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LONG ISLAND SUBURBAN THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK, MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1899 BAGLEY ESTATE SUIT. ERSTtME Bay and proceed to Newport, where she will join the fleet to participate in the Bunker Hill celebration. The United States cutter Prairie arrived at Gardiner's Bay yesterday, having on board the Pennsylvania Naval Reserves. She sailed for Newport this morning.

WHOSE YACHT IS THIS? the sport in the waters of Great South Bay during tho summer seasons, which huve been spent in Bay Shore and Islip for several years. Ho met with excellent success yesterday, while out with Captain Charles Velt man, in tho yacht Helen, capturing eight fine blues weighing from four to five pounds each, about the first of the season, and twenty sea bass weighing from three to tour pounds each. MINEOLA'S SUMMER FAIR. up rooms at heavy rental. He said tho Cubans were honest, grateful and fond of their country, but they could not understand why the independence promised was not given to them.

They were loyal to the American flag and had a high regard for everything American. Two little Cuban girls who were brought here by Mr. De Barritt and who attend the school which he bas established sang in Spanish. A collection was taken up amounting to $51.50. SY BISHOP MCDONNELL Interesting Ceremonies at the Site of the New Parochial School Building.

SOCIETIES IN ATTENDANCE. "Work of Capuchin Friars in. St. Michael's German Catholic Church. Description of New Structure.

Bishop McDonnell yesterday afternoon laid the cornerstone of a new parochial building at Liberty avenue and Warwick street. The school will be occupied by the children of St. Michael's parish, which is in charge of the Ca puchlan Fathers, with the Rev. Bonaventure Frey as rector. The ceremony included a celebration in which all the societies of the parish took part.

During the exercises the first floor of the unfinished structure was crowded as were also the sidewalks surrounding the building. Many houses in the neighborhood were decorated in honor of the event. Acting Captain Colgan with a squad of men was in attendance. The exercises began about 4 o'clock. The societies congregated in front of the church on Jerome street, near Liberty avenue, and, headed by a band, marched in the following i order: Concordia Singing Society, boys and girls of the parish, Blessed Virgin's Sodality, St.

Rose Society, St. Aloysius' Society, St. I ST. MICHAEL'S PAROCHIAL SCHOOL. It Is Situated at Liberty Avenue and Warwick Street.

The Corner Stone Was Laid Yesterday Afternoon by Bishop McDonnell. Boys Wreck and Abandon a Pretty Sloop Yacht and Then Disappear. Orecnport, L. June On the Sound beach, just north of this village, Ilea the wreck of a pretty 25 foot sloop yacht which came to grief during the stiff westerly breeze of Saturday afternoon. The little craft with two youths on board was steered directly for the rocky coast and came head on among the rocks, as though the deliberate destruction of the boat had been the Intention.

The two foolhardy young men who were aboard half swam, half waded to the shore, and after inquiring of some boys whom they met the road to the nearest village, they hurried away, remarking as they left that their informants could have the boat with Its outfit. The epars and sails of the little sloop have been confiscated by the farmers near the scene of the wreck, but the hull pounded to pieces on the rocka. Many people think the youths were from the Connecticut side and that, perhaps, they had stolen the boat for a sail and were unable to manage her. She is of the Connecticut River type, having the short bowsprit usually worn on such craft. RELIGION IN THE CITY.

Needs of the Great Centers of Population, as Pointed Out by the Bev. J. C. Wilson. The Rev.

J. C. Wilson, pastor of Puritan Congregational Church, preached an Interest ing sermon yesterday morning on "Religion In the City." He took as his text Psalms and said, among other things: "The moral and religious needs of our great cities has recently become a dominant and absorbing question, not because the needs them selves did not exist before, but because the cities themselves have assumed "such magnl tude and importance In the life of the world as they never had before. It is not only true that every year adds greatly to the size of the cities and increases the number of cities, but it Is also true that the increase of the populations of cities is out of all proportion to the increase of the population as a whole. "It Is this rapid march of the city's popula tion that has created its problems and inten sified its dangers.

Administrative ability and public Bpirlt have not kept pace with the growing community. Men of character and ability have not been found to manage its affairs or administer its offices. New methods have not been deviBed to meet the growing needs. Material Improvements have lagged; educational facilities have been outgrown; religious privileges have not multiplied fast and moral influesces have been crippled. While every other part of our national life has been developing with amazing rapidity, and astounding originality and power the department of municipal government has not manifested any ability to separate itself from the time worn methods of bribery and corruption and the antiquated means of intimidation or complicity with crime.

These abominations of desolation once regnant in the cities of Europe, but long since been discarded in Paris and London as belonging to a discarded regime, are preserved among us In city governments as a mark of the dead but resistless hand of past ignorance and infamy. So that while we have the most efficient, benign, enlightened national government the sun looks down upon, we have the most incompetent city governments the world holds. "The worst thing about it all Is the manner in which we have come to look upon it all as inevitable and incurable. Taking up the whine of our unscrupulous demagogues even respectable and Intelligent persons have reiterated the plea that it cannot be helped. The vice, the crime, the ignorance, the intemperance that breeds and thrives and reeks and sprawls in great cities we are told is inseparable from modern civilization, as the din and dust of traffic is inseparable from the com merce.

of the great city. But we are slowly coming to learn that the din and dust of the city's traffic is not incurable; that by far the largest part of it is due to bad management in street making and badly made or worse re paired wagons and cars. "The noise of a great city can be reduced to tolerable volume with a little care on the part of those whose business it is to care. The Aztecs thought that they could not built a temple without laying its foundations on the bodies of living men. Civilization is not a Juggernaut whose way muet be paved with the writhing fieea and bleeding hearts of men.

It is no part of civilization that men shall be huddled together in dens where decency Is as Impossible as in any sty; nor Is it a mark of progress that vice and crime and squalor shall abound. It rather shows where are tide of progress has stopped. "Ignorance and helplessness and vice have always been the ready tools of unscrupulous demagogues. The only cure for the evils of the great cities is to give the peoples Christian education. By that I mean education with a moral impulse and spiritual uplift.

Knowledge of God and faith in Christ will lift the citizen to an Intellectual and moral plane that will deliver him from the tyranny of corrupt officials and the degradations of vice and crime. "Inorderto secure this good men, moral men, Christian men must unite in a common effort to protect and deliver the helpless and the vicious. Organizations as euch cannot do It. Institutions as such cannot do it. The government as such will not do it.

Individuals whose hearts have been touched by the love of God and the love of humanity alone can do It, We need better laws and more efficient and intelligent officers of the law, and better schools and more of them, better homes and better wages for the poor; but we need above all the touch of moral power which comes from Christ and transforms the whole man and makes all things new. The curse of the city is its Godlessness and its Chrlatlessness. "The people need someone to teach them of Goo and to lead them to Christ, and this only they can do whom Christ has taught. When the Christian people of every American city shall shake themselves free from their indifference and awake to the sense of the privileges that await them on every hand the era of misrule will hav passed and the plague spots and the fever sores of our civilization will be In a fair way of being cleanBed and healed." In the evening a good sized audience gathered to listen to an address on "Cuba and Its Needs," by the Rev. Mr.

De Barritt, who four months ago received a vacation from his church in a town in Massachusetts to go PIGEON SHOTS I HEADQUARTERS. The American Handicap May Be Decided at Queens Next Year. FINE TRACT OF LAND SECURED. Plenty of Money Behind the Project A Hotel and Other Necessary Buildings to Be Erected. (Special to the Eagle.) Jamaica.

L. June 19 A. Driseel, representing the National Pigeon Shooters Association, bas bought of Adam HaubiLzer forty two acres of land at Queens, near Kniiumnch er's saloon, at $800 per acre, or $32,000 for the tract. It is the intention of the purchasers to incorporate a new organization and improve the property by the erection cf a number of buildings on the grounds. It is said that one of the proposed buildings will cost $100,000 and another $20.

000. and that a large hotel will eventually be erected on the propoyty. A number of prominent and wealthy Manhattan sporting men are back of the enterprise and it is proposed to establish here 'a headquarters for pigeon shooters' associations of the Eastern states. The tract of land purchased Is level and convenient to a trolley line running out of Brooklyn and to the Long Iuland Ttailroad, and is not far from the Creedmoor range of the New York State National Guard. The establishment of a headquarters here.

It is supposed, will bring together expert pigeon shooters from all parts of the United States and contests can be arranged that will attract, attention lovers of the sport in all parts of the country, and first class exhibitions may be given at all times of the year. It is expected that the Grand American Handicap, which is held annually under the auspices of the Inter State Shooting Association, will he held hero next year. TO SHUT OUT THE PUBLIC. Bellport People Object to the 0105105 of a Dock. Bellport, Li.

1., June 19 The Jewish Working Girls' Society of Manhattan, which has bought the old Bell house at the foot of Bell avenue, is to close up the public approach to the Bell dock and erect a high board fence there. The Bell dock has always been free public and the people have understood that there was no power under which it could be closed. The society has been granted a perpetual lease of the dock, but legal authorities say' that thero is no provision whereby the public can be kept out. Should the dock be closed it will close up all approaches to the bay except one, Osborne avenue, and that is out of the way. HARVESTING THE HAY CBOP.

Ly.nhrook, L. June 19 The oldest inhabitant fails to recollect the time when the work of getting in the hay crop was well under way by the middle of June. Some of the largest farmers in this vicinity have already cut, nearly all of their meadows. Treadwell Abrams has cut and carted in all the best of his crop. Messrs.

Thomas and George New lett have cut the hay on the farm formerly owned by Augustus Hewlett. Richard Carman has cut over all of his own land and has purchased the hay on the land owned by R. W. Sheppell. It is estimated that the crop this year will not be over 10 per cent, of that of last year and the quality will be consider ably inferior, owing to the many weeds.

PAIR FOR A HEMPSTEAD CHUECE. Hempstead, L. June 10 The women of the Church of Our Lady of Loretto will open a fair this evening and it will last all the week. The proceeds will be devoted to can coling'a debt of The booths and those in charge of them are as follows: Parish table Miss' M. M.

Gallagher, S. McDonald, Mamie Kiclly anil Mrs. 11. Kelly. Holy Name Society table MesdAmes J.

Mus r.us. J. Hurley, C. L'Afrlcaln, P. Kelly, H.

As new, T. Dvn, J. and Miss Lynch. Sodality table Mlss M. Farrull.

assisted by all the members of the society. Refreshment table Mesdames P. McCormlek, S. Saromis, Kane and Hlck" Surprise table Mrs. Noel, Misses Rabcrg and Hoel.

OPE TO NIAGARA FALLS. Patchogue, L. June 19 The Suffolk County editors, who are members of the New York State Press Association, started last night for Niagara Falls, where the session of the association will be held to morrow and Wednesday. The party comprised the following: H. H.

Williamson of Riverhead, J. H. Hunt of Sag Harbor, the Messrs. Livingstones of Babylon, F. A.

Burling of Bridgehamptou, C. P. Rogers of Huntington, Francis Hoag of Sayville and James A. Canfield of" Patchogue. FAIR GROUNDS CHANGES.

Riverhead. L. June 19 Under the direction of Treasurer George W. Cooper of the County Agricultural Society, Daniel V. Crlf flng of Riverhead has he en at work upon the Fair Grounds.

The grand stand has been moved back to the line of the west fence and the space In front, between the stand and the track fence, will be graded for a promenade. An addition of 50 feet in length will be built on the north end, and there will be a gate entrance at both ends of the stand. KEEPER KELLAR MUST MOVE. Mineola, L. June 19 County Judge Sen bury of Nassau County has signed an order for the ejectment of Joseph Kellar from the town hall at Hicksville.

Kellar was ordered to move by the Town Board of Oyster Bay. but refused to budge from his position as keeper. The case was carried to the County Court, and at a special session Wednesday a jury found for the town. Kellar bas until to morrow to vacate, and In the event of his tailing to comply with the order of the court by that time he will be ejected by force. THEATRICAL CLAMBAKE.

St. James, L. June 19 The theatrical colony iiad a clambake in the grove Saturday night and tho good things wore served by Rieu Allen. Annie P.ovd. Sadie Dailev.

Jessie Wood, Willie Colyer. Mrs. Tony Farrell, Mrs. Charles Bigelow and Miss Bessie Rnval. The.

affair was in honor of tho theatrical nine's victory over the liuntingtens in a game of base, ball. About fifty of the profession and few friends were present, and after supper came singing, reciting and speech making. WRECKS BREAKING UP. Amagansett. L.

June 19 Reports reaching here from Montauk lighthouse are to the effect that the coal barge and steam tug which struck on the rocks at the base of the cliffs on the Atlantic shore of Montauk Point are now breaking up. The two came ashore In the bnvy fog. which prevailed along the coast early Thursday morning and little prospect Is apparent that either boat can be floated. Tin asiiorv safely. NASSAU'S NEW COURT HOUSE.

Mineola. L. June 19 When the Board of Supervisors of Nassau County meet on Friday next it is expected that some decisive action will be inken in regard to the plans for the' new county court house and Jail. They will also adopt resolutions in favor or an Issue of bonds to the amount of $100,000. ABSOLUTE DIVORCE.

Patchogue. L. June 19 Judge Wilmot M. Smith has granted a decree of absolute divorce to Mrs. Evelyn Oakley from her husband, George 0 of Bay Shore, on thu statutory grounds.

No defense was entered. Mrs. Oakley was given the custody of their 4 year old enilrl. J. D.

ADAMS' FISHING LUCK. L. June 17 J. I). Adams of Brook liw occupying the handsome summer js of Alden S.

Swan, Ocean avenue, MB araeus. angler anu trequenily tries EASTERN Investment Company Seeks to Correct a Deed. Whitestone, L. June 19 There is an intricate law suit on hand over the disputed land here belonging to the estate of the late Henry Bagley. The Long Island Savins sad Investment Company and Albert Bagley, one of the heirs of the estate, are the parties to the action.

Henry Bagley bought property in 1852 on Tenth avenue and Twelfth street. On November 3, 1875, Henry Bagley and wife deeded to their daughter, Mrs. Angeline Famil ton, certain portions of property. In 187S Bagley died. In 1S85 Henry Bagley's widow and all the heirs.

Mary Ann Relght, Sarah Jane Martin, Phoebe Eliza Smith, Angeline Familton, Henry L. Bagley, Albert A. Bagley and their heirs, deeded to Albert A. Bagley another portion of the estate. Albert A.

Bagley gave a mortgage In November, 1885, to Robert Rickett on this property. On December 12, 1S98, Mrs. Familton gave a mortgage to the Long Island Savings and Investment Company for $1,000 and built a house on what she supposed was her own property. Albert A. Bagley then came forward and demanded rent of the tenants, claiming that he had deeds to the land.

It seems that by an oversight the land conveyed by Bagley's deed overlapped that conveyed to Familton. Bagley collected rent from his tenant for about a year. Familton could not pay the assessments to the Long Island Savings and Investment Association and they had a receiver appointed. Bagley resisted the receiver and suit has been brought to correct the deed and compel Bagley to turn over to Familton all the money he has collected as rent. The suit lsset down for June 20.

INTERESTING POINT ARGUED. Question of Taxing an Estate Brought Up in Riverhead Court. Riverhead, L. June 19 Argument was had before Surrogate Petty Saturday upon an Interesting point that arose In connection with the taxation under the transfer tax act in the estate of the late Joel S. Davis, lato cashier of the Bank of Amityville.

The estate left by Mr. Davis was large enough to be reashed by the internal revenue law and it was claimed by the administrator that the tax paid under that act should be deducted when appraising the estate for the purpose of taxation under the state transfer tax act. Robert B. Bach, representing the State Controller's office, claimed that even where estates are reached by the United States revenue laws executors and administrators cannot legally deduct the amount of such tax, but that it must be included and treated as a part of the estate in arriving at the amount due under the state law. This is the first time that the question has ever been argued and it has attracted considerable attention among the legal fraternity.

Judge Petty reserved decision, briefs to be submitted. Counselor Samuel P. Hildreth of Amityville represented the administrator, Solomon Ketcham, of Amityville. Surrogate Petty has entered an amended decree In the estate of the late Rhoda M. Gildersleeve of Port Jefferson, to the effect that the estate is not liable to tax.

An appeal was to have been taken from his previous decision fixing the tax on this estate, but has now been withdrawn. YESTERDAY AT ROCKAWAY. Rockaway Beach, L. June 19 It is estimated that forty thousand people visited here yesterday and spent the day in the various amusements offered. Trains and boats were taxed to their utmost capacity throughout the day and when the homeward Journey was made at night the trains were crowded.

Hundreds of bicyclists added to the crowd at tho Sea Side, where the chutes, dancing pavilions and other amusements proved great attractions. A large number of bathers en Joyed a dip in the surf, while hundreds watched their antics from along the shore. The police arrangements were again perfect and no trouble was experienced. The new police regulations regarding Sunday observances were not strictly enforced and everything passed off smoothly. ADDITIONS TO SCHOOLS.

Flushing, L. June 19 At the last meeting of the Queensborough School Board the committee on buildings recommended the adoption of the plans offered by the Deputy Superintendent of Buildings for the renovation and the building of additions to School No. 48, and the schools at WInfield, Glen dale, Long Island City and Little Neck. The recommendations were adopted. The superintendents reported that they had voted in favor of extending the water to School No.

13, in Corona, and the matter was referred to the committee on buildings for its consideration. SUCCUMBED TO APOPLEXY. College Point, L. June 19 Jacob Oehnin ger of 235 East Nineteenth street, Manhattan, dropped dead of apoplexy on Fourth avenue. College Point, at 7 o'clock last night.

He was accompanied by his wife and Dr. Wilde WatterlU and they had spent the day at Wltzel's Park with a number of other friends. On their way to the railroad station in the evening Mr. Oehninger collapsed in front of a store on Fourth avenue, and he was carried into a back room, where he expired shortly afterward. WANTS $25,000 DAMAGES.

Woodside, L. June 19 Trial will come up in a few days In the Supreme Court of the caso of the heirs of Mrs. Whelan against the Long Island Railroad for 525,000 damages, it being alleged that Mrs. Whelan was killed in February at the Fifth street crossing. Woodside, by the 4:3" express train.

Mrs. Whelan had just got off a train and was asking the way to Fifth street, when the express hit her. She had come out to visit some friends. BACCALAUREATE Patchogue, L. June 19 The class of '09 of the Patchogue High School attended divine service at the Congregational Church last night.

The Rev. John Rippere, pastor of the Methodist Church, preached the baccalaureate sermon. The commencement exercises will be held In the church next Thursday evening, when William McKinney of N'orthport will deliver the address. The class consists of nine members this year. WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT.

Rockaway Beach. L. June ID The marriage of Miss Addle Meyer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Meyer, and William W.

Whyte of Brooklyn, is announced to take place at the residence of the bride's parents, on Bayslde place, on July 2. Islip. L. June 19 Invitations are out announcing the coming wedding of Miss Cornelia Moss, daughter of Cortland V. Moss, at his country seat.

The Rambler. THE GLASER DEMURRER. Long Island City, June 19 Deputy Surrogate George L. Glaser bas entered a demurrer to the indictment charging him with collecting an illegal bill for from the Town of Newtown for counsel fees while acting as counsel to the town on a stated salary. He based his demurrer on the grounds that the services were rendered prior to his contract with the town, and, further, that the Indictment was defective and not properly drawn.

ST. JOSEPH'S COMMENCEMENT. Flushing, L. June 19 The graduating exorcises of St. Joseph's Academy will he held in the exhibition hall next Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock, and on accDunt of the limited accommodations this year admission will be by ticket.

The graduating class numbers eleven and Bishop McDonnell will present the diplomas. CONFIRMATION SERVICES. Northport. L. June 19 In Trinity Episcopal Church yesterday morning Bishop Lit tlejohn administered the rites of confirmation to a class of 22.

In the afternoon the bishop visited Kings Park and there confirmed a claes of thirteen. MEASLES IN MINEOLA. Mineola, L. June 111 There have been forty three cases of German measles at the Temporary Home for Children at this place, nearly all of which have fully recovered. There are also a few cases in the village.

IT PROSPECT PARK. An Admirable Programme Pre sented as a Tribute to Johann Strauss' Memory. A MILITARY BAND ASSISTS. Fully Twenty live Thousand People Applaud the Various Selections Singers Who Participated. Yesterday was musicians' day at Prospect Park and over 25,000 people were present ia the afternoon to hear the Brooklyn Saenger bund, under the leadership of Professor Louis Koemmenich, present a superb programme of German compositions in memory of the lato Johann Strauss.

The Twenty third Regiment Band assisted The concert opened at 4 o'clock with tho band playing the "Star Spangled Banner," which was followed by the Dead March from "Saul," a special tribute to the memory of Johann Strauss, who, it will be remembered, died in Vienna last May. Tschalkowsky's overture. "Symphonique" 1812, in major, op. 49, was much appreciated, as was also tho "Grand Fantasia" from "Lohengrin." One of the best instrumental pieces given yesterday was Beethoven's "Oh How Kindly." It was very much applauded and indicated special preparation on the part of tho musicians. Schubert's "Unfinished Symphony" was also given with skill and effect.

At 5 o'clock eighty male members of tho Brooklyn Saengerbund ascended the music pavilion, headed by Conductor Koemmenich, and sang "Jessie," a Scotch folksong by Othegraven, which was one of the most conspicuous features of the programme. Renger's "Ich liebe, was fein 1st," was so well given that the audience seemed determined to force an encore, but the singers declined to respond to the plaudits. "The Ride of the Valkyrie" and the fire scene from "Die Walkure" were the first numbers In the second half of the programme, and here the applause lasted until the band had responded with two additional selections. Again the German singers appeared and sans Kreutzer's "Abendgebet" This selection is a part of the opera, "Das Nachtlager won Granada," by Kreutzer, and the chorus is supposed to be sung on the field of battle after sunset. It Is very impressive.

The Saengerbund closed the vocal part of the programme by giving Abt's "Waldesgruss" to the The audience was determined to have an encore, but the modesty of the singers would not be overcome and the band closed the concert by playing one of Liszt's selections and Old Hundredth. So many encores had been given that it waa 6 o'clock when the programme ended. Ihi' was the first and last appearance of the Saengerbund in Prospect Park for the season. The Saengerbund is composed of tho following active members who participated in the concert at Prospect Park yesterday. First tenors John Bielenbors.

ft. Franz, H. Her zog. Albert Colling. Henry Schmallx, A.

Mink, Albert Hinz. A. W. Cook. William Bartels), Charles Sattler, Jacob Christopher.

Second tenors E. J. Colling, H. Rathgebcr, Henry Etllng, Adolph Kreyer. Frederick KlG meyer.

R. Solomon, Albert Zapfc. August Evers, Frederick Jacob, WiJlftm Lander, Christian Kaiser, Philip Kranz. J. Krlscheldorf, Theodora Holnroth.

Henry Schlaefer, Adolph Schaefer: First bassos Herman Koeln. It. FueileB, Langenau. Herman Moeller, Eucene. A.

Schuh mp.cher. A. H. Linn. George Guehther, John Thode.

Charles Boden, Henry Bands. Charles A. Auerbaeh. William J. Zartmann, Potor GerkeDv Joseph Schurz.

Frederick Thlnnes. Brnest.Flis, Second bassos M. A. Nebel. Andrew W.

Becker, R. W. Linn. Leon Doscher, Casper SettelkenV Charles Yoos. Paul Gabel.

Philip Hesse, Amandus Cruse. Aunust Droste. H. F. Drbste, Edward Schuermann, Jacob Thlnnes, Geors Sperling.

SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT. Riverhead, L. June 19 The commencement exercises of the Riverhead Union School, George A. Brown, principal, were held in the Methodist Church here this afternoon, and nearly 900 people attended. The various numbers on the programme and the essays and addresses by the graduates, were well rendered and reflected great credit on scholars and teachers alike.

The class was tho largest in the history of the school and included the following: Robert W. Duvall, Miss Amarett B. Hallock. Miss Rose P. Terry, Lester C.

Albsrtson. Miss Helen T. Mazurie. Miss M. Genevieve Magee.

Mls Inez M. Downs. Clarence E. Wells, Miss F. Ea tell Lawrence.

Harry Seymour Brown, Miss Kuth Ackerlv. Miss Florence Ackerly, Miss Julia I. Clark, Leone D. Howell, Miss Caroline B. Tal mago.

Miss Lizzie J. Miss Maud Skldmore. Ex Congressman Joseph M. Belford mado an address to the graduates, and the diplomas were presented by Charles M. Blydea burgh, president of the Board of Education.

HUNTINGTON'S FOOTPAD. HuntingTon, L. June 19 Mrs. Thomas Brush, wife Ot a prominent business man of this village, jwas waylaid by an unknown highwayman ion West Neck avenue, a short distance north of Main street, right in the middle of the village, as she was on her way home, shortly after 9 o'clock Saturday night. The footpad threw one arm around her neclt and choked her while he grabbed her hand satchel containing $3 or $4 and made off across lots.

EXCISE VIOLATIONS. Flushing. June 19 Four saloonkeepers from Newtown were arraigned, beforo Magistrate Connorton at Flushing this morning, charged with violation of the liquor tax law. They were Frederick Ross. Willow Place, Glendale; August J.

Bruhn, Washington Park, Grand street, Maspeth; William Wolf, Grand street, Maspeth; Henry Boenig, Corona. They were held under bonds for examination next Friday. A. T. STEWART'S RELATIVESP Long Island City.

June 19 The application of Alexander Stewart of Manhattan and his niece, Mary Agnes Carroll, for the appoint ment of commissioners to go to Ireland ana take testimony to prove their relationship to the late A. T. Stewart, came up before Justice Garretson Saturday and argument was set down for the third Monday in September. SHOOT OP THE BIG FOUR. Fred Ross "Wins Out in a Friendly Fou Cornered Match.

Fred C. Ross, Michael J. Dorrler, George Schlicht and Louis P. Hansen, the big four of the Zettler Rifle Club, shot a four cornered match at the Greenville range yesterday morning and the former won out by 7 points. Each man fired 50 shots in five strings of 10 shots each, ring target 200 yards range.

Ross' string netted him 222, 217, 224, 224 and 22G, a total of 1,113. Every one of his shots lauded in the black and his lowest tally was a 19. He also scored three flags. Schlight scored 1,106, L. P.

Hansen 1,098, and Dorrler 1,086. Hansen scored three flags, Schlicht four and Dorrler none. AT THE TRAPS. Jake Gay, the champion live bird shot of Kentucky, recently tried his hand at clay bird shooting and smashed 125 out of 130 shot at. The second annual tournament of the Over land Gun Club will take place at Sedan Skating Park, Denver.

on July 7. 8 and 0. Clay birds will bo trapped and there will added money In all events. It is a pretty close estimate that 510,000 in cash, and merchandise prizes were paid out to the coCV testants in the recent state shoot at Buffalo. Eighty thousand clay birds were trapped, an average of 20,000 a day.

live birds extra. It wa the most successful shoot of the State Association since itB formation forty odd years ago. LENOX TENNIS TOURNEY. The Lenox Lawn Tennis Club's open tournament begins this afternoon, on the club grounds, at One Hundred and Twenty third street and St. Nicholas avenue, Manhattan.

A big list of entries has been received, including Hackett and Allen, the Yale cracks. Davidson, champion of the South; Paret, the Lenox expert; Wright, the national inter scholastic champion; Grant, Columbia inter scholastic champion, and a host of lesser lights. Entries for the handicap events do not close until late this afternoon, at the club grounds, but the scratch events will be publicly drawn an hour before play begins. Indications Are That It "Will Be Thoroughly Successful. Mineola, L.

June 19 The summer exhibition of the Queens County Agricultural Society, which will be held on the fair grounds in this village on Wednesday and Thursday next, promises to be a very interesting and complete exhibition In spite of the drought which ha.s interfered with the cultivation of early fruits and vegetables. Secretary Lott Vandewater has received a larger number of entries than usual at a summer fair, especially in flowers. Many professional and amateur florists of Queens and Nassau Counties who heretofore nave confined their exhibits to the fall fair have made large entries for next week's exhibition. In the collection of fruits, there Is a larger number of entries and the reports that come to the secretary indicate that the exhibit as a whole will be much better than anticipated. One novel exhibit will be that of several large pumpkins grown in 1898 by William Garnett Payne of Seaford.

These will be an object of considerable Interest to the farmers and market gardeners, as pumpkins are supposed to decay before the end of the winter if not used before. In the horse department there Is every reason for the prediction of some very exciting contests. Horsemen who have read the list of entries published in the Eagle Thursday say it is one of the best that has ever been made at a summer fair at these grounds. LONG ISLAND OBITUARY RECORD Death of the Rev. Philip Bartlett, One of the Last of the Old Time Methodist Local Preachers.

Long Island City, L. June 19 The funeral of the Rev. Philip Bartlett, who died at his home in Astoria of pneumonia late Saturday afternoon after an illness of three weeks, will be held to night. He was in his eighty eighth year and for sixty years he had been active in the ministry of the Methodist Church in this state. His first charge was at Hornellsville, and his salary was $50 and a bushel basket full of home made socks, a contribution from the women in the congregation.

Prior to 1858 he was a member of the Oneida Conference and after that time a memDer or the Wyoming Conference, which takes in a small portion the State of Pennsylvania. He was retired in 1898. During his long term in the ministry tho Rev. Mr. Bartlett had many experiences that sound like fiction to day.

He was for years a local preacher traveling from place to place preaching the gospel. He would be away from home for weeks at a time preaching every night in the week and three. times on Sunday. Most of his traveling was done on horseback, and It was while riding from place to place that he gained much of his education, as he never had an opportunity to attend college. Years after his tours ended he was called upon many times to visit growing villages and attend the dedication of churches which were the outgrowth of his early sermons in the place.

He often related his experiences preaching from the stumps of trees and in log school houses and other places. It was seldom that be had an opportunity to hold service in a church edifice. In those days means of cummunication were limited and the local preacher vas looked upon as a sort of circulating medium for news. His arrival in a village would cause a gathering of the inhabitants and they would keep him up late at night telling what he had heard In different places along the roads. The Rev.

Mr. Bartlett came to Long Island In 1S8S as pastor of Trinity Methodist Church In Astoria and afterward was paster of the Bellport Methodist Church and the church at Oyster Bay. His last charge was the Union Church in the Stelnway section of Long Island City. He was born in Kent, England, in 1S11, and came to this country when 22 years old. He Is survived by his wife and seven children.

Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on August 27. 1893. They were devotedly attached to each other and his death has had a depressing effect upon Mrs.

Bartlett. The funeral services will be held in Trinity Methodist Church, corner of Crescent and Temple street, Astoria, at 8 o'clock to night, and the Interment will be In the family plot in Woodlawn Cemetery. Orient. L. June 19 The funeral of Mrs.

Sarah Maria Latham, who died here Saturday, aged 86 years, took place this afternoon. She was the widow of Jonathan Latham, formerly a hotel keeper at Middle Island, who met a tragic death twenty years ago. Mrs. Latham hnd a remarkable memory and used to tell of the time years ago when the channel separating Plum Island from the mainland was such a narrow sluiceway that the girls and boys used to walk across it on a plank. It is now known as Plum Gut and Is a ship channel.

Mrs. Latham had five sons and one daughter. Her eldest' son enlisted in the Union Army in the Civil War, but was never heard from after leaving home. Other children cf the deceased Include some of the most prominent heads of families In this village, namely. Jonathan Latham.

Henry La tnam. Joseph Latham and Abraham Latham, Mrs. Harriet Roberts, the only daughter, resides at Guilford, Conn. Deceased was a member of the Methodist Church for upward i of seventy five years. The funeral of Mrs.

Hetty Haines, who died last Thursday, aged 76 years, took place yesterday. She leaves three children, one of whom, a married daughter. Is living in Connecticut. The other two are Mrs. Ida Hughes and Stein Haines of Orient.

Bay Shore. L. June ID Walter L. Dunham, who died of lockjaw, at St. Mary's Hospital, Brooklyn, on Friday night, was buried from his home here yesterday.

A largo circle of friends were present and many floral offerings were given. The deceased was 44 years of age. A widow and two children survive him. The remains were taken to Riverhead. the interment taking place in the family plot at the cemetery there.

The Odd Fellows conducted services at the grave. Islip, L. June 19 Charles T. Ruland, a veteran of the Civil War and a member of William Gurney Post No. 538, O.

A. Bay Shore, was buried from his home here Friday. The deceased was 70 years of aee and leaves three children. Freeport, June 19 Christopher Ebel, i years old. died Saturday night, of dropsy.

He i was a native of Germany. In 1R7G he was I married to Mrs. Kate Hartman of Brooklyn, who. with three sons, survives him. The funeral will be held from his late home here I to morrow morning, and the body will he cre i mated at.

Fresh Pond. Mattituck. L. June 19 The funeral serv ices of Joseph Rall'ord. a brother of AVarden William Rafford of Riverhead.

were conducted in this place yesterday by the Rev. E. P. Al vord of tho Methodist Church and the Rev. Charles of the Presbvterlan Church.

Howard Camp, Sons of Veterans of Riverhead. of which deceased was a member, together with Henry A. Barnum Post. G. A.

of Riverhead, attended the services In a body, in accordance to the organizations' ritual. Mr. Rafford was about 40 years of age. While Warden Rafford was attending tho funeral of his brother in Mattituck his wife was attending the funeral of her brother, Walter L. Dunham, in Riverhead.

LONG ISLAND PERSONALS. Mrs. F. Ci. KichnrtlFon of the HomiiFtftid Qui'i ns.

Is rii usiy ill frm a strike jiaralv i Mi h. vmm un 1 Miss Whit of Richmond Hill nrt at Krik ich. X. f. 1 Mrp.

J. ffio)fr anrl wri of Jamaica have pail I f'jr Kiircpo. wlu re thf will n. 1 vtjral i months. Th.

family of th. Hr v. J. H. Hr.bha of Jamaica hav 'parf fr th'lr summer in Morris.

Conn. Mr. .1. II. I iOiitftU'L kor arvl hnr r.

Miss O.nKiif. Ur I'Ui an; HiitiT talru 'l by rrlatlvf in itrooklyn. f'al' li T. Smith Islip has start. a two wt ft.

oration In 'u Fivj li rick Whitman has return fmm i'rlm" rstty spi nl his vn atiin with liis pn Mr. and Mrs. Frank Whitman Islip. Miss raruh Doxs. of Islip, who ha studv iriK for a ynr ai Ivy Hall, N.

ha return id fur the vacatlnn. William II. Ijwxm of Brooklyn is sp ndiiiK week's vacation at the home of hln Krand parent a. Mr. and air.

Harvey Doxee of Islip. Tin friomls of Philip j. Ayrea will give him a testimonial entertainment on July 4. DEWEY RECEPTION COMMITTEE. Brooklynites Selected by Mayor Van Wyck to Welcome the Admiral Home.

Mayor Van Wyck ha3 appointed the committee of representative citizens to welcome Admiral Dewey upon his return to this country. This action was taken upon the recommendation of the joint committee of the Municipal Assembly, appointed to consider and to present the most practical plan for the reception. The committee will meet next Wednesday at noon, In the Aldermanic Chamber, to organize and to take steps to provide a proper reception. The Brooklynites upon the committee are: Abbott, Lyman, Rev, Lindsey, George H. Aspinwull, Joseph Atterbury, Walter B.

Henry E. Abraham. Abrahnm Abbott. George B. Herri.

William Bryant, William Cullen Bacchus, John Rev. Bergen. Tunis G. Brower. George V.

Bartlett, Wlllard Bliss, Edward D. Bailey, Frank Tlnntn. Theo. M. Boody, David A.

Barnes, Alfrod Gen. Blackford, Eugene O. Burleigh, John Brennan, Edward C. Bull. Henry A.

BridKes. James J. Hyrne. Francis J. Creamer, Frank Coler, Bird S.

Campbell. Felix Cullen, M. Carleton, Win Clayton. Bertram Coffey. Michael J.

Cullen, Thomas II. Cain. John J. Collier, Edward Cotton. Charles II.

Conly. Martin F. Carroll, Thomas Cocheu. F. C.

CoRswell. William Dlcltev. William D. Dutcher, Silas B. DeWltt.

William C. Dykrnim. Jackson O. Dykman, William X. Drlgfts, Edmund H.

Davis. Davit! F. Davenport. William B. Dovle.

John F. Dadv, Michael J. De Gr.iv. Abram C. Duval, Harry C.

Dlemer, John Doyle. William A. Erben. Henry Ebbcts. Charles H.

Falrehlld. Julian D. Furey, William A. Francisco. Charles L.

Fronch. Henry Farrell. Thomas J. Fischer. Adolph H.

Flruskl. Louis L. Goodrich. W. W.

Grout. Edward M. Gunnison. Herbert F. George.

Henry. Jr. Gullfovle. John Gallagher. Francis P.

Gulder, Joseph A. Cnvnor, William J. Hlills, Newell Rev. Hester. William Hentz.

Henry Hendrlx. Joseph C. Halstead, Murat Hlrschberg. Michael H. Hurd, William Jr.

Hottenroth. Adolph C. Hester. Conrad H. Helgans.

Ellas Hennessy, Frank Huggerty. Henry F. Jenks. Almet F. Jnmes.

Darwin R. Jugenst. Charles Jackson, George R. Kelley. John C.

Kontlnp. James P. King. Horatio C. Kane.

Jnmes Knowles. Edwin Kenna. Thomas J. aictauKnun. Huph McAnerney, John McDonnell, C.

Bishop MoIean, Andrew McKelway, at. Clntr McLoer, Drle General Maddox, Samuel T. Meyenborg. John B. Meyer.

Peter F. May, Mitchell McCarren, Patrick H. Marshall. Henry McICeown, John Mclnerney. Jnmes J.

McOutre. John C. Mav, Mees McDonald. Albert G. Moore.

Chorl" A. H. W. Mnrean. JoMnh T.

MoGyrry. John J. Muh. Rc.bort Mt Kepver. Siephon W.

McN'fll. Hector Mrlr.nes. James H. McCooey. John H.

MoKeen. Jame.s John ri. Moor. Frank R. McCarthy.

.1. T. Nuttlnc. A. T.

Orr, Alexander E. O'Connor, Eugene F. Philip, John W. Admiral PI." rrepont. Henry 5.

J'lunkitt, George YV. Price. George A. Robertson, Charles K. Georjse G.

Rhun.dc;. V. C. Rev. Rletlman.

Valentine J. Richardson. Waldo H. Rosslter. Clinton Russell.

Charles H. RldRway. James W. Shovlln, James Filllman. Denjamln D.

Smith, Wilmot M. Schieren. Charles A. Shepard. EOward M.

Schroeder, Frederick A. Smith. Alexis C. Colonel Steele, Hiram R. Stillmnn.

Jnmes. Sehoeneck. Charles C. Skene. A.

J. C. Dr. Swentzel. H.

Rev. Sanilford. William L. Seullj P. Joseph Shea, John D.

Simls. Atlolph. Jr. Salmon. Arthur C.

Genrfie Srhmld. August SchmUl. Frederick Stewart. David S. Sharkey.

Robert A. Stapleton, LuUe D. SpraRtie. W. T.

Sullivan, Andrew T. S' hllemann. Julius Towns, Mirabau L. Torborg, Herman H. Taylor.

Samuel W. Taylor. John A. Van Brunt. Charles H.

Velton. Jacob J. Woodruff, Timothy L. Wallace. W.

General Williams, William H. Wurster, Frederick W. White. Stephen V. Woodford.

3. Gen. Wise. Albert J. Ware.

Frederick Wilson, Frank E. Wagner. Joseph Whitney. Daniel Low. A.

A. Wuest, William P. Llttl'el'ohn, A. Bishop William Lartoche. William J.

ison, riarna Litchfield, Edward II. 5 insenfcld Joseph Livermore. Charles H. William Francis F. Lolch.

Adam H. yel Charles C. Lang. John T. Wafer.

Moses J. Lockltt. Clement York. Bernard J. HARLEM AND THE BRONX.

Little Italy, for many years the black spot of Harlem, will soon be a thing of the past. Tor It Is being as rapidly wiped out of exist ence as a big squad of men can tear down the tenement houses and Tlckety buildings hat 6tood there a very few weeks ago. When this job is finished the work of making Jefferson Park on the site will commence, its boundary being from the north side of One Hundred and Eleventh street to the south side of One Hundred and Fourteenth street, and from First avenue to the East River. The formerly crowded blocks of Little Italy were sold at auction on May 1 by order of the city authorities, and the conditions of the sale were that the buildings should all be torn down and all their material and debriB be removed within thirty days from that date. Thirty days was found to be too short a time in which to complete the work of demolition, so an extension of sixty days was granted the purchasers.

The bulldiDSs have been coming down pretty fast, and at tae present rate of progress the site of the park should easily be cleared before the expiration of the extra time allowed. Here and there in the crumbling blocks are yet a few human denizens of the once packed and crowded Italian quarter. Although roofs are disappearing over their heads some of the Italian residents are still clinging with characteristic tenacity to their old home, one reason for this being that they have no rent to pay. The new building of the Aguilar Free Library, at 174 East One Hundred and Tenth street, was opened to the public this morning, and will hereafter be open dally from 9 A. M.

until 9 P. M. Twelve thousand books have been placed at the disposal of the readers, who will have free access to the shelves. A snecial room for children has been provided on the second floor, where the best literature for boys and girls can be found. A special attendant is in charge to aid the children in the selection of their books.

A reading room with the best magazines and a reference room with the best reference works are also provided. All persons over 10 years of age are at liberty to draw bootai from the library. There are two other fre libraries in Harlem and one on Washington Heights, and they are all well patronized. Commissioner of Highways Keating has recommended the regulating and grading, curbing and flagging of Woodlawn road, from Jerome avenue to Bronx Park. As this road connects Bedford Park with Jerome avenue at Woodlawn Cemetery, it is said to be very necessary that the proposed Improvement should be authorized, for the public as well as local benefit.

The estimated cost of the work Is THREE BROOKLYNITES INJURED. Jamaica, L. June 19 Daniel P. Cadmus of 240 Prospect place, Brooklyn, had his collar bone broken by a fall from a bicycle last night and he is now at the Jamaica Hospital. John Schrin of 2,551 Atlantic avenue, Brooklyn, who says that he was pushed off a trolley car at Richmond Hill, Saturday night, struck on the pavement head foremost and is now at the Jamaica Hospital in a serious condition.

It is said that he has a fractured skull. Amile Nittudus, 51 years old, a laborer residing at 2S4 Marion street, Brooklyn, fell from the roof of a house at Richmond Hill Saturday afternoon and injured his back. He Is at the Emergency Hospital, at Jamaica. FLUSHING EREE LIBRARY. Flushing, L.

June 19 A public meeting was held here on Saturday night to discuss ways and means to continue the Free Library, vhich was about to ceaso to exist on account 1 nf iacv of financial aid. The meeting was ad of the Free Library Association. BLIND TOM AT BAY SHORE. Bay Shore, L. June 19 Blind Tom, the celebrated negro musical wonder, who was first introduced to New York audiences about thirty years ago, will appear at the Casino to morrow evening.

He is now aged, but still possessed of his wonderful gifts. Joseph's Society and East New York Council, Catholic Benevolent Legion. The bishop, robed in cope and miter, and carrying crozier, followed, attended by the Rev. Ignatius Zeller of the Church of the Presentation, Jamaica, as deacon, and the Rev. Peter Dauifenboch of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Montrose avenue, sub deacon.

Other priests present were the Rev. John J. Barrett, the bishop's secretary: the Rev. John B. Zentgraf of the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows; the Rev.

Francis Siegelocke of Middle Village, the Rev. Joseph Crust of Woodhavcn, the Rev. Bonaventure Frey, the rector, and the Capuchian Fathers. The bishop and his assistant priests occupied seats on a raised platform on the unfinished structure. After singing by the Concordia Society, Father Zentgraf preached a sermon in German.

His subject was "Catholic Education" and he dwelt at length upon the Catholic teaching of the necessity of the training of children in spiritual matters in conjunction with the secular education. This, he declared, is not done In the public schools but in his opinion is necessary in order to make children good Christians as well as good citizens. Thero was more singing by the Concordia Society and the bishop proceeded to the corner of the structure and laid the stone In ac cordance with the prescribed ceremony. He then returned to the platform and addressed those assembled. He said: "It is not necessary that I should add anything to the words you have already heard from the reverend speaker who has addressed you on this occasion.

This ceremony is one of deep import for the people of this congregation, for. to day there has been made the beginning of what has been called, and truly called, the church of the children; for here the children of this parish will be trained in the knowledge of our holy religion and in its precepts. "We are also interested in the temporal welfare of our children. They should be prepared for their duty as citizens of our beloved country, and the means should also be placed in their hands of saving their souls. This is the meaning of th Catholic Church: that the children should be Instructed in the knowledge of those truths necessary to fit them in life and to make them good and useful citizens of their country, and which will train them for that heavenly country which we hope one day to enter.

"It is very gratifying for men to be with you this day. This gratification comes from the fact that this beginning has been made under the care and direction of the Capuchin Fathers, who have charge of this congregation. It is not necessary that I should say anything to you about Father Bonaventure or his companions. You know the history of their work is written all over our country. It Is not necessary that I should exhort you to co operate with them In this work for the benefit of your children.

It Is a source of the greatest consolation to me as the bishop of this diocese. For this I congratulate you and for this I return thanks to Almighty God. I ask Almighty God to bestow upon you his blessing for what you have done in the past and for your efforts in the future, that He may grant to you. In the words of the ceremonial. 'Health of body and salvation of Bishop McDonnell then Imparted his blessing and the exercises were brought to a close by the congregation singing "Holy God, We Praise Thy Name." The new building will cost about $45,000.

It will be constructed in main of brick with stone and terra cotta trimmings. The basemen will be of stone. The size of the building will be It will bo three story with attic. The front elevation will be 105 Teet, which will Include a 3S foot tower. The first and second floors will be divided into eight classrooms.

Only four rooms, however, will be used at present. Tor school purposes. The other rooms will be occupied by the church societies. A lecture or assembly hall will be on the third floor, where there will be a stage and accommodations for eight hundred people. In the basement there will be constructed a bowling alley and a gymnasium will also be established there.

The halls and stairways will be fireproof. The beams will be iron and with filled in fireproof i material. The stairway will be iron and slate I and the flooring tiled. The metal ceilings will be used throughout the building. I Tile Capuchin fathers have been in charge I of the parish only twenty two months.

When they were placed there by the bishop the par Ish was somewhat disorganized. Since the coming of the fathers a wonderful change has taken place. The church has been re decorated, the rectory has been enlarged to i twice its original size, a convent has been es I taulished for the Sisters of St. Dominic, who have charge of the school, and now the erec I tion of a magnificent school building has be I gun. BIG GUN" PRACTICE.

Greenport. L. June The cruiser New Orleans is still at Gardiner's Bay engaged in target practice and Captain Longnecker feels quite pleased with the waters of Gardiner's Bay as a practice ground. To day's programme will consist of big gun practice at targets with the ship under full apeed. Next Wednesday morning she will leave Gardiner's to Cuba and look Into the religious and phll I dressed by Mrs.

M. E. Cralgie of the Brook anthroplc needs of the City of Havana, and yn public Library, and L. Bradford Prince, who was so Impressed with the people and former Governor of New Mexico, who ap the conditions that he determined to remain pealed to the audience to use every effort there and establish a church. t0 continue the library by becoming members Mr.

De Barritt said the people were anxiotjs to have the gospel preached and much good work could be done if the means were forthcoming. The residents were sensitive about their poverty and were anxious to And employment. There were thousands of Christians there for whom churches should be provided, and American societies doing missionary work should be adequately represented and not be compelled to labor In little pent.