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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-02-09
STARTLING IN TIE EXTREME

| From our Extra Sunday Edition.]
That the intelligent voters OF this city
might understand the lately discovered
facts relating to the late bridge contracts
| as let by the city to the Berlin Bridge
company, the following circular was dis
tributed along the streets yesterday
evening:
BRIDGES-ANTI-ADMI FACTS.
The Houston street bridge dow truss)
cost the city in 1882, contract price &, 545,
wooden roadway.
The st. Mary's street bridge (high truss)
cost the city in 1890, contract price sl3, 436
wooden roadway.
Sl7,236.OO concrete roadway, S3,sOOOO
being added for "poultice pavement"
A high truss bridge of like dimensions
cost 81 10000 less than low truss.
This Is the cost of st. Mary's street
bridge as built high truss, in 1s90-sS, 691 on
more than the Houston street bridge as
built in 1882, when iron and freight were
25 per cent higher than now. This 25 per
cent would meet the cost of "POultice
Pavement" The two bridges are exactly
the same dimensions in the clear, 104
| feet.
The Houston street low truss bridge is
the strongest in the city, the one over
which the steam roller is usually sent.
Read-ponder-V for an investiga-
tiOn of the city records.
THERE Is A BUG UNDER THIS CHIP
Those circulars were destroyed as fast
as the citp administration men could get
their hands upon them.
| This circular did not explain that the
stated cost, of the bridges respectively,
was without calculating the cost of adult
mentS in either ST. Mary's street bridge,
or Houston street bridge since the
| circulation of the said circular-certain
friends of the administration have tried
to explain, thot the enormous additional
cost OF the ST. Mary'S street bridge, though
high truss, was because the cost OF abut-
mentS was included in the contract price
of 1860. This is not the fact as the
| city built its own abutements
for St. Mary'S street bridge, also for
Houston street bridge. Well may voters
read and ponder these startling facts,
They can't be explained. A child would
not be deceived as to the proper conclu-
sion to be drawn from them.
| Who got the benefit of the sS,69l over
charge upon the st. Mary's street bridge?
Let the opponents of the administration
stand from early morning until the polls
close, at their posts and victory will re-
ward them.
Respectfully yours,
ANTI ADMINISTRATION EXECUTIVE Con-
MITTEE.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-02-09
NO DOODLE.
[From our Extra Sunday Edition. !

| (From our Extra Sunday Edition.
The anti administration ticket goes
| into this fight clean-handed. Outside the
printing of tickets, and the bare expenses
of advertising, there has not been cent
expended.
If elected, the anti administration can
didates can take the oath of Office. Can
this be said Of single man on the Cal
laghan ticket from top to bottom?
Against this clean-handed, manly cam
paign we see opposed the mayor Of the
city, backed by his entire force of officials
and the Getty treasury rified to pay an
army of ignorant aliens, who pay no tax
es, but who are hired to work upon the
streets just in advance Of the day Of cleo
ton, in order that they may be pushed up
to the ballot box, tickets put in their
hands and made to vote for the admins
tration. Not only is the city treasury
rifled to pay these hired voters but every
official down to the hard-worked police
men have been compelled to hand in q
part of their salaries to swell the Doodle
corruption fund, to be used to purchase
votes and secure heelers and workers at
the polls. This is the formidable enemy
the people have to meet at the ballot box;
this paid voting force, paid from the
peoples money, it is confidently asserted
will rule the day.
Our best citizens have despaired ofover-
turning an administration entrenched
behind the official patronage; but it is
only an idea. The fact remains to be
shown whether our city can be ruled,
controlled, bossed by political boss"
There are honest voters enough, not
owned by Mr.. Callaghan, to sink him
and his henchmen beneath deluge of
public condemnation, if they will only
think so and exercise their right to vote.
The voters have now the opportunity
of redeeming the reputation of our city
and proving that we are able to elect an
administration not backed by official pat
ronage, not upheld by paid voters, not
purchased by Doodle. There is a chance
to prove the manhood of the majority of
our people by voting the anti-adminiS-
tratiOn ticket.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-02-09
Large Furniture Sale.

The following goods only, will be
Soiu at ana below cost the next five
lays 10 make room for another line OF
BUSINESS Jus nes This is no humbug. Come
soa nlght handsome parlor suits from
GOV anu upwards, one big French
sewing machines, boys bicvcIes ond
wagons, young ladies' tricycles, fancy
toilet sets and crockery, two elegant
oil paintings. OLSEN & sons
29bt Houston Street Bridge
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Reply to Mr.. Prefer.

From our Extra Sunday Edition.
SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 8, 1890.
Paul Prefer:
In reply to your article in today's Ex-
press in which you state that my COM
munication in the Texas Stats Zeitung
is an unwarranted and malicious false
hood, have to say, that everything |
wrote / can prove, and l am ready at any
time to make oath as to the truth of my
charges, and further l consider it an ex-
hibition of the unlimited "cheek" which
you and the administration alone possess,
to deny the charges when you know them
to be true. JOHN ID. PULLMAN.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-02-09
REFLECTIONS.
The Germans are after the king.
The Irish are after the car.
The Americans are after the boss.


The Irish are after the car.
The Americans are after the boss.
The whole people are against q blanket
ed government, and the present dictator
is the above SatireiZed.
If the honest toilerS and business men
of the city rise the boss goes under.
Millions for health but not one cent lor
small pOX.
Letters of gold are now letters OF small
pOX.
Another case OF King Kallaghan and
the whole town would be under a scao.
Jack Ryan would choke the honest
voters of the Sunset railroad, but he
can't Their manhood is against him.
Simon Fest. one of San Antonio's best
and oldest citizens, is against the king for
manly reasons. SO are the people.
The King would not put the national
flag over our school houses, but he has
put the yellow flag over his alien district.
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To the Voters of the 4th. Ward.

Having received the unanimous en-
dorsement of representative citizen at the
Mass meeting at Mission garden on the
2l st inst, unsolicited on my part, and
having since been requested by many
others who were not present at said meet
ing TO make the race l hereby announce
myself as candidate for alderman of
W ard No. 4, promising if elected TO do all
in my power to secure for our long neglect
ed ward its full share of necessary i'm
provements CHAS. l.. SAUER
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-02-09
Who L. SrhrammD

who is hep" asks the paid scrlbbler in
the Express. "How long has he been a
citizen of the United States?" What
has he done?" We will answer: Captain
Schramm is man, a citizen, and older
gentleman; a clean, honest, business man:
a pleasant, courteous man. He will make
a good mayor. J.,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-02-09
THAT Is ALL THEY HAVE TO DO
,m our Extra Sunday Edition. I

From our Extra Sunday Edition.
Let the intelligent American voters
who do not belong to Callaghan come to
the polls and vote, as they did two years
ago, and the days of the would be king
and boss are numbered. They will re-
ceive help that was the other way then.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-02-09
ONE WEEK MORE.

Spring goods are coming in so fast
that closing out stock inducements
will 60 only . week longer without q
profit. An opportunity that comes
but once q year. JoSKE BROTHERS.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-02-09

Sidewalk Fund Gone GIimmering.
What has become of the $40, 900
sidewalk fund? Up to November SOth
$l2, 600 had been expended, and yet
the taxpayers are compelled to build
sidewalks If they want them.
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Pictures In Sulphur.
HoWs lrosI

In dem on strattng that sulphur melted at l15
degrees can be cooled In paper. Mons Charleb
Lepierre happened TO use q photographed card.
ing away the card he discovered that the iitho-
graphed characters were clearly impressed
upon the cooled surface Of the sulphur. and
remained after hard friction and washing by
repeated experiments he has been able to So
cure very fno results. removing the paper
process, He. finds that sulphur will receive
Impressions from and reproduce faithfully
crayon. colored crayons. writing ink. typo
graphical inks Chine ink-oolored or unool;;
csoeoSnSs Ssasr lac states: to3 shss w
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now confronted them. snd nom which he saw
her suffering. He went overall the facts again
with tho hnpless creatures, and reasoned from
them the probability that their father was still
alive twas respite nom sorrow which mis-
CRY must follow; Il was insane. Il was foolish.
It was sven guilty. but he could not help trying
to win It for them; and when he left them at
last they were bright with the hope he had
given them. which the event. WHISTLER II
was death or whether It was disgrace. must
quench In Q blscker despair.
This truth OF this rubbed upon him when he
found himself staggering away nom the
doomed house which cast IL light gayly out
upon tho snow. and followed him with . per-
verso sense Of its warmth and luxury into the
night But strange Joy mixed with tho
trouble In his soul: and for all that sleepless
night. the conflict Of these emotions seemed to
toss him to and fro rs II he were something
alien and exterior to them. Northwick' was
now dead. and his deathhad averted the dis
grace which overhung his name: now he was
still alive. and his escape from death had
righted all the wrong no had done. Then his
escape had only deepened tho shame he had
ned from; his death had fixed stain OF blood
guiltiness on his misdeeds. and was no caprice
Of fate. but Judgment OF tho eternal Justice.
Against this savage conclusion Matt rebelled.
and made his stand
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Ayey's SNrsNpNrsWN

poverty and exile which were pun!shm ss
Ss e s9Hs Sa aE
Sivlsm; p falling II have NorthwioE indicted
'afS d dss ay TURN hi. family Q, .h..
has robbed J" he asked one morning In the
ssaeSstsnd Il ehis man hary Boston.
eqf
dersed me Of everything he could lay his hands
The LAWYER Putney, was present, and he
ffS. f1s st ny Bsaa t%
Se snd nat aus S snS a
Northwisk looked after . GOOD while ago.
top TOP q 81 tbs ESQ soldiers monament" ''' '.soA
.ossys nF IT, &Rs GS i
atnSs sease Dsst snS ss
| which was apt to turn to profound respect
NJ IN hs R
then Leader cad Of ser
q w thnfst VENT %o1a f ISS
ss:S $ss f . 81 81 'f;ss
ks'GEs eS soaS %HRsSas
We w Gould , have more and mors NertSwiSks and
whole NorthwIck system OF things. Heigh2
h Ss hrye Ss hss
them as q necessary. part Of the system.
sSSsS Fly d M SS5s A.
asa end me
the roof can't be taken from over those WON:
MSSs II dsssss ss
fSyp5sht sseSsy Ct h. creditors for
s. $.sas e. sFsls !: bdss
Ssss KS
WI xsss
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The next mouthfui Of yicts1als vac to some
sna the NOT 81 ts:
tss Ss S;sss sss
them. and the noise Of Northwick's mlsdeeds
speStable s Citizens. Behind the Windows that
sledses ana among women 81 leisure tpd con
injuries Of his creditors cried out Tor vengeance
on those daughters Of his; they had always
the Ponkwasset Mills Company. meant By not
sHoe Sd hsSs Sssn oGss End
the President. at least had no wish r. DO It
ap friendly relations WIZ The Northwiot Az
ss Kat tRe args in
They were net cruel and would not really have
come to that: but they were greedy Of the
hey ara 10 iear q judging or Of melting with
IN the ireer air Of the streets and stores and
bs tSs not In
but Gerrish. After the first excitement. and
the successive shocks Of sensation impaired
Over Tie q Of
which might or might not be regarded as proof
starsd them. but Gould not Sc said
have surPrissd any one: It WAS to be e1peeted
eyery day so%eahsre. and I the day hsS come
when 1t that SS not
Ills prophet. but they wers iataiists 81 the
se and reecps thst tho did not
at y Koss y did not
been supplying Nor.hwiskk With funds and e gem;
folks had lost their deposits; They could look
hearts they oSssarsiy eleved that any mem.
Ss En- sSs5ss EsyGSa o5
had persisted In the railroad accident. or had
as Putney called the Dominion Of Canada:
Etessx sas 81
dropped IN 70 order his marketing. be usually
s eaa t i6Hi%s %orning fs JOEL n0"s 'femS'
Just booming. saulre That steek's coming
s On tnS dsae Rs
Or something like 1t. was what Gates usually
hSnswefed but one %ofHning he asked
suppose2 They, say-paper does-that the
reason the President hung ofi from making .
ss sh Is ay
Wen, saIS Putney. the fathers Of New
damnation. But that didn't prove 1T"
That's That so ONE 3d. Squire Guess yougot
me ssn sela Old Harys not wanting
to push the thing. under the circumstances.
and don't blame him. But the law must have
It's course " Hlia u. got his duty to do. ldont
Ito be continued
Pictures In Sulphur.
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CHAPTER XIX.

The Hilarys always struggled down to
breakfast as they chose. When HIATT WAS at
home his mother and lie were usually first;
then his father came. and Louise last They
took tho Ecents. as many other people did.
because with all It's faults 1t was thorough
newspaper: and they maintained their SELF
respect by taking the Abstract The morning
that the defalcation came out Matt sent and
got all the other papers. which he had glanced
through and talked over with his mother be-
forc his father Joined them at 8 o'clock.
Several Of them had illustrations: likenesses
OF Northwick. and views Of his house in Boston
and his house In Hatbora: views OF the COM
pany's mills at Ponkwasset; views of the rail-
road wreck at Wellwater; but It was Pinney's
masterpiece which really made Hilary sick,
All the papers were atrocious. but that was
loathsome. Yet there was really nothing more
to blame In the attitude OF the papers than In
that OF the directors. who gave the case
OF publicity at work. Both were acting quite
within their rights. both were fulfilling an
oficIal duty. Hilary. however. had been forced
against his grain into the position. almost OF
Northwiok's protector: he had suffered keenly
from the falsity OF this position. for no one de-
spised the sort OF man Northwick was more
than he: but when you have suffered. even
for rogue. you begin to feel some Kindness
for him. All those blows fell upon his grow
Ing sympathy for the poor devil. as he called
him. He got through the various accounts In
the various papers By broken efforts, taking
them O. In successive shocks from these tor
sibls particulars. which seemed to shower
themselves upon him whom he came In range
Of them till no felt bruised and beaten all over.
"WelL. at least It's out. my dear" said his
wife. who noted the final effect OF his suffer-
ings across the table. and saw him pause be-
wildered from the last paper he had dropped.
+" There's that comfort"
"Is that q comfort ?" he asked. huskily.
why. yes. think 1t IL. The suspense is
over. and now you can begin to pick your
self up"
IT suppose there's something In that" He
kept looking at Matt or rather at the copy Of
the Abstract which Matt was hiding behind.
and he said. what have you got there
4ses.. - -
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II I must say. think you've taken all the
bones and blood out OF it."
Kicker laughed. "Oh. MOI Merely the fangs
and poison sacs. Look here. young mani
Did you believe all those cynical things when
you were saying them2"
II don't know"
"Iknow. know you didn't Every ono Of
them rang false. They were there for literary
effect and for the pleasure Of the groundlings.
But by and BY. II you keep on saying those
things you'll get to thinking them. and what a
man thinks q man is. There are things there
that you ought to be ashamed of. II you really
thought them. but I know you didn't so
made free to strike them all out" Maxwell
looked foolish: he wished to assert himself.
but he did not know how. Kicker went on:
Those charming little sarcasms and innuen-
does of yours would have killed your article for
really intelligent readers. They would have
suspected o young fellow having his fling. or
an old fool speaking out of the emptiness Of his
heart. As 1t is. we have got something unique
and don't mind telling you I'm very glad to
have It. I've never made any secret Of my be-
Lief that you have talent"
you've been very good" said Maxwell .
little rueful still The surgeons knife hurts
though 1t cures.
When Maxwell went homo. he met his
mother. why. mother" said the young fol-
low. old Kicker 10 going to print my report ss
editorial: and we'rs not going to have any
report"
II told you It was good"
Maxwell felt 1t was due to himself TO keep
some grudge. and he said. yes; but he's
taken all the life out OF 1t with his COMPOUNDED
blue pencil. It's perfectly dead"
Il did not seem so when he saw 1t In proof at
tha off,ca later and it did not seem go when he
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ting him steal out Of your company"
ut seems to me that's what you did. father.
And think you did right, as I've told YOU"
What did2" shouted Hilary. mo. sir. !
did nothing Of the kind! gave him chance
to make himself an honest man"
my DEAR" said Mrs. Hilary. you must 60
and get rid OF that woman. at least. orlet mt"
Hilary flung down his napkin. and red from
argument cast dazed look about him. and.
without really quito knowing what he was
about, rushed out OF the room.
His wife hardly had time to say. "You
oughtn't to have got into dispute with your
father. Matt. when you know he's been 30 per-
picked" before they heard his voice call out.
Good heavens. my poor childv' For the
present they could not know that this was q
cry Of dismay at the apparition OF Suzette
Northwick. who met him In the reception
room with the demand:
"What is this about my father. Mr.. Hilary 2"
About your father. my desrT He took the
hands she put out to him with her words. and
tried to think what plying and helpful thing
no could ssy. She got them away from him.
and held one fast with the other
lis 1t true Z" she asked.
he permitted himself the pretenoe Of not I'M
Outstanding her; he had to do It why. We
hope-we hope It isn't true. Nothing more Is
known about his being In the accident than We
knew at first. Didn't Matt"
1T isn't that. It's worse than that. It's that
other thing-that the papers say-that no was
q defaulter-dishonost- Is that truef"
"Oh. no. mol Nothing Of the kind. my dearl"
Hilary had to say this: he felt that 1t would DO
inhumsn 10 say anything else: nothing else
would have been possible. "Thoss newsps-
Rsss-eoniopnd thsRl-yoa know how thsy got
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chronicle OF the mluuIo hSeS'
The Abstract addressed different class Of
readers. and aimed at q different effect In its
treatment Of public affairs. We look upon
newspapers as having Q sort OF composite
temperament. formed from tho temperaments
Of al the different men employed on them:
but. as matter Of fact, they each express the
disposition and reflect the temperament OF one
controlling spirit which all the other DISPOSE
lions and tempersments yield To. This 10 so
much the case that tits hard to eiface the in
auence OF strong mind from the journal It
has shaped. even when 1t II no longer &C.
lively present In It A good many
years before the time Of the Northwtck
defalcation the Eoents had been in
the managent Of journalist. once well
known In Boston. certain BARLEY Hubbard.
who had risen from the ranks OF the reporters.
and had thoroughly reportertzed 1t In the
worst sense. After he left It the owner tried
several devices for elevatlng and reforming II.
but failed. partly because no was himself
man Of no ideals but those Of the counting
recover from The strong slant given It without
sslf-dsstTuction. 30 the EosNts continued
what BARLEY Hubbard had made II and what
the readers he had called sboutit liked 1t TO be:
o journal without principles and without CON-
victions. but with interests only; map OF busy
life. indeed. but glaringly colored. with crude
endeavors at picturesQueness. and with no
more truth to life than those railroad
maps where the important centres con-
verge Upon the broad black level OF the line
advertised. and leave rival roads wrtgRling
family about In uninhabitsd solitudes- In
Hubbards time the Abstsot then the CNSoNto's-
Abstrs6 was in charge Of the editor who had
been shis erst tZtsnd en- the BOSTON, REsses
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that they do not realize 1t yet and that they
will feel IL later. Then they 60 about. espe-
cially II they arc women. in sort OF historical
strength; they speak calmly OF what has hap
pened: they help those beyond the immediate
circle OF their loss to bear up against 1t; these
look TO sec them break suddenly under the
stress Of their bereavement, and wonder at
their imprisoned fortitude. ~
Matt knew neither how to stay nor to get
away; II seemed intrusive to linger. and inhu.
man TO 60 whom he had told tho little no had to
tell Suzette had been 30 still. 90 cold. in re-
ceiving him. that he was astonished at her in.
tensity when he rose to leave her at last
II shall never forget what you have donsfor
try to make 1t seem nothIngi It was every
tbingl I wonder you could do ri"
"Yesl" Adeline put in. as II they had been
talking his kindness over. as well as their loss.
and were OF one mind aboutit
"oh. indeedP' he began. ANY one would
have done IT,
Don't soy sol" cried suzette. "You think
that because you would have done 1t for any
.nsf But you have done It for US; and a. long
as ! live shall remember that OH She
broke on; and dropped her face With pathetic.
childliks hslplsssnsss on her lifted arm; and
now no wes less than ever able 10 lssve her
They al sat down again. after thoy had risen
to part; Matt felt the imperative necessity Of
encouraging them; Of rescuing her from the
conjecture which she had accepted as GER
tatnty. Ho was one Of those men In whom
passion can be born only OF some form OF un-
selfish kindness: and who alone can mako
women happy. II It was love that was now
stirring SO strangely at his heart. he
did not know 1t was love; he thought
It was still tho pity that he had
felt for the girls immense calamity. He know
that from every phase Of II he could mot nave
A>khss ~ t1sA b save Ass isoR tsss which
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-11
Route to Chickamauga.

BRISTOL, Tenn, March 11-Secretary
Proctor and party, en- route to the Chick
manga battlefield, arrived here at 2:35
yesterday afternoon, over the Norfolk and
Western in four special cars They were
accompanied by the officials of the Nor
folk and Western road, who had them
under special care. The officials of the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia road
met them here, and will conduct them -
Chattanooga. The party, fifty-eight in
number, wire dined at st. Lawrence
hotel by the chamber of commerce of
bristol
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Horrible Death of a Fireman

SEATTLE, Wash, March 1L-Herman
Lawson, fireman on the fire boat here,
during the regular weekly practice Fri
day evening, lost his hold ON the nozzle
and the stream struck him in the side.
knocking him down. Before he could be
rescued he was rolled by the force of the
stream thirty yards along the wharf over
a six inch spike, which caught him, tear.
ing open tn stomach and lower part of
the body. His sufferings were terrible.
Morphine was administered, and the
physicians tried hard to save him, but he
died in agony