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a a a of of of of of of of of of the THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 9. 1910.

QUEENS BOROUGH. BRIDEGROOM KIDNAPPED BY PARTY OF COMRADES Held Prisoner in Vacant Store at Richmond Hill Two Hours. WEDDING BREAKFAST DELAYED Jokers Had Planned to Have Kidnapping Take Place Before the Ceremony, but Failed. Just -precause he- would get married without first consulting them on such an Luke Nelligan, a wellknown young lawyer and president of the Magnolia Athletic: Club of Richmond Hill. was kidnepped by his fellow club members, yesterday morning, and held a prisoner for three hours in a vacant store while his bride, her relatives and friends waited anxiously at her home for his return.

The young couple were to have their wedding breakfast and then mako EL quick dash for the railroad station 30 their way to Washington, D. C. Young Nelligan was finally traced to a store, in Lefferts avenue, near Jamaica avenue, and was rescued with difficulty; by four stalwart members of the wedding party. Scheme to Capture Nelligan Before Ceremony Failed. It seems that Nelligan's friends had planned to capture him before the ceremony was performed and keep him locked up in a store all day and all night, if necessary, and get him to reconsider "his foolish notion," as they jocularly expressed it.

But Nelligan, who had been 'warned. eluded his friends. After the ceremony had been performed, however. he was off his guard, and the boys decided they could at least have pleasure of delaying the start for the honeymoon. So they captured him.

Mr. Nelligan married Miss Helen E. Quinn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P.

J. Quinn of Greenwood. near Lexington avenue, Richmond Hill, at 9 o'clock. in St. Benedict Joseph's Church, Morris Park, the ceremony being performed by the Rev.

Father P. J. Fahey, rector of the church, assisted Father Logue of Freeport, L. I. The bride, who was attired in white crepe de chine over taffeta trimmed with pearls and carried a shower bouquet of roses and orchids, was given in marriage by her father.

The bridesmaid, Miss Lillian Quinn, 'sister of the bride, wore a gown of pink crepe de chine over taffeta. Joseph Nelligan, brother of the bridegroom, acted as best man. Happy Bridegroom Easily Fell Into Trap. At the conclusion of the ceremony the bridal party went to the bride's home, in Greenwood avenue, to have a wedding breakfast. A telegram was received there, however.

in which it was stated that it was very important that Mr. Nelligan come immediately to the corner of Lefferts and Jamaica avenues, the sender having a matter of great importance to impart. Nelligan fell into the trap easily. Kissing his bride, he assured her he would return in a few minutes. About a dozen members of the Magnolia Club captured the bridegroom on the corner, where the "important meeting" was to take place, and dragged him into a nearby vacant store.

The bride and guests meanwhile waited. Two hours went by, and still Nelligan did not return. Finally Burt Couch, William O'Hara', Jack Quinn and Joseph Nelligan went out in search of the Another hour was consumed in theY search. and when the kidnappers' headquarters was found a battle royal ensued and Nelligan soon was carried off by the rescuers. After the wedding breakfast the young couple were bundles a coach, the rear of which was then decorated with tin cans, ash cans and kettles, arranged so as to drag along in their wake and give forth a great noise.

A large printed sign, reading. "We've Just Been Married," was also added. Among those present at the reception were: Mr. and Mrs. D.

Nelligan, Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Quinn.

John Quinn, Misses Sabina and Dorothy Quinn, Captain Welton, Miss Welton, Mrs. Brennan, all of Richmond Hill; Burt Couch, Mrs. Mary Willdams. Mr. and Mrs.

H. Thompson, Mrs. Haeflein. Mrs. Leonard, Mrs.

Briggs, Miss Marion Briggs, Lackman and Miss Margaret Lackman, all of Brooklyn; Mrs. Arthur Erbe of Valley Stream; Mrs. J. Quinn of Winfield: Mrs. Nellie O'Hara and Master William O'Hara of Manhattan: Miss S.

Keenoy and Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Thompson of Jersey City.

Upon their return from a honeymoon trip to Washington, Philadelphia and Baltimore, Mr. and Mrs. Nelligan will make their home at Jamaica. They are both popular in social circles of Queens. NO EVIDENCE OF VIOLENCE.

Mrs. McGowan Died From Apoplexy and Was Not Murdered, as Astoria Neighbors Feared. When the body of Mrs. Emma McGowan was found shortly after noon yesterday in her apartments at 1 Greenock street, Astoria, the rumor quickly spread that a murder had been committed. The body was found by a neighbor who chanced call, and a pool of blood near peddle gave the evidence on which to found the murder theory.

Detectives Hennesey and Smith of the Astoria station quickly got on the case, and after half an hour's investigation they had exploded all the mystery. They learned from tenants in the house that about an hour before the body was found there was the sound of something heavy falling in the McGowan apartments. Then all became quiet. They did not investigate then, but the detectives concluded that the noise was caused by Mrs. McGowan falling.

A physician was SUInmoned by the detectives, and he happened to be the family doctor. A glance at the body told him that apoplexy had been the cause of death, and he said that he had for some time been treating Mrs. McGowan for heart failure. There was no evidence whatever of violence. McGowan leaves a husband nd several grown children.

She was 45 years old. MAY FILL IN FLUSHING CREEK. It Is Believed City Will Do It if Root Bill Passes. It is now believed. in Flushing, that the bill which Senator Root introduced in the Senate last week, bearing on the beautification and commercial expansion of Greater New York, will include the filling in of Flushing Creek.

If the bill becomes a law. the Federal Government will have the right to grant privileges to the city, which will permit the municipality to make improvements and about its jurisdiction, and it is claimed that in that event the city will begin filling in the upper and navigable part of Pubsley Creek in the Bronx and the creek in Flushing. ATTENDS DRESS EXHIBITION. Drapkin of 204 Garfield place left on Saturday for Washington, D. to attend the annual exhibition of the United Amerjean Ladies Tailors Association, opened President Taft.

SECOND-HAND: BICYCLE FOUNDATION OF FORTUNE Old Wheel Taken From Rockaway Beach to South Africa Makes Man Rich. STORY READS LIKE, A ROMANCE But People at Beach Know It's True and Rejoice in Old Neighbors' Prosperity. A second-handed bicycle of American make was the foundation of the vast fortune which now controls the fish trade in South Africa. The story of this bicyele became known at Rockaway Beach on Monday, when Mrs. John Johnson, a former resident of the beach, visited friends and acquaintances there.

The story reads like romance and is an.example of what a real active mind and perseverence can accomplish. John Johnson went to Rockaway Beach upon reaching this country from his native land, Sweden, and. worked at his trade as carpenter. He had a hard time getting along, but his wife was loyal and helped him by doing washing and ironing. They lived with their two children In a little clump of woods near Holland Station, away from the road.

Mrs. Johnson used to have her tubs out doors in the summer months, and in order that the children would not wander off, she used to tie a piece of washline around their waists and fasten the other end to a tree. Ten years ago Johnson decided that Rockaway Beach was 110 place for him, and he sought his fortune elsewhere. He sailed for Sweden and was later heard from after he had settled in Durban, just back of Cape Town, in South Africa. When he left the Beach he took his bicycle with him.

He had ridden to work 011 it and had a peculiar attachment for the wheel, which caused him to cling to it. When he arrived in Durban and set out on the bicycle the natives looked in amazement at him a and wondered what it could be. They became interested in the wheel and asked many questions concerning it. They never bad seen anything like it; it was the first bicycle that had been brought into their country. Johnson was quick to size up the situation, and hit upon the idea of going into the bicycle business.

He saved his earnings and then sent word to his wife at Rockaway Beach, telling her to buy up; many second-hand bicycles as she could with the money and to ship them to him. The faithful wife did as he toid her, although many. of her neighbors said she was foolish to spend the money that way. Mrs. Johnson sent the wheels to Durban and her husband polished them up and painted them, selling them to the natives at good prices.

He became prosperoustand then sent for his wife and two sons, Kale and Sigurd, aged, respectively, five and seven years. He met them in Sweden, at their old home, and then it was decided to send the boys back to America to receive an education. The boys returned to this country and for the last seven years have, been attending a private academy. Meanwhile, the father and mother had reached South Africa and the Boer War. had broken out.

Johnson was quick to grasp the opportunity and bought up much real estate, which was sold for a song by the persons who feared the depreciating effects of the war. After the war, confidence was restored, however, and realty values began to rise. When the values were high, Johnson sold his holdings. at. a handsome advance.

Then a reaction set in and realty again. took a slump, and Johnson again invested heavily in property, with the result that he owns considerable land in Durban and other places in the neighborhood. Several years ago he went into the fish business, and again fortune smiled upon him. ner. prospered and to- and two years ago took a day they control the entire fishing industry South Africa, owning two steamers and having a third in course of construction in Sweden at the present time.

Last November Mrs. Johnson longed to see her sons and decided to come to America. The boys had grown to be quite large and the change in them was 80 great that she could not bear to leave them here. On Monday she took the boys down to Rockaway Beach and they visited friends and acquaintances and to-day they sailed on the Mauretania for home. They will reach Durban about March 15.

BUSINESS MEN TO CONFER. Will Seek to Devise Plan for Offsetting Diversion of Trade From Borden Avenue, L. I. City. Within the next few days there will be held in Long Island City a remarkable mass meeting, under the auspices of the Long Island City Business Men's Association.

It will be composed of business men and property holders in the Borden avenue section of the First Ward, who will confer to see if some plan cannot be formulated by which their vested interests in that section can be protected. Max Steiner, a member of the executive committee, and one of the leading merchants on that thoroughfare, has taken the lead in the matter, the earnest solicitation of his neighbors. Only a few days of the traffic on the Queensboro Bridge has sufficed to show what a terrible effect 1t will have on the business interests of the lower section. Some of the merchants declare that their business has been reduced 50 per and they fear an even greater reduction when the Pennsylvania tubes under the river are opened within a few weeks. Just what solution of the problem will be decided upon has not yet been decided.

The fact is, no one has any definite idea at this time. But all are convinced that something must be done, and done very quickly. While the Borden avenue men are get ting very anxious, it is understood that property hoiders in the vicinity of the the Queensboro Bridge plaza are highly satisfied. Within the past few days there have been applications from persons who wanted to rent property in the vicinity of the bridge plaza. Some of those who are contemplating moving further uptown come from the vicinity of Borden avenue.

MORE ELECTRIC TRAINS. Work of Extra Track Laying on Montauk Division Branches to Begin Soon. (Special to the Eagle.) Lynbrook, L. February 9-President Ralph Peters of the Long Island Rallroad has announced officially that plans are being prepared for the construction of an additional track from Springfield Junction to Valley Stream; two additional tracks from Valley Stream to Lynbrook, and one additional track from Lynbrook to East Rockaway, Also for the electrification of the entire route already mentioned, the electrification to continue to Long Beach. Work on the improvements above outlined is to begin as soon as possible, and it is anticipated that the entire work will be completed and in readiness for operation before the new summer timetable is issued.

RETURN FROM HONEYMOON. Mr. and Mrs, George H. Peal have returned from Jacksonville, where they spent their honeymoon. They are residing in Rutherford, N.

J. WOMAN DEAD. BOY MAY DIE, FROM ALCOHOL POISONING Wood Alcohol in Wine Drank at Woodhaven Feast. BLINDNESS PRECEDED DEATH. Liquor Served in Good Faith to Guests at Party in Italian Colony.

Exhibiting all the symptoms of wood alcohol poisoning, Mrs. Elizabeth Piccuil1o, 25 years old, of 3962 Broadway, Woodhaven, died last night, at her residence. The woman's half brother, Frank Dole, eight years old, of the same address, suffering from the same cause, attending physician says, is in a precarious condition, and is not expected to live. Mrs. Piccuillo, Mrs.

Alvedo, her sister, and little Frank Dole, were entertained. with others, the police say, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. Serperdo, 19 Morris avenue, Woodhaven, last Monday evening.

They were celebrating the advent of a little son, which the Serperdos, and in addition lot of recently, good things to eat the guests were provided with wine to drink. After they had returned to their home Mrs. Piccuillo and little Frank Dole became ill. The attack at first was considered to be nothing more than the result of overindulgence in the choice viands provided in the Serperdo household, and it was not thought necessary to call in a physician. Yesterday, however, the woman and boy became alarmingly ill.

Mrs. Piccuillo became totally blind and the boy partially so. Guarino of Broadway and Park place, Woodhaven, was then called in, but, as he afterward said, he had been called too late to be of any assistance. The. deadly alcohol had already done its work.

and Mrs. Piccuillo died within three hours of the doctor's although he did all he could to save the woman. The boy, whose condition is not quite so bad as was that of his sister, has a very slim chance of pulling through, it is said. Dr. Guarino secured a sample of the wine which the dead woman and dying boy drank on Monday night at the Serperdo home.

He had an analysis made of it and it was found to contain wood alcohol. The Serperdos said they had bought the stuff about four months ago in preparation for the holidays. What was left over was given to their guests on Monday night." The Serperdos declare they cannot understand how it is that the wine should have affected two of their guests as it did and still have had no effect on the others or on themselves, all having indulged pretty freely. The coroner has been notified. STORIES DO NOT AGREE Grand Larceny Charged Against Victim of Odd Mishap.

Is Accused of Taking Without Leave Horse Whose Wild Dash Nearly Cost Driver His Life. Earl S. Oates, proprietor of the Halt Way House at Edgemere, appeared in Far Rockaway court yesterday as complainant against Alexander Reeves of 20 Brush place, Rockaway Beach, whom he charged with grand larceny. Magistrate Gilroy set the case down for a hearing on February 14 and placed Reeves under $1,000 bail. Reeves is still in bed, threatened with pneumonia.

Last week Reeves went along the Boulevard toward the cement block works where he is employed. It was dark and he thought of taking a short cut by way of the railroad tracks. According to his story he found Oates' horse and rig on the railroad track and without a blanket over the horse. It about 9 o'clock at night and quite cold. He pulled the horse and rig around in front of the hotel and entered and told Oates what he had done.

Oates, according to Reeves, said, "Take him and give him some exercise until I come out," and with this Reeves jumped into the rig and started to drive down to the cement works. As he drove on to the dock the animal became unmanageable and plunged toward the end of the dock. Try as he would Reeves was unable to check its wild flight, and the animal ran off the end of the dock into Jamaica Bay, carrying the rig and driver with it. The horse, valued at $300, was drowned, and Reeves only succeeded in getting out of the chilly water after a long fight with drifting ice floes. He reached home and was in such an exhausted condition that a physician was called and has since been in attendance.

Oates' story of the affair is that he left his rig standing in front of a. hotel at the Beach and that Reeves took it without permission. Reeves bears a good reputation and the outcome of the case will be closely watched by his many friends at the Beach. MAY ENLARGE ITS "GYM." Atlantic A. A.

Considers Adding Stage and Dressing Rooms to Rockaway Beach Building. While the gymnasium of the Atlantic Athletic Association at Rockaway Beach is the largest in the Rockaways, the immense throng which crowded it on the occasion of the third annual masquerade ball of the association, held last Saturday night, has caused the members to consider the advisability of adding more on to the hall. The dimensions at present are 58 by 78 feet, and it is proposed to add 50 more feet in the rear, the association having 53 feet more land at that end of the property. In this extension it is proposed to erect a stage, 35 feet wide and 20 feet deep, with dressing rooms on either side. This will give a floor space of 108 feet by 58 feet, which is three times the floor space of any hall in the Rockaways.

The proposition for enlarging the gymnasium will be considered at a meeting of the association to be held this evenIng. RELEASED BY SWARTHMORE. Miss Annie Ross, who was recently appointed teacher of French in the Flushing High School, has been from her engagement as instructor of French at Swarthmore College and will commence her new work in Flushing, next Monday. In Flushing, she will succeed Miss Nannie Blackwell, who was recently promoted and transferred to the Washington Irving High School, in Manhattan. WOULD- BE SUICIDE DISCHARGED Julius Goldstein of Manhattan, the young man who attempted to kill himself by shooting himself through the mouth In Mount Carmel Cemetery in Evregreen, on January 27, because he was unable to get satisfactory employment, was arraigned before Magistrate Fitch in the Flushing police court, yesterday, on a charge of attempting suicide and on his promise not to attempt anything of the kind in the future he was discharged.

HER COOKING DIDN'T SUIT, SO HUSBAND BEAT HER Ridgewood Man Gets Jail Term at Hands of Chivalrous Jamaica Judges. PRISON FARE FOR ONE EPICURE Woodhaven Man Carried a Gun for Protection Against Burglars-Arrested and Put on Probation. For beating his wife on account of his dislike for her cooking, Frederick Simon of Ridgewood was yesterday sent to the county jail for a term. of sixty days by the justices of the Court of Special Sessions at Jamaica. The wife testified that her husband's frequent displays.

of anger were due in no degree to drink, as he was not a drinking man. Frederick pleaded guilty to the charge and said he beat his wife in a fit of anger. "Fred didn't like my cooking." said Mrs. Emma Simon, whose present residence 16 195 Fairview avenue, Ridgewood, "and every time that he' home and I did not shave the dainties which satisfied him cooked in the proper manner he 'became angry and whipped me. Because' of his frequent beatings I left him, and did not live with him for a period of six months." The wife also said that her husband threw her to the ground and kicked her, but was positive that it was all on account of his epicurean tastes, and could not be attributed to the demon rum.

The justices thought that the man ought to be sent to the public table, where all of his objections to preparation of foods would be of no avail. Michael Zanetti, an Italian, of accused of sending an obscene letter girl of his acquaintance, declared that the' only explanation that he could give was that he was drunk at the time. He had signed his own name and pleaded guilty of the charge. The justices sentenced him to six months. John Bub, a resident of University place and Fourth street, Woodhaven, for forty years, was placed on probation until February 15 on the charge of carrying concealed weapons.

Bub said that there 'had been a number of robberies in the vicinity of his home of late, and that to properly protect himself he had purchased a revolver. It got out of repair, he declared, and he was taking it back to his home after having it repaired in Manhattan when arrested. The officer who arrested Bub said that the. man flourished the weapon on Rockaway road and Grafton avenue, Woodhaven, after having a conversation with him late one night. A three months sentence was doled out to.

Albert. Stuhler of Maspeth for -assaulting Zimmerman of 49 Atlantic avenue, Maspeth: Stuhler was tried last week. For stealing a quantity of brandy from Edward Sherer of 30 Vernon avenue, Long Island City, Tony Salvatore, alias Tony Cavello, of that place, was fined $50. Should he fail to pay he will serve a term of thirty days. in jail.

Hyman Allendorf, chauffeur for Payne Whitney of Manhasset, was fined $10 for speeding at' a rate of twenty-five miles on Broadway, Flushing. Sentence was suspended on the charge of his neglect carry a chauffeur's license. Charged with stealing a package of newspapers from Thomas Sheehan of Long Island City, Louis Michaels of 133 Eighth street, that place. secured a pended sentence, after stating that' he thought the papers he had picked up had been thrown away, but that they would be of use to him. Christ Katanekyza of 257 University place, Woodhaven, was found not guilty of violating the liquor tax law.

On the request of the complainant, William La March. a baker. of 117 Vernon Long Island City, was discharged. It avenue, was found that he had remedied the defects in ventilation in his store. A bench warrant was issued appearance of Frank Radzieski of for.

Prince the street. Bay Side, who was charged with failure to send his child to school. THREE ESTATES TAXED. Charles S. Webb Left Net Estate of Levied Was $6,379.77.

(Special to the Eagle.) Riverhead, L. February 9-Among several tax matters adjusted by Surrogate Nicoll is that in the estate of the late Charles S. Webb of Manhattan and Greenport, in which a number of Brooklynites are interested. The estate, net, amounts to $276,644.45. The gross estate was $352,644.45, but there were heavy deductions because of a $50,000 fund of which testator had merely the life use and which was to be paid back to the estate of his first wife, deceased, at his death, and beside this there were a number of other debts and heavy deductions through administration, commissions, etc.

The tax has been fixed at $6.379.17. Through the division of the estate A. Judd Webb, for some years chauffeur for W. W. DeBevoise, Brooklyn, and who 110 holds a responsible position in Mr.

De Bevoise's candy factory in Brooklyn, gets a legacy of $3,717. Mr. Webb is a grand-nephew of testator. The taxable estate of the late Theodore Prime of Huntington is $26,965.28 and the tax. $269.20.

The taxable estate of Sarah E. Williams of Amityville is $19,741.65, and the tax is $195.53. ENCOURAGES AGRICULTURE. Sag Harbor Woman in Will Offers Arkansas Farm to Nephew, Who Will Till It. (Special to the Eagle.) Riverhead, L.

February 9-The will of Susanna F. MacDonald of Sag Harbor, recently probated here, seeks to encourage egriculture in her nephews, for in one clause she says that the land she owns in Arkansas shall be given to the nephew who becomes a farmer. Testatrix left property in this state valued at $3,500, according to the petition. She gave a sister. Alice M.

M. Bisgood of Sag Harbor, a fifty -acre farm, known as Prospect Hill farm, Sag Harbor; $100 to Cornelius R. Sleight as a slight appreciation of his good services, made him executor, and divided the residue of her property between her sisters, brothers, nephews and nieces. IT WAS COLD AT MONTAUK. Cow Freezes to Side of Her Stall.

(Special to the Eagle.) Montauk, L. February 9--The coldest day of the year was reported at Montauk Point Monday morning. At 5 o'clock the thermometer registered 2 below. Many of the animals that are turned out to search for their own food and find shelter wherever they can huddled behind sheltered spots to keep themselves from the biting north wind. A cow, the property of T.

H. Conklin of the Montauk Inn, found by the stableman Monday: morning with ops of its hind legs frozen stiff to the s'de of its stall. LONG ISLAND NEws. HALE AND HEARTY AT 74. College Point Woman Has Three Gen- erations With Her on Birthday.

Mrs. Magdalena Bergauer of Point (was' 74 years old on Sunday, and in honor of the event her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren assembled at her home, 109 Seventeenth street, and made the afternoon and evening pass very pleasantly. Mrs. Bergauer has weathered the years' well, and although her life Las been one of hard work, she is still hale and hearty and says she never felt better. Her family consists of two sons, two daughters, grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Mrs. Bergauer has made her home in College Point for over fifty years, MR. HEDLEY IS FRANK Talks Plainly in Regard to the Steinway Tube. His Company Will Only Consider Its Use as a Part of the Manhattan Subway. Realizing that transportation is the most important proposition for Queens, the Long Island City Business Men's Association has appointed a committee on transit that has commenced in a systematic ter way to facilities solve for the that problem section of of getting the betel ough.

The committee consists of John Anderson Leach, George J. Ryan, James J. Conway and Harry R. Gelwicks. This committee last week held a conferonce with Frank Hedley, general manager of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, to learn what are the prospects of getting the Steinway tunnel in operation.

Mr. Hedley told the committee that his company at the present time has no proposition for the operation of this tunnel before either the Public Service Commis-1 sion or the Board of Estimate. He said. that his company would not consider the operation of the tunnel except as a part of the New York Subway system, "We have been unable," declared Mr. Hedley, "to figure out how the tunnel can be operated without a loss, except it is coupled with some other proposition which will permit the company to profit by the lu(crative short haul traffic in Manhattan.

Our company proposes to wait for the opening of the tunnel until such a proposition is Asked if the city should buy the tunnel and throw it open, the same as the Queensboro Bridge, would his company operate its cars through it. he replied that under those circumstances his company would probably ask the city to reimburse it for operating. The committee is now considering the probability of getting the Steinway tunnel open by legislation. From an authentic source, it has been learned that one of the propositions now being considered is a union between the Interborough and Long Island Railroad interests. It is said that negotiations are in progress to see If a working arrangement.

cannot be effected between the Long Island road and the Interborough, by which passengers of the Long Island road can be sent through the Steinway tunnel to Manhattan, thus giving the passengers connection with the Manhattan subway system, and, in effect. an arrangement south I I I side of Long Island have from the similar to that which Brooklyn and the connections at the Flatbush avenue station at Brooklyn. WILL SUBMIT BRIEFS In Suit of Poppenhusen vs. Long Island Railroad--Flushing Depot Site Involved. In the Supreme Court, at Flushing, Justice Putnam held a.

session night for the purpose of completing the taking of oral and written testimony in the suit brought by Mrs. Caroline S. Poppenhusen, who disputes the ownership of the Long Island Railroad Company to the property that the railroad occupies as the Main street depot in Flushing. In her moving papers she alleges that the title to the property never left her husband, now deceased, and claims that the profits from the property are worth $10,000 a year and she demands that a referee be appointed by the court to fix the exact value and that the railroad company be ordered to account to her for her dower's interest or one -third a of the profits. Justice Putnam ordered the attorneys to submit briefs and they may offer to give further oral testimony to-morrow.

The Long Island Railroad Company's defense to the suit is that whatever title Herman C. Poppenhusen ever acquired in the land in question it came to him in the capacity of officer of the company and not as an individual. Also that it has been possession for over twenty years. LABORER BADLY HURT. Skull and Wrist Fractured in Fall From Bridge.

While at work on the Long Island Railroad bridge, at Jamaia and Washington avenues, Richmond Hill, yesterday afternoon, Michael Imbrush, whose residence is given as Elmore Camp, Forest Hills, headquarters of laborers employed by the railroad as track layers and bridge workers, fell to the roadway, a distance of about eighteen feet, and sustained fractures of the skull and left wrist. He was removed to St. Mary's Hospital, Jamaica, in a precarious condition. L. IS VEXED.

Objects to Mr. O'Brien's Criticism of Dr. Maxwell. To the Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle: In this evening's Eagle there is a report of meeting of a school board at Flushing, in which a person named Herbert J. O'Brien talked flippantly about 'an educational trust." He 1s called "School Commissioner O'Brien" in the article.

Will you please say that there is no such title in the City of New York. There are members of the Board of Education and members of the local school boards-46 of the former and 230 of the latter. Mr. O'Brien is one of the 230. These local school board members cut very little figure in the great school system of New York City.

There have been others. before Mr. O'Brien was heard of. who were firmly convinced of their own importance, They passed, and the schools continue. So does Dr.

Maxwell, who was re-elected two weeks ago for a term of six years from March 14, 1910. It may be that he will hold office long after Mr. O'Brien has retired. C. L.

R. Jamaica, L. February 8, 1910. NEW SOUTHAMPTON SOCIETY. (Special to the Eagle.) Albany, February 9-The Southampton Colonial Society has just been incorporated with the secretary state.

It is formed for the purpose of preserving objects of colonial and historical interest relating to the town. The directors are Lizbeth H. White, L. Emory Terry, Edward P. White, Mary E.

Herrick, J. W. Fletcher Howell, Agnes F. White, Anna H. Jagger and Edgar A.

Hildrith. BIG GRAIN HOUSE PLANNED. To Be Built at Bridgehampton From Native Timber, (Special to the Eagle.) Bridgehampton, L. February grain warehouse, 70 by 30 feet, with three floors the full size of the for the storage of grain and hay, is to be erected at the Long Island freight depot here by James Strong of Wainscott. The lumber is now being placed upon the ground in readiness for building as soon as spring opens.

The timber has been cut and dressed at Pine Swamp, between Sag Harbor and Easthampton. In this remarkable lumber section of Eastern Long Island are many white pine and oak trees from which timber a foot width are cut. square a and boards eighteen inches in trees grow great height and perfectly straight, making ideal material for lumber, in every way as good as can be obtained from the Western timber lands. The trees now being cut are 40 years old. SEA CLIFF ON QUI VIVE All Anxious to Hear Evans and Maidment Debate.

Evans Charged With Failing to Redeem Pledges to Reincarnate Golf and Yacht Clubs. (Special to the Eagle.) Sea Cliff, L. February 9--This village, is looking forward with great interest to a debate which it is said will take place at Central Hall on Saturday night, and which, if it comes off, promises to be the most interesting this village has ever heard. The causes leading up to the debate require a little explanation, and date back to last year's village campaign. At that time David Evans, chairman of the committee of twenty, which called a mass meeting for the purpose of nominating village officers, publicly arraigned Fred H.

Maidment, who was a member of the other party and the editor of one of the local pares. Mr. Maidment took the talking to very quietly, but a few weeks afterward got back at Mr. Evans in his paper. Then peace reigned.

But unfortunately Mr. Evans in his speech had referred to what he hoped to accomplish for the village with the aid of his friends and ers. The building up of the yacht club and the golf club were two of the things Mr. Evans said he was going to undertake. The golf club died a natural death last summer.

The announcement that the yacht club was near death was made in the Eagle a week or so ago. Here was Mr. Maidment's In an editorial on last Saturday he scored Mr. Evang unmercifully for failing to make good. Mr.

Evans could not very well enter into any controversy with Mr. Maidment on his own ground, but has, it is stated, engaged Central Hall for next Saturday night and has challenged Mr. Maidment to meet him there and debate their differences, publicly. re It cannot be learned whether the editor will accept this challenge, but it is extremely doubtful if such a gauntlet is thrown down that he will refuse it, for he is an aggressive speaker and such a debate would be good campaign material for somebody. It is understood that if the debate takes place Mr.

Evans will issue general invitation to the people of the village to attend and hear it. To say that the village is worked up over the matter 1s expressing it mildly, as in arraigning Mr. Evans Mr. Maidment also scored the entire list of village off- cials. FIRE UNDERWRITERS MEET.

Elect Officers and Start Crusade to Secure Lower Rates for Wiring Inspection Certificates. (Special to the Eagle.) Riverhead, L. February 9--The annual meeting the Suffolk County Board of Fire Underwriters was held here Monday and the following officers were lected: President Jeremiah Robbins, Babylon; vice president, Henry S. Brush, Huntington: secretary, Henry H. Preston, Riverhead; treasurer, George H.

Corwin, Greenport; executive committee, Joseph S. Osborne, U. R. Havens, W. W.

Houlse, Richard Collyer, H. S. Brush, Charles V. Platt. Edwin D.

Fiehel, Fred H. Tasker, H. W. Arthur and H. H.

Preston. The Suffolk County Board is endeavoring to lower the rates of inspection of electric wiring and the issuance of certiflcates. A numbe- of electricians were present from various villages yesterday, and addressed the meeting. Inspections and certificates now cost owners of residences about $5 each; the insurance agents want to set them down to $1.50 or $2 apiece. A representative from the National Board a of Fire Underwriters was also present and spoke concerning wiring for lights, the inspection, etc.

It is not yet fully determined what will be the outcome of the agitation for less expensive inspections. ALDEN S. SWAN SCORES. Islip Town Trustees Lose Famous Dock Suit on Appeal- -May Carry It Up. (Special to the Eagle.) Islip, L.

February 9-The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Second Judicial District, Judge Hirschberg presiding, has reversed the decision of the Special Term in the matter of the people of the state of New York in relation with Alden S. Swan, appellant, against John L. Doxsee, Joseph Leek and Theodore Helm, trustees of town lands of the town of Islip, and the Live Fish Company of Long Island, respondents. The decision is important to Long Island, as it relates to the right of trustees of town lands leasing town docks and other property intended for public purposes to private interests. It refers more specifically to the Islip town wharf, known as Doxsee's dock, at this place.

The town of Islip bought the dock from the late J. Harvey Doxsee at a cost of $10.000. At the time of the purchase the Live Fish Company, a corporation of Tslip men, had on the premises a large icehouse, a landing stage for unloading and packing fish and other smaller structures. This company secured from the then trustees of town lands a tenlease of that part of the dock. A year or 80 ago Alden S.

Swan, who owns adjoining property, sued trustees to have the lease set aside, on the ground that the trustees have no right to lease any part of a public other town property secured or held for the public use, to private interests. At the first trial of the case in Special Term a decision was handed down SUBtaining the trustees in their action. Mr. Swan appealed the case, with the result that the higher court reversed the decision of the lower court. As the case now stands the trustees have no legal right to allow the Live Fish Company use any part of the dock for private use, The rental recelved by the town from the Fish Company is $100 per year for that part of the dock occupied by it.

It is understood that the trustees will appeal the case to a still higher court. In the meantime Assemblyman George L. Thompson last Wednesday introduced in the Legislature a bill permitting the trustees of town lands of Islip to lease any portion of the town docks for public uses. MAYOR 15 TO RAISE FLAG AT NESCONSETT His Honor Will Heave Ho on Halliards Next Saturday. BUNTING IS HIS GIFT TO TOWN.

"Mayor" Whittaker Heads the Committee of Arrangements for Lincoln's Birthday Celebration. (Special to the Eagle.) St. James, L. February 9-In the Secretary of State's office at Albany is a deed recorded May 4, 1665. From that deed this extract is taken: "Whereupon, I.

Richard Smith, went to speake with the Sunk Squaw. She did before many of Easthampton owne that Nesaquake Sagamore did give Catawamuck to her father long ago and that hee Nassetconsett did give the other part unto Nesaquake River to her brother Wogancomtone. But finding nothing under his hand to show and shee owning him to be the true proprietor at first I thought good to by the said land of Nessatecansett and have agreed with him for One Gun 0119 Kettle Tenn coates one blankett Three hands of Powder and three handfulls of Lead "NESATESCONSETT (His Marke) "CATAWUMPS "TANARINGO "Witnesses "Richard Woodhull "Daniel Lane "Quarter Sachem (His Mark)." This is in part how Richard Smith came in possession of Smithtown. In the sub-division his son, Job left to his son Joseph, who had a son Gilbert, whose eldest son, Matthew, grandfather of C. Melville Smith, came in possession of the Nesatesconsett farm, now owned Mayor Gaynor, and from this Indian chief's name the Mayor selected that for the pretty little village and post office lying just south of St.

James, and known on the records of Smithtown as Raconkamuck lands. The Mayor, since he became a resident of St. James, has shown a marked friendship for the owners of these lands, who have come here from every part of the world, and established homes, and by hard work have cleared up and made productive what are known as the waste lands of Long Island. After the establishment of a post office the Mayor secured the sale of the bonds for the erection of a new school house, and at the last improvement association meeting the Mayor complained of not seeing the Stars and Stripes floating over the post office, and made the people promise to supply the flag. It has been sent, and the improvement association has erected a fifty-foot pole, and on Saturday next at 2:30 P.M., Lincoln's Birthday, the Mayor is to come in person and raise the flag.

Nesconsett expects to give Mayor Gaynor a hearty reception, and has invited the following men to be present: Congressman W. W. Cocks, former Senator Carll S. Bun, C. Melville Smith, Assemblyman George L.

Thompson, Supervisor J. Evans Crane, Melville E. Brush, town superintendent of roads, and Samuel Eichenof the House and Home Company, who purchased and developed these lands. Postmaster Whittaker, who is known as of Nesconsett," aided by a committee from the association, has the celebration in charge. 'CRESS FINE IN ZERO WEATHER (Special to the Eagle.) Hempstead, L.

February 9-On Monday, the coldest day of the winter here, watercress, green and crisp, was gathered from the stream to the water works, which runs SO fast it cannot freeze. EDIBLE CRABS THRIVE. Thousands Dredged From Waters of Cold Spring Harbor. (Special to the Eagle.) Albany, February 9-Thousands of edible blue crabs have recently been dredged by oystermen from the waters of Cold Spring Harbor, L. is the information that has just been received by State Forest, Fish and Game sioner Whipple.

The crabs are of a size which shows that next season there will be a Ane supply market. In 1908 the state, through the Cold Spring Fish Hatchery. caused 6,000.000 young crabs to be planted in the harbor, and the development of the crabs greatly pleased the state authorities. TRADE BOARD AT DINNER. Babylon's New Civic Body Holds Banquet--Nearly 100 Members and Guests Present.

(Special to the Eagle.) Babylon, L. February 9-About eighty representative business men gathered at the Watson House last night to enjoy the first annual dinner of the local Board of Trade. It was an excellent dinner and admirably served. John M. Ward, a well lawyer and a prominent golfer, was toastmaster, and addresses were made by Principal W.

H. Lisk of the High School, James W. Eaton of West Islip. Judge L. B.

Green, president of the Suffolk County Board of Trade; the Rev. Paul Jefferson, pastor of the Baptist Church, and S. W. Cooper of Brooklyn. All voiced congratulations upon the success of the dinner and made suggestions as to the work to be done by the board.

The members were urged to keep polltics out of the organization, and while working to obtain an improvement in the train service, to avoid antagonizing the Long Island Railroad. The board has been organized but a short time, but already has a membership of over a hundred, and promises to become a powerful factor in the development of the village and its vicinity. HAGGEETY-VOSS. (Special to the Eagle.) Glen Cove, L. February 9--The marriage of Miss Emma Voss, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Edward Voss of the Commercial Hotel, to James Haggerty took place at St. Patrick's rectory on Monday evening at 5 o'clock, Mgr. Kelly officiatIng. The bride, a pretty blonde, was handsomeiy gowned in white satin.

The maid of honor, Miss Jeannette Bardell of Brighton Beach, wore blue satin. The best man was Edward Coles of Red Bank, N. J. A reception at the home of the bride followed the ceremony. Mr.

and Mrs. Haggerty left later in the evening for a short honeymoon. On their return they will reside here. SHEEHAN STRONG FOR SUBWAY. Subways were discussed at a meeting of the Brooklyn Hills Board of Trade on Monday.

Cornelius M. Sheehan of tho -eighth Ward Board of Trade, Brooklyn, made an address, in which ho said he believed a subway along Jamaica avenue to Jamaica was feasible. He advocated the extension of the BroadwayLafayette subway loop through Queens to Jamaica..