The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 1, 1901, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXIX—NO 122 EMPEROR NICHOLAS IS FIRED UPON BY TREACHEROUS OFFICER OF THE IMPERIAL HOUSEHOLD Bullet ‘Intended for the Russian Ruler Misses Its Mark and the Assassin Turns the Weapon Upon Himself and Commits Suicide Before Arrest Can Be Effecte d L dispatch to the Morning Leader self before he could be arrested. ONDON, Ap: tersburg correspondent of the | Daily Telegraph says: “A revo- | lutionary committee, composed | of seventy-two members, has! fter @ desperate defense, | ts firing at the police. Two | nary printing presses were | Al- | 1t 1—The St. Pe-| been arrest the revolution secret revolut seized in connection with the arrest. together 3000 arrests have been made. is rumored that of the Ministers | now wear steel ¢ 28.” ST. PET! SBURG. April 1.—Peter Kar- | n M. Bogoliepoft, er of Public Instruction, | enced to twenty years' penal | ude. a loss of civil rights. The | announcement that he had been sentenced to life imprisonment in a fortress was er- povitch, t Russian Mi has been s ni w serv | roneous The Ministry tion is consider- | ing as a me hing the num- nts a proposal to! d to enter the uni- | ber of univers imit any one quall sities to exami for university diplomas, whether they have attended the universities or not. This, however, would har@ly be a sfac solution of the | aificuities, w result from restrictions | of uniyersity freedom. { Sixty-nine students, who were arvested | during the recent riots, have been relcased. | It is rumoret that severe riots have b | curred during the last few days at Kieff, e oo ENSIVE NEW YORK, March 31.—The Sun’s London cable says: A that an officer of the household attempted to assassinate the Czar. He fired at His Majesty, but missed. He then shot and killed him- UD from Xieff says it is reported e ° but were quelled by the military authori- ties. No further particulars are available. MAXES PLEA FOR ANARCHISM Exiled Russian Prince Lectures to.a New York Audience. NEW YORK, March 3L—Prince Kra- potkin of Russia, who is an exile on ac- count of his advocacy of anarchistic doc- trines and who has come to this country to speak in behalf of Russia's oppressed, lectured to a large and enthusiastic audi- ence at the Grand Central Palace this af- ternoon. His subject was ‘‘Anarchism; Its Philosophy and Ideal.” Prince Kra- potkin contended that the philosophy of the ‘wentieth century would be the phil- osophy of anarchism, and that the pre- vailing tendency of the great movements of this century would differ radically from those of the earlier part of the last 100 years, when nearly all movements | tended toward an increase in the power of the state. The increase of power on the part of the individual and the masses, he declared, was the most needful thing for the relief of the laboring classes. “We have on all sides of us,” he sald, “beautiful cities and magnificent palaces and specimens of architecture that have been created through the labor of the masses, yet they have no part in their en- joyment. One hundred years ago a life ARE = 5 TWO OFFICIALS WHO ARE HIGH IN THE COUNCILS OF THE RL’SSIA'N CZAR. % Lo time was needed in which to amass even moderate wealth; now human genius has made possible a system of production that permits the amassing of enormous for- tunes in a length of time so short as not to have been dreamed of, even at the be- ginning of.the last century. “By what right,” the speaker inquired, “does any man presume to say he owns this line of railways and that enormous manufacturing Industry, and through such ownership is worth a specific sum? The masses, the laboring class, create the values of the properties and yet own no part.of them. Those who have by their efforts, application and the use of their intellects been the means of creating these properties are in reality persecuted by those to whom the laws of the state grant titles of ownership.” =l IN MANILA COMMISSARY DEPARTMENT | Wholesale Exposures Involving Army O fficers, a Prominent .Government Contractor and Many Civilians. MANTLA, March 3L—Intetest in the capture and fate of Aguinaldo is well nigh overshadowed in Manila by sensational developments, present and prospective, of fraids in the commissary department. How widely these extend has not yat been ascertained, but enough is already known to justify the belief that they are fer- reaching. Captain Frederick J. Barrows of the Thirtieth Volunteer Infantry, quarter- master of the Department of Southern Luzon, together with seven commissary sergeants, several civilian clerks, a prom- inent Government contractor, the assist- ant manager of the Hotel Oriente, the| proprietors of three of the largest bakeries in Manila, a rumber of store- keepers and other persons have been ar- rested. The investigation has scarcely begun, but thousands of sacks of flour, a | guantity of bacon and wagon loads of other goods, all bearing Government marks, bave been found in the possession of unauthorized persons. It is alleged that the contractor in per- son, who has beén doing a business ap- proximating $100.0% & momth, has spent huge sums in eDjertaining officers. A prominent commi jary officer is accused of lesding a scam immoral life. It is asserted large quantities of stores have bee lot or stolen in transit, and also that there ».a shortage in the commissary depoL. . New scandals are developed daily. II- icit transactlons bave been traced back § { ’ A to June, 1900, and it is possible that there are others of earlier date. The exorbitant tariff on provisions makes the surrepti- tious sale of commissary supplies im- mensely profitable. It is understood that prominent officers of the United States army may be ar- rested. Lieutenant P. K. Street of the Forty-sixth Volunteer Infantry is prose- cuting the investigation under the direc- tion of Colonel Wilbur, Chief of Police. WASHINGTON, March 31.—TIt was said | at both the White House and War De- partment to-night that absolutely noth- ing had been received by the Government regarding the alleged unearthing of crooked work on the part of the army quartermasters and others in Luzon and the arrest of a number of persons in and out of the army for stealing property of the Government or receiving stolen Gov- ernment property. General Corbin seid, furthermore, that the Government had no intimation of any sort that such develop- ments might be expected. He was in- clined for this reason to believe the frauds against the Government could hardly be so sericus ab reported, though admitting that this opinion was based wholly on the lack of advices from the Government. Captain Barrows, he sald, was not the regular quartermaster for Southern Lu- zon and must have been acting quarter- master there at the time of the drrests. Thanks the President. Kansas ‘WASHINGTON, March 3L—After theap- | day & pointment of General Funston yesterday Secretary Cortelyou, after the direction of the President, wired the news to Gov- ernor Stanley of Kancas. To-day the fol- lowing response was received from the Governor: “Express to the President the thanks of the people of Kansas for his recognition of General Funston.” e i Y TREATS AGUINALDO AS GUEST. Filipino Leader Grateful for Mac- Arthur's Kindness. MANILA, March 3lL—Aguinaldo con- tinues to express himself as pleased with and impressed by the courteous treat- ment accorded him by General Mac- Arthur. “I am a prisoner,” said he to-day, “but I am treated like a guest.” FLOOD SWEEPS AWAY EIGHT ENTIRE VILLAGES CONSTANTINOPLE, March 3L—Fur- ther fighting is reported to have occurred in the Nejed district of Arabia between the Shelkh of Koweyt, on the Persian Gulf, and Bin Rishid, the self-styled “King of Arabia.” . The river Maritza has overflowed and caused disastrous floods in the province of Adrianople. Eight villages and twenty mills have been destroyed, and it is be- lieyed t-at several lives have been lost. A strong ‘ar hquake shock was felt here to- ¢ o' PETREL'S MEN Fate of Lientenant Commander Roper at Cavite. Goes Below to Rescue His Crew From Fire in the, Gunboat's Hold. e CAVITE, March 31.—Fire was discovered at 7 o’clock this morning in the sailroom of the United States gunboat Petrel, Lieu- tenant Commander Jesse M. Roper com-' manding. The sailroom is & small com- partment adjolning” the magazine. The heat was intense, the smoke suffocating and the flames difficult to extingvish. Lieutenant Commander Roper was the first to descend into the hold, but he was forced to return to the deck. Others then went down. Seaman Patrick Toner was prostrated and about to perish when Lieutenant Commander Ropet endeavored to rescue him and was suffocated in the attempt. Lieutenant Josiah 8. McLean and Cadet Louis suffered severely in bringing the body of Lieutenant Commander Roper to the deck. Twenty-two of the crew were prostrated, Toner, Evans, Flaherty, Lar- sen, Kessler, Cahey, Burton, Smith, Sulli- van and Forsboon seriously, but all will recover. 3 The contents of the sailroom were de- stroyed, but the damage to the gunboat was slight. The origin of the fire has not been ascertained. Possibly it was a case of spontaneous combustion. The death of Lieutenant Commander Roper is greatly deplored. His body will be fZent to the United States on April 5 by the Buffalo. REMY CABLES THE SAD NEWS Navy Department Sends Condolence to Mrs. Roper. WASHINGTON, March 3L-The Navy “| Department early this morning received a cablegram from Admiral Rem2y, com- ing a brief account of a fire in} e sail- | room of the gunboat Petrel and of the death of the commanding officer, Lisuten- ant Commander Jesse M. Roper, as a re- sult of an heroic effort to rescue the men below. The dispatch shows that twenty- two other officers and men were pros- trated, but all are recovering. Admiral Remey’s dispatch is as follows: “CAVITE, March 3.—Fire was discov- ered in the sailroom of Petrel at 7 o'clock this morning, Roper commanding. After going below once he went again against advice and attempted to recover men be- low. He was suffocated and died at 7:45. Twenty-two other officers and men were entirely prostrated. All are recovering. Fire out. Damage immaterial. Send Roper’s remains by Buffalo. REMEY.” The department at once sent a tele- gram to H. F. Fay, the brother-in-law of Lieutenant Commander Roper, at 73 Mon- mouth street, Longwood, Mass., asking that he inform Mrs. Roper of the news. The following expression of sympathy and appreciation is also made: “With this sad news, the department sends to Mrs. Roper deep sympathy in the great loss she has sustained and the highest appreciation of the gallantry and self-sacrifice with which Lieutenant Com- mander Roper gave his life for his fellow men. It was a hero's death.” The deceased officer was born in Mis- sourf and entered the naval service on June 25, 1868. He was commissioned on March 31, 1899, to the rank held by him at the time of his death, and was ordered to the command of the Petrel on Novem- ber 15, 1899. The Petrel was one of the vessels under Admiral Dewey at the bat- tle of Manila bay, when she was in charge of Lieutenant Commander Wood. The lat- ter officer came home shortly after and Lieuterant Commander Roper succeeded him. 3 The Buffalo, on which the body will be sent home, is now used for the transpor- tation of troops and is about to return' to the United States by way of the Mediter- ranean. MILES PASSES AGE LIMIT BUT WILL NOT 3E RETIRED His Name Permitted to Remain on Active List Until He Is Sixty-Four. 3 ‘WASHINGTON, March 3l—Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles, commanding the army, will not te retired by the President in August next, when he reaches the age og 62 years. He will be allowed to remain on the active list until he is 64 years old, when, under law, he must be retired. General Miles' retention in active ser- vice will prevent either General Brooke or General Otis from receiving an appoint- ment as lieutenant general. Brigadier General B. F. Wade, who is senior officer of His grade and who has been over- slaughed by the promotion of Generals Chaffee, Young, MacArthur and Wheaton, will be made Major General when Gen- eral Otis retires, on March 25, 1902. Gen- eral William Ludlow will be appointed major general upon the retirement of Gen- eral Wheaton, on July 15, 1902, and Briga- dier General J. C. Bates when General Brooke retires, on July 21, 1902. The army appointments announced last night are generally approved in military circles to-day, although among regular of- ficers there is grumbling over the reward given to General Funston for his capture of Aguinaldo. General Funston was in- structed several weeks ago to return home for muster out, but these orders will be canceled and he will remain in the Philippines. CITY TREASURY IS LOOTED OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS PRICE F1VE CE BY NOTORIOUS “DAN” SULLIVAN Signatures of Police Judges Forged to Authorizations for . the Withdrawal of Bail Money and the Cash Is Secured by an Employe of the Bond and Warrant Clerk — ForRGED OSIGNATURE GENUINE SIGNATORE : GENUINE AND FORGED SIGNATURES OF POLICE JUDGE CONLAN AS THEY APPEAR ON ORDERS FOR BAIL MONEY PRESENTED TO THE CITY TREASURER BY “DAN"J. SULLIVAN IN THE. PAST FEW MONTHS AND DULY RECEIVED AND PAID. AN SULLIVAN, smooth of face, facile of pen, deputy in the office of Warrant Clerk Peery, Is among the missing. So also is a large sum of money, said to ap- proximate $5000, that belongs to the un- fortunates that were compelled to put up bail for their appearance, after arrest, in the Police Courts, and which was drawn out upon orders that even a Seymour- Kytka expert might declare under photo- graphic enlargements to be genuine sig- natures. Dan was a slick worker. He was ready at any moment to do a favor for an ar- rested person. His connection with the warrant and bond clerk’s office gave him a prestige that he could not have other- wise enjoyed. As a ‘*squealer” he suc- ceeded In keeping out of jail and thereby became a ‘“‘persona grata’” to Chief of De- tectives Seymour. Many a tale he told him, and many a shady transaction he unearthed so long as it did not concern himself. Now, Dan is among the missing. His ready pen helped him on his way to climes where extradition treaties are unknown. Police Judges who pride themselves on the improbability of forging their signa- {ures are guessing how the'thing was Qone. To e missing Dan if, was easy enough. Versed in the ways of the City Hall and Hall of Justice, gifted with the facility to imitate and practically repro- duce any signature, handling bail moneys for Chief Bond and Warrant Clerk Peery, and with an open door in the city treas- ury, all he had to do was to “heft the coin.”” The loose methods prevailing in the adjunct to the District Attorney's office assisted him likewise. Handled Thousands of Dollars. ‘As bookkeeper and cashier he had the handling o: many thousands of dollars during the course of a week. Receipts for bail money are mnot demanded by everybody. Thus a wide field is afforded the experienced grafter, and Sullivan for years was regarded as the topnotcher in this class. He never could secure a municipal position through regular chan- nels, but police court clerks and others who found their limited hours of labor irksome and sought surcease therefrom by hiring Dan Sullivan to keep their books later found out to their sorrow what manner of man he was. Warrant Clerk Peery is now calculating just how much money, that he most confidingly entrusted to his missing bookkeeper, he will have to dig up. The methods used by Sullivan to cash the forged bail demands required that he should forge the names of the Police Court Judges and also of Chief Warrant and Bond Clerk Charles S. Peery, and the amount of money obtained from the city treasury by the notorious swindler will have to be made good by Peery, who cmployed him. Sullivan Escaped San Quentin in 1895 ‘When the Ciprico-Foss gang of forgers was placed under arrest in March, 1895, Sullivan was one of the crooks caught in the Federal dragnet. With the pros- pect of a long term in San Quentin before him, Sullivan turned State’s evidence, and his testimony helped to send his former partners in crime to the penitentiary. B B T T T e s SMALLEST BABE IN THIS OR ANY OTHER COUNTRY NEW YORK, March 3L—Mrs. Samuel Smith of Newark, N. J., has given birth to what is believed to be the small- est baby In the country, if not in the world. When the child was born, about two weeks ago, it weighed but fourteen ounces. The tiny mite is the third chiid born to the Smiths. The eldest, a girl of 4, is a perfectly formed and healthy child. The second was born with neither arms nor legs. The little girl born in March is peffectly formed. ‘When it was born Dr. Donnelly, the family doctor, said that it had a good | chance to live. Two tubs of water, one hot the other cold, were placed side by side. Every ten minutes for three hours the body was placed alternately in one and then the other. It showed faint signs of life, so fo- eight hours longer it was held before a hot fire, and all endeavors made to lighte1 the'spark. After all hope of saving its life had been abandoned it suddenly gave a lusty yell that was entirely out of keeping with the size of the mouth from which it emanated. This gave new promise, and at once tha tiny body was painted all over with cod and placed in a doll carriage belonging to an elder sister. A big blanket was A little whisky is occasionally given it. It is believed there is no doubt of iis 1living. f Sullivan was well known as a political worker, and under “boss rule” he lived on the public treasury after his exposure as a member of the Ciprico-Foss gang of forgers. Mayor Phelan’s pet charter has not pre- vented Sullivan pfanning a. deliberate coup to rob the city treasury and getting away with the spoils. Previous to the charter going into force, Sullivan made a living by helping the clerks of the Police Courts. His expert knowledge of bookeeping and his penman- ship stood him in good stead. In fact his claim to the title of “Jim the Pen- man” has enabled him to successfully carry out one of the most daring and sys- tematic forgeries known in this city. When the charter went into force Sulll- van was left out in the cold, as he could not pass the civil service examination by reason of his former record. Nothing daunted, however, he applied to Chief ‘Warrant and Bond Clerk Peery for as- sistance. Perry has three deputies in his offie, and when District Attorney Bying- ton ) refused to”allow Peery to have a bookkeeper the bond and warrant clerk engaged Sullivan as an assistant, in vio- lation of the charter. Sullivan was paid i his salary by Peerv. . _ . Under the charter all bafl money and fines paid intc the Police Courts must be deposited with the City Treasurer. The duty of accepting bail money devolves on the 'chief ‘warrant and bond clerk, who | gives a receipt for the same to the party furnishing the bail. Facile Methods for Forger. In order to secure withdrawal of bail money from the treasury the charter re- quires that an order for the same must be signed by the bond and warrant clerk and by the Police Judge before whom the case was heard. Sulltvan has forged the name of Bond and Warrant Clerk Peery and also the names of Police Judges Mogan, Cabaniss and Conlan to orders for the withdrawal of ball money trom the treasury, amount- ing, by his own confession, to $5000. The blanks of withdrawal were accessi- ble to Sullivan, and it was no trouble for him to fill them in at his pleasure and | imitate the signatures of the Police | | a telephone message was sent to Peery Judges and of Clerk Peery. So well was his work done that Sullivan had no difficulty in securing the officials of the city treasury in cashing the fcrged orders. The withdrawal blanks read as follows: “SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. “To the Treasurer of the city and county of San Francisco: Pay to — or order the sum or — dollars, bail money depos- ited in people vs. —, charged with —. The said bail deposited with you by the bond and warrant clerk of the city and| county of San Francisco, department No. ——, 1901, has been this day, —, 1901, ex- onerated. ——, Judge of Police Court, Department ——. a To this document, when signed by a Police Judge, the signature of the bond and warrant clerk, who had accepted the bail, was required. On presentation at the Treasurer's office it was compared with the books by a deputy, countersigned and then paid by the cashier. Sullivan was in the habit of presenting ANTI-CLERICAL RIOTERS FIRED ON BY POLICE BARCELONA, March 31.—Twenty thou- sand persons participated to-day in an anti-clerical demonstration in the Plaza del Toro. A large crowd stoned the Jesuit college. Finally the police charged and dispersed the demonstrators, injuring several. When they intervened they were recelved with showers of stones and blows from sticks and they replied by firing upon the mob. According to the latest accounts many were wounded, some seriously. The ex- citement continues. MADRID, Avoril 1.—It is rumored from Valencia that following upon the riot anti-clerical demongtrations there, an ad- dress was sent to the Government de- manding the expulsion of all monastic orders. All religious processions have been suspended in the provinces. QUARREL OVER GRAZING LANDS LEADS TO TRAGEDY. GRAND JUNCTION, Colo., March 31— As a result of a quarrel over the right to graze sheep on a strip of practically ‘worthless ground near Cisco, Grand Coun- ty, John Selman of Payson, Utah, is lying dead in the local undertaking parlors and E. E. Campbell, Surveyor of Grand Coun- ty, s under arrest at Moab, awaiting a preliminary hearing on the charge of mur- der. The disagreement which cl in the shooting of Selman Cisco, at 4 o’clock Friday afternoon. — | the bail money demands and the officials of the city treasury did not hesitate to pay them. When he was asked why it was he presented so many demands he would state that the parties who had fur- nished the bail were too busy to call in person and allowed him a small commis- sion for attending to the work. Sullivan Boldly Admits Crime. Sullivan admits the forging of the de- | mands and frankly stated last night that he was obliged to “keep the thing going to get even.” .He explained that he first started in by holding the bail money of a | few_people and paying them with bail | money of other parties. In order to avold detection Sullivan says that he was forced to commit forgdry of the bail money de- mands, ‘and when he realized the game was up on Saturday he made one mora clearance and skipped out. Sullivan had with him yesterday $1700, all of which he had obtained on forged orders in the past few wee! C. B. Perkins, deputy in the City Treas- urer's office, to whom Sulllvan always presented the ball money withdrawals before they were paid by Cashier Rels was seen late last night and told of Sul- | livan’'s forgeries. Perkins stated that the orders presented by Sullivan had no Indi- catlon of forgery on them, Opinion of Treasurer’s Deputies. “We thought it was strange that Sui- livan presented so many orders,” sald Perkins, “but he explained that he was cashing them for the partles who had furnished the bail, and who were .too busy to come to the cffice. He presented seven orders on Saturday for bail money, and they were cashed. We will not be able to tell what orders were forged until we go over the books and the orders for bail which are on file. A few days ago I happened to speak to a police officer about Sullivan, who was passing by, and the officer sald he was ‘a bad ome.” We knew that he was connccted with the of- fice of the bond and warrant clerk, and there was not the siightest suspicion of anything being wrong.” Deputy Perkins further-stated thzt last | week Bond and Warrant Clerk Peery was behind three days in making up the daily returns of his office and that on Saturday insisting that the returns be made. “Sullivan answered the phone,” said Perkins, “and said the office was too busy to make up the papers. We Insisted that the returns must be flnished and late in the day they were returned to us.” Perkins and Chief Deputy Reis of the Treasurer’s office stated last night that when Peery had been asked as to the au- thority of Sullivan acting for the office he had replied “What Sullivan does is all right.” Among the bdall orders cashed by Sulli- vap Saturday was one for $250 in the case of Chung Suey, a Chinese gembler. The bail was deposited March 23, and Sullivan drew it down on the 30th. For some rea- son known to himself Sullivan secured the receipt for the money given when the bail was deposited. The signature on the order for the withdrawal of the bail in this case is exactly similar to the genuine one of Judge Conlan signed to genuine orders. eieiieimimfnf il @ BORN BEFORE AMERICA BECAME A NATION NEW YORK, March 31.—For more than half a century Noah Raby, born a subject of King George III in the lat- ter's colony of North Carolina, has been an inmate of the Poor Farm fn Piscatawny township, near New Bruns- wick, N. J., and on next Monday he will cslebrate the one hundred and twenty- ninth anniversary of his birth. Raby has smoked a pipe since he was 5 years of age, and is a great lover of to- bacco in any form. He has not drank any ardent spirits in a long time, prin- cipally because he could not get them. but for the most part of his life he. in- dulged in liquor, malt and spirituous, in moderation. Raby says that he was born n North Carolina on April 1, 1722. He recalls the fact that George III was King, and re- members to have heard General George ‘Washington make an address at York- town about the year 1790. About the be- ginning of the last century he joined the United States navy, in whick he re- mained until the breaking out of the sec- ond war with England, when he went back to North Carolina; but the girl ‘whom he expected to marry proving fickle, left that part of the country and went to New Jersey. He settled in Piscatawny township, and has continued to live thers