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THE BROOKLYN" DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. WEDNESDAY. JULY 28. 1909.

BUSINESS NOTICES. BUSINESS NOTICES. (Trmd. Mark "Eal" Rwiatarwl.) AUTOMOBILE FIRE INSURANCE ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE CO.

Incorporated 1865 Assets $5,800,000 CAVAIMAGH KUHN BROOKLYN AGENTS. 367-373 FULTON ST. LOW PENSION ROLL Only 947,708 Beneficiaries of the Federal Pension System. Admiral Sohroeder's Order, Substitut ing "Jackies" for Marines on Battleships, Causes Trlotlon. Eagla Bureau, (08 Fourteenth Street.

Wnnhinvtnn Tulv 2R Tho ITnltnit Rlaieg pension roll la now at the lowest notch It has occunierl fnr the riant sixteen years. The forthcoming report of Commissioner Warner will show that there are now Just 947,708 benefloiarles of ths Federal pension system. This is the smallest number re ported at any time since 1893. A ooudIs of years bko the pension roll reached thA 1.000.000 mark. It remained there for a brief period of time only, as deaths resulting from old age quickly reduced It; Thn nenaion authorities believe that the list will shrink rapidly from now on, unless Congress broadens the pensionable field by new legislation.

It has been practically forty-five years since the Civil War ended. Thn trim reaDOf has Cut down ths veterans at a rata which ought to reassure the disciples ot economy In governmental affairs who have opposed a generous pension system. Durint the month of May there were 4,113 deaths among the pensioners. Dur ing the same month 2,938 names wero adds tn the Hat. The removals by death more than offset this gain, the net decrease for that month alone being 1,460.

The following table shows the variations In the pension list for the past twenty years. The cost of pensions In is was last year It was $165,000,000. Year. Number. Year; Number.

18S8 6S1.019 1889 993,029 1890 637,944 1901 twi, 1891 999,448 lti S76.U98I1903 9911,640 994,762 18W3. 1894 969,544 11905 898,441 1909 985,971 1895 970,024 1898 970,878 1897 978,014 1898 993,714 1907 96i.au 1908 1909 847,708 But one pensioner now remains on the roll on account of the Revolutionary War. She ia Phoebe M. Palmer, of West Ed- meston, N. and she is 88 years of age.

She was the daughfer oi jonatnan wooiejr who served In a New Hampshire company under General Washington. She was pensioned by a special act of Congress. During the paet few months a second surviving pensioner credited to the Revolutionary War passed away. She waB Sarah C. Hurlbutt, aged 91, who was a daughter of Elijah Weeks, who served in a Massachusetta company.

The last surviving widow pensioner of the Revolutionary War was Esther S. Damon of Plymouth Union, Vermont, who died on November 11, 1906, aged 92. The last survivor of the War of the Revolution was Daniel F. Bakeman, who died at Freedom; Cattaraugus County, New York, on April 6, 1869, aged 109 years 6 months and 8 days. The last surviving pensioned soldier of the War of 1812 was Hiram Cronk of Ava, New York, who died on May 13, 1905, aged 105 years and 16 days.

The name of 471 widows of the War of 1812 remain ed on the pension roll on June so, iau, Officials of the Navy Department are mum aa oysters regarding the meaning of the order Issued the other day by Ad- mlral senroeaer, suDsiuuung jaciues for marines for stated periods on board the vessels of the Atlantic fleet. Secre- the vesael8 o( the Atlantic fleet, secre- "a hi. oompanlon was George tary Meyer years old, of 325 Wesl Georg0 H. West sou's marriage, even to "a perfect lady." who was "smart" He was soon dissuading his son from the step. When the son explained that "they" hud both agreed thut marriage was not for the best; the old terror In the cabinet retorted: "Yes, but the lady don't feel that way.

really. We see tho Inside working of the mind. In that we have an advantage over yon." It will occur to most readers that that is not the chief advantage enjoyed by ghosts who cultivate the Hyslop style of comment. Seriously, one hardly knows whether most to pity the mental state which can accept such "revelations" or to despise the spirit which can put them In print, in utter disregard of the feelings of the other persons Involved. It 1 almost too amazing to be funny.

A Dreadful Prospect. With mingled amazementtand apprehension we learn that the new winter hats for women are to be at least eighteen Inches high, a modified form of tie busby that we associate with the British Grenadiers. You never can tell what fashion will do for the delectation of woman. Mere man muddles along year after year with a few insignificant and almost imperceptible changes In the cut of his lapels nnd the lines of his trousers, or a slight widening or narrowing of his hat brim. But woman In a few brief seasons will run the gamut from the balloon sleeve to the sheath gown; sho wjll hook herself or compel others to hook her up the back and again down the side; she will forsake tho merrv widow for the peach basket, and as cheerfully abandon the latter for the monstrosity that Is now im minent, and which is said to be oi Russian origin with a Parisian stamp.

Wall, If it must come, protest muy well be stifled. What the mysteri ous dictators of fashion decree for woman the coarser sex is, privileged tn nnv for and obliged to endure. Tremulously we await the invasion. It may bring an improvement upon nrevailine styles, though we must con fess that a prospect so fortunate is not to be consldeied proDaDie. i.et lis rather nrenare for the worst, know ing that ultimately a reaction will set in, that the darkest hour Is just rjeiore rho rhiwn and that ere long tne aear creatures will cease to be disfigured by the devices of Insane milliners wuo will themselves suddenly become sane, repentant and Intelligent.

Cars on Manhattan Bridge. There is some faint hope for a car service on the Manhattan Bridge in the recmest for additional time for the franchise application made by the re ceivers of the Metropolitan Bireei Hull war Company to the special com mittee of the Board of Estimate. The original application of these re ceivers should be, and probably would ceivers should be, ana prooauij be, rejected in short. order, because was utterly inadequate. It was for franchise 'to run the cars ot rvimnnnv across the hvlrtue and to end tne line at me Brooklyn plaza, thus dumping out their passengers at a.

"point where there will be -tio adequate means for their distribution throughout Brooklyn. Controller Met, protested vigorously be fore he sailed to Europe against o-nntinir nnv such franchise as that and insisted that the company should hniirl tracks and bring Its passengers up to Fulton street, through the Flat- bush avenue extension. The receivers object to that because the tracks would cost $250,000.. But they ask for time in order to consult the bondholders of the company, the control of the property by the receiv ers being merely temporary, it is to be hoped that those having a permanent interest if the receipts of the Metropolitan Company will see tlie matter differently. The company is to carry passengers across tne bridge, and to give transfers to its various surface lines in Manhattan, for a single fare.

It seems oovious 44. chnnlri wish to reach a con- gested traffic point in Brooklyn in or der to attract passengers ctroot nnrl Flatbush avenue is such a point, and it is essential to the service of the people or tsrooMju muu the Manhattan passengers su brought there. It would also De prot- ltable to the Manhattan company i from the lines of travel which converge there. The ex- nf time asked for may wen oe it should lead to a proper extension of the franchise application. PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL What became of Bleriofs crutches In the excitement Borne of tne omer iei- lows may need them.

h. nfton heen truly said that the follies of the misguided rich, not their riches, become their undoing: but it doesn't sink in always wnere neeaeu. Where are the "good fellows- wno uaeu to run their steam yachts into arenmom vears aao. establishing new rec ords at gin-drinking and tipping? Mrs. Ocoree Law.

who la related to tho Smiths, one of the most respected and Roosveltian families in this country, it ppears is now mixed up with ner dress maker In Paris. Mrs. Law appears to be there principally to spend the pile of mnnev her stanch fatber-ln-law made out of our old horse cars and ferry boats. Her late husband, the younger George Law, gray-haired and handsome, was a steam yachtsman in the late "Archie" Watt's class of good fellows awfully Jolly tars, and very kind, as they sup- nn.ort in their fellow men employed aa waiters, and to whom they gave lavishly -Bometlmes five-dollar bills, for padding the rough places In their lives, it is now the adt. and the pretty widow ap pears, the bloom of rugged Shrift or the distributing department ot tne family chest.

Her Income is estimated at nnn veur We learn that she is more or less pursued by such notables as the Maharajah of Kaprutnana, uount ae jjion (kin to the Due de Boucclcault), Count Chasselon (nevvy of the fourth Viscount de Casserole), and Prince Furstonburg iiatn fiance of the well-known chaperon Mrs. Lastondeck). The full membership roll of the American Widow Hunt Club ought some day to be published, and a valuable tract would be a correlative list ot the widowB of our late "good fellows," SiSch a book would go well under the title of1" Aalss Seed Hag." subject to the jurisdiction of the state courts. Stnte Supreme Court Justice Hendrick yesterday overruled the de murrer, declaring that the receivers must defend the suit brought by the Commission. Suppose they will not, nnd apply to the Federal courts to resist a levy on the Judgment What then? The point has already been reached where one or tbs other must yield or go to war.

However, there will be much Utlgatlou and appeals to higher Judicial authorities before the physical conflict Is precipitated. There are lawyers who predict that If the question reaches the United States Supreme Court the finding will be that Federal receivers were illegally appointed. Should Apologize. It Is severe, If not savage, for the Evening Sun to say It "thought Mr. Bok was the only Phlladelphlan who could be so free, so fortunately free, from knowledgo of our Institutions." Ignorance Is a synoym for freedom from knowledge.

Complete freedom from knowledge signifies complete Ignorance. Those who ars completely Ignorant know nothing whatever, which may be alleged of Mr. Bok, but not greatly to his detriment For, having been In New York, It follows that ho knows something. And his knowledge must be profound, seeing that he Is not in the habit of know-ing anything superficially. Indeed, so deep-seated Is this habit that he has little to learn of places he has never seen.

The Evening Sun should apologize. Success and Failure That Is Near Success. About the time that Hubert Latham's monoplane was tumbling into tho English Channel, Just outside ot Dover, Orville Wright was making a new American record with his biplane at Fort Myer, and M. Soinmer was smashing European records with heavler-than-alr machines at Chalons, In France. There Is no qualification to be attached to the achievements of Wright and M.

Som-mer. They were successful beyond all expectations. Latham's attempt may be too hastily written down as a complete failure, but it was very far from that. True, he did not duplicate the feat of his compatriot, Ble-rlot, but he did maintain a speed that was close to a mile a minute and lett the fastest of the pursuing torpedo boats hopelessly astern. Failure in his case Is so near to success that he is obviously entitled to all the applause his gallant effort seems to have evoked.

The crossing' of the British Chan nel and the 'tests of the Wright ma chine have given a tremendous im netus to 'the practice of aviation. It Is the Rtience of the hour. The air is full of dirigibles and flying ma chines. Columns of the newspapers are devoted every day to recording the doluns of men whose lives are given up to the conquest of the ether. The world is as surely entering upon a new era of transportation as It was when Stephenson first put the Rocket on the rails.

The Eaale long ago pointed out and deplored the fact that too much stress was being put upon the military aspect of aviation. In the future the great airship of Zeppelin and the monoDlanea and biplanes of less im posing inventors will have their place In the armaments of the world, pre cisely as the ship and the locomotive driven bv steam have their place to day. But the peaceful significance or what the Zeppelins and the Wrights and the Bleriots are doing is infinite ly greater than the relation of their work to the mechanism of war. In whatever form science Increases the means of communication between the nations of the world, just so far does it advance the cause of universal peace. Escape From a Psychic Researcher.

We extend congratulations to the unknown woman who seems to have stood in some danger of becoming the second Mrs. James H. Hyslop. She will appreciate the magnitude of her escape when she reads the records of certain inouiries concerning her which Dr. Hyslop tried to project into the other world, and which he has set down in cold type in the Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research.

Before he committed himself to a second marriage Dr. Hyslop consult ed, through "psychic," the spirits of his dead wife, of his father and of Mr. Hodgson, who in the flesh was a fellow researcher into the affairs or the other world. Of course, that would be nobody's business but Dr. Hyslop's, had he not published the record of these supposed "conversations." Since he has done so, we feel safe in assuring his friends, the "trance psychics" or whatever their chosen name may be that they arc in no danger of having Dr.

Hyslop snatched from his dalliance with the spirits by any merely mortal attrac tinn: When they suspect any waver ing of his allegiance, all they need to do is to send to the woman who seems to be the cause of the disturbance the printed record of these "cou- We risk little in the pre diction that their perusal will assure tn- Hvslon's permanent wiuower- Vtftnrl. It is not surprising to learn that the spirit of the first wife looked coolly ii i inn the uronosed second marriage, although she was reported to have been won over to the project on tlie rrpnnml that "it would be better for the girls." But if the ghost of the first Mrs. Hyslop was cool, she was at lonst iiiihte to her expected successor. Thnt is more than can be said for the ghost of the inquirer father. vr heiran with the cordial remark that "a woman always spoils but admitted that his sou's choice was "as good as any or tnem are.

She is very smart, and such a nerfect ladv." In that case one can only reflect upon how lonely she would hove been had she joined the Mr-atmi family, in view of the amaz ing publication they have made in re gard to her. But the spook Hyslop was not long content In thi prospect of his avenue route, or the blunt Htnteinent of President Shonts to Controller Met that "the Interborouah doesn't want to operate further In Brooklyn." With both the big traction companies opponedi then, to subway development In Brooklyn, manifestly the only Immediate chance for securing adequate transit facilities between Manhattan and the various sections this borough 11 eg In the advent of competitor. A responsible company, anxious to compete, has formally offered to construct and operate a comprehensive subway ysteni, extending from the Bronx to Coney Island, with lines traversing other parts of Brooklyn. But, to vitalise the offer, franchises are necessary. And franchises can be secured only from the Board of Estimate.

If. therefore. Brooklyn is to reclaim her rightful heritage that tremendous development which an official policy so-called has been diverting to New Jersey, Brooklynltes must make sure that at the coming municipal election, only such candidates are elected to office as may be relied upon, by their subsequent official acts, to reflect the will of the people as against the desires of the existing traction companies. Opportunity op-proaches. If, In November, it be neg lected, Brooklyn can look for a re turn la kind neglect.

To Check Indecent Stage Shows. The nolice have undertaken a work which has needed doing In this town for a year since the Salome dancers spread ovor the stage like a plague. They are arresting women who make indecent exhibitions of themselves. Not lonir aco a performer who has been notorious for her nastlness for several years was arrested as a com mon nuisance In Harlem. The only fault which could be found with that characterization Is that the woman has been an uncommon nuisance, few her sex being willing to descend her plane In public exhibitions.

Now one of the notorious Salome dancers has been arrested, and Is al lowed to continue her performances pending the determination of the case. on condition that she has a police matron in the wings to make sure that the tights she wears come be low her kuees. That order for speciilc Inn inla. supervision is ui ceucy of the undressing act which the woman has been giving nnd affords ample Justification of the police In arresting her. But there is more work of the kind to be done.

The police might profit ably turn their attention to the women who slug songs with suggestive Innuen does in theaters supposed to be re spectable, and where a large part of the audiences are women. The songs of one of these offenders are advertised as "demure." A song which one of her rivals gave in Brooklyn not long ago could not claim any such innocent descriptive adjective. If Com missioner Baker will rid our stages of a few of these nuisances he will win commendation from the men who like to take their wives with them to vaudeville shows. The First Thunder Clap. Trip first chance to hear from the plain people in the Republican party since action on the tariff bill began was given by the state convention in Nebraska yesterday.

That body left no doubt that tne Republicans of Nebraska want the tariff revised downward. They put their approval of President Taft for trying to secure such revision, and of the Nebraska Senators for voting against the Aldrich bill, in no uncertain lnnifunire. As there Is no reason to suppose that the Republicans of other Middle Western states reel ainerenny ou this question from those of -Nebraska, the indorsement of the President is worth quoting in full: Wo nnnrnve. commend and unqualifiedly indorse the stand taken by President Taft in the matter of tariff revision. We are counting on him to see to it that the niatform promise of revision is redeemable by the enactment of a tariff hill acceptable to the people and we would approve the exercise of his veto on any bill that does not conform to bis construction of the platform pledge, which he has said means "revision downward within the limitations ot the protective principle." We look to our Senators and Representatives in Congress to sustain the President in this position and we com mend them for their efforts In support of the party pledges and tne rresiaeni a policies.

It was the people behind Roosevelt who made him powerful in his battles with Congress. Here is emphatic no tice that the people are behind Presi dent Taft in his effort to secure a lower tariff. Furthermore', there is notice that the people expect the Pres lrlent to bring Congress to his views, they having had a vivid proof of the power of a President in tnat direction when he is willing to fight. What will President Taft do about the appeal? If he does nothing, what will the Hepubltcans of Nebraska, and of states which have the same interest in the reduction of tariff taxation, do? That is the problem which will face the Republican leaders next year ana two venrs later. In case the tariff about to be adopted falls to reduce the cost of living.

Conflict of Federal and State Au thority. There Is opportunity for the pre dicted clash or conflict of the state nnil Federal courts over the Metro nnlitnu Street Railway Company. That company is in the hands of receivers appointed by the Federal court, which to suv that the railway is In the hands of the Federal court, nnd is administered by its agents through the power conferred on them by the court. The Metropolitan is corporation created by the State of New York and, under state statutes, subject to tlie supervision and regulation of the state. One of the requirements of the stnte is that the Metropolitan should make an annual report to the Public Service Commission.

It failed to do so, and the Commission, by a suit at law, sought to recover the penalties provider! for such omission and failure. The onoiveva pntered a demurrer, the chief nnu-it nf wlilnh wns that an officers of the Federal court they were not WEDNESDAY EEfINO, JtJLT 2. IKS. This Papa hu a Circulation Large than that of any other Evening Piper of iU class in the United State. Its value ai an Advertising Mec3um Apparent.

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No. 6200 Main. To Put a Premium on Fraud. Sixteen states have bad Income tax experiences. Ten of them, having had nt least enough, will have no more.

In one of the remainder, a commission is considering the advisability Kit recommending repeal. The other live appear to be disposed to persist, avith a possibility that state and nation will raid the same income. Per-liaps on the same day and date. It Is a cheerful prospect David Macgregor Means has given thought to the subject of taxation. He catalogues the methods.

That by which every man is taxed in proportion to his income; That which Increases taxation aa the revenue of the individual taxed increases, and That by which the aim is to obtain revenue for the government with the least possible diminution of the revenue ot the taxed. The first two of these methods Imply that the revenue of every person can be ascertained by the government, which Is a fallacy. All experience proves to the contrary. Says Mr. Means: The Injustice ot these methods results chiefly from the tact that they necessarily require self-assessment by the taxpayer.

He goes on to assert that the tax leads to so much evasion and fraud ns to put a premium on dishonesty, milling that the "concealed cost" of collecting Is shown to be far greater than appears from reports. Here Is a choice specimen of operation: Two men are assessed on an Income of $3,000 a year. One is a bachelor, who Inherited his principal; the other lias a larire family and earns his rev enue. In the presence 6f the collector there is no difference between the two. Most people will be disposed to agree with the expert when he says that while at the perjuries of taxpayers, like those of lovers, Jove may laugh, the effect is to lower the moral tone and to give an Impetus to corrup tion on the part of the citizens or of the collector, or of both.

This Is what all the commonwealths ore to be asked to sanction. A Little Matter of Time. Tn tne Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle Yesterday evening I made a trip from Metuchen. N. to Flatbush that set me to thinking.

The time from the Metuchen station, which is twenty-six rnlleB from Jersey City to Avenue on the Brighton line, was 1 hour and 36 minutes. I came via the McAdoo Hudson River tubes. Prior to this time I have always figured this as a two-hour journey; that was the way it averaged. Twenty-five minutes has been lopped off. But none of it has been lormed off at the Brooklyn end! Why can't we Brooklynltes do our share ot the time saving? FLATBUSH Brooklyn, July 26, 1909.

To this illuminating letter, attaches a deeper significance than lies in the ouestlon asked. In a nutshell, it tells the story of the development of New Jersey at Brooklyn's expense. Twen-tv-five minutes lopped off a journey which had previously averaged two hours! Twenty-five minutes lopped off, but none of it at the Brooklyn end! There Is the explanation; tnere, in the improved transit facilities be itneen Manhattan and New Jersey, while conditions between Manhattan and this borough remain unchanged, is grimly set forth the real reason why thousands of Mnubattanites the great majority of them against their inclinations have, instead of seeking homes in Brooklyn, felt compelled to migrate to the Jersey suburbs. Ilegarding the qi'ery as to "Why can't we Brooklynites do our share of the time-saving," the answer is presumably embraced in a recent charge that "the transit situation in Ihis city is dominated by the traction iuterens." The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company does not concede its opposition to the Fourth avenue subway. It realizes that the building of' that road would ultimately involve for the transit company a fare to Coney Island, since the public would hardly pay 10 cents to reach by an Indirect route a place it could directly reach for 5 cents.

Likewise, there would seem to be little doubt, but that a "gentlemen's agreement" of some sort continues to exist between the Brooklyn Rapid Transit and the Interborough. Only on that assumption can be explained the otherwise inexplicable failure of tlw. TiirarluirnllQ-Vl. In tile face 01 a loriiliuame oppuauiuu iv fitter to build the formidable opposition proposed, of a as of to 4 the large list of "green" mechanic, who are strangers to the ways of the Navy. i nf three drugs without the advice of a physician has Just been sent out by the Department of Agriculture.

The three drugs are acetanllld, Thorn, are com- antipynn anq poou.i.., iji. paratlvely new drugs which are widely used to produce lnsenaioiiiijr proprietary headache medicines are very apt to contain one or more of them. The use of such drugs without the advice of a physician is dangerous, since they tend to depress the heart and the nerves, and may lead to the formation of a drug namt, say me Agricultural Department, inis u'?" by reports from 400 physicians, made in response to Inquiries sent out. These physicians state that from 1884 to 1907 they have known 28 deaths resulting from the use of one or another of these three druds. besides 814 cases of poisoning, and 136 cases In which the patients nave formed the drug using hahit, wun vanuuo evil results.

nn mnrA nf thn 814 CSSes Ot poisoning the victim was a physician, a fact whlcn leaas one 10 reuen. uii, physician is likely to have bad results in iinicrH tha nrdlnarv man should be doubly cautious in using them or anything containing tnem. rnysicians are using these drugs less freely and with ooiitinn than when thev were first introduced. But the genjral public, on the other hand, seems more auu more purchasing headache mixtures containing doslns- itself without ad vice from a physician. CRIST.

RUN DOWN BY JOY RIDERS. Two Men Hurled Fifteen Feet by a Speeding Taxlcab In Manhattan. a unending taxlcab containing a party of men and women struck and hurled Into thn 'ir two men who were crossing Sev enth avenue, at Twenty-sixth street, Manhattan, shortly before 2 o'clock this morning, and It waB only after tnree hours of close observation that tne oene-vue Hospital physicians found that one of the men did not have a serious fracture of the skull. In addition to muiuui bruises and cuts on his scalp, face and nro thmicrht hia frontal bone was cracked, but later it was decided the an narlniifl. The other Vic Moor Vnrk Hosrjital.

was not be conflned to week lf he is abie "'B De hurt oo old. a con- Forty.8eventh living 1 The taxlcab and Its occupants escaped :7 rr av the car The taxlcab and its occupant lther red or yellow. occupants, evidently two men XL women were drunk and noisy, hnad waa geen t0 D( tnv nn vnmiiTi'fl hnad was seen 10 ue hanging over one of the doors, and anoth er one hair was flowing aown ner men. The two men, one of whom was standing up in the car shouted and laughed by turns, and no effort waB made to stop the machine wnen jacuaDe ana wero hurled into the air. wh.n tho mnnhlno struck the men it threw Clark to the right for about fifteen feet and McCabe for an equal aistance 10 the left.

He almost leu near me waeeio. the car passing him with about an inch clearance. Three policemen ran up at once ana picked up the injured men, and had them taken to the hospitals. "BODJT IN ROAD A DUMMY. Failure of Alderman Morrison and His Party to Locate It Is Explained.

Alderman George A. Morrison's exciting experience of Monday evening was, unknown to him, participated in by another automobile party from Blue Point. While passing the spot at Oakdale mentioned in last evening's Eagle, the Blue Point automobile was suddenly halted by the driver to avoid running over what appeared to be the prostrate body ot a man in the middle of the road. The party alighted and with lanterns hurried to give what aid they could. To their surprise, they found that some practical Jokers, not realizing the serious consequences likely to occur under tho circumstances, had placed a well made dummy, fully clothed, in such a position as to greatly snocii wnoever saw n.

Much relieved, the party dismembered the figure, In order to preclude a second Joke of this order, and threw the pieces into the brush along the road. The strange part of the occurrence lies In the fact that between the time of the passing of the first party and their halting of Alderman Morrison, the Blue Point party htfd removed the figure, which ex-nioin. whv nothing was found when the alderman and his friends made their search. MAY INCORPORATE LYNBR00K Vote on Proposition to Be Taken at If ass Meeting on Saturday Evening. (Special to the Eagle.) Lynbrouk, L.

July 28 A mass meet Inn has been called, to be held in l.vcpum Hall, on Saturday evening, to discuss the advisability of incorporating Lynbrook. This matter has been fcefore the residents of the place for some time, and It has been discussed pro and con, and now, after considerable difficulty, the committee in charge has secured the necessary number of signatures of resident taxpayers, and it is proposed to hold a public hearing upon the question before the petition Is presented to Supervisor Smith Cox for final action. There appears to be a strong feeling in favor of the proposition, but It is also known that there are some who are opposed to It. Taking the petition secured as a basis, there appears to be little doubt that h.n th. nrnnosttlon comes ud for a vole it will bo carried by a large majority.

A number of prominent speakers have b.en secured to address the meeting on Saturday night, and every taxpayer is urged to attend. LIGHT WIBES IN BAD SHAPE. (Special to the Eagle.) Riverhead, L. July 28-George H. Perkins, representing the Riverhead Electric Light Company, and a representative nf the Hallett Company, a rival concern, are at Albany to-day to appear before the Public Service commission, iiiejr have been summoned there as a result of a visit to Riverhead by an inspector of the commission, who has reported to the board that the wires of both companies, are Is a dangerous condition, At the quickstep Enough imoorted socks to sock 21 full regiments, and then a few.

21,408 pairs. Fancv lisle socks of everv pnnceivable color and nattern: plain colors of all sorts, and blacks. 2,700 pairs are 35c. quality. 18,708 pairs are 50c.

quality. At least those are the orices these qualities sell at now, though rumors trom Washington suggest that socks will be higher before they are lower. But these socks can never in a regular way be anything like Lu-Ucty puLc, 25c You may be able to pick up at the same time a $5 or $6 pair of shoes at $3.40. There's good picking still. To say nothing of the men's suits marked down to $15 and $20.

Rogers Peet Company, Three Broadway Stores at 13th st st; 34th st Warren st ESTABLISHED 1889 House Decorators Architectural Alterations Hardwood Floors Practical Suggestions 455 FULTON STREET. Tel. 2890 Main. FREEP0RT NEGRO WANTED. Kalph Havens Is Charged With Forg.

ing Employer's Name to Checks. He Has Vanished. (Special to the Eagle.) PreeDort. L. July 28 The Freenort police have sent out a general alarm for thn arrest of Ralph Havens, a negro who has been here tor the past year.

The young man is wanted for forgery, and tne local police would appreciate any co-operation in their endeavor to capture him and thereby protect the public. Havens came here about a year ago and paraded around in a sailor's uniform, claiming mat ne naa just lett me navy. After a short time he succeeded in Ret ting work from Silas A. Williams, a liv eryman here, and has been wommg tor blm at Intervals ever since. On Monday morning the officials of the bank received some checks signed with Mr.

Williams' name, but evidently not In his handwriting. They Immediately com munlcated with Mr. Williams, who after looking at the checks declared them a forgery. One was for $12 while the other was for $9. Both were drawn up payable to Ralph Havens and signed A.

Will lams." One of the checks, that for $9, Havens had passed off on the firm of Cooper Powell at Hemiwtead, he claiming that the check was in payment of his salary, while the $12 was passed on the proprietor of a little store on Merrick road, in the negro settlement It has since been learned that he attempted to get a check for $40 cashed at the hotel Three Gables and several other places, but as far as can be learned the check was not cashed. As soon as the forgery waa discovered a warrant was sworn out and a general laa.ioA fn tho DMIl'l ATTCSt. Havens Is a man about no years oi age, foot inohea in height. He had thick Hps and very black, piercing eyes. He Is of slim build, has a scar over his eye and walks erectly.

THE FLYING FROG. "A Froggy'e blooming aeroplane Thn channel now has crossed. 1 Says Asqulth, features torn with psta. 'Our prestige is iosi. Lord Northcllff was a dead game sport.

His thousand pounds to pay, The Gallic glory to support, Waste er the Jokers say. Field Marshal Bobs lifts high his hesat "I told you so, he sighs; "No Briton's safe within his bed, While high the Frenchman flies." But, though John Bull is made so sore) By thoughts he can't escape: "We've seen the Frenchmen fly before," Is Rudyard Kipling's Jape. rtr-RTSTTAN SCIENCE LECTURE. "L.W "rrr Tin experiment or wnemer is io dh ucrmu ent or whether It Is to be perma- nent, The Secretary, contents himself with the statement that the order origin- ated with Admiral Schroeder and that department has "accepted it. neyouu tln Ropr-fitnrv Mover will not.

eo. The unexpected oraer, nowever, nan created a great deal of surprise. It has inomhor. nt PnnffrORfi 1 V. uijaviucu After tne snarp ngnc against, rremuom Roosevelt's order, taking marines off tho shlna it waa thoueht that the matter has been permanently settled.

greas went to the trouble of ordering the return of marines. This position was oacKea up by a legal decision of the Attorney General. In view of all thia, it was gen-, ornllv arrpnted that the matter had been finally disposed of. The last move is regarded as ominous by the friends of the Marine Corps. Little doubt is felt that Admiral Schroeder is laying the foundation for a claim, later on, that marines are not needed on warships, and that his experiments nave nynunA that tho "toobloe" oan nroaorvP order and perform all the other func tions oi tne marine in sucn a manner as to make the latter an unnecessary Incumbrance on warships.

It is noted that marines and "jackies" will be alternated in sentry duty on the vessels of the Atlantlo fleet. By this means Admiral Schroeder will obtain a basis for comparison. Officers on the bat- tiesnip neet last winter, alter tne marines had been removed, said that the experiment was most disastrous to dis cipline. The number of courts-martial ran up at an alarming rate. It was reported that the "jackies" on many of the ships slept on duty, abandoned their posts and otherwise "fell down" on their mili tary duties.

Some of the ships were referred to as veritable "madhouses" because of the disorder among the enlisted men. It is reported here that Admiral Schroe- Aav'a nfAn a a h.an anenonrioit This means that the department has refused to extena tne oraer Keneraiiy mrougnoui the service. The idea, It is understood, is to have a trial of the new order of things aoa hn it urnrlru Althnnp'h thora hsR been very little discussion of the matter so far, it is Known mat tne renewal or tha'offnrt tn take mnrinon off hAttlonhlna has created much feeling. As a general thing the younger omcers are tnorougniy disgusted. Some would be pleased if the marines could be entirely separated from thn navv.

This sentiment is not- shared by all the older officers. They prefer to hang on and make a nght for the retention of their places on battleships. Tt la milto, oortaln thnt tho whnlo flilh- Ject will be Investigated by the naval committees of tne senate ana House next December. It looks as though there will be a merry row before the thing is set tled. The naval committees, especially that of the House, will have quite a little Investigating to do at, the next session; The members have a feeling that the Newberry reforms have been abol ished pretty generally, ana tney win warn to know what has been done and the vaaannn horofnr.

Mr. Nowhprrv rnm- pletely won over to his so-called reforms the members of both the Senate and House naval committees. These members lllro tho Moa nf irnlno- hnclt tn the old order of things, and intend to in quire deeply into an or me so-canea backward steps of this administration. Representative Calder believes that Be has convinced the Navy Department officials of the desirability of adopting his recommendations regarding the mat ter of marking the cards of dismissed mechanics of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He thinks the recently adopted method works an injustice to the dismissed men, and will also render It impossible for the s-nvernment to retain the services of its best workmen.

Heretofore it has been the custom to mark the discharge cards "excellent, "hnn Tho "excellent" man were given preference in reappointment. Men with "gooa caras were piacea on the eligible register after the candidates for appointment who had never been in the Bervlce. In all dismissals recently, only "good" cards were handed to the men. This means that the employes must take their places on the eligible register after the "green" candidates, who have yet to get their first experience in the yard. The result will be to rob the gov- r.n nf tho ROrvtnPS Of thfl ffiRIl vhtl have been trained in the ways of navy worK.

Representative Calder has urged the naval authorities to give preference to the men who are now being furloughed because of lack of work. He thinks that these men should ranked ahead of At Central Hall, Sea Cliff, on Sunday afternoon, August 1, there will be a lec- nn "fhrintian Science." The lecture will be by Frank Leonard, a well-knowa Christian Science worker. It is given for the purpose of enugmening peopic m.j the vicinity who are uata.mtllar with the teller..