The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 18, 1899, Page 1

The PRICE FIVE CENTS. VICTOR BONAPARTE READY TO MOVE REPARED TO STRUGGLE FOR FRENCH THRONE: Calls His Brother Louis: From Russia to : Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. - Copyrighted, 1899, by James Gordon Bernett. BRUSSELS,; ° Feb. looks as though the death of]| ,. President Faure might give: the 2 signal for the blow Bonapartists| 3 have been expected to strike for| ¢ some . time:.- “The. news was| ; brought by special mesenger to| ¢ Prince: -Victor Napoleon " last| ¥ evening about 11 o’clock.~The| ¢ Prince was at = the 1eatre. Auf ¢ Galerie St. Hubert watching the| i performance: . of “La - ‘Belle| ¢ Helene.” 1 Upon receiving the dispatch he | 4 immediately returned to his hotel | 4 in:the: Avenue Louisa and spcnt}': the whole night in sending tele:| ¢ granis-hroadcast. > The. Bonapartist leaders are tni: hold 2 meeting: this afternoon/| ¢ here, -and. it is -certain ‘that some important move is being consid-| ¢ ered: “Many members . of that|? party- have already drmved, aruu s others are on theirw here tole |+ consult-with the Prince. ! It has'recently : been “reported | § that Prince Victor was absolutely | ¢ | ¢ in-favor of a-loyal revision of the Dreyfus case, but sofarnoauthor- | itative statement of his opinion e R e e S e L ] BB DD D bob oo o L e R STCED SRR R has been received. Many journal-| some time it has been known that Victor. has . been, like ® e S 4 I;‘.—lt B e e i e S S SR M. EMILE LOUBET, Mpst Promising Candi- date for the Presidency. ¥ ists have attempted to secure-an | Prin interview, but always . without| Dicke PRINCE LOUIS BOvNAPARTE. : ! : : s’ Micawber, “waiting for R i SRR SRS T e de et e o ] T R @ [ e a e e s aded A e e e e i e e o e e e e S o o o o e o ] P DS DD S Sva | brothers are far from being on the point of becoming rival com- petitors. On the contrary, they will undoubtedly act in concert, the sword,;in any attempt that will be made under their auspices to overthrow the French repub- lie. No indisputable confirmation | can be obtained of the rumor that Russia views the future action of Prince Louis in this respect with |a favorable eye, but it is well known that the Czar is by no means an enthusiastic admirer of the violent Parisian anti-Jewish movement, and that he is in favor of a complete cleaning out of the Dreyfus question. This fits in so well with the alleged sentiments of Prince Victor and his brother, Louis, in favor of Dreyfus re- vision, that the possibility of some forthcoming action on the part of the Princes is increased, and the secret encouragement of Russia is looked upon as well nigh certain, particularly as the Duke of Orleans has absolutely R e R A O e R O L : compromised himself by making i’. common cause with Esterhazy & |and the general staff.” This is a 4 | further reason for the Napoleonic i)' p'retender§ adopting the very op- @ | posite policy. L3 ———— S |FAURE’S SUCCESSOR TO BE CHOSEN TO-DAY cidedly Leads, but Dupuy and Meline Are in the Race. Victor being the brain and Louis | Accounts and First Lieutenant John M. Neall, one of the most popular and widely known regular army officers stationed at the Presidio, is missing and his friends are excited by the gravest fears. The lieu- tenant was last seen on Wednesday, and although the ‘most thorough search has been made for him he cannot be found. Certain facts in connection with his disappearance have given cause for the suspicion that he has made away with himself and that his dead body is hidden somewhere on the Presidio reservation. On the afternoon of the day of his disappearance Lieutenant Neall should failure to do so led to the inquiry. It accounts at the reservation were ex- amined. The result was a discovery that startled the friends and associates of the missing man. The investigators have reported that Lieutenant Neall is short in his dccounts, but to what ex- tent has not yet been ascertained. It is believed that the amount is at least $5000. The affair has created a sensatton at the Presidio and at the local clubs the missing lieutenant has been secre- tary and treasurer of the Presidio Club. reservation. In both handled large sums of money and, so far as any of his friends knew, fultilled his trust honorably. As secretary and treasurer of the Presidio Club Lieuten- vation.. As canteen officer the missing | man had charge of the receipts which accumulated from the daily purchases | of the men of the reservation. An in- | vestigation of both accounts, as far as it has progressed, shows, it is claimed, that $1000 of the funds of the Presidio Club and about $4000 of the money of the canteen are missing. It is expected | that the inquiry will be concluded to- day, when the result will be submitted to General Shafter. | | | | | success, as the -Prince. has - |somet¥ing to tuirn up,” and this variab rétarie replied. through his sec- | unexpegted that he would make pub- vacancy - = 1 % SRS i French YPresidency .appears to in the PARIS, Feb. 17.—The Premier, M. Dupuy, has fixed the meeting of the National Assembly, or Congress, in which the Senators and Deputies unite in voting for a President of France, for The disappearance and disgrace of | Lieutenant Neall have shocked all who knew him, and he was known to many. | He is a Californian and was graduated | from West Point in 1883-as a second lieutenant. He was assigned to Troop B of the Fourth United States @avalry. Throughout all his service in the Fed- | eral army he remained with this troop and in 1890 was promoted to the rank of | first lieutenant. His service brought | him to the frontier and he distinguished | himself early as a most competent offi- | cer of exceptional bravery. For many | years he was in the field with General Miles, whose commendation he earned. During his stay at the Presidio Lieu- tenant Neall made himself a general fa- vorite with officers and men. Lieuten- ant “Jack’s” word was more than a command where a command is law to those who hear it. He tempered dis- cipline with courtesy to the meanest private within the range of his author- ity. That is one reason why the Pre- sidio hills have been searched for two days since the moment it was reported | that Lieutenant Jack Neall was re- ported missing, and the suspicion of his closest friends was authority for the fear that he had taken his own life. In other tWAn military circles Lieu- tenant Neall was also a universal fa- vorite. He was a familiar figure at the Bohemian and University clubs, and if he handled the cards too often and lost too frequently his friends shrugged their shoulders and said that he could afford to do so. He rarely gambled at the reservation and no one suspected that his losses elsewhere were material, This was Lieutenant “Jack” as his friends knew him. But last Wednesday night another phase of his character was revealed and those who heard the story of it were ‘pained and shocked rather than indignant. Lieutenant Neall did not report to his superiors as it was his duty to do. He had neither a leave of absence nor an excuse from service. He knew quite as well as his superiors the penalty for his absence. His own rigid regard for discipline made his superior officers immediately suspicious that something of a serious nature had happened to him. Inquiry was at once made at his home, but he was not there, -and his distracted wife could give no explana- tion for his disappearance. He had been seen on the reservation during the afternoon, but no one could tell where he had gone. He had seemed to be in his usual mood, but his neglect of duty was proof that something was seriously wrong. A search of the Presidio. hills was made, but the missing lieutenant Presidio Officers Examine have reported to his superiors. His | was rumored that the officer had been | playing cards heavily of late and his | where Lieutenant Neall was a fréquent | employed as and welcome visitor. For several years | Cauhape, the wholesale butcher, has mys- | £ | teriously disappeared. His friends and | fessional life is at an end. He was also canteen officer of the | ar: Neall hag keougR e T | contributed by the officers o reser- | LIEUTENANT J. M. NEALL STRANGELY DISAPPEARS His Make Some Startling Discoveries. The Hills of the Army Reservation Searched in Vain for the Missing Man—His Friends Fear That Suicide Followed Disgrace. and the officers and men of the reser- vation are that much poorer. Lieutenant Neall has been canteen | officer of the Presidio for about two | months. The general belief in his probity and his popularity won him the | position. As canteen officer he had ab- | solute control of canteen funds. and as | such officer he appropriated the funds. | This unexpected discovery was fol- | lowed by another equally as startling. The books of the Presidio Club were examined and the investigators found that Lieutenant Neall’'s accounts | showed a discrepancy of approximately | $1000." This is why the friends of Lieu- tenant Neall believe that they will not | see him again until they attend his funeral and the Presidio has the record of another tragedy as sad as that of Colonel Upton MISSING FROM HIS Has Been Foully Dealt With. SAN JOSE, Feb. 17.—Romain Lassere, who for the past fifteen years has been bookkeeper for Victor family fear he has been foully cisco to see about purchasing some cat- tle. He took the 4:30 train. The conduc- tor remembers having seen him, but after this all trace of him was lost. He intend- -ed-to rotugn same evening. - = +/Lassérée had left Cauhape’s employment bufcher business on his own account. Ati case is repeated, and Burns has weak- rather than strengthened his cause by the employment of heartless measures to bring men intoline. When the protest was lodged against the ex- treme cruelty of forcing Wright into the corral Burns exclaimed: “The vote belongs to me and I will have it.” In the Simpson case the vote did not belong to L._rns. It belonged to a Southern California candidate, and the method employed by the touts to get it were no more creditable tl.an the act of “rolling” a drunk and robbing him. Burns has fallen several degrees.in the estimation of the reputable members | of the Legislature since he accom- plished the undoing of Simpson. In the minds of decent and respectable Sena- tors and Assemblymen there is a sen- timent that such measures as Burns employed to win the vate of Simpson are degrading, and should be rebuked that time he turned over $1400 to the new | the day. His books are straight, and Cauhape says he cannot account for Las- | sere’s disappearance. Lassere has a wife | and child, and his home life was particu- | larly happy. The missing man was both | brotheg-in-law and nephew of thape. | He possessed property and money. Lassere was very punctual In his habits, and neither drank ner gambled. Lassere is 35 years of age, 5 feet 7 inches tall and "weighs about 130 pounds. He’ cgrried considerable money with him, and is feared he has been foully dealt with or met with some accident. ~His friends | are maling a_diligent search for him, and police of the various cities have been notified. L R YNS Klondike’s Estimated Output. VANCOUVER, B. C., Feb. 17. —M.| Marks, an Australian expert direct from Dawson, places the output of the Klan- dike at $19,000,000 this year. His estimate is as follows: Kl Dorado and Bonanza Creeks, $5,000,000; Big and Little Bo- nanza Gold and French Creeks, $5,000,000; Dominion, $4,000,000; Hunker and Quartz Creeks, $5,000,000. ; HOME IN SAN JOSE | Friends of Romain Lassere Fear He | [© Mitigate the physical and mental dealt with. On Sunday morning Lassere | other than the corral of touts there are left "his home on South Eleventh street,| words of contem: censure for the 3 E 0! pt and censure for the capacities he | near Margaret, to go to South San Fran. | the night before, Intending to go into the | associates. The history of the Wright hookkeeper, which was the collactions of | ened OF Realization of t “Employed by Burns .CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Feb. 17.—The way of the transgressor is hard. Poor old Senator Simpson slept and wept all afternoon in his seat in the Senate chamber. Be- fore sundown he was carried by two touts to his room at 611 K street. His condition was pitiable in the ex- treme. Before he was completely over- come he opened and read many tele- grams from his former friends in Los Angeles County. The rebukes admin- istered must have been scathing and racking, as he destroyed many of the | telegrams without permitting his fam- | ily to perceive their contents. At mid- night his condition was deplorable if not critical. Attendants were at his bedside to do whatever could be done | distress of the disgraced and suffer- ing man. It would be no surprise if a complete collapse of the Senator should follow. Physicians and nurses may. be able to get him on his feet again, but, his usefulness in public and pro- Senatorial To-night in every camp methods employed by Burns to aug- ment his sttength. It is regarded as shameful that Burns should have taken | advantages of the infirmities of a weak old man- to-induce him to betray his neighbors and forfeit the respect of his SIMPSON GIVES WAY UNDER THE BURDEN HIS, DISGRACE On the Verge of - Coilapse Due to a he Enormity of His Treachery. Honest Legislators Disgusted at the Methods to Capture Votes. Boasts That Gannot Be Made Goad. openly on the .floor of -the joint con~ vention. The silliest and. most absurd . fake sta of the campaign was published this evening in the subsidized - San Francisco Bulletin. ‘The fake purports to-be a report of a conversatjon with Senator Morehouse of Santa Clara County, in which the Senator is ac- credited. with - expressions .commenda- tory of Simpson’s betrayal of the peo- ple- of Southern California. Senator Marehouse id this evening that the wholé ston false from be- ginning to end. He said the story as published ‘was an invention pure and simple without 'a ‘shadow of truth. Speaking of his own allegiance to the cause of General Barnes, Senator More- house said ‘to-night:™ “If' I should, betray.General Barnes as Simpsori betrayed Senator.. -Bulla, after eulogizing hiin and placing him in nomination, I should expect to be roast- ed . hy the. press'as hotly as Simpson was roasted, and- if-the newspapers did not do their -duty. and expose me as a contemptible cur. I would introduce a measure to compel, themn to do so.” Efforts to obtain a -minority. caucus this' afternoon ended in -utter failure. There is. such an: absolute determina- tion in the Legislature to fight the Sen- .atorial battle to the finish in.the.open that every meeting or conference. re- sembling 4 caucus excites suspicion. The purpose to defeat Dan Burns and avert disgrace to the State grows stronger every hour.- It is clearly éom- prehended that Burns cannot win with- out a'caticus, and in order to make sure of his defeat-a secret caucus is resisted. The touts-themselves admit that Burns cannot win without a ¢aucus. Stories are in - circulation tr-t As- semblymen. Huber, €osper, Le Barron, Merrill and De Lancié aré Burns men who are ‘willing to jein the ‘Candelaria gang whenever Burns gives the signal. Assemblyman R. De Lancie of Butte smiled broadly when he was:told of the elaims the Burns touts are laying to his vote, and -remarked: “Well, maybe ‘they are .going to get it, but if they are it is’ without my eon- sent. I did not come here to vote for Burns, and-I am not going te. if I am the last man on the fipor te hold out. I have heard all sorts of claims made by these people ever since the fight start- | Pece000060 0000000000000 00e0 4000400043 -e-0ese0ei+oerbedrQ lic his_opinion on _tl]at question ha\'f: pr ntegl the best oppoi-{,® "0 08 16 morrow: afternoon at Ver- and several others in. a very short | tunity forgoming-out boldly. sailles, at downtown clubs/and-at places that % E | ) > - PN The body of the late President Faur i y E manifesto over | - itical i 8:body. ©| Licutenant Neall frequented, but_thi t;me by m_e;mstofa n | - Politicafand journalistic circles | ;, 0% "(lie” a¢ the palace from 3 in::‘re‘“ O but _the his own signature. : -| here are orfthe watch for the ar-|o'clock until 6 o'clock this afternoon. | "ZVHY Vol otion ot | Lieutenant Many of the best informed peo- | rival from Only, the Ministers, members of the | eaipg books was then begun under p]e here believe that the meeling | tor’s brother} Prince Louis.- Na- | tionaries were allowed to view the 8. [ ssia of Prince Vic- | aiplomatic corps and high public func- the orders of Colonel Charles E. Comp- 3 - & s = : remains. But the public will be admit- [ 5 3 - the fact that $4000 which was on d it this afternoon is to draw up the|poleon. D ite contradictory | teq to the palace from Saturday morn- | (0¢ *80% FA# 2 S L Y et oet"‘;;e E Ml lST H A V E V O' I 'ES A 'I' AN Y COSI I \ ain that the two |~ oo, Presidio canteen has been drawn out Il L could not be found. Inquiry was made B e e R i kS L R R R S S S S S Y B e e o i St S o ko kT i o e on o b o ! | | ? ? | | This investigation has revealed wmanifesto” in question. For rumors, itis “Gontinued on Fourth Page, concs