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event in New York society circles the
other day and the city editor told me
to get a picture of the prominent
guests arriving. ! took my apparatus
and went up to the scene of the arr
walls. Over the sidewalk was. spread
the usual canopy. 1t was impossible
to get near enough to take picture
by ordinary means, even if the police
had permitted it. I took my stand,
watched my opportunity when the
crowd had parted little and lady
well known in New York society was
just alighting from her carriage, had
my assistant touch off flash light and
secured an excellent picture, which
made a great sensation when published
the following day. OF course the flash
caused great CONSERVATION. The lady
photographed nearly tainted, the
crowd scattered under the imoress!on
that an anarchist bomb had been ex-
ploded, and / had the scene |, n.y.
self until the arrival of the police, who
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-04

not an easy row to hoe and deserves all
of his high salary.
II am convinced that in several years
from now" he said, there will be moth
ing but half-tone photographs printed
in our newspapers. At present there
are difficulties in the way, but they are
being swept aside, and daily the pro-
cess is approaching perfection. Re-
Gently l took a picture of an athlete at
II o'clock at night. The picture was
ordered for. publication in the next
mornings paper, which was to go to
press at 1 a. m. The picture appeared
I took the photograph and developed
it in an hour. The mechanical depart
ment had the cut made bv / o'clock and
The paper went to press on time with
the picture in good shape. That seems
to me to be the triumph of news pho
Biography. Co.
II have had many interesting expe-
riences during nay work as a news
photographer There was a great
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-04
An Influenza Cure.

From London Truth.
I am an expert in influenza, my
knowledge derived corpore viii, for I
have had it several times. I can there
fore prescribe. You catch it. Having
caught it, go to bed: test your temper
ature. So long as it is above the nor
NAL point generally about two days.,
take slops, and twice day a couple of
salicin tabloids of five grains each.
When the temperature becomes normal
feed up, still remaining in bed. If there
is sore throat, Use gargle. The odds
are that there will be no complications.
In about five days the influenza disap
pears, leaving the patient as weak as a
rag. This weakness has to be met by
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-04

songs. This peculiar movement is called
'syncopation' by musicians. Rag time
is the very ,scul of jocund movement.
1t is almost impossible to keep the feet
still when rag time is iuggled on the
piano. A distinguished actor said re-
Gently that when he was married he
wished to march to the altar to the mu-
sic of rag time Among the songs
which rag time have carried into pop
ular favor are Eli Queens Cake Walk, ;
Take Your Clothes and Co. 1 Don't
Like No Cheap Man. I Don't Care if
You Never Come Back I Can't Think
of Nuthin' Else But You, How I Love
My Lu' Just Come Up and Take Your
Presents Back All | Want Is My
Chicken and a dozen others of similar
character.
meanwhile there has come into ex-
istence what is known in the musical
trade as the geographical song. By
this is meant the songs relating to a
locality such for instance, as On the
Banks of the Wabash which was the
pioneer of this class of song. This was
followed by host of similar songs,
chief among which have been She Was
Bred in Old Kentucky The Girl I
Loved in Sunny Tennessee Mid the
Green Fields of Virginia and many
others which did not appeal to popular
taste.
cit has been more or less a matter
of surprise to the music publishing
trade that the war with Spain did not
create single great popular song.
Nearly all the successful composers
tried their hands, but none of them
succeeded in reaching the popular heart.
Probably 5000 songs were written, 1000
of which were printed, but not more
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than IL have paid for the cost of print
ing, publishing and advertising. A
careful examination of more than 200 of
these songs show that they were all
deficient in these qualities which made
Marching Through Georgia. The Va
cant Chair and other songs of the re-
bellion resound throughout the country,
There are various conjectures to ac-
count for this failure, but probably the
real one is that the patriotism of the
country was not aroused sufficiently TO
interest the masses.
How long does a popular song re-
main alive? That depends largely on
it's character. Some songs exhaust
themselves in six months. Others last
through whole theatrical season.
while some have a fair degree of popu-
larity for two years. Humorous songs
disappear more quickly than senti-
mental ones"
= ERNEST JARROLD.
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A Railroad Yarn.

From the New York Journal
Talk about your fast time, remarked
the Southern railroad man. Did you ever
hear of the phenomenal run l made on
the old r. D. S. railroad?'
Il don't thnk [ ever did, replied his
Northern friend. "How was it?
II was running old 372 at the time; a fine
engine she was. too. One day we were
delayed for some reason or other. | think
it was a dog fight, but I'm not quite sure.
Anyway, we found we were two hours
behind time. and we only had 10 miles to
make it IN in. ! turned to Jim dim was
my fireman. you know. and l said: Jim
| said, we've got to get to Pokeville on
time or bust a boiler. Well, Jim he
agreed and we pushed old 372 along for
all she was worth. and I'll be hanged If
we didn't make Pokeville two minutes
ahead of time.'
Good heavens mani" exclaimed the
Northerner What was your usual time
on that 10-mile run?''
Three hours and fifty minutes. We
made it that day in one forty-eight, but it
strained old 3T2 so that she never was
much good afterwards"
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VALUE OF VACCINATION PROVED.
Results of the Operation in Germany
shown in Military Quarters.

Results of the Operation in Germany
Shown in Military Quarters.
The fierce attack recently made by
Alfred Russell Wallace in his able
book, the wonderful Century on
vaccination, has called out opinions
held by other scientists in other parts
of the world on the subject. One of the
latest to appear as an advocate of vac
cination is DR.. Bizzozero of Rome, who
has lectured in that city in manner,
says a correspondent of the London
Lancet, to make a deep impression. He
passed over his own country, Italy,
thus leaving his foreign readers in lg-
norance of how the case stands there;
but Germany, he said, is alone in do
ing it's entire duty by its people in re-
spect to vaccination. That great EN-
pire, in consequence of the calamitous
smallpox epidemic of 1S70-1l enacted
the law of 1874 which makes vaccina-
ton obligatory in the first year of life
and revaccination obligatory at the
10th year. What was'the result? With
a population of $1,000. 900, having in IL
lost 143, 600 lives by smallpox, she found
by her law of 1874 the mortality d.
minished so rapidly that to-day the dis
ease numbers only 116 victims year.
IheSe cases, moreover, oSSui ahiibft
exclusively on her frontier If it We're
true, Professor Bizzozero went on to
say, that a good vaccination does not
protect from smallpox. we ought to find
in smallpox epidemics that the disease
diffuses itself in the well-vaccinated no
less than in the non-vaccinated coun-
tries. But it is not so. In 1S1O-71 dur
ing the Franco-German war, the Two
peoples interpenetrated each other, the
Germans having it's civil population
| vaccinated optionally, but it's army
completely revaccinated, while the
French population and army alike)
were vaccinated perfunctorily. Both
! We're attacked by smallpox; but the
French army numbered $4,000 deaths
! by it, while the Germany army mad
| only 27S; and in the same tent, breath
| ing the same air. the French wounded
| were heavily visited by the disease,
| while the German wounded, having
| been revaccinated, had not single
| case.
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said the great parsonage, you may as
well go ahead. And ahead J went
for all I was worth. No other news
paper man succeeded in getting with
in the fence. so l am rather proud Of
that achievement
when President Mckinley made his
recent trip to New York | caught
number of good views which illnstrat-
ed his visit perhaps more Interestingly
than mere description would.
"A few moments after the alarm
sounded for the recent Windsor hotel
fire l was on my way to the scene.
Getting inside the fire lines, l succeed
ed in securing four pictures showing
the fiame-wrapped building, and later
the scene Immediately after the walls
had fallen in. These photographs nat
urally conveyed to the eyes of the read
ers more graphic and truthful pic
ture than the imaginative sketches of
the pen and ink artists.
ION another recent occasion [ was
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-04

work is full of interest and, as I have
said before, L regard it as one of the
greatest Importance to modern jour
nalism and likely to grow to be of stun
more importance as editors can be
brought to realize that it is now posi-
BILE to print a photograph without de-
lay or extra mechanical facilities
ARTHUR LESLIE.
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regarding their difficulties in getting
the subject to assume a correct pose
or to approach near enough to the sub
ject to secure him at ALL are already
enough to fill a volume. Hall Caine
tells of a persistent and rather over
bold individual who accosted him on
the deck of steamer as he came up
the Narrows when visiting New York,
and undertook to point out to him the
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continuing to feed up, and by taking a
tonic such as quinine, care being taken
to avoid all chance of catching a cold
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-18
Tax Levy Will Be Kept Within
the Dollar Limit,
Board Must Fix the Rate and Apportion
the Funds To-Day-Finance Commit
tees Figures Will Be Accepted
Without Material Change.

amendment because 1t comes nearer
my views than anything else so far
proposed, but the amendment will un-
doubtedly be defeated and then we will
adopt dollar limit levy, as proposed by
the Finance Committee. However, l
think that If, instead of voting bonds
for improvements we fixed the rate of
taxation at 81 10 We would have money
enough to pave our streets, run the
city government and save the interest
Oh the bonds"
The committee on Fire Department Of
the Board of Underwriters of the Pa
cific, consisting of William j. Dutton,
Charles D. Haven, Charles A. Laton,
Rudolph Herold, Rolla V. Watt and
Isidcr Cutie, has forwarded a petition
to the Supervisors, protesting against
the proposed curtailment of the Fire
Department appropriation, and strong
ly urging that the appropriation be not
less than 100000. The petition calls
attention to the fact that within the
past year the Fire Underwriters have
reduced rates so as to make a saving
of several hundred thousand dollars a
year to the citizens of San Francisco,
in anticipation of the fully paid Fire
Department required under the new
charter but that these reductions can
not be maintained without loss to the
underwriters unless the present equip
ment of the Fire Department is main
fairpH
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-18
A Case Developed in the Thirty
First Regiment.
Isolated at Once, With Surgeon and Four
Men Of the Hospital Corps Who Offered
Themselves for the Service.

ough fumigation. Then every man and
woman in the hospital was ordered vac
cinated, and the order was carried out at
once upon everybody but the typhoid
fever patients. 1t was deemed best not
to risk complicating their cases
Word was sent over to the camp Of the
Thirty-f1rst Regiment and steps to pre-
vent possible infection were taken at once.
The tent White and others occupied was
torn down and destroyed. The property
Of the sick man and of all his ten mates
was destroyed, and every one who has
been closely associated with him either in
the tent or in camp, was isolated.
The question as 10 who should so out
to the quarantine hospital with the pa
tient was q serious one. Colonel Girard,
chief surgeon in charge of the general
hospital, did not wish to order any man
to go out, so he called for volunteers.
There was a response at once, and he Sc
lected Private Walter Doherty, nurse;
Private August Zerbin. nurse; Private
Patrick Burke, orderly, and William
Banfield. cook. DIR. John NJ. Will
liams offered himself as the surgeon to
be placed in charge, but Colonel Girard
preferred to have the matter decided by
lot. Lots were drawn among the Off
GERS, and the lot fell to the man who had
volunteered, DR.. Williams.
The surgeon and his four men gathered
together what clothes they would need
in their seclusion, and, making their pa
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-18

" HE Board Of Supervisors Will
meet to-day and adopt tax levy
for the ensuing fiscal year. 1t will
be strictly within the dollar lin
It. The Supervisors freely admit
that they have their doubts of the prac-
ticability of attempting to operate the
municipality on a dollar basis, but
since the people exacted pledges from
them not to exceed that amount they
do not propose to stultify themselves,
but will do as they agreed. The ap-
portionment made by the Finance Com
mittee in it's report submitted to the
board on August has proved very
unsatisfactory, and has been subject
ed to a vast amount of criticism, but
all attempts to eliminate it's objection
able features and at the same time keep
within the dollar limit have thus far
been futile Every arrangement that
has been suggested has had the fault
Of robbing one fund to satisfy the de-
mands of another and the only result
apparently has been to prove that the
city cannot be run on the dollar limit
of taxation.
The figures submitted by the Finance
Committee on August Z will be those
adopted by the board to-day, with pos
sibly a few minor changes. That they
will not be adopted without consider
able wrangling is certain, but the
amendments that will be submitted
will all contain the fatal defect of ex-
ceed,ng the limit fixed by the people.
One such amendment will be proposed
by Supervisor Holland, but it has alb
solutely no chance of being adopted,
because it provides tax rate of 81 10
or more. 1t is characterized by the fol-
lowing increases over the Finance Com
mittee's figures:
Repaving accepted streets, $1O5, 900;
Golden Gate Park, $4,000; public
schools, $4,000; Board of Health,
S70,Q00; City and County Hospital
(newa, $4,000 improving old hospital,
SO, 600; smallpox hospital, $4,000; Fire
Department, $50,000; election expenses,
100000; park panhandle, $4,000; Board
of Public Works, $1,000; bond elections.
$4,000.
This amendment probably will re-
ceive the votes of Holland, Aigeltinger,
Black and Phelps, but they know it
will be defeated and their only object
in voting for it will be to emphasize
their belief in the impossibility of
carrying on the city government on a
dollar limit. Having satisfied their
consciences by casting their votes for
this amendment, they will thereafter
insist on the limit being observed to the
letter.
Mayor Phelan, Supervisor Perrault
and Expert Williams tried to fix up a
levy yesterday, but after struggling
with figures all the afternoon they
found they had, Notwithstanding all
their pains, exceeded the limit. Here
is the result of their efforts:
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-18

tana, but intended to make this city their
home. After inspecting several rooms in
the house the counterfeiters finally select
ed the most commodious one, and at once
proceeded to turn out bogus money.
1t happened that Mrs. McCallum. the
wife Of the man who shot Horton, learned
where the latter was stopping, and she
concluded to pay him a visit Just to
make her husband jealous as she ex-
pressed 1t. She remained only a short
time, and as she was leaving she was met
by McCallum, who demanded an explana-
ton The woman rather proudly boasted
that she had visited Horton and defed
her husband to prevent her from visiting
swore to be avenged, and after lying in
wait for Horton shot him twice as he was
walking along Sixth street.
The landlady Of the house where the
counterfeiters lived is greatly pleased
over their arrest.
cat first l thought they were respect
able men" she remarked last night, land
did not hesitate to give them a room
The following day / became suspicious Of
their actions, but did not think they were
engaged in the business of counterfeiting
The woman, who is Known as Mrs. Nc
Callum called on them several times, but
as Gray told me that she was a relative
of Horton l pa4,. no attention to hel
visits.
THE night before the shooting I was
disturbed by a row in the room occupied
by the men, and saw the woman being
thrown into the street | then told them
that they would have to leave my house
and they promised to do so the next day.
Suspecting that they were opium ffends
l secretly entered their room and found
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-18

"HAT there are as brave men as have
gone to the war or are going to IT.,
Is being proved out in the Quaran-
tine hospital at the Preside. a sur
geon and four men Of the Hospital
Corps have gone out on the hill with
a suspected smallpox patient, and alone
they will fight against the disease. There
will be no one allowed near them; they
will be cut off for weeks from their friends
and comrades, but they went willingly
when the call came and they hesitated no
longer than 1t took TO say good-by.
The case developed in the general hospi
tai, the patient being John c. White Of
Company II of the Thirty-frst Infantry.
White was sent to the hospital Saturday
evening. He showed signs Of fever, but
beyond that there was nothing alarming
in his condition until yesterday morning,
when he commenced to show symptoms Of
smallpox 1t is not absolutely certain that
the man has the disease, but the hospital
authorities are taking no chances and at
once White was ordered into quarantine.
He was sent out to the quarantine" hos
pitaI, a small camp near the fortihcations
on the hill back of the fort, and with him
went a surgeon, three men Of the Hospital
Corps and a cook Everything in the
ward where White slept-bedding, cur
tains and the clothes of the patients-was
bundled out and taken to the formal
dehyde room, where it was given a thor
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-18
FLOODED THE
STATE WITH
BOGUS MONEY
Horton and Gray Are
Identified.

United States Marshal Shine regards
the capture of the counterfeiting outfit
which was found in the room of Fred
Gray, alias Woods, and George Mills,
alias Horton, as told in yesterdays Call,
as one of the most important that has
been made for some time. The trunk,
containing the plant Of the men, was yes
terday removed to the Office of the Mar
shal in the Appraisers building.
Satisfied that he had at last run to
earth two of the most dangerous coun-
terfeiters that ever operated in the State,
Marshal Shine lost no time in telephon-
ing to Captain Seymour, instructing him
the Receiving Hospital suffering from a
gunshot wound in the foot inflicted BY
John McCallum, a former pal.
Gray was arrested at the time Of the
shooting and is being held as witness
against McCallum. To-day formal
charges. of counterfeiting and having
counterfeiter's tools in their possession
will be preferred against the men.
Mills, according to the police, is one OF
the worst crooks on this side of the con-
tinent His true name is George Horton.
He is a brother of Sam Horton, a mem
Der Of the reportorial staff of the Evening
Post. About five years ago Horton, alias
Mills committed series Of burglarles III
this city, securing booty valued at over
$4,000. J'7t as the detectives were about
to arresl him he went to Alameda, where
he was caught in the act Of @ l@ooting =. 7
after short trial and sent to FOLSOM for
several years.
On his release from the penitentiary in
the latter part of August Horton went
to Sacramento, where he met Gray, who
was then engaged in flooding the northern
portion of the State with counterfeit dol
lars and half-dollars. Gray had his
plant with him, but acting on the ad-
vice of Horton he shipped it to this city.
A day later the pair arrived here and
rented a room in a lodging-hou on Grant
avenue Suspecting that their movements
were being watched, Horton and Gray
the the house on Natoma street, where 1t was
discovered through the efforts, OF The
Call. They represented to the landiady
that they were mining men Irom Mon-
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-18

Colonel Edmund Rice, Major Ed
ward d. Anderson, Major Frank A.
Cook, Major Joseph T. Dickman,
Major Charles F. Mason, surgeon;
Captain John Bordman Jr., adjutant;
Captain T. A. Washburn, assistant
surgeon; First. Lieutenant r. S. Girls
void, assistant surgeon; Captain
Reuben A. Whipple. quartermaster;
First Lieutenant Frank E. Edwards,
commissary.
The regiment has been well treated
on its way out here, and more than
one demonstration of welcome enliv-
ened the journey. In Boston the men
turned out before an enthusiastic
crowd that blocked the principal
streets and the greeting the troops re-
ceived was a heartfelt one, for good
half Of the regiment is made up of
men from the old Bay State.
When they reached here yesterday
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-18
OFF FOR THE SOUTH.
The Badger After More Naval Mill
tiamen Awajtino Instr11ction

The Badger left port last evening bound
for the south coast of California,
where she will take the three southern
divisions of the naval militia for a prac-
tice cruise.
from cruise off the northern coast, on
which she had the First, Second and Sixth
divisions on board. She will now proceed
to Santa Cruz, where she viii pick up the
First Division, to Santa Barbara,
where she will get the Fifth and to San
Diego to get the third. She will then
the divisions to their homes. The time
will be spent in the numerous drills of
shipboard and in target practice.
When the Badger left last evening she
had on board Adjutant General Seaman,
Lieutenant Commander Thomas A. Ner-
ney, executive officer of the naval militia;
Surgeon B. A. Plant and Douglas White.
paymaster of the naval militia.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-18

morning they were dressed for the
tropics, and their uniform included a
novelty for the troops here-a brown
pith helmet. Every man in the regi-
ment wore one, and they were the sub
ject of as much discussion as the
troops themselves They make a ser
viceable headgear, but they will hardly
stand as much knocking around as the
old and long suffering campaign hat.
The greatest care was exercised in
the selection of the men who make up
the regiment, and, as a consequence,
the command is a remarkably fine
body of men. Every one in it has
passed the inspection of at least three
surgeons, each one more rigid than
the one before him.
A payday is being arranged for the
regiment for the oath inst, and the
men take that to mean that soon after
they will be away across the water.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-18

" HE Twenty-sixth Infantry ar
rived yesterday. It came in two
sections from the wharf, two
battalions in the first and the
third battalion in the second,
but it took six sections to make up
the train that carried it westward.
The regiment is from Plattsburg
Barracks, n. Y, and is composed of
men from all the New England States
with the exception Of Connecticut.
All its field officers are West Pointers,
and 80 per cent of its men have seen
service in the Spanish war. Colonel
Edmund Rice, a major in the Third
United States Infantry, is in command.
He had for his ieutenant-coIonel
William P. Duvall, but Duvall was
made colonel of the Forty-sixth, and
so the regiment comes here one field
officer short. The roster Of the field
and staff officers is as follows: