The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 8, 1901, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, \ 1901. | Romantically || named Breakfast Foods, claiming virtuesas fanciful | as their names, come and go, but H-O (Hornby's Steam - Ccoked Oatmeal) thrives and multiplies in the sunshine of public confidence won and de- (' served. Try “In- \ jun” for tooth- \\\ some corn bread, ready to use. The California imited New equipment, courteous treatment, superb dining ser- vice, perfect in every getail, makes it the finest transcon- tinental train. 75 hours to Chicago, and o limit to the good things for your comfort. Office—6841 Market street and The Sénta Fe. —OF THE— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS —OF THE— AMERICAN INSURANGE COMPANY 3 THE STATE OF MASSA- - ¥ of December, 1,992 36 18,189 39 1l Stocks 2,802 52 46,640 11 sllection s for Rein- LIABILITIES $131,184 25 9,000 00 »mmission or 47,028 51 other and 20,681 14 Losses incurred during the year “Risks and Premiums,. | Fire Risks. ount of Risks em | n during the $25, 844,803 $304,157 12 amount of Risks | e>pired during the) ar 25,241,598 264,115 54 et amount in_force » cember 31, 1900 322,132 Presiden: ccretary nd sworn to before me, this ary, 1901 GEORGE M. AMERIGE, Notary Public. PACIFIC COAST DEPARTMENT, BAGGS & STOVEL, General Agents, 411 CALIFORNIA STREET, San Franeisco. Cal. ith CONFESSES - EMBEZZLING ~ LARGE SUM3 Supreme FinanceKeeper i Thompson Is Short $57,000. Trusted Official of the Mac- cabees Loses Money of the | 1 | Order in Business. | Long and Honorable Career of a Dis- | tinguished Man Marred by At- tempt to Retrieve Per- | sonal Fortune. { Lhrge S s | PORT HURON, Mich., Nov. 7.—By his own written confession, Charles D. Thompson, supreme finance keeper of the | Supremeg Tent, Knights of the Maccabees, and a prominent vessel and tug man of this city, is a defaulter in the sum of $7,~ | 00¢. Thompson, however, ,was heavily | bonded in the National Surety Company | of New York and the Fidelity and De- ‘ posit Company of Baltimore, and the or- | | Ger is therefore protected from loss. Thompson made no effort to escape after | his defalcation was discovered. He is now at his home awaiting the action of the bonding companies. His enibezzle- ment is confessed in the following letter | to Supreme Commander D. P. Markey: Confession of Theft. | D, P. Markey, Supreme Commander Knights | of the Maccabees—Dear Sir: It is with a feel- | ing of distress and shame that I tender here- | with my resignation as supreme finance keeper | of the order of which you are the head. And | | this step is taken with a bitter realization that {1 am no longer worthy of the companionship | | of my fellow officers. I have held thc posi- | | tion since the order was founded, have during | | most of that time been officlally associated | with the present supreme officers and | never until now did 1 in any way betray my | trust. T was engaged in a legitimate business venture in which I had made a large invest- ment and found myself in a position where" further money was necessary to save myself | from bankruptcy and ruin. There was ap- | parently no chance for loss. I then betrayed | | my trust and used the funds of the order, at the time belleving there was no question of my ability to replace them within a shorc time. The amount I used was $57,00. I have no hope of being able to repay this amount. 1 know the order is protected from loss by the surety bond of nearly twice the amount | in a perfectly responsible company, but this | docs mot lessen my mental suffering nor re- | | | lieve me from the disgrace of having betrayed the confidence reposed in me. Nothing that | can occur can increase the tortures which I have suffered and am still suffering. I can | | only await such action as may be taken and | abide by the consequences. No punishment can | be greater and no suffering so intense as that | resulting from the loss of respect and esteem | of the membership of the order and the suffer- | ing necessarily caused to my family. CHARLES B. THOMPSON. | | Discovery of Shortage. | i The first intimation of the shortage | i czme last Tuesday afternoon, when Su- | preme Commander Markey and Supreme | Record Keeper George J. Sigele were | | checking over the finance keeper’s books. | | An error was found and they called | Thompson's attention to it. He said he | would take the books and papers home [w!!h him that night and look it up. Wed- | nesday morning he went to Markey’'s of- | | fice and confessed that his accounts were | | short $57,000. He then and there signed a | written confession of the embezzlement, An examination of the books followed | and the shortage was disclosed. Supreme | | Commander Markey this afternoon gave | out the following in regard to it: Charles B. Thompson has been supreme finance keeper of the supreme treasury since September, 1883, and cash handled and dis- | bursed during that time amounts to more than $15,000,000, and until this time there has been a suspicion against his integrity. The Supreme Court keeps on deposit large amounts of money in leading banks in several commer- cial centers on which warrants are drawn for the dayment of death claims, but all collec- tions ure made through the Commercial Bank of Port Huron, and it is a part of the duties of the supreme finance keeper to transfer from time to time from the Commercial Bank to these other depositories money for the pur- | pose of keeping the account good at such banke, and the money that was used in this | case by Mr. Thompson was on a draft trans- ferring_ from the Commerclal Bank to the First National Bank of New York. The short- age is $57.000, but no loss will be incurred by the Supreme Court, as every financial offi- { clal of the organization, including Mr. Thomp- | son, is bonded in surety companies, and the bond held by the order as security for Mr. | Thompson's Integrity is very much greater | | than the shortage. But the fact that no pe- cunfary loss is sustained does not relieve from regret the membership of the association who | have been able to say that no officer has ap- proprigted a single dollar entrusted to his care. ' The bond company has been notified of the defalcation and the Supreme Court will look to them to make good the amount. Pend- ing o settlement with the bond company, there be no delay in the payment of death | claime, as the Supreme Court has on deposit throughout the United States a little more than half a million dollars, besides having bonds amounting to more than $1,120,000. Expects to Be Prosecuted. The companies on Thompson's bond | were notified of the shortage to-day, and representatives of each are now on their way to Port Huron. Thompson is not un- | der arrest, but says he expects to be ar- | rested and prosecuted and is prepared to | pay the penalty of his breach of trust. The heavy loss sustained by the Thomp- | son Towing and Wrecking Company of this city, of which Thompson is a member, | on the steamer Harlem, which they raised from the bottom of Lake Superior, is responsible for the defalcation. Thomp- | =on said this evening that he used the | funds of the order in this enterpriss, which proved very unprofitable. as the expense of raising and refitting the craft was so great that she had to be sold at a loss,. it is said, of $75,000, instead of a profit. It is expected an effort will be made by Thompson’s friends to effect 2 settlement with the bonding companies. Career of Thompson. The Order of the Maccabees on _the | American continent was started in Lon- don, Ont., in 1878, and soon epread from ADVERTISEMENTS. /™ No matter when or where | you open a jar of the h——— Company’s Extract OF BEEF, its quality is always the same. It can be absolutely depended upon under all conditions and in every mate. 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Canisus, who accompanied Major Lo- thair, commander of the Belgiah troops in the Congo, on his earlier expedition after rubber, says 90 natives were killed in six wegks during that expedition, while a smaller expedition, commanded by a Belgian lieutenant, killed 300 natives :n three weeks. 7The district is practicaily under martial law, on the strength of which such endless barbarities are com- mitted that the natives are absolutely terror-stricken. Canisus further declares that the so-calleéd punitive expeditions are in reality rubber-squeezing raids, conduct- ed with such iniquitous methods that tha natives are in a constant state of revolt. | While the conditions are somewhat im- proved in the territories worked by the concession companies, the lot of the na- tives in the State domain, Canisus says, is far worse than before the advent of the whites. The natives are practically forced to work rubber at the muzzles of rifles, receiving 2 cents per pound for what is sold at 75 cents at Antwerp. { Thousands of natives have fled to the bush and live like wild animals. Along the jungle paths the bodies of those who ha\l:‘e died of starvation are frequent sights. Canisus, who comes from Illinois, was recently a resident of Washington. © viivviviriieieieimiminjninieiieieinieiaiel @ NOTED LABOR ORGANIZER SHORT IN HIS ACCOUNTS ‘Warrant Issued for the Arrest of the Treasurer of the Brother- hood of Carpenters. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. .7.—The North American to-morrow will say: It is of- ficially announced that P. J. McGuire, temporarily suspended from the secre- tary-treasuryship of the Brotherhood of Carpenters, is short in his accounts $10,- 04, A warrant has been issued for the ar- rest of McGuire. The general executive board of the Brotherhood of Carpenters has also preferred specific charges oi breach of trust against its old secretary- treasurer. A vote by the 1003 local unions of the brotherhood has been ordered re- turned on or before December 1 making McGuire's suspension permanent. The suspended officer was one of the founders of t American Federation of Labor, as well as of the Brotherhood of Carpenters. NEW YORK ATTORNEY IN SERIOUS TROUBLE Accused of Beceiw;ing Money Stolen by a Brokerage Firm When It Failed. NEW YORK, Nov. 7.—Robert E. Am- mon was arrested to-day at the hearing to inquire into the assets of the failed brokerage firm of Seymour, Johnson & Co. The charge against Ammon, accord- ing to Assistant Attorney Byrnes, was receiving stolen money, knowing it to have been stolen. The money, it is al- leged, was received from the Franklin Institution, the 520 per cent per annum concern,” of which W. H. Miller - was treasurer. Ammon was Miller's counsel &nd it 1s asserted that part of the money obtained from the patrons of the syndi- cate and sald to be §140,000, was applied toward the purchase of an interest in the business of Seymour, Johnson & Co. Colonel Ammon was arralgned and is held in the custody of his counsel. Electricity Kills a Lineman. SACRAMENTO, Nov. 7.—John Boyd, a lincman in the employ of the Capital Telephone Company, was killed to-day by receiving a shock of 500 volts of elec- tricity while working on top of a pole in this city. He was pulling one of the tele- phone wires up to the pole and it came in contact with g power wire, His com- panions saw his struggles in time to ciimb the pole and save his body from falling to the ground. He was a stranger in this city, having come here two weeks | ago, registéring as from Marietta, Ohio. Wedding in Sutter County. MARYSVILLE, Nov. 7.—A pretty home wedding took place at the residence of Conrad Schuler, in Sutter County, Thurs- day evening, when Miss Minnie M. Schu- ler and Walter H. McAlpine, well known and popular young people of the county, were married. The Rev. Avery G. Hunt, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Ma~ rysville, officlated. After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. McAlpine departed for Southern California. e gl Ay Jenkins Defeats McLeod. CLEVELAND, Ohfo, Nov. 7.—Tom Jen- kins to-night won the catch-as-catch-can championship of the world in Central Ar- mory, defeating Dan McLeod. McLeod won the first fall in 39 minutes with a half-Nelson. Jenkins secured the second quite easily with a half-Nelson. The third fall also was won by Jenkins with a half- Nelson, lasting for nearly thirty minutes, s Ggrkiy Delegates Named by Solano. SUISUN, Nov. 7.—The Board of Super- visors has selected the following dele- gates to represent Solano County in the Chinese Exclusion Convention, to be held in San Francisco November 21: J. B. Dale and Patrick Dinen of Vallejo, J. B. Dev- lin of Benicla, T. J. Lenahan of Fair- field, J. L. Smith of Elmira. e Net i Railroad Work at Victoria. VICTORIA, B. C., Nov. 7.—Ground was broken to-day for the island section of the Victoria Terminal Railway and Ferry, which is to give Victoria connec- tion by railway ferry with the Great Northern system. @ il @ the Canadian Dominion to the Un States, but within two yeanu 1::‘: membership of the American tents, not approving of the Canadian methods, or- ggnlzed it on the lines that the order has een working under since 1880. Charles D. Thompson, the defaulting supreme finance keeper, was born in Mount Clemens, Mich., in 1852. In 1870 his father was elected County Treasurer of Macomb County. He was appointed hia father’s deputy, and upon his father's death was elected his successor. At the close of his term he was appointed cash- ier of the Port Huron Savings Bank, anl in 1883 joined Huron Tent of the Macca- bees and the same year was elected su- San Franciseo, Cal. GRANT DRUG CO. 3 and 40 Third st. preme finance keeper and was continued in office term after term, OF CHILE TO END THE TROUBLE WITH COLOMBIA Venezuela’s Chief Executive, However, Proposes Terms That Will Not Be Acceptable to His Neighbor. ORT OF SPAIN, Nov. 7.—President Castro has accepted the good offices of Chile to end the trouble between Venezuela and Colombia. good offices of the United States is not considered politic. It islearned from a reliable source that cer- tain terms mentioned by President Castro will not be acceptable tc Colombia. ' WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.—The last advices received from the Isthmus of Panama, dating back about a week, are to the effcct that everything was quiet in the neighborhood of Panama and Colon. The insurrectionists were reported to have disappsared completely from the vicinity of Panama. A preceding report stated that an outbreak had resulted in the dispersal of the rebels. - This action by Presidcnt Castre LIFE DEPENDS UPON SEGRECY Publicity Is Spoiling All Plans to Rescue Miss Stone. . SOFTA, Nov. 7.—Consul General Dickin- son of Constantinople is greatly cha- grined because the fact that he had re- ceived a letter from Miss Ellen M. Ston2 leaked out. He says it is calculated to seriously affect if not completely undo the progress already attained. On two previous occaslons negotiations with the brigands who abducted the American mis- sionary were abruptly broken off by the former owing to the premature disclosure of secrets, which the bandits regarded as being a breach of the understanding with them. Dickinson informed a Call correspondent to-day that it is absolutely indispensable if Miss Stone is ever to be released that the course of the negotiations is to be kept inviolably secret. It is hopeless to expect the brigands to place confidence in the negotiators when they find that infor- mation which they regard as secret is constantly leaking out. | Dickinson dispatched a messenger yes- terday with a reply to the brigands’ prop- csition as formulated in Miss Stone’s let. ter. It is understood that an agreement as to the amount of the ransom has been virtually established. The settlement as to the manner and place of payment and the surrender of the captive presents the most difficulty, but an entente is expect- ed soon. The brigands are not wil'ing to cross the iine into Turkey to obtain the money, while the Bulgarian Government would oppose releasing Miss Stone on Bul- garian soil, 2 CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 7.—No prog- ress was reported to-day in connection with the rescue of Miss Stone. On the contrary, it appears that the negotiations have been temporarily suspended from the Bulgarian side. An effort will be made to resume them through Salonika. Eddy, secretary of the United States legation, is having = frequent interviews with Sir Nicholas O’Connor, the British Embas-* sador, with a view to a resumption, and proposes to go to Thorapia for a few days in order to be in close touch with the Embassador. @ siriviivivieieiniele il el @ RAILROAD HANDG OUT ON STRIKE Denver and Rio Grande Switchmen Desert ‘the Yards. e DENVER, Nov. 7.—The switchmen on the Denver and Rio Grande Rallway to- day declared a. general strike and the men went out at Denver, Pueblo, Gun- nison and some other points on the sys- tem. It is understood that the rest will g0 out to-morrow. The question involved is saild to be the recognition of the Switchmen's Union of North America. The company claims that its agreement with the Brotherhood of Rallway Train- men covers the yard service and declines Lo recognize the other organization. In Denver the men now out number thirty-one, in Pueblo twenty, and a lesser number at other points. W. G. Lee of Cleveland, first vice grand master of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, is now in Pueblo in conference' with the striking switchmen. 8o far the business of the railway has been only delayed, as the other trainmen have done the work of the strikers. Frank T. Hawley of Buffalo, N. grand master of the Switchmen's Union of America, has been here since the mid- dle of October making efforts to setile the company. It was only decided this morning that a strike should be declared and at midnight Hawley stated that he had received telegrams to the effect that 235 men are already out, comprising all the switchmen on the system. They are employed at the following points: Den- ver, Pueblo, Salida, Durango, Alamosa, Crested Butte, Grand Junction, Glees wood Springs, Aspen, Leadville and Gun- nison. > Hawley stated that the switchmen did not expect assistance from the other trainmen’s organizations. The strikers wiil demand an increase of wages before they will return to work. General Manager Herbert of the Den- ver and Rio Grande stated to-night in an interview that the strike of the switch- men would not interfere with the com- pany’s business and that no man involved in this strike will be re-employed, e SUFFER MUCH LESS THAN BRITISH TROOPS In the Battle at Bethel the Boers Lose Forty-Four Killed and One Hundred Wounded. LONDON, Nov. T.—Lord Kitchener, cabling from Pretoria, under yesterday's date, supplementary detalls of the recent fight near Brakenlaagte, Eastern Trans- vaal, says: “The Boer loss was forty-four killed, including General Opperman, and one hundred wounded. The Boers got nothing beyond the guns. The Boer at- tack was_easily repulsed until the arrival of Louis Botha with 600 men." The Daily News says: “‘We learn that Miss Hobhouse and & lady companion have been arrested in South Africa and presumably deported.” Miss Hobhouse was the first' to agitate the condition of the British concentration camps. @ simimieiriimeieieieieieinil el © DESPERADOES MAKE A DASH, Continued From Page One. was robbed of his horse and cart. No re- port of the pursuers having encountered any of the fugitives has reached here at midnight. shot, but he was able to go with the others and the extent of his injuries is unknown. The course that the fugitives have ta- ken is indicated by the localities in which they have committed depredations. Many of thelr robberies are being reported here late to-night. 8. A. Davidson, a farmer ten miles southwest of here, was robbed of a horse and some c|othln!g. Thi of his employes were robbed of their coats and hats. C. T. Ferguson, a mail carrier, Y, | the troubles between the switchmen and | after having refuszd the proffered Caena DESIRES MORE - NAVAL CADETS Long Recommends In- " crease of Commis- .sioned Officers. Special Dispatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.—Secretary of the Navy Long has completed his an- nual report to the President and it will be made public the latter part of the month. He will include these recommea- dations: The enactment of a law which will per- TROOPS PERIH TEXS SMUGGLER . IN SAMAR RIVER - GOMES TO GRIEF Lieutenant Crawfordand S'x Men Drown in . the Babyon. Insurgents AreBecoming Very Active on the Island of Leyte. CATBALOGAN, Samar, Nov. 7.—First Lieutenant Robert T. Crawford of the First Infantry, a sergeant and five men while attempting to cross the Babyon River in Samar were drowned. The insurgents are becoming more ac- tive in the isiand of Léyte. Yesterday the town of Mattalon was attacked. At Inopacan the insurgents cut the telegraph line. While a detachment of American troops was repairing it they were fired upon by a band of insurgents. After a brief skirmish the rebels were dispersed. The Filipinos who are surrendering sav that Lukban's provisions are exhauste:l and that he and his men are living on a scanty supply -of sweet potatoes. Lukban is beln{ strongly urged to surrender. He is' weakening, and it Is belleved he will yield by November 10 vwing to the block- ade making it impossible for him to pro- cure more food. The insurgents are de- 5?rlbed as being in great fear of the sol- ers. @ il @ mit an immediate increase in the num- ber of naval cadets, so that the com- missioned force of the service can be in- creased to meet the needs of the mate- rial increase of the enlisted force by 3000 men. 5 ‘The authorization of additional men-of- war, and for the information of Congress the programmes of the general beard and of the board of construction are sub- mitted. For Six Years He Evaded the Vigilance of the Authorities. Must Now Spend Two Years /in the Penitentiary for His Crimes. AUSTIN, Tex., Nov. 7.—The conviction in the Federal court of W. L. Peasley and his wife of smuggling marks the end of one of the most notable smugsling cases ever brought to the attention of the Feil: eral authorities of the country border= ing on the Mexican frontler. Peasley was sentenced to two years im- prisonment on one charge and there are other indictments pending against him. His wife was found guilty but through mercy for herself and small children, she was fined §1 and made to suffer no im- prisonment. Peasley was for many years a locomo- tive engineer employed on the Southern Pacific. He began smuggling drawn work about six years ago from Mexico at Del Rio and Eagle Pass, both border points, which were the ends of his run and it is estimated that he and his wife did a business amounting to $20,000 annually in selling smuggled goods. The drawn work was brought into San Antonio on the locomotive and thence shipped to big dry goods houses of the Eastern and North- ern cities, where it commanded higher prices. L o e o o of the important historic events in which the navy has participated during the past year. 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