The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 16, 1896, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1896. OB, BROWN ASKS AN INVESTIGATION, Made a Public Request at Last Night's Prayer Meeting. METHOD OF PROCEDURE. The Hearing Is to Be Held Before a Joint Com- mittee, DETAILS TO BE WITHHELD. Only a General Statement to Be Given Out for the Information of the Public. Dr. Brown made his first public utter- ance last night at the conclusion of the prayer meeting over which he presided at Ius church regarding the matter of an in- sociation appointed its committee to in- vestigate these charges at my request. It is not a court, and has no power to try me. If that is done it must be done by the regular procedure provided by the laws of the Congregational church. | “I am not on trial, though the woman | who makes these charges 1s and that trial | will go on in due time. Meanwhile there will 'be an 1investigation, so far as the charges against me are concerned. But there is nothing to compel me to discuss | the lines on which we propose to act, nor | the facts that are develoved. We have a | right to believe that the facts would be ! made use of in the construction of a false defense, and we therefore hold it to be our | right to withhold the facts that we propose | to use. Rt “I have asked the Bay Association, ! which has not the same ministerial mem- bership as the Bay Conference, to appoint | a committee whose character will be above suspicion, to canvass the evidence, and to | do that in connection with the standing | committee of this church, and to make a Teport to the public, which they will be asked to accept till the close of this case in court . This I have done without the slightest hint from any one that there was a de- mand for it from any member of this | church. Some words have been reported | to me that somefone had said something | ougnt to be done. No one has approached | me with any demand that there shall be an investigation. 1 understand the tem- per of my people and I know that these reports are untrue and an injustice to you. | " I know what my rights are in tke case, | and st ceed in this matter on the s my rights, as [ do now in 1 e matter in the hands of the s nittee appointed when no een aroused in the church— t they shall take charge of nts and statements that affect 1, and give forth to the com- h a statement as they may o make public, withholding tions as might be improperly used. 1o call attention to the com- = ! g ¥ A THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, CORNER OF POST AND MASON STREETS, [From'a p DR. C. O. BROWN PASTOR. hotograph.] frs. Mary Abbott Davidson and Stockton. He announced that he had asked the Bay Association on Monday to appoint the committee which is to investigate the charges against him, and then requested that the standing committee of the First Congregational Church, which is com- posed of the eight deacons of the church and five members of the congregation, act in conjunction with the Bay Association committee. Dr. Brown evidently came to the prayer meeting surcharged with anything but a kindly feeling for the press and its repre- sentatives, and before the evening was over he took occasion to exhaust his some- what copious fountain of resentment. None of the morning newspapers were slighted. Each came in for special atten- ion. During the meeting the doctor spied a representative of one of the papers conversing in subdued tones with a neigh- He stopped short in his exposi- f the Bible text and addressed a curt and to the objectionable newspaper= Later he had the pleasure of placing newspaper representative—and a at that—in a most embarrassing posi- by asking her with evident malice rethought to lead in prayer. Then he called into question the accuracy of enother reporter. W the evening's services were finished he alleged that he had been continuously incorrectly reported by all | the newspapers of the City, though in the next breath he admitted that he did not read them all. He then said: *I shall ask, and do now ask, that the standing committee of the church meet in my office—not my study—in the room above. It is to the honor of this church that not one word has been said by a single member that the pastor of it should be asked to explain any of the charges made against him. Neither has any such de- mand been made by any officer of the church, nor has any demand come to me from any of the ministers of the church to Which I am amenable, nor from any church body; no demand of any kind has been made on me that my character shall be in- vestigated. “"All who know me, know that my char- acter does not require investigation on the charges made by the woman now in jail. She and those of her kind are the only ones who have made assaults on my repu- tation. ‘I may state now a fact that has not been mentioned before—that the Bay As- The doctor quickly saw his oppor- | plexion of the standing committee. There are a number of members who were not in accord with your pastor in certain discus- sions that caused a difference of opinion. But it was an honest difference, and while we never agreed on Professor Herron's teachings these same men areon the board of deacons. These are honorable men and to their consideration I am perfectly will- ing to submit the entire matter.” He mentioned Gilbert Dexter and Dr. McLane by name and spoke in high terms of their sense of honor and justice and then referring to Dr. McLane he con- tinued : I hope it may be so managed that he | may be made a member of that committee. I am willing to lay the facts before any man whom this meeting may name, but that is not the way of Congregationalists. The standing committee of five or more niembers eiected by the congregation must | investigate the matter. The pastor Lias the | right to vote with them and to veto their | decision, but I shall forego my right to vote and my right to veto any vote and shall allow the standing committee to elect any chairman they choose.” In conclusion Dr. Brown called particu- lar attention to erroneous impression that had gone abroad regarding his study. He added that his study was at his home, while his office was in the church. Apro- pos of this explanation a curious story was told after the prayer-meeting by a lady who had occasion not long azo to call on | the doctor at his office. She found a | placard on the door reading: “Dr. Brown is not in his study.” Nevertheless she knocked and Dr. Brown promptly responded 1n person. Of course what the placard told was strictly true. Dr. Brown, according to the explanation | made in the prayer-meeting last night, was | not at that particular time in his study, whatever may have been the purpose of | the guileless placard. T Lo A SECRET SESSION. Deacon Dexter Was Surprised That the Press Representatives Wanted to Attend. At the conclusion of the prayer-meeting Dr. Brown spent about ten minutes shaking hands with members of his flock and receiving assurances of friendship, after which he adjourned to the apart- ment that he had requested should be alluded 1o only as his office and not as the pastor’s study. Dr. Brown was accom- panied upstairs by the following members of the standing committee: Gilbert Dex- ter, A. J. Dewing, J. Howard Barnard, T. H. Hatch, L. B. Benchley, Thomas Kerr, J. J. Vasconcellos, and Messrs. G. A, Westgate, J. F. Merrill, W. F. Christian- sen and ¥. A. Frank. Just before leaving the scene of the prayer-meeting Dr. Brown was asked by the representatives of the press whether they were jexcluded from ‘the meeting. He replied, with great apparent affability, that he would find out the sense of the meeting and let the newspaper men know. Five or ten minutes wore away, however, and as Dr. Brown’s message came not, one or two of the representatives of the press ascended the staircase leading to the office, the others following in the rear. .1t happened that Mrs. Brown had been in the prayer-meeting room when the re- vorters withdrew. She hurriedly followed them, and finding that those in the van had almost reached the top of the stair- case Mrs. Brown dashed after them, scat- tering them right and left, and before the reporters had quite realized what had hap- pened Mrs. Brown had ascended the stair- case, traversed the corridor and, knocking at the door, cried, “Charles,” and entered the office. Deacon Dexter came forth in response to the lady’s appeal. He addressed the re- porters with an air of sorrowful superior- ity, assuring them that no publicity was desired in the affair. The remainder of Dr. Brown's suggestion that the press might possibly be admitted did not lessen the deacon’s disapproval of the fact that the press should consider the secret de- liberations of the standing committee a matter for publication. For over an hour the committee was in session. Toward 10 o’clock the members of the committee descended, every one beaming with inward satisfaction. ‘“‘Gentlemen,” exclaimed Dr. Brown to the press representatives, ‘“‘our secretary has the notes for you, so do not reproach us witn not giving an account of our pro- ceedings for publication.” The following was the document which was given to the worid as the result of the hour’s conference: The standing committee of the First Congre- gational Church, to whom_has been referred the investigation of the charges against our pastor, in conjunction with a committee of prominent members of the Bay Association, respectfully suggests to and asks the press of San Francisco, in fairness to all concerncd, that they refrain from commenting upon the case until such committee has fully canvassed the subject and reeched & ‘conclusion in the whole matter. Adopted by unanimous vote of the board of deacons and standing committee. It is understood that the real object of the meeting held by the committee was to arrange plans for conferring at some future date with the committee of three ap- pointed last Monday by the Bay Associa- tion. This committee consists of Rev. Dr. Williams, chairman; Rev. Mr. Wikoff and Rev. Dr. Pond. . FROM THE ANTIPODES. The Mariposa Arrives ¥rom Australia and the Islands This Morn- ing. The steamer Mariposa, H, W. Hayward commander, arrived at 1 o’clock this morning from Australia and Honolulu. She left Sydney ou December 23 at 4 ». M., left Auckland on December 28 at2p. w., eft Apia on January 1at8Pp. M. and left Honolulu on January 9 at noon. She carried a full list of cabin and steerage passengers as here seen: Cabin—From Sydney: J. H. Bland, L. R. Tuttle, wife and child; D. Ackland, J. Walford. C. Quimby, T. L. Bullard, C. E. Hayes, Hudson, S.'H. Justin, Captain Halcrow, M N. A. Sickles, Captain’ C. Pedersen, and wife, P. Chapman, T. . Hi Smart, Mr. Garden. From Apia—Hon. J. Mulligan, J. Mulligan Jr., D. S. Parker. From Honolulu—Mrs. W. Walker, Mrs. But- h and child, Miss Helen D’Auvrey, Mrs. . R. McVeigh. Steerage—From Sydney: T. Galbsanger, H. Gealhardt; G. Edwards, wife and four children; Mrs, Atcheson and son, A. Berger, Mrs, Ha greaves, R. Kerr, C. Waipole, V. Schmidt, W Johnson, ryand, W. Lahertin and wife, W Doghert E. Wallace, 5. Hattie R. Kidd, G. Hunt, . Wright, James Gogo. From kland—Mrs. Levy and sen, G Sproule, O. Bruno, A. Sanders and wife ‘and child, L. Harper, H. Blampid and wife, A. Mc- Kenzie, E. Butson, M. Sheridan, From Honolulu—D. Keating, W. Gage, F. Goedecke. —_— STOCKTON'S BOOKMAKERS They Have Left Town and Their Departure Is Not Mourned. The Sports Would Not Accept the Dispatches Unless Duly Authenticated. STOCKTON, Car., Jan. 15.—The book- makers have left town and the cause seems to have been their inability to get reports from San Francisco and the refusal of their patrons to accept any returns as authentic unless they came over one of the regular telegraph lines. The charge has openly been made in one of the papers that some of the late re- ports never came over the lines and that the instrument in the room made mean- ingless clicks. Before leaving Corbett's manager said that he might return if he could make arrangements to post the New Orlea; aces. This is hardly probable, however, as the Council is preparing an ordinance which will have a prohibitive tax on the bookmak- ing business in this city. Among other charges against the room is that they have been using a “grapevine” report since the wires were taken out at the track at Nan Francisco. SO nle THE CORRAL HOLLOW ROAD. It Will Be in Operation by the First of May. STOCKTON, Car., Jan. 15.—John Tread- well, one of the principal promoters of the Corral Hollow Railroad, returned to-day from an inspection of the work on the line, When asked how soon he expected to see the railroad in operation, he replied that if the difficulty with Crocker and Dillon over a rignt-of-way, near the mouth of Corral Hollow, was disposed of soon, he expected to see the roid putting coal into Stockton by the 1st of May. Mr. Tread- well deniea that the company will attempt to enter the retail coal business in this State. “Our purpose.” said Mr. Treadwell, “is to get the road built as speedily as possic ble in order to get the coal mines opened for the market. 1 do not know how many trains will be run a day, and we have not as yet considered tne question of freights and fares. 'We have sixty cars being built in the East, and our locomotives are under way at the Baldwin locomotive works.”” Mr. Treadwell intimated that in case the coal-dealers of the State combine in order to try to kgeg up the price of coal the company might protect the people and hold good to its promise to give the State cheap coal by becoming direct jobbers to all purchasers of fuel. et The Carson Opiwm Seizure. CARSON, Nv., Jan. 15.—The batch of opium found at the race track recently turns out to be genuine instead of bogus, as at first reported. 2 The United States Marshal reports that he was _unable to levy on the roverty of James Heney, in satisfaction of the $5000 fine imposed by the United States Court, as it was transferred after his conviction, The Government will begin vroceedings to set aside the transfer as null and void, Californians Homeward Bound. OMAHA, NeBR., Jan. 15—The follow- ing Californians are westbound to-day on the Union Pacific overland, limited: D, 8. Hirshburg, Oakland; M. King and wife, Mrs. C. Balfi August and Peter Walters and Mrs. M. A. Harsha, to San Francisco. Mrs. M. C. McCarty, on a tour of the world, is on the train. I A CONVICT AND WOULD-BE KING, Agent Grunwaldt on the Trial of Count de Tou- louse Lutrec. IT WAS A REAL DRAMA. How the Alleged Count Can Make a Showing, but Have Nothing to Build On, SIGNED HIS NAME SAVVIN. The Inside of Siberian Contracts—Cap- tain Lees Says the Count Is the Famous Swindler, The man who is either Count de Toulouse Loutrec or Nicholas de Savin, the prince of swindlers, erstwhile pretender to the throne of Bulgaria, and Siberian convict, is whirling toward St. Louis on a Central Pacific train. He left expectant people herz and others in Seattle. and one man came all the way from the big Missouri city to take a hand in the Count’s railroad contract schemes. He thought they were good, as did the capitalists at Seattle who proposed to go into his syndicate. The attorney here who was called in when the Count’s contracts were trans- lated from the Russlan language also has confidence in him. He says the allaged Count didn’t want any money ; that all he wanted was one-fifth of the interest in his grading contracts, which he proposed to turn over to others, and $300 a month salary. The attorney is A. Ruef. has seen copiesof the Count’s contracts, He says he | bench, and the bogus Count appeared, fol- lowed by a gendarme, bearing & naked | sword. : | ‘“Astne trial proceeded De Savin took an active part in it. His questions which he asked witnesses and hisreplies were the wonder of everybody. He. was sarcastic, humorous and thoroughly brilliant throughout. Lawyers like a man who is bright, no matter whether they are against him or not, and De Savin showed himself a prodigy. ' Hiscase was the talk of all Russia. The papers devoted a great deal of space to it, and in the clubs everybody | was discussing it. *‘De Savin snould have been an actor. If he had gone on the stage, in six months he would be the equal of any man in the world. 1f he had gone into politics he would have been eminent, for he has brains equal to those of any Senator.” The allezed Count registereG at the Palace Hotel on December 30 as **De Savin, Count de Toulouse Loutrec, entrepeneur de chemin de fer,”” the latter words mean- ing promoter of railroads. “There is no possibility of doubt,” said Mr. Grunwaldf, “‘that this is the confidence man De Savin. His own registration shows it. The reason he did not call at the Russian consulate was evidently be- cause he thought his history would be called up. Then the Consul-General could not recommend him in case any one came to him. “As to these so-called contracts, which to the uninitiated would appear all right, what do they amount to? Nothing at all. I know Galetski, the contractor alluded to, very well, and his contract is all right, but Galetski is not just the kind of a man I would put the most confidence in. You understand? He is not overscrupulous. ““He had a former contract on the road and made some 60,000 rubles, and then went back and spent the most of it in wild living. Now he has another contract, and it is understood he is about out of money. Galetski is the kind of a man who, if any nan, no matter if he was an ex-convict, me to him and said he could raise some money on an enterprise in which he might become interested, would say all right, ‘Go atead and get1t.’ All he would want would be the money. If Durrant, up there in prison, or some such man, should go to him in this way, Galetski would tell” him to go ahead. | “Ihave an idea Galetski must be the backer of De Savin. De Savin has doubt- less explained his belief that he could get money in America, and Galetski, delighted E}m the project, is not improbably aiding im. “But how did De Savin get out of Siberia? That’s what mystifies me and it | s a good thing to ask. He could not get away without passports unless he escaped, | and_according to former regulations he wouid not be allowed to go even if his | term of imprisonment had expired. “As to the alleged estate in Tomsk, which is supposed to net a revenue of $9000 a year, I cannot see how on earth he could make such an amount if he had the half of Siberia. The ‘estate’ may be ex- THE ALLEGED COUNT DE TOULOU! THEY APPEARED IN THE PULLM [Sketched from life E LOUTREC AND B. A. ALDRICH AS SMOKER BOUND FOR ST. LOUIS, by a “Call” artist.] as translated ; that the contracts were duly sealed and bore the Russian arms. He also says that the original contractor is one Galetski; that his contract is for 120 kilometers, or about 100 miles, and that it is direct from the Russian vernment. From Galetski the Count took a contract of twenty-four kilometers, or twenty miles, of grading and bas also bought Galetsk the contract he is to give er cent of what the original contract called for. Mr. Ruef also adds that the Count says he has an income of $9000 a year, but as he bought Galetski’s grading outfit it has left him about out of cash. He cannot get his income in ad- vance, and he has therefore come over to this country from Siberia to organize syn- dicates to complete his own twenty miles and take Galetsk1's contract off his hands. Mr. Ruef also says that, according to the alleged Count’s story, he has already or- ganized one syndicate at Seattle, and has a lot of good men in it, and that one or all of them are goingoyver to Siberia. One of the documents is signed by the Commi: sioner of Police, Grosdoff of Harbarowsk, the town at the end of the road from Vladivostok. Mr. Ruef also tells that the supposed Count had also a certificate say- ing he owned real estate in the district of Tomsk, Siberia, to the value of $9000 per annum. It said he was a citizen of Nargen and a freeholder of the Government of Kalouga. Mr. Ruef also learned from the document that the bearer’s father was at one time Governor of Kalouga. All this on the surface had a rather lausible look, especially to those not in- ormed as to the things behind the scenes in the way of acquiring such documents in Siberia, but C. M. Grunwaldt, the agent of the Russian Fur Company, had a merry look in his eye when all this was set forth to_him. Mr. Grunwaldt is at the Occidental Ho- tel, having justreturned from Siberia. He was formerly a practicing attorney of Mos- cow, and for five or six years has been journeying back and forth to Siberia in connection with the business of his com- pany. He knows most of the people mentioned in the alleged contracts, and also De Savin, who is alieged to be posing as the Count de Toulouse Loutrec, though he has not met. him here. Fifteen years ago in Russia, when Savin was getting well 1nitiated in the art of swindling, he came to him with one of his promoting enterprises, of which he always had a lot _in stoek, for he is fer- tile of invention and ambidextrous as to intellect. S The world-famous chevalier de I'ind ustrie calied on him a couple of times, and had also got a not overscrupulous Rassian business man to do the same, both being hopeful that they could make a landirg of Mr. Grunwaldt’s cash. He was not to be caught, and right on the heels of this both were arrested and convicted. Somewhere near the same period De Savin met Mr. Grunwaldt's brother, and tried to manipulate another schemre, but in this also he was unsuccessful, for Mr. Grunwaldt was warned in time. Agent Grunwaldt was in Russia when the famous confidence man, who had been a pretender to the throne of Bulgaria, was finally tried, convicted and deported to one of the Siberian penal colonies. I well remember his trial,”” said Agent Grunwaldt, “‘though I did not attend it. For the three or five days it lasted the courtroom was like a theater and it was packed to the utmost capacity. There was the mosi 1ntense interest in it. *“I'here were nineteen indictments in all against him, and they all came up at once. Russian laws, you know are different from the laws here. Three Judges sat on the plainable possibly on the ground that when a convicet 1s discharged he is usually given a little place, but as a rule it is about an | acre in size. The Count has probably got | some one to say his estate returns an income estimated” at $900C a year. If any one here should dispute it he could say, ‘Well, how are you going to prove it is not so?” And how could you, unless you went over to Tomsk ? “If the Count got any one into his scheme he could draw $300 a month, any- way, and be that much ahead as long as it lasted. When people went oyer from here and protested that they had dropped money Galetski could say he was sorry and_disappointed himself, but that De Savin did it. Maybe De Savin’sfather was once Governor of Kalouga. He cama from a good family, and it is possible. It is barely possible, 00, that De Savin m have some sort of a place there. The thing all around has a very suspicious look, however.” In’all respects Agent Grunwaldt agreed with the Russian Consul, General Artsimo- vitch, whose story has’ been given. He says Savin was known as Nicolas de Savin in Russia. Seartle has some confidence in the al- leged Count, it appears, though a dispatch from there last night emphatically denied that anybody there had gone into any syndicate with him. He conferred with Earls & Donohoe, prominent raiiroad builders, and with Henry & Balch, con- tractors ou the Great Northern, all of Seattle; also with Henry Hewell Jr. and C. W. Griggs, railroad builders of Tacoma, but they did not, as is stated, entertain his schemes. However, in some way, though short of funds at first, he suc- ceeded in getting 5000 rubles, which was paid him through the National Bank of Commerce. From this on, the dispatch adds, he lived at a pretty rapid pace. At the Gailhard the Count appears to have settled his bills. Fernand Gillard, who went about some with the Count, says the latter was not such a great gentleman as heat first supposed him. He had no letters of introduction, but he had many names and addresses of different people, and he refused, Gillard says, to call on the French Consul. Captain Lees had his eagle eye on Nich- olas de Savin, Count de Toulouse, for some days previous to that gentleman’s departure for the East. When asked his opinion of the gay foreigner yesierday the chief of detectives said emphatically: “‘He is nothing but a bogus count, The account in to-day’s CALL sums him up ac- curately. Ireceived a letter several days ago from a noted Russian in this City giv- ing his record beyond a doubt, for the gen- tleman is thoroughly reliable and knows about this S8avin; that’s hisname—Savin— and his criminal record was famous in Europe in the '80’s. “The bogus Count de Toulouse was one of the most noted of Russian swindlers. He impersonated a_ F¥rench Count ten years ago or more_ in all the large Euro- ean cities successively, and was particu- arly successful in swindling a lot of banks. Although he was not a Count, Savin came of a great Russian family and was a highly educated and very plausible man. They finally arrested him in Brus- sels, if I remember correctly, and extra- dited him to Russia, where he was tried and sentenced to hard labor in Siberia for a number of years. During his swindling career in Europe this Savin posea under a number of names, one of them being Count de Toulouse.” Captain Lees stated that the gentleman who had first given him information that the Count de Toulouse, who recently ar- rived from Siberia, was the famous swindler had had bis own suspicions aroused by a Russian officer, who had identified the Count on the way down from Seattle. ‘“This officer,” said Captain Lees, ‘“‘went to my informant and stated that Savin—plain Savin, remember—had got to America, and that he thought the man was swindiing here. He had not lost any of his winning address from his exile in Siberia; but it was not likely that he would do that, for he is a man of education | and was at one time an officer in the Rus- | THURSDAY V0 sian army.’” Captain Lees had been shadowing the Count for some days previous to that gentleman’s departure for St. Louis. It i his belief that the plausible stranger will | nevercome back acam. ‘“He knows better than to return to San Francisco,” said the detective. B. A. Aldrich of St. Louis, who came | here and conferred with the alleged Count on his railroad schemes, and finally took him to St, Louis, paying the Count’s ex- penses, did so ot the instigation of his emplovers, the Kilbourne and Jacobs Manufacturine Company of Columbus, | Ohio. They are said fo be the largest | manufacturers of railroad contract supplies | in the country. A dispatch about the | Count’s schemes wired to an Eastern news- paper is said to have been the cause of the hurry to deal with the Count. The inside of his different projects was then not understood. The Count Interviewed. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 16.—Count de Toulouse Loutrec passed through here, en route to St. Louis, at 2:30 o'clock this morning. He was accompanied by B. M. Aldrich of St. Louis, from whom the Count | expects to secure a large amount of capiral | for investment in his Siberian railway | enterprise. | ‘When asked if he had ever been im- | prisoned in Siberia the Count laughed | heartily and said his experience in Siberia had been more pleasant than that of a prisoner. He had been there, he ad-| mitted, for several months last year, but it was on business and he was in no sense a prisoner and never had been. Mr. Aldrich expressed the opinion that | the Count was all right. He had examined | his papers and was satisfied he is just what he has represented himself to be and that he i worth 200,000 rubles and has an income of 5000 rubles a year. | This evening Mr. Aldrichreceived a tele- gram from a San Francisco friend, whose | name he declined to give, advising aim | not to close any contract with the Count, | as it was reported he wasa fraud. “Of| course,”’ said Aldrich, I will investigate | these charges, but at the present timeI | am inclined to believe them false.”’ “Assure the people of San Francisco.” ‘ said the Count, *‘that 1 never was a pris- oner in Siberia or any other place; that I went to Siberia on business and expect to \ go there again.” DEPOSITORS CAUSE 118 FALL. | Withdrawals Precipitate the Failure of a 1 Minneapolis Bank. | MINNEAPOLIS, Mixx., Jan. 15.—As soon as business hours had opened in banking circles this morning the an- nouncement was made that the City Bank | on the corner of Third street and Henne- | pin avenue had closed its doors. Among bankers and those in a position to know | there was general credence given to the | statement from the City Bank officials that the bank stood good for every cent of its deposits, and that it had been forced to suspend its business by the withdrawal of heavy deposits and inability to collect its notes. ‘ Bank Examiner Kenyon was in Minne- | apolis Monday and at that time examined | the condition of the bank. He then ad- vised the officers not to suspend, as the bank was perfectly solvent, according to | his statement, even if less than 75 per cent were collected on the paper it holds. How- ever, the withdrawal of deposits, which | bas been going cn for the last few days, | left the bank powerless, and this morning | it found_itse!f forced to discontinue oper: tions, Itis now in the hands of Mr. Ken- yon and his assistants, and an examina- tion is being made. T. J. Buxton is president of the City Bank; A. H. Linton, vice-president, and L. R. Buxton, assistant cashier. The bank was organized in October, 1. i ey VISALIA SOCIETY WEDDING. Robert Askin and Miss Low Dinelley Are United for Life. VISALIA, Carn, Jan. 15. — Herbert Askin, a popular merchant of Visalia, was married this evening to Miss Lou Dinelley | at the residence of the bride's parents. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. C. Linsley, the Episcopal minister from Hauford. The residence of Mr. and Mrs. Dinelley was beautifully decorated, and was thronged with retatives and friends of the contracting parties. Many friends of the bride and groom were present from San Jose, Sacramento and San Francisco. Mr. and Mrs. Askin will begin house- keeping as scon as they return from a trip to the city in a beautiful cottage just completed, They are both popular young people, and have the best wishes of the entire community for their future happi- ness. — | 1'in need of Mill Valley Wife-Beater. MILL VALLEY, Car., Jan.15.—Henry | Burgeson will be tried before Justice | Fathell on Saturday on a charge preferred | against him by his wife. Burgeson is ad- | dicted to the liquor habit and when in- toxicated beats his wife and drives her | from their home. | He was arrested some time ago and was to have been tried, but managed to escape. Hs was captured in San Francisco yeste terday and will stand trial Saturday. et Sold Counterfeit Tickets. NEW ORLEANS, La., Jan. 15.—The TUnited States Grand Jury returned indict- ments yesterday against Eugene Barrett and Joseph Wener for using United States mails to defraud. Some months ago Bar- rett and Wener, who have a ticket office in this city, were arrested on a cearge of sell- ing counterfeit passenger tickets over the Southern Pacific, but as there was no law against counterfeiting railroad tickets, the railroad had recourse to the law governing the use of the mails. e Against the Pullman Company. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan. 15.—Judge Dallas in the United States Circuit Court has affirmed the report of the master in the suit of the Central Transportation Company against the Pullman Palace Car Company. The Central Transportation Company isawarded $2,552,000, with eleven years’ interest. Bk egh e Petitions for a Receiver, CHICAGG, IrL., Jan. —A bill has been filed in the Superior Court asking for a receiver for the Calumet Iron and Steel Company of South Chicago. The bill sets forth a bonded indebtedness of §400,000, ot which $300,000 is secured by a first mort- gage, and a floating indcbtedness of $280,- 000. . Finances of Santa Cruz. SANTA CRUZ, Car., Jan.15.—The re- port of the expert employed by the Grand Jury on the county books was submitted to-day. It is understood that Expert ‘Wright’s report deals very plainly with the extravagance, if not criminal careless- ness, in allowing certain bills against the county. | No. 7 Fine Metal AUCTION SALES. AUCTION! 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