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fear he will put ring in your nose, if not the entire Pacific Bank, doubt his visit here viii be of any use to us, and I do very much regret that you should give away the secrets of the Pacific Bank. Such crowd of unreliable harpieS are enough in themselves to produce panic with almost any bank and just here let me say that I fear some of your private and unwise speculations are bearing pretty heavily upon the bank, viz. the Californian, all of which has been let down upon your head by the miser- able fiunkies that you got into this business Then comes that electric light fraud with another lot of frauds, and how many of your secret enter prises know not at the present time.
 I supposed Franks unfortunate in- vestments and enterprises would be a lesson sufficient to you, but 1t seems it has not been so. Now comes your letter. Push, push, push, or all IS lost
 No bank or any other business can stand such drains upon them as we have had. This morning l went to the Chemical Bank and got an extension there on the $200 ,000 for another four months at 6 per cent. with the prtYi- lege of paying on the note at any time. I have to indorse this note personally, something I dislike to do. It would be unfortunate for all if any failure should come. as in. that case l would be personally involved and my prop ertT tied. and you cannot fail to see inc importance of as much freedom for me as possible under such ctrcum-
 After you have read this letter. de- strov it at once. Afectonately your father R. H. MCDONALD.
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SHE WAS TOO GAY.
Walter N. Parrish Answers His
 Wife's CounIaiut for Divoroa

w d4LcE ". 6dIT1on a-SWerS HIS
 Wife's Complaint for Divorce.
 On October 9 Mrs. M. Parrish filed with the County Clerk a divorce complaint in which she asked that the bonds of matri- mony existing between Walter N Par rish and herself be annulled. In support of this she alleged extremest cruelty. profanity, intoxication. destruction of brfc-a-brac and treatment so repuIsive as to cause her the loss of twenty pounds in weight from mental anguish.
 Yesterday Walter N. Parrish filed a de- tailed and explicit denial of the aliega- tions set forth by his wife, except for the smashing of the bric-a-brac, which, he says, was his own. and was demolished in a fit of passion when his wife sought the company or cigarette smoking women. He further denies that he has caused her mental anguish sufficient to reduce her weight except when demonstrating with her for her light and gildy conduct. and her overwhelming desire to go upon the streets and to rush to- dancing parties lie claims not to have been seen coming out or a saloon intoxicated, or having ever accused his wife Of unchastify>
 He alleges against his wife that, while residing at Mi1 Valley in a house, the front portion of which was used as with Theodore Hanson, the landlady's son: that she took up Q residence un- known to him on Golden Gate avenue and spent most Of her time at theaters on the streets, at Hyde-street beach. at the park and at numerous dance halls in the company Of men other than her husband"
 In consideration Of all this the defend ant asks that the plaintiff be not granted a decree of divorce.
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THE OLD MAN GREW BITTER
 OVER THE TREACHERY OF
EMPLOYES

On December Il, 1892. the elderly Me Donald wrote to Richard telling him very calmly that if he were not very careful he would break the Pacific Bank. This is the first warning that any of the conspiratOrs cared to give each other that the end was approach ing. The old man suggested that if what his son knew about A. F. Johns was true they sooner they got rid of that gentleman the better. Some rather caustic advice concerning the divorced wife of Dick, Clara Belle, was given, and the old gentleman closed wishing his son a merry Christmas, and to con sume the letter in the flames before his own eyes Dick overlooked this in function in the rush of holiday busi- ness and the epistle is as follows:
 NEW YORK. Dec. Il, 1892
 My Dear Son Richard: l have spent considerable time this afternoon in trying to read your letter of the 18th inst in which you criticize MT. Johns, all of which hope you will explain fully to Frank, and If he Is what you think he Is he should be gotten rid of at once. This misfortune with us it seems that we cannot secure clerks. any of them of such ability as can be trusted with our business. That Ma dara bank and our vineyard there troubles me. I think it dangerous. It will prove a hole into which a great deal or our money VIII go ana De lOSt If great care is not taken. That Ce- dar River coal mine must have atten- ton or there will be great waste there. If in fact you are not careful the Pa- cific Bank will be bursJed, and that will be the end.
 Sister Josephine writes me a letter just to say that she understood that Clara Belle was living with her father in Carson City, Nevada. l cannot be- lieve it, but 1t may be so, and if she is there look out for her for she will come upon you in one way or another and if you meet her again there will be a revival of the old scandal, damaging to you My boy. you have not seen the last of that designing, wicKed woman yet And she is so much smarter. in you are at a great disadvantage If you were to appear to have less anxi- ety to get your child the sooner you will get 1t If you can get 1t at all. At one time she cared very little for the child, but now as her last hope of re- spectability to lean upon she will prob ably hold on to it with great tenacity, and if she can sell it to you she will
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Mems Diseases Mems Diseases
 A Mems Diseases s9szo R Mems Diseases WEEK. l Mems Diseases

n ISEASES OF MEN ARE USUALLY ptoVent on eY Vice, G!Ssipatlon or some form of abuse. Some men sin in secret. others sin openly. No matter how the sinsss cTamit- ted, no matter how the abuse is done, no mat ter the form of abuse the victim must sadly pay the penalty. IL is a serious affair. No man can hope to be truly vigorous, manly man if he Is suffering from a waStlnE finger ing declining disorder No man can be ought but thing if he Is suffering from cNhaussins facilitating dreams Another form Of diSorsev, or disability, comes from prenlaturity, This prematurity is the first stgn of the weak and impotent. You must stop it. One of the iaSt~ ing cures for this form Of disorder is the F4Ua- van Cure.
 Hudyan cures lost vitality, evil dreams. mel anCholia. falling sensations, dlazsness weak burning sensations. Hudyan is for man. ssu6. van can be had only from the Hudson Medical Doctors. If you take Hudyan you win NS cer~ tainly and speedily cured. Your weakness Will go. Your inahiiities will tiSannoar Your sleep will be refreshing. Consult tho Hudson doctors free, or write for
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AN UNGRATEFUL SCAMP. George Graham Arrested for Stealing From a Lady Who Befriend-
 ed Him

George Graham, a iaborer. was accom- modated by Mrs. Langley, SIS Stevenson street. with room and board till he could find employment. He repaid her Kindness by stealing her purse containing S44. her gold watch. gold pin and a suit of clothes belonging to another Toonler.
 The police were notified and carly ves- terday morning Graham was arrested hv Policeman Say and booked at tie ! itv Prison on a charge of grand larceny. He was wearing the clothes he had stolen and the gold watch was also found in his possession. The purse containing SIS was found in Peter Smiths saloon, 9JS How
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therefore I could lose it without any great stress of mind on my part, after l have done my humble best to. save IL.
 I often ask myself in humiliation and prayer why has this humiliation and distress been left for me to pass through after I have passed the three must be for some good purpose, and will bear it as well as I can, for l
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steal it from you again if such thing is possible.
 You will be followed up and deviied by that woman as long as you remain as you are. If you would get married to some good woman it would be the end of.aii your troubles After read ing this letter over it may be we'll to give 1t to Frank 10 read and then con sume it in the flames in your own sight. ,,
 Wishing you merry Christmas, I am affectionateIy your father,
 R H. McLONALD.
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know when my God opens up the mys,, tery Co mo that ! shall be satisfied and praise him. Here l will close this letter, After reading burn up in ynur own nrpsonce Affectionately vour father. k II. MCDONALD. nRDIEE IlNE THE LOS ANGEL IFS
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JOUR HEADS ARE IN THE LIONS
 JAWS"

On January II! 1893, Dr. Mcdonald penned a letter that will be remem- bered as long as the story of the wreck of the Pacific Bank. After two years of fraud and failure, conspiracy and theft the Mcdonald family realized that the wreck of their fortunes and their names was due to M. H. Sher- man. When this realization came to the banker the old man wrote, Our heads are in the lions jaws and we will be crushed. . Sherman had set a steel trap for them and they had taken the bait, but Sherman had fallen into the same trap and the old man assured his sons that the Los Angeles schemer must fight with them or go down with them. The letter is 8 most remarkable one and is as follows:
 NORFOLK. Va. Jan. 14. 1893.
 My Dear Son Richard: Your letter
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)R MACDONALD REFUSES I PLEDGE HIS PRIVATE
 FORTUNE
FORTUNE

There are few letters in all the won derful collection of the correspondence of the Pacific Bank and the McDonalds that are Of more general public and pathetic interest than that of Noyem- Der 90, 1892. In this letter Dr. McDon- aid writes two emphatic instructions to his sons to burn the epistle after he has read 1t. In one place he counsels Rich ard to read the letter twice over care fully and then burn it, and in another he reiterates the injunction 90 consign the epistle to the flames. Dr. McDOn- aid had just received Q letter from his son telling him of the approaching dis solution of the Pacific Bank and the destruction of the Peoples Bank. and begging him to return and mortgage his property for the benefit of the de- pOsitors. Dr. Mcdonald had given his solemn ~ron!ise to the Bank Commis- sioners that he would do this.
 He had left this city with that prom ise on his lips. He had made 1t twice, and had deluded the Bank Commission CTS as to the time when he would re- turn and keep his promise. When his son begged him to fulfil his word, the old man replied that If the bank must go down for the want of my money 1t will not receive one dollar of my pri- Vate fortune" Having made this posi- tive refusal to assist the institution of which he was president, Dr. Mcdonald then gave q piteous prophecy of the downfall of the bank. he then turned upon his children and his family. and with his cruel lash struck them again. The letter is as follows:
 Sunday Night, New York. Nov. 3D. 1892
 My Dear Son Richard: 1 went to
 hear Dr. Adler to-day at II a. n. and enjoyed his lecture very much. Now
 in regard to your letter of the -, say ing you must come home in all proba-
 bility and make q mortgage of my
 private property for the security of
 the bank, for the security of others
 and satisfaction of some parties. Now @ allow me, my son. to say to you that
 I shall never do anything of the kind
 and if the bank must go down for
 want of such action it must go.
 will not submit myself to any such
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SANCTlTY AND SHREWD BUSINESS FORESIGHT STRANGELY AS
 SOClATED.

The elder Mcdonald could pose with quite as much hypocrisy as his sons. The following letter needs no comment; it speaks for itself:
 NEW YORK, Dec. 29, 1892.
 My Dear Sons Richard and Frank: l would rather give up every dollar had on this earth and pay of all my debts and stand before the world as l nave always tried to do, an honorable and honest man, than to live in this finan- cial condition for years longer. This putting my name on future notes l hope will by some means be stopped In the case of disaster it would be hard for all hands. It should De stopped by all means. Affecuonately VniIr father. R. H. McOONAAD.
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RAILWAY BONDS.

ffAlLVVRI bOlNOS
 on December 16. 1892, Dr. McDonaio explained to his son Richard the part he had played In the creation of the Callforniar Raisin and Fruit Growers Association, which absorbed hundreds of acres ofthe John Brown colony. The old man wrote as follows:
 t.rrnnk. Johns and others here deem- ca if hest that we issue certificates Of tho Pacific Bank. payable Tn two an9 four years, to which l have consented under the appare&ht & necesSif csrtifiicotes ot o as President of the Pacific Bank. These certificates are Sas follows, and TOT which certain seGuFltgSd nod and reliable @ the particulars of which will be explained to you by Frank when s,, he arrives TIT a at home, whssh l hope, will cerffficates 9H s9on bearing per cent, to Q. x T; Dyer pay able in two years; $75,00 same cer- tincates issued to sherman ,5 fomr same years There seems an indispensable neces- slty to procure this money TOT tne geles Electric bonds, and if not palo suits will be commenced by adverse parties that would ruin all prospects or the sale of these bonds ,la ana 6aer 6a InG hard at work all these weeks and rnohtas, and seem near the consummatlon or sale ana IL must not Idli Sl1 ;a a little money to put and keep II m a salable condition. MT Dyer mas Deen of immense advantage in carrying forward this sale. It was certainly great. great. great blunder to have al- lowed him to have gotten Into uS toa such a large amount and his a1alrs entwined and mixed with ours as It has been, but we are in for 1t and the question is how to get out ana save something of our money and what we can of our family from moral turpituoe and ruin as well.
 The foregoing letter indicates what fattery, sycophancy and craftiness were worth to NJ H. Sherman. Another guarantee of S75000 was certainly worth some concession.
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THOUSAND MORE FOR SHERMAN

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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-09
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES.

Pennington, Mimi, Sept. S.-Father Quinn
has been appointed pastor Of st, Michaels
church here for the third time since Its
Cards are out for the marriage of G.N.Meek-
er formerly OF Pennington, and Miss Annie
Mitchell, Of Reynoldsvil!e, Pa. on Oct q
next.
Preston, Mimi. Sept S-There Is little
new in the bank ease but Attorney Losey
Of La Crosse, who was sent here by Clements.
admitted that the latter would have to fork
over about $4,000.
Chippewa Falls. Wis. Sept s.--The North
ern Wisconsin state fair will be he'd at
Chippewa FANS, beginning on the lsth inst
r,d E2rgG N Ps Sept Sid ,d hF1sA Tsar
was brought to the city last night, stricken
with hydrophobia.
FIT. Pierre. S. D.. Sept. s.-Leonard Bowers,
last night while on his way home from thia
city on horseback. In the dark his horse
ran against barbed wire fence and became
frightened and ran several rods and tearing
Mr.. Bowers leg almost to pieces
Aberdeen. s. D., Sept S.-'Fhe corner stone
of the new Catholic church was laid today
Der of the clergy from different parts of the
Rochester, MINI, Sept. S.-Miss Edna
NJ. Patchen and Burt e. Preston were mar
ried last night at Viola
Mankato, Mimi. Sept. S.-Gen. J. II. Baker
has sold his Oak Cliff farm residence, barns
price paid for the land was $13,5O0.
Duluth, Mimi. Sept. S-Uncle Sam gets q
nice contribution off Of an instrument filed
here. 1t is a trust deed made by the St.
Paul & Duluth railroad to the Guaranty Trust
company, of New York, securing an issue Of
bonds not to exceed $5,O0O,0O0 On the deed
are revenue stamps amounting to So 500
Red Wing Mimi, Sept. S.-(Special.)-
Miss Ella Myers and Edward Porter were
married here today by Rev. ]. F. Stout The
contracting parties are we'll known in society.
-Chas. Anderson has been bound over to
the grand jury for stealing team and wagon
from H. Bell, of Stanton.
Hastings Mimi, Sept. SC P Jurisch and
Miss Minerva May Stumble married at
the home Of the bride 9O9 Vermillion street,
this evening.
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The Northwest
SALTWATER.
Endless Chain Plan for Library
Building Is to Be Tried.

SALTWATER. Mimi, Sept. S-The library
board of this city is about to begin an effort
to raise funds for a building by adopting the
endless chain system of contributions of %
cents each. II the plan proves successful
they contemplate building an addition to the
elty hall for library purposes. They expect
TO raise about 81, 900, and the chain will be
started the first of next week.
a number of men arrived today from Kettle
river rapids, where part OF the logs recently
gathered on a drive of the tributaries of the
81 CroiX, was left. The drive was not
successful as hoped for. and although few
million feet got into Nevers' dam the bulk
or the logs remain at Kettle river rapids and
no further effort will be made to get them in
this season They will, however, arrive in
NeVers dam early next spring.
In the case Of Susannah Thelan vs.. Bernard
Thelan, Judge Lewis, OF the Ramsey county
district court, who conducted several terms
or court In Washington county has denied a
motion for a new trial.
Stlllwater's contingent at the fair is in
ereasing daily. The trains today were crowd
ed.
The Stapes-Atlee saw mill in the northern
part or the city viii soon start up again on
a contract for H. P. Svendsen OF this city.
f. Weyerhaeuser, of st. Paul; C. R. Aims
worth, of Moline, H., and Peter Musser and
T. n. Musser, Of Muscatine, To-, were in the
city yesterday afternoon. They are members
Of the Musser- Sauntry Logging company, and
were looking after their interests on the St.
Croix.
meeting of the saltwater lyceum was
held at the high school this evening to map
out line of amusements for the coming
winter.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-09
PACKING HOUSE PLANT
MINNEAPOLIS EXPECTS TO HAVE
A BIG ONE WITHIN a
YEAR
P. D. ARMOUR's NAME IS USED

Railroads Holding Out Inducements
to Chicago Packers to Locate at
New brighton, and the story Goes
That the Pork King Has Decided
to Avail Himself of the Advan-
taGes 0IcPed--NiinneapOIi Notes.
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. Sit is given
out that within a year Minneapolis
will enjoy the possession Of one of the
largest packing houses west of Chi
CaSO. The New Brighton stock yards,
it is said, are practically in control Of
the railroad companies centering there,
and inducements are being held out
10 the large Chicago packing house op-
orators to establish plants in New
Brighton. A large shipper of cattle
was in the city today and said that
p. ID. Armour had told him recently
that he would soon establish a plant
here. The board of trade has been
working upon this matter for the past
year or more, and it is now said that
the railroad companies are quietly
working on the matter, and develop
ments are looked for before the begin
ming of the new year.
About year ago the board Of trade
of this city, after much hard work,
induced the bankers Of this city to
adopt the plan of lOaning money to
Western ranchmen with which to fat
ten their cattle in this city before ship
ping them to the Eastern markets.
Previous to that, this organization got
from the railroad companies the con-
cessiOn Of stOp-oVer privileges for
from thirty TO sixty days for Western
ranChmen to feed their cattle. The
result has been that local mill feed
sales have enormously increased, and
Minneapolis has gained more business
in consequence.
The plan has been in operation in
Kansas City and Omaha for some time,
and has materially increased the pres
tige of those cities as live stock centers.
Last year Minneapolis housed several
carloads of Western cattle and 1000
sheep for over three months, and they
left the city ready for the Boston mar
ket. where the best prices obtain.
Chicago stock yards capitalists have
felt the results of this Western enter
prise. and have fallen into line.
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CARS MARROW ESCAPE.
Attempt to Assassinate Nicholas by
Exploding Gas.

Exploding Gas.
NEW YORK, Sept. S-A dispatch
from London says: A report is pub
lished here of a daring plot to assas-
sinate the car of Russia, at Moscow,
last week. The plan of the conspira-
tors was to allow gas to escape in a
house on the route Of the cars pro-
cessiOn, until the atmosphere in every
room had been saturated One of their
number was to remain in the house
and strike a light when the car was
passing, in expectation that the house
would be blown to pieces and the ear
killed by the flying debris. The con-
spirator would perish himself as a sac
rifice to the cause. This duty fell to
the lot of one Alexander Kolanoff In
his agitation, KOlanoff seems to have
made an error, as the explosion was
mistimed. When it occurred the staff
officers were driving past the house,
and they, instead Of the car, were
killed. Their coachman will probably
die Of his injuries, and about thirty
other persons were more or less seri-
Ously injured. KOlanoff's mangled body
was found among the ruins. The car
and czarina drove by just twenty-five
minutes later.
Many arrests have been made at
Moscow but the Russian press has
been forbidden to refer to the matter.