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-TOE PaES 5 Te 8 Pases 5 T0.8 J- BEOOKLYN, SATURDAY, MARCH 18, PAGES. HEW PUBLICATIONS. pie who like him and of whom, he lis very fond. After a life of faithful attention to duty and Increasing success, Mr: Durnham AMUSEMENTS. time np to Gallatin place.

Mr. Matthews began np there on the opposite corner to where he la now, in a building erected In the VI OTS, THEY Slxth avenne. New York, the two men came to Brooklyn. 'HENRY BATTERMAN. The name of Henry Batterman must not be forgotten from the roll of the great dry goods-merchants of Brooklyn.

Mr. Batterman Is the foremost representative of the Eastern District, a district that haa prppred Ingly and grown to the small establishment on' Myrtle avenne. While the other brothers have since struck oot for themselves and carved fortunes by the use of latter-day methods, the elder Wechsler has clung to the old stand of the family, and still sella cloth and black braid, needles'and thread and buttons In tbe fashion set thirty-five years. ago. i The first great departure of Samuel and Hermann Wechsler in the dry goods line waa on, lower -Fulton This was In the year 1873.

They bought out Wechsler A Abraham's old store" at 297-200 Fulton street when that firm moved uptown, and immediately experienced a large increase of business. On May' 1. 1891. they moved Into their, paesent six-story brick and atone building at Fulton and Duffield streets, built for them by Henry Offermnn. The bnslne rapidly outgrew even this capacious structure.

pean markets and consign the most fashionable and choicest goods to be found there to the home establishment. In addition to these representatives, eight expert buyers cross the Atlantic yearly for the firm. It would be Invidious to draw comparisons between Joseph Wechsler and A. Abraham as to the share of each gentleman In the extraordinary success of the house. -Along with Loeser'a, Wechsler Abraham were pioneers In the "department store" idea, stocking their establishment with every article of use, ornament and fancy that the ingenious mind of man could conceive or the beart of feminine shopper hunger after.

At tbe same time, they made popular bargains tbe craze, selling goods at extremely low prices and thus drawing people to do regular trade with them. They pleased all classes of persons, from those who wanted the very best quality to those who desired the che-'pest. and their attractive displays and exquisitely designed show windows proved a magnet to every one with an eye for colon. Mr. Abraham has taken no active part in politics.

He is a stalwart Republican, and a member of League. Other clubs with which he connected ere the Oxford and Lawrence Cinbs. He also belongs to the Acomack County Club, a linn lng and fishing organlzaiion down In Virginia. In Jewish circles Mr. Abraham is mucli respected, and wlrlds a great deal of influence.

He is president ot Temple Israe and vice-president of the Hebrew Orphan Asylu-n. Heist charitable man. but his gifts are unostentatious. In December. 1890, his daughter.

Miss Lillian Abraham, married 8. V. Both child, of the cloalf firm of S. F. A A.

Rothschild. 440 Bro--dway. New York. Mr. baa now entered the firm of Abraham A Straus, and wiii assist Mr.

Abraham in general over-eight of Uie cencern. When Joseph Weohglrr separated from Mr. Abraham, a month or two ago. the valuation put on their business was in the neighborhood of S2.800,000. Mr.

Abraham bousfct out his partner, paying $200,000 on account, and shortly after depositing his personal check for a million and a quarter dollars in favor of Mr. Wechsler with the Kings Coimtv- Trust Company, This was said to have been the largest individual deposit ever made In Brooklyn. Messrs. Nathan and Isldor Straus entered the firm when Mr. AVechs.er went out.

They are remarkable in many ways. For one thing, they own the largest crockery store In the world. Hr? firm name is L. Strans Son, Warren street. New York.

They have enormous and furnaces in Europe at Lin-ose France, wher" the famous Limoge vnses are made; at Rndj'stndt. In Saxony, where 8.000 workmen are employed; at Carlsbad. Bavaria, and at several other places. No wholesale croe'iery bouse- in America compares with L. Straus Son's.

Again, the Strauses control B. H. Macy A Company, a house ranking in size and im- A Little Minx. By Ada CAMBBrDQE, author of "The Tores Miss Kings," "Not All in Vain." etc. -No.

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HUBEU AND GEBHARDT'S CASINO. Another deliah ful programme awaits thi patrons of Huber Gebnardt's Casino. F01 next week tbe Braats Sisters, Lizzie and Mar guerite, whose marvelous balancing aod dano ing on tbe tight rope, also contortion acts 01 a high revtlving pedestal bave proven si popular wherever they bave appeared, are re engaged. Allen and West, musical artist and comedidns, will take a prominent part also plain Miome will present soma thing new; Handsome Dan, tbe eccentrii comedian; tbe charming vocalist, Emma Hirscbborn: Tnomas H. Nolan, comic vocalist with new songs; tbe well-kaown and populai cornet artist, Armani Veaz Dew songs am old favorites.

Tbe programme for tc-djy matinee is a very attractive ons and special features are promised tor to-morrow evening HYDE AND BEHIIAN'S. Every afternoon and evening next weel Hyde and BehmaD's pop-iar playhouse 01 Adams street will be crowded, as the company secured is a first-class one in every respect It embraces that weli-known German come dian George P. Murpby. Conroy and Fox vocalists and comedians; Gus ana Mai Rogers, German comedians; John Le Clair juggler, equilibrist and sbadowgraphist tuoe four emperors of music, Howard, Kus sell, Kenno and Talbert: tbe danciog wondet; L.izzi Daly tbe Girards, grotesque acrobats G. B.

Liwlar, character rti.ti Dunne's Ira perial Japanese troupe; Billy Carter, banjo 1st; tbe great Waeatman, wbo produoes out hundred uoder a hat; Gould and Hilton comedy and sketcb artists. NOTES. Miss Jessie Fairchilds. who is at presen playing the part of Ida Potter in "Mr. Potte of Texas" at tbe Grand Opera House, ha been by some error placed on the programm.

as Miss Fletcher. Miss Fairchilds has an ea celleut reputation as a soubrette, and ha made a good impression on the patrons of th theatre. On Monday evening, March 27. Henry Dixey and his famous burlesque company, is eluding JLouise Montague, Amelia Sommei ville, Annie Ellison, May Montford. Glar.

Ward, Brownie Wells, Ella Itock, Odell Wil Hams. John C. Buckstone. Edwin Aiken, th Imperial Quartet, and the four comets, wil present "Adcols" up to 1S93, at the Acadeto, of Music. Every costun and the entire seen ery is entirely new, aud far more elaborac than ever before.

The company goes direc from her re the New York Casino for a engagement. "TheLeavenworth Case," which has been on of this season's much-discussed plays, is sooi to have ita first production in this city. Th? event seems to have uncommon interest, no only because the play is the first dramatii work of a reall clever woman Mrs. Anni Katherlne Green, a resident of Brooklyn bn also because it brings forward a new leadini actor in Charies Kohlfs. 8T.

FRANCIS OF ASSIST. The Oratorio Society of New York, con ducted by Walter Damrosch, gave their thlr afternoon concert yesterday, in Music Hall New York. "St. Francis of Assist." an ore torio, by Edgar Tinel, was rendered for th first time in ibis country, aud marks a nev era in the development of concert music carrying the oratorio form of Handel am Bach into the realms of modern dramatt music. It consists of three parts, the first treating of Francis' life in the world, am his renunciation.

His cloister life ls repre eented iu the second part, and iu the third his death and glorification is depicted. Afte a short Introduction by the orchestra, tht chorus sang the recitative, "Soft o'er Asslal falls the twilight hue of evening," to au uc coinpauimeut of strings and flute, with 1 woudertul arppaglr movement, descriptive 0 the poetic Italian summer night. The song; of the knights, youths and maidena, demon srrated tile great power, and thorough train ing of the chorus of 500 voices. After 1 baritone solo In Galassi's clear tones, a dano followed, a brilliant orchestral number, suav and graceful in form rrancle then sings bii "Ballad of Poverty," the chorus joining ii the refrain, the harmonies of which an changed e3uiuisttely after each Wil Ham sang the character of Fran cia very acceptably; be has a good teno: voice. The short bass solos by Ericsson Bunnell, as the "Warchman" and "Spirit a Haie." evoked" applause.

The -Hymn To erty," "Hymn of the Sun." and "Hynu of Love," In th second part, are almos literal translations of poems attributed St. Irancis. and were g.ven in grand styla "Hymn of the Sun" in" particular is broad Btirrlng melody. Madame Gementine De Vere-Sapir wing the soprano solos, representing a voice from Heaven, spirits of "Hope," "Love," and "Victory," and the words of the Spirit of Pence, was well sung by Charles Kajscr, tenor. T-JLDIES ELECT OFFICERS.

The annual meeting of the Ladles' AU Society of the Sumner Avenue M. E. Church of which the Bev. Dr. James S.

Chadwlcl ii pastor, was held on Thursday evening The secretary and treasurer's reports showet the society to do in every way on a goof" footing. A motion waa carried to chanen th. name to tbe Aid Society. -Officers fo; the coming year were elected as follow President, Mrs. H.

E. Hoyt; First Vlce-lTesi dent, Mrs. H. L. Carr; Second Vire-Presl dent, Mrs.

H. M. Berry; Secretary, Miss P. Wright; Treasurer, Mrs. Charles M.

Eich ells. A sociable and the serving of refresh nients followed the business cession. A strawberry festival wUl be given by the so ciety on May 18. CONCERT IN THE LAFAYETTE ATENTJK CHTJKCH. Annual concert of the Young People's Association of the Lafayette Avenue Preaby.

terian Church will be held at the church, Wednesday evening, March 22. THE TEACHERS' FAJB. The teachers' be held at the Academy of Music, win open April 10, and continue until April 1 has little cause' for and j' nappiness of continued act: vi ties and of those who are near him. The vice-president of the company la Mr. Hugh Boyd, who waa a partner for a number of yeara pi-evioiw to reorganization- The secretary and general -manager la John (Jonkiin.

Mr. Conklln la a native of County. N. served fax the -wa has been with Journeay and Bnrnham thirty years. Though self-educated, be esses culture, snd has more than ord abUitles as a speaker and writer.

He member of the Church of the Messiah, el former president of the Franklin Literary Society, a member of the Montauk Club, Ithe TJnion League, the Biding and Driving Club, etc He lives at 103 Fort Greene -place, ana bas- a wife and children. One of his sons Is assisting hla father In business-. The other has chosen the legal -jtrofeaslon and expects to go to Harvard. Mr. Conklln Is a Republican of positive beliefs, and' while he bas never run for office, be takes such Interest aa every citizen should In the' affairs of government.

When the Young Club was supporting Beth Low for Mr. Conklln manned every election district la the Third ward with workers, and spent many hours at the polls in the interest of the Republican candidate. He has strong convictions as to the need of good municipal government, and bel.evea that the people of this city can have it if they desire It and will work for It earnestly. FREDERICK LOESER A CO. Frederick Loeser, of the firm of Frederick Loeser known as one of the largest rest hail dry goods houses In the United States, had a varied career.

He was born -In. the town of Mergentheim, in southern Germany, fifty-nine years ago, the son of a hardworking silversmith. At an early age he lost his mother, and leaving school, was apprenticed to a fringemaker, In Wurzburg. He lived three years In his master's family, hard, and managed to subsist somehow on the exceedingly poor and scant fare fuL.iahed by: his employer. Bis apprenticeship over, he started on the regular wandcrjahre of the European Journeyman, flaking Munich, the Tyrol, Lombardy, Vienna, and Berne end Zurich, in Switzerland, before he--returned, -home.

Loeser has often' traveled over the same ground since then, in his pleasure tours. with his family. Such Tisita to these new countries and stopping places of forty years ago, recall vividly to his memory the laborious days when he trudged it on foot, from village to village, through Switzerland, Northern Italy and Austria, in search of work, putting up at humble inns, and consuming with relish the coarse, black bread, which la eaten by the peasants of Europe. Life seemed a difficult and uphill affair for the young fringemaker then. No sooner had he got home than he found that as an able-bodied, full-grown man, he waa certain to be drafted into service: and.

not wishing to b'ww a burden on his parents, be determined to leave Germany for America. On Nov. 1, 1853, he arrived In New' York It it said, with but (2.50 and a silver watch In his pocket. There were no pnssementarie-mak-ers in New York City, and. for him to gain em-jj'l pioyment mere.

He started West, locating at Morcanfleld. Ken-' tucky, and began sav- FREDEnrcK TjOERTSR lng up enough money, till be had funds sufficient to open a store in a small place called Smith's Mills. Thence, in a year or two, he drifted to Louisville, and from there returned to New York, where one finds him a salesman in the leading trimmings and worsted store of tbe metropolis. In 1S60, Moritz Dinkelsplel and Frederick Loeser went into business together iir Brooklyn. They had a capital of only at the start.

Dinkelsplel was Loeser's brother-in-law, and the two sold worsted embroideries and trimmings for a while at 277 Fulton street. Frederick Loeser had his hand in several undertakings during these early years of business life. In 1800 be bought out Dinkelsplel and J. W. Jones, another partner, and transferred bis New York branch store, which bad been established three years back, to other parties.

He had a button factory, which waa a success for a long period, but which tbe pressure of other duties finally compelled him to dispose of. From selling -worsted and embroideries, he took to selling drygoods.and before the people knew it he- was retailing carpets, furniture, boots and shoes, domestic utensils, notions, art goods, lamps, glassware and what-not, and his store was a vast bazaar, where you could buy anything from a yard of calico to a bed-clmmber set. 1 a tea pot or a kettle to a Limoge vase or an elegantly bound edition of one of the standard authors. People wore Surprised at first; a bit shocked, then rather pleased with the novelty of the Idea, then completely taken with It. They came in perfect herds and droves to the store, which offered such a varied and attractive display, ond the success of Messrs.

Loeser new plan was assured. It hns been followed ever since, until to-dny the Loeser establishment is known as one of the most completely equipped and satisfactory department stores in the country. But. the "deportments" were a great novelty in their day. These changes, however, did not take r' ice in the small establishment of the firm on lower Fulton street.

A reorganization was elToctod In 1871, when Herman and Louis Llebmunn entered the concern- as Mr. Loeser's partners. Previous- to that the house had moved uptown to the finely appointed store at Fulton street, which Is novr occupied by. Lleh-mann Brothers. The business kept pace with the advance of the city In wealth and population.

In 1887 the Messrs. Llehniann severed their connection with Frederick Loeser.con tinning at the "old stand." where they had been working with him sixteen- years. Frederick Loeser now allied himself with Howard Gibb and John Glbb, of the New York wholesale dry goods firm of Mills Glbb. Howard Glbb became the managing partner, and Mr. Loeser retired from active conduct the business.

His brother, Gnstave Loeser, Is a junior partner in the concern, and may still be found dally at his office. Some figures will serve to give an idea of the vastness of the Loeser establishment under its present management. The building is an Ideal one for dry goods purpose It is 80 feet brick, with Iron front and stone trimmings. It is open to the street on all four sides, thus affording plenty of light and numerous entrances. Its dimensions are 300 feet deep by 125 feet deep, and there is an annex across Fulton place for carpets and upholstery, which la connected by a tbe malD aiding.

Eight boilers, of -610 horse-power and eight engines, with a combined horse-power of 515, furnish power for the running of the ten passenger and freight elevators and for the electric dynamos. There are ten of these dynamos. Three hundred arch lights and nearly one thousand incandescent lights make the interior of the store aa clear as day. There are 380 large plate-glass windows, exclusive of the show windows In the front. A thousand employees attend to the wants of patrons, rhe floor-space 300,000 square feet is greater than that of any other dry goods store in the United States.

m.11 Frederick under whose name "i auown, is a man of literary and social teste, with a keen eye for obser-vatlon and considerable force of character He has been able to gratify his inclinations Hla ummer home is in Germany 1 Jh 1 wlnter "sloonce in Florida: I-oeser abroad wk. ftUn y- Mr- GustaT Lor. "is elnni o'er," mbet of 8010 the leading clubs of Brooklyn, among them the Brook-ZaU Crescent Athletic, and is ta Passed, Is well-known of hi. family having been former municipal administration. WECHSLER BROS.

CO. Four brothers of humble parentage and mall resourced came from Bavaria, Ger- many, to America forty years ago to seek their fortune. They settled to Brooklyn, embarked in tbe dry goods business, met with various degrees of success, and to-day the san geeps an unpretentioua Utt.e store on Myrtle avenue, while the others a-e among the recognised merchant princes of ie city: The brothers are Abraham, 3o-aeph. Samnel and Hermann WechslerT and thrift. Industry and skill in seizing business opportunities are some of the qualities which have won them a place in their adopted country.

The Wechslers were mere boys when they crossed the Atlantic Even at that age, they had done considerable knocking abont in the The father of Samuel Wechsler died when the hoy waa only six years old. No difficulties disheartened the four Bavarians In their struggle' for position in the New World. Joseph "Wechsler early associated himself with A. Abraham, with what results anyone who has passed by the great dry goods mart on, Fulton street bearing their name can see. Samuel and Hermann Wechsler were partners of Abraham Wecheler In a midst of vacant lots, where horses were let out to pasture.

The event haa justified Mr. Matthews' audacity, aa it has the Horton's, Mumfords'. and others who were the first to begin the- movement. Kor a number of Stgi! years past, Mr. Mat- tlvely interested in the bonsei'deTotlng bU cllnlns yeaw to churdi and Sunday school JAMBS Mll'muivs.

work, while bis sons, Gardner and James Matthews, have taken charge of the concern. The establishment; however, has continued to grow, and possesses a Tery large and popular trade. It is live stories high, Including the basements, 100 by 200 feet deep, and has four dynamos for electric lighting, together with three boilers and two engines. About- are in attendance. The special pride of the store is in its salesgirls, thsn whom there isn't a Iprettier lot of young women to bo found, in any of society.

The old age of tbe elder Matthews haa been a peaceful and happy one. Surrounded by his children and grandchildren thirty-six of the second and third generations are living he is charming In his reminiscences -of former days, and his talk is greatly enjoyed by every one. Mr. Matthews is a. member of the Church of the Messiah, at Greene and Clermont avennee.

He waa for many yeans superintendent of St. Ann'a Sunday school; is a director of the Brooklyn Sunday School Union, and is at present Interested in the work of the Italian Mission. He is a giver to many benevolent eiuses. In politics, Mr. Matthews is a Republican.

He waa an old-time Clay Whig, but joined the Republican party when it was first organized. James and Gardner Matthews are both" men of home tatcs. Gardner Matthews is a member of the Idifnyette Avenne Presbyterian Church, while bis brother attends the Memorial Presbyterian Church. The laher Is also a. member of the Montauk Club.

T. K. HORTON SON. Of an old and historic family is T. K.

Horton, second of his name in the dry gxods business In Brooklyn. In the year 1839, his father, Osborn Horton, set np shop on Fulton street, below Sands. T. K. Horton Is a very old man now, and his eons.

Franklin M. and Phillip Horton, carry on the store. The Hortons trace their ancestry to Bar-nsbas Horton, who emigrated from England in 1640, and settled in Southold, at the eastern end of Long Island, where his descendants hare lived for two centuries and a half. It Is a mstter of family history that Bar nabas Horton brought over his own tombstone from England with him, and the stone was duly erected over his grave. Tuttl a few years back tbe old house was standing In Southold which Barnabaa Horton built, the oldest house in that 'portion of Long Island.

In 1S48 Osborn Hoiton was bnrneil out -y the great fire which devastated the business quarter of Brooklyn. T. K. Horton came In the firm about this time The store was ie-, moved up Fnltoti street a little way after the fire, tnd rgsln, in a f-w years, to tbe block ci Fulton street between John-ion and TUlsry. But the great change came in 'GO or 'TO, when Mumford, the upholsterer, and 7.K.

Horton went uptown together, building stores next each other at their present location. The Hortons' moving antedated even that of Matthews. An extension mnn'ng through to Bmitkt street has been since added to their building, but even with this the demands of the business crowd the store. Property is so valuable around and T. K.

Horton A building that it seems Impossible to add any floor room to the present establishment. The Hortons do what is known aa the medium trade, selling upon a eaih basis and avoiding the delays and annoyance3 of tbe credit system. They have a large and well-established patronage, and their long atay In Brooklyn and personal acquaintance with great numbers of people are no small factors in their success. Franklin M. Horton, the elder of Mr.

Horton's sons, was educated at the Polytechnic Institute and Yale CclU-ge, graduating in 18C0. He lives In Flatbusb, He i a member of the Mldwood ub and of the Brooklyn Chesa Club. He is fond of -cruising In the summer around Montauk Point. Gardner's Bay, and in winter is an inveterate chess plsyer. Philip Horton belongs to the Crescent Club and is a man of quiet tastes.

The Younger Hortons are of the ninth generation from Barnabas Horton, their ancestor. There are some interestlne things to be said JOUBNEAY Jfc BTJRNHAM. about the house of Journeay 4 Burnuam. Flint, they are the third oldest large dry goods concern In Brooklyn, having been founded in 1844. Second, theirs is one of the four exclusively dry goodj houses In the United States, the otliers being Arnold Constable's, New York: Darlington, Hunk A of Philadelphia, and Hwey's.

In Boston. The othc-1 hare branched out beyond dry goods, bare become bazaars, and sell almost everything under creation. Third, L. S. BURXHAU.

JOHX M. COXKLTN. Journeay A Buraham is a corporation, with stockholders, president, and treasurer, having been capitalized In 189-1, with gl.000.uuO stock. It la the only dry goods cor-, poration in Brooklyn or In New for that matter. Mr.

Jonrneay, one of the founders. Is dead. The other. L. 8.

Buraham. was born In Weod-vllle, Jefferson fonnty. N. in 1816. He lived tn his native piece until -he was 10 years old, when he went to TJtlca.

and afterwards to Syracuse, snd became a dry goods clerk. For three years he held a position In Hall's establishment In Brooklyn, the leading dry goods shop in the place, leaving fft 1844 to start with his partner, Journeay, on Atlantic avenue, near Hicks street. Mr. Journeay had been running a store way uptown In New York. In the so-called Chelsea district, at Twenty-second street and Ninth- avenue, and not making it success, went In with Mr.

Bnrnham In Brooklyn, thinking tt would be a better field. Atlantic Hick street, was open country when the two start el In, They had one clerk and one boy as helpers. They extended their store with increasing business, and In 18-Vi built a store for themselves double the slse of the first, on the other side of the avenue! near Henry street. They followed the one-price plan, and marked all their goods with plain fignres. Though their location was rather out-of-the-way, their reputation was an excellent one, and they had customers from all parts of Brooklyn, and even from Xew York.

Of late years New York shoppers have been quite frequent, people coming to purchase at the store from as -far aa 152d street, above the Haiiesa. When their splendid new modern building on Fbttbush avenue wss occupied by them a year ago, bnslness received a fresh impetus. High class trade only Is catered to at this house. There are few Peo. pie who come, come to buy.

The sale clerks are all men. and have a practical knowledge of the quality and value of goods. There are few more pleasant, well-lighted, orderly and decent shops In Brooklyn then Jonrneay tc. Bnmham'B. Mr.

Burn ham la still to be seen on the floor daily. His seventy-seven years do not prevent him from his meals regularly and spending from six to eight hours per day In steady work. Hla pleasant home is st 133 Fort Greene place. He is a member of the Oxford Club, has been trustee of the First Swedenborgtan Church, at Clark street and Monroe place, since its Inception in 1870, and has a large circle of friends. There Is a deal of homely humor In Us talk, which Is always cheery snd bright.

He has no children, but Is 'Uncle" to any, number of youig pen- T. BT. HOB.TOX. FRANK M. HOB-TOyf.

COLUMBIA. E. Willard. the' noted English actor, comes to tbe Colombia next week. He Is a yrung man only S3, bqt he bas been accented by "Lend oo aa toe few really great actors, of she tiroe, and Americana have found in bis work a subtle something that bas aronud their eotrusissm.

Tbe piece in which be will open here is -1110 Middleman," by Henry Arthur Jone, which Mr. Willard presenred for twentytwo comecutire weeks at Palmer's Theatre, New York. I( is described as tbe strongest piece thus far 'Written by Mr. Jone, wbore many admirable 'dramas are well remembered. Th- production is marked by -elaborate truthfulness io- every detad, end is said to be identical witb that given at Wjjjard's Theatre iu London and at Palmer's Theatre io New York.

A car load of senary is carried bv the company. two full sets being need. The company, is one I nr-O nill.Q.( k. Mr KrT-- "beTK one o( the most beautiful and talented uitrncan actresses, four esneciallv valns- tile men, Mr Csrleton, Mr. Massen, Mr.

Tvier end Mr, Crane, are hrooznt from WiK lard's London Theatre. hers in tbetcast are5 Harry Holliday, fercr Winter. H. Bar'oofy Fred tfaxw II, Nanny CraJdock.Maxin Elliot, E'hel Doualas, Kitb Walcemao anl Emma Rivers. Tbe plays for th- entire week are as follows: Moo st and Tuesday evenings, "The Wednesday eveninz.

"A Fool's Thursday evening, "John Need-ham's Double:" Friday evening and Saturday matinee, ''Judah;" Saturday evening, "The juiuuicmau. GRAND OPERA HOUSE. A genuine surprise awaits theatre-goers who are fortunate enough to witness W. H. Powers' superb production of ''Glen-da-Longb" at cbe Grand Opera House next week.

Every promise made bv tbe will be mere than filled. Bo-great was tbe success of "Glen-d'i-Lonib" at the Fourteenth Street Tteatre, New York, where it played to standing room for two weeks, that tbe mannire- ment tried to buy off succeeding attractions so as tocontinue the snccful run for tbe entire season. it the realization of Manager H. Powers' vast experience as La caterer to lovers of Irish drama. His latest and best production bas all tbe accessories that a lavish expenditure of money can give, and the scenic display it iue most accurate, most picturesque and ex pensive ever seen in any Irish drama.

To properly present bis greet Dlav, Manager jrowers oas seiectea a company in keeping with ineir snrrnorarags. At is neadea rv the talented young Irish comedian and vocalist, J. K. Muiray, who possesses a thorough musical education, a maemficent baritone voice, and an excellent reputation as an actor. is a title taken from that charming lake so picturefqusly placed in the roman tic County Wickiow.

prof. F. Nicnols crouch, composer of "Kathleen Mavourneeo," will direct tbe orchestra in person, wblla J. K. Murray sings hi? famous old ballad.

COL. SINN'S PARK THEATRE. Stage realism has received frest impetus in the thrilling novelty of th9 pile-iriving scene in "A-Nutmeg Match," to presented for the first time here next Monday nizht at Col Sinn's Park Theatre. This new piece is purely American. It is a tremendously insDiriuc scene in the pile-driving shed the great, up- ij 11.0.1 oammer, me uncompleted dock, tne enmre with steam up and tbe uual naranher nalia incident thereto.

Perhaps tne pile driving scene in "A Nutmeg Match" gives -a strong melo-dramatic' tinge to what is called a ccroeay-crama. tut it, in no manner tracts from ths substantial merits of tbe piece. Ibe play is admittedly a strong one ir, is a story of human lite in varvinir chases- of love and of ignools passions; of bumble honesty and of selfishness and revenge; of broad and harmless bumor snd tender narhos. To successfully present sucb a Diece tbe mana gers of nutmeg Match" have associated a company of first-class Dlavers. lizzie Evans, the leading lady, is one of the most oengntiui ana clever soubrettes upon tbe American stage.

Others in the case are Helen Weathersby, Mrs. E. A. Eberle, who waa prominent in ''A Country Circus" iaat season; Haury Herman, E. A.

Eberle, Earl Brown, William Lee, David War fluid and uscar BCDoening. AHPHI0N. "My Official Wife," will next week be in troduced to the patrons of the Ampbion, io the Eastern District. The success of the play at tbe Columbia during the past wsek bas been very marked, Rober: Cutting aad his charming wife, nee Minnie Seligman, playing their respective roles in this most interesting of plays, with toe characteristics of true artiits. In New York the play could have been run lor an indenoice period, so popular was it, but engagements in other cities nece-ii- tated its withdrawal.

Th company in wnose Danas its success rests is evenly oaiaoced. and wen caicuiateo, to care tor its interests in competent manner. THE WONDERS OF AMERICA. Tbe second and final representation cf "The Wonders of America" will be given to-mor row evening at Col. Sinn'j Park Theatre The most beautiful, picturesque and characteristic views of onr country have been taken from nature snd reproduced in a wonderfully realistic manner.

All tbe wonderiul effects tor which tbe Crania are imous ara seen in "the Yondere or America in their best form. The scenes, devised, painted and managed witb rare fk 11 and judgment, are Deautnui exartples ot what the bigbest art of sc nic representation upon tbe stage is able to accomplish. Such a scene as the thunderstorm sweeoine down from Pike's Peak and over tbe Garden ot the Gods is in itself a surprising revelation to chose who only know stage thunder and stase lightning as tbey ordinarily presented as accessories io dramatic reoresentations. Here nature i9 most faithfully and vividly repro dui-ed. Oarrelt P.

Serviss' accompanying lecinre, abounding with scholany information and humor of a hizb oraer, makes the great ac-enes appear far more real and interesting than they otherwise would. BEDFORD AVENUE THEATRE. Tbe Carrolh, in 'The Dago," wi'l be next week's attraction at tbe Bedford Avenue Theatre. Tbe story of tbe play is founded upon tbe abduction of a child heiress, by a wily and cruel Italian, and follows ner lite in the slums ot New Vora, where ber captor compelled her to beg and sing in the streets to provive him with money. After a lapse of two years, she is reslorel to ber boW by a heroic but humorous Irish policeman.

A typical trmp, in conjunction with tne policeman, contributes a bright vein of wool-some come.iy, as well as a host of amusing complications throughout the diffn-enc acts. The title role is played by ft. M. Carroll. Elwin fi.

Carroll willportray tbe li-tsb policeman, while Richard Fi Carroll will be seen in toe character of Old tbe trnmo. Tbe BrooElyn Bridge, tbe Blizzird, a thrilling tire scene and others, are among in 3 semc features, 'tuneful medleys and catcbv sonzs ju.ii"iously intersperse tbe action and dialogue of the play. The sugperting company is one of merit, UNION EQtJABETHEAIRE. NEW YORK. sjpF ISexr Monday even in Ramsey Morris' Comedy Co npiny will make at th Union Square The-i-re, New York, its Brst metropolitan appearance.

It has been seen urine th soeson in most of tne principal oiusiae of New Yorfc, and bas won uiiusu illy men endorsement. Tbe ortranizin'oa partakes of the nature of a stock company in that there is no star. Tbe mem bars have been carefully selected from cbe English and American theatres. The play will be Joseph. It has been adapted by Malcoln Watson, of London, from Leon G-audittot's "Forainaad la Th first nizbc audience rtrotxi ises to be one of tbe most brilliant seen in Naw York this season.

STAB THEATRE. Manager Holmes has secured as an attraction for next week at his Star Theatre, "A Flag of Truce." Despite its millitary title and tbe fact of its announcement as a companion to William Hawortb's "Eneieu," the play suggests in its chief scene distinctively peaceful pursuits. This represents a quarry witb steam drills at work and rock being blasted and hoisted. At a critical moment tbe villain throws toe hero under tbe derrick and com the rope holding a massive Tbe scene is a thrilling one, presented witb much skill, and it never fails to arouse tbe audience to tbe higbest pitch of excitement. GAYETY.

Weber and Fields' own company come from New York to the Gayety next week. AH lovers- of good vaudeville entertainments recognize in "Weber and Fields -tbe "German Senators." Associated with them are Haines and Vioocq, comedians; Braats Brothers, acrobats; John Ls Clair, equilibrist and Juggler; Drum mood and Btabley, musical artists; Alice Raymond, cornetist; Richmond and, Glenroy, comedy boomers; Johnnie Sketches the Dry Goods Leaded of Brooklyn. CONJUERORS OF FORTCNK 7 tv Beginning in Small Way and Now Controlling MILLIONS OF. CAPITAL. How They and What Manner of Sen They Are, KERCHAXI WES OP TO-DAY.

CHANGES THET HATH SEEN IN THE FACE OF THINGS SINCE THB BBiqUB SITE WAS THE BUSINESS CENT KB. AND A HOUSE FERRY PLIED BETWEEN NEW TOBK AND HELPED TO CREATE PROSrEItlTY HISTORY OF THE BI' HOUSES. la fatty 7 fan Brooklyn baa grown from a Village of a fen thousand souls to a city with in greater than New York, with a popu-latloa approximating million, with a people a. rrmi to uoaejla the United States In education. fittgrelTMfM and enlightenment.

The atary of BrfMkljrn'a rise from nothingness to wealth and poaltioa of commanding Influence la fall of dramatic Interest Now Yorkers and otjlors who gape at the raddsn growth of "boom" towna In tha West have ore considered the extraordinary rate of peed with which Brooklyn leaped Into the front rank of cities. Fifty years Bona ferry, the motive power furnished by a weary borse wtho dragged rope around a ctrrte, piled between Brooklyn Tillage and Jfew York: where the City Hall now atanda ad the dry anode abopa are located were gmatng neldaj the few- hooaea clustered round Fulton Terry and on Main street. Which, aa Ita Mme signified, was the chief thoroughfare of the town. The increase of the city haa jkeew rapid, and It baa been Steady. No ajinahroom Growth, rising a Bight and after a season or atfnl prosperity stagnating, has marked this town.

From 13,000 to aO-OUflj strangers come here each year to are! the dry goods abopa yearly enlarge their atorea aid Increase tnetr capital; the My. not satiated with Itself, rescues oat its ctopus arm jand asks to take in the surrounding countjy towns. Whether they will vsr nee a Greater New York or not, the people of Brooklyn certainly have reason to feel Proud of their own city, with Ita homes, lta -iv. cwnuiivrciu greamesa, attaining sock Tsst proportions in the very ahadow of the metropolis of the New World. Who haa male Brooklyn I That la a question which Will often come to a faithful reader of the! newspapera.

Is It the poll-ttdane, whose names are bandied about from mouth to month; whose movements, and whose Tery esking and drinking and sleeping re jotted down by veracious chroniclers; whoso utterances command immediate attention, and are hailed aa port en tons of good or Tilt I Sit down and estimate tbe matter In dollars Sad cents. Weigh the local legislators and administrators! In financial scales. Personal wealth may lie left out of account, aa it is an tnsigaiflcaipt factor. The men who bear away in the i City Ha a and the Municipal Building handle in rough figures somewhere near ten millions of dollars annually. And thta; ten millions goes for governmental support, not into! productive Industry.

There are eikht Arms in the dry goods trsde in Brooklyn waicn. netwern tnem. turn over thirty or forty million of capital annnnlly. Then ire frfm 5,000 to T.OOO employees In their service, Scores of thousands of workmen and working women are kept busy in various parted of tho world to supply them with fabrics afcd laces, with wares, and manufactured good of every description. The wealth represented In these bouses haa all been created since Brooklyn wag a hamlet, end no other one trade here Is responsible to such, a degree for onr commercial prosperity, i The founders of the millionaire housr-a cm Fulton sti'eetl live In modesty and comparative obscnrlttt.

yet It roust be seen t.T these naure that taey exert a far greater am 1 are far I more powerf nl factors in the community than are onr professional statesmen. They are men of Intelligence, aa they most needs be to have built up great businesses: shrewtd and sharp in practical affairs; broad-mlndedl In their Ideas as to the future; despising thoj petty tactics of the politicians, and deairing so see sn honest admlnistrntlon of goTcrnmenlt. It la the aim of this sketch to make peopSe better acquainted with them, nd to act fffrt" the strength and chancier of the dry goods Interests here. The three dry goods pioneers of the city, who began business respectively in 1837. 1S39 snd 11.

are still living, with the exception of Osborn Horton. who is repre-ente 1 i by his son, (The three are all. tncl-cling the aged representative of the Horton hsn-w, men ever go yearji of age. but still Tlg.vo-is tt maintaining an active Interest In current affaire. The jHtandard Union takes pleasure In presenting! the pictures of these throe Tetanus to Ita readers.

A. MATTHEWS SONS. A. D. Matthews, founder of the house of A.

D. Matthews It Bona, at Fulton atrrct and Gallatin plat, was a Massachusetts bey. having been born In Hinsdale, In the heart of the Berkshire Hills, about jeirs ago. A country InM. he started from the firm for Boston wlthi bones of Kettering bis fortune.

He earned hts wav across Mnasacbiselfa kv driving sheep for a lame man. The young imsn stayed but a little while in Boston, and struck out again for New York, The Journey between the two e'tie. now reduced to st hours, consumed twenty-two days. Mr. Matthews wss 28 years old when kw settled lnf Brooklyn.

He "clerked It," as they used tof say in those dnya, in a leather store, and after few years' experience had accumulated ienoagh savings to Wart little dry roods shop in Main street, moving thence In the fifties to what wni then known as "dry goods square" the block between Bands and Prospect streets, where the Bridge entrance is to-tiny. Thst was the very centre of retell buatner th'rty-flve years ago, The roof of the od bonso In which Mr. Matthews' tore waa located la crossed dally by hundreds to enter the Kings County station at the Bridge. It waa thought a very daring vent ore when Matthews, the alxtlea, moved a second I A. P.

MAf'-HWg- OABDNEg 'lAIrmWB. dimensions of a great city since its annexa-- tlon to Brooklyn. For ail that Mr. Batterman Is away from Fulton street, he is the owner of house that for completeness of equip-' mcnt, Tariety of stock i and conveniences to patrons. Is matched by few eren of the mam- moth establishments on our most crowa-ed thoroughfare.

He knows 'Williamsburg through and through. MEOBI BA-l-l'EaiMA. SUU Vry DSlUrailJ, as ST 7 TlS in Its public schools, and at the age of 15 HENttY BATTERMAN, and very naturally, as went from hie home to start on a business career. His first experience was gained with a dry goods Arm in New York City, where he was for several years. In 1867, sn opportunity presented itself to the young man to begin business for himself in a small way.

He seized upon the chance, returning to Wtlliamsbnrg opened a store at Broadway and Ewen street, and began the uphill work of building up a trade. It was a hard, task at first, but Batterman persevered, and as the years passed by he saw his efforts were being steadily rewarded. Eigbt years after its Inception, Mr. Batterman augmented tbe store with a carpet department, and took In William Battermann. his brother, as a Junior partner.

This arrangement did not last long. Three years later he sold the carpet branch of his establishment to William Batterman. In a Bhort time, the whole property, including the original stand of H. Batterman, passed into William Batternuvn's hands; while the former, whose extensive trade been limited by lack of room and Inadequate facilities in the end moved into a splendid location at Broadway, Flushing and Graham avenues. His first store there has been enlarged and reconstructed a number of times to meet pressing needs, until now there are several floors devoted to all manner of dry and fancy goods, household articles, carpets, upholstery, pictures, books, furnishings, cloaks and all the other stock of a first-class modern emporium.

There arc upwards of 500 employees, all attentive and Ladies are received with special attention, and their comfort Is looked out for while shopping. It is essentially a family store which Mr. Batterman keeps. At the present time Mr. Batterman is rebuilding the entire front of his store on Graham avenue and Broadway, to conform with the Flushing avenue exterior and.

to complete an architectural design of excellent proportions and' effect. When completed, Mr. Bat-terman's store will be not only a landmark in its Immediate vicinity, but a credit to the entire city. In amount of floor space, ig is doubtful if any dry goods establishment in the country, unless possibly it be Wana-maker's great mart in Philadelphia, can compare with that of Mr. Batterman's.

For many years Mr. William H. Moger has been the efficient superintendent of this business, which has become one of the Institutions not only of the Eastern District, but of the outlying wards and towns, reaching far out into the Interior of Long Island, from which Mr. Batterman draws a great number of constant patrons. The proprietor of the house Is a middle-aged man, and is a power in the Eastern District.

He is president of the Broadway Bank, and is connected with a number of other financial organizations. He ateo belongs to several clubs, and Is known among his con feres ns a man of genial and hearty disposition. He is German descent, though he was born In America. Fair dealing and honesty have made the fine dry goods mart of Henry Batterman what it Is. BEAL TATE LATEST SALES BY BROKERS IN TOWN AND FLATBUSH.

C. N. Moody A of 185 Montague street, have sold 246 Sixth avenue, a new three-story and basement brownetone dwelling, 20x50x100, to Hohoret for and 803 Carroll street, three-story brick flat, 18x50x100, to Joseph Small, for 16,000. James S. Corrigan, of 212 Fifth avenne, has sold 389 Seventh street, a two-story and basement brownstone dwelling, 17.6x45x100, for Henry W.

Knight to Clarence H. Miner for $6,500. L. H. Myers, of New York, has sold for George M.

Miller to Burrill Brothers, of New York, the two four-Btory brick double flats, 27x00 each, 475 and 470 Fourth avenue, for alo, exchanged for George O. Van Orden, the builder, the five three-story brick flats, 20x45x100 each, on the south side of Fifth street, 123 feet west of Fifth avenue, wilh a Mr. Green, for a 130-acre farm at Mannlplan, N. J. J.

H. Wood has sold for Alexander E. Orr to Charles D. Reynolds, the builder, the plot, 255x350, on the west side of Brooklyn avenue, between Park place and Butler street, for also, for A. Simla, to M.

T. Reynolds, the builder, the plot, 255x150, on the east side of the same avenue, between the same streets, for $40,000. Corwitb Brothers have sold two lots. 50x 0S.6. on the south side of Drisgs avenue, 50 feet west of Kussell street, for Julius Man-heim and Louise Helmken to Charles Haver-ko-n and others, for $3,000.

John F. Foley has exchanged for John Wiley a plot, 75x235, on Linden Boulevard, Flat-bush, valued at $5,000. with Hannle Oltrogge for the three-story and basement brownstone dwelling, 243 Ilecatur street, valued at Thomas liosecrans has gold for George F. Beatty, the builder, to Edwin Nicholas, the two-story and basement brownstone dwelling, 18.5x45x100, 475 Fourteenth street. A.

E. Steers has sold the remaining ten acres of the Cornelius Duryea estate to Nick Stemmermann and William Itnthmann, both of Williamsburg, for $45,000. The property is bounded by Cuuarsie lane, Flatbush avenue and Lott street. Gen. Stewart L.

Woodford of Brooklyn has purchased C. villa, on the outh side of Diamond street, for $5,400. The Boston Land and Improvement Company has purchased five farms In the Hack-ensuck Valley, In New Jersey, between Wood-bridge and Hasbrouck Heights, and will immediately develop and place them on the market. YALE UNIVERSITY NOTES. (Special to The Standard Union.) New Haven, March 18.

The winter athletic meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 21. and Messrs. G. S. Frank, I Stuart and C.

Hall, all of Brooklyn, are among the competitors for the 45-yeard dash. Messrs. Frank and Hall will also run In the 600-yard heat. The survivors of the class of '42, at their semi-annual meeting, last snmmer, raised $2,000, which has been given in trust to the corporation, the income to be 'expended in prizes for improvement in extemporaneous speaking among the The fund and prizes will bear the name of the late Prof. Thacher, Ci5), who was asslstunt professor of Latin from 1842 to 1851.

TO MOVE A CHURCH. Bethany Presbyterian Church, the Rev. John A. Billlngsley, pastor, now worships In a comfortable frame structure on Halsey street near Howard avenue. Recently a- new site was purchased at the corner of Howard avenue and McDonough street.

Services will bs held on the old sltefor the last time tomorrow evening, and the Rev. Donald McLaren, who was the first pastor of the church and who is a chaplain in the navy, will preach. The work of moving the church will begin at once, probably on Monday, the contract having been given out All will be in resdlness, it is expected, for services in the church on the new lots on Easter Sunday. ISStAMT mui? FOR COLD IN THE HEAD. C0RYZ0N CATARRH AND HAY FEVER.

sold byau, pmieoiSTa. INSTANT REliEF FOR COLD IN THE NEAD. C0RYZ0 CATARRH AMD HAY FEVER. SOLD BYAU. PBUOOISTa ISZTANr RKUE FOR COLD IN THE HEAD.

C0RYZ0N. "1T1RBU BUF. ft arw S-asn rawn CATARRH AND RAY FEVER. WWt VMU, BTUeOISTS. MARK AT HERMAN WECHSLER.

HENRY P. BERGEtt. and last fall it was necessary to add to the floor room by building an addition on Duffield street, making the area of the complete store 36,000 feet to each floor. To meet the demands made by the erection of this new structure, more capital was needed, and C. Henry Offerman, a eon of the, owner of the property, was taken in the Arm.

Samuel Wechsler bss general charge of the ladies' suits and cloaks deportment, while his brother, Hermann, attends more particularly to the silks and dress goods. Henry P. Burger acts as superintendent and manager. Samuel Wechsler, the senior partner in th concern, is a representative Hebrew citizen He is a member of the 'Temple Israel, of the Democratic organization kn.iwn as the Constitution Club, a ison, and possesses a large circle of friends. His keenest pleasures are found at home with his family, where he much loves to be.

He has five children, one of whom, Harry S. graduated from the Polytechnic Institute, and is now In business SAMTEt, WBCHSLiEB. with his father. Samuel Wechsler Is fond of European travel. He makes a yearly trip across the Atlantic In search of novelties, and is enabled to gratify his penchant for literary and art treasure in his visits to the French capital.

His home is st 232 Berkeley place. Hermann Wechsler i le known than Stm-uel, but Is equally well liked by his persoml friends. He has great judgment as a buyer, and to his carefulness and skill no small pr.rt of the firm's success Is due. He is a bachelor and given to athletic sports. Henry P.

Burger, superintendent of the big establishment. Is of a type rarely seen In the dry goods business. He comes from good German Lutheran stock. His father, tbe Bt. Rev.

Edward Burger, in bis day was one of the most prominent clergymen of Prussic. His five brothers were liberally educated and went Into surgery, scholarship, and theology, each making a distinguished name for himself. Mr. Burger himself possesses a real literary gift which, if developed, would have brought him fame in other walks than those of commerce. Mr.

Burger, however, chose commerce, and he certainly has been remarkably successful at It. was graduated from the college at Stettin. Prussia, and after some years spent in Europe traveling and acquiring a thorough knowledge of business, he came to America. Twelve years ago Mr. Burger left New York, where bis home had been, for Brooklyn, to take charjre of the house of S.

Wechsler Brother as manager. The Wechslers' selection of him hns bven abundantly Justified. He possesses the wide Intelligence, the knowledge of affairs, the keen observation of the currents of trade, and the kunck of putting things attractively before the public, Which are so -necessary "to one In his" position. His abilities are most versatile. In addition to his other duties, he has had personal charge of the advertising, and.

though German-born, pens the most forceful and idiomatic English. In his leisure hours, and for some months of the year, you will find him on Ashlcod Farm, his country place, near lioslyn, L. -which he much prefers to any city habitation. Mr. Burger, with his wife, was a member of the German Lleder-krantz in New York City.

In Brooklyn he is such a busy man, and his horn? cares occupy so much of his attention, that he is unable to mingle as much as- he wouid ilk? in society. He Is a student and a cultured man, and, whatever the pressure of his other occupations, has always found time for books and reading. Among other bits of literary work, be has adapted a well-known German comedy into English. He is an accurate and graceful translator. He speaks English, French and German with and Is extremely Interesting In conversation.

C. Henry OffErmann, the junior partner in the firm, is, of vourse. a young man yet, but bids fair to make a success. He was formerly In the sugar business, and had but just returned from ills second trip around the world, when he. became connected with Wechsler, Brother A Co.

He is about 28 years old, and a member of the Hamilton, Hanover and Ger-manla Clubs. WECHSLEB ABRAHAM. The reorganized firm of Abraham Strauss, successors in business to Wechaler Abraham, contains three men of great public spirit and character, who wiU do much in future for the commercial development of Brooklyn. They are A- Abraham, who has Decn for over a quarter of a century Identified with the interests of the city, and Nathan and Isldor Strauss, of New York. With them Is associated in business, S.

F. Rothschild, Mr. Abraham's son-in-law, who is- of Southern birth, and has been engaged in cloak manufacturing in New York sixteen years. He Is a bung man, still. The other partners have grown gray in trade, and possess striking personalities which have made them widely known, and impressed those with whom they have come in contact.

Not the least interesting of the three is Abraham. In his youth he had opportunities not generally accorded to the yonng manhood of successful business men. He graduated from the College of the City of New York, and enlisting In the Twelfth Regiment. New York Volunteers, went to the front when the Confederates fired on Fort Sumter. He was but 18 years old then, but his enthusiasm for the war overcome all scruples, and teUlng the enlisting officer he was of full age, he entered the ranks.

His satisfaction was short-lived. The elder Abraham, learning that his young son was aiiaut to expose himself to bullet and grapeshot on Southern battlefields, hastened to Col: Butterfield, who was in command of the regiment, and secured the young man's release. There were some heartburnings at first over'' the sudden-crashing of the fiery ambitions of the young college student, Abraham bore up bravely under the disappointment, and soon turned his attention in the direction of some serious calling in- life Fortune smiled kindly upon him. In iser. with Joseph Wechsler, be set np a small dry goods stand at 237 Fulton street.

Three clerks manned the entire store. Mr. who bas now 1,800 persons In his employ, takes pleasure In recounting, the tremendous advances bis house haa made since that day. As the business grew, the stor3 waa extended, but in spite, of this all of Wechsler A Abraham's patrons could not bo accommodated for lack of space. Iu 1883 the firm decided to purchase the Wheeler buildings, on upper Fulton street.

The buildings were remodeled and fitted up for-dry goods To-day they cover twenty-three city lots, an area larger than that of any exclusively retail dry goods store In New York State. In. walking every aisle In the establishment one would go a distance of 4 1-2 mllea. Two hundred and seventy-five arc lights and nearly 1.000 incandescents light the Millions of dollars' worth of goods are turned over yearly, the firm having representatives the year around at Paris, Ylenna and Berlin to Inspect the Euro. ABRAHAM ABRAHAM.

8. F. ROTHSCHUJ). I HON.NATHAX STRAUS. ISlDOtt STRAUS.

mense quantity of stock almost every dry goods establishment In New York. They acquired control of Macy's abont five years ago. Nathan Straus recently built at Lakewood Hotel, the mammoth caravansary of the New Jersey pine resort. The Straus brothers are interested, also, in political tffairs nnd In philanthropy. Oscar Straus, a third brother, who manages the crockery emporium, was Minister to Turkey in Cleveland's first Administration.

It was believed before the 4th of March this year that Nathan Straus might have been Postmaster-General in Mr. Cleveland's Cabinet If he had cared to. Nathan Straus is a New York Park Commissioner. He is a man of broad ideas, and not unmindful of the poor or those whose condition is inferior to that of the class In which he lives. When, the past winter, the poor of New York were suffering from the coal-dealers' extortions, Mr.

Straus established depots at convenient points for the delivery of eoal to those in need at wholesale prices. The death of his son, who had not yet reached 20, and was the pride and Joy of his father, was a severe shock to Nathan Straus. The boy died a few weeks ago. He had been helping his father in the coal distribution. The Messrs.

Straus stand high not only in Hebrew circles, but in the most cultivated native-born society of the metropolis. They are members of a great many clubs and social organizations. Life has yet a good many pleasuresnd" experiences for them, as they nre still comparatively young men. Isldor being 48 and Nathan Straus 44 years of age. LTEBMANN BROS.

The Liebmanns, of Liebmann are modest men: but It may be said that 6ince they took up their residence in Brooklyn, In the sixties, they have done their full share to make' the city of their adoption prosper ous and great. Although they have never figured In the public eye, they are responsible for the success of two great establishments on Fulton street; they have built the city a beautiful theatre, nAd have shown unexampled pluek and enterprise in all their undertakings. Hermann Liebmann is a strong Republican, while Louis is as stanch a Democrat; but differences in politics hare never kept this team of energetic brothers from pulling together In business enterprises, or resulted in any diminution of good feeling. Both strongly favor, consolidation, believing that the Greater New York would enable the finally appointed shops of Brooklyn to take cosmopolitan 'rank with those of Manhattan Island; and, in fact, attract visitors from all parts of the country. Both men are members of Temple Israel, of which Hermann Liebmann is treasurer.

The younger- Liebmann is also president of the Laurence Club, and a of the Oxford Club. Louis Liebmann belongs to the Brooklyn Club. His brother has acted as treasurer, and in another campaign, as chairman of the Twenty-second Ward Republican Association. Louis, so far as is known, has never been actively connected with any political organization. There is one fact worth mentioning about tire firm of Messrs.

Liebmann, spacious bazar Is situated on Fulton street, near Hoyt. Many people Imagine this house a young and lusty upgrowth of the last few years. It Is not so. The Llebmnnns have carried on a dry good huslncH in Brooklyn since 1867. They were admitted In 1S67 and 1868 to an Interest in the firm of Loeser and were full partners in 1871.

In 1S87, the old firm having been dissolved, the Liebmann brothers, then in middle life, started out to make a new name for themselves, and In a Sense, therefore. It may be said, that th.y represent two businesses built up in a single life-time. The Liebmanns continued to occupy Loeser's old store, and retained much of tbe downtown trade. Mr. Owlngs was taken into partnership with them, the firm's name being Liebmann Brothers Owing.

In 1891 Mr. Owlngs retired. They owned the "Universal" property, the front of which has been lately occupied by Smith, Gray A clothiers, end they built up part of the low.gray building Into the Columbia Theatre. As several of the leases on their Fulton street stores were running out, they determined to join in the movement uptown- Louis Liebmann got G. S.

Wheeler and Mrs. Stoddard, heirs of the Wheeler estate, to erect the firm a commodious five-story structure, with entrances on Hoyt and Fulton streets. Mr. Liebmann personally superintended the potting up of the building, which is as near perfect for she use for which it is designed, as au experienced dry goods man can make It. Light, air, abundant floor room, facilities for the advantageous display of goods, all these prime requisites of a dry goods bazaar are found here.

Seven hundred and fifty employees are kept busy, and nearly 100,000 square feet of space Is occupied. The business Is thriving and Increasing, and the Messrs. Liebmann hope In tbe future to beat oil competitors. Like most other leaders of trade In this city, they started poor, Lonls Liebmann landing In America In i860, a lad of IB. Hermann Liebmann soon followed him.

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