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a a a a a a a 1 a THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. SUNDAY. JUNE 14. 1903.

MISCELLANEOUS. "SOHMER" LIST THE HIGHEST GRADE PIANOS. SOHMER PIANOS Sohmer Building, In Only Greater Salesroom New 5th A cor. 22d St. York.

New York. COCKRAN ON IRELAND. Foresees Her Future Prosperity and Pitches Into Chamberlain. London, June 13-The deserted corridors of the House of Commons rang to night with the strains of "The Wearing of the when the Irish party took possession of Parlament with a dinner in honor of Bourke Cockran of New York. John Redmond occupied the chair, and all the leading Nationalists were present to hear Mr.

Cockran make an impassioned speech, prophesying Ireland's future prosperity, which developed into one of the strongest indictments of Colonial Secretary Chamberlain's preferential programme delivered on this side of the water. In proposing Mr. Cockran's health Mr. Redmond referred to him as "one of the most powerful unofficial citizens of the United States, of whom the whole Irish race was proud; whose voice was one of the first to be heard against Spanish cruelty in Cuba, yet whose eloquence was consistently raised against American aggression in the Philippines." This sentiment was met with loud cheers. In honoring Mr.

Cockran, said Mr. Redmond, the Irish party honored great, friendly country of America; and the speaker closed with an eloquent appeal to Mr. Cockran to enter Parliament in behalf of the Nationalists. Mr. Cockran expressed his thanks for the great reception tendered him, but declined Mr.

Redmond's offer, saying: "I do not believe any man living can contribute to the success of the Irish cause, which is now a certainty," though he confessed himself willing to make any sacrifice if he thought it were really needed. With vivid oratory he depicted Ireland's struggle for liberty, "now on the verge of success" owing to the efforts of Mr. Re Redmond and other members of the party. He declared that the United States would not be a free republic to-day but for the intervention of France. "What the Irish people demand every country now possesses," he said.

Mr. Cockran declared he was little concerned over the chances of the Irish people gaining their liberty, but much more so regarding the uses to which they would put it. He pleaded strenuously for the development of Irish cities, increased transportation facilities and the improvement of urban rather than rural conditions. "If the empire is to continue." said Mr. Cockran, "the King will have to send for Mr.

Redmond, for he is the only man in Parliament who controls a party. One of the features of the twentieth century is the decay of party life." The speaker then went on to denounce Mr. Chamberlain's suggested change in British fiscal policy, which. he declared, was intended "to make everybody rich by making the country poor." He ridiculed the argument that United States made Great Britain the dumping ground for its surplus goods and dissected the recent protectionist speeches in Parliament, based on American prosperity, declaring that "the very essence of the relations between states is that none of them is independent." Mr. Cockran traced the influence of the United Supreme Court in settling interstate commerce problems, with the deduction "in the last analysis," Mr.

Chamberlain's scheme merely amounted to the declaration that some similar institu1101 to the Supreme Court of the United States must be created and that "either the colonies must surrender their independence to England or England surrender her's to the colonies. There never has been any suggestion so fatal to the integrity of the empir-. The essence of protection is to do business at a loss and to remedy it by taxation and legislation. With us the farmer is despoiled by the manufacturer. He is bound to give four bushels of wheat for a dozen stockings, instead of two, because he buys fo a highly protected market." The speaker maintained that Irish emigration would never cease until Irishmen were given in their own cities as good chances as they got abroad.

The land bill ought to provide this. Within the next generation, he predicted, Ireland would be "blooming like a garden and blossoming like spring. This century will see Ireland awakened." he continued, "and bearing the lamp of material progress, justice and humanity before the footsteps of the human race throughout the world." DARK CLOUD AT SHEEPSHEAD. Women Give a Minstrel Show in Aid of Church. Friday evening the Ladies' Aid Society gave a minstrel entertainment for the benefit of the St.

Mathias Church, East Twenty -third street, Sheepshead Bay. J. Schonberg was interlocutor and Mrs. E. D.

Strong, accompanist. Those who took part the programme were Evelyn Strong, the Misses Chapman, Mabel Phillips, J. Driscoll Tucker, Miss Annie Lundy, little Marion Schonberg, Mrs. T. Mugridge, "Jack" Jellicker, B.

Boman, Miss Lucy Stewart, Thomas Mugridge, Mrs. James McKane, Joseph Kress, Mrs. Valter Lundy, John Dempsey, Madge FlochIt, George Lott and Frank G. Woods, macian. Refreshments were served after the entercainment, after which dancing followed.

Among those present were Mr. McKane, Mrs. Paul Bauer, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin, Alfred H.

Marvin. Mrs. Tappan, Miss White, Mrs. Knox, Miss Winifred Tucker, E. Lillian Tucker, Moyer Tucker, Miss Louisa La Baum of Kentucky, Daniel Callahan, Miss Sadie Halloran, Michael Foley, William Fitzpatrick, Ira McKane, Mrs.

Gladding, Mrs. Maroon, Mr. and Mrs. Beattie, Mr. and Mra.

Reardon, Mrs. Maguire, Miss Celia Syers and the Misses Rieff. A vote of thanks was given to E. D. Strong, Mr.

McKane, Walter Lundy, Miss Mabel Phillips, C. Boman, Miss Lucy Stewart, Messrs. J. Schonberg, "Tom" Mugridge, E. D.

Strong. J. Driscoll Tucker, "Jack" Jellicker, John Dempsey and Frank G. Woods. THIS STRIKE MAY BE SETTLED.

Philadelphia, June 13-While the executive committee of the Central Textile Workers' Union was in session to-day a messenger, said to represent several of the larger manufacturers, called at the headquarters. When he left he was accompanied by the strike leaders. It is understood the members of the committee were requested by the manufacturers to meet them in conference with a view to settling the strike, JERSEY BANKS CONSOLIDATE. Newark, June 13-The directors of the Newark National Banking Company and those of the Essex County National Bank decided to-day to consolidate. The combination will make the largest national bank 8 surplus of $4,500,000.

Tre assets are in the state, with a capital of He $2,000,000 and $16,900,000 and the deposits $8,000,000. MACHINISTS GIVE PICNIC. A picnic was given last night at the Ridgewool Coloseum by Eureka Lodge No. 434 of the International Association of Machinists. A large crowd was in attendance and an enJos able evening was spent.

A number of prices were given to the winners of the letic events which were carried out by the association CAR OF TRAIN ON FIRE; PASSENGERS IN PANIC. Blown Out Fuse Made the Trouble-Coolness of Employes Prevented Casualties. BIG CHARGE OF ELECTRICITY. Firemen Found Whole Car Alive With the Fluid, and Wires Had to Be Cut to Begin Work. There was something closely approaching a panic on a Bath Beach train on the elevated road bound to the bridge at about 6:30 o'clock last night.

The disturbance was due to the blowing out of a fuse on one of the motors, a common enough occurrence on surface cars but unquestionably distracting to passengers who are aloft on the elevated railway. The train was made up five cars which were due at the depot of the Long Island Railroad, at Flatbush and Atlantic avenues, at 6:30 o'clock. Motorman James Rodney had a grip on the lever which controlled the current at the head car, No. 657, and he had no notion that anything was wrong when he put on the power through bis controller as the heavily loaded train left the station at Flatbush and Atlantic avenues. He had not proceeded more than 1,000 feet when lie noticed an unre usual movement of panic among the passengers of the cars behind him.

The people, men, women and children, were making for the doors of the cars and some of the women were screaming. Without knowing exactly what was the trouble, the motorman shut off the current for a moment and then reversed his controller to run back to the station. But he did not reach there before he found out that there was a fire in one of the cars and that there was something approaching a panic that might result in to life if he continued to run the backward as he danger, had intended. So he stopped it. The trouble was all on car No.

1,079, the middle of the train of five cars. Through some unexplained misadventure the fuse of the controller had blown out. There was no electrician in charge then and a flame which swept up from the controller box startled the passengers. That was what led to the rush from the middle car of the train of five cars, each way forward and aft. Some of the passengers, when the train had stopped, tumbled out to the footboard and there was much screaming on the part of women and children who did not dare to adopt this means of escape.

The motorman who had stopped the train and then backed up did not return his car to the Flatbush avenue station. He saw that there was no special danger and he received a warning bell to stop from the conductor, Lewis Miller, who excitedly feared that some of these people would leap into the street. He did what he could to pacify them and the other members of the train crew managed to keep the throng on the cars in some condition of order. The car in which the fuse had blown out was all open one and there was SO much excitement for a time that it was a wonder that no one jumped over the bars into the street. An alarm had been sent out when the flame was noticed in the controller box, and the fact that it was spreading to the woodwork on the platform led to a fear that the car would burn up on the track.

Three fire engines reached the scene in a juffy, and the firemen scaled the elevated structure with ready ladders. Truck No. 55, with Assistant Foreman Kane, which had but a short distance to go from Pacific street was the first to reach the scene of trouble and extinguishers were hurried to the car. The half dozen firemen who ran upstairs were surprised when they reached the car to find it charged with electricity. They made desperate efforts to get in a position from which they could fight the flames, but were unable to get away from the effects of the electric fluid until wires underneath the car were severed.

Thn they made short work of the flames. A hole was burned through the floor, but otherwise the car was little damaged. But the stoppage of the train had caused much trouble on the line and a number of other trains on the way to the bridge and Manhattan were stalled. The blockade occasioned much annoyance to the traveling public, for it was just at an hour when there a heavy rush of traffic of Saturday night pleasure seekers toward Manhattan. There was no disablement to the train as a matter of fact, and when the flames were extinguished it proceeded on its way to the bridge.

Despite the fact that there was unquestionably a panic on the cars there were no casualties reported to the police. WARD BEATS PARET. Rain Interferes With Play in Metropolitan Lawn Tennis Championship. Because of the heavy showers only the semi-final matches of the men's singles were completed in the metropolitan lawn tennis championship tournament on the courts of the West Side Tennis Club. The Harvard veteran, Holcombe Ward, and Ross Burchard, an old time Yale man, gained the places in the final round.

Ward defeated Paret, who bothered the Harvard man, lobbing and driving to his back hand, which prolonged the last set. The defeat of the former Canadian champion, Anderson, by Burchard, was not expected, and is in the nature of an an upset. The final will be played on Monday and the challenge match on Tuesday of this week. The summary: Men's championship singles round. Parmly Paret, New York 6, 14-12: Holcombe Ward, Orange defeated J.

Ross Burchard. West Side T. defeated Frederick G. Anderson. Kings County T.

6-3, -6, 6-4. Men's championship doubles -First round. David 8. Sands and G. L.

Wyeth. New T. defeated W. B. Gates and J.

L. Beckley, West Side T. 6-1. 6-1. Second round- Harry Allen and Robert Le Roy, Belmont C.

C. and New York 1. T. defeated O. M.

Bostwick and c. C. Kelley, West Side T. 6-1, 8-6: H. Ward and Rose Burchard, Orange T.

And, West Side T. defeated 0. Hinek and Hinck. New York L. T.

63, TONY SORRY HE FIRED BOMB. Antonio Parella, of 211 Twenty-frst street, was arrested night and will be arraigned in the Butler street court this morning, charged with violating a corporation ordinance. Tony was one of several hundred Italians who celebrated St. Anthony's day yesterday. Firecrackers were set off all the afternoon, but finally they were deemed not sufficiently noisy and a bomb was set off.

Tony 18 accused of firing a bomb, and as the law says this must not be done within city limits, his arrest followed. He was very sorrowful, for he missed the greater part of the celebration last night. SUMMER one season of the year in which Light In absolutely the most conducive to health and comfort: this on account of its coolness and because it does not pollute the air. Other seasons in which it is the best light are Spring. Autumn and Winter.

EDISON ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING 360 PEARL STREET, BROOKLYN. FREE EXCURSION AND PICNIC. Outings to Auburndale in Interest of Improvement Company. Under the auspices of the New England Development and Improvement. Company of Manhattan free excursions will be held every day this week to Auburndale, a new suburb now being developed, between Flushing and Bay Side, L.

I. Dinner will be served free of charge to the company's guests every day. feature of each of the outings will be a free vaudeville performance and band concert. The company will also distribute souvenirs describing the beauties advantages of the new suburb. guests to.

Auburndale chartered The company has arrangedato trains the Long Island Railroad. TERRY GOING TO HONOLULU. Washington, June 13-Rear Admiral S. W. Terry, who is to be relieved from duty in command of the Washington Navy Yard by Rear Admiral Francis J.

Higginson, the first of next month, will probably be assigned to the command of the naval station at Honolulu. LEWIS NIXON'S STATEMENT. Believes U. S. Shipbuilding Reorganization Is All Right, but Resigns the Presidency.

Lewis Nixon gave out the following statement last night: "I feel that from indifference or intention a false impression has arisen concerning United States Shipbuilding Company's affairs, and that a statement relative to the matter is necessary. The first intimation that a movement had been made to revive the idea of shipbuilding combination was through a telephone conversation with Mr. Young last summer, in which he said that he had returned from France with underwriting for a large sum and that he had arranged with Mr. Dresser, the president of the Trust Company of the Republic, to obtain whatever additional underwriting was needed. Not one of the vendors had any part in making up the financial 1 plan of the new company.

"The plants were all sold as going concerns, free from bonded or mortgage indebtedness, such indebtedness being discharged out of purchase money in all cases except at Wilmington, where it was paid by the company itself before the plant was turned over. Every opportunity was given to the accountants representing the organizers of the new company to acquaint themselves with the condition of the business at each place, just as is always necessary in such cases, including full examination of books, and no information was refused or books of original entry closed to examiners. "Long term contracts, such as we have in shipbuilding, have suffered greatly during the past two years, as it has been a period of industrial revolution with steady rise of price of labor and cost of material, and especially has this been so during the time that has elapsed since the formation of the United States Shipbuilding Company. Hence most of the smaller margined contract profts have been changed to losses and all estimated profits reduced. This is strikingly shown in the cases of several shipyards outside the combination that have been in financial difficulty owing to the conditions prevailing during the past year.

The errors referred to by Mr. Gary were mainly in the estimate of asset values and in the forecast of profits, which, for the reasons mentioned, have not, materialized. While experience has shown that the estimate of half a million increase in earning due to economies of operation will be realized eventually, this cannot be relied on while the company is handicapped by need of additional facilities, larger working capital, money for repairs and until the decrease of energy of management of some of the plants with the removal of local and personal responsibility can be counteracted. "New work is constantly coming in and all the, companies have ample work before them. New money is needed and it can be obtained by the proposed plan and no better one has been advanced.

A receivership, even if the bondholders could work in harmony, might lead to many complications in connection with government work. am not personally in accord with the policy of the organizers, my advice in regard to taking new work and making bids having been disregarded. In matters pertaining to the practical as distinguished from the financial character of the business, I must have certain liberty of action, and as it is inevitable that no such liberty can be assured me during the process of reorganization, from the circumstances of the situation, I ani not satisfied to remain longer as the head of the company and have resigned to take effect the 1st of July." WASHINGTON SOCIETY NOTES. Alice Roosevelt to Spend Several Weeks at Boston With Her Grandmother. (Special to the Eagle.) Washington, June 13-The President and Mrs.

Roosevelt will now look forward to spending the rest this month at the White House. Last night they took dinner with the Secretary of State and Mrs. Hay. This morning Miss Alice Roosevelt left for Boston, and will spend several weeks there with her grandmother, Mrs. C.

Lee. The cold weather delayed the exodus George, fthe fashionable folk from Washington later than usual this year, but the ranks of society are gradually thinning. The British Ambassador and Lady Herbert, who have been in Newport this week with the parents of the latter, will sail Friday for England. Commander Cowles left for the North today to join his family at their home in Farmington, and to spend a month's leave of absence, The marriage of Miss Anita Veronica Phillips to Lieutenant Gilbert C. Smith, Second United States Cavalry, will take place Monday evening at the home of the bride's patents in this city.

VATICAN DENIES RUMOR OF POPE'S SUDDEN DEATH In Good Health but Not so Strong as Before His Recent Indisposition. RECEIVES SEVERAL PRELATES. General Astonishment in Rome Rumors in Other Cities of the Pontiff's Death. Rome, June 13-An official statement issued late this evening denies the rumors of the Pope's sudden death. His holiness is in good health, and Dr.

Lapponi, his physician, did not visit the Vatican either yesterday or to-day. General astonishment was produced here by the telegrams which poured in to-day, especially from Vienna and Berlin, announcing the death of the Pope, although not even a rumor of the death of his holiness had been heard here. These dispatches created a momentary sensation, and a rush was made for the Vatican to obtain news regarding the pontiff's health. It was found that there was no change in the condition of the Pope, who, though, as yet not quite so strong as before his last attack of intestinal trouble, leads his ordinary life except that he grants fewer. audiences.

The Pope to-day received several persons, among them Cardinal Respighi, vicar general of his holiness, and the Rev. Father Murphy, rector of the Irish College. His holiness was deeply interested in hearing details of the dinner given on Thursday by Mgr. Kennedy, rector of the American College, in honor of Mgr. Rooker and Right Rev.

Dennis J. Dougherty, at which Father Murphy was present. BROOKLYNITE ORDAINED IN ROME Rome, June 13--The Rev. Messrs. Fell of Buffalo, Corrigan of Philadelphia, McKenna of Brooklyn, Roth of Syracuse, Coleman of Hartford, Supple of Boston, Dunphy of Springfield, and Chambers of New York, students at the American College in Rome, have been ordained priests and have left here for the United States.

FOUND A DECOMPOSED BODY. Remains of an Unknown Woman Believed to Have Been in a Manhattan Cellar Three Weeks. Disturbed by a horrible odor which pervaded the house, the tenants of 63 Third avenue, Manhattan, yesterday complained to the police that they thought there was a dead body in the cellar. Upon searching the body of an unknown woman was found, 'so badly decomposed that several thought at first it was that of a colored woman. Miss Alice Morlan, her sister Loretta and Miss Edna Goodrich, who live in the house, were the first to find the body.

They recognized it as that. of a woman they had seen in the hallway, intoxicated, about three weeks ago. It is thought the body has been in the cellar all that time. The woman did not live in the house, the tenants say, and no one knew where she originally came from. SHOOT AT SPRINGFIELD.

(Special to the Eagle.) Springfield, L. June 13--The weather was fine here to-day and so was the attendance at the first shoot of the Ideal Gun Club. The scores: MATCH-10 TARGETS. Name. K.

K. M. S. Short Short .5 9 Bl 1A. Guja ..........4 6 MATCH-10 TARGETS.

Name. K. Name. K. M.

8. Short 9 Smith T. Short .8 2, Guja MATCH-10 TARGETS. Name. Name.

K. M. Glover 9 Voehringer Muench 3 Keppler S. Short 4 Kemmer Geiser 6 Gottachalk MATCH-10 TARGETS. Name.

K. M.1 Name. K. M. S.

Short 9 Guja Glover Short Marshall Muench MATCH-10 TARGETS. Name, K. M.I Name. K. M.

Muench 10 Vochringer Marshall 5 T. 6 MATCH-10 TARGETS. Name. K. Name.

K. M. Glover Gottschalk S. Short. Muench 2 H.

5 5 Vochringer MATCH-15 TARGETS. Name, K. Name. K. M.

T. 11 Vechringer Glover 11 Geiser Muench 10 Keppler 11 MATCH-10 TARGETS. Name, K. M. Name.

K. M. Glover Vochringer Muench 2 Keppler 3, 3 Gelser HAYTIAN MINISTER RESIGNS. Port-au-Prince, Hayti, June Minister of Finance has refused to prosecute the inquiry into the finazcial scandal here and has tendered his resignation, which has been accepted by the President, who is determined to proceed rigorously against the accused. HAZING HAS DISAPPEARED.

Optimistic Report of the Board of Visitors to West Point. Washington, June 13-The Board of Visitors to the West Point Military Academy has made its report to the Secretary of War. The report is Interesting chiefly because of very general commendation of the conditions at the academy, It is especially noted that the discipline is excellent and that hazing has disappeared, save in one or two cases, of a very mild character. The board made a thorough' examination of the plans and specifications, which have been prepared under the direction of the Secretary of War for new buildings and other improvements at the academy, they are approved without reservation. The total expenditure for these improvements will be $5,500,600.

HE DECLINED SHIBER'S $10. Captain Evans Wouldn't Take Money for Doing His Duty, So It Went to Pension Fund. Captain Eugene Shiber, years old, and 8 veteran of the Civil War, fell off a trolley car at Thirty-ninth street and Fifth avenue a few ago taken to the Fourth police station in a dazed conevenings, dition. Evans, who was quick to see that the man had met with an accident, had him carried to his room and cared for him until the arrival of surgeon from the Norwegian Hospital. When he had recovered suffciently to be moved Captain Shiber was sent to his home at 531 Fifty-third street.

A few days later he felt so grateful for the kindness shown him in the station house that he sent a letter of thanks and inclosed a ten dollar bill, which he asked the captain to accept for his trouble. Captain Evans is the sort of man who aids a person because he feels it his duty to do so. He returned the money with a polite note. Yesterday Captain Shiber sent the money to Commissioner Greene, with a request that! be added to the police pension fund. With it he sent a letter telling why it was sent.

STABBED BY A WOMAN. Colored Man in Hospital; Negress Arrested by Police. Bella Davis, 28 years old, colored, of 13 Fleet place, was arrested by Sergeant Fitzgerald William Scott of night, the same charged address with stabbing. quarrel. Scott is in the Brooklyn Hospital.

He will recover. OBITUARY. Eugene H. Banvard. Funeral were held last evening at 8 o'clock remains of Eugene H.

services, Banvard at his late residence, 11 Cooper street. He died Thursday of pneumonia. He had been ill six days. He was born in Cold Spring, L. 50 years ago, and was a son of John Banvard, a noted artist of that place, who was the builder of Daly's Theater, in Manhattan, where Banvard's Museum once held forth.

Deceased for twentyfive years was engaged in the real estate business at Watertown, South Dakota. For the past ten years he had been in the coal trade in the Eastern District. He was a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church and the Knights of Pythias. His wife and two sons survive him. The Rev.

Dr. H. T. Scudder, rector of St. Stephen's P.

E. Church officiated at the services. The interment was made in Evergreens Cemetery to-day. Captain W. A.

Lichtenstein. A life that had seen much of stirring adventure ceased in the death of William A. Lichtenstein, whose remains were buried yesterday afternoon, from his late residence at 370 Lafayette avenue. Born in Germany sixty-three years ago, the deceased, early in life, took to the sea and for twenty years prior to settling down to business in Fulton market, in Manhattan, he was the captain of the barks Golden Fleece and Amazon, sailing from Boston to San Francisco and the China ports. While in second command of the Golden Fleece, bound across the Pacific, the crew mutinied and killed the captain.

First Mate Lichtenstein, being the only one on board understanding navigation, was allowed to direct the vessel's movements, and he sailed it to a California port and secured the arrest of the mutineers. The deceased was the pioneer high-class butcher in Bridgeport, where, about four years ago, he established the Ottman system of meat treatment. Captain Lichtenstein died Thursday last, of pneumonia, following an illness of only twenty -four hours. He caught cold in Bridgeport and came to Brooklyn Wednesday night. He is survived by his widow, a daughter, Miss Emily, and a son, Frederick Lichtenstein.

Deceased was a Roman Catholic. His remains were interred in Calvary Ceme- tery. Kate Green. Yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock the Rev. Dr.

J. G. Bacchus, rector of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, conducted funeral services over the remains of Miss Kate Green, who died Wednesday and who was an active member of that congregation for many years. They were held at 15 Jefferson avenue, where death occurred, of debility due to advanced years. She was born in Wolverhampton, England, October 8, 1820.

She was the daughter of the late John Green. She had resided in Brooklyn nearly fifty, H. years. Aspinall, Two with sisters whom and she a resided, niece, Mrs. survive deceased.

The interment took place in Greenwood Cemetery. James Hildreth, Jr. James died yesterday morning at his residence, 314 Quincy street, at the age of 78 years. His death was due to Bright's disease, from which he had been suffering for many 'years. Mr.

Hildreth was well known in the varnish trade in this vicinity, He established, and was the senior member of, the Hildreth Varnish Company of 79 North Twelfth street. Mr. Hildreth was born in England and came to this countr; when quite young. He resided at the above address for the last eight years. He leaves a widow, two sons and one daughter.

The funeral services will be held at late a residence on Tuesday, and the interment will be at Wilmington, Del. BROOKLYN'S SMALLEST PARK. 0500.00 ONLYN EAGLE Alongside the tracks of the Long Island the little spot Bedford Park and carefully tinlature-dot the "park." Here and Railroad, at Atlantic and Bedford avenues, watches over the miniature "breathing there are signs, warnins the casual passeris Brooklyn's smallest park. It was laid out spot." by not to walk on the grass, not to pick the by Flagman Andrew A sign, bearing the name, "Bedford Park," flowers that grow In the park. Crawford, who guards has been erected over the little plot, where "Crawford's Bedford Park' is a source of the railroad crossing at that point.

Mr. Mr. Crawford has laid out eight square feet much curiosity and many persens have gone Crawford is the park keeper, park commis- In miniature walks, lawns and flower beds. long distances to visit it. Naturally, it in perintendent and president.

He has named edge and swings, arbors and fountains--all dagman, who designed and laid it out. BRIGHTON BEACH OPENED FOR THE SUMMER SEASON Chill of Late Spring in the Air Had No Depressing Effect. MANY CHANGES AT HOTEL. Good Music and Excellent Vaudeville Bill the Main Attraction--One Lone Bather. Brighton Beach annual summer In spite of a cloudy and intermittent opening yesterday 'atternoon and' evening.

showers, a large crowd gathered at the 'resort to enjoy its many atractions and the breezes of Old Ocean. At an early hour in the afternoon the Brooklyn Rapid a Transit Company began to operate the various lines to the, beach and had all it could do to handle the pleasure seekers who wanted to visit the resort. Up to late last night the returning cars, filled as were, bore ample testimony to the amount of business done. When the crowd reached the beach it was much surprised at the changes made since last season. The hotel, dressed in a new coat of paint, was very inviting and the visitors filled its broad piazzas.

The carrousel, which formerly was a conspicuous landmark and an eyesore to the patrons of the house, has disappeared and been reby a broad stretch of green lawn and placed flower beds. Since last season the interior arrangements the big seaside hostelry have been renovated. Everything In the completely hotel has been made up to date. Electric contributed much to this result, but lights it was noticeable last evening that while the hotel piazzas were in darkness, the music hall was thoroughly illuminated. Up to.

10 o'clock last night every train and trolley car brought its complement of visitors, and those who arrived too late for the vaudeville bill at the music hall passed the time on the board walk or in listening to the excellent band concert on the hotel veranda. In spite of the earliness of the season it said by the management last night that was than half the rooms at the hotel have more been engaged. The large parlors on the floors have been cut up into suites. upper The porch at one end of the hotel has been enlarged, and a band stand ornaments the front of the house. One hundred and sixtyfive additional tables have been placed on the verandas to accommodate the crowds.

The Turkish room at the hotel has been changed into a The music for the season will be furnished by Slafer's Band. Yesterday his men entertained the open crowds with a well-selected programme. A novel amusement was furnished to visitors by a sand artist on the beach. With a small stick he molded the wet sand into various shapes and designs. He chiseled the busts of Dewey and Cleveland and other well known men.

His repertoire also included reproductions of celebrated statuary. The water at the beach yesterday failed to attract the bathers, although the pavilions were ready for business. Much amusement, however. was furnished to the frequenters of the board walk by the antics of one lone bather. He remained in the water but a few moments when the cold drove him out.

The passing crowds applauded him and his efforts, but he accepted the gibes good-naturedly. Manager King of the Brighton Hotel told an Eagie reporter that the house will be under Pinkerton men this year and his guests will have perfect protection. Precautions will be taken to keep the resort wholesome and clean. At both performances at the music hall yesterday good sized audiences greeted the performers. The programme included Fulgora, the clever transfigurator, and Jessie Couthoui in monologue.

The other attractions were Rosa Naynon and her trained birds, Eddie Gray, the comedian; Claudius and Corbin, banjoists, and the Sisters Macarte in an acrobatic act. The bill as a whole was good. Altogether the opening was an auspicious one and augurs well for a prosperous season for Brighton. GENERAL TURNER CAPTURED. Middlesboro, June 13--General Turner, brother of Lee Turner, charged with complicity in the celebrated Quarter House battle, was captured last pight and lodged in the Pineville, jail this morning, General Turner was recently reported as having been killed by Lee Turner.

BROOKLYNITES IN PARIS. Eagle Bureau, 53 Rue Cambon. Paris, June 13-Brooklynites who registered at the Eagle, Bureau to-day were: and Mrs. B. Martin, William J.

Brett, Isabelle J. Watson, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Brandt, Miss Brandt, Frederick T. Aldridge and Miss Marguerite Aldridge.

ONE EXCISE ARREST. Joseph Stevens, a liquor dealer of 569 Eighteenth street, was arrested last night on a charge of violating the excise law in selling liquor to a child. BACKWARD BABIES. Their Food Usually at Fault. When the baby is peevish and ward about walking or talking the food will otten be found to be the reason.

This can be proved by changing to GrapeNuts food a few days for this scientitle food will digest in the weakest stomach and will give the proper nour. ishment for baby building. "When our girl was a tiny baby she had indigestion and although we did our best nothing seemed to help her. She was peevish and would not even try to walk, and many times would cry aloud and seemed to be in much pain. "As we had buried three children before you can imagine how we felt to see this little girl wasting away.

When she Was two years she had a terrible sick spell and we were very much alarmed. The doctor said she had summer complaint and indigestion and told us to use Grape Nuts, After we had given her two meals of this food her bowels were checked and in a short time she was completely well and strong again. "Then we noticed how her mind too began to improve. She had never talked before. but now she brightened up and understood things that were said to her.

She laughs all the time instead of crying, and now after two rears living on GrapeNuts she talks well. has a splendid memory, and is as bright and healthy and happy a baby ax any one would ever care to see. hope some other discouraged mother will read these lines and profit by them." Name given by Postum Battle Creek, Mich. An excellent way to prepare for very young babies la to take one and one-haif tablespoonfuls of Grape-Nuts and cover with a pint of cold water. Let it stand for half an hour.

strain, and set aside. When ready to use take 12 teaspoonfuls of the strained Grape-Nuts juice and 6 teaspoonfuls of rich milk. Add a pinch of salt and little sugar, warm and feed to baby every two hours. GrapeNuts, of course, la a food for everybody, but tiny babies are not expected to take the food in the same way as adults. MISCELLANEOUS, 1834.

1903. William Wise Son! 3 Wedding Silver in exclusive patterns at factory rates strictly. Ave. Fulton WEATHER FORECAST. Indications Until 8 P.

M. To-day. Washington, June 13-For Eastern New York: Partly cloudy and warmer Sunday; Monday, fair; warmer in the Interior; light to fresh southwest to west winds. At noon the Eagle's mercurial barometer, regietered 29.90, having risen .10 of an inch since noon yesterday. Record of the thermometers kept at the Brooklyn Dally Eagle office: 2 A.

60 4 A. 59 5 2 P. M. 6 A. 8 A.

9 P. 10 A. 67 11 P. 12 1 A. P.

67 General Conditions. The Atiantic coast storm after reaching the per and St. is central Valley spreed to the westward Upto-night over the Lower Lake region, with diminished energy, and has caused New England and also in the Middle through Atlantio general rains from Lake Huron eastward States. Temperatures are generally higher in the interior, although they are still below the seasonal average in the central valleys and the Southwest, decidedly so in the latter district. Temperatures will rise slowly in the East, South, and Southwest and be somewhat lower in the Northwest.

On the New England coast winds will be variathe ble, Middle though mostly fresh south to southwest; on Atlantic coast light to fresh west; on the South Atlantic coast variable; on the Gulf coast fresh to brisk northeast, probably high on the Texas and Louisiana coasts; on the Upper Lakes Lakes fresh northwest to north and on the Lower fresh and variable, becoming west. Storm warnings are displayed on the Gulf coast from New Orleane to Browneville, and on the Maine coast. and advisory messages have been sent to Gulf ports from Mobile to Key West. HIGH WATER. -A.

M. Dura Time Height Time Height Rise H. M. Feet H. M.

Feet E. M. New York. 10:57 3.8 4.2 5:84 6:25 Sandy Hook 10:49 3.9 10:57 4.2 6:08 ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS. To-night and To-morrow Morning.

Sun seta 7:32, rises 4:28. Moon rises 10:26 P. M. Moon's age, 19 days. SHIP NEWS.

Arrived at New York To-day. Etruria, Liverpool. Grenada, Port au Spain. Princess Anne, from Newport News. Sailed From New York To-day.

Adirondack, for Port au Prince. Arkansas. for Copenhagen. Bellanoch, for Montevideo. Benefactor, for Philadelphia.

Caribbee, for St. Thomas. for Rio Janetro. Cervantes, for Manchester. Chattahoochee.

for Boston. Chesapeake, for Baltimore. Curityba, for Matanzas. Daggry. for Progreso.

El Dia. New Orleans. Ethiopia. for Glasgow. Guyandotte, for Norfolk.

Hekla, for Copenhagen. Huron, for Charleston. Hypatia, for Montevideo. Lampasas, for Key West and Galveston. Lucania, for Liverpool.

Minnehaha, for London. Miramar, for Cardenas. Morro Castle, for Havana. Navaboe. for Wilmington.

Palatia, for Hamburg. Perugin, for Naples. Philadelphia, for. Curacao. Rotterdam, for Amsterdam.

Sabine. for Brunswick. Sarmatia, for West Bay, N. S. Tallahassee, for Savannah.

Thordle, for Havre. Weimar. for Genoa and Naples Zeeland. for Antwerp. Arrived at Foreign Ports To-day Gravesend-British Princess, from New York.

Hamburg-Deutschland, from New York. Hamburg--Pennsylvania, from New York. Naples-Germania, from New York. Palermo--Sicilian Prince, from New York. Plymouth--Grosser Kurfurst, from New York.

Rotterdam-Ryndam, from New York. Sailed From Foreign Ports To-day. Bermuda- Trinidad. for New York. Boulogne-Statendam, for New York.

Bremen- Barbadoes, for New York. Cherbourg -Blueher, for New York. Cherbourg--Philadelphia, for New York. London--Minnetonka, for New York. Moville-Columbia, for New York.

Naples -Patria, for New York. Shields-Pinna, for New York. CONCERT IN PROSPECT PARK. Shannon's 23d Regiment Band Entertained Crowd of More Than 3,000, Despite Threatening Weather. The downpour of rain which preceded the concert by Shannon's Twenty-third Regiment Band at Prospect Park yesterday afternoon deterred the usual large crowd from visiting the park to enjoy the music.

Nevertheless there were between 3,000 and 4,000 persons present when the band started off with the "Star Spangled Banner," following up this customary patriotic prelude with a diversified programme which contained considerable music of good quality. The most noticeabie of the selections were the arrangements of excerpts from the operas of Balte, the dainty entr'acte, "La Columbe" of Gounod, Massenet's "Scenes Pittoresque," the "Reine de Saba" number of Gounod'6 and Reissiger's "'Medusa" overture. Sandwiched in between these selections were jingles of what is sometimes termed of the popular variety. but the music of substantial nature received the most applause, the gathering apparently being a discriminating one. John J.

Nestor sang several tenor solos of a light character acceptably, to the accompaniment of noisy acclaim. The programme was: "Star Spangled Overture. Shipwreck of the Reissiger Excerpta from Prince Ludere Entr'acte, "La Columbe" of Gounod Reminiscences Balfe. Caprice, "A Lesson In Englander Suite, "Scenes Massenet 1, "Tempo de de Ballet." 3. 4.

"Fete. Boheme." Novelette, "The Warbler's Serenade" March. States Forever' (now) Lacalle Solo for tenor, "Honey' Mayo Geary Nestor. triumphale entry from "Reine de Gounod Fipale, "'Hail MARRIAGE IN INDIA. Marriage no one may escape in India.

It is, as death and birth, Inevitable. Only birth and death are our Analities, marriage may come by choice, caprice or accident: these are not tound in Indian dictionaries. The wisdom of selection is left to parents. of course, there are mistakes, surprises, disappointinents, as everywhere. But I saw much love-light in happy eyes In India as in any other -Everybody's Magazine.

AS THE CUSTOM IS. Mrs. Flatbush--The proprietors of those bridge cars are unreasonable. Mr. Flatbush--What's wrong now? "Why, they won't furnish women with seats in the cars, and they refuse to allow them to jump off the bridge.

What are we poor things to do' "Stand up like a little woman and be -Yonkers UNFEELING. want to get a muzzle," said the young woman. "What size?" asked the clerk. "Oh, I think that will do," pointing to one. "All right, madam," said the olerk absentmindedly: "shall I send it or will you wear 11t?" --Yonkers Statesman,.