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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-14
THE WEATHER.

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morrow--Northwesteriy "ino~
Washington. March ii.-For New nns
s.nd. Fair and slightly colder toaigh'
and Tuesday; winds shifting 70 "o''A
westerly.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-14

Ten parsons we're fined for drunkenness
In the police court this morning. The tax
was a. and costs each.
r The women's City Missionary Society
held . publ, meeting at $50 o'clock this
afternoon in the Church of the Mediator.
Hollis NJ. Coombs fell down stairs and
through a window yesterday and received
a bad cut on the wrist which was dressed
by DR. Murray.
A benefit entertainment for the players
of the Providence polo team will be given
in Infantry hall tonight. There will be
q gamo OF pin hockey game of POLO
and finally champion cake walk.
Engine CcInlany No. extipguished
IRE in Lewis Marks house, 81 Parade
street st II so o'clock yesterday morning.
The fire was In a mattress. and it was
put out without suunding an alarm.
Christian Alma living in the .ear of 81
South Water street. and a barber by
trade, was taken sick suddanly last night
and was ordered removed 10 the hospital
by Dr. Duffy. He apparently has pnsu-
monia.
At $3.50 o'clock this evening supper will
be served TO the delegates to the Prohibit
tion city convention In the Elisha Dyer
Vinton Home, Satin street, after which
the convention will be held In the same
building.
Ex-Mayor Edwin ID. McGuinness writes
from the Hotel Bon Air, Augusta, Georgia,
that he has improved In health rapidly
since his arrival in the South, and he ex-
poets to return home late in the spring In
full health.
The score in the Rhode Island checker
cham pionship match now stands. Drum
mond 2. Roller q. drawn o, to play g. The
match will be continued this evening at
the rooms of the Providence Checker
Chess and Whist Club on Union street.
snd on March IS ut South Providence.
George Robbins, IL years of age, was
arrested on Dodge street yesterday FOR
playing craps He is one of several boys
who make the neighborhood Of Dodge
street disagreeable to residents. He was
bsfore the police court this morning and
his case was continued to March 81.
Prof. Timothy Drake of Animation de-
livered an illustrated lecture on the Pas
sion Play at Oberarnmergau In Y. NJ. q.
A. hall Saturday evening. There was a
large attendance and the description of
this wonaesful play and the pictures of
IL proved Of the most interesting nature.
Tre-e bright and balmv days are bring
ing out tire fishermen. Although it is yet
early in TIE season many fishing parties
went down the bay yesterdsy and on re-
turning reported good catches Of fiat fish.
1t will be several weeks. however, before
tautog begin to run, and when they do
tie hook and lite fis.ermen will he in
>heir glory.
"Bill" Msguire and Michael Dwyer en-
Rsgeu In rstic combat for short tins
in Harvey's lumber yard lest night. The
iorIner, throueh at Overdose OF fire wa
ter was fired with desire 10 do
somebody, hut be made a mistake and get
fhs wrong fellow. Accounts vera stttled
very quickly for "Biil soon found MIN
self on the ground with a broken jaw.
he was taken home ana DIR. Duffy was
called In. He called the alnbulsncs and
''Bill" was removed to the hospital
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-14

nsr brow Is like the lily;
Her lips more like the rose,
Which does not Ms the lily does,
Namely, at sundown, close.
Detroit Journal.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-14
FILL UP YOUR
CANISTERS.

We are preparing TO enlarge
our establishment, plans being
now in the hands of the architects,
whereby we will have the largest
and best equipped plant in New
England.
Our floors are loaded with Teas
of every description, and we own
Coffees enough to sink a ship.
Now, as we will be cramped for
room when these alterations COM
mence, we have decided to inaug-
urate a
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-14

W.. nscoor in "NasaryS Vamshs
Nlern agents TOT
Chemical Company
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-23
came and then the Riverside went down
in disgraceful bankruptcy
THE SCHEMES OF E. A. DAVIS AND
R. ]. DAVIS OUTLINED.

Among the many men who received
favors, financial and otherwise, from
the McDonalds in exchange for nat
terry and servility were h. A. Davis
and r. ]. Davis. r. j. Davis was the
secretary of the Mohawk schemes into
which Dick Mcdonald had been In
weighed and in which many thousands
of dollars were lost. E. A. Davis was
clerk in the Pacific Mutual Life lnsur-
ance Company, and through his friend
ship with Frank Mcdonald secured
many financial favors and the promise
Of more. The letters of these men are
interesting, as they suggest several
schemes in which the deluded bankers
sank money. One wanted to be Bank
Commissioner and wrote that he would
turn over to Dick Mcdonald every
month his salary in payment of a note
that was absolutely unsecured. The
other suggested foolish plots and plans
in reference to the Cotton Marble Com
pany and the Mohawk schemes, of
which he was secretary.
A little more than two months before
the banks failed r. J. Davis suggested
wild financial project to Frank v.
Mcdonald to buy out the Pacific Mu-
duct 1t in conjunction with the Peoples
Home Savings Bank and the Pacific
Bank. Davis declared that no other
man in the world was so we'll qualified
as Frank Mcdonald to accomplish such
a scheme and establish the strongest
financial combination in the United
States. 1t will only cost, Davis said.
$125, 900. But Frank did not bite at this
hot To - 41on Do
cific Mutual Life Insurance Company a
few weeks before the Pacific Bank
failed and insure his life for $4,000.
To the surprise of the manager,
Mr. Beaver, Mcdonald insisted on
paying the entire premium at once.
This premium amounted to $4,000 in
cash, and Mr.. Beaver suggested that
Frank Mcdonald might better leave
the sum in his own bank, where it
would draw interest. Frank replied
carelessly, however, that he preferred
to have the matter off his hands and
would pay the premium in full. He
knew then that the Pacific Bank was
on the very edge of ruin and must soon
go down with a crash. The money was
paid and the depositors of the Pacific
Bank gave their deposit for another
benefit for the McDonalds
The letters of E. A. Davis show that
the young man was deeply enough in
the confidence of Dick Mcdonald to
suggest and plan at least one shady
transaction in the sale of Pacific Bank
stock.
The Call will continue tomorrow
morning the history of the confidential
correspondence Of the Pacific Bankers
and will exploit other gigantic frauds
to which reference has not yet been
made.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-23
DORA WILSON GETS
THE QUENTIN ESTATE
Succeeds in Breaking the Rancher's
Will by Which She Was Dis
inherited

REDWOOD CITY, Nov. 22.-The large
estate of James Quentin was to-day given
into the possession OF Mrs. Dora Wilson,
formerly Dora Horn. Quentin died in this
county about two years ago. leaving an
estate valued at about s125,000, of which
s56 900 was money in bank, the balance
consisting of a 1300-acre ranch known as
the San Gregorio ranch, and a lot of per-
sonal property. He left a will by which
all of his property was disposed Of. He
claimed to have had no living relatives
and willed his estate to friends and to
the Protestant orphan aSylums of San
Francisco and Sacramento.
Soon after the will was admitted to
probate a contest was instituted by Dora
Wilson, who claimed to be the daughter
and heir of the deceased. She alleged
as grounds of the contest undue influence
and fraud on the part of certain of the
legatees of the will. In the will Quentin
expressly disinherited Mrs. Wilson and
failed to make any provision for her on
the ground that she mad no claims upon
him. Mrs. Wilson proved her claim to
the property and as a result gets the
whole of it with the exception Of s12,5O0
distributed to the asylums mentioned in
the will, this probably being a compro-
mise between Mrs. Wilson and the asy-
11lr
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-23
TRAVELLING FOR PLEASURE
TRIP NOT CONNECTED WITH
STATE AFFAIRS.
He Intimates That Costa Rica May
Prevent the Construction of the
Isthmus Canal by Grace
Syndicate.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK, Nov. 22.-Rafael Igle-
sias. President of Costa Rica, arrived
here to-day on the Atlas liner Altat
from Port Limon and Kingston. With
President Iglesias were Ricardo lyle
stas, his brother; Colonel Leonzo Bo-
Mia, aide-de-camp; DR.. Antonio Cuts
tana and General John S. Cazament Of
the Costa Rican Railway. The party
will stop at the Waldorf for few days
before proceeding to Washington.
Shortly after the Altai left quarantine
for her dock she was boarded by Col
onel William Carter of the War Depart
ment, representing President McKtn-
ley, to welcome President Iglesias.
President Iglesias said that he was
travelling practically incognito and not
on national business. He was opposed
to display. He had simply come here
for pleasure and for the benefit Of his
health. He expects to take trip to
England and France, and on his way
home he will spend some months in the
United States.
The visit here Of President Iglesias at
the present time, when there is so much
talk about building the canal across
Nicaragua, is believed to have been
brought about by the recent concession
granted to the Grace syndicate, which
goes into effect in October, 1899. When
this concession was announced 1t was
said that Costa Ricas opposition could
not in any way affect the new grant
President Iglesias, when spoken to
about the proposed canal to-day, said
Costa Rica had important rights, winch
it had reserved, and intimated that all
would not be plain sailing for the new
syndicate. Further ne would not dlS-
cusS the matter.
DR.. Ulloa, Consul General Of Costa
RIGA, however, explained what was
meant by Costa Rfca's rights. Inc Con-
sui General until last May was vice.
President of the country, ana ne re-
signed in favor of Don Dometrio Igle-
sias. the Presidents father, who is now
acting for his son. DR.. Ulloa said that
his country had equal rights with Mica
ragua along the San Juan River, an
important waterway, which divided the
two repu bl1cS.
The building Of dams across the river
for an interoceanic canal, it is said,
will inundate considerable land in Costa
RIGA. Without the latter country
| sanction, it is asserted, the concession
held by the Grace syndicate Is virtually
| yalueless. There is said to be a strong
feeling in Costa Rica in favor of allow
ing the United States, instead OF pri-
vate corporation, to build the canal,
| and that country will do its best to
| thwart the scheme planned by Mica
ragua-
DR.. UIloa said that the reason that
| Costa RIGA has not Joined the Republic
| of Central America, which was COM
posed of San Salvador, Nicaragua and
Honduras, was that the combination
was looked upon as an experiment and
not by any means as stable compact.
The revolt now in progress in San Sal
vador, he added, was a serious one, and
was the outcome of the union which
went into effect November 1.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-23
0. T. DYER DENIED THAT THE BOOKS
OF THE RIVERSIDE BANK HAD
REEN FALSIFIED.

There are only a very few letters Of
Importance or general public interest
that were written either by o. I. Dyer.
the manager Of the Riverside Bank, or
his sister, Miss E. c. Dyer, the cashier
of the institution. While Dyer and his
sister played a most important part in
the history of the Pacific Bank, they
wrote but very few letters that shed
new light on the relations between
the Pacific Bank and the Peoples
Home Savings Bank. 1t has been
demonstrated that the McDonalds and
the Dyers understood thoroughly the
wretched condition of their own banks.
1t has been shown that the Dyers had
the McDonalds by the throat and made
the very existence of the Pacific Bank
a pledge for the continued life Of the
Riverside Bank.
The Dyers were as fearful of the
Bank Commissioners as were the Nc
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-23
Sheldon would be able to do something
with Burns, anyway. Very truly yours,
C. F. HOLDER.
THE PROFESSOR ASSISTS HIS MASTER
IN HIS AMBITION TO BE
GOVERNOR.

Shortly before the election in No
vember, 1892, Holder wrote a letter tc
Dick Mcdonald severely criticizing the
action Of a woman who was then in the
employ of the Californian Magazine
This woman, so Holder alleged, was
telling Dicks secrets in political mat
ters and fouting about the streets the
interesting fact that he was to capture
the School Department and use it as
an instrument in his guberna-
torial campaign. The woman's name
is Of no public interest, the letter being
of Importance only as an illustration OF
the relationship existing between Hold
or and Mcdonald Excerpts from the
epistle are as follows:
My Dear Mr.. Mcdonald: Would 1t
not be a good plan to let this --
return to her work until after election.
She has a long tongue, is ugly and at
this time, when every point counts,
might do some harm to your plan to
secure control Of the schools in the in
terest of the Governorship, etc. write
as l know she is prepared to talk and
has already told one person, my In
formant, your plans for the capture OF
the schools, etc, and lot more STUN
that would make disagreeable reading
If she should get hold of some black
mailing sheet to publish it and during
election times such papers are fairly
easy to find. You can put her back
until election Is over and then make q
new deal. Some Of your friends must
leak or she would not get hold of these
things. Sincerely yours,
q 4 HOLDER
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-23

letter of general public interest. Elk
cerpts from this epistle, which was adj
dressed to R. H. Mcdonald Jr., are as
follows: with some one pushing me
at every turn 1 make here and dyna-
mite bomb in every letter the mail
brings from there, and yet with all this
you have the GOODNESS to say in your
last letter, received to-day, that I shall
learn that 1 have you to deal with and
no one else AS though I did not realize
that fact as forcibly as any one could.
No, sir; Notwithstanding your insinua-
tions as to my intentions you shall get
your money, every dollar, unless by
some act of your own you drive me to
the wall, and the time shall yet come
when you shall look me in the face
and acknowledge that I have been
honest with you. Your brother in his
anxiety to get matters In a different
shape before that Jew Gerberding
should visit Riverside again and en-
tirely unbeknown to me, sat UP one
whole night, or until 8 in the morning,
to draft out a letter and proposition to
you. and when 1 came into the office the
next day he handed me his rough draft
of his proposition, saying he had spent
nearly all night working on PROPOSE
ton. and that If I would accept right
away so that he could get off by the
first mail he could get through by Oc-
tober 1, the date we had agreed with
Hart to make a statement to him, and
before Gerberding could get down there
and raise another rumpus, as he would
probably not go until Hart got his
statement.
IL he
late day to discuss it, and l will only
say that 1t does strike me that an
ordinary unbiased mind could only look
on it as a proposition written in your
interest its provisions not only adding
to but strengthening your present Sc
curity without costing you one dollar
in money or additional liability. It's
effect would be to sustain and build up
the credit of our bank and stock, MAX
ing it possible for us to raise money for
you and making our stock and our in
dorsement good collateral for you, also
relieving both you and us from the
severe strain and blackmail we are
subject to on account of the Commits
sioners. as they then could not object.
So entirely independent of your broth
er's proposition we can begin to see our
way out at no great distant day II you
continue to stand by us and Mr.. Hart
don't go back on us.
While Dyer was writing such letters
as these his sister was increasing the
overdraft and leading the Pacific Bank
more deeply into the hole. Every de-
mand of Mcdonald for money met with
promises and nothing more. This con-
oh w
before the collapse of the Pacific Bank
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-23
The Editor Schemed an Alliance Be-
tween the MCDOnaldS and the
Railroad.
How One Tool Of the Dishonest Bankers At
tackled a Mans Honor to Control the
Bank Commissioners,

efforts to help Dick secure control OF
the local School Department and use II
as lever with which to move the Cow
errors chair AS an illustration OF his
influence with certain daily newspa-
pers of this city and of Oakland Pro-
lessor Holder on August 16, 1893, wrote
to his employer, r. H. Mcdonald Jr.,
as follows:
NV Dear Sir: I visited the evening
papers-Post, Report and Bulletin
and each promised to say nothing L
will attend to the morning papers this
a. NJ. and have a good notice, If any
thing. / telephoned to the Oakland
Enquirer, and the editor regrets the
publication. VIII take 1t back this
o. m. In answer to my demand for his
authority for the statement he said 1t
was the young man who represented
you in Oakland. Very truly yours,
G. F. HOLDER,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-23

Donalds, and schemed to avoid an hon
est investigation with Mcdonald. In
both cases absolute reliance was placed
upon the dishonest support and CO.
operation of W. H. H. Hart. Hart had
placed himself practically in the power
of the Pacific Bankers and in exchange
for his services received financial &C
commodation whenever he needed it.
Reference to this fact and to the I'M
denied interference of A. Gerberding in
the affairs of the dishonest bankers is
frequently made in the letters of o. T.
Dyer. These references, however, while
they are important In the establish
ment of the proof that The Call under
took, form no new elements to the
story. When 1t became evident in the
middle part of 1892 that it's collapse
seemed inevitable, o. T. Dyer was sent
to New York to assist the other con-
spirators in the gigantic task of nego-
tiating the worthless securities of the
Riverside Bank.
AS a matter of course these securities
were not negotiable, but Dyer remained
In the East, while his sister. stationed
in the bank at Riverside and possess
ing absolute control Of the institution,
continued to increase the enormous
overdraft that was killing the Pacific
Bank. Time and again r. II. Mcdonald
Jr wrote letters bitterly accusing the
brother and sister of gross neglect, bad
faith and dishonesty. Many Of the let
ters written by the Dyers. were in an
swer to these accusations. These epis-
ties possess no particular public inter-
n
wrote a bitter letter to Dick Mcdonald
warning him to keep his spies and his
agents away from Riverside or through
his absurd policy he would precipitate
the very thing the conspirators were
seeking to avoid, run on the Riverside
Bank.
mo ordinary fool" declared Dyer,
has a million dollars to place. Leave
our negotiations alone" In another
letter o. T. Dyer wrote scathingly to
Dick Mcdonald, denouncing him for
the insinuation that there were dis
honest entries in the books of the
Riverside Bank. Dyer begged Dick to
remember that Gerberding had been
most scrupulous and eXacting in his ex-
animation and under those circum-
stances it had been impossible to in
troduce any crooked entries, even If the
managers of the bank wished to make
any. You know" said Dyer, that
Gerberding watched your father like a
cat when he was at Riverside and San
Diego"
DYER C0NFESSES THE DISHONEST COL
LUSION OF ATTORNEY GENERAL
HART.
On October s, 1892, Dyer did pen a
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-23
HOLDERS UNDERHAND ATTACK on EX-
BANK COMMISSIONER A. GER
BERDING.

Professor Holder wrote many let
tiers, but most of them possessed only
an incidental interest in connection
with the Californian illustrated Maya
zine. On December 80, 1892, Professor
Holder indicated that as an agent Of
Dick Mcdonald he had entered the po-
litical field and was suggesting schemes
by which certain candidates for CUB
ernatorial favor might be defeated.
The genial professor earnestly urged
Dick to secure the cooperation of that
literary star, Dan Burns.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 80, 1892.
NV Dear Mr.. Mcdonald: 1 met the
Governor this morning by appointment
and the result of his talk with Mark
ham was that the latter had already
decided to continue the appointment
of G. to the full term. He did the
same with all, my case as trustee Of
the Normal School was an example, SO
we were met by something that can
not be overcome by anything except
great pressure, which cannot be decid-
ed upon until you are consulted. DR..
7. and myself had conversation with
Governor Sheldon this a. m. and the
doctor goes north tonight and will re-
port to you
Governor S. thinks there is chance
If charges can be brought against G.
and he will go in If there is any show.
He. Governor Sheldon, is on good
terms with Burns and other influential
politicians in San Francisco and my
advice Is that you have Governor Shel-
don go I'D Monday and make the fight
against this fellow from every point
with all the force he can bring to bear.
believe something can be done. AT
least 1t is worth trying. If 1t can be
shown to Markham that there is any
thing against G. In any way l think
ror,aothino 10 done and think
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-23
LENCE ADVERSE CRITICISM IN
THE NEWSPAPERS.

In fulfllment of his editorial duty
Professor Holder undertook the task Of
silencing any adverse criticism that
might have been threatened by the
daily newspapers. Professor Holder
volunteered to pave the way for
meeting between William H. Mills and
the Huntingtons and Dick Mcdonald.
This meeting the ingenious and unso-
phisticated professor declares would be
a preliminary step for combination
between the McDonalds and the South
ern Pacific Company, in which the rail-
road could be worked either politically
Or financially to the advantage of the
MeDonalds. Such letters as this
reveal Professor Holder in a new light
and perhaps may suggest a meaning
for his enormous note for $135, COO. The
professor was quite as valuable In his
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-23
TO COMBAT TEXAS FEVER.
San Joaquin Valley Stockmen Favor
a Quarantine Law.

FRESNO, Nov. 22.-The stockraisers OF
Fresno and neighboring counties assem-
bled here to-day to discuss the subject or
Texas fever among the cattle of this sec
ton. Many valuable animals have been
lost during the last few weeks: Dairy
animals driven along the roads over
which infected animals have passed have
taken the disease. The stockmen con-
Guided to appoint a committee to frame
a law to be presented to the next Legfs-
iature which shall provide for the quar-
autine of all infected herds.