New-York tribune., 1901-09-08
roPICs IN CALIFORNIA.
eric COAST SHOCKED By ASSAULT
on PREsIDENT-sTRIkE STILL
UNSETTLED.
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,pr TELEGRAPH TO TIE rRIsuNE.l

--,,oisco Sept Mot for many years
sAA r--orc,sco been so stirred as it was yes
when the news was flashed across the
lsee'' ,bat the President was shot at the
49, E,,position, and was not expected 10 live.
- - ,,Don the first bulletins came the fat an
H.-- --.en,ent put out by one morning paper, that
,-.-iaont was dead Few believed this news,
au,hority was given. but it served to add
-. General gloom and depression. Many
a not credit the news, and only assured
'.ol,,as of its truth by telephOning to the
ner Offices The three hours difference
-. batveen NeW-York and San Francisco
80 the bulletining Of the welcome news
y. ,ba President vas out of danger by s
-, ius, as the crowds Were going TO the
80 II would have gratified the President
- much as his reception here last summer
'.s 80 him il he could have heard the cheers
- 80 went ND when these bulletins were dis
80 and the sympathetic comments made
F.,.r, one. The incident certainly showed
=, mckinley has a hold on the popular affec-
-, which is closer than that possessed 10y any
her President since Lincoln.
No progress has been made in the settlement
, ,he big strike though several conferences
I've been held The number OF nOn-union men
ming into town to accept work has greatly in
.,e.sed and wheat sa.2s are being cleared
n.-iv every day. The police are affording bet
- nrotection 10 these men, and Chief Sullivan
t.s given orders that his men must clear the
s,..ets Of gangs Of strikers. Most Of the police
s,os of the city is now employed i'm acting as
boavpuards for non-uni9n teamsters and steve
5ores hut the congestion Of freight in the rail
.,.s Yards Is great ana the farmers are seri-
orslv discussing the plan of sending men from
,be country 10 unload produce and see that Il
is delivered The union leaders say that they
will intimately win their fight, but it is difficult
10 see on what ground they base their views. for
every week sees more men ready 10 take the
plaocs of the strikers and if proper protection
could be given all the large industries could
start up in a few days
Swift Water Bill" Gates. the picturesque
Klopdke character who has figured in several
divorce suits was arrested here this week for
eloning with his fourteen year-old niece. Gates
was soon released on bail He says that he
took his niece from Tacoma in order 10 place
her in a school here, and that he had no inten-
ton Of eloping Gates bears a striking resem-
blance in his reckless extravaganza and his
pioneer generosity TO several OF Bret Harte's
ArgOnauts. He has squandered several FORT
,pes hut as he has 3 number of good claims
near Dawson he may once more recoup and be-
come entitled TO rank among milliOnaires.
Ilovd A. Wombe. Berkeley's eat end rush
er was elected this week captain Of the Uni
versity of California elcse on, 10 Ie the place
of Warren W Smith who was forced out by
deficiencies in scholarship. There was mourn
ing among the football enthusiasts over Loco
motive" Smiths retirement. as he was the most
brilliant player On The Coast, but President
Wheeler was firm in enforcing the rule that
football supremacy should not be accepted IN
lieu Of scholarship.
Charles Frohman's company in A Royal
Family" with Annie Russell in the leading
role has made hit at the Columbia Theatre.
The play is presented more beautifully than any
piece has been given here in long time. AS one
local critic puts it, if this be the result of the
the trust The new Biblical play. a Voice
from the Wilderness" was produced for the
first time at the Central Theatre, with Robert
Downing in the role OF John the Baptist. The
story Of John the Baptist and Herodias- has
been put into striking dramatic form by Ed
ward Eisner and with many tableaus and
dances the piece is spectacular and interesting.
One Of the most brilliant weddings celebrated
here In many months that of Miss Mar
jorie Young eldest daughter Of MajOr-General
s B. NJ Young. TO DR.. John Heysham Gibbon.
Of Philadelphia. The ceremony took place at
the generals quarters at Black Point, and had
many picturesque features. The presents were
numerous and very handsome.
The first exhibition Of dahlias i'm California
Horticulture was given this week under the
auspices Of the California State Floral Society.
Three hundred varieties were shown.