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The evening world., 1894-04-20
WHO SOLD TICKETS?
Park Department Officials Are
Looking Into the Matter.
Hundreds Found Their Way Into
Spectators Hands.
Italians Got Work by Passing as
Union Veterans.

Thu EXPOSURE in yesterdays Evening
World" of the frauds practised upon the
Park Department officials by men who
obtained hundreds of work tickets, which
afterwards found their way into the
hands Of Italian vendors, who sold them
to their countrymen for $50 and S3,
caused CONSERVATION In the ranks OF the
Tammany politicians this morning. The
fact that an investigation had been set
on foot, and the possibility of the whole
sale buying and selling Of positions be-
ang fully laid bare had a most depressing
effect upon them.
President Happen told an Evening
World" reporter this morning that he
was more than anxious to get to the
bottomsof the frauds. -.
'.:.xnyfhinr that we can possibly do"
he said. ITO and the authors OF the i'm
~position-that is, II imposition has been
practised-wM be done. We will GER
tainly make an investigation. and 1t will
be Of the rigid order.
I'VE will summon before US the men
whom The Evening World found, and
have them tell US their stories. Then.
II possible. we win find the men who
sold the tickets, and through them we
may be able to discover who obtained
the tickets from US in the first instance.
Don't blame this Department until
we get at all the facts. Even though
the sale Of the tickets may be proved,
It must be remembered that several
thousand tickets were issued by us at
. time when men were hungry and cry
them as fast as we could. We viii offer
THE Evening World every facility for
getting at the bottom Of the whole
transaction"
no manner Of discovering the name OF
the district leader to whom the tickets
were aoft Ginally issued. There Is no
partment. books save the name OF the
man employed. Commissioner Happen
Is inclined to think that 1t makes little
difference to the Park Department what
viding the work paid for was actually
That these work tickets were bought
discover by a walk through the Italian
colony. The two men spoken Of in THE
Evening World yesterday were direct
s Sd BY sas'F to fri sssh' IL I, % TO w Mefl h,1eEs,
IN the colony. who was doing the bust
ness" and the men went to one OF a
number of spectators named. They
paid their money. as a matter OF course,
and were promptly given the tickets
made out in the names Of Murray and
Conway.
The Park Department. however. is not
the only one under the city govern
ment where positions as laborers are
bought ana sold. From whatever direc-
ton the Italians derive their Influence
1t Is certain that they seem able to put
men at work In almost every quarter.
There are hundreds at present employed
paid as much as 50 for the privilege OF
handling q broom II II also charged
The evening world., 1894-04-20

Mrs. wISsIow's SOOTHING SyRUrf for children
~testhing softens the gumsand Rllays all pain. 25c. .
The evening world., 1894-04-20
that a similar condition exists in the

that a similar condition exists in the
Dock Department.
Every one Of these men is supposed
being put to work he In sworn. The
Evening World, has already d~emonstrat-
ed how Italians a few months or days
In the country, are able 10 procure ci.i-
With these certificates of citizenship
they are put to work In the department,
the padrone iret receiving his blood
money.
a score or more Of English speaking
citizens can be found around the office
of the Street-CleaninB Commissioner
every day looking for employment. many
of them well recommended. but they
cannot obtain II. Right in their pres,
ence. however, Italians come along 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 could not speak the Eng
lish language. They were not citizens.
but passed the official examination on
the plea that they were Union, V,ete-
rams. In some cases 1t Is charged these
Italians. led into the office by some
radrone. were able to produce dischnrHe
papers from the Union Army. ON these
papers. although not being able to speak
n word of English. they were put to
work. ,,,, a.. l.,
It's possession an affidavit made by n
veteran OF the late war, who at one
time worked in the treet-Cleaning De-
partment. He swears that on one oc-
CASTOR While in the Street-Cleaning
commissioners office, five Italians, re.
cent arrivals. entered. They could not
respond to the usual questions, but 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 boilcd.
Turning to one Of the Italians he said.
"1f you say you fought with me In
the war I'll kill you. Get out!'
He then described how he chased the
man out of the commissioners office
The evening world., 1894-04-20

Approved by Physicians-NIilhuu's Call
sATA,i Tor convalescent anu feeble. 1853 g. way. -
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that QUEER AUCTION.
Commissioner DAILY Says 1t
Really Took Place.
Philip J. Smith Bought Paving
Blocks gin a Minute"


Commissioner OF Public Works Michael
r. Daily to-day told his sid Of that mys-
terious sale Of $50. 900 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
Ii. 80 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 tho paving blocks.
They compose the pavement on South
street between Whitehall and Corlears
streets. and are to be taken UP so that
a 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 hat a big crowd
was there.
The successful buyer was reported to
be Philip j. Smith. and his bid was
$3.50 per thousand blocks. Smith Is
said to represent Tammany contractors
That shat 'a.So op "a tho% WRo ms, sha dispose d. e me OF
them again as new after having, them
II have made inquiry said Commits
sioner DAILY, land l find that the sale
did take place on the advertised spot
In the presence OF Water Purveyor Maur-
Ice Patterson. OF this Department. !
suppose Smith was the only bidder. and
there was no crowd. The whole thing
wal done In a minute
How about the big crowd A%uctioneer
Meyers man speaks OFF,
II 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"
Mr.. DAILY said the idea that the old
blocks could be resold to the city was
rubbish" He thought ITammany 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 Tor old
, stones prior to tho administrator OF
Thomas F. Gilroy.
The evening world., 1894-04-20
MARK TWAlN'S" AFFAIRS.
There Is n Chance that Webster g.
In. Muv Cnntinua

Co. Mny COntfnuc.
cambridge Colby. the assignee OF Mark
Twain's publishing house. Charles l..
Webster & Co.. said this morning that
the books Of the firm had not yet been
made up, and that 1t would probably be
two or three days before an accurate
statement OF the firms liabilities and as
sets would be given out.
AT a rough estimate. Mr.. Colby said,
the liabilities will not exceed $50, 900, and
the assets VIII be nearly equal. He said
that there Is a strong probability tina
the creditors Will agree to arrangements
permitting the firm to resume business.
The evening world., 1894-04-20

Isabella Hamilton, forty years old. OF 42
State street. brooklyn. will be examined In
Bellevue Hospital to-day as to her mental con-
dition. Last night In Madlron Square she har-
rangued a crowd on the subject OF widowhood.
Park Policeman Coburg requested her to move on
and sho attacked him In a lively manner with
her umbrella He arrested her and later took her
to the Bellevue Insane Pavilion.
The evening world., 1894-04-20
Cable Car Collision WINS Fatal.

zachus c. Wells. who sustained a fracture Of
the skull by being knocked from the rear steps
OF his Ice wagon by n Broadway cable car at the
corner OF Fitty-second street and Seventh avenue
on Wednesday, died at the Roosevelt Hospital
yesterday. jeremiah Dalton. the gripman. was
held for examination.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-10-05
RESULT OF FREE WOOL.

As was predicted bv the tariff re-
formers, the making of wool tree, SO far
from lowering the price, has actually
caused an advance, From the time the
imposition of the increased duty by the
EcKinIey tariff, wool steadily declined in
price until the lowest prieein the history
of this country was reached last summer.
Since the making of wool absolutely free
the price has advanced ten to fifteen per
cent, and promises TO go still higher.
The reason for this is the starting up the
wooden mills all over the country, some
of which have been idle or produced but
limited amount for number of years.
/ The mills must necessarily have foreign
wool to mix with the domestic fleece, and
while hampered with high duty they
could NOT compete with the products OF
foreign mills.
One of the largest wOalen manufac'
tuners in Philadelphia saws that witt
free wool he can compete with England
or Germany either in the markets of til,
world: that there is no reason why We
shonld not almost entirely supply tue
south American trade. Not only this,
hut the making of wool free aud the re,
dHction Of duties ON the product will
save 10 the people of this country tn,
neat sum of S16S, OOO, 900.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-10-05
Respectfully Submitted,
q n RICH Chairman

On motion of s. o. Shattuck. it was
Rssolrnd That our delegates to the
Houma convention are instructed to cast
the vote of CaleasieU parish for the Hon.
Andrew Price, so long as his name is be-
fore the convention, and in the event of
his refusal to serve, they are hereby in
strnCted to put in nomination the name
of AFsene r. PniO, of Calcasieu parish,
and to use all honorable means 70 secure
his nomination.
On motion of J. G. Gray, the delegates
are instructed to vote as q unit on all
questions, majority of those present
ruling.
ON motion of S. o. Shattuck. the chair
is authorized to appoint Central Cam
paign Committee, consisting Of where
upon the chair appointed u, A. FourRet,
| u. j. Reid, II. {. Gill, G.. NJ. Richard and
| ID. s. Perkins. 1t was also agreed that
! delegates from each ward be empowered
to name ward campaign committees,
Z wbereupon Mr.. A Vincent, delegate
I from 9TH ward, named the following as
9TH ward campaign committee:
| a. Vincent, w. III. Perkins, J. G.,
/ Stanton, J. j. Hampton and W. II,
I Prater
On motion. the secretary was requested
] to notify all persons elected delegates,
1 who were not present and send copy
of these proceedings to the IiRes-Ilemo-
/ graf, PioagHRG, Lake Charles Echo and
( Commercial for publication.
/ After voting thanks to chairman and
! secretary fer the able manner in which
| they had served the convention, the con-
ventIon adjourned,
1 W. B. NORRIS. Chairman.
,JNO, Ii. POE, Secretary.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-10-05
VINO Is RRsF0NsIRIlEq

1t waa the original purpose q the
democrats in congress to place 8 duty Of
90 per cent on sugar, which was done
and also to pay the bounty for the year
1915, and accordingly the time fsed
fer the LAW to take eject was January
list. 1885. The bin was IN this rendition
whoH Hr. Hills amendment making tho
law elective from and after It's passage
was passed. Ererg repablioau aad oh'E
fsar seuoerafic seuai0rs voted feI this
amendment which deprived the planters
or the bounty for this year. Which party
was the planters friend in this instaneei
For tho year ending june sash, 1894,
the taxpayers Of this country paid 70 the
Louisiana sugar planters nearly si0,-
00a, 900. The average bounty per acre
zas $500, and should the bounty be
paia this rear at the same rate it viii
amount to $500 per acre. In a word,
the bounty alone is sufficient to pay al
expenses Of production, including onlti-
walton. harvesting, making Of the sugar
and also to pay good interest ON the
land nsed, so that the entire proceeds ex-
elusive Of the bounty is clear profit
IL 1t reasonable to suppose that the
raissrs Of cotton, corn, wheat, rice and
other agricultural products should be
willing to continue paying this bounty
to the sugar harOns while their own pre-
duets are sold at starvation priees'
None Rut the paP-suckers themselves
are 80 deln6cd. Neither of the great
national parties nor yet the populists
dare advocate n restoration of the
heuuty.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-10-05
PRlcE NOMINATED.

Ihe rpnventinn Al Hensaa On the ard
inst nolasnat.aa ths ilEesent incumbent,
Anasew . Psice fsE s&asEess dor thu
sTasul nEstrisi sith the Ezsztesf unahi-
1aity Tise nsmasr haunuay and good
Eselins.g ssersIiud, ana there Was not the
aaaasp 81 iaast 10 tAe naisa Of any
aeleats pFessnt thas Nj Ffire Win b
elected ~ an uwerwhtlfaang nAaiusdt5
Aims FL The Largest alsa mast iniin-
entsal Sugar Rianirrsaf tho aistriot am
nath1siestie slqporsers 81 tiE. Price. and
raaS s b rsFe IS alst slisl.assl - ioin
chs 1itais cotcsie 81 issserseis ere NOV III
HAEnest srl9,e.i ezs FL ~ l'fiee-
sfa ti,r hannes siarsah qf fise
stFie p as 3
~ hrr 1000 vets ieF a.
ag cs
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-10-05

THE populist party convention held at
New Iberia, nominated Hon. Ambrose
MoutOu, of germiliOn, as candidate fol-
congress for the Third District, Mr..
Nouton IS at present representative for
that parish in the state Legislature.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-10-05

Political Therapeutics: The Nat
ionai Repubiiean-State nnlAserats of
Louisiana.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-10-05

8aERNxEuIE, Ia Sept 73sb, 1874
hereby give Hstice that / tusend home-
Stealing sEe 3sls0alng DESCRIBED state lands.
w: g 81 aRd NV 81 zE and
sN5 Of sW4f, See. z, 10. 50 R5S ~,
SAS. y SMITH.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-10-05

The aasnioaa attempts TO convey the
impression that the native population Of
Louisiana regard all newcomers as
earpet-baggeEs; that immigration from
the north and west which has done SO
much for the development Of this country
is not desired etc:
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-10-05

A--5.4FELI-E, Ia, Get. L 1883.
THIS Is 10 certify that I intend % make ap-
piicafinn 70 the General Land offiea . home
stead tbe folloWing described szzs IS &
anmesisAa. gi&s The NJ Of NM. Sec s..
NJ OF NJ, SEC. z, ap S. Rip West
L. Mer- TH0aiAs E9REBAND.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-10-05

THE -8neriaan under General Taylor
has developed into a full felged Repub-
liean newspaper.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-10-05

Hour hermaPhrOditie contemporary on
Broad street Will hide his time in pa
tienre ne viii come To his case presently.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-10-05

he Congressional CAM
aign as ngW en anti - keep
posted sou should Isave the
EcHo-0lily 81 per year.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-10-05

l5keeur ether rr1sah liezs = geps5 sarerr.
tie Fszsss tle ilaa sscns e. 8e - draw
sseEinnal iinss Fsr the dzss same ar
taansams kas en&esad tln asaliai1Ai aaen1-
a. M nas tais esiinaa.st aasn utiie
lay ~ snesps naraisan Ass 3eass tsNAHd
1l slsla e tafis rsiern ana s aallen
easasa ssase ia msttrz q aprisa-t ~
Hi.,sE 81 Is Teadsss
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-10-05

tend the Democratic Congressional Con-
ventiun, called to meet at Houma, Oct,
3. ben Go submit the names Of 50 dele
yates. and request that they all attend
IN person. and that those present east
Ala z,sefia II. Tho narish Virs
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-10-05

The undersigned call the
attention of planters and fac
tors to the above mill which
is among the largest in the
United States. 1t is equip
ped with the latest and best
machinery for the milling of
Rice, and secures out-turns
equalled by few and excelled
by none. Aaa---
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-10-05

List
IllstOI
Sept.
them
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-10-05


IIailli1
COrl,el
Frazie
iiIline.
Heart
Landr
AiCLaI
Parke.
IlOltin
Sims
'priar
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-01-20

Some people have very queer views Of
matrimony. They allow the clergyman
to put the double team harness on, and
then they begin to kick until they have
smashed the wagon into kindling wood.
They solemnly swear TO love, honor and
obey, but before the honeymoon Is over it
Is changed into vinegar moon. II is the
old story of the monkey and the parrot, for
the circus begins soon after the benediction,
and one Of them starts for the divorce
courts before the confectioner has been
paid for the wedding cake.
There are several illustrations OF these
statements close at hand. One young lady
informs us that she had rejected her lover
on three separate occasions but finally sur
rendered because it was easier, on the whole,
to marry him than TO keep telling him that
she wouldn't do it, They got into quar-
rel on the way home, and the husband left
his beloved, his prize, his treasure, his
duckling, in a horse car, while he went to a
drug store for some arnica aud court plas-
ter.
Love is beautiful thing In its way, but
when 1t gets into the finger nails the mar
riage certificate takes flight up the chim-
ney. When the man is made Of gunpowder
and the wife is an animated lucifer match.
you can predict the future as the old
Thomas almanac used to--''I. .ook out for
thunderstorms about this time. New
York Telegram.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-01-20
THE HAWAIIAN
Safe Deposit 5 Investment
SONIPANY ".

COMPANY.
Has superior facilities for buy ing and
sell ng stocks and Bonds and is in
a position to handle large blocks OF
stocks, paying leash for sane; or will
sell upon Commission.
Eva Plantation stock can be
disposed of by lis in large or small lots
at fair prices.
safe Deposit B0Ncs of various
sizes for the safe keeping of all sorts Of
vlluables. rented at reasonable rates.
silver Ware and Valuable
Articles taken ON storage for long
or short period.
Apply for.pnrticularsi,o.
TIE HAWAIIAN SAFE DEPOSIT
AND INVESTMENT 70.
40S FORT STREET. Honolulu.
iS1-tf
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-01-20

or all cranks the AngloSaxon crank is
the most entertaining, because he has an
idea that he can revolntiouize the English
language by throwing out u number of
words that everybody Uses and introducing
in their stead n number that nobody knows
anything about. The Anglo-Saxon maniac
has strong antipathy to all words that
are OF Latin or Greek derivation, or In
deed Of any derivation at all except Saxon
and proposes to throw them, neck and
crop, out of the English language and sub.
stitute English words in their stead. One
of the tribe has recently published little
handbook of the proposed changes, which
Is the most amusing tissue OF absurdity
ever seen. According 20 this reformer
electricity should be freghost. superan-
nuated should be oyeryeary, democracy
ought to be fulkdom; criticism, deemster-
hood, and horiz0n, skyedge. For telegram
he would have US say wirespell, and for
omnibus, folktrain. A row of houses
ought to be housetwins, quadrangle
should be fourwinkle and an appendix,
hankmatter. For the word magnificent he
would substitute highdeeds and peram-
bulator should be "A pushwainling Enthu-
siasm should be faithheat, and epidemic
manqualm and AN ambassador of state,
spellman.-St Louis Globe-Democrat
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-01-20

For one to be ignorant of the proper use
of "A novelty is nothing to be ashamed of.
II you are ignorant, you are just IL trifle old
fashioned-a season behind time. Frank
innocence and tact will save a situation
from awkwardness, and sometimes the
resort to them is thought attractive.
II you are uncertain cf new, strange
piece of silver, wait and yatch your neigh
Dor or your hostess and act accordingly.
Local customs and usages, even in this
Travelled age of people and products, make
certain ignorance or innocence very possi-
BILE. a southerner could not be blamed for
not knowing which end of tho stalk of
asparagus to eat because it is not a vegets-
BILE of his latitude. In exchange north
erner could not understand the bur arti.
choke, and in being ignorant he would be
above reproach.
There is a certain sign language that OBJ
tains between host and guest and between
those who sit and those who wait, and its
meaning every well bred child learns in the
nursery. In the wonderful ups and downs
in our country the person who sits today at
the finest appointed table may never have
had the advantages of a nursery nor of a
mother who knew what civilization sup
plies to the top ladder people. Such per-
son is in kind of helpless ignorance, and
how to enlighten him is the conundrum Of
many.-"Her Point of Niew.n
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-01-20

SUPREME COURT.
Hon. A. F. Judd, Chief Justice.
Hon. II. F. Bickerton, First Associate Justice.
Hon. w. E. Frear. Second Associate Justice.
Henry Smith, Chief Clerk.
George Lucas, First Deputy Clerk.
G. F. Peterson, Second Deputy Clerk.
J. Walter Jones, Stenographer