The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-01-15

securing sufficient appropriation by
Congress TO carry into execution the
Eads plan for securing deep water at
Galveston is the Galveston Wharf COM
pany. The peoples representatives are
afraid that If the improvement Is made
it will chiefly benefit monopoly which,
for quarter of a century, has been an
incubus upon the commercial prosperity
OF the Island City, and that the people
of the vast territory tributary would de-
rive but small moiety OF benefit. why
don't San Antonio take advantage OF the
existing circumstances and build her
muoh-tu ked of railroad to Arkansas Pass,
secure deep water at that point, declare
Arkansas free port and pluck the gold
en- fruit for which Galveston Is so eager
ly reachingY Circles extending and
lines radating from that point on the
gulf would make Arkansas Pass appear
almost as central as Galveston. Then
wouldn't railroads from San Antonio
direct through San Angelo to the north
west be built very rapidly"
TnE Chicago Herald has been delvlng
into the details Of the violent deaths o.
the past year, and says: "Statistios oil
the murders committed in this country
during the year 1884 shows that Ohio
leads with 1s9. Texas following with
1874, and Rhode island and Delaware
having each IL, the smallest number
In the prohibition States of Kansas, Iowa
and Maine the number Of murders were
rs, IS and 1G respectively. Besides OHIO
and Texas, the States showing more
than one hundred murders were Ken
lucky, IT'S; Missouri. 40; Tennessee, l3I;
Georgia, 1856; New York, 1875; Pennsyl-
vanla, 100; Michigan, 100, and Virginia
1902. OF the populous States Illinois
makes, by all odds, the best showing,
having only 60 murders in the year, one
half less than the number in several
States with populations one-third less
than ours. AS compared with 1888 the
murders in this country have more than
doubled, the number in 1864 being 1871.
or these 3l5 were mysterious and re-
main so. Forty-eight children were
killed by their parents, SO wives by
their husbands, and 12 husbands by their
wives. Only 1903 legal executions for
murder occurred, though 2l9 lynchings
were reported"
THE outside papers are inclined TO
make statements regarding the proposed
Arkansas railroad, touching its condition,
which all assert Is one Of depressing
deafness. 1t is quite true the scheme is
not booming, but 1t should also be re-
membered that but few new enterprises
anywhere in this broad land are in that
condition ut the present. The country
is slowly passing through depressing
stage Of exceeding dull times, and while
the proposed road had the usual boom
that naturally follows the Inauguration
of new enterprises, 1t has, as yet, had no
fair trial or fair opportunity, in which
to test its practicability. With the open
ing of spring the country and capital
will again resume their confidence, and
the obstacles that now stand in the way
of the enterprise will have disappeared.
The most timid thing in the world is
that commodity which is denominated
as ready money, and upon the approach
of any sort of financial storm or de-
preston, 1t is sure to seek the safety of
strong bars. This has been the situation
for the past year, and all that time capt.
tai has been lying idle, but now the
Presidential election has been settled
without any disturbing element, and all
authorities in financial circles unite in
saying that this year will be one of great
business prosperity and activity. The
men at the head of the Arkansas railroad
are practical business men, and they
have interests in the city which they de-
sire TO see advanced, and to that end,
will they push the enterprise to its ut
most. Railroads are not built In day,
and as yet no one of the management
have given it up, or expressed any
doubts as to its ultimate success, and
while all may be anxious and doubtful
yet 1t has not had fair chance in any
particular, while the progress made has
been more than gratifying.
ISA letter to the Pittsburg CONNER
cial Gazette, Mrs. Mary A. Livermore
calls attention TO what she regards as O
defect in the education of women
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