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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-07

too many citizens would be affronted. The
Mayor said yesterday that a site for the
crematory has not been picked ont yet
The Health Officer thinks it should be
built on the present dumps.
TIE crematory will be a blessing to the
city, not only because il Will Danish the
genii Of the dumps. who cannot Withstand
so tropical neighbor. but also because 1t
will also afford means for destroying in-
fictitious material that&does not go to the
Seyenth-street grounds. All cloth that has
been in contact with patients i'll with
typhoid. diphtheria, smallpox or other IN
fictitious diseases NAV I've sent there and
rendered harmless. Distinction mot
always ba relied on, as the doctors admit,
but no doubt o; safety may be felt when
such clothing gets in the furnace.
Much of the dangerous garbage consists
of discarded fragments Of food left from
eating houses, residences, vision-stores
and markets The scavengers take to the
dumps loads of rank vegetables that have
been thrown away, useless clothing which
may have disease germs lingering in their
folds, and the contents of ceSspools snd
vaults. The dead anip,Als are very often
slye.
That fire is the best agent for purifying
is believed in Oakland as well as on this
side Of The bay. and though that city has
not crematory. way was found 10 de-
moish The dumps by com bustion. Many
learned young men live in the Athens of
the Pacific, and when the torch was ap-
piled to tile disc ase-breading refuse on the
Peralta-street dumps they expressed their
commendation classically. rem arking that
pure" is simply Greek for fire. Twenty
gallons OF coal oil helped along the flames
that reduced the Oakland dumps to ashes.
The connection between such plague spots
and The epidemic that has been raging in
Oakland was apparent even to the unset
entific. If some such disease should break
out here and travel fast. the dumps which
disfigure the southern end Of Seventh
street would undoubtedly be effaced with
out delay. Most people would think it
better to get rid of them before they Origi-
mated or aided an epidemic.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-07
THE SEVENTH=STREET DUMPS.

Mayor. "They are almost in the heart OF
town. If 1t were not for the trade winds
they would have produced many an cpl
demic. If we had hot calm weather here
the dumps would breed pestilence as
had as those which depopulated New
Orleans
The Mavor transmitted yesterday to Su-
pervis0r Kennedy. chairman OF the Health
and Police Committee, the letter which he
lad received from Health Officer keeney.
urging that immediate measures should be
taken to have the crematory built because
OF the terrible condition of the dumps.
The Mayor joined in this advice, and the
committee is DESTROYS to act with as much
haste as ii can.
To be "in the dumps" means more in
San Francisco than elsewhere. Here the
words signify more than fit of the blues.
They mean depression of the body that
soon terminates in the tomb
The atmosphere around the upas-tree
was not as deadly as that through which
the fatal perfumes from the foot Of
Seventh street ascend. The crematory
which Is to begin the publication OF this
air breathed by thousands hourly has not
yet been planned in detail. but it need not
take long to select suitable creNatory. as
other cities already have such furnaces for
garbage, and the merits Of the various
kinds manufactured are easily understood
Those who own property 10 the vicinity
of the dumps will be pleased when the
present method of disposing Of the garb-
age of the community has been super
seeded by the burning process. Blocks Of
land there are covered with all sorts Of
unsightiy wreckage. From morning until
night wagons. each usually so heavily
loaded that the two horses toll to convey
it, keep up Il procession to the dumps.
They are as heavily freighted as an i'm
penitent sinners soul with all that is re-
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-07
OFFER TO BRIBE.
A Dentist in Need of a
License.
An discriminating Letter Which Lead
to the Arrest of DR.. Water.
ford, or r1eyer.

Detective Anthony arrested man with
short blonde beard last night and
booked him at the City Prison for at
tempting to bride State officer. Accord
ing to the detective the prisoner was DIR.
William Waterford. dentist. who had
tried to buy certificate from Dr.. Tibbets
of the State Bureau Of Dentistry, which
certificate would give him authority to en-
gage in the business of tooth-pulling in
this city. Iibbets is examiner for the
bureau, and without certificate obtained
from him no one can practice dentistry in
this State. lie received the following
letter a short time ago:
SAN FRANCISCO, June %.
r. F. 1i6bets, D.D.S.-DEAR Doc: / have
had the pleasui e in the past TO speak to you
several times. but suppose you don't remem-
Der me, so do not feel as IL / was talking 10
stranger. The point ID question Is a business
proposition, ano Hes within your power 10 do
IL. providing you wish to- VIZ: | have been and
am practicing dentistry for the last four years
and past. ana have received salaries ranging
from $50 TO 500 per mouth; have frsi-class
letters as regards character, honesty and quail.
ications as a dentist, and now comes the main
point, VIZ, want license, in plain words. and
would De willing to pay a reasonable sum TO
you for lie same.
Now. if you are in favor Of this proposition
will be glad 10 hear from YOU at your earliest
convenience az to what arrangements we can
MAKE as regards to same. Your humble serv't,
DIR. VIM. WATERFORD.
POstOffice, San Francisco, Cal.
Anthony saws that Waterford's true
name is Meyer and that he has been prac-
ticing dentistry at 227 Sixth street. The
letter addressed to Tibbets was sent by
him to Dr. j. D. Hodgen. member of the
IDENTICAL Bureau, who practices In this
city, and the writer of it was told TO call
upon Dr. Hodgen and he did so. DR..
Hod2en recognized the alleged applicant
for license as DR.. Meyer. and when the
man was arrested on Dr. HOdgen's COM
plant a few hours later DR.. Meyers bust
ness cards were found in his possession.
Waterford or Meyer declined to say any,
thing about his case. but his lawyer, Car
roll Cook, told the reporters that the
prisoner was really d.. Meyer. and that
he had at one time an assistant named
Waterford. now in San Jose. who was
doubtless the writer Of the communication
to Tibbets.
DR.. Meyer had received the letter in
tended for Waterford, as the latter had
written to TibbetS on one of Meyers let
ter-heads. Late in the evening the dentist
was released on bonds in $1,000. given by
DR.. Baldwin and his wife.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-07

move his nose and secrete it in an inside
pocket. The odor there is horrible.
Animal and vegetable matter and refuse
of all kinds that are caIted away by scav-
engers from hotels, restaurants, stores.
and private houses are taken to the
foot of Seventh street and left to decay.
The disintegration of this castaway stuff
would breed a pestilence were it not for
the favoring gales that through most of
the year blow the deadly vapors away
from the city. Even despite the trade
winds the increase in mortality on account
OF the dumps has been noticeable.
Health Officer Keeney says that the
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-07
PESTILENCE is CROUCHING THERE.

grating. separating it from the return flue.
which is just beneath.
The fire starts at tho chimney end and
passes through the garbage and over it to
the other extremity of the oven flue. For
the combination of the gases second fire
at the mouth of the return flue strikes the
thick gaseous current as it comes down
from the forward fue. With the injec-
ton of air at regular intervals an intense
heat for the destruction OF the gases as
they pass through this long outward
passage is created. The heat of the two
fires is Increased by the perfect union of
large volumes Of carbon and hydrogen
with oxygen, these gases coming from
what was thrown in the furnace. The
mo Sture that gives rise to these thus
intensifies the combustion instea of de-
creasing it. To withstand so high de-
gree of heat the fiueS are lined with big
blocks of friedrich weighing sixty pounds
EACH The brick walls are thick ana are
held by heavy anchor irons. Through a
range of doors the garbage is distributed
over the crates and stirred so that every
particle may be touched by the flames.
The ashes can be withdrawn without inter-
fering with the fire, and the furnace may
be kept roaring necessarily. The ashes
are not without commercial value. as
phosphoric acid and potash are obtainable
from them.
Wherever crematories for this purpose
have been established they have proved a
public benefit Cities have been kept clean
by them and have got rid of unhealthy
substances more quickly than they could
by any other means. That they can be put
in central part of city without any bad
results has been shown. and because of the
central situation of some of those now In
operation much expense has been saved In
the transportation OF garbage which S eav-
engers previously hauled for miles 1t is
not likely that the crematory here will be
put any nearer the business part Of the city
than the dumps now are as a disagreed Bile
odor will arise from the refuse before it is
thrown on the slide leading down to the
manholes, and nearer town the nostris of
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-07
assassinate baseball in California inside OF

assaSsinate baseball in California inside OIL
the next ten days.
In fact, the tall colonel has been neglect
ing the warehouse business lately to pro-
mnlgate this story. and he goes into the
elaborate details of the process he will
adopt, too. He is one-third owner
in the lease on the Haight-street grounds,
aud has been trying for some time to
dispose OF this interest.
Now he says he would not sell it for
small fortune. because it will give him
just the chance he is looking for to down
the present baseball magnates who once
downed him.
He will force the present managers to
pay an enormous price for the use OF the
grounds or else stop laying-so he says
Inc other two partners to the lease are
Henry Harris and nj. f. Finn, otherwise
known as Duke Finn. OF course the
idea that Henry Harris Is partner to the
coloners plans is out Of the question.
MIR. Finn was seen yesterday and asked
in regard to the reported scheme. He
would say only a. few words on the sub
iect, but what be did say were right to the
point.
Colonel Robinson is crazy" said Flynn.
"He makes me tired. He is talking
through his hat and don't you forget it.
I've got something to say about that
ching myself" and the Duke winked.
Colonel Robinson is evidently in earnest
in regard to his intentions, but the general
opinion of those who should know Is that
he will not be able to cause even another
ripple on the now placid surface OF base
ball matters in California.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-07

pusve. To add to the discomfort of the
senses in that locality. one Of the great
sewers emptes its fetld contents into the
black pool that skirts the dump. BY the
time the dumps are gone the sewerage
commission VIII probably have made some
arrangement for abo,ishing this stagnant
evil.
Tie proposed crema. on will destroy not
only the solid matter which is carted away
bv the scavenger but also that which is
liquid and volatile. An illustration here
with shows the place in crematory where
the refuse is thrown. A load of garbage
or of lifeless animals. even though they be
horses, when dumped there slides down to
the manhoie aud is sucked through the
large orifiees by rushing drausht.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-07

Another illustration gives an under
standing of the burning of this waste
matter after it goes through the manholes.
Through the outlet of the chimney passes a
wreath of white, harmless vap0r, as the
final result OF the fiery operation. All OF
the liquids are dissolved in the intense
heat and the very water Is decomposed.
An agent for crematory of a certain
manufacture said yesterday that the main
requirements are an adequate heat for the
Immediate combustion Of animal and
vegetable garbage in large masses. ar
engagements that insure the perfect destruc-
ton by Ere of all odors and gases within
the walls of the furnace, and construc-
ton solid enough to withstand the enor-
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-07
The Last Rites.

The funeral of Arthur James Bonner.
whose death occurred last Thursday. took
place yesterday afternoon and was at
tended by many prominent San Francisco
eople anxious to tender their last tribute
of respect to the hopeful young man who
had been cut off suddenly.
The cortege left the house OF John Bon-
ner. 1900 Vallejo street. at 2 o'clock, and
proceeded directly to Laurel Hill Cane
terry, where the last services of the Epis-
cOpal church we're read by Rev. II. Chet-
wood. The numerous floral tributes which
almost hid the coffiu were touching proof
of the esteem in which the deceased had
been held.
H. Goodrich, c. Bonner. l.. Walensleln,
|. Blake and D. Chisholm.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-07
Alaskan COnvicts.

United States Deputy Marshal Potter of
Alaska arrived yesterday morning rom
Port Townsend on the steamer Waila
Walla with nine prisoners for San Quen-
lin. TIE criminals are sentenced to term,
angling from two to twelve years and are
charged with all manner OF crimes. frout
he selling of Illicit whisky 10 assault 4,
murder. Four deputies accompanied Mar
shall Potter
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-07
ALL REFUSE SHOULD BE BURNED.

More disease is terminated al the Sew
en1h-street dumps than in any other one
part of the city. and deaths in San Fran
cisco will be fewer when that foul nuisance
is done away with.
Sydney Smith once wished in summer
that he might take off his flesh and sit IN
his bones for GOODNESS. The man who Wis
its the dumps for the first time is filled
with an intense yearning to temporarily re-
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-07
SLOPE AND FEEDING HOLES OF THE cREMAroRY

time the public has enjoyed rest from this
thing and WAS just beginning to breathe
easy again when the new outbreak came.
Not entirely content with the small
amount of public attention one gets when
one ceases to be magnate and retires to
Front-street warehouse. Colonel Robin
son now comes to the front with a wild
and woolly statement that he intends to
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-07

nous heat necessary. Tine primary heat Is
secured by a powerful draught from a
chimney or mokestack Is or 100 feet high,
if not more, with forward and return flue
% &c so feet each way. or about 60 fact in
all. The forward flue should constitute
the cremating oven, and be of sufficient
SIZE to receive twenty cubic yards of
garbage and five barrels of Eauid at one
charge. Its bottom should be brick fire.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-07
Lost William Norton.

The police have been asked to find Will
liam Norton of Santa Clara avenue and
Nebraska street, who has been missing
since June q. Norton's mind has been
affected for some time. He is 30 years
OLD. feet high and hos q heavy brown
muStache
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-07
Died Suddenly

F. Srhubois. an old man, who lived IN the
lodging-h ouse at 634 Sacramento stree
lied suddenly of heart failure last night
The body was taken TO the Morgue.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-07

THERE Is nothing which VIII so quickly and ef
fectuaily remove the bad taste produced by smok-
Ing e chewing tobacco as a piece of Whites
YucatAn Gum.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-07

RICHARDS s Co.. druggists. 4oe-s CLAY. .
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-07
FATED FOR FIRE.

That PIague=Spot to Be
Soon Purified.
THE PROPOSED CREMATORY.
Countless Deaths Caused by
Germs From Garbage.
ALL REFUSE SHOULD BE BURNED.
A ChiIdren's Playground Where
RepuIsive Demons of Disease
Preside Over the Games.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-10-31
In the Supreme Court of the Hawai-
ian Islands.
SEPTEMBER Term, 1893.
The Provisional GOVERNMENT OF THE
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS VS.. CHRISTIAN
CERT.
BEFORE JUDD, c. j., B1ckERToS, AND
FREAR, u.

1t is not ground for new trial. that a
Jury was drawn. against the objection
of the defendant, from the remainder OF
the regular panel after the names of
twelve jurors who were sitting in an
other case had been withdrawn by
order of the Court. no prejudice being
shown to have resulted therefrom to
the defendant.
Section 8, Chapter LVI, Laws of 1892, does
not give the defendant the right to the
closing argument when he presents no
evidence.
Inst uctions need not be given in the form
requested, if as given they correctly
state the law and cover the ground.
The unexplained presence of opium in a
case of goods imported by the defend
ant is evidence from which the jury
may infer an intent on the part of the
defendant TO import the opium.
Making an entry of goods, and describing
the goods in the entry as exempt from
duty and as imported by the steamer
Australia" from San Francisco, is
evidence from which the jury may
infer that the steamer came from for
eign port.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-10-31
"HAwAII's COMING RACE"

The Holomua having admitted
that the aboriginal Hawaiian is
destined to disappear, and that the
days of his political supremacy
are consequently numbered, at
tempts, in a labored article under
the above heading, to make it ap-
pear that the half-easte, or cross
between the native and foreigner,
is to be the ruling race of the future.
In proof of this it cites the rapid
growth of this element during the
last few years. According to the
last census they increased in six
years from 421S to 61S6, or over 46
per cent. This is certainly a large
increase, and, taken by itself, might
seem to afford some support to the
Holomua's contention. But if the
Holomua writer had looked into
the same census report a
little further he would have
discovered that during the same
period the Hawaiian-born children
of foreign parents-foreign by birth
or descent on both sides-increased
from 2O4O to 7495, or over 267 per
cent. In other words, the class
born here of unmixed foreign blood
increased more than five times as
fast as the mixed race. If fecundity
and rapid increase is any indica-
ton of vigor of stock and conse-
quent future supremacy, it is easy
to see in whose hands the future
destiny of this country will rest.
If an increase of 46 per cent. in six
years is wonderful" how about
an increase of 267 per cent. in the
same time ? The Holomua's figures
are correct so far as they go, but
they leave part of the story, and
the most important part at that,
untold.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-10-31

The councils did the proper thing
Thursday afternoon when they re-
fused to take action in the applica-
ton of the Pacific Mail and Occi-
dental and Oriental lines upon re-
quest for certain privileges specified
elsewhere. It is the general belief
that an understanding exists be-
tween the Pacific Mail and the
Oceanic companies on the points in
question and, until the matter is
cleared up, the government is per-
fectly right in Withholding any
favors, so long as the travelling and
commercial public are discrimi-
mated against. The game now
being played by the steamship
companies is an old one; but in
the case of Hawaii the evil
is not without its cure. Whenever
the Pacific Mail or the Oceanic line
feel disposed to enter a combina-
ton to cinch Hawaii they should
be informed at once that this coun-
try is able to get along without
their services until other lines can
be established and new subsidies
granted. The people of these ISL
ands are becoming thoroughly tired
Of Mr.. Spreckels' outward bluster
and silent combinations, and if the.
Provisional government should for
a moment so far forget itself as to
give in 10 the outside pressure
brought to bear periodically by
these steamship companies, it
would find the people, who are the
patrons of these lines by necessity,
would soon demand a different
policy. There is no fear that we
viii have to go back to sailing
vessels; and if the question comes
to q pinch it had better be fought
out at once. We have capital and
enterprise in Hawaii which could
ably establish a new steamship |
line between Honolulu and the |
coast, and we believe would be will
ing to do so in case the companies
now combining to monopolize the
freight and passenger traffic should
see fit to order strike against the
people of Hawaii. |
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-10-31
MINISTER WILLIS.
1t Is Said That His Instructions
Have Been Materially
Modified.

Some sort of hitch has occur
red in the arrangements for Minis
ter Willis departure for Hawaii.
1t was originally intended that he
should said from San Francisco on
the steamer of the 18th and he had
planned to leave here last Wednes-
day. at the instance of the presi-
dent, however, he delayed his de-
parture, and he is still in the city,
with no prospects of an immediate
departure. He has had several
conferences with the presi-
dent during the past three
days in regard to his mission
and has not as yet received his
final instructions, those previously
given him having undergone GER
tain important notifications, the
nature of which is not divulged.
Minister Willis was at the state
department for several hours yes
terday. His movements will be
governed entirely by the presidents
wishes.
Mr.. Willis has made arrange
ments for a prolonged stay at his
post. He has sold his property at
his home in Kentucky and will
take his wife and boy with him to
the land of the kanakas. If the
possible event of the establishment
of a Hawaiian protectorate his du-
ties will be Of unusual Importance.
Star, Oct. 10.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-10-31

By the way, the occasional "
editor of the Bulletin is trying the
strength of his intellectual muscle
on the letter of Mr.. Lyons, lately
published in local paper. Well,
well, whenever you convince any,
body who is posted on the disgrace
ful personal fight made about that
time against the reform cabinet by
a now would-be prominent royalist,
who is considered neither "fesh
nor fowl" at present by either roy
alists or annexationists-well please
Just inform the public of the event.
Neither the royalists nor the an
nexationists are taking any chances
on being "sold out" by bloody fur
riners" just at present, and there
are no bids which will be nibbled
at even though published in the
columns of the Bulletin. The pub
lie has quite enough intelligence to
distinguish when the ''other" edi-
tor is writing editorials for love.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-10-31

1t is true the ADVERTISER re-
ported the fact that the natives at
the merry-go-round had cheered
the National band when they
played the "star-spangled Ban
ner." It is also true that if the
coming hapa-haoles and the foreign
politicians-the latter anti-Ameri-
can by birth-would leave the
natives alone for a few weeks, the
Hawaiians would be cheering the
" Star-spangled Banner" from one
end of the islands to the other.
The attempt of the Bulletin, now
running on credit, to make political
capital out of the matter is worthy
q ajournal on the losing side.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-10-31
NOTES AND COMMENTS

Certainly, we shall call it
"Palace square" until its name is
officially changed. The name
a." Palace square" carries no signif
canoe with it. Palace square could
retain its name under either a re-
public or annexation-in either
event it would simply serve as
reminder that an unworthy mon
archy had passed away.