The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-27
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM
Chief Deyery Will Probably Apply
for Retirement.
WOMAN EXPIRED IN CHURCH.
Milk Train Plunged into an Opon
Bridge and Was Badly Smashed,
Dycin. Waters of the Creek
AS White as Snow.
WOMAN EXPIRED IN CHURCH.

| is that Chef Devery will put in his appli-
| cation for retirement before the end of
| the present week. DeveryS friends recos-
| nize that he has shot his bolt and tnat
further contumacy on his part IN resisting
the orders of Tammany will result IN MS
in.ictment md his subsequent removal
which would mean the loss of q $3.50
year pension Deyery, it is understood, is
a rich man. but he is not disposed to let
his fight against certain individuals Oh
high standing in Tammany Hall so to the
length Of jeo9artlizing his pension
To the general public it seems a paradox
that q committee appointed by Richard
Croker should openly be in conflict with a
Chef of Police who is a friend of Mr..
Cookers and who was paced ut the head
of the force by the Tamnany leader. But
to the men who are in the counsels OF
Tamnany the situation is simple enough
peyery is in disfavor with the orSal1za-
ton and VIII have to go. Two things nave
contributed to this end. First, it is openly
charged that for some months revenues
which went to Tam1nany have been stead
lily decreasing, and that money which
should go to the organization is finding
its way into the pockets OF one or two
individuals.
In the second place, Devery has gone
out Of his way to antagonize Crokers
vice comm ttec.
WOMAN DIES IN a CHURCH.
While Christmas service was in progress
in St NIary's Roman Catholic Church at
Newark yesterday morning, an aged wo-
man collapsed in her seat and was carried
out of the editice. A physician was called
and found that the woman was dead
Death was caused by heart disease. The
woman was Mrs. Margaret kunz, seventy
seven years old, who lived at No. S33Gl2
Fifteenth Avenue.
T.. A. Philb.n, the new district attorney
of New York county will file the papers
which certify his appointment to that Of
flee with the clerk of the County Court as
soon as possible tbs morning. He Will
then go at once to the Criminal Courts
building, where the deposed District At
torney, Asa Bird Gardiner, Will introduce
him to the entire office staff, and nfter
that to the judges OF all the courts in the
building. These ceremonies over, Mr..
Ph-lbln Will at once assume the duties of
his new place.
1t is expected that many persons will
call on him, seeking oerths of more or less
Importance VIII CHI would be in his gift
Others viii come to congratulate and
others nsain to offer advice.
MIXED THE WATER.
The crew on the Chatham milk train
Cn tie Harlem Railroad. which was due
to arrive at Mount Vernon at midnight
on Monday, had a remarkable escape from
death, and passenger train which fol-
lowed the milk train narrowly escaped
destruction through the colapsing of
Tanners bridge over a creek midway
between Dover Plains and Wassaic
The milk train, consisting of seven cars
loaded with milk for Mount Vernon and
this city, was passing over the bridge.
The locomotive had reached the solid
roadbed on The north, while the ca.boose.
containing the crew. was on the edge OF
the southern abutmenC of the bridge.
Suddenly the center Of the structure
dropped. An abutment had given way.
The entire train. with the exception OF
the engine and the caboose, plunged into
the creek. thirty. feet below The cars
We're smashed into kindIing wood. No
one was injured. The passenger train
was tagged just in time TO prevent il
from running into the bridge
The milk train had changed crews at
Dover Plains, and the brakemen had not
gone from the caboose to take their places
on the train. The conductor was John
Ensign and the engineer Augustus Asker
Spilled milk dyed the creek as white as
snow. Three wrecking trains were sent
to repair the bridge AS the result of the
wreck. there was something Of a milk
famine Christmas morning in West Mount
Vernon, The Bronx Borough and Yon-
kers.
The collapse Of the bridge is accounted
for or the supposttion that one of the
abutments had been undermined. Tie
scene OF the accident is, seventy-seven
miles from this city.