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The San Francisco call., 1899-02-03
STARVING,
FREEZING
ALL ALONE
The Most WOefnl Tale Of Help
less Misery That Has Come
From the Klondike
This Year.

SEATTLE, Feb. 2.-"The most
horrible case of helpless misery
that has come to light this win
ter" said DR.. W. H. Yemans.
agent of the Empire Transpor-
tation Company at Dawson,
who arrived here this evening
} on the steamer Dirigo, occurred
to a man on Galena Creek. Two
men built a cabin on this creek
and were planning to come out
on the ice two months ago. One
of them, James Gill, a man of 25.
! felt weak in the limbs and de-
termined to stay. He had plenty
of provisions, and his partner.
before leaving, cut him plenty
of wood.
"Soon after Gill grew weaker.
and for several da1 lay in his
sleeping bag without fire or
meals. When he reused himself
he found his hands and feet
frosted-frozen, he thought they
, were. He crawled into the bag
again to wait for help. He
would hold a candle under a tin
cup, in which he had scraped
frost from the walls. When it
) was thawed he mixed a little
flour and sugar together in the
} water. That was all the food
he had for many a weary day of
waiting.
"Over a bunk was a calendar.
and on this he checked off the
} days, then the weeks. On Sat
urday, December 27. he checked
off the thirtieth day of his help
less confinement, and he knew
that death was near. He could
keep warm no longer, the numb
ness OF cold had gradually crept
, UP to his chest, his scurvied.
swollen gums reached down over
his teeth, and his teeth were
loose enough to drop out.
'On the date last checked off
a party of three hunters acci-
dentally stumbled on the cabin
and thought it 1.as empty, A
} light showed Gilrs wasted and
speeehless form. Very careful
nursing brought Gill back to
consciousness. The next day
the hunters took him to. their
J own cabin, five miles away. to
stay until he could be sent to
the Dawson Hospital He is In
the hospital by this time-or
dead"
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-03
OF THE
UNION SAVINGS Is
A HOPELESS ONE
DEPOSITOR
ATTEMPTS
SUICIDE

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 2.-This
afternoon a Frenchman giving
the name of Pierre Pontou
walked into the police station
and asked to be locked up. He
stated that he was in a desper-
ate state of mind because all his
money was lost in the failure of
the Union Savings Bank at San
, Jose. He exhibited a passbook
showing that he had $1430 on de-
posit there. He remained while
and was then allowed TO depart
to see an attorney.
, After leaving the police sta
ton, however, Pontou evidently
changed his mind, for he went to
a drug store and got a four-ounce
bottle of chloral, the contents of
which he drank. He was found
on the sidewalk on Third street
and taken to the Receiving Hos
; pital. His condition is serious.
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-03

said: cit looks very much as though
it would"
Mr.. Markley further stated that
probably two or three assessments
would be levied on the stock
holders. In this connection it
may be said that the State Bank
Commission is regarded as a farce
among the bankers of this city. This
high salaried body, whose duty is to
protect the depositors in State banks,
seems to have only a vague idea of it's
responsibilities. 1t is seldom heard of,
except when a bank fails. and while
the individual members may be, and
probably are, men of the highest in
tegrity, they are of little use as protect
ors of he public pocket.
AS an illustration of the utter made
quacy of the commission, to use a mild
term, an examination Of the books OF
the Union Savings Bank was made by
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-03
farcical examination of the books of the
banks was made less than two months

farcical examination of the books of the
banks was made less than two months
ago.
1t became known to-day that the
credit of the defunct bank with East
ern financial institutions, as well as
with local bankers, had long been at
very low ebb. In fact, drafts is
sued by the Union Savings Bank on
Chicago, New York and other cities in
the East have, in numerous instances
during the past few months, been re-
turned upaid. A short time ago a
draft for $1,000, issued by the Union
Savings Bank and drawn on a New
York bank, was returned protested and
was finally paid by the local institution
only after peremptory demand for the
money had been made.
Among the victims of the lack of
confidence in the Union Savings Bank
entertained by Eastern bankers are
Floyd Mcfarland and Orlando Stevens,
the bicycle cracks. They recently
purchased a draft for $500, which they
sent to Iowa. The draft was returned
indorsed mo funds"
Another instance of the peculiar
methods practiced by the managers of
the institution is given in their man
ner of paying depositors. Instead of
paying cash, the depositor who de-
sired to withdraw his funds from the
institution was given draft on San
Francisco. Other local banks would
not cash these drafts, and the depositor
was obliged to 20 or send to the city
for his money. In this way the Union
Savings Bank retained the use of the
money from three to five days after. the
check had been presented.
Fully year ago the bank was in
such straits for money that drastic
means were adopted to replenish it's
exhausted Golfers. Debtors against
whom the bank held mortgages as Sc
curity for loans were offered astound-
ing inducements to induce them to
Hquidate. 1t was no uncommon thing
for the bank to accept so per cent of
the face value Of the mortgage in full
settlement thereof. One Mccarthy was
given release of a mortgage for $1400
on the payment of $3.50 in cash, and this
is but one of numerous similar trans
actions In 1891 the bank loaned SAG. 900
on the Laguna Seca Ranch, and on July
16 the mortgage was foreclosed. The
bank secured judgment for the amount
of the mortgage with costs and inter-
ests, aggregating $4,000. A PROPOSE
ton was then made to. Thomas Fisher
and wife, the signers of the mortgage,
that if they would pay $4,000 in cash
and execute new mortgage for $40, 900
the judgment would be cancelled The
offer was accepted, the money paid and
the new mortgage executed. A transfer
of this mortgage from the Union Saw
ings Bank to the Wells Fargo Bank of
San Francisco was filed for record in
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-03

In this Commission
regarded this This high
body State banks
responsibilities 1t seldom
a individual
bers highest integrity they
the utter nadequacy of the mild term
in December last everything certified being all right
institution something
= might happen inevitable
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-03

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. aaaaaaa.a..
n straits for
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-06

that will group all the planets in our solar
system, with the exception of the earth.
near the sun during its eclipse cannot fail
to elicit great attention in scientific cir
Giles. Astrologically, the movements OF
these bodies are said to portend a series
of disasters in the United States. which
prudence and care will alone overcome.
Perhaps the most interesting feature.
however. in the forthcoming event is the
fact that it marks the close of the kali
yuga period in the philosophy of occult
ism. This great cycle has covered a per-
iod of 5000 years, and at its beginning
all the planets of our solar system We're
in conjunction as they will be on De-
cember 2nd, at s o'clock D.. m. Next month
will therefore introduce a new cycle in
human affairs, with all which it may
portend to the history of the race.
1t appears from Hindu chronology hat
the end of the kali yuga. or dark age,
was predicted for December >. 1899, away
back many thousands of years ago. the
calculations then made indicating the
forthcoming conjunction. Within recent
years, modern astronomers have been
able to verify this ancient conclusion of
the Hindus, and it is now officially an
nounced that the performance will come
Off as advertised .
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-06
THE

Though the democratic press found
a great deal of fault with President
McKinley's Thanksgiving proclama-
ton, it can be said that Cover
nor Smiths proclamation is above
criticism. The Inter Mountain does not
make this statement because it is fishing
for compliments for its broad generosity
and humane principles, but because his
excellency is deserving of all due credit
for taking about the same ground as the
chief executive in the white house.
In attributing to the Divine Creator all
the blessings we now enjoy, just as Pres
ident Mckinley did, Governor Smith
adds: ''Those whom we sent away to
war, and who We're absent from US last
Thanksgiving day, with few exceptions
have been returned to their homes and
our state in good health" It is really
gratifying to see his excellency drive a
plug into the democratic contention next
year that the climate of the Philippines
is so bad that the islands are not worth
keeping.
The official statement that with few
exceptions our soldiers returned in good
health. after going through all the hard
ships that Won for them an imperishable
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-06
4 NEW CYCLE
of Ohio.

While the ebb and flow Of conditions that
environ the life of man are often spoken
of as cycles, it appears that an event of
extraordinary Importance in the shape Of
a cycle is promised by the astronomical
and astrological world. On the second
day Of next month, nearly all the planets
In our solar system will be relatively near
the sun and within it's nfluence-an event
that has not occurred during the past
5000 years.
Modern astrologers are liberal in their
predictions as to what this great event
means to the world, and especially to that
portion of it represented by the United
States. Referring to past predictions
of this character the Cincinnati ENQUIRER
gays: "Candor compels the admission
rhat many of these scientific warnings
have been only too tragically verified"
According to the same authority the war
~ ane rebellion and the liberation of the
s&sses we're a~strologically foretold by as
as8sa9sg@rs Of reSute.
rs wonderful heavenly manifestation
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-06
THE WAY OF THE WICKED

- sooa story Is told of the experiences
or one of our well-known
ne gentleman in question was recently
ealled to DeadWood m business. He was
hut 20 arrive nome the same evening,
out the attractions at the Monte Carlo
Oh the Hills We're such that he was 10th
10 return, and cudgeled his brain for
day.
Finally he decided that he would miss
the train. But how should he apprise
ms Wife OF the fact. SO that she would
not De worried about his absence Ger
tam other Rapidites in Deadwool were
coming down on the train that he was to
inlss. SO ne approached one of the num-
pef WIN the request that he call at his
place OF business and tell his wife h
ne was unfortunate in not reaching the
tfaln on time, and was consequently left
behind. 49,
The friend demurred, but suggested
that he bring the telephone into reuuisi-
ION. ny, OF courses; why had he not
thought of that himself? Yes, that was
just the thing.
so elated was the schemer over this
easy way OF overcoming, his difficulties,
that he betook himself at once to tia ex-
cl!ange. and rang up his unsuspecting
wife. This is the dialogue which ensued:
"Hello!
"Helloi'
us that you, -"
We'll, say; I will not be down to-
night; sorry, but it can't be helped"
rs that so! What is the reason?'
On, my usual luck; missed the train"
is that SO? Well, now, that's too bad!
But, how is this? It is only 5 o'clock
now, and the train doesn't leave until 81"
Realizing his bad break, he rang off.
The next morning he walked as far as
WhlteWood to catch q stock-train, and it
IS said that he has been kept pretty busy
since, ~endeavoring to explain how it hap
pened.-Rapid City IS. d. journal.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-06
~CHILDREN'S LONG VOYAGE.

Four children, the eldest II and the
youngest three, are to sail for England
on the Friedrich der Crosse tomorrow
morning, says the New York correspon-
dent of the Chicago Inter Ocean. Each
will wear a tag which will furnish infor-
nation printed on it as to the destination
of the children. Their father is Percy S.
Clifford, a dry goods merchant of Free
port, l.. /. Their mother died about six
months ago. All their other relatives live
in England, and, as Mr.. Clifford could mol
leave his business and could not bear to
see them so lonely and homesick for the
want of mothering, he made up his mind
to send them to one of their auntS in
TOrquay, who has been begging for them.
They will have a stateroom all to them
selves. Chief Steward Erianger has ar
ranged to have twO stewardesses look out
for their comfort. Percy. the eldest child.
has prepared a number of songs and rec
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-06
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

An English clergyman publishes the
following notice in the parish paper:
The vicar earnestly requests the parish
toner's to put their family graves in order.
He would also remind the men who
smoke cigarettes and whistle tunes on
the graves that the churchyard is not
the parish dustbin. Ii, therefore,, they
are unable to get rid Of the paper pack
cts in Which they purchase their panny-
WOrths of Tags other than by deposit
ing them in the c~hurchyard, will they
be 50 very kind as to let him have them
on Sunday mornings after service? He
will also gladly receive any other litter,
such as tin cans and paper bags, which
have hitherto been SO lavishly deposited
upo Gods acre"
The English of "Trek."-'Say Bigsly,
that word trek in the language of the
Beers, is a curious one. What is it's
equivalent in English?"
well. if a real up-to-date policeman
is sayin it, it's 'G'wan an let t soon
shoine on this cor-r-r-ner, or Oil room
We in "-Baltimore News.
Most people seem TO Think says a
maker of furniture, that secret drawers
and hidden receptacles in furniture only
exist in novels and plays, but this is by
no means so. l very frequently take
orders for such items, and I employ a
clever woman designer, who shows posi-
tive genius in planning places of conceal
ment, which no amount of tapping or
measuring could reveal. In most cases,
even were the hollow receptacle discov-
cred, the woodwork around would have
to be cut away, SO complex are the fast
enings. Most of the orders come from
wonderland rich people, of cOurse-and
l have no doubt that a desire to hide ar
ticles from too curious servants dictates
the ORDERS
Mrs. Brown-She spent ten years try
ing to catch a husband,
Mrs. J~ones-That'S what she's doing
now.
Il thought you said she was married"
Eyes. She spends her time trying to
catch her husband in some kind of mis-
cief."-Troy Times.
appeared the other day in 'The
Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror "Still-
mar G. Cash caught a hook in his finger,
Saturday, while cGdfishing off 'Sconset
He was unable to extricate 1T. and had to
take his anchor and row ashore with it
probing the flesh all the time. DR.. b.
+. Pitman removed it."
A recent meeting of confederate veter-
ans moved the editor of The Wilcox
(Ga.) New Era to the following flight
of elouuence: WHO is ii that has done
so much to keep alive the spirit of pa
triotism in our midst? A veteran. and
one of those veterans who fought for eX-
istence, snatched freedom from the grave
and loaned hope to the archangels to fan
the throne Of God. In the estimate of
peoples and nations who love liberty and
hold to Lost Causes that We're dear to
their hearts, ]. Fleet Foster must ever
stand pre-eminent. rightly demanding
and forever receiving the unrestrained
and enthusiastic plaudits of all true pa
frintc
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-06
ICKOR/NC SILVER.

Laying aside colored reports from poll
teal sources, it is given out by the Assoc
ciated Press that in Ohio and Nebraska
the silver question has been practically
ignored during the campaign that draws
to a close tonight. 1t was with a flour
ish of trumpets that the democracy Of the
Buckeye state declared for the free coin
age ratio of Is to l, and western demo-
cratic papers pointed to the fact as indi-
eating the loyalty Of their party to the
white metal. But no sooner were the
McLean forces fairly in the field, with
the multi-millionaire candidate for gov
ernor in the saddle, THAI the silver ques-
ton was promptly ~relesated to the rear
and there it has remained. Anti-im-
perialism, anti-expansion, anti-McKin-
leyism and all that sort Of thing, were
pushed to the front.
Ia no case. not even when Colonel Bry-
an invaded the state, was the question
Of free coinage made a paramount issue.
While such a condition of affairs might
have been expected in Ohio, with the null
ti-millionaire promoter Of trusts at the
head Of the democratic party, it was
supposed that the fusion arrangements
~ BrEans own state would make free
coinage the leading issue in Nebraska.
But it was sent to the rear just as ef-
fectively as in Ohio. All uncolored re-
ports agree that both sides practically
fOn1rai tho fraa a1i,o-. :n...
In other states, no p~retence was made
by the democracy to wage war in behalf
of the white metal. In most of them it
given out cold at the opening of
the campaign, that silver was of second
airy Importance compared with the great
questions now before the people. What
ever may be the results Of to-morrow's
it can be truly said hat silver
mas gained no additional footing as an
issue.
Insofar as the democrats are success
full they will attribute their good fortune
to the issues made dominant in the fght.
Tor their campaign in 1900. After pracs
tically ignoring free coinage in both Ohio
and Nebraska-tle homes Of Mclean
and Bryan-there is little prospect that,
the issue will be made dominant in the
national campaign next year.
The democrats have shown themselves
distrustful of its power as a vote winner.
Were not this true the silver question
would have led all others in the state
campaigns now closing. As the forth
coming congress is to consider the inan-
cial question, the way was open for a
most effective blow in behalf Of silve,
had the democrats seen fit to crowd the
issue to the front. But they ignored it
in order to promote peace and harmony
in their ranks II bring the eastern and
western branches of the party together
into closer bonds of hrotherly love.
The conspiracy to place the white meta,
in the background has been most effect
lively carried out. The opportunity tc
strike a blow for free coinage has beer
lost. The results tomorrow will turn
upon questions entirely Independent OF
silver-except the silver which the bench
men of John r. Mclean have judiciously
distributed among the purchasable voters
of Ohio.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-06

1t is announced that Attorney General
Nolan has become wha they call an
amicus cruia, or friend of the court, in
the Welcome case. 1t was unnecessary
for the general to inform the court of this
I amicus," etc, etc. The opposition news-
p gave it away a long time ago.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-06

name upon the honored rolls of fame, is
indeed a refreshing exception to the
average argument of the. democratic
press. Though the governor does not talk
turkey IN his proclamation, the document
is an unqualified success.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-06

In publishing the governors Thanks
giving proclamation the Helena Indepen-
dent gave the date as November Is. in
stead of the Goth. Whether this was
merely an unlucky typographical error.
or that the Independent did not wish to
see his eNcellency hand in go" may
never be known.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-06

Yesterday John r. Mclean issued a
proclamation to the faithful in Ohio to
look out for corruption at the polls! If
there is anything which the multi-mil-
lionaire candidate for governor wants
the people to look out for it is corrup-
ton at the polls! Who can estimate the
maj has spent during the campaign to
prevent politics from getting corrupt?
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-06
ELECTIONS,

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f,.c, ,o ;,ta,,iga,+ a,aa,e+ If +ha .,e,,+s
j., tho va ions st.tas 30, ~ ,,,ao pr
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ti,ns ~, tba .h,,,o+ar ~ - no,,
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has baan IA ,ac, of ,,o,,a,- il ne o,ffars
Of the democratic party ana if has been
freely used. The ambitions multi-mil-
@lionaira has been tanned fo, All tbe mon
ey which his hone for future greatness
would lead him to put up. There never
has been a time in any state campaign.
not even III Montana, when the democrats
could 50 recklessly revel ia Doodle Al dur
Ing the campaign that Is now drawing
to q close in Ohio. Probably, thu citi-
zens Of no state have had more money
Haunted under their noses thar the
Buckeyes, for Mclean entered the contest
With a determination To win IL there was
any potency in lavishly distributed
DOODLE.
Tomorrow will determine the effect
Of such a campaign. Prominent demo-
Gratis have faith III Nrraan,s methods
but a great MANY wit postad rep1blicans
believe that the people will rise sunarior
10 such corrupting Influences and assert
their manhood at the polls. If 50. ren1h-
lican success in that state is assured. Tn
the meantime. Mclean is singing.
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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-06

With the disbarment proceedings
against Mr.. John B. Welcome under
Roadway before the supreme court this
week, and a hearing by that body of the
question as to whether a banker can be
compelled to produce his books in Judi
cial proceedings before a notary public,
and Mr.. Whiteside's alleged attempt at
bribery case sci. for trial Dec. 6, and the
hilarity that is scheduled for the senate
chamber a few days later, it may be
safely said that things are getting lively.
1t was the advice of the old lady in the
Hoosier Schoolmaster "to git a plenty
while yer gittin'." It begins to look as
If the worst wish which each faction of
the Montana democracy has for the other
is that it will "git a plenty While it is a
gittin'."
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-06

If Ohio and Nebraska go republican to
morrow, and Maryland goes democratic
keep YOU eye on German.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-06

ltat1ons with which to break the monot-
uhy Oh the trip. OF the others, Wallace is
~ years old. Daisy is 10 and May is s.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-06

IN many states tomorrow evening iii
great question will be: Have you al
voted?"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-06

The English Of "Trek."-"Say Bigsly
that word trek in the language of the
Beers, is a curious one. What is its
equivalent in English?'
We'll. if a real up-to-date policeman
is sayin it, it's 'G'wan an let t. soor
shoine on this cor-r-r-n.r, or Oill rOor
We n.'"-Baltimore News.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-06

Bargains overlap themselves
like shingles on a roof and
merit your consideration
through their money saving
ness.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-06

Mrs. BroWn-She spent ten years try
ing to catch a husband,
Mrs. Jones-That's what she's doing
now.
Il thought you said she was married"
Yes. She spends her time trying to
catch her husband in some kind of mis-
cief.'-Troy Times.