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REMITTANCEs MUST BE GOOD.
state OGicers Refuse to Accept Bank
Checks for Fees.

OLYMPIA. Jan. @.-Special.-The secre-
tary OF state. commissioner or public
lands and the state land commission, in
order 10 protect their Offices from posi-
blv unsafe banking institutions. have is
sued a circular stating that no checks,
drafts. certificates OF deposit or postage
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The fusion caucus tonight TO nominate
4 senator is almost ovrrsnadowed IN in
terest and Importance by the sensational
charges. made tn the Post-IntelligenCer this
morning by Or 9. V. Calhoun, late man
ager Of Senator Squire's campaign. The
charges were 50 dtrect and specific that
there were few unbiased people who dared
70 express their doubts as to the truth OF
the allegations made.
Turner and his friends were not slow 81
denolncinE DIR. Calhoun and IN character
tzins the statements made as wholly false
and as ar attempt 10 injure Turner's
chances Senator Plummer. one OF the
accused tonight in ara interview with the
Past-f nte2itCencer correspondent. declared
that the charges against him were untrue
and that they were intended 20 hurt Tur-
rer
ON the other hand. there are many peo-
pte here who have the greatest confidence
ia Dr. Calhoun. one 81 the fusion mem
hers of the house who has been closely
connected with sQulre's campaign said to-
ulght that Dr. calhoun told him OF the
offer alleged - have been made by War
ner ana Plumuer AaG hour aster Il 0c-
curre,4. T'1is gentleman declares that DIT
calhoun iz entitled 20 belief until the
f1lsity % the cbsrEes IS proven,
Senator Squire togiEat sail that he had
given no Interview O. she press concern
mixed Up AZ al in tae matter. He has
not denied nor affirmed his belief 10 the
trutA Il DIR Calhoun's Statements. but
SAYS mat he VIII freely ard gladly give
~ the Investigating committee any infor-
nation an che subject hc may possess n
response go a telegram from the editor %
she Seattle Times t1aay. Senator Squire
sent the following:
.'Answeriaw Your dispatch. I emchati-
-aI1v decline &c he mixed up IN the mattec
referred 70 THE Times must take
StraIEhtfsrwara course not conforming
p- Calhoun Await further a5vicee.'
Ja8-e Turner requested chat the P3sf-
FartHirancer s2F tomorrow that f there
Is no more truth in the Charge against
Warner ana Fiumm@r tean there Is ia
pr Canoan's statement as 90 Turner's
attitude then the whole story e. q pare
fabrication.
sketch al the Caucus Nominee.
George Turner fs rra % the best known
rsyttf~s 5n ghe %5~ invest He came co
Washington fourteen years ago Win
Federal appointment as judge. Pie has or
car.ea many high pisces ln the state sr3
Is rrrar.2a,d - one of ths soun6sSs men
ao IRE Ccsst he IS president ~ tae -
Ea N.c.HE Company ~ E5ss}au1 a0t
81 a.atty interested n SPOKANE. 81 rcirt
90 a. 49, marked characteristics ana
ar-lr-z-. fr WfI rank as o0f ~ the hiEh-
esq iu -ne an s S-atas. F{e IS q man of
ceu.as4a1 ana p-oaf hearing ana gamer
SIS regarded 5s ela3t .a lrteaect-
taauapngne Freely Flows
Tr -rs5s ~ champagne rcrks Is heard
.n 'ne eerr tors o. the aot,3 toutslg and
= noisy crowd eE Ta-nef aarsers via sse
tHat t.s --te ktpt ur -4 after dawu
Feefe IS t- cra0d IS tHe Turner heaH-
efs~ters e0+ c-agre ,1.at .ars are belne
anE Pa Heen rac WrrEfrg aca have
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publicans. satisfied that jus,fcs ~. -.
done Capt. Seymore. voted with - D. Do
puhlicans: A. s. Bush, Ind. nan ~
Mattos. :. r.; Forbes. Dem. Csrs,.,s
Pop; kineaid. s. r.: IAkens ~
Mentzer. $. r.; Scott, Dem: j. n smiss
Pop. Williams, ). r.: winsor. pss
eleven in all.
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Jory OF Yakima heretofore one OF the
most ra5id stra lghtouts, changed 10 Tur-
ner on the first ballot On the second
ballot. Senator Range OF King voted
for Turner Like Jory. Range mas been
a straightout Popullst and has repeatedly
declared that only Populist could be
elected. Yeend voted for Turner on the
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ter OF ssecting a United States senator.
Therefore he wanted his vote recorded for
Turner.
Senator RelnhaTt said he had not re-
ceEved any Instructions from home as 10
how ne should vote and he would do as he
pleased here "a ne did when ne was al
home. He had voted for me Populist can
Gfdate heretofore and would continue 20
do 60. Hence he wanted bis vote recorded
for Winsor.
Turner Advances 10 Thirty-6ye.
The three ballots taken In joint session
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SKETCHES AROUND THE LOBBY.

possible Powell gave the COMMITTEES and the
fusion majority a dressing down that
evoked the praise of all who heard II.
RAIDERS case was sustained by the house
on roll call, and he was Immediately
sworn in
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frsrr should Dr. \ bottle 81 Anhaussr-
BasA's -Sugrlne-the food drink
Toe greatest aid "A coavaiascing Al all
druggists
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stamps will be taken by them for fees or
licenses. Remittances hereafter must be
by express or money order or registered
letters
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FoiiIIs

rouse the liver, cure headache, dizziness, con
sffuatioH etc. = censs Sold by al drugg SIS.
Ire only Plus II take viii Hood sarsapaTlalA-
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Charge. Canse Confederation.

first ballot. but changed to Winsor on the
second ballot Irwin, Likens and II. ID.
Smith voted for Cline.
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BiIiOusness

Is caused by torpid liver. which prevents dyes
tfon and permits food % fernent and purify II
sh~ ~.o--.eh. Tnen follow dixxiness hesaaeh>,
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insnnllna. nfffuslSEsfss g, aIlI
II not relieved. bilious fever
or blood poisoning. Hood
pills stimulate the stomach
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Turner Advances "a Thirty-fsse.

The three ballots taken in joint session
foaav resulted as follows:
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in honor of the god Nebo, at Borsippa,
dozen miles from Babylon, to the west OF
the Euphrates. and repaired by The great
King Nebuchadnezzar, who was named
after that god. The ruin is now called
Birs-N imrud or Tower of Nimrod, after
Mohammedan tradition. l visited it
when in charge of the Wolfe expedition,
and photographs of it were taken by our
photographer, ]. ii. Haynes.
1t was the Baby yIonian style to build the
temples in the form OF pyramids, in
stages, the separate stages being in honor
of different planetary gods. The Egyp-
tian style OF enam cling the whole face OF
the pyramid did not prevail in Babylonia
except in Inc earliest period. The extra
ordinary thing about the -Nimrud
tower is that while most of il is now re-
duced to a rounded hill the bricks of the
upper Stage were IN some great con tiagra-
LIon melted together into solid vitrified
mass, which has been in some way brok en-
perhaps by lightning, and 1t is split from
top to bottom, and pieces weighing MANY
tons have fallen to the ground and lie
about the base or have rolled down the
hill.
l think it imp obabe that this was the
Tower of Babel of the Genesis writer.
That was more likely the much larger
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already departing from the worship Of the
one true God.
The part of the account that seems to
be a stumbling block to many is that re-
lating to the multiplying OF the language.
We have to-day the various languages OF
The different races, and the more
we study them the more We are
convinced that they all had COM
mon origin. All this would seem to
agree with the story of the Bible, and
making Babylon the starting point.
Only once has there been like event in
the history of the world, and that was on
the day of Pentecost in Jerusalem, when
the reverse of the confusion of language
took place. Those who believe the New
Testament account of the day OF Pente-
cost must OF necessity believe the Old
Testament account OF Babel.
While the fixing on the exact location
of the Tower of Babel is i'm mmaterial,
there is strong presumptive evidence in
favor of the ruins OF Brs- Nimrud Ga few
miles from the ruins of the royal build
ings of Baby lon) marking the site of the
tower. 1t has been, according to Baby
lonian records, the site of a temple from
remotest antiquity. IL this respect it is
without a rival. OF course, the present
ruins are OF the temple rebuilt by the
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GALLANTRY
ON THE CARS
Lee Makes Experiments to
Test the Matter.
Do San Francisco men give up theil
seats to ladies in the streetcars?

Do San Francisco men give up their
seats to ladies in the streetcars?
That's the question.
For one entire day / rode up and down,
in and out our busy thoroug hfares, and at
nightfal l came home with an empty
purse whose sides had once bulged out
with nickels.
The answer to the question may sound
parodoxicaI, They do and they do not"
Let me add by way of explanation that
thy do give up their seats on the car
lines south of Market street, and that
north OF Market street they do not. To
convince you of this truth let me say that
[ found ono or two exceptions TO both of
these statements, which, of course, only
goes to prove the rule.
At half-past in the morning l boarded
a Sutter-street car, attired in gown and
hat that had seen better days. The car
was full OF well-fed, sleek, high colared
youths who toy gracefully with the prob
lem of making living. A woman in a
shabby black dress and shabbier hat stood
up against the door. One or two pairs of
eyes were raised as l entered, but they
took in my apparel in second and nary a
seat was proffered.
One callow youth, comfortably seated in
the corner. his weary head reclining
against the side OF the car, amused me i'm
mensely, He stared at me once or twice,
puzzled expression in his CLASSY blue
eyes.
l knew that he was trying to place me.
Evidently he soon came TO the conclusion
that he was mistaken, for he bestowed his
entire attention upon the head of his
cane whereon was carved the grinning
head of a monkey. Here was study for
Darwinian theorist! l could have told
the young gentleman why looked famil-
lar. For three successive evenings l had
met him in the car, always to be offered
his seat in the most approved Willieboy
fashion, which means to lift the hat,
holding the elbow stiffly out, the arm
making an angle that is not found in Eu-
cid. But on these evenings l had been
attired in my best.
Manners may sometimes make man,
but clothes more often make woman, l
sollloquizsd as we neared Kearny street,
and my ieet were beginning to feel like
Two Jumps OF lead. / got off there without
even getting parting glance from the
young man who was still looking at his
picture on the cane.
BY the time | reached Mission street l
had walked off the stiff feeling and was
reconciled to the thought of standing for
another fifteen minutes. But | was
doomed 20 an agreeable disappointment,
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Tor l was scarcely inside the door when
three men rose and offered their seats, one
of which | thankfully accepted. There
were several other women in the car. but
they all were seated. The men looked to
be mechanics m ost of them ha tin lunch
pals, and L really felt more uncom fort
able depriving these men, who had hard
days labor before them, from a seat than
l would have felt standing For this rea-
son l rode but four blocks and then
boarded an eastbound Valencia-street car,
where l was again given seat by gray
haired man. VINO, when hesitated about
accepting it, looked so panied that to
avoid further discussion took it.
There was a motley gathering in the
Kearny- street car-Italians, 1rishmen,
Mexicans and a tow he AIDED German or
Swede by way OF contrast. The Mexican
gave ME his seat and when thanked him
in Spanish he looked at me with the most
delighted expression that made feel glad |
had yielded to the impulse of the mo-
ment.
at Post street a beautifully gowned
woman got into the car. Her clothes bore
the stamp of dame fashion from the
OSlTlCu- UeIedl HdL tuaL crowned ler
head to her boots, which were unusually
well shaped. The swjsh-swash of her
silk-iined skirt was as music 10 the ear
feminine. The Irishman respectfully of
fered her his seat. She did not so much
as futter an eyelid as she sank into it. He
waited a second Tor the thank you" that
never came, then with twinkle in his
eye said in voice loud enough for every
one to hear. 81 beg.yer pardon, m a am, for
living, shure, an it's not me own fault. it, s
me mither's. A dull angry red dyed her
cheeks at the general laugh that followed
and with an annihilating look at the son
of Erin she left the car at the next corner.
followed her example, and ridded nv
self of a few more nickels, but as 1t was
now after o'clock there was sufficient
room for every body to sit down, and | did
not have chance to continue MY observa.
tions until II, when there was another
rush on the cars. The Geary-street car
that ltook was crushed, jammeu, crammed
full, the overflow depositing itself on the
back and front platform, with total dis.
regard OF the number OF square inches
necessary per person. Among the fortu-
nate ones who were sitting were three
men. Tne women were all well dressed.
had evidently bean shopping, with the ex-
ceptIon OF few who might have been en-
gagged in some occupation that made it
necessary for them to take the car at this
untimely hour. But it struck me that il
would be good idea for women to manage
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A pivotal point in the current discus
sion by the critics of the Bible alding
the authenticity of the historical state
ments OF the Old Testament is that re-
lating 10 the Tower of Babel. The opin-
ION is held on the one hand that the
story as contained in the Bible Is merely
a legend, introduced at a late period in
the first book OF the Scriptures
On the other hand, it is claimed that
the story is a simple statement OF fact
and that there really took place in the
early history of the human race the build
ing OF such a structure, the circumstances
of which are carefully recorded in the
Bible as follows:
And the whole earth was OF one language
and OF one speech. And ii came to pass rs
they journeyed from the East tn at they found
ulain in the land OF Shinar, and they dwelt
there. And they said, one TO the other: Go to-,
let us make brick and burn them thoroughly
And they had brick for stone and slime they
had for mortar. And they said: Go 10. let US
bui d a city and lower whose top may reach
TO heaven. And let US make a name, lest we
be scattered abroad upon the face OF the
whole earth.
And the Lord came down to see the city
buiided And the Lord said: Behold, the
people is one, and they have all one language,
and this they begin 10 do, and now nothing
viii be res trained from them when they have
imagined to do. Go TO; let US go down and
there coniound their language, that they may
not understand one another's speech. so the
Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon
the lace OF all the earth, and they left eff 10
buud the city. Therefore is the name OF 1t
called Babel, because the Lord did there con-
found the language of all the earth, and from
thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon
the face OF al the earth. These are the gene
rations OF Shem: shem was a hundred years
old, and begat ArphaXad, two years alter the
food.
All scholars agree, however, that if such
a building was ever undertaken, and in
part erected, that it was on The Baby
lonian plains in the neighborho0d OF or
within the ancient limits of Babylon.
From the dawn OF civilization Baby lon
was regarded as a sacred locality, the
name Itself signifylng the Gate of God. s"
But Babylon was not destined 20 last in
al! the glory of its imperial grandeur, and
in he thirteenth chapter of Isaiah the
destruction of the great city is vividly
pictured by the prophet in the following
words:
And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the
beauty OF the ChaIdees' exceuency, snail be as
when God overthlew Sodom and Gomorrah
II shall never be Inhabited, neither shall il be
dweIt in from generation to generation
neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there !;
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of praise of this great insitution, and,
when interviewed by The CALL CORE
spondent, spoke as follows:
DR.. F. L. Atkinson said: "The Sisters
Hospital lately constructed at Twenty
third and streets, in our city, is one OF
the most thoroughly equipped institu-
tions of the kind in the West.
mo one anyw; ere within the environs
OF Sacramento seeking the aid that such
institutions afford can hope to fad better
accommodations for themselves ana
friends.
DR.. A. NJ. Henderson: "One who, az a
physician. has always been in association
with hospital, can scarcely realize how
the physicians of Sacramento, so quick as
they have been to take advantage of every
contribution to medicine could so long
have endured the absence in our city of
such an institution as the Sisters of Mercy
have only so lately provided for u.s.
Said DR.. w. II. Wentworth: "Opera-
tions for appendicitis have become no.
tably common in the United States, and
from whatever cause. apparently nowhere
in the United States more common than
in California ana in Sacramento. This
operation is type OF great class of such
work where absolute bacteriolo logical clean
illness is the keynote of success. In any
private residence this is obtanab!e. if at
all, only with great difficulty, delay and
expense, but is assured with the greatest
certainty in an institution such as the
Mater Misericordie. Numbers of lives,
doubt not. have been saved in Sacramento
in the one operation by the presence of
this hospital"
DR.. G. L. Simmons said: "The erection
OF the fine and commodious Sisters Hos
pital in Sacramento marks a new era in
the NJ odern treatment of the sick and in
jured in Central California, as Its plan of
management is entirely original. For the
first time in the history of such institu-
tions no medical or surgical staff has been
appointed, and its superior advantages
and body of trained nurses are at the dis
posal of the surgical and medical profess
sion for the accomm odation of their priv
ate patients. Already are the advantages
of such liberal system apparent, and the
success in filling its numerous rooms in.
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pyramid temple, or Ziggurat, OF Babylon,
now called Babel. the measurements of
which, taken from an old inscription,
were published by George Smith. 1t Is
now an immense hill of burnt bricks, re.
built by Nebuchadnezzar, and has long
been used as quarry.
| regard the story of the Tower Of Babel,
told IN Genesis, as one of the most inter
esting religion folklore tales current
among the Hebrews, which has been
most happily preserved to us by the
sacred writer. 1t is not to be taken as
veritable history, but as religious story,
one that has the same grand monotheistic
character as the stories of the Creation
and Flood, with which it is associated,
and which was, like them. admirably
adapted for the religious instruction OF
the Hebrew people. Offering a marvellous
contrast to the puerile myths of the sur
rounding nations.
No Babylonian counterpart TO the Gene
sis story of the Tower OF Babel has yet
been found In the Babylonian mOnu-
ments, nor any reference 10 1t, though 1t
Is likely to turn up at any time. One sup
posed reference to it is the error of an
early translator, before the inscription
could be correctly read. The word Babel
comes not from a word meaning con-
usion. but from the Babylonian Bab-tlu,
"Gate of God
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nor shall the shepherds make the ir fold there.
But the wild beasts OF the desert shall lie
there, and their houses shall be full of doleful
creatures, and owls small dwell there, and
satyrs shall dance there. And the wild beasts
OF the islands shall cry in their desolate
houses and dragons in their pleasant places,
and her time is near TO come, and her days
shall not be prolonged.
This is a perfect pen-picture of the
Babylon of to-day.
All is gone, and in the entire world
there is to-day hardly place SO drear and
uninviting as the scene that breaks upon
the vision of the traveller as he first looks
out over that Babylonian plain. But not
for long does The feeling OF desolation
hang over him, for in the distance rises a
mound that instantly attracts his atten-
ton, sending his thoughts back to the
dawn of human history. 1t is the mound
that tradition points to as marking the
spot where stood the tower so famous in
history. The Herald is inde bted to DR..
William Hayes Ward for the photographs
here produced, showing the mound, the
ruins of The tower upon the summit and
the recent excavations at its base. These
photographs were made by J. H. Haynes
OF DR.. Yards party during his late ex-
pedition to the mound and surrounding
plains. They represent the ruins as they
stand to-day.
Ii was here, then, according to the Bib
lical account, that the descendants of
Noah iourneyed and began the building
OF city, the crowninS glory of which was
TO be the Tower of Babel. According to
Biblical students the tower was undoubt-
edly temple which, when completed,
according to the most learned authorities.
was to have resemb!ed the ACCOMMODATING
illustration. Bat it never reached this
point. Long before its completion the
Lord interviewed, and by confusing the
tongues OF the people compelled the aban-
donment OF their colossal undertaking.
In considering the evidence bearing
upon the existence OF the tower it must
not be forgotten that the Babylonlan<.
like the ancient Egyptians, rebuilt their
temples on the original foundations.
Thus on the spot where the tower was
begun great temples were subsequently,
erected, the last of which was that of the
lam )us NebuchadnezZar, and which vas
doubtless not gTeaI tower constructed to
escape the terrors of another flood. but o.
magnificent temple rising up in the mid st
OF the new city OF the plain, alike for wor-
snip and to commemorate the glory and
pride of man.
The present ruins, known as Birs- MINI
rud' consist OF huge irregular mound
crowned by the remains OF a tower, which
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dlcates that at no distant day additions
must be made to the present structure"
DR.. Thomas Ross said; ut is a great
advantage to the profession and the public
of Sacramento TO have such an institution
as the Mater Misericordi@ Hospital. No
place could be better equipped for the
treatment of the sick. and no place better
calculated to restore the invalid, If sick
ness or the necessity of a surgical opera
ton should overtake any of my family
would certainly avail myself of the privi-
leges this institution offers. because it
would be the best place to treat them"
DIR. W. A. Briggs: THE situation of the
hospital is salu brious, the main building
commOdiOus, the operating room with its
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great Ne ebuchadnezzar

great Ne Nebuchadnezzar.
We shall have to accept the story of
the Tower of Babel as true historical
record until something has been found
dlsproving 1t. The burden OF proof does
not lie with those who believe in the
Biblical statement, but with those who re-
gard it as a legend.
To me the only incredible thing in con-
nection with the story is the attempt of
some writers of the Bible to make it ap-
pear, as legend incorporated into the
Book of Genesis at a late period. But our
friends have been so frequently buried in
Egypt ana Babylonia by the spade of the
excavator that it is getting TO be difficult
for them to keep their heads above
ground