The morning call., 1893-02-24

! AlnSuOuS6 SITS III d udTIoW fdiicy, SUI
| rounded by hills on all sides. To the east
| are the Twin Peaks, and to the west are
hills equally as high which shut out the
ocean. To the north and south the hills
are comparatively low, perhaps not more
| than a hundred feet In altitude.
| A sunrise In this valley is sight worth
! travelling miles to behold. A few Of the old
men watched the sun creeping up. but none
of them praised 1t or spoke of it, not even
| the newcomers.
| By 9 o'clock Nurse Tillson, who was ac-
| cused of cruelties. came over from his do
| main at the New House and entered the SUI
| periDtendent's office.
| A moment or so later / was in the CORR
doris of the New House questioning the
| inmates as eagerly as / dared without ex-
! citing suspicion as TO how they liked their
| head nurse.
| In the New House are the sick and Grip
| pied and infirm, who are not hopeless
| enough to be sent TO Last Chance.
.Tillson's pretty tough?" L suggested to
a comparatively young man whose only dis
| ability layn pair OF crooked legs which
| neeessitated tn use of crutches.
~ don't find him So" was the reply.
How long have you been here?
"Six years."
"Tllson isn't liked much, is hep"
Liked we'll enough, guess, by the fell
| lows who behave themselves. never had
any trouble with him."
docs he knock the men down or beat
them ?" | asked. since these were the ac-
cusations against him.
II don't believe he does. never saw him
do it."
Quite a different tale was told me by an
old man who was summing himself on
the back steps, but it lacked lucidity and
continuity.
"Tillson has a bad reputation and he has
knocked two men down, have been told"
who were they?"
IVAN of them was Luce, guess. and the
other fellow / don't know. / don't know
the whole thing. only what l hear"
More Sitting ELECTED nothing further from
this man.
In the sick wards interviewed a dozen
or more Of the patients at haphazard. or as
their faces showed more intelligence than
the others.
Here everybody was for Tillson and no.
body against him. 1t seemed pretty clear
that the sick patients had no complaint to
make of their head nurse.
One very intelligent old man who has
seen far better days-1n fact, was once a
bank cashier in this ciry-told me that so
far as he could see Tillson was a good
nurse and conscientious and kind man.
ager.
II am treated very WE'LL" he said; "as
well as any one could expect in such an in
stitutlon as this. and l do not think those
who obey the rules have any complaint TO
make"
Upon the whole l found comparatively
little feeling against Tillson in the New
House, and his strongest opponents In the
men who come in contact with him the
least.
Thursday morning, right after breakfast,
several different lotteries gathered in differ
ent parts of the courtyard of the main build
Ing, and discussed TiIlson vigorously and
without gloves.
One man branded him as an informer,
and others acclaimed loudly that no self-re-
specting man would associate with him.
These loud mouthed men and ringleaders
Of these little riots and Instructions are
invariably the rspeaters.
Now repeater, In Almshouse parIance,
Is one who comes and goes. They stay in
the poorhouse a while. then 90 out into the
world, then come back again.
These are usually the men who drink
heavily and are seldom sober. except when
beyond the reach of strong drink.
There Is another troublesome class at
the Almshouss that one who stays there
little while cannot fail to become
acquainted with. This is the kind that has
an everlastingly unquenchable thirst for
alcohol.
When DR.. Bunker was there. the inmates
told me. these men got liquor frequently.
Under tie administration of DR.. Z. l.. Par
ramore whisky is given only as medicine.
AS consequence the powers that be at
the Almshouse are heartily disiked and
roundly abused by this class of inmates.
and their number is not inconsiderable.
Wednesday morning the Board Of Health
and the Mayor made their investigation.
The rest of the day and all day Thursday
until / left the institution, there was a
great deal Of unfavorable talk in the main
courtyard against the authorities of the
Almshouse, and open rebellion was threat
ened, but not executed.
One OF the men complained to me that
Superintendent Weaver. Mrs. Weaver the
doctor and the families of both had better
food to eat than the inmates.
He denounced this as an injustice and
seemed to think that the executive powers
of the Almshouse ought TO live and eat like
the inmates.
And to cinch his argument he made use
of this bit OF queer logic:
why" said he. they think they are
better than we are. but if We were not here
they would not have their fat jobs. It's
our presence here that keeps them in office,
and they ought to remember that"
One could scarcely reply to such cogent
reasoning. LUKE NORTH.
The Official Inquiry.
Last night was the time appointed by the
arl IF 4, 20 Inv 70