The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 26, 1898, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1898. W. I B HARTS GUILTY COMPACT WITH THE MeDONALDS AND THEIR DISHONEST ALLIES 16 Atforney General Promised Gorrupt Protection to the Schemers, How a Hioh Punlic Official Dishonored His Office to Aid the Wreckers of the Two Institutions, In the history of the - Bank and the People’s Hon Bank | t > prominent e than that of W. H. H. Hart, who was Attor- al o+ ing the a and the , Its feeder, were be- > real estat nd the | ¢ McDonalds » financial ruin. man and d that the and that he was r they comman Hart's duty was to watch the of the depositors and creditors of the bank, and n er threatened call a halt to ill-ad- on and cel ly to the erate robbery that the conspira tors had plan In all th speculations and dis- honest manipulations of the McDonalds Hart held the k to the situation. He W thoroughly til affairs i his ipted Hart, v to do whatever n of before the vised him o these institutior before tk banks w nvolved tc such a deg that ‘it was out of the question to re- store the ncy and sound condi- tion Hart plac f under ob! tion to the McDonalds by becomi a borrower for a b While | he thus placed hi obligation | h and accepted the tunity to | his own fir cial debts to advan- tage. He p 4 his position of advan- tage up to very t where the McDonalds d. He borrowed frem the Pacific Bank teris of thousands of dollars and for & short time he wa pay roll.of the Péople y one con- nected with both institutions recog- nized perfectly Hart's mctive. He had the McDonalds in a position where he wa to the part o elieve t » situation | Hart ignored of the Bank Commis- ited to himself the ar- t he pleased and when he reference to the aftairs of t LeD When th Bank showed him that e minent Hart « ined He was get large sums mone; from the P 3ank when he needed it and he nothing to prevent th final collap; of the institution. Even when the nk Cemmissioners sent their warnings Attorne sral Hart was in consultation with the McDon- alds, adv. what to do and what to ndone in the cris that was upon them He had scheme of his own to float and he had found an avenue ¢f wealth better than a gold mine. He not only ignored the warning Commissioners, but par- alyzed the acticns of his department of the State government. He was bleed- ing a willing dupe and he intended to continue the proce: until the end. Many a thousand dollars® he received from the bank, and even the alds themselves realized that he would never pay back the money he had re- ceived. In order to receive this money he found it necessary to be dishonestly in collusion with the McDonald bankers. He knew that the Pacific Bank, and . through it the People’s Home Savings Bank, were insolvent. He was not only acquainted with this fact through his association with the McDonalds, but from the official warnings of the Bank Commissioner: When it was utterly out of the question for him to delay ac- tion any further he took the step that other authorities had begged him to take a vear before. He did so reluc- tantly and with even worse grace than that displayed by the McDonalds in closing the doors of their banks. HART'S FIRST MEETING WITH THE McDONALDS. remain, therefore, one of of the Bank io Hart mu the most despicable figures in the en- | tire consp Other men were boast- Ing that he had been bought, and he did not dare deny the allegation, for | they had his lette He was known to be involved in the gigantic plot to a degree that publicity would have ruined him. He had received tremen- dous sums of money, and with a most extraordinary lust for speculation he paralyzed his official energies in order that he might gratify his propensity for gambling with the funds of the Pacific Bank. Hart’s connection with the Pa- »ific Bank and the People’s Home Sav- ings Bank, from the moment that the Attorney General made his acquain- ADVERTISEMENTS. cars’ Economical soap is one that a touch. ©Of cleanses. | | | | | McDon- | Ll | | | Sl F VLt Al (Bali 2y MW Zo e it Jsi adlorantlG o agency of the Attorney General. The law provides that he and nobody else is the proper officer to take action, and he declined to do so. Affairs drifted on in this condition for over a year. As already shown in The Call, Dr. McDonald fled from the State, and the little coterie of conspirators, in- cluding Attorney General Hart, had gone to New York ‘to continue their game for high stakes. Letter after letter was written by the Bank Com- M @R V9. (=53 Fz “” “ra his headquarters. When Frank Me- donald conceived the notion of estab- lishing the San Francisco Trust ‘Coiuu- panv Attorney General Hart assisted him in arranging the details and suggesting the general outline. Hart pledged Frank that the business of the Blythe estate, amounting to many thousands of dollars yearly, would be turned over at great profit to the new company. This promise was given as a bait and is one of the significant in- cidents that prove the close relationship beiween Hart and Frank McDonald. While the Pacific Bank was on the very verge of collapse and the Bank Commissioners, in order to protect their own reputations, were begging Hart to take the action that had become im- perative, Hart was scheming and plan- ning with Frank McDonald to organ- ize a gigantic trust company and to float another dangerous speculation out of the doors of the Pacific Bank. The following letter, which was writ- ten on one of the letter heads of Ed- minster & Co., will show how intimate were the relationships between Attor- ney General Hart and Frank V. Mc- Donald: Edminster & Company, Bankers. In- vestment Securities. No. 44 Broad street. NEW_ YORK, April 29th, 1893. Friend McDonald: 1 called again to see you and have a little private talk with Frank V. McDonald and other ¢ that was shamelessly being committ above Hart assures Frank McDonald sleep over the di HART’S GUILTY PROMISE TO FRANK V. McDONALD. A month and a half before the Pacific Bank crumbled Attorney General W. H. H. Hart was in New York in consultation The Bank Commissioners begged the Attorney General to take official action in reference to the institution and stop the wholesale Hart positively declined to take this action, and used the authority of his high position to protect the thieving bankers and their confederates. In a letter which is given in fac-simile Hart declares that he had telegraphed to his Geputies commanding them to take no steps without his authority, and he begged Frank V. McDonald to lose no esperate condition of the banks. onspirators of the banks. ed. that no action will be taken. again had robbery time and with Frank McDonald and played ker for a heavy loan un- utions had been tance the young bz\r]xJ o il long after both in 'x.‘l"uln}edg, is of timely public interest. Hart first met Frank McDonald long before the troubles of the Pacific Bank | began Mo H. Sherman had not yet foisted his worthless Phoenix securities on the | Pacific Bank, and he had not yet con- | ceived his tremendous scheme in refer- | ence to the Los Angeles Electric Rail- road. The Blythe case had just been | concluded, and Hart, who was one of | the attorneys of Florence Blythe, now | Mrs. Florence Hinckley, had won a tre- | mendous victory. Shortly after this | Hart was elected Attorney General of | the State. He needed money,and went to Frank McDonald to obtain it.” The young banker had not yet reached that | point where he loaned money utterly without security. He therefore demand- | ed from Hart some security for a loan | of $10,000 which Hart demanded. Hart, | as the public well knows, had as an at- | torney a very large contingent interest |in the Blythe case In the event of suc- | cess. As money Very already indicated, he needed badly, and for a loan of | $10,000 he made a most extraordinary | pledge. As security he mortgaged to the Pacific Bank, through Frank Mc- | Donald, his interest in the Blythe es- | tate, ana agreed in addition to that to give the McDonalds, in consideration of the loan, a®onus of $10,000, the face value of what he asked. This extraor- dinary agreement, indicating clearly the stress of Hart for money, was made and the Pacific Bank advanced to Hart | the $10,000 he asked. This introduced Hart to Frank McDonald, and the sub- >quent intimacy of the two men shows |to what advantage the introduction was used. Time after time Hart bor- | rowed money. When his original loan | became due a settlement was made and | he was released from the payment of | the bonus of $10,000. His unusual generosity made a favor- able impression, and the loan of ten thousand dollars was but the begin- ning. The Pacific Bank has already obtained a judgment against Hart and the Blythe estate for the money and interest. The bank in consequence will not lost anything by this transaction. Its only practical significance is to show how Attorney General Hart worked himself into the bank and de- veloped his power over it until he was absolutely in a position to dictate what he pleased. From that time on Attor- ney General Hart became one of the leading figures in the conspiracy to ruin the Pacific Bank and destroy the Peo- ple’s Home Savings Bank. The Call had already shown, in its expose of this conspiracy, that the Pacific Bank was practically insolvent in August, 1891 Shortly after that the Bank Commis- sioners officially and formally notified Attorney General Hart of this fact. No notice whatever was taken of the letter of the Bank Commissioners. Attorney General Hart was then occupied in bleeding the banks, and he was deeply concerned to see that they were not closed at that stage of the game. The Bank Commissioners could do nothing further than what they had already done. It was not in their -~ower to Lclose the banks except through the | missioners, but Attorney General Hart took no notice. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SOUGHT T0 INVOLVE THE BLYTHE ESTATE. He was protecting the McDonalds against any action the Bank Commis- sioners might take, and at the same time was borrowing a large sum of money. He was in New York in con- sultation with Frank McDonald and the others. When he returned to California he made arrangements with McDonald agents here and was clearly understeod to be in the service of the dishonest bankers. When he was at Sacramento in his official capacity he assisted them in every possible way. When the Riv- erside Bank was threatened with a well-merited collapse he stepped in and prevented the threatened action of the Bank Commissioners and in every way used his official position to save the banks from the destruction they de- served. The Call has already shown what Frank McDonald thought of At- torney General Hart very early in the conspiracy. Frank McDonald both feared and bated the Attorney General, but he did not dare antagonize bim, and sought through deceit to save the bank from the frequent raids of Hart. It will be remembered that when Hart made one demand for a large sum of money Dick McDonald telegraphed to his brother, who was then in Los Angeles, asking for advice. - Frank tele- graphed a reply and declared that it would be unwise to accommodate Hart again at that time with a loan as the Attorney Geperal would never repay it. At the same time Frank informed his brother that Hart could neither assist them nor harm them at that particular stage. The Pacific Bank could there- fore afford to refuse the accommoda- tion which Hart demanded. The At- torney General was always clever enough to secure what money he wanted from the Pacific Bank under the thin guise of technical legality. He always gave notes for what he received, but Frank McDonald indicated what the Pacific Bank knew those notes to be worth and the subsequent judgment obtained against Hart showed how truly the McDonalds understood Hart's position and his demands. As the relationships between Hart and Frank McDonald became closer Hart became practically a confidential adviser of the young banker dnd was deeply involved in several schemes that Frank attempted to float. It should not be forgotten, however, that at this time Hart was Attorney General of the State. As such officer it might be supposed that he would have held himself aloof from the McDonalds, understanding as he did how precarious was their posi- tion in the financial world. Instead of keeping away from the McDonalds, however, he was in frequent communi- cation with them while ail the crazy schemes of the Pacific Bank conspira- tors were being concocted in New York. ‘Within two months of the final collapse of the Pacific Bank Attorney General Hart was in New York city and Wash- ington. Tn a measure he made the of- fice of Edminster & Co., the “fence” of the McDonalds and their confederates, i in re 8. F. Trust Co. I think I can raiSe about $200,000 here in New York. I met a 8. F. party last night and he is able and will take $20,000. None of these parties woulu care to take any part in the management of the com- pany. 1 g0 back to Washington to-morrow and will_return on Tuesday night and meet Mr Huntington again on ‘Wednesday and will see you on that day if convenient or, if desirable to do s0 could meet you in the evening as I think I could formulate a plan with you on the Trust Company. I am anx- ious about this on account of the Blythe case and would want the Trust Company to take charge of that es- tate. This would insure a profit to the company without expense of at least $20,000. Think it over and T will see you be- fore 1 go home. Trusting you are well 1 remain yours truly, WM. H. H. HART. A month after the foregoing letter was written affairs in the Pacific Bank and the People’s Home Savings Bank had reached such a crisis that the Bank Commissioners could no longer wait for the promises of Attorney General Hart: They sent another imperative demand to his office in this city and informed him in plain language of the precari- ous condition of the bank. Hart was not then in San Francisco but was in New York. His deputies communicated :vnh him and informed him of the let- er. HART'S SHAMELESS CONFESSION OVER HI§ OWN SIGNATURE. The crisis was of such a character that the deputies telegraphed, and Hart, to show over his own signature and in his own handwriting that he ig- nored the Bank Commissioners and was giving the' McDonalds full swing in their dishonest speculations, penned a letter that is of general public inter- est. In this letter Attorney General Hart informed Frank McDonald briefly of everything that had been dene, in- cluding his own action in tying the hands of his deputies. He told Frank McDonald that no step would be taken until the McDonalds had been warned and given an oppor- tunity to prepare. This public officer, who was heavily in the debt of the Pacific Bank, and who for years had been in criminal collusion with the con- spirators who had ruined the bank, recommended Frank McDonald, on the very verge of collapse, not to lose any sleep over the situation. The epistle which proves Attorney General Hart's corrupt association with the McDon- alds and their banks is given in full as and no injury shall be done, anu I take this opportunity to write this letter in order to notify you that if I find any- thing wrong I will give you ample time to remedy it; so do not lose any sleep over the matter, 1 leave to-morrow for Chicago and shall be there about a_week or ten days, and then for the West, and will be in San Francisco by May 2, unless necessity requires me there before. If you get anfllmng that it would be well for me to know, please advise me freely. Yours truly, WM. H. H. Haxu, 321 Clark Street, Chicago, Il Care Manning. Hart continued his relations with the McDonalds long after both banks had failed. He had drawn a_tremendous sum of money out of the Pacific Bank and was seeking to obtain a sum from the People’s Home Savings Bank. The Call has already shown that the con- spirators who destroyed the banks were split up in contending factions after the failure. While little cliques were fighting against each other, all combined of necessity against the Me- nalds, who were looked upon as a common enemy. Sherman ultimately won the victory, but early in 1894, as already published in The Call, he was very far from a triumph, as far as the People’s Home Savings Bank was concerned. In January of that year he wrote his hysterical letter in which he explained his fears of a Grand Jury in- dictment and the confiscation of the property which rightfuly belonged to the People’s Bank. In that very month Attorney General Hart also wrote a | very important letter. It will be re-| membered that every possible effort was being made at that time to re- habilitate the People’s Bank and re- open its doors. Among the worst pos- sible securities then in the possession of | the bank were the bonds of the Phoenix Railroad Company that Sherman had | floated and then foisted on the bank through the corrupt assistance of John E. Farnum. There were 166 of these bonds in the bank, represegting $166,000 | that John E. Farnum had accepted as security for a loan of $166,000. The bonds, without the personal guarantee | of Sherman, were practically worthless. | The entire road that had given Sher-| man an opportunity to float these se- curities did not cost $30,000. { . Hart, however, wrote the tonowmg} Jetter in which he valued the Phoenix Railroad bonds at par: State of California, eral's_ Office. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 24, 184. D. S. Dorn Esq—Dear Sir: I have progressed so far with my report that People’s Home Savings Ban vent and that in coming to_this con- clusion_so far I have ~deducted 30 from all Arizona sureties other than Phoenix City Railway bonds, which I value at par. If you can exchange Arizona mortgages for better security | do so and I will include new sureties in my report, which will help your showing. Yours_truly, : W. H H. HART, Attorney General. The foregoing letter shows conclu- sively that Hart was not only willing to accept poor securities at their par value but was ready to assist in making the dishonest showing of the People’s Bank | as good as possible. Hart continued his | manipulation in the affairs of the Peo- | ple's Bank until the end. After the collapse came however, he could not operate with impunity as the public already knew of his officlal der:lic- tions. The Call proves this morning in Hart’s own handwriting what before the public only suspected, that the At torney General of this State was crimi- nally in collusion with the conspirator: of the Pacific Bank. To-morrow morn. ing The Call will take up the secret cor- | respondence of another of the great| bank wreckers and show by his own authority to what extent he helped to | ruin the institutions. SEASON’S OUTPUT. OF CALIFORNIA FRUIT = | Shipments Fall Only Nine Per Cent Below Those of the Preceding Year. SACRAMENTO, Nov. 25.—President H. Weinstock of the California Fruit Grow- ers’ and Shippers’ Association, in his an- nual report, says: The drought, the frosts and the unfavorable weather during the early part of the season | gave rise to a general opinion that there would | be little or no shipping fruit to leave the State. By the middle of May the outlook had materially improved, but yet the most san- guine-minded estimated that the yvear's ship- ment would not exceed 2500 car loads, or less than half of last year's shipments. The sur- prise is therefore a most agreeable one to find, at the close of the shipping season, that 4szi cars of fresh deciduous fruits have left the State as against 5328 cars for last year—a short- | age of only 9 per cent. Despite the lumu\\'hll} lessened volume of shipments, the income to the State for fresh frults, owing to the much higher prices which prevailed, has been ma- terlally greater than for several past seasons. The distribution of such income from fresh fruits has, however, been most uneven and irregular. A noticeable decline is manifest in the-shipments to Western ]golnts; ‘whereas, the shipments to New York, Boston, Philadeiphia and Montreal have increased since 189 from 50 to 100 per cent. The explanation for this lies largely in the fact that Chicago and other Western cities are recelving increasing sup- flies of frult from such States ss Georgia. ichigan and Calorado. Desplte the unfavorable season, cherry s ments_increased fully 20 per cent comp: with last vear, and the Dear crop, whicl a one time was pronounced almost a total fail- ure, furnished 1694 cars for shipment aghinst last year's shipment of 1640 cars, a loss only of about 3 per cent. The California Fruit Growers' and st}pneru' Attorney Gen- / Association has continued to successfully carry on the work delegated to it by the frulf grow- ers, who, by their united action, browht it into life, and has succeeded in 'maitaining unfon auction houses, free and opes’ to all buyers in_all the auction markets; tius pre- venting the fruit from coming in needless competition with itself, and 50 con- tinued the publication ‘of the daily bulletin, which gives a dally report of the Esstern fruit ghipments and the destination of the This has proven of _inestimshle to tho growers and shippers /in keeping them informed of the daily outpu!, the ties of frult going forward, and th their expected arrival in the vadous markets, and has thus done most importsnt service In preventing the disastrous gluts f1 the Hastern markets, which, before the pubication of the dafly bulletins, were of so common an oceur- rence and So Tuinous in theiy results to the growers. b FIRST TO THE WIRE. Winners of Races on Eastern and Southern Tracks. NEW ORLEANS, Nov. %.—Though the weather was drizzling the track was good to-day. Results: First race, seven furlongs—Aunt Maggie won, Truelight sécond, Applejack third. Time, 1:30. Second race, ' five turiongs—Georgie won, Rosalia secona, Pell Mell II third. Time, 1:03 Third race, 'six and & half furlongs—Mi Lizzie won, Watercrest second, Locust Blos- som third. Time, 1:23. Fourth race, one mile—Bishop Reed won, Evaline second, Tranby third. Time, 1:44%. Fifth race, mile and twenty yards—Peg Muscadine second, Libation third. Parks won, Time, 1:46%. LEXINGTON, Ky., Nov. 25.—Weather clear; track heavy. First race, six furlongs—Bon Jour won, Allle Belle second, Aspasia third. Time, 1:20: follows: NEW YORK, May 6, 1893. Frank V. McDonald Esq., Room 6, Fourth Floor, 44 Broad Street, New York—Dear Sir and Friend: I am just in receipt of a dispatch from my dep- uty as follows: “Send you report on Pacific Bank by mall, “CHARLES H. JACKSON.” I have replied: “Take no steps against any bank :hhcut my directions. Notiiy San- ers.” 1 thought it advisable to do this, as mfi! deputies might undertake to do what might to them seem proper, but what, in fact, may be very improper at this time, and I certainly I handle matters so no scare Becond race, ‘five and a_ half furlongs—Rose Ash won, Osman second, Mayme M third. Time, 1:14. Third race, five furlongs—The Bondsman won, Minis Alsipa jpecond, Jim P third. Time, ‘Fourth race, mile and a sixteenth—Arcturus won, Hampden second, Possum third. Time ‘Fifth race, six furlongs—Primate won, Mi Josephine ~second, Prince of Orange third. Time, 1:11%. WASHINGTON, Nov. 25. Bennings results: First race, six furlongs—Tinkler won, Fetiche second, Saratoga third. Time, 1:16 4-5. : Second race, five furlongs—Miss Order won, f‘& Cahsrlu!opher second, Lady Exile third. Tjme, Third race, six furlongs—Judge Wardell won, Telllo second, Walkenshe, third; Time, LT, Tace, six and e half furlongs—Roy-, | ert. | mo, a lighter storm yet, one only two | The gleaming sterer won, F e T ‘ast Black second, Strangest third. th race, mile and a sixteenth—Kinnikin- ?m‘: v;osr; Charentus second, Marslan third. QUEENSBERRY SAYS BETS SHOULD HAVE BEEN PAID Author of Ring Rules Believes the __Sharkey-Corbett Decision ‘Was Faulty. NEW YORK, Nov. %.—A special cable to the Evening Journal from London says: The Marquis of Queensberry, who has been traveling incognito, has been found in a quiet retreat in London. He was reluctant to talk of the Snarke: Corbett fight, but had no objection to t reply by him to a definite question being cabled: “I am of the opinion that, the decision having been awarded in favor of Sharkey, bets should follow the decision. You can: not separate them.” CRAIG DEFEATS CRISP. Knocks Out the Englishman in the Thirteenth Round. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, Eng., Nov. 2.—In a twenty-round contest here this evening for a purse of $I500 between Frank . M. Cralg, the “Harlem Coffee Cooler,” and George Crisp of Newcastle, Craig won In the thirteenth round. In the betting Cralg was the favorite at 2 to L The men were fairly even in the opening rounds of the bout, but before the sixth round was over the ‘“Coffee Cooler” had Crisp in difficulties, the Newcastle being greatly puzzled by the Americ tactics. Crisp recovered somewhat dur-| ing the ninth round, and the fight was for | a time more even. In the thirteenth | round Craig got a left home heavily on | the jaw and sent Crisp to the ground, | where he was counted out. Craig snowed no signs of punishment. Port Costa Lass Wins. STOCKTON, Nov. 2%.—The unfinished | coursing match of yesterday, which was | stopped on account of the darkness, was | concluded this morning. Port Costa Lass | Won first money, beating Fireman by a| Score 0f5to 1. Said Pasha ran a bye with Maiden and was awarded third money. bbb AR FIVE SNOWSTORMS AT ONE TIME Startling and Grand Panorama That YOUNG GILLETT NOW INSOLVENT Failure of the Dashing Cattie Operator. MANY CREDITORS AFTER HIM FROM A POOR FARM LAD HE SOON BECAME A MAGNATE. Daring Speculations Which Led Up to His Sudden Collapse—Interests Throughout the Southwest Involved. Special Dispatch to The Call. ABILENE, Ka Nov —A failure involving cattle interests throughout the Southwest was precipitated here to-day when an attachment suit for §$40,000 was filed against Grant C. Gillett of Woodbine by the Gillespie Commis- sion Company of Kansas City. Gillett controls thousands of cattle on the Southwestern ranges, and his liabilities are believed to be over a million doll It is now known that on Monday of the present week Gillett made an assignment and deed of trust of-all his holdings to D. W. Naill. Gil- lett at once departed for Texas. Mr. Nalll, however, refused to accept the 2 trusteeship and the papers were not filed. This condition of affairs becoming noised about, Gillett’s creditors came Moved Before Virginia City. { inia City,” said Sayre Noble, a Ne\“’u‘fig ranchman, ““is pretty well up ‘“f the world, 2s any one knows who has ever been there, and there are few locali-| ties in all the Rocky Mountain region | from which a wider range of country can be taken in at one view. Owing to that| fact some beautiful, striking and unusual sights are often seen by the dwellers in that favored city, almost within sound- | ing distance of the clouds. I have wit- nessed some of them myself, and:one in particular 1 remember. ~In fact it w sight that no one having seen could ever | forget. 1t was a moving panorama, grand and impressive in the extreme, being no | less than five distinct snowstorms ranging | among the mountains and deserts to the | eastward, while in the city not a flake of snow was falling. The storms represent- | ed all degrees of flerceness, and covered | an area of at least 100 miles. The one | farthest to the e: and at the same time the most northerly one, was apparently passing directly over the Forty-mile de It was as black as a thunder cloud, | so dense was the whirling body of snow, | and was, perhaps, ten miles in diamet ‘Any one in the midst of it would have been willing to swear that a snowstorm must be raging over the entire continent, but just to the north of it several tall, stately peaks rose out of the fierce storm | and towered above it in the full Smrn?ur of sunlight. The high hills that lay yond the storm were shut off n | Sight as though by a gigantic black cur- tain. “‘Nearer, and to the southward, another storm, not so black and fierce as ‘the first, but still dense enough to hide all the re- | gion behind it, was in less active progress. | It crept along toward the east, reaching | from the level of the Carson Valley up- ward to the very cloud whence it came, high in the heavens. Still nearer, and be- | tween the city and the mountains of Co- | or three miles in width, passed on its way. Through this the mountain peaks could be seen dimly, as in a thin fog. A mille far- ther south a fourth snowstorm, smaller in area than even the last one, but as black and tempestuous as the great blizzard that, with the sun touching the crown, was sweeping the Forty-mile desert, rag- ed in awful fury. All behind it was hid with the pall of the blackest night. Miles away, farther up to the southws the fifth storm, a vast and vio sweeping along, covering and range of thirty miles of high hills. “Between these several storm bodies hills, plaing and mountain peaks stood re- vealed as far as the eye could see, all ly- ing in the glory of a late October sun. eaks that rose golden far above the black masses of storm as they raged in fury at the mountain bases and far up their rocky s, made a partic- ularly striking and awesome part of that | strange picture.” —_———— THE ITALIAN THRONE. The Succession Discussed at the Birth | of Another Heir. Another Prince has just been added to the already large male element in the House of Savoy, which for half a century —that is to say from the birth of Queen Margherita—has had no daughters, with the exception of the child of the Duke of Genoa, also called Margherita, born in 1896. The Prince is an important addition to the family, as he will, if the present order 0f things continues, one day sit the throne of Italy. He is the fir: of Prince Emanuel, Duke of Aost: three vears ago, married at Kingston Princess Helene of Orleans. As the Duke and Duchess of Aosta had been married relatively long time without children, nd as it is asserted that the Crown Prince, married twdkyears ago, may er have issue, the enemies of the House of Savoy, especially the Clericals, had dil- igently spread the idea that the want of a direct heir after the Prince of Naples was the curse of God for the ‘‘usurpa- tig{i"i ofkthe Pnr;x&ltstutes, 8 known that certain anxiety was really felt in the royal family itself, and his relatives were busy choosing a wife for the Count of Turin, the next brother to the Duke of Aosta. The little Prince who has just entered this world has,however, put his rosy little foot down on these projects, which thus lose their greulng importance. = Another lease of ?C_Fegrhooh ;101;‘. Is given to the Count of Turin, which he is popularl; piis nz]e) \';ry ;flghl)fl Pop! v supposed le Duke of Aosta, to whose branch the family the Italian throne will 335 should the Prince of Naples die without an heir, is the son of g’nnce Amadeo, twin brother of Xing Humbert, who died when only 45, and about whom the ‘l'{lng in the depth of his grief exclaimed: T have lost my best friend!"” His moth- er was a Princess of the noble house of Della Cisterna, and not, therefore, of roy- al birth, but such was her cleverness and superlority that she took her place with reat dignity and grace as daughter-in- ] faw and sister-in-law of kings, Queen herself when for five séars. hor husband sat on the throne of ‘Spain. In Madrid she contracted the disease which killed her, one year later, at the age of 29. Englishmen certainly will not forget the sensation caused by the second marriage of nce Amadeo with his niece, the beautiful Princess Letitia Bonaparte. daughter of his sister Clotllde_and the celebrated “Plon-Plon.” — Pall Mall Ga- zette ? BEER MONEY AND CHURCHES. A hundred years ago there were no tem- erance socleties or Bands of Hope, no echabites and Blue Ribbon Army. To be as ‘“drunk as a lord” was the height of human felicity. It was the age of “‘three-bottle men,” of convivial toasts, of drinking songs. Even the church indi- rectly encouraged intemperance. There were certain districts where at Whitsun- tide the churchwardens were accustomed to levy contributions of malt from the parishioners. This was brewed into strong ale and sold in the church. The ‘Whitsuntide topers had, however, a pious method in their madness. . The mone{ spent on the beer was ex- pended by the churchwardens in church mainienance, and the muddled roisterers no doubt believed themselves to be pillars of the church even when, under the in- fluep.ce of its alcohol, they rolled upon its pavement.—Chambers Journal. ———————— [ In Havana there is a device for pro- tecting passengers from tfie extortion of cabmen. The lamp posts are painted va- rious colors—red for the central district, blue for the second circle, green for the third, etc., and thus the “'fare” knows im- mediately when he has » and pays accol 15 down upon him in droves. Men repre- senting twenty-five commission firms in Kansas City arrived at Woodbine to- day on a special train and immediately began searching for Gillett cattle, | which are ranging over Central and Western Kansas, Oklahoma, Indian Territory and Texas. How many there are none of the creditors seem to know, but it is stated that there are about 5000 head on Gillett’s Woodbine ranch. Some idea of the extent of Gillett's lia- bilities was gained at the County Reg- istrar's office here, where fully $1,000,- 000 of his paper is recorded. About one-third of it is blanket and unre- leased mortgages, while the remainder covers cattle now being fed. Most of Gillett’s paper is thought to have been held by Kansas City banks and commission firms, but the firms who are represented here on the ground claim to be amply protected. The career’of Grant C. Gillett has been of the skyrocket order. He |is abont 35 years of age, and his opera- tions have startled the more conserva- tive stock men. Four years ago he lived on a mortgaged quarter section of land near Woodbine. He began his cattle trade by feeding steers for others. In this he was successful, and on the little ranch he laid the ground work of a business which has enabled him to handle over 200,000 cattle within the last three years. His methods were as novel as they were daring. Soon he seemed to have unlimited credit. He bought great droves of cattle in Texas and brought them north for feeding. Soon he organized his celebrated “‘cow- boy band,” composed of plainsmen in his employ, and when he rode about the country in his special car He took his band of musicians with him.' He even took them into Eastern -cities, where they attracted much attention. Mr. Gillett is said to have recently taken out- $237,000 of life insurance and $200,000 of accident insurance. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 25.—The failure of Grant C. illett, the cattle- man of Woodbine, Kans., was not gen- erally known in Kansas City at the close of business hours this eveningl though it was already known and had created a slight flurry in financial cir- cles centering at the stockyards. It is stated that over $500,000 of Gillett’s pa- per is held in Kansas City, distributed among a score or more of commission firms. 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