The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 13, 1901, Page 3

"COMMISSIONER OF PENSION BUREAU INCURS THE CENSURE OF VETERANS| Y| Commander in Chief Rassieur of the Grand Army of the Republic Which Is|Sensational Journalism!President Sam Is Placing His Wires to Pro Holding Its Session in Cleveland Strongly Denounces the System as - D, Sept. 12.—The first day of the National Convention of the Grand Army of the Republic was taken up with the reading of the the commander in chief, adjut chaplain and the various com: The proceedings of the convention were prefaced with the option of a resolution offered by Gen- es tendering to the Pres- te congratulations of Republic upon his alescence. tele im- to Mr at Buf- falo : ’ The commander in chief, Leo Rassieur, devoted a la of his annual ad- dress 1o the % “Without a , “‘on the rt of the organization or its officers to o undue e pension problem ar nce the subject has overshadowed ers and h: alled for more atten- and thought in the past year than her questions which concern us. criticized the administration of the Pension Bureau and demanded “‘the hon- est and fair administration of laws which are already on the statute books. essness, recklessness go to h extreme length him to override and ignore a takable order, indicating ;. under the law, com- anything else in mos itive denial of t n view, the comm n chief cannot concelve that the m 3 FALURE OF HEART R R R R I) ACTION CAUSES CORDITION” F MeKINLEY TO GROW ALARMING. A /. / /= / /i J/ It Is at Present Being Operated and Demands New Administration o S -+ any existing evils in due time and coun- seled moderation in the convention. It was thought to-night that the majority of delegates were in accord with Senator Hawley's views. Definite action, it is sald, probably will be taken in reference to the matter at to-morrow’s session of the convention. The majority report criticizes the pres- ent.pension system as much, if not more, than it does the Commissioner. The minor- ity report states that it is openly charged that the pension roll is saturated with fraud and contains thousands and thou- sands of names not entitled to the bounty of the Government and recommends that the President be petitioned, ‘“now that the term of office of the present Commissioner has expired, to appoint a successor, of known integrity, capacity and fidelity, 0t S AR, MONUMENT. AL =) o = LEO RASSIEUR, COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC, WHO DELIVERED A SPIRITED ADDRESS AT THE ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT AT CLEVELAND, OHIO, YESTERDAY. -3 y to those who saved this country be belittled while this country has dollare to engage in the interes: trodden of other countries. Havw d his intention ny attack made upon Commis- vans. He e: ssed the fullest ence in the administration to rectify wiil hundreds of mill in a-huma the downr enatc of figh sioner cor Continued From Page Two. They seemed anxious for personal assur- e to the condition of the Presi- they left their carriage] when ey hurried into the house. The spirits eThe littie coterie which Secretaries | Hitchcock and Wilson formed in'the Grawing room in the Milburn house was T iy depressed, although the assurance of Dr. Mann that the President's condl- tion would be better in the morning did | something toward settling x\he apprehen- | n y could not conceal. e O ve Mrs. Abner Mc- $:45 o'clock Mr. end KXAX‘.‘le\ oand 51' and Mrs. Baer, who had grrived shortly after 8 o'clock, left the se. Mr. McKinley assisted his wife to :‘mc)srnaze and returned to the house. When asked if there was anything he | wished to say as to tie condition of the President he replied in the negative. —_— JMPRESSIVE SCENE AT MILBURN HOUSE | Incidents at Midnight Before the| Most Serious Bulletins Were Issued. JFFALO, Sept. 12—Abner McKiniey, | C:I:;ne! Brown, his business partner, and | Ljeutenant James McKinley, the Presi- r g hew, remained at the house dur Lieutenant McKinley only reached th ity to-day from California, where he is ctationed. After the gratifying intelli- gence in the midnight bulletin was con- veyed to them they immediately left the house for the night and went to their + Secretary Cortelyou announced otels :{(fir the bulletin had been announced That he did not look for any further pub- lic statement from the physicians during the DIEh Y e on the corner across from the Miiburn house when Secretary Cortelyou brought out the midnight bulletin was im- ressive. A hundred newspaper men, keved up to a high tension, and twice that number of anxious watchers, who had ben aiarmed by the §:3) o’clock bulletin, Ceted everywhere throughout the city, Were gathered under the gaslight in front of the white tents erected for the accom- modation of the newspaper men. Above the suppressed tones of the watehers the only sound was the click of the telegraph instruments inside. Out of the gloom into the circle of light came e Dresident’s secretary, accompanied by Mr. Milburn. The secretary was imme- Qiately surrounded. He distributed words of encouragement with the little type- written slips on which the bulletin was S . President has responded to medi- “eal treatment and is better,” he said. The cheering news broke the tension of ¢ haif-night’s anxious vigil. Atter lcss than a half-hour’s walk Sec- retary Cortelyou turned to the hos oon afterward the lights in the lowe: t of the house, which shortly before were burning bright- and Mr. Milburn re- lv, were put out, except in the drawing room, which for the time being is used | by Mr. Cortelyou for official purposes. EMMA GOLDMAN NOW IN A CHEERFUL MOOD | Anarchist Says She Sympathizes With the Suffering Chief of the Nation. CHICAGO, Sept. 12—Emma Goldman, the anarchist agitator arrested Tuesday, spent a comfortable night, and was ex- tremely cheerful when she arose to-day. She was not allowed to see the newspa- pers, but when told that the tenor of the dispatches indicated a lack of evidence against her she smiled and sald: “The gentlemen seem to be coming to their senses.”” She then said: “I would nurse the President of this country as 1 would a hard working man, whose hands were sofled with toil. “If T were not in jail and if the people about the President would let me, I would nurse, and nurse him well. To me the President is simply a sick man. I am a trained nurse, and I have the sympathy of a woman. the sympathy of an an- archist for suffering mankind. I would not be an anarchist, I could not be, with- out_sympathy. “It is not sympathy for a ruler but sympathy for the man—the man who suf- fers, the wife who suffers. By what I have said T do not mean to retract other statements I have made of my opinion o‘ the President. As a President my opinio: of Mr. McKinley is not high. Last winter 1 nursed back to health a woman who was an intimate friend of a Philadelphia detective on wnose testimony I served a term of seven months in 1893. The officer met me unexpectedly, and in affright begged me not to revenge myself upon the woman for the suffering he had caused I told him he did not understand anarchy, but lLe understands now, for never was woman more tenderly nursed than was this friend of my persecutor.” Miss Goldman denied that there was such a thing as a constitution by which anarchists were governed. —_—— HEARTFELT SYMPATHY FOR MRS. McKINLEY Appropriate Resolutions' Are Adopted by Building Trades Council and the Cement Workers. The Building Trades Council and the Cement Workers' Union of California both have adopted appropriate sets of resolu- tions tendering their heartfelt sympathy for President McKinley and his devoted wife and expressing the deepest indigna- who will faithfully execute the duties of he office in obedience to the laws of Con- The next place of meeting will be de- cided at to-morrow’s sion of the con- ventlon. The Woman's Relief Corps is in a prospverous condition. the treasurer’ report showing a total in all funds of $1: 140, with no liabilities. tion at’ the attempted assassination. _The resolutions of the Building Trades Couneil are as follows: Whereas, The Building Trades Council of San Francisco has learned with sincere regrets of the attempted assassination of the chief magistrate of the nation at the hands of a vile ansrchist, and whereas, we recognize that the assassin's bullet was aimed at our free and pcpular government and against every citizen who owes allegiance to o - gitizen wh 8! ur flag, there Resolved, By the members of t Trades Council of San P‘ranvl!cflh?nnl"le‘;?l,]rg session assembled that we hereby express our deepest ndignation at this atroclous and hor- rible crime, and it is hereby esolved, That all attempts upon the “Fresident of {he ‘United ‘States showia’ b punishable as treason, and be it further Resolved, That we tender our heartfelt sym- pathy to the President and his devoted wife and earnestly and fervently pray for the Pres dent's speedy recovery from his cruel wounds and that he may escape from the shadow of death with all his grand faculties unimpaired, in order that he may spend his life as the true American to complete what hie has nobly advanced—American greatness and the world's sum of happiness. H. McCARTHY, President Building Trades Council. O. A. TVEITMOE, Secretary. The following are the resolutions adopted by the Cement Workers: 5 Whereas, It has come to our ki the Chiet Executive of the. nation has boat stricken down by a cruel blow from the hand of an anarchistic assassin, and, Whereas, We, as_American cltizens, irre- spective of party affillation or religious bellef, consider the attempted assassination of the President of the United States at the Pan- American Exposition in Buffalo on September § 28 a dastardly attack on our fres Eovern- ment and a foul crime against eve the republic, Therefore, be 1t * <> Clrizen of Resolveyl, By the Cement Workers' Unfon of California, in regular session assembled, that we express the deepest indignation at this atrocious crime,_and that all attempts upon the life of the President of the United States should be punished as treason against the re public, and be it Further Resolved, That we tender our heart- felt sympathy to President Willlam MecKinley and his devoted wife, and fervently pray for the President’s speedy récovery from his cruel wounds and that he live to achleve American . greatness and the world's sum of happiness. JOHN PY(}E&&GEAUWT}ELLIAOH BEST, T. K. RYAN, A i MOE, Committee. o it e Roosevelt Is Summoned. MILBURN HOUSE, BUFFALO, Sept. 13—Telegrams have been forwarded to Vice President Roosevelt notifying him of the sudden change for the worse in the President's condition and the fears ‘%m’:é&tfi. i Sept. 13.—Vi . X, .~Vice Pres- ident Roosevelt reached the all'lli in !.l:e Adirondacks, oo :‘n’l‘lfi north of Saratoga, at 7 o‘r::elg:k last the Eugene Dias. PARIS, Sept. 12.—Eugene Dias, composer, is dead. \ETERANS BLAME [HAYTI'S POLITICAL HORIZON CLOUDED OW PAPERS —_— Held Responsible for Crime. Retail - Clerks in San Joge Give Voice to Denun- . ciation. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN DIEGO, Sept. 12.—The closing ex- ercises of the encampment of the South- ern Califprnia Veterans’ Association were held this afternoon, though the encamp- ment does not close until to-morrow even- ing, when the tents will be struck and the officers and veterans will depart for California. Addresses were made by the retiring commander of the association, C. B. Hamilton, and by the commander elect, D. G. Mitcheil, and his subordinate M. Harris of the Woman's Auxiliary, and the president elect, Mrs. Lina Brady. The closing address was by W. W. Bow- ers, Collector of the Port of San Diego, who after devoting a few minutes to the encampment and its success turred his attention to the crime at Buffalo which |'had come so near cutting short all the pleasures of the encampment here. He | declared that it is the auty of the United States to handle the anarchist questio i “There is no middle ground,” he s “Either the Government must succumb or the anarchist murderers be driven out. and drown them in the depths of the sea and ‘only the two instruments of the as- | sassins would be disposed of, while the | real assassins would escapc unscathed. The real assassins are not only the a nowledged anarchists, but they are the ; men and women of the ‘vellow’ journa | who inflame the ignorant mind by atta k: | upon the Government which = prot them. These are the real assassins with | whom we have to deal, and the man who i In any way supports, sustains or approves | of the vicious brutes is an accessory and colleague of the assassins.” ‘To-night there was fcrmed at the camp | grounds of the Veterans' Assoclation of Loyal Americans, ‘“of which association jall truly loyal Americans may become { members under such conditions as may | hereafter be prescribed, and who will pledge themselves with us under oath to i use every endeavor to procure the passage | of a law expelling from the United States | all persons known or shown to be or who | asknowledge themselves to be anarchists.” | The roll was numerously signed by the | veterans who have Dbeen in camp for the past ten days and whose exercises have | all savored of the same feeling since the | day of the assault on the person of the | President. | SAN JOSE, Sept. 12.—The Retall Clerks’ | Association of this city, at a special meet- | ing _this evening, which was largely at- tended, adopted resolutions denouncing the attack upon the life of President Mc- Klnle{( and extending its sympathy to Mrs. McKinley. “Yellow” journalism was held in part responsible for the attack of Czolgosz and was severely condemned, as were all anarchists and their followers. The resolutions follow: Resolved, That we, the members of the Re- tall Clerks' International Protective Assocla- 28, of San Jose, Cal., In special denounce the cruel, wan- attack made on the life of resident, William McKinley. September 6. ‘1901, at Buffalo, N. on Friday, Y., and we fervently hope that his life may be spared, and we respectfully extend to Mrs. | McKinley, the wife of ths President, our most ! sincere sympathy in this her saddest trial, and | we pray our heevenly Father may watch over | and oprotect them from all harm forever. | it_forther Resolved, That we denounce in language un- | measured all lawless and riotous acts of any & | man or set of men, and be it further | Resclved, That we as law-abiding citizens the United States of America condemn and despise the attitude of any perlodical which | adonts the methed of holding up to ridicule | and contempt th&® President of States. and_we hold such periodicals In part responsible for the riotous actions and murder- ous attacks made upon citizens in-striking dis- tricts. KNOX DEGLARES GHARGES UNTRU [ Circuit Judge Hum- phreys Is Attacked Without Cause. | | WASHINGTON, Sept. General Knox has concluded his investi- gation of the charges flled by the Bar Association of the Hawalian Isiands. District of Hawail. He has prepared his findings and will submit them to the Pres- ident as soon as practicable. The conclusion reached is that Judge Humphreys has done nothing which | would justify his removal. The Attorney | General finds that some of the charges were not satisfactorily established, and | as to the others that they were purely matters of innuendo, utterly ‘without jus- perate in spirit. In conclusion the Attorney General says: Members of the bar as officers of the court should be loyal to the court. Where there is improperly it is the duty of the bar to declare it openly, but a member of the bar is faith- less, to his high cailing when he assalls a Judge and impeaches his integrity upon no facts even remotely justifying the attack, but upon vague suspicion and unfair innuendo. That these and many of the charges Judge Humphreys to which allusion h: made were oreferred by members of his own eourt clearly shows the difficulties of his posi- on_and the severity of the ordeal through ich be h: passed. It is obvious that the task will not be an easy one, and where Judges selected by you discharge their dutles with courage and Integrity and reasonable ability they should be sustained, even though they mayn attempting to solve the difficult prob. lems which present themselves at times err, some consideration must be had for the aiffi- culty of their pcsition. Having _fully _considered the complaint against Judge Humphreys and his answe; thereto, 1 am entirely satisfied that not only the Judge has done nothing which would jus- tity is removal, but that he has met heavy responsibilities with great courage and un- questioned integrity. I therefore recommend that the petition for his removal be denied. Of Interest to People of the Coast. WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.—Postmasters commissioned: California—George W. Caldwell, Puente; Willlam Lane, Tia Juana. ‘Oregon—Henry Schadewitz, Kent; Gideon Sowers, Spicer. Postmasters ap- ointed: California—E. T. Cortner, Auck- and, Tulare County, vice W. H. Owen, resigned; E. F. Auld, Auld, Riverside Tounty, vice ‘Georgé Auld, deceased. ‘Washington—Irene Bockover, Oxford, Chehalis_County, vice 8. L. Brown, re- signed; T. M. Allen, Enterprise, Whatcom County, vice Robert Skields, resigned;" B. . Owens, Mackin, Plerce County, vice H. E. Guthrie, resigned; Tenthe Murphy, Reedville, Kitsap County, vice Thomas McGleen, resigned. Pensions granted: Callfornia—Increase— James R. Blakeman, Veterans’ Napa, $12; George W. Green, Los A $10; Joseph N. Alexander, Trinidad, $8; Conrad Keeley (dead), Modesto, $10; Thomas D. Hamilton, Colton, $50. ~Wid- ows—Ann L. Keeley, Modesto, $12; Lucy Jane Walterman, Oroville, $8. Oregon—James W. Harden, Silverton, §3. ‘Washington—Increase—Michael Breit- larleuu. Ancertes, $12; T. Warren, Orting, nl:- n_Ath: us bul- show: ¥ ulaf * 141,687 -i‘ma:! t‘.’;a 062 females. has 3,777 foreign- born and 4284 cols Dpersons. o their homes scattered all over Southern : We might take Czelgosz and his pistol | Be the United | e e e T B 12.—Attorney ’ | against Abram 8. Humphreys, first Judge ! of the Circuit Court of the First Judicial ! tification in fact and reckless and intem- | a fair reason for belleving the Judge is acting | WITH SIGNS OF COMING REVOLUTION 'Iong His Constitutional Term ‘of Office Beyond the Seven Year Limit and the Brewing Dissatisfaction May Culminate in an Uprising of the People of the Island Against Him NEW YORK, Sept. 12.—Again the polit- ical horizon in Hayti is becoming cloudy, {'according to reliable information received ;in this city from Port-au-Prince. are strong indications of another-revolu- | tion ‘President, who ~on March 31, 18%, eclected for a term of seven years and whose retirement is ‘to take dpls.ce on May 15, 1802, holds 1o his avowe« | ‘protract thée dzte of his retirement until There if Tiresias Augustine Simon Sam, the intention. to |'May 15, 1903. [ All Haytl is raid to bein a state of un- rest because-of-this-announcement,.and if | he adheres tosit it is said another revolu- 1 tion ig-sure to follow. Callisthemes Fouchard, one of the ablest men Hayti has produced, is said to be the | choice for successor. He has expressed was’ no anxiety to succeed President Sam, but it is said that ke will be unable to resist the demand when ‘the movement against Sam crystallizes. Fouchard is now in Kingston, Jamaica, where he went after leaving Presidént = Sam’'s Cabinet. The President was so greatly incensed that Fouchard was obliged to’' seek an asylum in the United States consulate at Port-au- Prince. In Haytl the President is elected by the members of the Natienal Assembly, the members being chosen by the people. His term of office is for seven years, and he -is not. eligible - for -re-election until a pe- i riod of seven years has intervened. Those who insist-that President Sam shall va- cate on May 15 next point to a clause in the constitution in support of their de- mand, and say that its intention is that the functions of the President cease on the 15th of May of the sixth year. Sam having entered upon the duties of his office’ immediately on March 31, 139 for him to remain in office until May 1903, would be for him to retain the place for a longer time than seven years, for which perfod he was elected. Adherents of the President in the National Assem- bly passed a Gecree in 1596 announcing that his term of office would not expire until May 15, 1903, and it is upon this that the claim is based. It is said that there are now in New York two prominent Haytians negotiating a large loan for that Government. If they manage to obtain the money it is said that it will be largely devoted to aiding President Sam in carrying out his plan to retain his present office for anotk:er year. officers; also by retiring President Lillian | HAMMEL TRIES' TO BREAK FROM PRISON | Sen Mateo Postoffice Robber Must | REDWOOD CITY. Now Face an_Additional “Accusation. Sept. 12.—Harry | Hammel, the safeblower, who last Thurs- | day ln ! will tion also this out, has On the plaster fi tire to the laths, hoping to burn his way to. ‘make his escape. y sleéps in the jail, discovered the fire and extinguished it. moved to the steel-lined tank, where he The facts regarding pleaded guilty to the charge of hav- robbed the postoflice in San Mateo, have to face an additional accusa- of attempted jail breaking. It is un- | derstood that he will plead guilty to this when arraigned next Friday. Hammel was arrested in Sacramento on August 25 and immediately brought to place and lodged in the County Jail. ight of August 31 he tore the &m the ceiling of his cell and set eneral fire elly, who or in the confusion of a Jailer Hammel was then. re- been confined ever since. the attempt to break jail became public for the first time | yesterday, when the information against Hammel was filed. —_———— The number of Protestant Christians in | Ceylon has increased in fifteen years from | 446,780 to 753,641. NAVAL SURGEON STONE " WEDS HEALDSBURG MISS Marriage of Dr. Mack Voorhees Stone and Miss Edna Biddle Is Solemnized. HEALDSBURG, Sept. 12.—The marriage of Miss Edna Biddle and Dr. Mack Voor- hees Stone, U. S. N., was solemnized at noon yesterday in the Presbyterian church. The Rev. J. C. Burgess per- formed the ceremony. Miss Josephine Lindley of San Francisco was majd of honor and Miss Elaine Davis of Santa Rosa and Miss Mildred Mathews of Healdsburg were the bridesmaids. Lieutenant J. P. Morton, U. S. N., offi- ciated as best man, and the ushers were Lieutenant Y. Foote, United States Ma- rine Corps; Lieutenant Edwin Jonas, United States Marine Corps; Lieutenant T. Kearney, U. 8. N.; Chester E. Biddle, brother of the bride; Wald Stone, brother of the groom, and Dr. William G. Moore of -San Francisco. After the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the bride’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. E. W. Biddle. 2 Dr. Stone and his bride left this after- noon for a trip through Southern Califor- nia, where they will spend their honey- moon. They will reside at Mare Island, where Dr. Stone is stationed. SAN FRANCISCO GIRL CHRISTENS A SCHOONER New Vessel Alpena, Built for the Coast Trade, Launched at Port Blakeley. ‘TACOMA, Sept. 12—At Hall Brothers” shipyard at Port Blakeley yesterday aft- ernoon was launched the new schooner Alpena, built for J. H. Baxter, a lumber- man and vessel owner of San Francisco. Several Sound shipping men are interest- ed In her with Baxter. Her captain 1 be George S. Birkholm of San Francisco. The Alpena was christened by Miss G. M Billings of San Francisco, daughter of George E. Billings, who manages the Cal- ifornia end of Hall Brothers’ shipbuilding works. The vessel is named in honor of the town - in Michigan where Baxter formerly lived. She has a net tonmnage of 833 tons, with carrying capacity of 1,200,000 feet of *lumber.” Her dimensions are: Length, 206 fest; breadth, 81 feet, depth of hold, 16% feer. She makes the one hun- dred and first vessel built by Hall Broth- ers durlng the last forty years and the seventeenth built at Port Blakeley. —_————————— A writer in the Public Library Bulletin says that the first free public library ever ieStlaPSIQi!hEd was that of Petersboro, N. H., n 1799. | i do it. il $6.55 and overcoats to $5.55. You get the profit and even more, but we profit by making new friends, pleasing the old ones and disposing of the broken lines. It doesn't take a philosopher to see that || this is better than carrying the goods over and selling them whenever possible. ) | The suits are medium weight cheviots and worsteds in desirable patterns. &he overcoats are light covert top coats in swell, dressy shades. This is the money-back store first, last and always for customers who are not pleased.” Could we afford to extend such a privilege if the clothes were not actually reduced as we say?” Suits $6.55 tomer. A full Lar; Friend” The suits are’ fall and winter weight tweeds and cheviots ouble breasted - saclk: from 12 to 19 years; prices, $10.00, $12.50 and $15.00; the special price is sweaters in swell patterns have just ar- rived, $1.00, $1.50, $2.00, Also sweaters for little tots from 3 .to 6 years, $1.00, $1.50. prices 50¢, 75¢, $1.00. in single and ; the ages are former selling $6.85 line of boys' and youths’ of “Mother’s ages 4 to 12, assonmgnt shirt waists, 718 Market Streect. It is Broken Lots at Broken Prices Even in the best of regulated stores there are times when assortmeffts- become broken. The goods are generally sold at a slight reduction, but it takes quite a while to i Not so here. We have reduced every broken lot of suits worth from $10.00 to $15.00 to || Top Coats $5.55 | Youth’s Suit at a Boy’s Price i We will frankly admit that we do not sell as much youths’ cloth- §I ing as our immense stock warrants. we are making exceptional specials to enliyen the youths’ department. The clothing is our own make and we guarantee it. mentioned are as we claim. Money-back awaits a displeased cus- Odds and ends from various lines in | the children’s department, comprising §| sailors, blouses and two-piece suits which sold § from $4.00 to $8.00, are being closed out af Boys’ knee pants, extra value, 50 a || "Boys' percale shirt wai ! oys' percale shirt waists, ages 4 to 10, 25¢ each. . Boys’_extra heavy, double-knee ho- siery, 25€ a pair. Boys' goli caps, extra value, 25¢ each. D0D § with this fact in view that J| The values here | vestees, norfolks, Russian J| s2.55 | Out-of-town or- ders fllled — write eus for anything in § men’s or boys’ eloth- § ing, furnishings or. § hats.