The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 18, 1899, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, ONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1899. SMALLPOX REPORTED AMONG VOLUNTEERS A Case Developed in the Thirty- First Regiment. Isolated at Once, With a 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. It was deemed best not to risk complicating their cases. Word was sent over to the camp of the Thirty-first Regiment and steps to pre- nt 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 to who should go out to the quarantine hospital with the pa- tient was a serfous one. Colonel Gi chief surgeon in charge of the hospital, did not wish to order a 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 Presidio. A sur- geon and four men of the Hospital | Corps have gone out on the hill with a suspected smallpox patfent, 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 it took to say good-by. | The case developed in the gener: tal, the patient being John C. W Company M of the st 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, | to go out, so he called for vol when he commenced to show symptoms of | There was a response at once, and he smalipox. It is not absolutely certain that , jected Private Walter Doherty, nurse; the man has the disease, but the hospital | Private August Zerbin, nurse; Pri authorities are taking no chances, and at | patrick Burke, orderly, and Willlam ce White was ordered into quarantine. | Banfield, cook. Dr. John M. Wil- He was sent out to the “quarantine” hos- offered himself as the surgeon to pital, & s amp near the fortifications | . but Colonel Girard on the ¥ k of the fort, and with him | preferred to have the matter decided by went a surgeon, three men of the Hospital | lot. Lots were drawn among the offi- Corps and a cook. Everything in the and the lot fell e man who had ward whers White slept—bedding, the clothes of the patients—w out and taken to the teered, Dr. Wil The surgeon together what clothes they would need EAGER TO CONTINUE ON| B O SO S S + + i * | Pe S| ol * & 1 @ | o MAJOR . FRANK A. COOK LICUT = COL-.W- P DUVALL D! . 3 L S A O ARt SRS ] 3 Infantry ar- Colonel Edmund Rice, Major Ed- morning they were dressed for the @ - 3 It came in two Wward D. Anderson, Major Frank A. tropics, and their uniform included a + | ¢ wharf, two Cook, Major Joseph T. Dickman, novelty for the troops here—a brown < 3 in the first and the Major Charles F. Mason, surgeon; pith helmet. Every man in the regi- § 1< ttalion in the second, Captain John Bordman Jr., adjutant; ment wore one, and they were the sub- ix sections to make up Captain F. A. Washburn, s ject of as much discussion as the @ x 1t carrled it westward surgeon; First.Lieutenant R. themsel They make a ser- + b6 36 from . Plattabu W E nt urgeo headgear, but they will hardly i . composed of Reuben A. Whipple, quartermaster; and as much knocking around as the + + n from all the New England States First Lieutenant Frank E. Edwards, old and long suffering campaign hat. ¢ S commissary. + the exception of Connect The regiment has been well treated on its way out here, and more than one demonstration of welcome ened the journey. In Bos field officers are West Pointers, ) per cent of its men have seen he Spanish war. Colonel Third enliv- n the in command. turned out before an enthu : itenant-colonel ~ crowd that blocked the principal William P. Duvall, but Duvall was streets and the greeting the troops re- made colonel of the Forty-sixth, and . ceived was a heartfelt one, for a good so the ment comes here one fleld officer short. " The roster of the field nd staff officers is as follows: re half of the regiment is made men from the old Bay State. ‘When they reached here yesterday up of 4adids LOODED tana, but intended to make this city their home. After inspecting seve the house the counterfeiters fi ed the most commodious on proceeded to turn out bogus 1 ally select- at once —— @t P POPOb b4 HE It happened that Mrs. Mc( . the wife of the man who shot Horton, learned where the latter was stopping, and she concluded to him a vi make her husband jealous, pressed it. She remained only time, and as she was leaving she was by McCallum, who demanded an explans tion. The woman rather proudly boasted that she had visited Horton and ¢ her husband to prevent h him whenever she saw fi swore to be avenged, and wait for Horton shot him twice walking along Sixth street The landlady of the house where the counterfeiters lived is greatly pleased over their arrest. “At first 1 thought they were respect- able men,” she remarked last night, ‘‘and did not hesitate to pive them a ‘room. the capture of the counterfeiting outfit | The following day I became suspicious of which found in the room of Fred | their actions, but did not think they were Gray, allas Woods, - and George Mills, | sngaged in the business of countorfeiting. : rton, as told esterday’s Ci e woman, who 1S nown as Mrs. allas Horton, as told In vesterday's Call, | Cajjum, called on them several times, but as one of the most important that has|as Gray told me that she was a relative been made for some time. The trunk,|of Horton I pa.. no attention to her containing the plant of the men, was yes- | Visits. terday removed to the office of the Mar- | o --The night before the shooting T was B T A ather Al disturbed by a row in the room occupied sha % A - by the men, and saw the woman being Satisfied that he had at run to thrown into the street. I then told them earth two of the most dangerous coun- | that they would have to leave my house terfeiters that ever operated in the State, | and they promised to do so the next day. Marshal Shine lost no time iIn telephoa- ¥ Suspecting that they were opium flends ing to Captain Seymour, instructing him | to hold Mills and Gray.' Milis is now in the Receiving Hospital iffering from a gunshot wound in the foot, inflicted by | BOGUS MONEY Horton and Gray Are Identified. Ao ST McCallum r lying in he was TUnited States Marshal Shine regards L S S 4 John McCallum, a former pal. Gray was arrested at the time of the hooting and is being held as a witness | ainst. McCallum. To-day formal | charges of counterfeiting and having counterfeiter’s tools in their possession Wwill 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 {8 a brother of Sam Horton, a mem- ber of the reportorial staff of the Evening Post. About flve years ago Horton, alias Mills, committed a series of burglarles in alued at over e e s city, securing booty $5000. Jwit as the detectives were about | to arres. him he went to Alameda, whero he was caught In the act of looting a | private residence. He was _convicted after a short trial and sent to Folson for everal 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- jars and half-dollars. Gray had his slant” with him, but acting on the ad- ce of Horton he shipped it to this city, A day later the pair arrived here and rented a roomin a lodging-house on Grant avenue. Suspecting that their movements were being watched, Horton and Gray had the counterfeiting outfit removed to the house on Natoma street, where it was discovered through the efforts of The Call. They represented to the landlady that they were men from Mon: B o 208 1| was cc and his four men gathered | Me- | I secretly entered their room and found | 00— e e e O SO SO TRIO OF CROOKS WHO ARE ACCUSED 0 T T e e e e e tient ready for the trip over the hills, they left the general hospital with him. Thére was no band playing as they left; there were no cheering crowds; there was none of the pomp and excitement of parade. They went quietly away, like men who know their duty and are fear- less in the face of it. In all the volun- teers there are none braver than these men, fighting alone for the life of a stranger comrade, and willing, for duty’s sake, to risk their lives beside him. The going away of the Thirty-first Reg- iment may be delayed by the presence of disease among its people So near to the time set for its departure. The regiment was to have sailed on the Grant to-day, but now she will remain here un- til the medical officers are satisfied that the health of the regiment is Ferfecl and the commanding officer is willing to risk a trip across the ocean. The sfljllng of the Grant would have been delaye: anyway, as her refrigerators are not yet ready, nor will they be ready ‘fi“fl late this ‘evening or to-morrow. y that time General Shafter will have decided Whether or not the reglment may go. Every precaution for the safety of the men has been taken; vaccinationhas been made compulsory and every one exposed to infection even in the slightest degree, and the surgeon and his virus quill are all powerful.” But it may not be deemed advisable to let the regiment start upon journey of such a distance until there is no posible chance of harm to the men, and so the Thirty-first Regiment ma‘y have to give place to some other. It will be hard on the men, for they were the first here and_they are more than eager to be away, but the department is taking no risks. The Thirty-first came here at the end of August from Fort Thomas, Kentucky. It was recruited in the Middle States and rendezvoused at the Kentucky post, where | it remained some days before starting westward. There was some talk of dis- | ease at Fort Thomas before the regiment gathered there, but no trace of it ever ;Slm\\.d itself among the men. Where White caught the infection is not known, but it is certain it was not at the Presidio camps. He was absent without leave for several days, and the theory of the regimental officers is that he himself to infection somewhere "city. There are no cases in the city un- known to the health authorities and not isolated, so it i8 hard to see how the infection could have taken place here. The general opinion is that the disease tracted on the cars on the way to | this coast, if not at Fort Thomas itseif. - — Soldier Seized With Symcope. George Morgan of Battery A, Third Ar- | tillery, visited Fort Point yesterday morning with two friends. On their way | back to the city Morgan complained of | feeling sick. A passenger on the car of- fered him a powder to relieve his head | ache and he allowed it. When th reached O'F | street and Grant ave- | nut Morgan suddenly fell to the ground in an u ious condition. He was taken | to the Receiving Hospital in the patrol wagon and_after two or three hours re- d. Dr. Hopper's diagnosis of the was that the powder had acted upon heart and caused syncope. | cover e RE 00000000 R RCAR SEUS SRORE Y 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 hefore him. A payday is being arranged for the regiment for the 2ith inst. and the men take that to mean that soon after they will be away across the water. 4o+ o> B e o e R o e R SC8 SR B8 SC8 SR R RO AR S ST a complete layout. I iocked the door, rooms In, hoping that they would realize that their | Ja | presence was not desired, and as they did | not return I concluded that they would stay aw “T now | both_Horton and Gray from returning to | my house.” The police do not believe that jealousy promoted McCalium to shoot Horton, ¢ think that they had a row over the jon of spolls of some recent crime and that McCallum, who is also an ex convict, attempted to murder his former pal. # Gray has been anxiously sought for b | Marshal Shine and his men as they were atisfied that he was the man who h. been covering the State with counterfeit money. He was traced to Sacramento a | short” time ago, but disappeared before he could be arrested. The United States authorities have a strong case against him | and are hopeful of sending him to prison | for a long term. | —_———— | COOLOININGSGNG OGN INSNNOGNNN00005000 ¥ POSTAGE ON SUNDAY CALL. SUNDAY CALL wrapped ready for mailing—postage 2¢ to all points in United States, Canada and Mexico, and 4c to all for- eign points. F over her scheduled time | exposed | in the | smallpox hospital, $5000; Fire | ment, $50,000; election expenses, | $30,000; park panhandle, $8000; Board of Public Works, $6400; bond elections, | dollar +odibibodd ce that the shooting prevented | 044556 SUPERVISORS Tax Levy Will HE Board of Supervisors will meet to-day and adopt a tax levy for the ensuing fiscal year. It will be strictly within the dollar lim- 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 stuitify themselves, but will do as they agreed. The ap- portionment made by the Finance Com- mittee in its report submitted to the board on August 7 has proved very unsatisfactory, and has been subject- ed to a vast amount of criticism, but all attempts to eliminate its 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 7 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- ceedng the limit fixed by the people. One such amendment will be proposed by Supervisor Holland, but it has ab- solutely no chance of being adopted, because it provides a tax rate of $1 10 or more. It is characterized by the fol- {lowing increases over the Finance Com- mittee’s figur Repaving accepted streets, $105,000; Golden Gate Park, $70,000; public school $70,000; Board of Health, $70,04 City and County Hospital | (newh, $50,000; improving old hospital, $6000. 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 limit. Having satisfied their consciences by casting their votes for this amendment, they will thereafter insist on the limit being observed to the letter. M r Phelan, Supervisor Perrault WILL NOT BREAK PLEDGES Be Kept Within the Dollar Limit. Board Must Fix the Rate and Apportion the Funds To-Day—Finance Commit- tee’s Figures Will Be Accepted Without Material Change. amendment because it comes nearer my views than anything else so far proposed, but the amendment will un- doubtedly be defeated and then we will adopt a dollar limit levy, as proposed by the Finance Committee. However, 1 think that if, instead of voting bonds for improvements, we fixed the rate of taxation at $1 10 we would have money enough to pave our streets, run the city government and save the interest ; on the bonds.” A | _The committee on Fire Department of | the Board of Underwriters of the Pa- cific, consisting of Willlam J. Dutton, Charles D. Haven, Charles A. Laton, Rudolph- Herold, Rolla V. Watt and Isidor Gutte, has forwarded a petition to ‘the Supervisors, protesting against the proposed curtailment of the Fire Department appropriation, and strong- 1y urging that the appropriation be not | less than $600,000. 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- tained. OFF FOR THE SOUTH. The Badger After More Naval Mili- tiamen Awaiting Instruction. 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. The Badger has but recently returned from a cruise off the northern coast, on which shehad the First, Second and Sixth divisions on board. She will now proceed to Santa Cruz, where she wil pick up the First ivision, to Santa Barbara, where she will get the Fifth and to San Diego to get the third. She will then cruise off the coast for a week and return the divisions to their homes. The time will be spent in the numerous drills of shiphoard and in target practice. ‘When the Badger left t evening she had on board Adjutant General Seaman, Lieutenant Commander Thomas A. Ner- ney, excutive officer of the naval militia; Surgeon B. A. Plant and Douglas White, paymaster of the naval militia. HIS DECISION = CONTESTED. Jerome Bassity Referees a Black and ‘White Cakewalk. A parti-colored cakewalk the first annual picnic of the Wa ington-square Athletic Club. It was Jerome Bassity, the luckless announcer of the decision of the judges in favor of Tom Beattie and_his sister Kitty, who concluded and Expert Williams tried to fix up a had spiritedly and succ levy yesterday, but after struggling | for the cake against Mr. Stewart and | | with figures all the afternoon they | Mary Jane Beattie, who precipitated the found they had, notwithstanding all | trouble. their pains, ‘exceeded the @imit *Here (M Biewart, aicolored genticman S0 The Teadit it WHEIr effontar | high' social standing in~ Washington- SET IN TAX LEVY 1599-1900. SEPTEME 1, 1599, T \d priations] made Aug. 7, | Changed 1 to. 1 Jury nd mot Te or's extra help (three office) and blank: “ounty | County No. 3.. Clerks S isors (one office).. | Financ mmittee expert (bond and expert ofi | Employes (engineers, firemen, etc.). tors .. e buildings (repairs) buildings (lights) Publ | Publ | Wa Civil service .. [Street Department . nhandle ...... Sewer Commission . Street lights | 3 | E | Fish and Outside pledge election expen: Outside pledge interest and si $13,000 | 45,000 fice) . 190 11 20,000 ~Totals_ Receipts other than taxatio Outside the pledge deficiency. | Judgmen | Election expenses . Interest and sinking & 731,100 at 99.5¢ on $37: 31,100 at $1.066 on 350,000,000 After studying these figures last night, Supervisor Aigeltinger declared they would not be acceptable to the | majority of the board. | “If we are going to exceed the dollar | 1imit, we might just as well make a | levy that will give us what we need,” he said. “I will vote for the Holland square, made considerable demur to the decision. He thought that he and his fair partner were entitled to the cake, and proceeded to make himself heard to that effect. The trouble was soon settled, but Bassity is not looking for another job of that kind. ——————— Crushed by a Car. Albert Hempel, a 12-year-old lad living on Bush street, near Jones, had his right foot badly mangled yesterday afternoon under the wheels of a park-bound Haight street car. The accident occurred at the { corner of Haight and Scott streets. lne boy was taken to the Receiving Hospital, where Dr. Dray found it necessary to am- putate the great toe of the injured foot. R e Dr. Voorsanger on Dreyfus. Rabbi Voorsanger will deliver a lecture this evening at Temple Emanu-El on “Dreyfus After the Second Court- martial.” He will recite the facts and give a forecast. JAP STATUE'S last days at Art Saloon. Going East, then to Paris. v Pretty Cups and Saucers, 10 cts. up. Great Lerr Over SaLe Prices Away Down. Youw’ll Say So, ‘When You See Prices, (rreat American [mparting Tea . & Stores Everywhere. VARIOUS CRIMES. — e I00 Stores, fully contested | ADVERTISEMENTS. NEW GOODS! We shall offer on Monday, Sep- tember 18, new and choice goods in all our departments, and quote a few special items. SILK DEPARTMENT 25 pleces 24-INCH BLACK IMPORTED TAFFETA, bril- liant and lustrous, new soft finish. ......85¢ yard BLACK GOODS DEPARTMENT 40 pleces BLACK ENGLISH MOHAIR CREPONS, new importation, 12 different designs.....$1.75 vard DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT. 94 pleces 36-INCH SILK-FINISHED CHANGEABLE ALPACA, eight different combinations..50c yard " RIBBON DEPARTMENT. 375 pleces 31-2 INCH DOUBLE-FACED SATIN RIBBON, corded edge, extra high lustre and soft finish, all GOIORS i e s L L B0 G R LACE DEPARTMENT. 5 cases NEW EMBROIDERED AND CORDED FRONT- INGS, NEW RUCHINGS, RUFFLINGS, CHIFFON TRIMMINGS, LACES and VEILINGS. HOSIERY DEPARTMENT. 2 cases BOYS' EXTRA HEAVY BLACK RIBBED HOSE, double heels and toes, warranted fast black...... R e e LD LR T, s £4 P i % 6“":8,?’4‘0 OLDBERR BOWEN % CO Postal cards supplied for those who cannot come to the store— big illus- | trated catalogue free for your address SPECIAL SAVING SALE G STATEMENT —OF THB— CONDITION AND AFFAIRS —OF THE— HARTFORD STEAM BOILER INSPECTION —AND— INSURANCE COMPANY F HARTFORD, IN THE STATE OF CON- necticut, on the 3ist day of December, Monday Tuesday Wednesday A. D. 1888, and for the year ending on that day, Claret—V Zinfandel 35¢ | as made fo the Insurance Commissioner of the We age this same wine in glass for | State of Calitornia, pursuant to the Provisions our finest trade—reg’ly 50c gallon | of Sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, | condensed as per biank furnished by the Com- Soups_Franco- pints 3 for S0C | missicrer. e American Food Co quarts 30C | Amount of Capital Stock, pald up in | “Cash .. If you enjoy home-made soup just _fl@:;’i’ try this kind—reg’ly 20c and 35c can Sardines—Ispa large cans 20C Selected French fish—reg’ly 25¢ can Corn—=Sea Foam 124c Naturally sweet—packed in Maine reg’'ly 15¢c can Orange marmalade 3 jars 50c 4 Real Estate owned by C Loans on Bonds and Mortgages Cash Market Value of all Stocks Bonds owned by Company Amount of Loans secured by e of Bonds, Stocks and other market- able securities as collateral . Cash in Company’s Office Cash in Banks .. Interest Stocks and Loans Interest due and accrued on $58,432 91 301,000 00 d - 1,682,691 60 3,523 70 97,267 03 due and accrued on all Bonds S vell & C and mortgages ... 6167 Soutlwell & Co—London Premiums in due Course of Collec- made from Seville oranges t 5 . 4672% 68 | Rents due and accrued ... : Due from other Companies for Re- insurance on losses already paid. Oysters—eastern pack 10c Natural flavor—reg’ly 12}c can enough for three oats 2 for Breakfast mush wheat 3 for University brand Total Assets LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and unpaid . Losses 1n process of Adjustment or 25¢ | “in Suspense .............. TR 2 1b pacliages—clean—fresh Losses resisted, including exp: P d h Gross premiums on Risks running one vear or less, $34,944 67; rein- ort and sherry ‘?bm $2 surance 50 per cent Rk L ATSS Our bottling of high class wines | Gross_premiums on Ris ly A | more than one year, $2,481, reg’ly $1 bottle—imported | reinsurance pro rata -. 1,286,705 40 Total Liabllities .$1,346,187 00 Sweet pickles pints 35¢ 3 for $1 Pin Money % pints 20¢ INCOME. ;i o Net Cash actually received for pre- The real old fashioned Virginia KT $938,821 93 pickle—reg’ly 40c and 25¢ Received for inte; Gi d i 15 Recotved eor d " dividend ——preserved in § ecelve ‘'or_interest an vidends IOk D C | "on Bonas, Stocks, Loans, and trom Put up in Canton China all other Bources.. S 97,790 24 2 Recelved for profit on Securities reg’ly 20c jar | S P = D ima rofit an 88 collectes Alkethrepta chocolate 20c | &t nd.Lonm chected 1,90 1 Containing the nutritious natural butter of the cocoa—reg’ly 25¢ can Ammonia for the toilet bottle 25¢ Violetand lavender—try itinthe bath | years) Brillantine—Pinaud’s small 25¢ | Paid or atiowea for Coms various odors large 40c 2 for 75¢ Prepared from French essences imparts a rich lustre to the hair reg’ly 30c and 45c bottle Almond grinder Large size—reg’ly $1 25 Pepper mill—individual size 25¢ Grind your own pepper—reg’ly 35¢ Total Income ... EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for Losses (1 ing §. losses of pre: Tud- ious arges for officers, clerks, etc. aid for State, National and taxes ... 2 Paid for Inspections 2 All other payments and expenditures Tocal 95¢ | | Losses incurred during the year . Risks. Total Expendltures ... E $61,007 17 Risks and Premiums. Premtums. 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