The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 20, 1901, Page 1

24 gyl , VOLUME LXXXIX—NO. 171. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, MAY 20, 1901. PRICE F1VE CENTS. MRS. McKINLEY’S STRENGTH IS STEADILY INCREASING, THE FEVER ENTIRELY DISAPPEARS AND THE PATIENT IS ABLE TO SIT UP AND TALK WITH THE PRESIDENT Mrs. McKinley Stead- | ily Improves and All Are Hopeful. J M T the hour of goiug S NINTH DAY OF ILLNESS FINDS PATIENT STRONGER. to press the cheering news was given out from the Scott residence that Mrs. McKinley was asleep and that there had been no increase of temperature since the last visit of the physicians six hours previously. The strength of the President’s wife was maintained during all of yesterday, and the chief executive was in a more hopeful frame of mind than at any time since his wife was stricken down. Yesterday the dysenteric fever that has laid hold of Mrs. McKinley had almost disappeared and to-day, being the ninth day of her iliness, the phys the turning point and is on the road to recovery. cians hope to be able to announce that their distinguished patient has passed A’ GRoLP oF SouNG WOMEN CALLERYS he left the ng with mprove- Kinley's condition. the President was called til the physicians held in the evening the condition ey continued to improve. isited their after Cortelyou the esentatives Has a Very Good Day. s physicians report that very good day and that the since morning is satisf: | with his wife 1 when he retired | | X Mrs. McKinley d slumber and | that the im- ‘ would be SECRETARY HAY A" i Cire MAKE An aRTEme GO eNoON CALL O THE PRESIDENT. THE PRESIDENT (s GALUTI BY CAPTAIN WITTAKER OF THE. FIREr DEPARTMENT. \g\\ PE——=Z " PRESIDENT ) MEKINLE Y ACCOMPAN(ED BY SEC ‘CORTEL e MRTMCRVE, OOT FOR A WAL ON JUNDAY MORNING-. . ? Gk =0 st ; PR- RIXEY TRETURNS 7 TROM cHORCH . ~2 o 3 A FEW INCIDENTS OF THE FIRST SABBATH DAY SPENT BY PRESIDENT McKINLEY IN THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO. E3 nley except ally word was sent from 5:30 p. m. that the President would not again leave the house. The President dined with his secretary and eagerly awaited the arrival of the physicians. doctors as to the condition of their pa- tient brought a look of relief to the face of the President and he accompanied the physicians to the door of the house when they took their departure. ves or friends | is wife, have been m where the tled with this morning it was dence that Mrs. and vorable previous the secretary and a few friends until 10:3) p. m., and after visiting his wife, retired for the night During the day the President received messages from the King and Queen of Great Britain and from the President of France, conveying sincere sympathy and heartfelt hopes for the recovery of Mrs. McKinley. The President dictated re- ¥ and | plies to the messages and instructed Sec- t= retary Cortelyou to forward the latest bulletins as to the health of the patient. PRESIDENT’S QUIET SABBATH. Chief Executive Only Leaves the House for a Short Walk. was a g ¥ in iay the tem- crowd ge Scott for a review of the troops at the Presidio to-day by the President, but it is thought that if Mrs. McKinley's condition allows, the chief executive will inspect the garri- chief exe ve drive from sightseers were doomed review of the school children to- ment, however, bu morrow depends entirely on_ the state of ey Ooctelyon. in 2 happy frame of |POSSIPle moment. min showed by his manner that the Services for Mrs. McKinley. his wife's iliness most cordial greet- detectives in ted the hews- he started to severe 24 ceased. He ing to the police officers front of the At the Sabbath morning services of the RACING TO SAVE LIFE OF A FRIEND paper Teprese k in t Hundreds of were kept at z ficers, and no women and children | nce by the police of- wed to disturb he enjoyed his stroll e nation displayed his While he waved he distance, he to him and gave 2 ial hand grasp and sirles as to thelr names and age. The President proceeded at a brisk pace Bedside of an Invalid in San Francisco. BOSTON, May 20.—Dr. O. S. Cilley will start this morning on a race against death to San Francisco, hoping to save his old friend and brother Mason, Lyman B. Mace of this city, who is mortally ill in a hotel there. Mace, who is a very wealthy man, ts in t fldrer his hat to the ac beckoned the ¢ e hen valumrtes Siier Seadiing 3¢ and in San Francisco became quite ill, During the day many carriages drove up | 9ropsy complicating the heart ailment he to the Scott residence. The President re- | had suffered from for years, He was told embers of his Cabinot, and were General Shafter, ster McKinley, uncle of elegation of residents , and Calvin P. Titus, soldier to scale the n the siege of the by the allied troops. | Those who were received by the President ed on leaving the house that he was in 2 most cheerful frame of mind and was | most hopeful of the recovery of Mrs. Mc- | Kinley Com he must die, so he wired for Cilley. Spe- cial railway connections have been ar- ranged for by wire, and no expense will be spared in order to make time. gl et Deaths on Rio Grande Railroad. SALT LAKE, May 19.—Two fatalities occurred on the Rio Grande Western Rail- way to-day. In this city Herman Tiech- man, a laborer, employed at Murray, while temporarily deranged threw himself beneath a moving freight train anq was ground to pieces. Tiechman formerly re- sided in Kansas City, where he leaves a ed the w nder Phelps of the navy also | oW, Hour after hour the crowds In the park | family. £ lingered in the hope that they would| At Shale, Utah, Frank Mancaso, a secure a glimpse of the President, in |trackwalker, went asléep on the tracks, case he would go for a drive in the after- | was struck by a passing train and was noon. Chief of Police Sulllvan had made all arrangements for the drive, but fin- instantly killed. His relatives reside in | Grand Junction, Colo. The cheering decision of the | The chief executive remained with his | the house at Congregation | No arrangements have yet been made | | | | | | Nevah Zedeck, Mission street, special services were held for the speedy restoration of Mrs. McKinley by the cantor of the congregation, in which all the congregants joined. MANY ARE fiSAPPOINTED. Great Crowd Waits Vainly Around the Central Methodist Church. Great disappointment was felt by the multitude which thronged Central Meth- odist Church and its near vicinity yester- day morning when it was learned that President McKinley would not be able to attend the service, as he had planned. Long before the service was to commence the building was crowded with people anxious to get a glimpse of the President, and those who were not able to enter gathcred around the church in hundreds. Chief of Police Sullivan was on hand with a large squad of police, and the crowd was kept in good order. It was only at the last minute that it was known that the President would be absent on ac- count of Mrs. McKinley's condition. Dr. Hutsinpiller preached from the text “Ye shall be called the children of the Highest.” He spoke of the conception of God as being the highest to which man's intelligence could aftain. The highest and greatest thing that we could accomplish, he sald, was to live under the inspiration and purity of this-conception. In closing he spoke of the President’s absence and said that as conditions were RANCHES ARE FLOODED ON LANDS NEAR TRACY Boston Physician Summoned to the | New Levees Give Way and Water Pours Into an Immense Culti- vated Tract. TRACY, May 19.—The levee on the Fa- bian-Bell tract gave way this morning. The tract consists of 7000 acres and is the one that was flooded in February. The levees were then rebuilt, over half of the tract was reseeded and 700 acres in sugar beets planted by the California-Hawaiian Sugar Company. This flood will end oper- ations for this season. The McLaughlin tract, adjacent, is still in tact. The coun- ty road between here and Stockton is im- passable. Several small ranches are flood- ed. The water continues to rise. — Celebrate Commune Anniversary. PARIS, May 19.—The revolutionary groups celebrated as usual to-day the an- niversary of the commune, marching in batches to the cemetery of Pere la Chaise and depositing wreaths at the foot of the wall where the communists were shot. Stringent measures were taken by the po- lice to preserve order, and a number of demonstrators who shouted ‘‘Vive la Com- mune!” and ‘“‘Vive la Revolution!” were arrested, though most of them were re- leased later. e Death of Prominent Discoverer. FATRHAVEN, Mass.,, May 19.—Weston Howland, the discourdelrdefn t:l;hmethod of refining petroleum, e e t, I“ 86 years. he was to be honored more in his absence than if he had been present. - LESSONS OF McKINLEY’S TOUR. Rev. Dr. Rader Uses President’s Trip as Text of a Sermon. The Rev. Willlam Rader of the Third Congregational Church took for the sub- ject of his sermon yesterday morning “Our President, and the Lessons of His Tour.” A large congregation was present. Dr. Rader said: 1 propose this morning to talk to you about President McKinley, Who has been justly called “the first citizen of the United States.” "1 speak as a citizen. In such a time as this it is not inappropriate for the pulplt to give expression to its views upon the character and career of one who fs at the head of our Government. The tour of triumph which has been so suddenly inter- rupted will be remembered as one of the most remarkable in history. The Roman eagles never flew as far as the Presidential train has trav- eled: the King of England could not go so far in a straight line in his own possessio the Queen of Sheba did not have such a t umphal tour, and the travels of Washinzton, | Lincoln and Grant did not create more gener- ous appreciation. This tour has been marked by enthusiasm. A wholesome enthusiasm does for the body politic what the ceaseless motion of the waves does for the sea—it purifies ac- tion, eliminates the dross. Enthusiasm stirs the nation’'s blood and gives health and vigor to the republie. The reception given the President has been APOLOGY OF TURKEY AWAITS THE POWERS Embassadors Demand Some- thing More Substantial From the Porte. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 19.—Ahmed Tewfik Pasha, Ottoman Minister of For- eign Affairs, called upon the Embassa- dors and notified them of Turkey's desire to re-estiblish the statu quo ante in the postal question and her intention to send a high functionary to apologize for the violations of the foreign mail bags. The Embassadors met yesterday at the residence of the German Embassador to determine what attitude to adopt in view of the complete submission of the Sublime Porte. g It is understood tfie German Embassador considers the incident closed. The other powers decline to regard a return to the statu quo ante as an adequate settlement, and the British, French and Australian Embassies have even declined to transmit the explanations of Tewfik Pasha to their Governments. ) X | patriotic. The highest form of patriotism is & devotion to the fundamental ideas of our Government, represented in the President. Re- gardless of party affiliation the people have ex- pressed their love for a noble man and the flag which is the symbol of his power. His journey has been distinguished by its non-partisan spirit. They who ascribe political motives to this tour do themselves little credit and the President little honor. It has been non-sec- | tional. Every fentence in his speeches in the South, in Memphis, New Orleans and other places, is a golden bond binding together the North and South, or, to change the figure, overy sentiment is a floral wreath upon the sofl which makes the grave of the hatchet of the war. He has glven additional assurance that there is no North, no South, but one flag, one people, one nation evermore. The theme of his speeches is significant. It Is that of ‘contentment. Factorles are busy. the mills are filled with fire, the farmers till the fertile sofl and from the chimneys of great factories the smoke of prosperity rises. The President is an apostle of prosperity. But over his speeches a shadow falls, the antlcipation of a great strike, destined ‘to be disastrous to the strikers on the one hand and the struck upen the other. Here in San Fran- cisco we live in dread of this industrial discon- tent in the face of great national prosperity. Would that by means of arbitration the fac- tions might come to an amicable settlement. The President has called attention to the great- | ness of our country. Some of us have differ- fng opinions as to expansion, but the people indorsed the President at the ballot box at the last election and I do not mean to discuss ex- pansion. | LONDON STOCK BXCHANGE OLOSES WEEK TRANQUILLY Intervention of American Capitalists Alone Prevented Widespread Disastaor. LONDON, May 19.—The Stock change closed the week tranquilly and in strong contrast to the stormy opening of last Monday. Thanks to the interven- tion of J. Plerpont Morgan and Kuhn, Loeb & Co., widespread disaster, as well as a crisis in Northérn Pacific, was avert- ed on account of being quietly liquidated. While some of the Stock Exchange writ- ers acknowledge the debt to Mr. Morgan, others are bitter in their comment on what they call reckless American methods. The money situation has depressed the Government loans. The papers are of the opinfon that the Americans have sold the German loans here to raise money for home speculation and also that German holders have sold freely. Stagnation marked the foreigm loans. BERLIN, May 19.—The weekly finan- clal reviews all devote large space to Wall street and the reflex influence here, admitting that business on the German Boerse was wholly dominated by New York last week. The Frankfurter Zeitung, describing the week's Boerse “as a picture of com- lete desolation,” says that events in all street caused both speculators and outsiders to maintain the greatest re- serve. The money market also felt the effects of Wall street reaction and London’s higher rates. Bx-| There are two lessons to which I must allude. The one is the proximity of joy and sorrow, of festivity and disappointment.. On the table of the national banquet is the goblet of joy and the goblet of sorrow. They touch and clink. He has tasted of both. ° No man can escape the issues of life and | death. Trouble knocks at the White House and the hovel: It enters the palace and the hut. In nearly every bouquet you will find the thorn. In this national floral offering President McKinley touched the thorn, and the world waits with him by the bedside of his wife. Thg second lesson is that he shows us an example of domestic solicitude and love. He has signed his name to many important state papers, but nothing has more impressed the people than his beautiful devotion to his wife. More eloquent than any of his speeches is his relation to his home. It teaches us all a les- son. The home is the thermometer of the na- tion, and President McKinley has raised the mercury. The home is more important than the battleship launched yesterday. It means more to us than the navy or the army. Presi- dent McKinley has opened his domestic life to us and we claim an interest (n Its weifare and learn its lesson. It is an impressive and solemn spectacle to see the President of the United | States taken suddenly frogm the cheering crowds to the bedside of his wife, watches from sunset to sunrise. e sympa- thize with him, for the President is our Presi- | dent, and the White House is our house, and Mrs. McKinley is our Mrs. McKinley. Let us then be better citizens and better hus- bands and wives and more loyal to the flag. PERISH IN A FLOOD OF THE MOLTEN METAL Two Hungarians Lose Their Lives in Ohio and Three Deaths Are ‘Expected. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, May 19.—Two men are «dead and three are expected to die as a result of an accident in the Bes- semer department of the National Steel Company's plant to-day. The accident was caused by the cover of a mammoth converter becoming detached and allowing thirteen tons of molten metal to flow over the mill. The dead are two unknown Hun- garians. The body of one Hungarian was literally burned to a cinder, while that of the other was nearly as badly burned. It is thought the accident was caused by the bolts in the plate being crystalized. % S piws 2 Alexander Not to Abdicate. BELGRADE, May 19.—All rumors re- garding the abdication of King Alexander, the resignation of the Cabinet and the banishment of Queen Dragha, growing out of the sensational experiences of the Servian royal family, are declared to be without foundation. e e g Edward’s Son at Brisbane. BRISBANE, May 20.—The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York arrived here this morning overland from Mel- bourne. The city is beautifully decorated in their honor. : i oy 2 where he | |Cabinet Remains With ‘ the President in This City. T has been definitely decided that | the officers of the Cabinet who ac- i companied the President to this | coast from Washington, with the ex- ception of Secretary Long. will re- main with him until he réturns. At first the question of the ture movements of the Secretaries was |2 vexing one, for business is pressing at | the capital, and there could be no guess |as to the length of time the President | would be detained at the bedside of his | wife. None of his official family wished |fo leave him, and all are growing anx- | lous over the work that must be piling up |In thefr offices; but the matter has been settled by the personal request of- the | President that the Secretaries remaitn | With him and return to Washington as | members of his party. ¥ | This action was decided upon because | of the returning health of Mrs. McKin- ley. If she continues to improve in the | next few days as she has since Friday ‘last it will not be long before the party can come together again and proceed as it did before, except that it will return | by the most direct route to Washington. | _ Secretary Long left for the East yester- |day to go to his daughter, who is ill, | but the other members of the Cabinet will | remain with the President. There will | be no Cabinet meetings, however, until | they reach Washington again. l Secretary Hay was seen last evening | 2t the Palace Hotel, and sald: | *“The Cabinet will remain in San Fran- | cisco with the President. Mrs. McKin- ley is much better, and the President has requested that we all should remain un- til she is well enough to travel, and that we all go East together. There will be no Cabinet meetings in this city, but | the President will recetve all important matters by wire at his residence. and then call on the different members of the Cabinet for conference on business that |is directly connected with their depart- {ments. I think that we shall only re- main in San Francisco for a few days, Jjudging from the President’'s remarks to- day.” | Postmaster General Smith was also | seen last evening. and he said: | “We shall all remain in San Francisco | with the President and go East with him | as soon as Mrs. McKinley is well enough |to travel. I am- thankful to say that | Mrs. McKinley is much better, and it is | only a question of a few days when we shall leave for home.” | e Pa A | NEWSPAPERMEN ENTERTAINED vamng Journalists Are Given 2 | Luncheon at the Cliff House. | 'The newspaper men of the Presidential party were entertained yesterday after- noon by a drive through the Presidio Res- ‘er\'atian and Golden Gate Park to the | ocean and a luncheon at the Cliff House. | The affair was conducted on behalf of the | Citizens’ Executive Committee by H. U. | Brandenstein and L. M. King. Three tally- | ho coaches conveyed the party to the CHff | and return. Henry J. Crocker and Gecrge | A. Newhall drove their own turnouts. The | party consisted of H. M. Thomrson, As- | sociated Press; W. E. Clark, New York | Sun Press Association: J. Hemment, | Harper’s Weekly; James H. Hare. Col- | ier’s Weekly; R. L. Dunn, Leslie’'s Week- 1y; W. W. Price, Washington Star; Henry L. West, Washington Post; Frank B. Lord, Washington Times: A. M. Low. Boston Globe; C. C. Carlton, New York correspondent of The Call: Western Union Telegraph Company; M. Mareau, G. W. Ribble, Postal Telegraph Compan Mayor Phelan, General W. H. L. Barnes, Judge W. P. Lawlor, H. J. Crocker. George A. Newhall, L. 8. Whifcomb. J McNaught, Hugh M. Burke, J. F. Fo William T. Hess, J. H. Barry. L. M. K'n Charles R. Allen, F. S Myrtle and H. Brandenstein. Mayor Phelan was toastmaster at the luncheon. Short speeches were riade by General Barnes, Henry L. West, Johm McNaught and Henry J. Crocker. NASH AT STATE CAPITAL. | Buckeye Governor and Party Visits Points of Interest in Sacramento. SACRAMENTO, May 19.—Governor Nash of Ohlo and party arrived in_this city at 1:55 this afternoon from San Fran- clsco, en route to the East. They were met at the depot by a delegation of State officials and representatives of the Ohio Soclety of Central California, and wers driven to the State Capitol in vehicles adorned with flowers. All the offices at | the capitol were open to receive the | guests. Secretary of State Charles F. | Curry delivered a short address of wel- come, and Governor Nash redponded in a hapny mannner. Afterward the visitors were driven to Sutter’s Fort and to the Crocker Art Gal- lery and other points of interest. The | day was delightful, and they expressed | themselves as greatly pleased with the ex- | perience. The party resumed its journey at 4 o'clock. ‘ DELEGATION DEPARTS. | Governor Nash and His Staff Leavs | for Home via Portland | Governor Nash and staff and the Ohto idelegauon departed yesterday morning | for Portland, Or., leaving on a special tratn at 11 o'clock. A large party of their friends assembled at the Palace Ho- tel to bid them good-by, and as Governor | Nash left the Palace court in his car- | rfage he was loudly cheered. | The Pullman cars of the special train | were literally filled with beautiful flow- | ers sent by admirers as a parting tribute. | The members of the Ohio delegation will | make a brief stay in Portland, and will then journey on to Sait Lake City, where | they will remain one day. They will also | spend a day in Kansas City. They are due to arrive at Columbus, Ohlo, next Saturday. WILL COMMAND MARBLEHEAD. Commander Phelps to Be Given the Cruiser When Repairs Are Completed. T was learned yesterday that Com- mander Thomas S. Pheips. naval ad to the President, has been selected to com- mand the cruiser Marblehead, now being repaired at Mare Island, when she is again put in commission. It is also asserted on good authority that when the cruiser California ‘is built he will he given command of that fine ship. As the California will be over 14,000 tons measurement, she will be practically a battleship, and the honor is well woi waiting three years for, the time it take o build her. |