Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-06-21
GENERAL SHAKE UP.
New York PEOPLE are Surprised a:
Police Changes,
POLITICAL FIGHTS.

NEN lOIhs june Zl.-NeW workers.
have not yet fully recovered from the
shock of the shake up" in the police
department made by Commissioner of
Police Partridge, several days ago,
and surprises are being sprung in the
various precincts so rapidly. that it is
doubtful If the incident Will soon die
away in the memory of Gothamites. 1t
does not seem quite possible for the
laws TO be enforced so thoroughly for
several consecutive nights, but the new
captains, or rather the shifted ones,
are doing admirably and if they con-
tlnue, New York will o o have the re-
form for which it voted last fall in q
greater measure than the new admins
~tration has yet been able to give.
The largest stake in the success of
the republican party at the election
next fall will be the reelection of Gov
ernor Odell. 1t is, therefore. not sur
prising that the governor should be
putting forth such an effort to settle
the factional differences of his party in
Brooklyn. Governor Odell has had sew
eral conferences with the leaders
across the river to ascertain just what
are the conditions in Brooklyn and
what must be done to close the breach
in the party. The problem is a diff
cult one even for so astute a politician
as Governor Odell, and unless it is sat
isfactorily solved before September, re-
publicans fear that they will expert
ence no little difficulty in sending
again to the state executive seat the
man whose name will head their ticket.
Aside from the political significance
of the appointment of the o Michael
herbert to succeed the late Lord
Pauncefote as the ambassador of Great
Britain to the United States, New York
society is interested in the selection,
for Mrs. Herbert is a former New York
belle. She is the sister of the younger
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt and a daugh-
ter of X. T. Wilson, the banker. Mrs.
Herbert is a strikingly beautiful wo-
man. admirably fitted for her new posi-
ton by her continued association with
the elite of the Old World and there is
no doubt that she will become imme-
diately one of the leaders of Wash
ington's smart set when her husband
shall nave assumed his duties at the
capital next autumn.
Although the day oil rapid transit
from New York to Brooklyn draws con-
stantly nearer and thousands OF inter
borough travellers are looking forward
to the opening of such trafhc with anx
iety. there is a difference of opinion as
TO the rate of fares through the sub
way extension to Brooklyn. Mayor
Low wants a scent fare guaranteed
from Brooklyn to any port of Manhat-
tan. This would practically limit the
field of bidders for the contract to the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS company, which
holds the contract for the subway in
Manhattan. In Brooklyn the problem
appears in a slightly different light.
People there want a scent fare guar
anteed from any part of Brooklyn to
the lower part of Manhattan. There
will no doubt be a compromise, but
until the question is settled, there will
ne a hitherto unexpected delay In the
plans.
Lovers of things educational are re-
ioicing over the announcement that the
Manhattan High School of Commerce
is to have a ~hve-years' course, four
years regular and one extra m OPP
tional. The course will be much
broader than those of the usual BUSH
ness college or school.
One of the leading local newspapers
is carrying on a crusade against the
nuisance of standing between seats IN
the open trolley cars. Women are
leading in the protest, but their remon-
strances will not have full effect until
they cease to show that standing be-
tween the seats is not really objection
able to them. In the majority of cases
there are Just as many women to be
seen between the seats of open cars as
there are men. During the rush hours
this is entirely true. 1t may he that
the nuisance is Objectionable to women
passengers; in any case the effect OF
their protests is weakened by their
willingness to stand up when there are
no other places for them.
One OF the New York oil Brooklyn
militia regiments will he invited TO par
ticipate in the big military review to
he held in Montreal. Canada, on June
%. 1t will probably be either the Sew
enth or the Twenty-third. The former
command visited the Canadian city
several years ago.
. Although the official figures we not
been made up, estimates AVE been
made that indicate a considerable fall
70 in the tax rate this year. The reduc
ton may be as much as ten points. me
reduction will be chiefly due to the in
crease in the assessed Valuatip OF
real and personal property.
New York seems to he under thei in
nueuCe OF an automobile craze, and the
news that any foreign expert is coming
10 the rity to snow enthusiasts any
new tricks or innovations IN machines
is received with greatest interest
Henry Fournier, the great French au
tomOhilist, writes to a friend here thai
; he hopes to come to America in No
vemhcr, when he will endeayor &c
create some new record for speedin}
a power driven machines. He says tina
: during the summer he will be occupied
with the foreign races n with en-
easements TO test new models OF rae
s ing machines.
EN-Chief Police William S. Devery
y on whom the blame IS laid for the de