PRICE THREE CENTS.

SOME OF THE APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED BY MAYOR-ELECT LOW YESTERDAY.

HEADS OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF FIRE. PARKS. TAXES.CORRECTION AND DOCKS NAMED.

FOUR OF THE APPOINTEES ARE REPUBLICANS.

THOMAS STt'RGIS ißrpahlimn), Fire Commissioner.M'nntf.ALl,HAWKKS (Republican). Dork Commissioner.WILLIAMR. WILLCOX <R<>puhlli-nni, Park Commissioner.JAMES L.WELLS < Repnbl i«-n ni. I'r leu t of the Tat Department.

THOMAS W. HY.\ES illrmncrati, CommUsIoner of Correction.

JAMES 1,. WT^T,?.President of the Tax Board.

(Photograph by Pach Brother*.)

THOMAS BTT'ROIS.Fir- Commlaßkoiar.•Photograph by A. Dupont.)

WTL,L.IAM H. \VILI/X>X.Park Commissioner for Manhat-

tan and Richmond boroughs.VDOOGAULi HAWKES.

I><M/k Commi.-:-i'mer.

IMPERILLEDBV FLAMES THAT

SWEEP HIRSCH HOME.

VOL LXT\u25a0\u25a0• N°- 20,124.

HKE PENS 100 GIRLS.

On the arrival of Engine Company No. 3S a

second alarm was sent Inand the firemen got to

"*ork fighting tbe flames from the front and

rear. They had to break into the training school

or. the Sixty-fourth-st. side to get into the courtyard. From there they fought the fire. The

v.-hole re«r of the inetitute buildingwas then In

flames. Lanes of hose were stretched, and in

l^ss than an hour the fire was under control.

The third floor was destroyed, and the costly-

library on the second floor was demolished. Thedamage from flre. smoke and water was $10,(H»o.

Matron Bachrach said that she could assign

n. cause for the flre. She was asleep in her

a-artment -ahen she heard the cries of the girls.She escaped to the street. Misinslnki. the en-gineer was in the cellar when the fire was dis-covered He ran upstairs and tried to quiet thepirls. and succeeded in getting a few to rush

The buildings «erf erected in ]SOS. The insti-tution Was endowed by Baroness de Hirsch.

POLICEMAN SAVES A (;IRL.

Policeman Edward Luman. of the East Pixty-

aeventh-st. station, before the firemen arrived

ran into the building and got to the third floor.He found Bertha Stein, nineteen years old. in

the hail, overcome by smoke. He took the pirl

in his arms and rushed from the building to the

street. When he attempted to return he was

driven back by the flames.

As form as thos* in sight apete rescued they

cried that there were others in the. building,

and immediately th<a firemen plunged through

ate fiame and smoke In quest of the girls who

were left inthe building.

GIRLS WAIL WITH FEAR.

Wails came from the girls as they clung to

one another, some bent on Jumping and others

trying to deter them from taking; the leap.

Girls who scrambled to get out on the ledge

were dragged back, but they fought and strug-

gled, and half a. dozen white robed figures suc-

ceeded in standing: on the sill, where they ges-

ticulated wildly for pome one to save them.They heard the rattle of the engines and the

cries of the crowd beneath them, telling them to

wait. When they looked down into the street

the distance seemed \u25a0• great and the spikes of

the railing surrounding the building were so

threatening that those who had insisted on

jumping changed their minds.The flames by this time had swept across the

building. Petting fire to the training school In

The rear. The sky was r^bright as day. and thegirle caged in the small room, could see the re-

faction as they peered into the street. The

hall« were filled with smoke, which swept up-

stairs, stifling and choking, the frightened

creatures. Through the door they could see the

glare of red light as It was quickly coming

toward them. One by one many of the girls

swooned.The first alarm brought Engine Company No.

\u25a08 Seeing the girlson the ledge ready to Jump.

the firemen called for them to wait. The fire-

men forced their way through the front door

and made an effort to get to the top floor, to

drag the girls from the sill, but they were

driven back when they reached the second floor.

The flames were sweeping downstairs.

Truck Company No. 18 drove up. and the cry

\u25a0art from all sides to raise the ladders. A

nineteen foot extension ladder -was raised, which

JuPt touched the top floor. Firemen dashed

up the ladder and took the white robed figures

in their, arms and carried them down to the

street. One after another was carried down andthey were hurried to houses, .where they were

cared for. The girls suffered Intensely from thecold, as they stood in their bare feet on the

m.

On the third floor of the institute building,

where the fire started, several of the girls .ay

unconscious, overcome by the dense smoke that

filled the building. The others, frightened, hadthought only of their own safety and left their

companions, with the Hames licking the floorand walls about them.

When the fire was discovered the shrieks and

cries of the girls aroused everybody In thebuilding. Frantic with fear, the girls fought

the;- way through the smoke to the staircaseleading to the upper and lower floors, to escape.

But the staircase was not wide enough to admit

them all at once, and many were thrown off

their feet and trampled on by their frenzied

companions. .The fire started in the linen room. The Home

for Working Giris extends from No. 219 to 223

East Sixty-third-st. The training school is a

detached building, facing on East Sixty-fourth-st, and separated from the institute buildingby

a rev. yard. On the fourupper floors of the insti-

tute are rooms and dormitories v.here the girls

deep. There is a west wingadjoining the sleep-

ing quarters, where .several thousand dollars*

Trorth of linen is stored. The fire, starting from

inunknown cause, spread from this wing to the

hsOs and dormitories.

It was soon after the girls had retired to their

rooms and the lights In the building had been

extinguished when a thin column of smoke came

out of a window in the linen room. Suddenly

a tongue of flame shot through the sill and

UcMthe wall of the building. Then there wasa brilliant glare. Illuminating the courtyard

'•feeHnc Finally the automatic alarm went off.

Immediately there was a wild cry. Without

waiting to gather up any clothing the girls fled

in their night clothing.

"Let's jump or we'll be burned to death! Oh.

let's Jump: Don't hold me! Please don't: Let

me go:'" screamed one of the girls at the win-

dow.

RESCnED AFTER SUFFERING TERROR—

MANY OVERCOME BY SMOKE-

CARRIED DOWN A LADDER.7 . •

groused from their sleep by smoke and flames,

yhicn threatened to destroy the Clara de Hirsch

«owe*or Working Girls, in East Sixty-third-

c- I*sl night, one hundred girls tumbled out ofth*»ii" beds and fled for their lives to the top

floor. Crowding Inone of the rooms, they strug-

gled to get out on the window sill to jump to the

«treet. Several climbed out on the ledge,

screaming hysterically and frantic with fear."Don't jump! Don't jump: Wait for the fire-

jjjenl" shouted the crowd iin the street, as it

watched the panicstricken girls trembling with

fear.

Q-And Glennon knew you had testified against

Devery and yet you accuse him of making this ar-ra

Q iwerlToueverV aisled by Glennon? A.-I

"Sustained." said the Recorder."Iintend to show that the conspiracy was car-

ried out," said Assistant District Attorney Os-

borne, "that the police received the tip and

went to the house and that the women got out.""This Is not a fair and proper way to try a

case." protested Mr. Ridgway, "to state what

your honor has ruled out.""The Recorder insisted that Mr. Osborne must

not argue after he had ruled. Whitney said hehad called up Police Headquarters on the tele-

phone and asked for the West Thlrtieth-st. sta-

tion. The examination continued:

Q.—Did you recognize anybody's voice? A.—ChiefDD

QQV!AVnatOl

happened then? A.—lwas connectedQ—

What happened then? A.—lwas connectedwith the West Thirtleth-st. station

Q—Did you ask for Glennon? A.—^es, but he

~QS-WhoS-Whom

rdid you speak to? A.-Sergoant Shells.

q -Did you give him any information? A.-> es—After you were arrested this morning aid the

D^trict Attorney tell you that ifyou did notttestify

against Ol«»nnon they would take forty-eight .hoursto examine your sureties, and would put off your

examination and keep you In Jail? A.— _Q.-What was told you? A.-That _ they \u25a0 would

take forty-eight hours to examine my bonds.Q_What ltd he say about your examination?

A —He set It for December 26.Q -What promise was made to you Ifyou would

testify. A.-Mr. Garvan promised my testimony

here would not be used against me.

TESTIFIED AGAINST DEVERY BEFORE.

Whitney declared Glennon had said he did not

ask for protection for houses of ill fame, but he

wanted "MB" taken care of as a special favor.

Whitney said he had testified against Devery

when he was a captain, and also against Cap-

tain Eakins.

"I object," interposed James W. Ridgway.

counsel for Glennon.

EVIDENCE GIVEN BY THE WITNESS NOT TO

BE USED AGAINST HIM—HIS CONVER-

SATION WITHDEVERY.

The rearrest of Edgar A. Whitney created ex-citement in the Court of General Sessions, where

the trial of Edward G. Glennon, the Tenderloin

wardman. was taking place before RecorderGoff and a juryyesterday. Whitney was a wit-

ness for the prosecution, and there had been areport that he would refuse to give testimony

against Glennon on the ground that his testi-mony might b"s used against himself. Formonths Whitney had been at large under bonds.

He was arrested months ago on the charge of

trying to buy for Glennon tips on raids to be

made by agents of the Society for the Preven-

tion of Crime, and he made a confession.Information that Whitney might decline to tell

before the jury in the Glennon case what he

had confessed after his arrest was carried to theDistrict Attorney, and yesterday Whitney was

called out of the courtroom by Assistant Dis-

trict Attorney Garvan and asked if he wouldgive testimony in the Glennon case. Whitney

said he was under criminal charges, and did not

want to incriminate himself by giving testimony

against Glennon. Mr. Garvan promptly tookWhitney before Justice Jerome, in the Court of

General Sessions. District Attorney Phllbia ap-

parently thought Whitney had been tampered

with by somebody Interested In Glennon's de-

fence. He asked that Whitney be held oncharges of aiding and abetting In the operation

of a poolroom, and Justice Jerome held Whitney

in $10,000 bail and set the examination for theday after Christmas. Whitney was allowed to

see his counsel. Mr. Philbin said that Whitney

would be called as a witness against Glennon.

and -would have an opportunity in open court to

refuse to testify. Whitney was sent to theTombs. After being ina cell ••) few hours. Whit-ney changed his mind about giving his testi-mony. He was called as a witness In the after-noon, and testified with apparent readinessabout the negotiations he had with Glennon.

Most of the time in the Glennon trial wastaken up yesterday morning with testimony

ab->ut the house No. 148 West Thirty-third-st..

mentioned in the indictment. Several witnesses,

including agents of the Society for the Preven-

tion of Crime, told what they had seen, to show

that the house was a den of vice. Police records

were brought in to show that complaints against

the house had been sent to the police station

and had been referred to Glennon for Investiga-

tion, and that Glennon had reported that he had

been unable to find any cause for the com-

plaints.When Whitney appeared on the witness stand

late in the afternoon he testified that he had

had several conversations with Glennon last

summer at Sixth-aye. and Thirtieth-st.. and

Glennon had said, "there would be a good dealof money in It" if the witness could give in-

formation about raids on poolrooms. As to the

house mentioned in the Indictment, Glennon hadpaid he -wanted to have it run." Whitney said

he talked with Detective Dillon, of the Society

for the Prevention of Crime, and told Glennon

later that he had made an arrangement to get

tips on the society's raids. Whitney's examina-

tion continued in part as follows:Q -Was am- arrangement made for pending the

tip? A.—lwas to call the station house on the

telephonegive you a list of places to be pro-

tected? A.—Yes. but this house was not on that11

How wrre you to give the tip? A.-Just callup the station house and say "US. \u25a0 nn,

Q.—Did you receive any information from DillonaF to this house? A.— Yes.

What did he tell you?

AFTER HIS ARREST HE TESTIFIES

AGAINST GLEXNON.

WHITNEY FINALLYYIELDS

The Fire Commissioner will be Thomas Sturgis.

of the firm of Sturgis & Hill,builders, of Manhat-tan. Mr. Sturgis is a Republican, and was appointedby Mayor Strong first as a member of the < l\llService Commission and later as a Commissioner ofthe Fire Department, in which he served from Sep-

tember 1836. to December 31. IW. He was appointed

i-v Governor Roosevelt on the board of managers ofthe Elmira Reformatory, and he has been president

of that \u25a0board for nearly three years. He la a vet-

eran of the civil War. having been a first lieutenantin the 57th Massachusetts Regiment.

MR. HYNES SUPPORTED SHEPARD.

Thomas W. Hynes. who has been appointed

Commissioner of Correction, was urged for this

place by the Greater New-York Democracy. Mr.

Hynes is acquainted to a certain degree with

the department of which he is to be the head,

because of*four years of service as a Com-

missioner of Charities in Kings County.

Of Mr. Hynes Mr. Low said:Ihave known Mr. Hynes so well for nearly

twenty years that Ihave not hesitated to selecthim for this place, because Iam confident that he

will bring to the discharge of his duties an equip-ment that in many ways Is unusual, and a sym-pathy with the most modern methods of dealingwith prisoners that Is absolutely essential for the

The appointment of Mr. Sturgi* as Fire Com-

missioner was recommended to Mr. Low by

Jamea R- Sheffield, who was the first choice of

the Mayor-elect for this place. Mr. Sturgis is

an independent Republican, and was at one

time openly arrayed against the organization

and foughr it in the XXth District. He is

now identified with the Republican organization

in this district, of which Captain Goddard is

the leader.In making public this appointment. Mr. Low

said:

Thp nresldent of the Department of Taxes andh/ssmen<sh/ssmen<s willbe Jam« L Wells. Mr Wells Is

a Republican and was the fusion candidate forPresident of the Borough of The Bronx. He wasalso a member of the commission that revised thecharter He is a real estate broker, and he servedupon the Board of Taxes and Assessments underMayor Strong.

James L. Wells is regarded by many as par-

ticularly fitted for head of the Tax Board by

r-ason of his former training in thi.s depart-

ment. Mr. Wells was particularly urged for the

place by the Republican organization of The

Bronx, which nominated him against Louis F.

Haffen for Borough President at the last elec-

tion. In speaking of this appointment Mr.Lowsaid:

Th° Commissioner of Parks for Manhattan AndRichmond and the president of the Park Board wi11

be William B Willcox. who was the RepublicancanM.l'.U for Congress In the xiXth Congresa

Dist-icl in 1900. Mr. Wilicox i? a lawyer of exec-utive ability, whom Iknow to he in thorough sym-

pathy with tho work of the great jit> museumsand also with the development of xh>- small park,

so as to make them as useful as possible to tho.

people.

Mr Hawkes is a Republican and th» organiza-

tion leader of the XXVth Assembly District. Hegraduated from Columbia University as a mining

engineer in 1885 Two years later he graduated also

from the law sch.ol. having pursued it the sametime a course in political science. Pmce his gradu-ation he has practise] law. He willbring to thedepartment the equipment of youth energy, en-thusiasm and a good engineering and legal training.

TO DEVELOP SMALL PARKS.

In naming William R. Willcox as the head of

the Park Department, Mr. Low has sought to

carry out his promise, as stated in his letter of

acceptance, to develop the small parks of the

city for the benefit of the working poor. Mr.

Willcox has found time outside of his practice

as a lawyer to identify himself with philan-

thropic work among the poor of the East Sideand in other public spirited enterprises of thischaracter. Mr. Low said of Mr. Willcox on an-nouncing his appointment:

Most of these appointments willbe made pub-

lic within a day or two. Mr. Low also" has the\u25a0work of choosing a Board of Education and aboard of managers for Bellevue Hospital andits allied hospitals. He does not intend to com-plete these until after January 1.

Four of the appointments announced last night

were given to Republicans who are more or lessactively connected with the work of the organ-

ization in this county. As was told in TheTribune yesterday, the appeal which the Repub-lican organization had made to the Mayor-electfor recognition In his appointments had met notonly with serious consideration at the hands ofMr.Low, but also with a sympathetic response.

REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION PLEASED.

Whatever feeling of dissatisfaction may haveexisted in the Republican camp In.the earlypart of this week, when it was believed thatMr. Low Intended to give the rest of his ap-pointments, as he had in the case of formerones, to Republicans who were not actively con-nected with the organization. It subsided to agreat degree when the names of the men chosenas heads of the Departments of Fire. Docks.Parks and Taxes were announced last night.

Senator Platt was pleased with the appoint-ments to such an extent that he intimated thatbe might not call on the Mayor-elect, as he hadpurposed to do after his return from Washing-

ton, on Wednesday. Robert C. Morris, presi-

dent of the Republican County Committee, ex-pressed considerable pleasure over the choice

of these men. Other fusion leaders also said,

that independent of their polltica* affiliations,

all .the men chosen were well fitted for theplaces which they had been called on to fill._,!!. Doujfall Hawkes. •who has been appointed

Dock Commissioner, Is both a lawyer and anengineer. Although a leader of the Republican

organization of the XXVth District, he Is of theindependent stamp, and led a revolt against themen who had had control of this district pre-

viously. Inspeaking of Mr. Hawkes last night

Mr. Low said:

Four Members, of the Tax Board— .TOßN' C <OI>FSMAN*..-AMI STRASBOITRCER and CHARI^ H.WIGHT (Republican*), and RCFCS U SCOTT (Demo-

crat \u25a0.Twoi Park CommlpMnn*r«—MATriIEW P. RRBEN" (Demo-

cran. and RICHARD J. YOI'XG (Republican).Pity rtniiMtrtirhrtn Dr. E. R. U. GOl*U>.Two f-r.r.imis.«ioners of Accounts

—WILLIAM HEPBURN

RUSSEUj (Democrat), and a certified public .ac-countant.

Thrw Assessors yet to be named.

1hese appointments were made public byMayor-elect Low last night. They had beenforecaster! in The Tribune. After announcing

these selections Mr. Low said that he had re-lieved his mind of a great deal of care andanxiety, and felt that he had practically com-plete^ his cabinet.

"Now," he added, "we aw about ready to

face the real work of the new administration."The few remaining appointments and the men

who are said to be slated for most of them

ar« as follows:

smith COLLEGE OiML'S CASE PUT OVER.

Northampton, Mass., Dec. 20.— The case of Miss

tlabel Eurt. of Bridgeton, N. J. who was Indictedby the grand jury last June for numerous theftsitSmith College, has been further continued untilafter the next June term. Miss Burt Is in anJsylum for the Insane at Frankfort, Perm., and aniffldavitfrom there cays that she is stillIn a seriousmental condition.

THE LINE TO THK LINK?.,>,lf_Outdoor sport in the South. Finest links

in the world reached by the Seaboard Air Line Ry..

such as are found at Pinehurst. Southern Pines,t amdfn. Jacksonville. Ormond and Tampa. Fastschedules, through Pullman sleeping car«. Call at1 IS3 Broadway. No trouble to answer questions.—Advt.

Miller ran in. He also seized the man. Thehouse by this time was in an uproar, and Po-

liceman Wenham. of the West Thirty-seventh-

st. station, was on the way upstairs He burst

into the room. The burglar was on the floor,

with Miller and his wife still holding him. Mrs.Miller was weeping.

Wenham pounced on the burglar, who fought,

but a club subdued him. Then Mrs. Miller re-leased her hold and went into hysterics. Shewas put to bed, and for hours could not becalmed.

The man had Miller's gold watch and chain,

valued at fHBk in his pockets. He gave hisname as James McDonald and his age astwenty-four years, but refused to tell his ad-dress or occupation. He said he came from To-ledo. .-A

She shrieked as she seized the man. She :ssmall, but strongly built and courageous. The-

man struck Mr?. Miller in the face several times,

and cursed her.

THEN HER IirSBAM> HELP? TO HOLD

HIM I>O\VN TILL A POLICE-

MAN ARRIVES.

William Miller,his wife ani two children w*m

sltttns: ;it supper in their dining room, at Xc..\u25a0:7:» Kighth-ave.. last nisht. ivh»n Mr3. Miller

noticed a light in the parlor. She hurriedthrough the fiat ani. to her astonishment, en-

countered a burglar looking at the things on themantelpiece.

WOMAN CLINGS TO BURGLAR

THOMAS W. HYXES.Thom= W. Hynes is a native of Ireland, \u25a0wherw

he was born In !-i: He began life as a printer's"devil'" on the Stall of "Th* Springfield Republi-can," rising to the case before he left that paper.For the last twenty-eight years he his been presi-dent of the Council of St. Vincent de Paul InBrooklyn. For four years he was a member ofthe Brooklyn Board of Education. and for fouryears Commissioner of Charities of Kinsrs County,having been appointed by Supervi.-or-at-Lars»Fritz, a Republican, who was elected Supervisorof the county when Mr. Low was elected Mayorof Brooklyn"in MB*. For the last !w" years «<\u25a0>has been employed in the Controller's office in con-nection with the bureau dealing with charitableinstitutions, his official title being chief examinerof accounts of institutions. For many years hehas» been \u25a0 personal friend of Mr.Low. Mr. Hyneslives at No. 1.332 Paciflc-st.. Brooklyn.

mt>ot<;all hawkes.McDougall Hawkes was born in thai city In V9S,

and comes of an old New-York family, identifiedwith publicaffairs from the beginning of th* Revo-lution. His great-great-grandfather. General Alex-ander McDougall. was colonel of the Ist New-York Regiment in 1775. and after the termination ofthe war was the first president of the Bank o*New-York. His father. W. Wright Hawkes. was awell known public speaker and a. member of th<»bar. His mother was Eliza Forbes, the daughter •of William T>hi»l Forbes, a wealthy shipping-merchant, of New-Haven. Conn.

Mr. Hawkes attended the TrinityChun* Schoolin Philadelphia, the Hopkins Grammar .School InNew-Haven, the French University Lyce'eg OfTours, and of St. Louis in Paris. Dr. Winn»bereer'sSchool at Marb-.irg. In Germany, and. returning to

r»ew-Torfc in I**l.entered Columbia. r"->i!- wberahe was graduated from the School of Mines in \u25a0\u25a0*the School of' Political Science in 1886 anl th«School of I^iw. of which Professor Dwtgbt wasthen dean, in 1887. being mitred to the bar inthe jamc year from the office Of ttie late chiefJustice of the Court of Common Flea.-. Charles P.Daly. In the sound money Presidents! carnpa:?n

of iw he took an energetic par». and. becomin,?actively Interested In Republican politics, \u25a0»»

elected. :n IST'?, first vice-president of fii"Ne-ar-YorlcCounty Committee.

The law firm of which he '* a memb»r. MTntum& Hawkes. have represented large foreign Invest-ing Interest? in American enterprises, many orwhich have been proaaln^nt factors In the develop-ment of Western railroad nn-1 :nrh:stri«>s.

Mr. Hawkes Is a member of the Union. Metro-politan. Republican and W»at<~hest»r Country clubsand the Bar Association of the City of New- York,of the Society of Cincinnati, of the Society ofColonial War?, the St. Nicholas Society and th«New- York Historical Society.

WILLIAM R. WJLI.COX.

William R.:Wtllcox Is an active member of th»

Republican organization; and was nominated orCcrgress on September 11, 1900>. by the Rppubilcariaof the Xlllth Congress District, to run agalnsc(>. H. P. Belmont. and succeeded in cutting down,the majority of what is normally an overwhelming-ly Democratic district. He !s .1 member \u25a0' the

New-York bar, bis office being at No. 32 Nassau-st. He was born at Smyrna, in this State, in IMaVand was educated at the State Normal School atBrockport and at the University of Rochester.After serving as principal of the academy at Web-ster and of the High School a.t Spring Valley forseveral year?, he came to Sew- 1 and entereriColumbia I-iw School. He was graduated In IS«9and was admitted to the bar in ISO'X He has dt»-vote.l much time and enthusiasm to h. study ofpolitical and economic questions, and has written.much for publication on thes< and K!nfir«»r> subjects.Ami">r!S other philanthropic enterprises, he has been,especially identified with th<* wort inb»=ha!f o" boyson the East Side. He Is a member of ?h< UnionLeague and other Republican clubs and the BarAssociation.

JAMES 1.. WELLS.James L. Wells i.= actively identified with sev-

eral organizations in The Bronx which have been,

formed for the purpose of developing that bor-ough. As president of the North 9Ms Board ofTrade he has worked especially for rapid transitand the northward extension of the elevated sys-

tems. Mr. Wells was born on December '•' 1545.in the town <*f West Farms, in the Borough ofThe Bronx. He was graduated with the class of\u25a0<v> from Columbia College. He began his public

career as trustee of the public school In WestParma In the seventies, and served ,1-; a memberof th- Assembly in the legislatures of i>73. i«k»and l>f«2. He was a tmtmhm .if th» Board ofAldermen in ISO. UK and !*v>. nd 1 m^rr^er \u25a0-•*the- Beard of Taj'? and Assessment* during 1553.1898 and 189! He was one of the f.->r.r.d<*r? and isa director of the Twenty-third War.l Ban) an<tof the Dollar Savings Bank. He tv;;s «n» of th*committee of seven \u25a0 ion Issued the ?all for thome«>tfhi; at which th*> North Si<i^» Boartl of Trad-*was nrmnbn in March. I^?J. He w*s first "»l~et*'Va vice-president, and upon th<" death of John C.De La Versne he became president, which cfS?»he has since held.

THOMAS STURGIS.Thomas Sturgi? was born in this city r<n AprilJO,

I*4*. He was educated In the New-Tork public

schools. When eighteen years old he Joined theUnion Army, and served In the 67th MassachusettsVolunteers. During most of his service in the army

he was assistant adjutant general of the 9th Army

Corps, then in the Army of the Potomac.After the war Mr. Sturgis went Weat. and settled

In Cheyenne. Wyo. There he lived for twenty year*

as a stock raiser and banker. He returned to New-York ten years ago. and since that time naa r>*«nvin business here. He is connected with the UnionStock Yards Company of Chicago, with offices in.New-York, and is the head of the .stur*is & HtllBuilding Corporation.

Before being marie Fire Commissioner by Mayo?Strong. Mr. Sturaris had served as CM] ServiceCommissioner, succeeding E. L. <;rv.ik:u in thatoffice.

Mr. Sturjds is a member of the Chamber of Cor.i-m#rc»\ the Republican and Union League clubs, thaLoyalLegion and the Grand Army of the Republic*

SKETCHES OF APPOIN TEES

satisfactory conduct of this department. Mr Hjrn«#is a Democrat, and supported Mr. Shepard in thelast campaign.

BE SURE IT'S WATERMAN.

Inbuvine a fountain pen be sure you get the best,

whicf. is Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pen. Somelook something like Waterman's, but none writelike Waterman s. Get the best. Alldealers and L.E Waterman Co., 157 Broadway. N. Advt.

Pittsburg. 20.—8y the explosion of a boiler

at the plant of the American Steel and Wire Com-

pany, on Neville Island, one man, whose name la

nnknnwn was killed, but so far as known none ofthe mher'-tTorkmen were hurt. The plant was dam-aged considerably, but not enough to cripple It to

any extent.

ANOTHER PITTSBJ-RG EXPLOSION.

It is stated on good authority that a well

known German bank contemplates opening

'.ranches in South Africa. Such a movement

would materially assist the expansion of Ger-

man commerce, and British merchants and

manufacturers are warned that if the I'nitedKingdom if to maintain its lead In commercial

affairs in South Africa it Is necessary now to

put forth every effort to secure that result.

In a few days the Berlin electric elevated rail-way, the first undertaking of its kind on the

Continent of Kurope. will be opened for traffic.

It Is understood that Harland & Wolff, of Bel-fast, have been invited to tender for threesteamers, of a length of 8lT» feet, for the new-fast Canadian mail service.

The death is announced of Colonel Richard

Hinton. He was preparing some interesting

studies of English life as it appeared to him

after an absence of fifty years. His death willcome as a shock to many friends he had made

here. He will be buried in Wandsworth Ceme-tery Monday.

According to a Copenhagen correspondent of

"The Daily News," it I*no secret in wen in-

formed political quarters there that Germany

is very closely watching the development of

negotiations between the American and Danishgovernments in regard to the Danish WestIndies. A syndicate which is In touch with the

nich^st official sphere was formed a? long ago

as the spring of I^OO with the object of taking

advantage of the situation if Denmark and

the I'nited States should not arrive at an agree-

ment concerning the islands. Herr Ballin, of

the Hamburg-American company, Is largely in-tpreptod In this syndicate, and the scheme, which

is to make St. John's Island a first class harbor,

is approved by the Emperor, Prince Henry and

the Minister of Marine.

Tho verdict In what is known as the Horns

case is aph< Id by every right thinking and self-respecting member of the community, but theopinion prevails that the woman merited a. longer

term of penal .servitude than th^ seven years

to which th<> Judge sentenced her. Fortunately

the Jury were spared the disagreeable duty ofg"iriK through the "ocean of filth." with whichexpression the Recorder in his charge charac-

terized the evidence placed before the police

magistrate at Marylebone. Thi.s was due tothe fact thai conviction was obtained on thefirst of the numerous indictments presented. A

more extraordinary career than that of theprisoners ami a more sensational story than

that unfolded nt the trial have never been re-vealed before in an English court of Justice.The prisoners conducted their defence with skill

and daring, and their defiant attitude at times

provoked a series of scenes which the judge waa

unable to prevent.

"The Saturday Review" almost stands, aloneIn endeavoring to show that the ratification of

the Canal Treaty by the Senate Is not a matterthat should cause any satisfaction here. It

j^Jiu/,'" the following line of argument:

ft Britain were England, the Treaty might beaccepted as a passable compromise, but BritainIncludes Canada, and the United States is notsynonymous with America. The true measureof the excellence or this treaty from the pointof view of British politicians is Canadian dis-

satisfaction plus the complacency of the UnitedStates. Practically speaking, the canal is theprivate property of Washington, and the civil-ized world may be made to feel the effects ofany irritability with which that governmentmay be affected from time to time.

CONVICTION OF THE JACK SONS—A GER-

MAN BANK FOR SOUTH AFRICA."

(Copyright; 1001: By The New-York Tribune.)

[BY CABLE TO THE TRIBUNE ]

London, Dec. 21, 1 a. m.—

Lord Rosebery'sfamous speech at Chesterfield is perhaps des-tined to have widespread consequences. A good

deal depends on Sir Henry Campbell-Banner-

man. Many prominent members of the "stop

the war" party are gradually becoming con-vinced that Lord Rosebery is the only manunder whom the Liberals can with any hope ofsuccess persuade the government to discussterms of peace with the Boers, and not a fewOf them are in favorof urging Sir Henry Camp-bell-Bannerman to invite Lord Rosebery to takeup an official position as leader of the party.Mr. Asqulth'e speech at Bilston was a notable*blow struck in the campaign initiated by LordRosebery. His proposal, however, that the

conclusion of the war should be followed bya generous measure of amnesty does not findmuch favor in -Unionist circles. "The <;iobe"

thinks the time has not arrived for discussing

amnesty, and raises its voice in protest against

Mr. Asnuith's analogy in the policy pursued to-ward the South by the North at the end of theAmerican CivilWar. The question of amnesty

mainly concerns Cape rebels, and '"The Globe"sees no points of resemblance between theirposition and that of the soldiers of the South.

THE LIBERAL PARTY MAY FIND IX

HIM ITS ONLY LEADER.

TURNING TO ROSEBERY.

DINNER INHIS HONOR THOUGHT TO BE TO

FURTHER HIS CANDIDACY FOR

THE SENATE.

There was a dinner at the Hotel Manhattanlast night which is regarded by Republican

politicians as significant. The dinner was given

by Judge Warren B. Hooker, an ex-Congress-

man, in honor of ex-Governor .Frank S. Black.It was attended by Justice Woodward, Speaker

Nixon Congressman Littauer, Abraham Gru-ber and others. Mr.Black is said to be a can-didate for the United States Senate, to sue-c—d Thomas C. Platt. Mr. Platt has said thathe will not again be a candidate, but it isthought that he might be induced to change his

mind In case Senator Platt positively refuses

to be a candidate there is a strong movementon foot to have ex-Governor Black named. Ine

politicians last night regarded this dinner in

Mr Black's honor as a signal announcement orhis candidacy for the Senate, and thought that

h° was to be reckoned with from this time on.None of those who were present at the dinner

would talk.

SEMI-OFFICIAL INFORMATION TO THATEF-

FECT RECEIVED IN SOME.

London, Dec. 21—"Semi-official news received

here from Constantinople." telegraphs the Romecorrespondent of "The Daily Telegraph," "as-

serts that Mine Tsilka is dead and that MissStone, the American captive, will be releasedalmost immediately."

BOOM STARTED FOR BLACK.

MISS STONE'S RELEASE EXPECTED

PROPERTY OWNED BY THE STALPIN ES-

TATK TO XX IMPROVED.

Some details of the plan for the Improvement

Of the block front on the east sld>> of Broadway,

between Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth sts..

which Is owned by the D. H. ofcAlpfn estate,

were learned yesterday. .1. Komaine Hrown, arepresentative of the estate, said, however, that

ho did not think the report was well founded. A

man who own? property near Thirty-fourth-st.

and Broadway valued at several million dollarß

told a Tribune reporter that he was positive that

the McAlpin estate parcels were to be improved

••n a vast scale in tho near future.

"I know what Iam talking about." Fflid th"

Informant, "but Ido not care to have my namem-ntioned in conn-ction with the announcementfor various personal reasons. The improvement

..f the McAlpin estate property will he no.small

affair. It will r>e as important as the proposedImprovement of the hlork front on the <>ast sideof Kroadway. on which stands the Hotel im-perial, the Winchester Apartment Hous. andthe San Carlos Apartment Ho-.ise and of thatrelating to the Broadway Tabernacle property."

The size of the property owned by the Mc-Alpin estate In tne block front between Thirty-third nnd Thirty-fourth sts. is i:.'."i by L'oT.l feet.Jt has a frontage in Thirty-fourth-st. of 1:.'.">feet, and the buildings on the parcel fronting

in this street are Nob. 52 to <><> West Thirty-

fourth-st. At the northeast corner of Thirty-

third-st. and Kroadway is the Alpine Apartment

Hous*. It is not definitely known whether ornr>t the apartment house is included in the planto improve the property.

MORE PLANS FOR. BROADWAY

MAN HURT, HORSE SHOT, WOMEN

FAINT, WAGON SMASHED AND

WINDOWS SHATTERED.

Frightened by the whistle of an elevated train,

a horse attached to a wagon belonging to Davis& Isaacs, wholesale liquor dealers, of No. 1,493Broadway, ran away last night in Second-aye.near One-hundred-and-tenth-st.. throwing: thedriver to th« street, smashing the wagon against

elevated pillars, and finally crashing into an

electric car. The horse had to be shot.The horse was driven by Louis Kronek, six-

teen years old, of-NoI-310 Bast S*-vnty-fln«t-J>r.

The horse wan trotting north on Si-i ond-aw

when Itstarted to run. When the wagon strucka pillar Kronek was thrown to the street.

At One-hundred-and-fourteenth-st. the horseswerved to the left and galloped across the cartracks. Car No. 1,445 was coming down Second-ave. at a high rate of speed, and before Will-;

lam Morrisey, the motorman, could stop thecar there was a collision. The horse was wedgedbetween the car and a pillar and was .severelyinjured. The wagon was- smashed to pieces.

Intense excitement prevailed among 1 the pap-sengers in the car. Every pane of glass was?

shattered. Men and women Jumped to their feetand made a rash for the doors. Several womenfainted, and were attended later by an ambu-lance surgeon from Harlem Hospital.

Kronek sustained severe injuries about thehead and the body, and was removed to theHarlem Hospital in an unconscious condition.

BUNA WAY CRASHES INTO CAR

wus nrrested one nigiit in a raid on a poker gameby Captain Devery. He iiad a number of officerswith htm. and 1 think Glennon whs one.

Q.—Was that before or after you testified againstDevery? A.—After.

Detective Dillon, of the Society for the Pre-

vention of Crime, testified that on Juiy «S, th»day he sent word to Whitney over the telephone

that there was to be a raid on "145," he was onwatch n.^ar the house, in Thirty-third-sl., andsaw Acting: Captain Sheils and Detective Dwyerpo to thf> house about ton minutes after thotelephone message was pent. At the close ofDillon's testimony there was an adjournmentuntil S p. m., the Recorder having decided tohave a night session of the trial.

In the evening Detective McClellan, of theSociety for the Prevention of Crime, corrob-orated Dillon's testimony. Then Mr. Oshorneannounced that the prosecution rested.

After a motion to instruct the jury to acquitGlennon had been denied. (Ilennon went on thestand in his own defence. He declared that hehad made frequent attempts to set into ihPhouse in Thirty-third-st. and was denied ad-mission, lie failed to discover any proof thatthe house had a vicious character. Glennonswore that he once arrested Whitney in 1882for running a poker pame jn Fifty-third-st. Hedenied having talked with Whitney about iipnon poolrooms, and declared that he never sawWhitney after 1802 until he saw him in courton Thursday last.

MORE BOERS REACH BERMUDA.Hamilton, Bermuda. Dec. 20.—The British

transport Harlech Castle (which sailed from

Table Bay November 24) has arrived here, hav-ingon board 300 Boer prisoners, guarded by themen belonging to a battery of the Royal Ar-tillery. There was one death each from pneu-monia and measles among the Boers during thet'oyace, and the transport has been quarantined.

JANUARY 14. 1902.This Is the date for the Winter tourist?. Seaboard

Air Line Ry. will inaugurate on this date a solidvestibule train-New fork & Metropolitan Limit-ed New York to St. Augustine. Fia.. composed ofPullman'! luxurious compartment and drawing

room sleeping, car*. library. smoking, dining andobservation cars. leaving New York Wet 3d streetferry 12-55 p. m.. arriving St. Augustine next after-noon 5:20 p. m. Call on all Penna. ticket agents fortickets. Pullman reservations or other informationor at office, 1.153 Broadway.—Advt.

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