The evening world. Newspaper, December 17, 1900, Page 1

hb ARI AEN Ra RD ‘\ | 000 CHRISTMAS DINNERS FREE TO 1,000 DESERVING FAMILIES...SEE PAGE & SATHER—PARTLY CLOW nh wast Winns, GH EDITION awk ONE CEN The [« Circulation Books Open to All,” | NEW YORK, MONDAY, orld, Mu | “ Circulation Books Open to All.’’ } | DECEMBER (7, 1900, WEATHERS ArerLy ¢ Lown BAST WINDA, i a ek — PRICK ON NEW DETECTIVE CHIEF DECLARES AGAINST PULLS. ALLS HIMSELF | FACING GLASS, Aged E. C. Partridge Thought of Drowning First. Féward C, Partridge, formerly « wealthy wholesale dealer in sewing ma- chines, aged elxty-three years, commit ted muloide at his home, 88 t Twen- ty-second ptreet, today by shooting Dimeelf in the right temple with a Ss calibre revolver, Me. Partridge had been in i} health for the past ten years, and had been com: pelied to retire from business, He was wufforing from a kidney trouble, and to Alleviate the pain began taking mor- phire. Then he began to buy patent medicines, and would get bottles of every kind advertised. His money went rapidly and some time ago his wife de- ta, Jet furntshed rooms. ir, Partridge seated rocking chair pay, tocdag, malt fi a mirror fr rom volver, Phe the temple, while the second went wild and wiruck a large pigsure of Cupid whieh hung on the wall, the. bullet golng Uys it heart of the figure, ei Ri AS golng to drown hi evidently decided would be enaler, A THREE BURIED BY BY CAVE-IN, | Avotdont at ielapepert's + Dam Started Wild Report RRIDGBPORT, Conn, Deo, 11.—By the caveln of earth at @ trench in the construction work at the Beaver Brook Dam today one workman was fatally ans two ertously Ai gsig? started that the dam, ate! Aichi Yon and 60 feet high, Bad rok en, ana’ t that Atty mon had deen ki Work on th for tho Winter at about two ay RRnared workmen were Gearing construction debris when the Ai one toured. RED BALL 1S UP! GOOD SKATING. Hundreds Enjoy Sport at Van Cortlandt and Crotona Parks. ‘The “red ball” wan raiaed at Crotona and Van Cortlandt Parks to-day, That Meant that the toe on the jake was in condition to bear hundreds of #katers, and that men, women and children shod with Mashing stecl runners would have at least 4 day's fine Winter, sport ‘The we was wMooth and the wind not high, but keen and exhilarating, Bkat- ing parties, nearly all of them contain- ing from one to four pretty giris, began Journeying to the parks in the morning, ‘The Bixth avenue “L carried the ma- Jority of them, and from Forty-sevond street upward they boarded the trains thelr @kates jangiing @ their dainty handbags and their eyes right with tho anticipation of a day's frolic on the toe. Harlem also sent « large contingent to Van Cortiandt Lake, which soon was @rowded with skaters, Over at Crotona Park, which wan fed by the Third ave-| ted and the trolley ronds, the! Crowd was not wo large, but the girls ue oh Were just as pretty and quite as adept in skimming like so many birds over the flashing surface of the lake. Many persons visited Central Mark this morning hoping to find the Jee in Koo condition but it was no tt ne bauble that it would be | male wel is afternoo: WEATHER FORECAST. Foree oi hours ending & PF, My ‘Theaday, for ) A vicinity i atare, Light to frewh wi becoming easterly, to St. Loute, a viral ras will it Onpth by a PSCC SSC ST SSCS eS of age, formerly an ambulance driver, hated the flames and will probably dle, se ee : bse CAPT. GEORGE F, TITUS. World photographer at the Central OMer ¢ (Taken by The one Horerorrioooos ee ead IS LOST IN FIRE. FO ee Daring Rescue of Three oa Blazing Fifth Avenue Build- ing Excites Great Throng Ten thousand peraons watched (hey to save Grosso's manterplooe, “The La thrilling resoue of © perkons from] Moet,” which the burning building at 0 Fifth ave first floor of the buliding. ‘The val nue wt noon tasday and roundly cheered! yap thelr rate descent from the Afth story] its worth wax entimatod at $80,0% to the ground The fire wpread quickly through the The kame excited crowd saw two men ) the Fifth avenue vacant butt In dames wagner from che bulling at | side, ‘Thyre ihn firat floor was dcp ed 132 Broadway-whieh js practieally the by a dealer in Christman ¢ while same bullding—and fall unconscious Into] the “Alen Noor Wan v9« Joun the arma of walting policemen. | Wintaker, fin wits and sery 5 P The fire was dicovered at 11 ofelock,| hey dy) LR nh, Mi It originated on the frat floor of the ter hoveral attempin, tl we twudle i a oO wl by} cued by, five firemen u ‘ Aiding at 189 Heondway, owned by | ieee tent and smoke. and allhoufn Dean Hoffman. It was caused by the) drayeries qurrounding a picture catch | ing fire | Bdward Hewainger, of 21 Baxt Thirty. | secon’ street, wae passing | Br that surta © Ca way ride of ‘he bul'ding when he notiend! me neha baal i PRs the flames, Ho told Policeman Kimm,|'\ypte Wie wnler contol | They kicked in the front door, waich| Hrontway blk was looked young woman, who win sitting at As the door opened two men with thin imaged to th # so large ed. The “ifth avenue While the blaze William Lawson, twenty-three years | tide ia Was the most severely burned, He int Mile companton, Henry W. Doharty, from the Paris Bxpoaition lant October twenty-nine yearw of age, of 2 Kant) Am {he Paste Bxpoaltion laat (ett | Twonty-fifth street, was burned about) Twain, who we j the head, hands and body } Qigkber ape slowed ineide the liner tor wa whi ner. Both men received thelr burns trying Upper # jZERO WEATHER UP-STATE, | VIRGINIA INCKSON DEAD. Temperature 17 Uelow at De Kalb Clever sa denection, Coldest Spot, Stock Co WATERTOWN, N. ¥., Dog. I.—To- Jay in the coldest day Of tho season in| NW “tle of mn Newark winy Had Ty phold, mvlal (0 The Rvvning World ARK, N. Jacknon, the clever soubrorte Deo, 1.—Miew Vir thern New York. The mercury rege | min istered from xero to 17 degreet below at|t ry 8 ompany, A | various pointe thta morning, Trataw Ver at her home on Court delayed on account of (he culd ang ther The coldest point was De Kalb oken | cr ' {fon, where the mercury regis 17} formance on Th 1 whow, © Oo eer — To Care « Cold in One Day A sien Protective Poll se 7 ee iat ren ey ore | pn mish ai We Tene All men: eee suman rtm tot . Ae a yovevees EP ODADE > — $50,000 PICTURE WILSON GA ie | PAYSSAOO, | After iter Years Wipes Out All of His painting was completely dentroyed, refined to ava Dimloun When cexcued, Wore Kpeodly k, when Wing the cashier, a pretty ee STRANGE DAMAGE SUIT, Wilhon Seeks Civil Judament for 1400 on Hehalt of Dauahter, lesk near alee entre nee, Keled G books int cavh and ran screaming down clothes aflame rin by them and fell un- | Yroadway conscious outnl but that [t was nothing serivus Onoo in the cab, however, he muMl garter years at the rave become rapidly worse, for when] Judge Heckman war graduated about haif way t the court house he] Colu tapped on the window and ordered the) Rhirioualy (janen te full driver to t Madiaon etree Wan Nee parsenger’s condition Atgs ie alighted in front of hie home and acer 1 Up he at Vehicle turned Was an Intimat ex-Pire Chiet out strength even to reach le a quiet nel quarter pas} w () eTMNOaS Oil UP TO 825, Vriee Shows a Gain of 1% Points for Cortifienten, bute ed ected Meantime the fusticgs of the gate] Jixiae Heck Courts. wi wondered why Beek: \ man did M appear ‘ f, He w ways Prompt At his post ‘t and all thought tim In the beat o et Judge henith T REED SAID TO BE DYING, | Mears that stricken Co Not Live Owe th Onn 5 fo be moat critical ) thie morn!ng t feared! that be may not survive the i inbntelotetetelebstolelointeteletelelimtetelotelelobtelelteleinieteloiottiteler CS BARREL POLIGEMAN ARRESTED ON CHARGE O° POCKET-PICKING ’ 1 thet Kile 4 been Me o it rail thet Kie 9 r ony mie bd ae RESULTS AT NEW ORLEANS, t Biomom 1, Judea Mages K Paty Christopher 1. Otgme ® Dousere s BEAT RECORD TO SAVE BOY'S. LIFE Coronial Governur of New ¥ ent bla Law Behoo! in ist sly taken the full prev back, as he felt that he) goon admitted tot 4 40 hove timo he haw been he cabman did not see how serious pace of hie He Was appoint 184, anid In 1886 mr. and sinoe (hat ainly engaged In the! lauhkey jp hand, The nd at dee «| President of the ront door with: ie, 0 o nd became Corpor fn ghee boll, Te] He was appolnted ac srvminaion 4'not til af Me Promotion of Uniformity of La x ian Mine pasa| Hon by Gov, (ill, in 1M. Twenty Meates| aww the form lying in the vemii-| entered Into this movement ani appoin:.| si Morning session went by and nol by a plurality of sof Juntion Beekman. Then, as the! Aw Corporation ¢ i eeasion Was about to beginj worked fant to wet raoid transit of the wudden death New York, and it was he that drow i ed them to! the CRamber of Commerce bill that w aa | The tty y the Lagislat In sympathy: Though formeriy a pertor, tee, Heekman became 9 intimate friend ‘ Justice when naolidatl 1M Beekman had no t to heart diseane, q funeral will be helt on Thu y laat Priday that | Walked lat Calvary Kplecopal Church, Fourth to his home with him, He] avenue ‘ the emercine, Telegrams of comolonce were recelyed orker, from Mayor Wyck, Recorder Got ited ty aver- Pa many prominent members of beng aa Chief of Detectives In MeCitaky's Place to-day, He talked strongly to} the men and told them bluntly What) The open accuration ta made that the y “ as long as he wae there his motto! transfers followed a deal with Plat would by gester the shake-up, He sands be- Son hind Devery. Former fights indicate Why didn't he have the manhood te that MeLaughiin's threats are empty ones and that he will back down at the critical moment part ing. Wholesalo transfers of sergeants and roundemen will be made (hi) changes In bis own office? week on Devery's sole authority “There ie an old @ay'ng, Dark days Lawyers ray he is acting strictly | for dark deed within bis legal rights, and no one ean stop him are emia and indignation Nas reselted bar, Beckman Su Icapt. Titus Tersely Oulines His Policy and Starts Vigor- ously to Work. Politicians Declare Devery Is Solely Respon« sible for the Big Shake-Up—Bitter Fight on Hand, Capt. Titus took charge of bis oMee | wrathful indignation, denounces Deverp |!) Unmeasured terms, Tammany must fethrone him or accept a break with the Brooklyn machine | | that It reeetved Tammany sanction, 1 see thal Devery says he made the changes In (he interest of good governs No pull; no politics. Chief of Police Devery will fight to | sustain his wholesale shake-up of the] ment, said Mr. MeLaughiln, "Whem police for: Devery made that statement he led, He made them in the interest of bad nent, and nobody Knows that tack Heo has not sald go himself, as he wy has not been at Police Headquarters | jorior than he, He transferred the very since Friday, but his friends say it] men who are now put back in thelr old for him. places because he had evidence that they were unfit men for the positions: No dictation from "Bows' Me- whion they oceupled. Now he transfers Laughlin, of Brooklyn, will be tole} good men to make room for the men erated, Devery of the biggest men in Tammany Hall,|!'""t And yet he says the changes are ‘ed under advice} whom he haa heretofore condemned ap Croker Is cognizant of and. sug: |! (e taterest of wood goverament on Given, ome out and proclaims his real reason? Why didn’t te say he was doing it for spite? Tf he Wad sald that—which te tw he fruthef might have had some Moreover, new changes are com. 1 repect for him. If be was doing what ve Deb eved 10 be FiviK, how was it that |he wae axhamed io annodnce the Devery chone @ belting Jay for his deed,"* WII! the sotion of Chief Devery lead j0 @ Drenk between the Kings Coungy , ' f York Was Smiling To-Day. | orennitetion and Tammany!" » r The only two Commissioners at Poll That Isa pointed queation, It ought Healquarters to-day were President to be suicient for you to know that the York ant John D. Sexton, Both seemed | Kinge County organtaation considers tae idieniitaipntchenlertiblanae acpi peaimleadinedanantid be in 4 humor, espectally Mr! a of Devery an infamous outrage.” York, Mr Sexton is always good-nas ‘li any move be made to annul the u t's action? Be reportera visited Mr York. | "Devery's whole scheme te out of hut hefo: ey could pur any questions | ylivmb already, It will totter of ite own sini he anked wolgit, and Devery himeelf wil In Chief Dever u Vac |) vurled onder the ruling, Some of the: ent ween him about here today mar f the pollticlans on the other ’ # smiled as he spoke. In reply t0\ cde already reallee what a ptupendows ‘ he sald) "A meeting of the Devery has made, ‘They ougas Hoard le reheduled for thie afternoon, | | ive him brought inte court and eae ‘ bu na dou to waeth ed de to Dis sanity. He wants t© » Justice, Latchkey in here Will Nie @ Q\NRITD. prieent? © a corrupt rule upon as, but pubile 3, | Wii the Board take any aetlon res! sexument won't stand for it We deat Hand, Found by a | warding the tpansteret’ he wan asked: | want any east olde aves here Stranger — Overwork Leith Chloe to 00.00 Vadotions | © il a mos the tray Ne Chief Devery nor any of the Killed Him, Says Scott Nieadvieed | Molle Comatenoners were Gown tondag, { ou think thes’ ar irselt aid at Chief Devery’e Qouse — His Distinguished) van hig anmwer intended (0 0) oF Se ae | Charnes Nqalnie ¢ Loalay The Chie in entited te | : ssican acation. “up to di Career, 1 have ardqrom WM. K. 0) Aven even ayn, pe ai ia | A A eoyshtds kha on take thittenn day it he dg \ Supreme ourt Justice Beekman died , Mensa | He was not oMoinity om hin vagmtion today under strange conditions ¢ } 4 the Cen Office re He Jay gasping out ois Mle in the apres. will fi ou ris oh him atti ! aa on Vestibule of tls home, a Wert, Seven: ants h ‘ ePoein] Dt Red The offers of Din stat ware teenth street, while tis family Indoors t \¥ slate whether he would be @ went aboul thelr usual household affairs, | nivmloner Bexton said ealquante yor no He hed chance passer-by Analiy raw the dn't have any \itatlon wit rood to them prostrate form in the entrane regarding the tera] Capt * the new hend of the Die Going up the brownst he f ‘ I didn't know ar 1g abou Hureau, formally took command rang the ell and had the Justice carly rare SUBTICE BEEKMAN re) k this morning. He was preg. ried Inside, He was dead before they }. approve et the fe wan| ent At roll eal and made a short ade carried him in, How jong the die Junto Heekman's Camily conaisiei iC | ankest rese to the men, Titi says new he passed away i# not known. {B., his aon, William ?., who hi nnawered jightly Hut whe Y| She wan oot Ang pent to the Crab He had eaten a rather hearty break | returne [fon Paris, Where h wor bad, Its up to the Chief | Gon Ton iM teh te ont the fam thie morning and his cat OT Sn tater iceetate) And the you So Wide-Open Brooklyn ALOU ols HU door at 98) to take him to we) the whole family, with ihe exteption| neputy Chiet Elle Y (layton, whe ‘Chiet oF Polleses. © ne Supreme Cousi, where he has been fit aa i ay ait When the Justice | wag moved from Queens t 1 Dev ky put on his uniform. thie to Mra, Beckman as he stepped to the! yh ffl Juatnn we He is a member | quarters to-day and held a conference o "Meclueky fools bis traneter front door that he was not ieeling well, fy Heekman family, whose un-| te Aa ninina iti " but hes learned how (take Herardun Beekman, was wah. (ae Captaln Binh ae OS { Tee 4 hin pleasure tr 1 the ca ‘alte Hente fe Pchat Devery. had OF one th omit with Committe ail the exten Hew nad Abell to ac tam e@ de cuit President York on the ape iw wo while Tim here 1 t ppointed (Nis Week, and ut may 1 conditios, and | w he te» | to Brook Tork A ro The Deputy Chiefs assurar ai} n [re ts Vierstnad Hrookiyn is not to be thrown reat It would’ be allan rr u tt vouweh. Now, with y " n, Maohattan Ie | 21g CAPT. TITUS'S Meta. “Poe opinan we FIRST DAY. reo toca etree ety “| Expect Every Man to Do ee ares Hues Met His Duty,” He Tells His ee i Detective Force. Capt. George ¥, Titus, the new Chie? ved. Dogan hia frat week day » o'clock thie mornings val ime on he wae a very busy Hy has @ remariable capacity for (Contiaur. on Second Pagep os ¥ 5 at mewer of the pollilelang A storm of MeLavshitn. who la se.dom aroused io