The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 25, 1898, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1898 at the hotel at all, and he had on to be there at that time. He ™ up as soon as he dis- s being sought for.” a domestic of the ho- fire and 1 't, also an employe, o is d among the ruins. 1quiry has been made for her, whereabouts has been dis- Haverhill, ing, are o I‘MI‘\XH\‘HIS af- g from the fire, but could not Ate with their friends at once. _of the the missing ones. S. the Oak- sed from the list. hotel without trou- RESCUED BY AN UNKNOWN HERO Ralph Harris’ Miraculous Es- | cape From the Deadiy Fifth Floor. is would like to meot the ed him from the he was about to alilway on the dead- a wealthy wholesale milli. York, who iforr He wel is a brother of nown book- 1 a room on side. He was falling plaster, 1 on the head, causing filled with smoke,” “and I r said alized at once that 1 do not think hurried into my liy as possible. When I > door into the hallway I was _so dense that 1 cou peration somebody out in reply, ‘Come so I shouted back 1T turn? and the ted, with my outstretched said my res- v downstairs and further Adiffi whom I owe my wreh for other un- t him since if we were to . but I would ow how s mir et him kr n > h his effects except In his trunk were HEROIC WORK OF JOSEPH McCARTH Many Guestrsfl Owe Their Lives to the Night rorter. but he smoke and fire fifth floor good work on the n to all the rooms, f with a fi to batter in the > distinetly re- ad’s door and h he used con- in- was fourth own to the ts there. stopping He ficor, to a to'escape, for ladies have since re- sum of locket. money while the operated the svitor usually being run » the ground imber of gue: ‘tric curr shut - ped. His cage had > ground floor while Velps ¢ d e ecitls er of them stopped McCarthy 1 gathered up all the »00ks except the reg- 1t to take that also, but ght clerk that it was of not to bother with it. h Ccross to harge of ators to leave the GUNST PLAYED TO HIS LUCKY HUNCH Baldwin Fire "Suspended a $122,500 Real! Estate Deal. Police Commissioner Mos ed Gunst play- a *“hunch” the night before the fire vended est real estate deal that has been ne- 1ted on the street for month:; s last month Attorney Ach, for , has been conducting negotia- | =rs. Jeremiah Clarke of 2119 Cali_~pia street for the purchase of the Powell-street block occupied by the Green brothers, proprietors of the Colum- ling was directly oppo- entrance to the sked for it. *d 1o the extent Lake the proper- her property. but to pla; and wait till morning. e ole lot of (hings may happen in d Gunst, and develop- that a ** often has value outside poker gam The big hotei hurnf-fl.sman: values on surrounding real estate suf- fered a slump it will take several months to recover from. Gungt took advantage of the time lmit, and Mrs. Clarke still :,\u[-.\-hvhl« DIoneY “I had been negotiating for tha erty for a month sald Mr. Gunet, “and consider it a splendid piece of real es- tate. Of course, as soon as the hotel 5 on the day shift and did | s one | instructed McCarthy | eral trips, lowering vhen this temporarily at least, the n income produeing | Gunst considered it well | The trans- | that | | ¥ to turn over to Mrs. | But | tomary luck, and | 18 night’ demonstrated | pending the | d not_tell from which | K to the floor, | f { | | coming out in a m her hold on the fire escape gpeak very sharply to her to make her | | keep her e . McCarthy | third | there_would | on hi burned I let the deal go, for until a new building goe up values will be reduced and I felt that 1 could put the amount o money that 1 had figured with to better profit for the present. The property is a good one right now, and 1 may yet decide to take it. 1 certainly should if any one would guarantee to me that there would be another hotel on the Powell-street cor- ner within the next two yvears. That sec- iion will be the heart of the city for years to come, and though the destruction the SBaldwin will distribute the trade that centered in that district pretty much all Kearny street, it will return there s00n as a new hotel goes up. section, and have faith in it. me T was crazy Baldwin cigar store where I did, but it soon got to be the most popular place T was connected with. This not off exactly, but 1 developments. THE LUCKY ESCAPE OF W. A. BALLARD Saved a Woman Who Was About to Jump From the Fourth Story. Among those who are thanking their stars that they are aiive is W. A. Bal- lard, mining engineer representing Mines and Mining of Scranton and Denver. came here to attend the Miners' conven tion in the interest of his mag . escape from the burning building was at- tended by an act of heroism that passed unnoticed in the excitement of the occ sion. Ballard moved from the PalaceHo- tel to the Baldwin Tuesday forenoon taking his valise and leaving his trun at the Palace. Mr. Ballard retired ear! and had been ep several hours wi he was aroused by the cry of “fire” in the hallway. His room was In the fourth sto- ry on the Powell street side. Stepping to the door he saw there was no time to lost in getting out. “I also saw there was no use in try to escape through the halls, which w filled with * said Mr. Ballard 1d threw my effects into t out upon the ledge in People told dea! my grip s front of window, knowing that in time the fi around and get a ladd On my left the smoke was between the windows and it wz that I could ion. Several was beginr round the s getting ve sume and doors. where 1 “On m v clear, and I fe short dis ns of esc: } me to do but to s my way but could There seemed nothing 1y where I w. til help came, and as there W, in than in pa ck again i said it seemed to him t o be burned alive, 3 g of his folks in the E there w rning quickly, pre- v a woman, scantil attired, pa to leap to the ewalk. The smoke tha n rolling up from the loor below lifted for an instant, and Mr. Ballard shouted to her not to jump. He ng a little furt the left, and to his great relief i the iron 1 not seen before. way around woman com- fire escape, which he I The mining man wor to the same ledge on which the nding. Encou and by turn, Mr. Ba ) escape, and togeth made their way A bystander wrap) , and sh nd <ly hurried to of my flames that I h JE: window seeing the I concluded eno oked saild up tc he, the nd did not want my valise go back for it. I would like to see ain, but, to tell you the truth, the least description of her, she is old or ng. fair ung. blonde hair, which kept blow face and eyes when I w: 3 down the laader. It wa as for she was inclined to faint every few | seconds, and once or twice she let go nd I had to nses. Ballard is congratulating himsel ing left his trunk, which contained considerable valuable material, at the Palace Hotel. BRAVE FIREMEN 10 BE REWARDED Charity Bazaar Wiil Them a Big Benefit. The management of and California Grand Musical Contest, h is to be held at the Mechanlcs’ n during the month of December for the benefit of the poor of the city, has de- ed to devote the proceeds of the first night of the festival to the firemen, as a reward for their noble work in fighting the Baldwin fire and preventing the con- preading to adjoining Mr. Give the Charity Bazaar flagration from vhich was sent to Chief Sul. prevented a gr it you will designa e ticket office December 1, the sale for remitted to lar thanks for the dered by the Fire Dej Your immea. obli s very respectfully, Rl s CAPTAIN J. CH ST. HUBERT. The follo reply en o headquarters the bazaar: S Captain J. Ch. de St. Hubert—I In behalf of our department T ac most generous offer. Will not delegation of firemen, but will leay entire matter in your hands command, DI, SULLIVAN, Chief S. F. F. D. FOUND MAYER’S MISSING TRUNK It Had Been Left Unopened in a Saloon. Detective Cody vesterday afternoon found the trunk which belonged to Louls Mayer, who dled of heart discase soon after he had escaped from the burning structure. Atter his body had been taken to the Morgue his friends noticed the valuable | diamonds which he had worn were miss. ing. It was also discovered that his trunk was missing, as well as a wallot contain- ing considerable money. Detective Cody was detailed on the case but it was not until yesterday that he succeeded in locating {he trunk. found in_a sadoon at 101 Powell stree where it had been taken by two stranger: for whom the police are searching. The contents, which consisted of some cloth ing, had not been disturbed. The det tive also recovered the valuable paper: which belonged to the deceased and which were supposed to have been stotlen, They were found in a lodging-house over the saloon where the trunk had been taken. Despite the efforts of the police no trace of the missing dlamonds has thus fap been found. ‘Fhe police are satisfied that Mayer's body was robbed after he had fallen, but | as o the identity of the they are helplessly in BAGGAGE THAT ESCAPED THE FIRE thief or thi dark. e Police Property Clerk Moran has in his articles saved goueulon the " followin 4 T Satchel om the Baldwin Hotel fire: of | large over town, particularly along as I know that when I established the | retail | A s | turv Diana: am going to await He be | )at round the hat was the,last Isst a- | a | briet Yours to | conitaining some cartridges and a Colum- bian half-dollar, valise containing a num- ber of letters addressed to George Turell, an alligator skin val locked and an ex- tension kodak. A trunk was identified vesterday by George Williams of Chicago and delivered to him. TEACHER’'S BICYLE SKIRTS. The “tyrannical” acti - ofCleveland’'s Superintendent of Public Schools in fix- ing the lengths of the school teachers’ bicycle skirts came up the other day before the Chicago Board of Education. which is being heavily bombarded by beyond-the-wall teachers, who want to | ride into town on their wheels. “Is it proper,” asked these nineteenth cen- “to wear a short skirt in the schoolroom, and if so, how short? Just where comes the line of demarca- tion?” The Minervas of the schaols are answering “No” to the first question, but the board hesitates. In Cleveland tt protestine parents of pupils were quieted by the edict, “Teachers may wear bicycle skirts, but they must not wear them shorter than is proper.” But Chicago will have no dodging. Dr. An- drews says, “Bicycle skirts are to be | worn while riding a bicycle—not to a | school anv more than to a dinner.” “But,” protests Mrs. Caroline K. Sher- man ‘“what difference can be made by lan inch on a woman's skirt? Why should a working woman wear a gown which sweeps the floor:” On this the | women of the board were agreed, but as to the precise length they were hard- 1y united. Mrs. Sherman wanted it half wav between the knee and ankle. This | shocked Mrs. Young, who wanted them ‘“not above the ankle.” while Mrs. O'Keeffe, who rides, fixed the line at the knee.—Philadelphia Pre: — e —————— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. | A BACK DATE-S., City. The 2ith of July, 1854, fell on Thursday. SCHOOL OF NAVIGATION—Y. J. D., City. Look in the classified part of the | Cit MARRIAGE LICENSE-Dick, City. A marriage cense in alifornia is valid | only in the county in which it is issued. PREMIUM COIN—C. W. S., San Jose A 10-cent piece of 1874 is not a premium coin. The seliing price of such is from 2 to 40 cen | SOUTH OF T Until all NOT {ACHAPI—A. S., Ala- the returns are in it will give what the majority of idate south of Tehachapi was. WHEN YO' COMIN’ HOM o plece of poetry entitled g *and referring to 'When Yo 3 ppe August THE 1898, page 6. CLAIM—A. R., City. At Barrett the East to present the State’s im he stated that the claim amounted to about $120.000. The General Government allowed $53,000, and gave a WAR | the time that Adjutant General left for check for that amount. POETS WHO DIED—O. J. W., Colfax, in Ply- Cal. Nathaniel Hawthorne died mouth, N. 8, H., on May 18, 15§4: Alfr, Alderworth Hous England, on October Holmes died FOR Amador County, PACKAGES Pine ( Cal. packages ed by the quarterma department to be Manila wer: held until another transpo As yet no order has been | for that point. The kages were der from tkh s city. FOR THE NORTH—Subscriber, ., Oakland, Cal. Mall in- be deposited in the ne. It will be and from there postoffices daily to st and_ioth as near the wiill go by y of Dyea son as far as Tanana, tormerly From there it will be sent out onc onth, but no time can be fixed, as isportation will depend upon tions. Only letters will be carried. Neither per: the winter service. If the proper postage letter at the point ach the individual addressed without itional cost. For a post official to de: v fee for the delivery of a letter a is placed on a GRIDIRON PALACE—S., called by French at the battle of San Quentin he would build the most magnificent monas- | tery in the world in honor of the saint whose name should be found that day on the calendar. The battle was won Philip and the building was dedicated to St. Lawrence. The architect de: g the Instrument upon which the martyrdom. gular paral- 0 feet wide. that bei lelogram, T The huge and | an elevation of 2700 feet above the level of the It is part of the mountain out of which it has been constructed. It is of | | the Doric order, blilt of granite and cost $5,000,000. It contains 1860 rooms, S0 stair- cases, 48 wine cellars, 8 organs and 51 | bells.’ It was for a time the country pal- ace of the Spanish soverelgns. Its cir- cumference is nearly one mile. ENGAGEMENT _ RING — Subscriber, Ryde, Sacramento County, Cal. If a lady desires to marry and is not engaged she ny | should wear a ring on the index finger of the left hand; if engaged, on the second finger of that hand. There are some who wear the engagement ring on the third finger of the left hanfl until replaced by the wedding circle, from a bellef in the superstition that there is In that finger a vein that connects directly with the ueart. be in an engagement ring it is a matter of aste and often of liberality on the part of the accepted lover. There are many who choose the month stone for the ring; that is, the stone symbolic of the month in which the lady was born. Januasy is | symbolized by the jacinth or hyacinth, which means constancy and fidelity; Feb- ruary, amethyst, neace of mind and so- March, bioodstone or jasper, cour- age and success in_dangerous enterprise; April, sapphire and dlamond, repentance | and innocence; May, emerald, success In |love; June, agate, long life and health; | July, carnelian, cure of evils resulting | from forgetfulness: August, sardonyx or | onyx, conjugal felicity; September, ‘chry- | soiite, preservation from folly or its cure October, aquamarine, opai or beryl, hope: November, topaz, fidelity and friendship: December, _turquoise or ruby, brilllant | success. There is some doubt as to May and June and July and August, and some glve agate to May and the emerald to June, the carnelian to August and the onyx'to July. i | COUNTING VOTES IN NEW YORK— N. N. and C. W. D., City. In New York, the election law says that as soon as the | polls of an election are closed the inspec- tors of election thereat shall publicly can- | vass and ascertain the votes and not ad- | journ or postpone the canvass until it | shall be fully completed. There an elec- tor who so chooses may vote a straight | party ticket by placing a cross in a cir- | cle above the'party designation. Such are | called “straight ballots” and others are calied “split ballots.”” The “straights’” are lected and counted first and then the | “splits” are counted. Any ballots that come under the head of void by reason of tain neglect on the part of the elector and ballots that are protested are marked | “void” or “protested’” and are indorsed | by the officials. They are then placed in | an envelope, which is sealed and indorsed. | These, with the sworn statement of the result of the election, are sent to an offi- cer designated to recelve them and are preserved intact for a priod of six months and cannot be opened except by an order | of court. All the ballots except the vold and protested ballots are, after the proc- lamation of the result in the precinct, placed in a box together with a statement as to the number of ballots so placed in | the box, and the box is then locked, | sealed and returned to the officer or board furnishing the boxes. These must remain ‘nviolate for six months unless opened by order of court. As soon as the count is finished in the city of New York the re- sult is handed to a policeman, who must at once transmit it to the officer in charge of the district in which the precinct is located, and that officer must, without de- lay, transmit the result to police head- quarters. Directory for schools of navigation. | ied without cost to the | | discussed this situation most bitterly. sent | 2 to | From that point it will leave | condi- | Arizona freebooter, and his minions in nor periodicals will be taken during of sending it should | ! and like a | plotting and conspiring for an opening City. At To- | e leagues from Madrid, Spain, is | by | | to gned the | ground plan in the shape of a gridiron, | As to what kind of a stone there should | THE WRECKERS IN THE Sherman Sought fo Protect Dishonestly His Valuable Interests in the Pacific as He Did in the People’s Home—Agents and Allies of the Arch-Conspirators in Gommand. ’ Among the remarkable documents of | are a few of the worthy clique, and in the Pacific Bank there are few that are | of more general interest than one which | RUINS OF THE BANK Remarkable Letters Written by Frank McDonald After the Pacific Bank Went Down to Destruction and Disgraceful Bankruptcy. due time the beautiful, consistent acts of the Commissioners and Attorney was written by Frank V. McDonald | General and others will be duly en- after the Pacific Bank had failed and | the bank wreckers were fighting like | vultures over the body of the wrecked | The great struggle for pos- | institution. larged upon. “But in this noble band o conspirators let us not lose sight of M. H. ....erman, the general. the grand and noble rep- session had begun and the various fac- | resentative from the wilds of Arizona, tions were using every possible influ- | the man who, through his dishonest efice they could command. nothing what the character of this in- fluence was, honest or dishonest. If courts or commissions could be bribed the conspirators were ready to resort to bribery. Great Interests were at | stake in the decision and it was natural | |, M. | that the wreckers should fight stub- | bornly and bitterly for control. “Mistah red in the San Francisco | When Frank McDonald wrote the remarkable letter that will follow he and the other members of his family had been thrown out of the bank. Moses H. Sherman, the arch-con- spirator of them all, was determined | that he would wind up the final affairs, not only of the Pacific Bank, but of the | People’'s Home vings Bank. He was | not satisfied with having practically ruined both institutions through his wild schemes, but he was determined to secure whatever valuable property he had pledged for the funds of the banks. He had in both institutions pledged some valuable property in Phoenix and he wanted this property back. He wanted to clean up his gigantic con- spiracy and manipulated to control the final liquidation of the banks. His cousin, John E. Farnum, had been put into the institution and other friends were in authority. Frank V. McDonlad He wrote a remarkable letter in which he handled his enemies, and particu- larly Sherman, without mercy. The let- ter is also a most unusual one from a literary point of view and is as follows: “Justice or law, which is it? The Pa- cific Bank an interesting study. old officers and attaches gone. The only responsible parties dispossessed. Mephisto Harumscarum Sherman, the charge. At the vice president’s desk sits A. F. Johns. “The cashier's desk is represented by Baggett, worthily typifying his name, lean and hungry Casslus for profit; but sadly different from his Roman prototype in remaining faithful | ce and monastery of the Escurial, | to no cause, his only end being to see the Spaniards “La Maravilla Oc- | tava,” or eighth wonder. Philip II vowed | that If he were successful in defeating the | where he can catch on. To-day repre- senting the lone, erratic, insignificant shareholder Cogswell, the next day pro teanlike appearing for Director Sher- man, whom the day before he attacked as a scoundrel, and lastly pretending represent our General, whose position he had prev ously most violently assailed. Al Baggett, thy name—well, certainly not Constancy, but of course he is learned in the law, and some say still more learned in bookkeeping accounts, the courts, and is beloved of Sherman, the fair and the good. “Whom have we next? Why, surely J. E. Farnum, the immaculate, who suspiclously floats about from pillar to | post, but whose motives, of course, and | It deeds are always above suspicion. does seem strange how such a virtuous man could be chosen as a midwife and | wetnurse of this crazy Sherman'’s plots and plans, but then they are cousins, | and_Sherman has been a good friend | to Farnum in financial stresses, and | Farnum in turn has not forgot to back Sherman's schemes for raising money, however objectionable they may have been, and the operations of these | Siamese twins in financial matters have | been the principal cause of the mis- | tortune to the Pacific Bank. “But how did the honest John Far- num acquire such power? Why he is the son-in-law of Bank Commisisoner Knight. the venerable patriarch who is now ruling the destinies of the Pacific, and who, like a blind Oedipusin despair, with nothing but Antigone Farnum and Ismene Baggett, two frail and slender | beautles, to console and guard him, is | now trying to grope his way out of the follies of his own creation; and any one can readily see that suggestions from Sherman to Farnum and from | Farnum to those whom he wished to coerce, backed up by intimations of what good Papa Knight could do and might do and would do, generally suc- | ceeded in accomplishing the desired re- sult. “And who 1s the moon-faced, smooth- tongued willleboy that scatters his promises broadcast like the golden leaves of autumn and that smiles and blinks and frowns and lords it over all? Why, it is the general, chosen for his spotless record and striking fitness by the Commissioners, to act as re- ceiver in defiance of the bank act and the rights of the stockholders and de- positors; but a $150,000 in receiver’'s fees and years of expensive litigation and all the other rich perquisites do not grow on every bush and are not to be lightly cast aside, not even by as affluent a man as the virtuous Gen- eral Willey. They are worthy of a con- test and should be captured at any cost, the law or no law, while as for justice, she is so far back as to be nothing more than a tradition. And are these all the worthy representatives of the law that are striving so zeal- ously to feather their nest and keep the officers of the bank from arranging with their creditors for full payment, and open the bank and going on with the business? Oh, my, no; but these It mattered | | lore over that system and | positions thereon and on the Los Ange- | les every one he | | other people’s Its | vacilating Attorney | manipulatio. of schemes, has prac- tically wrecked the Pacific, and who, | although until the other day a director !of the Pacific Bank, now brings suit | against his fellow directors, indicting them for allowing him to wreck it and further insists trat they are vile and | he and his beloved band are the only true and good men who should be in- trusted with t»~ duty of winding up this institution. Unless the present board redeems its character by assent- ing to the monstrously dishonorable proposition of paying him $15,000 in money and his attorney, Baggett, $5000 and surrendering him guarantees and obligations that he through his counsel, Baggett, proposed, than which few propositions of a more disgracefu. char- acter could be imagined. “Yet this good Sherman of whom we shall have much more to say hereafter struts about in glory and Jjoins the beauty of legal triumph. He pretends to own the power to do almost anything, to influ- ence courts, especially the higher, to swing the whole power of the Southern Pacific system through his kind father- | in-law, whom by the way he worries to death; and he distributes passes ga- provides Electric Road to wishes to use and spends prodigally money for purposes of his own and practically plays Prince Bountiful, asserting that anybody and anything can be bought; and this is the man to whom the court has so wisely turned over the Pacific Bank, and pray, for what? his friends are further allowed to heip themselves to whatever they may find that pleases them and with his usual diffidence about helping himself—of course, there will be plenty left for the others when he gets through. But enough said for to-day.” One of the most vitally important let- ters that was ever written in connec- tion with the history of the Pacific Bank was penned by Frank V. McDon- ald shortly after the foregoing epistle was written. In his second letter Frank McDonald goes more minutely into a discussion of Sherman’'s great | plot to control the affairs of the Pacific Bank, even after it had failed. Sher- man had placed his cousin J. E. Far- num into this bank as receiver. Far- num had forced the McDonalds to take from Sherman 166 bonds of the Valley Street Railroad Company of Phoenix. | The cost of this road at the very out- but | all admit he is famous for bulldozing side estimate was not more than $35,000, but Sherman had foisted upon the Pa- cific Bank sixty-six bonds of the de- nomination of $1000 each. This transac- tion in itself, even if the Pacific Bank took absolute control of the railroad, would represent to the bank a dead loss of $25,000, but Sherman was not satis- fled even with this ill-gotten gain. He made an additional $100,000 bond issue and John E. Farnum forced the Pacific Bank to accept the bonds. Sher- man had given with each bond his own personal guarantee, and after the Pa- cific Bank failed he determined to get out of the possession of the bank this guarantee and several other obliga- tions. To do this, John E. Farnum was placed in the institution. These trans- actions in the later history of the banks are of the utmost impertance and | constitute one of the most startling ex- | poses In the whole secret hisicry of the | defunct concerns. In the following letter | Frank McDonald | the efforts of Sherman and his exploits thoroughly con- federates to cheat the Pacific Bank out of documents that would now be worth $166,000 if they were in existence: “In addition to the legal phases of this question we call attention to the fact that the practical working of the same would be very diffigult. The Bank Commissioners have to super- vise banks all over the State, are only a short time in any one place and could not give much attention to the actual management of liquidation, therefore they must necessarily choose deputies, and in the choice of those deputies there is a large chance for grave mis- takes, furthermore there*is no direct responsibility in this case. “The Bank Commissioners are under no special bond for the management of this bank, their deputy under no bond whatever, and they have no direct per- | sonal interest in the matter nor has the deputy, and as a further proof of the likelihood of irregularity in this case we cite the fact that the present choices that have been made are all unfortunate. First, the temporary re- ceiver, H. I. Willey, that they chose was a man whose record was anything but such as to qualify him for the position and whose business ability and experi- ence were not of a kind for the hand- ling of this class of business. “The present man, John E. Farnum, is absclutely disqualified, for the rea- son that he is almost entirely under the control of a certain M. H. Sherman, in whose behalf he is willing at almost any time to do anything, especially in the way of securing money or of re- leasing Sherman from obligation. It was this same Farnum that forced upon the Pacific Bank one hundred and | to him, in return for which he would To be ruined unless he and sixty-six bonds of $1000 each against the protests of the cashier and presi- dent of the bank, and it is the same Farnum that is now working to re- | lease M. H. Sherman from the guar- antee on these bonds and otherwise to | get out his obligaticns and papers | from this bank, and only recently said | M. H. Sherman has tried in a dishon- | orable way to get the release of this $166,000 and to get the officers of the institution to stipulate that he should be released from his guarantee and be | paid $15,000 in cash and be allowed | $5000 for his attorney, Baggett, and have sundry qther papers turned over draw out from this fight and stop op- posing us and permit that the bank be‘ liquidated under the directors and Bank | Commissioners as it should be, he (Sherman) being practically the person | who is making the most trouble and | opposition. | “And it is a matter well known to any | one who has given the subject any at- tention that Farnum and Sherman are | working together in all matters, and that this same Sherman was until re- cently a director in the Pacific Bank and has now turned around and is at- tacking his fellow-directors, hupmg‘ that he may be thereby released from | his obligations and may otherwisel | | profit from the liquidation of the banks. | “It must, therefore, be very clear that said Farnum is entirely an im- proper person for the responsible posi- tion that he is now filling. Again, the Attorney Baggett first appeared in con- nection with the Pacific Bank as attor- ney for Dr. Cogswell, a shareholder of ten shares, and on those occasions he attacked the Attorney General and his position, the bank directors and their position, of which M. H. Sherman was one. Soon after we find Baggett ap- pearing as attorney for Sherman and then assisting the Attorney General and | now he is supposed to represent the Bank Commissioners, and, in other | words, he is simply a turncoat shifting around to see where there is most for Baggett. “We also find that they have chosen in their employ a Mrs. Graham as stenographer, who is the daughter of a Mrs. Crocker, who is associated with Edminster & of New York City, which firm is now bringing a fraudu- lent suit against the Pacific Bank and trying to rob it of over $20,000 of its as- sets, and we know that between the daughter an1 mother the most intimate | relationships exist, and that the mother and daughter have been working against the directors and in favor of said Farnum and Sherman, and we therefore say that she is not a proper person for this position. “Now, again, we understand that H. 1. Willey. as receiver, by authority of the Bank Commissioners, did make a demand on the First National Bank of this city for certain bills receivable that were turned over to its president for collection, to be paid on account of the indebtedness of the Pacific Bank as per agreement with said Pacific Bank to the said National Bank of Commerce of New York. These notes have always been held in the Pacific Bank as the separate property of the said National Bank of Commerce and were ordered by said National Bank of Commerce, were delivered to the presi- | dent of the First National Bank of this | city, and we understand that said H. 1. Wiley has notified the makers of these notes not to pay the same to the First | National Bank of this city. This is a monstrous mistake of judgment, for the National Bank of Commerce of New York holds other large and valu- able securities on the same indebted- ness, and if it elected, could sell those securities in open market and slaughter the same, there being at present no sale and no market for these securities, and thereby the Bank of Commerce could come back against the Pacific Bank for a deficlency judgment which | would involve a loss to the Pacific Bank of at least $100,000. And the only reason the Bank of | Commerce has not made such sales heretofore has been for the kindly feel- ing toward the Pacific Bank and the hope that it might be able to arrange with its creditors and reopen its doors. Therefore, this act of Receiver Willey and the Bank Commissioners is enough to disqualify them from thus adminis- tering upon the affairs of the Pacific Bank, irrespective of others that might be cited, and it should not be forgotten that said Farnum and Willey, Mrs. Gra- ham and Bank Commissioner Knight, who is the father-in-law of Farnum, are practically under the control of M. H. Sherman, and this Sherman is the one who has wrecked the Pacific Bank. Therefore, we submit that for the Pa- cific Bank to be wound up under these persons would be a great injustice to the creditors and the stockholders.” THE CHOSEN FRIENDS. Sunset, Empire, Fairmount, America, Washington and Socfal Councils have agreed to act upon the suggestions made by the grand officers at the union meeting recentiy_held, with a view to extend the | order. It is expected that there will be | a poticeable increase next month. Fairmount Council has moved into Mis- sion Masonic Temple. Last week the council was visited by the grand recorder, 5. C. Wallls, and he delivered an address. One candidate was elected. Last week Washington Council received three applications and initiated two, the work bemg‘ performed by W. F. Glbson P. S T.; 8 C. Wallls, G. R.: Mrs, C. J. Sweeney, G. P.; Mrs. F. A. Morais and Mrs. Iinnen. Social Council gave an interesting eu- chre party on Thursday, the 17th inst. Covenant Council of rgetown will ;nmnte two candidates at its next meet. l ng. | Mr. Henry White, ANGLO-AMERICAN LOVE FEAST HELD Thanksgiving Banquet in London. UNDER TWO NATIONS’ FLAGS PRETTY SPEECHES MADE BY THE ENGLISH GUESTS. Sir Edwin Arnold and the Earl of Harlsbury Tell How Uncle Sam and John Bull Could Defy the World. Special Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, Nov. 24 —The Thanksgiv- ing banquet of the American Society in London which was held at the Hotel Cecil this evening, was for a glorifica- tion of Anglo-American friendship. Three hundred Americans and their English guests sat at a table under the entwined flags of the two nations. Two notable speeches were made, one by American Charge d‘Affaires, and the other by Sir Edwin Arnold, who was supposed to be nearly at the poin: of death from paralysis, but who drageed himself to the banquet hall aaginst the orders of his physicians, leaning on the arm of his Japanese wife, and supported by a cane. J. L. Taylor, president of the society, proposed toasts to her Majesty, the Queen, and to President McKinley, and Mr. F. C. Van Dusen, the secretary, read President McKinley's Thanksgiv- ing proclamation. W. M. Osborne, the American Consu! General, in proposing the health of the Charge d*Affaires, paid a high tribute to Mr. White's long serv- ices. Mr. White, responding to the toast, “Thanksgiving day,” evoked enthu- siastic cheers by reference to Colonel Hay, formerly American Embassador and now United States Secretary of State, whose eloquence, he said, had been the chief attraction of the gath- erings of the society. Speaking of the “first foreign war in fifty years which Americans had been compelled to wage in the interests of humanity and clvil- ization,” the Charge d'Affairs congrat- ulated the nation that, as in a previous contest, it had been guided by a Presi- dent possessed of the wisdom and cour- age to surmount the difficulties of the crisis. The war had proved *“that the fire of patriotism burned as brightly in the hearts of our citizens as it ever did, and that sectional differences have dis- appeared. We have emerged from the conflict a united people among the na- tions of the earth, ready to assume the responsibilities unexpectedly thrust upon us.” The speaker referred to the change which had come over the feelings of the two nations with respect to each other, “as based upon no alliance at present, nor, I hope, to come, but upon unity of feeling.” It would be diffi- cult, he said, to foretell the conse- quences should the two countries ever decide upon joining action in any part of the world. It would be a combina- tion difficult to defeat and tending to the advancement of the human race. The Earl of Halsbury, the Lord Chan- cellor, extolled Anglo-American friend- ship, which, he said was nct “vain ti sel, but what the race believed was a duty to be done.” These two nations, he declared, had destroyed the ideas that it was right for one man to make another his property. The American people, at the risk of tearing asunder the great empire they had founded, had determined that every man under the stars and stripes should be free. The two nations together might defy the world. Their alliance might be an idea and a dream, but it was a noble idea and a splendid dream. Sir Edwin Arnold concluded the speech-making with an address, the manner of which was so eloquent that it could not be reproduced. No man, he said, eould visit America and not express the gratitude, attachment and hopes that filled his heart. He conclud- ed: “Your guests salute you. Only one who has known Holmes, Emerson, Longfellow and Whitman can tell how secretly and shyly Englishmen love America.” A Restless Corpse. An unknown man, who took rooms at 812 Kearny street two days ago, suffered a cataleptic fit at midnight last night, and was removed to the Harbor Hos- pital, where he was pronounced dead and the Morgue notified. 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