Show NOTE AGAINST FAIR FOR supposed to bo be a ho hoax ix but no one ona seems to eo be sure of it san francisco april IS the note for alleg IvIl to have been given by the late james 0 fair to leland stanford which lias has been received by the first national bank banic for or collection Is no 1 l regarded nere here the note was forwarded from new york through the ordinary mail and wan vias in a large envelope containing tile the foll follo wlm I letter itter new lork I 1 ork april 9 17 first I 1 national bank hun ban francisco I 1 hand 3 ou enclosed note tor for for or collection and return yours truly WILLIAM WI M S ha HOWELL rell A small unsealed unie aled envelope was also enclosed A with ith this thlu Rd address dress Wil william liani S howell new york city if I 1 not delivered in live five days return to P r 0 0 box no 1913 N X Y tho the note pui boits I 1 is to haie been executed in san francisco francl slay may 28 1890 and reads five ive barq ears after date dale I 1 promise to pay par to the order of leland stanford at al san francisco without defalcation 3 for value decet ed tile tins note nole Is signed by james G F fair air and li Is endo endorsed raed leland stanford S 0 murphy president of 0 the first national bank upon ot of the al it doged note communicated with loula louis breese jr and J S angus of the executors of tile the fair estate but they both disclaimed any knowledge of such a rote ever having been execute executed ed by tile the late ex senator and mr aldr breese told a repel ter today to day that there was no record of 0 it on the books lie he did not however say that it was a forgery when aillen he was arced ansh cil about that he replied that he did not know neither does any one connected ith the stanford estate know anything about the note president S G murphy urphy Nl said lie he had bad written to W V S howell nt at his given address in neur york asking tor for ill tho history of tile the note As an it does not fall duo due until may ath there Is plenty of 0 time for a full explanation banking people generally Bene rally view the note v in the light of a hoax the signa ures turea have a quasi genuine look and na may huv have beep caused by or clever forging A suspicious auspicious circumstance Is 14 that such lucli a valuable note not should have haie heen been trusted to the ordinary mall mail and that the sender should not identify himself find and explain the nature of the proceeding lix ex senator fair hat had closed relations with senator stanford cheri lie sold the narrow haugo railroad to the southern pacific but that sale occurred in 1887 three years before the alleged note as drawn besides that a careful business in man inin in like fair would have beve had some boroa record ot of such a note on his hl looks books |