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New-York tribune., 1903-01-02
LOVING CUP FOR COLONEL PARTRIDGE
Presented to Him by the Officers and Men Of
the Police Force.

An incident that Colonel John n. Partridge
will remember as one of the pleasantest in con-
nection with his year Police Commissioner
occurred last night when silver loving cup
was presented to him, on which was engraved;
presented to the Hon. John n. Partridge by
the officers and men of the New-York Police
Department on the occasion Of his retirement as
Police Commissioner in recognition OF kind.
Just and honest administration.
January /, 1903
On the reverse side was engraved, "A Man
Among Men, Colonel Partridge's monogram
and the seal of the department
The presentation was made at Colonel Part
ridges home. No. 800 Carroll-st.. Brooklyn. A
score or more officers of the Police Department
were present and the speech of presentation
was made by John J. Corkill, who has been
Commissioner Partridge's secretary, and is
now complaint clerk Among those present were
Deputy Commissioner Ebstein. Acting Inspector
Walsh Captains Cottrell, Gallagher, Maude and
Formosa, and several sergeants and rounds
The loving cup is 81 inches high, 10 inches in
diameter and is sd. i to have cost 600. NO
one passed the hat said Mr. Corkll in speak
ing Of the way the money had been raised. 1t
was all by voluntary subscription. and was
raised in few days after it was learned that
Colonel Partridge was to leave the department..
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02
IN EXCITING RUNAWAY
Horses Dash Coach Into Theatre
Cabs.

Frishtened by a collision between coach
they were drawing and an Eighth-ave car. at
Thirtieth-st last evening, a team of spirited pay
horses ran away. a small panic was created IN
Tfirtieth-st. near Broadway, when the dam
aged coach which the horses we're dragging
ran into two cabs badly damaging them The
horses at this point broke the harness and ran
unhampered to Madison-ave, where they were
stopped by Patrolnan Croker. of the West Thir-
tieth-st. station. Sixth-ave- and Broadway
were crowded with people at the time, and in
tense excitement prevailed.
- The coach and team are owned by William
Farrell OF No. 265 West Thirty thrd-st.. and
were driven by Thomas Irwin. Of No. 341 West
Forty-third-st. At the time Of the collision
Irwin was crossing Eighth-ave.. at Thirtieth-st.
He says that he did not see the until it
struck bis vehicle. To save himself he jumped
to the street. Ora ggng the damaged coach the
horses went at rapid pace east in Thirtieth-st.
AS the team passed the West Thirtieth-st.
station two policemen out and gave chase.
The horses had good start, however, and were
not overtaken. At Sixth-ave. a man who had
seen the horses approaching warned the people
back and then made an attempt to stop the
were number of cabs and carriages waiting for
patrons of the theatres. AS the team neared
them there great excitement among the
cab drivers and several of them tried to get out
of the way. The result was that the damaged
coach smashed into two Of them
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02
"wE AMT Observation-Disclosures.
Tammany Should Establish Quarantine, He
Declares, or Opposition Will Spread.

swe are independent Of every political orsaniSa-
ton we ind every political leader arrayed
against Us. We are against every political leader
We stand In this district for the rights OF the
working people and the masses and we are going
to fight 1t out on those lines as long as we nave
drop of blood left in u.s.
This statement was made by William ;. Devery
last night It was made with great earnestness
and was said In a straightforward manner without
dropping into slang the picturesque language
which Devery is fond of using. The Dig cnlei
was terribly earnest. His seat on tie executive
committee Of Tammany denied him; excluded from
the State Convention and practically ignored, ne
has taken an independent stand. and last night ne
outlined his plan of action.
'It is this way continued Devery, and he lapsed
gradually into his natural method of expression
1--WE never had seat In that committee Goodwin
never represented this here district. so being re-
fused admittance TO the committee was simply
losing something never had. When We started
Tammany representative: beat Sheehan. repre-
senting the fusion people: beat Gibbs, represent
ing the regular Republican organiza ton We raced
'em off their feet We beat EN- in the primaries
and out on Election Day. We left the whole
bunch strung out the track mile behind; but
bookmaker had WEIGHED. Well. never mind. We
amt disheartened and this thing amt ended yet
Our friends In Fourteenth-st will find things doing
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02
KILLED IN SALOON BRAWL.
Prisoner, Who Police Say Pleads Self
Defence. Declares Wife Was Insulted.

Fifteen minutes after the chimes announcing the
arrival OF the New Year had rung out yesterday
a man was shot and killed in drunken brawl at
Reissnan's saloon. No. 1871 First-ave. He was
Henry Marrer eighteen years old plumber, of
No 1855 First-ave. John Hammersmith book
keeper of No 239 East Fifty-eighth-st., who was
arrested the detectives say confessed committing
the crime.
Hammersmith. the detectives say, said that he
had shot Marrer because he had insuteu Mrs.
Hammersrnith and her sister. Mrs. Louis Frank.
of No 1674 First-ave All of them. Hammersrnith
said were sitting in the rear of the saloon
when Marrer and three companions entered. Mar
rer was drunk Hammersmith said. and began to
make insulting remarks about the women. Ham,
rnersrn.th said he resented the remarks did his
brother-in-law. Marrer arose from his chair Ham
rnersnith says and announced his intention OF
waiting outside the saloon until the men and their
xci1,es should out I'll do you," Hammer
smith saws young Marrer said.
went out Of the side door Of the saloon, having
f3rst drawn his revolver and put II into the outside
pocket of his coat. When the party reached the
street Hammersnfth says that Marrer and his com
Tsnions made rush for him and he fired in self
dsfence Marrer shot. through the head and he
died ten minutes later. Hammersmith and Frank.
their wives. then ran away All were arrested
" Reissman the saloon proprietor, said that there
had been some sort of fight in the rear room and
that he had elected the whole crowo using a billy
On ths heads Of some OF the men. Jacob A. Man
nine employed by the New-Yorx Central Railroad,
of 10 Is First-ave; John A: Wislne. nineteen,
TiItins at No l16 East Seventy-sixth-st.. Thomas
1todIt of No 500 East Eighty-seventh-st., and Fer
dinand schrin. of 4SO Central-ave.. BROOKLYN were
arrested la ter charged with knowing something
shout The shooting. All had scalp wounds. caused,
- was said by Reissman hitting them with the
cluh Winnie had broken wrist
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02
TOOK PART OF EAR WITH RING.
Thief Beat Woman in Hallway and Robbed
Her of Ornaments.

The news Of highway robbery on Wednesday
leaked out yesterday. Mrs Moie Cohn, ffty-six
wears, old of No. Pitt-st.. robbed of two
diamond earrings, valued at $500
According to her husbands story. Mrs. Cohn, on
answering a knock the door. found standing
there we'll dressed man. who handed her the
business card of real estate agent at No. 10
Henry-st. saying that the agent wanted to see
Cohn at once in reference to a deal.
Mrs Cohn started for the building where her
husband is employed. AS she reached the door of
the latter building the woman noticed that the
man who had given her the card following
her When she entered the hallway he followed,
closing the door behind him. He threw her down.
beat her face and head. removed the ring from
the left ear without much trouble, and tore out
the right earring, taking with it a part Of the
woman's ear. Notwithstanding her screams he con-
tinued his work and after removing the last
ring struck Mrs. Cohn heavy blow in the face
and disappeared.
By this time several of the employed in the
buiiding including husband. had heard her
cries for help. They hurried down stairs and found
Mrs. Cohn in serni-conscious condition on the
floor of the hallway. She was carried into drug
store by. where her injuries were dressed
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02
EXCITEMENT IN HOTEL.
Thief Chase in FJ7h-avs. By Hof-
man House Guests.

It is believed in the Hoffman House that furs
on the women's hat and clothes rack IN 'he nan
outside the dining room OF the hotel last hlshl
were what attracted man who snatcheo
gold headed cane and priests hat and oasheo
nm Broadway to be arrested couple OF docks
awav He says he is James O'Neill. OF Spring
field, Mass
The dining room was filed. House DetecuVe
NcIlwreth was around the lobby He says ne
noticed O'NeiIl around the hotel several times,
and knew him from seeing him once or twice
in the dining room He says the man must
have noticed the furs. The rack was just out
side the dining room. but in q private haii' So
that few persons could see it.
The cane was the property of Marcus Mayer
the theatrical manager. McIlwreith says the
man walked calmly into the lobby, snatched up
the cane and hat and through the lobby.
The detective dashed after him, shouting. Thls
shout aroused all in the lobby, and the diners
heard IL Some ran out to see what had hap
ened and the rumors that Immediately arose.
with the ignorance of what had actually taken
place caused everybody in the hotel soon to be
inouiring Some men into the street to
follow the detective.
The chase led up Broadway through the crowd
to T,senty-sixth-st. McIwreth could not help
running now and then into people in the way
and he almost knocked down several lighter per-
sons than himself. But he kept on, ana ponce
men. watchmen,- pedestrians and rev "oinsn s
Joined In the pursuit The detective says the
man threw the cane away, but held the nat
when he was caught. He was taken 10 the
West Thirtieth-st. station.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02
GREENE IN; SHAKE-UP.
Continued from first page.

work in the Oak-st. precinct I told all the
poolroom men I could find to shut up. and they
shut up don't know how I'll get on at the
new place. I'll do my best"
The inspectors do not take charge OF their
new quarters until this morning. Acting IN
spector O'Brien, who goes to the Leonaro-st.
station as his headquarters for the inspection
district of that part of the city, went to that
station yesterday afternoon for few minutes.
He had nothing to say about his new duties
When Peter DeLacey, who knows a lot about
the poolrooms. heard about the transfer OF
OReilly to the Tenderloin. he said:
''You couldn't bribe him If you offered to give
him the Fifth Avenue Hotel
The Rev. Thomas r. Slicer had this TO say
about the new order of things:
az have observed General Greenes assumption
Of the duties OF his office. 1t must be gratifying
to the people in general TO feel that he is dis
posed to run his department with vigorous
hand. 1t strikes me that he is making the right
kind of an experiment in bringing next to him
men who have made the best general reputa-
tions in the department.'
Among the rumors in circulation yesterday,
following the shake up, 4 story that on
January 15 General Greene would issue an
order putting into force three platoon system
without waiting for large increase in the
force The report could not be verified last
night It is known that General Greene is not
fully satisfied with the existing platoon system.
hut there are many difficulties in substituting a
three platoon system unless there are plenty Of
men, an dthe department is not well supplied
with patrolrnen at present.
A shake up is expected before Monday In the
Detective Bureau, now under the direction OF
Captain Titus 1t said last night at Police
Headquarters that Deputy Commissioners Eo-
stein and Piper have been looking around for
some time for a successor to Captain Titus and
that they have recommended a change to Com
missioner Greene.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02

in this district all the tine ard they Asd bsttsr
establish Quarantine the diseases is going 70
spread"
DO you mean that you VIII head an indeperdent
movement next falI?" was asked.
well 7 amt saying a word" replied Devery.
'sbut they are forcing A. This bunch Of Jumping
Jacks and political sawsdoffs have been playing
both ends against the middle. They have been IN
on every game going The workingman has been
highwayed and whipsawsd. Now. are for the
people and the masses. and friends IN Four
teenth-st and the Patt gang Will hear from
We had a little meeting tonight and paid
spects to the gang In Fourtesnth-st. We dsclaxe5
for municipal ownership Of the Brooklyn RapH
Transit Company. and declared for tie rights OF
the working people against the politicians
How about General Greene's suspension os police
ofacers?"
said Deverv 'He will hnd that ne cannot treat
policemen guarding the rights OF civilians Ike he
did a OF civilians government transports IN
what is extra polite Maybe sin't big enough Tor
IL yet But l amt never got me .ponle way or
the neck while he is bowling his thanks. Maybe
my education Is deficient That IS Just what
Greene did when he praised Partridge TO the SKY
and then turned around ana curly susyssnaeo ave
to have done had it been the duty OF eommis-
sioner- ,,... = +t,, .o,,
try man IS supposed to be innocent until he -
proved guilty. Well all OF them officers nsd
like showing man in 'front.' OF cable car and nay
ing him run over lust because you felt Ike II II
reminds me OF the picture Of the patient Dr. Lorenz
Couldn't cure. His legs was so twisted r1at .ne
Doctor couldn't straghten EN- out Grrene is going
70 get twisted before he gets through
The chief had a reception at MS mouse Lass 5
several hundred people called to wish him a nappy
year.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02
ORANG oUTANG NEXT TO MAN.
Professor Wilder's Paper Causes Much Dis
eussion Among Scientists.

Washington Jan Lone cf the interesting papers
read at the meeting of the American Associa ton
for the Advancement OF Science to-day was by
Professor Burt G. Wilder, of Cornell University.
before the Section of Zoology, Some Questions
as to the Arrangement of the Prinates.' Accord
ing to the views advanced by Professor Wilder,
there should be a Encouragement in the present
classification of apes and man The brain he con-
siders as affording the criterion by which to
determine their afinities and divergences Incl
dentally he showed that the brain of the orans
outans approached more nearly that of a man.
and judged by this character the orang outang
instead OF the gorilla should rank next after man.
This paper provoked much discussion
Another interesting paper was by Professor ". j.
McC;ee on Indian Arrow Poison" Professor McCIee
explained that the poison often applied to the
bow instead of the arrows, that certain spells
were uttered or put the weapons, which it was
believed would the death OF a victim In
other instances, he said the Indians daubed their
duced septicema in the person struck, and thereby
caused death
It was decided that hereafter any section OF the
association NAV hold a summer session independ-
entity of the association. the latter TO defray the
death of Major Walter Reed, surgeon, U. S. A.
were adopted and committee OF nine was autnor-
Major Reed in recognition of his benefaeton the
race in solving the problem of the spread OF yellow
About adtt3 th pom o e l
constitutional amendment was adopted allowing the
annual meetings of the association 10 be extended
were read at the various meetings Of the sections
The association tonight elected the following
President-CARRoI.L 5. WRIGHT Washington
General Secretary-C. w. STILES. United States
secretary Of Couneii~c. S. HOWE. Cleveland. Ohio.
Ofncers of the various sections were also elected
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02
MAGISTRATE BREEN's FIRST DAY.
lie Deals Kindly with Old and New Year
Celebrators.

Magistrate zelier 10 the left of him. Magistrate-
reuel TO the right of him and flowers all around
hir, Magistrate Breen began his first day on the
bench in the Harlem police court yesterday The
other MAGISTRATES were there to give their new
colleague pointers but his quick disposition OF
The cases before him showed that he was well able
70 take care of himself The flowers were contrib
uted by his friends. and one large basket was pre-
sented by the clerks Of the court.
one after another of the drunk and disorderly
cases came I'D until il seemed as If they would
never end Nearly every one blamed poor old lso2
and innocent 1893 for the condition they had been
found in and they were all discharged
MAGISTRATE Breen's poteness was a cause OF
v.onderment TO the clerks Of the court. When
policeman had finished giving his testimony the
magistrate would reply with Thank you. and in
some cases he even Thanked the prisoners when
one prisoner. however. failed to ths polite
Manhattan-st.. was charged by his wife with beat
ing her and their married daughter:
What is the most can give this bruteE asked
MAGISTRATE Breen Of Magistrate Zeller. g1Vlng a
glance OF pity at the women, who were in court
Abot sx months on the island will do for him "
answered Magistrate Zeller, and that sentence was
fsefore closirg court Magistrate Breen thanked all
those who had remembered him with moral elfts
and wished every in the courtroom a Happy
AT a reception in the afternoon for the new mag
FNranklin-ave. the members of that organization
pave him a silver service. Nearly two thousand
70 Magistrate Breen. Coroner Berry MADE the pres.
entatioa speech The silver service was incloseo
q present. and moved TO tears by the evident
affection Of his friends On the silver tray appeared
the list Of Offices which he Teclpen6 mas heIa eISd
Henry D Purroy. who is brother OF the acting
Fire Chief M PuTroy called Magstraete 1 e B1een a
Hall when occasion prompted.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02
APPROVE PROFIT SHARING PLAN.
Students of Labor Questions Think It Will
Help Solve Problems.

,,. aaoisio, of the United States Steel Corpora
ton to offer to start profit sharing plan by giving
to all its employees opportunity 10 purchase stoch
in the corporation ard further by promising that
the men who are charged with responsibility In
mana ging the affairs OF the corporation and It's
subsidiary companies shall share with the stock
holders the profits of the company, awakened gen.
eral interest among students of social and economic
science because of the effect that this action by
SO prominent company may have on future de-
veIopn1ents at home and abroad
It was pointed yesterday that now, when so
MANY had begun to deplore the chasu that
apparently opening between capital and labor and
TO complain that the great Industrial combinations
would crush out the individual interest OF the
worker in his work. attempts to create community
of interest between capitalist and laDorer and be-
tween the manager and his company were coming
the front.
Among those greatly interested in this movement
were the members Of the American Institute for
Social Service of New-York City, extension OF
the League for Social Service. The director of the
institute DR. ". H. Tolman. said last evening:
This action of the United States Steel Corpora
ton should tend toward better understanding be-
Wsrd MAXIM the workman feel less that he is
mere cog in a great system and should give him
The prominence of the company makes this action
ample a9pSi to others here and in Europe Employers
are now trying to find some way In which to IN
them an interest in the business. This idea Of
Offering shares of stock has so some advanages ages oyer
acIs when there are profits to share, but the hold
ing of stock provides the employe with actual
stake in his company.
1t is one of the hardest kind of problems that
the company has had to solve, to devise thorough
system such this: but 1t appears 10 that
the elimination of stoekholding by all and profit
sharing by managers. and the method of buying
stock on the instalment plan should tend to
have excellent effect in increasing the efficiency
Of the workman and in helping to Show the COM
rnunity of interest between capitalist and worker
and manager
The Rev. DR.. Josiah Strong said last evening
he in fav of md hat he
approved of the Steel Company's announced plan
as far as it tended toward cooperation.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02
MELODY SUCCEEDS DIXIE.
The New Sheriff Gives Receipt for Two Hun
dred and Forty-three Prisoners

Colonel Norman S. Dixie, who has served as
Sheriff of Kings County since last March. having
been appointed by Governor Ode to take the place
of Charles Guden. who was removed by the Chief
Executive Of the State. yesterday formally turned
over the Office to his Democratic successor, William
r Melody. Colonel Dixie arrived at the Raymond
street Jail about 9 g. m, where ne met SnerlH
Melody and his executive staff and took them on
tour OF inspection through the institution An hour
1ate- the iail. with its inmates (220 men ana q
women prfsonersl formally turned over 10 the
T,rtsonere At nocn the prisoners received turkey
dinner - -, -. -,..
THE new incumbent met his stan or deplties ano
sssfstant deputies and an informal reception Was
HE the room
New-York tribune., 1903-01-02

placed in the red room. billiard hall ano several
other places to accommodate the cro"u- An
elaborate musical programme was gwen py an
orchestra for several hours before ana aileF iiio
night. An interesting feature OF inc oe1aaioi
-. .h .o.s, ~ tba new wear. For several min
utes before - the lights were dimmed In the va
rous supper rooms and at the stroke OF the CLOCK
they were turned or full force, lhe orchesea
struck up spirited march. and ali present ofaAh
TO 1903
on +ba whole tbe aay was spent quietly by the
hotel opuIation in resting and conversation, WIND
ing up with the theatre In the eVennlns;, -, sv
The restaurants patron,zeo sipeA Wy "a
many preferring TO have their New fe2h oil nIIeT
in these places instead of at hotei Inc usuat
annie menu was augmented by holiday additions
in the form of fancy foods and beverages. ,,a ana