The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 31, 1898, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1898. SRETRENCHMENT IN THE INSTITUTE Young Men Are Cutting Exnenses. SECOND DAY OF CONVENTION RECEPTION BY YOUNG LADIES OF SAN JOSE. Struggle for the Grand Presidency Grows Exciting, With Chances Apparently in Favor of Gildea. Special Dispatch to The Call. S8AN JOSE, Aug. 30.—The framing and sdoption of amendments constituted the principal work of the convention of the Young Men's Institute at its second ses- Economy seems to be the basis of their adoption, as hardly one was passed that had for its purpose anything other thin the decrease of salaries and the total abolition of all unnecessary ex-| pense. There was a little more diversity in the work of the convention during the after- noon session than that transacted in the morning. Upon being called to order, a communication was read from I Montgomery of Los Angeles in answer to the greeting extended him by the con- /V\KGXLLE)PAE; Hao A HaMmes " OuT FOR THE LECTURE BurEARy In it he expressed appreciation of the iope that for the a body of officers ng the coming ow about to be Father Yorke, as fonitor, for his bureau, by s through the paper, was in- re and unani- uarters in the San Francisco d the appropria- or its operation = DRT.MORRIS 7 15 WILLING TO 4 SERVE AS SUPREMB DELEGAT.E. expenses was unanimously defeated—the amount which is now allowed them be- ing established. ment to regulate the tax was also defeated. annual meeting of cil was permanently established at h per The time ar. introduced by Emmet te to the present conven- 1 it is now safe t 0 say roposed amendment for the pur- holding all annual sessfons in San ose o “rancisco was defeated and Hayden has evidently everything his own way. The proposition advanced to reduce the mileage expense now allowed delegates R SUAT ORPAL_ GETSAVIEW OF OANJOSE was voted down, as was algo the sugges- tion that such expense be pald by sub- councils. An amendment that proved successful and received the agpmbnnon of the entire convention was that relating to havin the established time for the collection of the per capita tax fixed at October 1, June 1, April 1 and July 1. The suggestion of having this tax collected in equal in- stallments was also approved. The appointment of A. F. St. Sure of No. 24, Alameda, and W. F. Humphrey as members of the finance committee closed the afternoon session. In the evening a reception was tendered the delegates by the members of Council No. 82 of the Young Ladies’ Institute. An interesting and well arranged programme was rendered and the occasion made memorable by those directly in charge. ]The programme presented was as fol- ows: Overturs, Schubert's Auditorfum Orchestra; address by the Rev. Father Kenna of St. Joseph's Church; vocal golo, P. L. Linehan, accompanied by Miss Rich of Oakiand; recita- tion, Miss Hattle Quiitz; vocal _soio, Mrs. . J. Galrsud, accompanied by Miss Helen Schubert; violin solo, “I'm the Little Drum- » SECTY STAN (hEY HAS HIs y during the past | ention would se- | to | WHISKERS CUT BIAS | AND BSMOKES CIGARETTES mer,”” E. Willlams, accompanied by Miss Maud | Caldwell; character solo, A. Bendelebin. Immediately after the rendition of the Dprogramme refreshments were served the guests. Upon departure each delegats was presented a souvenir consisting of three artificial moon flowers of the t ree colors of the American flag. those present were the following: Misses Mary and Belle Marmolejo, Anna | Keefe, Mias Dalsy Fox, Misses Edith and | Grace King, Miss Minahan, Miss Lena Nangle, | Miss Dora’ Lages, Miss Anna Nangle, Mise | Maggie Clavering, Miss Anna Graves, Miss | Agnes Carroll, Miss Fora, s Lizzie Murp! | Miss Emma Schubert, Miss Agnes Bell, M | May Donnelly, Miss ‘Lulu Curley, Miss Elia | McCudle, Miss O'Connor of San Francisco, | Miss Casey from Giiroy, Miss Tillie Ryan, Miss | Datsy Rich, Miss Marie Bell and Miss Amelia Blues. The various committees were as follows: | . Committee of arrangements—Miss Kate Cur- | ley. Miss M. E. Sullivan, Miss Mary McDon- ald, Mrs. M. Maloney and Miss Aggie Nangle. STARTS TO BOOM HIS TOWN Floor committee—Willlam Wondra, W. T. Ag: geler, B. C. Healey, J. M. O'Keefe. The chair- of the decoratlve committee was Miss McDonald. Dancing concluded of the evening. There is still fierce rivalry among the the entertainment | candldates for the grand presidency. The | general feeling of the delegates is against Gildea, but unless Haskins and heal the breach be: doubtedly be the bearer. SICK LIST IN PORTO RICO IS INCREASING | PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 30.—The yacht May, which arrived in this city to-day from Porto Rico via Newport News, brought the report of the repre- lerce veen them he will un- successful standard- next Grand Council held | sentatives of the National Relief Com- the Grand | Misslon—ex-Minister to Italy William | Potter, Willlam Van Rensselaer, Louis | C. Vanuxem and Dr. G. G. Graff—who went to Porto Rico to superintend the distribution of the supplies sent to the sick soldlers by the commission. The al session of 1599 will be heid | May, which was loaned to the Govern- | ment by Mr. Van Rensselaer, left this |city on August 6 and reached Ponce, | Porto Rico, August. Following is the report: In almost every instance we for thelr disposition money for the purchase of needed luxuries for the sick, such as fresh milk, ice (when obtafnable) and canned goods, and we are happy fo re- port that In every case we have been able to meet the demands made upon s, There are about 16,00 American soldiers in Porto Rico, and on the day of our de- parture, August 22, there were over 1000 men on the sick list. Of this number one- half were cases requiring prompt and careful treatment. There was- a large number of typhoid cases, but on the 25d inst. this disease was not on the increase, a fact which indicated that the malady had been carried from the camps at home and is not Indigenous to Porto Rico. How. ever, there was a very large increase in diarrhea, dysentery, dengue or break- bone fever and malarial disorders due to the hot, unhealthy rainy season just com.. mencing, which causes the water supply to be filled with malarial germs from the constantly decayving vegetation. All medical authorities with the army in Porto Rico agree that the sick list is in- creasing and that an alarming condition may be expected unless the War Depart- ment promptly arranges barracks for the army of occupation and immediately pro- vides additional transports (the hospital ship Relief being insufficient) to remove such® of the sick men as can be safely transferred home, the convalescents and those enervated by climatic changes. It 18 impossible for men from a northern climate to Tecuperate In a tropical coun- try during its most unhealthful season, Tn conclusion, we are glad to report that we reached Porto Rico with our medical and hospital supplies just at the time when they were most needed. Attached to the report i{s a Iette- from General Mlles thanking the com- missloners on behalf of the army for the supplies and for a big consignment of American flags; also a letter from Colonel Greenleaf expressing thanks or the gift of an Among | EMMET HAYDEN | 3 CLUB OF Edgar A. Coffman. tune of popular airs. Charles H. during the campaign. REPUBLICAN ~ CAMPAIGN ~ VOCALISTS. ’98 QUARTET. Dr. Jerome C. Carroll. Charles Ellsworth. ACRAMENTO, Aug. 30.—The Club of guished itself by singing at the various taken place up to this time as preliminary to the aproaching campaign. At the high jinks last night the vast throng loudly applauded the magnificent manner in which the quartet rendered appropriate campaign songs to the The quartet i{s composed of Edgar A. Coffman, Ellsworth and William S. Howe. ot Sacramento, and so favorably have they them that a movement is now on foot to have them make & tour of the State Wiillam S. Howe, ‘98 Quartet has already distin- political gatherings which have Dr. Jerome C. Carroll, All are well-known young men impressed those who have heard GROSS NEGLECT AT CAMP ALGER | Increase of Sickness Is Appalling. | THOUSANDS GET RHEUMATISM | COMPELLED TO SLEEP ON THE [ WET EARTH. | | Ailments Will Be Subject to the Disease the Rest of Their Lives. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Aug. 30.—A Camp Al- ger (Va.) special to the Herald says: | SBurgeons In charge of the Division | Hospital at Camp Alger are now pre- paring their monthly report on the con- dition of the hospital. The report will show an alarming Increase of sickness { over the previous month. During the | four months of its existence the hos- | pital has treated 2131 patients, of | which almost one-half were received within the last thirty days. On the | records typhoid intermittent fever and rheumatism appear again and again. | Rheumatism in its various forms has | attacked thousands of young men. The | men were never taken to the hospital, | but lay sick in regimental quarters or | | in their open tents and were reported | “gick in quarters.” It a complete list-of those who have | | suffered from ailments from whichthey | may never fully recover were made | | perhaps more than half of the privates |in the camp would be included. The | rheumatic troubles have been caused | ‘by the long stay in one of the ]0“’95[1 | plats of ground in all Virginla, where | thick fogs at night hang over lounlyi‘ soil that is mever dry. Men once | stricken with this ailment are subject to intermittent attacks all the rest of their lives. CAMP WIKOFF WORSE THAN CHICKAMAUGA | Dr. Senn Says It Will. Be a Horrible { Plague Spot Unless Broken Up in Six Weeks. NEW YORK, Aug. 30.—Medical offi- cers at Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, | deny there have been deaths at the camp hospital from yellow fever. The | two men, whose death here yesterday was sald to be attributable to the dis- ease named, were, according to the sur- geons in charge, victims of pernicious | malarial fever. which those unfamiliar | with yellow fever frequently diagnose as the latter. Dr. Nicholas Senn, assist- | ant surgeon general, U. 8. A, is quoted | as saying to-day at Camp Wikoff: “In justice to the camp, I want to say | that almost none of the sickness among | the soldiers up to the present time and | none of the deaths have been due to | the conditions which now prevalil here, or have prevailed in the past. Sickness | has been almost entirely limited to fe- | vers contracted in the south, and the | death rate would have been much more than now had the men remained in the | south instead of being brought here. “The only sickness which can be at- | tributed to this camp is dysentery, or | lesser troubles, which may have been | caused by the change of diet or water. “So far none of the fevers have been | indigenous to the camp, but if the men | remain they will certainly be attacked | with typhoid fever. | the germs which they will get in the | water. “To make this place healthy we should have a system of drainage which would carry away all these | germs, but to build such would cost a | large sum, owing to the extent of the | camp.” | Dr. Senn was asked if he had brought | his views to the attention of the sur- | geon general at Washington. “I have not done so in regard to Camp Wikoft,” said he. “My protest in regard to the other camps have passed unheeded. In regard to Camp Wikoff I have written an article em- | bodying all my views, which was print | ed in a medical journal over my signa- ture, and will be reported to the au- thorities in Washington, I am sure. Then I will be asked about and empha- size my opinions. I want you to reiter- ate that unless this camp is cleared out within six weeks it will be the worst infected place in the United States. The soil will be permeated with typhoid fe- ver and epidemies will follow. It will be worse than it has been at any time at Chickamauga. In regard to that camp I want to say that T warned the Washington authori- ties before the soldiers were sent there that danger would result from massin a body of men taere. I told them tha the water supply was insufficlent, and smachine, | the use of river water would result in | This will be due to | Youngsters Hitherto Strangers tai typhoid fever. My protests went un- heeded. The result was shown when I was in Porto Rico with General Miles. Almost the first men sent him were from Chickamauga. They were run down and half sick when they arrived. They were in-no condition to stand the southern climate. General Miles noted their weakness and I told him the cause of it. I asked him to notify the Washington authorities and have the Chickamauga camp broken up. iie did so at once and the evacuation of the place followed. “I want to s that bad as Chick- amauga was, this place will soon be far worse. Within three weeks all the disease contracted in Cuba will be cured. After that there will be no sick- ness in this camp, except what is in- digenous to it—but the death rate will be vastly greater than it is now. The men with sickness will die from the typhoid fever which will inevitably fol- low. Unless this camp is broken up within six weeks I predict that it will be, instead of a recuperation camp, a horror camp worthy to rank with the infamous pest-holes of the Civil War.” Camp Wikoff is to be investizated. General Wheeler has ordered General Adelbert Ames, chief of staff on Gen- eral Kent's staff, to conduct an investi- gation. He is given almost autocratic powers. General Wheeler has ordered him to get at the bottom of all the things which have been complained of. — SICK WELL CARED FOR. WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.—The sur- geon in charge of the hospital at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, reports to the surgeon general that *‘he 600 patients there are being well cared for. He has seventy-one female nurses and pinty of ice, milk and other things and a fund of $2000 to expend for anything that may be needed. Any reports of starving, he says, must have come from some typhoid convalescent who was not allowed all he wanted to eat by surgeons’ orders to prevent a serious collapse. - Sick Had Good Bedding. WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.—A dispatch from Surgeon Borden, at Montauk, to the surgeon general, denies the report that the sick on the San Marcos had had no bedding except blankets. He says all the sick had mattresses, pillows FEFIFFFI R4 I+ 4 FFFFFFIIFFFFFFATHFFII 4TI and blankets. Three Sacramento Buildings Burned. SACRAMENTO, Aug. 30.—A fire early this morning destroyed three small frame buildings at Ninth and K streets, causing a loss oL $7000. The heaviest dam- age was done to the Eagle bakery. The insurance was small. VALLEY ROAD PROGRESS. Dredging andi'.l‘;m;l-ing Going On at a Steady Rate. Chief Engineer Storey of the Valley Rallroad reports that the work on the Franklin tunnel is progressing rapidly. Up to date 497 feet have been excavated on the east end and 750 feet on the west end. In tunnels 2, 4 and 5 portals will soon be erected. s Along the line six and seven mlles east and west of the tunnel Work is progress- ing rapidly. Four dredgers are in daily use on the marsh. Contracts have been let for trestle work, 9000 feet, between Middle and Old rivers, and the grading of the reclaimed land between the tules in Stockton Is moving along at a steady rate. Four new coaches and one combination car have been added to the equipment during the past week. INVOLVES AN OFFICIAL OF THE OPIUM SMUGGLED -~ BY THE GUARDS Startling Discovery at San Quentin. CONFESSION OF A CONVICT PRISON. ‘Warden Hale Admits That Certain Men Are Under Suspicion and Several Have Been Discharged, Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Aug. 30. — The efforts of Warden Hale to discover the persons who have been smuggling opium into the prison have resulted in an important find. It is now believed by the authorities that only a small quantity of the drug has been carried through the gates by the convicts themselves, and that the major portion obtained by the prisoners has been through the medium of the guards. The facts have been ascertained from admissions of certain of the guards. During the last few days four con- victs were released and the tale told by one of them shows that the red room discovery, chronicled exclusively in The Call, led up to the more important one, implicating several of the guards, and, it is said, one official in a higher position. “When Hefferman was caught with the oplum under his pillow,” said the informant, “he tried to square himself with the official by squealing and gave the names of several guards and one higher official implicated in the smug- gling.” This talk of his has created a bitter faction among the convicts in the jute- mill. One of the guards admitted, when questioned, that it was common talk around the prison that several guards were under suspicion, and one official in a higher position as well. “I have heard on good authority,” he asserted, “that one of the suspected men went to the warden and explained his connection with the affair, saying he wished to show that the story about him was untrue. The higher officlal has been here only a short time, and in the opinion of the boys generally should have known better than to get Into such a mess.” ‘Warden Hale is very conservative in his admission about the affair, and shows plainly his disappointment that the story should have leaked out. He had concluded his investigations. “It is true,” he said, “that certain men are under suspiclon now, and that several have been discharged because it was believed they had engaged in oplum smuggling, though not recently. I cannot give any names because my suspicions are not founded on any tan- gible evidence. I am working hard in the matter and hope to discover the gullty parties before long. No guard has yet visited my office to make any explanation, and I believe the quantity of oplum now in the prison to be small.” A VERDICT OF POISONING. LIVERMORE, Aug. 30.—The jury in the McPherson Inquest which was held to- day brought in a verdict of death caused by septic poisoning, due to injuries re- celved from a blow struck by a falling load of timber. The verdict was signed by David McDonald, Glibert Hitton, H. W. Morrill, H. F. Ellis, A. J. McDonald and Willlam H. Bowles. The inquest was held about noon un- der the direction of Coroner Baldwin. Rev. Mr. Hicks was called and testified that he visited McPherson last Sunday evening at 6:45 o'clock and found de- cedent unconscious. The minister said that McPherson.did not recelve decent treatment, that the bed on which he lay was foul and that he saw no nurses about. Ralph Fallon testiiled as an eyewitness that while McPherson was unloading lumber from a cart at the mines a heavy timber fell on him. Abe Ryan gave tes- timony of a corroborative nature. Dr. H. S. Hiil of Livermore, who made an au- topsy on the dead man’'s body, testified that he found a fracture of the pelvis and an injury to the bladder. In his opinion death was caused by septic poi- soning. Dr. Lilly, who attended (o Pherson at the Tesla mine hospital, and Dr. Jump, who was in charge of the hos- pital, were not present. Much dissatisfaction was expressed on account of the verdict of the jury. - Big Blaze at Nashville. NASHVILLE, Aug. 30.—Fire broke out this morning in the top floor of the five- story building of the Phillips & Buttorff wholesale and retail hardware store on the corner of Bank alley and Couege street, and in an incredibly short time had completely destroyed the entire build- ing and its contents. The_fire spread south across the alley to A. J. 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