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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-12

to another, and so on, but the hull busi- ness don't amount to much The towel supply companies have spoiled our towel and soap business; wo cant make any thing on supplies for the buildings, for, though we buy, we turn the bills over to the agents-thcy a new feature, too, and they attend to tho renting nowadays-and we have to look a good deal sharper after the tenants comfort than we used to-.
 Of course it is an object to the janitor to get his living apartments rent free in addition to his wages. Sometimes these apartments are large and handsome. Oc- casionally they consist of house of sev- eral airy rooms built upon the main roof, which serves as a yard, albeit it may not be converted into a sodded lawn. In the summer time this roof yard is the most delightful place ill the world for n promenade or for quiet lounging. In the winter time it is bit airy perhaps, but not so disagreeably cold and bleak as might be expected. It is a capital play space for children at all seasons if well protected by railings. When thoro is snow, it does not melt as quickly as on tho street level, and a cer- tain small boy who has lived on ono of these roofs all his life can tell great number of interesting yarns about the snow forts ho has built and tho snow men ho has ''sCulptcd" 150 feet above the street level. Tho same hoy pitches a tent on tho roof in the summer time, and tho ontiro family enjoy its shade. The apartments on this roof arc furnish cd with taste, there is a piano of good tone in tho "par;or," and etchings and engravings hang on the walls
 It should not be imagined that all janitors arc of the same social grade, No, indeed. Janitortlom asSuredly has its aristocracy. Between the S75 month janitor of tho old fashioned five and six storied buildings and the S20o a month janitor who has charge of eight or ten stories there is as great gulf as be- tween the high grade janitor and the superintendent who is able to associate with professional men and small mer- chants. Upper crust janitors are treated with great respect when in the company of others of the same calling.
 Of course there are thousands of resi- dent and nonresident janitors in every really great city who care for business blocks, flat houses and the like; but, saving only those who have charge of the biggest apartment buildings, none is to be mentioned in the same breath as to social standing with the resident janitor of office buildings
 NJ. I. DEXTER
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-12
A Lawyer Raffied,

Jim McSnifter was being tried in San Antonio, Tex. for trying to bribc n color Vd w':noss, sam Johnsing, to testify falsely.
 'YoI say this defendant offered you a bribc of $50 to testify in his behalf?" said Lawyer Gouge to Sam Johnsing
 Yes, sah.'
 Now repeat precisely what hc said using his own words v
 He said he would git me $50 if I''-
 He can't have used those words. Hc didn't speak as a third person."
 No, sah. Ho tuck good keer dat dar was no third pusson present. Oar was only us two. Dc 'fendent am too smart ter hab anybody listonin when ho am talkin about his own reskclity."
 II know that well enough, but he spoke to you in tho first person, didn't hCg'
 II was de fuSt pusSon myself"
 You don't understand mo When he was talking to you. did hc use the words, I will pay you $ju:' "
 No, boss, hc didn't say muffin about you payin mo, $5O. Your name wasn't t mentioned, 'cfptin dat he tolc mo cf cber got inter scrapo dat you was do best lawyer in San Antonio to fool de judge and jury. io said you was good at almost any kind of rcskclity."
 You can step down. n.'-Tcxas Siftings.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-12

ity of the superintendent extends over the entire building from the stokehole In the second subcellar to the tip of the flagstaff. His subordinates include the engineer and the elevator men, as well as the scrubbers and cleaners and the watchmen, and in some cases there is a janitor as we'll as Q superintendent. In buildings without superintendents, how ever, the administration is two headed, the engineer having charge of the heat ing, the engine and the elevators, while the janitor has the care only of the com fort of the tenants and the cleaning and care of the rooms and corridors.
 Yet, notwithstanding his oircum- soribed domination as compared with that of the superintendent, the janitor of big office building is good deal of c man in his way, for even in an office building of moderate size, as such struc- lures go nowadays, he has quite an army of employees under him. The jan itor's staff in building of 300 num- bered rooms includes about 20 persons. A dozen of them are sorubwomcn who go to work at in the morning, quit at g and begin again at about p. m., continuing till the work is done. There are eight or ten men who polish brass and do the heavier work of various sorts. in- cluding small repairs, and the night watchmen. The engineer has his own staff of 10 or 12, including firemen and elevator men.
 Besides being to all intents and pur- poses an employer the janitor is pur- chaser of no small account. Brooms, dusting brushes, boxes of soap, polish ing powder and soapine, rubbing cloths, glass, putty, etc, are bought in whole sale lots every six months, and the year. ly outlay for supplies, wages, etc, in such building reaches well up into the sums that are expressed by four figures. For all these expenditures and for the conduct of his employees the janitor is responsible, and he has to keep a very level head all the time, for he has as many masters as there are tenants be- sides the agent and tho owner.
 ''Some folks think janitors have . snap, - said one of the ablest janitors know, man who has charge of fa-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-12
New Jersey.

TRENTON, March 12.-Thc house of as- sembly passed Senator Rogers bill provid- ing for tho formation of four colored companies of national guard-onc each at Camden. Trenton, Newark and Jersey City; also the senate bills making wom- en eligible for appointment as commits sioners of deeds and prohibiting tho imi- tation of any label, trade mark. etc, adopted by any labor organization. As semblyman Benedict introduced a bill to have electrocution take the place of hang ing as a mode of capital punishment
 Governor Werts signed the bill intended to lessen blindness by providing that nurses must report to local boards of health all cases where infants are born with defective eyes. The house adjourned until Wednesday morning on account of township elect ions being held today.
 Tho senate passed over Governor Werts' veto the elective judiciary and the som- panion bill abolishing tho lay judges as judges of the orphans court Senator Daly spoke in favor of sustaining the veto and Senator Voorhees, in favor of tho bill. The vote was a strictly party one The senate passed resolution for fipal ad. journment of the legislature on Friday, March 22, providing tho house concurk
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-12

ventious have made possible the erection of the great office buildings that form today such a notable feature of these great settlements.
 In many ways the life of a resident janitor and his family is different from the life of any other class of persons. Instead of dwelling in a house by them selves or in a flat with many other ten ants in the same building, these live in apartments at the top of vast structure Of brick and stone and steel that is full of life and action and companionship in the daytime, but at night deserted and silent as the grave Even in the day the Hompanionship of the hundreds or thou sands that inhabit the big building dur ing business hours is not for the mem- bers of tho janitor's family. So far as the tenants are concerned, these might as we'll not exist at all. Although they are physically removed from them only by the height of few stories, they are virtually as ronsote as if leagues of sea and walls of mountains separated them Between the janitor's family and tho tenants, ill fact, thero exists that most impossible of barriers, difference in so- cial standing, a barrier that many would have us believe is not as apparent here as elsewhere, but which is quite as in surmountablo hero, when it exists, as anywhere elso in the world.
 Even the smart typewriter girls and the junior clerks in the offices look down upon the janitor's wife, his sons and his daughters whenever they chance to see them, while to tho janitor himself only that sort of toleration is accorded that is mCtCd out to servant of an up per grade. When tho building is n very big one, however, the janitor becomes a superintendent, and with tho change of title thero is n vast change in the social standing of tho man ill charge and that of his family, though his duties would not seem likely to undergo any great change But there is this really impor- tant difference-the janitor is obliged himself to perform n part of the menial services that must be rendered about the | building, while the superintendent, who is generally also the renting agent, is able to delegate all these things to en- ployees of a lesser grade, to spend his own time in an office quite as we'll fit ted up as that of any tenant and to live ''up town" or in the suburbs
 Of course the superintendent general ly receives better pay than the janitor and for that reason is usually of high CT grade intellectually, for money will always procure brains. Janitors get from $75 to $200 month. though the latter figure is not often reached. Su- perintendents receive from $2, 900 to $5, 900 a year and occasionally more even than the latter figure. The author
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-12
Balmy Days of Spring

When the balm is about equally divided and you feel it is about
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-12

nous building m one Of our large cities, "but they don't. Times ain't what they used to be. When went into the busi- ness, office Janitors got no salaries. They had their rent free, as they do now, and they looked after the scrubwomen. as they do now, but they didn't take care of the tenants rooms unless the tenants hired them to. Most tenants did this, and besides they paid the janitors to keep their towels washed and furnish ssap and the like of that. Why, in them days was in hard luck if I couldn't get $200 to $250 a month net out of the job, and one year it run $500. Some of the janitors used to make $400 or $500 a month. Them was the days for money.
 But bimeby some fellow that put up big building had new scheme. He offered to keep the rooms clean and in good order for his tenants without any extra pay beyond the rent. He thought he could fill his building easier and quicker that way. And, say, the scheme worked, and now all tho big buildings arc run so all we janitors arc on salary. and tho real good times have gone. Oh, yes, it's better fort he tenants and better for the landlords, but where do we come in, I'd liko to know?
 ''To bo sure, somo of us havo n few little things left, like getting ice for the tenants and moving them from one floor
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-12
Well Remembered.

"Now, sir" said travelling artist to Iittlc MT. OprcnhCimvr. T understand you are a wid0wVr presume this photo graph is that of your dcCcascd wife,
 ''Ga-as; dat vas my Amalic, " replied Mir. Oprcnheimcr. with n respectful glance at tho photograph in the artists hand.
 Well. now," continued tho man of paint, II could take this photograph and enlarge 1t to eight times its present size, color it up just right and give you speak ing likeness, all for $1."
 Dat is ieep enough" returned the lit tie widowor, "and 1t would be goot to zoe my Amalie 20 large and handsome. Bud 1t Is no matter if de likeness do not sbcak, added MT. Oppenheimer hastily. Dat is too much to exbect for $l, and rcgall my Amalie's voice most perfectly. Youths Companion.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-12
ROBINSONS ON TRIAL.
Both Husband and Wife Have Confessed
 the Gibbs Murder.

Both Husband and Wife Have Confessed e0 the Gibbs Murder. BUFFALO, March I2.-The jury to try
 the two Robinsons in the superior court
 was completed this morning. and tho trial began in earnest.
 The prisoners-ClarCncca and Sadie Rob inson-aro indicted for murder in the first | dcgrce for the killing of Montgomery | Gibbs, a young lawyer. on Delaware ave | nue n year ago. This murder. by reason | of tho prominence of tho victim and the | haffling mystery which surrounded the | Crimc created a sensation.
 Mir. Gibbs, a reticent and inoffcnsive
 citizen, was shot while walking alone up
 fashionable residence street about 10 l o'clock in the evening.
 No arrests were made until several
 months later tho Buffalo police rrceivod
 word from the police of Cleveland that l they had Clarence Robinson under arrest | and had worned out from his pals n charge 1 that he was implicated in Buffalo mur- l der. Assistant Superintendent Cusack of | the Buffalo police went to Cleveland and | arrested Robinson's wifu, Sadie. who | thinking that her husband was to be l charged with murder, confessed that she | killed Gibbs. She was brought to Buffa- To, but refused to give particulars. Rob | lnSon. lCslFBlnS that nlS Wllc was unuer
 arrest in Buffalo for the Gibbs murder.
 made a clean breast of tho matter, telling
 how he and his wife had gone out to hold | up'' somebody that night, Sadie being attirrd in mems clothes. Gibbs had ro-
 sisted them, and in the tusslc be had been l shot Clarence Robinson was brought here, where he has been jailed apart from 1 his wife ever since
 The district attorney has found tho dis l guise which Sadie wore on the night and | other Corro, .orative evidence and believes
 he las strong case, There are many
 peopc here who believe that tho Robin
 sons fire lying and had nothing to do with | the affair. Attorney W. W. Saperston will
 defend both. The question whether the l confessions of the Robinsons will be ad-
 mittcd by the court as evidence against
 them or how much of them and the curl
 oSity t0 aee the pair and hoar what they
 will say for themselves on the stand filled
 the courtroom as soon as the doors were l opened.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-12
RESIDENT JANITORS.
THOSE WHO CARE FOR OFFICE BUILD
 INGS THE CREAM OF JANIToRDoM.

Not So High Socially as Superintendent,
 hut stlI Men of Some Importance.
 Their Homes at the Tops of Great struc-
 lures of Steel and Stone.
 The resident janitor is essentially Q city type.
 Under one title or another he has ex- isted ever since the first modern city was built. In Paris, as the concierge, he has fourished for centuries. He has been much more in evidence than ever before in American cities since the adoption of the steel truss by builders and the in- troduction of the rapidly moving pas senger elevator, because these two in-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-12
WaterburyFire Alarm
LOCATION OF BOXES.

LOCATION OF BOXES. The following are the Fire Alarm Signal under the new system: l-3 Rogers & Bro" ls Cor East Main and Niagara streets I-4 Cor East Main and Wolcott road. I-s Cor High and Walnut streets. l-6 ( 1T Last Main and Cherry streets. IT Cor East Main and Cole streets. Fl Cor North Elm and KInSsbury streets e-s Cor North Elm. North Main and Groy
 streets.
 3-4 Waterbury Manufsctunng company" 2-e Cor North Main and North streets. q Cor Buckingham and Cooke streets 9-7 Cor Gr1ve and Prospect streets. Ps Cor Hillside avenue and Pine street 2-s Cor Johnson and Waterville streets "a The Piatt Bros q Oo' |. Waterbury LIUcE company L.ovemeE
 ment fsctoryl'
 Exchange place. s-a Cor West Main and Willow streets. s-a Cor West Main and watertown roae S-S Horse Car Railroad stable" s-s Waterbury Brass company" s-7 Cor Oe lar and Meadow streets s-s CHr Grand and Field streets. -I-2 L,r Bank aud Meadow streets s-I-S Randolph < Oowes' -I-4 Plume & Atwood Manufactarirs com
 pany.' s-2-l No Hose House. 9-S Holmes. Booth q Haydens' | 9-t Cor Charles and Porter streets. 8 2-s Cor Simons street and Washington ave Cor South Main and Grand streets. ,-s Cor South Main and Clay streets. .-s Waterbury Watch company I5 Benedict & RDrnham Manufacturing
 cOmpany." g-s Waterbury Buckle company - Cor South Main and Washington sts Seovill Manufacturing company. s-e Ger Frarklin and Union streets sS Waterbury Clock Go. tease factory. s-s Cor Clay and Mill streets. ss Or IIherty and River streets. s-T No. Hose Houee. s-s Cor Baldwin and Stone strests.
 Cor Bridge and Magi1 streets. e-a Ger Doolittle alley and Dublin strss -sPrfvat
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-12
PIDCOCK SUMMONED.
The Ex-ConGressman Must Appear and A
 sNrr tn A Chnr,rn nf Cnntamnt

The EX-Congressman Must Appear and Am
 swcr to Charge of Contempt.
 TRENTON. March l2.-Ex-C Congressman James F. Pidcuck must show cause before Chancellor McGill at tho statchouse on March l9 why ho should not be adjudged guilty of contempt of court.
 Some months ago William Y. Johnson. as receiver for the Somerset County bank, recovered judgment against Mir. Pidcock for about $55, 900 and likewise an iniunc- tion to restrain him from transferring and disposing of property. The ex-oongress- man issnow accused of having sold to his two sons for $l, in violation of the in- junction, a judgment for $1. 100. 15 which he recovered from tho executors of the late John G. Vermilye
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-12

last contribution to his magazine on April g. lS94, from Tabriz, when he was about to start for ErzcrOm, in Turkey He has been traced frum Tabriz pnst BaynZad and Mount Ararat and as far as the Delibaba pass, in the kurl country, which it is supposed ho reached in about five days This is in Armenia, which has lately been the scono of the so called Armenian out ragcs.
 If hc is prisoner, he may be recovered either by payment of ransom or by the intervention of the Turkish authorities
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-12

w. L. AShlLEhsS' language to need depend only upon his own wit and pluck in tracking Lena step by step until he shall find him or his baggage or both.
 Sachtlcbcn is college graduate, pluCky, if not daring, and enthusiastically enlist cd in behalf of the expedition of which he is to bo the chief. The international com mission has just begun it's inquiries into tho alleged OutragCs among the Christians, and Mir Sachtlcbcn will therefore be on the spot in time to interest this European commission in Lcnz's case, Sachtleben goes Nta l'Gti- tn Armenia and will with out doubt soon learn the fate of tho miss ing biCycliSt l4cnZ was born in Philadcl- phia, but lived for many years in Pitts burg where hC became an enthusiastic bi-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-12
Tl1e 0cn1ntrat,
O. and M. T. MALoNEY. PUB11suEns.
LET rnEPEoPLE DECIDE.


 The democratic members of the court of common council are to be congratulated upon the stand they took in regard to the proposed charte last night in caucus. It seemed to be the general opinion that the question of consolidation should be sub- mitted to the people. This is the exact doctrine advocated by the DEMOCRAT. and the wonder is that the members of the council. irrespective of party. are not unan- imously in favor of asking for popular vote on the question. The DEMOCRAT has interviewed some of the most promi- nent citizens of the city. and nearly all are of the opinion that the council should not assume the responsibility of recom- mending to the general assembly the pro posed charter.
 If there be any merit in consolidation let those who are able teach it to the people and they can be depended upon tc vote for their own interest. Any attempt to railrCad the matter through the council and general assembly will be bitterly op- posed, not only by those who are not com mitted to the theory of consolidation. but also by men who are not antagonistic tt the proposed change. but who nevertheless stand upon the broad platform that tho people should decide.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-12

cyclist and made excursions to St Louis and New Orleans before hC began, in 1899, tho first west ward wheeling tour of the world.
 In tho spring of that year he trun- died his bicycle from Pittsburg to New York and on Juno I started on his long journey He crossed North America and Chi ~, nn.l =,ne Ls-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-12
Rr Patent Suit Decided

BALTIMORE, March 12.-In tho patent suit of the Westinghouse Airbrake com pany of Pittsburg against the Boyden Power Brake company of Baltimore, Judge Morris of the United States district court decided in favor of tho Westinghouse company except in some minor details.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-12
Relieving pe.tItution In St. Johns.

ST. JOHN's N F.. March I2-The dis. tribution of the goods sent from Boston to relieve the suffering families of Now foundland has begun. The supplies have been distributed to every denominational relief depot, and large forces of volunteer helpers are engaged in the work of prepar- ing the flour. beef and meal for the applI. CantS.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-12
NIT. Colona ResiRna.

WASHINGTON, March 12.-B. A. Colona of Virginia, assistant in charge of the coast and geodetio survey, has resigned. MT Colona has been connected with the survey during tho last 25 years, and his resignation is understood to be the result of differences existing with his superior officers as to the conduct of the service
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-12
Barney Ford In Florida.

ST. AUGUSTINE. Fla, March 12.-Ber- nard J. Ford, who is accused of financial Irregularities in connection with the state capitol building at Trenton and who has been here for several days. has departed for an unknown destination. To a oorre- spondent who had interviewed him Mir Ford appeared to be quite sick and ex- pressed no intention of leaving.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-12
Grand Opera In Chicago.

CHICAGO, March 12.-The grand operu season opened here with the presentation of Meyerbeers "Les Huguenots Every seat in the great Auditorium was occu. pied, and almost every foot of available standing room was utilized.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-12
May Have Prize Fights.

NEW ORLEANS March 12.-The deoi- sion handed down by Judge Fighter in tho Olympic club case removes every ob- staclc that stood in the way of glove con- tests before tho chartered athletic clubs of this city. Consequently there is nothing to prevent tho Olympic or any other club from bringing of the Corbott- Fitzsim- mons mill
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-12
Secretary Gresham Recovering.

WASHINGTON, March 12. - Secretary Gresham, although still confined to his room, has very much improved the past few days. His physician reports that he is practically out of all danger.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-12
Connected Armor Accented.

WASHINGTON, March 12.-The navy de- partmcnt has accepted 315 tons of harvey ized nickel steel armOr, nearly half the side armor for the battleship Oregon, made by the Carnegie company as tho re suit of a trial of an Is inch plate at Indian Head.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-12
Two Sailors Lost,

GLOUCESTER, Mass. March 12.-The schooner J. H. Caroy, which arrived from Georges banks with hcr flag at half mast, reports that on March D two of her crow, Charles Lynn and Magnus Stroam. wont astray in d dory.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-12

Brsa recent decision the supreme court of the United States holds that the use of decoy letters in the malls to catch law breakers is legitimate and proper. The case was where detective used a decoy letter to catch a dealer ln immoral ltera- ture. The court said that a conviction based on evidence so obtained must stand
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-12

Lenz, the Outing bicyolist, is quail flied to make e successful search.
 Only 2S years old,
 he has already made the world tour awhccl and has travelled over the very territory where Lenz is supposed to be held by brigands or to have been
 killed by them
 He Is sufficiently familiar with the people and their lanrnarn tn nnnll
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-12
So Feminine.

He-Do you think blonds have more admirers than brunettes?
 She-I don't know. Why not ask some of the girls who have had expert enoe in both apacities?-Temps.