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I THE BEOOKLTN.DMLY KEW YORK. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1899. FILIPINOS AND FILIPINO SCENES AND VIEWS. THESE pictures, showing native lire In the Philippines, were taken by I. N.

Hurd of Portsmouth, N. who returned recently from Cavite, where he served 6. year as pharmacist, and who visited the Brooklyn Navy Yard on his way to his home. and are fairly well acquainted with the Amer Dr. Hurd had much to say about the situa ican way of doing business.

They do not adopt i'i1J J'i. ijMii' 1 geously, wearing the finest of gauzy silks and this element that regulates the affairs of the I months ago. He seems to know Just what to laces. Bright colors please them most, and Tbey set the pace, and the masses do at the right, time, and he could do more their gowns, if such they may be called, are i do precisely as they wish. The upper i with those people than anyone.

Dewey is the admiration of everyone. The better class class only in a small way associate with the equally popular with the soldiers and sailors, of men are very fastidious about certain naval officers, but. all, regardless of their sta They all like him. At Cavite, in Manila, Dew portions of their raiment, frequently spend tion, are great admirers of Admiral Dewey. 1 ey is never criticised.

Everybody is perfectly tlon at 7avite. "The people Cavite, which is pronounced as though spelled Kaveta," said Mr. Hurd to an Eagle reporter, "aro the lazieBt lot I have ever seen. They live on little or nothing, are poverty stricken and merely exist." Mr. Hurd was not very favorably impressed with the Philippines and could not see much use in this country having the Islands.

The naval station of Cavite is oe cupied by about 700 marines. All the soldiers have been removed from the town to take the I it buys ho much Tor Mm. and he is graduallr working his way into the Navy Yard at Cavite, vihe: iood arc paid. He Roon bt' omes a very en pah ma. i ist The Navy Yard at Cavite was established many years ago by the Spaniards, and when the city was captured by the raited Sinus troops it was They look upon him as eminently fair under all circumstances and a man who can be trusted.

"Whatever came from Dewey," said Dr. Hurd. "the people took for granted as being mandatory. If Dewey had been in charge of field against Aguinaldo's forces. Cavite is a I "society set" these Eastern islands.

They town' of about 2,000 people. The inhabitants, are haughty and usually possessed of con wlth but few exceptions, speak our language i siderablc wealth. These women dress geor WHITESTONE VILLAGE AND COLLEGE POINT. Another Sketch of Suburban Sunoundings by the Special Writer of the Eagle. The Three fold Character of College Point as a Manufacturing Center, a Residential Suburb and an Educational Locality The Growth of St.

Paul's College, Originally Designed as a Training School for Episcopal Clergymen The Antiquity Whitestone and. its Slow Growth in Population Its Pine Churches. the American customs, preferring to live life of indolence and indifference. The men and women arc much smaller than Americans, and the soldiers and marines sent there from this country are looked upon as giants. The American is considered a far superior being by the natives.

The mestizos are the beautiful women of the Philippines about whom so much has becu said and written. They are a mixture of Spanish and Filipino or Filipino and Chinese, and compose the firm controlled a number of patents for the treatment rubber, which gave them the monopoly of the business. The success achieved was immense, and the names of 500 employes were soon upon the pay roll. The Koenig interest was subsequently purchased by the senior partner, Conrad Poppenhusen, and the retiring member returned to Germany, where he has continued to reside ever since. Two years after the establishment of the factory the.

balance of the plant was removed from Connecticut and its entire business carried on at College Point. The site selected for this revolutionizing project was on Third avenue, between Third and Fifth streets. A row of eighteen cottages was erected for the accommodation factory employes, on the above mentioned block, on Third avenue, and halt a dozen more on the corresponding section of Second avenue. These houses were rented and not sold to the occupants, and are still the property of the company. Up to this time the neighborhood of College Point was still a region of farmers.

Simultaneously with this activity of the com pany. employes also began building, making up what they lacked in means by giving mort gages on their little properties. In the early days, the later village of Col lege Point comprised threo localities, known respectively as Strattonsport, College Point and Flanimersburg. Strattonsport comprised some 140 acres, College Point was somewhat larger, and Flanimersburg a little smaller. I During the thirty two years which have i elapsed since consolidation, the nnnulatinn of College Point jumped fo over 7,000.

Owing to the general condition of thrift resulting from the prosperity of the rubber the College Point Savings Bank was established twenty five years ago, and the deposits of this institution now exceed $000,000. It is now twenty years since the rubber industry received a silken adjunct in the establishment of silk works, which have since gained a wide reputation. Six years ago lions. Ail arc built of iiiftninmnhle material. Fish and rice are tin principal articles of food and these are crudely s.

rvej by all but the very best class. Living for an American is not cheap by any means. are the only article that, can he had at a reasonable price. The very finest, cost about per thousand, while ten can be pup ha.se.il for a cent. i The Filipino love Auieri money, because are ranged a number of estates which talce I tip the whole area intervening between it ami Bayside.

"Bay View" fronts on Willets Point read and the water and has a ten grove of oak and chestnut trees. James 1 lougheriy, the India rubber niamit'act urer, bought i i.e property seventeen year ago, Irnm tile estate o.r Dr. John Torrent, formerly prominent, in the patent medicine Held. The old Colonial hou.se wa3 built seventy five years ago and the tract covers inn acres. Next in water front order ennie.s a tract id' eighty vim acres which in earlier times belong to the.

Powell t. imllv .,,1,1 ,..1 tho hands of Harry tenet, of ring fame, I who was. concealed in tho boase for sun. time 1 when the death lior.n.l.s of the law were cK.ee upon his trail. The fugitive tr.iii.

the property Joe' ph Cro by whom, in turn, it was sold Id Harvey I'ea. e. lite present owner. Tile next n. ighb is sier.er Williams' summer reei lenee, eroel at a cost, of and adjacent to it on the Willrls I'.

int road alii the main t' is the obi lime vtri.T. tirc lev iuvii Mold a.s a hotel far th oast fi''t' en year. Massive in(ir. reP ih" cetbjui' .,1 tic build ing. Next, geeeriijdti'al order oaics the riixty five aero tract which foroieily belonged William (lardn.

since .1 eea. ii. and was I purchased twenty live years ago by ihe of the Sacred Heart, wh convent and educa tional istablishmcnt const itmee: the mammoth composite structure on i lie ptoiterty. A i mall or tract, of sevie: acre fai ins on the Willets, I'oinl road and th. river is formerly owned by K.

A. La Me a 'CI iom er. ven years ago it i to.irch.i. by K. A.

Hart, sex e.n of Ihe Item. in I'Hhulv Cathedral. Man h.ilta:'. ae.d lie preniiei are oc, by Mrs. liari.

Ad.i.o'ent to lois propertv are the prcmi vs id' Tlionri Mill: the snio eh.indl of South stre.t. Ma t. ha 1 1 a wle. to W'iiit c. one seven yetr uibo and no.

oeji.vs life in a snierh Qucii Ante inan. i a. led at a cost of one. in aator. i io order comes the Sliennel propt rlv.

Jill rcc.e p' by Dr. SJifimcl 1. J. Mrrrlit of rri Wr clang anil no.v luctel by William C.o rison a. a hoed.

so, ihe fort, and the h.del iv. fonr aci'o tract of the W'issnitinn estate, while beyond the fort toriific.iiione, the water ir i.i Her cemes upon Shore Acres, of sum owned by Ilo.vlatld Leavin; i.ier enoile thirty rooms. 'be: i le a iii a tre re are numerous building. Adtduinit Acres are ihe eixly seviti J.ei;! To'Aeseiel. the (Ik auctioneer, wic, family enj.c.

(p tied term in a in a isid A son in law Mr. Tow cooed js Fn Iiouglc owner the ya Ji; S.ieloe Immediately adjoining i what was formerly thesiato of William Lawrence It comprises 1 ing great sums of money for a fine under shirt. The lower class carry this idea out so far as their means will permit. As a class the Filipino is not to be trusted. He is insincere.

and only likes the American for the money he gives him. The wealthier class are engaged in commer cial persuits and rule the lower classes. It is i tho Traul Rubber Works were added to College Point's list of industries, which further included tc extensive factory the Chilton Paint Works. There are now four regularly established churches within the former village limits. In this ecclesiastical quartet the honors of seniority are recorded to St.

Fideiis' Roman Catholic parish, of which the Rev. Father Schumack is rector. It is the only brick' church in the village, was built some years ago, and stands on Fifteenth street, between Third avenue and High street. St. Paul's Chapel, which is an offshoot of St.

George's Episcopal Church at Flushing, and of which the Rev. Mr. Barnes is rector, affords the means of worship to local adherents of that denomination. The building stands upon Fifth street, between First and Second avenues. At the corner of Sixth avenue and Fourteenth street stands the frame church of the Oerman Lutheran Society, of which the Rev.

Aben is pastor, while the Rev. Frank Malven ministers to the flock of the First Reformed Church, whose place of worship stands at. the corner of First avenue and Tenth street. This church was erected in 1S72. Previous to municipal consolidation and up to the opening of tho present school year, the public educational facilities of College Point comprised two old time frame buildings, one of which stood on Sixth street and the other on Fifth avenue.

They were entirely out of date and unsuited to the needs of the town. During "the past summer a large and modern structure of brick was completed and made ready for occupation on the opening day of the school year last month. It is located at the corner of Thirteenth street and First, avenue and is of the grammar grade. Principal Henry Delamaiti has the assr tance of an efficient corps of teachers, and tho attendance is fully up to the numerical standard required by the population. About six months ago a private collegiate training school for boys was opened in tho old mansion of the Graham estate.

When the late Conrad Poppenhusen pnsscd away he left an enduring monument to his memory in the shape of the Poppenhusen Institute. This highly useful establishment is a duplicate in all essential particulars of the Cooper Institute. and its tar sighted founder, like his celebrated predecessor in philanthropy, Peter Cooper of Manhattan, intended to provide the youth of both sexes with the means of obtaining a practical preparation for the serious business of life. This well matured project of Mr. Poppenhusen was founded in lstls.

and as its establisher did not die until some twenty I years afterward, he lived long enough to see the results of his labors. In creating College Point he supplied the means of getting on In the world for the little community thus satisfied with all he did." Owing to the climatic conditions the health of the people is not good. Consumption is the prevailing disease. The people do not take good care of their health and. consequently, much sickness prevails.

All sorts of styles of dTOSs are worn. The houses are rudely constructed and devoid of modern aceomuio.la brutal treatment which she had received and her impaired health, she died soon after her return to Whitestone. The Revolution and the wars which preceded and followed it of course had something to do with the slow early growth of Whitestone, but this was chiefly due to the absence of manufacturing establishments here, and the real development of the village began when the production of tin. Japan and copper ware was commenced about by a house that had formerly been located in Brooklyn. The founder of this business John D.

Locke, was the main factor in initiating tlie industrial growth of Whitestone. In subsequent years other important lines of manufacturing were attracted to the locality by the success of the Locke enterprise. Although the great majority is made up of those employed in tho local factories, some of the prominent business and professional men of Manhatlan live in Whitestone and there are some very handsome houses and admirably kept estates within its limits. The congregation of Whitest one's Roman Catholic parish worships in the line brick church of recent construction erected at a cost of $30,000 and presided over by the Rev. Father O'Hara as rector.

It. is situated en Eleventh avenue, near Thirteenth street. Whitestone Methodists also hold their services in a brick church on Twentieth street and Eighth avenue. The church building is a fine edifice built five years ago. am! the Rev.

Mr. Shaw is now the pastor. Some years ago the present Episcopal church wan eroded on Eleventh avenue, near Eighteenth street, their former place of worship having been sold to the Roman Catholic parish of Whitestone. The Rev. A T.

Stewart is the present rector. Two other churches, the Presbyterian and the Lutheran, aro located on the corner uf Seventh avenue and Fourteenth street and Seventh avenue and Seventeenth street, respectively. now has three public schools which are located on Nineteenth street and Eleventh avenue, Twentieth street and Eleventh avenue, and Eleventh avenue, between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets. It is now proposed to add a fourth school to tho number, for which the sum of $65,000 has becu appropriated. Two new trolley lines will be added to tho transit facilities of Whitestone in the near luture.

Franchises have already been granted for both lines, one of which will extend from Brooklyn, through Murray Hill to Whitestone and Willets Point, and the other from College Point Ferry, through Whitestone to Willets Point. The Whltestbno branch ot the. Long Island Railroad now carries between 500 and 000 commuters a day with its regular service of forty two trains. Along Whitestone's magnificent shore line I i i I i i in I i. to repair and an Ameri" un vessels, is lite largest navy yard on the Asiatic i coast.

twenty acres and the house is an old faeh a rueture of iweniy rooms. Upon tho death of the former owner it was purchased by Stratton of Stratton Storm, the cigar uiaiioiaeriirer.s. Five y. ars ago Dr. Pierce ot mc patent medicine man, purchased from the estate of I).

Xi. hnl the next adjacent properly of fifty acres. The residence is a large thirty room house overlooking the entind, and for some time Ur. Pierce, occupied it. but ceased to do so ome time since.

This' brings tin st roller to the former property ot Joseph Kerch. in, which comprises sixteen a. res. no.v by Joseph Thomas, a Man hatian liveryman, the purchase price bclr.y S25.0U0. During ihe Tweed regime this was a favorite re.

ort of Tammany politicians and clam bakes were frequent occurrences. Adjoining the Thomas property comes the tea were ploi of tile Wealthy bachelor and yachtsman. Augustus Seiierineriioni. wiio has spent money liberally upon the 'sidence and ground Charles Sekivn" of the American Simar itpfinine; is Mr. Sehermer horn'e." irnroediaie neighbor, hi.s property com le.

it in lifty foiir acres. At this poim the visitor has traveled three mile.s the starling place ami this circuit brings him to the residence of I. J. Merritt of the Merritt Wrecking Company, and Big Bay Side. A TRAMP WITH A BTJRHO.

Ed T. Smith, a tramp, camped with a num ie of others near the National stock yards, lis a peculiar story of the. extraordinary per of the tramp in ordinary life. He said that lour Effingham. 111., he met an old man, said tie was on his way lo southwest Mis The follo had a small pack on a pony, and claim to hav.

come all the way from Ohio, and would rtainly so to his Missouri unless the eKs of the little animal u'avc nut. consultation with gang Iteilus of the road, who were, wailing for a train at that point, it was dtoi.b 1 to assist ol i nian on his joiinny. They tiinmtht to push the little animal into lie car ar.d keep ii quiet until daylight. At te tub chines, just below tho town. Ihey si.

ove i ihe man, ids pack and the pony into i.e ear, and all sailed off safely. A mil.s lo iCllingr.am the train stopped to switch ars. and lie barro set up an awful i.ecli. lie eas struck on lb. nose by one in.

a i mined iat ly subsided. He at ownpt. the noise on iimcy oe asions. but was often stopped by a blow on the proboscis. in.

coal liuus. near East Si. Louis, a loaeiteau nuti a lie crowd thrt them, all out. The burro was a member of tho party. Tin ii tie' old man jumped astride his steel and down the road, and is.

now sev. nil miles on the Journey. St, Loul Clobe Uemo rat the land forces the subjugation of the Fili pinos would have been accomplished many evolved out of tho vacancy of a farming district, and followed tip this new departure in Industry with providing for College Point facilities for technical training equal to those of the metropolis. College Point's adjacent shore neighbor is Whitestone, from which it is separated by all intervening mile strip of comparative openness. This delightful locality takes its name from the great white stone or rock which divides the waters of the sound from the East River, and against which the waves from either side are dashing ceaselessly and vainly.

Only one attempt has ever been made to displace this nature given appelation for some other designation. Early in the century when the father of the Erie Canal, the famous De Witt Clinton, was at the zenith of his fame and influence, the inhabitants of the village resolved to call the place Clintonville, but this proposal proved abortive and lived but one day. Despite various causes of growth it was not until 1S54 that Whitestone obtained national recognition through the establishment of a post office. It is said that Whitestone was one of the earliest settled places in the town of Flushing, which was incorporated in 1C4.1. but if so its early growth must have been more dignilied than hasty, for at the end of a century and a half after that date, or in 1S0O, there were only twelve houses within a mile from the village center.

What. Whitestone lacked in numbers it made up in the quality of its population. Among its residents was Francis Lewis, the only Queens County signer of the Declaration of Independence. Lewis was born In South Wales, and in when 22 years of age, came to New York for the purpose of seeking his for tu ne. Eventually he became one of outmost wealthy ship owners, and in connection with his business he traveled pretty much all over the civilized world and finally, when acting as a supply agent for the British Army during the French and Indian War, he wafe captured, taken to Montreal, and from there sent to France.

Shortly after his return to this country be was sent as a delegate to the Continental Congress, because he was strongly in favor of resistance to British tyranny, and because he was known to be a man of business ability whose services could not fail to be valuable. He had bought an estate in Whitestone some time before he was sent to Cougress, in and in 1770 he removed his family to White so as to have them in a place of security during his enforced sinsonee from home, while doing the work which devolved upon him as a leader in the patriots' cause. But the security was only imaginary, for In the latter part of 1770 a party of British soldiers captured and robbed his house, burned his library and took his wife prisoner. She was not released for several months, and owing to One of the most attractive sections of Queens Borough is the district formerly comprised within the limits of the villages of College Point and Whitestone. From Its recognized position as a manufacturing center, educational locality and residential suburb, the first mentioned of these seaside towns presents the rare distinction of a three fold character, which it gained long ago and ha3 never since lost.

The early maps of Flushing have the tract now occupied by College Point marked "Tews Creek," and the next name given it was that of "Lawrence's Creek," for here was the estate of William Lawrence, and it remained in his possession, and in that of his heirs for more than a hundred years, this region being then merely a country place, and being highly ppreciated and largely utilized by the Lawrences and their many friends, not only as a summer resort, but also as a delightful place to reside in at any time of year by those who did not have to work for a living. The next name given to this locality was that of Strattonsport, and it was so called on account of the purchase early in the century of a part of the Lawrence estate by Ellphalet Stratton, who retained it for many years. St. Paul's College, to whose establishment at Strattdn's Point the since familiar name of College Point was due, was designed as a training school for clergymen of the Episcopal Church. The corner stone was laid by Bishop Onderdonk, on October 15, 1836.

Although the original plan was never carried out. enough was done to create accommodations for one hundred students, to which total the number of undergraduate students quickly attained. After a useful career of a decade or so, the death of Dr. Muhlenberg, the founder, caused the project to end in failure. In 1854 the modern history of College Point In that year the firm of Foppen husen.fi: Koenig established a rubber factory, known as the Enterprise Works.

Their output was hard rubber goods, such as knife handles, toilet articles, etc. At that time the ft el. ifrw.