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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-09
The best furniture and more of it
for the least money at Bottoms. If
Paris Exposition $50.

1t is estimated by New York COM
panies there will be over 800, 900 per-
sons sailing from the port of New
York for Europe this season, many of
them going to the Paris Exposition.
The Transatlantic lines have not
made any reduced rates on account of
the Exposition, as some persons claim,
but it will be to the advantage of in
tending tourists to secure their accom-
mOdations as early as possible to
secure a choice location of room. I
have made my arrangements with the
European Lines for securing the BEST
accommodations at LOWEST rates for
my patrons. represent every steam
ship line out of New York, Boston and
Philadelphia. Full information III
detail concerning the various lines
will be cheerfully furnished on APP
plicatiOn. permit OfnO misrepresenta-
lions to secure business, so you can
rely on getting CORRECT information.
| am the only agent in Texas making
a speciality of European travel.
w. j. YOUNG, l Commerce street,
agent for all Transatlantic lines. If
According to careful calculations
made by British clergyman of note
and just published, Protestants have
increased during the last 100 years
from 100000 to l34, 100000, or nearly
fOurfOld.
a lazy genius in Maryland has in
venented an automatic fishing pole,
which, by the aid of stout spiral
springs, yanks out the Unwary demi-
Zens of the streams. while the fisher
man smokes and reads in peace.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-09

-Drs. VI. X. and F. NJ. Taylor, of
fee 4O2 Houston street. Tel.363 l1-6-Iy
, 1889-11-02
Uranium.

Exactly a century a~go-namely,
in ~1789-Kloproth succeeded in iso.
Iating from a dark coloured mineral
known as pitch-blende ayellow oxide,
which after carefully testing, he pro-
nounced to be the oxide of a new
metal. ri
To this metallic substance he gave
the name Of uranium, SO calling it
after the planet Uranus, then recent
Iy discovered by Herschel, and it was
at once cIassed among the rare me-
tails, and still remains so. Its rarity is
Indicated by its market price, which is
about f2,4O0 per ton. There are
several oxides of this metal bur the
best known and the most important
, 1889-11-02
Damage by water In Peru.

The tremendous power of water,
shown by the recent disasters in the
United States and elsewhere, finds
ample illustration also in this coun-
4ry. The Oroya railroad, famous as
n OF the most remarkable pieces
OF engineering in the world, has fur
nIshed frequent examples of this
power.
From the sea level at CaIlaO it
climbs 10 All elevation of over twelve
thousand feet at Chicla, a distance
by the road itself Of eighty-six miles.
Crossing as it does deep valleys
and clinging to the sides of lofty
mountains, it was in its conception
a challenge to the forces of nature,
and has frequently been called upon
to Withstand their wrath. THE last
rainy season caused more. serious
damage than ever before exlp)erienced.
Traffic above San BntOIomeslhas
beel suspended for some mouths,
and aside from complications With
the government which have prevent
ed any great outlay; the bridges can
not be restored for many months.
On March q in search Of a. suit
able site for an observing station
for Harvard College ObservatOryp1I
, 1889-11-02

is the sesqui-oxide, which forms a
number OF beautiful yellow salts. This
oxide is largely employed for imparting
delicate golden and greenish yellow
tints to glass, while the protoxide
is much used in producing the cost
ly black porcelain. Uranium IL al
so found to be useful in certain pho
tographic processes as a substit ute
for the chloride Of gold; but its ra-
rity and consequent high price have
hitherto caused its application to be
very limited, although there are uses
other than those already named to
which it could be put ii it were less
scarce and less costly. 1t is found
in Cornwall, 6axony, and Bohemia
but up to the present time it has on
ly been. met with in isolated pockets
and patches. The centenary of its
discovery by Klaproth has, however,
beenmarked by the finding ola continu-
Gus lode at the Union Mine, Gramp
pound-road, Cornwall, which is be-
lieved to be the only known lode in
the world. This discovery is regard
ed az unique ia the history Of the
metal, for the lodeis what is known
as a true fssure vein, and the ore is
found TO contain an average of IL
per cent. of the pure metal, the as
says going up as high as 80 per cent,
in some parts Of the lode. Several
tons Of the ore have already been
raised and sold, fetching high prices.
The lode raverse The mine from
north to south, and the uranium oc-
ours in it chiefly as a sesqui-oxide.
1t is anticipated that The present
discovery will enable two important
applications of the metal to be
followed up. The first j. az a sub
stilule tor gold for electro-pIated
ware inaSmuch as with platinum and
copper it forms two beautiful alloys,
each having the appearance of gold,
and the former also resisting the ac-
ton of acids. The second applica.
ton is in connection with electric in
StalIations, where its usefulness CON
sists in its high electrical resistance.
The mineral deposits generally at
the Union Mine are of an exception.
al character, comprising, in addition
to uranium, magnetic iron, silver,
lead, tin, copper, ochre, and lumber.
Times.
, 1889-11-02

gas VlauucC, Sald Dy the F0ruVlanG
press to be the finest iii the world.
However this may be, it certainly
was a magnificent structure, spanning
one of the deep "quebradas" so com
non among the foothills of the Yves
tern Andes. It was situated at an
altitude of 1886 feet above sea level
and was SIS feet in length, and
supported by three Iron columns,
the center n of which was 252 feet
high. These columns rested on So
I'D foundations OF masonry, so con-
structed as to withstand any ordinary
food, Looking up to it from below
it seemed inpregnable, so much so
that a few days later at Matucana,
on my way back from Chicla, when
news came that the Verrugas viaduct
had been washed away, no one
would believe it.
The next day ] passed the plac Q
again. AS on my way up, there was
only a little trickling stream empty
ing itself into the Rimac a little way
below, but in no other way did the
valley present the same appearance.
For halt Il mile below the bridges
were masses of debris, huge boulders-
and pieces OF iron brought down by
the water.
The Verrugas valley, though mar
row, extends back an immense dis
lance INTO the foothills Of the Andes,
and receives the rainfall on vast slopes
that rise TO tie height of 10000 feet.
AT this time there was q tremendous
fall of rain, or ''cloudburst, - and in a
few minutes, in place of a petty
stream, there was q broad, deep tor
rent bearing down the steep valley
immense bOulders, Without doubt
IT was these masses of rock, thrown
with such force against the central
column, that accomplished the drs-
friction of this bridge, made by the
Baltimore Bridge Company at a cost
of about 100000 SOIrs; or 1920, 900.
On June Is, in the company of
Mr.. R. B. Hubbell. superintendent
ct the railroad, I visited San Bar.
tOlOme, where extensive repairs
were going on. Near this village is
a deep cut terminating in a narrow
valley crossed by a small iron bridge,
The bed of a stream usually dry had
been carefully prepared for food by
enIarging it and paving the bottom
near the railroad with heavy smooth
stones, to facilitate the passage of
stones aud other materials brought
down in time of food. This stream
crosses the railroad at right angles.
An eye witness of the event, who was
Obliged TO run for his life, says that
the fall of water was 50 sudden thaG
the descending mass presented a solid
wave front twenty or more feet high.
In five minutes the bridge was carried
away and the natural outlet of the
stream was blocked with stones and
mud and the torrent turned through
the deep cut along the track of the
railroad.
In spite of this abrupt change of
direction, within an hour the cut was
filled up for a distance of several hun
dred feet with q mass OF stones and
I0t - 81 Gf# =. a. r.. - 49, ~
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-04-24
MR. KsLso,s ADVENTURE.
After MysterIously Disappearing Fro
Pittsburg He is Mysteriously Assaulted

After Mysteriously Disappearing From
Pittsburg He is Mysteriously Assaulted.
CINCINNATI, April 2O-Last evening James
Kelso arrived in the city from Muncie, Ind. He
went at once to the Indiana house and regis
tered. About o'clock a stranger entered the
room, assaulted Kelso and beat him into I'M
consciousness. Kelso had brought with him
$1,000, which he carried in cash in his inside
pocket. When he recovered consciousness his
clothes were strewn about the room and every
thing was in confusion. The money was gone.
Kelso was cut behind the left ear and terribly
bruised about the head. The state in which
Kelso was found goes far toward confirming
the truth of his story. he thinks he was fol-
lowed from Muncie by some one who knew OF
his having drawn the money
Kelso told his story 10 Chief of Police Deitsch
to-day, from which it appears that he is the W.
NJ. Kelso of Sabina, O., who disappeared some
two months ago, after disposing of some cattle
at Pittsburg. Some of his clothing was found
there at the time, and it was thought that
he was murdered. Yesterday his family
had q dispatch from him from Indian
apolis, saying he was coming home. He says
that he went from Pittsburg TO Chicago and
began specializing in grain and hogs, and when
he had accumulated $1,000 he started home.
He says he does not know who robbed him.
His trousers with a watch and some money in
the pocket, were not disturbed. The chief OF
police distrusts the story of robbery, thinking
1t is made up TO cover deficit but he is en-
deavoring to trace the facts. Mr.. Kelso will
probably 90 home to-day.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-04-24
A Level.Headed Ecclesiastic.

Archbishop RYAN OF Pennsylvania has
prohibition. He declares that "some of
the principles urged in the literature OF
prohibition, such as the one that the use OF
spirituous liquors, even as beverage, is in
trinsically wrong and should be always
prohibited, cannot be held by catholics"
He might have added, NOR by anybody
else in whose mind the distinctions be-
tween right and wrong are not hopelessly
confused" 1T is only the abuse" he
says, mot the use, that can be condemned
If the use and abuse be inseparably con-
nected because of the appetite created by
indulgence in an individual case, then
the use itself should be prohibited in
such a case. As | cannot think that this
is true OF the whole state OF Pennsylvania
and as we have strong restrictive laws,
and can enact still stricter ones, am un-
able to see the need of a constitutional
amendment on the subject. In any case, l
feel that mere legislation can but regulate
overt acts, the external manifestation of
the evil. The true remedy must be found
in appeals to the individual conscience, as
in our catholic temperances societies, which
are also religious organizations"
This is well put. 1t is sensible and log
ical, and consistent. Compulsory abstin-
ence is not a virtue, nor is abstinence a
virtue at all, save in persons of diseased
organisms, with whom abstinence is the
only alternative to excessive indulgence.
Nothing can be more absurd than the
teaching which puts the drinking of a
glass of beer or wine or spirits in the
category of sins, and demands that they
be put by the state in the catalogue of
crimes These things are matters OF in
dividual conscience; and the way to pro-
mote genuine temperance is TO cultivate
the consciences of men and educate them
in habits of self-control, and in those quail
tiles of self-respect and manhood which
will be surer protection to them against
excuses than all the prohibitory laws
that could be enacted in century.
Men like FRANCIS MURPHY are doing
more TO diminish the evils of intemper-
ance than all the prohibitionists in the
republic.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-04-24
More Facts About Pensions.

The Journal asserted two or three days
ago that Immediately after the recent cleo
ton there was sudden falling off in the
number of pensions granted, and that
there was no revival in the pension Gin
dustry" until after the new administration
went into power.
We showed on Saturday, from the rec
ord of pensions granted during the months
OF November, December and January,
compiled from the daily reports printed
in THE SENTINEL during those months,
that this assertion was atrociously false
utterly without foundation in fact. Since
then we have taken the trouble to obtain
from the pension Office statement of the
number of new pensions and increases
granted to Indiana applicants during the
four months Immediately preceding the
election and the four months imme-
diately succeeding it. The record is as
follows:
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-04-24

this morning, when the Carpenter case
will be called for trial, and watch the
process of taking jury. 1t will proba-
bly, not last over two minutes, and the
district attorney will hardly figure in it.
The Ne'cs, however, is right 1t is a
shame" This sort of thing viii reap a
whirlwind. The public conscience will
not be besotted forever. Already it is
quickened, as one by one, and score by
score, partisan election-law offenders are
loosed unscathed by partisan authority.
There will be evidence in the future that
Indiana is determined to have pure cleo
tons, and to know why the debauchers
thereof are not punished"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-04-24
Carpenters ..Vindication-"

With characteristic 'galr' the Journal
treats the acquittal of S. J. CARPENTER in
the federal court of the charge OF bribery
as his complete vindication."
As to this, it is sufficient to say that an
acquittal of any republican in Judge
WooDs' court of a political offense is no
more vindication than his acquittal in
the Journals editorial columns would be.
The Journal and Judge WooDs are built
on the same plan. Both regard ii, or seem
to, as proper thing to defend and screen
republican rascals, however fragrant their
knavery, and both are doing everything
in their power to make bribery, illegal
voting and perjury respectable" in this
state.
But the verdict of acquittal in the Car
penter case confessedly did not go to the
question of Ills moral guilt or innocence.
Although the prosecution was listless and
indifferent, and no effort had been made
to strengthen the case against him as pre-
scented before the grand jury, the evidence
that he used money corruptly in order to
secure his election as senator was abso-
lutely conclusive. CARPENTER confessed
this himself on the witness-stand. Even
Judge WooDs virtually conceded it in his
charge to the jury. But it could not be
or at least was not-shown that the money
he thus expended corruptly-or in other
words the brides he gave-affected
the election of a representative in con-
gress. On the contrary, so far as the evil
dence showed, CARPENTER bought votes
only for himself, and left his associates on
the ticket to shift for themselves. 1t was
no doubt true that his corrupt eXpendi-
lures benefited HARRISON and HOvEY and
CHANDLER as well as himself; but as we
said, this was not in proof. So this pre-
cious exemplar of latter-day republicanism
went acquit because, and only because,
it was not shown that the brides he gave
affected the congressional election. No
honest man would value such ''vindica-
ton" as that
1t is a fitting commentary upon the
moral status of the republican party in
this state that its leading organ should
congratulate the man shown, upon his
own confession, to have been guilty of the
most fragrant corruption because he has
contrived to escape the penitentiary, and
that this same man, after his crime had
been exposed should have received a
unanimous republican nomination for the
very office he had previously striven to
purchase. There is no doubt, as we said
on Saturday, that CARPENTERS popularity
in the republican party has not been in
the least impaired by the exposure of his
crimes. He and DUDLEY and WooDS are
the heroes OF the hour among the dis
ciples of HARRISON, MORTON and protec-
ton to American industry.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-04-24
The Truth About Pensions.

A characteristic article about pensions
appeared in the Journal a day or two ago
characteristic, because crammed full of
reckless falsehoods. It asserted that "a
great showing was made by that depart
ment OF the government during the last
campaign" that ''long lists OF pensions
granted were reported each day, and the
public was assured that Commissioner
BLACK and his assistants were simply
wearing themselves out in the service of
the soldiers" that various means were
adopted for padding these lists" that
latter election, however, this industry
and solieitude instantly waned," and that
between the 9th of November and the
4th of March the pensions issued did not
equal in number those OF a single month
OF the campaign"
There is absolutely no truth in any OF
these statements, except that a great
many pensions were granted during the
campaign, as there had been before the
campaign, and rs there were after the
campaign. An examination of SENTINEL
files shows that on the days below men
toned pensions were granted Indiana ap-
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-04-24

court commission created in 1881 by re-
publican legislature was an unconstitution-
al body. And if commission had been
created by the legislature at its recent ses-
sion, and the appointment of the commits
sioners had been vested in the supreme
judges, it would have been also unconsti-
tutional. This fact should be borne in
mind when the republican press attempts
las it, of course, Will to make party CAPT.
tai out of this decision If the act passed
by the democratic majority fails, the
measure proposed by the republicans in
that body would also have failed; so the
constitutional honors are easy.
1t is to be regretted that the well-meant
effort of the legislature to relieve the
supreme court of the pressure upon it,
and to afford litigants an opportunity to
obtain that speedy justice guaranteed
them by the constitution of the state,
should have come to naught. But there
is no present help for it. 1t is to be
hoped that some well-digested scheme of
judicial reform may be devised before the
assembling of the next legislature and
adopted by that body. At the election
of 1892 the proposed constitutional
amendment increasing the number
of supreme judges will doubtless
be ratified by the people, but some meas
ure of temporary relief will have to be
adopted by the next legislature, or paraly-
sis will fall upon the administration OF
iustice in Indiana
The supreme court by a unanimous
voice lin the Carson case), sustains the
right Of the legislature to select trustees
for the benevolent, reformatory and penal
institutions. The opinion by Judge
MITCHELL is able and well considered.
All the judges concur in his conclusions,
although some Of them dissent from the
reasoning, in whole or in part, by which
these conclusions are reached. This de-
cision insures the immediate surrender OF
the institutions to the excellent boards
selected by the legislature at its recent
session, and will be received with general
satisfaction.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-04-24
NEW PENSIONS.
INCREASES,

Thus it will be seen that there was an
increase of 497, or over % per cent, in the
number of now pensions granted Indiana
applicants during the four months follow
ing the election as compared with the four
months preceding the election, while there
was no material difference in the number
of increases allowed during the two pc
RODS.
Newspapers conducted with any sense
Of moral responsibility do not knowingly
print falsehoods In order to injure the
political party to which they are opposed.
But the Journal has no scruples when
politics" is involved. 1t regards false
hood as a legitimate weapon of partisan
warfare, and in reckless mendacity, as
illustrated by it's senseless lie about the
pensions, its editorial columns are not
paralleled by those OF any other party
organ in this republic.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-04-24
An Important Decision.

We print elsewhere some comments by
the National Domain and the Hon. GEORGE
w. JULIAN, surveyor-general of New
Mexico, upon recent decision by Land
Commissioner STocKsLAGER, which is of
the utmost Importance. This decision,
which is based upon equity and common
sense, reverses the former practice of the
land Office, and reclaims for settlement
millions of acres of public lands in New
Mexico and Arizona, which had been re-
served, without authority of law, under
presidents heretofore established in the
interest of land-grabbers.
If this decision is sustained by the pres
sent administration-and We cannot be-
ieve it will dare to reverse tit will, ac-
cordiDg to Mr.. JULIAN, restore more than
100000 acres of land now illegally held
by grant claimants, to the public
domain for the benefit of actual settlers"
Mr.. STocKsLAGER has rendered the peo-
pie great service by this and other Off
cial acts as commissioner Of the land Office.