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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-16
THE EPW0R1IIIANS

Working Hard for the Success of tho APP.
preaching Interstate Conycntiom-Thr
hiS Tent will he Raised Tomorrow.
Committees Meet Tonight.
The local Epworth League commit
tees, IN charge of the Interstate con-
vention to be held here, commencing
Saturday OF next week and continuing
four days, are hard at work and are
just completing the final arrangements
for the big gathering. 1t is now stated
that the number OF visitors, delegates
and: their friends, will exceed 1000, but
the committees have arranged for the
entertainment OF all who honor Wheel.
Ing with their presence and 1t will not
be case OF "swamped" at. the eleventh
hour. The excellent work OF the COM
mittees Is due In q large measure to the
remarkable executive ability displayed,
especially By Mr.. Cartwright, the sec
rotary Of the central committee.
The big three-pole tent In which the
sessions OF the convention are to be
held, will arrive to-day and will be set
up at Epworth Park, Island, to-mor-
row. In size 1t is 10 by 70 feet and will
accommodate over 1000 people COM
fortably. It was secured from DR..
Tracey, the temperance lecturer.
To-day contracts will be let for the
erection OF the several temporary build.
inGs at the park, including the refresh
ment stands. toilet rooms, convention
postoiIice and cloak room.
The reception committee will hold
meeting tonight at the Fourth Street
N. E. church, at which full attend
ance Is desired. x
The convention postmaster, Hon.
Jack Cowl. will meet with his post
Office committee this evening at the
Fourth Street church for the purpose %
arra1g!ng details In connection with the
work assigned.
The entertainment committee, too,
meets this evening at the Fourth Stree.
church, .asrSs 5.ar.s- .iEg tEf
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-16
EARLY MORNING FIRE.

At Ills o'clock this morning an alarm
Of fire from box 42 called the department
to Water street, below Twenty-second,
South Side. where smoke was issuing In
great clouds from the old factory build
Ing Of the Wheeling Stamping Works,
located between the new factory and
the Warwick pottery. This week fur
mace was put In the building and the
ovcrheating 1t received when being
tested set fire ,to,wood work. The fire.
men soon had the blaze extinguished,
and very little, damage resulted.
The fire broke out again at 3 O'clock
and was 'extinguished by, the. chemical.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-16
SMITH is DEAD

Louis Smith, the Woodsfleld ho.se
buyer, who took laudanum and aconitc.
at Bellairc4 ON Tuesday evening, died
last night at 7:S0 o'clock. His body will
be taken to Woodsfleld to-day for burial.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-16
Tlow to CmrolAl Skin DI,rn,c,.v

Simply apply "SWAYNE'S ONT
MENT." No internal medicine requlr.
ca. Cures letter, eczema, itch, all erup.
lions on the face. hands. nose, etc, leav.
ING tho skin clear: white and healthy,
Its great healing and curative powera
arc possessed by no other remedy. Asl,
your druggist for SWAYNE'S 4 ONT.
MENT. Avoid substitutes. ttns&w y!
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-16

THE DAY GIVEN OVER 10 AN
4 ELABORATE PROGRAMME,
WHICH INCLUDED A VERY IN,
TEREsT1NG HISTORICAL ADJ
DRESS BY THE PASTOR, DIR. Al.
ESANDER = Dir. CUNNINGHAM
AND DIR. IEPsoS. OF WHEEL.
ING, AMONG THE SPEAKERS.
MANY ATTENDED.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-16
PEARL nAuNpRy-MENpRL BROS.
SWEET AS JUNE ROSES

Is tho linen that ls.laundefcd with the p.,.
lection ofisklll for which the Pearl / An.
dry IS famous. Clean. white and spotIe,,
and with n domestic or gloss finish M,
cannot BIO duplicated in this: town, il n,
result OF our exquisite methods and can.
full attention to details. a trial solIcl,si
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-16
LEGAL NOTICES.
ITO THE CREDITORS OF THE BAER
j; SONS GROCER COMPANY:

ITO THE CREDITORS OF THE BAER
j SONS GROCER COMPANY:
You are hereby notified. that the under.
signed have been. by the United States cir.
cult court for the District OF West Viz.
Sinia, in the suit in equity therein pend
plaintiffs. and the Baer Sons Grocer Com.
pany and others are defendants, appointed
receivers for said Baer Sons Grocer Com:
pany and of all property. renl and per.
sonal. and YOU are hereby notified and re.
uuested to file with us at as early day
as practicable your claims against said
defendant company for adjustment and
payment. 'alrt *.
MORRIS HORkHEIMER,
BERNHARD HORKHElMER. Il
j 500. " T. ...4 Receivers.
Wheeling. W. Va. June Q. lS9S. je9 !
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-16

OF New Martinsyille; Henry B. Mulln,
of.Keyser; D. q. Stuart, of LazearyIlIe.
w. R. Rlne, OF Bird. and F. D. Hartman
and son, OF Middlebourne. were West
Vlrginians registered at the Howell list
night.
ENERGY all gone? Headache? s,on.
nch out of order? Simply a case OF Tor.
pid liver. Burdoclk Blood Bitters vii,
make new man or woman OF you. IL
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! TWO Grand Concerts, 18th Regiment
Band, n. q. T., Mozart Park, sunday.
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i SONS GROCER COMPANY r.
~ PENNSYLVANIA: ~.
You are hereby notified that the under
signed has been, by the United States cir.
cult court for the Western District OF
Pennsylvania. In the suit In equity therein
pending wherein B. $. Baer and others are
plaintiffs. and the Baer Sons Grocer Com.
pany' and others are defendants appointed
receiver for the property OF said company
In the Western District OF the state OF
Pennsylvania, and you are notified and re-
quested to file with me at as early day
rs practicable your claims against said
defendant company for adjustment and
payment. s,,- -
8 7: ~ NORRIS HoRKHE1MER.
June o. 1888 .Izsi Receiver
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ITO THE CREDITORS OF THE BAER
Il SONS GROCER COMPANY IN THE
~ STATE OF OHIO:
You are hereby notified that, tho under
signed has been, by the United States cir:
cult court for the Southern District OF
Ohio, in the suit in equity therein pending
wherein B. S. Baer and others are plant.
ms, and The Baer Sons Grocer Company
and others are defendants. appointed re-
celver for. said Baer Sons Grocer COM
pany and all Its property, real and per.
sonal. In the state Of Ohio. And you are
hereby notified and requested TO file with
me within ninety days from this date
your claims against said defendant com.
pany FOR adjustment and payment.
h ..55s NORRIS H0RkHEIMER
June ., 1895, Receiver.
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J: ~ NORRIS HoRkIIElMER.
y juno Q. 1855. -. Receiver.
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.CA5TOREA.

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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-16
ITO THE CREDITORS OF THE BAERs
j. SONS, GROCER COMPANY n

Wheeling. W. Va. June .. ISIS. jes !
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-16

Paymastcr General Cowden left on
the train with the immunes for Wash
ington, where he will report for duty.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-04

OF THE G.

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concepts of al h h
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-04
DIR. r. H. MCDONALD ONCE MORE
DECEVES COMMISSIONERS.

Wher the Pacific Bank finally crum-
bled and thousands of men and women
fcund themselves robbed of their
money, the claim was made that DR..
r. H Mcdonald knew nothing of the
rottenness of the Pacific Bank, nor of
the thievery of his sons. There is now
I;rocf that DR.. r. H. Mcdonald knew
every phase of his sons robberias. He
was a party to their schemes. He de-
manded one son to steal enough money
to provide him for six months. He led
from the State to evade the Bank Com
niissioners and to save himself from
fulfilling his promise that he would
give up his private fortune to save the
bank. AS an indication of the elder
McDonald's deception, Frank sent liie
follow ing telegram to Dick:
NEW YORK, November Is, 1892
R. H. Macdonald Jr., Pacific Bank. San
Francisco, Cal: B. G. have just tele-
graphed father to know when he will
return. He wired that it would be
soon, and that he would write particu-
lars FRANK.
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taxes will have to be paid which in
this way may all be avoided. He can
issue his stock intended for his chill
dren in certificates to himself in
dorsed to them, and hold these certifi-
Gates with instructions in an envelope
for each to be opened at his death.
When we take these certificates under
contract to carr out his instruc-
tions then thers Is 10 viii, no probate
and each receives his stock and every
thing moves along smoothly. What
do you think of this plan? Consult
some lawyer about 1t and see If there
is any hitch in the plan, for I may
telegraph you to tend TO the execution
of It. You see the very fact of the
existence of such company of paid
up capital of five million dollars would
be a great help to your credit AL
though If the Lord permits us to
weather this winter and unload some
of our burdens / hope we shall never
again need credit. / think we shall
have some little peace of mind and
not be eternally struggling for daily
breath and existence. Your loving
brother, FRANK.
P. S.-While father has been very
sick. still with care he ought to pull
through and 1--we good long time yet.
but he must be careful of himself.
Keep all matters concerning his health
religiously to yourself.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-04


The startling secret history of the
conspiracy that ruined the Mcdonald
bank has, excited. intense: interest
among the thousands OF. .depositors who
lost their savings through the ruin Of
those institutions: This interest has in
creased rather than diminished by the
important fact: that the schemlers may
vet be: brought to justice under the
laws Of this State and through proper
legal means some part of the stolen
property may .'be recogered.: 1t was
thought that the statute of limitation
operated against the prosecution Of the
offenders; but this is not. so in the case
!: of fraud, which The Call is. now expos
ing. -. ::
Among the. letters of Frank :McDon-.
aid that are, published to-day are the
records of a gigantic crime committed
by r. H. Mcdonald and his two; sons.
In the correspondence of Frank Y. Nc
Donald and in the books Of the Pacific
Bank are. the proofs of the theft of
$4,000. This dishonest transaction
was concealed. by Frank Mcdonald,
who wrote that he. feared that the Pa
cific Bank could mot bear UP much
longer under the. crushing load of the
Los Angeles Electric Railway bonds
placed upon the institution by M. H.
Sherman.
In anticipation Of the impending
crash Frank. Mcdonald instructed his
brother Richard to falsify the books
and clear. their fathers name OF a debt
OF S142, 600 TO the Pacific Bank. The in
structions were explicit. Dick was to
take the debt out of the regular bond
account of DR.. R. H. Mcdonald, create
a special bond account for the old man
and then sweep away the debt by a
Justification of the books. Not satisfied
with cheating the depositors out of this
enormous sum Of money. Frank
planned a double stroke of rascality
and suggested that the burden of this
enormous debt be taken off the Pacific
Bank and thrust upon the Peoples
Bank, thus robbing the poor depositors
of that institution.
Under this plan A. r. Johns, who had
no money that either institution could
command, was to give his note for $780,
900, and A. L: Jenkins was to give his.
note for 0,000. Frank. then briefly re-
marked that the debt: Of the Pacific
Bank to the Peoples Bank would thus
be reduced to the extent of S150,O00.
Nothing more is. necessary. to show
how the robbers. of the Pacific. Bank
made the Peoples Bank the feeder to
replace their thefts. This phase of the
correspondence of Frank Mcdonald is
of vital Importance and demonstrates
for the first time to the public, beyond
any possible question, the gigantic rob-
berries that were perpetrated in the saw
ings institution established by the Nc
Donalds. In the letters published this
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-04
Home Bank another poor security.
Frank wrote as follows:

Home Bank another poor security.
Frank wrote as follows:
n. Y, November 8, 1892.
My Dear Brother: These last Gays
have been most painful ones with D.
and his bank matters, and have re-
vealed another mine of his secrecy
and duplicity. 1t seems all along the
Water Company has had. deposit
in his bank of $40 600, which mas been
held as a trust fund. payable at order
of the trustees and is now, that they
are refunding the bonds available Tor
payment of the companys debts;
their notes out of this fund and as we
had them, either he had to surrender
the notes, or the knowledge he could
not would have closed him up. would :
not surrender them without substan-
tial payment as l told him that l had
taken enough blame on his. account
and these notes were the only Things
we saw any early money In ana the
only thing we had we could look to
for coin relief I asked him for at
least twenty thousand dollars, but ten
thousand was all he was able to raise,
and that he got from Reynolds after q
hard struggle.
/ refused to deliver UP the notes
for that amount, and then Sherman,
ton with the electric matter. said II
D. went overheard it would hurt all
our trades, and D. must be kept. up II
possible. NJ. II. went out with ID. to
l.
make 1t. D. is the principal one in
handling this New York Electric syn
dicate that wish TO purchase our cleo
trio interest, and NJ. III. feels 1t would
be ruinous to have DIS disaster come
now and Johns and the doctor feel
the same way, and so do /. But l
said the money was not enough, so
finally NJ II. said that the crash
would ruin him, too, by undermining.
his credit, and he would rather pay
five thousand dollars himself on DIS
account, although he, M. H, was so
terribly hard up and money poor. so
I took his check, five days sight, on
Valley Bank of P. for five thousand
dollars, and promised to hold 1t five
DAYS until he could make arrange
ments with Christy to have 1t met. |
other fellow bounding him for $4,000,
as well as ourselves. / made Sherman
take DIS note and an assignment of
5000 of our term certificates to be is
sued to M. H. as collateral on that
note
1 also took from D. and assignment
back to US of 10000 of the $4,000 coupon
1 had to go to the Republic Bank and
get 10000 of the water notes there.
left as collateral, and as / had moth
ing to put in their place / had Johns
make a note of $4,000 TO the Pacific
Bank and I put up the Marble Com
pany's stock with 1t, and put that note
and stock in the place of the water
notes. This ends this new disgusting
phase of these matters. saw no other
NJ H. is heartily disgusted that d.
had to bleed him for that $4,000, and he
would like to kill D. Your loving
brother, FRANK.
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FORWARD TO THE
TREACHERY OF A. f. JOHNS.

On October II, 1892. Frank Mcdonald
gave in a letter another evidence of his
strangely treacherous character With
a premonition that was subsequently
developed into a reality he expressed a
distrust of A. F. Johns, the confidential
agent and shrewd manipulation, who
knew the plots and carried out the
schemes of the McDonalds. Frank
wrote in part as follows:
I have taken Johns name out from
the trustees of the MADEIRA proposition
and substituted my own, making you,
Edminster and myself the three.
Johns can be superintendent and so
forth. but trustee is for ten years,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-04
FRANKS SCHEME TO RUIN HIS
UNCLE. IAMES MCDONALD.

On September II, 1892, Frank McDon-
aid wrote a most remarkable letter to
his brother, Richard. In this epistle
Frank clearly discussed the impending
ruin of the Pacific Bank and shame
lessly suggested to his brother a cow
ardly scheme in which he hoped to
throw the odium Of disaster upon his
uncle, James Mcdonald. Frank went
farther than that and discussed the
probabilities OF his own fathers death
and the prospect of realizing from that
death the best possible financial terms.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-04
SHERMAN AIDS o. T. DYER. AND
THEN WANTS TO KILL HIM.

A few days later Frank attempted to
frichten o. T. Dyer, the manager OF
tire Riverside Bank, and threatened to
force him to the wall. The result was
natural The incident cost Frank Nc
Dcnald a large sum of money, forced
from M. H. Sherman desire TO mur-
der Dyer and thrust upon the PEOPLES
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-04
ABSOLUTE PROOF OF A GIGANTIC
THEFT BY DR. MCDONALD
AND HIS SONS.

1t seldom happens that a man over
his own signature may be convicted a
thief. 1t seldom happens that the
clever rascality of a banker may be
exposed to the public. The Call Is en-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-04
THE PLOT TO DECEIVE THE BANK
COMMISSION.

Franks hopes of money did not ma
terialize Gold was as hard to find as
what should have been his own sentf-
ments of personal honor, and on Sep
tember IL, 1892, he telegraphed to his
brother an instruction that he foolishly
would deceive the Bank Com
in reference TO the true con-
dition of the Pacific Bank. This tele-
gram was as follows:
NEW YORK, Sept II, 1892
r. H. Mcdonald Jr., 813 Sutter street,
San Francisco. Cal: Neither father nor
/ approve of closing up D. until he
has had more show here His pros
poets now being good for his institu-
ton now to issue to us larger eertt1-
Gates or large bill payable would be
unwise for all concerned. If you will
send on Immediately those two hun
dred thousand renewed papers we
think we can so fix matters by Octo-
Der l that Examiners will find little
to criticize. D. says we are abun-
dantly secured in notes we have, but
If you wish l Will try to get his per-
sonal note to secure overdraft which
we can keen all confidential. 1 leave
tomorrow night for Norfolk to attend
to matters for father. Hope to return
within week. Address Atlantic Hotel.
FRANK.
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morning there is another important fea-
ture. On more than one occasion Frank
Mcdonald writes that he is glad that
his brother has escaped in safety
through the ordeal of examination by
the Bank Commissioners. This is the
first indication that the conspirators
sought to control the official acts Of the
Bank Commissioners.
The fact is important, as it is the
presentation of the first steps of the
conspiracy to tie the hands of the Com
missioners. 1t will be shown later what
part M. H. Sherman, D. S. Dorm and ].
E. Farnum played in this conspiracy
to silence the Commissioners. In this
connection Sherman had one duty to
perform, Dorm another and Farnum
third. There are few letters In the long
correspondence that are of more i'm
portance to the depositors Of the two
banks t1lah those published this morn
ing. They wtre written, as indicated be-
fore, by Frank V. Mcdonald to his
brother Richard.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-04

and you do not know what his rela-
tionships may be to US in that time.
Besides, it is unfair to tie him up In
any such long undertaking where he
has no capital of his own invested.
Rock Island Argus., 1898-07-23
Niargara Falls Excursion.

f. N. Hicks, travelling passenger
agent for the L., f. & W. railway,
was in the city yesterday arranging
for the annual excursion over his line
to Niagara Falls and return. This
excursion leaves Peoria the evening
of Wednesday, Aug. 8. Through
sleeping cars, reclining chair cars and
coaches are provided on the excursion
train. An innovation in the way of
lunch can also be provided. This car
will accompany the excursion the en-
tire distance to the Falls, serving re-
freshments enroute.
The rates are extremely low, viz:
$3.50 from Peoria to Niagara, Buffalo,
Chautauqua Lake, Cleveland and re-
turn; S. from Peoria to Sanduskv,
Put-in-Bay and return. Numerous
side trips from Niagara Falls to such
points as Toronto, Thousand Islands.
etc, have been arranged for small
additional expense. The train on the
r. 1. & P. railway, leaving Rock ISL
and at 1:45 p. m, will make connec.
tion at the Peoria Union depot with
the l.. +. Il W. excursion train. Pam
phlets giving detailed information
can be obtained upon application al
the r. |. & P. depot, f90t Of Twen.
tieth street. The rate from Rock Isl
and will be announced later.
Rock Island Argus., 1898-07-23
SOUTH HEIGHTS HITS,

South Heights, July 2S.-Mrs.
Julia Bollman has gone for visit to
relatives in Rural.
Mrs. Capt. Pierce, of Gilchrist, has
been visiting friends here during the
past week.
Miss Maggie McCarty, of Chicago,
arrived Friday morning and will
spend some time at her home here.
Quite number of South Heights
people went to Clinton Wednesday
morning on the excursion. All report
having a pleasant time.
Bennie Wittenberg, of Davenport,
is visiting his grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Aster.
Mrs. B. McCarty, accompanied by
her son, James, and daughter, Mary
left Friday evening for Denver, Col,
to visit relatives there. On their return
home they expect to visit the Omaha
exposition.
Rock Island Argus., 1898-07-23
The Weather We May Have
Fair tonight and Saturday.
Today's Temperature 81.
] M SHBRIER, Observer.
CITIZEN SOLDIERS,

sometimes Hard For Them to Understand
the Importance of Discipline.
That the soldiers of the Continental
army-yesterday farmers and artisans
could fight history tells, but in the
transition stage the idea of subordina.
tion that marks the difference between
an army and an armed mob was diff
cult to grasp by men in whom the idea
OF personal independence was SO strong.
The captain was no better than the
private in the village from which both
hailed, and it was not strange that the
private. when ordered by his superior
officer to fetch bucket of water from
the spring, should retort: sect it your
self. got it yesterday. It's your turn
today" This was not insubordination
in the view of the rank and file, but
merely the assertion Of proper spirit
of maAliness.
1t happened not infrequently during
the civil war that the private was a
richer man than the officer, as in the
case of Elias Howe, the inventor Of the
sewing machine, who on several occa-
sions presented a fine horse to some ma.
jor or colonel too poor to purchase such
a mount himself.
There was another soldier of this
stamp, Koch by name, who was we'll
known in Philadelphia. He left for
tune of over 81, 600, 600. 1t fell to his
lot one night to be stationed sentinel
over a baggage wagon. The weather
was cold and wet This set the sentinel
musing. After remaining on post for
half an hour be called Justify:
Corporal of the guard"
The corporal came and inquired what
was wanting. Koch wished to be reliev-
ed for few minutes, having something
to say to the officer in command of the
post. His wish was gratified, and in a
few minutes he stood in the presence of
General Macpherson.
General" said he, "what is the
value of that wagon over which am
sentinel?''
"How should know? Was that all
you wanted?" responded the general i'm.
patiently.
Something approximate, insisted
the soldier.
"Oh, we'll, $1,000 perhaps''
"Very we'll, General Macpherson, ~
responded the private. ~ will write Q
check for that amount, and then will
| 60 to bed. youths Companion.