The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 15, 1898, Page 12

2 1 KEEPS SILENT THOUGH DEATH APPROACHES Nick Berg, Victim of Last Chispa Tragedy, Refuses to Talk of the Crime. Dying Man Again Indirectly Connected With the Brutal Murder of Captain Brooks by a Most Remarkable Coincidence. Commodore Gutte’s beautiful yacht, the | the wounded man’s injpries. Both men Chispa, & cup W d the pride of the | have told the story of the affray Sunday Pacific C t ¥ seems destined | night. They agree in detail. f\'enher will to have tragedie: terwoven with the his- | state whether there was a sinister motive tory of her victories and the many ]rlflas-‘ underlying the visit of one to the yacht ures enjoyed by the friends of her hfls»‘ after the keeper had retired or the quick- | Two months ago her cap- | ness with which the fatal shot was sent tain whs beaten to death while he slept | on its deadly errand after Berg reached in her cabin, and Sunday night her deck ! the deck of the vessel. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1898. apex of the left lung. The wounded man fell when the bullet struck him, but did not lose consciousness. He resflned his feet immediately and upbraided Elk and his wife. The shots awakened Herman Johnson, watchman on the Ripple, who heard Berg sty “So you've shot me; now I suppose you are satisfled. Oh, I wish I had'a gun. And to the woman: ‘‘Well, he shot me and I guess you are satisfled, too. Immediately foliowing the reports of the pistol, Mrs. Elk’s cries for help were heard ashore, and Constable Gnrflt{ and two citizens went out, to the Chispa. They broufl\t all who were on_ board ashore. While they were pulling back to the landing, Mrs. Elk asked her husband why he l:lad l:ldhed Berg, and receiving no reply, she said: ‘Plf I had known you had that pistol aboard the boat, some one else would have been shot, or 1 would have thrown it overboard.” ‘When the boat reached shore Berg walked up to Dr. Mays' office and from there to the Tamalpais Hotel. At first he denled he had been shot, but at the hotel permitted the doctor to make an examination. The wound was of such a nature tiaat probing would only hasten death, so the doctor administered mor- phine and instructed the nurses to keep the patient absolutely quiet. ‘While dressing the wound Dr. Mays asked Berg why he went to the Chispa, and he replied that he had gone there to call on his friends. He would say noth- ing more. %esterdly morning Dr, Mays told Ber; that he would probably die, and if he hax any statement to make to do so before he became too weak. “I have no statement to make,” an- swered Berg, and since that time he has positively refused to talk about the shoot- ing or the murder of Captain Brooks. Berg's great vitality gives him a remote chance for recovery, but the attending physician is not hopeful. He thinks Berg will die within the next twenty-four hours. Elk has repeatedly stated around Sausa- lito that he would shoot any one who at- tempted to board the Chispa at night, and he still maintains that he did not recognize Berg before he fired through the hatch. Commodore Gutte, owner of the Chispa, says: “It is plain this man Berg visited the vessel for no §°°d purpose, and Elk, as watchman, had a perfect right to shoot him. Had I been in his place I would have done the same thing myself. I THE TWO PRINCIPALS IN THE LATEST PILING UP CHARGES OF SCHOOL JOBS Grand Jury Experts Take a Hand. SENSATION IN THE BOARD ATTEMPT TO INDUCE THE IN- VESTIGATORS TO RESIGN. Additional Disclosures in the Matter of the Leasing of .iingln School Property—Uneasiness Among the Directors. Men have been employed by the Grand Jury to expert the books of the Board of Education. E. C. Kilpatrick and John W. Atherton, who were once con- nected with the department, were the men selected. Their first appearance In the office of Secretary Welch of the board yesterday caused a fluttering in the dove- cotes where so much rascality has been charged during the past two years. Mr. Stanton, an ex-teacher now under indictment, has intimated a desire to re- turn here and bear witness to what he al- leges he knows of the inner workings of the Board of Education. Altogether, as the term of office of the Directors draws to a close the Indications are favorable for the laying bare of their actions in many schemes. The pressing of the suit brought by John P. Reynolds will add its mite to the burden of woes resting upon the shoulders of the ring in the board. The sensation yesterday was the ap- pearance of the Grand Jury experts in the office of the board to go over the ac- counts. Recently Mr. Kilpatrick has been un- employed, owing to the action, of the School Board in persistently refusing to recognize him as principal after the Su- perior Court had affirmed his right to the osition, of which the board had at- empted to deprive him, and had further- more held that he was entitled to arrears of salary. In view of the fact that he | had time at his disposal, Mr. Kilpatrick was asked by the Grand Jury to expert the books of the School Board, thus ob- talning .for the jury a long wanted and heretofore unobtainable report on the financial condition of the School Depart- ment and the many suspicious bills for Eu]:gllle: Which have been allowed and pald. 1 grand jurors believed that Kil- patrick was well versed in school mat- ters and would be ablé to detect dis- crepancies which might easily escape the eye of an ordinary accountant. CHISPA TRAGEDY. was stained with the blood of a man who was at one time suspected of committing the first crime aboard the yacht. The pistol shots which rang out Sunday night and startled the people of Sausa- | lito seem but an echo of the first tragedy In the Chispa’s career, and before the echo dies away it may develop that the same actors were connected with both crimes. With a full knowledge that his death Is only a few hours off, Nick Berg, who was shot on the deck of the Chispa Sun- day night, refuses to make any stale- ment regarding the tragedy of whick he Is the victim. And he steadfastly denies having any knowledge of the murder of Captain Brooks, who was brutally beaten to death in the Chispa’s cabin two months ago. Ike Elk, who fired the fatal bullet which 1s now lodged in Berg’s lung, is in the San Rafael jail awalting the result of Two facts were discovered yesterday which may give the authorities a new clew on which to again attempt the solu- | | tlon of the mystery surrounding the mur- | der of Captain Brooks. | Since the case was dropped Berg, who, | it will be remembered, was suspected of | complicity in the first bloody crime on the Chispa, has told several conflicting | stories regarding his whereabouts on | that night. The alibi which he claimed and which was accepted by the Marin of- ficials, was that he came to this city; called on Mrs. Elk at 558 Natoma street; | then went down town and read the prize | fight bulletins, after which he went to | the Model lodging house on Mission street and remained all night. Since that time e has told Captain | Roberts, his employer, two contradictory | tales, First he sald 'he was asleep on board the yacht Azalea, which was an- chored near the Chispa when Brooks was | killed. He was not awakened by the | three pistol shots which Nelson said were fired at him from the Chispa's deck by the murderers. When Captain Roberts subsequently taxed him with telling an untruth, he at first reiterated his original tale and then admitted he had lied. His | second explanation to his employer was that he was in San Francisco when Brooks was slain and took a room on Market street, contradicting the story he had told to the police. The pistol with which Elk shot Berg may pv_ssibfi be the key to the Brooks mystery. e weapon fnrmer!% belonged to Berg, and a few days ago he gave it to Elk. It is a six-chambered 38-caliber revolver, hadlfl rusted. One bullet and two empty shells are all the cylinder contains. Elk fired two shots at Berg. Three shots were heard the night Captaln Brooks was murdered—perhaps they were fired from this identical pistol. ‘When Elk was being brought ashore after the shooting Sunday night, one of the men in the boat with him examined the pistol and, rscauing this strange co- incidence, he asked Elk what had become of the other three shells. Elk looked startled and hssl(allnily replied he did not know; that Nick had given him the pistol and he kept it hidden in his bunk on the Chispa. After shooting Berk, Elk went back to the cabin and secreted tie weapon in a hole mear his bunk. When the Constable came out he told where the gun was located. The relations between Berg and Elk for & year past have alternated between friendship and bitter enmity. Berg was | known to have been warmly attached to Mrs. Elk, and the husband would periodl- cally raise a row because his w.e re- ceived too much attention from Berg. The | latter would get drunk and start out to | kill Elk. _All this time Berg was living | with the Elks and was the principal sup- | port of the family. These peculiar do- mestic conditions are believed by ac- quaintances to be the real cause of the trzafedy Sunday night. | ot long ago Berg was on a spree, and, | after driving Elk from his home, he start- ed out to find Mrs. Elk. Hearing that she ‘was over at Mrs, Koehler's house, on the road to Bakers Beach, he went over there and kicked in the door, but did not find the object of his search. She had fled to the hills back of the house, fearing Berg would kill her. This he had' frequently threatened to do. On a previous occasion the wounded man attempted to shoot the husband, and ADVERTISEMENTS. SORES LIKERAWBEEF On Baby’s Face Neck and Breast. Ran Blood and Matter. Had to Tie 'Hands to Keep from Scratchingi A Bad Case. Doctor Did Little or No Good. Cuticura Cured. Skin Now Clear A SWORN STATEMENT. When my nephew was two weeks 0ld hehad running sores on his face, neck, breast, and hands, which continued to grow worse. They looked like raw beef. Sometimes blood would come and sometimes matter. He was awfully bad. Why, we had never heard or read of such a case. My sister had to tie his hands to the hammock o keep him from scratching himself, he itched so. He often rubbed his neck and face against his shoulders. The doctor did little or no good. Said *it came from the blood,” etc. She heard of CuTi- CURA (ointment), and I bought her a box, and finding it gave satisfaction she continued to use it. T'he boyis all weli now and his face is clear. In order to show you my good faith in this matter and how pleased I am with CuTr- CURA REMEDIES, I have taken oath to above statements. EMMA FISHER, 652 W, 18th Pl., March 3, 1898. Chicago, Ill. BTATE OF ILLINOIS, County oF CooK, s g, a Notary Public in and 1, Obarles F. Vi afterward expressed regret for his rash- for'sald county 1o the Biate aforesaid, dohereby | 1255, And af another time Hik stabbed = Db’ (he saiin Hlaher, personally kuown (o | 5o yumerous that the eople of Sausalito me to Peuvn ‘whose name is sub. gcribed to the foregoing statement, appeared be. fore me this day in person and acknowledged that paid no attentfon to them except to re- mark that a murder would undoubtedly be the final outcome. she lrl:ned the same, and that the same is true T 8c00! to her best knowl X 'he details of the shooting Sunday cla!‘m,f;'s F. v’a"&',;’f;‘i;;",;‘,‘;‘ ,L‘;{,“& t, which are gathered from Berg, night Elf( and others, are: Berg left the yacht Azalea at Tiburon, wher‘e he uyem- ployed as watchman, about 9 o'clock and Trowed over to the Chispa at Sausalito. BrEEDY CoRE TREATNENT FOR EvERT K1ND OF BABY bathe with CUTICURA S0P, gentle ‘anolntings with CUTICUZA, purest of emollient skin c: | and ‘attempt to raise t visited the yacht this morning and, after an investigation, feel per{ectlg satisfied that Herf had attempted to break into the vessel. Elk’s story is that he was be- | climb aboard | skylight. He | drew his pistol and fired twice. My in- vestigation showed that the skylight was tied down with a rope, the other end of which was tied to a hard wood bar. The fact that this bar was broken is the strongest evidence in support of Elk's story. “I know that there was bad blood be- tween the two men on account of Berg’s infatuation for Elk's wife, but I am cer- tain that Elk did not know who the in- truder was when he fired. I do not know what Berg’s motive was in visiting the vessel, but I think he came there to see low and heard somebodK e Elk's wife. I have known of the il attachnient for a long time, ane “viv‘gg le, but T do | afraid it mfight lead to troub] not blame Elk in the least, as he simply shot down an Intruder. Berg's attach- ment for Mrs. Elk is an old story, and as far as Elk is concerned it has nothin *o do with the case. The woman desert. Elk once, T think about three years ago, for lh!!! stamc m}:ln,Bso I don’t think she amounts to much. 'Berg was a marau, and got hlshjust deaerthh e ‘“The anchorage of the ispa at Sausa- Ll‘tousleer:l’; tl‘()l be hffl?ldooed, agd % :m se- lqusly nking of having h lhl& rlveArnsolmeglaere,“ EoT e TS. nie Elk is quite an intelli, woman, of medium height, and is al gnu: 28 Kea.r! of age. She hasS been married eight years, and is the mother of two boys, aged 3 and G!enrs respectively. In an interview she denied ever being im- properly intimate with Berg, that his relations with her only that of a friend. In_Sausalito several lived in the same hous: and he paid Mrs. Elk and do his mendin contantly annoyed and states family were months ago he e with the Blks, to ‘wash his clothes %; Slnfi% tl}lfl’t he has er wi s atten- tlons, professing to be profoundly in love nltllt&'l hc}:’. and wu?n utn eex;ilhe influence of or he even threatened her life sougnt o shun him. s everal times, according to her state- ment, he asked her to get rid of her hus- band, even to poison him, as he was no 0od and unable ‘o support her. When n one of his furious moods he would flourish his_revolver—the one he after- ward gave Elk, and with which the latter shot him, and vow that the matter would enlelnka tn\gedr. ald h “Nick not onfy s e would kill me, but he said he ‘would kill my husban also,” said Mrs. Elk. “On the 27th of last month he flourished his revolver in my husband’s face in the cabin of the Chispa, and the weapor was fired, #he bullet goPn into the floor. Then he was sorry an saye Elk the gun. “‘On the night of the shooting I was sound asleep on board the yacht. My two children were also in the bunk. 1 was awakened by the first shot my husband fired up through the skylight “at Nick. Then T heard m{ husband shout, ‘Who Is that? several times and fire again. A bucket was thrown violently down through the skylight, which struck me in the arm. Then we went on deck and found Nick standing by the hatch. He said, am shot, Annie’ and, looking on his breast, I saw he was bleedin%‘fl'eely. “My husband and I took him down in the boat and pulled him ashore. He was not angry then, but gentle and kind, as he always was when he was sober, and sald, ‘You walk on my sore side, Annie, because I know you will be carefui and not hurt me.’ ““Oh, dear, it has all ended just as Nick said ft would end—by a shooting, wich somebody getting hurt. They are now try- ing to connect this with the other trouble on the Chispa, but there is no connection between them. My husband and Beri were both here in San Francisco the nigh Captain Brooks was murdered. This is another matter altogether.” Principal Kilpatrick was authorized to choose an assistant for the work of in- vestigation and selected Mr. Atherton. Armed with a letter of authority from | Samuel C. Irving, of the Grand Jury, Kil- patrick, with his assistant, appeared at the office of the clerk of thappBoard of !I;:odli(calion and demanded access to the oks. Secretary Welch raised a_vigorous ob- Jection. “You're o bum!" he exciaimed. addressing his remarks to Atherton, “and I won’t let you in behind the counter. I've no use for you here. Before I consent | to let my books go into youm hands I will protest to the presiding Judge and to the Grand Jury. If they say you are to come lin I'll station a clerk at your side to see what you do. I won’t trust you with m books if T can help it. As !0’1" Kflnl(flck’. Yyou may come behind the counter, I sup- posl& W 'I;Iattdothyo\;l ‘want to tdog” “Investigate the finances of the board,” rexlfled Klu.k rick. ¢ ter making a few preliminary in- quiries Kilpatrick and Atherton left the building and hunted up Mr. Irving of the Grand Jury. The latter gave Atherton credentials to Secretary elch, stating that the assistant expert was employed by the Grand Jury. It is known that Kilpatrick has been | quietly at work several days in a down- | town ~ office preparing a schedule of charges against members of the School | Board, on which he expects.to gather cu- | mulative evidence. That he is on a warm scent is shown by the fact that yesterda: afternoon there was a hurried caucus hel by three members of the School Board in the office of tne clerk. As a result Kil- patrick received a direct intimation that the School Board would immediately rec- ognize him as ]vrlnclpnl of the Business | vening School and vote him his .ack salary if he would drop the role of expert | for the Grand Jury. Klilpatrick at once | went to a certain member of the jury and laid bare the proposal. ‘‘You cannot af-| ford to entertain it,” said the juryman, emphatically. “It 18 merely an attempt to buy you off, and the fubllc ‘would 80 re- gard it. You must continue the work that as been begun.” Kilpatrick declared he ‘would proceed with the job. The names of the Directors who made this proposal to Kilpatrick are now in the possession of the member of the Grand Jury who gives out the informa- tion, but declines at this time to name the men. They are known, however, to be three of the men _accused by John P. Reynolds of complicity in the $5000 job- bery in connection with the lease of the school property at Fifth and Market streets he tells of in his suit. “We are sure of putting several of those School Board men in San Quentin, ’ was a significant remark of the juryman. ‘“We are accumulating evidence of the most convincing character. In addition to the jobe put through in connection with the leasing of property and the purchase of supplies, we have found that school teachers’ positions were offered for sale by certain members of the board. Stan- ton, who was indicted at the instance of Dr. Ragdn, as the result of a story which Stanton told that school teachers' posi- tions were sold, is a fugitive. Word has been recelved from him that he is willing to return and make a sweeping exposure of the rascality of the School Board, provided he {s assured that the indict- ment secured by Dr. Ragan will be quashed. "‘The latest thing that has come to my attention as a member of the Grand Jury is a job in connection with the purchase of the site for the Noe Valley school. Quite recently the Board of Education, knowing that it was already in debt more than enough to cover its entire appropri- ation, deliberately proceeded to purchase the vacant progertxs at Twenty-third and Douglass” streets, 185x134 feet, for the ex- cessive sum of $12,600, which was subse- quently scaled down, for some unknown reason, to $11,920. Right near there on Hoffman avenue was another ‘lot, in every way more desirable, . 250x133 feet, which Ed Marks, the owner, offered to the School Board for $14,000. This lot had a large building upon it which could easily have been used for school pur- poses until the board was able to erect a new building. But the board would not take it. Now, Marks comes to me and states that he received notice on the quiet that his lot would be Sselected by the Board of Education, provided that there was a $5000 rake-off for certain directors. Marks would not consider the proposal, and so the lot at Twent‘r‘-third and Doug- lass was selected, Marks is feeling sore and is ready to tell all that transpired. There will be some sensational develop- om the following story ri the Lincoln School property lease, it :fll be seen that the present manipulators have had their scheme in g;a ation for sev- eral years. Edward rath was one of the original lessees of a Koruon of the Toperty and traces the history of the ots during the past twenty-three years. ‘The story of the Lincoln School prop- erty commenced some twenty-three years lgo. sald Mr. McGrath yesterday. “Af that time the property was vacant and unproductive. e Board of Education could not lease it without Iegghuve ac- uon[ 80 the matter was taken t‘ho Porlters sad namor sures. o b vo% °f Golng on board the A ohy o caia Dandruff and Itching Sealp’ u::lrawng%::-ma. Porrzs DEvG AXD Onm, :%:‘eflhagtc‘g %pen the hatch. As :‘l: ‘l-hoved cure‘dh w;th .usrnlth’l 'l.)mrn! Pomade. o ., Boston, fired 101 druggists; pent free 4~ Howso Uure 8kia-Tortured Bebles malad fros. | of ‘which penetrated Berg's breast ab ihg | g;'ann'h En-.. ‘Freano, e R slature. A bill was n ‘l: was incorporated the amount of ger lot. This was fixed at a month for the first five TS; for the second P od; $200 for the n for the ast ?eriod of time for which the lease was to run. The bill was were® advertised for.' s W. “Under the measure passed at that time the matter of taxes was not specified. As it was school property, which is no: mx; able, we went on for two years Wit olri ing any taxes. About that time J. m or o] zed the ‘Taxpayers’ Associa- ’ the object of which was the e earthing of pro) the owners of vrrhlct were not cont buung to the revenues Of . Among others they found our lots and a suit was filed to compel us to pay. The court decided the im&rcvements ‘were owned by the lessees of the lots and were In consequence taxable. We have paid taxes upon the buildings ever since and in view of the decision of the court resumed we owned them at the expira- fum of our lease on the property. To strengthen our position in the matter the advertisement which called for the origi- nal bids sald the buildings would revert to their owners. This clause did not ap- ear in the lease, but we thought it belns n the advertisement made it legal an binding. g “At the expiration of our twenty years lease we notified the School Department that we would remove our buildings. The board commenced suit and Judge Seawell decided the buildings belonged to us. An appeal was taken to the Supreme Court. Tgxe case was advanced on the calendar and came to trial a year before cases that had been set before it. The court re- versed Judge Seawell’s decision and thus took from us our property. “The School Board then assumed owner- ship and notifled us that our Fos!esslon ceased. They seemed exceedingly anxious to get us out. Mr. Grant, Mr. McCormick | and myself called on Director T. F. Burns regarding the matter. He eeted us suavely and cordially and said there was no desire to disturb us; we could continue on in possession from month to month without the lease. “He seemed so plausible that we be- lleved all he told us. Before we left him he induced us to send a communication to the board, to the effect that we would resign all claims on the buildings if we were permitted to remain as lessees. He said t%ls simple communication would please the board and make easy our own way. He assured us there was no pros- ect of bids for a new lease being called For for Some time and that we could con- tinue in possession undisturbed. “We sent this communication, not thinking of the trap into which we were being led. Immediately upon receipt of our letter, in which we had unconsciously signed away all our rights in the prem- ises, the board assumed an aggressive af titude. Notice was served on all tenants, saying the board had assumed ownership of the buildings and all rents would be collected by them. We had been bunkoed out of our property and had no recourse e tgrew away our rights by in law. trusting in the integrity of that plausible fellow Burns. We thought his word was good. “As soon as we were deposed A. J. Rich of the present Grand Jury was placed in control of the property. Through some unseen force the property seems to at- tract grand jurors. “Director Waller in his first statement to The Call dwelt on the saving to the city when the Real Estate Investment Company assumed the expenses of insur- ance and repairs formerly paid by the city. These expenses were always pald by the lessees and never by the Board of Education, 8o there was no such saving to the city as he claims. Just before the lease was granted .to the syndicate the board ordered all repairs required on the buildings made at once. From my knowi- edge Mr. Snook and his friends were plan- ning for several years to secure the prop- erty. This, too, while Mr. Snook was secretary of the Grand Jury. “I was told before the last Grand Jury was drawn that my name was on the list, but that I would never be drawn to serve. I knew too much for some people.” PREPARATIONS TO LAUNCH A WARSHIP MONSTER WISCONSIN READY FOR HER BAPTISM. A Great Crowd Will Attend—Work to Keep the Union Iron Works Busy Two Years. S Irving M. Scott, the man who bullt the Oregon and the ‘other great American sea fighters, spent the greater portion of yes- terday at the Union Iron Works in the Jotrero making the final arrangements for the launching of the monster battle ship Wisconsin. Saturday morning, No- vember 26, at 9:30 o’clock the big fighter will be slid off the ways into the muddy waters of the bay. In orfler that her Majesty Miss Wiscon- sin shall not dip into the slimy mud of the Potrero making the final arrangements dredged in front of the ways to a depth of twenty-five feet. This precaution was not absolutely necessary, as there is a sufficlent depth of water in front of the vards to float this, the largest vessel ever %uflt on the Pacific Coast, but to guard against any possible mishap to the ves- sel Mr. Scott preferred to go to the ad- ditional expense of making plenty of room for the big ship to swing around after her hull kisses the waters of the bay. The honor of christening the ship has been conferred upon Miss Lucy Gage, the dzaghter of Henry T. Gage, Governor- elect of the State of California. The hour of 9:30 a. m. has been fixed hecause of the high tide at that time. Several hundred invitations will be sent to prominent citi- zens, to all of the Federal, State and mu- nicipal officials, not forgetting those new- 1y e';ec(ed. So far as the Invitations are concerned, if one-half of all that have been asked for were issued the yards would not hold half the spectators. Con- sequently several thousands have been re- fused. ;et from the position of the slip and the wide open space fronting the bay where the Wisconsin will glide into the water a splendid view can be had from along the line of Kentucky street, where ickets are necessary. 1‘ci"tm- the accommodation of the invited guests Mr. Scott will have one of the bay steamers in readiness with which the fa- vored ones will be taken from one of the water front wharves direct to the Union Iron Works. As soon as the Wisconsin is out of the way work will be commenced on the ves- sels for the building of which the Scotts recently secured the contracts. On these contracts the mechanics and laborers em- loyed at the Union Iron Works will be gept constantly at work for the next two years at least. —_——————————— ‘Warning to the Public. To prevent possible misapprehension, it is deemed advisable to Inform the people of San Francisco that San .rancisco Lodge, No. 3, of the Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks, U. 8. of A., has no connection with the organization unde,!: whose auspices the sn-:alled "Elkr!'l Ball is to be given at Mechanics’ Pavilion on Thn.nksgisv'lng eve. San Francisco Lodge, No. 3, is the only local representative o the Grand Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. It is the suc- cessor to Golden Gate Lodge, No. §, the charter of which was revoked by the Grand Lodge of_the Order of Elks over two years ago. It was because the mem- bers of that lodfi;a insisted upon conduct- ing masquerade ballg and other perform- ances that were rej ed as injurious to the good name of the order that the charter was forfeited to the Grand Lodie. Notwithstanding their expulsion from the order, the members of Golden Gate Lodge (so-called) persist in the maintefiance of the organization, and they are the men who are projecting the ball of Thanks- l‘gn’rr%?r. of San Francisco Lodge, No. 3, . MANNING, Exalted Ruler. HySrIe0N HOUSEWORTH, Sec. ———————— Measles in the Infant Shelter. Andrew A. Maulsby, a child of eleven months and thirteen days, died last Satur- day in the Infants’ Shelter at 512 Minna street, and the mother of the dead baby complained yesterday to Coroner Hawkins that her bn¥) had died of neglect. The body was taken to the Morgue and Au- llagher made anautopsy D TESED found the child had died of as a result of a complication g?‘t‘;l‘;‘g:l.dlmlol following measles. el e Neads Have Left the City. The case of J. M. Nead, the Methodist exhorter from Sioux CI:IY' chlrs;d v;llt’h vagrancy, which aroused so much public lttanug was placed on the reserve cal- endar in Judge Conlan’s court yesterday, which practically means that it will not be heard of again. ead and his wife have taken up their residence in Oakland, where he Is conducting a cigar store. The Boys Have Earned It. and bids| Only one day remains in which to send your Christmas bo:: to ylnux' boy at Ma- a if you t to get it there in Fevin Boon Gash 13 PR, No GIRAFFE Tallest of quadrupeds. Native of Africa. Lives in herds of five to forty. Feeds on leaves and branch- es. The tongue may be thrust out to grasp small objects. The eyes are large and lustrous. Sole Agents for Brokaw Bros., New York Rogers, Peet & Co., New York Hart, Schaffner & Marx, Chicago Men’s clothes Roos Kearny and Post Headquarters for boys® clothes. Watch the prices A set of animal pictures free to every boy who- asks for them ~ Boys' - overcoats Kilt or cape coat for boys of 3 to8. The cape has wide braid and the coat without the cape looks like the older boys’ ulsters. Reg. $3.50and $4. All lined with $ 45 farmem" satin, g stripes oms For checks Tuesday plaids® ¥ Wednesday Thursday Ulsters for boys 8 to 14 years, Wide collar to 299 tumn up when the wind blows. Side pockets to keep the hands warm. Double Fo 3 breasted. Regu- ‘\Ii.\l/l:dsggdly larly $4.50. Thursday For boys 10 to 1giyears. Heavy—strong—sensible—warm overcoats. Velvet collar, Aurora melton. 3 @S — wr Covered button- holes. Look good enough to cost much more than the regu- w:é:gday lar price—$s. Thursday Caps for little boys. Blue, black, brown and bright red. With gold, white, Dblack C and brown sailor hats,blue brown and red Tuesday —wide leather Wednesday ‘bands. . Thursday Value 2s¢. Bros. 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