The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 7, 1899, Page 23

™ JouN ELe 'GF UNITED ] < N THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 7, 1899. 23 — /Y \ Va'Y /,fl V) o ) T SERVICES e The worst of the case in contemplation was to i untry with new issues of before the people were fully ac- winted with the genuine, and in this manner the counterfeit would put itself n a plane of equality with the real Att was first called to the opera « zang {n January, 188. George ub-treasury in Phi tted to the official Washir t wa were counterfeited desired t of his superiors at head- Lancaster m M. Kendlg and “h the question T 1 William 1 Jacobs The first was a to- him in the ordinary « Bag fw Nex 1 the second three having was & cigar m ! they had suspicion at the Cus alread d the suspicion of the in- en turned in by T'he col h € 1 t was salmon-pi « m as | ould have nd tt eemed thicker than the gen Consternatio i Departme whe u tificates was demonstrated ve how many of these marve e DS were it no one could su nte € 17 L S e e 1 enormous sum, which would con- o, his revenus stamps: Wers to grow greater until the make 56 3 lese counterfeits should be discov e e ey had matters all ready to swoop e or 1 when in the course of their EAR <& ns they were brought in con- > A et w the secret service men. The re not re: r their grand B anciulabEs they had not yet located the apey the counterfeit stamps. Ac- ¢ ar e he internal revehue officials the tip to “lay low” for a detectives who had been coils about Taylor & Bredell e that they g . A few or men wer caster, and i get loyment actory and K s ware ough the two rators e very wary, the hawk on had 5w Bureau owes not a All the evidence they wanted. fis ik the secrecy of its EArly on the morning of We R (s ithe e At BrontaEs 1t mmt o a dou was made. Jacobs’ in this case are not to be revealed ctory W zed by officers of s own employes worked in ignor- iternal Revenue Service and the se- ot aite AR e e N s Hcte rvice men hered in Kendig's detectives were allowed to meet and while warehc ies he prop e not own- one man was at work on one branch of Kendig and Jacobs, but everything mystery other ugents were employed m was confiscated under the stat- to watch him. g this step when tobacco The greater fre ¢ the detectio evade the revenue t In the neigl 8 were found leaf tobacco pointed to the Cigars and fixtures to the of $59,000, f the counter- 1 t n liz another Accordingly the $10.000. tectives in the bureau were set It was in the Kendig* th The certificates were so count g plant was f v were evidently pied much of the second the work of no ordinary criminals. Final- of the building, and ly every expert engraver in Philadelp e plant ever kn was made thé subjsct of the most rigid There were great v espionage. His business affairs, his so- ture of the peculiar pap cial relations, his parsonal its were Government in making nc 1d stamps cted to the most careful scrutiny, —a process in itself as illegal as making wherever he went he was faithfully the plates or printing the notes—pl of shadow ¢ the sleuth s of the 1 notes, certificates and stamps of severai s d that the firm denominations, elaborate presses, and, in 3 ving offices at 830 fact, all the paraphernalia of a fully & not do as] equipped private mint g to warrant them in The plates included face i back. of < Then it was Tonroe Head” $100 silver certifi- firm had s face and back of the “Everett tions with two tobacco men in $5 0 silver certificates; partly fin- i 1] < Bel=s {1 Astronomical Department of the Manila Observatory. the “Lincol three ten and other and hack of treasury notes; ent ci plat various denominations. were found printed to- at quantity. hand about Hes stamp notes of In Jacobs' place bacco stamps in g The counterfeiters had on nine tons of th ) paper ready to be printed o his is a greater supply than the Government itself possesses and is enoug ) vide stamps for 400,000,000 cig 1s obtained five vears ago from a mar urer who has since died, and it t, even to the 8 I R.” watermark. This was obtained witk out exciti the manufacturer's picions the statement that it w tended for certificates for a “United § ion of Research nization. clety for the I some such se Arthur Ta d Baldwin 8. Bredell, the two engr ave confessed, de- claring that their relations with Jacobs and Kendig began five years ago, when they made the first tobacco stamps. Bre dell is a mechanic of the highest order, having invented a geometric lathe and a pantograph, and he n expert trans ferrer, while Taylor is an absolute mas- . ey e : 2 i NG < COUNTERFEITERS NTHE COUNTRY CAUGHT. (YETHEESS ST A i e Secret Service Officers Making the Search for Evidence Against the Counterfeiters. or 80 of peanuts he wi ating effects of Iy gone. nearly so have to tal find the exhilar. and not %he liquor 0st entire- It Is a better remedy than raw f=gegcRegeReFeoRaRaRoRc PR R TR oR-RutugeoReeFeaFoRoRaFeFaF-FeF=FF=F:F-1 What Sh:ll We Do With Cuba? By Andrew Carnegie. HIS is not an open question. The pledged to assist Cuba to its indepe be honorably fulfilled goes without saying All the velunteer troops are being br fast as transports can be obtained Secrets on pe way bnoxious to with on the honor to hasten their return. If, after the Cubans ha ter of photo-etching on steel and has in- ent government, they ask admission to the Union, that vented a procgss of his own that is su- to be carefully considered. The action of Congress upor | ati- LR ""“*'“f'ir""""':;:‘“gf‘ "",‘"‘\v‘ tme. cal. It is very doubtful whether it will be admitt believ AL BEORS S L that it is best for the United States that it should be. been known for years in Lancaster ik ;! Sicoinorl Tnckiek mah - he; Mg ot The South as a body may be expeeted to oppc thern peo- suspicion has been pointed at Jacobs from ple have had some experience of the race probl that any time to time, and he has certainly been further entanglements should be avoided if possible rvative in some rather shady tr tio 3ut American New England States will not be inclined to fa the admis- that these two staid and seemi re- gion of a foreign element to affect our national affairs. Louisiana will op- spectable citizens should be at the head pose Cuban sugar coming in f The farming te F; b West w % i oo, Judaclous gang of COUBter- go theysame for the same reason; they are now busily engaged in build- elters ever known in this country 1S a 4,0 ;5 the sugar beet industry. The iron ore States of Michigan, Wiscon- nine days’ wonder to the sober burghers L SRS 2 b sin and Minnesota, as well as those of Tennessee, Alabama and Virginia, ¢ will the free admission of the ironstone of Cuba, be mined by ; T labor Take Peaputs to Sober Up. these circumstances T am glad to bel a from A f\fll—knm\n 'wlrlv-rlvun ""““vl"r‘l, Who goon incorporating any other race than our own into th Unio thinks he can stand as many drinks as gy,u1q Cuba be largely settled by our own people in the course of time most other men in the course of an even- he chief objection to incorporatior the Un wonid ved SHE e h e a trontz nut stana the chief objection to incorporation in the Union would removed. before he jumps on a Columbus @venue All the advantages that can be obtained by the from car for home, and rides on the back plat- annexation will be ours if Cuba becomes independent. It will des the and free from fore form until he has eaten them. I have Monroe doctrine f."‘;’"',i {‘rnrflu(lnn;.;hv\‘n ri ;»- e he ,~.n-‘! It is to be expected that there w have a strong faculty for absorbing alc ofedlaordatsdni Ouba.before acatable 8 hol and preventing it from destroving the Of experienc the only one in which a nerves, 'If a man takes six or seven Self-government, and any sacrifice that i drinks of whisky and then eats a pint blessing which is bound to come sooner First Typhoons Predicted By the Manila Observatory Saved Lots of Property, and Now it s Very Probable That Our Government Wilk Take warned, the storm wrought HE Manila Observatory came into | existence as a non-official ‘Institu- | tion. Many lives were \d s } tion in 1865, under the direction of | than forty-two shipwrecks were Tre- v the Jesuit Fathers ~employed as | corded. 1 1 r w teachers in their college in the | The forewarning of this storm brought | ot ' walled city, generally known as credit to the obs 1d ever | vented the Ateneo Municipal. They took up the | then it has repute | with 5 work on their own initiative, their pur- | throughout the Philippine archipelago. out sever s, adding pose being to study the typhoons so com- | ItS fame as a predicter of typhoons ex- | much to wledge mon and so destructive in that reglon, | t® even to Hongkong, and the open- In Mar tory. was and it possible. to predict their coming | N8 of telegraphic communication be- | trax ed from to the and their general course. | tween the }H-ms\)-. colony and the Phil me b of bu s it nmow oc- Dhia " HestiiaiFsetarwat. thewmew, tob- | Fiioe S 11 180 was, Kollowed by CURE i Dot A servatory was Father Faura, an earn- | oo\ C0 00 B B0 TS 2 ol r est and enlightened sclentist, who has ac-| (). STaiR00 Pl E OO R AR T e chosen tants complished much good ' in his isome subsecription ar work. Assoclated with him as as g it them were Fathers Nanell and Ricort. The col- | o ererermiiny fon i e g o lege provided them with a few necessary | inatraments. Moreover, whon. the meteorological instruments, and With | jgn Gavernment cotablished o it these they kept a faithful record of thef tory in Hongkong the plans of that at 65 to 1869, phenomena observed from 18¢ €X- | Manila were very closely followed by the changing monthly and annual reports | engineer who had charge of its construce with the principal observatories | tion and equipment. throughout the world. As the years went| mpe general recognition of the observa- on, private subscriptions supplemented | {ory's valuable work, spurred on by the the funds allowed by the college, and new | faot that the British Government was | tion of ey and improved apparatus was bought. erecting a similar observatory at Hc extended their and on Father: Faura's studies of typhoons | kong, led to the publication of several ar- their return e Ohserv- convinced him that there was some con- | ticles in the Manila papers calling t with many new 1 useful instru- nection between barometrical oscillation | Spanish Government to give financial aid and the coming of these dread storms, to the humanitarian work of the uit observatory, erected and, pursuing this line of Investigation, in | Fathers. Citizens and officials expre ¢ Fathers, was July, 1879, he published his first warning | the same desire, and event is 1 ided with t pein th t of ti such an in- against an Impending typhoon. It stated | that a storm was then crossing the north- ern provinces of Luzon, and later advices sponse to popular petition, Regent, by a decree iated converted the private meteor, confirmed the prediction, for the typhoon | stitution of the Atenco Munic! to have did great damage in Isabella and Caga- | official estabiishment. It w Spanish yan. under two Jesuit Fathers as Governme for in the In November of the same year the ob- | assistant director, and a suita budget for 18 ately for the inter to th of employes were igned to tl labors of the institution, a a stop servatory predicted another typhoon | which would prove dangerous to Mantla. | Intense excitement followed throughout | vention being allowed for & nds for the four the city, and Don Alejandro Churruca, | nance. The same decree also est ed t ory belong to the captain of the port, suspended all water |a series of minor meteorological stations or traffic and prohibited all communication | along the coast of Luzon, which 1ld ope been with ships In the bay. The typhoon |be in telegraphic communication with the ted b Spanish Gov- came, but owing to Father Faura’s warn- | Manila observatory. ernment the recognition of the ob- Ing the city was prepared. Little dam-| In addition to the many reports and | $eIVALOLY official institution In 1884, t e instruments have beer for the insti the Jesuit ome by private sub- | seriptions raised in Manila and Hongkong, age was done there. In all other parts | pamphlets issued by the observato-y of the island, which through lack of tele- | Father Faura has written .a number of graphic' .communication, had not been | valuable monographs in the line of his uired