Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-12-13
MATTERS AT home.
PROCEEDINGS In THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES,.
Suit Against Emma Nevada-Oys-
termen Drowned-The
Fire Record.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REcoRD-uslosl
4 Sanitary Measure.

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established, to be appointed by the Presi-
dent and confirmed by the Senate. This
differs from the original Act, in that it
largely increases the membership of the
Board, and excludes from it medical Off
GERS from the army, navy and marine hos
pital service, and law officers from the De-
partment of Justice.
The second section of the new bill pro-
| vides, as did the corresponding section OF
the original Act, for the collection and dis
semlnation OF sanitary information, ETC.,
but greatly enlarges the scope of the
Boards powers by authorizing it to frame
rules and regulations for the govern
| ment of the quarantine service of the
United States, and by vesting in it
| (the BoarO all the authority which
is now or may hereafter be provided by
| law for the control and protection of the
! public health 1t directs the National
| Board to cooperate with local Boards as
far as it can lawfully, and aid in the en-
| forcement of the latter's rules and regu-
! lations; but it also authorizes the National
| Board, upon the direction of the Presi-
dent, to act in the several States inde-
| pendently, and make and enforce there its
own rules, regardless of the local Boards
| The third section relates to the regula-
ton OF the marine quarantine service, and
| dullOIlLtS tHc NdllO1ldl DOdru 10 frame the
rules to be observed by all vessels sailing
| from foreign ports to ports of the United
| States and provides that such rules, when
| approved by the President and issued by
| the Department of State, shall be enforced
! by all Consular officers and agents of the
| United States, as well as by the medical
! officers serving under this Act
| Section four provides that any vessel from
! any foreign port, which shall attempt to
| enter any port of the United States in vio-
lation of the above mentioned rules and
regulations, shall be liable to process in the
proper District Court Of the United States,
and upon conviction shall forfeit to the
| United States sum to be awarded in the
| discretion of the Court, not exceeding
81 900, which shall be lien upon the ves-
| sci. In order to show that it has complied
with these rules and regulations, every
vessel shall be provided with proper GER
| titicate from the United States Consul or
medical officer at the port of departure,
! who must be satisfied that the statements
| therein contained are true
! Section five provides for a similar OBJ
! seryance of these rules, and correspond
! ing certificate from the Health Officer at
| the port of entry.
| Section six authorizes the President of
| the United States in any threatening emer-
/ gency to make known by proclamation the
! measures which he may think necessary to
meet it, such as suspending the introduce
| ton, by land or sea, Of any dangerous kind
of merchandise, or prohibiting entirely the
| entry into United States ports of vessels
| from infected countries. He shall at the
| same time convene the National Board of
/ Health III special session, and the measures
| revised by the latter shall, upon approval
| by the President, supersede the Executive
| proclamation.
The remaining four sections provide for
| the collection by Consular offices of sanitary
! statistics and information in foreign ports /;
| for the detail by the President of depart
mental officers TO serve temporarily under
| the direction of the Board without extra
compensation; for the appropriation of
| S500,000 to meet the expenses incurred in
| carrying ont the provisions of the bill
such sums to be disbursed under the Ma
/ tional Boards direction, and by its own
disbursement agentS-and for the repeal of
all Acts inconsistent with the terms of this
| one.
a delegation of physicians and members
of the State Boards ofHealth placed the.bill
! in the hands of the House Committee on
| Public Health this afternoon.
House of Representatives,
| WAsHINGToS, December 12th.-On mo-
| ton of Ellis, a concurrent resolution was
| passed, reciting that the exigencies of the
! public service prevent the attendance of
Congress at the opening of the Worlds In
! dustrial and Cotton Exposition at New Or
leans; that the President has decided to
open the Exposition by telegraph and start
the machinery thereofby electricity from the
( Executive Mansion, in the presence of his
/ Cabinet and foreign representatives, and
members of the House and Senator'S
The session was taken up almost entirely
! by personal wranSle principally between
| Taylor and Warner, both of Ohio, regard
! ing speech of the former rejecting on the
Pensions Committee, printed in the Record
| but alleged TO have never been delivered
] During the controversy Warner charged
7 that Taylor's army service during the civil
war was confined to q membership of the
! Ohio Home Guard, and Taylor retorted
that the only wound Warner ever received
! was in the back,
| a recess was taken till O'Clock.
The House, at the evening session. passed
f, ten pension bills. including one granting
$50 month to Emma De Long, and ad-
. iourned until Monday.
The Hawaiian Treaty.
| WASHINGTON, December I2th.-Senator
Miller has received by telegraph from San
| Francisco a petition of 1000 words, PRAYING
| that the Hawaiian treaty recently renewed
! BY the President, pc ratified by the Senate
As this treaty pending in executive ses-
sion, the petite was presented there and
: IS regarded as an executive document.
| American Pork and Petroleum
! WASHINGTON, December 12th.-For some
| months past the subject of the admission
] of American pork in Germany has re-
mained in statu quo the inhibition imposed
| by imperial decree March 6, 1888. still ex-
/, isting, and the German markets meanwhile
| having been effectively closed to American
| producers. Hitherto the contest against
| German determinations has been urged
| alone in behalf of American pork interests :;
but hostile measures in Germany having
recently been threatened against American
| petroleum, q powerful combination of the
| two interests is now being formed, look
| ing TO decisive and determined stand by
| the new Administration and new Congress
| IN regard to both these essential and i'm
/ portsnt branches Of American exports.
| Expedition TO Nicaragua.
| WASHINGTON, December 12th-It is an
nounced at the Navy Department that an
| expedition OF American officers and men
Will be sent TO Nicaragua, to survey the pro-
posed route of the Nicaragua Canal.
Minor Washington Notes.
WASHINGTON. December 12th.-Argu-
| ments IN the Union Pacific Railroad case
We're concluded n the Court of Claims to-
day, and the case submitted
General Sheridan will be Marshal of the
day for the celebration of the completion
OF the Washington monument
Free Cattle Ranges No Longer Practi-
cable.
HELENA on. T.), December 12th.-In re-
IN ~ adj rts,-so . J
row viii print letter from General James
>. brisbin, Vice-PresideHt and Chairman
sf the National Executive Committee of