The National tribune., 1892-03-31

out, is to compel the appointment OF properly
| qualified men in the order of their application
and this condition can be carried out by the
authorities without any cumbersome machln'
cry.
So
IF any OF the readers of THE NATIONAL
! TRIBUNE desire to spend an hour amid scenes
of horror, where their flesh will creep all the
time they are examining the medical curlosl-
ties which he can view by obtaining speciai
permission from the Surgeon-General OF the
Army, let him get pass and call at the Medical
| Museum which is in the Smithsonian grounds,
adjoining the National Museum. They have
on exhibition there some horrible specimens OF
disease and death, together with pieces OF hu-
man anatomy that have been cut away from
soldiers who were wounded during the late
war, showing the bullet in many cases, and the
! fractured bones which necesstated amputatlon.
| They also have for little side-show jar con-
tanning the head of an Indian Chief These
| feshy specimens are preserved IN aicohol.
They have besides these horrible specimens
others in the shape of bones without the flesh,
which show where some unfortunate soldier
Il
| jured part mad TO be cut away TO save life The
chambers containing these specimens are al
ways under lock and key. and contain many
things not intended for the eye of the public,
but which are of vast Importance to the meai-
cal profession, that are sent here from all parts
of the country by physicians, and many OF tue
medical fraternity come here TO study these
specimens, many of which are unmentionabie.
| The Government pays literally for unique
specimens Among these are TO be found the
brain and spleen of Guiteau, the assassin OF
President Garfield, and they say that Guiteau's
unarticulated bones are there also. physi-
clan, who was at one time employed in the
Museum, says that after Guiteau's execution
his body was placed in a coffin and taken to the
Jail cellar. At midnight the body was removed
to the Medical Museum. which at that time
was in Ford's Theater on Tenth street. The
physician says that then the body was cut
open, the brain snd other portions removed,
and the balance thrown into an immense boiler,
where it boiled until all the flesh fell from the
bones. These were picked out and bleached,
and some day will form part of the interesting
exhibit at the Medical Museum, as they will
be artculated and sxed up for the public to
view.
The House Committee on Appropriations
have completed the sundry civil appropriation
bill and reported it to the House. The amount
recommended by the bill is $50, 157,187 which
is Sl0,026. l65 less than the estimates, and Sl3-
237,574 less than was appropriated by the last
Congress. The following items are remem-
bercd in the bill, with the amounts appropri-
atcd for each: Postofice at Washington,
$4,000; for repairs of public buildings under
the Treasury Department, $4,000, of which
900 is TO be used for Marine Hospitals aud
Quarantine Stations; FOR continuing the con-
struction OF a sea-wall at the General Light
house Depot at TompkinsVillc, Staten Island,
$4,000; for continuing chronological researches
among North American Indians under Smith
sonian Institution, $4,000; recoinage of I'M
current silver coins 100000: for preventing
depredations On public timber and for settle
ment Of claims for swamp lands, SI25. 900: for
surveying public lands, 100000; construction
of buildings and the enlargement of such
military posts as the Secretary of War may
deem necessary, S350,000; completion OF Chick
amauga and Chattanooga National Park, $3.50.
600; improving the harbor Of Philadelphia,
81 600; improving Baltimore harbor, 500, 900;
improving the Galveston harbor, Si5000O; i'm
proving Hay Lake Channel, st. Mary's River,
Mich, $1l500O; surveying, locating, and pre-
serving the lines of battle of the opposing
armies at the battlefield of Antietanl, SO, 800.
41s
Miss Phoebe Cozzens, the st. Louis lawyer
who WAS at one time Secretary Of the Board of
Reference and Control Of the Worlds Fair, but
who was removed By the Board, appeared be-
fore the Subcommittee Of the House Committee
on Appropriations last week. which is charged
with the Investigation of Worlds Fair matters
and complained bitterly of the treatment she
had received at the hands of the Board of Man
agement, stating that she had been illegally
removed from the office of Secretary. She
said there was not a quorum Of the Board
present when she was removed; that
the record of the meeting was falsi-
fed that it showed that there were three
members present, when, in fact, there were only
two there at the time; and she denied emphat-
icaiiy that she had authorized useless and ex.
traVagant expenditures.
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Washin gton has been visited during the
month of March with the most severe weather
of the whole Winter, and the fact that snow
was lying Ia the streets and parks one day last
week, while the bleak winds howled around
the Capitol. without doubt prompted Senator
Hoar. Of Massachusetts, to introduce a joint
resolution. which was adopted by the Senate,
which instructs the Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds TO inquire whether it
would not be practical to erect temporary
cover over the east end of the Capitol on the
occasion of the next Presidential Inauguration
on the 4th OF March next. Mr. Hoar reminded
the Senate that many valuable lives had been
endangered by exposure TO The weather on
these occasions, and many valuable lives had
been lost. President Grant was inaugurated
for his second term one of the most savage
Winter days ever known in Washington. Pres.
ident Hsrrison was inaugurated in the midst
of a heavy storm, and the Presidents health
was seriously endangered thereby, and was only
saved by prompt remedies. He supposed it
would be practicable to erect temporary shell
ter to avert such risks.
g.
The suit for medical fees brought by DR..
Philip S. Wales. former Surgeon General of the
Navy, against Count Ssla, who was First Sec