The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 22, 1898, Page 16

THE SAN FRANCISCO (o} ALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1898. 16 — ERAMIN SECRATES GRAVES:0 TYRED HERDES Cay Robs the Widows and Orghans of Dead Fremen of Charly Funds and Seizes 2 Nafional Calamily The Superior Court has been called upon by the infant somn of'a brave fireman who died at his post of duty to compel the San Francisco Examiner to disgorge funds which it col- lected for him. ‘The funds were obtained from the public under the false and fraudulent representation that they would be given to the families of the dead firemen without delay. hs have passed the agents of W. R. Hearst collected 87000, but the widows and the fatherless have money PP not seem n cent of the which th deluded contr torsgave to the newspaper coll= fidence men on Mission street. Weary of and dis- after fruitless ap=- part of the funds so generously donated by the sympathetic p the principal sufierer has conclud- | ed to make a test it. The | newspaper shell.game artists | will be compelied 1o explain conduct in a poverty couraged peals for even s their shameful court of justice. son of infant heroic { dut; R. Hearst nds collected by yellow journal on Mission street from the public, as the ner stated, “‘to milies of the three brave men ered death to perform their was donated under the | yaper that the fam :d of funds. | quarreled about a piece of cheese. | monkey settled the case by eating the | case of the unfortunate firemen | perished at their posts last June illus- ! | trates how justice may go astray when i W r by the minor, on | Ferm No. 168. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. — CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD:. o heen assented T b the e Company willugt Boly ere the claiin 15 00t preskated w writig 1,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. This Campany TRANSMITS and Errors can be guarded ag. - 1 DELIVERS messages only on conditions hmiting its. liability, which hase ALIDK & Meskage back to the wenrding <tatin for comparion and U oy &es, heyond the anount of Wils panl THenevn. DOT 1 4B Cas0 Wi 1y for transmission. jons named above. AGE, and is delivered by request of the sender. under the conditions o: at THOS..T. ECKERT, President and General Manager. - INCORPORATED h der of the following mesrage. tself liable for errors or dolys 5 withio sixty days RECEIVED at san Francisco, Cala. appealed to in a case where two cats The cheese. The gross failure of the yellow jour- nal on Mission street to fulfill the let- ter and the spirit of the trust imposed upon it by the sympathetic public is a striking illustration of the folly of en- W. S. Leake,_ San Francisco: 1 trusting affairs of grave importance to | The result in the who a dishonest monkey. matters of charity are left to time- honest persons of sober bustness judg- ment. | koed the public and defrauded the weak and the defenseless. Belleving that the money donated ould go to the immediate relief of the | families of the firemen who perished, the impulsive public gave the Exami- —_— THE MOTHER OF THE DEAD FIREMAN AND HIS SON, WHO SUES FOR HIS complaint of Edward J. Linder, his | guardian, is what would be his share of the $7000 donated by the public for the instant relief of the families of John Mohol Timothy Hallinan and Frank Kelle all of whom died at their | posts. | If the infant now fighting the news- paper millionaire should win his suit a large part of the money contributed by the public in good faith, under the belief that the Examiner would be honest and prompt in disbursing the charity fund, will have to go to the attorn who have charge of the suit. Immediately after the fire the news- paper which makes haste to advertise itself by shedding crocodile tears and sending subscription agents to the grave of every person that dies under | pathetic circumstances, appealed to | the public in a hurrah way for imme- | diate contributions to save the be- | reaved families of the dead from desti- | tution and to pay funeral expenses of | the dead. After eight months of quibbling the | unfortunate widow of Tim Hallinan has been obliged to have a guardian appointed for her babe, so he can lay claim to his share of a fund that the misguided public expected would reach the sufferers soon after it went to the | coffers of the Mission street boodler. In the fables that children read there 18 a story of a selfish monkey that was ADVERTISEMENTS. SALT RHEUM Most torturing and disfiguring of itching, burning, scaly skin and scalp bumors is in- stantly relieved by a warm bath with CrTI- CcURA SO0AP, a single application of CUTICURA (ointment), the greatskin cure, and a full dose of CUTICURA RESOLYENT, greatest of blood purifiers and humor cures, when all else fails. (Uticura e rold_throughont the Cour., Props., Bosion. orid. Porres Awp Cmes. fow 1o Cure Salt Rheum,” free. servers and tricksters rather than to | Again the Examiner has bun- | Seattle, Wash. In the spirit of the old-fashioned ex- horter the appeal closed by asking, “Who will be next?” In the light of the present pathetic appeal of an infant in distress it will probably be a long time before the bunkoed public will again trust its purse with a dealer in gold bricks. 5 So it has come, after long months of patience and privation, that the suf- ferers left by men who died like heroes are in a worse condition than if the Examiner had never polluted the coin | which willing hands would have given to the distressed without delay. ‘Why did the newspaper appoint itself trustee for the public and cling to the funds with the tenacity of a boodler? This question will have to be an- swered in court. ‘Why did not the pretended philan- thropist deliver the people’s money to the sufferers without a day’s delay? That is another question which the court will have to decide. It is the opinion of Attorney McKen- na, who represents some of the other defrauded sufferers, whose names ap- pear technically as defendants, that the Examiner has grossly abused the confidence of the public and shame- fully destroyed the purposes of the gift. When the Examiner induced the public to surrender its money under the representation that the entire amount was for the immediate necessi- ties of the dead firemen's families it became bound by the implied condi- tions of the trust, the terms of which cannot be changed to the prejudice of the beneficiaries. to do but expose the bogus philan- thropist in court and show its shame- ful conduct to the world. The mother of Edwin Hallinan, the son of the deceased fireman, was seen at her home on Eddy street | last evening. She stated that she had done everything possible to obtain the | money donated by the people to the Examiner for the families of the de- | ceased flremen, but with no avail. | Burning of the Standard Piscuit Company’s Factory. Beneath Its Crumbling Walls Timothy Hallinan Met His Death, Leaving t ehind Him an Aged Mother and a Son of Tender Years Who Have Been Deprived of Their Rights by the Examiner’s Wrongs. The Seattle correspondent re- ceived following telegram this afternoon from yellow journal: "Can you get some one among the wealthy people of your city who will organize local committee for national monument to the Maine's heroes, on basis of 10 per cent on all sums he collects. (Signed) New York Journal." B O R e O AR ettt L L LD PP Standard Time » Feb. 21, 1898. W. A. STEEL. T TRy of tender years, remained from his bed latelast nightand brooded in his childish way over the strange chapter that had come into his life since the death of his father beneath the crumbling walls of the Standard Biscuit Company's fac- tory. Knowing last night that the courts had been called upon to give him his rights, but not knowing the great pres- sure that would be brought to bear | against him to prevent him from gain- ing them, he immediately assumed that in a few days wealth would be his and many of his chtldish wishes would be answered. “I want the money to go to college,” he said. “I don’t want some one else to keep it until I get older, because it will do me more good now. If I get it I will have my father’s grave fixed up, as I don’t like to go out there now and look upon it, as it looks so lonesome and deserted. Father used to care for me 25 an Occasion fo Advertse the Alleged Patriotism of Hearst pity it feels. The taking off of the men of the Maine was a tragedy too terrible, the shock too great to be passed over with a tear and a word of regret. Whether they were victims of treachery or of accident the country views them as martyrs, their memory belongs to the whole people. The half- masted flags are in token of a wide- spread grief. 5 Perhaps nothing could bé more fit- ting than a shaft to mark the somber event of their perishing. Such a mon- ument would have to be erected by the free offerings of American citizens. The country feels that the brave sac- rificed to the cruel exigency of peace are as truly worthy as those who have been called ‘upon to yield their lives amidst the tumult of war. These brave men are not destined to be forgotten. But nothing could be less fitting than to have the monument reared, not to the men whose titles it shall bear, but to the greed and selfishness of an in- dividual who feeds and fattens on no- toriety, who is stirred by no generous impulse, and who would as readily se- cure advertising through the destruc- tion of a ship and its crew as by print- ing the grotesque figure of a yellow kid. It is hardly necessary to say the individual is W. R. Hearst, that the unclean sheet he conducts in New York 1s the instrument by which he is mak- ing his appeals, and that the other un- clean sheet, an echo and a shadow of the filthy one on which he bestows a greater affection, is doing all it can to raise funds to perpetuate in marble the Hearst belief that he is a patriot. What does he care for the sailor dead? Yet even had Hearst for once been prompted by decent motives he would have won applause and support, albeit his haste demonstrated not that he wished to have the memory of the Maine’s crew perpetuated, but rather that he feared another would make the suggestion and he be robbed of glory. His motives, however, are apparent, and they lack a redeeming quality. _ This is the reason | that there is nothing for the sufferers | 4 \ | ner the sum of $7000. -Not one person in the entire number of the contribu- tors thought for one moment that the donations were to be withheld in so shameful a manner from these for whom the money was intended. The question now uppermost in the minds cf the contributors is how the coin has been used by the newspaper. How much of the voluntary donation has been retained by the fakers as com- mission, and how large a sinking fund have the yellow journal’s agents re- tained to cover exorbitint advertising bills, as was the case when baseball funds were juggled by the same unholy tribe? Beginning on June 7 the Examiner printed hysterical appeals for aid. In its issue of June 8, preceding the list of contributions for the families of the deceased, the following spurring re- quest was made: *“ Appeal is made to all who honor heroic deeds to join im swelling this fund, which will afford timely aid to the FALLING HAIR Faces. Baby Blemishes, 2y Coxicons Bous. widowed and the fatherless.”” “I do not want a nickel of it myself,” she said, “but I think that the money should be paid over to my son now, and not be put in trust until he reaches the | age of 21. I believe in sending him to coliege now, as an education will be valuable to him in after years. If he knows that he is to fall in for a sum of money when he reaches man’s es- tate it may cause him a great deal of harm. Then again if the money is placed in trust he may die and the money will be given to the Fire De- partment. As long as neither the Ex- aminer nor the Fire Department donated the money to my boy, but the people, in their kindness of heart, did, 1 think that he is rightfully en- titled to it. My brother has gone under bonds to act as his guardian. He is of the same opinion that the money should be paid over now, as it can be used to advantage. If we have to lose every cent in trying to recover the money given by the people \we dén’t care, for we will have the satisfaction of knowing why the Examiner with- holds it.” Thomas E. Hallinan, although & boy so much when he was living, and T care | so much for him that it makes me feel | strange, and I cry when his grave 10oks | like no one cared to remember him now that he is dead. When he was alive I used to visit him at the engine- house once a week and spend the day with him, and now I miss him so much. I hope to get the money my mamma | says belongs to me, as I want to fix up | father’s grave and go to school that I | may be a smart man.” Such is the story of a child left fatherless by the | hand of adverse fate, and who now in | his youth and innocence is deprived of the gold a charitable public chose that he should have. DEATH A YELLOW CIRCULATION AGENT HILE the nation still mourns its dead, some of whom sleep { on an alien and hostile shore in graves which must ever be nameless, some of whom found rest in the deeps of Ha- vana harbor, the common heart yearns TIMOTHY HALLINAN, S The dispatch from Seattle shows the scheme all divested of the glamour of unselfishness. It is a cold-blooded proposition to set a man collecting funds and permit him to retain 10 per cent for his trouble. By what right does the proprietor of a paper so dis- reputable as to be barred from many | places where decency is regarded as- sume to pay 10 per cent or any sum out of money given for a specific pur- pose, and money not his own? If a citizen, touched by the pathos of the case, anxious to express his grief at the-fate overtaking fellow citizens, sub- scribe $100 for a monument fund, he does not expect that he is giving less than that amount and donating the difference to the agent of decadent Journalism. If a monument shall not be provided by public act, at least Jet it be pro- vided by clean money, or not at all, and not built from such funds as Hearst may choose to allow to remain after he has had a share to pay his hireling. The arrogance of the Hearst scheme is past all understanding when considered apart from that person him- self. For him it seems natural, al- though the explicitness and indelicacy of its exposure is surprising even to those familiar and disgusted with his methods. PERRY DROVE A “RINGER.” Ex-Senator W. J. Dunn has a fast horse. Sid Perry has a horse that might be fast if it had a chance to show itself. A few days ago the two men were prais- Ing the quality of their horses and each man declared his animal was the better for speed. The result was that a race was arranged for a purse of $300 a side and it took place Sunday afternoon at the speed track at the Park. The two men were for several days pre- vious to the race training their horses, and as the day for the race drew near Perry got a hunch that his animal was not quite so speedy as Dunn's and he stood a good chance of losing his $300. A friend across the bay had a horse that was a “ringer” for the one he was driv- ing, and it was an excéptionally speedy horse. He borrowed his_friend's trotter on Saturday and yesterday Perry went out to the track behind the borrowed ani- mal. Dunn was'there with his horse and unconscious of the trick that Perry was playll;fi on him. Charles Newman was ap- pointed judge and the two animals were started over the course. The borrowed horse was perhaps the faster and he got away well at the start, but Perry did not understand how to drive him. Soon after the start the animal broke and Perry,was unable to get it down to a trot n“ln until about half the course had been gone over. By that time the ex-Senator was close to the. finish and he came out an easy winner. Perry wants another race to decide the merits of the animals and he says he will give bonds as :_guaramee that he will, drive his own orse. —_——— Ten cents for a bottle of Low's Hore- to show in a meet and proper way the hound Cough Syrup. 417 Sansome st. * ROBBED OF IS GOLD BY A FRIEND Isadore Degorski the Victim of a ¢“ Boodle Ringer.” Claimed He Owned Sev- eral Gold Mines in Alaska. Relieved of His Money While on the Way to the Safe Deposit Building. CLEVER RUSE OF A CROOK Old Iron Was Substituted for the Coin of the Realm With Success. Isadore Degorski, a tailor doing bus- iness at 333 Eddy street, was cleverly robbed of one thousand dollars last Saturday afternoon. Degorski was about leaving his place of business when he was met by a notorious “boo- dle ringer,” who is known to the po- lice as “Joe” Blanchard. The latter represented that he had just arrived from the Klondike, where he had an interest In several gold mines. After a short conversation, during which Blanchard depicted in glowing colors the vast resources of the frozen north, he exhibited a “‘dummy” roll, which he claimed contained $21,000 in greenbacks. Blanchard asserted that he did not care to carry so much money on his person, as he feared that he might be stood up and robbed. Be- ing told of his victim's honesty he asked him to take care of the “money.” Degorski innocently informed him that he had $1000 in gold which he intended to place in the bank. “Don’t trust any bank,” remarked the confldence man. ‘““You will surely lose your money if you do.” Blanchard then suggested that they rent a box In the safe deposit, where he claimed their money would be safe. | Degorskli, thinking that Blanchard was an “honorable gentleman,” as he ex- pressed it, readily acquiesced. Blanch- ard then produced a sort of cash box, | and, placing his roll of “greenbacks’” in | it, handed it to the unsuspecting tailor. | The latter, at the suggestion of Blanch- | ard, also deposited his $1000 in gold in the box. The two men then started for the safe deposit to rent a box in which was to be stored the money. The box was duly deposited, and Degorski was congratulating himself in having met such a “nice gentleman,” when he met a friend, who was acquainted with the methods of the “boodle ringer.” He told him he had been robbed, and suggested to him to return to the safe deposit and examine the box. To his surprise he found that it contained a number of *“washers,” such as are used on garden hose, and a bundle of paper. The gold belonging to the unsuspecting tailor had been abstracted by his new- found friend while they were on the way to the Safe Deposit building. After realizing that he had been robbed De- gorski visited police headquarters and reported the matter to Captain Bohen. The latter at once detailed Detectives Gibson, Wren, Reynolds and Dinan to arrest- the clever boodle ringer, but de- spite their efforts, he is still at large. They believe he hag left the city. CHIEF LEES ON THE CARPET Accused of Failing to Per- form the Duties of His Office. His Attention Frequently Called to Open Violations cf the Law. Attorney Regensburger, acting in be- half of a number of property owners in the vicinity of Mason and Eddy and Mason and Ellis streets, presented a petition to the Board of Police Commis- sioners last night in which were em- braced charges of neglect of duty against Chief Lees. The charge was to the effect that the Chief of Police had | willfully and persistently refused and | declined to perform the duties of his office in. closing certain disreputable houses at Nos. 111, 113, 115 and 117 ‘Mason- street. Regensburger, in his petition, says a number of citizens and taxpayers of | this city who own much of the prop- erty in the vicinity of the notorious places notified the Chief of Police in January last of the character of the inmates of the houses. His attention was called to their open violation of the law, and he was asked to act in the matter. Subsequently the Chief of Police asked for a statement of facts concern- | ing the character of the inmates of the houses. This was given, and it was shown to the Chief of Police that the statements could be proven, yet it is said he refused to act. The attorney, in his petition, says: 1 have been put off by excuses from time to time, and each and every time the Chief made an excuse; such and all of said excuses were, to my mind, subter- fuges, and on Friday, the 1ith day of February, 1898, I was informed by the | sald Chief that the Police Courts were | overcrowded and that the Juages would i not issue warrants; and at the same time 1 was further informed by him that all of his time was taken up by the charter land that he could not attend to the | matter. | The following persons signed the peti- | tion to the said Chief of Police to abate ! the business carried on In those houses: Ot O OB Lo LI G GG | Mrs. Harriet McCarthy, Mrs. J. C. Mc- Cauley, H. J. McCoy, John P. Gallagher, F. Nigro, C. G. Larsen, I. N. Kow: skgy M. J. Somers, Claus Spreckels (by A. B. Spreckels), Ann Albreckt (by . J. Oliver), Alexander W. Wilson, R. J. Techau, Mrs. Ernestine Krefing and Mr. | Greenwald. | I charge that the actions of the said Chief of Police are unwarranted and ar matter to you, that you set a time and 7 he hearing of this matter, so Fllnlgel ‘aorl;dtmy wlmcsgses may have an op= portunity to present the same to you. The Commissioners held that the statement presented to them regarding the character of the tenants of the houses and the unsavory uses to which the houses were being put were not facts. Regensburger replied that he could prove the statements he made. The Commissioners asked why the Grand. Jury had not been apprised of the character of the places and why that body had not taken the initiative. The attorney replied that he had made a complaint to that body, but he had been referred to the Police Depart- ment. The Commissioners. however, refused to take any notice of the petition or the charges it embodied and informed | Regensburger that if he would swear | to warrants charging the inmates, lessees and owners of the property with breaches of the law the warrants would be served. Regensburger said he had notified the owners of the property of the character of their tenants and they had promised to remedy the violations of the law. They have not done so as yet and he proposes on Wednesday, when the courts open, to swear to war- rants charging them as well as their tenants with breaches of the law. USED ALL THE AMMUNITION Many Gun Tests Made by Dr; Shiels in the Figel Case. All of the Tes imony Given for th Seems to Point to Suicide. Defense When the Figel case was reopened be- fore Judge Cook and jury yesterday morning, Dr. George Franklin Shiels, a well-known medical expert, was called to the stand for the defense. Much stress seemed to be laid on his . testimony and the cross-examination was long and thorough. : The witness testified as to his gradua- tion from various colleges and his experi- ence in this city, as well as in European cities, regarding bullet wounds. The wit- ness stated in response to questions asked by General Barnes for the defense that he had experimented with a Smith & Wesson revolver extensively. The wit- ness stated that the pistol found in the office of Hoffman, Rothchild & Co., on the evening of June 1, was identical with the one which he had used in experiments on various bodies, and the witness fur- thermore stated that without doubt a human being could inflict upon himself such wounds as were received by the de- ceased merchant, and that it was prob- able the wounds .were self-inflicted. ~All the testimony given by the witness tended to prove the theory of suicide and the testimony given seemed to carry much weight, as the opinion of the witness has proved valuable on previous .occasions. ADVERTISEMENTS. Klu ‘ NDIKE THING D-A1WSON CITY, . Nov. 13, '97. Mr. Tbomas Buller— Dsar Sir: . .o The Machinaw Clothing and Woolen Blank- ets made by Brown: Bros. & Co. are the best on the Klon- dike. Every one wanls hnow how and where we got dhoms 40" Claude and Clinon Ricé. BROS, BROWNZCS fa3etatetetatatatatetataiaiatazatetainict=ls] REMEMBER : That the 20 Per Cent Discount Clearance SALE ART G0ODS S, &0, GUNP'S, 113 GEARY STREET, Closes Positively on February 28, 1898. fuistetetstutaietatetutetvtpetetetototnt BASIL H. PAUL'S LAST CLOSING-0UT AUCTION OF Genuine R” GS Oriental CARPETS, PORTIERES, Etc., T70-DAY and T0- POR&OVL,A}:EE 20nd 23, AT 116 SUTTER STREET, ween Kearny and Montgomery. His E:ltlrcuon of Rugs stands without rival. His auction .sale is peremptory and B i 'be sold out before he leaves the city. LUl W lover can_afford to miss this_oppor- i FRANK BUTTERFIELD, o ‘Auctioneer. fegetatetetutstetnteietototainiotutatoietateieivetetotetutatatusaiated fegetated FATR RESTORED (o] RAY O AR Colat.And beaute by DIE HAY! TR H Ro- ft and scalp disease. Don't i moves Svoes BALD apots. Ab lens. i flagrant violati of his duties, and l':l‘;ectmuyo n:\la‘e.fl.. in submitting this o ¢ etail agents, e