The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-01-05
T, THE NATIONS CAPITAL
liz COMMITTEES DRAFT OF A Ma
TIONAL QUARANTINE LAW.
-eates Quarantine Service and Gives the
Z President Power to Sop immigration.
New Charges Against DR.. Macune.
New York's New Senator.

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c WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.-The sub
! committee who have charge of the
y subject of establishing a national
4 quarantine have agreed upon bill
] which it will report to full commit
I tee at the next regular meeting after
\ recess Friday week. The bill agreed
upon is a combination of Senator
Harris senate bill and of the bill in
troddced in the house by Raynor. 1t
( put the quarantine system in the
hands of the hospital service of the
( revenue marine. The bill further pro-
fvides for consular inspection at for
leigh ports by sanitary experts in con-
sular offices, who are to supervise the
inspection and disinfection of all ves-
5 &els leaving objected ports. When
lever an infected vessel arrives at any
port of entry in the United States the
marine hospital service may re-
mand said vessel. at the vessels
lown expenses to the nearest national
Ior other quarantine station and there
hisinfect the same and said vessel
shall not be permitted to enter any
port of the United States until pro-
nounced tree from infectious disease
pr danger of conveying the same.
!, Wherever it shall be shown to the sat.
~ IisfactiOn of the president that by
y reason of the existence of any infec-
Il tious disease in foreign country that
" ic dnn nf
Z duction OF the same into the United
States then in such case he may for a
time being suspend immigration until
II all danger from infection has passed.
CHARGES AGAINST MACUNE.
N DR.. Macune, the alliance leader,
when shown dispatch from Topeka
| purporting to be an editorial from the
\ Alliance Advocate, charging him
with aiding the Democrats by circu-
!, hating their campaign documents and
afterwards trying to fasten it on Gov
ernor Tillman, of South Carolina, and
with pursuing Colonel Polk, national
\ president, so as to cause his death,
said: "The story is gotten up here,
Washington, by scnemers and
is fraud from beginning to
end ahd nobody charged or said
VI sent out Democratic literature or
n tried to fasten it on Governor Tillman.
d The story regarding Col. Polk is also
4 falsen Ben j. Terrell, national lee
\ turer of the Alliance, who was with
Macune when the article was shown
him, laughed and said it was wholly
| without foundation. When aked
| what effect, if any, it would have on
N the contest in Kansas, Terrell said:
i {
WI ocean," With which statement
u Macune agreed.
NEW YoRK'S NEW SENATOR.
y WASHINGTON, Dec. 28-The Star
this evening says: Politicians here
do not believe Murphy of New York
y, can he defeated for the United States
Senate, and they believe Cleveland
appreciates that fact. At present
Cleveland has no representative in
the senate who has long experience
and is in position to act as leader.
Should he succSed in the election of
personal friends in New York it
would not improve the situation
greatly, as no new man, however ca
pable, can figure very prominently in
that body. Cleveland will, however,
have q strong personal friend in the
senate by the time the Fihy-Third
congress is TO be organized unless
all present plans miscarry. This will
be Bayard of Delaware in
all probability. 1t is expected Sena-
tor Gray will go into the cabinet,
though he is at present disinclined to
do so. His retirement from the SEN
ate will mean the election of Bayard.
CAPT. BoURKE's MISSION.
Capt. j. G. Bourke of the Second
cavalry, had an interview with Adju-
tant General Williams of the war de-
~, partment today, and LETT here this af-
i lternoon for San Antonio. 1t is under
i Rstood that he conveys secret instruc-
Itions for the guidance of General
Wheaton in his conduct of the cam
> Ipaign against the Mexican revolu-
Ationists on the north bank of the Rio
IGrande, and Captain Bourke is
charged with the special duty of in
. vestigating the situation for the bene-
fit fthe war department.
MR.. BLAINE's CONDITION.
Y WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-Blaine, al
v though still very sick man, is I'M
Understood to be at least no worse today
~ than he has been for some time past.
IN Early callers at the house today were
vi told Blaine was doing we'll indeed ard
after comfortable night seemed to be
very much better this morning. The
\ doctors, when called latter, found
Nothing in the sick mans condition
", occasion any immediate apprehen-
u, and their report to the family
Is fairly satisfactory. At O'Clock
Is evening DR.. Johnson said:
q. Ilaine has passed an uneventful day
h b he did not expect to make anoth-
IN Icall at the house tonight.
~ DIVORCE IN NAVAL CIRCLES.
/ y WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.-Surgeon
Samuel HI. Dickson of the navy hss
been granted vivorce from Mary
Dickson. On October 5 last, Surg e1n
Dickson, accompanied b! two frieu d.,
broke into room at the National ne.
tel. in this CITY, where he discovered
his wife in the company of an Eng
lishnaan named CARTER Twelve dnYs