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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-01-05
GIFT UMBRELLAS.

A thousand seems 4 good
many, but will not last long at
prices put on them. Fast
black steel frame umbrellas, at
80 and 59c. Silk Gloria I'm
brella, with fine Dresden and
Congo handles, Use. and sl.19
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-01-05

Educate Your bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartie. cure constipation forever.
ioc, 25c. II c C C fail, druggists refund money.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-01-05
NEW ADVERTISER ENTS.
NOTICE TO TAY PAYERS.

Notice is hereby given that transcript Of
unpaid taxes on real estate in the City of Lam
bertyil1e for the year 1877, has been made, and
unless the taxes on said real estate are paid
within twenty days from the date of this
notice shall proceed to collect the slime by a
public sale of the said real estate
W II WILMOT,
Receiver Of Taxes.
Lambertyile y j. Jan 5th, 1898 -8t
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-01-05

Bad news awaits the Hon. William
Jennings Bryan when he isrestored to
Lincoln. The Christmas trade of the
Nebraska merchants has been very
much larger than it was last year or
any other year Fifty per cent. larger,
some of them declare. Nebraska is an
ungrateful State, and doesn't deserve
her privileges. What right has she to
be prosperous when her most industri-
Gus lecturer knows that prosperity IS
and must be mere illusion MS long as
silver is neglected ? 1t will be Mr..
Bryan painful duty TO warn his de-
luded fellow citizens against the seduc
tons of a false prosperity, and also to
remind them that in making money
and becoming money changers they
are emitting themselves off from the
stoilins Masses" which toll for so
many hundred dollars speech or
half the gate money New York SIM.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-01-05

The AmWell National Sank.
1ambertyille, n J.. Dec |, 1897
To the Stockholders ofme
dmireH National Bank:
The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders for
the Election of Directors and other business,
will be held at the Banking Room, ON TUESDAY
JANUARY II, lSaS, at 10 O'Clock, A. NJ
Notice is hereby given, that resolution viii
be offered at the meeting TO amend that part
now reads THE Board of Directors shall con-
sist of eleven stockholders" SO as to read,
" The Board of Directors shall consist of nine
stockholders
BY order Of the Board of Directors
W, VAN HART,
Dec 3, 1897. Cashier
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-01-05
ALWAYS Good.

What is true of one article
sold at Yards is true of all.
Nothing but reliable goods are
ut into stock. Nothing but
good goods can possibly come
out
The Winter goods here men
toned represent the highest
value possible. Quality right ;
prices right.
Children's Mittens, l5c. to 25c.
Ladies Mttens, Doc. to $l.75.
Child's Wool Hose, l24c. up.
Child's Heavy Cotton Hose,
12lc. up.
Ladies' Wool Hose, 25c to 81.
Ladies' Fleece Hose, 25c and SOC
Ladies Cotton lInse, l2lc To Use,
Ladi- a&l thiss 1~rscy '."g-
gins.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-01-05
TIE MARKETS.

LambeiIyilie. Jan, 3, 1898
PRICES OF GRAIN corrected every "Wednesday
BY +. I. LEAR, dealer in Grain, Flour. Feed, e.
PRICES OF PRODUCE, &c, by CUSONEE y
CnNuNER dealers In Dry Good. anl lLroceLIes
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-01-05

Our Blankets and Comforta-
bles are the greatest value for
the money you have yet seen.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-01-05
WAN T ED.

Try women each with an int 70 - young child
~ situations In the country Lvut iai house work
plain cooking, etc) Small wages expected. Rail
road fare paid by Association. Apply State Chart
ties Aid Association, l0t Fast Twpnty-second
Street, New York City
Jan. 6, is97-Sm
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-01-05
OUR TABLE LINENS

Towels aud Napkins are
worthy your attention. Linens
Damask 25, 80 and l9c. Nap
kins 50, 80, and CSC doz. Din
ner Napkins 95r. to 1898 doa,
Damask Towels 10, III and
l5c.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-15
IMAGINARY WRONGS
 DROVE TO DEATH
JOHN GAsKIN PUTS A BULLET
 IN HIS HEART.
In Letters He Accuses Wealthy Men of Defrauding Him of Con-
 siderable Money.

John B. Gaskin. formerly in the employ of the Metropolitan Match Company, committed suicide at the corner of San- some and Clay street about fifteen min utes past 10 o'clock last evening by shoot ing himself through the heart. Despon- dency over his penniless condition and the loss of money of which he believed he had been robbed by his former employers, Henry w. Newbauer and c. F. Leige, evil dently caused a Arrangement of the mans mind and his seIf-destruction was the re- suit.
 In the pockets of Gaskin's clothing were found a number of letters bearing dates, ranging from October to yesterday, ad- dressed to Newbauer, Leige, M. c. Has, sett, an attorney in the Phelan building, and Thomas O'Connor of Alameda In the letters to Newbauer and Leige he pleaded with them to make amends for the wrong they did him back in 1885 and pay him the $1200 which they owed him O'Connor he claimed had defrauded him of s10O, and Hassett he asked to re- store the estate which was due him.
 MT. Newbauer, who was formerly the pany and at present owns stock in the corporation, was seen last night and de- nies that Gashn has any claim on the company. "Gaskin worked for us on Newbauer, "and when he left our employ claimed that we were indebted to him. The case was taken lO court anu d ueCl- sion was given in our favor. Since that time we have received number of letters from him demanding the money and these we have ignored. MT. Leige, l believe, has had letters from the man recently, but have received none. Gaskin was a bad character and has figured .in the courts several times on criminal charges, and has I believe served jail sentence At different times he had trouble with his wife and once fired pistol at her.
 An incoherent letter to the Coroner was in a memorandum book in the mans pock- et The first portion of 1t was dated last Wednesday, but additions were made to 1t nearly every hour from that day up to 10 O clock last night. He recounted the wrongs he believed had been done him, and decared the deed which he was about to commit would fully revenge him for the evil done him by his enemies. In this letter he stated that papers substantiating his claims would be found in his trunk at 1169 Mission street, and he begged the Coroner to see that he got justice after death, even if 1t had been denied him dur ing his life.
 According to this diary Gaskin left his room at 10 o'clock last night penniless and with no possessions but two reyol- vers Fifteen minutes after this last entry Police Officers Connors and Silver heard a shot and found his dead body lying on the sidewalk.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-15
THE McDONALDS ACCEPT THE WORTH
 LESS BONDS OF THE PHENIX ROAD.

Sherman soon wrote another letter after the foregoing had been penned. In this second epistle he shows again how he imposed on Frank Mcdonald and the Pacific Bank with the worth less securities of his wildcat Phoenix property It was through these prop critics that Sherman wormed himself into the confidence of the McDonalds and slowly but surely secured his de- clutch upon the banks. The letter in part is as follows:
 PHOENIX, Ariz, July g, 1889.
 F. " Mcdonald Esq, cashier, Pa cific Bank, San Francisco, Cal-Dear Sir: Your kind letter stating that the $5000 had been placed to my credit in payment for that amount of Valley Street Railroad bonds at par is duly at hand At the time I sent you the bonds I explained to you that 1t was my intention to place the rest of the issue among certain relatives and friends of mine. To-day 1 have let ter from one of them stating that he had S20, 900 to invest and will put it in any bonds or stock here that I will recommend, providing that I will guar antee that it will pay him per cent interest net. For some time we have had a project in view here of starting a bank at Florence, the county seat of Pinal County.
 This will be the only bank in Pinai County, one of the richest counties in
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-15
Important Documents Found Among the Records of the Pacific and Peoples Home
 Banks.
History of the Methods by Which the Los Angeles Manipulation Secured His Clutch on the
 Institutions.

the concern was worthless. AS one of the schemers in the bank declared, the road began nowhere and enoed ho- where. Sherman was artful, however. in presenting in an altogether raise light the character of the road. The Following letter. which is somewhat long, will illustrate how sherman twisted his insidious way into the Pa cif1c Bank:
 PHOENIX, Ariz., June 22 1889.
 F. V. Mcdonald, Cashier Pacific Bank, San Francisco. Cal.ZDear Sir: By to-daY's express l send you ten first mortgage bonds of the Valley Street Railroad Company This com pany now owns all the street railway number. These franchises are for horse, cable and electric railways with either double or single track, and ex- tend for fifty years. As It has been less than one month since the consoli- dation of the different lines now com posing this railway l cannot make detailed statement of receipts and ex- rate of earnings will produce an in- come sufficient to cover expenses of running the line. pay interest on bonds and accumulate surplus to- ward providing for that payment.
 We are now operating five miles of road with an equipment of three cars, and have other cars paid for that will be here soon. Everything connected with the road and the equipment is new and in first class order. The com pany is out of debt and has upward of 5000 in the treasury. This road is one of my pet schmes, to which I am de- voting much time and energy. Our city is growing rapidly, and this prop erty is in consequence increasing In value every day. I have en route here material for three additional miles of track, which will soon be laid. The company now owns twenty-one horses and mules all good stock, and others will be added as needed. I write you thus fully in accordance with your re- quest when l was in San Francisco and sold you these bonds. With best respects 1 am truly,
 M. H. SHERMAN.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-15

sure Now, if MT. Fabyan and his friends put this stock in their name. and he takes the presidency and puts
 his man in charge there Che thinks the thing to do is to use 25O of the new per cent bonds to pay off the pres
 ent issues and $10.000 for excess ana s75 900 to add to and improve the plant, and leave the rest in the treasury for future improvements, i. e. the rest or the 800 bonls). His family is so rich
 and powerful and stands so nigh.
 Don't you think if he pays you this
 s94 900 in cash you can do as lndfcat-
 ed in my letter of last Thursday ana
 have you your $94 900 in ninety days
 time. It seems rare chance to get a
 powerful man in charge and responsl-
 ble to pay all If this goes Q. K. he
 thinks he will take hold of the Phoe- nix street railroad. It would make me
 so happy to get you all the money.
 Please wire or write me. Train time
 On run. M. ii.
 The Call will continue tomorrow morning the publication of the interest ing letters of M. H. Sherman. It will show that MT. Sherman pictured him. self as lobbyist at Sacramento and a corrupter of State officials, one of whom, he jubilantly remarked, was ex- Attorney General w. H. H. Hart. In the gigantic scheme to maintain the tottering banks on their unsafe founda- tion M H. Sherman resorted to any measure, honest or dishonest, that was necessary for success. There Is some thing more than passing diversion 1T his reference to the Southern Pacific Company and to certain newspapers 1T this city,
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-15

the Territory, and think very hand some business could be worked up there. Of course if we start this bank YOU will be our San Francisco core spondents. You have always been very kind and true to us and we nMeVes M I was in San Francisco you, your brother. or your father, forget which, told me something of your relations lo some of the savings banks In your city I happen to know that or late some of the savings banks there III vo,Ir city have loaned money at very low rates on security that do not believe is equal to these street railway bonds. AS I wrote you before, thls IS my pet scheme. laid out large poI- ton of what is now PhoenlX ana US additions into city lots. In laying out The streets and alleys dedicating them 10 public use I reserved the exclusiVe right to myself of laying down, man taining and operating all street raII- roads whether propelled py norse, rights I have deeded to the Valley Street Railway Company, ana as l wrote you before have bought up ana consolidated all the franchises;
 The reason I tell you all this IS, IL mas %ouId TSSHfrea take so this s s2oo6o bonds at par and let my relatives whom nave mentioned as having $2O,0OO put It III the Florence Bank stock; IL seems to me that such an eight per cent security ought to bring a hanosolh9 premium to you when you place IL. ! mail YOU a map of the new portion or Phoenix Q60 acres) that l own. the center of it the capital commission has located the territorial capital The Valley Street Railroad owns the ex- elusive right of operating street raii- roads here. I am very truly,
 M Fl. SHERMAN.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-15

bit at the bait, but swallowed its hook and all While Sherman had planned to foist $20,000 of his worthless securi- ties upon the young banker, Frank Mo- Donald took $40,000 worth. He was not altogether fool, however, and he secured from M. H. Sherman guar antee that may be of the greatest 1m- portance to the robbed depositors or the Pacific Bank and the Peoples Bank Investigation may prove that M. h: Sherman may be compelled to refund $40, 900 that he secured from the banks through his wiles. When Frank Me Donald took $40,000 of the first mort gage bonds of the Valley Street Rail road of Phoenix, Arizona, he demand ed from M. H. Sherman and received a guarantee that Sherman promised to fulfill until the maturity of the bona. Sherman promised to guarantee poth the principal and the interest or those bonds and in this way protect the Pa- ciffc Bank. This guarantee is srlll III existence and is in the possession or The Call It was made upon letter, head of the Pacific Bank and is Ill fuli as follows; .ooo
 In consideration of the Pacific Bank
 taking 900 of the first mortgage
 bonds of the Valley Street Railroad or
 Phoenix Ariz., hereby guarantee un-
 til maturity of said bonds both the
 principal and interest of said bonds
 M H. SHERMAN.
 Witness: F. V. MCDONALD.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-15
tor Perkins upheld the negative side and

tor Perkins. upheld the negative side and closed the debate.
 Shortridge stated that his main reasons for advocating the retention of the IS, lands was because of their commerciaI value, and secondly, because he believed it was the duty of this country to civil ize them. He began by showing how the United States had grown to greatness ass rom small beginning and cited the Tact that our most valuable possessions to- day were those that We had purchased, such as Louisiana from France, Calltor- mia from Mexico and Alaska from Rus Sia.
 Along this line he said that some day we would see that Hawaii. recently an nexed, would prove one of the Govern ments most valuable possessions Mir Shortridge stated that there were four States would be benefited by keeping the Philippines. They were, first, San Fran
 cisco; secondly, this coast; third, the other States, and fourthly, the Govern ment at large. He cited the fact that no nation can be great without wealth, and that greatness was only to be ac- ing of these islands he thought would in- crease our revenues. Aside from a com
 mercial point, of view this nation had
 turn back now. He declared that we owned something to humanity and that 1t was our duty to advance the. cause cf
 liberty. MT. Shortridge stated that if these islands were at the disposal of any other nation, as they are now at ours,
 there was no nation that would not keep them.
 Senator Perkins began his argument by
 saying that the question of keeping the Philippines was judicial one, and one that had to be carefully considered, as 1t
 was possible for this Government to do
 great wrong in annexing the Islands. He then dtved for a time into statistics showing that the islands were 1000 miles from this coast, fourteen hundred in
 number and that only nine of them are inhabitable, the remainder being barren and volcanic. The main and strongest reason brought out by the Senator | against the keeping of the Philippines was that it was impossible for the Anglo had declared against it. The humidity of | the atmosphere is such that for six hours in each day the white man can not go out of doors, while the. effect is that of | The speaker showed the low and de- | graded state of the natives, and said that | if we annexed the Philippines these peo- | pie would become natives on an equal | the ravages of yellow fever and cholera. l the typhoons and earthquakes and the
 many other disadvantages that have to | be encountered. Senator Perkins said that
 1t was not question of our bravery that deterred the nation, but that 1t was a question of right. We did not go into l this war for territorial acquisition, but | Tn behalf of liberty, and that having done l as soon as the people had established | their government to withdraw our flag. | If we took the islands we would have to subdue the natives
 l These and many more difficult questions
 will be continually rising and calling for | careful consideration. AS for the reve- nue, he said 1t would cost more to col lect than 1t amounted to, and that there the navy that would have to be kept | there.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-15
St. Andrews Society.

St. Andrews. Society has elected the following named to serve for the ensu- ing term: James s. Webster president, James Rolph Jr. and James c. Moffat vice presidents, T. c. Lawson treasurer, A. R. Patterson recording secretary, Jas A. Dalziel assistant recording secretary, R. D. Colquhon financial secretary, Jas D. Robertson assistant financial secretary, i, Andrew McNair, Joseph Cumming, Vii liam Balnaves and John W. Dickie, board of relief;W F. McNutt M. D.. physician; Rev Robert Mackenzie chaplain. The members of the society will celebrate St. Andrews day, on the 30th inst, by a ban- Quet in the Palace Hotel.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-15

valuable property and I have great faith in it's future. MT. Sherman, the president of the company and the owner of a majority of the stock, is, as you know, a personal friend of mine and a gentleman of wonderful energy and a very successful business man.
 While I am not in a position to know from personal observation anything or the earnings or expenses of the road, yet 1 am informed by MT. Sherman that the profits of the Valley. Street Railroad are at a rate sufficient to pay the operating expenses, interest on bonds, and that the business is grow ing in volume from week to week. This city, as you are aware, is in dts tnfan- cy, and we are quite sanguine that 1t is destined to be the San Francisco of Arizona. If so the value of street rail- roads in this city can hardly be over estimated. From what I know of the enterprise and of the strong growth of our city and valley I feel confident in recommending these bonds as a safe and profitable investment for investors. Yours truly, W. J. MURPHY.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-15

One of the most interesting chapters in the history of the destruction of the Pacific Bank and the Peoples Home Savings Bank is that which relates the introduction of M. H. Sherman to the McDonalds and which describes the methods employed by the crafty ma pipulator of Phoenix and Los Angeles in getting the coin of the banks in ex- change for his worthless securities. Long before Sherman became a direct or in the Pacific Bank and before he had projected his gigantic scheme of the Los Angeles Electric Railroad he had induced Frank Mcdonald to accept the bonds of the Phoenix Electric Rail- road in exchange for thousands and thousands of dollars of the Pacific Bank and the Peoples Bank
 In securing this money M. H. Sher- man resorted to deliberate misrepre- sentation, the most fulsome fiattery and financial trickery. These asser- tions are proved by the letters of MT. Sherman himself and are made only in an incidental way to the main and very important fact that Sherman over his own signature became person ally liable and responsible for the pay ment of the principal and interest or these worthless bonds. This liability, it is believed, still exists. The docu- ments by which Sherman made himself personally liable are reproduced in fac simile this morning. They may give the depositors of the defunct banks lever with which to recover some of the money that was dissipated in Sher mans financial nightmare.
 The letters that are published this morning were written long before Sher- man secured in the. Pacific Bank and in the Peoples Bank the tremendous DOW CT he subsequently enjoyed. In the ear Her stages of his great scheme he work ed with the utmost deliberation, and with the methods that have been very thoroughly exploited before the public secured his first thousands of dollars from the Mcdonald banks In one of his deals he obtained $4O,0 900 from the Pacific Bank and gave his .valueless Phoenix railroad bonds, to which he as- signed a purely fictitious reality. When he obtained this money however, he made himself personally liable for the payment of not only the bonds but or the interest on them to maturity. This liability. 1t is claimed, still exists. A similar responsibility and similar con- tract exists in reference to the Peoples Home Savings Bank.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-15
HENRY MARTIN GAINED.
Beautiful Presentation to the Popular
 Sheriff-Elect by His Friends.

At banquet held in the apartments of MT. and Mrs. Jerome Deasy last night Henry Martin, the popular and ponderous Sheriff -elect, was the guest of honor and the feature of the affair was the presen- tation to him of beautiful gold headed ebony cane by Mrs. Charles F. Capp on behalf of the Native Sons and Daughters booth of the late Holy Cross Church fair It was won by the redoubtable Henry in a contest for the most popular candidate for Sheriff by 13S votes over his next high est opponent, and was but a precursor of his later brilliant victory at the polls. MT. Martin responded feelingly to the tribute and his health was drunk in many bump CTS of sparkling wine.
 Those present to do him honor were Mrs Frank Dunne, Mrs. Charles Capp. Mrs. Lizzie Batturs, MT. and Mrs. Jerome Deasy, Grattan Phillips, D. c. Martin. J. Wren, George Montgomery and A. John