The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-08
ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS.
BOARD OF. HEALTH.
To Stop the Free Distribution of Sam
pies of M d icine and Circulars.

pies of Med icine and Circulars
ALAMEDA, CAL, Aug. AT the meet
ing OF the Board of Health last evening
of samples of patent medicine about town
was taken up and discussed. Several OF
the members reported cases of children
being taken sick from eating these sam
Piles, which are thrown in 'dooryards and
public places, and it was decided to ask
the City Trustees to pass an ordinance for
bidding such distribution in future. 1t
was also suge eSted that it would be good
idea to prohibit the distribution of circu-
lars as well, that being almost as much OF
nuisance as the throwing around Of
patent medicines.
There were eighteen deaths during July,
pulmonary consumption taking three.
The rate was l. % per 1000 on a basis OF a
population of 49, 600. which is under rather
than over the actuality. There were
twenty-one births during the month.
The tuberculin ordinance came up for
ji discussion, and the board decided to
recommend that it be amended, so as to
include all cattle from whom milk is OBJ
tanned for distribution in this city.
Strange Delusions.
ALAMEDA. CAL, Aug. Mrs. Anna
Schumacher of Mound street, the divorced
vile of Gottiieb Schumacher, is to be eX-
amned on a charge OF insanity. She has
some strange delusioDS, among them be-
ing that she can walk on the sky; that a
physician is to cut open her body and give
her new set of machinery; that she is
to have new pair of legs, and that she is
to be remarked to her former husband on
Sunday and have gift of quarter OF a
million dollars from him.
Rev. f. ID. Bovard to Remain.
ALAMEDA, CAL, Aug. The Rev. f.
D. 'Bovard for tour years pastor of the
Park-street Met od;st Church, has been
invited 10 remain another year by the
governing board of that church. This
will make five years of continuous pastor
ate, which is as long as the laws OF the
church permit a pastor to remain in one
charge. Since Mr.. Bovard took charge of
the church $50 new members have been
added and the society has been put in a
m ost prosperous condition.
Carlson Beaten.
ALAMEDA, CAL, Aug 7.-C. F. Carlson
was defeated By A. Rasmussen in suit
before Recorder ST. Sure to-day. Carlson
collected Il bill of SIS 40 and another OF So
for Rasmussen and retained the amount
on the ground that he was entitled to it
for services rendered. The court gave b M
10 per cent of the amount collected. DIR.
j. ". Hum pnrey mas also SueU CaFlSeH lor
a similar transaction.
Christian Endeavor Union.
ALAMEDA, CAL, Aug. The Chris
tan Endeavor Union held its annual
meeting last evening and elected officers
for the ensuing year, as follows: Mrs. j.
A. Cameron, president; Z. F. Burrel, vice.
president; DR.. Waller Hughes. CORE
spending secretary; Charles Usinger, re-
cording secretary; Miss Arnold, assistant
superintendent for junior work.
Eel Sueno Is Going.
ALAMEDA, CAL, Aug. THE yacht
Ell Sueno is surely going TO the Klondik e.
SO saws Joseph A. Leonard, its owner. A
% horsepower engine has been purchased
and will be put in her, and she will beNpre-
pared fully for the long and dangerous
trip. The Cnetco will probably go IN the
spring.
The Oakland Canoe Club will have races on
the creek tomorrow.
There will be two games of baseball at West
Alameda to-morrow-between the Monarchs
and Grand Rules and the AGNES and Alerts.
Clara Palmer is getting ready to plead in
sanity an excuse for shooting her lover.
This is the first ever heard of any insanity In
that family.
ALAMEDA, CAL, Aug. THE Alameda
Cricket Club will play the Bohemias at the
West Alameda grounds Tomorrow, the game
commencing at IL: 80 A. NJ.