The evening world. Newspaper, December 13, 1902, Page 10

! layor Low Not WHAT WOODBUR These are “Newspapers once read, are “1 would have pol and went siden of the ci y to wi Mne.” uF, of watchful police, The man on thet part of his work.” “If the people won't learn public benefactors and instruct t fect lessons.” “1 in the e: this part of their busine attend to petty matters, how to obey.” 090066.02006 bat ST have not selected Commissioner ; dge's successor,” said Mayor Low pm reaching the City Hall to-day. “Be- now and the first of the year ‘shall endeavor to fill the vacancy. have no comment to make on Com- loner Partridge’s resisnation, I leave ut to the newspaper: | While Mayor Low keeps his counsel, oliticians are busy guessing who will be his cholce for the new head the Police Department. Twelve men § all are involved in the «pecuiation, six of them are mentioned fre- quently. John E. Eustis, Commissioner of Parks F the Borough of the Bronx, and Dr. “John McGaw Woodbury, Commisstoner Bet Street Clenning, are the favorites In preliminary guessing, with Capt. F, on Goddard, the candidate of the ty Club. considered a ilkely chance i James B. Reynolds, Mayor Low's oretary, regarded as a dark horse, Others prominently mentioned as Mikely to be considered by Mayor Low First Deputy Commissioner of Police ein, and Second Deputy Piper, or-Gen. Thomas H. Ruger, U. 8. A. Hex-Commisstoner Avery D. Andrews, fobhn McLean Nash, a Wali street yer; Gen. Francis V. Greene, Col pbert Monroe, now Commissioner cf Electricity and Water Supply, and mer District-Attorney Eugene A bin. Drops from Race. it. Philbin removed himself from con Melderation to-day by declaring that un ler no circumstances could he accept S& political appointment, He sald that choice for Police Commissioner id be H. H. Vreeland, of the Metro- Spolitan system, or a man of his stamp, WBA Organizer and one who thoroughly derstood the handling of men ) While it is “anybody's guess’ as to Whom the Mayor will appoint, the trend ‘opinion in political circles is that it consideration will be given Dr. Mohn McGaw Woodvury. The only ng that stands in the way of his tion, his supporters say to-day, wa Mayor Low was unwilling to lose 00d @ street commissioner. asked to. ‘ World reporter if had received an intimation that he 8 to be Commissioner Partridge's or. He paused before he an- , as though weighing every word ZT will have to refer you to Mis onor the Mayor,” he said. “It would manifestly improper for me to dis- Col. Partridge’s successor at this was then reminded that six weeks BO, When a report of Col. Purtridge's Urement was discussed, he had Hated that he would not accept the Po- Commixstonershiy, eYAte you still of that frame of mind?" Was asked, and bis reply was, “1 can iy nothing now. It is not right to ase "to talk about this matter.” BCommissioner Woodbury was equally Willing to say whether he had (Yor Low since Commissioner Part- a had spoken to the Mayor of his ignation, ¢ issioner Woodbury has an int tal y#oquaintance with the Police Dp. ht through the co-operation he @ from the men In carrying out work, fwent ta Police Headquarters to- d called on Deputy Commissionor This led many to believe that the had been offered to him. tie tsay a ‘after his call, bur! per explained that the visit haa| with some matters which Piper gettled up while he was in the ining Department. per sald he had no idea iw Commissioner would be # didn't think any one in the mew. Whoever it might be, Would tender his resignation ee 163 i @ rumor abou: Head- MInepector Brooks might Capt. Piper was asked if member of the uniformed that he thought a A méasiire with the iptment was neces- had been AY NAME WODOBURT NEW HEAD OF POLI ounce His Choice, Cleaning Commissioner Upon as the Favorite — Partridge's Resignation Formally Accepted. 000009 OSOO05860O6-00-6- MAKE THE POLICE DO. New York policemen have taken a new interest in Dr. John McGaw ‘Woodbury since Commissioner Partridge's resignation. They regard Dr. Woodbury as the coming man They are paying particular attention to certain striking statements he hax made about what he would have the p “I would have the police watch eve thonghtlessly throws waste into mand other frait peels and skins. into the highways by the consumers" remen det and make arrests when repeated ¥: «Policemen should be detailed to keep the fruit venders in jt venders should be reatricte: ef any street and compelled to rema’ ent thing in the world for the police to handle They have no training and don’t know addy i Yet Ready to An- but the Street Is Looked 8446900600009 Y WOULD ods Fe ice do. enrelens person who treets and aren waste, #0 are bananas, orange ‘Thene should not be tossed ed on the congested east tch Just such careless persons fons are shown ” to positions on one aide orderly by the presence the bent onght to be able to do + the police ought to become carelens ones with @ few ob- they think it beneath them to 8.00% tis has been nut out asa feeler.” He 1s a lawyer and a reformer, but he said to-day that he would not accept an ap- pointment as Police Commissioner and Souldn’t understand why his name had been mentoned. Comnilsst r Bugtis | be remembered for his attempted rimand or a Bronx Park policemai who ordered him to “keep off tye grass.” First Deputy ‘ommissloner Bbatein is mentioned as a possiblity in the. of Mayor Low's carrying out a of promotion. Friends of Capt, Piped, the second asstatint deputy, say, how: ever, that he was pla ment to quali Partridge’s suc would regard. hi ed in the depart- him as Commissioner sor. ‘The department D se affairs since President Roose- ft the board. Beets Reynolds, the Mayor's gec-|a Js sald to have let tt be known rhit he w be averse to Commisstoner Partridge's shoes, and the Mayor his not discouraged him to any extent, Mr. Reynolds has been promic nent in University Settlement work any is an all-wool rer. He has the king of R. Fulton Gutting and othe: nila) in the Cluzens’ Unt mi noes mt, on Goddard is the City ba, candidate, “He aid *to-da My no intimation. of a. ponaib whether T woul pt the place if it were offered me. or Low will find It hard {9 get a man to serve him as Poi Commissioner better than Col. Partridge. He worked under adverse ces and yas compelled to the situate Way Not popit- lar with the peopl Capt. Goddard ta HA Lt and supports the anti- ™ close fo District- Attorney Jeron put forward for consideration. are Col, R Monroe and an Nash latter 1 lawyer at No. 63 Wall street tnd a member of the Unton Club. Mr. Jer i some time ago suggested th he would make q fine Police Commis bat Mr Nash has a lucrative law prac tice and might for a $6,000 appo Rear-Admiral sible for. the su Thomas’ Ruge yt care to abandon {t tment enry Prben is respon KRestion of Major-Gen s name. on nment ing the resignation of| 0 Commissioner Partridge, Rev. Dr. Park- St said to-day that he had heard of it with a@ sense of profound relief. Former nissloner Murphy sald his been hounded out of the by who should have : the Brooklyn Dem- wy or Low accepts Partridge's | the police business like the real estate business, you have got to be Johnny fesignation he ought to s reslgna: . . AM Mansa Ay Or ut tike ale MS Fesigna-| on the Spot. It's everything to keep your thoughts to yourself. It you've with the. w igh His Heese nee got a grandmother keep her guessing. Keep everybody guessing. Seay aes d the depa os much ag he “Gen. Grant was like the river you read about, still and deep. He ule 0 one have don than he has done. n Hin New Years ( t what took pl s conversath alu his ation ta related by | wd. “According to this friend Col, | af a all the Mayor's office and thought 1 tell you that I'm about (0 aend you my resignation,” Ne | 1) ‘I hope vou are joking, Colonel," the Mag pe 3 joking, Colonel," the | k "Maybe Tam, but this rota point tr M tinue: th who think punning the who think [ don't. Tdon't need this Job, and im not holding onto It for the love of the work or the fun Um having in doing it, Now you just Keep on listening ta these folks and maybe vou'll hear them tell vou of some Who can take this Job aff yo hands. V4) nit Over to you for a ew Year's present they now something a Pol Departm Low's Pratine Mayor the expre work fay Partridge. Low to-day signavion uf od Nis apprect done by. the 4a communt In whlch he p for his hay done as Pol mm. one on the outside hast est conception of the dim which you have had to one eeaiande so well much you hav ay Yy plished pen Your tidetity and com are recognized by all, afford to nwail the ge tion of the actual val vices that tim I hope that densome and Als e Ox restore 50 will [it health, | was held In $10 ball for triat In the ——<—a——_— credit to himself and the force, NAAR UI ep wich |qveat Side Court to-day on a charge of ‘In my mind the man for the place Is Lam, your very peration, | assault. ‘The complainant was Mrs.|WITCH STARVERS INDICTED, !« West Point graduate, a gtrict ats. SETH It was not whol inditing a graceful acceptange tet Colonel's resignation that Mayor. went to tan City Hall to-day, He sel dom goes to the City Hall on Saturday: | f At the meeting of the Board of Bstl- | 1 mate yesterday he arranged for session of the ‘Board to-day, ie was sho ‘ter tl 4, side erie Fa Dorpose of dropped into the Four Corners Club to-day. partment with any old kind of discipline—goody-goody or anything else he called for. and now that he has put away his knitting needles and gone home I hope sick of the whole reform bunch. There were three hands out down there. chuckled «ver his joke. to-day, P. grin. sends for me. for Christmas.” knitting needles away in an inside pocket w twenty-story buildings, in and out of basements, riding in buggies, looking Merrit ofling up his trombone now.” BITS OF PHILOSOPHY FROM DEVERY. He was 8 good listener, | VANDER *|wite, but. struck Mrs. Hanley so ef-leopt the place if offered to him, fectually that her skull was fractured oc " eplied. “I wi Intended Blow for Wife, hut Broke /in two places, Lahey has been taugie| Accent tt" he replied. “I would not Mrs, Hanley’s Head, while Mrs, Hanley has been haying her | "cert it {f tt were offered to me on a James Lahey, of No. 213 West Sixty-]head repaired in Roosevelt’ Hospital.|silver platter, In the first place there sixth strec | Bridget Hanley. ing well mined her apartments and sought refuge in| nah Indians who PROMINENT CANDIDATES FOR COMMISSIONER OF POLICE. THE WORLDs SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 13, 1902 POLICE WIN I SLIPPERY CHASE Burglar Ran Up Ice-Coated Fire Escape and Across Snow- Covered Housetop, with Offi- cers After Him. 3 CAUGHT UNDER STAIRWAY. Capt. (Miles O'Reilly, of the Oak Street Station, familiarly known in the Police Department as the “Brooklyn Teror,” went “out on the trali before dawn to-day, and as a result his po- licemen captured two men who confess they are burglars, Whenever the Cap- tain starts out to ‘shoo-t; among his policeman {t is acertainty that a bag- ging of criminals will be the result. Pollceman Hartick heard a window break, and inside off Henry Dick's restaurant, at Pearl street and Peck Sip, he saw William Collins, of No. 163 Cherry street, trying to break open the cash register. Harrick called Policemen Sullivan, Murphy and Hay, and the four pounced In on the man without a warn- Ing. Collins took a “header” through @ rear window, climbed an icecoated fire-escape to the four-story bullding facing on Water street and cantered across the snow-covered roof with two poitcemen after him and two on the street. After an hour's search he was found under a stairway and confessed that he had tried to get $21 he had seen Dick put in the cash drawe: Immediately after Collins was captured Policeman Cahtlig caught John Mulvey in the act of bredking the window of a barber shop at Ni 16 Catherine Slip with a brick, Muivey ‘cut his hand Dadly and was easily captured. He gave his address on Cherry street, a few doors from that of Collins's home. BIG BILL DEVERY HAS HIS SAY ABOUT COL. PARTRIDGE AND THEN MAKES A FEW WISE PHILOSOPH nforms Cartoonist Powers that the Wisest of Men Has Little to Say, and Throws a Few Bouquets at Tom Byrnes and “Aleck” Williams, of Police Memory. “There's a rumor on Broadway that you are going back to the Police epartment,”’ remarked Mr. Powers to Mr. Devery when the ex-Chief That's a good josh,” sald Big Bill, unloosening his cigar to give himself chance to smile. “But say, Sport, I could give Mayor Low a police de- I won't say anything about Partridge. He was a nice old man, ‘IL have the quiet his nerves deserve. He's had his fling and I guess he’s YEVERY BUYS A FEW NEEDLES. “I don't know what's going to come off down {n Mulberry street. Now there's only one.” And Bill ather-beaten peddler Imped into the club. “Any needles “Here's my chance,” he said with a T may need a few it he | Just then a w Devery's eyes lighted. / Partridge has turned his in to the Mayor, If he don't, I'll knit a patr of socks for Hugh McLaughlin And Bill handed the peddler half a dollar and folded the “Yoa newspaper sports could not locate me when the wires were hot ith the news of Partridge’s resignation. I was riding in elevators in ver real estate with icicles on {t, and I never got a fall. ‘Will 1 ron for the leadership next time? You can bet I will—I've got “Say, Sport,” added the big ex-Chief, “I want to make a few remarks. In Just listened and shook his head up or down or crossway Tam, too, A man can always learn, ‘s the trouble with the average person, he can't keep quiet. Now he rooster that has sense jnst looks wise. People think a lot more of a ever talked. “That lent man, He gcts the reputation, “Look at Aleck Williams. He never said nothing. Just smiled and stened. He and Tom Byrnes were the most successful cops the city ever new. “I'm pretty good myself, but I'm modest, I don’t say nothing, but I'm hink!n; DOZEN OF PROMINENT MEN NAMED FOR PARTRIDGE’S JOB. WOULDN'T ACCEPT, CORNELL DECLARES Mcgistrate Disposes of the Talk | About His Appointment as Successor of Col. Partridge. In king predictions as to the man to be chosen by Mayor Low as successor to Police Commissioner Partridge the morning papers have mentioned twelve prominent citizens, Among the predictions are: Herald—John E, Eustis, Dr. John McGaw Woodbury. Sun- James F. Reynolds, John McLean Nash. mes—Deputy Conunisstoner Piper, Gen. Avery D. Andrews. ‘Tribune—Ex-District-Attorney Philbin, Deputy Commissioner Pbstein, Pre: American Capt. F. Norton Goddard, Col. Robert Grier Monroe, sank oss, former Chief John McCullagh. Polloe Magistrate Robert ©, having been Cornell, possible mentioned as a | Successor to Police Commissioner Part- ridge, was asked to-day if he would ac- | monkey wrench at her. He missed ni BILT GROOM TO BAR She appeared in court to prosecute to- day, is too much position work connected with the for any one man to do with who is sald to be a groom of one of the Vanderollts, the emp ciplinarian. Then a good lawyer should be made a deputy. Let him try the charges against ohe men and do the legal work of the department, In that way outside Influences would be unable to interfere, and then the men on the force, high and low, would know that if baye been thoy, did their duty ohey wauld not be. +=» tntertered with, and if they did not they, ‘ Sib re ther sy iy It appears that on Dec. 4 Lahey, be- haliasted with Lquor, deter- to chastiso his wife, and chose ‘or & weapon a monkey wrench, Mra. nabey, divining his intention, fled from Indians Mant Answer in Court for Crime, VICTORIA, B, C,, Dec, 13.—Five Hoo- arved.a man of their he kitchen of Mra. Hanley. tribe to death for witcheratt Lahey followed her and threw the indicted for’ murder at Jin a ICAL REMARKS, would know that punishment would come. “T have {n mind a man whom T am sure would fill the bill and make the po- lice force of this city what it has been known as and always should be, the ‘finest.’ "" you mention the man’s name will you have in mind?’ was asked, would be but 1 No. Ido not think tt proper. I have my own ideas, don’t care to make nominations." —<—<——__ VETERAN BANKER DIES. Timothy Dick Was Sixty Ye One In tution, ‘Timothy Dick, the veteran’ banker of White Plains, ix dead. He died as he had lived, quietly and peacefully. Mr. Dick lived in a handsome home in White Plaine and Uterally spent his life in the Hast River Savings Institution in this olty, rising from messenger to clerk, later to paying teller and then to cashier, As old age began to tell upon him he was retired by the bank trustees and put on a pension, after sixty years of conscientious service. He began to fail rapidly after that, but insisted on going to the bank dally where it wi his custom to go behind ‘sin sumably to Ask Him to Use His Influence with Mayor Low. CONFERRED FOR AN H@UR. n, Francis V. Greene appears on the political horizon as a possible suc- cessor of Col, Partridge. He bustled Into the Fifth Avenue Hotel to-day, shook the snow from his great overcoat, rushed up to the clerk's desk, and asked: Goy. Odell in?” G Gen. Greene took a card ¢rom an alll- gator skin case, and, scrbbling hasitily &@ sentence on the back, forwarded !t to the Governor. Gov. Odell ts in town ostensibly on a Christmas shopping expedition with Ofrs, Odell. Presently the General was asked to meet the Governor in his room. For upward of an thour the Governor and the General remained in consultation and the General went awiy looking happy. To the reporters he said: ‘othing to say. Not a word,” and then he went out into ohe cold of Broadway. The Governor stated that the call of the General was merely of a social na- ture, But the political wiseacres in the corridors would not have {t so. ‘They voiced the belief that the General was In pursuit of the Colonel's job and that standing In well with the Governor he could be assured of the latter's hearty assistance; besides, he !s a stanch Re- publican is the General, and as Mayor Low wants a Republican for the berth {: fe natural oo assume that Greene 1s the man. said the wise boys. So there you are! “What does Odell want a Republican particularty?” asked the unsophistica- ted reporter. “Don't you see, old man, that it would be good politics to appoint a Republican? The Republicans feel that they ought to get something, and be- sides another election is coming. Put a Republican in command at Police Head- quarters and you will have moro Re- Publican votes next fait Mayor Low {s obliging the ap- pointment of a Republican nay, theres for, be regarded as a “cinch.” peat WH be Gen. Greene, the early rs SHOT STRANGER: KILLS HIMSELF. H. D. Martin, of Newark, N. J., Without Warning, Uses a Re- volver with Fatal Effect in a Boston Street. NO CAUSE FOR THE ACT. (Special to The Evening World.) BOSTON, Dec, 13,—A man supposed to be H. 8. Martin, of Newark, N. J., shot Thomas B. Taylor in the right thigh and then Killed himself early this morning. ‘The men, who were absolute strangers, met on Washington, near William street, ‘Hello,"" he said to Taylor, selzigy: him by the hands and shaking them vigorously. “Hello. How are you? Say, I'm going to do some shooting." Taylor shook him off, but before he had taken @ step the stranger drew a revolver and fired. Taylor fell and Mar- tinra n into Leland place and sent a ‘pullet through his head. Death was in- stantaneous, ‘Tho dead man and his victim were taken by the police to the Dedham street station, and Dr. McQueen was called. Taylor was n great pain. The ostor found that the bullet had gone entirely through the thigh., probably cutting an artery in {ts course. He bound thenjury up and Taylor was sent to the City Hospital, The dead man was taken to the Mogue. Taylor was at ‘a complete loss to account for the as- fault. He had never seen the man be- *R eather wallet market H. was found in his pocket. tainod $64.40 and a robate ticket on the Delaware & Lackawanna Railroad, ——— WHAT'S OFFICE ANYHOW? 1e Man Elected by 15 Will- ing to Res “My friend Retlly can have the office if he wants it very badly and I'll save him the cost of a recount,” said yester- day James Dowling, Republican, who was recently elected’ School Trustee In the First ‘ard, Bayonne, N. J., by 15 majority. James F. Reilly, Democrat, who ran against Dowling, has obtained from Jus- tice Collins an order for a recount. Reilly will doubtless accept Dowling's offer. Baye! Voy the day. GREENE SEEKING TELLS WHERE BAD PARTRIDGE'S JOB.) LITTLE BOYS 60. General Calls on Gov. Odell Pre- Tiny Witness Before the Coat Strike Commission Explains fo Judge Gray the Fate ef Evildoers, —_—__—. BISHOP SPALDING SMILES, : (Spectal to The Fvening World.) SCRANTON, Dec. 18—At to-faya Session of the Strike Commission @ pathetic story with some humorous points was told by a ten-year-old break= er by, Paul Hethan. He works in the D: & H. No. 6 breaker for 64 cente @ lay. “Last month," he said, “I got only 9 cents in pay. The rest was taken off for rent. Mike Curry, he only got one cent. He sa!d when he went to ask the boss for a job he told him he was the omy one In the family able to work with the company to pay the rent, $5.95 a month. He wes given a place in the breaker with a “hump,"* where he had to worte so hard all day that his finger naile were worn off. He said his father, one brother and two sisters worked, Commissioner Clark asked him: “How old did you tel the boss you were?" . “Going on eleven." Judge Gray sald: comes of bad boys? The little fellow had previously safds “They go to h—1.” Bishop Spalding smile’ benignly. Attorney Torey, of the Delaware an@ Hudson, called President Mitchell to the stand to cross-examine him regarding the wage comparisons he submitted yes- terday showing that the soft coal work- ers get from 40 to 60 per cent. more than the anthracite men who are paid Mr, Torrey said that the comparison was based on a ten-heur day's earnings for the bituminous men, whereas they only worked elght house, Mr. Mitche:l sald this was so'and he made the comparison to show what the anthracite men'should get for the ten hours’ work. He Istimated that an eight-hour shift Increased the intensity and efficiency of a man's work about 90 ber cent. He also explained that his wage come parison hours for @ year's work, the best and most profite able year for a long time. “And yet you choose the year foll ing it to precipitate the great. stril when the mining conditions were rast profitable and plenty of work was to Mr. Mitchell made no reply. Mr, Mitchell in speaking ‘about possibliity of the strike being avol Bald: “I made every effort, it wi power to avold the strike.” “Then If you had the power and dies approval of It, why did you not veto action of the convention, as you had the power to do?” asked Mr, Torrey. “I had to consider the power to and the power to disrupt the union. “Do you think, In view of the serious consequence of the strike, that were justified in calling it upon the loose and haphazard demand of the men, without first examluing the books of the companies to find whether they wer able to pay an increase?" “The companies had plenty of tunity to hold a conference with as@ Mr. Mitchell replied. “And In any 1 gnowla not, tke the ‘profite of fhe coal-selling alone, I should want rallroad profits as’ well, to find out what their real profit is.”" Mr. Mitchell said tha if the unton hed a contract with the operators It oould revoke the charter of any @cal which permitted its men to Interfere with non- unionists. 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