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CONTROLLED BY TAMMANY
No Quarantine Legislation Can Bo Secured
WitLout New York's Consent.
YESTERDAY'S SKIRMISH IN THE HOUSE
Committee Mrnmiro Connlilorctl find tlio
Mum Along Which the llnttlo Will Ho
Clrarly llellned Local
ItrRiilntlnu ynlt'jan I ue.
WASHINGTON Bcnr.AU or THE : HER , I
M3 Fol'llTEENTH STIir.nT
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WASIIINOION , D. C. , i.21. ; r
Immigration and quarantine wcro dls-
cusncd nil the afternoon In the houso. Late
In the day the house , instead of adjourning ,
took n recess until 11 o'clock Monday morn ,
ing. In this way the house on reassembling
Monday morning will ngJiln take up the
quarantine bill.
Mr. linyncr of Maryland called up the
quarantine bill which the committee will
endeavor to pass. Ho made a brilliant
speech in favor of national quarantine ,
pointing out the danger of an Invasion from
cholera and strongly urging the absolute
necessity for combined effort to prevent Its
entrance. He stated very frankly that the
measure under consideration did not by any
means meet his approval , but that it was the
utmost that could bo done.
Ho was listened to very attentively and
his definition of the powers of the constitu
tion , In reply to nn interruption from Mr.
Grain , brought out a burst of applause In
which tlio republicans Joined the democrats.
Mr Grain endeavored to filibuster by offer
ing a number of suggestions and amend ,
ments , His conduct proved so annoying to
both the friends and the opponents of the
measure that Mr. Boutelle of Maine finally
appealed to him to "give the microbes of
reason n chance. "
After some discussion of the bill by Mr.Mal-
lory of Florida and Mr. Oates of Alabama ,
both of whom opposed the measure , it was
discussed by sections. The house after lis
tening to Mr. Itayncr seemed to weary of the
subject and it was plainly evident from the
confusion on the floor and the reckless and
inconsistent voting of the members that the
dying interest would only bo revived when
the final voting began.
Colonel Stump's amendment adding the
provisions to his immigration bill for a seven
days' quarantine at tlio point of departure
was defeated bv n majority so overwhelming
that Mr. Stump sank back completely dis
mayed. Bourke Cochranc , the Tammany
pet , was principally responsible for the de
feat. He made a speech which , road be
tween the lines , was plainly for the con
sumption of Tammany's Irish constituents
and It was so potent that scarcely a dozen
members voted in its favor. Mr. Stump
vainly sought to exclude Irish immigration
from its provisions by restricting tlio quar
antine to "infected ports" but ho was de
feated by a vote of 111 to 15. This defeat
was all Hie moro amazing since Mr. Knyncr
had accepted the amendment and the
friends of national quarantine had been
thereby pledged to support it. It was evi
dent tlmt they did not.
Many Amendments Ollerod.
A long series of amendments by various
meinbcis of the Texas delegation , headed by
Mr Grain , followed , all attacking these pro
visions of the bill which authorize the secre
tary of tlio treasury to establish quarantine
precautions in addition to these already ex
isting by local regulation wherever , in his
judgment , they are inefllcient. This provis
ion was ono of the very vitals of the bill and
the entire strength of tlio opposition was
concentrated against it. Amendment fol
lowed amendment , all coming from Texas or
Now York members and all looking "to
make " Mr. Grain It "tho
, as put , state para
mount to the United States. "
But every amendment was promptly voted
down and the friends of national quarantine
rested easier. Up to this time the Now
York members had not at any time made too
plainly evident their tender solicitude for
Dr. Jenkins and the Tammany quarantine.
Amos Cummings hud sulked in his seat , be-
cautiu earlier in the day 'Messrs. Cochruno ,
Fellows , Campbell nnd Kockwell had neg-
Icetpd to consult him in their conferences.
But at this juncture Mr. Cochrano came for
ward with ah Ingeniously worded amend
ment , which lie had compelled Mr. Itayncr
to accept as the price of his support. It read
innocently enough that nothing in tlio bill
should authorize the federal authorities to
"modify , suspend or relax" any existing
local quarantine regulations.
Several speakers , among them Messrs.
Boutcllo and Dlngley , pointed out that the
solo purpose of the amendment was to pre
serve tlio Tammany quarantine system and
Us fat patronage. Mr. Cochrano merely
mulled and did not seem to consider it neces
sary to make any reply. Ho know that the
friends of the bill must como to his support ,
however odious was ills amendment and ho
evidently considered ono Tammany amend
ment moro their fight than his. The house
voted down tlio amendment. Mr. Cochrnno
demanded tellers. They were about to bo
refused when Mr. Kayner arose and notified
the friends of quaranlina that the defeat of
tills amendment means defeat of the bill.
Tellers wcro granted and the amendment
which only a moment before had been de
feated was adopted by a safe majority.
Mr. itusli was the only Maryland member
who voted against it. Ho believes that it is
a Tammany trick of some kind by which tlio
present injurious discrimination against
Baltimore in favor of Now York will bo
perpetuated and ho is therefore unalterably
opposed to It. After the adoption of this
amendment whereby the interests of Tain-
many are securely guarded , the discussion
ended until Monday morning.
Western Tension * .
The following pensions granted are re
ported :
Nebraska : Original Francis M. Cutler ,
Abraham Kisley , Thomas Smith , Charles 5 :
Blowers , Augustine Carpenter , Nathan
Elliott , Joseph L. Pennlngton. Original
widows Lusebla Fuller , Mary Gown.
Iowa : Original Morgan Williams. George
W. Foster , James A. Bentley , Benedict
Bergcr , Gottlieb Schultz , William II. Kan-
dolph , John Tacy , Kdward Krlckson. In
crease James A. Wiggins , Jcptha lla. .
jioscncrans. Original widows , etc. Miriam
Cross , Clarissa Kmpcy , Mary Bottin , Han
nah M. Gates , Mary Boylcs , Uucinda Foster ,
Ellen Messenger.
Senator Manderson secured a quick rei > ort
on the Omaha bridge bill and today had It
called up and passed In tlio senate.
The senate bill to abolish post traders in
the army was passed by the house today.
This measure legalizes the past action of the
War department In this respect.
It has just bccomo evident that tlio to
Senator ICennn of West Virginia died n ry
poor man. Ho left his widow in almost
destitute circumstances , his long illness
nnd its attendant expenses having consumed
what little money ho had saved from his [
salary In order to provide for his widow
nnd her largo family the West Virginia dele
gation in congress met today loud
indited a strong letter to President
elect Cleveland asking him to appoint Mrs.
Kcnna postmistress at Charleston , W. Va. ,
ns soon as ho enters the white house. The
salary of the oftlco Is nliotit $ ! , fiOO. As Sena
tor Kcnnn was ono of the very first Cleveland -
land men in the United States senate it reis
thought very probable that Mr. Cleveland
will make the apixiintmcnt. I1. S. H.
VOTI : or STATUS.
Iletunu from All Not Yet Kerelrcil In-
Htrnctloim IHxrrKarilril.
WASHINGTON , D. C. , Jan. UK The certifi
cates of nil the states of votes cast for presi
dent and vice president ought to bo in the
hands of the president of the senate by Mon
day next. As a matter of fact fourteen
states have failed so far to comply with the
law by .sending on their electoral certificates
by messengers and many of these states
which ha vo compiled with the law have done
BO in so sllpsho.1 n manner that if the late
election had been close the official ascertain
ment of the result , under the constitution
nnd the laws , might have been made almost
impossible and the whole government might ;
liavo boon thrown into chaos.
Ono of the Ural things to bo noted is that
y of the mc seuger purportlutf to bring
on thn action of the states have come utterly
unprovided with credentials. Kansas was
ono of the most conspicuous offenders In this
respect. The ( wpullst delegated to bring on
the vote of the state was presented to the
president of the senate by Senator Peffer ,
Congressman Jerry Simpson and ono of his
colleagues , who vouched for him , but with
out the slightest scrap of writing from the
electoral college , but this is not the kind of
a voucher the treasury department demands
In order to give him his mileage and pay.
AitdreMiMl Wrongly.
Many of the packages brought by the mes
sengers have had nothing on the outside to
Indicate their contents. Two states sent
their votes to the president of the United
States Instead of to the president of the sen
ate , and Idaho sent her vote to the secretary
of state. It was a marvel of good luck that
none of these packages wcro torn open and
thus rendered invalid.
Many states have failed to endorse on the
package what it contained. Some messen
gers have been able to say that there was a
scaled and endorsed package inside the outer
envelope. In that case the president of the
senate has opened theouter casing and found
a duly certified package inside. In other
cases the messengers have said they did not
bejlovo there was any scaled inner package ,
and in those Instances the envelopes have
been put in tlio senate safe and left un-
touched. They may contain the electoral
vote or they may not. Tlio president of the
senate has only the word of the members to
aosuro him that these packages actually
contain the votes of the states us repre
sented. Some ono might have changed
packages on them.
Slut Yet to Jleur Troin.
Senator Manderson of Nebraska , president
pro tern of the scnato , 4n the absence of Vice
President Morton Is custodian of these
electoral tvrtltleates. Ho said this after
noon : "All of the states have transmitted
their electoral votes by mall and all have
been received by the president of the senate.
Some of the western states have not yet sent
their electoral vote by messenger , at least
they have not boon received by the president
of the senate Colorado , Connecticut , Flor
ida , Georgia , Indiana , Kentucky , Montana ,
North Dakota , Oregon. Ithodo Island. South
Dakota , Tennessee , Washington and Wis
consin fourteen. "
Senator Manderson advocates before a
presidential election the issue of an au
thentic letter of Instructions , addressed to
the electoral colleges of the different stales ,
so as to avoid these perilous mishaps. It is
the understanding that Vice President
Morton will bo in his seat as president of the
senate on Monday next , the fourth Monday
January.
* . itiri\i : : , or TIM : SHKKMAN ACT.
Mr. Itaeon'rt Kesoliltlon Tor Speelal Order
to IIo Considered \VunlilliKton Note * .
WASHINGTON , D. C. , Jan. 21. The rules
committee , it is stated , will consider Mr.
Bacon's resolution asking n special order for
tlio Sherman act rciie.il when introduced in
the house , and will give it the same treatto
mcnt that was given tlio free coinage special
order In the last session , but this will rew
qulro the desired special order. Some day
next week will probably be named as the
time when the Andrew-Gate bill shall have
right of way in the house. No cloture
proposition will bo embodied in the special
order. The advocates of the Sherman re
peal have discovered that under the
rules cloture can bo secured by
amending the report of the rules
committee , and It is asserted that such a
move is as well protected against filibusterp
ing tactics as are special orders reported by
the rules committee. Mr. Andrew and Mr.
Bacon have not yet signified whether it is
their intention to move cloture , but the oppo
sition expect it. This would bo cloture by
the house Itself and not by tlio speaker or
tlio rules committee. Whether or not
cloture could bo passed is uncertain , as
'many democrats are opposed to rigidly
fixing a time at which all dilatory tactics
must cease and a vote must bo taken. Mr.
Bland , Mr. Pierce and others announce their
intention to filibuster , if necessary , against
a repeal of the Sherman law , but thus far
Mr. Pierce cannot count on more than fifty
democrats to stand with him.
.Mr. Me Co iimn' Nomination On > osed.
When the nomination of Mr. McComas to
bo district Judge was called up in the execu
tive session of the senate' today a stormy
scene ensued. The debate was quite lively
for a time , and u number of democratic ] sen
ators admitted that the situation had re
solved itself Into n sort of political retalia
tion. They recalled the fact that during the
last administration Mr. Cleveland hud nom
inated the present vice president-elect for
this identical olllce , and the republicans had
held it up. This was their opportunity to
get even , and some of the senators wcro not
backward in expressing their intention of
doing so , if it were within the range of possi
bilities.
This contention was controverted by the
republicans , who asserted that the condi
tions were not similar nnd that the position
taken by the democrats was held upon false
promises. The democrats took n different
view of the case nnd opK | > scd the confirma
tion because it was contrary to a doctrine
enunciated in the last democratic platform ,
which declared in favor of homo rule and the
appointment of residents of nil territories
and the District of Columbia to all offices
within these territories. Mr. McComas is
not a resident of this district.
Washington Notes.
Instructions have been cabled to Minister
Durham at Haytl to urge u ; > on the govern
ment there thu desirability of disposing , at
the earliest moment , of the case of Frederick
Mcuvs , an American citizen who was con-
lined in the prison at Port-au-Prince , and
who has so far been denied a trial on the
charges against him. Mr. Durham has also
been instructed to make a demand upon the
Hnytian government in behalf of Mr. Mcuvs ,
but no specific sum has been named.
All of the members of tlio cabinet who at
tended the funeral of ex-President Hayes at
Fremont , O. , yesterday , have returned , ex
cept Secretary Noble , who loft the party at
Fremont for a short visit to his sister in
Chicago.
Nominations : United States Consuls
John J. Piatt of Ohio ( at present consul ut
Cork ) , at Dublin ; Adolph G. Stcader of
Iowa ( at present consul at Barmen ) , at Sing
apore ; Hounsovello Wildman of Idaho ( at
present consul at Singapore ) , at Bremen.
Confirmations : United States Consuls-
Nicholas Smith , at I.lcgoj Henry M. Moore ,
at Three Klvera , Can.
llKSlll.T Of.I 11.1XK FAlLUItK.
South Uukutn Citizens i\eitmt : Over Iteccnt
riiiaucial Trouble.
YANKTON , S. D. , Jan. 21. [ Special Tele
gram to TUB BEK. ] The excitement attend
ant on the collapse of the banking house jof
George It. Scougal & Co. , occasioned by the
death of the senior member a week ago , has
reached almost fever heat and the air Is full
of ugly rumors and threats of depositors.
The opinion Is expressed that Mr. Scougal
committed suicide and ono r.ittlc-bralned
Individual was about toaay looking
for some ono who bad really
seen Scougal dead. There is talk
of exhuming the body to sco if it Is really
there , and the arrest of Will Scougal ,
the junior member nnd bookkeeper of the :
llrm , who Is almost crazed by grief and mor
tification and who is in nowise responsible
for the unpleasant results of his brother's
death and revealed Insolvency.
Meantime the investigation into the bank's I
condition by Dr. J. F. Cravens , receiver ,
continues and will bo finished by Monday : >
night. No information has been given out
up to the present. No ono knows what role
the liabilities and assets. Thu heaviest de-
| xsltor was the Dakota Masonio Aid associa
tion , of which Scougul was treasurer. Funds
amounting to $7,000 belonging to the associa
tion were in the bank , but this loss will labo
mndo good by Scougal's bondsmen , I. . . boB.
French of Yankton and J. II. Teller of Chi
cago. The dead man carried life Insurance
amounting to (28.000 , of which ffl.OOO has
probably lapsed. The bank's liabilities will
reach flO.OOJ , and the assets perhaps half
that amount.
Taken to ICIkhorn.
The remains of ex-Sheriff Cameron
Ileovcs wcro taken to Elkhorn yesterday
afternoon for Interment. A largo number of
friends accompanied the remains to the
dexn | and a number went to Klkhorn to pay
their last respects to the deceased.
Pilei of neotilo nave piles , but DoWHt s
Witch Hazel talvo will euro them.
V A
ill'
Its Consideration Provokes nn Animated
Discussion in the House ,
URGENT NEED FOR STRINGENT MEASURES
Caugrcoiiimn Ituynrr of Murjlnml Depict *
the I.mice from nil Invmlon of ( Idol-
cm Objection * from TctniV -
tcrduj'n Work In tlie.Seimtc.
WASHI.NOTOX , D. C. , Jan , 21. On motion of
Mr. Hermann , republican , from Oregon ,
scnato bill was passed extending until Janu
ary 1 , 1894 , the time within which entry
may bo made of forfeited lands along the
Northern Pacific railway between Walla
Walla , Wash. , and Portland , Ore.
Mr. Bankhcad , from Alabama , , chairman
of the committee on public buildings and
grounds , reported back tlio Scott resolution
calling on the secretary of the treasury for
information regarding the amounts appro
priated for public buildings ami the condi
tion of tlio work. Adopted.
Mr. Bacon , democrat , from New York ,
from the committee on baiiiilngand currency ,
reported a bill to provide for the speedy re
demption of United States currency and na
tional bank notes which have become un
clean and unlit for use. Calendar.
The scnato bill was passed for the aboli
tion of jrost traderships.
Mr. Blount , democrat , from Georgia , re
ported the consular and diplomatic appro
priation bill and It was placed on tlio cal
endar.
I'cntitrr of the Duy.
The feature of the house today was the
consideration of the national quarantine bill.
It was opened by an eloquent speech from
Congressman Itayncr of Maryland , who de
pleted the danger which was Imminent to
the people of this country from unrestricted
immigration , and urged upon the house the
necessity of agreeing to some national law
which would protect the United States from
any invasion of Us most deadly enemy
cholera. Ho believed that the government
had the right to protect the public health.
In conclusion ho said : "lam In favor of
proventutlvo and not remedial measures , and
I call < upon this house not to adjourn without
heeding the appeal that comes to us from
every school of medicine , from every cham
ber of commerce , from every board of trade
and board of health to guard the coast and
to at least place in the hands of the hos
pital service tlio power to pass rules with
which the states shall have no moro right of
interference than the militia of the states
should have to interfere with tlio regular
array in protecting our coast from the In
vasion of a foreign foe.
Should Ho Posm'RitMl by the ( Jovrrnmont.
"Tills is a power of all powers that this
government ought to possess. I am opposed
tfl leaving it to the states. This only means
conflict and contention , and 1 am , above
everything else , opposed to presenting to our
people < the awful policy of inaction. " f Ap
plause. ]
On motion of Mr. Stump , democrat , from
Maryland , an amendment was adopted to
the section authorizing the president to detail -
tail any medical oftleer to servo in tlio ofttco
oi the consul of any foreign port for the
purpose of furnishing information and giving
bills of Health. Tlio amendment restricts
such authorization of the president during
the period to which the contagious or in
fectious diseases are prevalent at that port.
Then Mr. Stump offered as an amendment
the first section of tlio bill reported by him
from the committeco on immigration. It
provides that no alien immigrant' shall bo
permitted to land at any port of the United
States who has not been quarantined at tlio
port of departure for from live to seven days
immediately preceding the day of embarka
tion. Hojected by a vote of 10 to 111.
The section providing that , the Marino
hospital service shall compete with and aid
state and municipal boards of Health in the
execution of their rules and the rules made
by the secretary of the treasury to prevent
the introduction of contagious or infectious
diseases , was tlio next bono of contention.
Objections from Toxna.
Three Texas members ( Grain , Sayers and
Anthony ) were on their feet with amend
ments , and Grain was recognized. Ho moved
to strike out the clause which authorizes the
secretary of tlio treasury to make quaran
tine regulations at such ports where quaran
tine regulations exist under the authority of
a state or municipality which ( in the opinion
of the secretary ) are not sufllcient to prevent
the introduction of the contagious diseases
into the United States or into one state from
another.
Mr. Bowers , republican , from Colorado ,
inquired whether the effect of the amend
ment was not to make the state authority
paramount to the authority of the United
States.
Mr. Grain's reply was to the effect that tlio
state , ( on a question like this ) , ought to bo
paramount.
Mr. Bowers That is the point I want to
roach. I want the people to know whether
the states should bo paramount or the United
States. But I want to say that Asiatic
cholera docs not stop at the state lines or
boundaries and it will not stop oven when
the Tammany tiger shows its teeth , It will
walic over the .tiger. [ Laughter. ] The
amendment was rejected.
Mr. Cochrano offered an amendment pro
viding that nothing in the act shall bo con
strued to authorize a federal ofllccr to relax ,
modify or suspend any precaution or regula
tion adopted by state or municipal authority
for the exclusion ot diseases , or to permit
the entrance or discharge of any vessel
where quarantine regulations have been es
tablished by such authorities until the vessel
shall have complied with the resolutions.
\Voulil Itemler thn Hill Nugatory.
Mr. Boutelle , republican from Maine ,
argued that the adoption of tlio amendment
would render the whole bill absolutely nu
gatory.
On a division on the amendment the vote
stood 87 to Id. Mr. Cochran demanded
tellers , then asked to withdraw from his
amendment tlio word "modify. " But to this
there was strenuous objection from Mr.
Boutello , Dingley and others.
"If you defeat this amendment you defeat
the bill , " prophesied Mr. Itayncr. Then
the amendment was agreed to by a vote of
UI to 83.
Throughout the debate the confusion in
the house was very great and its culmina
tion was reached when the amendment was
offered , the reading of which could not bo
heard ten feet from the clerk's desk. To
this fact Mr. Dickerson , democrat , from
Kentucky , called attention. Ho added that
the bill was an important ono and should
not bo acted upon in a sccno of such utter
inattention. Ho therefore moved that the
committee ( for the bill was being considered
in committee of the whole ) arise. Tills was
agreed to.
Then on motion of Mr. Knyncr the house
took a recess until 11 o'clock Monday. The
effect of this action will bo to bring the bill
up Monday.
IN TIIK SKN'ATK.
Anti-Option Hill nUciuMon Takes UpMost
of tlio Time.
WASHINOTOX , D. C. , Jan. 21. Tno anti-
option bill was discussed for n little over an
hour nnd then went over without action un
til Monday. ,
On motion of Mr. Sherman , from Ohio , the
senate at 1 p. in. proceeded to executive
business.
The doors were reopened nt half past 1 !
o'clock and legislative business was resumed.
The credentials of Mr. Turple , democrat ,
from Indiana , for his second senatorial term ,
beginning March 4 , next , were presented nnd
placed on tile.
Senate bill to authorize the Southern Kan
sas railway to construct and maintain a pipe
line from the north fork of the Canadian
river , Indian territory , to the railroad , was
passed.
The anti-option bill was then taken up , the
question' being on Mr. Vitas' amendment to
the George substitute , and Mr , George , demo
crat , from MlssUigpl , continued his argu-
,
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m othin
Will open Saturday Morning , January 28 ,
at 8 o'clock , at the old stand.
,
A portion of the stock was slightly damaged
by water no smoke or fire.
Wait for us at the Old Stand.
Corner 15th and Douglas Streets.
iient against the proposed amendment and
n favor of his own siiV.st.Uuto.
The substitute dlfferij from the Washburn
lill , in omitting all th'o taxation sections of
ho latter and Inserting' in lieu of them sec-
ions declaring t dealings in options nnd
. 'uturos to bo restrictions to and restraints
, ipon commerce , to bo Illegal and void , to bo
nisdcmcanors , punishable with fine and Im
prisonment.
Mr. George did not conclude his speech ,
but will finish it Monday.
The senate then adjourned.
GHK.IT ro
There arc four names that to Americans
land forth as the four great voyagers of tlio
world. These are Hcrcules.Perseus , Ulysses
and Columbus. They each made f emarkablo
voyages to the land that lay to tlio west of
tlio shores of Europe. The leading question
is Was tills land the now America , or was it
some other land ? In the consideration of
this problem wo , west of the great Mississ
ippi , are more interested In the. facts than in
the glory of the maritime nations of west
ern Europe. Hence to name this land as
some lost or stimken isle as a "Lost At
lantis , " without proof , will not receive favor.
Wo will first investigate what America
itself has to say. In this connection wo
must not forgot that the land now Mexico
had a high degree of civilization ; was built
up with towns , temples and schools , and had
a written language nnd books. This
language was a picture writing and wo lln-1
specimens of it on the pottery and chlselot. '
on the rocks nnd monuments. Whoever has
been up the Mississippi has seen this on
what uro called the pictured rocks , The
picture writing is similar to the ancient
names of the constellations now in use.
These records in Mexico wore written
upon scrolls of papyrus , prepared in
tlio same way ns was the Egyptian
scroll writing and of the same material.
The Indians preserve this language In their
sign language , and no Indian has a name ex
cept it can bo represented in picture , The
early Spanish miido a dictionary of this
writing , making each sign and writing out
in Spanish and Latin the meanings and uses.
These records say that the earliest Mex
wore a simple people , without tlio knowledge
of lire , and were called the Chlckimcx. But
a people came to them from the southeast In
boats and taught them how to make a lire ,
and the Chickimox became fire worshipers.
Afterwards they were larger and were called
Toltox , when a people came the second time
and they became sun worshipers and wcro
called Aztecs.
We all know that it was Prometheus who
discovered how to make a fire , and that un
der Zoroaster the people of the old world ,
some of them , were lire worshipers and that
they afterwards became sun worshipers.
Hero are a number of Items that cannot bo
overlooked. As to how the people of the old
world and new world wcro llro worshipers
before they were kin ) worshipers rests on
the fact ; and that there wcro light ages and
dark ages , when -'Ho sun was seen and
when the sun oiwas seen. Hclius
was supreme , then Jqve. then Apollo. The
mythological ago of , Jupiter was a dark ago.
This is told in the myths of all the world.
In the Egyptian mythology Ha was the lester
or concealed sun. Horus , or the sky , corresponding
spending to Uranus ) was said to have put Ha
In his coflln. Aftor.Hprus was Osiris , or tlio
new sun. In Genesis wo road that "dark
ness was upon the 'face ' of the deep. " Then
there was light. Thfc'length ' of time of tills
darkness may have been long enough to sat
isfy the most devout geologist. Tlio land of
Eden was an ago qf Jlght. Then man dwelt
in the land of Nod , or land of night. In Gen
esis vl:4 : wo read , "There were giants in the
earth In these days Uiut the giants were not
the Adamito raco1Mbut n prcadamito race.
All old nations tell of there having been giants.
By the description of Hercules and Per
seus , and Ulysses'they all belonged to the
great race. And when wo say they had not
ships that could cross the ocean wo speak
not from fact. Horpules performed twelve
great exploits. Ono was to go to this dis
tant land , and to show ho had been there
lie was to bring back a kind of anima ,
known. Persons performed many feats
Ono was a voyage to this distant land. The
story of tlio voyage says "ho went by
way of the Pillars of Hercules. " His story
belongs to the Magian period , or written In
the form of that period. Ho was to bring
back the head of the Gorgon.
The three Gorgons. like the three graces
and nine muses , presided over arts of that
distant land , Medusa was patron ol
sculpture. Some ono had seen u native ol
Europe chiseled in marble and 'twas said
that Medusa turned persons into stone. Per
seus was to cut off her head and bring it
back. This would show that this distant
land invented the art of sculpture. Yucatan
abounds in flue forms of sculpture.
Ulysses sought to accomplish this great
exploit after ho had captured Troy , and went
in "twelve ships nnd was gone twenty years. "
The existence of this land was well known ,
but a dlfllcult voyage to mako. Iceland nnd
Greenland had long been settled. Eric the
lied had explored far south from Greenland ,
and the county was named "Vinland. " But ,
like the Vikings , their excursions had been
for plunder and robbery , and they could ef
fect no settlement. The Indians fought them
on every occasion.
But it was from Columbus that the pres
ent settlement began , and to his name is duo
the greatest meed of praise. E. J. COUCH.
llt SAXITATWA' .
OMAHA , Jan.20. To the Editorof TIIF.BKE :
i'ho discussion in congress and ini the press
of quarantine and public health bills makes
; ho opinion of Dr. John S. Billings , surgeon
Jnitcd States army , of interest at this
time. He says in a recent letter to a west
ern medical Journalithat , in his opinion , "a
system of national quarantine or maritime
sanitary inspection can bo organized ami en
forced in such a manner as to afford creator
security to the country and cause less re
strictions upon traffic mid travel than result
from the present state and municipal sys
tems. Such a national system would cost
more than the present systems , because It
would have larger and better plants , and
better paid ollleials , but the cost , being defrayed -
frayed from the national treasury , would bo
much inoro fairly distributed. "
However thoroughly the truth of tills
opinion might bo demonstrated , it is safe to
say that the well known economy of our
government in anything pertaining to sani
tation will prevent its adoption , oven in the
face of an epidemic of cholera. At
best wo shall probably end with some
half-hearted measure born of political exi
gencies , and modified by the specter of
states righ s , rather than legislation founded
on the advice c f skilled sanitarians.
It may bo rradlly numtttcd that there nro
many emergencies in which the state alone
must take the responsibility , and that always
the best public health measures will
bo realized from a combined national and
state control. Many contagious diseases
are indigenous to tlio country wo live in. If
a severe epidemic of smallpox or typhoid
fever prevailed In Nebraska it. . would bo a
strange proceeding wcro wo without any
effort of our own to call upon the govern
mcnt to stump it out.
There is oven seine good reason to buliovo
that Nebraska and other states centrally lo
cated may suffer from Cholera through In
vasion from the north or.south , while the
seaboard states , east and west , might secure
protection through rigid quarantine. Yet I
have not seen a single suggestion from a
newspaper In our state that wo get ready as
a state to light this enemy. Probably
Omaha will , under the supervision of our
local board , "get Its house In order. " I believe -
liovo tlio work could bo done much more
effectually under the supervision of jeom-
blued state and local boards of sanitation.
But if our streets were ns clean as the walls
of the New Jerusalem this would afford little
protection to the state in case of a general
spread of cholera over ibis country next
summer. Wo might prevent suspects from
entering our commonwealth over the Union
Pacific bridge , but whai about Plattsmouth ,
Blair and n dozen other avenues ? It is true
wo have a State Board of Health , but it has
not a vestlgo of sanitary power. The opinion
of good lawyers is that under our constitu
tion such powers may not bo granted , or at
any rate the services required shall not bo
paid for out of the funds of the stato. There
fore this board , appointed on other grounds ,
would find itself illy prepared to couo with
an epidemic if it were possible to legally
grunt It the power. Sanitation is n science
qulto distinct from medical practice ,
and the average layman would do
almost as well ns the physician
without special study and experience.
Had our state placed in training such a body
of men as were most suited to the work live
or ten years ago wo would now bo prepared
to meet any emergency. But , today , while
other states with moro liberal constitutions ,
and evidently more faith that money spent In
disease prevention Is n good investment , are
making largo appropriations for this purpose ,
the people of Nebraska stand almost alone
In the humiliating confession that their
state never lins and cannot legally spend a
dollar fora state board of health ; not even the
birth and death rate of this largo [ Kipulous
state is known forany year of Its existence.
A change of our constitution has been I
urged that would allow of the election of a .
board of railroad commissioners in Nebraska.
I respectfully submit that a change in this
grasshopper document sufllciunt to permit
the gathering of vital statistics and the pro
tection of the public from contagious dis
cuses as equally worthy of consideration ,
13. F. GltUilMBIl.
CONSIDER HEAT AND AIR
Action by the Board of Education at its Ses
sion Lust Night.
FULLER & WARREN'S ' CONTRACT FAILED
In Executive Session the Himril Considers
Some Clioleo Itnmors Coiieeruliif ; Cor.
tiiln Janitors ICstlnmtcH and Jn-
coiuo for I ho Year .Submitted.
Heating and ventilation wcro the first
matters taken up at the special meeting of
the Board of Education last night.
The president and secretary wcro author
ized to sign tlio contract for heating and
ventilating the Luthrop school with the
Western Temperature and Ventilating com
pany. The report of the finance committee
was presented , giving the estimates of funds
needed for the school year. The esti
mates submitted were as follows :
Teacher. ' salaries J230.000
Janitors' salaries U'J.OOO
ItooUs , maps and supplies Hll)0 ( )
Stationery 0,000
Supplies ' 2,00(1 (
I'urnlturo 4,000
Kuel 15,000
Repairs , 7,000
Improvement * 10,000
Kent l.fiOO
Special taxes 4,000
Insurance 4,000
Construction and additional sites 15,000
Salaries 10,000
Int'-rest and exchange 1)0,000 )
lloautIfylng grounds 5.000
Telephone rent I.OOO
Kor payment of bonds 0,500
Kluctlou expound ! ! 3,000
Total $39-1,000
The committee anticipates1 the re elpts as
follows :
Knim ' licenses $270,000.00
I'nini lines 'jrj.OOO.oo
State apportionment . ' 16,000.00
To bo made up from taxes 04,000.00 ,
"
Total $ 301,000.00
The report was adopted and will bo re
ported to the city council for action in the
matter of making the necessary levy to pro
vide the C-01,000 to bo raised by taxation.
DUsutlslled with tlio Work.
A special committee reported that the
heating and ventilating apparatus of the
Lo.ivenworth school recently put In by the
Fuller & Warren company had been found
unsatisfactory and the committee recom
mended that no moro money bo paid the
company until the ventilating apparatus had
been made to perform the work agreed upon.
The committee reported that the apparatus
absolutely failed to como anywhere near
doing the work called for In the contract.
After a deal of discussion the report was
adopted.
Dr. Uuryca offered a resolution to instruct
the secretary to write to tlio state superin
tendent of schools for an opinion as to
whether or not the Omaha Board of Educa
tion could legally maintain a teachers' trainIng -
Ing school with funds raised for the purpose
of supporting the public schools. It was
adopted.
On motion of Mr. Tiinyth a committee of
four was apKinted | , the chairman to bo ono
of the committee , to look after legislative
matters at Lincoln , so that legislation detri
mental to tlio schools of the city might bo
prevented. The president apiwinted Messrs.
\V. N. Babcock , Smyth and Coryell.
President Powell appointed as a com m 11-
tco to consider proposed changes in tlio man
agement of the teachers' training school ,
IJr. Duryea , A. B. Thomas and Henry C.
Akin.
CoiHliliTliii ; the iliiiillom.
Tlio board then went into executive ses
sion upon the merits and demerits of certain
Janitors.
Morris Morrison and Mr. Smyth protested
against the Idea of going Into executive ses
sion upon every trivial matter , but some of
the members hinted broadly that there were
certain things to bo discussed that might
precipitate a duel if talked of in open ses
sion.
sion.Tho
The lioard retired behind closed doors and
considered the case of Janitor Miller of the
Central park school , against whom serious
charges nave IMH-II preferred , which wore
finally referred back to the committee on
heating and ventilation.
rrliitrm * Troulili-n Ki-ltlccl.
Tlio differences between the Typographical
union and Messrs. Klopp & Barrett huvo
been amicably adjusted and the shop Is now
recognized by the union. The trouble was
settled by the three men over whom tha
hitch occurred
voluntarily leaving the cm'
ploy ] > of Klopp & Barrett. A few minntca
later the union's
representative hud ar
ranged the entire affair satisfactorily. But
ono Job ofiico In tlio city Is still beyond tha
pale 1 of tlio unieu.
SECOND TEST SATISFACTORY. '
Another Trlut at the Wntrr Tower I'roTeg
UN Klllclonay for fight IIIR Fires.
, Yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock the now
Halo water tower was tested the second
timo. The exhibition took place at the corner
nor of Ninth and Farnani streets , and the
new piece of machinery stood in the middle.
of , , the street and directly in front of Union ,
Pacific ) headquarters building.
After the stnndplpolmd been raised by th ( )
chemical engine the steel tube was run up ,
and the noz/.lo was exactly fifty-live feei
above the pavement. In order to see how
far the machine could throw a stream , tha
smallest no/.7.1o on the tower , ono and three-
eighths inches , was put on and two streams
turned in. Water was thrown clear oyer the
southeast corner of the Union Pacific' head *
quarters. Then the pressure from the old
steamer , which only pumps 700 gallons 11
minute , was turned on , and while tlio injl
rcascd pressure was felt and noticed by the
firemen , it wasn't anything extra.
Lines of hose were then laid in from five
hydrants in that vicinity and turned on.
With the live streams on , water was thrown
over the Union Pacific building , clearing thereof
roof by about ten feet.
The nozzle was lowered a little In order to
sec how far down the street the streanv
could bo thrown , and It was found that it ?
reached nearly to Eighth street.
A line of hose held by two pipcmcn who
stood on the ground near the standpipe was
held nearly straight up and the difference Ittf
efficiency was very noticeable.
Dr. Casey , president of the concern manu.
facturlng the towers , and who operated the ,
machine yesterday , said after the test , that' '
ho was perfectly satisfied with the apparatus *
and that It would do all that was claimed ;
for It. Chief Galligan is well pleased with ,
the machine , and the live commissioners
who witnessed tlio test also expressed them
selves as being perfectly satisfied. Several
( oHiicilmcn were present , and ono of the city
fathers expressed himself us being in favor
of ordering another ono at once.
MUl'IffU IVK.
l'r < 'fiiiilfiin ( llclii ) ; Til It en ciif rciincylviinlik
ll\erx to Avert DUnnter.
PiTTsnfiio , Pa. , Jan. SI. The rise in the
temperature causes much comment along
the river. The breaking up of the Ice tins
been tlio subject of much conjecture amonR
the coal operators. It will take several
days of warm weather to loosen the ice so
that it can run out , and In the meantime
every precaution will bo taken by smashing
the ice and by other means to rcuuco the
dangers to river property to a minimum.
The ieo varies from six to sixteen inches
thick and is covered with about three Inchea
of solid snow.
Tno river men do not expect an early breati
and it is not probable that there will bo u
week of continuous warm weather. The Ice
in the river near Morgnntown is said to bo
moving down stream in a solid muss and ,
gorging during the day and free/Jug nt night ,
so that it Is plied very high at some places.
The ice in the Ohio is loosening nnd gradu
ally floating down stream and In some place ; !
gorging.
NATURAL FRUIT FLAVORS.
Vanilla Of perfect purity-
Lemon Of great strength
GrnnKO Economy In their uio.
Doso.ttc.
Flavor as delicately
and deliclouely a the freih fruits
