Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-10-12

| missioner Murphy 10 put l)tNCry \
trial upon the charges preferred by
the Merchants association, lhat organ
i2ation has made charges against Mur
! ply himself The latcs; charges are
st, .orlh in a letter directed to Mayor
Van Wyck. They specifically accuse
the police commissioner of malieasanca
in Office in refusing To entertain. hear
| and try the issues raised against his
subordinate and ask for his removal
from office. and II is understood that
If the mayor fails to take cogniaance
of the associations appeal to him tho
| whole matter will be submitted to
| Governor Odell.
Former Policeman Edward Oncill,
| who directed attention to the pay-for-
transfer system in the police depart
ment, and who was dismissed from the
| force on charges OF conduct unbeC0m-
| ing an o'licer preferred by Deputy
Commissioner Devcry. was not fined
the 80 days pay which Devery i'm
| posed on him. At the comptroller's
! Office it was said that Oneill received
a full months pay for September. ltd
only worked "A l-2 days last month, so
he received some city money that he
was not entitled to. Police Commits
sionor Murphy said that the papers in
the first Oneil case the complaint on
which Devery fined him 30 days pay,
never reached him. After Oneill had
been dismissed, Col. Murphy said, he
couldn't fine him. 1t was explained at
police headquarters that the payroll is
generally made up a few days before
the end of the month, and that prob
ably no notice was taken of the fact
that Oneill had been dismissed.
Only the men who knew the late
Charles c. Delmonico we'll ever ap-
preciated the fact that for many years
he worked much harder than any OF
his employees. He gave his casual ac-
Quaintances the impression that his
most serious duties in life were to be
agreeable to every one and to smoke
cigarettes. He was confirmed night
hawk, and for years he never retired
until long after midnight. Despite his
late hours he was up many mornings
early enough to be one of the first
purchasers at the markets. He under
stood the practical details of running
restaurant as well as his stewards.
and although he always appeared to his
patrons to be man of leisure, Ms
supervision of details was very close.
If the tanning of Chief Devery In 10
lice trials means the elimination of
his torse slang comments on the evil
dence produced it will be fel. as a de.
cided loss by many peopls who. for
the first time in their lives have feund
the published reports of police trials
entertaining reading. Although Dev-
cry was in the police department for
many years he was never discovered to
be an "original' until he began acting
as presiding justice. AS a cOiner of
phrases that quickly became current
slang he has since then surpassed John
l.. Sullivan, Chuck Connors and all Of
mis- predecessors in this line. When
Devery restrained himself to the
hounds of uecency an accurate account
OF his running comments In the trial
room was about as interesting reading
as "Mr. Dooley." and it was spoken By
a very real and not a fictitious ckarac,
ter If Mr. Crokers grooming of the
deputy police commissioner for men,
bershp in the club is going to result
in making sphinx of Devery the po-
lice trials will lose public interest.
1t Is some time since this city has
heeE the scene of theatrical episode
like that of the Metropolitan Opera
House on last Saturday night when
the performance that had been on viewj
came to a sudden if not Unexpected
end. 1t is doubtful if any of the perl
sons concerned in the undertaking rel
ceived cent for their labor, and this
led in some cases to pathetic results.
The unfortunate ballet girls who hadi
attended rehaarsals for 10 weeks with
out compensation were reduced to bor-1
rowing car fare from the doorkeepers,}
and the scrubwomen who are depend
ent on what they receive from week
to week were the object of the housel
managers earnest solcitude, as he al
ways keeps the same corps at work in
the theatre. They had taken their(
chances with the others and Jared mol
better than the rest of the more con-
spicuous participants in the perform
ance.
A young man who had lived all his
life in an Adirondack village and had
never seen sailbOat larger tan a
skift made his first visit to New York
last week that he might see one OF the
yacht races. I'D never seen a real1
sail yacht" he said on Saturda,r night,
land I'd never seen the ocean and
don't know which interested me most.
The sight down at the starting line
with all the big boats around sur
passed anything | had ever imagined
and it was well worth the trip to New l
York. This young man was typca
Of a large number of people on the ex-
CursiOn boats. Every city of any size
was represented in the crowd and not
Z few of the spectators came from
small towns and from country dis
trictS. The sight of a big yacht even
If a cup defender. has comparatively
little novelty for New Workers, to
whom the race itself is the thing, but
to the country visitor who makes his
trip to this city coincide with the race
an excursion down the bay surround
I'd by the fieetest steam yachts in these
with a view of the two big
singlestickers, is enough entertain
nent in itself, aside from the race. to
make the day profitable
KNICKERBOCKER.
Banty-Our town is going to have
log law. We want fewer ours. Buff
'oon-Ah, sort Of a curfew law. eh.