The San Francisco call., 1895-05-18

They babe the president hearty good-by,
and wished him, his wife and daughter
many godspeeds and safe return. Thomas
! Magee accompanied the party to Oakland,
as did the immediate friends of the family.
At the Oakland mole an affectionate fare
well was taken, and the travellers departed
for the East with the prayers and good
wishes of all for an enjoyable trip and
safe return.
The private car of the party was at
tached to the o'clock overland passenger.
The interior was decorated with beds of
roses, maidenhair, pinks, carnations and
huge bouquets of all varieties of hothouse
productions. There were flowers every
where. The drawing-room and observa-
tion-room were converted into perfect
bowers. The ladies of the party, who were
accompanied to Oakland by a host of
friends. were delighted with the floral dis
play. There was a fragrance from the
| flowers that was enchanting.
Besides the observation and drawing
rooms, which were handsomely furnished,
there were four sleeping apartments, a
kitchen and a pantry in the car. The
larder was well provisioned, and colored
cook, wearing immaculate linen, two wait
ers and uniformed conductor will cater
to the wants of the tourists.
The reading public of San Francisco is
familiar with many of the facts relating to
the litigation begun more than year ago
by G. A. Spreckels, to vex and harass his
father. Reviewing the suits in their order
it will be recollected that the first was in
stituted against the Hawaiian Commercial
Company, in which Claus Spreckels was
made one of the defendants and accused of
wrong-doing.
Then followed the suit of Rudolph
| Spreckels (who had joined G. A. in the
unfilial efforts to annoy his father) to pre-
vent the transfer by the Nevada Bank to
Hawaii of 100000 worth of stock. This
transfer was sought to perfect the pledge
of the securities for the payment of the
| debt OF c.. A. Spreckels to that bank in said
sum. Following this came the suit against
the Oceanic Steamship Company, and fin
ally the action for slander wherein G. A.
Spreckels was plaintiff and his father de-
fendant.
In this action the plaintiff started in to
take the deposition of his own father, ask
ing him five or six hundred impertinent
questions relating to his private affairs,
and in no way connected with the suit.
These questions Claus Spreckels, on the
advice of hi attorney, declined to answer
The avowed purpose of these quest ions
was to harrass the father, prolong the liti-
CATION and compel him to forego journey
to New York and Europe which vast per-
sonal interests and also public enterprises
of great moment to California Immediately
demanded. Itwas clearly known for months
that the trip was in contemplation.
| Yesterday forenoon John d. Spreckels
and Adolph B. sSpreckels secured positive
and trustworthy information that their
brother, G. A. Spreckels, had consulted at
torneys and directed steps to be taken to
invoke the process of the court to detain
his father. Thereupon John D. and
Adolph, bearing in mind that their mother
and sister, as well as their father, would be
exposed to embarrassment and trouble at a
time when pleasure and recreation were
anticipated, deemed it their duty to take
final action to put an end to the petty yex-
alton of their parents.
Deliberately considering the situation in
all its phases they deemed it wisest and
klndest to announce as attorneys in fact
of Claus Spreckels that he confessed iudg.
ment in the slander suit and would nav
the paltry sum of $500 sued for therein.
Last evening John D. Spreckels was in
terviewed regarding this confession and in
substance said:
! ,Whea it came to my knowledge that