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The San Francisco call., 1899-05-04

while the other men and the two stew
ards were confined to the ward and not
allowed to communicate with any one.
Major Matthews at once notified Chief
Surgeon Forwood of this department,
who gave him orders TO Immediately com
municate with the Federal authorities.
This he did. and yesterday morning God
ley and the twelve soldiers who were in
the same ward with him and also the
two hospital stewards were taken
TO Angel Island. where they are now in
quarantine. Major Matthews took the
precautions yesterday 10 have the ward
IN which the men were placed thoroughly
disnfected and fumigated, and he also
had the tent in which Cooley was con-
fined burned. The other thirty-three SOL
diers. who were indirectly exposed to the
disease in that they came over on the
Sherman, are at present confined in a
ward to themselves. No one is allowed
to communicate with them and there is
a guard to prevent the men from getting
out. Major Matthews does not anticipate
a spread Of the disease. but he cannot
say at present what the results may be.
The Sherman has been ordered back into
quarantine by Quarantine Officer Brooks.
Major Matthews thinks that the men
were discharged from the Sherman be
fore that vessel had been long enough
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-04

In quarantine. He declared that danger
threatens the city and will continue TO
threaten 1t unless the greatest care Is
taken in thoroughly fumigaung the
transports that are to bring back the sol
diers from the Philippines. He believes
that the vessels should be, disinfected and
fumigated both here and at Manila.
There is risk, he says, in bringing sol
dlers from the Philippines. for the reason
that the men may go aboard ship in
fected with the disease which breaks out
after the transport is at sea. The ques-
ton whether or not smallpox can be kept
out of this country with the return OF
the soldiers is serious one. Major Mat
thews does not hesitate to say that some
one is TO blame for the Sherman being
allowed to leave her quarantine so soon.
The Sherman was taken back into quar-
antine yesterday afternoon. During the
voyage from Manila a case of smallpox
oeveiOped, but the patient was left at
ness during the run to San Francisco the
vessel was held in quarantine only atew
hours. All the members of the crew ana
steerage passengers were vacclnated.
after which Quarantine once Brooks
gave the vessel pratique.
The Shermans cabin passengers were
landed last Sunday and the vessel docked
Monday morning. AS soon as she was
alongside the wharf the sick soldiers were
landed and sent out to the Preside. Inc
members of the, crew were then given
shore leave, and they made every use
of their opportunities. Tuesday afternoon
when the case developed word was at
once telephOned to the GONeTn1nenl JOCK
and the transports Sherman and Cen
tennial were placed in quarantine. Patrol
wagons were sent out and the services OF
the harbor police invoked, with the re-
suit that nearly every member of the two
crews was rounded up and put back
aboard the transports.
During the early hours of the morning
the news reached the Board of Health,
and State Quarantine officer Chalmers and
Health officer O. Brien at once went down
to the transports. They made a careful
examination of every man on the, Sher-
man and Centennial and Vaccinated some
of the men on the latter who had been
overlooked by DR. Brooks Some of the
men were suffering from various causes,
but not one Of them showed a trace of
smallpox Half an hour after they left
the transports the orders arrived from
the United States Marine Hospital and
the Sherman was taken in tow by the
tugs Relief and Fearless and tOwed over
10 Angel Island. where she Joined the
Grant in quarantine.
A gang of $50 men was to have gone 10
work on the Sherman yesterday morning,
and then the vessel was to have been TAX
en- TO the Hunters Point drydock, where
she was to have been thoroughly over
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-04
THRALL'S NEW SCHEME.
Superintendent's Plans for Expedit-
ing Mails for the Orient Have
Been Inaugurated.

]. M. Johnson, chief clerk of the rail-
way mail service at Los Angeles. has been
detailed to go to Honolulu to take charge
of the transfer of mails at that port for
the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand
and the Orient. BY this arrangement the
dispatch of mail matter from this city
will be expedited by three days. Before
the Postoffice Department it was neces
sary to send all mail for the Orient to
Vancouver to be placed on board the
steamer at that point. Letters NAV be
mailed under the new system at San
Francisco and will be taken to Honolulu.
from which point they will be trans
ferred to the steamers arriving from Van
couver. The business public of the Sta4e
is indebted to Superintendent Thrall for
the conception and carrying out of the
system
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-04
TO STAY IN QUARANTINE.
Board Of Health Will Not Per-
nit DOckage for Sixteen
DaUS
DAYS.


The members of the San Francisco
Board of Health held a special meeting
last night
The meeting was attended by DR.. Will
hanson, DR.. Fitzgibbon, Dr. Baum, DR..
A. P O'Brien, the Health officer, and
DR.. Chalmers, the Quarantine officer. 1t
was determined to make a decided stand
to prevent the introduction of infectious
diseases in the ships coming from orien-
tai ports. The first step was to order the
transport Sherman detained in quaran-
tine sixteen days to await the develop
ment of new cases which may be in
course of incubation.
The discussion was opened by DR.
OBrien, who told of the occurrences of
the day. He was informed by Dr. Chal-
mers of the rumors regarding smallpox
on the transports Centennial and Sher-
man and together they investigated the
matter. They went first to the Centen-
nial and after a thorough examination
determined there was no reason why she
should not dock. No illness had devel-
oped during the past twenty-four days
The master Of the ship presented an af-
fdavit covering the period since he en-
tered the port. The affidavit developed a
remarkable laxness in the methods pur-
sued by Dr. Brooks, the Federal Quaran-
tine Officer. 1t recited that the latter had
boarded the vessel upon her arrival. He
could not Vaccinate all the crew, as he
old not have sufficient vaccine points
Notwithstanding this he gave clear bill
oil health and the vessel locked Twenty
SIX hours afterward he sent an assistant
" no completed the work.
DTS. Q,Brien and Chalmers next went
to the Sherman. They could find no
evidence OF contagious disease, but
heard, accidentally, that a case of small
( poX had developed at the Preside after
the patient had left the ship A visit was
paid army headquarters, Phelan building,
where they learned from DR.. Forward,
Deputy surgeon general, of a case found
IN passenger on the Sherman. He said
the sufferer and fourteen men, who were
! exposed TO the disease, had been re-
/ moved TO Angel Island, where they could
be readily isolated. Recognizing the
gravity OF the situation, the medical de-
partment, United States army imme-
! diately ordered the Sherman back to the
quarantine station. DIR. O'Brien asked
/ the members of the board to fix the time
/ at which they would allow the vessel to
/ be docked.
/ Dr. Fitzgibbon at once moved that the
sherman be detained sixteen days in
under the direction of representatives of
the Board of Health He thought a
! grave responsibility rested upon the
/ board to protect the people Of this city
! from contagion. In keeping with this
idea 1t was determined to order Or
| Chalmers, representing the board. to
! prevent, by legal or forcible methods. the
pratique. These permit the landing of
/ crew and passengers.
Secretary Dunno was instructed TO
! communicate with the members of the
! State Board of Health asking for a con-
ference between the two boards at once
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-04

bition, or money, or pride.
But men are slow to believe that over
work sometimes kills; a man hates to ad-
NIT that his health ever needs any particu-
lar care He feels miserable and Z" out of
sorts 4" but tries to bluff it off" until he
gets fat on his back unable to do a stroke
of work He becomes obliged to spend no
end of money for doctors and even at that
can hardly save his life.
How much more sensible, and in the end
how much cheaper at the first signs of ply
sical weakness to write to DR.. R. " Pierce
chief consulting physician of the Invalids
Hotel and Surgical Institute, of Buffalo
N Y, and obtain, free of charge, the ad-
vice of a skilled and educated physician
who has wider reputation for the success
ful treatment of chronic diseases than any
other physician in this country.
In a letter TO DR. Pierce, Mr.. J W. Brittin. of
Clinton. Dewitt Co, Ills. (P. o. Box 47s) writes:
"For over a year / was troubled with liver COM
plant Had no appetite, could keep nothing
on nv stomach, and had severe pains in my
stomach and bowels I doctored with home
doctors but did not obtain relief until friend
advised me to take DR.. Pierces Golden Medical
Discovery. began taking it at once and after
taking four bottles I think myself cured, as
can eat anything want and my food never
hurts me"
Dr.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure consti-
pation.N At all medicine stores.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-04

came a question of getting them to AS
toria. Tickets to that place were pur-
chased and two watchmen, named tobln-
son and Thomas, hired 70 look after the
men, The Watchmen get $40 a day while
they are away and all expenses, and their
instructions are to fight at the drop OF the
hat. The men were rounded up and put
aboard the steamer Columbia early yes
terday morning and are now well on their
way to the Columbia River. Yesterday
afternoon Balfour, Guthrie & Co. paid the
advance notes and the incident was sup
posed to be closed.
While the men were being shipped the
McCarron and T. Murphy-were in the
city and knew exactly what was being
done. When they learned that the sailors
tickets read from San Francisco to AS
toria' they laughed in their sleeve and
took passage on the Columbia, consider
ard D. Troop has already been detained
nine days waiting for a crew and the
boarding masters say. she will wait nine
more, or until Captain Corning pays SIP
What made the boarding masters jubi-
liant is this. The sailors who shipped for
Astoria unless they so elect. The two
men now in the Columbia will see to it
that they are landed at Astoria only. If
necessary each sailor will be given $50 or
$40 to side with the boarding masters.
The men will jump at the offer and then
the fight will begin. When the fight be-
bitter some time ago a vessel was tied
up at Eureka for want of crew. The
men were secured here and We're shipped
on the Pomona, but their tickets only
read from San Francisco to the Hum
boldt Bar" When the Pomona got there
the union men had got in their work and
the men refused to go into the tug wait
ing to put them aboard the ships. Then
there was almost bloodshed and one
boarding master nearly lost the number
of his mess. Captain Cousins soon settled
the matter, however He demanded to
see the sailors tickets and when he saw
that their voyage ended at the Hum
boldt Bar he gave them five minutes to
get over the side or else be put in irons
The sailors boarded the tug and the union
was outwitted. The men for the Troop
are booked to Astoria, and there Captain
Green must land them if they so desire
The Boarding Masters Association of
Portland is one of the most powerful or
ganizations on the coast. At the head of
It are Larry Sullivan, Jack Grant, Peter
Grant, John Bates and Dick McCarron
One of McCarron's relatives is Mayor of
the city, Sullivan's brother-in-law is Chief
of Police, Bates is Harbor Master and
the Grant boys are prominent Democratic
politicians McCarron is now aboard the
Columbia and is prepared to fight for the
sailors. whom the watchmen will try to
put aboard the Howard d. Troop.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-04
A FIGHT IN
PROSPECT OVER
A SHIPS CREW
Men Sent North Under
a Strong Guard.
FOR THE HOWARD D. TROOP
BOARDING MASTERS ARE ON
THE SAILORS TRAIL.
All Parties to the Anticipated Mix
Up Sailed Together on the
Steamer Columbia for
Portland Yesterday.

There will he lively times and maybe
a shooting scrape on the steamer Colum-
bia before she lands her passengers at
Astoria to-day. When the vessel left here
yesterday morning for the Columbia Riv-
er she had fourteen men for the British
ship Howard D. Troop in the steerage.
Accompanying the sailors were two
watchmen, armed to the teeth, while in
another part of the ship are two boarding
masters who have taken an oath to pre-
vent the Troop or any other deep-water
ship getting a crew except on the terms
imposed by the Boarding Masters Asso-
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-04
DIRECTORS DO
NOT APPROVE ADVICE
MAYOR SHOWS SUGGESTIONS
NOT RELISHED.
Board of Education Says It Is the
Best Judge of How Much Money
to Spend.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
QnQ Rrnn dr,rnr- Mo-

It
90S Broadway, May g.
The Board of Education does not take
kindly TO the suggestions of Mayor Snow
made at its last meeting. The Finance
Committee of the board has filed a
lengthy report in which it criticizes and
clearly resents what it considers an inter-
ference with its prerogatiVes by the May
or and City Council. 1t plainly states its
view of the situation in the followeing
paragraph:
THE Boards of Education are empow-
cred to establish and maintain as many
and such schools as they shall deem ne
cessary and to eXpend all school funds
and are alone responsible for the success
or failure of the schools established. The
only duty in regard to schools entrusted
by law to the Mayor and City Council is
the fixing of the percentage of taxes to
be levied and collected each year for
school purposes.
The Mayor has suggested that the
School Board attempt to conduct the
grammar and primary schools for the
next hScal year upon the income to be de-
rived from the State and county taxes
without any supplement from the city
treasury. In this connection the report
says:
This board therefore should do it's
whole duty and plan for the best schools
and sufficient accommodations and in its
annual estimate notify the City Council
through the City Auditor of the amount
or money required for such purposes or
1t will be derelict in It's duty
, lhere1ore your committee recommends
that the third suggestion of the Mayor be
disregarded."
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-04
CASE OF SMALLPOX ABOARD
1T DEVELOPED AT THE PRE-
SIDIO HOSPITAL.
Major Matthews Discovered That
George Cooley of the First Col
orado Regiment Was In
fected With It

On Monday there were sent to the hos
pital at the Presidio forty-seven soldiers
who had returned on the transport Sher-
man. One of these. Private George God
ley, Company G. First Colorado Regi-
ment, was apparently suffering with dy-
sentery. on Monday afternoon Cooley,
with twelve other soldiers. was placed in
one Of the wards with two hospital stew
ards 10 attend TO them. Tuesday Major
Matthews examined the man and found
that he had symptoms of smallpox. He
Immediately had him placed in an iso-
lated tent and a guard placed over him,
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-04
Died in the HOSPITAL.

A man whose name is supposed to be
Emanuel Barger was stricken at the
ferry depot with severe hemorrhage of
the lungs apparently as he was attempt
ing to catch the 10:15 boat to Oakland.
He was taken to the Harbor Hospital,
where he died thirty minutes later. De-
ceased was about 30 years of age, feet
inches in height, with black curly hair
and black mustache. The body was taken
to the Morgue-
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-04

hauled. cleaned, and painted. A number
of painters and riggers were aboard the
vessel when the orders came to place her
main aboard until the ship is released.
The Centennial will not be held in
quarantine but will take, the Sherman's
place on Hunters Point drydock to-day,
and will be got ready as quickly as pos
sible to start again for Manila.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-04

There is no mercury or potash in DR..
Sarsfield's remedy for the constitutional
and chronic diseases of the blood For
sale by all druggists
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-04
ADVERTISEMENTS.
/" What Shall q
Tan Give =? y

! IAN OtVc r -
The solemn
question comes
home to almost
every man at
some period in
his caree er.
w b at will
you give in ex-
c b a II ge for
your life ?" II
is like that
other solemn
question about
the soul. Just
as an houeSt
man feels that
n o t h ng of
earthly value
can be weighed
against his soul
so a man who
has one friend
to love him
knows that life
is too precious
to be bartered
away for AMI
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-04

Flemish oak with ivory ornaments.
Japanese gray, old Dutch Persian green.
bone black, gold leaf, gold bronze and
English oak holdings for picture frames
IN beautiful new designs at Sanborn &
Wallis, TAI Market street
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-04
Atkinson's Mail Seized.

The Postoffice officials in this city seized
yesterday, by order Of the Postmaster
General, five pamphlets addressed by Ed
ward Atkinson to Admiral Dewey, Cen
eral f.. 5. Otis, M. P. Miller and Profes-
sors Schurman and Worcester The
pamphlets are entitled "The He'll of War;
and Criminal Aggression" A third
pamphlet contained extracts from the
speeches of Senator Hoar, Ex-Governor
Boutwell, and Judge Edmunds
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-04

The famous old JESSE MOORE WHISKY is
recommended by physicians for family and
medicinal because 1t is pure.
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-04

Ladies tailor-made suits, fur capes. cloaks.
Credit. NJ Rothschild. 21 Sutter. roonaa s-L
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-08
OFFICIALLY LOST.
BelIamy StOrer, q. s. Minister
to Spain, Can't Be Found.

Washington, June s.-The mysterious
disappearance of Bellamy Storer, accred-
tied United States minister to Spain. is
assuming a serious aspect and the Off
Gals of the state department are much
concerned over his wherea bouts. 1t was
admitted today by Secretary Hay that
the minister is Officially lost and that
any information which would lead to the
discovery of his whereabouts would be
thankfully received. When Minister Storer
was transferred from Belgium to Spain he
was instructed to proceed to Madrid at
his earliest convenience Nearly a month
ago he cabled the department that he had
left Antwerp for Paris, and intimatcd that
he would proceed from there to the Span
ish capital almost Immediately This was
the last comm un1cation received from Mr.
StOrer- Since that time he has been To-
Gated but once. which was about three
weeks ago at Paris. W nen the Due d ARGOS
stopped at the French capital on his way
to the United States he had an interview
with Mr.. Storer, during which it was
agreed that both diplomats should present
their credentials simultaneously in order
that the formal restoration of rel9 tiOns
between the United States and Spain
might take place at the same time
Minister Storer informed the duke that
he would remain in Paris only long
enough TO give the Spanish representative
ton was given Secretary Hay by the min
lister from Spain upon his arrival here
ton of the secretary of state, and every
thing progressed smoothly until Mr.. Hay
arrived al the state department on Mon
day morning and learned that no infor-
nation of Mr.. StOrer'S appearance at Mad
rid had been received. Then inquiries
We're set on foot to endeavor to locate Mr..
partment. The subject was also brought
up at the cabinet meeting by the worried
secretary, and he was advised TO cable
corning Mr.. StOrer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-08
The Santa Fe Is Improving the
Ell Dorado Branch.
Has 200 Men Raising and Grad
ing the Track.
COSTING $4,000 A MILE.
Takes Two Trainloads of Bal
last Every Day
From the Augusta Crusher-
Levels With a Pillow.

The Santa F'e is now improving its
roadbed on the Ell Dorado branch from
Florence to Augusta, a distance of 43
miles. There are now in the neighbor-
hood of 200 men employed in grading
and raising the track. In some places
the track has been raised as high as
eight feet and when the work is COM
pleted the roadbed from Florence to
Augusta will be one of the finest any
where in the country.
After the grading is finished a coat
of ballast is put on, the track raised on
top of that then another coat of bal
last is put on, the track raised again,
then two more coats of ballast are put
on and the sides of the ballast outside
the track evened up nicely. Steel rails
Weighing 65 pounds to the yard have
recently been laid from Ell Dorado to
Augusta and a steel gang is now work
mig north to Florence. The cost of the
improvements is estimated at $1,000 per
mile and it will take all this year to
complete the "a miles. The work is in
charge of William Eglinton, the road
master of this division. After this work
is completed the road from Augusta to
Winfield will be improved the same
way.
The rock crusher where the company
gets its ballast is three miles south of
Augusta. The proprietor and contrac-
tor is L. w. Lewis, of EmpOria. His
son, L. H. Lewis, is manager. There
are so men employed of whom about
% are colored; the crusher has a ca
pacity of Sc cars per day; power is
furnished by an so horse power boiler
and engine.
The Santa Fe takes two train loads
of ballast from the crusher every day
and puts it on the track; on the rear OF
the train is a pillow which levels the bal
last, it only takes about 10 or 20 min
utes to distribute a train load, if all is
dumped at once.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-08

from a point high on a railroad bridge
four hundred yards down the river
came the death-dealing steel bullets
from a rapid fire gun The water was
lead whipped into a foam about the lit
tie raft with its cargo of human freight
but on they pushed, apparently unmind-
full of their great danger.
In a moment the soldiers in blue and
brown, scattered along the bank watch
ing with bated breath lest their beloved
colonel would be struck down by a
piece of rebel lead or steel, opened up
fire on the rebels in the trenches that
was frightful- Win the Maxim opened
up, two hundred rifles were leveled at
it and luckless was the TagaIo who
attempted to sight or fire it. The
Kansas boys aim was deadly and in
few moments the Maxim hushed its
barkings,i it crew lying dead and wound
ed about the embrasure.
The "niggerS'' in the trenches kept up
a hot fire but when the Americans open
ed up. the fusilIade was too severe and
they fed in great disorder; the Mon
tana regiment came on the flank at a
bend in the river and poured in a cross
fire on them which was deadly.
DWIGHT LOOFBOURROW
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-08
CHARTERING STREET CAR
It Only Costs Fifty Cents For This
Luxury In New York.

New York. June s,-There are few. cities
in the country where it is possible for al
most anyone to become a street car mag
nate, but right here in New York there
is a street car line which you can charter
for the small sum of 50 cents-Or two for
a dollar It isn't rapid transit-it is the
reverse OF what rapid transit is Il is one
Of those sleep producers that used TO elm b
Wylie avenue years ago, in which you
paid 10 cents for the privilege of spend
ing a lifetime while climbing the hill. You
didn't pay for the ride-you paid for your
storage.
Up on City island there is a crooked
mile and a half of track and a one-hOrse
car and driver. The horse is lank and
lean and lacking in litheness. the driver
is big and strong enough TO go to work,
and the car is about as big as a ribbon
box. Eight people can get in the car,
that is if You like one another. They
can't get in if they don't. a correspond
ent was up at the head of the island the
other day and wanted to get TO Barlow,
where you take the train for the metro
pOlitan part Of the city. The horse and
car We're standing there looking lonesome
and he got in Pretty soon the driver
came along. Want to go over to Bar
tow he drawled. Yes" the news
paper man answered. Cost you nifty.
Pick up anybody. you can collect fares
Want go nOW2''