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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JUNE 25 1897. office and helped Gellert post the entries in tne ledger from the salesbook. I saw him gain the day before yesterday. Friday. no, 1did not see him Friday. Gellert wid me he would not come 10 the sfore until Saturday on account of the funersl. During the day I was with Figel last Thurs- 1 said nothing at all 10 him about horse- | ing. Isaw Figel vesterday. Met him at 9 o'clock at the Tiburon ferry. 1 knew he would | be there, us 1 was toid so by Rosenthal, his brother-in-law, in Muller's store. 1 went there | for the purpose of seeing Figel. 1 wanted to | Ask him if could be of any nssistance to him. | Rosenthal tola me that I could find him at the 9 o'clock boat, Tiburon ferry, and 1 crossed the bay with him. I wanted to know if I could do anything for him, run any errands. I1did not want to do auything in particular. I had no particular service in mind., 1 was willing to do anything honorable to be of as- sistance to him. As near aslcan remember I told him that I thought he was very oolish in | talking so much 1o the newspaper.men. I told him I did not think it would do him any good and to tell what he knew only when he was called upon under oath. He said he didnot | see any harm in talking to the papers. A reporter of the Chronicle crossed the bay with us and was talking sbout » bunch of | by supposed to huve been found on the | of Hoftman, and Figel went home to 100K for his own Keys. That is avout all I ean think of. 1 went to his house with him at San Rafael. 1did notreturn with him. I returned | eiter him. I guess I was with him a little | over three hours. Burlingame bought the horse from Purser. | I handed the money to him. 1got the money | irom Figel i gold, $20 pieces. 1 think he | RAve we this money ou Market sireet. 1 nk | on the sidewalk. 1do not remember the date, but can look ftup and let you know, I think Ihave a memorandum the day the horse was bought. He gave me the money 10 buy it for | him. The first bet I made for Figel was on Miss Ruth at the Oa the neighborhood of $1500. I think this was sbout three months ago. 1won $800 on Rey el Salto at Ingieside. This was after the Ruth Won #lso $1600 ou Ruinart the day he won the Derby. 1 won various other amounts, on Meadow Lark , on Logan about $100. I have no memorandum-book which would show my winnings. Ishould jndge that I won in the meighborhood of §2000 in §100 and §200 bets besides that mentioned. 1 probably lost $2500 in different bets. I can give the names of some of the ho. nd track and won in on. Lost on Veragua, jumping race, $100; J O C, I'thi $50, also on Saticoy, Ozric, Santa Paula and 1ryst. I dou’'t remember the ounts. The losses are includea in $2500. Figel furnished the money when I won and lost. Our net earnings, deducting the losses, I should imagine were $2300. Igot about $200 from Figei. He gave me the money 1o play for him in coin and greenbacks. Never gave me any checks. Ihave one certificate of deposit for$1000 on the National Bank. Never gave me any other certificate of de- posit except that mentioned. I did not play ihe races at any particular book. 1 do not know how he bet outside of the commissions be gave me, nor the amounts he bet. 1do not know whether they were larze or small. I es I Jost | TEMPTED VIRTOOUS “Bombshell” Aitken Tells His Weird Story in the Fair-Craven Trial. THE LADY WOULD CORRUPT HIM. How Much There Was in It For Him, MARTIN KELLY LED THE INNOCENT. Mrs, Oraven Being. Too Ill to Appear the Much-Heralded Witness Makes His Bow. | cover the alleged deep-laid and awful plot of conspiracy by which the impoverishea | Fair estate was to be “looted,” to use the | language of Attorney Wheeler—the hu- man bombshell that is to shatter Mrs. Craven’s claims into the veriest shreds— bas at last materialized in person in the | But He First Wanted to Know| The long-heralded witness who isto un- | ¥n her request. Mariin Kelly was there. Mrs. Craven talked to the two visitors, but did not do so as soon as they arrived, because it was said that Mr. Delmas was in ano:her room, and she desired them to | wait until he had departed. | “Well, you ftinaily had a talk, didn’t | you?” asked Whecler. “Wedid,” was the reply. “Now, just a moment,” interrupted Mr. Delmas at this juncture. He wanted to usk Aitken a few pertinent questions. “Why did you go to Mrs. Craven's | house ?” he asked. | “Because she sent for me.” | “For wkat purpose " | ““Well, I understood it was for the pur- pose of being consulted on legal busi- ness. hat is all 1 wished to know,” said Mr. Delmas. The witness was now directed to give all of the conversation that took place on that | occasion, | . Attorney Foote registered a formal ob- jection on behalf of the defense 1o this procedure. He said that under the state- | ment of Aitken he was at Mra. Craven’s house 25 an attorney-at-law and that, therefore, whatever was communicated to | bim by the lady was, under the statutes | | of California, privile_ed, and could not be divulged by the attorney. It was plain, be said, that this case was exactly one | which was affected by that law. A clerk handed Mr. Wheeler a great bundle of lawbouks, and that gentlemun, | after arranging the volumes before him. | arose 10 make an argument. He start off by saying that while the law was strict | as 10 the relations of attorney and client, | still it was never intended that it should | be used as a cloak to cover crime. It would be an outrage upon the profession, | he said, if attorneys should bave to re- | ceive, 1or instance, the confessions of | criminals and then have their lips sealed. Mr. Foote took the attorney to task for wandering from the subject before the | court. “If your Honor please,” he said, “I submit that Mr. Wheeler should be made to argue the question before tne court. | 1 do not propose that he should put me in a false position. I think my standing at | the bar is equal to his. 1 have not said that a lawyer's business is to commit per- jury, but I say when a man goes in his professional capacity—sent for to discuss the validity of deeds and other things— that whatever occurs there is confidential | and cannot be divulged. Ithink I nave | at least as good a notion of the dignity | and the honor which ought to prevail in | the profession of law as Mr. Wheeler has, | and I don’t propose to have any such im- | asked permission to speak. He said it was simply a waste of time to quote from the decisions of other Siates when our own code—our own law—was 8o plain on the subject. Our law, he continued, made absolutely no excepiionsin regard to the confidential relations exisiing between attorney and client. The law sealed the lips of priest and attorney ali! “Nothing,”” be said, “‘would be more horribie to those who find consolation in religion, and especially to that large class of the community who consider the sacrament of penance as one of the most consoling and wnolesome that has been provided by the church for the re. lief of the over-burdened souls, Noth- ing, | say, could be more repug- nant, could be more abhorrent, to the sense of any right-thinking persons than that a person who has had confided to him, by virtue of the secret of the con- tessional, a confession of the guilty con- science by receiving absolution, for which alone the gates of the future life can be opened for the penitent, that that priest should be permitted or should be com- petled for any purpose of administration of justice to betray the evidence that has been reposed in him—and history does not reveal in the whole tide of events which occur for over 1800 years, and that go to make up the annals of the Catholic church, one single instance from any member of that priesthood, however otherw be may bave sinned or been degraded, where it has ever been heard of that he had betrayed the secrets con- fided to him. No torture, no offer of re- rd, no hope of personal gain, has ever nown to make any member of that priesthood swerva a hair's breadth from that most holy of duties that he owed to those who bad sought through him that absolution, that forgiveness which is promised to ali those who repent.” Judge Slack announced, at the opening of the afternoon session, that he had been studying up the authorities governing the point as to whether or not Aitken could testify rezarding what took place between bimself and Mrs. Craven. His Honor's ruling was rather (wo-sided. He said that the fact that Martin Kelly was present at the interview really made no difference— the communication from client to attor- ney was privilezed. But if it were shown that in that conversation an attempt was made to get theattorney’s consent to com- mit a crime that might be shown, Mr. Kelly, for instance, could be called to the stand, or, it might be shown by Aitken himself that he was asked to com- mita crime. The attorneys on toth sides interpreted the ruling as being in their favor. Judge Mrs. Craven. According to his story she had this to say: *‘L have a hard fight on my hands. The other side is going to bring in all sorts of evidence against me, ;and Iam not going to have any conscien- tious scruples either. I can say thatyou were recommended to me by Governor Budd or Mr. Kelly. 1can say that I con- suited you as to the legality of the deeds and asked your advice about recording them. You can testify to the same.” ““Was Martin Ke'ly present during all of that conversation ?” asked Mr. Wheeler. Mr. Foote declared that this was an at- tempt to force the Jefense to call Martin Kelly to the witness-stand to deny Ait- ken’s story—that is, if “it needed deny- ing.” as Mr. Foote sarcastically put it. "This last saily elicited a roar of disap- proval from the attorneys on the other side. The court ruled that Aitken could answer the question. Aitken then went on to say that after Mrs. Craven bad shown him the deeds he asked what was wanted of him. Martin Kelly, he continued, suggested that they “get down to business,” and then it was that he was told he was wanted for a wit- | ness for Mrs. Craven. Aitken confessed that he asked Mrs. Craven and Mr. K lly “what was in it for him,"” and then there was a talk about the value of the property covered by the deeds, and also about a percentage com- pensation. Kelly, he said, proposed that a con- tract be drawn up whereby Aitken was to get 5 per cent of everything recovered, | James Cullen was to get 2 per cent, Wit- ness Bonuer 2 per cent and himself 1 per cent. The witness claimed also that Keily’s explanation for wanting compen- sation himse!f was that he expected to setile the case through Captain Lees, with whom he was “‘very thick. In answer to farther questions Aitken said Mrs. Craven asked him to wriie out a statement of what he remembered about the deeds, ana he agreed to do so as soon as he received a written request from her todoso. He subsequently received the letter. Wheeler produced the letter and was eoing to offer it in evidence, when Mr. Delmas asked for the privilege of asking Ai ken a few questions for the purpose of testing his positiveness, and the request was granted. “Will you swear that the letter handed vou by Miss Margaret Craven was from Mrs. Nettie R. Craven?”’ “1 will not.” “Will you swear that the communi | tion you received was signed by Mrs. Net- tie R. Craven?'’ | “I wiil not.” NEW TO-DAY — CLOTHING. The assing Of the $9 have only met Figel at the track & couple of | putation cast upon me—that I am here | Slack then elucidated by saying that un- | Mr. Delmas thereupon asked that Ait- times. He was not in the habit of going to the | great drama being enacted in Judge Slack’s | claiming that atiorneys-at-law have a |der the meager evidence so far adduced | ken’s evidence in regard to the letter be < % 5 races himself. That ceriificate on the First|cou e and s actually on the witness. ht to counsel and abet the commission | by Aitken tue objection of the aefense was | stricken out, because it was based solely They are going fast and to-morrow night will National Bank was the oniy certificate of : ¥ AR sound, but this did not prevent another [ upon inferenc 3 = 4 > Asuonlis had from Sige. r— i | Mr. Wheeler said he dian’t mean it that | course by the plaintiff’s side. | “Judgze Cartis supported Mr. Delmas’ probably see the last of them—at any rate we’ll [ I3yas identified by Mr. Cullen of the Bank | John R. Aitken is his name, and he is | L= [0 %tne P e g " B Mot oo Yo | *iiwe insist upon a ruling ou_our objec- | motion witn an able argument. | - P. M e of California, 130, 0L Know 1o whom ihe | alsocalled “Judge” without protestation | yolvmes. [ tion, if your Honor please,” said Mr.| “Now it seems to me,” he said, “that | sell no more after 10:30 P. M. to-morrow. was identified by Figel. It was made payabie | OD his vart. He 1ealleged by the atior- | Judge Siack quailed at the prospect of | Deimas, determinediy. the most essential and the most im portant They are excellent values at $1;and $20. They oM, Taylor on the bick, 1do notremem- | neys for the heirs to be the conspirator | being compelied to listen to Mr. Wheeler | Wheeler saw what was coming and | factor between the promises to connect p er the hame on the face. It must have been Figel's I suppose. 1 have mo rec whose name was on the back except my own. I also know that & man by the name o: Aikin- son played for Figei.. He was meaking bets at the same time 1 was. 1quit placing bets for Figel about a month ago. Started about three months ago. 1 always cashed the tickets the same day toey won. I saw Figel every day. I aid not go to the store, but would meet him at Market and Sansome streets or at Loe Grand Hotel auring his lunch hour. This was not at his request. 1 suggesied it, meeting him there and ne would give me money or take money from me as the occasion required. 1 gave the winnings to Figel, just as 1 got them, in cur- rency or in coin, from the books. Never took any check or certificate of deposit from the bookmakers. E Figel instructed me what horses to plsy and w much to play. The biggest bet I can re- ection or 2 tol. Ifollowed hisiustructions. be day I piayed Ruinart he gave me §: He toid me to bet $100 on two of the lon; shots to win. He did not name the horse I did not piay on any given sys ved the $400 at his request on Rey el o all arcund the ring at mo particular | kmaker, wherever 1 could get the best Won' in the ncighborbood of $700 or e no acquaintance with any par- okmskers. The largest bet I ever lin one bock is $100. When I amount I would telephone him in nings and go to his house in the City him the money there. Igave him the money for Miss Ruth down. town. Have been out with him very little. | T e only time at night that I was on: with | egainst being compelled volted atthe idea of giving faise testi- | who, in the throes of wasting remorse, went to those attorneys and confessed the | dark plot, thus to be made bappy once | again.” He isalso the gentleman who, it {is intimated In other quarters, did not consider that there was *‘enough in it” for him to stay by Mrs. Craven’s cause, and thereby sought the other camp. | Aitken made his debut on the stand yesterday morning because of the fact that Mrs. Craven’s physician would not permit ber to appear in court, and her croses-examination by Mr. Deimas could not be resumed. Aitorney W heeler, tor the Fair heirs, offered a miid protest to explode his che ished bomb before Mrs. Craven had finished giving her evidence, and elicitea the anticipated command from the court to proceed with another witness. “Judge Aitken, take the stand,” was | Mr. Wheeler's dramatic order, and the “Judge”’ stalked forth from the iobby. itken, who is a middle-aged, nattily attired individual, sporting & well-nou ished black mustache and a full head of slightly silvered hair, aad who is not such a repulsive looking chap, after all, was duly sworn to tell but the truth, and then the fuse was lighted. bim wes the night I gave him the Miss Ruth money, and then only for half an hour. I on jor Figel. He introauced me. Figel beore 1 did. 1only met him a few times 10 speak to him. Iknow Figel bought a horse named St. Phillip. Do not know when he Bought him. I think Burlingsme bought him for Figel. He used to be & jockey and is Shaper’s partner. cousin married my ’s niece in the City. He resided on Eday treet. 1 kept no racing accounts for Fi 1 atall. 'Dou you know anything further that will throw light on this matter?” tLe Coroner. *Yes, I do,” said the witness. ‘‘Aboul the first fire at Hoffman & Alexander's.”” “Very well; tell us about it."’ ] was preparing 10 go to Alaska and had to do some work at night, as the firm was gathering in the manufactured clothes. Figel was at home sick with diphtheria. 1 spoke to Mr. Hoffman asdout it and he asked me whom I would like to have assist me. I said 1 could do italone, but he said e would send Harry H. Hoffman. some time. I was smoking a cigar and | he said he did not like the smell of it. Pretty soon I smelled smoke that was not He bet for asked | We worked together for | 1P, He first toid, under Mr. Wheeler's | guidance, about having been born in this Knew Atkinson sincel started betting | City, of his removal to San Diego and mi- | gration back again, of bis engaging in the { law business in both cities, and finally of his acquaintance with Mrx. Craven. ~He firs' met her, he said, on the 5d of July, 1896. That was at her residence on Guer- rero street. Martin Kelly took him there and introduced bim. Miss Margaret | Craven was also there, and so was Stephen | Roberts, but the latter not remain, | They had a talk lasting nearly two hours. Aitken said he next saw Mrs. Craven on July 9, naving gone there again with Martin’ Kelly. Mr. Waoeeler now handed Aitken the disputed Bansome-sireet deed and asked him if ne had ever seen 1t before. “Yes, I've seen that beiore,”” was the reply. When and where did you first see it?”’ About 7o'clock in the evening of the day, July 9, 1896, at 310 Guerrero street.” He was then shown the Mission-street deed and ask2d a question s.milar to ihat ference to the other document. saw this at the same place and at the same time,” repliea Aitke: Being told to give tne details of the visit cigar smoke and saw that the place was | during which he saw the deeds Aitken on fire. Harry ran upstairs for some water and 1 piled the clothes onto the | flames. When we go: them under con- trol I turned in the alarm. The under- writers answered it. «I then thought of notifying the firm and hesitated whether to send to Hofi- man or Alexander. Mr. Alexander was an old man and I decided 10 send to Hoff- man. through the siore I was making what ex- cuses I could and he interrupted me, say- ing, ‘Why in_—— didn’t yom leave it burn? The insurance companies pay good prices.’ “What are you engaged in now ?” *1 have been out of employment mostly since last November.”’ “Have you done anything since you quit making bets for Figel?” *I have made some for myself. I have not made the siatement about this fire before,” said the witness, *‘because I dian’t have a chance. Mr. Napthaly, Ach and others have always been present.’ “Have you done any work at Hoffman, Rothchila & Co.’s since Mr. Hoffman’s | deatb 2"’ “Yes; I went there at the suggestion of Figel. de tbought I could help them Posting the books. The second day I went there I met Mr. Gellert at the door and he ; said, ‘Well, you understand, don’t you?’ 1 ssid, 3 out. Iknew they didn’t want me there because I bad placed bets for Figel.” ‘Witness said he bhad seen Figel the day before and had told him to what he would testify. 5 Joseph G. Lavery, an adjuster, employed by the insurance companies 10 adjust the loss of the fire of December 9, at Hoffman & Alexander's—*"] found the ledver in such bad shape that I was compelled to go to New York to get a record of goods shipped, as they had charged some goods to merchandise under the invoices before the goods arrived. I traced the goods all right. I gave ita thorough investigation. The loss paid was $128,000.” “Was there any suspicious circumstance about that fire?” Weil, I could see none. There wasa little suspicion at the time on account of the store being filled with flames all at once, but I could see no motive for an in- cendiary fire, as the firm was engaged in & profitable business. The firm was not benefited by the fire in any way. Mr. Hoffman gave me every ussistance in getting at the amount of the joss and of the condition of the stock. He arrived in New York a few days after I did, and he gave orders t'o the clerks to give me all id po-sibie.” ‘h';'h‘s inquest here adjourned until 9 o'clock this morning. VERY rarely can so delightful an excursion be had for so little money as the Ukiah He came down, and as we walked | “Yes, I understand.’ and walked | | said ne went to Mrs. Craven’s residence { who became conscience-stricken and re- | | mony regsrding the disputed deeds, and | quote from tirat pile of books—for Mr. Wheeler is not the smoothest readerin | | the world—and deiermined to head him off. Beiore Wheeler had proceeded far, | his Honor interrupted «nd said the gen- witharew the question that had caused all the argument. Aiiken was then asked if anything was said at that momentous in- terview tending to impress him that his services would be desired as a witness in- stead of an attornev. eral proposition as to the law governing the relations of counsel and client was 100 weil known to need extensive argument, | and, furtuermore, Le cidn’t care to hear | any. But there was another point in- volved, he said, in regard to which he | migbt find vaiience enough to listen to an argument. This point was that the presence of a third person, Martin Ke attie interview between Mrs. Crayen and Aitken, might relieve the conversation of its confidential and privileged character. | | Mr. Wheeler was shy of bocks on this | point, but soon bad clerks and messengers | tlying in all directions in search of chem. | Wiiile the court was waiting for the re- | turn of Wheeler's messengers, Judge Cur- | tis, the eminent New York attorney, took the floor and made an argument against Wheeler's position. He cited a noted English case, where, during the trial of a | man for crime, he confessed to his solici- | tor that be was eguilty, The solicitor | asked for an adjournment of court, in order that he might confer with the Jus- tices. He asked them what he should do | under the circumstances, and they di- rected that lie could not disclose thai con- fession and must go on and defend his client to the best of his ability. ! Judge Curis also cited a Maine case quite similar to the English instance. | | There was no question, said the Judge, and in fact couid be none, as to the confi- dential nature of the relations of attorney | and client. They were sacred and invio- late. | Regarding the proposition of the pres- ence of a third party the Judge said he | thought a reference to the authorities would show that the general ruie was against tois—that the presence of a third person did not destroy the privileged | character of a communication between counsel and clienc. Attorney Mitchell, in replying to Judge | Curtis, proceeded to quote from one of his | volumes of legal lore. With great flour- sh and emphasis he was reading a Su- preme Court decizion. He did not know | that Mr. Delmas had a duplicate copy in his hand and was following tve reading closeiy, until be essayed to skip a leaf that bore sn argument diametrically op- | posed to his own position. He was brought up with a round turn for this | and had occasion to grow very red in the | face and to look theepish over being bt Then Mr. Wheeler was going to aelve | | into additional lore when Mr. Delmas | | | largest ever seen in this City, was on exhibi! the fish up for a CALL artist to sketen it. Captain C. Pisani caught the fish in & net, a blows npon the m down 10 this Ci v on Tuesday evening. trip, with apundance of time to visit the Vichy trip next Sunday. Two dollars for the round Bprings and ibe Bailwey Fish Hatchery, * ] pounds. According to A. W. Cassens, who h years, this sixty-three pounder is the bigges: exhibition t0-asy in the Spreckels market. A RECORD - BREAKING SALMON. A monster salmon weighing sixty-three pounds when caught, one of the largest 1f not the Merchant street. The finny mouster is of the Columbia River salmon species, and was caught in the Sacramento River neer Rio Vista on Tuesday last. The big fish 1s over five feet in length, and it took considerable tugging on the part of two of the men in the market to hang sier salmon's hesd before he was placed in the boat, tion yesterday at Paladini's fish market, 517 nd it required quite a tussle and several strong The fish was sent The average weight of the salmon brought into the market is between thirty and thirty-five handled fish in the market for over twenty t ever seen in the City. The big fish will be on | rupt, occurrin “Why not get right down to the point ?” asked Mr. Deimas. around ? Mrs, Craven made 8 corrupt proposition 10 this witness—namely, to have him testify to something that he knew and she knew to be false—we have no objec- tion to the question. Come out with it. Don’t evade “I think you Siack. *Mr. W ask the direct self to any tr are right,” said Judge eeler, you will have to question and confine vour- nsaction, claimed to be cor- s bevween Mrs. Craven and this witness. Wheeler asked another question, but it was again evasive und again objecied to. Mr. Deimas advised bim to get to the point. It was apparent, he said, from the Jine of questions asked that they did not expect to prove that Mrs. Craven made any corrapt provosition. They know that such was not the case. It is s0,” impetuously Wheeler. snapped What are you testifving for?” asked Mr. Foote, turning to Wheeler. “If you are a witness I want to cross-examine e Attorney Wheeler was persistent in twisting the question around and around without gettiug to the point, until he wa: | to task by the court and | finally taken commanded to get down to business. Then the dir:c: question was put if Mrs. Craven asked the witness to testify that he saw the deeds in January or February, 1805, 1nstead of July, 1596, as he testified— that is, was such a proposition made to nim. There was,” replied Aitken. Wheeler wanted to know if Martin Keily took eny part in the conversation, he court ruled that at this time connection was immaterial. Aitken then proceeded to relate what he alleses took place between himself »nd NEW “Why this dodging | If it is tve purpose to show that | the realization of the promises iails cer- tainly more signally than the day in the human family—the same that reminds us of those missing links that have been lost. Now we claim, if your Honor please, that evidence of this character must be posi- tive. Now either this person is a con- | spirator or he is not. For he is a con- he is particens crimins. virtuous gentieman that is claimed—"" ‘The court—I shall have to stop you and have you reserve your comments on witnesses until the end of the case. Judge Curtis—I beg your Honor's par- don. What we contend for is, and I am sorry that I have in my seconds of zeal gone over the rule—what we contend for is that they must prove this branch of the case with conclusiveness and nothing can be taken by inference or intimation. The argument on this point brought up from his respective chair nearly every prominent attorney connected with the | case and it consumed nearly an hour. | The court finally ruled that Aitken’s evidence | i | the defense, for the reason that the wit- was from Mrs, Craven or signed by her. Mr. Wheeler then asked the witness if, subsequent to his conversation with Mrs. Craven he received a letter from the hand of Miss Margaret Craven. I did,"” replied Aitken, after the objec- tion to the question had been overruled. *Is this it?” asked Mr. Wheeler, band- ing the letter to the witness. “It 1s,"” atter he had inspected it. | Teft Mr | the iady made that *‘corrupt” proposition Martin Keily accompanied him and they had a talk as they walked. An argument cropped up as to whether or not this Aitken-Kelly confab was ad- missible and it lasted until court ad- | journed. morning. i The bridge at Montreal is nearly two miles I¢ TO-DAY. True nerve p power c is filled orant. system. 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M : Sunda; es office. 204 South Broadway: Port- , 253 Washington st.; Denver, Colo., spirator uncorroborative and is worthless; | If he is the| in regard to the letter would | have to be stricken out, as demandea by | ness did not know whether the missive | Continuing Aitken said tbat after he | Craven's house on the night that | There will be more of it this | | are guaranteed pure wool, they are trimmed well, sewed well. They comprise all the very latest shades. Single and double breasted sacks. ear in mind that we turers and have adopted are wholesale manufac- the plan of never carrying over goods from one season to another. We allow no misrepresentations. cannot be equaled anywhere. ments in repair one year guarantee of excellence. Our prices We keep all gar- free of charge—a positive S.N. WO OD & CO. (COLUMBIAN WOOLEN MILLS), 541 Market Street, Nir-ctly Opposite Sansome Philadelphia Shoe Co. No. I0 Tiro . STAMPED ON A SHOE MEANS STANDARD OF MERIT 2100. Ox-Blood Oxfords VW E HAVE JUST RECEIVED A BIG shipment of Ladies’ Ox-Blood Oxfords, with cloth tops 10 match, New coin Toes and Tipsand Hand-turned Soles. These Oxfords are the very iatest and swellost style, but they have reached us too late. The season is nearly over and we have de cided to sacrifice them. They were bought to retall for $3, but to close them out we will sell them for $2 a pair. Country orders solicited. H0¢- Oxfords-He For Ladies, Misses and Children. Great clearing ont of odds and ends in Ladies’ Tan ana Black Oxfords in sizes 2. 214, 3 and narrow widths, Tnese Oxfords are worth from $2 to $4 per pair, and are in every stvle. But remember, while we have all sizes in some style, we have not all sizes in every style. Country custom- ers should rem smber ‘the above and not feel hurt 1f we cannot fill their orders, es- pecially as the Oxfords will no doubt be snapped up by the city trade. as they are a barzaln. We also have a complete line of Ladles’, Misses’ and Children’s Spring Heel Biack and Tan Oxfords whi-h we will sell this week at 50 cents per pair. They retail regularly for $1 50 and $2. We have all widths and sizes Svecial for Girls Sizes 1, 114 and 2. Dongo = Kid Batton Shoes, with patent lesther tips and spring heels, will be sacrificed at 50c a pair, worth $150. A~ Send for New Illusirated Catalogas. Adaress B. KATCHINSKI, FHILADELPHIA SHOE CoO. San Franecisco. 10 Third St., DR. WONG WOO, HINKSKE PHYSICIAN AND surgeon, graduate of the most famous medical coliege in China, bas practiced his proiession in San Francisco for over twenty years with war«ed success. Thou- ds of patients testity to his d knowledge. Nature'sown nesused. ~0 minerals. He, cures, not attempls 1o cure, Kheu- 3 matism Paralysis, Piles, Dyspep- sis, Consumption. Astima, Erigh ’s and all Kid- ney Dis: ases, Blinaness Heart Diseaso. of the 1hi . Cencer, Tumors Sk n Disease< Male and fem:le maiadies suc- cessively treated and cured. Consultation free. Office, 775\;&] 'l‘, where he l‘! be g)nlulle;l 3!6 any me during the day or evening, Hours—9: 10114 X%,1:30108 71097 X, Diseases and Blood sad | 'LAYTANCE Real Estate and Investment Co., Land Auctloneers, 466 EIGHTH ST., OAKLAND, CAL. SPECIAI: TO-MGRROW. SATURDAY -JUNE 26, 1897 At 2 P. M. Upon the Ground. {0-CHOICE FARNS-40 | ONE ACRE EACH. GELEBRATED SILVA TRACT. To Close the Estate of Frank Silva, Deceased. Only four miles t6 Oakland, one mile to railroad station, 5 minutes walk to electric road. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. The administratrix of this estate has held this property expecting to obtain large figure for it. She 13 now compelied to seli, and while it will no | doubt be a great loss to_the estate to be compelled | tosell at this time she is compelied to do so." The | buyers on the day of sale will reap the benefit of | the misfortune of the estate. This will be an op- portunity of a lifetime, and this_particular plece of property in the near future will, beyond sy question, be very valuable in these small subdi- | visions. ' The survey and proposea electric road | from Oakiand to Sau Leandro and Haywards raus | through this property. The franchise is already | granted to the promoters of this rosd. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A FORCED SALE. The administratrix of this property has only about sixty days in which to raise a large sum of money. Every acre of the entire tract wi'l be s0ld 1o the highest bidderon day of sale, without limit or reserve. THIS PROPERTY s divided into 40 one- ce lots each, of the richest fruit and vegetable land in Alsmeda County. ‘The soil is of & alluvial deposit, and is e-pecially sdapted to rais. | ing cherries, pears, peaches, prunes, plums, ap- | ples, strawberries, raspberries. blackberries, rhu- | barb—in fact almost anything that rich lana will { v.oduce. Another Advantage—Being within 20 min- utes of Oakland and 50 minutes of San Francisco is that farmers can sell direcily to the consumers, and can also secure labor at low wages. The prop- erty adjoining the Silva 7ract has been all built upon. City water piped 1o the tract. It is also a well-known fact that hundreds ara ow maxing s com fortabie living on 2 to 5 acres in this imme- diate neighborhood upon 1and that is not so fertile as the Silva Tract. Do not fail to examine the property be= | fore day of sale. Call at our office for | full particulars. SPECIAL EXCURSION DAY OF SALE Teaves Seventh and Wash ngton_streets at 1! | P. 3 over the San Leaudro and Haywards tric Railway. LAYMANCE Real Estate and Investment Company, 466 EIGHTH STREET, OAKLAND, .-OR.... WILLIAM BUTTERFIELD, Crocker bullding, San Francisco. Dr. Doherty’simsiicee | Class of Cases Treated. | THEMEDICAL AND SURGICAL DISEASES of MEN, PRIVATE and CHRONIC DS | EASES, the ERRORS of YOUTH, LOST MAN- HOOD, 'BLOOD DISEASES, from any cause, KIDXNEY and SKIN DISEANES, and MENTAL | sna PHYSICAL WEAKNESS privatelv, speedily and permanently cured. Thirtr years' practical experience. Consultation free. Charges reasoce abie. Patients in the country cured at home. Call oraddress DE. W. K. DOHERTY, 850 Market Street, Sun Frauciseo. FOR BARBERS, BAR- i €rs, - bootblacks, bathe # houses, tables, brewers, bookbinders, candy. 5. cannars, | @yers, "tourmills, foundries, laundries, paper | bangers, printers, painters, shae factories, stal men, tar-roofets, tanners, tailors, etc. BUCHANAN BROS., Brush Manufacturers. 609 SacramentoSte second floor,