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Evening journal., 1897-05-06

PASSED THROUGH WILMINGTON.
A special car passed through VIII
mington yesterday carrying q number
Of distinguished medical men and mem
hers OF the family of the late Or. S. D.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-26

vided his carcass between them. Fortune
as II ashamed of having frowned on the
poor emigrants so long, now became lavish
or faYors. Morning dawned and the first
thing that gladdened the eyes of the emf
grants was the white canvas of the Bra
lillian merchantmen Orizba, bound from
hlo TO New Orleans. The distressed people
were taken on board and treated with tho
greatest compassion and hospitality. At
New Orleans they were forced to comply
with the rigid quarantine laws of that day
AS consequence it was some time before
their story in all its horrible details reached
the ears OF the public.
Orleans to meet them, but he seems to have
been unfortunate in the selection of his
Subordinates. The agent fell in with gam
piers and lost the money intrusted to him
10 pay the passage of the emigrants on the
Red River steamboat, and he dsappeared
They, however, found friends who paid their
passage on the steamboat to Shreveport. Dr.
GanOuh soon discovered that he had bceu
Victimized, and that his title to 900 acres
OF Texas lands was worthless. The doctor
however, was game man as well as a bralnv
one. He, with many of his Icarians remained
IN IeXas and made good citizens. They set
tied the fine little city of Pilot Point in Denf-
son county, and the energetic doctor was the
first mayor of the place. He became not only
a prominent Texan, but a very rich one
AT the time Of his death in railroad acct
dent at Springfield. Mo. he held the office Of
state mineralogist Of Texas. His son. Ernest
VINO was on board the Josephine was highly
esteemed during his whole life by the most
distinguished men of the stae for his many
excellent qualities of mind and heart, not
the least OF which was bravery upon the bat
tlefeld. When the war broke out father
and son differed widely in politics Dr..
Ganouh was strong Union man while his
son thought It his duty to 20 with the Deo-
pie of the state. He served during the
whole war as bugler of Gen. Sun Ross
brigade and was frequently offered promo
ton for his gallantry under fire. From him
heard the story Of the voyage of the Jose
prime. -BrazOs.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-26
A BIBLE LEGEND.
The story of the Tower of Babel
Bit of Hebrew Folklore.

What is usually spoken of as the Tower
of Babel is the temple pyramid in seven
stages built 1--WE do not know how early IN
honor of the god Nebe, at Borsppa, a dozen
miles from Babylon, to the west OF the Eu-
pirates and repaired by the great hlng
Nebuchadnezzar, who was named after that
god The ruin is now called Birs Nlmrud, OF
Tower of Nimrod, after Mohammedan ira
dition. | visited it when in charge of the
Wolfe expedition, and photographs OF 1t were
taken by our photographer, }. ii; haynes.
1t was the Babylonian style TO pulla lne
temples in the form of pyramids, IN Stages,
the separate stages being in honor OF diner
ent planetary gods. The Egyptian style OF
enamelling the whole face OF the pyramid dld
not prevail in BabylOnia except in the earliest
period The extraordinary thing about the
Birs Nimrod tower is that while most OF IL Is
now reduced to rounded hill, the Drlcks s Vi
the upper stage were in some great condid Gonna,
grafton melted together into solid YlJrlneu
mass, which has been in some way broken,
perhaps by lightning, and it 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.
/ think it improbable that this was the
Tower of Babel of the Gensis writer. Ihat
was more likely the much larger pyramid
temple, or Ziggurat OF Babylon, no" c tailet
Babel the measurements OF when, taken
from an old inscription, were published by
George Smith 1t is now an immense MIL OF
burnt bricks rebuilt by NebuchadnezZar, ana
has long been used as a quarry.
I regard the story of the Tower OF BaDel,
told in Genesis, as one of the most interesting
religious folk lore tales current among the
Hebrews which has been most happily pre-
served 70 us by the sacred writer. 1t is not
to be taken as veritable history. but as re,
ligious story, one that has the same grand
monotheistic character as the stories of the
creation and the flood, with which it is as
ISOLATED, and which was, like them, admira-
bly, adapted for the religious instruction of
the Hebrew people, offering a marvellous con-
trast to the puerle myths of the surrounding
nations.
No Babylonan counterpart to the Genesis
story of the Tower of Babel has yet been
found in the Babylonian monuments, nor any
reference to it, though it is likely to turn up
at any time. One supposed reference to it is
the error of an early translator before the
Inscription could be correctly read. The
word babel comes not from word meaning
confusion, but from the Babylonian Bab-llu,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-26
A HISTORICAL RECORD.
Believe the story of PentecOst and
You Must Relieve Story of Babel.

THE account given in Genesis XII, 10, is a
brief historical record of an important event
in the early history of the human race. There
is nothing incredible in it. 1t was doubtless
the first great attempt at temple building.
1t was the spirit of pride tha. was checked
by the interposition of the Almighty. And
we have reason to believe that the people
were 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 relating to
the multiplying of the language. We have
today the various languages of the different
races and the more we study them the more
we are convinced that they all had common
origin. All this would seem to agree with
the story Of the Bible and making Babylon
the starting point. Only once has there been
a like event in the history of the world and
that was on the day of Pentecost in Jerusa-
lem, when the reverse of the confusion OF
language took place. Those who believe the
New Testament account of tht Day of Pen
tecost must OF necessity believe the Old Tes-
lament account of Babel.
While the fixing on the exact location of
the Tower of Babel is immaterial, there is
strong presumptive evidence in favor of the
ruins Of Birs- Nimrod "a few miles from the
ruins of the royal buildings of Babylon
marking the site of the tower. 1t has been,
according to Babylonian records the site of
a temple from the remotest antiquity. In
this respect it is without a rival. OF course
the present ruins are of the temple rebuilt
by the great NebuchadnezZar.
We shall have to accept the story of the
Tower of Babel as a true historical record
until something has been found disproving
it. The burden of proof does not lie with
those who believe in the Biblical statement
but with those who regard it as a legend.
To me the only incredible thing in connec-
ton with the story is the attempt Of some
writer's of the Bible to make it appear as a
legend incorporated into the Book of Genesis
at a late period. But our friends have been
so frequently buried in Egypt and Babylonia
by the spade of the excavator that it is get
ting to be difficult for them to keep their
heads above ground.-Dr. Henry Mason
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-26

Nikola Tesla is now in the midst of
intricate electrical experiments which
promise most valuable hygienic re-
suits, so soon as he declares himself
ready to put his recently acquired
knowledge into practical operation, for
the Kidding of the human skin Of extra
neous matter, including parasites of
every nature, whether they are Viru-
lent disease germs or not, says the
New York Herald.
These experiments have been con-
Quoted by Mr.. Tesla for some time
within the secret precincts of his lab
oratory, and all of the matters in
volved, from the first inception to the
last experiment, have received most
careful consideration, and a number
of times in his published writings he
has limited at what he believed and
what he expected to accomplish, but
only incidentally, and in a manner
that has made his readers anxious to
know just what it is he expects to do
and how he intends to accomplish it.
Mr.. Tesla was found in his labora-
tory yesterday, with head and hands
full of matters electrical, as usual, and
when spoken to of the interest his
hints and suggestions of what he was
doing had aroused he hesitated for a
moment before answering.
Then, as foundation, the electrician
explained that it is a fundamental
electrical law, we'll known, that two
bodies charged with the same kind of
electricity, either positive or negative,
repel each other; that if a body be
charged with electricity from static
machine the electricity accumulates on
it's surface.
"Now," continued Mr.. Tesla, eff there
are small bodies of the minutest weight
on that electrically charged surface,
and if they are conductors capable of
taking electricity, they will also be-
come charged with the same kind of
electricity that the surface has receiv-
ed. What is the result under the law
of repulsion? There is a force at work
between them and the surface, which
strongly tends to part the two, and
the particles are thrown off, frequently
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-26

this Inflated ship. This fact was not
known until the vessel was far out at
sea. 1t had been supposed that the
emigrantS were all people of good char
acter.
DR.. Ganouh, distinguished French
man of great wealth, who was the
father of the young man who survived
the horrible voyage, was at the time in
Texas, where he was making lauda-
BILE attempt to establish a colony of
his countrymen. He had been connect
ed in some official capacity with the
royal astronomical observatory at
Lyons, but having become dissatisfied
with the political situation in his coun-
try he had resigned his position and
come to Texas with a small colony. He
located his people in the northern part
of the state. The French were pleased
with the country, and they wrote glow
ing accounts back to their people about
the rich soil and the fine climate Many
of these letters were printed in the
newspapers of France, and as a conSe-
quence all kinds of people crowded to
the Office of DR.. Ganouh's agent in
Paris, seeking an opportunity to get to
scrupulous villain, who pocketed the
funds of Ganouh and took money from
criminals and gave them passage on
board Of the ship that had been char
tered to transport the colony. DR.. Ga
noun had met in Paris an old Texan
by the name of Peters. This man was
one of the most notorious landsharks
that ever manipulated, or rather Gre
ated titles to limitless leagues and
numberless Spanish grants under the
Lone Star. Peters had the geography
of Texas on the end Of his tongue. He
knew the length, depth and course of
every important stream in the state,
and he was a walking abstract of every
title from the days of La Sale to the
advent of Austin'S colony. He claimed
to own league after league of the fin
est soil in the most favored localities
between Red river and the Rio Grande,
and he possessed bushels of musty pa
pers, yellow with age, to substantiate
his titles. De. Ganouh made a trade
with Mr.. Peters. e He purchased about
10000 square miles of land from the
old Texan. The channel of the Red
river for 100 miles was the northern
While TIE eastern anu west
ern lines extended 100 miles into the
interior. This body of land is today
worth more than $10O, ZOO, 900. The
Frenchman became enthusiastic on the
subject of his colonization scheme be-
fore he left France, and when he reach
ed Texas andvsaw the fine country he
was pleased beyond measure. He wrote
his agent in Parasite hurry up and send
him 800 good people. The sailing YES
sci Josephine was chartered by DR..
Ganouh's son, then a youth about
twenty years of age, to bring the emf
grants to Texas. About 200 of the 300
were real colonists who really intended
to establish a colony in America.
Among them were many families and
several men of education and splendid
natural ability. They called them
selves "the Icarians,'' and their new
country Icaria.
When it became evident beyond all
question that yellow fever had broken
out on board of the Josephine the ut
most CONSERVATION prevailed. Timid
men and women and children were
seized with despair. Some desired the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-26
Electric Care for Skin Diseases.
Nicola Tesla Envelopes Body

with great force. In fact, this force
sired magnitude. Just the form of ap-
paratus I am using, and which accom-
plishes this thing, 1 must keep secret
for a time yet.
This repulsion under the pressure
have referred to is increased the more
under the law that governs it, for if
given electrical pressure is doubled the
repulsion is increased fourfold, and
even more than this, on account of an
other law, because electricity prefera-
bly, accumulates on points, and an ex-
tremely small body is practically
point. So the normal accumulation on
the surface referred to-say it is of
brass-is exceeded by the accumula-
ton on the small bodies that NAV be
on that surface.
Il have found ways of producing all
degrees of pressure, even to degree
that approaches more or less to that Of
lightning; and the repulsion exerted on
the small particles-when a body is
charged with such a tremendous pres
sure-is so great as to actually tear
asunder not only the firmly adhering
small objects, but the very particles of
the metal on which they rest Now.
for an illustration, if brass ball is
painted with bronze paint-which is
conducting whole of the paint is
almost thrown away when the pres
sure is turned.
But further. You know how firmly
bronze paint adheres when it has dried
1t requires great force to tear it away
but under the pressure 1 refer to not
only is the bronze torn from the brass
surface, but the hard brass itself is
subjected to such a pressure that it's
praticles are torn asunder, scattered
with great force and thrown away, not
only to distances measured by feet, but
measured by miles. Keep up the ac-
ton, and finally the entire solid brass
ball would be carried away, but ages
would be required to accomplish this
result with the present apparatus, be-
cause of the smallness of the particles.
Still, if the pressure was sufficiently
great-as in case of a lightning stroke
the brass ball could be destroyed in
an infnitesimal period of time
Now we will see what all of this
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{ 80 80 8 Tragedy Of the Josephine. I
@ Strange Story of the Last Voyage of Yellow Fever Ship
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captain to return to Havana, and
others insisted that he should put
them all ashore on the nearest in
habited island. The fever proved to
be of the most malignant character.
Before the evening of the second day
half of the emigrants were sick, and
there were hardly enough of the crew
on their feet to work the ship It was
afterward learned that the Josephine
was fever ship, and the germs of the
disease were already lurking in her
damp corners, ready to spring into eX-
istence and multiply the moment the
climatic conditions were favorable.
On the third day there was not a
sailor on deck. The ship was drifting,
and it was reported that twenty or
thirty people were lying cold in death
between decks Ernest Ganouh no.
ticed that many rough characters
gathered in groups in secluded hooks
and talked in whispers. He suspected
that they were up to some deviltry,
and he went to report the fact to the
captain. He found that officer barely
conscious, and evidently beyond all
hope of recovery. While talking with
the sailor who was nursing the cap
tain they heard an unusual noise on
the deck. Young Ganouh at once
went to the scene of the trouble and
found that big ruffian of the name
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-26

CALDWELL, Tex, Nov. Al have
heard a great deal about yellow fever
during the past month, but never any
thing fraught with SO many horrors as
a story related by Ernest Ganouh,
Frenchman, who was at one time well
known in Texas. Mr.. Ganouh crossed
the Atlantic in a fever ship in the
early '40s. There were about 800 emf
grants on board of the vessel and the
yellow fever broke out among them
while off the coast of Cuba. They had
touched at Havana, and were hardly
out of the harbor when some fifteen or
twenty of the passengers had been
stricken with the terrible disease. To
add to the peril of the situation the
captain and several of the crew were
soon numbered among the sufferers
The emigrants were a rough set, and
they had frequently given the officers
or the ship great deal of trouble.
Several mutinous characters had al
ready been placed in irons. 1t was af-
terWard learned that many ex-galley
slaves and dozen or more of the
most hardened criminals that ever left
the shores of France were on board of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-26

applied an electrical current from a
static machine so as to agitate the air
surrounding a human subject in a
most extreme and remarkable manner,
The startling effect was to make the
person when operated on in dark
ened room, appear to be clouded in a
haze of luminous mist.
THE electrical pressure not only
violently agitated the air around the
body, but the repelling force threw off
all particles with such violence that
their extremely rapid motion through
the atmosphere caused a friction that
consumed them, and for the fraction
Of a second making them luminous,
so much so as to cause them to appear
like myriads of infnitesimal meteors
shooting in all directions away from
the repelling body.
81 have gone far enough with these
experiments to suggest the possibility
of completely enveloping the human
body in an actual sheet of flame,
without injury to either the skin or
the nerves"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-26

leads UP to. know that the scientific
fact of the result described is accom-
pllshed, and we will consider its ap-
plicat1on to the human body in cases
of skin disorders or any disorders that
may ariss from the skin being attacked
by disease germs or parasites of any
sort. Since snallnparticles on a body
can be thrown from it by the means 1
have told youtof, it is thinkable or even
very probable that human body may
in this way rid itself of any extraneous
particles that may be on it, and as the
disease germs, if any, would be among
these particles, the possibility and
practicability of such treatment natur-
ally suggests itself.
II have tried experiments in line
with this suggestion and have reached
most remarkable and startling results,
that impress me as being Of great
value. They will be continued and
their actual value positively ascer-
tanned before the method is unquali-
fiedly recommended.
by means of my apparatus I have
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-26
ONE SECT
OF the Jews Protested Against the
CrucifxiOn of Christ

The alleged discovery of a letter of Pom
thus Plate to the Emperor Tiberius in tha
library of the Vatican reminds me that there
is colony of Jews in Toledo, Spain who
were allowed to remain in that country when
the remainder Of their race were expelled by
Ferdinand and Isabella because they showed
satisfactory evidence that they were descend
alone of the sanhedrim Of priests and elders
protested against he crucifxion of the Savior
says the Chicago Record. 1t Is said that
the evidence upon which they were exempted
from the edict of expulsion was accented Inv
the hierarchy at Rome as genuine and truth
full. 1t is supposed to be now on file among
the archives Of the Vatican. This little col
now it is one Of the weathiest and most in
fuentiaI communities on the Spanish PENN
sula. Several of the members in times past
have achieved high rank and reputation I'M
der the Spanish government, and l believe
that one of the members Of the present cabi-
net is directly connected with the colony.
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DIED..

%, 1897 at 1870 a. M. at
Agnes c., infant daughter of John j. and
Gertrude Schaaf, aged one year Funeral
today friday at o'clock. Friends in
vited.
SCHADE-In st. Paul at family residence,
1902 West Seventh street, Thursday, Nov.
%. Charles H.. aged twenty years and
sixteen days. youngest son Of Mr.. and Mrs
F. H. Schade. Funeral from above resi-
vited.
this city. Nov. 18th. 1897.
at 1925 p. m, at the family residence, Az
East Eighth street Frank, only son Of
Conductor Charles E. and Della Fitzger-
aid. aged six years Funeral tomorrow
Saturday, from residence. at 9:15. sery-
ices at st. Mary's church at $3.50.
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Rate war Has Commenced.

The Wisconsin Central will sell tick
cts Twin Cities to Chicago and inter-
mediate points at rate of $500, COM
mencing Nov %. This means a re-
of $3.50 below the regular rate City
Ticket Office. No. 373 Robert street.
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$500 TO CHICAGO,
Via .cThe Milwaukee,

Commencing Nov. %. Secure tickets
at c., NJ & ST. p. city ticket office,
365 Robert street. or Union depot. st.
Paul
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$500 TO CHICAGO,
Via "The milwaukee,"

Commencing Nov %. Secure tickets
at c., NJ & st. P. city ticket Office 365
Robert street, or Union depot, st. Paul
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Friday Glove Specials.

Reynier Cheverettes, Chamois-
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warmth, strength, dura-
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Good 4-Button French G1ace
Gloves Observation-Disclosures I.Oo
The best Pique Gloves sold
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Mocha Gloves, with silk lin
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JACOB LIFTS
SUPERB
PRODUCTION.
Matinee Tomorrow.

Seats selling for "The Electrician"
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Blankets and Comforts.

Now is the time to buy. They
were never so cheap, and the mills
have already advanced prices. Here
are Fridays specials:
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-03
Spanish Fork News.
SPANISH FORK, Utah,
July 3fd, 1897.


July 3fj, 1897.
To the Editor.
o. ,hs 25;n OF last month cur most
esteemed citizen and townsman James
Hansen, on returning from the Cd
Felix's excursion was struck with
falling hay pole. He became un-
conscious md remained 80 uatil his
death. which occurred on the 28;h.
Brother Hhnson was the senior presi.
dent OF the Nineteenth quorum OF
Seventy. Large was the ativndau ce at
his funeral. Among others was Presl-
dent Fjelsted OF the First Couucil o,
Seventy. AS the deceased lie 80 widely
known, just SO Humorous are his
friends.
The next day J ohm I. Hayes had u
surgical operation performed upon
him, In tue removing u cancer from
under his arm, by Drs. Allen OF Provo
anu Warner oil this place. He Is get.
ting along as well as couli be ex-
pected.
The Fret ward meeting house, now
ready for the shingles, Is q credit to
the builuers, and snouli inspire an en-
thusiasm for It's completion, which no
uOuDl " uOee.
Severslioi cur school teachers are
spending their vacation, III canyon
outing, getting out mining timbers.
The SYMPATHY OF the public has been
with Elizabeth J.x, VINO has been
suffering lor weeks with painful
swollen knee which IL 10 hoped will
soon be made well.
Howell Davie Jr. had his house
broken into the olher night, In his ab-
scence, anu part OF the things taken
out.
The house wife is often found with.
out bread in the house by the frequent
calls from the very numerous temps
who, by this time, In tue good treat.
ment they receive, feel you obligated
to them by saying pie, cake, beef
| steak or something OF this Will do in.
{ Fad.
The good weather has been the
means OF much good hay being put
up.
In celebrating the Fourth OF home
we look forward to Salt Lake for the
rweHty- curtin. UNCLE GEORGE.