Skip to main content
The largest online newspaper archive

The Standard Union from Brooklyn, New York • 4

Location:
Brooklyn, New York
Issue Date:
Page:
4
Extracted Article Text (OCR)

THE DAILY BTANPAKD UNION: nllOOKLYN. SUNDAY, DKCEMIUIR 1007. IITEI! MUSEfJ IG OF ISTITUTE ilCIRCII MOVE VETERANS PUN GREAT EVENT DELAY BROKEN ON HUH ST, MElti DEDIC DIPLOMAS FOR TITMINE Hull OLBMEUBOS PUNISH 11 GOLER Wins FNI Statue of Gen. John B. Wood-f Official Boarcf Accepts Option on To Be Held on Jan.

18 at Armory Urges Board of Estimate to Au- Jiik of "Tho Inti'ret of th CttUflD lu (ho Mufuin, amid: Eastern District Turn Vercin Honors Those Who Have Been With It 25 Years. Site at Corner of Bedford Avenue. thorize Laying of Mains In Extension. of Fourteenth Regl-' ment. 'nntf of my last offioiul public function wlili li tun Muyur uf Brooklyn I hftit hi- honor to pciforni wai the cor-j nerMt.ni.' la of tho flmt feet Ion of ward Presented by Elijah R.

Kennedy. thf i-HHtfiii wlnjf of this nWirntfi, out t'ltildinK If at that tlm any on hail WAS ORGANIZED OVER PRESENT LOCATION IS REAR ADMIRAL COGHLAN "RESIDENTS ARE COMPLAINING BITTERLY AND WITH CAUSE." TOO NrOI3Y AND THE, REVIEWING OFFICER. to ili'li- ue mint section whUh toin; it's the entire runlet iMic. 'nii-i considcied thai jvrson 'I liiii-r. nnrrniipn nwnnnJifliiiriiTniTnriinl HALF A CENTURY AGO.

Drink Health of Joseph Hilder-brand, Virst Instructor. I "il.iAcvcr. that dreum in ralixd an I nv hen- to-tiny drill -fat- entire f.i. it ml oj.mh Us He Says, Has Been Trolley Line Through Rogers an Annoyance on Sunday. President, Governor and Others Invited.

Appealed to Eight Times. Kalleile.t to the pulilic. Thin t. quite hlrvi men ml npeuka vol unu'S for the and devotion of the In a communication forwarded yei- The last meeting -of Fenlnmre Btrret M. B.

C'hurvh Official Board, held a. few Spanlh War veterans In Brooklyn ur prfparlnc for the greatent military Ex-Mayor 5chieren on the Future of Brooklyn. The headquarters of the Eastern District Turn Vercln, at Bushwlck and avenues, was the acene of merrymaking; last nlKht. when thirty-nine terrlny to the Board of Estlmal with Un renneat that proreotUns" be Inltlat- daya developed a line of action nun whd have hard una nlvt'ti their time freely toward the elnp-m. nt of this Htupendmia work.

The jtoojil of Brooklyn may Justly point with prlile to thi.i bulldinp whli-h con-t i i within Its u.ills li a l.irne colic, 1 1 of valuable and most Itit relitig exhibit. Mhlch lias been In a formative state for, I to pave Grand street, between members who have been connected display alnca their organisation. It will held on Jan. IS at th Fourteenth lieflment armory. Fourteenth street and Eighth avenue.

Hear Admiral Joseph Coif lan, retired, will several month. It ruia been a Question with thla congregation ever alnce Rog ah tho organization for twenty-five iity will hiv Its branches Si hools and homes of all the of the Muum of 'prent in F.ixtrrn "These exhit.ita are of (trrat value to Ft i ifiit? of i he nrl and and The eastern ti the Kronklyn Ins: or more were presented with ecr-u UiploaW. Tho event was the oc- divertimento lately further the uplifting of the pie, and sup- immunity In It tnsie for art. tnuslf, by tho sarivd aii'l that relates to our educational Parkway, wax formally dedicated and ahaU j.t, for Rll th opened yestorday afternoon, ami a I poitet! Kl.itlly by all. iMon of a mammoth "koinniera, be the reviewing officer.

Col. John H. Foote, commander of tho Fourteenth, will be In command. The affair will be held under the statue of On. J-dm Hlackburne Wood-I memories of those who have gone be- Und elvle life.

as th Hdnffllfth-flpeaklnff people have It, smokor, at which the younger and Mmrer street and tho Wllllamoburs llrirli; Borough President Coler ikilars that no letia than eight times him the Controller been appealed to to the contract for grading, turb-liitt and flldewnlklng- of the utreet. Mr. Colcr says that the contract has not yet been registered. Meanwhile, ho writes, property owners and residents In the vicinity of Grand street are complain Inir hltteriy. The letter to the Hoard or Estimate ers avenuo bwiune truffle and bual-.

ness thoroughfare and the heavy seashore travel get In hether to "move op not to move." Tho conditions, more particularly during the summer months, have bocomc Intolerable. Danger to Hiinday school children, dust from traffic, and tho Incessant trolley noises have driven tho iieojde to move In sonw direction to cluinge the church location. tore, ny ino love we Dear id an our iei- -w are Kreatiy uifierupa ir mo low and by'our sense of duty to 'faithful workers who In sonson ftnd out tliler members of tho noeltly joined In auspices of Borough Council, Spanish season spent thlr time and menus ceremonies eharactenied by pipo War Veterans. Several battalions of Spanish War Veterans from Manhat all who are to come after us, wo would nil consecrate ourselves anew to th work of this Institution as a servant of all the people." ward presented to tho Institute. The exercises altendnnt on the dedication and presentation were enjoyed hy a fair-sized and cultured audience.

"The atorm had Mint efN-ct on tho attendance. It was only a few minutes after the time set for the opening when A. Augustus Ilealy. president of the f.r the success of this institution. They and plenty of beer.

have placed within the reach of ourj Joacph JllKici lu and. of 1TQ WyckofT rislnp generation and who iesire i venue, the tlrst inmruet or hen the to take advantage of the facilities of-Turn Vereln started, over fifty years fered. an opportunltv to nlm-Ate them- itKO. was to have bet the rhiof tuet tan will participate. William Macnuley, chairman of the Commit re (VKATOR LIVAS PERCH.

follows: I Next came FreJerU utiil to elevate tiuir t'onvi it ion 'i wiiiwhi, out ne tmim noi wnt. The first Turn Hall was at A. I.ueas, whitse topic Anions tot it nt the mu-i was "Tho in The rommjr pi-iprat ion will lo gratefully baek upon th founda-tiins laid bare here and kl'ily retnem- of ArrangenientH, promises It will to the greatest military uffulr held in Brooklyn In some time. Veterans of the Spanish War now serving with different military nrgnn-izations will attend in the uniforms 'In thla end at tho last meottngr a tentative proposition was made by a loy.il iiu'inl). of Dm church, and ac-icpted by the orflcial board, for prect-.

rix a church edifice In a new location. An tip! bin his been secured by tha chttrih oiKviiiizit'on, one year fronj 'I. 1. upon tho northwest corner of other thlng-s he Kiid: ''liie 'ffoori old davs' of which Board of Trustees of tho Institute, made the Introductory address, saying among other things thai the exercises we er and revere the puhlle spirited men 'j2 Montrose avenue. Mr.

Hilderbrand. 'who ia now iS years old, was then a hort. st urdy, muscular man. He Is present the oldest member of the Turn Verein. and although still strong er his yrurs, was unable to brave last "I forward to you herewith a resolution of the of tho Bed-! fonl nn.i 'Williamsburg districts initial-j lnit proceedings to pave lth liloek on concrete l.iimdiiiinn (Tram! vtn'et.

as extended, hi tween Hooper i street the HlldKe 1'laza. "This resi.lultion hna not hren for- warded to you beforo this hecc use of I Hie fuct. as you will note In the re bear Hti much, and to which of us of th present day who h.i-1 the determination to crea to this would on any acvonni return, were air institiuiim for the welfar-1 of humanity. jn night's storm. His health was drunk.

We have made Rieal progrc Uedbird avenue and Fcnliuore street. iueisiiriii'-T Il'OxIM f.ct. upon which to erect a huivh and oilier buildings. I irit'ii-ibers of tho present official (bourd of Fenlmore church are aliva a comparatively short time. ns this lost n- mo, new finNhod facade Is the ports of the attached thci- of their respective commands.

Thi Fourteenth has many members who were in the late war. They will be assigned positions on Col. Fnote's stitff. Adjutant Ionovnn. of the Fourteenth, will act in that capacity on the of the review.

was a lieutenant in the Fourteenth during the Span ih War. Others of the Fourteenth in the regiment during the war and still members are: Col. Foote, MaJ. (Joorge Mi the occasion or ttie jtolden Jubilee of the society, which occurred in he was one of tho few to receive a flt'ty-yt-ar diploma. Among lie members who were present last night was ex-Poliee Judge Charles Narht-r.

In his youth he was self 11 days, when the things of this life were possessed l'y a f.t trel fr-w there was little disposition on the part tf the few to share them with the unny. Statues, paintings, masterpieces of art of the sih crsmith, were for primes and not for the people, and knowledge was for the scholar and the man of iem e. "U'c reufred n. iily two centuries to transform the enhinei of the Individual to and in c.mmunlcntlon from W. C.

tne nort9 s.ytion, and realizo (oiler. leinitv of Wa-m i.i in would bo brief, not because the trustees were of the Importance and deep significance of the event, but because they desired that every one should have an opportunity to Inspect the building and glance at some of tho exhibits. He Bald the building- was In a nearly finished state, though not fully equipped for purposes of exhibition. Thirty colossal sculptures are yet to adorn the exterior, and are now in course of execution bv Pnni'l pressive and costly part of this noble structure and is an evidence of what has be-n aeronipkshed. I finnl be-IP-ve that the educational features of un itiMi i v.

mat ling up a similar proposition some years wuter m.oins have net been installed good turner, and one of the best of i Instructor llilderbrand'a pupil. He tt.is one of the first members of the Williamsburg Turn Yerem, tho idd E. Libbey, Maj. Fred li. Stevenson.

Capt. Timothy E. Donovan. Lieut. ol.

William Garcia. Maj. John Mac-umber. Sapt. tiustav T.

Hruckmann. and the ions of he lea nu socle; unis. ai.d even Mr s.lll Ir.i. i to a priv- J' rencn and fits asFotute i-uiip: Icaly s.id that rmi ir; i mg It is estimated that a church, as is required, will cost nearly I( no. The site Is one of the very beat In Flatbush.

New people are roinlnqf into the tion and new faces are aeeri In tho congregation I'nder tho earnest efforts of tho pastor, the llcv. George W. Oymun, the chui'i Is rapidly growing and thin icovtoiient has the sanction of the loaders of tin1 congregation, as well as of the officials of the church. It la hoped thnt before tno time for the fx-plratlon of the option, enough cash and. A in said street.

Notwithstanding this feel, 1 asked for an Immediate consideration and adoption of a resolution approving; the resolution of tho local board, for the reason that the delav In die Im of the street has been a protracted cr.e and the property owners ami residents of thnt section of the lr uiKh have complained bitterly and with cause. "A contract for tho regulating, (Trading, curbing mid Rldovchlkliig of the street Is now In the hands of the Controller awaiting registration. from citizens eltlier or nin.i.y jects for exhihition air-i' ti'ce exhilvts will have on elevating ffe upo-i th- people and in th near futur they will compel our aut horitie- add more wings and extend the n-n IbiiMintr in order to supply the i i The peoph- of Hi ouk-lyr. 'mnien- to appreciate the derive from the exhibit, a 1 the spb ndid opportunities here off- 1 for proper study of the arts a i.i ci-i It will aid good eiti'enr-n i in this comnuinity. In another i-N we.

see the fii-ade on the Y.i --hi p. jrt on 1 av. mio side finished, art nd cuP.ure gi-''W 'rapidly when the' a re storehouse? as reservoirs st ribution. Hut rcss slowly rc- th. iv i of I its ai: die voivetl th; Capt.

George E. Houton and Lieut. Emtl Steffins. The committee In charg" follows Tdeut. Maeauiey, chairman, Fourteenth Itegiinent Camp No.

12; H. Martin, "VV. 11. Hubbell Camp No. Vlce-Cha irmti Edward W.

Earkln. Admiral Sampson Camp; John J. Curtln, Olnuceslir Naval promise of still lareer I ion museum more uiiitly He thunked the cur.itor an. I kio-s er museums wire i eriri the luihlic, roniewhat mr- 1 opened name if the present Kast. rn I ist rict Turn Wrein.

Another h-se health was drunk silence, and host pie-tare hangs on the wail of the library, was 'ieri. Franz Sigel, who was one of the Ji rst members. I'avi i was chairman of the 'ommittt-e. lie was assisted 1-y Oi toSchneider, "onrad En gle. George Engkhardt, dtto I'hiig and U.

Ii. S. fimill. No effort was spared the numbers of the committee to make the affair one of the most memorable -i anions in the history the rowly and crudcimrly at first, but wid enthusla.s'ii will be In evidence to er ami wider as time went en until now they stand wide open, and the in-( formation once reserve I for a privileged few is freely proffered to ail. i llie bids on this contract were stHrt the work.

npene.1 in this office nn June 2S, 1:107. The ji-enlniore street church stands' 'I growth ro-vn Camp; Major Charles O. lavls, Hussell I'amp; Matthew Johnson, KelllyCamp: T. 'armody, McCalia Camp; Oorsru Ihllups, Admiral Philip i 'amp; E. O.

Keithley, Admiral Schley Naval Camp; Lieut. Yon Unshkirk. McKlnley Cnin John Snalders. Neptune Naval Gimp; 'scar Hofstrand. Naval Camp; J.

Stall, lomniei as c-aroen to jMnt- sponsor for tuo other projects launched thew Meagher on July 1. P.k)7, and the I during the past month. The first ls'ln 1.1,1 forwarded to the ontroller's off 1 the ri. Itl of the press. The first num-for approval.

It was held In the Con-! cirinn a. L-td Isi sown. "The continued of Hrooklyn will make add and facilities necessary time, I will not pred i may se the entire colossal Museum HuiMirig compl. Bronkivn will be the most "The old museum merely displayel objects; the modern museum aims to be the exponent of ideas: it is an educational institution, one with a definite purpnjf to instru in which the ob ploycs of the museum for their work, the city. Park Commissioner Kennedy ftnd others for their hrlp in promoting the success of the work.

'V'e have done the best we could with the means and material nt our disposal," he said. "and anxlously fcwalt further donations, which in good time will come, that will enahle us to raise the standard of nur exhibits, as regards quality and importance, and supply many dlhiem-les in the mu-Foum. Viih thanks for what we have hitherto been a hie to aecomplih. vv here, upon this twelfth anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone or tlu Their efforts in this direction were fully justified. Hcsldes the professional and amateur talent lonpr.

a 'an of el, wh- lllOUS "Jot- iiuni jui. to fteiu. 11 Ahlch rtained the guests, hi wag Law ton amp. ana the following- jects shown, the mann whien th are dismayed and their accompanying labels Illustrate some fact in nature or in the hit'rv of mankind. nnii.

not withstanding tho fact that on eight separate occasions the Assistant Commissioner of Public Works and the contract clerk In hla office appealed to the contract clerk In the Controller's office to release it. It was returned to this office as approved on Sept. 11, 1907. anil was returned to the Controller's office on the same date for the ap- ough of Creater New York-the greatest commercial in the wo rid." STATUE PRESENTED. The spec, making; closed wit the nnsnieriibb- spcechmuklng.

Among the members of Fourteenth Regiment Camp penkcrs were Assemblyman Harrison No. 12: John St. Clair, Edgar De Pau w. i Clurc. of the Twentieth District.

andOIarry J. Pudley. K. Lederer, Bernnr.l ex-Judero Naelier. who some Canning.

Edward Macaulcy, Cornellu.s stories of tho days wher the Oregerson. Robert Borsimin, WUllatn Kiut-rn flstria was tho village of Wil- Rhoderbock and William Maeauiey. Ihtmsburg. Invitations have been sent to every Thft lllnli-iTmi. Tfaant tA I a li.tvirl.n.'a In l.rt monthly publication, neatly gotten came out in November.

It bears evidence of enTei'prise, and will devote its issues solely to tiie benefit of ther church and people. The scronii project was tho launching of "The Fcnimoru Brotherhood," a church club, havln-jj for Ifa objoqt- the betterment of tho men. directly and of the entire cerfw 'munlty Indlrccfly. All are elfgibla and the dues nominal. Meetings aro held nnce a month, the first havln.e? taken place last Friday 'for organization.

The following officers were elect "We move so rapidly in this ne of electricity that we. sometimes forget how fast we ore really going. We say somewhat apolugetleally that this seurn is only ten years old. but forty years ago there was no public museum in New York, no rea 1 public museum in the length and breadth of the presentation of a statue of Gen. John preioent or the sooletv.

Those whii'aniniiu them President Roosevelt. Gov. representing th- were: Ferdinand Wl- I Hughes. Major-Gen. Frederick I).

Grant museum, renew our faith in the work and take courage to go forward." Tftl. "CLARKE'S ADDHES3. The address of dedication was made by the Itev. Vr. L.

Mason Clarke. D.D.. president of the Institute Council. In part Dr. Clarke said: "This is an hour of genuine joy, an jo.

ii. i). imiii u. I tor. Ferdinand Hosch.

George Lecker. i and staff. Admiral (Goodrich and staff, ing the spec, ll of presentation, in ivhu.i Alhohn. John Zlreler. Tools I Mavor Meflellan.

Ptorninrh Preshipnf he saio the sureties. The Controller's approval of the sureties was not given until Sept. 25, 1907. and the papers were not sent to this office until (let. 2.

The contract was then approved and signed by the contractor on Oct. 14. It was sent to the Surety Company on the same date. It was signed hv the Bor-oitgh President on Oct. 13 and it was Finkeimt ier.

Aug. Kaesemann. Her-1 Color. Police Commissioner Bingham United States, and no museum on modern lines in existence. "If much lias been accomplished in so short a time what may we not hope "John Riaeknurn oorl vva rd was.

ed: President, Colvln; vlce-presl- ishauer, Franz Deck. Edmund and his deputies, all the Congressmen hissel. Henry Meuer. Alexander! In the greater city. Senator IVpew.

the I'orn in the viar 1--35 and here he re-, until lus ease in Wii. I'uring. -nt, Mr. secreinry. lr.

Wilson; J. McKenzie. Announcement is made of the first 11 essiC Kmil Opltz. George Boch- his iifetnic re lined several public amii. V.i.Mn.

annual dinner, to he held' In the chapel private office of responsibility- in the tiI-J eommanders of the First and Soorwl Brigades, the commanders of all the National Guard organizations In t7e city. Miss He'on Gould. Con. Horatio C. King and Gen.

James Mcl.eer. hsld ICngelharrlt. Vm. Moltor Louis city. He hoM every rank in tho r.a-tional Guard of th--1 State, from private ro major-general oniirialidillg tnei for in the next twenty-five years.

The museum of to-day represents the accumulated work and thought of years, the work and thought of such men as Flower a nd Ooude, who sa the educational possibilities of museums, and bent their best energies towards making those possibilities realities. Few of us may be here twenty-five yt rs Kroiler, liobert Hentscher, Chas. Lelhe, buohvlg Fink. Wm. H.anse, Aug.

Herjdn, Paul Pehls- sent to the Controller for registration on Oct, 16. This Is Dec. .14 and It has nol yet been relumed. "Meanwhile this office, had passed hv the Local Hoard the ro-oliillon providing for the paving. It being a well-known rule of your c-mrineor's office thnt he will report on no paving Improvement until all the sub-surface werlr him hepn ilnnn hn t-, sel.

John Freltag. Ixvrls A. Phillips. i WOULD WRESTLE; occasion of honorable pride and congratulation. We have come together order to dediiate to the name Good Letters the section of a great museum which, when it shall stand compute upon this leautiful and' commanding site, will be one of the most noble and notable structures within tho compaps of this imperial city.

What we now pee is but a fragmei.t of what is yet to be. "Or, if I may change the figure, wo are gathered lure to-day to mark the growth of a stately tree, whose roots have long sim buried themfehes i strong embrace around historic associations, whose lile has been nourished by the benedictions of pviu'i'ations gone, whose further process we of represent time, have watched with affectionate interest and care, hut whosr perfected symmetry and beauty wi-1 on Tuesdcy next, at which time excellent music will he a feature and hd-dresnes will be made by Dr. Eyrt, Dr. Prlddy, L. II.

Pounds and others. Tho most cordial and unanimous call ever given any pastor was given to Mr. Osmun by 'the official board, read at last fvund oy morning's service by Thomas IT. IladeUffo, requesting tho present pastor to conllruie with church after April neixt. This call W91 signed and presented to Mr.

Osmun lu the presence of tho largest congregation seen In Kehlmnre Church for long time. roeo. win. ehmho'-fer, Adam Micening, Joseph Hlllo, (lias. Jung-hihn.

O. Nowaozeek. Ernst Wild-fnerster. P.ernhard tfoyler and Richard V.etzel. hence, but let us hope that our may bp here to spf a for us.

and to say that we have done something towards the development of the modern museum." COLER PRAISES INSTITUTE. i mrtment of Water SnonK- firo force. And when the great "ivil War imperilled the nation he with distinction in th" I'nion rnnies. This may (alleii career: but it must also lie stated that the years of his life ere fifl'-d ith unrec orcle.l deeds of industry, business, of philanthropy, of kindness, of benevolence. A l-'ard of public otnniissioners who knew hi-ii we'd, and knew the weM.

at th- time of his death, him 'in recent years the m--st citizen of Br'xiklyn And fii" of our local nowspap' rs said: 'He was HIS LEG Kloetrleity yyas requested to Install water mains and provide for the installation also of such gas conduits The present offlrers of the Eastern THstrict Turn A'erein are: President. 'Maurice F. Propping: vice-president, boiis Finkelmefer; recording secre-niry. Samuel Ilross; corresponding Sihrnidt: statistical rotary. Bruno L.

Koehler: first se reinry. George w. Eogelhardt; Borough President Bird S. Coler fol-lowoil with an address on "The city New York, and the Institute." in whb ii he sfliii Michael Ryan, of Third avenue. after "whooping If up" yesterday af as were necessary.

1 he first letter on this subject written to tho Department of Siupoly. Gas and Kleetricltv nn llorch IS. was to the effeet thnt Ihe g-rade being. in such poor on-dltlon It would he Impossible to lav the necessary wn.tor mains for some time. Some months Infer the Assistant one of trie post r'-l sentatives of intelligent public-spii it.

citizen who second financial secretory, Fred. ve-r livid in tros euy. "i j'en. Voodword was one of hos" I mi' di; librarian, Friiz Schneider. Trus-yuc'i i lees aid J.

Nov. aczek. Gustav ternoon got an Impression that he was a prize wrestler, and tackled two men he says he does not know. The result of the bout was broken leg and he is now In the Norwegian Hospital. 'Xi optional men who can parn -) omiums and at the same time In Hlehter.

Jar oh Siileder. School Etoard nn suicide HAD TIO BEFORE TO HE HEfi LIFE harlos 1'ibe, (Jem-ge nridvoeel. Her- iicl develop and hold the love of man Stutzer. Charles Paehe, Dr. (immlssinner of Public Works took the matter up personally with the Department of Wnter Simply.

Gas and Electricity nnd was Informed that the contract plans for the Installation of who know them well. It was thus Hrailtigam. Ferdinand Maenner, Phil. Boettiger. Paul L.

Wltzell. Jean A. Uluek. rielegates William Hess.j, Alex. Hessler, Max Tferden, Charles Preymann.

Leopold Fischer, Poter Kling'd. Christian Parlzot. M. F. Prop.

natural, dire, tly after his death, that his friends should originate a plan for a lasting memorial and that the community should heartily unite to earry out the purpose. No large sum for Piich a project was ever more cheerfully "The dedication of this wing of tlie Museum is fitly a matter fr.r eciebr-i-tion. It is well that we should rejoice in tho opening of its iv usefulness, that we should be glail that the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences whose history is so much a part of the history of Brooklyn, whose expanding activities have ben in so great a degree a centrifugal pressure, upon the ever-w idening cirr umforenee eif the circle of human enlightenment is here so magnificently In-used and so splendidly equipped for the splendid work it has to do. "You do not sen much of the soul of the man who is driven to consume his life in dealing with tt iiles. i nice In a rare while the rcn! spi-it of him does Hush through the earthly tenement, ennobling and it, an.

I tne roam had been prepared, but that because of tho shortage of funds the contract could not bo advertised for proposals. "In connection therefore with th- It became known last night that EMI plnu, Ernst Cstertag. Emit Vogt. Brun gi von. The result stands before you.

It is Schmidt. Egbert von Hreton. Gustav German enrich and adorn the fcriprations yet to be born, nur rejoicing i ijtiichenetl by precious memories and by inspiring hopes." The speaker paid tribute to the late Dr. Storrs, whose influence and spirit are Inextricably woven into the life and ideas of the Institute, and who ppoke when the ground was first broken for the museum, and in conclusion said: "This building, bearing on its front and sides the nams of the greatest in every age and clime, is a symbol of that catholicity of life which rejoices in the truth, from whatever source the truth is flashed, and through whatever medium it is conveyed. "In the Republic of Letter; there are no barbarians, exeept those who prefer to be ignorant.

In the Democracy of Truth there is no tyrant and no oppressor, for all partake of that liberty which makes all men re. "In this faith andf love we dedicate this structure. "With conscious pride we open its doors to the generations yet to come. "May this museum extend Its walls from time to time, and lift above them nil its unifying dome, and there in its Mrs. Fannie MazlroT.

wife of Jacob Maslroff. a wealthy real estate man. living at 177 Hart strOfL who cut her throat lu bed ycslerday morning and the work of a sculptor, also horn in Hchw eppenrliok. Delegate to Brooklyn, hor-j greatness he.s u-on Hospita 1 H. c.

Bohack. recognition all ovr the world. It is The ELECTS OFFICERS resolution approving the resolution of the local Board I would request that the Board nf Fstlnete and Apportionment direct Ihe Mayor, through.) his of Wnter Supply. Gas nnd Kloetrleity, to of one, line Hamlets A combination and a form ineVo. with Ihe Installation of the water mnln ILLS HIMSELF The semi-annual meeting of tho you sutioeniy realize you his every god did seem to set in street as extended, helween Queens-Nassau Medical Society vas i-iooper street and the Tiridga Plaza held last night in the parlors of Mil ooMiiiuei p'T-ionainy witn which you hove been long in t.

that behind the man you have known is a bigger and a broader and a nobler man wiih whom you have known. Tire things that we see in our WHEN DISCHARGED seal To give the world assurance of a man. to the present time the statute has bedonged to the subscribers to the memorial fund. I hand you the Doeik containing the record of the proced intra of the subscribers and their committees. Herein you will see that I have bled to dentil, had once before attempted to end her life by Inhaling Illuminating Mrs.

MazlroU ivas well known In Hebrew i haritable (jlr-cles, and her tragic end came as a great shock to her numerous friends. Mrs. Maz-Iroff had been a resident of Brooklyn only three years, bavins come here with her husband from Bay City, where Mr. Maulroff had extensive interests. She had been suffering from nervous trouble for some time, and at one time her life was despaired of.

It was at this time, also, that the Masilroffs were lu hard straits ler's Long- Island City Hotel. Reports were read from various committees and three new members were elected. Papers on scientific subjects were read by Dr. John Douglas, assistant surgeon at Bellevue and St. Luke's hospital.

daily newspapers are the outward iifc of this community, the little squehhles. the political strifes, the peculations awl MOP. IS PLAINS, N. Dee. 14.

b.en designated and authorized mean crimes ano cruelties. meso are (UK ci Haake, an attendant at the irarister to tne suuaoie ana continuous J.i iSt.ite Hosnltal for ih inn "arris a. nougnton, oi cay- A HiscuHsion followed. Dr. TrviniT hy from the of; and all to which th finished and consummate strength may It stand a great temple of light and blessing through thnt future which our eyes shall not behold!" MUSEUMS I I I FANCY, SAYS PKOF.

HOOPKU. ts of a self-inflicted j. Barnes, of Oyster Bay, presided. His was discharged yes- term of office ends with the new year. l-uli'-t wound.

II financially. It w-as during Ihe recent really boom. no new Donra or orricers is ns ioi-lows: President, John H. Barry. Long Island City: vice-president, C.

M. Nlea- however, that Mr. Maalroff made sev It nnnounoed yesterday by the eral fortunate deals In real o-tnte, Rtol indicating a patient. Sev-nl hours it ho turned up In the corridor, a few feet from where I rs of the hospital staff were -lo- usslnir affairs. Haake nt up to Dr.

Brltton D. society in the Kas'crn District known ns the Chlropean that this or in a short time became extremely well-to-do. Last year his wife recovered almost entirely and everything aeemedi ley. Manhasset; secretary-treasurer. James S.

Cooley, Glen Cove: historian. Walter Lindsay, Huntington; censors. William J. Malcolm, Jericho; H. M.

Warner, Hempstead; H. M. Auger, Jamaica: P. H. Bumster.

Long Inland City, and J. F. Bloodgood, Flushing. a director, and asked for Dut supei ti.cial, Insignificant and transitory; but in the work of this Institute Hashes out the real of our grent people, tilling the mind with a realization of the power and the purpose und the dignity of tho r'-al Brooklyn. "You can sear.h the v.oiU over and you can fare back through th misty corriilors of faraway history for another temple of Knowledge such as this, and you will not find it.

Not in Athens when she was the centre of culture and philosophy, not In Alexandria when epoehral thinkers walked between the Kreat pillars of her marvelous museum, not In the treasurhouses of learning of the Europe of modern times, not anywhere In any time will you find a school so broad In Its sympathy, so uplifting In its purposes as this Imtt-tute that had Its birth In the old villas: of Brooklyn. Its great democra-y gives It a distinction and glory that none of the others had or has." reinstatement. Dr. Kvans refused. H.i.-ike a riAoiver from his pocket ma cm tne nuiiei into his head.

ganization would not hold Its meetings In the Knapp Mansion, Bedford avenue and Tinas street. In the future. It was stand that the next session would be Bold next Thursday at the Pouch Gallery. 'I he society, which confines Its mem-oershlp to tho exclusive set of the I-isiern District, has been meeting In the Knapp Mansion for the pant "The work is not completed. When! mature Judgment shall finally appr-jv-of a spot fur the statue there must a pedestal.

The money to pay for that is In hank and wlil become yours as soan as requisite formaiitio-i can be an a aged. "Speaking for those who contribute. 1 to the Memorial Fund, and by their a-i-' thority, I present this statue to th'-Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences to hold In trust forever. "That is a long time. Let us hope that In Its limitless extent no Goth Vandal will arise to Injure this but that when, In future ages, throne-si from near and far shall wend their way to- this stately museum, they may ho.

s'iil In its place this statue of a of antiquity whom his contempora.ri'f were clad to honor." The exereb-es losed with dedicatory I prayer end be-ieeiiotion hy the Very Rev. Edward W. McCarthy. LL.D. to be going: well.

About two months aspo roff became III again, and from then on she grew steadily worse. Only a short time ago she was present at the. ball of the Iadles' Hebrew Society, of which she was one of the leading: spirits. Early yefrterday morning she com- plained to her husband of feeling very 111, and asked him to go downstairs SGEO MAR FBUi DEAD li! HIS DOME, Prof. Franklin W.

Hooper. M. director of the institute, had for his subject, "The Institute and the Museum." He went over the history of the Institute from Augustus Graham and his associates, who founded a public library for' apprentices early In the last century, up to date: "This building and these collections," said he, "are but a means to an end. the development of the faculties of tho rou! formed in the intake of Its Creator with capacities Infinite in number and each faculty In Its possibilities. "The museum shall contain grent collections illustrating the history of life, the hletory of the earth, the history of the universe.

These collections shall 1-e as 'footprints of tht every form the expression of a divine idea-, end the sum of all the forms, the expression of divine isdom an epitome of the work of the Creator. And In these eratleriep there shall be great works of art. Go with me to one of the UDDer anlieries to-dav and stand before ooa jvaFJ, and when Mrs. K. J.

the president, was asked ves- ''flty: Prof. James K. Russell. LL.D., dein of Teachers' College. Columbia I'ilversity; Prof.

Byron D. Halsted. s- i. -presenting Rutgers College; i'-of. Charles Smith, director the People', institute.

New Vork ('i'y: Charier v. MeKBn. of the firm of 1I.KI.ti. White, nnhltects of the buii.B.-.g; Prof. James F.

Kemp. r. pr-s-nting the School of CoiuMiioa- Cnlversity; Kdwln I). Mi-cJ, representing the Twentieth rn-lury Club of ponton; Seth Low. LL t-hi i hinge had ben deter-id.

"We were frozen our." Cfffl OP BIOBCFSiS rant niso said that Mr. to prepare a eup of tea for her. When Mr. Abixlroff returned ho found Ms lying on the bed in a pool of blood, her throat cut from ear to ear and a large carving knife at her side. Appnryntly she had concealed the knife In herlecve, where It had been all night.

had Colatcdl his contract In not keen- ing the place properly lighted nnd hest- yM Life, ine Dooy mij-cio i.i eriw iini.w 111 MEDINA. LETTERS FROM NOTABLES th g' vear. "ovrnnB nueys oeiow tne meering nev. Moriraa nix I I th Trv of Miles O'Hare, who KENNEDYS CONGRATULATIONS. Park Commissioner Michael J.

Kennedys address was on "The Museum and the Department of Parks." Mr Kennedy said that time will more than Justify the projection of the Institution, and under the fostering care of the city It will develop and Increase room while the society waa in session. Letters of congratulation on the com was to-day found lying oaaiy mutii pletion of the northern front of the ated on tha floor of his home. In the AUTOGETS.WORST OF Alliert J. Lyman, D.D.. Daniel Chester freruh, iwuiptor; Dr.

Edwin Robinson eiirator of sculpture. Metropolitan lunula (', Tiffany, Dr. Cunti-Pl, librarian of Columbia -I'nl-vemlty; Patrick F. MKJowan. presl-i dent of the nf a a laia-o nia-iui fop.

it is MEM Museum Building, and expressing; regret at their Inability to be present, were received from Mayor George li Mcclellan. President Charles W. Kllot. LL.D.. of Harvard I'nlverslty; Presd- SAILS; believed tha mutilations were by the dog, which had become hungry COLLISION WIIH iHetitz.

charie. days' Imprisonment In the Nicholas Murray Butler. LLr. I lllam A. Pniiifim.

jrrnrl hnou DELAY'OF ONE DA of Columbia I'nlversity; City Superintendent of Schools Maxwell. Ph D- J. Hill. I're-anan. flro-ikivn the floor i.ia An automntiile In chars of J.

Phap- was opered the rooi Pierpnnt Morgan, president of he i.ii.rarv Pel one of the great paintings of the Museum, one of the great paintings of al! time a great religious picture. It is entitled 'The by Diaz. Or gn with me to another gallery where the srtist has: caused to live over again the familiar scenes, of the life of Jesus cf Nazarth. These are but prorhecles cf what is to come. We live in a younir city, we are elti-rn of a younf countrv.

General pub-1 ed ui -at ion is not a nturr old. Pub-I, lil.rari?1 are chiefly a development the last half century. Public mu-ciiim for the edu'-ation of all the peo-f are In their Infancy. The time will tome when they will ha a necessary part rf the life of every community, and oen ea.lj largo museum in w. fllted with amoke Iro, while Rolng alona Qulncy street in usefulness.

This beneficient work, he said, la a source of pride to our rltiienshlp and adds additional honor to a city noted for Its devotion to education. In conclusion, he said: "I congratulate the trustees upon the (ompietlon nf the ne' wing and the front section, and I now take much pleasure In formally turning the same over to the tare of the trustees of the Brooklyn nstitute of Arts and Rolen ce." SCHIERE.V PREDICTS PL'TTItE. Ex-Mayor Charles A Schleren, speak- yetcrdajr afternoon was struck by LIVK'tHOOlU Pec. 11. Tlie and afterward aufToc nmi a U.K..

F. Kuna, of quni.t'i of board cf trustees of the Museum' of Art: Hon. Joseph II. Choate. LL.D of the board of trustees of the American Museum of Natural History; Frederick P.

Vinton, of the Bo-ton Museum of Fine Arts: the Itt. Rev. Henry C. Potter. Bishop of slew York; the Rt.

Rev. Frederp RurgeM, Blsh'ip of Island; President iel C. Oilman, of Johns Hopkins L'ril- -MiseUm: Kenyon Cox, the Ahbon, editor of the Outlook. of the council Fr ncl. Dodge ulam H.

Wallace, members of tn ie, n.t. mmniitM ro'ley car No. 7C. of the Many avenue llns, ar.d ovtrturnrd. Fhsplro escaped unhurt, but the aulo waa badly damaged.

George Goldbergs atotorman of th car, not burt, neither was th car damaged. -M-Uintimla aalled New York to-ritght after twenty-four hours' delay following her artrsndlng In the Mersey -mi her way to the landing- stage. The i Ivors who examined her bull raported no dma(e. 3 No oT "or th. fHan i ived by four Tne sons kja.

oHded ilberailf for their tu" memorial statue..

Get access to Newspapers.com

  • The largest online newspaper archive
  • 300+ newspapers from the 1700's - 2000's
  • Millions of additional pages added every month

About The Standard Union Archive

Pages Available:
266,705
Years Available:
1887-1932