The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 22, 1903, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1903. LAST DAYS OF ENCAMPMENT PRESE. NT BUSY SCENES 3 * YOUTHFUL SOLDIERS Spanish - American War Heroes Gather. —b Evening Is in Pleasant Manner. 4000 THOUEST OVER LIFFERTY Coroner’s Jury Holds Henley Responsible for Death. PUTN. R AM COMES TO BERKELEY BERKF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. MEN ARE POWERLESS Firht Against Disease Unless They Strike at the Under- lying Cause. To thy growth eft 10 in De- Why Schilling’s Best? Are they really best? The tea and coffee, 5 and 4 s, are good-enough coffee and tea; there is no such thing as best tea or coffee; the baking- powder flavoring extracts and spices are best in the strictest sense ; the soda is common. Your grocer’ - i 'LOCAL POSTS MEET COMRADES OF YORE Deterans of California Entertain in a Lavish Manner and Give a Pleasant Dance. EORGE H. THOMAS POST No. 2, Department of California and Nevada, Grand Army of the Re- public, gave two encampment en- tertalnments yesterday afternoon and evening at Steinway Hall. 2 BRI ] ik % aa 3 ARMORY OF THE FIRST BATTALION OF ARTILLERY, N. G. C,, IS TUR! INTO A BALLROOM BY THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR VETERANS IN HONOR OF THE VISITING DELEGATES AND MEMBERS OF GRAND ARMY OF THE SPUBLIC. . g s | - =3 ** Resolution Praising Lieutenant General His Sold ierly Qualities Adopted. Nelson A. Miles for| flicial conduct, which be- enant in the Twenty-second nfantry, progressing by grade of heroic patriotism ssas to Appomattox, during the civil wars from 1861 to 1565, ng this record by his great ements as a successful and again as a gallant and ary disciplinarian and or- & 4 et onk ot el SN Al L % Continued From Page 1, Column 8. | the th hands expanded | commander in chief, talled the _| o such amy ! v its beneficent | officers. The new coramander in® chief | i j is Injustice and oppression are Impossible; | was authorized to fnstall Junfor Vice Com- of our cause by | the flag which Is the visible f dally | mander in Chief Henry C. Kesslers and inspirations American the flag | Judge Advocate General James Tanner, . encampment has gone | WMich i the ¢ s in wh > ail unite | hoth of whom were unavoidably absent. s 6 e bloking o | e SR tieion. | A committée representing the Sons of 1. it by AT SIE L are iant — TN areligion. | Veterans was introduced and addressed or of Liucoln, Grant, Sher- | challenge some of the provisions of that sacred f oo BH0OF ot ‘:y‘.‘ er, Division of man, Meade, Hancock, McKinley and the | !"ftrument; we inject largely our selfish de- , Sons eterans, conveyed whole illustrious role of soldi nd offi- | pidity into all the transactions of | the Breeting of his division and of the cers who in the great struggle represented | o but. g T4 Sgnotifed Al Sty of fan Hyautifca to thie encatppmedt he idea that the Union n and should | O the flas, the collective intelligenco of the Of the G. A. R. and also spoke upon e madibmnss b . n‘m, rises superior to any of its parts and M;mwrls; day. ver therebs Tivas he Perpetalty of :the reaabiy he committee on resolutions reported The members of the encampment rose S Tapare | Again I thank you fo s T ce e- | Indors r=itio 2 o o their. feet and remained standing. for | e, r this magnificent r rmnvllm:mh;vhe proposition for a service everal moments, | P iy der the head of resolutions a num-| vICE COMMANDER INSTALLED. | General James Coey wasirestored to his e t ones were adopted. The| C. Mason Kinne was installed as senior :’]”"”{;‘ as past department commander of low jon 1elating to Lieuten- | commander and spoke in part as| D “:i‘l:':":"‘:"v‘m‘:‘:l'““fi""]"'“- o . b Selpting e = | o s adopted recommending ¢ : n A Miles was intro- | foll fon encouraging instruction and e aptain P. H. Coney of Kansas | Comrades of the Thirty-seventh National En- Han £ pigvant the e o ed with cheers: | campment: 1t fs useless for me to say that 1| the flaz 3 eciaNIn o GENERAL MILES LAUDED. | ot o e o e e rate e | A Tesolution was adopted for the ap- | “Reso That we congratulate that | fact that in selecting me you have evidenced | POIMent of a special committee to inves- : soldier. exemplary commander | your desire to honor the Department of Caii- | UEate the alleged discrimination against r triotie_citizen, General Nelson A. | fornia. When those who know me best unani- | Union veterans for appointment to the es his attainment of a distin- | mously indorse me for this position, those that clvil service. = 1 honorable retirement after a | have been with me in the work for thirty-six | A Tesolution was adopted recommending t record as a soldier of over | s in Califor I felt sure almost that | the establishment of a soldiers’ home at twdw service, without just | the acquaintanceship that I have in nearly all | Fort Sheridan, Idaho, in the State of | | htest neral Arthur MacArthur was by Mr. Buckley mous soldier rty cheers. led recelved with When the enthusi- General MacArthur ows MACARTHUR IS CHE ERED. irades. 1 would be the emotions which quence of such a cordial warmth, from such a body I other compliment ssibly e, and such for the moment, my ca- »n and co-ordination of srefore have to accept in ity whatever 1 may be able return for this great privilege in this However, in the midst of gs one or something to say, as no other n of friendship is so strong, so lasting, as that which exists among American soldiers and sai his great confidence, this mu- tual appr . does not arise entirely from the fact that we have shared together the perils of fiel still stronger reach that it is from the justice of the cause rather than from the successes of our battles than American soldiers and safl- ors expect the honor of a triumph from their fellow men. In this connection I want to re- peat a remark that I have made on many oc- casions before less sympathetic audiences; the remark is pregnant for the future as It has been true in the past—that American guns have mever been fired in war without contrib- uting materially and substantially to the wel- fare and hopes of mankind. This great republic has had a classical past and is enjoying an unexampled present and is undoubtedly to have a heroic future. There- fore, my comrades, in leaving this grand en- campment let us all renew our devotions to helms, to say in inspirin such of Alabama | can never be entirely | nd waves; it arises from the | | ona, of th result t departments that there could be but one 1 not quite sure, for you cannot | what may happen. I fully appreciate that u have elected me to a very high office, but one with very little responsibility attached to it, and for that reason I propose to take ac vantage of this position and say but a very few words, and end by promising that I will do all in the future as I have done in the past that lles in power to maintain the principles of lic—fraternity, The tional Alaba « he Grand Army of the Repub- charity and loyaity. following were appointed council of administration: a, M. D. Wickersham, Mobile; Ariz- orge Atkinson, Globe; Arkansas, A. A. the na- Whissen, Little Rock; California and Nevada, A. W. 'Barrett, Los Angeles; Colorado and Wyoming, U. 8. Hollister, Denver; Connecticut, A. C. Hendricks, New Haven; Delaware, Samuel Worrell, Newark; Florida, Charles Donovan, Tampa; Georgia, J. A. Commerford, Marletta; Idaho, George M. Parsons, Boise; 1ilinois, Thomas W. Scott, Fairfield; Indiana, Henry A. Root. Michigan City; Indlan Terri- tory, David Redfield, Ardmore; Kansas, P, H. | Conéy, Topeka; Kentucky, 'Jacob Seibert, Louisville; Lo na and Mississippl, Charles H. hute, Cambridge, Mass. Maine, Louis S ing, Augusta: Maryland, Robert Sun- strom, Baltimore; Massachusetts, John W. Her- sey. Springfield; Michigan, E. B. Fenton, De- troft; Minnesota, L. W. Collins, St. Cloud; Mis- sovri, Jere T, Dew, Kansas City; Montana, H. 8. Hansell, Columbia Falls; Nebraska, Andrew Traynor, Milford; New Jersey, Clayland Til- den, Jersey City; New Mexico, John R. McFie, Santa Fe; New York, James Owens, 227 Bast One Hundred and Twenty-fourth street, New York City: North Dakota, 8. K. McGinnis; Ohio, A. A. Taylor, Cambridge; Oklahomu, Wesley Taylor, Perry; Oregon, L. W. Ingram, Oregon City; Pennsylvania, Thomas G. Sample, Allegheny (Box 87): Potomac, B. ¥: Entrekin, Washington, D. C.; Rhode Island, John T. Kenyon, Providence: South Dakota, A. B. Nelson, Plerre; Tennessee, Newton Hacker, Jonesboro: Texas, R. M. Moore, San Antonic; Utah, W. W. Bostaph, Ogden: Ver- mont, A. C. Brown, Montpefler: North _Carolina, James 1. Ful Washington and Alaska, 8. W. West Virginia, G. B. Woodcock, New Martin ville; Wisconsin, Phil Creek, Baraboo. NEW OFFICERS APPOINTED. The following officers were appointed: Adjutant general, Charles A. Partridge of Tilinols; quartermaster general, Charles Bur- rows of New Jersey (re-elected); judge advo- cate general, James Tanner of New York; in- spector general, E. S. Messer of lowa. Louis Wagner of Pennsylvania, senior Florida and in the Territory of Oklahoma. A resolution was adopted asking Con- gress to provide for a statue to General Meade, D C A vote of sympathy was passed for Judge Henry C. Dibble, who was report- ed sick, The recommendation of the inspector general to return to the old system of in- spection was ruled out of order as in- volving a change in the rules and reg- ulations:. A proposition to increase the member- ship of the encampment by admitting the past adjutant general was defeated. A resolution was adopted that a com- mittee be appointed to formulate plans for the perpetuation of Memorial day in the National Cemetery of the South, and report to the next encampment. The commander in chief was instructed to 'appoint a committee of five to revise the Blue Book. THANKS CALIFORNIANS. to be erected in Washington, The following resolution was unani- mously adepted: Resolved, That_to the local posts of the G. A. R., to the Woman's Relief Corpe, to the Ladies of the G. A. R., to the various commit- tees on entertalnment, to the city government and the people of San Francisco, especlally for their elaborate and unsurpassed decoratfons, as well as to the posts, the Woman's Auxiliary socleties and the people of Oakland for their magnificent welcome and for their generous and graclous hospitality: to the press of the city for its full, stirring and vividly illus- trated accounts of our proceedings, parade and reunfon; to the rallways for their generous courtesfes and their great executive abilities in securing our comfort and safety in journey- ing to and from the encampment, and to the many thousands who by individual acts of kindness have made our stay so delightful, and to the Legislature of California for its liberal appropriation, we Teturn our enthuslastic thanks and assure them of our abiding grati- tude. All these united have made the thirty- seventh natlonal encampment of the G.. A. R. a golden milestone 1n the history of the order worthy of the Golden Gate, America's western front door, and of the traditional hospitality of the great and beautiful State of California. The delegates filed out and expressed the hope of meeting each other in Bos- ton next year. pe 3 PRESS CLUB Mirth and Melody Reign in the Rooms. HE visiting newspaper men were entertained last night at the Press Club by the local organi- zation of newspaper writers and the press committee of the G. A. R, gen- eral committee. The entertainment was in the nature of a ladles’ smoker, Captain W. L. Barn was sire of the jinks and presided in a most felicitous manner. The offic of the clyb were represented by , Alpheus Dixon, E. C. 1 I . C. Hollaway and L. E. Stove ssist- ed by Hugh M. Burke, Colonel Charles L. Plerce and Louis Levy of the G. A. R press committee, who extended a hospita- ble welcome to the 400 visitors. The decorations were superb. Flags a bunting decked the walls, while Supc tendent McLaren sent a whole wa load of beautiful roses from Golden Gate Park. i The programme was novel, as well as interesting, and passed off without a hitch. Applause was frequent and gen- erous. Among the numbers were the Press Club Glee; Newel Vincen, the tenor of Grace Church; Kathleen Parlow of age, a phenomenal violinist ter, resident manager of the Orpheum at Omaha, gave Hebrew impersonations Miss Rose Broderick, sopra ole 10 Willard Young. barvtone; Miss F Waiss, soprano from Chicago; W. Hynes, monogolist; Mrs. Tull of Jose sang a “Toast to the Veter. composed by Mrs. Rucker of San Jose; Mrs. Clara Holzmark Wolf pl d a Cu- ban War lyric entitled “The Invasion March”; Frank MacVickars gave a reci- tation; the Press Club Quartet, composed of George King, R. C. Keane, R. Hunt and Mr. McMullen, rendered a number of delightful selections; Dr. W. H. Sieberst gave a number of German dialect stories; the Noveity Theater sent its entire com- pany, including the orchestra; Miss Cher- jdah Simpson from the Grand Oper house sang charmingly; Fischer's Theater was represented by Blake, Kolb, Dill and Hermsen. All the other theaters sent representatives. T o CHILD CROSSES STREET AND CAR STRIKES HER Little Rita Steele Lies at Point of Death in the Railroad Hospital. Little Rita Steel, aged 9 years and an inmate of the San Francisco Foundling Nursery at 1534 Mission street, lies in a precarious condition at the Railroad Hos- pital as the result of being hit by a west- bound Mission-street car yesterday after- noon. tending physicians say that she will prob- ably die. She was about to cross Mission street, at Twelfth, and she was overtaken when not heeding her way by car No. 1133, in charge of Motorman Howard. Before the car could be stopped the front step hit her on the head and knocked her sense- less. She was removed to the Railroad Hospital, but there is little chance of her recovery. Motorman Howard was ar- rested, but later reieased on bail. —_—— Policeman Stops Runaway. Police Officer M. L. Tierney made a great run after a runaway horse at the corner of Fillmore and McAllister streets vesterday afternoon and finally overtook the frightened steed and brought him to a standstill. The horse was attached to a light wagon and ran several blocks be- fore the officer spied him. No damage was done. —ee———— Ukiah Excursion. On Sunday. August 23, the California North- western Railway will run an excursion to Ukiah through that most picturesque section of the State—Marin, Santa Rosa and Russian River veeys—charging only $2 for the round trip. Each ticket sold insures a seat. for the company will not sell a single ticket above the number of seats provided: They will be on sale commencing Monday, August 17, at ticket offices, 650 Market street (Chronicle building) and at Tiburon ferry. Time of de- parture from Tiburon ferry will be 8:30 a, m.; from Uklah on the return, 5 p. m. . ENTERTAINS | gon- | Her skull is fractured and the at- | \LOYAL LEGION AT RECEPTION | — | Offizers Keep Open Quarters for Disitors. HE rooms of the California Com- mandery of the Loyal Legion at | the Occidental Hotel were | thronged yesterday with the vis- | tting companions of the Loyal Legi~n and their comrades of the Grand Army of the Repubiic. The arrangements were perfec | in every detail | The spacious rooms were profusely | scked with the nation's colors, and a wealth of floral decorations added to the general beauty of the apartments. Rich viands were dispensed with lavish welfare of their gu the recorder of the edberg, California | Commandery; Admiral O. W. Farenholt, | U. 8. N.; Captain Whiting, U. 8. N.; Ma- | rrier and Colonel Middleton, U. | L o e e s e o] THROWN FROM A BUGGY AND SERIOUSLY INJURED | David Wolfe, Stenographer at City | and County Hospital, Meets With Painful Accident. David Wolfe. stenographer and book- keeper at the City and County Hospital, was thrown from a buggy at Eightk and Howard streets yesterday seriously injured Wolfe was inabuggy that was driven by John O'Brien, comm! ary of the hospital.- Just below Mission street the team struck a rut and the horse, a spirited one, started suddenly on a run. | O'Brien was thrown out of the bugzg: but landed on his feet and was not hurt. The lines had dropped over the dashboard and Wolfe could not get control of the frightened horse. Near the corner of Howard street the buggy collided with a track and Wolfe was thrown with great violence to the street. The City Hall patrol wagon was passing and Wolfe was taken in it to the Cextral Emergency Hospital An examination by Drs. Bunnell and Weyer showed that Wolfe had sustained a severe laceration of the scalp, a serious fracture of the right elbow and that his left arm was broken near the wrist. —_——— DETECTIVES ARREST BAND OF SUPPOSED CRIMINALS Wretches Discovered Smoking Opium Are Thought to Be Men With Records. Detectives Harry Braig and Tom Gib- son raided a rooming-house at 829 Howard street last night and in one of the rooms four men, Gus Williams, Dennie O'Brien, Frank Howard and John Kaskell, were found smoking opium. The men were ar- rested and their names entered on the detinue book, pending an investigation. In the room where the trio was cap- tured the officers discovered a full lay- out of burglars’' tools and a gun, which Willlams attempted to hide under the bed. The men are supposed to be wanted. They will be held till something is learned concerning their records. —_——— Want Ach for Chairman. The delegation from the Fortieth As- sembly District, which is composed of twenty-two members of the United Re- publican League, decided last night to make a strenuous fight to have Henry Ach made chalrman of the coming Re- publican municipal convention. Morris L. Asher was elected chairman of the dele- gation and John Henderson secretary. —_————————— ' Takes an Overdose of Poison. V. de Treville, 8§73 Mission street, was treated at the Central Emergency Hos- pital last night for chloroform poisoning. De Treville claims that he took the poison by mistake. About six months ago he was treated at the hospital for the same ailment and he told the same story. He is oyt of danger. being I The open- | hand and the hospitality for which the legion Is noted was emphasized on this | occasion in the m superlative degree. g the hosts who were looking after | sts were Colonel | afternoon and | hearted hospitality of the post was appre- clated and enjoyed. The programmes in- cluded voeal and instrumental selection At 2:30 in the afternoon Mrs. Sherman and Mrs. J. H. Gilmor families of comrades held a receptlc after which the orchestra, composed e tirely of members of the Seventh Unite States Infantry be from the Presid discoursed operatic and chamber music and won the hearty applause of the vast assemblage. During the recess for which were served in the Elks’ refreshments, Hal orchestra played selections of a lighter | style: The Knickerbocker Quartet rendered vocal numbers selected from the patriotic musical follo, and also the latest quaint and humorous songs. A recitation Miss H. J. Ha delivered by telling a story of war, was heartily received, and so were refidered by Miss Helen Col Heath and F. W/ Jacobs. Miss Lillian | Quinn recited, ana M lie B. Wat | gave a delight ot good | American melc bells Julia Rapier successful feature of solo afternoon p th gramme, which finished with st | views of the Pacific Coast. The George H. Thomas Post ment of the evening | excellent musical programme, but ing as well. The programme was as fol- lows: Ladies’ reception at § K. Wilson and Miss Mar illes of comrades; orch ted States quartet; ‘“‘Beils 3 Knickerbocker Qua Gertrude Wheeler; re Knickerbocker Qua Mrs. and James Miss Miss Homer Newell H. Vinson, S er H ng refreshments in lodgeroom —Com- rades J. G. Glesting, W Lutz, H. M. Burke, J. H. Roberts and James K. Wilson George G. Meade Post No. 45, Depart- ment of California and Nevada, received comrades and friends at 102 Farrell street throughout yesterda The mem- bers of the post dispen: hospit without limit. There were vocal and | strumental selections, and refreshmer | from early morning un ght. T | alm of the gallant members Meade | Post, as with the members othe the local posts of the Grand of t Republic, has been to see to it tha comfort could 2t | | itors had ail the | enjoyed at a private ¢ have been rew sponse of the | the quarters every | of the encampment. CHINESE COMMIT DARINE THE Enter Jewelry Store and Flee With Gold Bracelet. | the result of a daring robbery atown last evening Jue Lem, Y | Gin and four other highbinders are in t City Prison. The vigila and ability displayed by Corporal Sylvester and | posse and Detective McMahon resulted in the recovery of the plunder and the rest of six Chinamen to be most desperate crooks quarter. Shortly by af Ye 7 o’clock Jue om | paniea o w Dupont s be shown a gold veral bracelets were passed | out for their n | Lem selected nd handed it n into a doorway on Dt setzed Lem \ squad was summe | Hi & 51 1 China- or th to his pal. - Gi the ar- | rival of the officers a sea made | the neighborhood, but no tra ¢ tugitive could be found. Lem was taken to the Hall of Justice and locked up in th tanks About one hour afterward Yee Gin was arrested in Cum Cook alley and wh | searched the bracelet was found pocket. He denied all knowled theft and professed ignorance a | the property e Acting upon information D ne into his pos: Mahon, in company with ral mem- bers of the Chinatown sq raided a room in a Jackson-street rooming-house and took into ¢ »dy four Chinese fow there. A search of the apartment brought to light a 44-caliber Colt’s revolver, two jimmies and several pawn tickets. All of those arrested are members of the Hop Sing Tong and it is believed that they were concerned in the m obbe of another jewelry store on Dupon street, near Washington t o month ago, when severa at the fleeing criminals The members of Gin Hi & Co. identified Jue Lem and Yee G culprits and the bracelet as their erty. The police are elated over ture and believe that we gang of crooks has been broken pawn tickets found In the room on Jack- son street call for several pleces of val able jewelry and may lead to the fa 1 abo ots were fired positively ing of other crimes on the men in cus- stody. —_—————————— Camera Club Lecture. A large audlence assembled at the Al- hambra Theater last evening. The occa- sion was the one hundred and fifty-r illustrated lecture of the California Cam- mth era Club. ‘‘Picturesque and Historical France” was the subject chosen and W. 8. Stevenson of Los Angeles explained th slides as they passed through the lan- tern. During an intermission several vo- cal selections were rendcred by Miss Liv- ingston. The synopsis of the lect follows: “Romance and Wa “Brittany,” Mysterious Bridge of St. Malo,” ‘“The Salute to the American Flag. Willlam Conqueror,” “Caen_and Charlotte _Corday ““The Chateaux t ofre, Martin and the Beggar,” “‘Poitiers and th Anxious W “‘Bordeaux. Bayonne,"” Bia ashion,”” “The Pyrenees,” ‘“Roland, e of Roncesvalles,” “Chateau Strange Team, Lourdes and “The Cirque of Gavarnie, “Luchon,” ““The Hymn," Chartreuse,"" Doubie- and the Huns,™ . Dents,”” ““The Story Her Latest Alpine up, a “‘Glimpses of Paris = X of Jeanne d'Are.” Bells of Corneville, “Mount St. Michael,” ““The Harbor of the and the Norman Conquest ——————————— NOTICE Holders of G. A R. Tickets. Before returning home you will be interested in seeing Sausalito, Mill Valley or San Ralael. the beautiful suburban home district; 14 tramns daily via North Shore R. K. (Sausalito ferry). Fare, round trip, 25c to 50c. Mount Tamalpais (I:;lfi railway trip), $1 90. Ticket office, 636 Markat strest. 5. F. (Phone Privi Exc. 166)*