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STREETS IN FOUL CONDITION.
Melting of the Snow Reveals Heaps
of Fcyer-Brcedfng Refuse.

ile mild weather OF the last two days
has exposed the foul condition OF the
streets on the east side. Snow and ice
have been conceallng dirt md pestilence.
Inc rain washed away the snow and Ice,
but left the fostering filth embedded in
the cutters and the pavements.
Not In one or two or three streets Is
this the case. 1t Is the general condition
of nearly all the streets on the cast side
from Catharine up to Tenth street and
In many streets above that.
HI streets were never In such a
nasty. fever-breeding state in the worst
as the warn weather sets In and the
rays of the sun begin to hatch the germs
OF uisease the danger to health In the
CroVn.u enemcnt-hous districts will he
far greater than the smallpox and
typhus fever epidemic last year.
The Street-cleaning Department under
Andrews IL generally demoruliZed. Dis
cipline IL inX. Every lahorer appears to
be ms own foreman, every foreman his
own superintendent, and the superinten-
d~ents-well. they wear fine uniforms and
ride in bugIies provided by the CITY.
The utter lack Of management IN re-
moving the snow which fell recently
has DEMONSTRATED the actur-lawycr's in.
ability rs "A practical street cleaner. The
task was too much fer him. There was
no system about loading and unloading
the snow, and In many instances the
drivers carted the snow from one street
to dump 1t in another, SO that the city
had T. pay twic" for taking II away.
And now that the snow Is gone the
pavement3 appear as II witness OF the
Street l"aniuE commissioners neglect
and inCOnp,t enCy.
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Of the slaye system has been asked again
and again, Employment agents. as the
padrones sre, with greater powers than
were even conferred upon any employ
ment agent, with authority, as 1t seems.
to dispense the patronage Of some OF the
departments. to put men upon the pay
roll sofFthe City Government. to demand
q fee for doing so, an to rob the Ia
borer Of hah. Iris earnings, as well as
to receive, other blood-money. 1t Is gen.
orally believed that they must return
some. equivalent to the political bosses
who shower these favors upon them.
Tat. the padrones do not enjoy the
fruits of all the blood money is conceded.
But outside of the bribery aspect of the
case there Is mother which serves to
hniirfy the will Of, the honest American
THE :padrones are not licensed. They
pay mo money into the city treasury.
ana yet they have the power to make
appointments. Why?
because thousands OF Italians are held
In tHerfdom TO these same %padrones. Liv-
ing as 1t were only to do their masters
btoding, permitted to exist, and nothing
morerffhey are driven to the polls on
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comi Q 81 on Or Of Street Gle Ing.

missioner Andrews's first letter and last
evening the padrones had made HIS
power felt. The Commissioned weakened.
the Benevolent Society which has the
interest of the laborer at heart. was cast
aside II the padrones allowed to con-
tinue their policy OF bluckmail II In
fanny.
Commissioner Andrews stands In a pc
culiar position to-day. which he Will
thoroughly understand some time this
afternoon. when the Rev. Father Ban
DIM and others OF the 81. Raphael So
ciety call and tell him just they
think OF him. The Rev. Father win ask
h Andrews meant by writing one
thing, and doing the reverse; why he
said he would employ all the men the
Society sent him, and then turning
round and employing the ~padrones' crea-
lures instead.
Another explanation Is requested from
the Commissioned on account OF u letter
which he wrote on Feb. . last. to Mr..
Edward Romme. Of III Mulberry street,
Mr.. Eomme IL recognized as an honest
man. He has now charge of several
large contracts and constantly employs
several hundred men. He pays fun
wages and does not resort to any of the
padrone tricks 10 rob the men.
Until recently he had I 400 men EN-
ployed in some iron mines. The mines
did not pay. and Romme came back IL
this city with the men. Anxious to So.
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election day to vote Just ii the slave
dr,Ners order.
They know nothing Of the candidates.
and; on account Of, the lives which they
in order to provide the dry bread for
their families, they must do ns their
employer demands, and cast the ballot
THAT, in a nutshell. is the story Of
the %padrone,s power. II explains IN
N;ew York. and the fact that, in spite
pernicious system. Street.C Cleaning Com
missioner Andrews and other hends of
departments dare. not shut them OF.
ton day by the Italian lnborer for
Tammany candidates Is the chief equiva-
lent paid for the patronage and the In
fuence welded by the %padrones.
that the men who help. them rob their
| poor countrymep should be retained in
office. IL Is no. in the power OF the
aissG to do DO Otherwise han vote honoo a.
upon his masters good will.
No one knows and understands that
power better than STRENGTHENING Com
be that he had decided n few days ngo.
when he wrote that letter to Rev. Father
Bandlni. OF st; Raphaers Italian ,Benevo-
lent Society. to cast of the politicians;
to Dust the padrones and to see that poor
laborers received the full benefit OF all
that the law allowed.
II the Commissioner did resolve upon
such n course It IL certain that he
| quickly changed his mind. for his
actions since thea prove he Is doing the
opposite thing.
In that letter he said he would en-
ploy %padrones no more, and hereafter
he would Look to Rev. Father Bnndini
for a. the help needed. He did. in fact.
actually employ 200 laborers through the
Society on Monday night. one OF them
being. supplied by Nincenzo Pulambo,
OF ln Mott street, and he put ninety
six men to work last night. That was
all.
During the same period. whether act.
Ing under orders or otherwise, he went
to the p%udrones again. and while only
nlnety-six men were put to work last
night at the fun rate OF $3.50 per day.
several hundred men. hired by the pa
cleaning the streets.
J In the interval of the writing of Com
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that the latter were enabled TO give
bread to their families. he asked Com
missioner Andrews To. give thetn some
reply to his FIRST letter. Their he wrote
again and again, until finally, on Feb,
9. he received a reply, OF which the ac-
complaining Is a fac-simile:
To understand the STRENGTHENING
Commissioners position It IL but neccS-
snrv to state that n few days afterwards
he wrote 10 Rev. Father Bandini stating
fact that he could obtain men 10y any
other means thar through tn pldrones.
lie wrote that letter to the clergyman nj
tho time he. had Ronme,a Letter before
him. In reply to which he had stated
that he had more men than he needed.
Romme. however. was not a padrone,
He had no influence and his men did not
procure employ ment.
with reference to the Committee which
the Legislature intends sending down
here TO investigate the rndrone system;
Rev. Father Bandini said this morning
that he would do all IN his, power to
help the Committee In Its task.
Il have" he said. taken on my coat
and Will stop at nothing until this fight
Is over. ! am not against any man or
men, nor have I named any one Of these
so-callcd padrones. what our Society Is
fighting Is the system which robs my I'M
fortunate CountrymCn OF their earnings.
1t is hard for the outside world TO under
stand how our people suffer under the
system. II the Committee wants to Ret
TO the bottom of It all | have no doubt
that we can give II all the proof
necessary.
What we wlht Il legislation. 1t
must he made n crime for these people
the p~adroncs-to exact blood money.
They must be sent Ia prison If they
persist In H.. We want our people 10
enjoy the full benefits OF his Constitu-
ton. We wan them to b." free"
The fact that men are led like sheep to
the polls on election day IL only one
phase OF the ballot-box owl. II IL also
, true that fun citizenship papers are
! given to mcn who are only n week or no
In the city. The victims not only have
to pay $40 or $50 for the papers. but have
to vote upon them as directed by the
padroncs.
Ir that respect the Contract Labor law
Is being violated: the hailot-box IL being
outraged, and in Other ways the laws
of the state are being violated.
Men are keeping lodging-houses to-day
in the Italian quarter who are not citi-
zens. although the law says they must
be-.
The st. Raphael Society, OF which Rev
Father Bandini IL Secretary, will hold
an important meeting on Friday night
The plan OF campaign to fight thu
nadrone will then he decided upon. a
labor branch of tho Society Will also be
| opened In the centre Of the Italian col
ony. so that MIR. Andrews will have No
ploy the Society's men.
Among those who have slgnined theiI
Intention of being present are Gen. Ed
ward Ferrcro j. Cavagnero. y. Pia. A. e
Franzlola, LID. Il. B~acigalupo and tn,
Rev. Father Banllni.
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STUDENT OUTRACEs.
Cornell University Disgraced by
Its Under Classmen.
Practical Murder Results from the
Franks Of Sophomores.
Chlorine Gas at a Freshman Banquet
Talk of Lynching.

ITHACA, Feb. 2l.-This little city Is
In n state OF intense excitement over
outrages committed last night by the
Sophomores OF Cornell University, In the
effort to prevent the banquet of the
Freshmen. The death of Miss Jackson,
a colored woman who acted as cook for
the students, was one result of the dis
graceful proceedings.
Indignation reached such n pitch that
lynching was talked OF ut one time.
The Freshmen banquet was appointed
to occur ut the old Masonic Hall on
Tioga street. For a week previous the
under clasgmen had been at swords
points. Numerous Ea2lngs had occurred.
and more than once had the spirit of
class rivalry outreached its proper
bounds. on one occasion n Sophomore
attacked by n crowd Of Freshmen, drew
n revolver and snapped the trigger. but
found that the weapon was empty.
The city officials, recognizing approach
Ing trouble, triplcd the regular police
force on the banquet night and added n
large number of specials. This Fresh
men c~ongregated on the campus and
started down Che hill to have their feast.
When they reached the hall where they
were to holl their banquet, they were
met by four or 1--WE hundred sophomores,
"townies'' and Seniors, who proceeded to
prevent tier entrance 10 the building.
Potatoes. eggs. stones and what not
flew fast and thick. In the melee two
of the ru5hcrs were seized by the police
men and quickly dragged to the station,
/ where they were locked up. While the
multitude was following the officers.
trying to effect the escape of the prison
ers, the Freshmen quietly stole M the
stairs and held their spread. after which
they INDUCED In toasts and college songs
Later the Sophomorcs committed n
dastardly trick on the Freshmen. NoX-
ious odors filed the air and the hall was
emD.ied. Several men were carried from
the building insens!ble. The Freshmen
announced that their enemies had gen.
Grated chlorine gas about the hall.
A corps of physicians was summoned
Prompt efforts were made to resuscitate
the a%spnyxiated students by the appli.
cation of ammonia and stimulants. Thu
Freshmen were wild with rage.
The police took possession of the hall
and ransacked the corridors and side
rooms to find the source of the gas.
Miss Jackson was among those taker
from the hall insensib,e. and she died al
1890 this morning. The doctors say
that she had been subject to hear
trouble and weak lungs.
1t was discovered that the Sophomore:
obtained possession OF a side room anG
placed a generator of the deadly gas
there. connecting II with the banquet
nall by means Of rubber tubes.
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STEAMER USES OIL FOR FUEL
The Dnku Standard Held Fourteen
Hours by nm Ice FlOc.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 81. - After a
passage of great severity occupying
thirty days the British tank steam
cr Baku Standard, capt. Brown, arrived
at Point Freeze yesterday. She was
propelled across the ocean by steam
generated by the use OF oil instead of
coal. and the undertaking was a perfect
success.
on Feb. 2. in latitude 47.2O. longitude
20. at midnight she became fast in
a heavy Hoe ice and was held captive
among icebergs for fourteen hours. Tn
thermometer during he time she was
caught In the ice registered 20 degrees
below zero. and all hands suffered In
t-uselv from the cold. Spirit compaSsea
and oil in the pinnacle lamps fro.e.
The evening world., 1894-02-21
Model of u S"cnogrnph.

Edward J. Austin, " Cyclorama fame, has
u model for a s,cnorraph ~ the
Worlds Fair grounds and buildings that Is about
to be built for exhibition In London. There viii
b. u private view OF the model at i2j East TWEEN
ty-thirl street on Thursday evening. The pro-
posed srcnoErlph will be GO feet high. OF semi
~clliptlCal form, with a major axis OF 200 feet.
The evening world., 1894-02-21
WORLDS FAIR FINANCES.
\ Dividend of $1,lH4,S SALSA May
10 Paid Stockholders.
nv AsEocInted Presrl

CHICAGO. Feb. H.-According to Act
ing Auditor harrington, the Worlds
Fair directory win have $l.424, Sll.S 81
which can be applied to a stock dividend
when the eNpoSition's liabilities. actual
ant estimated. are deducted from the as
sets.
pe%nditures M to Jan. 81, 1894. We're
s26. 925, $50. 30, and the total receipts Were
SOS, td5, i57. SO. leaving a balance on the
right side OF the ledger OF I,539. i6S. Oh,
But from this balance the estimated net
liabilities OF s97, 992.97 were deducted.
leaving the net balance, which will
probably be returned to the stockholders.
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MORE HUMMiNG WHEELS.
Industry ReviNlnE In Many Con
neciirut Towns.

Wy NNNOTTdTtW TTTTNT
HARTFORD, Conn, Feb. 1.-The re-"
Anchor Mill. in Windsor Locks, started
to-day manufacturing tissue paper. and
giving employment to about 100 hands.
The rorrington factories have al!
started IN full time, including the Coc
Brass Mill: Turner & seymour, hard
ware manufacturers: the Union Hard
ware Company and [. l~iotchkiss,
Brothers & Co.
The Hame factory In Plainville is run
ning niShts.
In Wilimantic the Windham Cotton
Min and the A. q. Turner silk Mil have
both resumed work on full time.
The evening world., 1894-02-21
Hall Of the J. r. Hogan Association

TIE John y, Hogan Association viii civ. its
Grand annual bail to. morrow night at Nilsson
Hall. ti:S.iN East Fifteenth street, and II is
believed that II will eclipse all previous affairs
Given By this Club. Each lady will be presented
With . fancy tttsr, Of dancing. The Otnrsrs are
:. slxEin. Prssidehtt y Mcclure. yiee-Prsslden,
N. Lyons, IrSg1utsr ,, Pollock. Financial seere.
t.ry: p. MeNcAsn. corrsspondlng Secretary; Z.
shea. sersgantst.Arns: g, o'Brisn, Floor Man
sSsr; u 1ossfsD. AsaistAnt Floor Manager.
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by Associated Press.

y. Y. Feb. 81 Thomas Walton, a
farm hand. living near this city, has Just fallen
heir to a fortune o, SIZE, 600 through the death OF
A brother in San Francisco. llo has started II
secure his heritage. and on his return will wed
a yourg woman NJ FOrcstynlc,
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ANDREWS IS IN
...o,ThEIR POWER.
xsfslya .Puppet in the Hands
Of a Big Tammany.
Padrone Combine.
Bt9BrRBNEYFOR THE VOTES
Slave Drivers Look After the
Ballots, Andrews Gives Work
sF y to the Victims.
COMMISSIONER, EXPLAIN THIS.
I.'.,s.H -. 80.
~, IN .:--
xeu.sWrots One Thing to Father
q. ~ andinis and Another to
,,.m " Mr.. fomme.
COMMISSIONER, EXPLAIN THIS.

tnts r.'-Ats 49,
what the padrone pays for the privi-
Iekest which he enjoys at the hands of
ths city, ,debsrtmen. oficiais is a ques-
tlcns' Which ever since ..The Evening
world started out to expose tho evils
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REDEMPTION OF CERTIFICATES,

The PROM continuous payment OF the
monthly int = ments for Il period not exceeding
sNty months viii entitls the holder TO receive
from the Compan". In cash, 4 sum not TO exceed
s5O0-the face value OF the ccrtihcate-provlded
the earnings OF the Company have been %suth'ient
To warrant the redemption. II a sum not sufficient
ut thi. time has been earned. the holder will not
he required to make any further payments, and
redemption will follow as soon AS the prchts
have made II worth its face value.
Financiers. bankers n Wall street
operators will be astonished at this re.
markable proposition. After paying $40
registration fee and s. every month for
Ave years you will receive $500 II the
Company has earned that much. II not,
YOU ,Yeed make no more monthly pay
The
msnt plan ot Mcssrs, Clarke * Johnson
OF sc West One Hundred and Twenty
NTH street. Is relegated to the rear by
this new $40 and s. payment scheme:
The iInosentb one simply pays over ST.
Evidently 3the Commercial Loan ant
Trust Company intends to extend IL
operations to the rural districts, for u
has just sent out through. a P~hiladclphia
advertising agency IN advertisement Il
he inserted In country newspapers
which reads as follows:
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AMEs n. TAYLOR, President vsssar College, Hw York: I'VE have
found THE WORLD ALMANAC q usehui book"
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". WILSON, Deputy Commissioner Of Internal Revenue, wnshinCt
DC: at is the most valuable Of Gle equipments that know a."
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THE METHOD.

In order TO he entitled to discount. You must
hrst purrhase ono or more Of the accumulatiNe
Investment certiRcAtes, and pay u registration Zee
OF SO. and continue thereafter to pay monthly In
staln-uts OF Is on each certificate for Sixty
months. Purchasers Immediately upon securing
certificate. will be entitled TO apply for u dis
count. and may become q borrower, Interest OF
= per cent, annually Will be %"harged. to he deduct
ed when the note Is discounted.
Then follows one OF the most remark-
able paragraphs ever put In cold type
hy any corporation, financial or other
wise.
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MONEY TO LOAN.

Responsible parties desiring money may barrow
It uron note for any pnrHoS' 'uek SS tn'eti7S bus
inets, Increasing present business. to paw on ohli-
gati0n. To buy homes or for building purposes,
10 h, returned In monthly payments six per
cent. annually. For fun particulars address The
Commercial Trust Co. 1880 Arch street. PhtlAtel'
Pits
II wiz bs. observed that the word
loan" has.$sen omitted from the title
of the Company In this most recent and
c%nticinG advertisement. II is now sim
ply THE Commercial Trust Comrany."
Evidently since The Evening World"
changed its title. but has also a~bardonei
the weekly. pap mcnt scheme ard adopted
1t 5 tpfNe hoFsA that the State Bank
EX5 minar Will hasten his Investigation OF
the concern. and that the Dis,rict-At-
torney and Grand Jury will act
pTonlptly.
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". T. HARRIS, United States Commissioner Of Edueatol
D. c.: As a book Of ready ~reennne I consider your A
passed"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-15
THE WORM TURNS.
4 MuGyyump Organ Resents Clevc.
lands Snubs and Talks "Sassy."
New York Evening Post.

New York Evening Post.
We should like to stop here, but it is
due 10 the history of time to say that
the President has done little or nothing
either 10 disarm hostility or TO increase
the number of his friends. He is not
magnetic" and If we said he had winning
manners we should depart widely from the
truth Ever since he came into Office he
has almOt studiously ignored his chief
supporters of 1884, 1888 and 1892 He has
not sought their counsel and has apparent
~ tried to forget that they ever served
him His illusions 10 the civil-Service re-
formers in his message to Congress and
in his letter to Mr. Van Allen were very
unfortunate, coming from gentleman who
owed them much. The notion which at
times has seemed to possess him that ne
could in any way consistent with his char
acter and principles conciliate his enemies
in a gentleman who had lived among them
so long. Either he or they would have to
undergo a complete change of heart in
order TO live together in amity or work
i'm concert. y very small experience of
them, together with a very small modicum
of worldly wisdom, would seem 10 have
prescribed TO him, when he took Office, the
Tropriety of fostering the devotion OF those
who compelled his nomination and secured
mis- election. They were what is best in
the Democratic party as we'll as in this
give the Democratic party any future after
Mr.. CleVeiand's career is closed. The no
ton that Hill and Murphy and their Kind
can ever commend that party to national
favor or acceptance IS surely a great hal
lucinatiOn. II must live, ii it is to live,
by the presence In Ii Of such men as Mr.
Cleveland and his anti-snappers
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-15
TURPIE CRITICISED.
The Senator's Speech on the Haw allan
Question Dissected.
New York Recorder.

new 1OTh INtCOfutI
Senator Turpie, in opposing the annexa-
ton of the Sandwich Islands and favoring
a policy of non-intervention, made, as he
thought, strong point when he SAID:
Foreign governments have shown no de-
sire at any time TO acquire the sovereignty
of the islands with all it's responsibilities"
The Indiana statesman puts too much col
orfng matter into his historical decoction.
If foreign powers have not openly shown
a desire to obtain sovereignty over the ISL
ands ii was not because they did not care to
assume it, but because they knew it
could not be done, or even attempted, with
out arouS1ng a very vigorous protest on the
governments than one have been anxious to
obtain a foothold there, and the coyetous
Hawaii; but the firm attitude of the Amer
lean people, Notwithstanding what the pres
ent administration has done, warns them
that their interference would not be toler-
eted Nearly alI the Intelligence and prog
reSs of the islands are American. Ameri-
cans won the country from savagery to
civilization. Americans own most of the
property there, and have long ruled in its
affairs.
In deprecating annexation Senator Turpie
exclaims in top-lofty style: THE anneNa-
ton of one nationality destroys the nation
ality of that annexed. The extinction of
nationality is a misfortune, thing TO be
deplored. The extinction of Poland, though
long ago accomplished, is still keenly felt
and regretted" The comparison Of the
heather, Semi-barbarouS nationality of the
Sandwich Islands with that of the ancient
kingdom of Poland is one of the most
grOtesque ever made in the Senate of the
United States. The descendants of the saw
ages who ate Captain Cook and the de-
scendants of the noble race that broke the
Moslem power under the walls of Vienna
placed on the same level-Russia never Of
fered a grosSer insult TO unhappy Poland.
Practically however all that IS worthy
the name of "nationality' in the Sandwich
Islands is American. Americans and their
descendants control the present provisional
government, il Willis has not overthrow
1t. Honolulu was described more than thir-
" years ago as Il New England village in
the middle Of the Pacific ocean and 1t is
to-day a thoroughly American city. Hawaii
is TO all intents and purposes, an American
colony, ana it's annexation Will come as
soon as we get rid OF the Turpie brand of
craftsmanship which will not take many
wears.