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The morning call., 1894-10-17
NO FEAR OF LOSS.
Suspension of the Bank
of MerCed.
CAUSED BY A STRlNGENCY
And Heavy Withdrawal of the
Deposits.
THE COUNTY TREASURER'S ACT.
Directors Are Substantial Men and
No One Will Suffer by the
Closing.
CAUSED BY A STRlNGENCY
THE COUNTY TREAsURER'S ACT.

MERGED. Oct. 16.-Owing to ths fnan-
cial stringeucy and inability to realize on
securities the Merced Bank closed its
doors this morning. The directors are all
substantial men and the depositors have
no fear of losing their money. The
County Treasurer had several thousand
dollars of the county's money in the bank
On open deposit.
The general report in circulation here IS
10 the cause OF the failure is as follows:
For years it has been customary for the
County Treasurer to deposit the county
money with Merced's three banks 10 open
deposit. County Treasurer Bartlett was
defeated for denomination in the Demo-
cratic convention some weeks ago and.
attTibuting his defeat to the officers Of the
Merced Bank, demanded the county
money. Part of it was paid, and other de-
positorS, learning of the action of the
Treasurer, withdrew their deposits, reduc-
ing the reserve fund to such figure that
the bank officials decided to suspend.
The bank has over 100000 loaned to
merchants and ranchers in this COM
munity, which it will call in at once.
A dispatch to the Bank Commissioners
yeSt6ludy CUuf6N6u buo I0t6lllg6Oco lDaL
the Bank of Merced had suspended.
a statement made in July to the CommIs-
sioners the following details were ascer-
tanned:
The resources were S243, ,029 43, consist
ing of the following items: Bank premises,
$40, AS So; real estate taken for debt,
SS19S SO: miscellaneous stocks, S470O ::
county warrants, S170S II; loans on real
estate. $74, 563 IA; loans on stocks, $2125 10 :;
loans on other securities, grain. ETC.,
S8993 rs; loans on personal security and
overdrafts. S115,0l1 %; money on hand,
$9677 81; due from banks and bankers,
S5545 A; furniture and fixtures. $3.50;
other assets, $500.
The liabilities at that time were as fol.
lows: Capital paid in coin. $4,000; profi:
and loss and contingent fund, SSS61 63: 4:
due depositors. S16O,637 80; due banks an d
bankers, $4,000; dividends unpaid. $50 :;
certified checks, $780,
The loans on real estate by counties
AaiI
The morning call., 1894-10-17
PERKINS AND FORD.
They Make Telling Speeches at Santa
Barbara and Ventura.

SANTA BARBARA, Oct. Ex-senator q.
c. Perkins and Hon. f. l.. Ford addressed
large meeting to-nignt. The Senator's
speech. while not an oratorical effort, was
a STRAIGHTFORWARD, logical address that car
ried much weight and was greatly appre-
ciated. Mr.. Ford followed in brief
speech that was listened to with Interest.
The meeting was lively and enthusiastic,
and both speakers made strong impress
sion.
VENTURA. Oct. 16-The citizens of Santa
Paula turned out by the hundreds to hear
Perkins and Ford. who spoke there last
night The speeches were listened to
with interest, and much enthusiasm pre-
vailed
The morning call., 1894-10-17
Strategy in Chinatown.

Police Sergeant Gillen and his China
town squad are doing good work among
the Mongolian gamblers. They captured
twelve looKouts for lottery shops yester-
day afternoon and last night corralrd a
gang of fantan players with all their para
phernalia.
The sergeant and his men go home at IL
o'clock everv night, a fact that is we'll
known to the gam blers, who open shops
when the patrolmen have gone.
Last night Gillen and his squad left their
quarters as usual at IL o'clock, and alter
journeying short distance out of China
town returned and met at common renGsZ-
vnus. From there they proceeded to Ross
alley, where at No. 25 they found nine men
playing tan. They captured the gang and
added them TO the lookout in the ola City
Prison. The latter are booked as vagrauts.
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NEW BOOKS EVERY DAY.
A Splendid Offer to "CalP' Sub.
ScriberS.

Our readers who have not the oppor.
tunity Of daily visiting Libraries and book
stores will find in "THE CALLS" book
offer rare chance Of securing the very
best works Of fiction at nominal cost.
We offer to our subscribers a choice Of
any book out of a list Of 300 titles for the
small sum of 10 cents each. This places q
library at your command aud gives you
greater advantages than are enjoyed by
newspaper readers generally. The books
are all handy sizes, beautiful, clear type,
well printed and substantially put to-
gether. and cannot be purchased in tho
ordinary way for less than Is and 90 cents.
In order to obtain these books it is only
necessary to cut out the COUPON which we
print on another page and inclose 1t with
lO cents for each book desired, and you
will receive the books by return mail.
Out-of-town subscribers who send orders
by mail are requested to make at least
four selections from the latest list obtain
able, In order that they may not be dis
appointed In securing one Of them. We
pay ali postage.
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False Registration

Los ANGELES, Oci. 16.-County central
committees, both Republics and Demo-
cratic, have employed private detectives
10 go over the great register and report
names improperly on the register. The de-
fectives have hled long report, giving
many such names. The report was filed
with the supervisors. who turned the
same over to the District Attorney, with
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instructions to proceed to strike such
names from the register and prosecute
whatever parties are discovered to be re-
sponsble for any fraud in getting such
The morning call., 1894-10-17
Wreck of a Lumber scbooner

CAYUCos, Oct. 16.-The gasoline scboon-
er Electra, laden with lumber for March
Bros. OF Cambria, was wrecked between
San Simeon and Cambria this morning.
During heavy swell she dragged her an
Choir and went ashore. The crew escaped
unhurt.
The morning call., 1894-10-17
A Skull Fractured.

John Powers. an old man, who lives at
AZ Clementina street, lies at his
homo dangerously wounded by an
unknown assailant. He was walk
ing along Second street somewhat
under the influence of liquor Monday
eve ming, and was voicing his opinions of
the American Protective Association.
which were anything but complimentary
30 II, when passer-by overheard him and
knocked him down.
The blow or the fall made him insens-
BILE; and he lay for some time on the
street before be was picked up and taken
to his home. His skull was fractured and
his friends fear that he will die.
The morning call., 1894-10-17
Reduction Works Attached.

NEEDLES. Oct. 16.-The Needles Re-
duction Works was attached to-day for
$4,000 by the Nevada Bank of San Fran
cisco. The mill has been idls for several
months
The weekly tribune., 1894-02-09
CLANS GATHERING.
Preparations For one Of the Greatest
Legal Battles of History Going OH
at Milwaukee.
On It's Outcome Depends the Future
Conduct of the Northern Pacific
Railway.
Petition For the Removal of the Re-
ceiyers-Great Array of Legal
Talent.

MILWAUKEE, Feb. 5.-The clans are
gathering in this city for one of the
greatest legal battles that was ever
fought in the courts of this or any other
country. There is such gathering of
distinguished attorneys here as this city
never saw before. The battle will last
perhaps several days, and it is expected
to reveal some of the biggest scandals
in the history of the country, and on its
outcome will depend the future of the
great Northern Pacific railway system.
Late in the afternoon, or early in the
morning the receivers will file their
answer to the petition of the directors
of the Northern Pacific road for their
removal. The petition for the removal
of the receivers made very grave charges
against them, and it is understood they
will retaliate with charges as grave
against Mr.. Ives and his hackers.
The petition of G.. Willet Van Nest Of
New York to be made party to the
suit has been filed. His petition alleges
that the receivers are acting in the in
est of the creditors of the road and not
IN the interest of the bondholders.
The weekly tribune., 1894-02-09

y new and important invention in the
use of electricity has recently been an
bounced from brussels and tested in
Berlin It is the Joint discovery of two
Belgian scientists. Mcssrs. Lagrange and
Homo who applied to the imperial Ger
Ian patent o,'ice for letter patent on Il
Lew method Of heating. melting, and re-
inning metals by means Of electricity
The means as designated and the re-
-uts described were so incredible, the
patent examiners demanded practical
demonstration in their presence pricr to
the issuance of patent.
The matter was referred to an eminent
Electrical expert in Berlin, who made the
trst essays in his private laboratory, and
was So delighted with the result he tele
-raphed for permission to repeat the
demonstrations before the Electro.
technical society at Berlin. Permission
vas granted and the experiments per-
formed with brilliant success.
The modus operandi is as follows; The
apparatus consists Of glass or porcelain
vase Of any given size, conveniently
adapted for the purpose, provided with
lining Of lead connected with strong
conductor of positive electricity. The
vasa is filed three-quarters full with
acidifed water, The operator takes
pair Of iron tongs with insulated
handles. which is attached to flexible
conductor. to the negative pole Of an
electrical current generated by an ordi-
nary dynamo.
The electrical cur rent having been
switched on, bar Of wrought iron or
other metal is taken up with the tongs
and plunged into the water contained in
the vase. Immediately the water begins
to boil at the point of contact. The
immersed portion Of the iron rises quick
y to red heat, then to white heat.
In few moments the heat becomes so
intense that the iron melts and falls off
into bubbles and sparks, leaving clear
glowing surface in perfect condition for
Welding. Experiments with amorphous
carbon proved a temperature Of 1000
degrees Celsius.
These experiments have caused wide
spread arguments among electro
scientists. Whether this process can be
applied to the industrial arts. or whether
it would be more applicable to electro
lytic processes is yet to be determined.
All electro experts in Europe whowever
agree that a new vista in the field Of
electricity has been opened up. and
Great Falls as tho Electric City of the
northwest will not view with indifference
any discovery which will tend to the
further extended use Of the subtle fluid. |
The weekly tribune., 1894-02-09
AN ECCI.EsIAsTICAL FRAY,
One Seems to Have Been PrecIpitated by
Congressional Resolution.


Congressional Resolution.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-Congress seems
destined to have an ecclesiastical fray
precipitated by the resolution which
Senator Frye and Representative Morse
of Massachusetts have brought in to Sc
cure recognition of the Deity in the con-
stitution of the United States. Inter-
ested members are being deluged with
missives of commentator and protest
upon the project.
The trouble seems to lie, not so much
in the purpose of the resolution set forth
in its title, as i'll that clause of it which
embodies the orthodox evangelical belief
in Jesus Christ This is certain to stir
the opposition of Hebrew citizens and
others, and foretaste of that opposition
is already making itself known.
Some letters have been received from
clergymen. who desire to address the
committee against the resolution. None
OF the ministers who have intervened on
eiter side are men ofnational reputation.
a delegation of church people is here to
advocate the resolution. They are Rev.
i. Robinson, DR.. McAllister and Rev.
D. G. Martin of Allegheny, Pa; r. p.
Stevenson Of Philadelphia and Rev. Ii.
IL. George of Beaver Falls, Pa.
The weekly tribune., 1894-02-09

Yesterday "Wednesday the solemn sea
son of Lent began and for forty days the
minds Of the faithful will be turned from
the world and the time given to fasting
and prayer. Ash Wednesday occurred
unusually early this year. within three
days of the earliest that ii can occur.
In 1918 it fell on Feb. and in lS45 and
1856 on Feb. >. In 1883 it occurred on
the same date as this year-Feb. :.
With the Catholics and Episcopalians
this season is observed strictly. All
amusements are forbidden, especially
the play houses. and marriages will not
be solemnized except with special per-
mission. Services are held in all Of the
churches daily and the communicates
are expected to attend at least one serv-
ice a day. But one full meal is allowed
each day, and on Wednesdays and Fri
days flesh meat is prohibited. Sundays,
however, are regarded as feast days and
abstinence is not required then.
During Lent candidates are prepared
for confirmation, which usually takes
place about Easter time
The forty days Of Lent are exclusive
of the Sundays, and will end with Good
Friday, March 23, Easter occurring two
days later.
The weekly tribune., 1894-02-09

The TRIBUNE understands that 1t Is
ne intention Of the Anaconda company
IN the near future TO commence the
erection of large coke plant at Belt.
From tests made it is proved that coke
# excellent quality can be made from
the l,elt ooal. The company will use
the slack produced in the coal mines in
the manufacture of coke. which will be
used by the great Anaconda smelters
This will necessitate the erection Of a
large number of ovens on the Belgian
system, the building Of large struct-
ure for the cleaning and washing of the
coal. and will result, when finished, in
another important industry for our
stF.rfrE
The weekly tribune., 1894-02-09
A LETTER OF NAPOLEON'S.
The Emperor's Order for the Arrest of
the American Consul at Genoa.

The Emperor's Order for the Arrest of
the American Consul at Genoa.
LONDON, Feb. "a dispatch to the
Standard from Paris says: NJ. Bretonne
has published i'll the NUuvellc Revue the
letters of Napoleon |. which were sup
pressed by Marshal Valiant and Prince
Napoleon. One of the letters, dated
Ramboullet, 1897, is addressed to Fouche.
Napoleon says:
Order the arrest Of Kuhn, the Amer
lean consul at Genoa, as the bearer of
the Maltese cross given by the English,
because he is their agent. Have his
papers seized and examined. He is to
be kept au secret until have read
them. | am displeased with you for
communicating with the American en-
bassy. My police should ignore that
embassy. l am master in my empire,
and l should not shrink from arresting
even the Austrian ambassador if l sus-
pected him of treason
The weekly tribune., 1894-02-09

Below will be found communication
from l., $. Woodbury., president of the
Great Falls Iron Works. This letter il
timely and the advice given we cordially
indoree. The time has now arrived
when other mines besides those Of gold
and silver are demanded ia Montana
Graphite is generally Of two Einde
rJliateJ and massive The first has been
found in Mckay -ulch. near Barker.
The last has been found between Car
penter and Hoover creeks, but not in
any quantity and impure. 1t will pay
prospectors. however, to find this sub
stance in large bodies. and it ought to be
fine grained and amorphous. \ new
field Of discovery is DOW open to pros
pectors:
GREAT FALLS. Feb. To THE EDITOR
GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE: The writer has
had many years experience with graph
ltc and fully appreciates its great value
in all industrial and mining enterprises,
entirely exclusive Of lead pencils and the
like.
| am quite familiar with this subject
and beg you and all your exchanges to
stimulate prospectors by every practical
means TO watch for this mineral at every
turn of the sod and blow of the pick.
There is only one mine in the United
States where the proper quality is mined,
and it is $500 miles east of Great Falls.
| would say, prospectors, look out
The weekly tribune., 1894-02-09
"Men of Nerve

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. G.-Nictor II.
Echorn Of the Pennsylvania Salt com
pany, advertised for "Men of Nerve"
which was answered by two men, to
whom he revealed plot to rob mes
senger of the South Pacific bank of
$4,000, the amount required weekly by
the pay roll of the salt company. These
men informed the police and were in
strncted to go ahead with the plot,
which eliminated in the men seizing a
pouch laden with brick and marked
$4,000, and the arrest of Echorn.
The weekly tribune., 1894-02-09
A Young Mans Chances For Success.

A Young Mans Chances For Success
Edward w. Box, himself shining il
lustration of the practice of his own doc
trines, contributes to The Cosmopolitan
a paper on 1.-The Young Man In Busi
ness" Mr.. Box boldly declares what al
older men who have been successful af
firm-that there are as many opportuni
ties today for poor young men to succeed
in business as there ever We're. They dc
not lie in the same paths perhaps as those
already trodden by wealthy men, but
these men themselves mostly struck out
new paths for themselves when they be.
gan.
Mr.. Box begins with the announce.
ment that i'll New York city alone places
of trust are constantly going begging
because of the want of the right men to
fill them. He himself made personal
canvass among dozen firms in five diff
ferent lines of enterprise and in only two
of these houses he found the heads of the
firms satisfied that they had the right
men III the right places in charge of their
various departments. And even they
said "Uf course if the right sort of IA
young man came along they could and
would create place for him rather than
lose him. In four of the houses situa-
tions had been open for capable young
men for iXmOnths and We're waiting still.
All the places commanded salaries of
from 81 900 to $1,000.
At the same time only ) per cent of
the young men of New York are at pres
ent getting salaries of more than So 900,
and it is probably the same way in other
cities. Only 60 per cent of the young
men in New York earn as much ass 900
a year. That in city where fairly
good board cannot be got for less than
$40 week is IA poor showing.
Mr.. Box says that young fellows most
ly settle down into clerkship with no
thought beyond doing just what they are
told, like horse in a treadmill. Gain
ing thorough knowledge of the busi-
ness, taking a living, hustling interest in
It, is quite ont of their mental domain |
They never give thought to what would
improve it or help their employer. Con-
their hats hang upon another
mans peg all their days. For the young
nan who is bound to get on in the world |
md find his chances, Mr.. Box elaborates
he following rules:
Get into Il business you like.
Devote yourself to il.
BE honest in everything.
Employ caution. Think out Il thing well be-
ore you enter upon it.
Sleep eight hours every night.
Do everything that means keeping in good
calth.
School yourself not 10 worry. Worry kills;
work doesn't.
Avoid liquors of all kinds.
If yOu must smoke, smoke moderately.
Shun discussion on two pOints-religion and
olitics.
And lastly, but not least marry IL true wom-
II and have your own home.
The weekly tribune., 1894-02-09

Poor Canada! The Dominion govern
ment has withdrawn the bonuses offered
to immigrants for settling in its north
west. Settlers would not take bonus
and go to Canada when they had the op-
portunity to slip into the United States
without any bonus or anything else, and
even when they had to pass "A sharp ex-
animation on entering our ports to keep
from being sent back whence they came.
That is what Canada gets for not being
part of the United States.
The weekly tribune., 1894-02-09

An invention has been made in France
by NJ. Hermite which promises to revo.
lutionize the methods of disinfecting
sewage water and flushing streets and
sewers The new disinfectant is simply
electrolyzed sea water sea water de-
composed by the direct action of cleo
tricity. The worst and most malodor-
Gus portion of Paris was the St. Francis
quarter. The quarter was ''the hotbed
of infectious disease" Its streets and
The weekly tribune., 1894-02-09
Assumed Command.

Fremont, o., Feb. 5.-General II. S.
Buckland of this city, comnandant of
the Sons of Veterans Guards, L. S. A.,
has assumed command with headquar-
ters at Fremont. Irwin T. Fanghoner
of Fremont, o., has been appointed ad-
jutant general. Colonel Il. L. Leonard
will assume immediate command of the
First regiment Of Illinois infantry; 5. V.
g., with headquarters at Chicago. Ills.
The weekly tribune., 1894-02-09

LONDON, Feb. 5.-Land and Water
says il believes that Mrs. Maybrick will
soon Ue quietly liberated if friends of
the imprisoned woman cease their "ill
advised agitation" That Mrs. May
brick is not already free" the paper con-
tinues, is due chiefly to these absurd
friends, who with every stupidity tried
the greatest folly of ala petition
signed by some meddlesome Americans,
because torsooth, she is fellow citizen
of thnirs
The weekly tribune., 1894-02-09
BULL FIGHTING IN TEXAS.
Arrangements for the Mexican Sport a
San Antonio.

SAN ANTONIO. Tex, Feb. 5.--Arrange-
ments are perfected for the giving of d
series Of bull nights here next month
The fights are to be conducted on the
giandest scale, banderiilos, toreadors.
picadors and matadors officiating as they
TO i'll the famous arenas of Madrid and
Seville. Ponciano Diaz, the pride and
glory of Mexican bull-fghting enthusi-
asts, has consented to participate in the
contests, and has arranged to secure
trained bulls from Mexico.
The weekly tribune., 1894-02-09

The cause Of civilization would be ad-
vanced century if all the nations of
Europe should mutually agree to disband
their great standing armies. This has
for years been the pope's favorite idea.
For the first time some of the nations are
discussingi it seriously. 1t could be done
by each one of them agreeing every five
years or three years or one year to return
tocivil life certain class or proportion of
soldiers. The saving of the expense of
their keep, the product of their labor in
peaceful occupations and the humaniz-
ing influence on the community of doing
away with an arrogant military class
would constitute an immense gain to all
Europe in case of universal disarmament.
The weekly tribune., 1894-02-09
A NOTORIOUS RUSrLER,
Dave Ducharm Captured After His Second
Flight From Jail.

DEADwooD, $. D., Feb. 5.--Dave
Ducharm, the rustler, escaped from the
Minnesota Jail Thursday night at IL
o'clock. He effected the escape by
knocking Jailer Leonard down with
piece of stovewood. Two cowboys
heavily armed mounted their bronchos
and started in his tracks with lanterns
and succeeded in capturing him. They
tracked him 80 miles, great feat. They
did this from midnight till a. IN.
Ducharm is most notorious rustler, be-
ing one of the gang who stole 200 head
of horses near here last spring. His
partner in the fight that ensued between
the sheiilf's posse was killed and Ouch
arm captured. He broke Jail soon after
and was at liberty until last week, when
he was again captured.
The weekly tribune., 1894-02-09

Measured by the increase in the num-
ber of failures il produced, last years
panic was not SO disastrous as some of
our pessmistic friends would have US
believe. There were about 1900 busi-
ness failures in the United States, all
told, during the entire year, but it should
I've reccollected that the average number
yearly for the previous six or seven years
was over ll.0OO An increase of 1000
failures means only one additional fail
ure for every SEQ business firms and cor
perations in the country, and, if heads
are counted, only one for every $1,000 of
Jur population.
The weekly tribune., 1894-02-09

VELAsCo, Tex, Feb. 5.--The Velasco
schooner, Golden Arrow, reported from
Galveston as having been lost with all
on board in the gale of Jan. 20, has re-
turned after having been blown a long
distance sut to sea. The vessel wrecked
on this coast is supposed to have been
the Golden Star of Florida,
The weekly tribune., 1894-02-09
NOT CREDITED by THURSTON.
The Hawaiian Minister Doesn't Believe
President Dole VIII Resign.

WASHINGTON, Feb. j.-In regard to
San Francisco dispatch to the effect that
President Dole of the provisional gov
ernment of Hawaii would be forced to
resign his position on account of ill
health, Minister Thurston said that he
had no information on the subject, but
from what he knew of Mr.. Doles condi-
ton, he did not credit the report in the
least. Mr.. Dole's health had been poor
some time, he said, but his illness was
not of the nature mentioned in the dis
patch and would not, in the minister
Judgment, force the president to resign.