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NEWARK. N. J.. Aug. 17.— Judge Klrk
patrlck to-day signed an order permit
ting the New York Security and Trust
Company to bring suit against James
Smith, as receiver for the United States
Shipbuilding Company, In foreclosure pro
ceedings on the n0,00O v 00O mortgage on
the Bethlehem Steel "Works. . .. .
May Sue Shipyard Trust. J
On Thursday morning the solution be
gan to have the effect noped for. Before
daylight the kidneys, under the effect o£
the stimulant, 'threw off most N of the
poisonous liquids caused by tha tetanus
bacillus. In the same time the pulse
beats were reduced from 144 per minute
to 104 per minute.
Three veins were opened In the boy's
right arm, and. by means of an Instru
ment that resembled a fountain syringe,
the salt solution was made to mingle
with the blood. The operation was re
peated on Wednesday morning and even
ing.
CHICAGO, Aug. 17.— A cure for lockjaw
has at last been discovered. The cure 13
not a theoretical one. % It has been tested
and proved. The discoverer is Dr. Samuel
A. Mathews. professor of pharmacology
In the University of Chicago.
Mathews' treatment of the dread disease
consists of an intravenous injection of
salt solution. The treatment has just
been tried 'for the first time on George
Newman, the 11-year-old son of J. M.
Newman of South Chicago.
The patient had. an acute attack of the
malady and was in the last stages when
Dr. Mathews was asked to try his newly
discovered remedy. As a result the spec
ter of death has vanished and Georga
Newman is able to sit up in bed.
.The logic of Mathews' discovery is sim
ply this: The function of the kidneys Is to
carry away from the body all things that
tend to poison the blood. The poison
which causes lockjaw is produced by the
tetanus bacillus, a motile germ which
forms in wounds. This poison, in cases
of lockjaw, paralyzes the kidneys to such
an extent that they are unable to per
form their functions and carry it out of
the system.
Mathews found from experiments with
rabbits, the blocd of which had been pois
oned with tetanus bacillus or with mor
phine, that a solution of salt, when In
jected into their blood, greatly stimulated
the uctlon of the kidneys.
On Wednesday. July 13. while playing
near bis home, George Newman caught
the large toe of his right foot between the
chain and cog wheel of a bicycle and that
member was mangled. Dr. Hartman of
South Chicago was summoned, dressed
the toe and It began to heal nicely. Eleven
days later, however, symptoms of lockjaw
appeared, and from that time the child
grew, steadily worse.
Last Tuesday the attending doctors told
the anxious parents that ' they could do
no more: that death was a question of a
very short time. One of the ddctors told
the elder Newman of Professor Mathewa
and his experiments. Mathews was sum
moned. When he arrived George had been
In spasms, the last fatal symptom of the
disease, for five hours. Mathews had lit
tle hope in such an extremity.
Special Dispatch to The Can.
Restoration Is Effected After
Physicians Had fijven
Up Hope.
Injection of Salt So
lution Relieves
Sufferer.
In the afternoon martial music sounded
through the streets and there was a re
markable sight. witnessed as a drum and
fife - corps of old soldiers marched up to
the. Palace Hotel headquarters of the
Grand Army.
. The veterans blew the fifes and beat
the sheepskins with; just as much .vigor
as '-they uid when they went forth forty
years ago at their country's call.
1 Thousands , of old soldiers gathered on
the* sidewalks \ and with tear bedtmxned
eye* listened to the war 'tunes which had
led them to victory and which had sound-
* The famous generals, who figured In the
conflict of forty years ago were on hand
and they mingled with their comrades of
many campflres.
The old soldiers who had saved up their
money In order to attend the encamp
ment were, given a hearty welcome by
their former "bunkies" to whom fate
bad accorded plenty of the world's goods.
i No matter how rich or how poor a sol
dier might be, all were on an equal foot-
Ing yesterday,' for all had fought in the
ranks to . preserve . the . glorious - flag, of
which many thousand floated to the
breeze yesterday. ' i ¦
7CEET ON EQUALITY.
Men who^had suffered all the horrors of
Southern prisons Jostled in the crowd
with their comrades who had furnished
the inspiring strains of tho familiar war
alra "and songs that led them. to. many of
the fields of battle.' • »
, White-haired. and infirm veterans of the
Mexican -War marched up and down the
streets and too ! often, - alas, • were com
pelled to lean on the arms of the vigorous
young fellows from the Presidio who to
day represent. the army of Uncle Sam. • ;
The entire day was given over to meet
ing* old comrades and new - friends and
from one headquarters to another th* old
soldiers and women of the affiliated so
cieties went. Every State had its head
quarters for the Grand Army and for the
Woman's Relief Corps and the Ladles of
the G. A. R.
The main center of the gatherings was
at the Palace Hotel, where the. bulk of
the headquarters are located. With re
markable vigor the veterans and the la
dles visited room after room. In the hotel
and the greetings accorded to the guests
of the various headquarters were most
affectionate.
Ladles of the Grand Army of the* Re
public arrived In many crowds and joined
their sisters who had preceded them.
Hour after hour the scenes on Market
street became more animated and by noon
the thoroughfares were congested. Tho old
soldiers and sailors mingled with Che
khakl-elad young veterans of the Span
ish-American War, rosy-cheeked army
nurses were greeted by those who had
followed the same profession forty years
ago, but whose hair had whitened with
the passing decades.
SCENES OF ANIMATION.
In addition to the heroes of the Civil
War who fought on dozens of bloody bat
tlefields, there were the brawny men who
served wltlj Farragut and other naval
commanders. Hundreds of brave women
who did heroic work in caring for the
sick and wounded during the conflict be
tween the North and South reached thl3
city to join in the reunion that marks the
greatest epoch in th_e history of the
world.
the midst of the important
event of the Thirty-seventh Encampment
of the Grand Army of the Republic.
According to conservative estimates
more "than 25,000 visitors .were in this eity
¦yesterday " and •^there'kre* still 'more to
come."
All day yesterday special trains rolled
into, the Oakland mole and sent thousands
of veterans and their friends across the
bay into San Francisco.
f w»^ AN FRANCISCO threw open
- b^- her gates yesterday in wide
>|^*v fashion and gave generc _*?
jk welcome to the heroes of the
* Civil War, who are now jr
Chicago Scientist
Saves Life of
Jr cl 116110.
Throngs Fill
the City's-
Hotels.
LOCKJAW
YIELDS TO
NEW CURE
More Arrivals
Add to the
Crowds.
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eral of the Grand Army. In discussing
the nomination ¦ of his lifelong friend,
Colonel Partridge said that it had;!be^n
arranged to have General Black placed
In * nomination ' * by '" General' Thomas G.'
Lawior, ; former commander in chief' of
i'shed^ until: the ¦ next ; encampment.", -
ir The.Jioyalty : to, 'General ? Black ¦ was
shown^on, /all 'Bides yesterday. Even
f rlends".'*of - General Miles, " while '¦ praising
the G. A. R.',. and. he added:, ; — " •< -,;-¦¦
V*}"Just' whb\and how' many • will
the ; I r ; am' j not , prepared >to
state, ¦ * but • if , th« \ privilege' .wa« j extended
to \ the ; limit . 1 1 will i vouchsafe? that {the
seconding '-, speeches -would'" not ; lSe • fli-
WASHINGTON. Aug. 17.— By order of
Acting Secretary cf the Navy Darling,
the contracts with the Crescent Ship
building Company of Elizabethport, N. J..
for the construction of the cruiser Chat
tanocga and the torpedo boats Nicholson
and OBrien have been canceled. The
vessels, which have been launched, will
•e completed at a government yard.
Navy Cancels Contracts.
GLOVERSVILLE, N. T., Aug. 17.— The
body cf George Evans came to the sur
face of Canada Lake early to-day after
sa explosion of dynamite. Evans and
Miss Florence Brown have been missing
for seme days, having gone for a boat
ride acd not returned. Evans was to
have come into a fortune to-day. Search
has be«n kept up on land and water ever
since their disappearance, and last night
£ report frcm Newark elated that they
had been seen there after the time of the
eupposed drowning and an elopement was
suggested. This, however, was disproved
to-day by the finding of Evans* body.
Searchers Becover Remains of Miss
ing Uew YorkMan From
Canada Lake.
EXPLOSION BBIN&S BODY
TO SUEFACE OF WATER
Steep Grade and Miles of
Snowsheds to Be Done
Away With.
Engineers of both the Union Pacific
end the Southern Pacific have gone over
the plans and ore sent out from the East
by E. H. Harriman has Just completed
en inspection, all of them making favor
able reports. Harriman has ordered the
proper officials to undertake the work.
CINCINNATI. Ohio, Aug. 17.— There
fcave been reports recently that the suit
of Talbot J. Taylor and others to prevent
the Union Pacific Company voting at the
election cf the Southern Pacific Company
would be withdrawn. It is stated that
during the recent flurries In Wall street
the Harriman and Keene interests had
reached an agreement, at least so far
as the appeal frcm the recent decision of
Judge Lurton of Nashville was concerned.
But these reports were set aside to-day
¦when it was announced that the cause
had been set for hearing here on the
docket of the. United States Circuit Court
of Appeals next month and that the as
tigr.ment was approved by counsel in the
No dista-r.ee wOl b« saved by these im
provements; In fact, the line will be a
trifle longer than the present one, but
the increased distance will be much more
than made up by the decrease in the
grade and the elimination of the sheds,
¦which have always been a source of much
trouble.
OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 17.— Forty-five miles
of new track, including a tunnel through
the crest cf the Sierra Nevada, Is among
the improvements to be made on the
Southern Pacific In the immediate future,
according to information given out at
Union Pacific headquarters to-day. The
new track and the tunnel will cost be
tween $5,000,000 and 57,000,000 and will re
duce the maximum grade over the moun
tains to Eixty-flve feet and also eliminate
forty miles cf snow sheds, which are now
necessary on the old line. The work will
reduce the high point en the line by 600
feet.
£;*cUJ Dlrp&tch to The CiIL
Millions Will Be Ex
pended on Southern
Pacific.
No one knows better the political situa
tion within the Grand Army, in so far
as the new commander In chief is con
cerned, than General Stewart and that
his chief of staff should bo emphatically
express himself may be regarded as very
significant v _-
At the headquarters of the Illinois del
egation, where the stanchest of General
Black's supporters are to be found, it
was given out among the. delegates last
night by Department Commander
Partridge that there would be no
opposition to General Black at , the
convention, and that possibly the
convention' would, in accordance* with
an old custom and a privilege.?' it' enjoys
under the by-laws, vote to have the vic
torious ballot cast by the adjutant gen-
BLACK'S SUPPORTERS.
With Bulkeley out of the running the
contest narrowed down to the prominence
of Black as a candidate and to a ques
tion as to whether the friends of General
Miles would endeavor to induce him to
permit bis name to be used. While the
speculation was rife, however, the an
nouncement was made on the authority
of General J. Corey Winans, chief of staff
to General Stewart, that General Miles
would not be nominated, but would be
one of those to second the nomination
of General Black. -.'£¦?
"I have Just come from General Black's
rooms," said the officer, "and it Is as
certain as the coming day that General
Miles is prepared to support the first
named. He is an' old friend of Black,
fully appreciates the popularity of the
Illinois man and knows too well that
his own strength, even should his friends
decide to put his name forward, is not
sufficient to assure him a victory.
"You can mention General Miles as
among those who .are anxious to second
the nomination of Black and he would
gladly accept the opportunity to put his
old friend in nomination himself. He h'ks
never announced his candidacy for the
commander In chief of the Grand Army
and if it had not been for several news
papers which, for reasons best known to
themselves, brought, him suddenly, to. the
fore as a possible candidate, bis name
would not have been considered hi con
nection with the high position at this en
campment. In the future 'General Miles
may possibly be placed In command of
the Grand Army. In fact I have learned
that a number of States are already
planning such a move"." '¦-'• -"¦-
ONLY ONE CANDIDATE.
"Weeks before the pilgrimage of the old
soldiers to the coast began General Black
had received a pledge of support" from
thirteen States, among them being Ala
bama, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Louisiana. Mississippi, Michigan, Minne
sota, Missouri, Nebraska, New York,
Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Since his
arrival here other States have been send
ing to his headquarters their assurance
of loyalty until enough were pledged to
guarantee the stalwart old warrior an
election against any and all opposition.
Last evening it was announced that the
candidacy of Morgan G. Bulkcley, de
partment commander of Connecticut, had
not developed farther than a boomlet,
which had its origin in the delegation
from the Nutmeg State about a month
ago. Early in the day it was reported
that it was the" plan of the delegation to
place Bulkeley in nomination with the
idea of making him a possibility in the
future, but at the headquarters of the
delegation last evening it was authori
tatively stated that Commander Bulkeley
had no intention of allowing his name to
go before the convention, but would Join
with other strong men at the encampment
in advocating the election of General
Black.
ganization compared figures
and conceded that General John C. Black
was not only the logical candidate but
was certain of election.
j, LL doubt as to who will be the
JBl next commander in chief of
Xra the Grand Army of the Re-
public was settled yesterday
¦dC JbL when the leaders of the or-
Harriman Orders
Alteration in
Railroad.
TO TUNNEL
THE CREST
OF SIERRA
But One Can
didate in
Field.
Law lor Will
Name New
Leader.
SAN FRANCISCO. iiTDtESp^Y^tAU&USTK 18^ 1903.
PBICE ETVE CENTS.
VOLUME XCIV— XO. 79.
GENERAL NELSON A. MILES WILL SECOND THE NOMINA TION
OF GENERAL JOHN C. BLACK FOR DISTINGUISHED OFFICE
OF COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF GRAND ARMY OF REPUBLIC
The San Francisco Call.