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The evening world., 1894-04-20
THAT QUEER AUCTION.
Commissioner DAILY Says 1t
Really Took Place.
Philip ]. Smith Bought Paving
Blocks "in a Minute"
Ho Is an Agent for Tammnny
Contractors.

Commissioner ~ Public Works Mlchne el
r. DAILY to-day told his side OF that mys-
terious sale OF 5S2,0O paving blocks
told about in "The World" this morn
ing. a World" reporter started out
yesterday morning to attend the sale,
which was advertised to take place at
ll.30 o'clock at Burling slip and South
street, under the direction of Auctioneer
Peter f. Meyer, Richard Croker's part
ner In the real estate business.
The reporter found the paving blocks.
They compose the pavement on South
street between Whitehall and Corlears
streets. and are to be taken UP so that
n new pavement can be- laid There was
no sign OF an auction sale, however. but
at Meyers office 1t was said that 1t took
place Just the same and that a big crowd
was there.
The successful buyer was reported to
he Philip J. Smith. and his bid was
$3.50 per thousand blocks. Smith Is
said to represent Tammany contractors.
uld paving stones are worth more
with n pull" who might dispose OF
them again as new after having them
retouched. they may prove valuable
bargain.
Il have made inquiry. said Commits
sloner Daly, "and / find that the sale
did take place on the advertised spot
in the presence of Water PurveyOr Maur-
ice Featherson, OF this Department. :!
suppose Smith was the only bidder, and
there was no crowd. The whole thing
was done In minute
"How about the big crowd Auctioneer
Meyers man speaks OFF,
Il am not responsible for what others
say. The man may not have known
what he was talking about. You haven't
heard of any other bidder. have you?
The sale was advertised in the regular
way. and II any one else wanted paw
ing blocks they would have been on
the spot.
Evidently no one else wanted them.
That accounts for the low bid. Two
dollars and fifty cents per thousand
is less than we have been getting.
There appears to be no demand for old
paving-stones. They are sold by con-
, tractors to country towns to be broken
up for country roads.
when they were building roads In
Mount Vernon and New Rochelle. we
got more money for old stones"
MIR. DAILY said the ID that the old
blocks could be resod to the city was
rubbish" He thought Tammany de-
served credit instead OF censure for
turning the old paving-stones into
money for the city. There was no record
that any money was received for old
stones prior to the administration OF
! Thomas +. Gilroy.
The evening world., 1894-04-20
MARK TWAIN'S" AFFAIRS.
There 10 a Chance that Webster q
Co. Mny Continue.

Bainbrdge Colby. the assignee Of Mark
Twains publishing house, Charles l..
Webster & Co., said this morning that
the books OF the firm had not yet been
made UP, and that it would probably be
two or three days before an accurate
statement Of the firms liabilities and as
sets would be given out.
At rough estimate. Mr.. Colby said,
the Liabilities Will not exceed SSU,OO0. and
the assets Will be nearly equal. He said
that there Is strong probability that
the creditors Will agree to arrangements
permitting the firm to resume business.
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that a similar condition exists In the
Dock DEPARTMENT.

that a similar condition exists In the
Dock Department.
Every one Of these men is supposed
to be an American citizen. and before
being put TO work he Is sworn. The
Evening World" has already demonstrate
ell how Italians, a few months or days
In the country. are able to procure citl-
zcnship papers upon perJured evidence.
With these certlncatos OF citizenship
they are put to work In the Department, !,
the padrone iirst receiving his blood
money.
citizens can he found around the office
Of the Street Cleaning commiSsioner
every day looking for employment. many
cannot obtain it. Right in their pres;
ence. however. Italians come nlong and
are put to work.
1t is also charged that many Italians
are at work in the Department under
Irish or American names. When APP
pointed they CC";: not spenk the Eng
lish language. They were not citizens.
but passed the official examination on
rams. In some cases II IL charged these
Italians. led into the Office by .som"
padrone were able to produce discharge
papers from the Union Army. on these
papers. although not being able to speak
word of English. they were put to
work
its possession an affidavit made by a
veteran OF the late war. who at one
time worked in the Street Cleaning de-
pnrtment He swcars that on one Oc-
casion while in the Street-Cleaning
Commissioner office, five Italians, re-
cent arrivals. entered. They could not
respond to the usual questions, hut pro-
duCed regular discharges from the army
showing that they had fought In the
war.
The veteran who makes the affidavit
saw all this and his blood fairly boiled.
Turning to one Of the Italians he said.
IF you say YOU fought with me in
the war I'll kill YOU Oct out!'
He then described how hr chased the
man out of the commissioners office
The evening world., 1894-04-20
Isabella Hamilton believed Insane

Isabella Hamilton. forty years old. OF A2
State street, Brooklyn. will be examined In
Bellevue Hospital to-day as to her mental con-
dtion. Last night In Madison Square she har-
rangued crowd on the subject OF widowhood.
Park Policeman Coburg requested her to move on
and she attacked him In a lively manner with
her umbrella. lie arrested her and later took her
to tho bellevue Insane Pavilion.
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and followed him in his anger for
several blocks.
But" he concluded. IT saw the man
In uniform three days later, with IA
broom in his hand"
This particular scene has reference 10
the time when Thomas 3. Brennan was
Commissioner. II Is charged, however,
that the same thing In going on to-day.
The evening world., 1894-04-20
LADIES' HOSIERY.

Ladies' Hermsdorf Black Cotton Hosal
absolutely fast dye, extra supernnes
forty gauge. spliced heel and too.
with g. beautiful souvenir. Or
pair ''........... ............... seS
The same Hose as above in a two-tons
all the latest shades, black boos
patterns. with souvenir, Or
palr .............. ............... - ~
600 pairs Ladies' Ribbed Hose In two
tone style, some with black and brown
boot pattern. new shades Of colored
tops, rare bargain. all day 4 o.
d'' pair .......................
Ladies' Hermsdorf Black Cotton Hoss
opera length. double heel and toe. reg
ular price 50c.; sale price. all Q0
DAY. .......................s
Children's Fast-Black Hose, Derby rp
sizes to. SIP, regular 19c ~
quality; sale price. ...............'
5000 doz. children's and misses Nh
Ribbed Vests, all day at........ ~
Ladies' Ribbed Vests. shaped OK
bodies, Maco yarn; special at.
Ladies' Vests. shaped bodies. V ~
'front.' at.........
100 dozen Ladies' soc. Fancy Riope
Vests. v neck silk stitched, with SIN
ribbons In neck and arms; colon
ecru, sky, old rose, pink, ~
heliotrope, blue and white. at. .
Ladies' Lisle Thread Vests.
absolutely fast black; ex-
qulsitely finished hand zH
| crochet fronts. each at.... 80
Ladies' Spun Silk Vests.
cream, sky. pink and 69
black. each at.............. 49,
Ladies' Blue Silk Gloria
Umbrellas. "a and 26 In.
with Dresden and natural dS
| handles. Until sold at....
The evening world., 1894-04-20
Cable Car Collision Was Fatal.

Zachus C. Wells. who sustained q fracture OF
the skull by being knocked from the rear steps
Of his ice wagon by q broadway cable car at the
corner OF Fifty second street and Seventh avenue
on Wednesday. died at the Roosevelt Hospital
yesterday jeremiah Dalton. the gripman. was
held for examination.
The evening world., 1894-04-20
LIQUOR SALESMAN ACCUSED.
Vice Charged with Collecting and
Keeping $500.

Theodore Vice, salesman. thirty
years old, Of 203 West Ninety-fifth
street, was held in $1,000 bail for exam
ination In the Harlem Police Court this
morning on a charge Of the larceny Of
s16S. Max Stern, a wholesale liquor
dealer at so Water street. and Patrick
Flanagan, a saloon-keeper at 10 Law
renee street. were the complainants.
Vice had been salesman for Mr.. Stern
and, the latter alleges, has collected
about $500 without authority and has
failed to turn in the money. He is ac-
cused Of collecting s16S Of this from
Flanagan.
Vice had been selling liquors on COM
mission and he had made as high as $St
a week. 1t is said that he has been bet.
ting on the New Orleans horse races.
The evening world., 1894-04-20

Mira wINsLOw's = SOOTHING SYRUP for chtldreI
teet hing softens the gums and aays all pain. 25c
The evening world., 1894-04-20

Flint's Fine Furniture.
The best furniture for the least money at
FfIST's l4th ST. and 9th ave -
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-25
DANES IN NEW YORK,
Their Sunber Is Small aHd They Are
Noted for Their Observance OF the Law.

Their Number Is small aHd They Ara
Noted for Their Observance OF the Law.
In his speech OF presentation at the unwilling
ofths rhorgaldsen static In this city, last sun
day, George ErkeGasrd said:
"ln this country we Danes do not number
many compared with other nations, but al
though few in number we are not less interested
in the welfare "a this our adopted home"
Both stateme ats arc accurate. The Danes in
the United sta as are not numerous; and they
are marked In their serupulous obedience to the
laws and their patriotic discharge of all the
duties If citizen hip. There were, according 10
the last Federal census l32,O 900 natives of Den
mark in the United States. The great majority
of these are In La taladl IA the agricultural ds=
triets 81 the Northwest. aud very few, relatively.
in the Ing cities, There are only 800 Danes in
New York city, 1000 In Chicago, 1000 IN
brooklyn. l,7o0 in sap Francisco, ard I.5OO
each in Minneapolis and 81. Paul. The AIacri-
can CITY which has Ia proportion TO its total pnn-
ulatluil III" largest nun Der OF Danish inhani-
tants u Omaha. which ca1tains $500 Danes out
Of tot ! foreign Inpnlauo on OF 10000
Thn u neS ia Ne" ,Nork city are, as a rule,
number o. Lance arrested in this city was 1888
in lS9. I'D iEi IN 1898. hNIL these figures would
be mtsleaGia- II no. W''rEI anted by the state
mCut thss = majority OF tie prisoners were not
Tarily in Sew York. Though the number of dan
tsh Inha IaHtA ~ New EUrk city Is VERY small.
New NOrA docs .uipC "a Largo tradC will Den-
marx, AMI it, volume Is lJely Ia be largely
increesed now that Copenhagen has become a
Tree port. The Copenhagen steamers brought TO
this haTbT las. y0tr 1000 passengers aud the
value OF AJnert al exports shipped " Denmark
amounted " Sa.4o0.OO0.
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MUSIC.
The Wall or = Professor Who Declares
thHt LearainS Is = Lost Art.

What for l look blue 2" said the Professor.
81 will tell YOU. look blue because my beeze-
ness is ~being-what you call him 2-keeked out.
Noah, yes-knOcked out by the maker OF
those stupid idiot mechsnique instruments OF
music. There Is no longer any need to learn
the piano. for, see, all you do now Ia
bring in the telegraphique wires from the
street and the piano will play itself.
Organ-no. Buy some rolls OF paPnire
and put him in the organ aud turn the crank.
go, and out will come anything you wish from
Strauss 10 CheTubini. Mandolin no. For some
much too clever Yankee has make another some
thing which you shall button TO the piano. and
there, my faith. you have your mandolin.
Zither-no. For there are the zithers now that
you play with "A siCck. Chord OF h, press this
steek. Chord III r., press that steek, and so on.
There Is no more need To learn anything.
"Mademoiselle say 10 ne, All, Professor. wiz
snould / practise any more Mees = an
-. who neVsiTe took the lessl IN In her lfe, his
an elrctrique piano which caa play everything
as well as you do when she pres a leedle but
tnn' Aud | say, Why, ineeud = Then ma
dame say 10 me Al. Professor, / shall gsrvC up
piano aud make Il play like the mandolin wccih
two hrgers. And | say, All, sOf Then mon
sieur say, Professor, ] guess ! give up ,Ac Cggan
thees winter aud buy one OF those w~indyphones,
like Billee SwestEeT have, where ali ynu have %
do Is to move the feet, and the mEsi4ue come
on loes! as good as you play and say, Was
And I; ees SO. The ~mechaniluo music have
knocked me out, There - no heart any more "a
learn Ahything hat taSe time and patience when
ynhrah nave all HE good music that you Ike 10y
pressing the leedlo hutton Eua moving the feet.
~ eos rot tbs music OF the soul. 10 he sure: may
be Il ees not tho music OF he expression: may bs
II ees not music at all. Bar who cares Al
You want Is the tunC, Just like the organ man
shu piano woman on the street, Artce~t 10
dam. NlNo Ia meChnniCue! l am going home
70 invgnt a Violin slectrinue aid an autnInatigus
nute that you shall play with the knees'
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LUTHERAN CHURCHEs OFF, CITY.
There Are Twenty-six or Them Situated
Mostly Outside OF German Districts.

~ vi hfN hAhbt
Mostly Outside OF German Districts.
There are twenty-six Lutheran churches in
New York city and a peculiar thing about them
is that they are, for the most part. remote from
the centres OF the German-speaking population,
and In parts OF the town where Lutherans are
least numerous. On the whole east side below
Fourteenth street, for instance, with a teeming
German population, there are only three
Lutheran churches In Avenue Is, another
In Sixth street, and the third in Hroome
street. On the other hand, there are
three Lutheran churches pretty close together
on the English-speaking west side-St. Paul's
on the southeast corner OF sixth avenue and
Fifteenth street; Holy Trinity, in Twenty-nrst
street near sixth avenue, and st. Johns. in
christopher street near Blocker, Further
across town, near the Twenty-frst street line, is
the Church OF GustAvus Adolphus in Twenty
second street near Third avenue.
A new Lutheran church II about 10 be estab-
lished ON the upper west side between Seventy
second and Sinety-sixth streets. To this end
subscriptions are being solicited by a committee
Spn Spesead py si IGe BsaSs'S viii ana be- n Pn Z ,sT 9 sSbseTIl !.
tions will not be binding until the sum OF $50
900 shall have been Pledged. The plan tsto Sc
chapel in which services can be held, leaving
thu erection Of Tire church 4Ase-tSalEn atl
after the establishment of the congregation
Twenty-dye years ago there were fifteen Luth-
eraR churches in New York city valued atS730-
600, and having a seating capacity Of $500.
Now there are twenty-six valued az 81, 600
with a seating capacity of about $4,000. There
are more than 100 900 LutheTans. protested or
nominal in this CITY.
The part OF town-the West Riverside section
where the Holy Trinity congregation 81 West
Twenty-hrst street, the richest in town. is 10
establish a new church, Is rapidly becoming
noted as tue section Of churches. Not oBly is
the new Episcopal Cathedral OF ST. John the
Divine, 90 stand here, but other churches are
being added to the list from time 20 time. There
are now thirty churches In the territory between
West tinY-ninth street aud Spuyten Duyvil.
some ~ them are OF great architectural feauty,
The Paulist Church at Fitty-ninth street and
Ninth avenue, officially valued at 1928 .OOn; -.
Miehsel's Episcopal Church, Amsterdam
avenue ana Ninety-ninth street. and the Nest
End Presbyterian Church, lO5lh street and
Amsterdam avenue, arr among these
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-25
TIE suooEsrrBILrrY or CHILDREN.

These are the average results for large num-
bers OF children; Many young people, however,
were so susceptible that our set of middle-sized
blocks did not range far enough 10 suit them.
At the age OF z years "a per cent. of the children
declared that the large block was lighter than
the lightest block, and that the small block was
heavier than the heaviest. The actual differ
effect OF suggestion was more than the weight
OF the suggesting blocks ID and Il.
Thus We have gathered a few facts on the
sugRestibility of children The full Significance
OF suggestibility is apparent when we remember
that teaching. preaching, acting, public speak
ing, and pleading are forms of suggesting. The
freaks OF hypnotism are performed by sugges-
ton. The faith cures and the miraculous effects
OF the Grotto of Lourdes are benevolent sugges-
tons. The ceremonials OF our churches are sug-
~Restions bringing us into "A religious frame of
mind; The manipulations OF the spiritualists
and the monotonOus blackness OF a funeral are
AZ forms OF suggestion. How shall We develop
well balanced in respect To suggestion? Is this
not as important a task as learning to do per-
centage or 10 parse n sentence2 Here Is q field
where the educator must dig for facts"
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,bul ne han ALREADY closed the door behind
him. His face did not relax IT. expression, nor
change, a. he looked again AZ the tray with Us
broken .viands before tue door, the worn.
stained hall carpeL or the waiter who shuhied
past him.
He was apparently as critically conscious Of
them aud OF the close OdOrs Of the hall and me
atmosphere of ~listless decay and faded extraV-
aganCe around him Us before the interview.
Had the woman he had just parted from
watched him she would have supposed he still
utterly disbelieyed her story. But he was con-
scious that all that he saw was = part of his
degradation. for he had believed eveIY word she
had uttered.
Through all her eXtrayagance, envy, and re-
Eengefulness. he saw the central trulh-that he
had been deceived. not by his wife, hut by hun
self. He had suspected all this before this vas
what had been really troubling him. this was
what he had put aside, rather than his Faith. not
In her, but In his IDEAL.
tic remembered letters that had passed be
she had sent openly 70 notorious southern lead
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my frield's telegraphic address,, nearly amOnth
ago. | found him Ia despair. lie is the puzzle
editor Of n weekly journal Tor g~entlewOnen, and
his readers have become 80 sharp that they can
solve snyu l : p ya Ist Sam Of PSS,i .v,nv Hale,
Helen really has kept a secret, for a reason
love her more than ever. What tho secret il /
don't know, and why she has kept il I refused to
tell my friend; but he liked my suggestion and
Helen Is young, charming, and a very wo-
much OF each other. Yet SHE has had a secret
without revealing IL 10 him. Competitors are
invited TO discover why Helen kept this secret"
During the first week over n hundred answers
were received. all incorrect. My friend was
slated. yet nervous lest | should be trihing with
him. Somewhat elated myself land growing
pr0udeT OF Helen with every post, l then con-
hded TO him why Helen kept the secret, and the
reason struck him Us 20 obviously the only one,
that he gave the competitors this hint:
Observe | have called Helen "A very woman
form 70 ma 20 f ima e nSs OURS 5ins E you IN kss pla Isy, shsrs-
secret. Only one thing could make you Keep it
from Claude. What Is that I"
tlon Is now closed. No award will be made.
though 47G answers were sent in. We have
EaIhsEtnnY Helen mot quite mine yet hut DeAE--
ly so, "AtTOstiC, London" has saved his reputa-
ton. Ana yet the answer 4 80 simplel
The general character 81 the solutions offerod
may be gathered BY sRmphng.. According to =
a eSns % aa eoMmpss adirsb hoi ,a k Keep q o Tsers is,. tee
says: "Her secret was probably OF such a nature
A. this; She really needed a larger size than she
let On"
The puzzle editor, who understands the Ian
Euage OF young ladies better than ]. translates
that into English. IL means that Helen Is
charged with deceivinE me as 10 the size OF her
gloves. Competitors with a loftier view of their
sex hold. on the other hand. that Helen kept the
that would causc lin pain. " Being a very
woman writes A Wild briar Bush, Helen
would rather die than give the man she loves q
moment uneAsincss."
rather like that letter. IL shows a Wild
BriAr Bush" has some understanding ot the
ignorance OF Helen.
some 0CmUetitors have done their best 70
make me uncomfortable can easily under
Rock Island Argus., 1894-11-28
HE TOLD THE TRUTH At LAST.
Lad Not Nickel to Pay His Fare. bet .
Conductor Trustcd Him.

Lad Not . Nickel to Pay His Fare. bet {
Conductor Trusted Him.
Dead broke" is a relative term.
Some men arc dead broke" ON $40.
Some don't call it dead broke" until
they reach a nickel. It's pretty dead
broke" when you haven't even the one
nickel for car fare, want to get from
Twenty-third to Fulton street. arc in Z
hurry, couldn't walk for fortune and
know there's money waiting for you al
the other end if you can get there.
This was the case with young man
one day last week. and this is how he
got there. Boarding Broadway car al
Twcnty-third street among o crowd oi
Others. he walked forward ard took his
stand beside the gripman. 1t was some
time before the conductor reached him,
when he fumbled for change, as though
he knew he had it in vest and trousers
pockets, finally remarking that since he
couldn't find it he supposed he'd "havc
to get of. " The conductor saw it in
that light, too. and politely made way
for the young man, who by this time
had reached Thirteenth street.
Walking down n few blocks, he board.
ed the third car following, and this time
the conductor called for his fare. Again
he affected the searching process, and
again the conductor waited patiently,
while the car spun along until at las:
the young man anxiously declared that
he must have lost his rocketbook. Th-
conductor dinged the bell, deciding that
tho best thing to be done was to step of
and lcok for il.
Eighth street was now reached, and
again at Fifth street a fresh car was
bearded. Another search after change
was gone through and another kindly
suggestion from n conductor looked for,
but this one said: ''Ain't go: no money:
How far ere yon going: Fulton? Oh,
no; you'd better get Off And he got
of after three elaborate bits Of acting
just go blocks below his original point.
II guess I'll try the truth now" hc
thought to himself, and this time he
stood out on the back platform and
didn't make n first dive into his pock.
cts. He had got sick Of it, and it wasn's
paying either.
Look here, conductor" he said,
I'm dead broke Haven't n nickel.
Will have lots wher get to Fulton
street. Will you give me your number
and trust me 10 ride down.
Ride you do. said the conductor.
and that conductor hasn't regretted it.
Hes got more than the fare since. and
the young man who began on the lies
has learned n first rate lesson OH the old
fashioned policy Of honesty Now York
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