The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 2, 1901, Page 13

VOLUME XC-—NO. =1 | | | Ag6S Lm SAOXO ROR SROROAINIRNGQ 02 SO % SH P HP ¥4 SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, JUNE 2, '1901—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENT LOCAL KNIGHTS TEMPLAR HOLD A SPLENDID REVIEW IN HONOR OF GRAND COMMANDER McKEE Brilliant Audience, Including Many Distinguished People, Witnesses Drill by the Corps of Golden Gate Com- mandery and Applauds the Many Intricate Evolutions N *' * | dsuble cross and the circles, also the RSN chilque movements. This corps has en- Joo™® 0055, tered for the competitive drill to be had at the triennial conclave in Louisville, Ky., rext August. The first part of the‘ programme closed with a dress parade to { 2 Colepel F. W. Eumner, past commander 2 o° and past grand commander of the State. 0 After the dlsmissal of the Sir Knights 2 there was a dance, which lasted until o midnight. o ° X : ‘ 3 4 . : ¥ 2 o LF \Df r { g O URUL B | MG }/'—- | \LL COMMANDER | | l f' ; h\-. \\\\ W \ , AN N\ ' | | | | | GRAND C ANDER OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR OF CALIFORNIA AND THE VARIOUS COMMANDERIES DRI AT MECHANICS' PAVILION IN HIS HONOR AND BEFORE A VAST THRONG OF SPECTATORS, IN WHICH WERE INCLUDED MANY DISTINGUISHED PERSONS. - — A;‘{ liant audience of | Ip command—H. D. Loveland, eminent com- The officers and members of Golden | in the Me- | mander. Staff—R. E. Sir Willlam O. Gould, R. | Gate Commandery are as follows: last “night to -")P\" F. Merrill, R. E. Sir F. W m- | M. D. Loveland, eminent commander; R. B. w tende ames . Hatch, Sir Franklin | Mpore, generalissimo; Robert W. Campbeli, - xmandery No. 16, . E. Sir Andrew G. Booth, E. Sir Carlos | captain general; Willlam Edwards, command. Xnights Templar, ar its drill ecorps ung, K. Sir William Edwards, Sir A. ”;j" ;" ‘]ixrlll t‘a;ys; R. B. Moore, senior warden; % 4 = = ron Wetels! e E. 8 ean, junlor warden; John R. Aftken, to Right E George But- B. \‘ :A Wet . burg; E. Sir Charles L. F,e:d. | George 8. Andrus, George R. Arm‘:trons H. l‘("; terfield McKee, commander ‘of | Adjutant—E. 8. Bean. past commander. Staff | Armstrong, Louls Arzaer, Robert Ash. C. 8, California. The nce filled all| ¥ Sir Joseph Kirk Firth Sir George D. | Benedict, John Bennett, John Biller, J. Black, the seats in main hall and| Clark, E. Sir Charles H. Murphy. E. Sir Jona- | Dr. E R. Bryant, F. P. Buller, C, D, Bunker, the galleries, The| than M. Peel, r Charles L. Patton, E. Sir | H. C. Bunker, A. E. Buckingham. R. N. Car- g dor | 3. C. Campben. - Robert McMillax | son. George D. Clark, W. H. Cline, W. H. the grand commander | = © “Rmb St 3. 3. Crawford. | Crim. Thomas G. rmmern. E. B. Cutter, G. ited guests e % . " | L. Darling, Robert Day, 9. de Guerre, A. od, by the| ° ot wmajor—Sir George R. Armstrong. | J. de Lamare, E. T. De,g,, C.'C..Dow, R of the order| !Pend—Cassasa’s military band, Sir Charles | Emery, G. M. Franks, T. J. rr.h., Theo é | Cassase. Frolich, H. M. Fuhrman, C. L. e, W. Cf the temple States, Reu- Battalion commander—E. Sir Willlam Ed- | G88e, Fred Gehret, G. S. Gilbert Jr., John Gll. ben Hedley Lioyd; Adjutant General Sea-| . . son, Willlam Glinderman, R. B. Hale, A. mans and staffl; Colgnel Thomas F.| pyret commandery—Sir R. B. Moore, captain | sionsciman, T. D. Hardle, T. V. Harrfs, C. L. 'Nefl of the First Infantry, N. G. C., his AR cibigaln 7 » Haskell, C. Helwig, S. J. Hendy, H. S. Huch- O’'Nell of the First Infantry, N. G. C,, general; Sir C. Hellwig, senfor warden; Sir S. |ings, C. Jost Jr., C. O. Johnson, S. I. Lent staff end the officers of the Tegiment:| B, Lent, junior warden, George W. Lipman, Thomas Lockwood, H. D. Colonel George W. Bauer of the Univer- sity Cadets and staff; Captain Thomas A. Nerney, commander, and a number of the officers of the Naval Militia; Lieuten- snt Governor Jacob H. Neff, and some of the pest commanders. All the military officers were in uniform end the sir knights in the showy uniform f the Templars. Many elegantly dressed s also occupied seats in that space end added brilliancy to the scene. The ng rows on the sides of the hall were led with beautiful and richly dressed jes and their escorts. The Pavilion was devoid of decorationsy excepting the American flag, which hung in the western 2d, end a patriotic Templar remarked hat it was the grandest decoration that could be displayed in any meeting place. Organization of the Battalions. After several selections by Cassasa’s military band there came the organize- tion of the battalions of the commandery es follows: Jau Second commandery—Sir R. W. Campbell, captain general; Sir J. G. Spaulding, senior warden; Sir J. Bennett, Junior warden. Third commandery—E. Sir Robert McMillan, captain general: Sir W. 8. Miller, senior war- den; Sir C. P. verton, junior warden. Drill corps—E. Sir William Edwards, captain general; Sir R. B. Moore, senior warden; Sir E. S. Bean, junfor warden. Review Before Grand Commander. This was followed by the march of the _battalion under command of H. D. Love- Jand, eminent commander, which passed in review before the grand commander. Then followed a review tendered to the commander of the commandery, after which there was the event of the evening —the arill by the crack corps of the State under command of Past Commander Col- onel William Edwards. The many and intricate evolutions of the Templar drill were executed In a manner that was al- most without fault and won the plaudits of ell, particularly that portion of the drili that introduced the single and i Loveland, James Madison, C. V. Manner, W. §, Miller, E. M. Moores, R. H. Mowbray, C. H. Murphy, William McKay, Dr. A. W. McKen- zle, Robert McMillan, C. P. Overton, Mark Parish, J. M. Peel, S. H. Perkins, Willlam R. Phillips, M. Ryan, W. H. Smith, A. C. Soule, J. G. Spaulding, L. E. Spear, W. C. Stafford, Edward Stephenson, J. C. Strachan, F. W. Sumner, H. A. Tausslg, George Thompson, C. Toohey, H. P. Umbsen, E. J. Vogel, George E. Walsh, W. F. Waterson, Loufs Weinmann, J, M. Wilkins, W. C. Wise, Martin White, A, B. Wood and 8. T. Young. HOSPITALS FILLED ‘WITH THE WOUNDED Revolvers Freely Used During the Rioting at Corunna, Spain. CORUNNA, Spain, June 1.—The rioting here yesterday had more_serious results than at first supposed. Two men and one women were killed and the hospitals are J tpllowinx: | the bridge. filled with wounded. Many arrests have been made. freely. The rioters used revolvers MOB DRAGS ONE VIGTIM- BY THE NEG Brutality Marks Lynch- ing of the Halls and Yantis. i Modoc Vigilantes Torture the Wretches Being Led to Execution, Coroner’s Jury Hears Unimportant Testimony and Returns Non- Committal Verdict. Speclal Disvatch to The Call. LOOKOUT, June 1 On rude benches in the United Workman building rest the bodles of old Calvin Hall, his three sons and his son-in-law, victims of the fury of a Mcdoc County mob. Not until late last night were the rcpes by which they were suspended, four from the Pitt River bridge and the fifth from a smaller bridge nearer town, severed and the corpses re- moved to town and placed under cover. Pending the arrival of county officers from Alturas, the county seat, no one cared to, taKe upon himself the responsi- | bility of rescuing the bodies of the five thieves and@ conveying them to an im- | provised morgue. So throughout all of yesterday the corpses swung in the wind, a ghastly spectacle for the curious who came for miles around to view the work of the lynchars, Sheriff B. B. Street, District Attorney E. C. Bonner, Court Reporter C. E. Dcan and Coroner Pierce reached Lookout late last night. As soon as they arrived the five bodies were cut down and removed to the United Workmen bullding. Dr. Linsman was summoned from Adin to to conduct the post mortem examination and Attorney Auble went from Adin to as- sist the District’ Attorney. A Coroner’s jury was summoned and this morning the inquest was begun. Jury Accuscs No One, ) The Coroner’'s jury finished its labors at 1 o'clock this afterncon and rendered a verdict that “the deceased came to their deaths by hanging by partles unknown to the jury.”. The jury was composed of the Bam Harvey. vey. Frank Hastfigs, Peter H ‘%’ Leventon, R. I&. Leventon@id B 8. row- bridge. Justice Meyers, who conducts the hote! at Lookout, Constable Ervin Carpentér and. Deputles Brown and Govette, two guards ers, were the only witnesses examined. { The testimony showed that the mob came upon them so silently that they heard nothing until the door cf the office opened. Revolvers were immediately pointed at the officers and the prisoners were se- cured, taken to the bridge and hanged. The men then dispersed as silently and as quickly as they approached. Brutality of the Execution. Frem other sources it is learned that the lynchers used new rcpe. The kuots had been prepared before they entered the hotel and each knot was greased so that the rope would slip through easily. The vigilantes all had burlap sacks over their heads. It took twenty-five minutes from the time they entered the hotel until they had secured the prisoners and left with them, and in four minutes more the men | were all hanging under thd two bridges. The prisoners were gagged and their hands tled behind them, but it appears that Frank Hall freed his hands and be- | zan a fight for his life. He was over- powered and dragged on the ground to The track made by his body was clearly seen in the morning, ard a piece of his shirt was found on a sharp projecting rock over which he had been dragged. On arriving at the main bridge the ropes were tied to the railing and the hodies thrown cver. Thelr legs-had not been bound together, and that they struggled violently was evident by the fact that the ropes burned ridges in the railing. It is sai@ they were all dead three minutes after they were thrown over. Ia the case of 0ld man Hall the rope was 30 long that his feet touched the ground, and he slow- 1y chcked to death. Saw the Mob at Work. T'ive new wagon spokes were found near the hotel, which were evidently used as weapons by the mob. A sheep herder ramed Parks occupied a room directly over the office and was awakened by the noise made by the vigilantes. He looked through a stovepipe hole and saw them at work. He rays they looked to him like a Iot of barler sacks with arms sticking out. He feared to go down at the time, but as soon as the mob left he dressed himself and followed in the direction it took. On arriving at the Lridge the mob was nowhere to be seen and the doomed men had ceased to struggle. —_————— DEPLORE THE LYNCHING. Sentiment of the Law-Abiding Ele- ment in Modoc County. ALTURAS, June 1L.—Except in the vicin- ity of Lookout the action of the mob that lynched the Halls and Yantis is con- demned throughout this section. Even at the scene of the tragedy, where for months - the populace has been highly wrought up by the incessant activity of the five sneak thieves, there are many who would openly denounce the lynching did they but dare. 4 Though he was a ‘“‘squaw-man"” Calvin Hall was a person of some prominence in the. community. In times past he has been a factor in politics, and he was once considered well-to-do. He was a man of considerable education.” | His half-breed sons had a comon school education, and one of them had a wife and family, _Continued on Page Sixteen. the ! o had charge of the prison- | IMADAME WU'IS PROUD OF HER HUSBAND’S MEMORIAL ADDRESS AT TOMB OF GENERAL GRANT Wife of the Chinese Minister, Guest at the Consulate General, Talks of Relations Between Her Country and e CONSUL GENERAL HO YOW, PEOPLE IN SAN FRANCISCO. - WIFE OF THE CHINESE MINISTER AT WASHINGTON, WU TING FANG, AND HER HUSBAND'S NEPHEW, WHOSE GUEST SHE WILL BE DURING A FORTNIGHT'S VISIT WITH HER ADAME ‘WU, a gentle, digni- fied woman with Kkindilineds shining from her countenance, is domiciled at the Chinese Consulate General, ton rireet, the guest of her husband’'s rephew, Ho Ycw, the Consul General. She s the wife of Wu Ting Fang, the brilliant Giplomat who so ably represents the imperial ycyernment of China at ‘Washington, and is herself the most not- ed weman of rer race in America. The Consul General's distingu‘shed guest arrived yesterday noon, direct from ‘Washington with but a few hours’ stop in Cnicago to break the monotony of con- tinuous travel across the continent. She traveled in a private car, attended by her secretary and two servants only. Ho Yow and other members of his of- 806 - Stock: ," ficial family met Madame Wu at the Oak- {land mole with carriages, and entering these the party was sgreened from the gaze of the curious during the trip across the bay. Madame Wu was very much mu;ue_d by the journey, more particularly as she suffered from mal de mer and was able to eat but little during the trip. How- ever, after a few hours’ rest, she gra- -clously consented to give The Call an in- terview. In the course of her conversa- tion she expressed repeatedly her deep friendship for Americans:and her de- light that the relations of her own couns try and the Urited States were entirely amicable and that the recent, troubles had served to draw the two governments closer together. ¢ “I read in the papers yesterday my husband’s remarks at the tomb of Gen- eral Grant,! Madamé Wu sald, “and the pleasant comments upon his address. I telt very proud and happy that my hus- band should be nutfllmenul in dupenln‘ the friendly feeling’ between our own country end ihe United States. I knew and I am very happy that it struck a re- | sponsive chord. Glad of Friendly Relations. " “Aside from my desire to see China at peace with all the world, I am particu- larly glad to see closer relations with America established. During -my three vears’ residence in Washington, I have learned to admire your people and your institutions. I have many. dear friends in Washington now, though I could speak no English when I came to America a little more than three years ago. “When we first learned of the Boxer uprising and the peril of the legations at Peking We felt very uneasy. We did all we could both to help China escape its peril and to relieve the strained sftuation. My husband and I are deeply grateful for the attitude of the American Government from the, beginning of the trying time. All the other powers will ultimately find \it to their advantage to follow the just and magnanimous example of the United States In its treatment of the unfortunate situation at Peking and in the provinces. Admires Freedom of Our Women. “The women of the diplomatie corps at ‘Washington have been very kind to me, and I find much te admire in the greater fréedom your women enjoy. The women of my country ought to have more free- dom. I do not know much about the ben- efits to"be expected from closer commer- cial relitions with America, but I am sure there will be many advantages gained in" social life, particularly for our women. And I think America may find things to be galned from our civilization. ““My.son remained in Washington. Just the day before I left I saw the annual drill of the academy in Georgetown which he attends. I.am anxious for him to be educated here and trained as a specialist in some line, depending upon the incli- nation he may develop. At present he has a taste for military training,-and if it lasts I am willing that he be trained for in advance what the address was to be | the army. America and Comments Upon Western Civilization ”'"' mn uh | ,!r[" Ll l l J | “California seems delightful to me. I shall probably visit here several weeks, and I may possibly spend the summer in a visit to China and Japan.” Wu Ting Fang, the husband of Madame ‘Wu, is probably the most brilliant man in the diplomatic corps at Washington. So popular is he both in his official capacity and as an after-dinner speaker that when his term of three years expired in last April his Government responded to pub- lic sentiment at Washington and reap- pointed him, In violation of its estab- lished rule. Before his appointment to the post at Washington Wu Ting Fang wa$ adviser to the Chinese Foreign Of- fice. He built the first imperial railroad in China, from Tientsin to Peking, and later was made manager of the imperial railway system. Madame Wu is regarded as a worthy helpmeet of her brilliant hus- band. But with all her strength of char- acter and grasp of intellect her kindliness of spirit still seems the most marked characteristic. of this cultured little woman froth the Orlent. There will be no officlal receptions at the consulate, but Madame Wu will re- ceive the Chinese residents informally during her visit, and they will probably arrange a public reception in her honor. — Crete Wants Annexation. CANEA, Island of Crete, June 1— Prince George of Greece, the High Com- missioner, opened the session of the As- ‘sembly to-day in the presence of the con- sular corps. A great demonstration was made throughout the city. The Deputles passed a resolution in favor of the annex- atlon of the island to Greece. Tl President Castro’s Wrath. WILLEMSTAD, Curacoa, June 11— President Castro of Venezuela has dis- misced Senor Galavis, the Attorney Gen- eral, because of his opinion on the last Jjuégment in the case of the New York and Bermudese Asphalt Company .