The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 12, 1902, Page 1

VOLUME XCI-NO. 12 . SAN FRANCISCO, THUR JUNE 12 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. PROMENADE CONCERT AT PAVILION ATTRACTS THOUSANDS OF SHRINERS Tamalpais Trip and Recep- tion Are Features of Day. HE Mystic Shriners who are | a Impertal ed their la- by electing s for the ensuing The election was a har- t. for guide. was chosen as to succeed Philip C. the of ives were engaged affairs of ir ir th with their trips to Mount Tamalpais, ived ge crowds at The day was one of but compared | ed quite uneventful. r chilly for many ercoats and wraps ing the m were in demand excursionists who crossed b: sun appeared in the afternoon, and its warmth had ex- cellent effect in reviving the spirits and s4ding to the comfort of the visiting pli- grims. TRIP TO TAMALPAIS. The excursion to Mount Tamalpais was | sttended by more than 300 Shriners’ and | thelr lad The party had a fair view | of the bay, but the fog that rose and | fell with every change of wind obscured the more distant points from view. The novelty of the trip was enjoyed by -all,| however, and despite the drawback of | the fog it was heartily enjoyed. The ex- | cursion to Berkeley was not so success- ful. Owing to some misunderstanding as | to dates only thirty-five pilgrims went to the university town at the scheduled | time. The result was a bitter disappoint- | ment to the officials of Berkeiey, who had proviéed many equipages for the accom- | modation of the expected visitors. The vehicles were not required, nor were the services of the school children, who weve to strew pathway of the pligrims with roses called into requisition. It was & galllng experience for the Berkeley people, but as there is no one against whom the responsibility can be lodged they accept the outcome with compos- | the ure. During the afternoon the members of 1 Malalkah Temple of Los -.ngeles gave reception to local Shriners and their friends at the Palace. The affair was a success in every detail. More than 2000 people enjoyed the hospitality of the southrons, and the true spirit of friend- liness and fraternity prevalled. BRILLIANT CONCERT. The closing event of the day's pro- gramme was the promenade concert at| the Pavilion. The function was a magnifi- cent success, both in point of attendance | and in the excellence of the programme of music which was rendered. The No- bles and their ladies appeared in tremen- dous crowds, and while the augmented | band discoursed sweet strains the com- pany enjoyed itself in promenade and so- chatter. It was a reception on a large scale, and every local Shriner act- ed 2s a committee of one to see that his neighbor did not become lonesome. In this they succeeded admirably, as the expressions ef gratification and delight heard at every hand amply testified. The programme for to-day is an inter- cial esting one. The {tinerary includes a drive to the park, Cliff House, Presidio and ocean beach. Visiting Nobles and their guests will be provided with car- riages, which will leave the Palace at 10 o’clock. The party will lunch at the Cliff House. It is certain that the at- tendance will be large. TO DRILL FOR PRIZES. In the afternoon there will be a prize drill for Arab patrols at the Oakland racetrack. The patrols that will com- pete are: ia, Pittsburg; Moila, St. Joseph, Mo.; Al Malaikah, Los Angeles; Aladdin, Columbus, Ohio; El Jebel, Den- ver. The drills will be in charge of Ncebles G. W, Baker, A. F. Gunn and W. F. Southard. ~ Another promenade concert will be given at the Pavilion this evening, at which time the prizes will be awarded to the successful patrols. The drill and Its outcome is exciting general interest, so that large crowds at both functions are looked for by the local committee. The Oakland Shriners are making great preparations for the reception of their fellow - pilgrims - to-morrow. - The evening parade, with the great electric display, will constitute features which are cal- culated to draw immense crowds to the city across the bay. ERITISH FIX A LIMIT ON TIME FOR SURRENDER Boers Given Until the Tenth of July to Lay Down Their Arms. CAPE TOWN, June 11.—An eéxtraordi- nary issue of the Official Gazette published to-day fixes July 10 as the limit.in which the Boers or rebels who surrendered will receive the benefit of the peace terms. All the rebels surrendering before that date will be merely disfranchised for life and will not be subject to trial or punishment. Exception is made in the case of field cornets and justices of the peace, who may be tried and fined or imprisoned, but they will not be executed. Rebels who hold out after July 10 will be subject to the extreme penalty for high treason. s ok Peter Martin Soon to Claim Bride. NEW YORK, June 11.—Peter Martin, who is now at San Francisco, leaves early next week for Newport, accompanied by his mother, who will remain at Newport until after her son’s marriage to Miss Lil- lie Oelrichs, which takes place there July 28. Peter Martin has rented the Cadwal- lader cottage on Bellevue avenue for the season and ‘will take up his residence there with his bride after a short wedding trip, and will remain there until he goes abroad with her for the winter. MILITIA JOINS IN PURSUIT OF HUNTED OREGON OUTLAWS Cordon Five Miles Long Surrounds Tracy and Merrill and Man-Hunters Ex- change Shots With Their Quarry. Special Dispatch to The Call. SALEM, Or., June 11.—Harry Tracy and David Merrill, the convicts who escaped from the State penitentiary here on Mon- day, after killing three guards and a fel- low prisoner, are surrounded in the ‘woods two miles east of Gervals, a station on the Southern Pacific, thirty miles south of this city. To-night a cordon five miles in length is stretched around their hiding place. It is expected that the fugitives will make a break for liberty before morn- ing, realizing that to remain in the woods another day must mean death or surren- der. Should they remain in their lair, the cordon will be gradually tightened to- morrow until the lines close in upon the murderers. In the line that surrounds the two des- peradoes, besides the several hundred Sheriffs, deputy sheriffs and civillans who joined in the man hunt, is Company D, Oregon National Guard, of Woodburn, which was ordered to Gervais this after- noon to assist in the capture of Tracy and Merrill. This company is composed of about sixty men. Following the re- celpt of Governor Geer's order, which was issued early in the afternoon, twenty of the guards were hurried to Gervais, cight miles away, by wagon. The rest went by train at 4 o'clock. These soldiers now form part of the cordon that sur- rounds the fugitives and are doing their share of the more dangerous duty of act- ing as plckets within the line in order to guard against a surprise should the Gesperadoes make a dash for liberty. Hold Up Two Pursuers. Early this morning Tracy and Merrill appeared at the wood camp where they breakfasted yesterday morning, and again compelled those at the camp to supply them with a meal. Shortly atter they had left thebloodhounds again took the trail SOLDIERS REVEL IN CARNAGE Mexicans Massacre Yaqui Women and Children. Awful Slaughter Fol- lows Santa Rosa Battle. Special Dispatch to The Call. TUCSON, Ariz,, June 11.—Colonel Wil- liam Christy, a banker and mining man of Phoenix, reached Tucson to-day direct from . the Yaqui River country. Colonel Christy passed through Minas Prietas, thirty miles from the scene of Sunday’'s battle. He brings an account of an awful massacre of --Yaqui men, women and children, imprisoned in a narrow canyon. More than two hundred Indians were de- liberately murdered by the Mexican sol- dlers. A detatchment of six hundred soldlers from the army of General Torres and Gontlm_xed on Page Two. Continued on Page Threes, BRILLIANT SCENE WlTNESSED AT, THE PROMENADE CONCERT GIVEN TO VISITING SHRINERS AT THE PAVILION. o —_—— FATAL TORNADO PASSES OVER TWO EASTERN STATES In Central Illinois and lowa Storms Cause Loss of Many Lives and Great Destruction of Property. BLOOMINGTON, Ill, June 11.—Sweep- ing over a stretch of country 100 miles in width and devastating territory fully 200 miles long. extending from Living- ston County on the north and McCoupin County on the south, and leaving -its mark clear across the face of Central Illinols, a tornado last night inflicted a property loss which will aggregate a million dollars and cost a dozen Hves. | The brunt of the storm fell upon McLean and adjoining counties. The wind reached | a velocity of 100 miles an hour, and the visitation was the worst ever recorded in the historyrof Central Illinois. Not a village or a city of McLean County es- caped, and from:every district comes the same report of 'destroyed buildings, in- | jury to growing crops and razed fruit and shade trees. Three lives were lost in McLean County, at Merna. The agsregate property loss in the county, not including thousands upon thousands of shade and fruit trees that were leveled, willsbe between $300,000 and $400,000 by rough estimates. Claims for tornado Insurance up to to-night among local agents have reached 350,000, | and it is belleved that this sum will be doubled. This amount only represents the loss in the farming districts. The heavi- est loss in proportion to population fell on Merna, a village ten miles east of Bloomington, where the town hall, used by a dancing party of 250, was destroyed, three of the women dancers being instant- Iy killed by falling timbers. They were: Mrs, Edward Martin, aged 23, wife of a farmer; her sister, Miss Lena Gahahan, residing east of Leroy, aged 23, and Miss Anna Kelly, residing at a widowed mother’s home two miles north of Merna. ‘When the storm struck the building its swaying alarmed the party of merry- makers. AH joined in a rush for the ex- its and a flerce struggle ensued. The three women were left behind and were killed instantly by falling timbers. The e T Continued on Page Three, i