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Saturday Feb 5

Variable -- PM & evening I wrote on my story -- Bed 12 -- Little or no frost tonight -- first time this new year --

Sunday Feb 6

Cloudy, thawy, a few light sprinkles of rain -- Finished composing Manuel Aufere today -- 16 pages -- legislative bill sheets --

Monday Feb 7

Variable -- light sprays of snow -- AM down town -- PM odd jobs about home -- In SF Examiner of yesterday I find following announcement of the death of my old friend Major Stonehill of better days on the Comstock -- The San Francisco papers also state that Adolph Sutro has been legally declared to be mentally incompetent, the result of recent apoplectic attacks, and his daughter, Dr. Emma Sutro Merritt appointed guardian of

Adolph Sutro Mentally Dead -- Fair's Millions -- 1898
Manuel Aufere -- Copied and Sent to SF Examiner
Lizzie -- Big Storm East

his person and property, worth some millions -- Order to this effect made in the Superior court, SF last Saturday morning --

Tuesday Feb 8

Mostly clear & pleasant -- Down town some in AM -- PM jobs at home --

Wednesday Feb 9

Variable -- Took me all day to copy off Manuel Aufere -- 15 pages legal cap -- letter from Lizzie, today with copy of Boston Herald tells of biggest