The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-30
New York oceHer.

NEW YORK, March 2e.-Police Com
missioner Partridge declares that thu,
WdFdman must go He thinks the ward
men are nuisance. and practically said
that the chief use captains have for
them is to make them do tla dirty
WIN presumably the levyins All col
lection Of blackmail
The commissioner issued ,i, fat
against the wardman by SUNNI hing 10
police headquarters the captains of all
the precints on the east side of Manhat-
tan borough, south of Fourteenth street.
He said he wished to talk with them
about precinct detectives and plain
clothes men
AS 4 result of the conference the com
missioner announced that the rules
would be changed, so that there would
be only a few men doing plainzclothes
DUTY in the city
Commissioner Partridge is keeping his
promise to destroy the old institution
OF the Wardman that he made when he
first took office.
schwab Waits Six Years
After waiting six years Charles M.
Schwab, president of the 81, 000. 000 900
steel corporation, will come up for final
election to the Union league, Philadelphia
on the second Tuesday in April.
Here are some of the facts incident to
his candidacy:
He was proposed by his friend Charles
4. Schoen, the millionaire ex-presdent of
the Pressed Steel Car company and was
seconded by James Pollack, the PhtIadel-
phia manufacturer
If he gets in the club it will have taken
him six years to do so, for his name has
been on the waiting list for that length
of time.
He must be a Republican to be eligible
for membership.
He has not vet been blackballed, nor
has any protest been filed against his
name.
His earning capacity now, as compared
with what it was when he was first pro-
posed. has Increased just coo per cent.
II is a rule Of the club that he must
meet one of the membership committee.
who shall carefully pass on his eligibility
before the final election. On Saturday
while on his way to spend Sunday at
his new cottage in Atlantic City, he stop
ped over in town and was introduced to
A. G. Hetherington, of the committee.
Mayor Low Is "a Yachtsman-
Mayor Seth Low has entered the ranks
of the lovers Of the steam yacht, and
has purchased of Col. William Hester the
trim craft Whlada, which will be used
daily in making the trip to and from his
country seat at Milton Point, on the
Sound There he has leased an estate
from the heirs of the late Commodore
William H. Starbuck, and in the short
cruises each day he will find relaxation
from the ardUous duties of his office.
Santos-DumOnt Has Rival
Braced against the wall, in a large
airy workshop, on the second floor of a
house in Eighth avenue, is the glsten-
ing steel frame Of a flying machine, which
its builder says will Guido anything that
Santos-Dumont has accomplished. The
maker of the machine is Leo Stevens, a
balloonist, whose feats during the last
decade have attracted attention in this
country and Europe.
Stevens has been working on his ma
chine fifteen years, and has been guard
ing his secret with the greatest care. He
has patents which protect it in every way
and is entered for the great flying ma
chine contest at the st. Louis eXposi-
ton. He expects to make his first trip
through the air and over the tops of
New York's skyscrapers in about a
month, although the parts of the ma
chine are now nearly all completed and