mission carried a San Francisco regiment, the First California, the first to the front, and our artisans constructed the cruiser Olym- o+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | v . ‘ | THE CALL BUILDING ILLUMINATED IN HONOR OF THE VISIT OF PRESIDENT M'KINLEY | A - i Wi approached the | parad 1d % s s Market street e e Ahe | pecade wouln Pfi,m“"é’éar?,‘;";u??é"‘ and | attractive features of the welcome ae-)no place on the line of march could a | g0od look at the kindly, generous, smiling nave so tight that motion in any direction pia, the flagship of Dewey at Manila, and n_more turbulent. At the junction of | The cheering was continuous and ird, Market and Kearny streets people | ening as the President’s carriage o re packed in between buildings and |along and McKinley acknowledged the + wire ropes at the gutter curbing until | people’s greetiyeg, etfl : one more could be added, for her® the | time and always appreciative of specially corded hf The length of Market street to Van Ness a;/em:e and V:u:i Ns?sd(o well beyond Bush stree resented soli S i1 Tot " forgattul at any | on elthor s Boldom han suh L ALY | 1e Seldom has such a throng | w; g S Qe el Las el R B is’,box 137, for six bottles Dr.Shoop’s Restora. latecomer find place from which to get a A Month’s Test Free. you have Dyspepsia,write Dr.Shoop, Racine, driven past. For two blocks on either side of the re- viewing stand on Van Ness avenue the At | uve. Exp.paid. Send no money. Pay$.60 if cureds Continued on-Page Ten. countenance of the President as he was was practically impossible. Everywhere | [through the struggling crowd was heard the warning cries of men calling to those behind to stop crashine and shouts of the soldiers ordering the people to keep mov- | inz. Bot little of the Mavor's speech was | the battleship Oregon, the matchless racer %( the sea and the famous fighter for the ag. During your visit we will show you how Continued on Tenth Pace.