The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 16, 1898, Page 4

1898. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WED DAY, NOVEMBER 1 ‘BOASTED THAT THE EXAMINER "~ AND CHRONICLE WERE BRIBED 000000000000 0000000000000000C000000000000000000000000000 OF INTEREST TO PAGIFIC AND PEOPLE’S HOME SAVINGS DEPOSITORS. When The Call began the first complete exposure and disclosure of the crimes and offenses which wrecked the Pacific Bank and robbed thirteen thousand depositors in the People’s Home Savings Bank it said expressly that it was not for any purpose of newspaper sensation, but to vindicate the general soundness of our financial institutions Mr. J. go_to Sacramento. He sald J. was a splendid rustler and etc, ex%. I was very glad. H. is now O. K. 2 you are solid with him. He will be x; for two years yet. (We will all gef We must be patient: and keep trying and all pull together. ’I‘)}a time when the enemy can down us s when we quarrel among ourselves, Of when the enemy gets hold of our se- ] for the McDonalds did not restrain him. He felt so keen an interest in their af- fairs and believed that it would be cruel on his part to kill himself just when they needed him. Excerpts from this interesting letter are as follows: Wednesday, My Dear Friend: I think I had writ- there yet. ten you something about a Mr. Fay- 2 bans. Among mh‘er things 1 am tnli{- crets or plans. Sincerely, - ing to him about are the Phoenix Wa- The record of Sherman's connection with the Pacific Bank and the People’s Home Savings Bank will be carried up to-morrow to a time six months after the destruction of both institutions— when the arch-conspirator belleved himself on the verge of financial ruin and personal disgrace. He trembled at the shadow of the Grand Jury. He saw his enemies organized against him and alternately he stormed and wept and begged his friends for God's sake to come to his assistance. These let- ters will prove not uninteresting. ——— THE FARRAGUT IS NOT SPEEDY ENOUGH REPORTED REJECTION OF THE CRACK TORPEDO-BOAT. ter Works. We are threatened with strong opposition there from a rival compdny and we ought at once ev- pend a large sum ng money there to prevent any new crowd coming in there, and if this money was spent we could double our own. Your bank owns at this time, counting the $23,000 note of Hines and Millays and the $23,000 note of my own, $IS8,000 worth of bonds and notes, and it has occurred to me that if you could get one-half of this amount in cash and the other half in new 5 per cent bonds covering the whole plant, and with such responsible people as those I have named above at the head of the concern,. they to live there and to manage the works, that perhaps you would be willing to get out of the whole concern. I am working here without any salary and I am at it eighteen hours in the day, generally getting in my office a .couple of hours before the rest of the employes and sticking to it until late in the evening. When I look at the old ocean at Santa Monica I often wish that I ceuld go into its deeps and never come back and get the rest which I much need. But 00 Sherman Also Assured McDon- ald That Hart Had Been Corrupted. Officials and Newspapers Bought by the Wreckers to Support the Crumbling Banks. She Fell a Fraction Under Her Re- quired Run of Thirty Knots which withstood the panic of 1898 and to point to the de= L R e Per Hour. 5 tunate condition in regard to many : spoiled depositors -a way to partial recovery of their e o N iootor || mhe nbws wak ' redefved yeiterdsy The letters of Moses H. Sherman re- l cious expenditure of coin, the bank in together. And as long as yvou will | 4youen o Washington press dispatch losses. all love me and trust me and help me | 4, 4he torpedo boat Farragut had been you may be sure that I will stay here and work, never asking for a vacation or for a salary or anything else until things are cleaned up. I am threat- ened with opposition 1h Phoenix to my veal more, perhaps, of the terrible his- [ wreckers planned their campaign and tory of the McDonald banks than any succeeded. other epistles ever written. In the doc- They could rely upon the silence of rejected by the Navy Department. The official report of her recent trial speed on the bay shows that she fell the fraction of a knot below the thirty knots required. The Call is in possession of proof which makes it pos- uments published this morning the | two newspapers, the collusion of a high . e onspirator congratulates his con- | official of the State and the co-opera- sible for those depositors to better themselves. The Call Street railway line and I have spent |5 I'at all of her trials really made e 4 o ? : % i C e: t v s e vessel at all o I federates that two of the momming | tion of a great corporation. ~Sherman| @ hag evidence to prove that conveyance of property and as- & g00d deal of money in diterent wavs | {1 U0 ' Speed, but under conditions offering such encouragement as would | that lowered that rate. Her last run Fri- indicates in these letters that he was the chief manipulator in securing this tremendous advantage for the dishon- est bankers. His letters necessarily are newspapers of this city, the Chronicle and the Examiner, had been bribed and need not be feared by the wreckers in | This information Mr. Sher- | day developed a maximum speed of 31 7-10 knots, with a minimum rate for an hour of 31% knots. The lowest number of pro- peller revolutions required to g0 31 knots give me immediate opposition. You must acknowledge, F. V., that there is nothing braver or truer than for a man to stand right by every day sets belonging to the wrecked banks is vitiated by fraud and it is at the disposal ot the robbed depositors if they any way. man sent his associates to assure them | of exceptional interest. s i . and try, through many discourage- ot lations they meed| & : : will put their interests in the hands o - A by R e e ao- i fhe | was 407 per minute, and on her run sho théat in their manipulations they herman was not only fearful of the P ¥ any legal represcn D e e D n- | speadadl PO Engines 441 revolutions with a minimum of 411 - It is possible that last Friday’s trial has not been accepted by the Navy Depart- ment as the official speed run, 80 causin ning, but trying to fix up everything satisfactory to all. That nasty fel- low Woodard is still trying to do us blackmail of local papers, but feared those in the southern part of the State. tative who can communicate with this paper. have no fear of unfavorable comment | in these newspapers. Sherman also | declared that Attorney General Hart| He informed Dick that a great paper Thi CVidcl’lCC "l . ¥ i S 1o the camp /of- the conspirators | in Southern -Californis . was aboit to S w be published in its proper order, all airty work. He was in Ban Fran- | ment a5 the o St o the fgbort 3 again. ve . S . £ r speed trials. Irvi - pgaln, He went to Mr, Spence 2l | stated 1ast nignt that he had g Beard and The Call makes this announcement in order that it may inure to the interests of the deposlitors and not to the ad- vantage of speculators in their misfortunes. change hands, and he would have it so arranged that the McDonalds could use the paper for whatever purposes they pleased. Incidentally Sherman re- told him that your banks were rot- ten and advised Mr. Spence not to ut any money in them. I understood e has been to nearly every bank in town and advised the same thing. I suppose the reason he singled out Mr. and was absolutely at their disposal for anything they might demand. ‘When the letter referring to Hart was writ- ten Sherman, A. F. Johns, D. M. Tom- | the from Washington, hence was unable to give any information regarding the re- port of the Farragut's failure. e Vi rned from other sources, e nat X tructurely weak 0000000000000 0O0C0O000000000000000000C0000D e He vessel Is s S en ity plans, her hull frame being Q0CO000C0000000000000Q0000000C000000000000Q blin and others who surrounded marked that it Had cost him a great | o MeDonalds were in Sacramento to | deal of money to keep the City Council Spence was that he hoped Spence |from faulty plans, 000000000000 000C0R00000000 Mould ten M. Maybury and he would | too light for the enormous machinéry o ©0CC0000CC0000000000000000 0 | OV N AP RS T | plant that is to driveher 30 knots an Rout of Phoenix from interfering with | schemes and projects. Jobby ‘through the Legislature a bill for the @ivision of Fresno County. He has a plece of paper on which In these let- | sion of Fresno County and the creation | until after I have seen R. H. Jr. and blame you one bit for feeling just as e has a list of all the assets of the The lobby thus established at the|ters this man discusses blackmail, brib- | of a county of Madera. This division | D. S. and see what they have to say ou do. Pardon this 5 y Ma X i = Lhes . Pa poor letter but I tment has re- State Capitol was a corrupt one. Hart, | ery, official corruption and private dis- [ of the county was made at the session on the proposition. Good night, Have Deen Busy all the fime. Pacific Bank and he goes around and | record made, but the depar o = M. H. show: 5 % a sed. The Government will be asked to M. H. shows (his o prove that the bank is E\L(“cnrd the destroyer another trial, the > T s in 1893, and Dick Mc- of the Legislature in 1893, and Dick M not solvent and cannot pay off its de- B ars: helieveing that she is good for as already indicated, was giving what- | honesty as simple business propositions, 2 2k % £ A DenaidRene :“‘;‘;l}i\“))}’f';“;l‘l_fir‘“ff!‘ffi“’lc' THE L0§ ANGELES MANIPULATOR BEGS | SHERMAN DECLARED THAT THE CHRON-| positors, and he took this list with | by Dot ‘developed horsepower and Gk E b : £ "~ to 8. F. ved it t require v i It was believed thx;t 1{ mte goun. HIS MASTER FOR MERCY. ICLE AND EXAMINER HAD BEEN o HE T e Tt T e spfse%. e Ss hbeugve:} u&aza:mz&elr trial t f Madera was created, the town o ¥ newspape! rter: vesti will be given her by the de - - RSz Ly A few days after the foregoing letter “FIXED.” b o L e B e e—— Wants Her Father Arrested. Madera would be made the county seat was written Sherman was on his knees This I learned on gondda]\_x)mgrlw» I and the McDonald interests there and Th : abiect dubblicat e f5vor s e letter that follows is one of the | know that R. H. Jr. an have the John Brown cclony would be great- | in abject supplication for favor. His | g ! e o it R. H. Jr. T o ey ol eee Ak Ao the par_ | master was anry with him and Sher- | Most mportant that M. H. Sherman | £5t She Shiocls, and tog, SEArngG the antest of ‘five children, swore to & nhanced in value, contributed to the secret correspond- ly s who went to Sacramento was M. | man begged and pleaded In sickening trouble with them and will succeed in | complaint in Judge Conlan’s court yester- a L : : ’ = 3 : 3 | ence of the Pacific Bank. In this epis- H. Sherman, who promised that he |sycophancy for a return to the good S - accomplishing much, still, all these t of her father, Chris- oul ecur e co-ope ¢ | graces of v " Excerpts | tle Sherman declares that D. S. Dorn | things are very diss A day for the arrest of hel B would secure the co-operation of |graces of the young banker. Excerpts | %, SRerfaf COCRrns IRt B, B 00N | things are very, claagrecalls and VO | tian F. Larsen, o ship chandler on the water front, on the char; of failure to provide. The girl said that her father earned $130 per month, but refused to pro- vide for herself and the other children. s he drove his wife out of A few days ago B from the letter are as follows: Wednesday evening. My Dear Friend: Your two kind let- | ters just received. I thank you very much for them. Some one here told Fourth and Townsend streets with the scheme. This of course meant South- and ern Pacific influence. Sherman’s let- ter on the subject was written in this | the Chronicle and the Examiner and more anxious ‘every day to try that nothing in reference to the condi- tion of the Pacific Bank will be pub- lished. Woodard had been in San Fran- help turn everything that I am in any way interested in into cash to put the same in your bank. Please do not worry, because worry city and Is as follows: | N ioh Ay a o me t vou all wanted to do me up. | cisco showing around a list of the as- | and anxiety is what kills people more | the house and she has not be: Dear Friend: I wired you yes- I know that this is not true. I know |sgets of the Pacific Bank and declaring | than hard work. Let's have only since. The Socfety for the Prevention of et Tour home, S13 Sutter street, Yo e anead e you fully realize | that the institution was _insolvent kind words and Kind thoughts for each Cruelty to Children has the case in hand. of my coming up. There are somé MarA work. Put B we caft get ¥ | Sherman declared that several mews- | gineh NG, (houghis 2ve i’:f"r‘?fi"-f‘éé An Opium Victim. paper reporters had seen the document, Angeles who are pull- but that Dorn and Dick McDonald had , and you and self, who I am getting a hard enough time. Very truly, this guaranteeing and if we M. H. SHERMAN. parties in Los you a wad of coin_it bring: ing true to Bo; An unknown man, victim of the mor- took a room last Monday wanted certain things. to you and to all. ir not silenced the Chronicle and the Exami- | Fourth and To street to help 5 D . @ o | hine habit, O O ) Sk ancity ing my telegram makes me yery un. | ner as already indicated. In his letter | SHERMAN BECAME PHILOSOPHIC AND Svening in fhe Fargo House at 105 New to-night or to-morrow. Your telegrams Dy A M hew Tt T could see you |Sherman also said that he had spent a LOOKED TOWARD THE END Montgomery street. At 8 o'clock yester- were splendid. I attended to every- and talk with you, you would say I | Breat deal of money in keeping the v day morning he was found dead in bed. thing just as you told me to, prf’\ml‘ély- Wi ight. am not right and if Council of Phoenix from offering | In the next letter Sherman refers to| When the corpse was examined at the You will win, too, sure. 1. M. S. T have advised you wrong, I am very uragement for a competing street | the fact that D. 8. Dorn was suspected, | Morgue the skin was L e o made by the hypodermic 3 - but the suspicion was unfounded. Sher- man wrote as follows sorry, and that is all any gentleman can s but when you think it all over I think you will agree with me and praise me, especially if $200.000 or more in coin shall come in. Be pa- tient a little while Jonger. I do not way line there. Another effort was made to induce the MeDonalds to give an option on their Phoenix water bonds | and incidentally Sherman declared that he would go drown himself if his love i was found on the person of the de- cnei!ed by which his identity could be ascertained. ADVERTISEMFNTS. LT DSEASE SOME FACTS REGARDING THE RAPID INCREASE OF HEART TROUBLES. BOOMING THE MOHAWK CANAL SCHEME OF ARIZONA. Sherman never tired of flattery or de- ception. In the letter. that will follow he deliberately misrepresents two of the various schemes into which he had inveigled the McDonalds and sugar- coated his deceit with fulsome flattery. Monda My Dear Friend: F, V. pleased with the way Smith aged things here. He and we al that the iime IS near at hand when things will be on top and you Thursday, My Dear Friend: I thank you much for your kind telegram about D. 8. Wae are so glad that D. 8. is all O. K. I cannot _imagine who started ‘such a story. Boat told me of it and told me (this was just as I was going home last night) it was common tal on the street. 1 thank you all for the kind words of praise you all give me. I will try my best to be worthy of them. I fully realize the import- ance of the situation here. No man could try harder. If a man does his duty, people find it out in the end, eh? We are judged by the success we = 1 th we are free. E{':-ry(h!ng l{; Y < i - Arizona is booming. F. V. was muc! make, eh? at is the way they will Dienced thete, Your Mohatwk property judee’ you as the head of the Pacific Do Not Be Alarmed, But Look for the ank and the way they will judge us, Cause. {Yuma County) is a fine property and will bring you large money omne of these days. I think of you every day (Dr. J. told me of your Kind words and thoughts toward ~me, for which I thank you much. Good by, M. H. SHERMAN COMES TO THE ASSISTANCE OF 0. T. DYER. A fellow feeling made Sherman kind toward O, T. Dyer. Sherman was get- ting hundreds of thousands of dollars out of the Pacific Bank and so was Dyer. Dick had called Dyer all sorts of names, but in the following letter Sherman begged the young banker to believe that he had made a grievous eh? Corporations are a success or a fallure as people have faith in the ability and integrity of the manage- ment, eh? And I hope you will not blame me because my létters are so {mnr. I try to write you every day, ut 1 am always in a_hurry. There are so many things to keep one on the jump all the time. Sincerely, H. WOODARD WAS AFTER FOURTEEN HUN- DRED DOLLARS MORE. In the followine letter Sherman ex- ploits another of his troubles. Wood- ard was after him and threatened to ruin him if he did not give up $1400. Sherman seéemed to be in great dis- tress of mind, but not distressed enough to throw out a strong hint that Heart troubles, at least among Amer- icans, are certainly increasing and while this may be largely due to the excitement and worry of American bus- iness life, it is_more often the result of weak stomachs, of poor digestion. Real, orgapic heart disease is incur- able; but not one case in a hundred of heart trouble is organic. The close relation hetween heart frou- ble and poor digestion is bechuse both organs are controlled by branches of the same great nerves, the Sympathetio and. Pneumogastric. In another way, also the heart is af- fected by that form of poor digestion, which causes gas and fermentation halt-digested food; there is a feel- THE CONSPIRATORS WERE ‘“‘SOLID” WITH HART. One of the most important letters written by M. H. Sherman had reference to Ex-Attorney Genera! W. H. H. Hart, who was criminally in collusion with the bank wreckers. Hart was in consultation with wreckers at Sacramento. In the early part of 1393, during the session of the Legislature, In a letter to Dick McDonald Sherman jubilantly declared that they were ‘solld” with Hart and could congratulate themselves on the fact that he would remain in office for two years longer. At that time the McDonalds had sent Sherman, Johns and -~-others to the State Capitol to lobby through the Legislature a bill for the division of Fresno County and the creation of Madera County. . ever ‘assistance his officlal position made it possible to command. Sher- man assured Dick McDonald that the Southern Pacific Company would be taken into the camp of the wreckers and would exercise its influence in thefr behalf. With these tremendous sources of power, the Chronicle and the Exam- iner, ‘Attorney General Hart and the Southern Pacific Company and a judi- ADVFRTISEMENTS. Pears’ . Unless you have used Pears’ * .8éap yout.probably do not know . ».what we mean by a:soap. with no free fat or alkali in it—noth- ing but soap. The more purely negative soap the nearér does it approach in which he takes part without the slightest disturbance to his consclence. He saw immorality only in the efforts of any one to secure money from him, That seemed to have been the only offense he understood and he bordered on hysteria when he discovered that a man to whom he had already given $1000 demanded $1400 more. In Mr. Sherman’s code of ethics, as revealed in his remarkable letters, it was a stroke’ of shrewd business policy and highly commendable to corrupt the At- torney General of this State, to buy the silence of newspapers and to bribe City Councils. It is probable that in the history of great events on this coast, in affairs that involved millions ‘of dollars and the reputations of prom- inent men, thére is no parallel"to these letters. While S8herman discusged his own corrupt methods he found time to dream of fabulous wedlth'in new ven. tures, and he suggested to Dick Mc- Donald the absurd project of floating five million of dollars of bonds on the London market. y THE CONSPIRATORS ESTABLISH A FOR- MIDABLE LOBBY IN SACRAMENTO. At one stage of the eomvi;&cy the mistake: Monday, a. m. I have been think- My Dear Friend: How are ing of you all the morning. you. with him. been mistaken in the man. I have disliked him, if pc than you, but in his talk he seemed so grateful to ¥ spoke so feelingly that 1 made mind we had been mistaken. is working very hard now, so all tell me, and it looks as if he would get out O. Saw Mr. D. and had a long talk Really I do believe we have You know more K. Please not work too hard. You looked half sick the day I was there. Very truly, M. H. SHERMAN. HOW THE WRECKERS GUARDED THEIR SECRETS FROM THE PUBLIC. On February 20, 1893, Sherman wrote a letter in reference to a run on the Riverside Bank that almost resulted in the closing of the bank. If it had not been for the timely assistance of Los Angeles bankers the Riverside institu- tion would have gone down then and dragged the Pacific with it. Sherman wrote as follows to Frank V. McDon- ald: §. F., Tuesday, p. m. My Dear F. V.: We had a telegram from Riverside I night that all was quiet there and money coming in again rapidly. You will notice that -the papers give Los Angeles the credit of saving the bank. his js good. We don’t want it or want our names men- tioned, but I tell you that we did hcl]g in Los Angeles and everywhere. 1 would never have done to have had that bank go down just at this time, for the dispatches would have been full of how much they owed P. B., etc., etc., etc., sure. Truly. M. H. SHERMAN'S WILD DREAM OF MILLIONS Sherman’s next letter describes a scheme of the Los Angeles manipulator to float four or five million dollars® worth of bonds in London. R. H. Mc- Donald Jr., D. 8. Dorn and Sherman were to discuss the matter and if they found it feasible the issue was to be made. The electric railway to cancel its 6 per cent bonds. The project as a matter of course was chimerical. BEx- cerpts from the letter are as follows: L. A, Tuesday evenl;f My Dear Friend: Have just had a talk with Boat about ‘“Jayhawker.” He says he does not think the San Francisco papers dare publish his stuff when so many rich San Fran- ofsco people are interested. 1 really think that we can make that matter of issuing four or five millions of four per cent or perhaps five ggr cent thirty year gold bonds go O. K., and I am oing to San Francisco to talk with i. }f about it. I am to meet in San Francisco certain Englishmen whom Bryson and other rich people here know all about and who I belleve can surely place encugh .of these bonds to give us a million and a half in cash, and if the holders of the three million resent issue of bonds will take half n cash and half in new bonds then I believe it will certs.lnl{ go. R. H.Jr., D. 8. and myself will investigate the Iy and he will inform - ou what we It you had etter not say ng . ut the _#hoye o kpy 0na at preseat, but it matter thorou, ’ SHERMAN TREMBLED AT “JAYHAWKER'S” DEMAND. In the later history of the Pacific Bank even Mocses H. Sherman could no longer impose on the McDonalds in reference to the negotiable value of the Los Angeles Electric Railway bonds. These bonds at that time and even under the valuation given to them by Sherman could not command fifty cents on the dollar. Colonel J. H. Woodard understood that fact and was making new de- mands for money on Sherman. Woodard had already received $1000 and Sher man shows in the above lettér that his nemesis wanted $1400 more. l he intended to make another demand upon the McDonalds for another large sum of money. ter are as follows: Excerpts from this let- Thursday, A. M. My Dear Friend: Referring to that party, if I must meet him, the first thing he will want is $1400. You know he told me he would ruin me and etc., ete., if 1T did not come down and etc. Your father told me not to give him another dollar. Still in all of this I want to do just as you think best. If he comes in, if vou think best so to do, please talk pleasantly to him and’say Sherman praises him and ete. You know I do praise his ability. He has much, if it was only of a good kind. In the other matters T want to do just what we say. You have some 600 of Los Angeles street rallway bonds. If We could get $300,000 in cash for you, one-half cash and also get such an amount of money for the company to enable us to do such things as will enable us to cut down expenses, one- third or I hope more. If we could do the above and not call on you for a dol- Jar it would make me very happy. It is not sure that we can do the above, but we can try and I think we are on a good lead, i. e., strong people. Then regarding the Phoenix matter. We must spend some money there. A good deal of it to improve and extend our plant there and keep out opposition. I don’t want to call on you for an as- sessment on stock, and so I have fome plans that I want to talk over with you. On run. M. THE WRECKERS BOASTED THAT THEY WERE SOLID WITH ATTORNEY GEN- ERAL HART. One of the most important letters, il- lustrating Sherman’s dishonesty and ex-Attorney General Hart’s collusion with the bank robbers, was written ear- ly in 1893, while the Legislature was in session. In this letter Sherman writes to Dick that Hart is all O. K. now and will remain in office for two years more. There is a tone of jubi- iant gratification in the letter, and the writer also tells Dick that he has so managed it that one of the most influ- ential newspapers of Southern Califor« nia may be used by him when and how he-wishes. The letter is as follows: ursday, a. m. My Dear Friend: I was thinking of you ' this a. m., and thought I would just say a word. There is one of the Strong newspapers of Southern Cali- fornia about to change hands. am so managing it that it will fall into such hanis as we can depend on in case you want it. Every day I am thinking and planning about many things. It -was a grand thing. when we bullea down that Chicago fight and got those people in. They are strong and keep sending money 1o pay debts with and to help. Otherwise we would have been in the soup long ago. Dr. Jenningson came over from Riversid 1 never liked Jenningson, in fact I al- most hate him, still 1 must say he is faithful and ever true to you. As for yself 1 don’t want to get mixed up unless you wish me to more than necessary in these matters. 1 saw a Jetter from Sacramento to a o mine here in which H. expressed him- self as very grateful to you for letting from ing of oppression and heaviness in the chest caused by pressure of the dis- tended stomach on the heart and lungs, interfering with their action; hence arises palpitation and short breath. Poor digestion also poisons the blood, mekes it thin and watery, which irri= tates and weakens the heart. The most sensible treatment for heart trouble is to improve the digestion and to insure the prompt assimilation of ‘'ood.. : This can best be done by the reguiar use after meals, of some safe, pleas- ant and effective digestive preparation, like Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, which may be found at most drug stores and Wwhich contain valuable, harmless Gi- gestive elements in & pleasant, conven= ient form. e’l‘t is safe to say that the regular, per- sistent use of Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tap- Jets at mealtime will cure any form cof stomach trouble except cancer of the ach. “‘F"l\?u sized package of the tablets scld by druggists at 50 cents. yLit(legg‘hook on stomach troubles mailed free. Address Stuart Co.,, Mar- | EASTON EIDRIDGERCo COURIAN COLLECTION Antique ngh-gradé &, RS PERSIAN Must Be Closed Out AT AUCTION, 125 Geary St., Adjoining the ‘‘City of Parls,” WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, November 16 and 17, AT 2 P. M. SHARP. GOODS ON VIEW TUESDAY. Mr. Courian, who has gained the reputation of importing finest goods and of square deal- ing, has put in our hands his entire collection, to_sell out at auction, without reserve. Thig collection s certainly superior to any brought tg this clty heretofore. Every plece 18 d cholce sel and ection. ~ We fnvite the connoisseurs the publle to attend this sale. a N, ELDRIDGE & CO., Auctioneers. -