The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-30
FRESH G OSSIP
FROM GOTHAM
thief Devery Dies Hard, but He Must
Get out or Be Put Out.
.HREE NURSES HELD FOR JURY.
organization Of New York Democracy
10 Fight ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
favor Single: Head for New York
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appears to be very clear now. Deseiy
mas got to so whether he Will or not he
doesn't want to so and Ia.nmany men as
a rule would rather see hun in than out,
put Hugh mclaughlin anG ms associates
in the Willoughby Street machine nave
delivered their uitlmaJum. ana II is that
Devery must either retire voluntarily or
go out on charges. There Will De no
change Brooklyn will SIMPLY not nave
DeverE and no amount OF persuasion VIII
induce it to overlook the transfers OF two
weeks ago, the principal ones of which
we're upset by the corporation counsel
rammany men know that DeVery is
doomed, and while they are sorry, II Is
the organization first, last and all the
time The individual who stands in the
way must go. Tammany is going to have
q hard enough row to hoe next fail With
out having a quarrel with Brooklyn on
its hands. and SO what the Brooklyn men
demand they are very apt to get
Devery is not a brilliant man, but he
has courage and is as obstinate man as
ever sat in the Chiefs office. He doesn't
think that he has got to go. He knows
that the board and the Mayor can remove
him. but he will not believe that they will
do it. His own best friends have been
trying to make him see the necessity tor
quiet retirement, but he will not listen to
them. And that is why day after day
passes now without anything being done
IN the police situation. There is not
Tammany man in the borough of Manhat-
tan who will tolerate for a moment any
suggestion of humiliating DeVery. All
agree that the organization has never had
a better servant, and Tammany is not un-
grateful. That's why Devery is not igno-
minouSly kicked out of office as Peter
Conlin was.
THE NURSES HELD.
vi; IL, nd I no in
quest last night in the case Of Louis Ii.
Hilliar0 who died in the insane pavilion
at the Bellevue Hospital on December
18th, after his ribs had been fractured.
ana held the three nurses who had charge
of billiard, J. r. Davis. Edward O. Dean
and Clinton l.. Marshall, III bonds of 5000
each pending action by the grand jury.
Assistant Distrct-Attorney Mcintyre says
he will have the case ready for the jury
next Wednesday.
Mrs. Hlliard. the widow, accompanied
by her fifteen-year-old son, was present a
the opening of court yesterday, but left
the room early. Dean, Davis and Mar
shall, the three nurses from the pavilion
who were arrested by order of the Coro-
ner on the charge of killing Hilliard, list
ened attentively to the testimony, and
Ogden Mills, son of the founder of the
Mills Training School for Nurses, who
furnished bail for the three nurses, was
present all day. Assistant District-At-
torney Mcintyre represented the people
and II. 3. Anderson looked out for the
interests of the nurses.
TO FIGHT TANMANY.
The organization Of antTammany
Democrats which is to be known as the
New York Democracy, got under way last
night at its new headquarters. No. 1881
Broadway. Former Sheriff James OBrien
the arch enemy of Richard Croker for
many Years past, is the leading spirit of
the movement, which has already, along
with SO many other anti-Tammany or
CARNATIONS, begun to crystalize for the
campaign of 1901. The meeting was at
tended by about fifty persons more or less
prominently known for their antipathy to
Tammany Hall. The chairman was w. j.
Boyne. of the Twenty-second Assembly
District.
SMALLPOX RuMOR.
One of the sensational rumors growing
out OF the smallpox scare has been to the
effect that a big hotel was infected and
lis been guarantineu- The rumor -pread
spite of deuials by the Health Board
and a week ago Town Topics printed the
,umor as a statement of fact and said
nat the newspapers and the Health De-
partment were in a. conspiracy to sup
press the news. DR.. Blauvelt, head OF
Inc Bureau of Contagious Diseases in the
Health Department, denied the Statement
as ridiculous.
Within a week the rumor has become
more definite and the Hotel Majestic, at
oeventy-second Street and Central Park
West, has been named as the hotel in
which there was smallpox. II was report
ed yesterday that there were or had been
SIX cases there, that the hotel was under
strict quarantine regulations and that
nobody was allowed to so in. That was
not true The hotel was open last night,
guests were going and coming as freely
as ever and the orchestra was playing as
usual
The rumor reached the propr!etors and
guests of the hotel and had begun to cause
serious annoyance, SO last night a state
ment was issued and a reward Of $1,000
offered for the detection of the person
spreading the report. Among the guests
are Madame Melba and Madame Nordica.
they received letters from friends, asking
f they were in danger and if it would be
safe to call on them. These letters were
shown to the pro2rietors OF the hotei.
Soon afterWard letters began to come from
persons invited to q wedding reception to
be given at the hotel, asking if it would
be prudent to accept The Invitations.
SINGLE HEAD FOR POLICE.
Senator Plat, Governor-elect Oden and
Chairman Dunn, of the Republican State
Comm, ttee had q conference in Mr..
Piett's rooms at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
last night which lasted until 1880 o'clock
this morning. Senator Timothy 2. Els
worth, OF LockDort. Is expected to be in
town to-day ard there will be furthcf
conferences. Governor elect Odeu Wall
then leave for NewDursh and will not be
in New York again until after he is in
augllratei Governor al Albany. T!le con-
ference to-day, it IS understood, WILL De
as to the Senate cha. rmansa!ps. 1t thas
been known all along that the reelected
Senators are to have their old places. 1t
was said that there would be little diff
Guilty in making the other assignments
Down In the corridor of the hotel last
nist,t were many Republican politicians
awaiting to ascertain the result Of the
conference upstairs. The majority got
very tired and left for Their homes
Chairman Dunn was the first Of the con-
fe,ees to come down. He was lmpoTtuned
for news as to what had occurred.
All sorts of reports had been circulated
while the conference was on. One was to
the effect that the three eminent ReDub-
leans were discussing various clauses in
tae message which Gorernor-elect Odell
is to send to the Legislature on Wednes-
day next.
It was said that Governor Odell would
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