The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 17, 1901, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1901. SPECIAL TRAIN WAITS AT THE OAKLAND MOLE FOR PRESIDENT’S USE IF MRS. McKINLEY SUCCUMBS Should .the Stricken Lady of the White House Expire a Sad Cortege Will Start Immediately for the East—The Battleship Ohio Will Be Launched To-Morrow, but There Will Be No Elaborate Ceremony as Planned, and All the Social B | SPECIAL train stands at | the Oakland mole, ready to | carry the remains of Mrs. | McKinley, the President and his party East in case of the death of the moble woman now lying il at the Scott | residence. | Night and day the engine and cars| attached stand silently on a siding, | ready at hurried notice to take up their sad burden of the dead and the mourners and start on the long funeral run. For more than an hour yesterday morn- ing Henry T. Scott was closeted with Gen- eral Manager Kruttschuitt of the South- | ern Pacific Company, perfecting arrange- ments in anticipation of the sad event that might at any time be announced. As a result of this consultation the special | train is at the mole. Master of Trans- portation Richardson was called in and | under his supervision the train was made up. | It is the intention of the President, in | the event of Mrs. McKinley's death, to| lose no time in taking the body East, and he visit of Henry T. Scott to the railroad | builé'ng and the subsequent arrangements no doubt made at the personal re- t of the President. | Should the sad journey be made the | precautions will be used to prevent nts as were taken in the tour of the ential party from the Bast. The special will have the right of way. All other trains will take a siding at least half an hour before the special is due. It is not likely that the entire Cabinet would go East in this train should it be- come necessary to use it. The President, Secretary Cortelyou and a few in-| timate friends would be the only passen- | gers. The Presidential train was too heavy to | make fast time on the run out here. The | pecial at the mole has been made up with a view toward fast time. @ik el i INTERCLUB YACHT ASSOCIATION MEETS | | Commodore Clay Outlines a Plaa/ Whereby Its Threatened Dis- solution May Be Averted. s held at the Merchants nesday night, the following lelegates esent: George E. Billings and J. of the San Francisco Yacht Ciub, Allen M. Clay and R. R. 'Homme- eu of the California Yacht Club and T Tracy of the Corinthian Yacht Club Since the California, Encinal and South ht clubs expressed their intention ng from the association, on the San Francisco and eft in it and as three clubs are o the body must do something to save te tary is to wri clubs on S: 1at 2 club may send delega without n, and that the exp: egatta will be met, not by g assessment, but the part of e: joned to the num r its flag in ch will be no fixed dues, nt expenses and the costs of the | i yrne proportionately to the One plan suggested is managing owner or | of a yacht should pay $2 to the om which th member of ti B tes f a acht is entered, and | This ‘plan lternative plan is to let the Paciflc | cht Association go out of ex- to form an association of t owners, active members to pay nnum and assoclate members $1. As- members will receive a ticket | the tug accompanying ihe rac- | the largest number of | the greatest number of | most of the trophies. The | has b, through dele- | T. F. Tracv, ex- willingness to accept | bution of the expenses. tta out of ahout forty ries_twenty-four, or three-fifths, were the Corinthian Yacht Club, and of | een trophies awarded eleven went to | Tiburon yacht owners. e S R WILL BE HIGHER BIDS FOR STREET SWEEPING | Probability of Raise in Sweepers’ | Weages Will Increase the Estimates. The Board of Public Works informed the Board of Supervisors yesterday that the probability of a strike among the street sweepers for higher wages will re- in high bids for the street sweeping ct next Tuesday. The board has the Supervisors for $200,000 to keep streets clean, and fears are expressed that this amount will be too small by at $50.000 should the street sweepers win their fight for $2 50 per day. The sweepers are at present recelving $2 day, and heretofore the contractors | led bids have figured their estimates t basis. As the indications are that wages will be forced up to $250 the stractors will undoubtedly figure the in- e in the cost. There are more than 300 men affected and the increase in wages will represent in round numbers $50,000 for At | en from —— e District Attorney Woods Prosecuted. Cabell Whitehead, manager of the ka Banking and Safe Deposit Com- 5 cited to appear before | Court Commissioner Hea‘\ y as to the conduct of United Attorney Joseph L. Woods in the contempt proceedings with the service of the writ of supersedeas ued by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. White- head’s testimony will show that Woods refused to turn over to the United States Marshal, in_obedience to the writ of su- persedeas, the keys of the vault in which Receiver Alexander McKenzie had stored the gpld dust taken from the mines in liti- gation. His testimony, together with that of others, will be used in the prosecution of Woods for contempt of court. —_————— Press Club Reception. The visiting newspaper men who accom- pented the Presidential party from Wash- ington will be given a reception in the rooms of the Press Club this evening. Cards have been sent to the offices of all the newspapers of the city, and all news- paper men, members of the club or other. wise, have been invited to be present. There will be a programme and some bo- hemian refreshments, and a pleasant evening is promised. s PR EEUGE Unitarian Dinner Postponed. The meeting of the Unitarian: Club that was set for this evening at the Merchants’ Club and was to have been in the form of o dinner at which John D. Long, Secre- tery of the Navy, was to have been the | guest of honor, has been indefinitely post- med on account of the iliness of Mrs. | cKinley, Secretary Long not wishing to take part in any social functions while the President is in seclusfon. Dr, cock o te States Dist of Nome ( connected 1 | Grand_Lodge. (Wit NKINLE, ,’)’/‘ ow k00N, Governoe’s AN, Copumdls FRo 053 | 701896 || il B FLECT OFFICERS OF GAAND LODGE Fraternal Justice to the 0Odd Fellows of Sac- ramento. g D £ RN The time of the delegates to the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows was taken up yesterday in the election of officers for the ensuing term, the result being as follows Williams Nicholls Jr. of Dutch Flat, master; M. G. Gill of Red Bluff, deputy gran: grand d master; C. W. Baker of Sa ntc nd | warden; George T. grand_secretary (re San Francisco, C. O. Burton of of Gress Valley | Francisco, grand trustees; A. an | Jose and John Morton of San Mateo, trustees | of the Odd Fello Home. 1 Grand Master W. W. Watson was elect- ed as representative to the Sovereign | There were seven candi- | dates for the office of grand warden, and there were 'three ballots before the® suc- | ful candidate was elected. There was | | a wave of fraternal justice that s the vote in favor of the Sacramento can- didate. The late J.,L. Robinette of Sac- ramento had been elected grand warden, and when he was promoted deputy grand vachts, and need not be members of | master W. W. Watson was chosen grand | vacht club to be eligible. Under the | warden. A few months after Mr. Robi- sed. the greater part of the ex- | nette had been inducted into the office d fall n the Corinthian Yacht | which was to advance him to the posi- | tion of grand master he was taken ck | and in a few months died. The death was followed by the advancement of Mr. Wat- son, and at the following term the posi- | tion. which should have gone to the rep- | resentative from Sacramento, went, in the natural course of events, to San Fran- cisco. ‘There were many in the Grand | Lodge who, believing that Sacramento | having been by death robbed of a grand | master, concluded that it was. but just to that city to place in line for promo-| tion another Sacramento Odd Fellow, who | two vears hence will become the grand master. On the third ballot those who favored that idea gained sufficient repre- sentatives to win out. After the election the reports of a num- ber of committees, including that on reso- lutiens to the memory of the late George H. Morrison, P. G. P., and that on hon- ored dead, were adopted. A proposition was made to continue the committee on home location -for another vear and give it the following instruc- tions: It shall within elght months file its report witk the grand secretary, setting forth, so far as can be ascertained, an estimate in detail of the cost of any one or more home sites recommended by them, including the cost of lands, if any, the cost of necessary buildings and improvements, furnishing and equipping the same, and all other expenses incidental to the establishing of a new homte, and said committee shall also submit such récommenda- tions as may seem to them practical concern- ing ways and means for raising the necessary moneys to defray such cost and expenses. Im- mediately upon receiving such report the grand secretary shall cause copies of the same to be printed and distributed among the subordinate lodges, at the same time requesting the lodges to carefully consider sald report and transmit to the grand secretary not less than ten days before the Grand Lodge meets in 1902 such recommendations as the subordinate lodges shall adopt in the vremises. The advisability of taking action on the recommendation of the committee that the White tract near Alum Rock be ac- cepted was the matter for discussion for the rest of the afternoon, but no action was taken in either case, and debate was postponed until to-day. California Assembly. At yesterday's session of the California session of the Rebekahs the entire morn- ing was taken up in the election of the following named officers, who are to serve during the ensuing term: Mrs. Nellie Mitchell of Grage Valley, presi- dent; Mrs. Ada Madison of San Diego, vice president; Alma Isabel Jensen of San Fran- Cisco, warden; Mary E. Donoho of San Fran- cisco, secretary (re-elected); Annie M. Leise of East Oakland, treasurer, and Mrs. George T. Bhaw trustee for the Orphans’ Home. The last named were re-elected in recognition of the valuable services they have rendered to the order. During the af- ternoon the assembly was addressed by Representative to the Sovereign Grand Lodge Karl Breuck, who gave the dele- ates instructions in the work of the or- er and answered many questions pro- pounded by them. Veteran Rebekahs Banquet. The Veteran Rebekahs held their annual election last evening and the following named were chosen to serve for the en- suing term: Mattie Swa.n,Lfres(dent; Annie Samuels, vice president; M. A. Dallas, sec- retary; Sa J. Knight, treasurer; Fan- nie T. McCall, marshal; ¥annie Benjamin, carrie Warner, Mrs. A. J. Williston, Sarah M. Wolf, Mary A. Thorndyke, Alma I. Jensen and Helen M. Sheglpard. directors. The past presidents are Helen G. Peter- son, Ly . Pinkham and Maude Chase. After the election the members of the as- ol RECEPTION BY SCHOOL CHILDREN WILL BE HELD TO-DAY AS PLANNED HOUGH the President will not participate, the school childrea’s reception will be held this morning as planned. The members of the Cabinet have consented to make an exception in favor of the youth of the city and represent the President at this reception. The Board of Education | met last night and decided that the plans should be carried out as arranged. The pupils of the public schools are notified to follow instructions originally given them as to the time of assemblage and the positions to be occupied by the various schools. The reception begins about 9:30 a. m., at which time th~ carriages containing the members of the Cabinet will start on the drive between the lines of school children massed along th: sidewalks of Van Ness avenue, between Jackson and Market streets. | Functions Will Be Eliminated . + LL the functions specially prepared for the PresiGent have been canceled, but the canceilation does not include the launching of the battle- ship Ohio at the Union Iron works to-morrow. Irving M. Scott sald vesterday: “The battleship Ohio will be launched at the appointed time, but all other func- e i FORMER RESIDENCES OF tiens have been declared off.” The gift devised by the workmen of the shipyard for presentation to the President will be sent to Washington and presented to him at some appropriate time. The Kuights Templar will also send to Wash- ington the beautiful silken flag with gold motinted staff, which they intended to present to the President in this city. Tine Union League Club rooms, beautl- fully decorated with roses and bronze leaves, were open yesterday for the enter- tainment of guests from Ohlo and cther States. Many non-resident members who came to the city expecting to attend the luncheon 'n honor of the President re- | turned to their respective homes last cvening. A notice posted in the club in- formed members and others that the func- tions arranged in honor of the President had been declared off. | SOUVENIR FOR THE PRESIDEN= T | The following letter has been addressed | to Secretary Cortelyou: Hon. George B. Cortelyou, Secretary to | MRS. McKINLEY IN CANTON, COLUMBUS, OHIO, AND WASHINGTON, D. C. President—Dear Sir: I have to acknowledge | | ) sociation went to a Market-street restau- rant, where they partook of the fourth an- nual banquet. The retiring president, Mrs. Maude Chase, was toastmistress and after the supper she called on a number of those present to speak. Rebekah Drill Corps. The banquet hall building was crowded last night with many members of the order, including representatives to_the Grand Lodge and delegates to the Rebekah assembly, to witness an_exhibition drill by the San Francisco Rebekah Drill Corps No. 2, Captain Allle Parker. The drill was given with that perfectness which has marked previous exhibitions and was loudly ap- plauded. After the drill there was a ball, which lasted until midnight. SEEXKS TO RECOVER O’HARE'S ESTATE Margaret L. Gowdey Sues Thomas G. Jacques, His Wife and Children. An action was irstituted yesterday by Margaret L. Gowdey, as guardian of the person and estate of Joseph O’Hare, akainst Thomas G. Jacques, Thomas G. Jacques Jr., Caroline E. Jacques ana Bea- trice C. Jacques, to recover $60,192 36, which 1t is alleged the defendants secured from O'Hare through nnlawful and undue influence and n accordance with a con- spiracy to which it is alleged the defend- ants are all parties. During the hearing of the kidnaping case against Jacques in the Police Court 1t developed that he had gained possession of O'Harc's thousands and the suit to recover the same is the result. It is averred that in addition to procur- ing the sum named from O'Hare the de- fendants influeaced him to convey his real property to them. The court is asked to fet these conveyances aside, revest the title in O’'Hare and grant such other and further relief as the court may see fit. The case of Thomas G. Jacques and his wife, Caroline E. Jacques, charged with kidnaping Joseph O'Hare, was again called in Judge Cabaniss’ court yesterday morning. r. O. Burgess, the Jacques family physician, was called and testified that Jacques had broken down under a se- vere mental strain and that it would be four or five days before he would be able to be out of again. Attorney Cannon asked that the case be continued till Saturday morning and sug- gested that if Jacques did not appear then another physician should be called in to report upon his condition. Attorney Knight, for the defendants, characterized the suggestion as.indecent. Dr. Burgess, he said, was a reputable physician of thirty-five years' practice in the city and as such an insinuation should not be leveled at him. There was a warm interchange of re- marks between the attorneys, in which the Judge took a hand. The storm was finally quelled and it was decided that the case should continued till Monday morning to give Jacques time to recu- verate. of the Odd Fellows' | INSURANGE MAN 15 NOTAT HOME Conveniently Out When Papa Calls With Revolver. Joseph M. Bonacina, proprietor of the Grand Southern Hotel at the corner of Seventh and Mission streets, was arrested yesterday afternoon on a charge of carry- ing and exhibiting in a threatening man- ner a loaded revolver. The charge was preferred against him by the &anltor of the building in which the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company’s office is situ- ated, corner of Montgomery and Sacra- mento streets. He was subsequently re- leased on $250 cash bail. The trouble is alleged to have grown out of a love affair, in which Bonacina's daughter is sald to be involved. An em- ploye of the Pacific Mutual Life Insur- ance Company is reported to have won the affections of the young lady and re- quested her hand in marriage. Afterward he became fickle and re?emlng of his choice refused to carry out his portion of the cqntract. Benacina, after trying in vain to peace- fully induce the insurance man to return his daughter’'s affections, so the story runs, resolved yesterday to resort to more effective measures. e secured a fully loaded revolver and, accompanied by his daughter, sought the office of the Mutual Life for the purpose of coming to an un- derstanding with the man who-had won the girl's affections. It .happened that when Bonacina arrived at the office he was informed that the young man was not in and was requested to leave the building. He grew very indignant and is reported to have drawn his revolver and threatened to shoot the janitor, who made the request. Officers Chase and Thomas Flynn were summoned and Bonacina was placed under arrest. . ————— 3 Fleads for the Man Who Robbed Her. Arthur McCluskey, Who snatched a satchel from Mrs. L. S. Kennedy on Geary street Monday night, appeared before Judge Mogan yesterday to answer a charge of grand larceny. After the evi- dence was heard Mrs. Kennedy made a strong plea for mercy for - MeCluskey. She said she understood he committed the crime while suffering from hunger. She begged the Jucge to reduce the charge to petty larceny so that McCluskey could escape with six months’ imprisonment for that offense and a similar sentence for carrying a concealed weapon. Judge Mo- gan too to-day. the matter under advisement uul GALL PROMPTLY GRANTS REQUEST Electrical Decorations on Building Are to Remain. —ged The executive committee arranging for the Epworth League.Convention, which gathering is to be held in San Francisco from July 18 to 21 next, has through the Rev. Thomas Filben asked that the elec- trical decorations now -on the Claus Spreckels building, the ferry building and the City Hall be allowed to remain for the event named. As far as the Call building is concerned the request has been granted. Besides the Epworth League Convention there will be held in this city in July the National Schuetzen Bund. -From all parts of the country visitors will come. Thou- sands will take advantage of the speclal rates and become San Francisco's guests. The city will again be decorated with the dress that befits a celebration. As a nu- cleus of illumination it is desired that the three buildings named retain their present decorations for both the big events. No doubt many others will be added to the list upon the request of the proper com- nuittees. ———— Juggled With His Plates. August Walters appeared before Judge Mogan yesterday on a charge of battery preferred by P. Clary, keeper of a res- taurant at 513 Fourth street. Clary testi- fled that Walters was in the habit of eat- ing at the restaurant and while waiting for his meal juggled with the plates, to the annoyance of the customers. Wednes- day night he broke a plate and a fight followed. Clary blackened both of Wal- ters’ eyes and Walters hit Clary on the head with a bottle of catsup. A police- man was called in, and thinking that the catsup on Clary’s head was blood, rang for the ambulance. The mistake was dis- covered before the ambulance arrived. Clary told the Judge that if Walters would remain away from his glace he would not ask to have him punished. Walters gave the d%alred promise and the case was dis- missed. —_———— Arrested for the Flim-Flam Game. J. Cohn, who halls from Salt Lake, was arrested yesterday afternoon by Police- ‘man Gardiner and booked at the City Prison on a charge of petty larceny. He went into a commission house at 317 ‘Washington street and placing a $ ?m plece and $5 in silver on the counter, asked | Miss Sophie Struss, the cashler. to gtve | him a $10 gold piece. She placed a $10 gold | plece on the counter, whereupon Cohn placed another $10 gold plece on_top of | the other $10 and asked her for a 320 gold piece. She had been warned against the flim-flam_trick, and after grabbing the | money, called’ for a policeman. Miss Sarah ' Cohn, cashier in a commission house at Front and Washington streets, identified Cohn as the man who tried the | same trick on her two weeks ago. Water Front Notes. The Pacific Steam Navigation Com- pany’'s Guatemala sails for Central and South American ports to-day. She will take away twenty cabin passengers and a very large general cargo. } The Norwegian steamer Horda struck a rock while leaving Oyster Harbor yester- day and had to put into Royal Roads. She will be surveyed and will probably come on to San Francisco with her cargo of coal to-day. Charles Peterson’s new launch Gertrude came over from Belvedere yesterday and will go into commission to-day. The tramp steamer Indrapura, which brought a cargo of jute here from Cal- cutsa. goes to Seattle to enter the Oriental trade. your favor of April %5 from Washington, D. C., In which you say that the subject of my tele- gram to the President—the Big Basin redwood grove of-Santa Cruz County and the proposed horseshoe drive—wlill be given consideration after your arrival here. The untoward events of the past few daye have denfed the President the opportunity of seeing our giant redwood trees, in the preser- vation of which we are so much interested. It wes our intention to present to him an album descrivtive and fllustrativa of the famous Big Basin. Time has, however, been lacking in which to com- plete what we belteve will prove a beautiful and worthy memento. In the meantime, as a | pledge of our good falth, we have requested George E. Morse Esq. to hand to you for the President a small album somewhat hurriedly prepared containing a brief description and a few photographic illustrations of the grove, for the acquisition of which our State Legis- lature has appropriated $250,000. If the President will accent this litt our good will and our regret able to ses these wonder trees we shall do ourselves the homor later on of for- warding to Washington the larger and more beautifzl album. Mr. Morse has kindly consented to call upon you to-morrow for the purpose of this pre- sentation to the President by proxy through you, his honored secretary. Very truly yours, JOHN S. MATHESON. San Francisco, May 15, 1901 dence cof was not at he Prayers for Mrs. McKinley. Rabbt Isidore Myers held a special ser- vice at the Bush-street Synagogue yester- day and offered up an imgll‘esslve prayer for the speedy recovery of Mrs. McKinley. @ttt it e SYSTEM FORMED T0 SPAN GLOBE | Plans for Transportation Credited to Hill and Morgan. iy st ST. PAUL, May 16.—The Ploneer Press to-morrow will say: Plans for a trans- | portation system contemplated to encircis the globe are credited to J. J. Hill of the Great Northera and J. Plerpont Morgan of New York. It is stated that but a link to the chain s lacking and that before Morgan’s return from Europe within a week or two it will be supplied. The great factors in the new system are the Great Northern, the Great Northern Steamship Company, Hill's trans-Pacifie line, soon to be in operation, and the Leyland lines recently purchased by Mor- gan. The acquisition of these lines and the one missing link, a line between Alex andria. Egypt. and Hongkong, China, is sald to have been Morgan's special pur- pose in visiting Europe. It was said by a person conversant with that the new system will be operative as soon as Hill's Pacific steam- ships are commissioned. “This, mind you, does not mean the or- ganization of a singie company to man- age an all-around-the-globe line,’ the person mentioned. “As I unde: tand | it the relations between Hill and Morgan will result in a mutual understanding, traffic agreements and all the other par- aphernalia of common interests, giving the parts of the system a complete har- mony and effecting the same thing as if all were under a single ownership.” Starting from Buffalo the Great North- ern Steamship Company, the Great North- ern Railway and Hill's trans-Pacifis steamers will give almost an air line to Yokohama, Shanghai and Hongkong. A { link to be supplied will continue the line to Alexandria via Singapore and Bombay and from Alexandria Morgan lines wiil connect the Mediterranean ports, Liver- pool and London. The Leyland line gives direct connection with London and Phil- adelphia and Liverpool and New York. and roads controlled by the Morgan-Hili interests complete the last division with connections into Buffalo. — ey Pay Millions for a Mine. MILWAUKEE, May 16.—An Even- ing Wisconsin special from Ashland, Wis., says the Cleve and Cliffs Mining Com. pany has just purchased the Ashiand mine from Haynes Bros., the considera~ tion being $2,500,000. —— ‘Will Head the Ohio Prohibition. AKRON, Ohio, May 16.—E. J. Pinney of Cleveland was nominated for Governor by the Prohibiton State Convention, in ses- sion here to-day. degrees. Fermentation is a Schlitz brewery. If you wish Milwaukee famous. “Phone Main 47, Sherwood Wod.mlumg.,&nl’l:u hold 265,000 barrels) and an even temperature of 34 No green beer ever leaves the be certain of an aged beer, get Schlitz, the beer that made The beer that causes biliousness is “green beer” —insufficiently aged. It is hurried froth the brew- ery to the market before it1s half fermented. Drink it and it ferments in your stomach, and the result is biliousness and headache. Fermentation is expen- sive. It requires immense refrigerating rooms (ours process of months. to