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SCENES INCIDENT TO AR
RIVAL OF CITY'S WELCOME
GUESTS.
All the blood In a man's body passes
through his heart once in every two min
utes. BRfl
Before returning home you will be interested
in seeing Sausallto. Mill Valley or San Rafael,
the beautiful suburban home district: 14 trains
daily via North Shore R. R. <Sausalito ferry).
Fare, round trip. 25c to 5Oc. Mount Tamalpais
(scenic railway trip), $1 90. Ticket office, 61H
Market tstreet.-S. F. (Phone Private Exc. - 16tt.)»
Holders of G. A R. Tickets.
NOTICE
Minnesota ' Asylum Contracts for
Large Supply for Use in State
Institutions. #
ST. PAUL, i Minn., Aug. 16.— The con
tracts awarded by the State board of con
trol ' for. supplies , for the ensuing quarter
include a considerable quantity of chew
ing gum to pacify the patients of the in
sane asylums and the State hospitals.
The observation of the board Is that
chewing gum often has an excellent, ef
fect'on the patients and , that it enables
the- Inmates to concentrate their minds
on various 1 forms of work and . . soothes
them during. violent spells. .
N On being given gum some of the violent
patients have. been known to collect their
wits and diligently pursue a ' task.
FIND THAT CHEWING GUM
SOOTHES INSANE PATIENTS
KANSAS CITY. Aufc. 16.-Notwithstand-
Ing the fact that the Kansas River at
this point had risen a foot In the twenty
four hours up to 2 o'clock this afternoon,
when It became stationary, and that a
further rise is expected to-morrow, no
great damage is likely to result. West of
here, at Lawrence arid Topeka, the Kan
sas .River has risen slightly since last
night and at Sallna and Junction City its
tributaries, the Smoky Hill and Republi
can rivers, are rising at a steady rate and
sending their water this way. Most of
this water will reach Kansas City within
another twenty-four hours, but while a
further two-foot rise Is predicted, a fall
from that time on is looked for.
Traffic between the two Kansas Citys
is . still suspended, as the temporary pile
bridges are unsafe. A sand scow broke
away to-day, striking the James-street
bridge, the principal outlet between the
two cities, knocking several plies loose
and rendering that structure unsafe for
street cars or vehicles. At the Belt Line
bridge the current was so swift that it
became necessary to remove a section of
the bridge to let the great mass of drift
wood through. Fearing a temporary
abandonment of some of the railroad
yards in the lower part of the bottom%.
the Swift Packing Company moved se^j
eral tons of provisions to this side of thfe
river to-day. The water must reach fl£
teen f e«»t before it can reach the plant
or the business houses, however, and this
ia not at all likely. ' .. HW
FALL OF WATER IN KANSAS
RIVER IS EXPECTED SOON
til the sun had disappeared beyond the
horizon.
"Yes, sah." remarked the man from the
Northwest, In accents pronouncedly
Southern, to a Call reporter, "I was on
the other side and -had a lot of fighting
to do. I live 'way up in Washington and
when I heard that the Grand Army chaps
were going to meet here, I quietly said to
myself that I'd go down to 'Frisco and
see some of the fellbws that were plump
ing lead at us back In the sixties. I put
on the gray clothes because I wanted to
get acquainted, and I knew that when
these chaps saw me coming they would
be pretty nigh keen enough to learn who
I was, and wo would have a good time
making up over our old troubles. ; ;i ;
OLD SORES HAVE HEALED.
"The war's over and we are all broth
ers and sisters again, ain't we, com
rades?"—and a chorus of voices respond
ed with "You bet."
"See that fellow over there?", suddenly
exclaimed Heater, pointing to a Union
veteran wearing a yeljow badge of In
diana's delegation, "I'll be d— d if he
ain't one of the fellows who captured me
and a lot of our brigade in '61. It was
the First Indiana Cavalry. Say, old man,
I spent an hour blazing away at your
crowd, and If half of the bullets my gun
belched that day reached the mark I must
have killed a hundred of you.
"But," added Heater, rather thought
fully, "I guess they didn't. At any rate,
I hope they didn't. Wai, sah, on May 20,
'64, the Eighteenth Pennsylvania - In
fantry got me again, and do you know,
they came nigh keeping me fo' good, sah!"
—and as Heater's mind reverted to the in
cident' of forty years ago he glanced
slowly around him, scanning the features
of his newly made gray-haired acquaint
ances and added: "Well, : boys, we're all
getting pretty close to the grave. It's too
bad we ever fought as fiercely as we did,
g + j* OHN W. HEATER, sah,
• • M Thirty-first Virginia, Pe-
M gram's Brigade, Early's Di
mj vision, Jackson's Corps, and
a good one, sah. Line up
there on the left. Now, what shall it be?
Whisky? Good! Here's to you all, sah."
A gurgling sound, followed by a smack-
Ing of lips, and then fourteen men in
blue, preceded by a stalwart man in gray,
filed out of the liquoring place and reas
sembled around the veteran of Pegram's
Brigade.
It was an eventful day for John W.
Heater, a typical Southern soldier, dressed
in the Confederate gray, hailing from the
State of Washington, and eagerly search
ing for 6ome of the men who, in these
trying days, when lead poured into tho
ranks 'of the opposing forces and death
reaped an hourly harvest, kept him on
the move on the field of Gettysburg.
Heater has come to San Francisco to
witness the reunion of veterans. He has
forgotten the prejudices of the past and
yesterday he mingled with the men of the
Northern armies and received from them
assurance of good will, which he returned
in kind, and over the bar of the Grand
Hotel united with his former foes in
drinking to the health of a great and
glorious nation.
WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE.
In his familiar gray uniform, fresh from
a tailor's shop, a black slouch hat with
gilded tassel and bearing a ribbon upon
which Is inscribed in gold letters: "3lst
Virginia, Pegram's Brigade, Early's Di
vision, Jackson's Corps, '61-'64," the tall
figure of. Heater was most conspicuous
around the gathering places of the Union
veterans yesterday, and more so because
the latter, recognizing In the visitor a.
"Johnnie," from south of the line, eagerly
surrounded him and kept him in tow un-
"Amen," solemnly shouted a veteran
from Maryland, and the hero of Jack
son's Corps again marshalled his forces
before the bar for another drink.
On every side Heater was the recipient
of cordial greetings and frequently he
would meet an old soldier who would re
call some Incident of the war that would
precipitate an argument as to the merits
of the ppposlng armies, but it was a good
natured controversy and Invariably ended
in what will' undoubtedly prove undying
friendship between John Heater and j the
man with whom he engaged In counter
talk of the war long passed.
About 3 o'clock in the afternoon, while
Heater, standing In the midst of a gath
ering of old soldiers on New Montgomery
street, was describing some of the inci
dents of the battle of Gettysburg, and
was telling of his capture, " he was sud
denly grabbed by two Union men, who
shouted. "Throw down your gun. Johnnie,
you're taken!"— a*nd they rushed the tall
man from Washington out into the street.
One of the captors was R. M. Green of
this city, formerly of the Eighty-fifth
Ohio, the other Dr. R. M. Stewart lof the
Fifty-fifth Ohio, a resident of Kansas
City.
"Well, by gosh! If this don't beat the
drum. It was the boys of the Eighty
fifth and the Fifty-fifth that peppered us
so hard Just before Gettysburg. Golly!. but
I'm pleased to meet you," and again the
Heater brigade was deployed along the
bar.
. John Heater was the hero of the day.
HERO OF THE DAY.
A mighty good lot of chaps died on those
rough fields of battle. God bless them all,
and may we here thank God that we're
good friends again."
At that moment Colonel Currier was
crossing the room toward the speaker
and heard him say: "I was with Cap
tain Currier at the battle of Poplar Spring
Church. September 30. 1864. when he was
shot, the bullet going through his face.
I saw him fall and carried him off the
battlefield." Colonel Currier promptly
made himself known and the meeting that
followed was very pathetic. The visitor
who was looking for Colonel Currier Is
G. T. Ordway of Redlands. California,
where he owns an orange grove and Is
one of the leading citizens of his com
munity.
A pathetic incident occurred yesterday
when Colonel J. C. Currier met for th©
first time, after thirty-nine years, the
man who carried him off the battlefield
of Poplar Spring Church near Petersburg.
Va. * Colonel Currier sauntered Into the
headquarters of the department of New
Hampshire, Palace Hotel. A vl3itlng vet
eran was seated, registering his name.
While registering he asked the comrades
near him whether any of them knew Cap
tain Currier of the Eleventh New Hamp
shire Volunteers, as he had been trying
to locate him.
Comrades Meet After Many Years.
In the National Cemetery at Arlington
there is a burial plat presented to Rand
by the Government, and although it will
probably not be occupied for several years
at least, it will eventually mark the last
resting place of a man who, by his readi
ness to serve his country In time of trou
ble, lent inspiration to a cause that must
ever remain illustrious in human history.
: It was on the afternoon of April 13, 1S61,
that young Rand, then an 18-year-old
clerk, serving at Batavia, N. T., attended
a meeting at the old Eagle Tavern, where
there was a heated discussion in progress
over the possibilities of war. In the midst
of the debate a townsman suddenly
rushed into the tavern waving a telegram
over his head and shouting: "The Presi
dent has called for 75,000 men to go for
ward and fight!"
Henry I. Glowacki. who was presiding
at the meeting, took the message, and
hurriedly reading it. exclaimed to his
anxious fellow-citizens: "We have to
raise our quota to fill this call. Who will
be the first man to enlist?"
"I will." came a voice from the center
of the tavern, and. turning their heads,
the assembled people saw young Rand rise
from his -seat and proceed toward the
speaker's chair.
On a quickly Improvised roll Rand hur
riedly affixed his signature and with the
scratching of his pen he gave to the
Twelfth New York Volunteers their first
recruit and to New York State the dis
tinction of furnishing the first volunteer
for the Civil War.
Batavia was not slow In raising Its
quota, and not long after Rand was n
the midst of battle. Later, for a daring
act, Congress awarded him a medal of
honor, the first ever presented by Con
gress for distinguished gallantry on the
battlefield.
Among the advance guard of the Army
of the Potomac contingent, which arrived
early yesterday from Washington, was a
no less notable/ person than Charles F.
Rand, who proudly bears the distinction,
fully attested by Congressional inquiry,
of being the first man to enlist in the War
of the Rebellion.
First Volunteer of Civil War Is
Here.
WEARS AN HONOR MEDAL.
Though Once Foes,
They Now Meet
as Friends.
Captain Loeffler is accompanied by" his
wife and daughter. This is their first
trip to California and they are delighted
with the State. Yesterday afternoon they
paid a visit to Golden Gate Park and the
Cliff House.
Captain Loeffler entered the army three
years before the Civil War. He was at
tached to the Second Cavalry Regiment
and first saw service in Texas. At the
breaking out of the war he was detailed at
headquarters at Washington and with the
rank of captain his duty was the bearing
of important dispatches from the front to
Washington. The work was irksome and
dangerous and he asked his regimental
commander to allow him to return
to his regiment and fight at the
front. The request was refused,
however, as Adjutant General John
Seth stated that he was too valuable a
man and could not be relieved.
In answer to the question as to which
of the Presidents he liked best, the cap
tain said that he had no preference. He
spoke cordially of all the Presidents and
said that they had all treated him with
kindness. ;'i -. "**•
In discussing his position yesterday at
the Occidental. Captain Loeffler said that
he had charge of all callers at the White
House and that it was his duty to see
that they receive proper attention. He re
marked that once In a while a religious
crank or a man with imaginary wrongs
would call at the White House and ask
to see the President, but that they came
few and far between and were of little
bother.
Captain Loeffler was appointed as door
keeper at the Whi^e House in March. 1863,
a few days after President Grant took
his oath of office. Two years and a half
ago Captain Loeffler reached the age of
sixty-four years and was forced to retire
from the active army list, and a special
act was passed in Congress to make pro
vision for the captain and his office as
door keeper, and a provision reads that
he shall hold office until relieved by the
President.
ter, known from one end of the
continent to the other, as for the last
thirty-four years he has held the respon
sible position of door keeper for the Presi
dent of the United States at the White
House at Washington.
ygMON'G the. arrivals to the Grand
Encampment is Captain
JjY Charles D. A. Loeffler, U. S. A.,
*r retired. He is a national charac-
Doorkeeper at the
White House Is
Here.
Executive Committee Grand Hotel
Reception Committee Palace Hotel
Press Committee Grand Hotel
Registration and Information. G. A. R..
Postofflce and Medical Department
19 New Montgomery st.
W. R. C. Dept. of California Palace Hotel
Ladies of the G. A. R, Dept. of California..
> Palace Hotel
W. R. C. Dept. of Massachusetts. Palace Hotel
Ransom Post. Dept. of Missouri. . .Grand Hotel
Northern California Brigade. G. A. R. —
Halleck Post No. 19, Sherman Post No.
96, J. F. Miller Post No. 110. Maywocd
Post No. 184. E. F. Winslow Post No.
T9. Corinth Post No. 80 LJck House,
Sacramento Association. G. A. R. — Belmont
Post No. 101, Sumner Post No. 3. Warren
Post No. 54. Colonel E. D. Baker Post No.
71. Placervllle Post No. 108.Occidental Hotel
Southern California G. A. R — Bartlett Lo
gan Post. No. 6, Stanton Post No. 55.
Sedgwlck Post No. 17, Riverside Post No.
118 California Hotel
Lincoln Post No. 1 Pioneer Hall
Atlanta Post No. 95 Pioneer HaJl
Garfield Post N» 34 Alcaaar building
George H. Thomas Post No. 2. .Steinway Hall
Fifth New York Cavalry Association
320 Post st.
Berdan's Sharpshooters
Albion Hall, Alcazar bul!dla«
First Missouri Artillery
Albion Hall. Alcazar building
Second United States Artillery
Albion Hall, Alcazar building
Ninth Ohio Cavalry T. M. C. A. Hall
United States Maimed Soldiers
Temple Hall. 117 Turk st.
"Wisconsin Society B. B. Hall. 121 Eddy st.
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS.
Grand Army of the Republic Palace Hotel
Woman's Relief. Corps Palace Hotel
Ladies of the G. A. R Palace Hotel
Army Nurses of the Civil War.Golden Gate Hall
Union ex-Prisoners of War
B. B. Hall, 121 Bddy it.
Association of Army Musicians
Armory, 815 Ellis St.
Military Order of the Loyal Legion
Occidental Hotel
Society of California Volunteers. . . .320 Post »t.
Veterans of the Spanish War
Armory, 815 Ellis st.
Mexican Veterans City Hall
Naval Veterans B. B. Hall
Sons of Veterans Lick Hous«
DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS.
Alabama Palace Hotel
Arizona Washington Hall, 320 Post st.
Arkansas Grand Hotel
California and Nevada Palace Hotel
Colorado and Wyoming Windsor
Connecticut Palace Hotel
Florida Palace Hotel
Georgia New Western Hotel
Idaho A Grand Hotel
Illinois Palace Hotel
Indiana Palace Hotel
Iowa Palace Hotel
Kansas '.....Palace Hotel
Maine Palace Hotel.
Maryland Savoy
Massachusetts Palace Hot K
Michigan / Grand Hotel
Minnesota Lick House
Missouri Grand Hotel
Montana Lick House
Nebraska Palace Hotel
New Hampshire Palace Hotel
New Jersey Palace Hotel
New York Palace Hotel
North Dakota Palace Hotel
fhlo Palace Hotel
Oklahoma LanKham Hotel
Oregon Occidental Hotel
Pennsylvania Palace Hotel
Potomac ' Palace Hotel
Rhode Island St. Nicholas Hotel
South Dakota Palace Hotel
Tennessee Palace Hotel
Texas Grand Hotel
Utah Grand Hotel
Vermont Palace Hotel
Washington and Alaska Grand Hotel
West Virginia Palace Hotel
Wisconsin Orand Hotel
VARIOUS HEADQUARTERS.
THIS morning the various national
and State department headquar
ters of the Grand Army of the
Republic, the Woman's Relief
Corps, the Ladles of the Republic
and affiliated bodies will open and during
the entire encampment the doors will not
be closed.
Receptions will be given daily, after
noon and evening and all visitor" will be
welcomed. The ladies of the local organ
izations have decorated the various head
quarters and many of the- headquarters
will dispense good cheer and baskets of
California fruits and flowers.
With but a few exceptions, the follow
ing Is the complete list of the head
quarters: <
Will Dispense
Good Cheer to .
Visitors.
All-Headquarters
to Open This
, Morning.
CROWDED SPECIAL TRAINS ARRIVE WITH THRONGS OF VISITORS
AND ANIMATED SCENES DISTURB USUAL QUIET OF SABBATH
Veterans Reach Their Destination
and Are Delighted With
- San Francisco.
Energetic Committees Direct the
Visitors to Places of
Residence.
VEBMONTEBS SLATED.
Tho Vermonters are elated over the
compliment they received from the Pull-
party are W. M. Pierce, Hon. J. K. Dar
ling and E. S. Johnson.
man officials at Ogden. The latter said
the Vermonters had the finest train that
had passed through there so far.
Mrs. J. M. Holllster, a lady very promi
nent In Grand Army circles in New Eng
land, is also in the party.
More than 100 members of Memorial
Post No. 141. Department of Ohio, also ar
rived. Another section containing mem
bers of the Ohio delegation reached here
late last night. J. L. Smith is commander
of the post. The delegation which ar
rived in the afternoon was selected to act
as escorts to the department commander,
but their train was cut in two and they
were sent ahead. Commander Smith Is
general passenger agent of the Lake
Shore road at Cleveland, Ohio.
ADMIRE DECORATIONS.
For the next twenty-four hours every
train that enters this city either at Oak
land or at Third and Townsend streets
will contain veterans who are coming to
this encampment. The railroad company
has made every arrangement for the
speedy transit of the soldiers and it Is ex
pected that every special now on the road
will be here not later than this evening.
Many favorable comments have been
heard on the streets from the visitors.
Although the decorations In their honor
have not been completed they express the
opinion that they have never seen any
thing to equal them. They are awaiting
eagerly for the night Illumination. The
thousands of globes glittering in the sun
light had attracted their attention and
they marvel at the number used to Illu
minate the streets.
every hour yesterday
trains bearing members of the
m^F Grand Army of the Republlo
•^ A end their families rolled into the
depot at Oakland pier. Wearied
by their long ride on the cars, but eager
to reach their destination, the veterans
marched on to the terry boats and en-
Joyed the ride on the bay. The weather
was Ideal and the visitors were charmed
with their first view of the city and Its
surroundings. The old soldiers were laden
with valises and grips. On their breasts
they wore the badge of honor aud printed
badges telling from whet State they
hailed.
Committees from th© local posts met the
veterans cm both sides of the bay and
directed them to their hotels and abiding
places. In the Ferry building a committee
on registration toiled all dey. The visi
tors were assigned to rooms and directed
without loss of time.
The ecenes at the pier in Oakland and
in the grand nave of the Union Depot
were pathetic and many eyes were
dimmed with tears. Old comrades met
for the first time since the war and
brothers clasped hands of brothers and
sisters greeted brothers. Hand clasps
and embraces were numerous. Loud ex
clamations of Joy at seeing a dear one
were followed by anxious inquiries; about
the folks at home. .
PERRY-BOATS CROWDED.
The ferry boats were crowded to their
utmost capacity. Besides the visitors,
hundreds of residents took advantage of
the delightful day to cross to either side.
No accidents marred the day.
The trair.s. as were expected, were be
hind time. The train dispatcher at the
Oakland pier had a large force of men
at work and the air vibrated with the in.
cessar.t clicking of telegraph machines,
fiection followed section into the depot.
Every half hour the trains rolled in. The
cars, after being emptied, wers immedi
ately Fide-tracked and will remain on
the sidings until the visitors are ready
to return home. Within twenty-four
hours as many trains came in. Delega
tions came from all parts of the Union.
The veterans looked wan and worn and
dusty. Some were feeble- and pome car
ried heavy canes for assistance. There
were hundreds of the jrrizzled com
rades who were feeble and every one was
eager to help them along. Willing hands
assisted them up the steps leading to
the boat and carried heavy valises and
every kindness was shown them. True
California hospitality is being extended
the soldiers and they are delighted at the
v.armth of their welcome.
The first train to arrive yesterday was
a special from Connecticut. In the party
na? ex-Governor Morgan G. Bulkeley,
who is the department commander.
The party consisted of 150 men. The
tattered flasrs which were borne so
proudly in the front ranks of battle
were guarded jealously by the color-ser
peants. They were encased in leather
and the blood-stained and bullet-pierced
'mblems, which were followed by the
brave defenders of the Union, will be un
furled to the breeze Wednesday when the
big_ parade of the Grand Army is to be
held in this city.
The Connecticut veterans came here in
f.ne style. They had eight Pullman cars
and a diner attached. They nad a good
time across the continent and came
through without accident.
DELEGATION FROM IOWA.
The Iowa delegation arrived early in
th.* morning. They were greeted on their
arrival by Sergeant J. Brady, Corporal
Charles Rehn, Privates James Edwards,
J. Arling. L. Levy. Hanna, C. J. Smith
and Musician Alfred Ames, Veterans of
the Spanish War. A large delegation of
the young veterans went up the road and
boarded all the trains for the purpose of
registering the visitors and directing them
to find their hotels and giving all the in
formation they needed.
The Iowa special contained ten cars,
which were crowded. More than 200 vet
erans and their families came on this
train.
In the afternoon the Vermont contin
gent arrived. They were represented by
194 veterans, headed by Frank Kentfield,
the department commander. The latter
has surrounded himself with his aids and
other officers of the department. Ten del
egates to the National Convention are
with him. They have no choice for com
mander in chief and come here unpledged.
In the party were George W. Kenney.
superintendent of motor power of the
Rutland Railroad Company: A. A. Nlles,
and Aids G. W. Kenny. E. McEntyre and
<!. E. Beach. Colonel A- C. Brown is here
2F a delegate at large. B. F. Bowman is
also a delegate to the convention. Mrs.
C. E. Beach, president of the Relief Corps,
accompanied Shcr husband on the long
trip. A. !>. Cheney, commander of the
Vermont Eons of Veterans, has been very
busy looking after his large contingent
Among others with him are A. II. Camp
and E. C. Wilson, quartermaster of
the Eons of Vermont. Others in the
ENCAMPMENT'S FIRST DAY
WILL KEEP VETEUJWS BUSY
PENSIONS WTLI. DIMINISH.
Commissioner Ware Gives Interest
ing Statistics of His Bureau.
United States Commissioner of Pensions
E. F. Ware arrived here yesterday from
Washington, D. C, and is registered at
the California. He is here to attend the
National Encampment and will no doubt
be a prominent figure at the many meet
ings. In an Interview last evening he
gave many interesting statistics of the
Pension Bureau.
"The United States Pension Bureau han
dled more business last year than any
thing approaching it in the last ten
years," he said. "We handled 100,000 -old
cases and there are still 304,000 pensions
that have to be decided upon. In the
Pension Bureau there is a clerical force
of 1500, and the field force, that is, doc
tors and others all over the United States,
makes 5000 more.
"Ten years asro there were 1,000.000 pen
sioners. There are 3000 less now. I think
from this time on the pensioners will
gradually diminish. The death rate is
42.2 per year to the 1000. The amount
now paid annually in pensions and in run
ning: the office is $142,000,000. There are
eighteen different agents who distribute
eubagents throughout the United States.
Two agencies in the East alone pay out
to 100,000 pensioners. On the Pacific Coast
the pension office is located In San Fran
cisco, and at the suggestion of Agent
Fuller the pensioners of Hawaii, the Phil
ippines and Alaska are paid in the San
Francisco office.
"We have 9200 pensioners as a result of
the Spanish War and 3662 widows to care
for. There were in all 75.003 applications
from former soldiers and widows and
there are now 3000 cases pending."
Morning.
Reception of visitors by. the several committees; assignments to
hotels, boarding-houses and furnishing information as to various
headquarters.
Opening of all national headquarters and those of State depart
ments. .:'•','„'. '% f
Registration of comrades at various State and post headquarters.
Opening of headquarters of Woman's Relief Corps and Ladies
of the Grand Army of the Republic. Registration of 'members.
Afternoon and' Evening.
z Receptions at national and State department headquarters of the
Grand Army, the Woman's Relief Corps, the Ladies of the Grand
Army of the Republic, Army Nurses of the Civil War, Union Ex-
Prisoners of War, Association of Army Musicians, Military Order of
the Loyal Legion, Veterans of the Spanish- Americcn War, Mexican
Veterans, Navd Veterans and Sons of Veterans. "
Evening receptions by Lincoln Post No. i at Pioneer Hall;
George H. Thomas Post No. 2 at Steinway Hall, and Garfield Post
No. 34 at Alcazar building.
Electrical illuminations of Market/ street, public buildings Jand
Gothic arches at Third and Market streets. .
Pope Receives Archbishop Harty.
ROME, Aus. 16.— The Pope at 5 o'clock
to-day received at a private audience in
his apartment Archbishop Harty (who yes
terday was consecrated Archbishop of
Manila), with whom he spoke at length
about the situation in the Philippines.
The Pope said the efforts of the clergy
toward the pacification of the archipelago
and the triumph of Catholicism would al
ways receive the warmest support at
Rome. Archbishop Harty then presented
to the Pontiff his secretary, Monslgnor
f-Qwlerj and Father Donohue of Alabama.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1903.
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