Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-05-08

/ A motion to reconsider and law ~ uoek
ton on the table to 90 over Uil la NO
The evening session was fo- i9s
pension bills. FslYa'a
SATURDAY, May 3.
Senate Mr. Frye from the c,..
on Commerce, said that he was ir-t.- l-i's.
by that committee to report two nm. -.'sd
bills. The first bill was II hi N i'''lal.
American merchsnt marine enc, r-11- Tie
foreign trade on an equality WITH IT,.
other nations. The bill, be pr,. .''j'' q
say, is the bill known as The sue S,7l %
League Tonnage bill. The sItlas
leagues extend along the gulf co.t = Flns
| the Atlantic coast, along the p..;S ls
and along the lakes They have e-t',
bership of one or two hundred fem ,-'sl,
important men. They have been ar, a5llo
tor flye or SIX years IN ipvestiga-ins'. 49, !.
matter of the revival of the ra-s 'l-
marine. They finally agreed mon 's'- IN,
which. in their opinion. wouli b.-. guy ~.
desired result And this is n-.a.e ls
the bill on which they agreed Ia!
been reported to the house from n. nag
committee on the merchant marine .-5
the senate committee on CONNER. L
adopted it with but few amendra.-.f-
1t Is reported as an original t.a
The cost Of this bill, ACCORDING +, V 4.
Commissioner of Navigation. wonl8 ~ ~
ably be for the first year between 81 aoo
600 and S3,500,000 and would incrss.,
in his opinion, within six wear, N * 6es
600 or 5000, 900. The bin wouId ssro.
the people of the United States mapy LII
hons for every million that it would e1t
1t has been supported by resolutions NJ {.
Vulnerable boards of trade and chamls.
of commerce; by the National Granoa ,rs
Il am informed) 10y the National F8rmsr.
Alliance. | also report a bill for no.,
mail service between the United So
and foreign states. and to promote CON-
merce. 1t is an original bill.
HOHSe.-Mr. Hopkins. Of Illinois cal.l
up his motion to reconsider the vote In
which the house yesterday refused to or5e.
the copyright bill to engrossmet s"5
third reading. The speaker ruled tS.t
the time allotted to the commission on inj;.
ciary having expired, it was not in 6r3s,
now to Gallup this motion. The moto,
could not be called up until another d,y
had been assigned for the consideration 4
business from the committee on judiciary
The house then went into committee n
the whole Mr.. Peters. of Kansas. in iAs
chair on the diplomatic and consular ap-
preparation bill.
Prehistoric Remains
Big boxes of curious old bones have been
arriving lately at the Biological School n
the University of Pennsylvania. pending
resting place In the working-room #
Prof Joseph Leidy, the famous anatomist
They We're found in Levy County. Florida
The specimens have been carefully wrapped
up IN Florida moss and other packing 20
prevent breaking ON the way north.
These bones are hundreds of years old
They belong to extinct creatures Of the
quaternary period. DR.. Leidy has been
hard at work identifying the animals Of
which the bones form a part, and thi.
Identification is now complete His con.
clusions are very interesting. The chief
bones, he says, are those Of "A rhinocer0us,
a mastadon, a llama, a three-toed horse.
and a giant sloth. There are also parts Of
a tapir, a small crocodile and a gar pike.
In 1887, a gentleman living in Archer,
in Northern Florida, found some fossil
bones in beds of clay, and wrote to the
late Professor Baird. of the Smithsonian
Institute, about them At that time sci.
entists were not expecting the discovery
of fossil remains in Florida at all, and
Professor Baird, becoming interested, sag-
gested to DR., Leidy that he go there ana
search for more bones. DR.. Leidy being
unable to do so, interested Major Powell
Superintendent Of the United States Geo
logical Survey, in the matter, and the lat
ter sent one Of his assistants, Mr.. Dali, to
Archer, for two weeks
DR.. Leidy identifies the rhinocerous as q
variety whose skeleton has never before
been found in this country east of die
Mississippi. 1t is about the size Of die
present Indian rhinocerous, but has tusa'
eight inches long instead Of three inches
and was probably hornless. 1t lived II
Florida in the quaternary period, previous
to the appearance of man The m3stodon.
whose bones were found, Or. Leidy calc-
lates TO have been half as large as the
present Asiatic elephant, and different
species from the common mastodon whose
remains have been found in almost every
state in the Union One of the giant
sloths, pronounced by DR.. Leldy the
megatherium, was also as large as the
Asiatic elephant The only living s.otl
known, about the size of terrier Is o
zee animal.
Or. Leidy is satisfied that the elephant.
.lger, horse and camel. being found IN the
me cave. lived at the same time. and
thinks it likely that the others have been
brought to the spot by the tiger as u
food The finding of the bones of a horse
Is considered strong evidence that the com
mon horse once existed on this continent
and afterward became extinct ne'e
animals are also placed in the quaternA!
period.
Until these recent discoveries. the eye;
of scientists had not been turned toward
Florida in expectation of finding fossil,
remains. European geologists are now
on the mi rire to hear the description /"
the animals just unearthed there. Inc
Bad Lands. Dakota, and Bridger, " gem.
ing Territory, are two of the promlnel'
fossils fields in the west.