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New-York tribune., 1906-12-19
NEW YORK POSSIBILITIES
Municipal 1rt Society Discusses the
CitYS Future.

Greater New York and Its Future Possibilities
dinner of the Municipal Art Society, at the organi-
Zations clubhouse No. Is Gramercy Park Two
hundred members of tho society attended the din
With Charles Robinson Lamb. president Of
the Municipal Art Society who presided sat Fred
eriCk Crownusheld. president of the Fine Arts
Federation; Spencer TraSk. president of the Ma
tOnal Arts club: John Cotton Dana. librarian of
the Public Library of Newark. n. J.; eX-District
Attorney L. A Philbn. president of the Metro
man of the city plan committee of the Municipal
Art Society, and F. r. Brown, of WatertOwn. n. Y.
Controller Herman A. Metz also one of the
guests Mr.. and Mrs. J. u. Phelps Stokes were
guests at the dinner
Spencer Trask was the first speaker The Mu-
niCpal Art Society," he said lis doing good ana
lasting work. bringing about union or artistic
workers in metal, glass and other substances.
John Cotton Dana said that Newark although In
Irb. 1t had been slow municipality In aWak-
eninE. but the awakening had come at list.
Controller Metz said that New Jersey sub
urh, joke lie had just moved, ne said, two
sey because of better transportation facilities and
other reasons. Mr.. Metz said that he was in favor
of doing things i'm artistic way, oven il it did
the city a little moro money The time was
coming. lie said. when all Manhattan below osth
street would he given over to business.
Calvin Tomkins also boosted" New Jersey as
future suburb of New York.
Frederic CrOWninshield talked of municipal art
and denounced what he called the "wretChed.
miserable story Of the cty's Hall OF Records
and r. r. Brown. of Watertown. talked of munich
pal u,J the state.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-19
SAYS NEIL W1S STABBED
Medical Examiner Calls 1t Sim pic
Case of Murder.
LGv reIeer.rl. % Nc T,r,bnne !

c.ree,r.icb Conn Dee tS-That Mrs Catherine.
or ..,;o,ii. ., Neil who is held in the Tombs, in
Nou york awaiting extradition papers. will hs
indicted On the charge of numbering Joseph Neli.
bar husband at the Greenwich Hotel, on Friday
evening WAS learned tonight on trustworthy m
formation Deputy Sheriff Ritch will go TO Hart
ford tomorrow for papers to bring Mrs. Neil to
This place
1T is too bad to spoil good newspaper story
said Medical Examiner Jones tonight, but THIS
case seems TO to be one of simple murder The
person who killed Neil did not exhibit any unusual
cunning. There showing aside of the eye
ball nor any other frills. nor hatpin used.
Somebody stabbed Neil under the right eye with q
small. sharp pointed instrument. the body OF Wnicil
square. IL a random blow. and the OBJECT
may have been to gouge his eye out The weapon
happened to hit under the eye, and il went rlgnL
through into the brain. about three ana a marx
inches and punctured the spinal cord Neil PROB
wound could. of course. have been self-infcted but
if he stabbed himself he never could nave puleu
the weapon
The wound square one. about half an men
wide. l do not that it inflicted ny a h' u
fiic. Nevertheless ordinary nail h'e could
lutely that Neil drunk when he went to
tho hotel with his wife. II is foolish to say that
such wound could have been caused by our
probes. and it is also foolish say that Neil was
poisoned. His death tho result of the stab
wound under the eye. a nail file found i'm an
having been scrubbed. That not positive of.
however. The file has not ycI been examined
microscoplcally. The state will try show that
Mrs. Nejls motive was revenge"
New-York tribune., 1906-12-19
IN APPEAL FOR CHARITY
General Booth 1shs assistance to
Girc Christmas Cheer.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: 1t would not be a difficult task for me to
harrow up the minds and hearts of your readers
with accounts of the growing need and wearying
night with poverty which some of those whom We
seeking To relieve, daily experience. While
would not silence the chime OF one bell, stop the
singing of one song, or impOverish the spread Of
enc table IN the homes where there Is plenty dur
ing the coming Christmas season. Yet I ask that
through your paper 1 may remind friends OF
the tide of destitution which conrroEts and
will increasingly present itself Christmas ap-
proaches. Poverty and disease can be cured. but
not destiny and doom.
Last year your readers kindly aided us in re-
verSinS somewhat the customary way of helping
those who were i'm want, and. in stead Of { meal
which In itself is helpful Volunteers officers
were enabled TO send A substantial package con-
tanning meat. vegetables. bread. coffee. cloth
Ing and groceries and other necessary assistance
into the homes of the needy and deserving families
This method prolonged the Christmas cheer, and
brought aid of longer lived character than that
given by our dinners This Christmas We propose
and aiding ten thousand persons in this way.
n basement, the breadwinner OF which is sick and
unable to leave the home. and the children found
the pitiless cold 10 the Volunteer Sunday Schooi
We cannot but rush tho help required
When the need Is presented I'm the form os a
family on the verge Of starvation. the breadwin
% nta "t WRch las been sitting for five years in a
rinHHT WIN acute rheumatism, and the wife So
Sl'kty that she cannot eved take in laundry 1orL
w., ~ .- i Au iu'L must De quickly supplied.
family or SIN the father having been sent to the
iSlahd ana inc mother slowly diving of corSur,,,
ton can We do other than take the IittIa CS;isra
10 our Homo. and see that the mother 10 o.cavo
ln0dated IN a hospital for trea tnrcDt " S'oo''''
ihe names ana addresses Of The ahovo ,,.o -.
.TT',uS three or tle cases we have heIpad but
there are others in equal and growing Iistres' s'
SIT may ask as last wear that YOUR readers will
81. 10 'fFhSrd Balhngton RoOth. tho VoI,rtoers
of America. No. IN Cooper Scuar. ~ N"lIhteefs
s however little. that will enable us 10
n'lP SItu '',"eS with prcsent-tense in,r,edfatS ~
.sSlStaH'" that the shadow may he If1ad S te
a."S, ZONES ana cruel want taken from tbe ,,i9nt
,,ess oH.h.dI ,PSS chdren, and the sting OF hittsr
W., GE,hanset for the gadness OF Christmae io
''' "'' '"'S be all the brighter for the aid ~
Nov vorl- .,t, - BAtIINGTON BOOTH
New-York tribune., 1906-12-19

4nd Wi.ard Colonel Mike" Padden
Turns Stream Into City Treasury. :

Colonel Michael Clarence Padden w ltchdog of
the city's water faucets. commodore of the water
patrol boat that is TO be, when the aldermen au-
thorize the money. ana Of the pillars of the
Sullivan political faith i'm the Bowery, yesterday
turned in 10 the Mayors office, i'm compliance with
tho Mayors request. concise record of the work
of lis bures for the last eleven months
Colonel PStiden has broken all records for his
Office. and | is friends say that has demolished
the tradition that a Sullivan man cannot run a
public office in suanner to compel applause from
tho reform efe. Perhaps the cddest thing about
Paddcns record is that while he has the chnrac-
teristic Sullivan contempt for rcformers in politics
he has been running things in his bureau for the
last eleven months with the avowcd purpose of do
ing so well that the reformers would have 10 pre-
sent MIN verbal houquets
The receipts Of his bureau for the eleven months
ended November 20, So os7 32f H. an increase of
S4sl,9 II over the corresponding period of last
year. As Joe" Savage. Mr.. Paddens predecessor
also made fine record last year. Mr.. Padden's
achievement s the moro notable. The receipts on
account of extra building purposes such as wettiug
buildings during demolition, SlS,5ll 10,
against S3412 L. for the corresponding period last
year. Eight thousand meters have been put
In in the eleven months it is planned to met er
all the unmetered buildings in the city The most
Transit Company whose bill this wear will be
samethIng more than 100000. The Waldorf-As
to pay about $4,000 for its years supply.
"I'n knock the spots off Of that record next
year. said Colonel Padieu. Next year | expect
10 nave patrol boat to use in chasing up boat
men who have grated water all their lives
When | get that boat 7 shall be able to largely
increase the receipts from shipping sources When
| started in this job the first of the year some
of the papers gave a fine big roast They in
timated that as was a good Sullivan man;
that have made good record but I respect fully
submit the figures for compa rison and analysis
New-York tribune., 1906-12-19
BROKER STRUCK HORNETS NEST
Annoyed Women in Brooklyn Car and
Landed in Station Badly Damaged Man.

William II. Pync, who gave hia occupation as a
stock broker and his address No n Wyckon
street. Brooklyn, arraigned before Magistrate
Iiigginbotham in the Lee court, Williams
burg. yesterday charge of dsorderly conduct
and fined $40. The arraignment of Pyne disclosed
an exciting incident, which took place Monday
night in car of the Broadway line. Pyne boarded
the a. Broadway and Gates avenue 1t was
alleged that after taking seat he began TO annoy
young and girls.
when Pync leaned ove: toward a young girl:
Charles W. Meyer, Il hOtelkeeper. at Gates and
Myrtle avenues uppraided the broker The broker
made an insulting reply and in moment half
dozen women, who had been annoyed by Pyne
jumped up, rushed at him and began to thrash him
with their umbrellas. When he finally emerged
from the fray. his face scratched his dis
colored and his clothes torn. And then he was
arrested the Gisorderly conduct charge
New-York tribune., 1906-12-19
RESCUE or Il BURGLAR.
Police SdJe Man from WOman UhO
Recognized SITcr7c0rc.

Mrs. Anna Butscher who lives al No. Sol
Seventh avenue, went out yesterday afternoon
to shop. When she got back she found two men
struggling the stairs. One was a neighbor-
ing doctor. and the other had silver toilet set
which she recognized. Let me at him. doctor.'
she cried.
In moment she got her WILL and before the
doctor knew what had happened the would be
burglar, George Cahi landed at the foot Of the
stairs with thud. Mrs. ButSCher went after
him. and. lifting him by car began to cuff
him. Then she threw him against the wall and
asked him If he would ron her house again
DO look had that, misuse" gasped
the man. That didn't please Mrs ButsCher 80
she repeated the dose until q Tenderloiu police
man, hearing the scuffe. came in and rescued
CahI Mrs ButSCher went along make a
complaint, and every time she looked at Cahll
he dodged behind the Policeman
New-York tribune., 1906-12-19
RESIGNS FROM GEN. MIXERS STAFF
Lieutenant Colonel E. E. Britton Out as As
sistant Adjutant General

Lieutenant Colonel Edward T. Britton. assistant
sdjurant general OF the Second Brigade. y. G.
X Y. has sem his resignation 10 General James
NcTeer. the brigade ndcr. The colonel said
yesterday that the pressure Of private business
forced him 10 resign. but those who are familiar
with National Guard affairs say that the inactiou
of his position ia Tho Second Brigade was the true
reason.
Accompanying his resignation Colonel Rrtttor
sent recommendation that Brevot Brigadier Cen
him. ~ 'Ne'' ''u
Colonel Ertton enlisted in Company D. 22d Rori-
Snehi. y .. y Y, IN 1880 lie Was aproint.d a.
,ad sis,a5L aojqia41 general and aide to the com
Iso. Of Inc Now York National Guard
N leI At the beginning Of the Spanish W. l,,Io
nel Srlton was ordered 10 recrlIit rna 1ttb perj
general in Man, 1860 4S'aiiI ahJuiant
New-York tribune., 1906-12-19
LANTRY MUST PAY B. R. I.
But Fire Commissioner Won't Make New
Contract for Use of Its Structure.

Tire Commissioner Lantry was Informed yes
4erday by Corporation Counsel Ellison. that he
must paw the bills FOR 1905 rendered by the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit on behalf OF the Brook
iyn Union Elevated Railroad Company, for $4,000
for rentals Of their structure for the of the
wires of the fire alarm telegraph system, which
the former commissioner had sought 10 avoid
paying. The contract made by the old city
government Of Brooklyn in 1894, and calls tor
payments amounting annually 10 $4,000.
Commissioner I.antry admits that there seems
20 he way that he avoid paying the bills
for 1905, hut. in letter 10 the company. re-
fuses TO make . contract for 1906 4 cannot
understand why public service corporation, do
snG business under q franchise from the city
should be permitted charge for slight a
return for the privileges granted to it, he says
and points out that the wires there for the
protection Of the Companys property as we'll as
the protection OF The property along The lines
end that there IS cost 10 the company, either
for installation maintenance.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-19
LITTLE STUDENT DIDN'T SEE FIRE.
Il Haven't Got My Lesson Whispers Dying
Child in Hospital.

Seven year old Mary Richards was studying
so hard yesterday that she did not notice that
her dress was aiirc. She was badly burned
that the doctors fear for her recovery.
She seated in front of the kitchen stove
At her home, No. 216 East 10Th street getting
her lessons for the next day. Mrs. Annie Rich
ards, her widowed mother rocking the
baby's cradle in front room. She heard a
scream and saw her daughter running around
the room. a mass of flame.
The mother seized a bucket water and dashed
II on the child, but to no purpose II was only
after neighhors had torn off the table cloth and
wrapped the child in it that the flames were put
out.
As the child WAS being carried into the ward
at Bellevue she whispered: "Oh, what viii my
teacher say now. ! haven't got my lessons for
Tomorrow
New-York tribune., 1906-12-19
"N0B0DY'S FAULT"-BROKER IS HELD
Miss Maud White Charges Archibald Selwyn
with Larceny III Connection with Play.

Nobody Fault is the Of the play that
Miss Maud White was to star in under the man
Hgement OF Kaw & Erlanger Through some
bodys fault both Miss White and her plans have
been much upset. Tho fist act was played yes
terday with the jefferson Market Court for q
stage Magistrate Stcinert in the role OF dramatic
cfitic, ANA cast consisting mainly or lawyers.
II seems tha all arrangements had been
p'rt'i Tor the production OF the play. when Il
Wa discovered that IL had not been copyrighted In
HHeils'l- Miss White declared she had paid Ar
- lmtIH Solwyn of the hrokerag" hrm OF S-lwyn
q - $to1 FOR tho nlav and that he had toN
lff tl ~ wef copyrighted. Yesterday sh" 'h7rSc1
nm WIN tle larcrn5 uf that sum Magistrate
F''n''' 't''l"d Ssirsu n the custody "i ~ r"Un-
SCI ,1i examination Friday. accepting the conf
New-York tribune., 1906-12-19
Citations.


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viii ana testament And s'ch =. -. one wears - =.
cited az are under the age ot tWrN YOU have 81 a
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said county of Nv esr of our -
the ss4 saV OF November, w ' nxrT
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New-York tribune., 1906-12-19
HEARSE SMASHED AT DANGER SPOT.
Another Accident Added to Long List Re-
corded in Yonkers.

hearse owned by Charles Vanderbilt, an
undertaken Of Tarrytown. and driven by George
Williams. Negro, was struck by southbound
car at a point a hundred yards north of the
Amackassn Inn, Warburton avenue Yon-
kers. last night. The driver of the hearse was on
his way TO Tarrytown from Woodlawn Gene
terry. The force of the collision threw him from
his seat. but he not hurt. The horses ran
away. but were caught in Hastings. The hearse
wrecked.
There seems to be q fatality about this par
tcular spot About year ago a driver en-
ployed by grocer lost his life in a collision
with a trolley car there. horse was killed at
the same time, and some two years ago an
automobile ran into car and threw it off the
tracks at the same spot.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-19
POINT FOR COL. MANN.
Court Rules in FaUor of Editor OF
"Toscn Topics" in Perjury Trial.

The defence in the trial Of Colonel William DAI-
ton Mann perjury gained an important point
yesterday when Recorder COY sustained the OBJ
sections OF Martin ". Idttleton. nis counsel. and
refused TO allow Assistant District Attorney Gar
read extracts from articles in Town Top
ics" that had been admitted evidence In the
Hapzood libel suit out OF which this case arose.
Mr.. Gsrvan began his address to the jury by
calling attention the importance Of the case
Perjury Is tie most dangerous crime that can lie
committed he said. Let II go urpurished ahd
the life OF the community is threatened" He said
that the alleged perjury was tho defendants de
NAL that ne had written his 20. X" and signed
his initials 10 a letter dated May "a. 1903. ad-
dressed to Wooster. empoye In TINS letter
the writer. Justice Deuel.. told Wooster 10 oooh
Reginald Ward I'm Town Topics
We will show YOU continued Mr.. Garvan, that
Town Topics under the guise OF social articles,
Was 10 boom Wards mining stock. We will show
you that Ward Welded TO the lash Of crit criticism The me
case against HapGood I'm the libel suit would have
nature The motive Of the defendants denial was
10 conceal his former perjury when he said that
for The sake of bIacitnaii We Will show you that
an agreement had been entered into between Colo
nel Mann ana Count Ward. by. which the former
- boom Rico mining stock. ana iiial eIV,Vp
worth OF shares of this stock came into ms posses
After T. n Penny deputy clerk of t the ;ad9 criminal nal
hihits and produced The recoros OF INC ltapsooe p3
iTodn T 90, ,oohf fees1I5 Ward letter addressed to
as q subscriber 10 Town Topics
After recess MIR. Garyan and Mr.. Ijtteton had an
argument over the admission as evidence of the
records in the Hapgood case The former proposed
that the entire record OF Colonel Mann'S testimony
be admitted as a whole; This was directed TO. and
che objection sustained. The question rs Il the
business Of Town Topics 10 publish scandal? was
slso ruled out 4 immateria Mr. Garvan sand he
would provo the materiality Of this and similar
questions later. lie next presented exhibits of the
Tiapgood trial. showing handwriting that Colonel
Mann admitted 10 be his The Recorder told the
jury that they were 10 consider the handWrtns
and not the subject matter. Just before court aG-
before witness could take the stand adjourn
,nent was taken until 1850 to-day
New-York tribune., 1906-12-19
CHANGE IN PUBLICITY PROPOSED.

I'm a letter 10 the law committee of the Publicity
Law Organization Perry Belmont has suggested
that fl IS about time that the Legislature should
be asked TO amend the Publicity law as to limit
campaign expenditures. He calls attention TO Il
memorandum Of Governor Hill. dated April 2l
l&". filed with his approval of the first Publicity
law passed I'm the state. IN which the following
suggestion was made:
While II viii be observed that the proposed act
1npoSeS no restriction upon the amount q money
which candidates or other persons may contribute .
for political purposes. nevertheless / desire to
suggest tho adVisability Of some such limitat ion
somewhat analogous to the provisions of the Eng
liSh act This would involve the establishment of
a scale OF amounts properly graded. which ShaI!
prescribe the maximum sum that candidate 70
each office may contribute for the purpose Of his
election such provision might also limit in some
appropriate manner the amount Of expenditures
by committees and the subscriptions of contrib
utoTs.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-19
LOOKS GOOD FOR JIMMIE" OLIVER.
Sullivans Want Him for Minority Leader
and Rivals Disagree.

The Sullivans are backing Jimmie Oliver for
the minority leadership I'm the Assembly. and last
night they said they had the votes TO elect him
There seems 10 be good deal Of rivalry among
the Democrats members for the minority leader
snip. Charles F. Murphy and William ]. Conners
think that hard fighter is needed as he will he in
position 10 make an argument for appropriations
for the various departments which after the first
Of the year will be under the direction of Demo
William II Burns Of The 4th Manhattan Dis
trct according to seniority in service entitled
10 the post, but Alfred +. Smith. the I'd As
seTnbiy District. has more leadership qualities and
has the tentative support OF his district leader
Big Tom Foley. and Of Charles +. Murphy. The
Suvans thought they ought TO have something
10 say about IT, however. and they put forward the
white-haired Oliver. As the Burns and Smith men
are not able to agree il looks If Jimmie" Or
Yer might be the next minority leader
New-York tribune., 1906-12-19
"HUBBY DRUNK FOR THREE YEARS
Wife Says He Had Every Kind of jag
Known TO the Police.

Complaining that her husband had not been
sober for three years Mrs Ellen Plat, Of No. 369
Tslsey street, Brooklyn asked Magistrate Furlong
in the Gates avenue court yesterday to send her
husband. Thomas. to some institution an hah
nal drunEsrd- Three years ago Plat. who is -
marine engineer. inherited saea0 from relatives in
Michigan. and since thcn his wife says, he has
had every kind OF lag known 10 the police.
Plat himself denies that he drunk three
years. but admitted that he had been drinking just
ore-half that period He also says that his
wife used much Of the S900O while WAS I'm a
sanstorium at Auityyilie. Long Island. Mrs. Plat
said that her husband returned from the cero-
monies Of the openinE Of the new municipal ferry
20 Staten Island sober. hut that the only time
in three years
Magistrate furlonS sent Plat TO the pcnItenriary
indefinitely.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-19
ESCAPED LUNATIc FoJNn

Mrs. Marie eros. who escaped from the : y
o, oInllH IlliI'afy; ~ New Brighton, on Monday.
where she was held insane WAS ro,,r5 -
DAY az her home. No 26 McKeon street S,.nIctor
tatrolnlan Murphy. OF the Stapeton station who
had been taking part I'm the search called =, h..
nome and found her sitting quietly by the stove
WIN hef husband The woman was sun delrju,e
snd nothing could he learned from her as Ia ,rb.r
she had been after she fed from tic bosni,a1
Although when she left the hospital she ha5 o.,
only niEntdress and was IN her bare fae, Nh,
she returned home, according 10 her Lusi,a nd sba
was fully clothed. N' S+-S