The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 10, 1898, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1898 DR. McDONALD'S LAST RAID it i ON HIS CRUMBLING BANKS g ing from an upper window in Gay's stable. He gave the alarm, and instantly the whole town turned out to try to stay the progress of the fire. The horses and a few vehicles were re- moved before Mulvaney’s stable caught fire. Then the fire spread to Fairbanks’ store. A few things were removed from the store, but the heat soon became so in- tense that nobody could enter any of the burning buildings. The town contains no provisions for fighting a fire, and the citi- zens had to form bucket brigades and work in relays. Wet blankets and sacks were spread on the roofs of the buildings likely to catch fire. Several times adja- cent buildings were ignited, but the flames were prevented from spreading by tne bucket brigades. All_the houses to the ‘north were scorched and blackened, and on the west all the windows were cracked and shat- tered by the heat, The buildings destroyed were wooden, which made the effort to check the flames difficult. Some believe the fire to have been the work of an incendiary; others think a tramp must have set fire to the stabls while sleeping in the loft. RATLROAD MEN SCHEMING. Trying to !‘urmTN ew Western Pas- senger Association. DENVER, Nov. 9.—The matter of form- ing a new Western Passenger Assoclation, with headquarters at Omaha or Denver, will be brought up again this month at a postponed meeting to be held in this eity. The meeting was to have taken place at Omaha on October 25. The passenger departments of the Gulf, Midtand and Rio Grande railways have been invited to delegate representatives to attend the He Ordered the Theft of Ten Thousand Before the Doors Closed. I. W. Hellman, Dahiel Meyer, D. S. Dorn and Sherman Under the Lash of Bitter Ciriticism. ' The kaleidoscopic criticism of the doctor took ancther twist and I. W. Hellman and Daniel Meyer follow the horse on the screen of the doctor's The dramatic story of the guilty) knowledge of Dr. R. H. MeDonald of the events that culminated in the ruin of the Pacific Ban concluded this be the case | DOTS g { Souted my will | brain. But stll another character was meeting. An effort will be made morning in the publication of the last e e | to follow: Mattiow Gars. the Bt clude all of tne trans-Migsour! lines and letters written by the aged flnancier | ment, with wha wise co side irrigationist, whom the critieal to locate headquarters at Denver. before the crash of his institutions. The | sels, would allow doctor characterized as a continental e Sta: ent. 1 would 1”} 1t.f9 | curly headed liar. Excerpts from this e cnd Sy | letter that must possess some local in- :. oh terest are as follows WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. — To-day’s statement of the condition of the treas- ury shows: Available cash balance, $300,~ dition of his bank but was a party to lb n'x_p!;tml‘!ng. lm‘t ;»111? ‘ g ain | t and darkness af A NEW YORK, April 13, 1893. 791,106; gold reserve, $242,130,300. G e ititul home deserted, lts My Dear Son Richard: Yours of the B to his affairs and dishonor to his name. | After the o!d man fled from this city | every effort was made to show that he ished room with its 24th inst. came duly to hand giving me more detailed particulars of Broth- r James than by telegram. I am not surprised to hear that such is the ca Dizziness knew nothing of the ‘ransflclio‘nfl that hc:rmrm] ‘:uxm‘l\ rted, flongl 5 Such conditions all work out so . 0] were bringing the banks to destruc- where, oh, w . 1 the end, and I have long expected tion | Heavenly'Fa that such 'would be the case without il ]ng ensations A : cup left for me to dr any definite time in my mind as to The Call has shown that Dr. McDon- days of mine? What h when it would occur. I note what 21d knew everything that his sons were | deserve i£? 1 do not know Jou zay of the ‘saciai drinking with Nervous Debflity o el ie 4 - must be for some good ar Mr. Sherman and others in Los An- doing In this and gave his entire | " thatshall be m nown to meat Blen N e b support to their action. He command some time. Until then I shall await, will come. I have been thinking a ed them to keep shim free from any trusting Thee in faith that all good deal of Brother James' invest- « M' personal respons: ity and to place his ! ¥ill be well in the end with those who ment in the Donohue railread, for he lsery BOL spousibility ol love the Lord. In this trust I cannot knows nothing about railroadfng, nor private fortune in such a position that| despair. Affectionately vour _father, does Mr. Foster know much more than no creditors of the banks could attach R. H. McDONALD. he. It seems to me as though he must D air E T R s S e etes esp it. He deliberately and ything of the kind, and 1 predict “ 1V DONAHUE commanded the gigantic CAPTAIN JiM A'ND THE DO u that it will turn out the unfortunate theft of $142,000. He demanded and r RAILROAD. l-n;ux]essrzrfmsmmn of his the. and iy S o 2ot £ | what a fool it seems to me he must ceived dishon veral th nds of | on March 14, 1893, R. H, McDonald | have been fo have gone Into it. dollars more for his own personal, pri- [ §r in a letter to his son Richs aid | I learn that Mr. Dorn and his wife cuREs Sorrow A =t Blurs Drains yate needs. Fle blackguarded his 500, | his compliments to his brother, Caplain | | §ave been divarced, and. that she ia his brothers and his friends. With | Jim McDonald, and what the old man | ' JyIh€ I Paris, France. and he here. ickmatiing Bank | nate for him and cause himself to be lentally Dr.. Mc- | thrown away and go to nothing, and : he seemed to be on that road before I abusive eriticism he denounced every- | chose to c..l the t body connected with the banks and not | Commissioners. Inc content with deceiving the authorities | Donald uttered a fes on the Donahue r left California, and it is a matter that | ‘he planned what was practically the | 2 ¢ | we will have to take cognizance of far MU ARB last robbery of the funds of the Peo- | O the letter are as follows: | our own protection and best tater O B s e A b i NEW YORK. March 14, 1883 | ests, for it is a matter we will have a fow untortunate viotims suffer. from. You My Dear Son R. il. Mc | to give attention to in all probability, are no doubt aware of the awful calamity awalting the victim of & misspent life—a lifs In the letters published this morning | You say yvour uncle J. I hope you will not allow my horse The Call will show t Dr. McDonald $25,000, which you paid him from the to be neglected, and you see that he filled with abuses. Abuse any part or portion secured for his own benefit a great for- | Pank to go info the Donohue railroad has good exercise, and if he is not ex- of your Yy and you pay the penalty. 1f you > = in some form or another. If he is not ercised he will go to nothing. I un- eat too mi you get dyspepsia; if you drink tune in stocks and bonds that he had| careful he will be ed up in that derstand that Mr. Farnum's fieaun is too much you get the “trembles,” and so on. given to his daughter. These sacu! affair in some way greatly to his loss. not very good. and if he keeps up his Young man, beware of the follies and pitfalls i ; : | That Donohue road has been bobbin excessive smoking as he has been do- go-llte DeYare. OO [the seciel stas ot life ties did not belong to him and right- | £ s g 1 BNt- | around for sale to first one party and | ing he will be apt to break down be- Dapee OF the shuses of Mok You duahit o fully do not belong to him now, but| then another, and I am inclinad to the fore any 'im“ length of time. loadx forward to nahlpfiy,.leorv:ul, maniy n;:a. since the fallure of the institution of | opinion that it is a good thing to let I note what you say about Hellman :xx.;n to p::m;x}:euo'm tli:uhigd:"“)(;ufhe .iv,{nud: which he was president he has been | &lone. _ and his proffered generosity. You fight yan Cure. Hudyan has cured many men. Hud- A > gann | Otherwise rallroad men would have shy of all such things, and also Daniel yan cures Nervous Debility, Neurasthenia, enjoying the financial benefit of these | had it in their. possession long ago. It Meyer. Neither of these men will ever Melancholia, Failing Manhood and those dis- properties. | might e a good thing for you to'say do anything for you but what they eases and disabilities of men commonly called Many of the letters of th 1d to Uncle James hie had better let the don’t get some kind of a grip by which prematurity. Hudyan cures when all falls. o 5 G € old MAN | wnole thing alone or he will be véry | they will get back double the amount Sudyan, cures Shmaln _cnnstipstion. - Hudyan are deeply pathetic. In one of the| apt to lose money and be greatly an- they put In._u.eep clear of all such Sires Bluss, JHuyan. oures -Spepmatorrhosa- epistles he tells his sons sadly how he| noyed if he touches it. Truly James characters. You know them and their S wi o feels that th h Auahs is in a forlorn and hopeless condition, habits and life; therefore have as lit- e e e e e e e at the end 1s gradually ab-| gang 1 haye little hope of its ever be- tle to do with them as possible. proaching and he must face his God.| ing better but coniinmonsly worse with Gage came here while I was off on NEW CIRCULARS FREE. In preparation for this terrible ordeal | é\igl Wherleverll‘xf; is nrl] the wormb, I {m' lrinrln‘l}\\'orlh Csrol!r;u. I{exls nnfih- S attiad hi 3 id what I could from his earliest boy- ng more than a continental, curiy- he settled his worldly affairs, made his| {0 JUS" /GG THOM WS Catiiest hoys headed llar, and that is ahout all there Consult the Doctors Free. . teturned to the duties of religion | the right direction that he may never | is of him. Truly and affectionately, — and commanded his son Richard to| become as he Is. but with the odds of | your father, R. k. MeDONALD. 80-DAY CURE , Tou may be suffering steal ten thousand doliars more before | & dissipated father and such training | on the subject of temperance he has . the doors of the bank closed. There is| reached the point he has. as | FLOOD AND THE DONOHOE-KELLY 30-DAY CURE $7, topiary torm of 30-DAY CURE 23 o jbe cured possibly no sadder instance of the And 0w each and | ior Siose mha BANK, S e should have helpe e in direc- :;“f“"f‘“ of old age than this old man | yop have withdtawn all On April 22, 1892, the old gentleman | e elieving himself on the verge of the| this hour of need, and I alone am left | was stlil in a gossiping moed and wrote e K R A A R e o L HUDSON MEDICAL INSTITUTE, rent to command a son to the commis- oAt oL 6 38 A i i Commissioners will have thelr day, My Dear Son Richard: I have two Stockton, Market and Ellis glon of a crime. and I hope have done their worst, The or three of your unanswered letters b S8 St& In his concluding letters Dr. McDon- “\!lélls o [hfi captain (Iepr?nt? fror}l d?y th‘atfll w!l} now KII;}X’ to {:pl{rl to as i “ 3 to day on the amount of alcoholic li- riefly as I can. rst, the Flood de- ald eriticized D. S. Dorn and Moses H. | € fav,on the amow body, and what falcation in Donohoe-Kelly Bank. Sherman unsparingly. The opinions of cannot be -helped must be bLorne. 3 They are all Catholics and Donohoe the aged critic in reference to I. W. ‘When he fully understands that he is | has a very high F(flndlnF in the church and I think you will find the matter Yelima ani y v ™ a full partner in that institution it ellman and Daniel Meyer will b Niaton: has all been fixed up with but iitle may and probably will mod found not uninteresting. His caustic | 3 alking abe < | 0 A | duct ng ilttle, as he will find out that talking about it and that D. K. & Co. abuse of his brothers James and Jas- | he is persopally responsible to the | WIill get back all thelr money that has per adds a peculiar feature of interest | smallest as well as the largest stock- not been lost in some way and _that To the story. - His command that he| holder in case of any troul Truly | ¢annot be recovered. Truly and af- shall not be caught in a trap and that| and 'affectionately, | fectionately, R. H. MeDONALD. R. ssible ves: o 2 e ;- . H. McDONALD. Hhe Teteotion of seraininieg Syir g THE OLO MANS CAUSTIC CRiTi.| R McDONALDS WARNING COUN. - | SEL TO HIS SON. a fitting climax to the dramatic recital. | THE OLD MAN'S LIFE CLOSING IN CISM OF HIS. BROTHERS. The next letter that Dr. R. H. Me. Donald wrate to his dear son Richard ’ o 3 On April 8, 1893, Dr. McDonald took | SHIPWRECK AND DARKNESS, | another fling at his brother, Captain | was a potpourri of goasip, scandal In the early part of 1883 Dr. McDon- | Jim, and also paid his compliments to | business and nonsense. The range of | | i ald believed that his life was near its | his brother Jasper. The letter is in | the old gentleman’s comment began close. The old man wrote to his sons | Part as follow with his horse and ended with Dyer and told them that it was his wish to | NEW YORK, April 8, 1893 and Gage. He was as much concerned wind up his earthly affairs and prepare | My Dear Son Richard: I note wt to know whether his horse had been for death. He counseled them what to| YOU say about brother James, his v | well exercised as to learn whether or do and how to act, and informed them | South and his peculiarities not the Pacific Bank would lose half a that he had drawn and executed his| Brother Mark i pdoubtless havilg | million dollars. The letter in part is that Malt-Vivine is not alone an in- fallible tonic in blood-nerve-and Will. With a cry of despair he declared | Kty vexatious. If aathing mora Mol | ag followa: that his long life was ending In ship- | he should have the sympaihy and wa wreck and darkness. Excerpts fram | sistance as far as It could reasonably My Dear Son Richard! 1 sors S, S eirane lrouufil'es. ‘a"da r'es‘t:";er‘ his letter are as follows: be done by his brothers and relations. you' say about the braken-down wnot of strength, but is alsoa palatable, ol I have just Tecelved a letter from Jas: | Hition of Frak a5, Mch "1 healthful and delicious ASTOR HOUSE, N. Y., Jan, 28, 1863, per, one of his bilious kind. He | were moerh e T UL T for old and young, who are enjoy: My Dear Sons Frank and Richar Sseems to be constantly overflowl T fuch regret to hear. If he is in v | 3 s 3 y owing @ half-demented state I hope that hi; ing health, Used as such it sus- The iouhy i ¥ Tecl & wall gofined be with bile and in such a jaundiced con- | Father In heaven Will soon take his L tains health and is a splendid ap~' g ¥ e as never | di that see 2 ke . 2 setore. My purpose hereafter. ax far | fis (rue IENL as It uppears 1o me. The | Sariig*iG, byer and Gage must’be Petizer. Shouldbein every home, a1 can, wiil be to gt everyihing in L)on(nhdue::knilrvmd has_been kicking | Ijke an efi};enguy PR TR y i au omusaiers. - hest possible s 'or my it hes any | 7 : > * |/ e 1§ Conme when o oo, o Ty deminc, |, sround for @ purchaser these many | navo'ia Stores well Soraced huis THE OLD MAN S TERRIBLE GOMMAND TO HIS SON VAL.BLATZ BREWING Co. 78 years of age and my time is or | abie ta find one. ; =4 ool e 4 MILWAUKEE,US.A> should be nearly come for me to step You say that brother James'is put- Pt NG ALD. ' Cahen & Wholesale down and out. I have served my day {ing mopey in it and is becoming very | ryE AGED B & and generation about as well as I largely interested in It and that Mr. BANKER TAKES A FOR. 2 Dealers, 416-418 Sacrameato Street, know how, and I hope I am ready to Toster is to become. its superintend- TUNE AWAY FRO| The facsimile given above proves that Dr. R. H. McDonald committed one of the most shameless offenses in the whole San Francisco. - pass on to'that great beyond to where | ent, Now, if it ls'a fact that my M HIS history of the dishonorable trul;?cttlmr of the Pacific Eank Shortly before the doors of the institution closed the hrother has gone: into this road, as in- aged financier ordered his son Richard to-take ten thousand dollars more from the vaults of the bank, I ; = q‘lfall!m;x’ make 1"11 agipear );_‘e has,. it is DAUGHTER. this demand the old man declared his belief that the institution must go down and that he must not undernzl:;'mc:f > ADVERTISEMENT: {:fifi };macne]s Pefardihe aats T o Tt On May 3, 1893, Dr. R. H. McDonald cumstances appear on the books as a personal debtor. He had sotransferred his property, aggregating hundreds of thousands corhe sdvanced and chronio A e e Neither he nor Mr. Foster knows any- | S00Wed how he could give his daughter of dollars, that not one cent of it could be attached by his creditors. He had ordered through his son Frank that he - thing more’about the running of a | Mattie a fortune and then take i[%ack be dishopestly released from a debt of §142.000. After that he had taken from the vaults three thousand gollare and NASAL CATARRH n;{lro?‘d xgm‘u;k 2 cow kx}m:«‘:‘ t;(xeh use Ell)gal‘l;. - Tge daughter was married to as the crash was impending he demanded $10,000 more in cash, Y tha calieh of. S Ba- of a handspike, ow nk he is r. John C. Spencer and in her - s " f Sptiing his coat fail Info the ma- | riage greatly offended her father, who : “Elv's Bal b it 8 UK R OF bya { bad, however, deeded to her certain |that he sent to his soon seems almost |appalling in its immorality, and is the Don't forget to give special attention ¥ Bopeam Bgun loose of it . or be drawn in and be |income .o . his property, very | POssibly in any sphere of life, that a e letter in full is as follows: onately your father, ? E ut a man of his advanced age , : a y Dear Son Richard; EFrom wh % i b 4. urld‘lx;z: glood sense sh]:mldl ailow hi{m- f,%‘\’igv'égt gg;a;e;z::t:;é{;:e;&%gas: lll!loesrlelt:{iemfe:‘n T;emg’:fif‘ir?f §E“cf,’“§"2fly 1 ‘he;xr of the E?:Jl(.lla the flBank ‘l;oll;rlh m’:"o ,{:m::’;;s:'o;;“‘;‘geT:‘:m(;“rlli;;}g ‘l':' Cream balm is p{:::‘edwmxlmo e:hceu“:nsmu. '3 oy sel a go in any such enterprise, for 3 missioners are n, and are liable 20 ds the b d bed. Pretty boxes and odors T Ty "y any . great mifls which | Mattie's name and at the same time |2t least, but Dr. R. H. McDonald | {GUSRRPT8 ARG, (RONE, Sod B08 Table | side history of the Los Angeles Electric | Hetief is immediate and & curs follows. Tt 18 grind large men into powder often | retained possession of them. It was {n | Stands convicted by his own handwrit- | telling what crisis may come and re- |road deal that was the primary cause | not drying—does not produce sneezing. Large are used to sell such and lttle fsnJike him 0 such a | his power to da as he pleased with ‘t“ of such a crime. He had hfi‘geg Al fallaw. T e of the ruin of the Pacific Bank and Soc; Trial Size. ltc: at Druggists of by mall. shed up 0 wreck the Pacific Bank. He ha ¥ e 1€y | the People’s Home Savings Bank. The : - - stream as this will be likely these and in & net. There are two kinds of fools |in "he“,fi‘amfi'o’,“& tg':;é',’:}‘:!:::de rs | organized the People’s Bank in_order fUOUgh Tiore 0 (PAY. L SIX months L Inublic wiil Tearn Chen tor tha Atk s soaps as no one would |’ i inis world; one is & young fool and | v gt bill, and if any trouble is likely the other is &n old fool, and if he is 1 oliowing letter ghows Dr. McDonaid: at he might rob the people o | to come to the bank you must send |With what craft Moses H. Sherman an MO BTN . NO PAINI J:e ik il ane of |own record of the transaction: RIS | city, When brought face to face with | 1o °oF Secure for me, secure for me . S. Dorn used the two great lnsutu? Lowest Prices in the City touch if he saw them un- | {iis ¥ork I should tn hi g edatter, and it is said of all the fools NEW ¥ is terrible offenses his mask of sanc. at least 310000 in cash. And I think |tions to realize the great Los Angeles WORK in th rld an old fool s the bi y ORK, May 23, 1883. tity save i long enough to permit ou had better send me at " n the wo a foo e biggest My Dear Bon. Rihany 8 Lok ey e&;,}{,t{"fi‘om‘gm o A Ry dratt for $00. 1 am owing Mrs A~ | Project: rfié’#fi‘?f;fi?&h PLATES A SPECIALTY. disguised. Beware of a | fool. Truly and affectionately, arranged ————— 58 B R. H. McDONALD. ged with Mr. F. S. Edminster to ‘With false promises he fought for | Speneer §2000. ¥ou must' not fai 4o v TOMALES BUSINESS have {ssued in his na; wi tracting free ‘me the followtn ay this off before troubles come. This Full Set of Teeth, o Lo ng u stocks now standing i time and succeeded in saving his enor- b adol ‘8l soap that depends on |piODEMUS SOCRATES HAD GONE your Ifisgflefi'&{: .zsie(fi“ stooks T mous forting fenk. the pestestion. <t | st Fiiiw a7, borihel fabt | have BLOCK DESTROYED RS np % . . . by le and hold i 08 whom it rightfully belonged, want one cent to stand ol . something outside of it. TO THE DEMNITION BOWWOWS, eri %':fe'“clg'r:*an?o spares Sunsel | Step by step he pathered his wealth | personilly and this 2000 m‘;’.lit"l;?narflf ek Captain Jim McDonald evidently dis- ele- .| into such a form that it cou e taken ow me to be caught in a trap £ Pears’, the finest soap |turbed the dreams of his brather a| SRR LE04, i Rhome L he Dok | Qut of the reach of the courts of this | [ his matter. There Will be no money | Fire Consumes ~Property to the ELECTRO-DENTAL 5 = five days later the old doctor was still | again indorsed when returned to him | State. To do this he commanded his T Hoe And pray ;’l:: - R BTN Value of Twenty Thousand CLINIC, in_the world is scented or |discussing that nightmare, the Dona- | here, He sends the stock to you or |50ns to falsify his books and then with | RS 20d Bray that such o calamity Dollars. Suite 5 hue road, coming to the very serious| ti¢ bank to have this done. Please |an almost sacrilegious hypocrisy he telling, They come yery suddenly and s u’h&%”flm e omaention to this matter and have |sought to retain the name of an hon- | unexpéctedis at soms timos ey the | TOMALES, Nov. 9.—What was once the | ornce Hrat o to 3 pm.; Bun. § 10 2 pm ” AN fon that Captain Ji not, as you wish; and the ‘,’,‘:"2},‘;5 ‘on(m 4 !hevv\:r:un:l v:‘rn:‘cl RS 3 &’:cfi:“‘l oy ime s con- |grable man. He counseled his son | alert, and don't be In 4 position to he | Principal business block of tnis fown 1 was lifted for a moment to descend on R"l“ Y}:&éflg. Dick that the Bank Commlissioners | ¢harged with fraud in any way., It |now a mass of charred and smoldering N " |might pounce down upon the bank at | 1510 that way that many will hurlt up | ruins. Fire broke out.in the upper part Use and money is in the merchan- | %% devoted back of D. 8. Do ot ; Y - in the opinfon of the old §emiemuf THE CULMINATING CRIME OF DR, | 80Y time and $10,000 more must be| ga “impeinel i Us nLofsible. 40 | of J.'B. Gay’s livery stable at 9:3 o'clock this morning, and before ..e flames could 3 2 ' a “q it 1 stolen before they came. fecti . dise, not in the box hed sone to the “Gamaition bowwory. R H. McDONALD. The books, so the old man instructed, | when eth‘:;ycoal:rt‘i%sng{g;:r?nt:f of- | be subdued $20,000 worth of property was | Faclal Soap hile commiserating over that event e < must be tampered . with and changed so | dinary legal course. burned. The Grutli Hotel, Fairbanks’ All sorts of stores sell it, especially | the doctor suddenly recollected the in-| The last letter written by Dr. R. H.|that t be exposed as a debtor, | I want to feel that T S i » ©SPECIaTY | forests of his horse and urged Dick not J McDonsld to his son Richard was :l;d filfi“flofinbeuehund with frud. | have one year of necessiry expenses :tl:‘d"i((sl.vyl;a;!':bx‘i:;lhsl‘elv:v?r: i’:&brif;"&".? Tug Nosw. Bump, Wist, Besken, [-fhaped Facial Cream. druggists; all sorts of people are |to neglect that animal's exereise, other- | penned five wi and te see money in g o g Wise it would travel the rosd that Ders pe: eeks before the bank | His letter in all of the terrible corres of disaster. - In case . | giroved. The total insurance will aggre- guu:b;n m&i’.‘?fl?&"& '3;03‘3;;1;;3_ using it. WS O n closed. The old n kn W,. ew éh'h that | spondence that found its way into the This i enough to-say to you on this |gate $8000. 127 W 42d st., New York, 163 State st., Chicago. book. the crash was coming and the letter vaults of the Pacific Bank is the ost | subject at the present time, John Watt, a butcher, saw flames burst~ | Send for {llustrated