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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-12
A SHORT SESSION.
Nothing Said About New
School Officials.
The Directors Disappoint a Host of
Office Seekers Ready to COM
mence Duty.

Long before the time for calling the meet
ing of the School Directors to order last
night the corridor around the council
chamber was crowded with office seekers
and persons looking for trouble in the meet
ing, but disappointment was their fate as
the board was only in session fifteen
minutes aud not a hitch or the sign of one
occurred between any OF the members.
At half-Dast o'clock the Directors filed
into the crowded room and quietly took
their seats and no tiue was lost in COM
mencing proceedings.
President Hyde was in the chair, and he
called for the bids for the purchase of the
old Bartlett School on Twenty-third street,
which were ordered to be asked for at the
previous meeting. No bids had been re-
ceived and on molten the time for receiving
such offers was extended till the next
meeting of the board
The Committee on Classification reported
adversely to the request of c. l.. Shilling
Tor permission TO photograph the pupils Of
the schools. The report was favorable to
renting suitable room in the vicinity of
the Edison Primary School for the accom-
mediation OF new class to be opened there /;
also that new receiving class be opened
az the same school. The report was
adopted.
The Committee on Rules reported In favor
OF granting leave of absence to the follow
ing teachers: Miss Nellie O'Kane, Miss
Jessie /. King. Miss NJ. L. Doherty, Miss
II. Il. Rademaker, Miss NJ. L. Sutherland.
Miss Jessie Board and h. c. Deanc.
j. Ii. ROsenwald gave notice that at the
next meeting OF the board be would move
that no collections from the pupils of the
schools for any purposes whatever be al
lowed without permission OF the board
L. w. Ames presented resolution re-
sending the action of the board at its last
meeting III adopting the rules OF the last
board to govern the present board. The
resolution asked that tho governing rules Of
the old board be only temporary. The
resolution was unanimously adopted.
AS soon as motion to adjourn was car
ried the crowd made a rush for the door
and the oihce-seekers rapidly melted away
into the night,
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The Touring Cyclists.

Sachtleben and Allen left this city yester-
day morning to complete their tour around
the world OH bicycles. The start was made
from the Supreme Court building. corner
OF Larkin and McAllister streets. at IL
o'clock, after several photographs of the
cyclists and their friends had been taken.
From there the cyclists went TO the San
Francisco Bicycle Clubhouse, corner of
Polk street and Golden Gate avenue. where
they were again photographed.
After good-by and a pleasant journey had
been wished the tourists mounted their
wheels aud accompanied by several men,
bers Of the California Cycling Club, includ-
ing Captain Janzeeu and Secretary Wynne,
started for the Palo Alto University. where
they were the guests OF President Jordan.
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FEDERATED IMPROVERS.
Their Good Work Is Still Going
Steadily On.


The Federation OF Improvement Clubs
held meeting last evening. The exec
utive committee reported that a petition
had been fled with the present Board Of
Supervisors praying that the Pesthouse be
removed to the Almshouse tract, which
petition had been referred TO the proper
committee Of the board.
1t was stated that the modified petition
presented by the federation, asking that
cattedrying be confined TO East, Com
mercial, Drumm, Main. Folsom. SecQnd and
King streets al given hours. had been passed
at the last meeting of the Supervisors.
The Street Committee OF the late Board
of Supervisors had arranged for driveway
across Mission Creek pending the con-
struction of the new drawbridge.
The committee stated that the sewer on
Corbett road, bet ween Hattie and Dauvers
streets, for a distance of go feet was
sunken about five feet, rendering the TO
impossible A committee was appointed
to wait on the Street Committee and ask TO
have II repaired Immediately.
Complaint was made from the Southern
Heights Improvement Club that the sewer
in Connecticut street. between Sierra and
Napa streets. is not being put in and left
uncovered according TO law. The executive
committee was instructed to examine into
the matter and take action.
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MARRIED..

DITTMAR-PASToRE-In this city, January l.
1893. by the Rev. Father De Carlos Charles Dit
mar aud Mrs. Antoinette Pastore.
TROLL-CARRoLL-In this city. January 4. 1893,
by the Rev. Father Nu5ent Charles N. Troll and
Mary Carroll. both OF San Francisco.
WEN DELIs-RICHARDS-I this city, January IL
1893, by the Rev. w. w. Davis, Citrenee L Wen
dell Adah Il. Richards. both of san Francisco
TILL EN-LIN DEN-in THIS city, Augustus Tiide1
and Irma Barker Linden.
FOTHERING MISUNDERSTANDING &. 1888
by the Rev. Dr. Gale, Edward A. Fotheriuc BAN
and Mrs. Helen lone Wright, both OF Sap Frau-
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-12
DR.. WILBOR'S
COMPOUND OF
PURE COD LIVER OIL.
WITH PHOSPHATES.

The advantage Of this compound over the
plain oil is, that the Dauseating taste of the
Oil is entirely removed, and the whole rem
dered entirely palatable. The offensive
taste of the Oil has long acted as great
objection TO its use; but in this form the
trouble is entirely obviated. A host of GER
tifcatss might be given here TO testify to
the excellence and success Of WiIbOr's
Emulsion, but the fact that it is regularly
prescribed by the medical faculty is sufh-
Gent 1t cures consumption, coughs, colds,
bronchitis, debility, wasting diseases.
asthma, influenza, scrofulous hnmors. pneu-
monia. Sold by all druggists.
ia12 Il II
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teric glands. and in no other part of the
body. showing conclusively that the milk
furnished to these children after weaving
was the cause of their death.
These facts do not give you so much
on my own autbOrity-fOr / have made no
investigations in New York-but rather on
the authority of DR.. John G. johnson OF
Brooklyn, n. Y, who cited them in re-
cent paper read before the Kings County
Medical Society.
But they have their counterpart right
here In this city. During one of the years
when / was actively engaged in my investi-
cations in San Francisco the figures were
something like this:
SAY there were $50 dairies In the CITY and
400 cows. or these
1855 cows were known
to be afflicted with Great quantities of :
tuberculosis, land from
them were sold daily e'eu HihA
TO tho consumers Of sold IN
the city 4100 gallons
of milk. consumers.
Beyond any doubt ........:
the condition now IS
far worse, though there are no availa BILE
figures To either prove or disprUVe the asser-
ton.
1.-THE remedy?
"There are two. Both are practicable,
but al present Only one Of them is avail
able. That is 10 heat the milk.
'lt need not be boiled. A temperature Of
ITO degrees Fahrenheit is sufficient to kin
all bacteria OF this kind. They can exist at
temperature Of SO degrees. They thrive
best at l01 degrees. but 1915 degrees kills
them.
milk heated TO 10 degrees is perfectly
safe.
mo; l have little hope that consumers
viii 20 to the trouble of heating their milk
every day. They may do so Tor a few
days after they read your article, but they
Will soon grow careless again, and in truth,
. many of them VIII not heed it at ALL
But suppose every housewife In the city
should heat her milk before she uses 1t 10
cooking OF lets.it go on the table, still the
danger from tuberculosis would be very
great.
"HOw about all the butter and cheese
made from infected milk2
WHO is going to see that the manu.
facturers OF the butter and cheese heat their
milk?
''No, that is not the way to treat this evil.
What is needed is milk inspector. Yes.
We have such an official already, and, so
far as / know, he is very amiable and
estimable gentleman. a veterinary surgeon,
| believe. who serves without compensation.
''B0t that is not what l mean. We need
a thoroughly competent physician in the
place. lie ought TO be scientist OF no
mean ability. microscopic and chemist.
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tanned from one of the Mission dairieg
located south Of Sixteenth street.
The fifth bottle was whitened by contact
with the fluid from milk-dealer's car near
Golden Gate avenue and Cough street.
The sixth and last half pint of milk was
obtained in Chinatown, on Dupont street.
Before using the bottles they were taken
to Mr.. Cunningham's laboratory, where
they were chemically cleaned and pro-
nounced free from any foreign substances
by the chemist himself before the milk pur-
chasing tour was commenced.
In the second aud IN the fifth bottles
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their language that correspondent to con-
sumption.
''Of course, in our day. dou btless, a few
cases Of phthisis are PRODUCED by one person
inbaliug the dried sputa of a consamptive,
and II may be true that some cases are
inherited.
But the great cause, and the first cause,
:-.....................-,.:i IS tie use If cows
Ths orsa4 ..,,s. ., milk as food.
"e siesi cause u at is scarcely more
consamptiou than two years ago
that l severed my
is connection with the
III, Board Of Health in
HIM this ely. At that
-.'...........-- 800; time 70 per cent OF
the milk used in San Fran isco was in
fecied by the deadly bacteria.
rs it better now? | hardly think go.
On the contrary, there IS every reason TO
believe that 1t IS even worse.
"At the time the tests were made TO prove
the figures | have cited long agitation had
been Waced against tuberculaT milk, and
milk peddleTs had grown cautious.
"A great many cows had been condemned
and killed, and several diaries had been
compelled TO remove outside the city limits,
where the COW got better air and pastuT-
age.
''And even after all these precautions, the
average Of tubercular milk served to the
inhabitants If this city was fully IS per
cent Of the whole product. There IS no
reason IN the world TO hope that better
condition now prevails
''Ihe fact is that there is every reason to
believe that the percentage of infected milk
is now much greater than 70 per cent, for
since that tine there has been no agitation
of the question. aad doubtless the dealers
and dalTymen have grown careless.
Speaking generally, and OF the entire
United State, | do not hesitate TO say that
fully three-fOurths Of all the COWS are af-
hicted with tuberculosis.
In many places in the East where sta
tistics have been complied on the sub
lect, the figures show that far more than
this proportion of the milk cows are
afflicted.
Take. for instance. the great dairy coun-
ties Of Duchess and Westchester in New
York; careful inspection of the milk cows
In these counties shows you that you can
hardly find q single COW over nine years
old that is not cousumpiive. And on the
farms where distillery swll and brewers
grains are fed 10 the milk COWS, their life is
only from a year 10 a year and a half in
length In one of those stables before they
are so far gone with consumption that they
are slaughtered tor the New York market
And those parts of the animal that they
think viii not bear inspection are sold for
the manufacture of bologna sausages.l
wherever the tubercular deposits are
found in the cows udders the bacilli are
al. avs found in the milk.
Careful examination of children who
have died OF marasmus in many cases shows
the bacilli tuberculosis in the absorbents
leading from the intestine and In the mesen-
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sert itself; would permit man to lead the
life of goodness that IS natural to him.
FIR, quently Mrs. Stetson was interrupted
by applause, showing an audience thor
oughly in sympathy with her rather radical
utterances
The lecture was given under the auspices
of the socialists of this city,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-12
LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Movements of Transatlantic steamers.
BREMEN-Arrived Jan 1l-Stmr Saale fun New
YORK.
YORK.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Jan 11-Stmr Lain.
from New York.
UEENSrowN-Arrived Jan Il-Stmr Lord
Give, from Philadelphia
BoSToS-Arrived Jan 11-Stmr Georgian. from
JIyPrnO0i
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Thomas McSwan was found on Kearny
street last night with several cans of TO-
matoes under his coat. He was arrested.
and being unable to tell where he obtained
the tomatoes was booked for grand lar
ceny at the City Prison.
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know there was anything the matter with
the cows, but their very ignorance was ali
the more pitiable.
II have seen them come to the dairies
and farms for fresh milk, which they iOndiy
hoped would better them. and have seen
them take the milk fresh from the cows that
were afflicted.
Nov, while it is true that many healthy
persons can drink infected milk with IN
punity any one can see that II Is rank sui
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. eide for a cOnsump-
tive person TO drink
ohiy nea''i'S pe'S tainted milk.
con drink Yet that is just
what is being done
infected milk with every day of the year
in this city and more
impunity' or less all over the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. country, for nowhere,
except perhaps in q few Of the large Eastern
cities, have the authorities awakened 10 inc
importance of maintaining competent ana
scientific milk inspectors.
NO particular breed OF COWS Is parlIcu-
larly subject to tuberculosis, but this is
true: Most all tn finely bred cows are
afflicted. 1t is in the breeding; in the evil
of keeping the different breeds together IN
order to preserve their distinctive types.
The Durham, the Sh0rthoru, the Jersey, IN
fact all The fancy breeds, are infected.
1T is even SO bad a. this: Show me
fne-bred COW and | will show YOU COW
suffering from tuberculosis ninety-nine
times out of a hundred.
These fine cattle deteri0rate In the breed
ing. They need TO be mixed with the COM
moner but harder breeds. The shaggy,
rOugh-halred COW Of California IS about as
free from the dread sCOurge as any breed.
zone infected COW may, aud often does,
affect an entire farm. AS she browses
around she leaves her saliva on the grass,
and other cows grazing over 1t cannot help
contracting the disease.
land il isn't entirely question OF dis
honesty Oh the part OF the farmers and
dairymen.
'Often their cows look sleek aud fat and
they think they are free from all disease
But the truth is that very often these are
the very ones VINO are suffering with tuber-
culosis. The disease has not had time
to make them thin and scrawny. Before 1t
does they Will probably be Killed and their
meat sent to the market.
"Of course, the danger IS not so great
from the meat, because It is usually heated
10 such a degree before being eaten that the
disease germs are killed.
For years | have advOcat d the appoint
ment Of a competent milk inspector. No
one not thoroughly cOnYeTsant with the
subject can appreciate how badly we need
such an official.
81 don't think there is another food that
is so dangerous in so many different ways
a milk a large proportion OF that which
is not infected with tuberculosis IS grossly
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Nine. do Lesseps, so says fashionable
London paper, has recently written 10 a
friend IN England saying that her husband
has constantly remarked of late that. siike
Napoleon Ill, he will die in England
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He Liked Tomatoes.

and NJ. Marcuse; board OF dIrectors-Sidney NJ.
Smith Z. NJ Gorham, James Ii. Dobinsun, c. s.
Wright and DIR. j. N. Wright.
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MAIER-In this city. January 2. 1898. to the wife
OF Max Maier son.
PEARCE-In this city. January 10. 1893, to the
wife OF II. q. Pearce, daughter.
WoBBER-In this city. January 8, 1893, to the
wife OF Il. A. Wobber, daughter.
HANDLEY-In Portland, Ore, January 8. 1898,
TO the wife OF j. Il. Handley, ason.
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BIRTHS MARRIAGES DEATHS.

birth. marriage ana death notices sent by mail
win not be- inserted. They must be handed Ia at
either of the publication Offices and be tudorSed
with the name and residence OF persons auth orzel
TO have the same pnblIShed.I
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III lHc ulLu bUSllco
were the tubercular
bacteria found. In
other words. out OF
The six samples sub
mitted the deadly
an m a leu la were
found in the milk
purchased In the
Western Addition.
and in that bought
at North Beach.
a - cntrnrol IN
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adulterated, and some of tile stuff sold for
milk never saw a cows udder.
81 had an instance Of this once couple
Of years ago when l tested the milk at the
Pesthouse for bacteria. | could find no
bacteria, though l searched long and faith
fully. and | began 10 wonder If contractors
to public Institutions had grown honest.
"Then it occurred TO me to test for other
Impurities did so, and found there was
not a drop Of milk In the compound, not a
single drop.
This was fine stuff to give sick people /;
but If it lacked nutrition, it was probably
better for the patients than that served at
the City and County Hospital
"By experimenting. found that over 30
per cent Of all the milk consumed at the
City and County Hospital contained tuber-
cular bacteria.
"At that time l boarded at one OF the big
downtown hotels. One day | empiied the
contents of one of their milk cups on the
table into bottle, and took it home to iu-
yestigate. Sure enough, found enough
bacteria In it 20 infect a whole family.
ITS not always the weak and poor milk,
no more than it is he weak and puny cows,
that is infected. Often the richest milk in
the market is also rich in tubercular bae-
terra.
Eyes; the statement is not at all too strong.
Cows milk drinking is the cause Of con.
sumption.
And this is significant fact Consump-
ton prevails most where the greatest quan-
tity Of cows milk is used.
Take the French people for example :;
you won't find much consumption among
them. why? Because, as rule, they
do not drink much milk. and when they do
they almost Invariably warm it first. You
don't get the Frencbman TO drink fresh
milk. He wants his boiled.
And be is sensible. Boil it or heat it.
That is the only safe way"
as DIR. McQuesten is an acknowledged au.
thority on the matter Of milk in lection aud
its connection with
consumption, his IT.
terances on the sub "The caH's'
ject are entitled to-
great weight. CHEMIST
And realizing this: or.,,,z.. a.. o;.,,
fact The CALL has ny
had an examination: milk.
made If milk pur-
chased at random '''''--''''''----''''''''''
from various parts Of the city early yester-
day morning.
The object of this was to ascertain, as
nearly. as possible. just what the danger
from tuberculosis is a this time with refer
enee to the city's milk supply.
An expert chemist and microscopic A.
A. Cunningham, was employed to make
careful examination Of the specimens sub
mitted.
1Hcbc SBcCtHeuS HSIt ShcuIeu III SIX I'LL
fereDt half-pint bottles from as many diff
ferenE parts of the city.
The contents Of the first bottle were Sc
cured in the neighborhood of Hyde and
Vallejo streets. from one Of the best kept
and neatest corner groceries in that part Of
the city.
The second bottle was filed from a very
unpretentious little bakery on Pacific street,
not far from Montgomery avenue.
The third bottles contents came from a
corner grocery that looked clean and invit-
Ing inside, but was located near Natoma
street, between Second aud Fifth.
The milk In the fourth bottle was OBJ
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We ought to have
a scientific
and competent
milk inspector.


There are three kinds of impure milk.
The first Of course is that taken from cows
suffering with tuberculosis. This is the
most dangerous, AMI doubtless many per-
sons die each year from consumption
brought on by partakng of this milk
The second class is less harmful, but far
more prevalent. 1t is the adulterated, the
weak, thin milk. The fact is that as gen.
eTal rule the rich people OF this city get
good milk and the poor people get bad milk.
The milk that is sold for cents a quart
is what / refer to especially The milkman
serves can al the corner grocery. Here it
Is made into two cans; by what hocus-
pocus do not pretend TO know. But this
much is pretty certain: Ii no deleterious
substance has been added. at least the milk
has been so weakened that IL has but little
food value. All its fattening properties
have been taken away, and sick babes
might as we'll drink water.
PERHAPS many OF them would be better off
ii they did drink only water instead of this
aduiterated milk.
But this milk is cheap. There is its
redeeming quality to the poor But they
ought TO be made to understand that scents
worth OF good, pure milk is far better than
Is cents worth OF the kind they buy for
cents quart.
at is The experience Of all milkmen and
dalrymen that good milk cannot be retaied
for less than 10 cents n quart.
But as there are many people who can
not afford this price, or who think they
cannot, the INSCRIPTIONS peddler or dealer
caters TO their poverty by sUpplyin this
aduIterated fluid
verify IS the poverty Of the poor their
greatest curse. How many doctors bills
and funerals this poor quality of milk Is
responsible for it would be hard to guess,
but the number cannot be small.
The third kind of impure milk every one
Is liable to get hold of. 1t brings the best
prices aud is put up and sold to the best
people. This Is the milk that has been
fixed in order to keep it sweet.
II don't know just what 1t is they doctor
the milk with. but 1t can't possibly add to
the food value of the fluid.
This fixing Is done most during warm
weather and to milk that comes in from
long distances. You see there is the carting
OF the cans 10 the station in the country,
their transfer from the wagon to the cars.
or IRON the wagon TO the station platform
and then TO the cars. Then at this end
there is more shaking and jostling before
the milk is-deliyered. and the consequence
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eide TOT z CUUsuIII D
tive person 10 drink
tainted milk.
Yet that is just
what is being done
every day of the year
in this city and more
or less all over the