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aside, like a useless stuck by the Young
girl, his wrath was terrible 70 witness.
In those days Hardnan Cation had
fiercely sworn that his successful rival
should yet live to see the day when hi
would sorely repent for having crossed
his pathway.
married long. Within a year after Dom
aid had married, strangely enough, he
took for his bride an estimable young
m But there was no love lost in
the match On Cations part. and it was
a pretty well-established fact that he
had secured a better wife han he had
deserved.
What it was that had Influenced gen
such rs Hartman Cation had been "A
puzzling mystery that her friends were
unable to solve. And in the course OF
y fian Of fh tSe a prdbIem no nearer SaIS p TO s s1ln,
Layne knew, and She well, poor girl,
she died broken-hearted, these many
years ago.
When the immortal Lincoln called for
volunteers to march to the front. the
summons to duty had been responded to
with commendable promptitude. Donald
musket and boldly stepped into the
ranks
And Hartman Cation, too. had gone t.
me front, not az a private. but as an
Three years of service in camp and on
hattlene.d wrought many. changes in
Donald Haines's life, for in that period
taincy. while Cation still remained a
Lieutenant. Again was the latter out
stripped. once he had commanded Capt.
Haines. now he was subordinate to him.
TAere was a little gathering in Col.
Strokes tent on a Saturday night. The
regiment was to move at daybreak of
Cation %'l serst. a Jack Sic stickle eaai and several N'ensi
I other officers had been discussing the
order of march with the Colonel for the
next day. The matter ended. Col. Stroke
passed the canteen around, and then a
game Of cards was suggested by Sergt.
Stickles.
Jack stickles was a favorite with al
most every one in his company. and par:
ticularly was he a favorite with the old
Go ahead. boys. and have your fun,
too, oia q stick for you young chaps to
"oh, now. Colonel!" cried sergt,
stickles. With energy; W can't play
Soys' viii yTu we?" turning to the other
and laughing merrily.
And glad. OF the opportunity, Col
Stroke, with a happy light in HIS eyes,
sprang quickly over to the corner OF his
tent and drew from the pocket OF his
coat a pack OF cards.
81 thought that We might need EN-,
boys" said he. and SO / Just laid a
pack or two in for an emergency OF this
kind.
Here, SerGt. Jack" went on the Col
mel, handing the deck to Stickles. 'cast
that eathe eye of yours over these
pasteboards and see II they're all there
And mind you. you young rascal don
"Ah! now. Colonel, you're too hard on
q poor fellow. I'm as honest as a red.
akin" was the merry sally that Serg:,
"Why. I'm simply n paragon OF honesty
I'd stick q a Just as soon as. say
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70 City Hall place; and when seen by
an Evening World" reporter he said:
Yes, the man who gets the contract
must practically have a row boat to fol-
low the scows and chase up every scrap
OF paper that falls off. cannot under
stand why such specifications were
made out, unless 1t be to compel con.
means allow the favored one to get the
contract. Mr.. Dodge has the contract
now, and apparently the scheme Is to
have hin keep it.. All | can say Is that
every other man is willing to bid much
more for the work.
at is a curious fact" added Mr.. Mo
linelli, " that of all the men who were
ready a yr to bid Yesterday, MI; Dodse was
Andrews's office. As a matter of fact, he
was the only man who knew beforehand
that the new specifications would be
called for. He is the same Mr.. Dodge
who was named in connection with the
last Riker's Island scandal. He was,
Under his contract, supposed to do all
the dumping insi lie the crib-work at the
dumping 1t outside. Anybody could do
that kind of dumping for about four
cents a load.
1.-THE new specifications will not on
their face favor Mr.. Dodge more than
anybody else, but everybody knows how
such things are arranged. In the first
place the intention seemingly is to
~frig!nten off the other bidders. II Dodge
SutNNtbo III bttNliS nv "hiNi'
by the way is for one year, he can com
ply with the specifications or not. just
as he likes. l guess the supervision
ever his work will not be great.
Commissioner Andrews, after adver-
Using for bidders, said the specifications
could be seen at his Office by any one
who wanted to look at them. As a mat
ter of fact, I called there over half n
dozen times and never was allowed to
get near them
In this connection a peculiar story was
told yesterday. 1t was to the effect that
on Monday night Contractor Dodge,
Mr.. Caponigri. of Mulberry street. who
supplied Dodge with nearly all OF his
extra men last Winter, and a high
official of the STRENGTHENING Depart
ment, were seen at R~iccadonna's res
t%aurant, Seventeenth street and Union
Square, in close confab. Next day at
noon new specifications for the scow-
trimming contract were called for. Mr..
Dodge was not present. nor was there
any bid from him on the first specifca-
tons.
Meanwhile. the city is losing between
$500 and 1000 per week. What does 1t
ALL mean?
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HOMES in CONFUSION.
Moving and HOuseCeanng Days Are Upon US--ComfOrtleSs Men and
Cross, Tired Out, Nervous Women.

Van Tromp. with = broom at his masthead.
sailed up aud down the Thames IN defiance.
Drooms and dust rags arc now putting house
holds every where into confusion.
The traditional time for moving and house
cleaning Il upon us. lnnumerable casc5 Of
weakened nerves., exhausted strength anl de-
tility date from these days OF foyorish e%xcgtion.
fret and cold rooms.
Every good housewife however. feels bound
gle with art and dust,
But As q preparation for great bodily and men
tai strain, hosts Of careful womcA build up their
strength with Palnc's celery compound, the
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IS DODGE TO GET IT?
Andrews's Refusal to Open Bids
Anglers Other Contractors.
They Say It Is a Scheme to Shut Out
All Fair Competition.
Paper-C Chasing a Specification for
Trimming Scows.

The refusal of Street-Cleaning Com
missioner william s. Andrews yesterday
to receive and open bids for trimming
the city scows has caused considerable
dissatisfaction among the dozen or more
contractors who hoped to capture what
Is generally regarded as one of the rich
est prizes in the Department. Already
statements are being made that the
Commissioners refusal was in the in
terest of one of his henchmen, and that
the new specifications have been made
out so that only one individual can
possibly hope to bid for the work.
At present the work of trimming the
scows is performed by Edmund Dodge,
who seems to have a remarkable in
fuence in the Department. He has been
doing the work since the early part of
last Winter on ar agreement from week
to week. He our scow trimming so
profitable that he was able to pay the
city 81, 1850 a month for the privilege.
Dodge is the same man whose employ
ment of extra laborers for Commits
stone Andrews during the Winters
snowfall caused SO much unpleasant
talk. For every extra laborer the city
paid $3.50 per day, but the men whom
Dodge hired through the padrone sys-
TEN only got a dollar or a little over.
Dodge might have had the scow-trim-
ming contract for years had not some
Of the other contractors protested. They
pointed out to the Commissioner that
the scow-trimming vas worth much
more than the amount paid by Dodge,
and that, in fact, by the retention OF
the latter the city was losing from $500
to $1,00 per week.
Commissioner Andrews put the matter
on May 10 he advertised for proposals.
The date fixed for the opening. of the
bids was yesterday, and the hour II
o'clock, noon.
Over a score of bidders were on hand,
and. although scarcely any of them had
seen the specifications, they knew in II
general way what was required, and
pockets. The Commissioner had stated
that the specifications could be seen at
his office. but, as a matter of fact. few
were allowed to inspect them.
Whether or not Commissioner Andrews
was afraid his friend Dodge would lose
the contract, certain it is tina at the
last moment he changed his mind as to
contractors he said that new specifica-
lions would be made out for the scow.
trimming contract, and that the bids,
according to the new specifications, would
AOt ~ cJ'Niit' NV ulV L.
The new specifications called for made
the contractors fairly weep. They provid.
ed, among other things. that contractors
must keep the water of the bay cle IT OF
paper and other articles. In other lords
1t Is practically insisted upon that when.
ever the wind happens to blow a quantity
Of stuff from the scows while on their
way to the dumping, ground a boats
crew must get out and chase 1t.
That at least was the construction
put UPON 1t by Anthony Molinelli. one
of the men VINO vas anxious to bid for
the work. Mr.. Molinelli's office Is al
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II Is a glorious May day morning
Memorial Day morn-the impressive sea-
son when all the loyal sons and daugh-
tiers Of this land Of the free. amid soul
full trains from appropriately attuned
instruments and eulogistic oratory, re-
pair reverently to the thousands of
green-sodded cemeteries Of the land.
wherein lie, in honored graves, all that
remains of the gallant boys who fought
and died that these United States
might be a union, one and undivided,
and there strew the sacred hillocks with
beautiful, understanding flowers and
sympathetic tears
. There Is to-day one humble mound
in an unpretentious spot Of a most
magnificent a. well as historical
cemetery within the confines Of a
city in this State whose lowly occupant
had much to do with this thrilling army
tale. that must touch, with the tender
est sentiment, the hearts of many a gal
liant G.. A. r. boy.
There beside the humble mound.
kneeling, fearful, prayerful, her beauti-
full, pale face touched with pain, is the
pretty, diminutive figure Of a young girl
whose summers and winters have
scarcely numbered eighteen.
Underneath the Plain sodded grave de-
void of flowers, save a few dandelions
and sweet clover blossoms scattered here
and there, are the remains of him whom
Edith Haines once called her father, now
dead these ten years.
Donald Haines had gone to the war
and brayely battled there for his country.
He had even won grateful commentator
from his Old Colonel when. one day at
the bloody conflict at Chickamauga, he
had ~courageousiy dashed down the up
lifted sabre of a Confederate cava!ryman
who was about to cleave in twain that
officers head. And when the impetuous
cavalryman, burning with passion over
his defeat, rode upon the Colonel the sec
ond time 1t was Donald Haine who ran
the Confederate through with his bayonet
and laid him quivering and dying at the
old soldiers feet.
But this all occurred before the dark.
terrible blot came into his life-a bot SO
dark and overpoweringly degrading tina
the shame OF 1t changed in a night the
raven-like locks OF Donald Falne and
likened them unto the whiteness or the
fowing beard Of the patriarch.
There was one MAD in the regiment
whose hatred for Capt. Halnes was UNI
concealed, and he was Lieut.. Hardmar
Cation. attached to the same company.
When boys at college together
that hatred first found existence and
blossomed out most intensely. And
when. several years later, Donald led &c
the hymeneal alter pretty Ellen Grey
the breach was rendered broader an
Cations enmity more deeply intensified
Cation had been Donald Haines's riva
for the pure affections OF Ellen. a n
when he realized hat he had been tosse'
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HEADFIRST DOWN A SHAFT,
The Distance wns Only Ten Feet,
and Grand Was Not nm Acrobat.

Loui Grand, a painter, nineteen years
old, living at so Clinton street, while at
work painting in the elevator shaft OF
the Fox Building, on Frankfort street, at
8 O'Clock this morning fell ten feet and
sustained a severe scalp wound Not
w~ithstanding the short distance of the
fall and the fact that the man was not
an acrobat. he went down the shaft
head first and became wedgei in be-
tween the elevator and the side OF the
building.
A hurry call for an ambulance was
turned in by officer Masterson, OF the
Oak street station. but although the
Chambers Street Hospital Is within five
minutes walk, 1t took exactly thirty-fve
minutes for the ambulance to reach the
scene OF the accident.
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great nerve AMI brain strenvthcnc- and %restoTer.
IaV.icians .prescille 1t Tor Dyspepsia, Kidney
trouble, sick headaches. aud all forms OF nei.
Nuu~ ~clkucSs, because II make. people well
when other remedies can do no good.
Men and women who have tic tired, langiii |
feciiur that dicatesdcrletcd blood AMI 4 feehlc
condition OF the nervous sv-iom, need Pane.
celery compound, the remarkable discovery o;
Prof. EdwPri T., Phelps, NJ. ~, LII, D., oi Dart
mouth Me heal School. tho ono Hrca; sprinR
mcdi'ine prescribed by physicians OF every
school.
Slocr IA the necessary con lltion OF the az, stem
pine's c~oletry compound quickly repairs tho
wasted. Norn.out. nervous tts.ucS, calins an |
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eaualizcs nervous action and brings refreshing
slerp ihat makes recovery easy.
Ihere IL suyI a thing a, too closely watching
for ~tsn- of ili-hoa tn. but, on the other hand.
there - y wlso attention 20 signs of weakness
and breaking down, Painful sensltions and
sudden wCAknesA are natures evident hints.
Constipation. with hatulency ana nausea in the
carly morning. suggest serious trouble, The
duil, wearing ache at side and back shouId mako
ULo rause to think.
B1grt's disease and disorders OF the heart aud
iiNcr ma" be ' ~osltivclv aud permanently cured
nv tikinC Iatne'a celery rompound rs soon az
neuralgia, weakness, rheumatism, lack OF ppue.
tie and low spirits show the he gtnning rs CT dis-
case OF tOns OF lhe.e imnortant orghns.
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PROMPT WORK OF FIREMEN.
Energetic Efforts Prevented n Dis
astrous Blaze This Morning.

But for the effective work OF the Fire
Department this morning the flames
which started at $50 o'clock in Simon
Ringers chair works. at "a South Fifth
avenue. would have been IA most de.
structive blaze. The building Is filled
with dry, we~ll-seasoRed wood, which
burned quickly, but energetic work kept
the flames under control.
Henry DeitZ, the Waterman OF the
building, discovered the flames In the
arnish room, on the fourth floor, and
sent out an alarm. When the tiremcr
responded the fire had crept VI an air
shaft into the rooms occupied by Au-
gustus Frank, a woodturner.
a line of hose was quickly run up the
stairs within the building. while II sec
ond was carried up n ladder outside.
on either side of the building are tall
tenement-houses. Fortunately, the fire
was at an hour when almost everybody
was up and about. Few people left the
tenements, contenting themselves with
Watching the work of the ~ire-fghtcrs
from the windows. The damage was
trifling.
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JACOBS'S BODY FOUND.
He Had Fallen from the Paddle.
Box of n F~crry-DOnt.

The body of Frank Jacobs, twenty
four years of age, was found drowned
at Clifton. S. L., this morning. He had
been at work on the Staten Island ferry
boat Middletown on Monday last, n
was supposed to have been painting one
of the wheels inside the paddle-boX. His
when mis- hat and coat were found near
the spot where he was last seen alive.
The water in the vicinity was dragged
with grapnels and the body hauled up.
1t Is said that two other men who
were at work or the Middletown on the
opposite paddle-wheel at the same time
narrowly escaped drowning.
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MURDERED SIXTY YEARS AGO.
PetriHed body of "a Woman De-
lieved to Disclose n Crime.

IBy NRsocIated Press,)
ST. LOUIS. May 30-The petrihed
body of a oma was found by hunters
near Walkerville, Ill. 1t was embedded
In lime stone and a small stream OF
water ran over It. Upon the forehead
Is a cash which indicates that the
woman was killed with n sharp instru-
ment. Mrs. Bridgewater, who lives Mt
Malkerville, avs that she recognizes
the body as that OF Mrs. Lovess. who
was her neighbor sixty years ago when
there were few settlers in that part of
Illinois.
She was a beautiful woman and one
of the land-seekers paid her "a great
deal OF attention. Her husband in a fit
OF jealous rage left her. and after his
departure their cabin caught fire and
was burned. 1t was thought until now
that MIS-. LONess WINS Cremnted.
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He Didn't Object.

UTWW NIHVTTVHH IHUUsITTVFT
But my dear SIR said the man who
procrastinates, eff l pay YOU his mon
ey. I will have to borrow 1t of some one
else"
Very we'll" replied the cold-blooded
citizen, " so long as you pay what you
W me. | don't object to you owing
what YOU pay me-
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4 Grent journal.

From the New York Weekly
Ragged Robert-This ole barn Is a COM
Portable enough place to spend Sunday.
IL we only had something to read.
Mouldy Mike-I had err chance ter steal
a Sunday paper half an hour ago."
"Why didn't yer?"
Carrying 1t was too much like work. -
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what Worried Him.

what do you think of the fruit crop
this year," SAT- the mar in the cars.
The fruit CROP" repeated the base
ball player whom he addressed. THAT
don't worry me. It's the terrible goose
that's on my mind"
The evening world., 1894-05-30

A Physician writes, 81 prescribe NIL.
every CASE Get the genuine. 1SJ Broadway.
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WHO IS ANYBODY

VIII celebrate Decoration Dave by a visit to the
RIVERSIDE the largest and finest Soda Foun-
tain In the world.
All the old Vets Gs we'll as the younger fry,
will try a luscious Flip. Frappe or Fruit Crush,
unless they prefer one OF the exclusive Rapid
Transit egg drinks, now all the 20 since their
first introduction by the most accomplished Soda
Water professional in the world. at
RIKER'S,
SIXTH AVENUE.
COR. 22D STREET.
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Business Notices.

The genuine Old Crow Rye has the word
HUS aud our name on the label, also our name on
side of cork and top OF capsule. II. h. Kirk a Co.
New York
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HIS NAME CLEARED
Memorial Dag Incident IN Which
Love Is o. Factor.

written for THE Evening world'' by Henry A.. payton)
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Dear Harry: My trial was hard for me "a b1Er
but to know that you are suffering IL a1III1
heavily TO my burden. I am ready 10 answer IA
question whiAh you have 80 often urged me - a..
testAin and It Is yes. Come to me Aoon.
And 0 know that man Is subssTsil11
to woman. .
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-31
ALTGELD'S FANCY.
He Believes the Hope of the Country is in
the Democratic Party.

He Believes the Hope of the Country i IN
the Democratic Party.
MATTOON ILL., Oct. 31"Altgeld ad 4
dressed 4 large meeting here tonight.
The most significant portion Of his ad-
dress was that in which he scored PresI-
dent Cleveland for his course dur
ing the great strike of last sum
sum. After discussing the relation
Of Repu bIican tariff laws to the panic
the governor said: ION the question of
our finances no relief can come to this
country until it is given by the Demo
cratic party. The democratic party will
meet the demands Of the country, even
though it has to do it without the aid OF
the president.
ssThe important question which
you must now consider is, from
which political party can you
probably get relief. You say
it was Democratic president
who sent the troops into Illinois
That is true: he was elected as a Demo
crat, but the Democratic party, as a
party, always has been and is today OPP
posed to that policy. while the Republl-
can party as party is a unit IN favor Of
it.
~Yoa saw the attorney general Of the
United State advised the bringing Of the
injunctions I have described that he is a
Democrat Well. that is true, but here
again the Republican party as unit sup
ports what he did The Democratic
party does not. on must not Judge
party bv what some man may do who is
accidently lifted into prominence and
power by it and then sets his heels upon
that which it has regarded as sacred.
Judas betrayed his master. but the world
did not therefore condemn all twelve of
the apostles.
THE world did not ject the examples
of the teachings Of the other eleven sim
ply because one Of the twelve had ac-
cepted thirty pieces of silver"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-31
NEWS OF KANSAS.
An Arlington Man Has Battle
With a Highwayman.
New York Children Sent to
Kansas for Homes.
OTHER STATE NEWS.
III. L. Smith of EmpOria Arrested
for EmbezZlement.
OTHER STATE NEWS.

HUTcHINsoN, Oct 3L-Word has just
reached here that barber named Lynch.
residing in Arlington, was driving home
from the country yesterday evening, just
after dark, and when near the city some
one arose from the side Of the road and
confronted him with revolver, demand
ing that he throw up his hands. The
barber replied he guessed he was mis-
taken, that it must be some one else he
wanted. The confronting party replied
that he was the man. and to throw up his
hands or he would blow his - brains
out
The barber reached for his revolver,
and at the same time the robber blazed
away with his gun, shooting a hole
through the BARRIERS hat and lifting a
lock or two of his hair from the scalp.
The barber was ready for action by that
time and opened a return fire. the first
shot bringing down the robber, who as he
fell shot again, the second shot taking
effect in Lynch's arm, who shot hurriedlv
a second time, and at the same time
whipped his horse into d run and was
soon in Arlington, where he gathered a
few friends with lanterns to 20 and find
the robber, but when they reached the
battle ground no trace Of him could be
found
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-31
INDICTED FOR EMBEzzLINo
H. /. smith Of Emporia Arrested by L. 5
Marshal Gray.

EaIPoRIA, Oct 31.-Deputy United
States Marshal Jim Gray Of To eka, came
to the city with warrant for the arrest
dicted by the United States grand jury.
upon charge of embezzling registered
packages in the United states mail The
warrant called for Smiths appearance at
the United States district court and the
bond for his appearance was placed at
$1,000. The amount could not be raised
taken to Topeka by Deputy Gray.
Upon January 20, 1894, Harry was ar
rested for opening packages in the En-
poria postotfice. but as nearly all the
money he had taken was recovered. he
was given a light sentence and after it
was served, was released The new
charge is said to have something to do
with the old charge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-31
MAYOR HOPKINS BITTER.
The Mayor of Chicago VIII Prosecute Re-
publican Chairman Tanner.

The Mayor of Chicago VIII Prosecute Re-
publican Chairman Tanner.
CHICAGO, Oct. 31-Mayor Hopkins to-
day went before the grand jury for the
purpose of securing an indictment
against Chairman John r. Tanner of the
Republican state central committee. The
mayor charges that Tanner circulated
cam paign literature containing charges
that he had levied blackmail on the vices
of the city.
Mayor Hopkins said today that he will
relentlessly prosecute the Republican
leader for criminal libel and said he had
no doubt that the grand jury would re-
turn an Indictment Chairman Tanner
in anticipation of arrest remained at Re-
publican headquarters with a bevy Of
bondsmen and attorneys ready to resist
any attempt to send him to jail.
After the mayor had laid his evidence
before the grand jury hot session fol-
lowed. resulting in the refusal Of the
jury to take any action in the matter.
Mayor Hopkins then went before the
justice of the peace to swear out war
rant for Tanners arrest.