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The herald., 1898-07-24
Troops for Miles

WASHINGTON, July 23Th department tonight the
following:
PORT TAMPA Fla July g. Aduan General Washington The
transports Arcadia Whitney Miller Foda and Cherokee
Shwn headquarters sailed between and 1890 today with
two light batteries Seventh artillery troop Second cavalry
pn Eleventh infantry full regiment infantry two Sec
tons OF the general pack train The Mohawk which
these boatS cannot sail before 10 o'clock tomorrow will carry
companies Of the Eleventh infantry six hundred pack animals
on PageF Four)
The herald., 1898-07-24
Four More California Boys Die at
the Bay
Over Two Hundred Patients Arc i'm the HOSPITALS.
Deadly Camp Merritt Sailing
of tho Rio

BY THE ASSOCIATED
SAN FRANCISCO July 23-Eve fort in the habo ~nysu NOISY
farewell today when the steamer Rio de Jano bearing Bgad
H. O. Otis and staff two baions of South troops recruits for
ne Oa light artillery and detachment Of the signal corps moved toward
the Golden Gate bound for Manila
The German officers Of the roopshp to accompany
that vessel its trip Manila They will 90 direct to Germany from
here the ship formally to General Merriam
American officers will take their places they yet chosen
General Merriam has about decided regiment
Philippines on the Scand but will make the from among
detacments Of organizations which already gone is almost
certainty that among the troops 70 will be three 81 men,
recruits for the Tenth Pennsylvania six officers and 400 men, constituting
battalion of the Eighteenth regiment infantry 3o7
Of the Twenyhd infantry and officer belonging to
the field hospital
No Selection Made
Major General Merriam in selecting the troops the Paul. Scan.
da and Arizona carrying out the policy Major General OTIS The
troops selected by the latter for the St. Paul will be again designated
The ST. Paul may get off in about five days. possibly
There has been choice the troops the Sanda yet
will take about ten days prepare these two vessels The
needs much plumbing that she Arizona but an
battalion of the Second regiment of engineers. Major Lang commanding
has been designated for duty Honolulu almost e
dately, if transportation can be secured for them
The Honolulu Garrison
Colonel Barker commanding New York volunteers expects
to leave by the end next week the Humboldt which arrive
here on Thursday He will take battalion of his regiment him.
Colonel Barker will probably placed the military
forces Honolulu including the engineers His whole
to about
Deadly Camp Merritt
Four soldiers three of them Cafornians today making
total of seven in about thirty hours Only Presdo
Sergeant Curtis S. Rollins of San Bernardno company Seventh
California died at The United States hospital of pneumonia follow.
ing measles His father arrived few after his
Private Louis w. Baker Santa company L. Seventh California
early the morning the French hospital pneumonia following
measles Private Charles Lewis Merced company H.
forn died the forenoon the Preside post pneumonia
Continued rour,
The herald., 1898-07-24
Yellow Fever Proving Worse Than
the DOmS
Shafter Reports One Hundred and Fifty Cases.
Surrendered Spaniards Starving Progress
of General Miles Expedition

ASSOCIATED
WASHINGTON July 23At midnight the department made pub
lie the following dispatch Sher regarding the yellow
fever situation:
SANTIAGO CUBA July 23-Adutant General Washington. Fol-
lowing died at yellow fever hospital at Siboney today
Jack Dongan civilian.
Bert Louis bandsman, Seventh infantry
Private Frederick Percva company Thirty Michigan
On the 21St Sergeant Brton troop c. First cavalry William
How teanls Patrick Sullivan company E, Seventh infantry
No deaths at front have been reported yet.
Complete report will be sent in morning The situation alarm
though there sick with fever about number will
be given
Only small part those sick down with yellow fever about
cent $50 ALL Slight changes all the have been made
get them fresh ground and the artillery and cavalry have been moved
about three miles. SHAFTER, Major General Commanding.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-11
JUSTICE CARROLL IS THREATENED A Long Delayed Judg- ment the Cause of the Trouble. He Received Money and Holds It for Six Months and
 Over.

Justice of the Peace John A. Carroll has been threatened with criminal pro- ceedings because he fails and refuses to either return money deposited with him in a case in his court or to render judgment in the litigation.
 About a year ago J. H. }Lichenstein, the pawnbroker, paid a deposit of $250 with the real estate firm of McAfee Bros. as deposit on rhe price of a piece of real estate that he thought of purchasing. Later the bargain palled on him, and he demanded the return of his deposit, meeting with a refusal from the dealers. Then Lichenstein sued in the Justice Court for the re- turn of his money. Before the case went to trial the property was sold to a third party, and McAfee Bros. had the name of the original owner, a young man named Murphy, substituted as defendant. When the case was called before Justice Carroll that official ordered that the amount sued for be paid into court, and Murphy made the deposit as required. Such deposits are usually made with the clerk of the court, but in this case the money was accepted and receipted for by the court itself
 The case went to trial six months ago and was taken under advisement by Justice Carroll. Since then repeated demands have been made by the de- fendant for judgment so that the money could either be drawn down or used to satisfy the judgment, but Jus- tice Carroll has refused to heed the de- mand
 Murphy and the friends whom he consulted have told Justice Carroll that the judgment must be rendered, but he has delayed the matter on various ex- cuses until their patience is about ex- hausted, and they have about decided to apply to the courts for redress.
 Justice Carroll is known to be in bad financial straits, but he promises to render judgment and pay over the money at an early date.
 An excited altercation over the mat ter took place between Justice Carroll and Thomas S. Mulvey, friend of the defendant, in a downtown saloon yes terday, and the latter threatened pro- ceedings against Carroll unless some thing was done at once.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-11
CRUEL RUSE TO
 FOOL THE HEN
Trying to Extort Extra Eggs by Means of Trick and
 Device.
Ben True Tells of the Scheme of Inventor Bridenbecker, but Does
 Not Openly Indorse It.

Ben True has been a detective so long that his professional instincts are ever alert. He likes to search out the un- penetrable mystery. MT. True has been visiting the Atlantic coast. It was a long way from home, but he took his profess Slonal habit with him and kept on the lookout for something new. He comes back convinced that he has found it.
 The novelty is designed to bamboozle the domestic hen. The genius who con- trived it is named Bridenbecker, and feathered generations yet unborn will rise up on the barnyard fence to call him not blessed. The iniquity of the "cold deck is nothing to what Bridenbecker has rung in on the industrious fowl. He wants her to work overtime.
 Bridenbecker has devised a nest having a false and f1eeting bottom, which, under the weight of an egg automatically opens, letting the egg through and out of sight. Her duty done, the hen turns around to observe the product of her toll and beholdS an empty nest. She blush- ingly stihes a half formulated cackle and goes On the nest again, of course with similar result. Bridenbecker has made a study of the hen and brought to the task ar. intellect almost equal to the hens. He is confident that she will lay three eggs in constant succession before going away to lay a complaint on the table of the Society for the Prevention of Cru city to Poultry. By the next day she will have forgotten the experience and be ready to repeat it.
 faith in the Bridenbecker idea. and yet he may have, for proposal to try the machine on the goose that lays the golden eggs seems to strike him faVorably.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-11

The mothers were a study them selves. They could not see any baby but their own, and while from their countenances there beamed much ma ternal love, there was also the most vindictive jealousy. Only two pairs of twins were to be found in the city, and upon this proposition the girls and boys had an even thing of it The trip lets failed to materialize, and the man agement did not have to give the S20 gold piece that they offered for the triple spray of young humanity.
 Three prizes were given for the hand somest girl babies, and three for the boys. There were also some extra prizes for special attractions in the baby line. and a consolation list for those babies who got nothing, and whose mothers thought differently upon the subject. This was a wise precaution upon the part of the management, and as it was the secretary, Joseph Cummings, bare ly escaped with his life in his endeav- ors to settle with the disappointed mat rons, who poured into his office after the show to try to explain how it was that the judges did not see -Lucile's or Johnny's charms, as the case happened to be. Messrs. Hynemann, Neal and Harrington, the judges. made rapid nounced.
 The successful contestants were: Handsomest girl. first, Lela Bliss; sec
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-11

cred, prevent unnecessary labor which Is being expended in that direction.
 The desired thing is to produce or discover some agent sufficiently innoc- uous so that it can be introduced in sufficient quantity or quantities to make the human body represent solu- tion of the strength predetermined in laboratorical research without destroy ing the tissues of the body itself The remedy is doubtful.
 Dr. A. F. Woodward, president of the San Francisco County Medical Society Until the boric acid treatment has been thoroughly tested, scientifically. I do not wish to express myself as be- ing in favor of or against It's use. Sc far all the so-called treatments for the cure of tuberculosis have failed, those of recent date being as shert-liv as the more ancient remedies.
 Dr. c. F. Buckley-The question of curing consumption by any method is one of the most expressing before the medical profession throughout the world to-day. I have no doubt science will reach the desired goal in due time.
 1 have been making experiments in this direction for the past three years. The only active quality Dr. Hirschfeld- CTS aseptaline can possibly possess lies in the 5 per cent of boric acid, which is the last addition of his solution This I pointed out to my medical friends be- fore I wrote anything on the subject, because in my sterilization experiments I found this chemical one of the most
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-11

powerful germicides known.
 My friend Dr. Henry Gibbons in one of the Eastern journals, gives a num- Der of cases successfully treated by the local nostrums, and points out that the bacillus is readily destroyed by it on the experimental table. This is highly scientific, Did it not occur to him that the per cent solution of boric acid would readily achieve the same purpose without the veal broth? The injection of boric acid into the circulation is not as free from risk as a new medical philosopher claims.
 Dr. W. F. McNutt-I do not think the remedy scientific. First, we have to find out how much boric acid Is re- quired to do what Daywalt claims. It has never been demonstrated in any scientific laboratory that the blood could stand it in sufficient quantity to destroy the germ without killing the patient. When that is shown then the profession will have faith in the rem edy. Quinine is good for malaria sim ply because the body can stand, with out injury, enough of it to kill the microbe. Can the body stand enough boric acid to kill the consumption germ without dire risk of immediate death? {?
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-11

lies great hope. In certain diseases, as in diphtheria, if you try to kill the germ you may kill the patient. In flammation always gives the microbe an easier time of it. Personally Dr.. Daywalt is a live, intelligent physi- clan and a thinker. I regard his inves tigations very favorably.
 Dr. Willlamson-As I am not on the committee of ethics of the County Medical Society l am not in a position to talk. I have not read the article carefully, but believe there may be a possibility of success in the use of boric acid fori tuberculosis.
 pr. J. F. Morse-There can be no question that the medical profession would welcome any remedy which might prove eff1cacious in battling with tuberculosis. It has called forth repeated efforts on the part of medical men to discover some treatment for it's cure. do not believe that any of the recent advertised remedies will prove themselves any longer lived than those that have gone before.
 pr. F. s. Cook-The experiment of in- troducing an agent into the human body of sufficient strength to destroy or render innocuous the different dis ease producing germs or baci1li Is all the rage in medical circles the world over. The one statement that by "ac- tual experiment it required a certain percentage strength of the destroying agent to produce such result 1t seems to me should. when seriously consid-
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-11
Must Be Quarantined and Fumigated With the
 Passengers.
War Is Declared Between the State and the Federal
 Authorities.
A Stringent Order by the Surveyor of the Port to Keep Him on
 Board Until Released.

In accordance with instructions re- ceived from Collector Jackson, Sur veyor of the Port Spear issued an or der yesterday that will neutralize fu- ture attempts of State Quarantine Off, cer Chalmers to interfere with the du- ties of Federal Quarantine Officer Rosenau The order commands board ing officers to enforce strictly the quar- antine rules requiring all persons who board incoming vessels to remain on board until after the Federal quaran- tine officer shall have performed the duties of his office and given the ves- sel free pratique. The order defines "alI persons" as Federal officers, cus- toms inspectors, United States mar shals and "all others"
 "An. others" will include pr. Chal- mers and representatives of his office. If the doctor boards a vessel subject to quarantine he will be forcibly de- tained on board unless he should exhlb- it an intention of jumping overboard and swimming ashore. He and the re- mainder of "all others" will be detained until the passengers have been fumi- gated.
 When the Peru arrived here few weeks ago with President Dole on board Dr. Chalmers acted in a manner that was construed as officious by the Federal officials, and in giving free pra- tique to the vessel they say that he cer- tified not only that the laws of the State, but of the United States, had been compiled with. The Federal off, cials immediately concerned say that the quarantine regulations of the United States had not been compiled with because the examination was made at night when the regulations provide that it must be made by day. light.
 Dr. Chalmers action in the matter was reported to Collector Jackson, and he wrote letter to the Secretary of the Treasury, laying all the facts be- fore him. A reply was received day or two ago, and the Collector was ad- vised of his rights in case the State quarantine officer ventured to interfere with the Federal quarantine officer in the performance of his duties as such. Surveyor Spear was notified, and his stringent order of yesterday was the result.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-11
LELA BLISS AND w. S. BALLARD, THE PRIZE WINNERS

ond, Bessie Kane; third, Edna Shutz.
 Handsomest boy-First, William S. Ballard; second, Heber V. Tilden; third, Roman Mitchell.
 Bluest eyed baby, Jack McMurray; blackeSt eyed, Lavinia Thomas; best natured, Vivian HalloWell; youngest, Velvian Fleschshower, six weeks; twins. Melvin and Myrtle Hartmenson and Melville and Ernest Mote.
 Honorable mention-Bernice Stewart. Klondike Suerstedt, Thomas Farley, Fred Barker, Hubert Dreyer, Ethel Cruz, Selma Hobbs, Joe Furder, Milton c. Smith and Agatha Ahern.
 Both in the afternoon and at night Captain John Holtum gave an exhibi- tion of juggling with heavy cannon balls, catching one fired from cannon. His jugglery is truly a marvellous eX hibition of strength, and every motion that he makes with the heavy balls is full of grace. The catching of the ball from the cannon evoked great ap- plause Captain Holtum after he catches the ball loads the cannon again and fires it from his shoulder. He will be put on again tomorrow night by the management, and he has posted S100 challenge for any man who will catch the ball from the cannon.
 The three features for to-day and to- night are the Martels, "The Battle of Gettysburg" and the fact that every lady who visits the fair will receive as a souvenir dainty cup and saucer.
 Tomorrow being the anniversary of
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-11
UNIVERSITY LOSES A REQUEST. Judge Coffey Decides That Money Left It Must Go the Next of Kin

Judge Coffey rendered a decision yester- day which will cut off the University of California from receiving a bequest amounting to nearly s4OOO. Herman Rover, at the time of making his will, thought himself possessed of a large amount of worldly goods and made a clause in it for the establishing of a pro- fessorship of political economy at Berk- minister the estate they found that liti- gation and losses had lessened his for tune, and but small amount remained. Joseph Leggett was appointed attorney for the absent heirs, and objected to the university receiving the money, on tecfini- cal grounds. Judge Coffey sided with Mr. Leggett, and yesterday delivered an opinion that the University of California is incapable of taking the bequest men tioned in the will of the decedent. as the bequest has wholly failed. and that the whole of the residue should be distributed to the next of kin
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-11
CHEF WILLIAMS
 IN DISGRACE Caught in the Act of Ac- cepting Money From
 a Prisoner.
He Is Made to Disgorqe and Ordered to Remain in the
 Kitchen.
Another Scandal in the Culinary Departna of the City
 Prison.

Harry Williams, the chef of the City yesterday in the act of accepting money from prisoner who wanted an extra plate of hash
 Williams is the individual who seems determined to starve the inmates of the City Prison unless they pay him for his trouble. Since the publication in The Call of the queer methods of Williams, Chief Lees has instructed the City Prison officials to keep a close watch on him. Determined to catch him at his tricks of bleeding" the unfortun- ate men confined in the prison, the of ficials took prisoner into their conf dence for the purpose of obtaining suf- ficient evidence against the scheming cook. The prisoner was given 50 cents and as Williams passed down the cor ridor dealing out the meagre rationS to the occupants of the cells the former called him. He told him he had money and offered him the 50 cents ir he would bring him an extra plate of hash. The cook readily fell into the trap, and after taking the money he started for the kitchen to get the extra dish. Just then one of the prison officials who had been appraised of the transaction held up Williams and compelled him to return the money to the prisoner After being severely reprimanded for his despicable methods, Williams was ordered into the kitchen and told not to leave it until his term of sentence was up. The prison dishwasher now feeds the prisoners, much to the hu- initiation of the convict cook
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-11

"HE baby show at the Mining Fair
 yesterday afternoon offered a
 study in two phases of human l nature; first, maternal love and
 pride, and, secondly, the exten- siveness of the vocabulary from which fond mothers select names. Fifty-four girl babies. under years of age, ac- cording to their mothers statements, were exhibited, and almost as many boys. Naturally 1t was expected that the girls would outnumber the boys.
 The girls were the owners of those delightful names that have graced the stage and have been found in thrilling novels ever since the time of Adam. There were Bernice, Elma, Hazel, Myr- tie. lone, Bernardine, Velna, Cecilia, Phelona, Berna, Vivian, Zone, Selma. Dolores, Vera, Irene and Viola These were a few of the titles, and there were many more that were soft sounding. and as beautiful as the babies them selves The boys were few points shy on the beauty of cognomens, and Joes, Jacks, Henrys. Bills, Georges and Johns made up the general run of the future Presidents. There was one most noticeable fact, and 1t was that among the girls there was not a single Mary. It is now thought that the popularity of this name is on the declina-
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-11
BORIC ACID
 TREATMENTS
 RECEPTION Physicians Generally Guarded in Their
 Statements. Opinions Range From Appreciation to Mild Condemnation. Dr. Jerome Anderson Believes Dr. Daywalt Is ont the
 Right Path.
 As.xs@ ONEwHOs sKNEwzBEFORE. Can he=BloodsStand4En Acid to Do Good without.Danger'to
 fhASPatient?
pr. Jerome Anderson Believes Dr. Daywalt Is ont the
 Right Path.
ONE=wHos sKNEweBEF
Can heBloodsStand4En Enough Acid to Do Goodwithous.Danger'to
 fhAaPatient?

Dr.. George W. Daywalt's star seems to have risen in the medical world, and there is no great commotion at the dis covery. Even the howl that rang in the ears of Drs. Hirschfelder and D'Evelyn when they came forward with remedies for disease is missing. Physicians are very guarded in their expressions on the merit or demerit of the alleged discovery. Some speak in it's favor, others admit that it may prove efficacious. Some doubt that it will do good, and others condemn it in mild terms. The general opinion seems to be that Daywalt at least has the benefit of humanity in mind by not trying to conceal the simplicity of the remedy.
 A thorough canvass of the prominent physicians of the community yester- day drew forth the following state ments:
 Dr. F. W. d'Evelyn-Any effort which has for it's object the elucidation of problems affecting life or health is worthy of cordial encouragement. These investigations of Dr. DayWait are apparently along the lines of anti septic treatment, yet the experience gained by me or an almost analogous routine did not give the results which would justify the conclusion that the method would at all be classified as a specific. Presuming the death of the bacillus, we are not permitted to con- slider the result as equivalent to the cure of consumption. A bacillus is prob ably as active an irritant when dead as when living, as the toxine result ing therefrom is still a foreign and detrimental agent to the vitality Of the lung tissue, and one of the essential factors toward the cure of this disease must be the removal of the secondary effects of the bacillus and it's toxine.
 Dr. Jerome Anderson-I am cautious in expressing an opinion because all these things have to be decided by act ual clinical experiment. There is nothing strange or impossible in the theory that boric acid might prove to be a cure for consumption. It is one of those remedies that act by inhibit- ing growth rather than by killing the germ. My belief is that tn that felaJ
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-11
PROMINENT GERMAN DEAD.
Andrew Rusteberg Passes Away After a Lingering Illness of
 Four Months.

Andrew Rusteberg, a prominent Ger man musician of this city, aged 62 years. died at his residence, 2705 Folsom street. at S:30 o'clock last night after a lingering illness of several months
 The deceased was native of Germany but had lived here for the past thirty-flye years. He was most prominently iden- fled with the Verein Eintracht, and will be buried from it's hall at o'clock to- morrow afternoon. All the German bands will attend the funeral and the interment will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery. The deceased leaves several children He was noted trumpet player and had played this country. MT. Rusteberg was a man who had travelled extensively and was possessed of wonderful fund of informa- uon. The news of his death will be a great source of sorrow to his many friends.