The morning call., 1894-11-12
GROUNDLESS TYPHUS SCARE.
Was Thought to Have Started
in the City Prison.
OF THE ELECTION.
The County Clerk and His Deputies,
Under Watchfui Eyes, Work
on Sunday.

| OAKLAND.-On Saturday afternoon a
young man, who save his name as E. G..
West applied for admission to the Receiv-
| ing Hospital. He was extremely weak
and appeared to have a very high fever.
Dr. Murray l.. Johnson, who has charge
| OF the emergency hospital, was called in
aDd after a short examination he an
nounced that the young fellow was suf-
| fering from typhoid fever. The physician
Immediately undertook to discover eX-
actly where his patient had been residing
recently so as to locate. if possible, where
tho disease was contracted.
| West replied that he had but recently
arrived from the East and that owing to
the fact that he could get no work he was
| compelled to sleep wherever public or
private charity would permit him 10 lay
| his head. On Friday evening, however,
| he had applied for and obtained lodgings
| in the City Prison.
| 1t happens that this institution has been
| under ban, az II were. 1t has been con-
| demned as pest-hole by the Grand Jury
which sat before the one now in session.
| ana its sanitary, or rather unsanitary, ar
| rangements have long been positive
| horror to the gentlemen OF the Board of
| Health.
| Consequently, when it became known
that West had passed Friday night in the
! City Prison some panicky individuals an
| Dounced that he had contracted the disease
there, and to the mental eye of many
! Oaklanders who heard this suppasition
there appeared visions. black as night. of
| The typhuS epidemicS which devastated
scores Of happy homes in this city hardly
more than one year ago, and the City Hall
| no doubt was pictured as swarmiug nest
| of the deadly bacilli.
1t may relieve many anxious parents to
| hot ,AI-..
| entirely wrong; that West did not con-
tract the fever in the City Hall. and it is
| not even certain that it fastened upon him
in Oakland. He came from New York a
| little over one week ago, but much of that
time he spent in the country looking for
| work.
In discussing the case yesterday DR..
| johnson said: 1.-THE man is suffering
| from a very vrulent form of typhoid fever
and is in a serious although n OF dangerous
| condition. AS for him contracting the
disease in the City Prison that is hardly
true. West told me that he was In the
| City Prison for the first and last time on
Friday evening and l am sure that the
man contracted the fever fully one week
| ago. There IS no occasion for any alarm
and do not believe that there is the least
proba bility of another typhus epidemic"
One Week of Prayer.
In common with the 1899 other Young
| Mems Christian associations scattered
| throughout the world, the local association
made yesterday the opening day of their
annual week of prayer. In the afternoon
| there we're two large meetings In the
Y. M. c. a. Hall On the corner OF Twelfth
and Clay streets. At o'clock the usual
| gospel services for men were conducted by
o. b. Smith, and at 6 o'clock Secretary
Jacks presided at praise service, i'll
which the Endeavor societies of the First
Congregational First Methodist. First
Presbyterian and First Baptist churches
united. Short and appro PIRATE addresses
we're gwen by Rev. DR.. j. K. Mclean,
Rev. Dr.. Alfred Hummer. Rev. G. d. Ho-
bart. Rev. Campbell Coyle aud d. Edward
| Collins.
In the churches many of the pastors
chose for the subject of their morning
sermon topics of especial interest to young
men. In the FIRST CONGREGATIONAL Church
Rev. DIR. Mclean spoke in a patriotic vein
upon 1.-THE Young Men of America" and
Rev. G. w. Beatty in the Chester-Street
NJ. Z. Church discoursed about young
men,"
At the Second Presbyterian Church the
pastor. Rev. II. III. Rice, spoke IN the morn
ing on 1.-The Church's Duty to Young
Men," and in the evening on Life at
| Home"
Rev. Or. E. S. Chapman. chaplain of
| Mills Seminary, occupied the pulpit Of the
Centennial Presbyterian Church both
services he gave a most interesting talk on
1.-The Importance OF WellSpent Youth. "
| In the Unitarian Church, the Rev. c. w.
Wendte discussed on Religion and Poll
ties" and in the First Baptist Church Rev.
c. 81. Hobart spoke upon Friendship"
The young men of Fruitvale largely at
tended the Prospect Hill Presbyterian
Church, where Rev. E. E. Clark addressed
them in the morning on Courage" and 10
the evening he told them what constitutes
"a Square Man."
Rev. Robert Whitaker Of the Twenty
third avenue Baptist Church chose for his
morning theme Lost; in Business
| House in Oakland Good Conscience"
At Hamilton Hall, Rev. DR.. Martin. the
revivalist, talked about "Hell. the Destiny
of the Wicked"
The first reception of the week of prayer
will be held at the association hall on
| Tuesday evening under the auspices of
the First Congregational Church, and the
| young men extend a general invitation to
everybody who cares TO attend. On Fri
day evening there will be grand concert
by the Stanford Giee Club and Mandolin
Orchestra.
Killed by the Train.
John Stitch was Killed by the Berkeley
| local about 800 yards north of Sixteenth
| street station shortly before o'clock last
night The unfortunate man was one of
| that hopeful army that may always be
|
racehorses from one end of the continent
TO the other.
In company with Joseph Stitch, his
brother. he followed the stable of which
Goldbug is the brightest star from Mon
tana to the Bay District track in San
| Francisco. The land OF promise, how
| ever. did not meet his expectations, and
! without cent In their pockets he and his
brother left San Francisco last night with
the intention of beating" their way back
to their home in Stallings station, Madison
County, Ill.
The Oregon express stopped at the Six
teenth-street station. and the brothers
separated and prepared to board the
'bllnd" baggage. John made the attempt,
but the swiftly moving train cast him off,
throwing him directly in front of the west
bound Berkeley local. Before he could
scram bic off the track the cOw-catcher of
the locomotive struck him at the base of
the brain. throwing him off the track aud
Killing him instantly.
His brother. Joseph, had not essayed
the leap as the train was going too fast,
but he thought that bis brother was sue
cessful. He saw crowd rushing toward
PROSTATE form near the track. and he
disinterestedlv asked what the matter was.
"a man hurt" was the reply.
He elbowed his way through the crowd.
Somebody turned the motiOnless form on
its back and the light of the moon revealed
| IN af 10 hra