The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 16, 1895, Page 1

Call oo e VOLUME LXXIX.—NO. 16. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 16, 1895. PRICE FIVE CENTS. PATRIOTS OF AMERICA Harvey Fully Explains the Details of the New - Order. CAUSE OF FREE SILVER. Better Government to Be Secured by Eliminating Personal Selfishness. NO MONEY FOR ORGANIZERS. Success of the Movement Must Come From the People and Be Spontaneous. ; CHICAGO, Irn., Dec. 15.—W. H. Har- vey to-nmight gave out a statement explain- ing the details of his new order, the Pa- triots of America. Mr. Harvey says the cause of free silver is to be enlarged through the agency of a new political organization. This form of waging war upon the single gold standard forces is his own idea. Mr. Harvey, as- sistea by many well-known public men, has placed the plan in a working form by starting an organization known as the Patriois of America. With the parent so- ciety in Chicago and thousands of others in every State and Territory in the Union, it is Mr. Harvey’s intention to make free silver a reality and a vital issue 1n the next Netional campaign. “*While free silver is the piece de resist- ance of the organization,” Mr. Harvey con- tinues, “it is not the sole one. Back of it is the spirit of humanity, which looks to the accomplishment of better government by elimipating personal selfishness from the acts of private citizens and public of- ficials. The new order assumes the exist- ence of evil influence which is consciously or unconsciously exerted by wealthy cor- porations and individuals upon Govern- ment, executives, legislatures and courts. To successfully combat this influence the society will endeavor to arouse in the public breast the latent fire of patriotism and love for bumanity. ‘“The Order of the Patriots of America. with National headquarters in the Fort Dearborn building, Chicago, has issued a prospectus in book form, giving the objects of the order and the reasons which have caused the organization of such a moye- ment. Its National officers are a first National patriot, a National recorderand a National treasurer. 1t also provides for a first State patriot in_each State, who con- sfitate & congress of patriots. There is also torbe a tirst patriot for each county. The plans provide for opening lodges throughout the United States, and all power is derived from the people voting in their lodges. “Itis a non-partisan organization and will put no candidates in the field. Each four years its members by ballot will de- cide by 2 majority vote what political re- lief is demanded and will then proceed to select by a majority vote the candidate of their choice for President and Congress in each district from the candidates nom- inated by the existing political parties. “Its objects and aums are given the widest publicity, but the lodge-meetings will exclude all who are not members. The promoters of the order say its policy as to secret sessions is modeled after the executive sessions of -the United States Senate, and are private only in the sense that the members of a firm might exciude the public from their private deliberations, that in this way, asin the case of the United States Senate, the public welfare can be best promoted.” William H. Harvey, author of “Coin’s Financial School,” is named as temporary first national patriot; Charles McClure of chigan, national recorder, and James F. Adams of Chicago, national treasurer. The constitution provides that there shall be no salary for the National officers, ex- cept the national recorder,.and Mr. Mc- Clure, who will fill that office until the first regular election, declines to receive a salary. Mr. Harvey says he will, in addi- tion to charging no salary, put his in- come behind the order. There is no mem- bership fee to the order exceptin the way of a voluntary offering. The monthly dues are classified from 10 cents to §$L. There is a co-ordinate branch to the order known as the Daughters of the Republic, a charitable organization to look after the poor among the Patriots of America. The First National Patriot, First State Patriot and First Copatriot take an oath renouncing political offices, either by elec- tion or appointment. They also rencunce for life the ownership of property in ex- cess of $100,000. These officers, one in the Nation, one in each State and one in the county. are the censors of the order and are given power not conferred on others. The renunciation of offices and wealth does not apply to others in ghe_order. The whole plan of organization iz }ilrected against individual selfishness being car- ried into the laws of the Government, and treats political questions as questions of civilization and proposes to settle the_se n rotation as they arise. Mr. Harvey in an interview to-day said: “There is no money behind the order to put organizers into the field. Its success must come from the people. It must be spontaneous. It is based on the theory that the leaders don’t reflect the opinions of the people generally, and this organiza- tion is to give expression to the will of the people and to carry that will into the laws of the Government. The success of the depends on the people having an ap- reciative comprehension of thg evils afflicting the country and a necessity for the judgment of the plain peopie being felt in its affairs. Wherever selfish interests have furnished money to run political Campaigns, value received has been de- manded in legislation. We ‘are going to Lavea campaign based on the voluntary and patriotic action of the peovle, free from the influence of all selfish interests. U the one hand are the foreign money- Cea and their allies in this country, With yreed and vanity as their incentive to On the other hand we are organiz- the people with 4 love of country and of humanity as the motives that in- them, Koreign influences, financial and otherwise, are Europeanizing this country. We propose to free this country from European dictation.” In reply to whether the silver-bullion owners were assisting in this movement, Mr. Haryey seid: “Not one dollar. Neither are they in our councils. The people don’t appear to understand’ that the silver miners are all bankrupted. except the bankers in the sil- ver States, who own the only paying mines and the smelters, and they are at heart against us and sympathize with Wall street. Money is not a local question, but concerns all the people. It is as much of ty as bread or meat. If it were an arzument against the free coinage of silver that it was in the interest of silver miners, then it would be a good argument against the free coinage of gold (that now exists) that it was in the interest of gold miners. Money is made by law for the benefit of commerce and society. The money dealers who deal in money as a crop are trying to limit the supply and thus give it an en- hanced value, which means low prices for all commodities.” SILVE General Warner Talks of the Coming Conference. CHICAGO, IrL., Dec. 15.—General A. C. Warner of Ohio, the well-known advocate of free silver, this afternoon held a con- sultation with the officers of the National Bimetallic League in regard to the details | of the conference to be held by the up- holders of free coinage in Washington January 22. In regard to the objects ot this confer- ence General Warner gave the following interview to a reporter for The United Press: “The object of that January conference 1s to take into consideration the situation at that time and to decide the question of calling a National convention for the pur- pose of nominating candidates for Presi- dent and Vice-President on the money issue alone. By that time we will know when and where the convention of the Jeading parties will be held, and probably by that time something of the policy of Congress on financial questions will be disclosed. “What the January conference will de- cide I'cannot beforehand undertake to say. Many Democrats are hopeful that the sil- ver forces in that party will yet be able to control the next convention and wrest the organization of that party from the hands of the gold combination of London and New York. There are also Republicans who are still hopeful that their party may vet be induced to espouse the cause of bi- metallism. out one thing may be relied upon, and that is that the people of this country will have an opportunity to in some way express squarely their views at the ballot-box of establishing permanently the gold stand- ard in this country or returning to the constitutional standard of gold and silver.” When asked for an expression on the statements made, that the cause of free silver is on the wane, General Warner said : “Notwithstanding the claims of the press the cause of silver is growing, and the time is near at hand when New England itself will be forced by two conditions which are now pressing upon its interests to take up this question. “These two questions are our increasing debt abroad, calling for large exportations of gold, over and above paying for imports to pay interest and other foreign charges accruing annually from past obligations, which makes it impossible -to make pro- tection to New England industries effect- ive as in the past, or as might be done if we were out of debt; and, secondly, the destructive competition with silver-using countries under the advantage which the divergence between the value of silver and gold gives to the 600,000,000 of people producing under the silver staudard. This competition is just beginning to be felt, and is little understood in this coun- try, but it is destined to transfer the seat of many of the great industries of gold- standard countries to such countries as Chira, Japan and Mexico, and this com- petition will be’ more severely felt by debtor countries under the gold standard than by countries owing no outside debts.” —_— e HARRITY HAS NO CHOICE. PLANS OF R MEN. Willing Any Switable City Should Get the National Democratic Convention. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 15.—Na- tional Democratic Chairman Harrity,when questioned about the story that he favored New York as the place of meeting for the next National Convention, had this to say: “I have no personal or political choice as to the convention city other than that I should, of course, like to see a city selected that would be reasonably convenient of access to the delegates and others who will attend, and which, by reasen of its hotel accommodations, will be able to provide for the comfort of those present.” But however this may turn | Speaking of the time of the convention, he said: ‘It seems to me impracticable to expect to hold the convention later than the latter part of June or the beginning of July, although some may contend fora later date. If the nominations should be made in the first week of July it would mean a nominal campaign of four months and an actual campaign in which the pub- lic would take an interest of less thun three months. The first month or six weeks of a campaign would necessarily be devoted to preliminary work, in which the general public would take little or no in- terest.” Mr. Harrity declined to express an opin- ion asto the Collins resolution, limiting the number of persons in the convention- | hall to delegates, alternates, members of the National Committee and members of the press. It is generally understood, however, that he personally favors making accommodations for a reasonable number of visitors, and that he is convinced that there is no reason to deviate from the plan pursued heretofore. A Lot et o MANLEY ON BAYARD. The Republican Leader Says the Embas- sador Will Resign. BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 15.—Hon. Joseph Manley, chairman ot the Republican Na- tional committee, arrived here to-night on his way to Maine. In an interview he said: “I think Mr. Bayard will be recalled.or will resign. He certainly will be censured, and when that is done his day of useful- nessis over. It is over anyway. When a diplomat becomes indiscreet he ceases to be a diplomat. He certainly cannot re- main in his position now.” T0 TIE UP ALL THE CARS, Philadelphia Threatened With an Extenslve Strike on Street Railways. President Welsh of the Union Trac- tion Company Refused to Arbi- trate the Trouble. PHILADELYHIA, Pa.. Dec. 15.—Unless the unexpected happens to-morrow will witness the inauguration of the greatest street-railway strike Philadelphia has ever had. Wiser counsel may prevail among the employes of the Union Traction Com- pany and they may conclude not to risk everything upon a strike, but from the favor of their going out. the railway transportation system of Phila- delphia. The employes of the Union Traction Company number about 7000 men, and of this number it is claimed that 4100 belong to the Amaigamated Association of Street Railway Employes, and it is further claimed that if a strike is ordered 95 per cent of the motormen and conductors will go out. After the rebuff received yesterday by the grievance committee from President Welsh of the Union Traction Company the men were hopeless of having any of their grievances adjusted. A practicaliy all-day meeting was held to-day by the grievance committee. Hiram D. Lutz, who from all appearances is a professional agitator, as he seems to have no other employment, is chairman of this committee. Lutz and other members of the committee favor striking. National President W. D. Mahone came here to-day from New York. Mr. Mahone counseled making another appeal to Welsh. Accordingly Mahone addressed a letter to Welsh, asking him if he would submit the grievances of the company’s employes to arbitration. Mahone’s messenger bear- ing the letter met Welsh on the street, and the latter thrust the epistle into his vocket and said he would reply when he had time to look at it. From Welsh’s course in the entire con- troversy it is probable that he will refuse to recognize the Amalgamated Associa- tion, and if he makes this reply the men will strike, they say. Ifthey dostrike and successfully take out as many men as they claim, the situation will be most serious. Thousands of people depend upon the rail- ways to reach their daily occupation from long distances, and as the Union Traction Company controls every line in the city but one, the consequent embarrassment of tying up the cars would be enormous. o Swgueepit Hallen Has Disappeared. RICHMOND, Ixp., Dec. 15.—Charles J. Hallen, who came to Richmond from Cal- ifornia recently and married a Mrs. Mary Gunnier, has disappeared, taking with him $1000 belonging to Mrs. Gunnier. His wife believes that he has been murdered, but the police think he has simply gone away with the money. E MEN WHO FIGURE R, al = | met his death like a martyr. FORCED T0 ISLAMISM Christians Were Compfiled to Yield to Escape Death. MASSACRES IN KAISAREA Fury of the Kurds Was Not Satis- fied With Slaughter of Their Victims, THE OUTRAGES IN HARPOOT. Refugees Forcibly Taken From a Church and Cut Down Without Mercy. LONDON, Exc., Dec. 15.—The repre- sentative in Constantinople of the United Press, telegraphing under yesterday’s date, says that advices from the interior showed that forced conversions from Christianity to Mohammedanism are oc- curring everywhere. Women and children whose husbands and fathers have been killed and whose nomes have been de- stroyed have, rather than lead a life of vagabondage, accepted Islamism, where- upon they were housed and fed by the Turks. The sincerity of these conversions may be judged from what has occurred in Kai- sarea. In this place many women whose protectors had fallen in the massacres were offeréd their choice between em- bracing the tenets of the Koran or being either hacked to pieces or meeting the worse fate of being kidnaped. Ostensibly the women accepted Islamism and thus rendered their lives and perhaps their honor secure. It is now known that perhaps 1000 per- sons were killed in the massacres in Kai- sarea. The fury of the Kurds was not | satisfied with the death of its victims, but temper of the men the possibilities are in | If this strike | should take place it will practically tie up | vented itself upon the inanimate bodies. The mutilation of the corpses §'.4 fright- ful and in many cases was of a nature that cannot be described. In Harpoot sixty Christians fled to a | church in the vain hope that its walls would furnish them shelter against those who were crying for the blood of Ar- menians. They were permitted for a time o believe themselves secure, but suddenly the church was sutrounded by a great number of Kurds. The doors were then blown ifi, and the Christians thought that' they would’be massacred within the sacred structure. - They were not. Their captors took them one at a time outside the church, and there, heedless of the pitiable cries for mercy from the women and children, killed them, either by shooting or stabbing them. The first victim was the Protestant pastor of the church, who, as he was dragged out, bade the others, if they had to die, to die as Christians. He Some of the refugees in agony of terror offered to abjure their faith and accept Islamism, thinking thus to save their lives. The offers pyailed them nothing, for their in- satiable enemies after * accepting them dragged the converts out and killed them one by one. The Armenian church has been turned into a mosque and the Protestant church into a stable. In Kaisarea the soldiers joined in the looting that accompanied the massacres. Van and Trebizond are rapidly filling with refugees from the pillaged villages ad- jacent to those cities. Hundreds of women, almost completely exhausted from fear and lack of food, have reached Van and Trebizond. Their condi- tion is most deplorable. They have been robbed of about everything they possessed. Large numbers of them were barefooted and the only covering they had for their bodies was thin garments which furnished no protection against the inclement weather. There is no doubt that many of those who escaped death at the hands of the Kurds will die from the effects of the ex- posure they have undergone, while many others will fall victims to starvation. The promptest aid that can reach the sufferers from foreign countries will not avail to prevent an enormous death list from these causes, but unless aid is promptly fur- PROMINENTLY IN TACOMA'S ' HISTORY OF CORRUPTION, AND THE - MANY OF THE OLD GANG’S ‘SCHEMES WERE HATCHED. nished from some quarter the deaths from famine will reach an appalling number. e PILLAGING AT KAISARFEA. Said to Have Been Done Under Orders of the Turkish Government. LONDON, Exg., Dec. 15.—The Daily News will to-morrow publish a dispatch from Constantinople confirming the state- ment of the representative of the United Press in that city regarding the number of Christians killed in the massacre at Kaisarea. The massacre occurred on No- vember 30. The gendarmes joinea the marauders in the outrages. There is no doubt that the pillaging was done under direct orders from the Government. All the details of the massacre, giving the names of the victims, efc., are in the hands of the representatives of the powers, who find that it is useless to remonstrate with the Porte. The Sultan is of the opinion that the European concert is a mere feint. The dispatch adds that the tragedy at Zeitoun is rapidly approaching its final stage. The statement that the Armenians in Zeitoun attacked the Moslems and burned their villages is an absolute lie, in- vented by the Arab Izzet to alienate European sympathy. The iie means that the doom of the Armenians in Zeitoun is sealed. The Sultan will order them to be exterminated without delay. The Softas intended to make a demonstration against the palace on Thursday last, but the police, who had been informed of the proposed action of the theological students, pre- vented it by arresting many of the intend- ing participants. The dispatch adds that it 1s reported that there has been a further massacre at Kaisarea, but no confirmation of the re- port can be had and no details are given. The Standard has a dispatch from Con- stantinople which declares that the con- tinuance of the massacres proves that the Sultan, while promising the powers to effect reforms, is acting with his pen hand for the extermination of the Armenians. People in Constantinople cannot under- stand how the united powers hesitate to end this state of things, which is due to the perversity and wickedness, of a small clique, when instant intervention would be welcomed by the whole Turkish nation. CONSTANTINOPLE, TurkEY, Dec. 15. The torpedo cruiser Faucon, which is to act as the second French guardship, has arrived here. —_—— LOOTING MANY VILLAGES. While Kurds Raid for Plunder the Turks Commit Murder. BOSTON, Mass.,, Dec. 15.—Two letters have been received in this city, one de- scribing the situation in Harpoot, Eastern Turkey, immediately before the recent massacre there and the other the mas- sacre itself. The first letter says: *‘The first excitement about the Turks died out, and tranquillity was pretty well restored when the Dersim Kurds began to vlunder the villages right and left. Some six villages have been plundered in the immediate vicinity of Harpoot, the last one within two hours of the city. The whole city is tossed with apprehension; expecting an attack from the Kurds. < “For more than a week the Kurds bad been attacking villages, and within the last few days they had plundered half a dozen villages on this side of the-river. “The Governor of Malatia has tele- graphed here that 2000 Kurds have come there and that he cannot cope with them; that he throws the responsibility upon the Harpoot Government. The leading men of Arabkir went to the Gov- ernor and asked for protection, but they were treated with contempt. And the worst of it all is that in every place with- out exception the Kurds claim that the Government sanctions them and that they have authority for all they are doing. This Government stands indicted of the awful crime of a wholesale destruction of Christians throughout the whole land. The Kurds have been driven across the river. There is an ugly element in the city, but the authorities seem vigilant and they give every assurance of their earnest- ness in desiring to keep order. Where the Kurds alone have devastated the loss of life is not great. The Kurds plunder, but do not generally kill unless resisted, but the Turks kill in cold blood and in ways suggested by the arch-fiend himself. “The idea of an vuprising among the Armenians is absurd. They are in terror of their lives. They are prepared to sur- render all their possessions if only their lives can be spared.” The letter describing the massacre says: “The attack began on Sunday, Novem- ber 10, by a few Kurds. These were easily driven off. Monday there was another attack in the morning, which was also re- pelled. These attacks amounted to little. “Monday the Aghas from the villages gathered in the city. The Kurds and Turks from the surrounding region at- tacked Husenik and slaughtered many. The soldiers went down the road to meet them. Some of the principal Moslems BUILDING IN ) also went down. They had a conference with the Kurds. Then the bugle blew and the soldiers, led by their commander, withdrew to the city, dragging their can- non in a very leisurely fashion. “After the soldiers had reached the city the Kurds and Turks came on, yellingand finng. The soldiers made no attempt to stop them. They fired their cannon once harmlessly in the air toward the city, and they fifed off their guns over the heads of the enemy. The Turks of the city joined in the plunder and attack. The Armenian schoo! was fired first, then the greater part of the Christian quarter. Christians were shot down everywhere. “The Christians had given up] their arms and cast themselves on the protec- tion of the Government. No Christian fired on the assailants. “The missionaries look refuge in the girls’ school until that was attacked and the mission-house of Rev. O. P. Allen and wife burned and the school set on fire. Then they gathered in the yard, prepared to die together. Dr. Barnum spoke to the military commander and he sent soldiers. They all left but two, who demanded backsheesh before they would go. ‘‘The missionaries decided to go into the college building. As they left the school- vard a Turk fired upon them from across the yard twice, first at Mr. Allen and then at Rev. C. Frank Gates. He was a very bad marksman or else God withheld him from accomplishing his purpose. After the missionaries got into the school building the officers sent for them- to come out. *“The missionaries told them they had no confidence in the chief and the Muiti, or doctor of law, and if they wished to protect them they could protect them there. If they did not the missionaries would die there. ‘At last the Alai Bey (Mehemet Bey). Circassian, arrived. He was the first and only man who acted as if he meant to do anything fgr the missionaries. The sol- diers left them and he called them back. The missionaries got out the fire engine, and fought the fire for three days. They saved the house of President Gates, the house of Dr. Barnum, the Normal school and the college building. Eight of the buildings were burned. All the houses were plundered, and the soldiers made no attempt to stop it. The missionaries were stripped of everything but the clothes they wore, but none were killed or wounded. “The Turks of the city were very much disappointed that any of the missionary buildings were spared, and they were de- termined that Dr. Barnum should be killed. Tuesday Alai Bey told them that he could not protect them there. Dr. Bar- num told him that they would not leave the building. If it was fired they would diein it. If they had left the assailants would have burned the buildings and forced the refugees to become Moslems or suffer the penalty. Everywhere this alter- native was given to men. All the Chris- tian villages and Christian quarters of vil- lages in the Harpoot field have been burned with the possible exception of Gar- murj. The need of help cannot be stated too strongly. “Tuesday the Kurds returned to fhe attack. An order came to stop them and permission was given to shoot the Kurds. When this ‘order came two soldiers laid down their arms. Nine Kurds were killed that day at Mezreh and five at Harpoot. That finished the attack of the Kurds. There was still danger from the Turks, and there is now. Four hundred souls are gathered in the college and missionaries are feeding them. “There will be need of thousands of pounds to care for the needy. I counted twenty-one ruined villages of which I knew, but there are said to be thirty-five villages in the Char Sandjak alone, and no returns from Farkin yet. The mis- sionaries may not yet escape with their lives, but if they do there will be great need of relief work. This whole business has been hellish, and the Government de- liberately abandoned Christians.” COLLIDED AT A LANDING, The British Steamer Indiana Badly Crippled by the Zamora. Hastily Towed Away and Beached to Prevent the Vessel From Sinking. LIVERPOOL, Ex., Dec. 16.—While ap- proaching the landing stage here this evening the British steamer Indiana, Cap- tain Boggs, from Philadelphia, collided with the fruit-laden steamer Zamors, which was lying at anchor. The Indiana had a large hole made in her port side abaft her bulkhead. Her passengers were safely landed and the hole was stopped up with mattresses. She was then towed to the Cheshire side of the river, whrre she was beached to prevent her sinking. The Zamora sustained no damage. Another account of the accident says that while the Indiana was at the landing- stage she sank two or three feet in the half of an hour that was occupied by the pas- sengers in landing. There was no panic among the passen- gers. An attempt was made to plug the hole in her side, but it failed. The steamer was hastily towed across the river, as she gave every evidence of foundering. In fact, it was thought that she would sink in midstream, and the engines of the tug were worked to their fullest capacity to prevent such a disaster. The Indiana arrived in the Mersey at 7:30 o’clock. - While swinging around in going alongside the landing-stage the tide carried her jbroadside on against the Za- moraand a hole was made in the Indiana’s hull. Her pumps were used to keep her as free as possible of the water that was pouring into her. She is now beached at Agremont below the water-mark. e DEFEATED BY INSURGENIS. Spanish Troops Were Overwhelined by a Superior Force. HAVANA, Cusa, Dec. 15.—A terrible combat took place on December 9 in Minas, in Puerto Principe, between eighty Span- 1sh troops under Gruesa and a party of rebels numberingxsgo men commanded b; Lopez Recio and Rodriguez. The struggle was a sanguinary one, the rebels using machetes with terrible effect. The supe- rior force of the enemy rendered a victory for the troops impossible. Of the Spanish force twenty-three were Kkilled, eight wounded, eighteen taken prisoners and fourteen are missing. - * PLIGHT OF TACOMA, Startling Features of the Story of Financial Ruin, WHEELER'S TRUE BOAST, “There Won’t Be Enough Left to Make a Shadow When We Get Through.” CRIMES OF THE CORRUPT RING, Murders Planned and Men Who Knew Too Much Put Out—Others Hired to “Do Time.” [Speclal Correspondence of THE CALL.] TACOMA, Wasn., Dec. 13.—Among the letters found in the *“busted” Bank of Tacoma by the receiver of that institution was one from Grattan H. Wheeler, in which he made the prophetic remaik, ree ferring to the deals in which he and hi® coadjutors were engaged: “When we get through with Tacoma . City Attorney James Wickersham. [This official has already succeeded in bringing ta justice many of the members of the old ring ‘which drought Tacoma to the verge of banks ruptey, and he is pressing further investigas tions with a will.] there won’t be enough left of her to make a shadow.” Y The prophecy has literally come true, but the shadow of utter financial ruin hangs over the once bustling city of Ta« coma. ‘Wheeler was a genius in his way, and it was his guiding band that engineered the schemes that made and lost fortunes for Tacoma’s bankers, gamblers and aldermen and landed Boggs in the County Jail. It was Wheeler who knew when the jig was up and took his departure from the city of which he had so lately been Treasurer, bank- president and vestryman of one of the prominent churches, with a half mile lion dollars of city warrants in his grip; who after he nad ‘“‘done” Tacoma pro- ceeded to “do” his late partners in the deal, and they are yet waiting for their share of the proceeds of the half million of warrants that went out of sight ina grip—with Wheeler.. Wheeler used to lece ture Boggs and his other friends and co- laborers on their lack of appreciation of the fine touch that made politics easy. *“You are too coarse in your work,” he said. “You ought to look at me. You ought to go and join the church and be- come treasurer or deacon or vestryman, so people would have confidence in you. You ought to join all these societies, and once in a while make a little speech when it will do you the most good. Thereis nothing like having the confidence of the people.”” ‘Wheeler knew how. He began his career in Tacoma by gaining the confidence of Oscar Nuhn, who had money, and to« gether they went into the book and sta- tionery business, until Nuhn had the con- fidence and the experience, and Wheeler had the money. Then he became one of the prominent organizers and pillars of the new Church of the Holy Cominunion, of which the late regretted and now gone East Rev. Doctor Jeffries was sent out as a “profit.”” He was a vestryman, and then the treasurer of the church, and when he passed up and down the aisles on Sunday, in his long Prince Albert coat, his white tie and immaculate shirtfront, with stately and dignified tread, all the people said to themselves, “Mr. Wheeler is certainly a great and good man, and whatever he says in matters of finance must be worth listen ing to.” d But Wheeler — ex-treasurer, ex-bank president, ex-great financier—has dropped out of the range of vision of the people of Tacoma, and out of the jurisdiction of her courts. He now occupies luxurious apart- ments at the Windsor Hotel in New York, where he is daily informed of the status of affairs in the forsaken little metropolis on the far-away shores of Puget Sound. But where is Boggs, the successor of the great financier? Like a pack of wolves who tear to pieces and devour their leader when he is hit by the hunter’s bullet, those who were engaged witk ex-City Treasurer George W. Boggs in looting the city treasury on the lineslaid out for them by Wheeler, now that Boggs is behind the bars charged with robbing the city of a half million, are clamoring the loudest for his conviction, hoping'thereby to divert attention from themselves. Not one of them came forward to furnish him bail, nor even air or comfort, and blue-eved Georgie waits day after day in the half- million-dollar jail, as innocent and unruf- fled, so far as appearances go, as any theo- logical student or unjustly accused school- boy. George knows that he holdsa club over the city: that he alone knows the numbers and description of the warrants which the Supreme Court of the State of Washington has decided the city is not We wish every department of our business were on a level with the engraving. San Francisco would not con- tain us. ! t A Peet s H S CROCKER Cor