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The San Francisco call., 1897-12-24

mothers bedroom, expecting to find her
in bed, and the other children followed
me.
Mother was not there, but before T
could say anything father came into
the room, and, without saying a word
sat down in chair and began to cry.
asked MIN where mother was but he
dld not answer. He went upstai.s anI
we followed, going to our own r IONS.
Il could not go to sleep, for | ex-
pected to hear mother come in every
moment. In short time l heard father
go down stairs and walk about the
house for some time and then 60 out
side. About half past Eddy came into
my room and said that father had gone
out and left tile doors unlu~Ked. ard
that he was afraid to stay in his own
room alone. HE said mother hal n, |.
yet retu ne,9.
about o'clock father came into
my room and said he had not slept
any all night. He had us children get
up and / went out to milk the cows
something that mother usually did. 1
thought she had STAYED all night with
one of the neighbors and would soon
be home, but as soon as / had finished
milking father told us children to de-
liver the milk. This was another thing
that mother used to do and I asked
father if he knew where she was. He
told us to tell the customers, if they
asked any questions, to say that moth
er was sick. Julia forgot and when
she came home she said she had told
one lady that mother had gone away.
Father flew into rage and struck and
kicked her., knocking her from the
front door down the steps into the
yard.
For some time he told us to say
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-24
MRS, KEEFE'S STRANGE
DISAPPEARANCE LEADS
TO HINTS OF MURDER
The Four Children Of an Alameda Man Fear
Their Mother Has Been a Victim Of
Her Husbands Brutality

purchase the tickets with and they
left. He said he would go to the depot
soon after them and be there in time
to take the o'clock train to the city.
The four children left the house but
when they arrived at the station he
had designated the ticket window was
not open and they could not buy the
tickets. The boy said he thought it
strange that they should be sent to
buy tickets when they could be had on
the train from the conductors, and they
could get on the cars at the Versailles
station near their home instead of
having to walk all the way to the
Park-street depOt-more than a mile
away from their house. The o'clock
train passed and went toward the city
and their father did not come. Half an
hour afterward another train bound
toward the city passed, and still the
four children waited for their father
Then another train went by, and a
third was nearly due to leave when
the father appeared excited and cross.
He told the children that their mother
would met them during the day, and
he hurried them aboard the cars and
started for the city. They spent a
short time on the streets in the city
during the forenoon, then went out to
Golden Gate Park. There they re-
mained nearly all the day.
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through the desire of his wife to get
drunk and abuse anything and every
thing with which she came in 'onract.
l will prove myself innocent when the
time comes"
Mrs. Benson, neighbor of Mr..
Keefe, said last evening: II do not
know much about the family except
that they are known as a respectable
and quiet people 1 know that Mrs.
Keefe has disappeared, but 1 was told
by her son that his mother was visit
ing his aunt. Mrs. Keefe visited me
on July and stayed with me couple
of hours, as 1 had a sick child. 1 had
been taking milk from her for some
time and offered to pay for it at that
time, but she said / would need the
money, and offered to give me So or
$40 if / needed it.
''She came to my house without coat
or hat, and L have not seen her since
that time. 1 was surprised to hear
that Mr.. Keefe's children had been
taken away from him, as 1 always
thought that they were taken good
care of. She had been to see me on
days previous to her last visit, which
was on the 5th of July, and was kind
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some sick person. Afterward when
she did not come home he was told to
say that she had gone to visit sis
ter, who lived in Minnesota. The boy
says he never heard of his mother
having a sister in Minnesota until his
father told him of such a person at
that time.
Eddie has deep scar over his right
eye, and the neighbors say that Mrs.
Keefe told them that it was caused
from blow from a weapon in the
hands of the father when the boy was
an infant. 1t was administered dur
ing one of the RACES that Keefe fire.
quently got into.
Two of the girls-Margaret, 16 years
of age, and Julia, II years old-are at
present domiciled with Mrs. Lydia
Prescott of the Alameda County
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Children, at her home 764 Lydia
street, Oakland. Minnie, the second
child, whose age is IA years, is tempor-
arily staying with family on Twenty
third avenue until a permanent home
can be provided for her. The girls are
surprisingly bright and intelligent, and
Mrs. Prescott, after having had them
in her charge for nearly a week, speaks
in the highest praise of them.
Lying in bed last evening Margaret,
the elder girl, told the story of her
life-a story with scarcely a gleam of
sunshine in it from the time her baby
mind could comprehend her unhappy
position and imprint it upon her mem
ory. The story was told with all the
seeming truthfulnesS and simplicity of
! childhood, and not once was there a
! falter in words.
Of her birth and infancy she knew
/ but little, her first vivid recollection
! being her home with a woman in Ade-
/ 10 which home she OCrlI-
/ pied for eight years. During that time
her two younger sisters and brother
were at Mount Barker Once during
that period the family was united.
/ Two years before they started for the
United States her brother and sisters
were taken to Adelaide and there they
! met their father and mother.
Coming down to her mothers disap-
pearance, Margaret narrated the cir
| cumstanceS with a frankneSS that
made the recital intensely graphic,
while her youngest sister sat beside
/ her and at times nodded her mead In
| approval, when the fathers strange
and brutal conduct was touched upon.
Her statement did not vary from that
made by the boy, although some details
| that had escaped the little fellows OBJ
servation were brought out.
along in the afternoon I asked If /
could go and meet mother, but he said
no. After that asked TWO OF Ihree
times if it wasn't time to meet mother,
and finally he said there was no need
of going, for she was not coming over.
He did not say why she was not COM
ing, but after a while we left the park
and went to the Chutes. We did not
get home until half past twelve that
night, and 1 noticed when we reached
the house that the front door was part
ly open. I went in and found everything
upset. The breakfast dishes stood on
the table just as we left them in the
morning, and the whole house appear
ed to be out of order. L went into
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-24
At $780,.

LADIES MACKINTOSHES in
navy and black, double texture,
capes, velvet collar, value $3.50,
will be offered at $500.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-24
MACKINTOSHES.
At $500.

CHILDREN'S MACKINTOSHES
in navy blue, capes, value So,
will be offered at $780,
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This Weeks WCsp.

The Wasp, which is issued to-day on
account of the Christmas holiday, is a
particularly bright and readable paper
The cartoons are timely and to the
point, particularly the one entitled
Things We VIII Not See." represent
ing a dress rehearsal prior to the in
auguration of the future Lord Mayor of
San Francisco. 1t is a telling argument
against the one-man power charter. and
several well-known Democratic leaders
are caricatured. The editorials, the
"Old Maids Diary and the various 9TH
er departments are all exceptionally
bright
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the matter. There seems to be a ques-
tion whether a new mystery of crime
has been added to a list already OF
appalling length. Not only has a wo-
man disappeared, leaving no trace but
she left behind her all her ordinary ap
parel Even her shoes remain in the
deserted home.
During her absence the children have
been neglected and abused to such an
extent that the law has taken them
from the father and inflicted fine up
on him, and yet mother-Iove has IL
prompted the woman, even from a dis
tance, to ask after the welfare of those
it had been her wont to cherish. Hence
has come into existence a belief that
the woman is dead-murdered; that the
husband and father is guilty of the
deed.
1t is only fair to state that Dan
Keefe tells, as he denies the charge, a
story of tolerable clearness. Neither
can ii be overlooked that it leaves
much to be explained, and that the
children dispute his allegation on every
essential point. They say he abuses
them, and show the scars of kick and
blow. He says the mother was the one
who abused them, that they lie, and
their defense of her is born of fear, the
woman was in her cups. The children
declare their mother did not drink
Eddie Keefe, the eleven-year-old son
of Daniel Keefe, tells a strange story
of the disappearance of his mother
He is bright boy, and he gives the
impression of truthfulness in his state
ments. He said that on the morning
of July 5, the day the nations birth
day was celebrated, he and his sisters
were routed out of bed early in the
morning by their mother and told to
get dressed as quickly as they could.
as they were to go to San Francisco
for a holiday. They were delighted at
the prospect of a days enjoyment in
the city, and they were soon out of
their beds and hunting for their best
clothes. They had breakfast and dur
ing the meal their father became cross
and found fault with them and their
mother on the least possible excuse.
The breakfast was over soon after 6
o'clock, and the father by that time
was very abusive. Then the father and
the mother engaged in a quarrel over
some matters that he had found fault
with In rage the father ordered the
children out of the house, and as they
were going he told them to go to the
Park-street station and purchase tick
cts for them all to go to San Fran
cisco.
He gave the eldest girl the money to
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-24
The Woman Missing
Since the Fifth of
Last July.
Stories Of Shocking Cruelty In
flicted Upon His Son and
Daughter.
SEQUEL TO A HOLIDAY
Brought His Children to This City, anc
Upon Their Return Their Mother
Was Gone.

The wife of Daniel Keefe of Alameda
has been missing since July 5th. That
Keefe has not been arrested is matter
perhaps clearer to the police of that
city than to others who have learned of
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-24
Convicted of Gropd Larceny.

John Wood was yesterday convicted of
grand larceny in Judge Wallace's court
for relieving Mrs. Jennie Wright of Red
lands of a purse containing $3.50. The
jury recommended the prisoner to the
mercy of the court.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-24
The Boy Who Tells a Story of
His Mothers Disappearance.
EDDIE KEEFE,

to me during my child's illness. 1 know
nothing of the report that she was
drinking woman, and have always felt
as though she was interested in myself
and family"
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-24
NEW TO-DAY.

Inc urSt tnOuRht OF q
tender-hearted comrade is to offer succor
and sympathy. There are many wounded
men and women on the battle field of life.
Shattered in body and mind, and suffering
tortures before which the brief suffering of
the wounded hero on the battlefield of war,
paleS into inSignihcance. They make no
outcry and their friends and acouaintances
pass them by without offering help. Their
sufferings are known only to themselves.
These are the thousands of sufferers from
ill-health. Their name is legion.
The pity of it is that if they but knew il
there is relief at hand.
An unfailing cure for all the multitude of
ills that are due to disorders of the diges-
ton and to impure blood is found in DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. II
makes the digestion perfect 1t restores
the appetite 1t fills the blood with the
life-giving elements and drives out all i'm
purities. II is the great blood-maker and
flesh builder
Mrs. A. 1. Gibbs of Russellville Logan Co.,
KY, writes Il can heartily recommend your
Golden Medical Discovery to any one who is
troubled with indigestion and torpid liver was
so bad / could not lie on my left side aud could
scarcely eat anything. had dull aching and
pain in my stomach all the time Now ii is ali
gone after taking one bottle of your Golden
Medical Discovery"
The Peoples Common Sense Adviser "
explains symptoms of ailments common to
every family, and suggests remedies. II
has several chapters on woman's diseases
and weaknesses. An edition in heavy
paper covers will be distributed dbsolufeI1
free. Send the Worlds Dispeusary Med.
ical Association, Buffalo, N. Y, 2f one-cent
stamps, to pay the cost of mailing only.
Cloth binding may be had for 10 cents
extra-3I cents in all.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-24

Lows Horehound Cough Syrup for
coughs and colds; price 10c. All San
some street.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-04-30
How to Make Worcestershire Sauce.

Pound half an ounce of cayenne pep
per, half an ounce Of shallot and one
eighth of an ounce Of garlic in marble
mortar, Incorporating gradually quart
Of white wine vinegar, then press it
through hair sieve. Add quarter Of
a pint of Indian soy, then bottle and
cork it for use. If you find this method
too tedious, after pounding the dry in
gradients put them into jar and pour
the vinegar boiling on to them. Cover
closely and let it stand till the vinegar
has well extracted the flavor Of the in.
gradients, and before bottling add the
soy. This sauce improves by keeping.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-04-30

Superior breakfast sausage is a
specially at the Central Market.
Ring up 104. y
Kroeger Pianos, sweetest in tone,
Jas. W. Bergstrom, sole agent, cash
or installments. Warerooms at
G. Vests, Masonic Temple. Of
fee at Thrum's Book Store. Tun-
ing and repairing. ia Tele-
phone BAT.
Before going your order for
portrait, see what King Bros.
have to show in crayon enlarge
ments and Judge for yourself
whether they can give you the
best value for your money or
not.
Our work is better and onr
prices are lower for enlarged
portrait work than anyone else's.
We are not making much at it,
but don't let that worry you. Ii
you have anything in this line to
be done see our samples first,
and you won't regret it. King
Bros, ITO Hotel street. =
Madam Yule, who lately ar
rived from the Coast, is located at
the Eagle House, Nuusnu street,
where she is prepared to per-
manently remove moles, warts and
superfuous hair, by electricity.
She has also for sale an excellent
face bleach, warranted not to in
jure the skin. Madam Yule makes
a specially of electric treatment. y
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-04-30
KITCHEN UTENSILS.

How TO Select and Care For Them-GIazed
Iarthcuware the Best.
The woman whose kitchen is "a de-
light is not the being who is content to
cook as her grandmother did. She is,
ON the contrary, an alert person who
has theories concerning the reoeptacles
for food which she puts into practice.
She has, for instance, distrust of tin,
and she has doubts about copper kettles.
She keeps dry bread ready TO serve as
eroutons in soup or to stuff the Yuletfde
bird in covered jars where neither air
nor moisture can reach 1t. Any meat
which has to be kept she puts In glazed
earthenware jar and keeps in cold
place. Salt also finds its permanent
abiding place in glazed stoneware and
is kept in dry place. Sugar is kept in
n wooden bucket with Il cover. Vinegar
is also kept in wood or glass, never in
any vessel which is of metal. Tea and
coffee are kept in glass or glazed pottery
and in a dry place
All sorts of preserved and potted
goods the careful housewife prefers to
buy in glass or carthCn jars. She knows
that there is sometimes danger of poi
soning from the fruits or vegetables
which are put up in metal, the acid of
the goods acting upon the metal in a
way disastrous to the person who eats
the resulting compound.
If she is so far advanced in favor Of
the china utensils rs some housekeepers,
she even prefers to do as much of her
cooking as possible in them. She will
maintain that coffee which has been
cooked in tin ooffeepot is as inferior
to coffee made in porcelain as tea
made in metal is to tea made In china.
Her pots and skillets are porcelain
lined, although porcelain Innings mean
that the woman owning them lives in
constant dread of having them scorched.
If she has enough money, she INDUCES
in aluminium, which does not corrode
and is supenor to scorching.
The more highly glazed earthenware
used for kitchen work or cooking is the
better. 1t lasts longer, does not absorb
grease and is not corroded by acids.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-04-30
Just Like Gold Coin.

For more than fifty years
has PERRY DAVIS PAIN
KILLER stood the test
against all remedies prepared
to eradicate pain, and today
stands at the head of the list
among the medicines that are
so essential to keep at hand in
the home.
It's not a new fangle remedy
nor do the proprietors lay
claim to any wonderful revela-
ton of the ingredients that en-
ter into the manufacture of
this ever popular remedy.
1t is perfectly harmless, you
need have no fear of becoming
habitually inclined to it's use.
For Collie, Cramps, Dyson
terry, Colds, and all painful
affections, a few doses will GER
tainly give relief. You cannot
afford to be without a bottle
in the house.
Your forefathers used it
and found it beneficial.
Why experiment with some
remedy that is new and it's effect
on the system unknown?
1t has many rivals but no
equal.
no The new 35c. size con.
tains over double the quantity
of the 25c. size.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-04-30
PRESIDENT DIAz DECORATED.

BERLIN-The Reichsar ~r!y-~r Off
cially announces that PIT T. Diaz,
of Mexico, has been decora- oy En-
peror William with the grano ross Of
Rainier" President Diaz issued an
edict to the effect that no beer except
the sparkling "Rainier" be served in
public places, or on state occasions.
On tap or in bottles at the Criterion.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-04-30
CLAUS SPREcKELs. VIM. G. IRWIN.
CLAUS Spfecksls & 10.
BANKERS.
HONOLULU II. 1.
San Francisco Agents-THE NEVADA BANK OF
SAN Francisco.

DRAW EXCHANGE ON
BAN FRANoIsco-The Nevada Bank of San
Francisco.
LoNDoN-The Union Bank of London, Ltd
New YoRK--American Exchange National
Bank.
CHIoAao-Merchants National Bank.
PARIS - Compton National dEscompt de
Paris.
BERLIN-Dresdner Bank:
HoNeKoNa AND YoKoHAMA-Hongkong q
Shanghai Banking Corporation.
New ZEALAND AND AUsTRALIA-Banke OF New
Zealand.
VICTORIA AND VANcoUvER-Bank of British
North America.
Transact General Banking and Exchange Business
Deposits Received. Loans made on APP
proved Security. Commercial and Travellers
Credits Issued. Bills of Exchange bought
and sold.
COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY ACCOUNTED For.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-01
TRUSTEES SALES.

rTRUSTEEs' SALEM ACCORDANCE WITH
L the terms and under the authority of certain
deed Of trust, duly executed by RASMUS :.
{. CAMPBELL and THADbEUs B. KENT
the san FR4Ncisco sAVINGs UNION.
9th, 1891, and recorded in the office of The
County Recorder OF the county of Fresno
State of California, in lber liza of deeds, at
resolution passed on the 11th day OF February
1897, by the board Of directors of sa SAN FRA y
CT co SAVINGS UNION, corporation, and the
payment Of which the aforesaid deed OF trust was
executed declaring that default had been made in
the payment Of the principal sum and other sums
ing and directing said. HENRY c. CAMPBELL
and THADDEUS b. KENT, trustees. sell the
real estate described therein to satisfy said in-
We, HENRY C. CAMPBELL and THADDEUs
B. KENT, trustees do here by give notice that on
at IL O'clock noon Of that Day and al the auction
salesroom Of Easton, Edridge & Co.. No. 63S Market
street, in the City and County OF San Francisco,
State Of California, we will sell at public auction,
TO the highest bidder, for cash in gold coin OF the
United states. the piece parcel of land situate
in the county Of Fresno, State Of California, de-
According to the official plats and system Of
surveys Of the Cover nment OF the United States:
In township fifteen Qa) south range nineteen
no) east, Mount Diablo base and meridian:
OF section twenty-five (25), The south half
IS 1a).
acres Of land, more or less together with .he
FERNS OF sALE-cash in gold coin of the
United states: ten per cent payable TO the under
livery of deed: and If not SO paid. unless for want
of title item days ing allowed for scarcely, then
said per cent TO be forfeited and the sale to be
HENRY c. CAMPBELL. rr,,a,oo.
THADDEUS B. KENT, J AiuS'ees'
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SALEM ACCORDANCE WITH

mRUSTEES SALEM ACCORDANCE WITH
the terms and under the authority of n certain
deed Of trust. duly xecuted by CLINTON A.
CAMPBELL and THADDEUS B. KENT. trust
ees parties Of the second part, and THE SAN
FRANCISCO SAVINGS UNION, party of the
thiru part dated November Isl, lS92 and recorded
In the Office o. the County Recorder or the county
OF Mouterey, state OF California in lber of trust
deeds at pages and following. and in pursuance
Of o resolution passed on the 10th day OF Dee EN-
Der, 1896. ny the board Of directors OF said SAN
FRA NClSCO SAVINGS UNION, a corporation,
and the holder Of the note (No. l2,O1l), TO secure
PAYNE nt Of which the aforesaid deed of trust was
executed, declaring that default had been made in
the payment Of the principal sum and other sums
due under said note and deed of trust. and re-
Questing and direc ing said HENRY c. CAMP
BELL and THADDECS 8. KENT. trustees. to
sell the real estate described therein to satisfy
aaid ind ebtedness.
We. HENRY {. CAMPBELL and THADDEUS
r. KENT trustses do hereby give notice that on
TUE DAY. the 23d day OF March. A. D. 1897. at
l2 O'Clock OF that day. and OF the auction sales
street in the CRY County oil San Francisco,
STATE Of California, will sell at public auct on
TO the highest bidder for cash gold coin OF the
United states, the piece or parcel OF land sit
uate I'm the county Of sloneret, State OF Caiifor-
MIA upscribed as follows TO wit:
According to the official plats and system OF
surveys OF the Government OF the United states:
In township twenty hree (Za) south, range
OF section thirty five (3s) the whole con,uin-
ing hundred AID forty t6iO, acres Of land,
more or 'ess oz.iher w tn the nppurtenGnces
Terms OF sALE-Cash in gold coin Of the
sighed on the fall OF the hammer; balance on de-
livery of deed; and II not paid, unless for want
Of title tten days being allowed for search). then
said ten per Ia be forfeited and the sale to be
yofd Acts OF sale at purchasers expense.
HENRY q. CAMPBELL r
THADDECs 3. KENT. irustceA
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BERKELEY REAL ESTATE.

MUST BE SOLD; NO REASONABLE OFFE r
Nl refused; house of rooms; bath: stable chic ~
en.house; street work done the cars JOS.
j. MAS N. Berkeley station
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-01

McAvOr 4 GALL IaCHER,
FUNERAL DIRECTORS & EMBALMERy,I
20 Tiftk St.. Opp. Lincoln school.
Telephone $3.50
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-01
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

roHN 4. RICHARDS LAW OFFICES ROOMS
d rs and "a, Crocker puudinE telephone MANA
20, Ean Francisco Cal.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-01
MOUNT OLIVET CEMETERY.

GAN MATEO COUNTY; NEAREST CEMn
- tery 70 the city; non-ssctarian; in sense sx.
eansfve; location unexcelsd On1cs So7 Aasko
SSyeet southeast corner - SixtA