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or parent. The plan by which these
companies are scheming to reap a rich
harvest is so gigantic and its influence
Is so wide-spreading that only one mem
ber of the Legislature could be found
who cared to say anything about 1t. He
was Assemblyman S. Fred Nixon Rep).
of Chautauqua, who expressed doubt
as to the honesty OF the job that was
consummated when Mr.. Gersts bill re-
pealing the law of last year, which gave
the State Superintendent OF Public
Works the power to commit the State
to such contract, was on Its final pas
sage. Mr.. Nixon said to-day to the cor
respondent of The World:
II have tried to see through this busl-
ress, but l have not been successful. l
intend to introduce resolution calling
for an investigation into this contract
the, conditions under which 1t was made
1t may be all right, and perhaps every
citizen in the State VIII be justihed In
indorsing the contract, but 1t is no more
than right that little light should be
thrown on the subject"
Edward Hannah. the State Superin-
tendent of Public Works. who awarded
the contract while a bill to take from
of passing the Assembly, said to-day
that the Cataract Company had applied
for the contract as long ago as Dec. 3:
Ills was HtdIly IL year tht t't VI
1893 had been passed He was asked II
any other companies had applied for the
privilege before this.
oh. yes." he replied. several Of
What companies were they?"
well. the General Electric Company,
the Westinghouse people and man
named Geer, who represented Roch-
ester firm
why wasn't the contract given to
one of these early applicants?"
II guess It was because they could not
get financial backing. The General
Electric and the Westinghouse Com
panies wanted to experiment with the
work. The Westinghouse people made
After these companies. drew out. the
Cataract Company filed an application
and submitted form for a contract. |
would not accept the form, and so l
which the principal points were made
What representative of the company
Frank w. Hawley. who is the Vice.
President, l believe. The whole trans
action was with him."
Did you know that Assemblyman
Gerst had introduced a bill repeating
the act which authorized you to make
this contract and that it was on the
R0n' R0nt of passing the Assembly when the
| Il heard that such a bill was pending
but l knew nothing of the particulars
of it. If the contract submitted by the
company had been satisfactory 1t woul6
have been signed long before this repea
bill appeared"
Did you receive protests from any.
body against making this contract?"
| NO"
Mr.. Hannah did not appear to be
mentally clear concerning the entire
matter The thing that seemed to bt
uppermost in his mind was that he hac
the power to execute such contract
and he did so.
| In the Senate to-day the Canals Com
mttee reported favorably the bill re-
pealing the law which provides for the
| letting of the contract to string electric
wires along the canal. The report was
adopted in spite of the fact that the Dill
intent was destroyed by the signing o.
the contract yesterday.
The evening world., 1894-03-15
WAS MISS PLATT IS. 5. JONES?"
The Handwriting in The Anonymous Lot
ters Appears Like Hers, and She
Had $40 in Gold.
Special 70 The World,

ANSONIA, Conn.,, March ii. - Isabella
Plat, whose mysterious absence from
home last Thursday, ended in her being
found in her own door.yard, is still
very weak. The case is unchanged, ex-
cept that, a new theory accounting for her
absence has been found. This is founded on a
discovery following a comparison OF the mys-
terious letters signed J. J. Knotte and s. s.
Jones with the handwriting Of the girl herself.
The writing is identical, the signatures only
being different. The handwriting in the let
tiers is evidently disguised. Yet Is certainly
that of Il young person. The composition Is cor
rect, as general thing, but in several instances
an attempt has been made to further disguise
the work by the incorrect spelling OF several
small and unimportant words, while unusual
words are correctly spelled.
| Now comes hitch i'll the theory somewhat
difficult to explain. One OF the letters inclosed
n So bill and a 10 cent piece, and asked that
she have her picture taken to send To the mys-
terious man who claimed to be her father, but
| who cannot possibIysho that relation to her,
as Delos Platt has accurate knowledge OF her
| birth. 1t would not seem natural for the girl
| to have that much money without her parents
| knowledge. About the time this money letter
was received Miss VI Plat went to l. y. B, Hub;
pencil She took two 50 gold pieces from her
| pocket and laid them on the counter. but i'm
me'liately afterwards hastily put them in her
| pocket and left the store. She came back in a
| few minutes with two pennies.
The next day she went into the store and
asked Mr.. Clark not TO say anything about the
gold. At this time she was going through the
examinations in the school. and was working
| very hard, both there and ut home.
These facts point to the theory that Miss
| Platt wrote the letters herself. perhaps while
| suffering from temporary alteration of mind.
Where she obtained the $40 in gold which Mr..
Hubbard cerluinly saw Is OF course unknown.
She had not been i'll tho habit of receiving
| calls, though there was n great deal of COM
! pany at the house. Her references to a man In
her delirium may indicate she knew some one
! without the knowledge OF her parents.
! Miss Platts parents are worn out with the
strain of the past week and cannot be seen.
DR.. r. W. Pinney says the girl can be ques-
toned next week il her condition continues tc
imprOyp
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LIKE THE VERY Wild WEST.
From a 1reaSure-Laden Wagon at the
Sub-TreaSury an Armed Express
Messenger Points a Shotgun.
An ALLEGED CONTRACTOR HIS MARK.
Two Millions on Wheels Stood in the Street
and This Man Queerly Delayed
Their Unloading.

People who were passing by the Pine
street entrance of the Sub-Treasury
shortly after 2 p. NJ. Yesterday saw a
big crowd of persons around two COW
cred wagons belonging to the United
States Express Company, and heard
those on the outskirts OF the crowd
talk of riot. robbery. &c.
On the tail-board of one of the wagons
stood a messenger with repeating
shot gun in his hands, the muzzle of
which was pointed in the direction of
three men in the centre of the crowd.
A half dozen Sub-Treasury officers and
express guards were trying to get these
men away from the wagons, which con-
tanned some two million dollars, in gold
and silver coin, and packages of cur
rency.
The leader of the three men, all of
whom were dressed as laborers. and car
ried pick-axes and shovels, was franti-
cally waving his arms and shouting to
the people in charge of the express
uo gnns 70 get ont NJ his wav.
"aeoe W o. w.
Where ls me man that oo',is '''s
I want him; bring him here till l see
him! Take those wagons out of here
1
yelled
MI. ,nroar ha made arew the clerks
Inc upioar ne 'naue Wv.
in the banks and offices in the adjacent
buildings to the windows. and pedes-
TRANS from the bv-streets. who thought
'i'""s i.o. Wv -, - ,.a,> a.
an attempt was peihg maze 10 roo 'he
| express wagons. Suddenly the man
hro,,a ,,rough tho crowd and hurried
urohe ,"iouen '
down Pine street, put III moment CAN'T
running back, holding aloft a paper
,,,,,o,, bo shooL sayiny.
"hlcn he s,oon' '"y
| Here's the permit winch gives "ie
the right to this place. so yez has to
| n,t o,t, cot ont, 7 aav,,
se' ou.! oe' W., ,s.o,
Just then one OF the expressmeh hlteo
a bag OF gold from the wagon to carry
| 4, ,,to tha CHI h-rrsosurv Tho man ga %
~ ih'o 'he 'uo ~
this move and jumped at MIN, shouting
you shan't unload" and tried to push
a.. no. Of cold bacL into the wagon.
lne oas Vi so'u oa.N nv 'e
but just then he saw the muzzie OF a
shotgun looming up altogether too close
ona onan ,noutbed he fell hack. Then
anu ope" inou'"' nv
he rushed into the Sub-Ireasury aho
| told the ofhclal Wnom ne met tnat ne
was contractor and had permit 10
dig up the street SO as 70 iay the new
gas pipes which are distributed ai0ng
the curb. The express wagons nau
driven his men away from thelr Worh'
The evening world., 1894-03-15
TO DISCUSS GREATER NEW YORK.
Extonsive Preparations for the Meeting o
the City Club Monday
Evening

The Greater New York meeting at the City
Club next Monday evening promises to lie par,
ticularly interesting. Bishop Potter, ex. Mayor
Hewitt and Mayor Schieren, OF Brooklyn, are
expected to speak, and invitations to take part
in the debate have also been sent to Carl
schurz, President Seth Low. Of Columbia Col
lege Andrew II. Green, ana Corporation
Counsel Mcdonald and r. r. Linton, OF
Brooklyn. the latter a member of the Greater
New York Commission. Supper will be served
after the meeting
There will also be all interesting conference
at the City Club to night between the Legisla-
tive Committee of the club ana committees
from the Reform and Union League Clubs and
Honest Government Club OF the Real Estate
Exchange and the Chamber of Commerce, "a
consider certain proposed amendments Affect
ing the city administration. to be submitted n
the Constitutional Convention. one of the
reforms tn he advocated will be separate
county and municipal elections
Good Government Club held a ladies' re-
cep.!on It's night mt No. 20 West one Hundred
and Fourth street, and ts.c cay IiuU has de-
cidcd to have a series OF weekly club dinner'
OH Thursday nights,
The City Club Committee on Affiliated Clubs
has appointed committee 10 organize Good
Government ClubG Carman Harriott is alsc
hard at work organizing another new club OH
the lower west side. To be known probably as
Club I'll,
The evening world., 1894-03-15
CHICAGO CAN'T HAVE 1T.
Merchants Tell the Great Father Not Il
Move tho Indian Supply Warehouse.

petition signed by more than two hundred
prominent business men will be sent to WASH
ington protesting against the removal of the
Indian supply warehouse from this city to Chi
cago 1t is argued that the advantage to the
Government in purchasing its supplies in New
York is obvious, since the Chicago price Is only
the New York price with freight charges added
Indian warehouse in New York for the fiscal
year of 1893 amounted to 81 $50, 600. OF this
amount merchandise and supplies imported to
and manufactured or produced in and around
New York were valued at $500 900, ChicAgo
transferre goods alued ut 81 80, OOO and goods
valued at 81 300. 600 were delivered Ft other
Western cities
The petition will be circulated in Pcnnsyl-
yanin, Massachusetts and other Eastern States
The evening world., 1894-03-15
CHEAP FLOWERS THIS EASTER
Lilies Selling for What Dealers Used :
Pay. and Roses Very Plentiful.

1t is generally admitted by the florists
of New York that Easter flowers will be
cheaper this year than they have been
In a long time. Cut lilies are selling to-
day for less than the dealers paid for
them a year ago; roses are also plentiful
and all varieties of dubious plants, such
as tulips, narcissus and daffodils, are
very cheap.
The stock OF palms. or rather palmetto
branches. laid In for use in the Catholic
and Episcopal churches next Sunday. IL
greater than ever before. 81, Patrick &
Cathedral alone has ordered 1900 big
leaves with which to decorate and to cut
chiefly from South Carolina and Florida
ard sell for from s. 20 81 a hundred.
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8. 90
9Th Ave. and 23d st.
Antique India Shawls.

Antique India Shawls.
We again call attention
to our collection Of An
tique Long ShawlS-Um-
ritZers and Valley Cash
meres-at prices never be-
fore approached.
UmritZer's, S25.OO and
$4,000 each; worth, at one
time, at least $4,000.
valley Cash IN e re 8 +,
$4,000, $1,000, 10000
each, hgures equally be-
low former values.
These shawls have Black,
White, Yellow and Blue
Centres and are suitable
for Carringe. Travelling or
Decorative use.
Also, Il special line of
Square UmritZer Shawls,
S35.OO,each;reduced from
$75.OO.
JAMES McCREERY &CO.,
Broadway ANA 1 ith st.
The evening world., 1894-03-15

The Sunday Worlds
Easter Number next
Sunday. Don't fail to
get it. 1t will be splen-
didly illustrated and
full of striking features
and have an Illuminated
cover.
The evening world., 1894-03-15

The Sunday Worlds Easter
Number-nert SUNDAY. Don't fatL
to get II. IL ,DitL be sptendtdLy
illustrated and fuU of striking
features and haze an illuminated
The evening world., 1894-03-15
OTHERS WANTED CANAL PRIVILEGES.
Sig Electric Companies Applied for the
Franchise the Niagara Combine Got.

tspeeiai 10 Ihe Woflds
ALBANY, March h.--There is deep
ignorance here as to the true inward
ness OF the sweeping contract just
awarded to the Cataract General Electric
company OF Niagara. through the
+sency of the Niagara Power Company.
Nhich US believed % he either its child
The evening world., 1894-03-15
CALEB to a Fl. tn Avenue Pulpit.

BRIDGEPORT. Conn.,. March Ii. "A call
has been extnnded TO the Rev. W. II, Lewis
rector of st. Johns Episcopal Church Of this
city, to become rector of the Church of the
Ascension. of New York, of which the Rev.
Percy l.. Grant Is now rector.
The evening world., 1894-03-15
Ailments of Women.

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1t has cured more cases of Leucorrhoea
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known. 1t is almost !nfalllble In such
cases. 1t dlssolves and expels Tumors
from the Uterus in an early stage OF
development, and checks any tendency
to cancerous humors. That
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1894-03-28

Dickens told of an old lawyer who
never failed to disconcert his victim
by much simpler and infinitely
less offensive method. This old
lawyer took snuff. Just as he was
about to ask a vital question, he
would take pinch of snuff very
slowly and tremendously. Then
ne would draw out an immense red
handkerchief and spread it upon his
hand. He would then put the
question, screw up his eyes as if the
snuff irritated him and deliberately
wait in an expectant attitude, before
blowing his nose, until the witness
could answer. These tactics, so
the author said, never failed to dis
tract the victim, and his answer
would invariably be hating, COM
promising and of inestimable value
IN impressing the jury" The bull
DOING lawyer will probably con-
tinue to bulldoze until the courts
discourage the custom generally
and thus fill long-felt want
Chicago Post.
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1894-03-28
Politeness Paws.

Il have often heard my uncle"
said the nephew of a noted lawyer
who died lately, dwell upon the
fact that he owed much of his sue
cess in life to habit of invariable
politeness, without any element of
toadyism, which had been instilled
into his nature by the teachings of
wise mother. His first start in
his profession came through an old
scrub woman who was employed
about the house where he boarded
when a young man. One morning
he passed out as she was scrubbino
the front steps, and he saluted her
politely, as usual. She stopped
him. They tell ME you are law
yer she said. Yes. well, |
know a poor wildly woman that
wants a lawyer, and if you will give
me your address I'll tell her., The
poor wildly proved to be the chief
heir to a large estate in Delaware
county. My uncle became her at
torney and trustee of her children,
recovered her interest in the estate,
and derived a good income from its
management for many years.
Philadelphia Record.
Alpena argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1893-1909, 1894-03-28
MYSTERIES!
The Nervous System the Seat
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Recent discoveries have demonstrated that
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Two-thirds of chronic diseases arc duo TO
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Dir. FRANKLIN MILES, the celebrated spe-
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Some Specimens Of Negro Logic

1t was just before the war
Squire Johnson had been to Nash.
vile and on his return brought sole
Nose" the favorite slave on the
plantation, new hat. Nose was
very proud of it. The next Sunday
the squire was driving home from
church with his family, and the car
riage overlook Nose and his ole miss
trudging along afoot. 1t was rain
Ing slightly, and the squire noticed
that Nose was bareheaded and was
carefully protecting his new hat
with his coat.
"Why don't you wear your new
hat, Mose?" inquired the Squire
You'll get that old head of your.
wet"
"Dat's so, Mass Johnson" re-
piled Nose, "but dat ole heads yours
and de hats mine"
The Squire used to miss a chick.
Ell now and then, and at length the
mysterious disappearance were laid
at the door of one Ezekiel, who was
accused of the theft by his master.
Nov, Marse Johnson, if l car
show you dat l only TUX dem fowls
for yoh good woll you let me &c
JUS dis timer"
The Squire was curious to hear
his defense and told him he would
do so.
"Well, you say you paid $500 fol
me, and | weighs JUS bout Ice
pounds. Dat makes So a pound
Now, if l turn your chicken mea,
dat amt wuff mohn 10 cents Q
pound into niger meat dat's wuf
So yoh JUS dat much better off
Don't you see?"
Of course the squire saw, and he
used often to repeat the story and
laugh at the darkey's ingenuity.
The war came on and Zeke was
one day detailed off the plantation
to help throw up some earthworks.
The enemy observed the defensive
preparations and began to shell the
place. The first missiles went wide
of the mark, but after q few rounds
the range was found more accurate
ly and the shells began to burst un-
comfortably close to Ezekiel.
He stood his ground as long as
he could, but at last dropped his
shovel and ran for his life. The
officer in charge of the operations
met him little distance down the
road and, hating him, ordered him
to explain his flight. Zeke was
trembling with fright, but found
breath to say:
"Dey's shooting over dare, and
Mars Johnson he's a poh man. He
paid 5000 for me in Memphis and
he can't afford to have me killed"
And with that he took to the woods.
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ed time, but no one made their APP
pearance. "Then," thought /,
brushing my hair and adjusting my
cravat, ''since the mountain will
not come to Mahomet, Mahomet
must go to the mountain;" so |
walked over to my old friends. The
young ladies were allin The eldest
was engaged with some embroidery
at the window. | had therefore an
opportunity, as ! leant over the
frame to whisper, rs. S. is not
punctual."
The crimson in her neck was now
so deep, that sceptlc himself would
no longer doubt. | need say no
more; that evening in her fathers
garden she confessed that she and
her sisters had conspired to bring
me up to e. on fools er-
rand, never meaning of course, TO
keep the engagement.
Then" said |, "since you design
ed to take me in, you must consent
to make me happy
"And what did she say, papa?''
asks my second daughter, who is
now looking over my shoulder as !
write.
"Why, you little goose, she prom
ised to be your mamma, and she
has kept her word"
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The young man had been there
several hours, but he was one of
those who are oblivious of the pass
ing of duration.
The girl had yawned behind
her cambric handkerchief until it
actually had nap on it.
Still he stayed on and talked.
The girls evident WEAKNESS at
last appealed to him.
BLESS my SOUL" he exclaimed,
what time is it?"
She shook her head hopelessly.
"Timep" she asked. 1T must be
eternity"