The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 2, 1901, Page 1

VOLUME XC—NO. 124. B3’ e Call, SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER ] =y 1901. PRICE FIVE CENTS. EPISCOPAL PRELATES, CLERGY AND LAYMEN ASSEMBLE TO-DAY FOR TRIENNIAL GENERAL CONVENTION IN TRINITY CHURCH - SEVENTEEN PERISH N THE MINE Nanaimo’s Dead Will Not Be Recovered for Months. [ [ Colliery Exits Are Sealed in| an Effort to Smother the | Flames. Disaster Extension Slopes Will Greatly Decrease the Output of Coal From the Cumber- land Beds. ¥ e men who are which in- be opened | nearly n most ENTO DEMOCRATS ME DEVINE FOR MAYOR gn Is Probable. 1.—The tion 0 newsy to-night per to ric devices to now, while ve of making taxpay- men they nated for City Treas- ST Y THIRD YEAR SOON BEGINS OF SOUTH AFRICAN WAR British Citizens Become Restless v the Long Drawn- Out Strife. —Within two weeks the have entered the face of the zed operations by impossibility of k’'s promise to by sending Government urrounding the | tion m: ons of the | 1 friction | 1 Kitch- protests lleg Lo r INDIANS THE VICTIMS OF DREADED SMALLPOX Settlers in Minnesota Are Forced 1o | Retire Before the Threaten- ing Red M { have been | demonst c between ns is probable, the | J. Pierpont Morgan, the World-Famous Prince of Finance, Comes to the City as Lay Special Trains Arrive Bearing Many Delegates. ESTERDAY San Francisco wit- nessed the arrival of hundreds of the most distinguished clerics and laymen of the country, who will take part in the general con- vention of the Episcopal church { the United States that begins this morning in Trinity Church. At the ferry depot and at the various hotels there were scenes of activity from early morn until late at night. Digni- Delegate Bringing Gu ests, Including Bishops Potter and D oane. church of various rank, men whose names are world famous in the cause of spiritual and moral guidance, prominent citizens who stand at the head of finance and the learned professions, women whose lives are devoted to charit —all these mingled with thelr and sisters of more humble degree as they went through the usual details of a traveler's arrival The chief event of yesterday was the coming of the special train of J. Plerpont Morgan, the famous financler and multi- millionaire, together with Bishop Potter of New York, Bishop Doane of Albany, Rev. Dr. Greer of New York and a num- ber of guests of Mr. Morgan. The special train of the millionaire con- sisted of six cars, which accommdated the eleven guests of Mr. Morgan and the staff | of train servants. The train was made up of the composite car Atlanta, carrying the baggage and the electric dynamo for lighting the train; the sleeping car Petruchio, the dining car Hollenden, the private car Columbia, oc- cupled by Bishops Potter and Doane; the private car Genesta, occupled by Mr. Morgan, and the observation car Alroy. The car occupied by Mr. Morgan 1s the property of President Newman of the New York Central Railroad. The train was not one that can be designated as luxurjous and did not compare in equip- ment with the one used by the late Presi- dent McKinley in his journey to the Pa- cific Coast. The train crew consisted of eighteen persons, including, the porters, wafters, two electricians and a stenographer. The entire train was vestibuled and lighted by electricity. Special Train’s Fast Run. When the special train pulled out of the | New York Central depot last Friday | morning at 8 o'clock orders were given | that it was to make record time. The various roads over which the special traveled made it possible for Mr. Morgan and kis guests to reach the Oakland mole in exactly four days after the start was made from Gotham. brothers | BisHer WM CROSNVELL DoanNngE, elsHoP HoRATIO C. FPOTTER—. | 3 Sketch of the Great Banker of the New World. AGNIFICENT in his loneli- ness” is the epitomized de- scription formed by some one of John Pierpont Morgan. However true the picture may be as he overtops the industrial and financial giants whom he meets in the business world or towers above the swarm of money seeking pigmies who eagerly watch for the least sign of his movement — % -+ | | TWO PROMINENT PRELATES OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE UNITED STATES AND A FAMOUS NEW YORK FINANCIER WHO COMES AS A LAY DELEGATE TO THE TRIENNIAL CONVENTION ABOUT TO OPEN IN THIS CITY. e Although the special had the right of way over the Southern Pacific system from Ogden to Oakland, it was side- tracked this morning at Port Costa to al- low other special trains to reach the Oak- land mole. Three specials bearing dele- gates to the Episcopal convention were carried across the Straits of Carquinez 4t the same time as the Morgan special was ferried across on the Solano. It was exactly 8 a. m. yesterday when the Morgan special pulled into the depot on the Oakland mole. The passengers were at breakfast in the dining car and did not leave the train until an hour later. Willlam H. Crocker was at the depot to receive Bishop Potter and Mr. Morgan, and a prominent figure was that of Louis Sherry, the New York caterer, who was sent to this city by Morgan to take charge of the cuisine of the Crocker mansion, where the millionaire and his guests will reside during the convention. Sherry ar- rived in S8an Francisco on Monday night, L but he had been preceded by a corps ot French chefs and waiters.. Breakiast was prepared at the Crocker house yesterday morning, but Morgan and his party took the morning meal in the dining car of the special train. Magnates Chided by Deckhand. The distinguished visitors were in the best of spirits as they left the train and walked to the carriages in waiting. As soon as the carriages were driven on the ferry-boat, Morgan and his guests left the vehicles and climbed the stairs to the upper deck. The usual passengers on the boat soon learned of the identity of the party and they surrounded the millionaire and his clerical friends. Morgan was dressed in a dark cutaway suit and wore a derby hat. He evidently enjoys smok- ing, for he used two cigars on the trip across the bay. Bishop . Potter. also enjoyed a cigar while:on the upper deck of the ferry-boat, and . millionaire and Bishop were gently reproved by a-deck~ hand. for violating the rules of the: rail" road company, but they continued to puli the fragrant weeds. Bishop Doane of Albany” wore the gait- ers and frock of his rank, and his kindly face attracted attention on all sides. The points of interest around the bay were pointed out to the party by W. H. Crocker and an amusing incident occurred when the ferry-boat was nearing the slip. A deckhand had placed the chain across the railing at the head of the stairs and Bishop Doane asked to be allowed to descend before it was taken down. 'The | deckhand, unaware of the identity of the Bishop, informed him that he could not do so until the horses and wagons had | left the lower deck for the shore. When the deckhand was not looking, Bishop Doane stooped down and passed under the chain to the stairs and his example was. followed, by Millionaire Morgan and many of the distinguished travelers. The waiting carriages were then entered. - Morgan-and the ‘Bishops, together with in any direction of enterprise, it could not by any means of turning be made to fit the situation as his splendidly ap- pointed special train rolled into the Oak- land mole at the end of its journey across the continent. ‘With the large number of distingulshed men, prelates, priests and laymen, all his guests for the round trip and the time of the convention, all mingling together in the fullest ease and intimacy, Mr. Mor- gan's appearance suggested something very far from loneliness. As to the ““magnificent’”” part of the epit- ome pen picture, the sharers of his pala- tial moving home and partakers of his princely provision and warm hospitality would even better the word pure in con- nection with the name of Pierpont Mor- gan. Among these men and in the great tri- ennial gathering of the curators and leg- islators of the Protestant Episcopal church, both off and on the ficor, J. Pler- pont Morgan has and holds his own pecu- liar place, and that in the lowest and humblest order of the churcH. A primate in the practical business world, a money master who unites and controls vast sums, who welds great iron and steel enterprises into one huge co- operative combination, who consolidates under one control vast railroad systems, who has a directing voice in thirty-odd of the great corporations of the country, comprising nearly every phase of enter- prise; who is the head of the most pow- erful and widely influential banking house on the continent, if not in the world, Jokn Plerpont Morgan comes to the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church as a simple lay delegate from St. George's parish, New York City, of which he has been an active working member ever since he took up his residence in New York in the early seventies. Regularly Attends the Conventions. At the last six conventions, covering a . Continued on Page Five. Continued on Page !'ive.. | not only to enlarge their pla | had left his house to board a trolley 3 - WORLD-WIDE PLOW TRUST 1S PLANNED Manufacturers Are Com- pleting the Gigantic Combine. Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa Will Not Escape the Monopoly. One Hundred Million Dollars Is the Capital and New Plants Are to Be Erected on the Pacific and Atlantic Coasts. s bt Special Dispatch to The Call CHICAGO, Oct. 1.—Twenty-three of the largest plow manufacturers in the United States gathered about a b let table in the Auditorfum Annex Héte ight and talked of the proposed plow . one of the most gigantic eve ronceivad. For two days the manufacturers have been in session, planning in detail a world-wide conquest in the ‘plow trade. Scarcely a country in Europe, South America, Africa or Asia has escaped their intended monopoly in the plow trade. ‘Will Erect New Plants. In anticipation of the world-wide trade in implements which they beli be theirs, the members of the have for the last two days been plannin; but also to erect new ones on both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts. This, it is thought, will be a necessity in order to properly handle the great bulk of the export trade. Prop- ositions for sites for new plants on the coast have already been submitted to the members. More Companies Join. Within the past few days the compa= mies in the trust. which originally num- bered twenty-one, have increased to twen- ty-three. Within the next year the num- ber of companies in the trust will prob- ably be increased to thirty. Those al- ready in it are said to control % per cent of the plow trade. Charles H. Deere of Moline is said to be slated for the head of t trust, which is to be capitalized for $100,000,000. The elec- tion may be deferred for a month. The headquarters for the organization will be in Chicago. MASKED FOOTPAD ROBS MAYOR OF PORTLAND Executive of the Oregon Metropolis Surrenders His Watch and Purse. PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 1.—A masked footpad held up Mayor Henry S. Rowe this evening within a block of the Mayor’s home. The robber The Mayor car when the footpad sprang at him out of the darkness. “Hold up your hands and be quick!” said the robber, levelling a revolver at the Mayor's head. “Why don't you hold up your hands?” The Mayor, although startled, responded “I won't.” Then the robber threw his the ground and ordered throw his money and valuables The Mayor tossed his valua into the hat. “Now, your money,” said the footpad, and the Mayor’s purse, containing $5, fol- lowed the watch. “Now stand bac! escaped. slouch hat to Honor to into it. e gold watch his * was the nevt order, and Mr. Rowe retreated a short distance. The robber gathered up his hat contain- ing the booty and then commanded the Mayor to go in one direction and not look back, on pain of being s When Mr. Rowe reached a street car and turned around the footpad had disappeared. iate S g CHINESE REBELS SACK A GERMAN MISSION Large Force of Soldiers Are Sent to Stay the Advance of Law- breakers. LONDON, Oct. 2.—Thousands of rebels, says a dispatch to the Daily Mail from Hongkong, after sacking the German mission at Plang Thong, attacked Hin- Nan, a city near Cochin. They were re- pulsed, but they then attacked Shakma, where they were again repulsed. Two thousand Chinese troops have been sent to suppress them. “Disorders have arisen in the Yang-tse province owing to the ravages of the tloods and the diversion of the rellef funds by corrupt officials,” says the Shanghai correspondent of the Standard. “These threaten to culminate in rebellion. The situation i¢ very grave and the local thorities have been ordercd to rais and to place the districts in a sta fense.” i CITIES IN FLORIDA CUT OFF BY FLOODS Dayton and Seabreeze Residents Con- fined in Their Homes for Four Days. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.,, Oct. 1.-The citles of Dayton and Seabreeze, on the east coast, have been shut off from the world for four days by high water, which inundated a large part of the towns. Com- municaticn with them was re-established only to-day. Many persons were unable to leave their homes. Floods all through the section are heavier than for years.