Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 22, 1893, Page 3

(ONTROLLED BY TAMMANY No Quarantine Legislation Can Be Scoured Witkout New York's Consent. YESTERDAY’S SKIRMISH IN THE HOUSE Committes Mensuro Considered and the Lines Along Which the Battle Will e Fought, Clearly Defined — Local Regulation Quite an Issue. Wasnixe108 Bereav or Te Bee, ) FOoUnTEENTH STRERT Wasnixorox, D. C., Jan, 21, Immigration and quarantine were dis. cussed all the afternoon in the house. Late in the day the house, instead of adjourning, took a recess until 11 o'clock Monday morn ing. Inthis v the house on reassembling Monday morning will again take up the quarantine bill Mr. Rayner of Maryland called up quarantine bill which the committee endeavor to pass. He made a bril speech in favor of national quarantine, pointing out the danger of an invasion from tholera and ging the absolute necessity for combined effort to prevent entrance. He stated very frankly that measure under consideration did not by means meet his approval, but that it was the utmost that could be done He was listened to ve his definition of the poy tion, in reply Crain, brought which the republicans Mr. Crain endeavored to filibuster g a of suggestions and ments, His conduct proved so annoying to both the friends and the opponents of the measure that Mr. Boutelle of Maine finally appenled to him to “give the microbes of reason a 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 discussed by sections. The house after lis teniug to Mr. Rayner seemed to weary of the subject and it wis plainly evident from the confusion on the floor and inconsistent voting of dying interest would only be revived when the final voting began Colonel Stump's amendment adding the provisions to his immigration bill for a seven days’ quarantine at the point of departure was defeated by a majority 80 overwhelming that Mr. Stump sank back completely dis mayed. Bourke Cochrane, the Tammany pet, was principally responsible for the feat. He made a speech which, read 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 jts favor. Mr. Stump nly sought to exclude Irish immigration from its provisions by restricting the quar- antine to “infected ports” but he was de feated by a vote of 111 to This_defeat was all the more amazing since Mr. Rayner had accepted the amendment and | the friends of national quarantine had been thereby pledged to support it. It was evi dent that they did not Many Amendments Offerod. A long series of amendments by various members of the Texas de tion, headed by Mr. Crain, followed. all attacking those pro visions of the bill which authorize the sc tary of the treasury to establish quarantine precautions in addition to those dy ex- I ng by local regulation wherever, in his judgment, they are ineficient. This provis. ion was one of the very vitals of the bill and the entire strength of the obposition was concentrated against it. Amendment fol lowed amendment, all coming from Texas or New York membe and all looking *‘to make,” as Mr, Crain put it, “the state para- mount to the United States.” But every amendment was promptly voted @own and the friends of national quarantine rested casier. Up to this time the New York members had not at any thme made too plainly evident their tender solicitude for Jr. Jenkins and the Tammany quarantine. Amos Cummings had sulked in his seat, be. Ceause eard in the day ‘Messrs. Cochrane Fellows, Campbell and Rockwell had ney lectpd to consult him in their conferences. But at this juncture Mr. Cochrane came for ward with an ingeniously worded amend- ment, which he had compelled Mr. Rayner to accept as the price of his support. It read innocently enough that nothing in the bill should authorize the federal authorities to “modify, suspend or relax” any existing local quarantine regulations, Several speakers, among them Messrs, Boutelle and Dingley, pointed out that the sole purpose of the amendment to pre- serve the Tammany quarantine system and its fat patronage. Mr, Cochrane merely smiled and did not seem to consider it neces sary to make any reply. He knew that the friends of the bill must come to_his support, however odious was his amendment and he evidently considered one Tammany amend ment more their fight than his. The house voted down the amendment. Mr. Cochrane demanded tellers. They were about to be refused when Mr, Rayner arose and notified the friends of quarantine that the defeat of this amendment means defeat of the bill Tellers were granted and the amendment which only a moment before had been de- feated was adopted by a safe majort Mr. Rush was the only Maryland member ‘who voted against it. He believes that it s a Tammany trick of some kind ich the present injurious discrimination against Baltimore in favor of New York will be perpetuated and he is therefore unalterably opp to it. After the adoption of this amendment whereby the interests of Tam many are securely guarded, the discussion ended until Mondiy morning. Weatern Pensions. The following pensions granted ar the will ant strongly u its the any attentively and vs of the constitu 0 an rruption from Mr out a burst of apj joined the democrats. by offer in ause in number amend braska : iz Francis M. Cutler, Abraham Risley, Thomas Smith, Charles Blowers, Augustine Carpenter, Elliott, Joseph L. Pennington, widows-- Lusebia Fulle Towa: Original—Morgan Williams, ( Foster es A, Bentley, Benedict ultz, William H. Ran- Edward Erickson. In- Wiggins, Jeptha (. Original widows, ete.—Miriam a_ Kmy Mary Bottin, Han Mary Boyles, Lucinda Foster, Ellen Messenger Miscellaneou: Senator Manderson secured a quick report on the Omaha bridge bill and today had it called up and passed in the senato. The senate bill to abolish post traders in the army was passed by the house today sure legalizes the past action of the War department in this respect It has just become evident that the lat Benator Kenna of West Virginia died a_very poor man. He left his widow in almost estitute civcumstances, his long illness nd its attendant expenses having consumed hat little money he had saved from his salary. In order vide for his widow and her large family the West Virginia dele. ation in met to and ndited a letter to President elect Cleveland asking him to appoint Mrs. Kenna postmistress at Charleston, W. Va., as soon as he enters the white house. The salary of the oftice is about 82,500, As Sena. tor Kenna was one of the very first Cleve. land men in the United States senate it is thought very probable that Mr, Cleveland will make the appoint P. S H Original Mary Gown. dolph, John Tacy, erease-—Jame A Rosencrans. Cross, Claris: ELECTORAL VO Returns from All Not Yet Received structions Disregarded. Wasmixgroy, D, €., Jan. 21,—The certif cates of all the states of votes cast for presi dent and vice president ought to be in the hands of the president of the senate by Mon day mext. 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 those states which have complied with the law have done b in so slipshod & manner that if the late election had been close the ofticial ascertain ment of the result, under the constitution and the laws, might have been made almost impossible and the whole government might | have been thrown into chaos. One of the first things to be noted is that Juany of the messeugers purporting 0 bring the reckless and | the members that the | | on the action of the states have come utterly | unprovided with credentinls, Kansas was one of the most conspicuous offenders in this respect. The populist deley the vote of the state was p president of the scnate by Senator Peffer. Congressman Jerry Simpson and one of his | colleagues, ho vouched for him, but with the slightest scrap of writing from the electoral college, but t the kina of A voucher the partment demands in order o give him his mileage and pay ated to bring on sented to the Addressed 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 a marvel of good luck that torn open and endered invalid v states have failed to endorse on the package what it contained. Some messen gers have been able to say that there was sealed and endorsed package inside the outer envelope. In that case the president of the senate has opened the outer casing and found a duly certified package inside. In other cases the messengers have said they did not belicve there was any sealed inner package, and in those instances the envelopes have been put in the senate safe and left un touched. They contain the electoral vote or they may not. The president of the senate has only the word of the members to aosure him that these packages actually contain the votes of the states as repre sented. Som might have chunged one them States Yet to H Senator Manderson of N | pro tem of the senate President Morton s electoral certificates He said this after. noon Lof the states have transmitted theirelectoral votes by mail and all have ren received hy the president of the senate. Sonie of the western states have not yet sent their electors vote by messenger, at least they have not been received by the president | of the senate--Colorado, Connecticut, Flor: | ida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Montana | North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South | Dakota, Tennessee, Washington and Wis consin—fourteen Senator Manderson e From. raska, president absence of Vice custodian _of these | advocates before o | presidential eclection the issue of an au thentic letter of instructions, addressed to the electoral colle s of the different states, 50 as to avoid these perilous mishaps. 1t is the understanding that Vice | lent Morton will be in his seat as president of the senate on Monday next, the fourth Monday in January L REPEAL OF SHERMAN ACT. Mr. Bacon's Resolution for a Special Order to Be Considered Washington Notes, Wasiixgroy, D. (., Jan. 21.—The rules committee, it is stated, will consider Mr. Bacon's resolution asking a special order for the Sherman act repeal when introduced in the house, and will give it the same treat- ment that was given the free coinage special order in the last session, but this will quire the desired special order. Some day next week will probably be named as the time when the Andrew-Cate bill shall have right of way in the house. No cloture proposition will be embodied in the special order. The advocates of the Sherman peal have discovered that under rules cloture be the of the rules and it is usserted that such a move is as well protected against filibuster- ing tactics as are special orders reported by the vules committee, Mr. Andrew and Mr. Bacon not yet signified whether it is their intention to move cloture, but the oppo- sition expect it. This would be cloture by the house itself and not by the speaker or the rules committee. Whether or not cloture could be passed is uncertain, as many democrats are opposed to rigidly fixing a time at which all dilatory tactics must cease and u vote must be taken. Mr. Bland, Mr. Pierce and others announce their intention to filibuster, if nec | against a repeal of the Sherman law, but’ thus far Mr. Pierce canuot_count on more than fifty democrats to stand with him, re- re- the can secured by amending report committee. have Mr. McComas’ Nomination Opposed. When the nomination of Mr. McComas to be district judge was called up in the execu- tive session of the senate’ today a stormy scene ensued. The debate was quite live for a time, and 4 number of democratic sen- ators admitted that the situation had re- solved itself into a sort of political retalia- tion. They recalled the fact that during the last administration Mr. Cleveland had nom- inated the present vice president-elect for this identical office, and the republicans had held it up. This was their opportunit, get even, and some of the senators we backward in expressing their intent 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 and that the position taken by the democrats was held upon false promises. The democrats took a different view of the case id opposed the confirm tion because it was contrary to a doctrine enunciated in the last democratic platform, which declared in favor of home rule and the appointment of residents of all territories and the District of Columbia toall offices | within those territories. Mr. McComas is not a resident of this district. Washington Notes. Instructions have been cabled to Minister Durham at Hayti to urge uron the govern- ment there the desirability of disposing, at the earliest moment, of the case of Frederick Meuys, an American citizen who was con- fined 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 Haytian government in behalf of Mr. Meuvs but no specific sum has been named. AlLof the members of the cabinet who at. tended the funcral of ex-President Hayos at Fremont, O., yesterday, returned, ex- cept Secretary Noble, who left the party at Fremont for a short visit to his sister in Chicag Nominations: United John J. Piatt of Ohio (at present consul at Cork), at Dublin: Adolph G. Steader of Town (at present consul at Barmen), at Sing. apore; Rounsevelle Wildman of Idaho (at present consul at Singapore), at Bremen Confirmations: United States Consuls Nicholas Smith, at Liege; Henry M. Moo at Three Rivers, Can - - RESULT OF A BANK FAILURE. States Consuls South Dakota Citizens Excited Over Rece » al Troubl YANKTON D, Jan. 21 gram to Tue Bee.]—The excit ant ou the collapse of George R [Special Tele ment attend- the banking house of Scougal & Co., occasioned by the | death of the senior member a week ago, has | reached almost fever heat aud the air is full of ugly rumors and threats of depositors The opinion is expressed that Mr. Scougal committed suicide and one rattle-brained individual toaay for e one bad really seen Scougal dead There is talk of exhuming the body to see if it is really there, and the arrest of Will Scoug the junior member and bookkeeper of the firm, who is almost crazed by grief and mor- tification and who is in nowise responsible for the unpleasant results of his broth death and revealed insolvenc, Meantime the investigation into the bank's condition by Dr. J. F. Cravens, receiver, continues and will be finished by Monday night. No information has been given out up to the present, No one_knows what are the liabilities and assets. The heaviest de- positor was the Dakota Masonic Aid associa tion, of which Scougal was treasurer, Funds amounting to 7,000 belonging to the associa | tion were in the bauk, but this loss will be made good by Scougal's bondsmen, L. B. French of Yaukton and J. H. Teller of Chi vago. The dead man carried life insurance amounting to #5000, of which &,000 has probably lapsed. The bank's liabilities will reach #40,000, and the assets perhaps half that amount about who was looking =L K Tuken to Elkhorn, The remains of ex-Sheriff Cameron Reeves were taken to Elkhorn yesterday afternoon for interment. A large number of friends accompanied the remaius to the dopot and a number went to Eikhorn to pay their lust respects to the deceased. s Piles of people nave pues, but DeWitt s Wikeh Hauzel salve will cure them. ATIONAL OUARANTINE BILL Its Consideration Provokes an Animated | Discussion in the House, | | URGENT NEED FOR STRINGENT MEASURES Cougross ts the Da era Rayr \gers from an 1 Objections fr terday’s Work r of Maryland Dep of Chol- the Senate. Wasnixgros, D. €., Jan. 21.—On motion of | Mr. Hermann, republican, from Oregon, | senate bill was passed extending until Janu ary 1, 1804, the time within which entry may be made of forfeited lands along the | Northern Pacific railway between Walla | Walla, Wash., and Portland, Or | Mr. Bankhead, from Alabama, chairman of the committee on public buildings and grounds, reported back the Scott resolution calling on the secretary of the treasury for information regarding the amounts appro- | priated for public buildings and the condi- | tion of the work. Adopted Mr. Bacon, democrat, from New York from the committce on banking and currency, reported a bill to provide for th dy demption of United States currency and na tional bank notes which hav clean and unfit for use dar The senate bill was passed for the aboli tion of post traderships Mr. Blount, democrat, from Georgia, re ported the consular and diplomatic appro priation bill and it 1 ou the cal endar. » S become un was pla Feature of the Day. The feature of the house today was the consideration of the national quarantine bill It was opened by an eloquent specch from Congressman Rayner of Maryland, who de picted the danger which imminent to the people of this country from unrestricted immigration, und urged upon the house the necessity of agreeing national law which would protect the Unlted States from any invasion of its most deadly He believed that the government had the right to protect the public health. In conclusion he said: *Iam in favor of preventative and not remedial measures, and I call upon this house not to adjourn without | heeding the appeal that comes to us from school of medicine, from every cham- ber of commerce, from ¢ board of trade and board of health to guard the coast and least place in the hands of the hos- pital service the power to pass rules with which the states shall have no more right of interference t n the militia of the states should have to interfere with the regular army in protecting our coast from the in- vasion of a foreign fo Should ¥ was to some enemy cholera ever e Possess power of all powers that this government ought to possess. 1 am opposed to 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.” [Ap- plause.) On motion of Mr. Stump, democrat, from Maryland, an amendment was adopted to the section authorizing the president to de- tail any medical officer to serve in the oftice of the consul of any foreign port for the purpose of furnishing information and giving bills of nealth. The 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 the bill reported by him | from the committeee on immigration. It provides that no alien immigrant shall be | permitted to land at any port of the United States who has not been quarantined at the | port of departure for from five to seven d immediately preceding the day of embarka- tion. Rejected by a vote of 15 to 111, The section providing that. the Marine hospital service shall compete with and aid stateand municipal boards of health inthe execution of their rules and the rules made by the secretary of the treas to prevent the introduction of contagious or infectious diseases, was the next bone of contention. Objections from Texas. exas members (Crain, Sayers and Anthony) were on their fect with amend- | ments, und Crain was recognized. He moved to strike out the clause which authorizes the secretary of the treasury to make quaran- tine regulations at such ports where qu tine regulations exist under the autho a state or municipality which (in the op of the secretary) are not sufficient 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 w; not to make the state authority paramount to the authority of the United S by the Goves ent. "his i Three s Mr. Crain's reply was to the effect that the state, (on a question like this), ought to be paramount. Mr. Bowers—That is the point T want to reach. 1 want the people to know whether | the states should be paramount or the United States. But I want to say that Asiatic cholera does not stop at the state lines or boundaries and it will not stop even when the Tammany hows its teeth, it will walk over ' the .tiger. [Laughter.] The amendment was rejected. Mr. Cochrane offered an amendment pro- viding that nothing in the act _shall be con- | strued to authorize a federal officer to relax, modify or suspend any precaution or regula’ tion adopted by state or municipal autbority for the exclusion or discases, or to permit the entrance or discharge of any vessel where quarantine regulations have been s blished by such authorities until the vessel shall have complied with the resolutions Would Render the Bill Nugatory. Mr. Boutelle, republican from Maine, argued that the adoption of the amendment would render the whole bill absolutely nu: gatory On ‘a division on the amendment the vote stood 87 to 5. Mr. Cochran demanded tellers, then asked to withdraw from his | amendment the word “modify.” But to this there was strenuous objection from Mr. Boutelle, Dingley and others, “If you defeat this amendment you defeat | the bill," prophesied Mr. Rayuer. Then he amendment. was agreed to by a vote of | 1 to 88, 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 be heard 'ten feet from the clerk’s desk. To this fact Mr. Dickerson, democrat, from | Kentucky, calied attention. He added that | the bill'was an important one and should not be acted upon in a_scene of such utter | inattention. He therefore moved that the committee (for the bill was beiug considered in committee of the whole) arise. ‘This was agreed to Then on motion of Mr. Rayner the house took a recess until 11 o'clock Monday, The effect of this action will be to bring the bill up Monday. IN THE SENATE, Anti=Option Bill Discussion Takes Up Most of the Time. Wasuixarox, D, C., Jan. 21 option bill was discussed for a hour and then went til Monday On motion of Mr. She senateatl p. m. proc business, Tne anti- little over an over without action un. man, from Ohio, the rded to executive The doors were reopened at half past 2 o'clock and legislative business was resumed The credentials of Mr. Turpie, democrat, from Indiana, for his second senatorial term beginning March 4, next, were presented and placed on file Senate bill to autherize 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. Vilas ndment to the George substitute, and Mr, George, demo crat, frow Mississiopi, coutinued his argu. i | new sun | the form of that peric THE GREAT CONTINENTAL FIRE SALE THE GREAT FIRE SALE Of Fine Clothing Will opefl Saturday Morning, January 28, at 8 o'clock, at the old stand. 100,000 WORTH--Nothing Reserved A portion of the stock was slightly damaged by water---no smoke or fire. Wait for us at the Old Stand. vontinental Clothing Houge, Corner 156th and Douglas Streets. ment against the propo: amendment and in favor of his own substitute. The substitute differs from the Washburn bill, in omitting all the faxation sections of the latter and inserting in licu of them sec- tions declaring | dealings in options and futures to be restrictions to and restraints upon commerce, to be illegal and void, to b misdemeanors, punishable with fine and im- prisonment. Mr. George did not conclude his speech, but will finish it Monday. The senate then adjoirned. e FOUR GREAT VOYAGERS. There are four names that to Ames stand forth as the four great voyagers of the world. These are Hercules, Perseus, Ulysse and Columbus. They each made femarkable voyages to the land t lay to the west of the shores of Europe. The leading question is Was this land the now America, or was it ome other land? In the consideration of ans | this problem we, 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 some lost or sumben isle as a antis,” without proof, will not rec We ' will first investigate what itself has to say. In this connection we must not forget that t nd now Mexico had a high degree of civilization: built up with towns, temples and schools, and had a written language and books. This language was a picture writing and we finl specimens of it on the pottery and chiseled on the rocks and monuments, Whoever has been up the Mississippi seenthis on what are called the pictured rocks. The picture writing is similar to the ancient names of the constellations now in use These records in_ Mexico were written upon scrolls of papyrus, prepared in me way as was the yptian seroll writing and of the terial The Indians preserve this language in their sign language, and no Indian has a name e bt it can be represented in picture. The cly Spanish made a dictionary of this ing, making each sign and writing out ish and Latin the meanings and use These records say that the earliest Me were a simple people, without the knowledge id were called the Chickimex. But a people came to them from the southeast in boats and taught them how to make a fire, and the Chickimex became fire worshipe Afterwards they were larger and were callec Toltex, when a people came the second time and they became sun worshipers and were called Aztecs. We all know that it was Prometheus ed how to make a fir, Jaster the people of some of them, were fire worshipers and thut fterwards became sun worshipers. 4 number of items that cannot he s to how the people of the old world and new wopld were fire worshipers before they were syn worshipers rests on the fuct; und that there were light ages and dark ages, when To sun was seen uand when the sun nvas seen Helius was supreme, then Jave, then Apollo, The mythological age of Jupiter was a durk age This is told in the myths of all the world in the Egyptian mythology Ra_was the lost or concealed sun. Horus, or the sky, corre sponding to Uranus, was said to have put Ra in his cofin. ~ After Horus wus Osiris, or the In Genesis we read that “dark- ness was upon the face of the deep.” Then there was light. The length of time of this durkness may have been long enough to sat isfy the most devout geologist. The land of Eden was an age of light. Then man dwelt in the land of Nod, or land of night. In Gen esis vi4 we read, “There were giants in the arth In those days.’) But the giants were not the Adamite race, but a preadamite ra Allold nations tell of there having been giants By the descriptions of Hercules and Per. seus, and Ulysses, they all belonged to the great race, And when we say they ships that could cross the ocean we s not from fact. Hergules performed twelve great exploits. One was to g0 to this dis. tant land, and to show he had been there he was to bring back a kind of anima, known. Persens performed many fe One was a voyage to this distant land. The story of the voyage says “he went by way of the Pillars of Hercules.” His story belongs to the Magian period, or written in He was to bring back the head of the Gorgon. The three Gorgous, like the three graces and nine muses, presided over arts of that distant land. ' Mudusa was patron of sculpture. Some one had seen u native of urope 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 fine forms of sculpture Ulysses sought to accomplish this great who and that un the old world, overlooked. exploit afte 4 in “twelve ships and was gone twenty v The existence of this lund was well kuown, but a difficult voyage to make. Iceland and Greenland had long been settled. Eric the Red 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 eves jon. 5 from Columbus that the pres- ent settlement began, and to his name is due the greatest meed of praise. I. J. Covcir e FOR BETTER SANITATION. OxAnA, Jan. 20.—To the Editor of Tne Bee: The discussion in congress and in, the press of quarantine and public health bills makes the opinion of Dr. John S. Billings, surgeon United States army, of interest at this time. He says in a recent letter toa west- ern medical journalithat, in his opinion, “a system of national quarantine or maritime sanitary mspection can be organized ana en- forced in such a manner as to afford ereater urity to the country and cause less re strictions upon traffic and 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 largerand better plants, and better paid ofticials, but the cost, being de- frayed from the national treasy would be much more fairly distributed,” However thoroughly the truth of opinion might be demonstrated, it is safe to say that the well known economy of our ything pertaining to sani- 1t its adoption, even in the face of an epidemic of cholera. At best we shall probably end with some half-hearted measure born of political exi- gencies, and modified by the specter of states righ s, rather than legisiatlon founded on the advice «f skilled sanitarians. It may be rradily aamitted that there are many emergencies in which the state alone must take the responsibility, and that always the 1 public health ' measures will be realized from a combined national and state control. Many contagious diseases are indigenous to the country we live in, If a severe epidemic of smallpox or typhoid r prevailed in Nebraska iv would be a ange proceeding were we without any ort of our awn to call upon the govern ment to stamp it out There is even some good reason to believe that Nebraska and other states centrally lo. cated may suffer from cholera through in- asion from the north or south, while the seaboard states, east and west, might secure protection through rigid quarautine. Yet I have not seen a single suggestion from a newsps in our state that we get ready as o state to fight this enem, Probably Omaha will, under the supervision of our local board. tits house in order.” I be- lieve the work could be done much more effectually under the supervision of com- bined state and local boards of sanitition But if our streets were as 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 this country next summer. We might prevent suspects from entering our commonwealth over the Union Pacitic bridge, but whas about Plattsmouth, Blair and a dozen other avenues? It is true we have a State Board of Health, but it has not a vestige of sanitary power. The opinion of good lawyers is thal under our constitu tion such powers may not be granted, or at any rate the services required shall not be paid for out of the funds of the state. There fore this board, appointed on other grounds, would find itself illy prepared to cove with an_ epidemic if it were possible to legally grant it the power. Sanitation is a science quite distinet from medical practice, and the average layman would do almost as well as the physician without special study and experience. Had our state placed in training such a body of men us were most suited to the work five or ten years ago we would now be preparved to meel any emergen But, today, while other states with more liberal constitutions and evidently more faith that money spent in disease prevention is a good investment, ure making large appropriations for this purpo the people of Nebraska stand almost alone in the humiliating confession that their state never has and cannot legally spend o dollar fora state board of health : notevea the birth and death rate of this large populous state is known forany year of its existence A change of constitution has been urged that would allow of the election of a board of railroad commissioners in Nebraska 1 respectfully submit that a change in this grasshopper document sufficient to permit the gathering of vital statistics and the pro tection of the public from agious dis eases as equally worthy of consideration B, F. CRuMsER, this oul CONSIDER HEAT AND AIR Action by the Board of Education at its Ses- sion Last Night, FULLER & WARREN'S CONTRACT FAILED In Exccutlve Sesslo Some Choice Run tain Janitors—-Estimates and come for the Year Submitted. the Board Considers ors Concerning Cer- Heating and ventilation were matters taken up at the speca the Board of Education last night. The president and se y were author- fzed to sign the contract for heating and ventilating the Lathrop school with the Western Temperature and Ventilating com pany. The report of the fluance committee was presented, giving the estimates of funds needed for the school year, The s submitt Teachers' suls Janitors” sal Books, mis fonc upplics nity Fuel Repatrs.,. . Fnprovenients Rent, Special taxes Insurance Construction und additional Sites Salarics Interest and excl Beautifying 5,000 Telepl 1000 For payment of honds 6,000 Election expenses. 3,000 Total . . . . $304,000 The committee anticipates the receipts as follows: From licenses. ..., $270,000,00 From fines....... ..., 25,000.00 State apportionment 2 000,00 o be made up froum Gaxes, 64,000.00 Totul the first 1 meeting of esti- { were as follows vlos. fos nd supplics 30,000 H000 6,000 2,000 1,000 15,000 7,000 10,000 500 4000 4,000 15,000 10,000 30,000 $394.000.00 lopted and will be re ouncil for action in the the necessary levy o pro 64,000 to be raised by taxation. Dissatisfied with the Work, A special committee reported that the heating and ventilating apparatus of the Leavenworth school recently put in by the Fuller & Warren company had_been found unsatisfactory and the committe com mended that no mor money be 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 come anywhere near doing the work called for iu the contract After a deal of discussion the report was adopted Dr. Duryea offered a resolution to instruct the secretary to write to the state superin tendent of schools for an opinion 8 to whether or not the Omaha Board of Educa tion could legally maintain a teachers' train ing school with funds raised for the purpose of supp the public It was adopted On motion of Mr. Smyth a committee of four was appointed, the chairman to be on of the committee, to look after legislative matters at Lincoln, so that legislation detri mental to the schools of the city might be vented. The president appointed Messrs. Babeock, Smyth and Coryell President Powell appointed o commit to consider proposed changes in the man agement of the teachers' training school, Dr. Duryea, A. B. Thomas and Henry C Akin ported to th matter of malk vide th ing schools Considering The board then went into executive ses sion upon the merits and demerits of cortain janitors Morris Morrison and Mr ugainst the idea of going into executive sion upon every trivial matter, but some of the members hinted broadly that there were ain things to be discussed that might precipitate o duel if talked of in open ses The board retired behind closed doors and considered the case of Janitor Miller of the Central park zainst whom serious charges have preferred, which were finally referred back to the committee on heating and ventilation e Frinters' Troubles Settled. The differences between the Ty pographical lumuu and Messrs, Klopp & Barrett bave the Junitors. Smyth protested school been been amicably adjusted and the shop is now recognized by the union, The trouble was settled by the three men over whom the hiteh occurred voluntarily leaving the ems ploy of Klopp & Barvett. A few minntes later the union’s representative had are ranged the entive affair satisfactorily. But one job oftice in the city is still beyond the pale of the unien, el SECOND TEST SATISFACTORY. Another Trial of the Wat Its Efliciency for erday afternoon r Tower FProves “ighting Fires. 4 o'clock the new Hale water tower was tested the second time. The exhibition took place at the cors ner of Ninth and Farnam streets, and the new piece of machinery stood in the middla of the street and divectly in front of Union Pacific headquarters building, After the standpipe had been raised by the chemical engine the steel tube was run up, and the nozzle was exactly fifty-five feety above the pavement. In order to see how far the machine could throw a stream, the smallest nozzle on the tower, one and threes cighths inches, was put on and two streams turned in. - Water was thrown clear over the southeast corner of the Union Pacific heads quarters. Then the pressure from the old steamer, which only pumps 700 gallons minute, was turned on, and while the in"]r creased pressure was felt and noticed by the firemen, it wasn't any thing extra, Lincs of hose were then laid in from hydrants in that vicinity and turned on. With the five streams on, ‘water was thrown over the Union Pacific building, clearing the roof by about ten feet The nozzle was lowered a little in_order tg sce how far down the street the stream) could be thrown, and it was found that it' reached nearly to Kighth stre Aline of hose held by two pipemen who od on the ground near the standpipe was 1d nearly straight up and the difference in’ eficiency was very noticeable. Dr. Casey, president of the concern manue facturing the towers, and who operated the, machine yesgerday, said after the test, that he was perfectly satistied with the appa and that it would do all that was claimed Al pleased withy for it, Chief Galligan is w five commissioners v fiva the machine, and the who witnessed the test also expressed thems selves as being perfectly satisfied. Several councilmen were present, and one of the city s expressed himself as being in favor of ordering another one at once, e Q MOVING ICK Precautions Kelng Taken on Pennsylvanis Kivers to Avert Disaster, Pirrsuung, Pa,, Jan. 21.—The rise in the temperature causes much comment along theriver. The breaking up of the ice has been the subject of much conjecture among the conl 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 be taken by smashing the ice and by other means to reduce the dangers to viver property to & minimum, The ice varies from six to sixteen inches thick and is covered with about three inches of solid snow. ‘Lne river men do not expect an early by and it is not probable that there will be & week of continuous warm weather, The ice in the river near Morgantown is said to be moving down stream in a solid mass and worging during the day and freezing at night, 80 that it is piled very high at some places: The ice in the Ohio 18 loosening and gradus ally floating down stream and in some placeg pfPRICES Flavoring Extracts NATURAL FRUIT FLAVORS. Of perfect purity— Of great strength— Economy in their uses Flavor as delicately and deliciously as the fresh fruite Vanllla Lemon Vrange Rose,ete]