davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-17
Calls Expose Of SCoundre|s
Bears Substantial
Results.
Fraudulent Deeds Revealed After Six
Years Of Successful
Deception.

Mcdonald Company" instead Of the
Mcdonald Company" a most import
ant defect in a legal transfer.
In the third place, and more import
ant still, the transfer was signed by in
ferior officers of the corporation, whose
signatures did not bind the company.
The records show that the deed of
transfer was made by Frank S. Ed
minister, vice president, and Charles e.
Puttfarcken, acting secretary. AS a
matter of fact, if these sub
ordinate officers had anything
worth attaching. they and not
the Mcdonald Company could be
held civilly responsible for the transfer.
The Supreme Court of this State has
held that such a transfer must be
signed with the name of the corporation
by the proper officers.
Another and vitality important de-
feet in the transaction is the fact that
when the deed was made from The
Mcdonald Company" no resolution or
dering the transfer was adopted by the
company. AS a matter of law, there.
fore, as well as of equitable fact, this
Market-street property still belongs to
DR.. R. II. Mcdonald, notwithstanding
| the transfer that was subsequently
made.
| In this particular affair the person.
ality of Frank S. Edminster is of con-
| siderable public Importance. Edmin-
ster was associated with DR.. Mcdonald
from the time that the dishonest old
fnancier was engaged in the manufac-
ture of Vinegar Bitters. Edmfnster was
the bookkeeper and secretary of the
Vinegar Bitters Company and enjoyed
absolutely the confidence of DR.. r. H.
Mcdonald. 1t was Edminster who es-
tablished in New York the notorious
fence" through which the McDonalds
attempted to negotiate their worthless
bonds 1t was Edminster who was
ready to perform any services his mas
| ter commanded and it was he who be-
came vice president of the Mcdonald
/ Company when that corporation stood
discredited and dishonored through the
failure of the Pacific Bank before the
people of Norfolk.
It is of interest and also of great i'm
portance for the depositors of the banks
to know the changes that were made in
the description of the property in the
deed from the Mcdonald Company to
r. H. Mcdonald. The correct descrip-
tion has been given above. The dis
honest description as made in the deed
from the Mcdonald Company to DR..
r. H. Mcdonald is as follows:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-17

The Call fulflls this morning its
promise 10 the public that it would not
only expose the scoundrels who wreck
ed the Mcdonald banks but that it
would also show to the robbed creditors
of the defunct institutions how they
may obtain something of what right
fully belongs to them. The startling
exposure of the dishonest schemes
that destroyed the Pacific Bank and
the Peoples Home Savings Bank has
reached such a stage that it is neces-
sary to show the creditors Of the bank
that in this city there is very valuable
property belon~ing TO DR.. Mcdonald
and subject to attachment. When The
Call began it's startling expose its pri-
mary purpose was to recover for the
creditors if possible some of the prop
erty that the dishonest bankers and
their parasites diverted to their own
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-17
aaa9aaaaa8aa: :. Observation-Disclosures 50

benefit and then protected from any
proceeding that the creditors might un-
dertake.
This purpose is partially accom-
plished in the announcement that DR..
r. H. Mcdonald owns a very valuable
piece Of property on Market street.
near Sanchez. The estimated value of
this property ranges from $4,000 to
100000. l. extends for $50 feet on Mar
ket street and cannot but increase in
value with the progress of the city. 1t
belongs to DR.. r. H. Mcdonald, al
though through a series of dishonest
transactions it now is recorded in the
name of Horace W. Carpenter. The
man in whose name this property now
stands is one of the most widely known
if not favorably known persons who
ever lived in California. He was a close
friend and adviser of DR.. r. H. Nc
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-17
''ssax~
Horace ". Carpenter Was'the11
Tool Of the Old
FinanCier.
Valuable Market-Street Land I|IG-
gaIIy Transferred to Cheat
DepoSitOrS,

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES {. aa"a@a aa.""...
The Calls expose of the scoundrels
and the methods that ruined the PaclflC
Bank and the Peoples Home Savings
Bank has borne fruit. There is in this
city on Market street, near Sanchez,
very valuable piece OF property belong
ing to DR.. r. H. Mcdonald. Through a
series Of dishonest and Illegal transac-
tiOnS it was transferred with a purpose
Of defraudine the creditors Of the bank
to Horace w. Carpenter. thousands
of creditors have been on the lookout
since the Call began these exposures,
and several Of them, acting through
their assignee, S. G. Murphy, president
Of the First National Bank OF this city,
attached the propeauwyesterday alter
noon and will have it sold to satisfy one
OF the judgments against DIR. Mcdonald.
This will be done for the benefit OF the
creditors, and is only the beginning OF
other and similar legal action, which
the Call will exploit in the proper
place.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-17
McDONALD'S DIS
HONESTY.

The Call has already proved that Dr.
R. H. Mcdonald was thoroughly In
formed of the condition of his banks
in this city. He knew that failure Was
absolutely inevitable, and he had al
ready given his solemn promise to the
Bank Commission to pledge his private
fortune for the benefit of the robbed
,.epositors Of mis- Institution.
A few Gays after he made this prom :
ise. in December, 1891, he fed from this
CITY and State, with the purpose or
placing the burden of dishener on his
sons and to save his own property from
the grasp of his deluded creditors. tie
owned enormous properties, not only IN
this city, but in Norfolk, Va, and he
determined to protect his own possess
sions from the consequences of his own
dishonesty and that of his sons.
For nearly two years. in conjunction
with his son. Frank V. Mcdonald, ana
their parasites, he plotted and planned
to conceive method by which he could
secure his property from threatened
and prospective attachment. Frank v
Mcdonald, who has already proven
himself to the public more than Or
binary clever and crafty schemer,
planned the organization of a gigantic
corporation, which was to be known as
the Mcdonald Company, into which all
of the available assets of DR.. Mcdonald
were to be thrown and protected from
attachment This company was con-
ceived in the brain of DR.. Mcdonald
and his unscrupulous son early In 1873,
when the affairs of the Pacific Bank
were in such a condition that collapse
seemed inevitable. The son had various
suggestions to offer and his ideas I'M
ally eliminated in. the organization OF
the Mcdonald Company, which was
nothing more or less than DR.. McDon-
aid himself.
The doom of the banks came more
quickly, however, than the dishonest
father and son expected. This great
company did not possess even the SEM
blance of organization until two days
before the Pacific Bank collapsed.
Father and sons had planned their
scheme for many months, but they nad
neglected to make it legal reality un-
til two days before the crash came.
This fact is Of the greatest possible sig
nificance to the depositors and creditors
of the ruined banks, particularly In
reference to the piece OF property on
Market street which was attached yes
terday and belongs absolutely to the
creditors Of the Mcdonald banks.
1t was early in June that the Nc
Donalds saw that the ruin of their in
stitutions could not be prevented. DR..
Mcdonald had already induced his sons
to steal s142, 900. He had forced them TO
take from the vaults of the Paclnc
Bank $4,000 in coin for his own per-
sonaI necessity. He had cautloneo tneni
to be on their guard against any action
+ba+ might convict them of fraud. He
,,nderstood thoroughly that the month
of June. 1898, could not be passed with
ont ruin. After he had transferred as
much of his personal and real property
as he could he delegated to his son.
prank v. Mcdonald, the duty OF saw
ing this very valuable piece OF prop
erfy on Market street, near Sanchez.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-17
THE TRANSFER TO THE
COMPANY.

Az precautionary measure in this
90 ynnaign of theft DR.. r. II. Mcdonald
gave to his son Frank his absolute power
of attorney. Frank used 1t for every
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-17
A FAKE DESCRIPTION.

Beginning at point in the south
easterly side of Market street distant
SO feet inches southwesterly from the
southwesterly corner of said Market
street and, said Sanchez street; thence
southwesterly along said line of Market
Continued IN Third Page
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-17

body here or anywhere else empow-
cred to record that deed for the McDon-
aid Company.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-17

Continued on, Third Page.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-02

That which gives the years unity and
Significance is the continuous revela-
ton of Gods nature and designs for his
children which they disclose. Through
times o. peace and times of war,
through long stretches of prosperity
and decades of disaster, through the
great epochs of progress and the sor-
rowful epochs of rctrogression, the di-
vine purpose increasingly unfolds it
self. For the time Is past when any
~partialistic view of Gods government
in the world is possible; as the time is
past when any %partialistic view of his
love is creditable. We know today
that he loves all races and generations
with a divine impartiality of affection
the Greek as deeply as the Jew, the
heather as truly as the Christian. And
we know also that all things come from
him, and that lie is present in sorrow
as really as in joy. in adversely as in
prosperity. The very sins Of men
bring into clear light this inexorable
righteousness, and their punishments
are the sign of his love. Wherever men
think, feel and act they make history;
and history is the disclosure of Gods
purpose, because it is the revelation
of mans nature and destiny. In sue
cess and failure, in baseness and nobil.
ity, in greatness and meanness, human
character and the issues that flow from
it are disclosed with equal deiniteness;
for he who breaks Gods Law makes
the law as real and clear as ne who
obeys it.
The years are, therefore, the success.
sive chapters in that great book of Rev.
el7tion which all humanity is uncon-
sciously writing by thought, word OF
deed; that spiritual history of the race
which is the key of all other histories,
and without the light of which tey
: are misleading and inadequate. Gods
purpose shining through the years
gives gives them the unity of one SUI
blime movement Of life and love foI
the fathomless significance OF the work
ing out of a will which overlooks no
detail and forgets no life, however OBJ.
scure and Insignificant. The years are
all divine because they come from Him.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-02
NO KLoHpYKr roR Me-,

Thus says E. w tiers, LIE RaysviEle.
Pa, who grew (sworn to- 252 bushels
Salzer's corn per acre. That means 49,
200 bushels on 100 acres at 30c a bush
ell, equals 1850. That is better than
a prospective gold mine. Salzer pays
$500 in gold for best name for his IT.
inch corn and oats prodigy. You can
win. Seed potatoes only $3.50 a barrel.
Send This Notice and 10 cts. in Stamps
to John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis, and get free their seed catalogue
and IL new farm seed samples, includ-
ing above orn and oats, surely worth
$40, to get a start. w.n.m.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-02
REV. A EPICRAMS.

Evil is never dangerous until it seen!
to be good.
A religious sinner is worse thar
wicked sinner.
1t is better to flee from the tenn
than to pollute it.
1t is not so easy to explain religl-
as to explain it away.
modernized Tetzelism.
The man who runs away from God
has a long way to go.
God alone can be served ilially; all
other masters must be served in slav-
cry.
When one will not rise to a principle
he tries to bend the principle down to
him.
The open sinner is only an alien
from God; the hypocrite is Gods en-
envy.
Some men are Christians in only the
same Ems they are Americans or eau
casians.
A corporation is a contrivance by
which to get profits and escape re-
sp~onsibilities.
The greatest crime of which man
can be capable is to debauch his own
convictions.
The religious question is not whether
you are going to heaven, but whether
you are doing YOU best to make a
heaven here.
We need also To pray "Forgiye us
our righteousness" for it is the So
called Righteousness of mankind that
killed Jesus and yet obstructs him.
If traditional theology be true the d.
rectors in some corporations will have
to spend the weekdays in hell and the
Sundays with their family in heaven.
No amopnt of politeness. education
or religiosity car keep a selfish heart
utterly concealed; you cannot carry as
safoetida in your inside pocket and not
be found out.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-02
NEW CARS
Denver, Omaha, st. Louis, Chicago and
Boston.

Boston.
h Denver & Rio Grande railroad
Scenic line of the World-announces new
and important additions to their already
well arranged sleeping car service. In the
future, this popular line will run through
weekly Pullman Tourist sleepers to Oma-
ha, Chicago, New York and Boston, also to
st. Louis without change. These cars
will start from Portland, Oregon, thus
giving benefitof through service on Ore
gon Short Line, as well as from all Utah
points. The excursions are personally
conducted and furnish all the conveniences
OF regular Pullman sleepers at less tina
half the cost. The st. Louis car will leave
0. S. L. stations every Thursday and Og-
don via Rio Grande Western railway,
every Friday morning. The Omaha, Chi
cago, New York and Boston sleeper will
leave o. S. L. stations every Wednesday
and Salt Lake every Thursday evening,
thus affording the inestimable privilege of
a twelve-hour lay-over in Salt Lake CITY.
For rates and all details, write to B. F.
Nevins, Genera Agent, or H.. M. Cushing,
I. F. A., d. & r.. G.. Railway, Salt Lake
CITY, or any Oregon Short Line or Rio
GSande Western ticket agent.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-02
Pointed Resolutions.

The following resolution was passed
by the Paris, (Ont.) ~Presbytery in re-
gard to Principal Grants article
against prohibition: Whereas, the
Presbyterian Church has repeatedly
in all her courts taken strong ground
against the licensed liquor traffic Of
this land, declaring it is be contrary
to the Word of God and to the spirit
of the Christian religion and calling
upon people by voice, vote and ex-
ample to do all in their power to seek
its removal; and, whereas, the prohi-
bition of that traffic has been lately
assaulted In of the most largely cir
culated papers in the Dominion by one
whose position and influence identify
him very closely with the Presbyterian
Church; therefore, the Presbytery Of
Paris deems it an imperative duty to
give at the time ON this matter no I'M
certain sound in relation TO its adher-
ence to the position taken by our Gen.
eral Assembly and u opposition to
and reputation of the ground taken
by the principal OF Queens College"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-02

For some time the Baltimore and
Ohio Southwestern Railway company
has been experimenting with crude
oil for kindling fires in locomotives, in
place of using cord wood, and the re-
suits obtained have been so satisfac-
tory that it will hereafter be used on
the whole line. During the month of
November, 1897, at the company's
shops, which are located at Washing
ton, Ind, and Chillicothe. Ohio, 1925
fires were started with crude oil at a
cost Of S17.32, or 1.41 cents per fire.
To have started the same number Of
fires with wood the cost would have
been 100000, or 24.96 cents per fire.
This represents a saving of $2SS.6s,
and is very satisfactory.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-02
FERocIous WILD O
Becoming a Pest Along the Border OF
Arizona and New Mexico.

Ari2Oua ana new MSXtcO.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer: Hol-
brook. Ariz., Special.-John Bargeman,
Under Sheriff of Navajo county, has
returned to Holbrook from an extend
ed trip through the mountains along
the border of Arizona and New Mexico
bringing a tale that wild dogs are
creating havoc in that region among
cattle and sheep. The dogs have been
known for only three years, first max
ing their appearance in a small band
In American Valley, in western New
Mexico. They have increased wonder
fully, and are now found over q broad
stretch of country, despite the efforts
OF the cattlemen to exterminate them.
Inc dogs average about 100 pounds
weight. They have the head and shout
ders of a bulldog, but the build OF q
timber wolf and wolish characters
tics. In color they are ashy gray, with
long black hairs interspersed. Like
coyotes, they are little afraid of man.
and will follow horsemen for miles
through the timber, not hesitating to
attack footmen. They occasionally
visit ranches, and many instances are
known where domestic dogs have join
ed the bands. The dogs secure their
food by killing sheep and calves. and
even full-grown cattle are known to
have been pulled down by them. Colts
are their especial game. Thomas AL
ger, a resident of Nutrioso. is response
Bile for the statement that animals bit
ten by the wild dogs, if not killed by
them on the spot, die within a few days
with all the symptoms of s~trychnine
poisoning. He cites an instance where
he was able to verify the local impress
sion to that effect. His house dog was
set upon by several wild dogs. Algor
drove them away, and the dog appear
ed little the worse for his battle. Yet
the animal died in two days with all
the signs of strychnine poisoning. The
timber dogs are continually getting
flercer and holder, and the residents Of
eastern Apache county are organizing
to hunt them down.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-02
S|0O To Any Man.
WILL PAY 500 FOR ANY CASE
or wsaknes In Men They Treat and
Fall to Cure.

An Omaha Company places for the first
time before the public a MAGICAL TREAT
MEET for the cure of Lost Vitality Nervous
and sexual Weakness, and Restoration of
Life Force in old and young men. No
WORKOUT French remedy; contains no
Phosphorus or other harmful drugs. 1t is
a WONDERFUL TREATMENT-magical in its
effects-positive in it's cure. All readers,
who are suffering from a weakness that
blights their life, causing that mental and
physical suffering peculiar to Lost Man
hood should write to the STATE MEDICAL
COMPANY, No. BOIL Range Block, Omaha,
Neb., and they will send you absolutely
FREE, a valuable paper on these diseases,
and positive proofs OF their truly MAGICAL
TREATMENT. Thousands of men, who rave
lost all hope of a cure, are being restored
by them to a perfect condition.
This MAGICAL TREATMENT may be taken
at home under their directions, or they will
pay railroad fare and hotel bills to all who
prefer to go to there for treatment, if they
fail to cure. They are perfectly reliable;
have no Free Prescriptions, Free Cure,
Free Sample, or c.. o. ID. fake. They have
s250,0O0 capital, and guarantee to cure
every case they treat or refund every dol
lar; or their charges may be deposited in
a bank to be paid to them when a cure 10
effected. Write them today.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-02

Forty-one students have been dis
missed from Stanford university, Cal
i~fornia, for inferiority in college work.
immortality and drinking HABITS.
The Berlin Anti-Alcoholic League,
Germany, has presented a memorial to
DR.. Bose, minister of ecclesiastical,
educational and medical affairs, ask
ing for temperance education in the
schools.
A decision has been made in New
York that hard cider is a liquor within
the meaning Of the Raines liquor tax
law, and a citizen of Carmel, Putnam
county, has been fined 5000 for selling
hard cider without a liquor license.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-02

With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat Of the disease. Ca
tarrh is a blood OF constitutional dis
ease, and in order to cure II you must
take internal remedies. Hairs CatarrhI
Cure is taken Internally, and acts direct
ly on the blood and MUCOUS surfaces.I
Halls CataTrh Cure Is not u Quack med
icine. 1t was prescribed by one of the
best physicians in this country for years.
ana Is q reguisr prescription. Ut is COM
posed of the best tonics known. combin-
ed with the best blood purifiers. acting
oireatly on the mucous surfaces. The
perfect combination of the two ibzredi-
ents Is what produces such wonderful re-
suits IN curing Catarrh. Send for testi-
f; j. CHENEY & CO.. Props, Toledo. o.
SSfd by druggists, price 75c.
Halps EamIlN pills are The best.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-04-02

There are no accidents so unfortunate
from which skillful men will not draw
some advantage, nor so fortunate that
foolish men will not turn them to their
hurt.-La Rochefoucauld.
Do not think of your faults, still less
of others faults. In every person who
lear you look for what is good
and strong; honor that; rejoice in it.
Ruskin.
To set the mind above the appetites
is the end of abstinence, which one OF
the fathers observes to be no a vir-
tue, but the groundwork of a virtue
Johnson.
Some day he will let you look back
on your life story, and see the golden
thread of His fatherly love, and care
shining over and around 1t ALL. r.
Havergal.
He only is advancing in life whose
heart is getting softer. whose blood
warmer, whose brain quicker, whose
spirit is entering to living peace.-Rus-
kin.
Each nan can learn something from
MS uSlblDOI, at l6dSl he tdU learn TO
have patience with him, to live and let
live.-Kingsley.
In the best books great men talk to
us, give us their most precious thoughts
and pour their soul into ours.-Chan-
ming.
1t is good discretion not to make too
much of any nan at first; because
one can not hold GU that proportion
Bacon.
There are nom more abusive than
they that lie most openly to it them
selves.-Seneca.
Never do an act of which you doubt
the justice or propriety.-Latin.
When we cannot act as we wish WI
must act as we conference.
Deliberate with caution, but act with
decision.-Colton.