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74 ' SAN' FRANCISCO CA ROW N THW GISE GADWIAG VERY BITTER Delmas Declares That His Associates Sought to Belittle Him Continued From Page 13, Col. 3 to know who made that state- e way I; continued with | replied, anger. quickly “And I we our client’s de- 1 one reason we're herg™ swer “We're here o : by glving to the at you know are on the honesty of cted with the defense Gleason interposed an further quarreling had left the room. an hour longer the arges i counter- rled back and forth k, when the lawyers sepa- rted to be owing w t to d') ong the warring quiet day in the Tombs, he Countess of Xar- two big bunches of 1 tonight that the evi- m Thaw will give in will be sensational Delphin M. Delmas, the defense, will renewed energy 1 is resumed. v to &hu\\ that sponsible at the will the attention insanity experts he previous jury alifornian he will to a matter of Hnrrt’vla"\ £ conten- d it 18 to estab- m Thaw will | bare the ow of ner life er th den Jof garé will teil before ragnd\ that the birth of terrified by d one of her | iily physician ce she made scovery she has been sub- | cholia and extreme ne ially was she in that time of the birth of | DEFENDS THAW'S WIFE George W. Lederer Says Evelyn Nes- | bit Was Wrongfully Accused CHICAGO, Feb. 17.—George W. Led- f the Colonial Theater, originally Flor- named as one co-respondents by the rer, who, before her lerer, was Miss Adele known that Lederer was t Crown Point, Ind., on Jan- M Rene Davis, of the ipany. t that a previous rer obtained a di- cal it be-| divorce was Shortly before Chris rced Mrs Lederer was eutenant » United States Na at Harrisbur, aph in the bill in The Pa. which Florence Evelyn esbit ras stricken out by motion er wife's attorneys, who they The ad proof, facts are these: I had rtnership with a man Jordan, a Portuguese. Our him that he| divorce suit up old pro- no said angered the g i gl anything to do with and lifting the names of all the women for 1 suppose he was go- e he might hit it vindicated by the udges in the Appel- York, but later my er Court of New e ivorce in Chicago. The allegatior respect to Miss Nesbit was unqua Iy false and my wife's attorneve & as much.” Lederer refused to say more about case for publication. It is said his friends that Stanford White was advised to hire an attorney to defend Miss Nesbit's reputation, but did not do so. It is believed that he may have talked about the case to Abe Hummell and that Hummell gained knowledge of it in that way. el i M ARREST SUSPECTED THUG A young man who gave the name of Lionel Carillo, and his occupation as that of a blacksmith, was arrested -on Fillmore street last night by Policemen Uhte and Ward on suspicion of being one of the men implicated in several of the recent holdups. Carrillo was polat- ut by to the patrolmen by a vietim of Ehe thugs. Delmas Pictures Thaw's Defense in Remarkable Hypothetical Query Charles Perry | plays that T had ever | DEATH LIST GROWING IN NEW YORK WRECK b i A Twenty Persons Succumb to Injurics Receivedi :he . Smash-Up OTHERS ARE DYING Master Mind of Californian Lawyer Is Shown by Dramatxc Argument Made e of the most remarkable hypothetical questions ever put to a witness | was that asked by Attorney D. M. Delmas in ‘the early days of the trial of Harry Thaw. It was propounded to Dr. Charles Wagner, the alienist. | With the exception of referring to a few bits of testimony, Attorney Delmas did not have a note. He prepared the question in his mind as he went along, never making a slip or having to reconstruct a sentence. T/his was the | | question: “T will assume, doctor, that the author of these letters was on the 25th of June last in his thirty-sixth year; that one of his uncles was insane; and | | that he, when he himself was a child, suffered from the ordinary so-called| ‘chlldren‘ diseases and such affections as children are subject to—that is, through measles, mumps, whooping cough, St. Vitus dance and scarlet fever. That he was always of a highly nervous temperament, that he slept badly, and the nurse had to nurse him a good part of the night, so that there had been different relays, sometimes two nurses, or his mother would hive to| take care of him part of the time. That he had been subject to St. Vitus | dance for a period of some weeks. That St. Vitus dance, as you well know, is a nervous affection, characterized by nervous movement of the extremities, jerks and ‘tw itching of the extremities and face, and, during®his attacks there was' what is called strablsmu or crossing of the eyes, and he looked like a child whose eyes were pcrfcctly crossed, meaning turned in toward the nose. That he was of a highly nervous condition and of a neurotic tempera- ment. i “Assume that the ‘subject whose history in childhood I have given you and whose uncle=natural uncle—was insane, as I have stated to you, in 1901 met a young woman, at that time between 16 and 17 years of age, paid honorable court to her and wooed her with a view to marriage. That his/ suit was declined and that in 1903, she having undergone at that time a serious if net capital operation, he had gone to her bedside with her mother; had knelt by her bed, and had with respect kissed her hand; after that he had prepared a trip to Europe for her; that there, when in a’ debilitated condition following upon this operation, he had nursed her, with the utmost tenderness, carrying her to and from the carriage when she went out riding, and carrying her up and down the stairs in his arms (he being a Strong‘\a sharp curve at Woodlawn road bridge, man and she at that time a weak young woman, light in weight); that in ;l;h"‘ ;h"‘;kl was ;erflct-h FE(LP’:"W"; June, 1903, he had made formal offer of his hand to her—his social con~‘t:; emo:to sgutyhoareomwme :,e:e kli‘lgd dition at that time being one of affluence and his family occupying, both | were pitched through the windows as in this country and in England, a social position which, as the phrase goes, :.2;‘1 c::,:fi;,mb::k;ha';lgld:!h“'r}:‘el;:"g was enviable: That she declined his suit, and upon being pressed for the|roar seen and heard for a great dis- reason for so declining, informed him that when she was about 16 years old :::;e_. rfif:‘:‘:;':h"eh:":";ei‘:szf":':e s;‘;: a certain man in the city of New York had introduced himself into her|ies were wedged. They were held there life, coming in at first in the guise of a benefactor, he being a man already ::a;h;a;’:rf"l:‘:l’;dm‘;':;‘gd?“‘* in this advdnced in years, whose general attention denoted the utmost solicitude| Tn an official statement today J. C. for her welfare and preservation from all contamination; that having thus|Hammond, press representative of the introduced himself into her life he displayed before her childish fancy, she ;‘f,i,‘;'stf,".'fiofe.?.fi; rfv“:‘rf?f;nfi?a tohtf having been brought up in.poverty, having often known, with her mother | ficlals had not disclosed the cause of and brother the want of food, and having gone hungry, all this splendor of| the. Acdlieat. One of the Small wheols sumptuous apartments, magnificently furnished and upholstered; and that after he had thus established his position in the family of the child he had persuaded the mother (the only natural parent left to her, the father having died) to absent herself from the city of New York, where they all lived, and Train Was Going Sev:enty Miles an Hour at Time of the Accidént NEW YORK, Feb. 17.—Twenty dead, two fatally hurt and 145 more or less seriously injured fs the result of the wreck of an electric express train on the New York Central Railroad at Two Hundred and Fifth street and Webster avenue Saturday night. Of the large number of injured, fifty, according to hospital and police reports, are seri- ously hurt, and it is not unlikely that the death list will be increased within the next twenty-four hours. Most of the others are suffering from lacera- tions or shock and will recover. Perhaps the most significant state- ment of the day was made by Coroner Schwannecke, who has secured a state- ment from -Motorman Rogers of the wrecked train, JIn this, according to the Coroner, the motorman stated he Was running on schedule time when the accident occurred, and admitted that the speed of his train was seventy miles an hour. Rogers, said tne Coroner, de- clared he did not know anything was wrong until he was an eighth of a mile beyond the place of derailment. The train had fivé coaches. The first was a smoker, the second described as a power-car, although it is a combina- tion baggage and smoker, and the three following were ordinary passenger -coaches. ‘When the wreck occurred the three rear coaches. filled with passengers, were thrown on their right sides just above on the left side of the front of the lead- ing motor had been found to be broken at the point of derailment, as pieces of the wheels were picked up at that point. At that point a rail was broken, but whether it caused the wreck or re- sulted from it is unknown. He said the train was six minutes late, and that the reports of the trainmen and of officials who had investigated showed that it was going from forty-five to fifty miles an hour. TALIAN OEMDASTRRTIN N FAVR OF FRMCE Thousands of Persons With "Red Flags Parade the Streets of Rome 11.) g0 to the city of Pittsburg, which had been her former home, promising ito care for the child during her absence as if hé had been her father, to| | protect her from harm, assuring that it was her singular good fortune| | that she could, during her absence, leave the child in his care, as she| would be perfectly safe: That he had impressed upon the child stren- juously and strongly that she should meet no other companions, should be introduced to no one else, ant that if she made the acquaintance of any one she should report to him, so that he might determine upon | the propriety. .of the.acquaintance and encourage or &scourage it as the case might require; and that at this period -on one day he jinvited her to-his“apartments, and there, by means of a strong drug, administered |to her, rendered her “insensible and ravished her while in that condition* { That this revelation plunged him at once into the most profound grief, that | he moaned and sobbed and exclaimed: ‘O, my God, O, my God, "and that | they remained both of them crying and bemoaning the past during the | rest of that day and during the whole of the following night: That after i‘hc) returned from Europe this young woman came back to New York; that \lhis young man followed soon after, and was informed after his return that jlh( same man who had previously caused her ruin in the manner that I have | described to you, had laid a plan, conceived a scheme to get her back into ;lm hands by defaming the name and the character of the young man by| | stories of the most defamatory and scandalous character, and that he had so far effected his purpose that the young woman declined to see the young imam telling him that he was no fit companion: That afterward this young| Lnmn succeeded in returning into the life of the young woman, and on Christ- | mas eve, 1903, had succeeded in preventing her going to a night entertain- ment with this man, and that thereupon this man had threatened his life, | and that the threat had been communicated: That during the interval of their ‘y(‘flr«ngem(nl from the time she returned from Europe until Christmas eve, 11903, the letters which you have read, marked exhibit A to exhibit I, had been written by him, expressing his feelings, sentiments and emotions that are there contained; that he persevered in his suit, and that afterward through fthe intercession of relatives succeeded in winning her consent to marry him on the 4th of April, 1905, and that after traveling with her in the western part of the country for a short time had returned to Pittsburg, and there made his heme with his new made bride in his mother’s home; that during a few visits to New York which had followed the same man who had caused her ruin, he was advised, was seeking to establish communications with her, and that every time the husband was informed of these attempts on the part of this man to renew jrelations it plunged him to great grief and caused ROME, Feb. 17.—Fifteen thousand persons, among ‘them 150 red-shirted Garibaldians, with 120 flags and twen- ty bands of music, participated today in an anticlerical demonstration in fa- vor of France. The procession crossed the city and went to the monument of Giordano Bruno, the Italian philos- opher, who was burned at the stake, | where thirty wreaths were deposited. Afterward' the marchers went to the capitol, and, despite their being pro- hibited doing so, entered the balcony of Michael Angelo, overlooking the hill, and planted the red republican flag amid enthusiastic cheering. Republican and Socialistic Deputies delivered vio- lent anticlerical speeches. The Government took energetic meas- ures to avoid trouble. The whole gar- rison was under arms, and all of the streets leading to the Vatican were barred by troops. Similar manifestations took place in all leading Italian towns. PARIS, Feb. 17.—Attempts were made today to interrupt the services of the Independent Catholic Church at the Church of the Holy Apostles, but they were quickly repressed. A dozen ar- rests were made. As the congregation was lelvlng the church some young men nging to nization, { - the militant Catholic | great mental excitement: That on the 25th of June, 1905, during a visit|hooted an old veteran, who tyrned upon they made to New York, while they were seated at dinner in one of the o SarmE “I was flve years in the cuirassiers, my father was thirty years a soldier, an uncle was decorated on the battlefield and another was killed at Reichshofen. I am a better Frenchman than you.” Later, Archbishop Villatte, in com- pany with Dr. A. E. Maillon, was in- sulted by the editor of the Soleil. Dr. Maillon went to the police station and made a complaint against the editor. P AT G R To Cure Grip in Two Days Laxative Bromo Quifiine removes cause. To zet the genuine call for full name, look for signature of E. W. Grove. 25c.* public restaurants of this city, this man made his appearance visible to the young wife, but not visible to the husband: Staid for a-considerable length of time and then departed; that she wrote to her husband upon ‘a-slip of paper the words, ‘The b——— has been here,’ meaning by the word ‘b’ black- guard, which was the word commonly used between them to designate this person—‘the b—— has*been here, but has gone away’: That afterward, the dinner being oyer, the young husband and his wife, accompanied by two friends, had gohe 'to a place of public entertainment in this city, called the Madison Square Roof Garden;'that the husband's demednor during the time that they were there was not noticeable to any unusual condition or MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1907 | O'Feils.” state of agitation, and that before the play was over, finding the performance SAYS BILL WILL PASS was tedious and uninteresting, the parties had arisen from their seats and v 2 h; i - WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—After an were proceeding toward the exits, the young wife and a friend of the hus-|hour's conference with President band Being in the lead, the husband following behind with the other friend; [ Roo%eVelt _tonight, Representatives James E. Watson of Indiana, the Re- publican whip in the House of Repre- sentatives, said there is absolutely no doubt regarding ‘the passage of the immigration bill, including the amend- ment to exclude coolie labor from Con- tinental United States. and when they came to a certain part of the aisle leading up to the elevator the young Husband’s eyes had suddenly lit upon the form of this man whom his wife he had been adyised, had seen at the restaurant but an hour or more before, and thereupon he had walked toward him, pulled a pistol from his pocket, with which he had armed himself and which he carried when he| was in the city of New York, where this man lived, and in which he had made ‘threats gainst his life, fired three shots, two of which were fatal, then raised the pistol, unloading it by opening the other cartridges, spread out his hands toward the audience (illustrating) both hands, and ‘with the utmost coolness and deliberation walked away from the killing, holding the defect of reasoning. TELLS OF IRELAND'S HOPES AND PROSPECTS| Seumas MacManus, Poet and Gaelic Champion, Given Royal Welcome AUDIENCE IS MOVED Gifted Speaker Faithfully Portrays Conditions Existing in Erin Fairies, conjured out of the mem- ories of old Ireland by Seumas Mac- Manus, theé story writer and Gaelic champion, peopled Walton's Pavilion in Golden Gate avenue yesterday afternoon. The Knights of the Red Branch celebrated the one hundred . and twenty-ninth anniver- sary of the birth of Robert Em- met, the young Irish leader who died on the scaffold, and as a feature of the day MacManus, ‘who is touring America, was invited to make an ad- dress on the subject, “How Is Old Ire- land, and How Does She Stand?”’ Fairles were not included in the orig- inal pronouncement. But as MacManus is chlefly known as | a writer of tales, and, since yesterday was the only time at which he was able to appear before a San Francisco audience, Father Philip O'Ryan, chair- man of the day, stated that the speaker would do two things: He would read from his published works and tell some of the Irish stories which are related | about the peat fire by the old folk of-the Emerald Isle, and he would also give his lecture on conditions in Ire- land as made anew by the Gaelic League and the Sinn Fein movements. FAIRIES WERE ANGELS The tales of the “gentle people,” as the respectful Irish folk call the fairies, came first. According to the legends, the fairies are of celestial origin. They were the neutrals in heaven at the time of the rebellion which resulted so dis- astrously to Lucifer and his cause be- fore the triumphant legions of the Archangel Michael. When the war was over and Lucifer and his cohorts were cast into outer darkness, action was taken against the neutral angels. They were not wicked enough to be cast into the painful pits created for the fallen angels, so they were simply put out of heaven. Some of this body fell in the sea and became mermaids, others fell on land and became fairies. Since this unhappy incident the fairies have roamed the world, ever seeking read- mission to heaven and striving to pro- pitiate the supreme power by assist- ing man. One of the tales told was that of the aged priest, Father Phil, who met an army of the gentle pedple, gathered from all corners of the world. The fairies refused to let him pass on the road until he answered the question, Was there a hope of them receiving salvation? The priest's answer was in the negative and the armies vanished in the night, wailing down the wind. A story of a more humorous nature was told of a poor man who received a cow from ithe fairies under the condi- fon that he would treat the good beast with the respect to which a Christian is entitled. But the covetous man started to sell the kine, after .it had generously presented him with several heifers, and suddenly cow and heifers vanished over the hill, leaving the man penniless. MacManus read several amusing pas- sages from his novel, “The Lad of the Both by his reading.and his story telling the author won his audi- ence. His quaintness of narration and humorous recital appealed strongly to his hearers. MANY IRISH GATHERED Walton's Pavilion was crowded with enthusiastic Irish and Irish-American men and women. Father O'Ryan opened the programme with remarks on ths character of Robert Emmet, whose birthday falls on March 4, a date an- ticipated In the exercises of yesterday owing to the presence of MacManus in the city. David Manlloyd sang “Back to Ireland,” and as an entcore “The Minstrel Boy.” Miss Loretts Barr sang in Gaelic “The Wearing of the Green,” and warmed every drop of Emerald blood in the pavilion. Em- met's address from the dock after he had been condemned to death was re- cited Avith dramatic effect by Thomas ‘W. Hickey. A reel was danced by Miss Pearl Hickman, Miss Clara Coyne, Jo- seph Kelleher and Dan Cotter. WANT IRELAND FREE After the close of the musical pro- gramme MacManus delivered his ad- dress on present conditions in Ire- land, which are due to the movement started a dozen years ago by a band of young enthusiasts, who first com- menced a revival of interest in the Gaelic tongue. Dr. Douglas Hyde, head of the Gaelic movement, and Wil- liam Butler Yeats, the esthetic poet of the cult, have preceded MacManus to this city, but since the work of the new Ireland champions spreads dally, edch new leader has an augmented message to bear to those who have left the old home for America, but al- lowed their hearts to stay in Erin MacManus spoke largely from the ma- terial side of Ireland today. He said that wages have doubled there and many large corporations and railroads Aither prefer that their employes speak the old Gaelic tongue or make that a qualification for employment. Twelve years ago but thirty of the 8000 schools in Ireland taught the old tongue, now 8000 have it in the curricylum. 1t is the hope of the Sinn Fein move- ment that immigration out of Ireland will be stopped through the establish- ment of means of livelihood for ths young people. But most of all it is the desire of the leaders and the peo- ple that Ireland be freed from the government of England. That is the dream of the Irish people, and they have every confidence in the realiza- tion of their fondest hope. Seumas MacManus left the city last evening for Los Angeles. laboring at the time? A.—In my opinion he was laboring under such a Q.—He was, then, in your opinion, doctor, laboring under such a defect of reasoning as not to know the act was wrong? A.—That is my opinion. pistol by the barrel with the butt upward, and when he reached his wife said to her, kissing her, ‘I have saved your lif¢’; that he manifested agitation, that his step was slow and measured, his countenance pallid, his eyes started from their sockets; and, after he had kissed his wife and gave her assurance, gave directions for a telephonic communication to some of his relatives; that this same man who had brought about the ruin of this young woman by ifiviting her to his apartment and there drugged her in the manner I have stated .to you, and had ravished her and had subsequently endeavored to sever the bonds which existed between the man who mbseqnen‘uy hecxme her husband and herself by povsonm; her mind both by stories told by him self against the young man and by gtories told by men who, she understood, came fromlhim, and that this same man after the marriage when she came to New York sought to re-establish communication with her.” Q. by Mr. Delmas—Now I will ask you if, in your opinion, thi \d:fendani at the time he fired the fatal shot, knew the act was wrong? A.—In my opinion he did not. N Q.—I will ask you your opinion his failure or incapacity to that the act was wrong was due to a defect of reason under which he was ‘We are sole nsenu for vices, Multi-Cabinets, Card SANBORN, VAIL & CO. quse-leafBemaandFomum Pens. We. aell Legal Blanks and Writing the Shaw-Walker Filing De- TANK NEWSPAPERS MRE STILL SUSPENOED Refuse tc Resume Unt:l Pressmen Return at the Old Rate SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL. BUTTE, Mont.,, Feb. 17.—The Butte Daily ‘Miner, the Dally Evening News, | the Daily Evening Inter Mountain and the Daily Standard of Anaconda are| still suspended, and for #four days the 80,000 people of Butte have been with- out newspapers. The suspension is due | to a strike of twelve pressmen em ployed by the four papers, who demand | an increase of $1 a day in wages. They have been getting $4.50. The papers closed up and announced | they would never resume publication unless the pressmen, stereotypers and pringers returned to work at the scale of wages in effect January 1. Th printers were then granted an advance | of 50 cents, and are now getting $6 for seven and a half hours’ work, but it was paid under protest. The Inter Mountain is owned by the Amalgamated Copper Company, the News by F. A. Copper Company and the Miner by Sen- ator Clark, while the controlling inter- | est in the Standard i{s owned by the Marcus Daly estate. All papers have been personal or company organs, and Helinze of -the United | STRANDED PORTLAND'S PAGSENGERS ARE WELL Vessel Will Be Towed to Esquimalt or Seattle for Repairs VICTORIA, “B. C. Feb. 17.—The | steamship Salvor and the tug Lorne | reached the steamship Portland this | morning and salvage work was com- | menced this afternoon. The steam- ship’s bow and forepeak are badly damgged. When temporary repairs b been effected she will be floated a towed to Esquimalt or Seattle for per | manent repairs. | The fifteen passengers on board the Portland are all well. They will be taken to Vancouver on Monday, thence to Seattle. |~ Following is a list of the passengers |Mrs. E. Billingsley, Archie McLaren, |Dan T. Kennmedy, William Russell, ouis Perra, Louis Dubois, Maria Du- bois, F. H. Allen, J. arrak, Mrs. | Frank Leroy, Florence Nash, H. |man, J. W. Brown, D. Donovgn and | M. B. Anthony. x ) because of their activity in politics and { mining litigation the owners claim they have been victimized by the Typograph- | ical Union, but they are no longer in | need of organs, and are ready to keep them closed for all time if necessary. FREE MUSIC LESSONS Nine American Piano Makers Combine to Further Advertise Their High-Class Makes in Practical and Economical Way Buyers to Choose Whichever Teacher They Prefer— Piano Manufacturers Through Eilers Music Company4 Pay the Bill—Music Books Also Supplied Free—A Thirty-Day Piano Sale to Commence Tomorrow— Enormously Reduced Prices and Easy Payments—the Guarantee. Tomorrow morning a sale of the very choicest and highest grades of brand new pianos on a basis never heretofore attempted will be commenced by Ellers Music Company. Not only will pianos be offered great- | 1y under price and .for a considerable less than the same grades ire obtain- able elsewhere, but in addition to this a four months' course of piano instruc-| buyer, posi- | Hon will e given to every. buyer, Bos | Bselton, the Decker and the Kimbalk tively without cost. Any competent Instructor or school may be employed and Eilers Music Company, through an arrangement with the manufacturers, pays the bill All music books and studies that| may be required by the student during that time will also be furnished with- out cost. This offer is extended to every buyer in the State. The sale will be con- ducted simultaneously at all of the Eilers stores—1130 Van Ness and 1220/ Fillmore in San Francisco; 1075-1077 Clay street, Oakland: Mail Building, Stockton, and 77 East Santa Clara avenue, San Jose. PRACTICAL ADVERTISING A few years ago such an undertak- ing would have been impossible. To- day it can easily be accomplished by means of the vast distributing facili- ties of the Eilers organization. The makers of the Hazelton. the Decker, the Kimball, the Habart M. Cable, the Story & Clark, the Schu- mann, the Smith & Barnes, the Schu- bert and the Bailey pianos have joined to make this undertaking possible. Many piano makers spend enormous sums of money in the advertising of their instruments. One firm is re- ported to have paid the enormous sum of $80,000 as subsidy for two prominent concert pilanists for ja single United States tour. This item alone meant the expenditure of nearly $40 for every plano they make this year. < Another house allegedly invested a round $100,000 in magazine advertising | —meaning almost $50 for every plano made by them this year. Eilers Music Cpmpany has at all times opposed such extravagant meth- ods, which in themselves do not sell pianos. We recognize that after all the best advertisement is the pleased and en- thusiastic buyer. An army of a thousand satisrded cus- tomers will do more to assist in the sale of large numbers of planos than all concert piano recitals and magazine advertising possibly can. The above-named piano makers rec- ognized this instantly when we sub- mitted it in this light. They will pay for advertising only when a plano has been actually sold and not otherwise. Their generosity will long be remembéred by the bene- ficlaries of this advertising allowance |and future sales will result fn abun- | dance, | BEilers Music Company also realizes {that the, plano itself must be of the | highest possible grade—the materials and workmanship entering into its con- struction must be of the very highest |order, and it was with this clearly in | view that the above named makers were approached in this undertaking. There are no finer planos tham the No choleer workmanship, po . great: durability, no more pleasing and satis- factory tome quality is to be found in lany American upright. And these | makes have also the advantage of old established reputation and time tried ‘senlce of many years' standing. All of the other makes of pianos se- Jeued for this purpese have given the | greatest satisfaction to their users for many years. Every time one of these |pianos has been sold it has been the means of selling others, and with this | liberal arrangement upon the part of |the manufacturers these planos will {have the most valuable and consistent | advertising possible. An advertising plan of this magni- | tude could not be attempted with anw | other than the very finest of new P anos. In this undertaking we proposes |not only to show the high merits of these makes but at-the same time to illustrate what modern methods iIn quantity buying and piano selling ean effectively do in the way of reducing costs. PRICES THAT SELL Planos which heretofore have regu- larly sold at $550 and $600 will during this sale go for virtually $200 less. All $450 and $500 styles are now re- |duced to $382, $336 and $367. We offer in this sale a choice medium sized full seven and one-third octave highest grade artistic piano, one which never heretofore been sold for less than $375 by the house which previous- 1y held the agency—for $245, and a plainer yet very desirable style goes now for $218. PAY BY THE MONTH IF YOU LIKE These prices are for all cash—but liberal time in which to pay for them, by making a small deposit and balance in monthly payments for the additlonal simple interest may be arranged for. $6 a month secures a fine piano. The more elaborate styles are $3 and $10, and several very costly ones go for $12 and $15 monthly. A DEFINITE BINDING GUARANTER Remember that the Eilers money back guarantee goes with every instru- ment we sell. No other house has évér made such an offer. Every inatru- ment sold by us must give satisfac- tion or no sale. Eflers Music Company, Busler than ever. 1130 Van Fillmore; also at Stockton, and OQakland. Bigger and Ness, 1320 San Jose on our recent trip to Hamburg separately. oimyafmoonuptolunh North German Fire Insurance Company All policy-holders who did not give us powers of attorney tion of test cases to establish the liability of the co: in the proposed action on combined claims, on terms which will save two-thirds of the cost necessary to prosecute claims Mr. Thomas’ firm will interview all those who desire to join in this concerted movement at their offices, southeast corner Fourth and Market streets, between 2 and 5:30 o'clock Allppmnmtbelorwndedbythtdate,andshouldgo litiga~ y, and may join in the pro 12th, 1907. F. W. DOHRMANN, WILLIAM THOMAS, _ OSCAR SUTRO.