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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-03
A Vivid Scientific Picture of the Gradual
Destruction of the Earth.

The nebule in Orion, Saturn and the
moon are indeed suggestive of change
types they may be called of the first stage,
she middle and the last that matter passes
through in the long process of the evolu-
lion of worlds.
And of all changes that change has most
interest for us which affects our own planet,
the earth; it has reached later stage than
Saturn, though not so late a stage az the
moon ,but only in long ages and by minute
effects will further changes be noticed.
Ages hence it may be discovered that
there is some slight change in the earth's
orbit; or Mercury, yet nearer to the sun
than we, may be seen to pursue smaller
orbit than now, and the terrible fact may
come home TO man that we are drawing
nearer to the sun. Time goes on, and the
tropics become too hot for existence, and
colder regions find welcome change to
warmth.
Age by age goss by, and the end is, Wis
IDLY, no nearer; but the figures of astrono,
mers only too surely tell their tale.
Now the tropics are an impossible desert
and all the life on the globe congregates
around the poles. Spain has lost her vine
yards and the Alps their snow; England
is burning desert and Greenland teens
with the vegetation of the tropics; in
smaller and smaller circles the inhabitants
gather round the poles But" to quote
the words of Mr.. Keightley Miller, "the
narrowed limits of the habitable earth can
no longer support this vast increase OF
population, and famine begins TO NOV
down it's victims by millions
snow, indeed, the end of all life on the
earth draws on apace. The heat and
drought become more and more insupport.
able; rain and dew fall no longer All
springs az water fail, and the rivers dwin.
die down TO streamIets and trickle slowly
over their stony beds, and now scarcity of
water is added to scarcity of food. Those
who escape from the famine perish by the
drought, and those who escape from the
drought ore reserved for q fate more awful
yet. For a time the few remaining inhab.
itants are partially screened from the over
whelming power of the sun by dense can
opy of clouds formed by the evaporation
of every lake and sea.
"But soon the sun seorches up these
vapor banks, and dissipates them into
space as fast as they can form. Then the
fiery orb shines out in an unutterable
splendor without the lightest cloud wreath
to interpose between himself and his vic.
tins. Then the last denizens of the world
are stricken down and consumed-the last
traces of organic life are blotted from its
surface. "-Longhan's Magazine.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-03
4 French Omeiet.

Neither milk nor cream is really neces.
sary for good omelet, which should con
sist solely of eggs and the seasoning. cook
ed in butter Some cooks use little milk.
as they say it keeps the omelet from be
coming tough II it has to wait. but In
France, the home Of the omeiet, milk Is
never used Here is a French recipe
Beat the whole eggs lightly together till
light and well mixed, adding salt and pep
per to taste and fine herbs ii. e., finely
chopped parsley and chives). put piece OF
butter into the frying pan (which must be
delicately clean, and should be kept for
omelets only, and as soon as this is thor
oughly hot, on the point Of boiling in fact,
pour in the eggs, etc, and stir them well
together until they begin to set. then shake
the pan lightly to prevent their sticking
to it, and as soon as the under side Is
nicely colored tilt the pan with one hand,
and with the other slip the omelet on to
hot dish, folding it and turning the cook
ed side uppermost as you do so. The cen
ter should always be less cooked. as it stiff
fens after it is on the dish
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-03
tnat ne was certalnly mn az ease.

that ne was certainly Ill at ease.
II hope you will let me know what
progress you make" she insisted, feeling
vaguely helpless.
II will, of course" said Bristed, getting
TO his feet.
He seemed relieved in some way that
the interview should be at an end. He
DEPARTED with SO much precipitancy that
he forgot to leave his respects for Cecilia.
According to the combined entreaties of
the entire family, Horace Lakely had final.
=. ly consented to flee the temptress who had
pursued him, and he was away from
home.
IF ever | live down this feeling" the
young man wrote at about this time to his
friend, 81 shall have you, i suppose, to
thank for having urged me back into the
path of wisdom. But can tell you it is
hard-desperately thanksgiving away and
listening TO advice. ! can't forget her,
Bristed You're such q cool, reasonable
fellow yourself that you won't be able to
understand that my whole life seems to
have bound itself about this woman"
There was a tone throughout the letter
which testified that Horace Lakely was
still good deal of a boy. 1t was somewhat
of consolation for Hurlburt Bristow to
think that it was So At least it made il
somewhat easier for him to write in answer
to that letter short time later:
81 think il right, without further delay,
to convey to you piece OF news which may
probably surprise you. don't know that
any explanation would simplify matters.
Mrs. Mcpherson and j are to be married
next month. Chicago News
THE SND OF THE WORLD.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-03
Holm the BAPTIST in stone.

In 1905 some quarrymen in Italy burst
open slab of marble both sides Of which
contained an image of st. John the Bap
fist, covered with the skin of q camel
Everything was true to nature, with q
single exception-the saint had only been
provided with one leg and foot. How,
when or upon what pretext the Turks
were allowed to gain possession of the
wonderful relic, the writer's authority fails
to state. 1t only adds that the miraculous
production is now in the Temple of st.
Sophia, at Constantinople.- Louis Re
public
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-03
Charged Him just the Same.

Young Physician diagnosing a casel-In
the first place. sir. you must drink less
coffee.
PATIENT never drink any coffee a. all,
sir.
Young Physician considerably annoyed
We'll, you ought to.-Cbatter.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-03
GIVEN AWAY FREEI

Guide 10 San Antonio, given away free
at the LIGHT Ofice Call and get one. 80
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-19
The Board of Forestry.

SAN FRANCISCO, March Is AT q meet
ing of the S ate Board of Forestry today
the report of Head Forester Lyon wal
read. stating thai fifty thousand youn,
trees had been sent out from Santa Mon
ica station. The board decided to accep
a tract of land at Valley Springs, Gala
veras county, for an experimental sta
tion., provided the people of VALLEY
Springs furnished a suitable water sup
plv,
Ben Fehnemann, of Alameda, John B
Clemishire, of San Francisco, and P. NJ
Gaff-y, of Los Angeles, were appointed
special fire agents from May 1st.
G B Barlow, employed on valuabl,
tract of redwood land in Santa Clar.
and San Mateo counties, belonging te
the Southern Pacific Company and th,
Hopkins estate, was appointed specia
agent without salary.
The board accepted the offer of trac
of ten acres of land in Alameda count,
for an ex perimental station, and decided
to return forty acres in Merced count,
to parties not willing to deed the land il
fee simple.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-19

OF THE making of techoicalities in this
day and generation there is no end. Per-
haps the SIN allest quioble ever set up
against the public interest was the sug
gestion that before the city moneys can
be let to the highest and best bidder it is
necessary to buy safe. 1t is almo ost
incredible that any brain could bs found
small and weak enough to entertain such
a hair-splitting vagary, conjured out of an
innocent provision of the city charter.
We have dwelt upon this in previous
issues. We are happy to be able to an
nounce, however, that there is an ex-
treme probability that the safe will be
bought, and that the bank which stands
ready to pay good interest on the city
moneys will be permitted to handle
them, and thus reduce the municipal
burdens. We have reason to believe
that next Monday six members of the
Council will SO vote rs to remove this
obstruction born of "How Not To Do It,
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-19
A MURDER MYSTERY
W0man Found Dying OF Injuries
I'm the street.

I'm the street.
CHICAGO, March 1S.-At an early hour
yesterday morning woman was found
living unconscious in the road at Fifty
fifth and Morgan streets. The police
were summoned, and assuming that
she WAS intoxicated carted her
off to the police station, where she
lay several houre. She was then re.
moved to the county hospital, where
she died last night. The matter has as
sumed the proportions of an Eva Mitch.
ell murder mystery. The woman was
identified as Mrs. Bingham, of Milwaukee,
who left her husband some time age, land
came to this city, where she had been
living with an engineer named Taylor
who is employed in down town estab-
lishment. Taylor says she left her hus-
band because she discovered he had
another wife living. Her sister tells
apartment house where Taylor and the
woman resided says she was in great fear
of Bingham, and asserts that man re-
sembling the description of him
called on her last week. The
murdered woman left her sisters
house Sunday evening to call for
Taylor, it being her custom to wait for
him each night until he got off duty at 9
O'Clock. She never reached his place,
and the next heard of her was when
picked up as described above, at a point
five miles distant. Taylor asserts his
ionocence of any completely in her taking
fl Some of the jewelry the woman wore
was missing when she was found. The
police are working on the case.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-19

Mr.. 1. w. HELLMAN leaves today to
take charge of the affairs of the Nevada
Bank as its President. la this case what
is our loss is San Francisco's gain. He
will still remain President of the Far.
mers and Merchants Bank of this city,
an institution which he has brought to
an exceptionally high standing smongs,
the banks not only OF California but OF
the United States. Mr.. Hellman carries
to the new and wider theater upon which
he will fully enter on ths first of April a
stainless integrity, conservative aud YET
sagacieus business methods and what
may be called almost an instinct of sue
| cess. The bank over which he has so
long presided in Los Angeles has been
of almost incalculable service in
the development of Los Angeles
county. The high appreciation in
which he is held by the moneyed men of
the metropolis of the Pacific Coast is
shown by the fact that more than four
times the money needed to insure the
change !, of management of the Nevada
Bank was subscribed, and that in the
eager competition for the stock he was
obliged to scale down the applications of
the most noted capitalists of the Coast
The good wishes of this community 20
| with our townsman to his new theater OF
usefulness, and in this the HERALD
heartily joins. There will bs no warmer
or more judicious friend of Los Angeles
in San Francisco than the new President
of the Nevada Bank.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-19
CASA RAN DE.
The Magnificent ~, 100000 Hote
Buiin1ng i'm Mexico.


ST. LOUIS, M arch 1S.-Arcbitects have
lef here for the City of Mexico with
plans for the finest hotel on the Ameri.
can continent. 1t is to be erected by q
syndicate of Mexican capitalists, and will
at at the lowest estimate over $1,000
600. Of This sum the Government will
provide 81 00o, ,000in the form of subsidy
in addition to granting the free i'm
portation of material to be used in ts
construction. The hotel, when completed,
will be five stories in height, and will
contain 400 guest cham oers, built about
a large court. 1t will be constructed of
stone quarried seventy miles from the
City of Mexico, and it's interior finish
will be arranged on q scale of Oriental
magnificence. The floors will be of mo-
sale marble, and the walls inlaid with
Mexican onyx, while the wood work will
be of the rarest woods, including cedar.
mahogany and rosewood. The entire
struc ure will be absolutely fireproof, and
it's outside dimensions will be 450x42o
feet 1t is the intention to expend $685.
600 in fitting up Turkish bath apart
ments, and the bar and fixtures will
require an outlay of $4,000. The ro.
tunda of the hotel will be saken in charge
bv the Federal Government, and it is the
intention to decorate it with precious
stones, repre- senting historical subjects.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-19
A DE, IBERATE WINDLE.
The Mulatt0,s Mine Discovered To
Have Been Saleed.

SAN Francisco, March 18-A local
paper states that the recent sale of the
Mulatto's mine, of Sonora, Mexico, was &
deliberate swindle, the mine having
been sated. Some time ago Rothschild
of London, wanted to buy mine, and
sent Alex. Jsvin and D. B. Gillette tc
expert it, while Hamilton Smith. Jr.
conducted the negotiations in this city
The price previously asked was $500 900,
but this was now increased to 81, 900 900
and Rothschild pulled out. Alonzc
Haywood, a we'll known millionaire ol
this city, conferred with them and agreed
TO take 40 per cent of the stock if Eng
lish Capitalists took the remainder. This
was agreed to, and the sale was consum.
mated George Crocker ana Mr.. Hamil.
ton, of Baker & Hamilton, of this city
taxing small interest. Aportion of the
money Was paid over, but the sailing
wac discovered before all was paid. Il
is understood that a suit will be fled to.
morrow against the owners, who are
partners in the f, m of Agusyo Brothers
represented in this city by w. Loaiza.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-19
THE INDIANAPOLIS HORROR.
Ten Firemcn KILLED and Eighteen
Injured.


INDIANAPOLIS, lind, March 1S-A
great crowd surrounded the ruins of the
Bowen Merrill building this morning.
An army of workmen was engaged in re-
moving the wreckage to exhume the bod
les of the dead and rescue the living, the
voices of several of whom were audible
in the ruins.
The list of the dead as far as now
known is as follows, all fremen: Andrew
Cherry, George Faulkner, Espy Stormer,
David R. Lowry, Ulysses G. Glazer,
Henry S. Woodruff, George NJ. Glenn,
Alber Hoffman, Anthony Volz, Thomas
A. Block.
The injured NUN her eighteen.
The work of clearing away the wreck
was continued throughout the day with
renewed energy. The floors and roof
lay one upon another, with burnt books
sandwiched in between. At o'clock
the crushed and mangled remains of
Tony Volz were found and ex-
tricated. 1t was about O'Clock when
the dead fireman was located. Some
one noticed his head protruding from
the debris. Quick work revealed his
form in an almost standing position,
leaning slightly with one hand claeped
on his head. 1t would appear he had
been struck by something, and placed
his hand there before the fatal blow
came. The most horrible of all was
the condition of Espy Stormer, whose
dead body was taken out at 2 As O'Clock,
with one leg burned entirely off He
must have died in terrible agony, as
there are no evidences of his having
been killed by falling bricks or mortar.
1t seems that he died with the agony of
burning his leg. Woodruff only now
remains in the ruins.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-19
Peor.Sy,r,ted million aires.

Outside of New York there is proba-
bly, not q city in the United States
which can boast of more milllonalres
than San Francisco. She has garnered
in her capacious vaults the accumula
tions of the energy and usury OF the
State from the Argonauts downwards
Whatever mining and money-lendine
could add to her store has been grssped
without cessation. The roll of her pluto
Gratis is most impressive, and embraces
individuals as rich as old Midas himself,
such as Stanford. Haggin, Tevis and 80
on, almost nd infnitum as to both num-
Der and wealth, down to men like Jim
Phelan, who could probably not make
show of over fifteen or twenty millions
The Toll-taker by the Sea has OF late
years been fond of boasting OF her riches
and prosperity. Her journals have con.
graduated themselves upon the upward
movement of her real estate, upon the
advance in manufactures, the activity of
her shipyards, the thronged state of her
wharves, the splendid exhibits of her
banks, and upon sundry and other
iudicia OF her greatness and well-being.
Yet when the fact is discovered that the
city of San Francisco contains ten thou
sand starving men, and her leading citi-
zens gather in ma SIS to devise a remedy
for all this dire distress, after besfirring
themselves for weeks, sickly $40, 900 is
all that can be raised. Verify, the San
Francisco millionaire is a Dives rather
than Lucullus! The pressure of a sor-
did instinct is sufficiently great with him
to blot out every humane impulse. There
are scores of rich men in that city who
could very we'll have afforded to have
put their names down for $5 900, aye, or
$40, 900, and have been all the better for
it; but it remained for the Roman Cath
olic Archbishop Riordsn to subscribe as
much as 81 900. The highest sum do
mated, outside of the gift of this generous
prelate, was 5000. 1t ought to have been
no trick at ali to have collected $1,000
for such lsudsble purpose, and yet q
house to house canvass of the great and
opulent city, continued for days
only resulted in the collection OF
fifth of that sum. San Fran
cisco has execrable streets, which need
to be repaired. Thousands of laborers
could be proftably employed in bsauti-
flying her superb Golden Gate Park, as
yet but in it's grub state and destined
to glorious chrysalis through labor
And yet not even the spur of most
poignant indigence could stimulate her
citizens to anything like liberality or
public spirit. But when it came to
wrangling with the working people over
wages, then indeed were the millionaires
of the Golden Gate equal to their reputa-
tioD. They determined to make what
ought to have been Al occasion for the
display of genial libsrality one of bad
blood and rscrimination, forgetting thss,
as Shakespeare hath it, even "rich gifts
wax poor when the giver proves 1nkind."
1t would never do to give these people
work in the hour of their supreme need
without taking advantage of the situation
to cheaper and degrade labor. Go to,
thou millionaires without heart! II is to
be hoped that the reputation of the Toll
taker will yet be redeemed by some
exotic rich man.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-19
A GIGANTIC FRAUD.
The Freak of a Nervy Vir-
ginian Forger.
HOW HE OVERSIGHT HIS MARK.
Other Eastern News-The Indianan-
oils HOrrOr-MOre Broken
Levees, Etc.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.
New YORK, March 1S.-A Fredericks-
burg, Va, special to the Herald states
One of the most gigantic schemes of
fraud and forgery probably known in the
country was made public today. It is a
suit brought by DR.. Harrison Wagner,
evidently an adventurer, against the
Adams Express Company for 81, ,564 ,875.
The signatures to the documents we're
forged, and when Lawyer White was
asked to represent the plaintiff in the
suit, he denounced the scheme as a
fraud, and notified the officers of the ex-
press company. An examination proved
to their satisfaction that forgeries had
been committed and the Common wealth's
attorney was put to work. A firm of at
torneys in Mecklenburg, where the judg-
ments are alleged to have been obtained,
reported Wagner fraud.
Wagner, 80 far, has been kept in ig-
norance of the actions of the State nd
the express company. The latter's rep
resentatives will 60 to Stafford tomorrow
and endesvor to obtain an indictment
against Wagner. Wagner appeared at
stafford courthouse February 25th and
saw Clerk Bryan about filing suit. He
was staggered when informed that the
writ tax Oh suit of that amount would
be nearly fifteen hundred dollars. Bryan
told him, however, if he endorsed the
fact that he only expected to recover q
less amount, he would be only required
to pay a writ tax on that amount. He
made such Endorsement and filed the
papers.
The basis of the suit is note dated
April l. 1885, to the effect that the ex-
press company is lawfully indebted to
Wagner in the sum named above, and
signed by William B. Dinsmore, presi-
dent of the Adams Express Company.
Mr.. Dinsmore died April 20, 1856 What
the services were which entitled Wagner
to such an amount is not stated.
| DIR. Wagner stated to Clerk Bryan that
It was very important for the whole
matter to be kept quiet for awhile.
There was no dispute or litigation about
the matter, but the company did not de-
sire any publicity. He said to Bryan il
there was no hitch, and he got judgment,
he would give BRYAN $4,000.
1t is claimed Wagner served term in
the peDitentiary several years ago for q
similar game in Maryland.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-19
CONDENSED Telegrams

Henry S. Ives has succeeded in getting
bail, Henry Humbleton, livery man
furnishing his bonds.
The Washington Grand Jury has re.
ported an Indictment against Kincaid fol
tne murder of Taulbee.
P. w. and 9. W. Nickerson, bricl
commission merchants, of New York
assigned with liabilities of $25O,OeO.
Dispatches from La Crosse, Wis.,, an.
nounce the condition of Archbishop
Heiss, an aged Catholic prelate, as very
critical.
An explosion of gas in colliery No. A,
at Lost Creek, Pa, resulted in the death
of two miners and the fatal injury of Fore
man Heaton.
At the City of Mexico the American
Association of General Passenger Agents
arrived last night and were received with
much enthusiasm.
The entire business portion of Mays
vile, Ga, town of 1000 inhabitants
was destroyed by fire, together with a
large mum Der of residences.
The passenger committee of the trunk
lines has decided to issue excprsion tick
cts to the reunion of the Grand Army at
Boston, next July, on the basis of sin
gle fare in the trunk line territory.
At Chattonoogs, Tenn., discrepancy
of $688, $50 has been found between the
accounts of City Auditor Whiteside and
the city. 1t is not known where he is
His Office has been declared vacant.
Resolutions requesting Congress to
place no duty on ore containing no silver
have been adopted by the Boards oi
Trade of Arkansas City, Winfield, EN-
poria, Topeka and Kansas City. Kansas
The Chinese lsundrymen Of New York
cannot bo made to believe that the Amer.
ican Laundry Union is able to freeze
them out Of business. The Chinsmer
express the opinion that they will be able
To hold thair 0wn'
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-19

press has been in the habit of referring to
people who do not agree with it on storm
drains, the outfsll sewer and other mat
ters municipal. We suggest to our old
friend that it is case of the placid hus-
band and his scolding wife. The in
diligence of this cheap and borrowed
kind of invective seems to amuse our
contemporary, while it does not do our
correspondent and his associates a par
ticle of harm.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-19

WE ARE indebted to Col. j. G. Robin.
son, of the Los Angeles Gable Car road
for copy of the March number of the
Street RaiIDay Journal, published in
New York. 1t contains highly inter.
esting account of the cable system ot
this. city, with accompanying illustra-
tions. This is the first knowledge we
have had that there was issued any
where a periodical specially devoted tc
street railway matters.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-19
The Bill to Relieve Brooks.

WASHINGTON, March 18-Congreesman
Burton, of Ohio, reported favorably from
the committee on claims the bill for the
relief of S. Fl. Brooks, sub.treasurer at
San Francisco. The report SAYS a de-
ficit Of SIC, 900 exists in the sub-treasury
at San Francisco, and the same was dis
covered in February, 1886, to have occur
red and existed on August 81, 1885. The
assets of the office were not delivered by
the Government agent making the trans
fer TO s. FL. Brooks, assistant eub.treas-
urer, until September IL. 1885.