The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 18, 1901, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1901. FATHER PHILLIPS DIES IN “DR.” STANLEY’S ROOM New York Police Believe the Noted Priest Was Drugged and Robbed---Chemical Analysis Necessary to Solve the Mystery sald that be went in there a number of times, but never saw the body. Suspicious Circumstances. The odor from the body was noticed by the neighbors for several days. When the detectives asked Stanley if he had not detected it, he said he had and had made inquiries about it, but thought it came from a fish market next door. y 17.—The body of a last night in a house on s been identified that Edward S. Phillips of St. Ga- urch, Hazelton, Pa., who recent- with J. P. Morgan e to the threatened strike in coal regions of Pennsylvania. ference went to Stanley’s house in, but finding it locked went down to the rooms of Mrs. Higgins, the janitress. Mrs. Higgins suggested that she could take the duplicate keys and go up into the rooms. According to Mrs. Higgins, the young wo- man threw up her hands ‘and exclaimed Oh, I could not do that. I would n think of going up into that place alone.’” She then left the place hurriedly. The picture of the young woman shows her to be a rather good looking young Hebrew girl. Dr. Stanley refuses fo tell who she is. He says he is married, but declares that his wife 1 v y b ot R o e is living separately whom Stanley one of which the that her tenant " He was ac- oman whom he The body was dis- rnius’ daughter, who apartments to remove & which was hanging out of The police were immediately a search of the body ‘dis- £ papers. Among them John Mitchell, presi- 4 Mine Workers, and Edward S. Phillips, ere were also several | tchell addressed to the & half-fare raflway coupon such , clergymen and several re- | — CAREER OF THE STANLEYS. Mysterious Influence Over “Patients” Investigated by Police. . OAKLAND, May 17.—The police author- ities of Oakland are not surprised that “Dr.” Kirk Stanley should be placed in Dr. Phillips’ name. |4 suspicious attitude 1 blic f A time | - e in the case of the e I e hoay ihat |Rev. Edward S. Phillips in New York, had been sent out Titus for Phil- information, s home in Hazel- first alarm was econd yesterday, As much of mystery attended Stanley's career in Oakland four or five years ago 2s now surrounds the New Yerk disclos- That Stanley was not charged with crime in this city was due to the inabil- ity of the detectives and the other offi- cials to find sufficlent evidence to warrant his arrest. beautiful creature, ing the hotels and hos- for the missing clergy- Arrest of Stanley. ain Donohue, after examin- the rooms and effects of the ut a general alarm for n of Stanley. ight Stanley was seen tieth street. When he r f Ninth avenue, apartments, he iceman saw him. Stanley nan at the same moment irned and walked rapidly ftieth street toward KEighth ceman ran after him and on the shoulder. He said the were not placed be- occurrence was because the police found it impossible to lodge a charge against the couple. Their extraordinary history in Oakland has not been effaced from the recollections of the police officials who were called upon to investigate their con- auct. mysterious patient whom Stanley and his ous care. It brings back to the minds of those who were Interested in the in- quiry an uncanny reminder of a myster- ious man who was supposed to have been either under hypnotic control or of was taken at wohue’s private office. were closeted together hour. The captain then e Sergeant Shible and to logk him up. ner seemed to be suffering e effects of drink or drugs. His s that of a man who was badly name was Kirk Stan- t had come to this city & vear and a half ago. He said c him a doctor, but he had no He was a massage operator and ed to open an office here. - in Donohue was reticent in dis- All that he would say risoner had made conflict- He had denied knowing body was found in his he had never seen him at he did not know there there until told by the police. gned in the Police anded to the custody He refused to make any surt Identified by a Nephew. of Father Phillips was re- he Morgue. Dr. A. F. Dough- es e, who says he is ; identified the Father Phillips had come gome statuary for his lute domination of Stanley. This patient, according to the information whefh came to the police, was the victim of the “‘doc- tor,” being bled of money by Stanley, who was reputed to receive $00 a month for his care. December 7, 18%, when he appeared at the Hotel Crellin, where he regiglered his party as follows: Dr. K. Stanley, wife and child. Mr. W. Jex and servant. remained at the hotel five days and then departed, taking apartments at the Lorne, a fashionable boarding-house on Eighth street, west of Clay. It was a few months later that the then Chief of { Police Charles E. JLlovd received advices from New_York fequesting information about one John Hoyston, & wealthy East- erner, who was under the hypnotic con- trol of Dr. Stanley and his wife. said that the Stanlevs had been drugging and mesmerizing their patient. Before that Stanley had become a well- striking presence and the remarkable beauty of his wife. The doctor wi above six feet in height, slender, with jet black hair and full black beard. With square forehead, prominent nose and long thin fingers, he was a very Svengali in the real. There was a peculiar pallor in {'Arl]se yrfm,p]lt«xéor;.l lr‘\( str;k!n‘fi {onlrast to beard of black an covered his head and e Al His wife was a demi-blonde, fair as her husband w. dark, tall and of queenly figure. the streets Chie oyd and the present Chief of Police, St. Clair Hodgkins, who was then a detective, went to work upon the case. H(]r‘s is Chief Hodgkins' story of the results: We found that the man that Stanley had with him gave the name of Willls Jex. At least this was the only name we ever got save that of Willis Jax, which Mrs, Stanley said was correct went to the rooms at the Lorne where they were staying, and I shall the ‘scene. Stanley un- doubtedly had some sort of influence over his patient. Chief Lloyd, City Attorney Dow, Dr. Mayon, then health officer, and mysel?, went together one night about midnight. Stanley received us, and after making known our business he consented to usher us into the bedroom which his patient occupled. In bed 1 saw a man about 4) years of age, rather dark, of medium size, with full, dark ard. He conversed freely With us and satd he had been under Stanley’s care for twelve years. Jax was perfectly satisfled and con- tent with his position and there was nothin he would complain about. After we departed and held a consultation 1 was detailed to make further investigation, but after many days of work the department never secured evi- dence which would warrant us in making an arrest Still we were satisfied that all was not right and that this Willis Jax was under the undue influence of Stanley. Stanley and his wife told contradictory sto- jest, committed Stanley t of $10,000 bail f the autopsy interview with a reporter, terrible. I thought I had been r a debt of $8 I owed a Mrs. I did not know the body of was in my room.” » Coroner Bausch, Stanley Phillips on the street, ris: that he joined the hem to his rooms; that v all drank until the girls t afterward he and Phillips t recovered after taking Phillips had with him names of the iwo 1d the priest brought the morning of May Stanley. I don’t think I would were I to see them again.” y the woman who lived wife brought the priest cried, excitedly. *“She t day at all. We had to to i he m ng with two. never forget 3 Result of an Autopsy. sion of the autopsy Cor- was made by D no marks of violence, and no hemorrhage of of the organs of at death was due to y liver. There was | rjes concerning their connection with their e ark fluid found in the | mygterious patient. Mrs Stanley told us that & haracter o hich ‘nr:nl b"f"‘ they were receiving $500 a month from his . al analysis. OWIDg | mother to care for Jax, who was afflicted & ed to the | with an incurable malady. o s tanley he or- patient, but had a ple income of his own. Jax was always accompanled during his dafly walks by an attendant who saw to it that no one conversed with his ward. The s night we visited the rooms Jax seemed to be it cannot be made. laboring under some exi rdinary influence, - xplain the pool of blood?” the | yet he talked rationally and did not seem at aske iy all_desirous of leaving the Stanleys. s way: The | Their child was a girl then about 8 years old lon enabled | gno was in a private seminary during their from decor stay here. Stanley left the Lorne and went h the mout! to the Colonial at Eighth and Castro streets, and later remov. to Alameda. Finally the party went to San Francisco and that is the last I heard of them. Stanley was a heavy drinker, a fre- quenter of dissolute resorts and he dressed to the lfmit of ultra-fashionable demands. Always supplied with money, he cut a dash into the inner circle of sportdom on the east side of the bay. Withal. however :he was never known to talk of his past except in a most gen- sor Witthaus. District Attor- Supreme Court to & shall be made. that the man suffered y lver and b t District Attorney Garvan said greed with Coroner Bausch that 3 the yital organs should be | oral way. After his sprees he would call g o anatvets “fhe|In physicians and to them Stanley said he had come from the East with an sane patient, member of a wealthy New York family, whose people were paying iberally rather than have their relative sent to an asylum or sanitarium. Stanley had a good-sized account at the California Bank in this city. He had a number of drafts for large amounts sent to him from the East during his stay Coroner gave a permit for the removal of | from the morgue to an under- ¥ hment Coroner Bausch n to the missing watch that ned by H. H. McAniff of | the brother-in-law of the clergyman was seen chain hanging out on the t seen alive at the Cen- She believed the waieh | here. The account was closed two years y_pickpockets. o, lips’ friends said the body TRUE FRIEND OF THE MINERS Father Phillips Did Much Noble Work in the Coal Fields. HAZELTON, Pa., May 17.—Father Phil- lips had Leen away from Hazelton about two weeks on a vacation. During his ab- sence he s said to have attended the cer- emonies ircidert to the elevation of Mgr. Martinelli to the rank of Cardinal. Father Phillips was pastor of St. Ga- | briel’s Church, this city. He was Born in 1851 at Hawley, Wayne County, Pa., where his father worked in the mines. He attended the public schools at Pittston, Pa., and finished his studies at St. Charles College, Ellicott City, Md., and St. Charles Theological Seminary, Philadel- hia, He was crdained to the priesthood n 1875. He was located In various parts of the Scranton diocese, coming to Hazel- ton four years ago. Recently the twenty- fifth anniversary of his elevation to the riesthood was celebrated here, and a d be shipped to the priest’s morrow. They expect to ¥ explanation of the priest’s | 9, the day on which he is ave met his death. It was this afternoon that in addition to enumerated, as hay- his possession there was a d pencil, a silver glove but- sliver erucifix of the Holy which has a branch in this Been Drugged for Robbery. ice theory so far is that the d in Stanley’s rooms, efther after rugged for robbery or sim- ult of jntoxication and ex- hat Stanley was afraid to ities, putting it off from | body was found in such | as to make it look as d into the room where the larger cdjo’-ing laid out. Detective Ser- reported to Captain Titus de by Dr. Stanley and found from and there geant Kiernar the st the resu investigations. Stanley, | laree number of priests and Catholic dig- he sai ad: bhe used morphine. He | nitaries from the surrounding country told: Kiernan he himself put the bed | came to Hazelton to do him honor. clothing from the window of the room in | Father Phillips was a prominent mem- which the priest was found dead before he went away Thursday morning. There | is a jet in the room adjoining ithe one in which the body was found. says that the lig 2 rectly into the smaller room, and that ft would be impossible for any . person to have gone into the room, even at night, wwithout discovering the body. The cdoctor ber of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Elks lodge of this city. He took an active part in settng the Hibernians’ difficulties a few years ago. He was a strong temperance advocate, agd his in- fluence with the men of all nationalities who made up the population of the an- thracite region is recognized by miners and mine owners alike. His participation That Stanley and his wife, a | hind prison bars to account for a strange | The story from New York recalls the | wife guarded in this city with most jeal- | slow drugging, and was under the abso- | The career of Stanley began in Oakland | The party hailed from New York. They | It was | known figure about town because of his | The pair were an attraction on | assage operator, in| The detectives are in possession of a was found, is un- | photograph of the young woman whom ss person. The |Stanley identified as his wife. Kiernan | | e = that on last Thursday this woman and tried to get | | 1 l | | | | | sald he | received only a small fee for the care of the ! and aiso to prepare the report to the | | plications, | ronto and Sfoux City. MRS. LYMAN J. GAGE PASSES AWAY AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS AT CAPITAL Wife of the Secretary of the Treasury, One of Mrs. McKinley’s Dearest Friends, Succumbs to Heart Trouble, the Result 6f Grip—Death Ends Severe Suffering Attendant on Her Sickness | | | | | ASHINGTON, May 17.—Mrs. Lyman J. Gage, wife of the Secretary of the Treasury, dled at her residence, 1715 Massachusetts avenue, North- west, at 9:30 o’clock to-night, after an {ll- ness of nine weeks' duration. With her when the end came were her husband, her married daughter, Mrs. E. F. Plerce of Evanston, Ill, and Dr. W. W. Johns- ton, the attending physician. For a time before her death Mrs. Gage suffered much pain, but she maintatned her bright and cheerful demeanor and was conscious to the last. Heart trouble, the result of grip com- was the immediate cause of death. Mrs. Gage was exposed to the inclement weather for about an hour on inauguration day, but at the time her health did not seem to have been affect- ed. On the 1ith of March she left here for Evanston to visit her daughter. While there she experfenced a chill and took to her bed, but soon recovered sufficlently to return to Washington, where she had been confined to her room ever since. Mrs. Gage was a native of Albany, N. Y., and 58 vears of age. She was married R T T T T LATE' WIFE OF SBECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES TREASURY, L o etery, near Chicago. Further than this the funeral services have not been ar- ranged. It is probable, however, that re- ligious services of a simple character will be held at her former residence in this city on Sunday morning, in which event the body will leave here by the morning train for Chicago. Mrs. Gage was an Eplscognlian in her religious belief, but during their residence here she and the Secretary have had a to Becretary Gage in Denver in 1887. pew in the Metropolitan Methodist Epis- There were no children from their copal Church, where the President at- union, Mrs. Pierce being a child tends. Dr. Hillis of Plymouth Church, by a former husband. The re- Brooklyn, is an intimate friend of the mains will be interred in Rose Hill Cem- family and it is possible that he may be L e e e e e . 3 asked to come to Washington to conduct the funeral services here. During their residence in Washington Secretary and Mrs. Gage have taken quite an active part in social life at the capital. Mrs. Gage was a woman of charming per- gonality and with her husband delighted in extending the hosgl(allfl' of their ele- ant home on Massachusetts avenue. Mrs. jage was probably closer to Mrs. Me- Kinlev than any other of the ladies of the Cabinet. - MESSAGES OF CONDOLENCE. President and Cabinet Members Send Telegrams to Secretary Gage. President McKinley late yesterday af- ternoon received a telegram from Secre- tary Gage stating that Mrs. Gage was most dangerously {ll. Later Secretary Hay received a telegram informing him of the death of Mrs. Gage, and he at once noti- fled the President. Other members of the Cabinet soon after received telegrams informing them of the sad news. President McKinley sent a telegram of condolence to Secretary Gage, in which he expressed the deepest sympathy. The Cabinet officers also sent dispatches of condolence. One telegram was sent signed by all the members of the Cabinet at pres- ent in this city, as well as each sending one individually. e T ) 'THOUSANDS OF THE MACHINISTS READY FOR THE GENERAL STRIKE Serious Trouble Is Expected in ‘Cincinnati and Far Western Cities When the Men Leave Positions. WASHINGTON, May 17.—The executive board of the National Association of Ma- chinists assembled here this afternoon to be prepared for any emergency in con- nection with the threatened general strike bienntal convention at Toronto on Juner The board consists of representatives New York, Chicago, To- They will act in both advisory and judicial capacities dur- ing the threatened strike and will be in readiness to send out men to various citles where executive officers may be needed to manage the local situation. President O'Connell said there was no possibility of averting the general strike. From the statements of the executive board it develops that the greater trouble is expected at Cincinnati, S8an Francisco and the Northern Pacific Coast cities. J. J. Donnelly, the Boston representative on the board, says there will be very little trouble in New England. Hugh Doran of Chicago says there will not be over 500 men on strike there. ‘“We have just ad- justed the trouble there with the Illinois Central Railroad,” he added, “and a uni- form rate of 2 cents an hour will be made throughout the system for machinists and an increase of 5 per cent in wages of all othér shop employes.” P. J. Colton, the Sioux City member of the board, says the Unifon Iron Works and the Fulton Iron Works in_San Francisco doubtless will re- the demands. s A result of the meeting of the gen- 3. from Boston, @ i-iririvimivieiiriiii e O he ‘settlement of the miners’ strike lol} ltast year is still fresh in the minds of the public. —_——— Had Jex in This City. Kirk Stanley resided with his wife and child, a little girl, at the Hotel Savoy, in this city, for nearly a year. He registered at the hotel in the early part of 1888, and did not leave until the commencement of the following vear. While at the hotel he always conducted-himself in the most gentlemanly manner, and had numerous friends. He claimed to be a doctor, and during the time he lived at the hotel he had in his charge a patient named Jex. San Pablo to the Launching. The Santa Fe will run their splendid steam- er San Pablo to the launching of the battle- ship Ohio on Saturday, May 1s. She will leave Market-st. ferry at 11:15 a. m. and return after the launching. Tickets, S0c for round trip, at Santa Fe Ticket Offic Market-st. ferry ot T R Commits Murder and Suicide. LAREDO, Tex., May 17.—Mdjor J. S. Penn, proprietor of tne Dally Times, to- day mortally wounded W. R. Pace of this city, vice president of the Texas Real Estate Company. He then killed himself. He was undoubtedly laboring under a fit of recurring insanity. The deceased was a brother-in-law of the late Governor Ire- eral officers, the following address to the craft was drafted and made public to- night: = In the majority of crafts—both skilled®and the so-called unskilled—the effort for shorter hours has been uniformly successful, and they have for a number of vears enjoyed the pleas- ures that come with greater leisure. Machin- ists, owing to the fact of their isolation in the past from the labor movements, have not en- Jjoyed this right and privilege until now, after a decade of education, and they have con- cluded that the time has arrived when they, too, should share In the same enjovments. In reaching this conclusion and in sseking similar favors they know they are not stretching their demands beyond the bounds of reason or seek- ing something to which they have no valid lajm. fore than a quarter of a_centary ago our brother craftsmen in Great Britain secured a chinist produces more per diem, even on aneight hour-day basis, than does his brother craft: man in that country. Such being the case it 1s eminently proper and strictly in accord with the spirit of the times that the machinists of the United States, Canada and Mexico should make a_concerted movement in the same direc- . _The time has come, the moment is ripe, and the demand s now made. To the uninitiated a few words explanatory of the position the machinist occupies in the domain of productive labor and in connection with a shorter work day may not be out of lace. P Swing to the pecullar nature of our trade and the great inroads made into it by the introduction of more perfect machinery a great deal more is now produced than ever. This increased production continues to increase with the succeeding vears, but in spite of this no material or permanent increase in wages has been secured by the man who manipulates the land and was well known throughout the West. al- g iy ADMITS HE IS GUILTY OF LARGE EMBEZZLEMENT Former Manager of a Chicago Firm Arrested for Stealing Ten Thousand Dollars. PHILADELPHIA, May 17.—George B. Whitney, former manager in this city for the Morris Feef Company of Chicago, has been arrested and charged with embezzle- ment. Auditor Dougherty of the Chicago office is exa.minlns the books and says a shortage of over $10000 has been discov- ered. Whitney made a full confession and was sent to jail in default of $4000 bail. James Wheelock to Hang. OROVILLE, May 17.—James Wheelock, who has been on trial for four days, charged with the murder of Mrs. Emily Martin at Coutolence on March 3, was to- day found guilty of murder in the first degree. There was no recommendation of merey. Burglars recently broke into a st Centerville, Mo., but did not t.ll:em':n;rf thing. The storekeeper at once advertised lavishly, stating his prices were so low .‘z“vzma not pay anyone to steal his machine. He produces more but receiv more than he dld formerly. Now, the demand is made for a fair share of what we produce by shortening the work day by one hour with- out any decrease in pay. This demand is not made without due warn- ing. Twelve months ago notice was served on the manufacturers of the United Stdtes that on Monday, May 1801, the International Association of Machinists would demand a nine-hour day, and that If the demand was not granted {is members and those in sym. pathy with them would suspend labor until the demand was granted. We do not advo- cate a strike, with all the attendant mistakes of the past, but merely a peaceful cessation of labor until' we can start work on a nine-hour day basis. We appeal to our fellow craftsmen to rally with us in this effort to elevate—our manhood, to improve our minds, to purify our bodles and our lives, i make us exemplary citizens, te make our homes more homelike with our pres- ence and to show the world that we, too, have aspirations a “little higher than the brutes and scarcely lower than the angels.”” | | QUEEN DRAGHA ACCUSED OF A BASE DECEPTION Remarkable Scandal in the Servian Royal Family Causes So me Conflicting Stories of Abdication, Divorce and Revolution LONDON, May 18.—A remarkable state of affairs of the Servian royal family was revealed by official telegrams from Bel- grade to-day. The Vienna newspapers in February announced the accouchement of Queen Dragha, who was married August 5, 1900. This was shown to be un- true. Recently the same papers reported that she was about to be confined. As the Czar was one of the attesting witnesses of the marriage, he sent a special Russian envoy to investigate tHe strange affair. The envoy summoned a trio of Russian and French specialists, who declared the Queen was not enclente, and an officfal notification to this effect was sent to the diplomatic corps. ‘The diagnosis of the doctors, however, does not seem to have satisfied the royal family and two specialists have been sum- moned from Vienna and Bucharest to re- port on the case. Costly gifts have been gcuring into Belgrade from the people of Servia in anticipation of the expected event. The city of Nisch presented to the royal couple a beautiful cradle. Scandal Becomes Inexplicable. The Servian scandal becomes still more inexplicable. According to the Vienna cor- respondent of the Daily Telegraph the doctors attending Queen Dragha have is- sued a bulletin declaring that ‘‘the case is peculiar, and it is not impossible that the Queen is only in the fourth month of her pregnancy.” The Vienna papers last night reported that Queen Dragha was seriously ill, with several physicians in consultation, and that the case would require protracted treatment. From Servia came all kinds of rumors. According to one*story a rewelution is imminent and Russian agents are inciting the population against the Obrenovics dynasty. According to another report King Alex- ander is sald to be furiously an , and if able to prove that the Queen, In- steac of being, as is alleged, a victim to hysteria, has intentionally deceived him. he will divorce and banish her from the ro;xnu’!‘ and possibly will himself abdi- cate. | The greatest indigation has been aroused in Belgrade by reports that Queen Dragha failed in a deliberate attempt to foist upon the King the child of her sis- ter as her own. Statement of Physicians. The foreign explanation of the situation in the Servianroyal family may be regard- ed as authentic. The physiclans have presented a written statement, according to which there is no immediate prospect of Queen Dragha’s accouchement. She is [Certainly not in an advanced stage of pregrancy, such as would have been the | case had the opinion given last September by Dr. Coulet, the French physician, been correct. The physicians proceed to ex- plain that Dr. Coulet may have been cor- rect, but that the natural progress of I)regnnncy may have been subsequently interrupted. In conclusion, they say that the Queen’s present position is in no way disquieting, either with regard to her health or physi- cal constitution, and that consequently there is no reason why she should not eventually become a mother. VIENNA, May 13.—The semi-official Frembenblatt, in an inspired communi- que, attributes the disappointment the so- called “fausse grossesse” and declares that-there is no ground for crediting the rumor accusing Queen Dragha of willful deception. L o i o ] BULLA FAVORS SENATOR FLINT Anti-Gage Movement Is Taking Shape in the South. Special Dispatch to The Call. .LOS ANGELES, May 17.—That consid- erable opposition to Governor Gage's re- nomination is developing in his home city can no longer be doubted. Just how se- rious the anti-Gage feeling really is may be best understood when it is explained that ex-State Senator Robert N. Bulla has come out openly for the nomination of Senator Flint. “I am for Tom Flint for Governor for several reasons,” remarked Senator Bulla to-day, “‘among them being the fact that | I have an intimate personal knowledge of Senator Flint's thorough acquaintance with the needs of the State government in | every department. “Secondly, I am for Senator Flint be- cause of a personal confidence in his abil- ity to discharge the dutles of the Gov- ernor’'s office in a manner satisfactory to the people of every part of the State. “Thirdly, I am for Tom Flint because of my bellef that through his intimate knowledge of the politicd of the State he will do more to remove all factional feel- ing in the Republican party than any other one man in California. “I am also for Thomas Flint for Gov- ernor because of my long and intimate personal friendship for him in and out of the State Senate, over which body he has presided for four successive terms."” Senator Bulla does not know, he says, whether Thomas Flint will be an active candidate for the Republican gubernato- rial nomination. He believes, however, that at the proper time Flint will formal- ly announce his candidacy, and bases that opinion upon certain occurrences that transpired while he was Senator. 4 Several of Senator Bulla's friends, seen to-day, gave it unreservedly as' their opinion that the Los Angeles delegation will next year contain a large anti-Gage element, although not a man interviewed was willing to prognosticate that the big | eng of the local delegation could be con- trélled by Senator Flint or any candidate for Governor other than the incumbent. POLICE SUSPECT HIM OF BEING A CROOK Man Arrested in New York City Is Supposed to Be Dick Davis. NEW YORK, May 17.—A man giving his name as George Wilson, his occupation as that of a clerk and his residence as-this city, was arrested at the Herald Square Hotel to-night and charged with being a suspicious person. According to the police, Wilson is really Dick Davis, a well-known Western crook, prominent in San Francisco. and who. eight years ago, made a $5000 haul in a silk robbery near Portland, Or. paERE ALLEGED PURCHASE OF DANISH WEST INDIES United States Reported to Have Ac- quired Islands for Four Millions. NEW YORK, May 17.—A Journal spe- cial from Copenhagen says: Negotiations have been concluded with the United States by which the latter acquires the Danish West Indies. The purchase price settled upon is $4,000,000. The Danes are to trade under the same tariff as the Ameri- cans. RAILROADS G0 T0 ROCKEFELLER Giant Power Is Behind , the Harriman-Kuhn- * Loeb Syndicate. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, May 17.—The World says that it is stated upon very high authority | that Rockefeller is the real power behind | the = Harriman-Kuhn-Loeb syndicate, which has won such a great victory from | the Morgan forces. In co-operation with Rockefeller, and working in close har- mony with him, are the Deutsche Bank of Berlin, George Gould and Willlam K. Vanderbilt. Within sixty days probably detalls of their great raflroad combination will be ade public. The announcement will | startle the financial worid. The combina- | tions of Morgan and Hill will be pigmies in comparison. The World is able to state on the authority of a broker close to the | syndicate that the combination will con- | sist of all the powerful roads in the Mid- | dle West, with the exception of the Bur- | lington, Great Northern and Northern | Pactfic. | Rockefeller's plan contemplates the es- | tablishment of a through line from New York to San Francisco, com- posed of the Delaware, Lackawanna _and | Western, Wabash, Missouri Pacific. Den- | ver and Rio Grande, Rio Grande Western and Central Pacific. These roads, in com- | bination with the vast system of Eastern roads under Rockefeller's control, will act | In_ccnjunction and as feeders for the At- | lantic and Pacific Air Line, as the Rocke- | feller transcontinental road will probably | be known. It is said that the atm of the | new road is to reduce the time between | New York and San Francisco by from | twelve to fourteen hours. T CHINA WILL CONCEDE SITES FOR LEGATIONS Peace Plenipotentiaries Reported ta Have Offered to Grant De- | mands of Powers. PARIS, May 17.—An official dispatch re- ceived here announces that the Chirese peace plenipotentiaries have agreed to the | demands of the powers for concessions to | be used for legation sites. LONDON, May 18.—The Press Associa- tion has the following statement: “lt was asserted in the city last night that a Chi- | nese loan of £6,000,000, with an interna- tional guarantee, has been practically ar- ranged, to be issued as soon as polltical affairs in China settle down.” “M. de Giers, I learn, recently propcsed to Li Hung Chang,” says the Tokio cor< respondent of the Times, wiring yester- | day, “that Russia should guarantee -he ! whole indemnity in return for important political concessions. It is understoody Lhat | Earl Li replied that such a probosal would be liable to the same misrepresen- tations,_as prevailed at Sianfu over his own advice respecting the Manchurian | convention, but that when the court re- turned to Pekln% he hoped to restore inti- mate relations between China and Rui- sta.” Says Shah Is Dying. LONDON, May 18.—“The Shah of Per- sta is dying of kidney diseass,” says a dispatch from Tiflis to the Daily Express. “The malady has progressed too far to permit him to make the intended visit to | Contrexeville. It is expected that his death will be the signal for a Russian coup in Persia.” L L The smallest coin now current in Eu- rope is the Greek lepton. It is worth one- | tenth of a penny.