The morning call., 1893-06-30
OVER IN OAKLAND.
The Milk From a Dairy
Causes Typhoid.
A BOARD OF HEALTH RULE.
Distribution of a MiIlion-Death of
Mrs. RedfieId-iHcrease in Prop
erty Vaiues-O'NeiI's Son.

Phillips and Miller. two men charged
with completely in the burglary of the
Oakland shoestOre, on Washington street,
three weeks ago, are now lodged in the
City Prison. Phillips was captured in
Stockton week ago and brought to Oak
land. Miller was arrested at Tracy by a
constable on a charge of vagrancy. but
after being handcuffed escaped and had to
be retaken at the point OF pistol. They
climbed over back fence and gained ac-
cess TO the basement by lowering them
selves with a rope. They then broke a
window-Dane and so forced an entrance.
An Intellectual attempt was made to force
robbers seized S175 worth of stock and
made good their escape.
The MILK at Fault.
BY analysis it has been found that the
milk furnished by certain dairy at Clare
mont is the cause If the typhoid epidc mic
now raging in Oakland, as the greater
numb Der OF cases exist only where this
milk is distributed.
DR.. Buteau has made an analysis of the
injected milk by the specific gravity test.
and after being diluted with water of half
its weight it was found to he swarm.ng
with animal life, and it /, ok fifteen minutes
OF boiling to kill this anmalcul8.
The doctor said in answer 10 question:
Inc very first case broke out six weeks
ago. 1t was ON the Berkeley road and |
attended il. 1t was, in fact, at the very
dairy talked about and it started from the
water used at that place. That dairy
caused the cOntagion. There is no doubt
In my mind about that. Ii spread from
there. The sewers may have become in
fected from The discharge in houses where
the fever existed and thus may now be
n m a a
microbes are hard to kill and travel like
the animalcu!ae If the sea. Let them start
IN sewers and they generate. The bad con-
dillon OF the sewers, of course, helped it,"
Or. Buteau is of the opinion that there
Will be many deaths from the disease, as
typhoid usually acts fatally in the third
week after the contraction of The disease.
Dr. Adams also states tn at three-fourths
OF the cases reported are traceable to milk.
Reported by wards the cases are: First
Ward 10. Second 80, Third %. Fourth IS,
Fifth 6. Sixth %, Seventh l. From the
above 1t will be seen that the bulk of the
cases reported are from West Oakland,
Families living in the districts where
cases are reported have been warned by
the physicians to cease using milk.
The Claremount Dairy has reported to
the authorities that 1t has ceased delivering
milk within the city limits and will await
orders from the Board of Health
Ane Board OF Health.
AT full meeting of the Board of Health
last night the question of dealing with the
typhoid epidemic was considered The
Health Officer reported 234 cases OF typhoid
fever in the month of June, of which num-
Der l2S were directly traced to impure
water used at dairy near this city. The
following resolution was passed:
Resolved. That the Health Officer be In
stfucted TO take such measures as the City At
totney may sanction TO prevent The introduce
non INTO The city OF milk OF any dairy which
may reasonably be supposed to be unhealthy.
Martin O'Neil Jr.
Martin O'Neil Jr.. the eldest son OF
MARTIN ONell. Eow in the San Francisco
Jail charged with the diabolical murder of
Mrs. Kate Critics. was up in the Police
Court yesterday morning on a charge of
ASSAULT.
While drunk on the 14th of last May
young ONril brutality assaulted IN old
man named George W. Crevpling, a
cooper. at 652 Linden street O'Neil was
arrested and was out on bail money fur
nlshed by his mother, who has on previous
occasions helped her son out of Jail that he
might 90 to his work at the foundry where
HIS father worked. HIS trial for the
assault on Creveling was set for July 81.
While out on bail O'Neil got into an
other row at Sixth and Franklin streets
and was arrested on a charge OF drunken
ness. lie was In jail on this latter charge
at the time his iather is alleged to have
Killed Mrs. Critics. he just finished this
sentence yesterday.
Inc police say he has been arrested
many times previously on this charge.
When III his cups he is very Quarrelsome.
Mrs. Redfieid Dead.
After lying in comatose condition for
seven weeks Mrs. b. A. Redfield died at
the Eabiola Hospital yesterday morning.
one was injured in an accident on the
Oakland Consolidated Street Railway. near
the cemetery, on the 9th of May. Mrs.
Redheld struck her head violently OH the
ground and was picked up unconscious.
From that moment she never fully re-
covered consciousness, and fingered be-
tween life and death much to the surprise
oil the physicians in charge. Mrs. Red
heids husband was manager of the Musi-
cal and Dramatic Bureau. The deceased
leaves two children aged II and II years.
Distributing a Million.
Final papers in the estate of the late
William A. Aldrich, were filed by Deputy
CLERK Mcclure Yesterday. the decree placed
oil record and the distribution made.
Mr.. Aldrich died possessed of nearly n
over and lived In palatial homo at Pied
mont, which was built long before the
railroads had developed that district The
bulk OF the estate was left 10 Mr.. Aldrieh's
four children, Annie Barton, daughter
II William I: Barton, the composer;
Helen Aidrleh Dnnning, wife of Lieuten-
ant William b. Dunning, u. S. A: Will
liam l.. Aldrich, whose obligations to the
decedent were also relinquished, and Will
liam Holt Aldrich, who is now in the Napa
Insane Asylum.
Gained One Million.
According to the figures of County AS
SCISSOR X. ). Leckie, the assessment-r0Ils