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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 38. TOTfT.

ir. I ST. I. All! McKU.UW sA street was destroyed by fire, end I Van Anden suffered the total loss his printing plant. He at once Eagle's Growth the Result Of Independent Journalism dtor, roporter ami editor.

I tl Bom ID IC i doubling the late When if Harm returned from Gu- othco piaip.tt .1 Tin- that slih.n aid id Klnpolla diseocrcd I h.il ner. with i my stable-, delivery I Mr Klnwlla ot work together rooms and wagon storage buildings on Ragle and i isist.il upon the of Adam- str.it Union, I hta friends Again. nine of the epochs of Mr. In 1MI towo was a dirferenee among aritbdrea an! cated a new plant In a "orner of Van Nostrand's leather store, nearl and some days afur the tire lie printing The Eagle at 4n Pulton su When a new building had been erect at No. 3, March 7, 1842, Mr.

V. Anden removed his Eagle ofilce ai remained there until May 1, 184 when The Eagle made its first re general oaga ni'-tit of tile owners of The Eagle slock Th history of The Eagle, during Its the public, Hon Klngsb I. Keeney, those dltion hecmr.ii. April I Thomas oisella Willi. mi Van An- and eventy-tive years of life and parity, beginning Tuesday, October It, 1841, is practically the record of Men the men at the head of its affairs.

permanent home at 30 Fulton In those days, lower Fulton was practically all there was young city. It was almost i kU'hani A U- wen- .0111 i with him as editors. The result at (he polls was a Democratic party tn- It la only on very special occasions that this newspaper talks of itself, but imey to get to Grei-npoint. lta robust health, fr rinht cease the publication Th Bagta Ni w-iio- I Mr. Van Anden Invented the nes- hoys for Hrookh This was at th- three score and fifteen entitles It i places were landmarks of Brooklyn those days and who were some Indulgence.

Independent GEORGE F. DOBSON Journalism is in itsi-If a ause for very it satisfaction. The Van Anden- Hester general management of The Eagle never allowed it to trail at the tall end of politics like a "party that The Kagle had for its competitor The Hrooklyn Star, published I In orange street, near Pulton, It was owned bv I oner and edited by his brother, Aldep J. Spootier, who was a man of line attainments and lit- erary taste. K.

Spooner was very conservative and held some extraordinary opinions as to the dignity of the press, fp to the tune of the Star the carriers of The Kagle, ach Inning his roule, delivered Ihe whole edition at the homes of the readers When, In addition to the carriers, Mr. Van An- i den put a corps of newsboys on the street to sell the paper, the Star rle.l i 1841. Isaac Van Anilen, "Mr Van." as he was called in the office, and patrons of the energetic young printer, Isaac Van Anden, are probably easily recalled to their descendants: James W. i'eck, hat manufacturer. Fulton and Henry streels, Robert Prince, upholsterer, 44 Fulton street; Downing Lawrence, provisions, 38 Fulton street; A.

M. Wilder, honks and games. 61 Fulton street. William Wise. Jeweler and watchmaker.

79 Fulton street; George Stlllwell. stoves and ranges, 38 Fulton street: Itlchard Butt. 1 Front street; A. Hegeman. books and stationery.

68 Fulton street; John I'rlnce, paints and oils, 39 Fulton street, and professional men and others, like Joshua M. Van Cott. Corporation Counsel Dr. D.alncl Avres, John Blunt. A.

A. Low. Dr. llobert Bosnian. Stephen Crowell.

U. J. Todd. had tried at least once, and failed, to establish a daily newspaper in Rrook- He was a Democrat of the Jef- fersonian school, and his friends In Brooklyn were numerous. All of them had faith in his ability to make a success of a Democratic daily.

Thus It came about that in the late sum- The Late Editor of The Eagle spectuble Journalism" and dec lared the I Star would never stoop to it Not lotiK afterward it went out of existence. Several of Mr. Van Anden's newsl ovs and said so, and, saving so, predicted of 1841, with an important elec-i all sorts dire Iiuslnc-- tr.niblt Iocs of friends to the publisher. They tlon coming on and the Whigs boastful of their powers, with two news- I paper "organs" In their support, Bev- i insisted upon tin time honored prlvl lege of dictating not onl the dlcy of the paper but what should and eral of the leading Democrats of Kings County met and discussed a should not be In-erteu in II columns Hut Mr. Van Anden replied; "No, The Kagle Is a newspaper." plan to start a paper to help the party Inst the Whig nominations in this That was the end of the political dictator and he retired.

Another featuie of The Katie's independent Journalism was the claim of Its right to criticise conduct of the party county. Among those present at the meeting were Henry C. Murphy of the law firm of Lott, Murphy Vander- I bllt, In whose ollice the men met: as nu independ. I nmenitic news paper, when i ho conduct was not In John Greenwood, later a judge of the City Court, and Isaac Van An.len. The tile interest of i lie party and the pub lic.

Wli.n the men. headed bv Heme Murphy, who bad stock in The be. aim men of in public ollice and one at least became a bank president. Tho Advent of William Hester. Isaao Van Anden died August 4, and his nephew, William Hester, became in succession to him president of The BrookUll Kagle Association I.Ike his uncle.

Colonel William Hester had fortified tils ambition to succeed in the newspaper business with tact pluck, energy, Industry, integrity, a keen sense of fairness and a clear head. Unlike his uncle, ho found a great newspaper lirmly established to manage, but the vast of it. which Is never part of a new enterplse, demanded executive ability of an extraordinary kind. He Ins kind -s and lus'tioc. Colonel Hester came to Hiookiyn from Tough-keepsle wuh his uncle April 12.

on ihe old steamboat Itip Van Winkle His uncle Intended to make him a business man exclusively, bin the nephew wanted to barn the newspaper profession "from top lo bottom," and una. ceded to do It from the bottom to the top. After a short time as a clerk "in the front ollii he got a chance lo learn the printing trade In the, composing room of The Kagle. When he became president of The Kagle, id the paper to Mr. den it was in consideration Cyrus V.

Smith. William Ellsworth Samuel Smith. B. Deiamater James McBrair and his brother, John; John A. Lott, Francis B.

Stryker and Charles Betts. In 1 860 Mr. Van Anden ndded No. 82 Fulton street to his establishment. Independent Journalism.

Mr. Van Anden's Eagle was noted for Its independence in politics and Its strict sense of duty to the public In subordinating commercial affairs to news, Just as it has continued those characteristics as Its policy ever since. From the first, its aim has been to serve well the community in which it Is published. Mr. Van Anden kept the paper clear of political control, and his successor has followed religiou'dy In his steps.

In lull the founder of The Eagle was soon made aware that the condition of journalism was almost that of slavery to the party whose principles the paper was supposed to advance. It stated its own side and Ignored the other. It published only that which told for its side and suppressed all that told against it or in favor of the other. Mr. Van Anden abandoned that policy and printed what was Interesting.

Ho even refused to print the local Congressman's speech on a current topic because there was no news In It. The politicians were horrified. They looked upon the Innovation as revolutionary dollar to hem hand pa id," 1 1, nrv f. Murphy representing them, and a Union Porcelain Works Inc. ESTABLISHED 1861.

Makers of the finest VITRIFIED CHINA in America. Specially adapted for Hotels, Steamships and Restaurant use. Porcelain Hardware Trimmings, Sign and Number Plates, Insulators, Electric and Chemical Goods. Office and Factory, 300 Eckford Street Brooklyn, N. Y.

note -Tor elglit hundred and sixty, six dollars," payable In nine ty days. It was one of Mr Van An den's pleasantest recollections In hh later years that he had never failed to latter had come to Hrooklyn from Poughkeepsle in 1836 and was running" a job printing office. With Samuel G. Arnold he had successfully printed and circulated a weekly called the Brooklyn Advocate, at 40 Fulton street, and their failure to inako the Daily News pay had not deprived Mr. Van Amiin of his reputation as a capable and an Independent Journalist.

Mr. Van An-den suggested the publication of the new daily and John Greenwood advocated the name of it. The Hrooklvu Eagle and Kings County Democrat both of which suggestions were adopted and the money was at once subscribed for the project. The paper was to be printed in Mr. Van Anden's Job office at 39 Fulton street, near the corner of Front street.

The Brooklyn Eagle was born on October 26. meet ins obligations on tune Associate Editor of The Eagle. of The Eagle was made. Its owners gave it as their reason that the paper had served every iniriM.se for which it had been started Mr. Van Anden protested again suspension and offered to buy out the interest of everybody concerned and assume the re-sponsthility of its conduct.

Pending these negotiations, Tile Eagle was continued, ostensibly by Mr Murphy ami his friends, hut really again under the management of Mr. Van Anden, with IMchard Adams Locke as editor. Early in Is 12 the announcement was made public that Mr. Van Anden was the sole owner and conductor of the paper. On December 17, 1841, the ofilce of publication at 39 Fulton Mr.

Anden had considerable trouble with at two of hi editors. Ill IS. Ill his editor, Samuel Arnold, his old-tiine business partner, who had once sold out to the Whigs la fore The Kagle was printed, strongly suppotted Henry Ward Hcecher's views on the slavery question and approved In the columns of The Kagle Ihe more Inteni-perati ranees of the Plymouth Association in lie was able. ANDREW MeLEAN Adelphi College Brooklyn, New York. Adelphi College is beginning its 21st year.

Founded in 1896 and opening its doors with an enrollment of fifty-seven it has grown steadily until it now has 325 students enrolled in its regular resident courses and about the same number in its extension courses. Only women are entered in the regular college, but men may avail themselves of the extension courses. Adelphi gives two baccalaureate degrees, Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science in Education. The former degree represents four years of resident work. In the latter course, graduates of Normal and City Training Schools may enter and ob Church pastoi ho advocated rules I rather than iiibles" to settle tho turmoil In "llleediiig Kansas." To this I tho proprietor objected.

He was a conservative and ill favor of neither "armed riot nor war." This led to Mr. Arnolds resignation, and he was succeeded by Henry Mci'lnskey. If Arnold had been a ride Mc-t'loskcy was sixteen-liieli gun. The ne edllor was a man of rabid views on the Southern QUeitlOn. He was a brilliant riter and an Irrepressible disputant.

His predecessor had easily agreed with Mr. Van Anden's views on the threatened secession of the slavery States, but in 1861 Mr-Closkey was tearing himself out of ihe traces and he and his employer faced a serious condition of affairs. Thev even called neb other fools In lAugtist, lMii. The Kagle was Informed I that Its course as not pleasing to the lauthoiities at U.i-hiogtoii ami circulation In the mulls was denied It. On August in common with the Journal of Commerce, the New York News the Dally Hook and the Freeman's Journal of New York The Kagle was indicted in the fulled Slates Court, charge, I with treasonable utterances, while with the Indictment came the threat in formidable shape that the publication the paper would bo forbidden." Tills was Ihe culmination of (he running warlar twecn the proprietor and his editor.

The hitter's last editorial was The War and the freedom of the Cross," after which he was deprived of his pen. In the meantime friends of Mr. Van Anden, HEALTH FIRST In the Educational Plan A Day School for Boys and Girls Open Air Classrooms New Gymnasium Kindergarten to College or Business 51st Year Begins October 16 FRIENDS' SCHOOL 112-116 Schermerhorn Street JOHN L. CARVER, Ph.D., Principal tain their degree by two years of resident work. Now Editor of the Citizen and former Adelphi Academy Brooklyn, New York.

Adelphi Academy is Brooklyn's greatest private coeducational institution. With her eleven hundred graduates and many thousand pupils, she has won for herself a prominent place in the educational history of the Borough. The original source of Adelphi may be traced to the foundation of a school for boys by John Lockwood. In September, 1863, in a house at what is now 336 Adelphi Street. The school became at once the representative institution of the region known as the Hill, and it grew rapidly in numbers and influence.

It soon filled two houses and in 1867, when it was under the management of Mr. Lockwood and Mr. Truman L. Ellinwood, plans were formed to move the school to its present site on Lafayette Avenue and St. James Place.

The cornerstone of the Academy Building was laid July 23, 1867, by the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. Its first charter was granted by the Board of Regents in December, 1869. Adelphi Academy furnishes a thorough preparation for any American college or technical school. It has Kindergarten, Primary, Grammar and Academic Departments.

For students not intending to enter college, a four-year Commercial Course and a Household Science Course are offered, the successful completion of which entitles the student to the diploma of the Academy. Special attention is given to the physical welfare of the pupils. The Gymnasium is spacious and well equipped. The new athletic field, located on the Rockaway Plank Road near the Oxford Avenue Station of the Fulton Street Elevated, is one of the largest and finest in the state. In many ways Adelphi Academy has advantages to offer which parents will do well to consider.

Its scholastic standards are high. Small classes, the flexibility of the curriculum and the personal supervision of skilled teachers make possible the development of the individual student. EUGENE C. ALDER, Principal. JAMES H.

POST, President Board of Trustees. Editor of The Eagle. naiur ui were ol tno opposi his uncle, he had mi rnowrrlni; de In addition to the college work, a Normal School for the training of kindergarten teachers is conducted with a two-year course. Graduates of this course are eligible to take the city examinations for Kindergartners. Many residents of Brooklyn and vicinity avail themselves of the extension and summer courses to secure a college degree while engaged in their regular occupations.

Some additions have been made to the faculty this present year and the corps of instructors of the institution is one not easy to surpass. It is the policy of the institution to make the most of conditions as they are found and to attempt to instill in those who come to Adelphi as students an appreciation of scholarship, a power votion lo independent ioiiriinliMo. mid Ions, si lted nr ns ne is concerned me inae- denoe of The Kauli- bus never been thorttiet at IVai suspension Of I The Kagle. Mi in danger. From tin- lirM olilurs mill reporters knew that The Kiinh- wan to eonllniie "of Hrooklyn, by Hrooklyn and for Hrnoklvn first, last and all the In his place, "typo" on The 1 His nrst editorla time." Inn of bis iiopi Mvionellts in the Advocates of Peace," who tin policy or the paper was mad I ho printing of The Kanln was the rhaiiKe of the paper from the "blanket RhWM to the present pages, and the ma naKi'inent saw the number of daily square itself with Ihe opinions held by mi.

an ai uen ami nu i obnoxious to ihe Adinmisirallon When he took of The Katie in I there bad I.e. Il added In, lllv-live I frolll ISM to IS7H the grout, of of accomplishment and a practical spirit of helpfulness. The aim of Adelphi at present is to work out as best it may that part of the educational pfOblem that has to do with the so-called liberal education. It aims to develop scholars if it may be The Kagle was markedly prosperous feet to the huildim; at .1" and Fulton street, which now became 34, 38 and 38 Fulton Street. aim expanding in us inniience certain references to The Kagle man agement but two presidents have been JOHN DAVIS' SONS Cornice and Skylight Works TIN, TILE AND SLATE ROOFING RANGES HEATERS FURNACES Nos.

20 and 22Wyckoff Street OFFICE, 170 COURT STREET Telephone, Main 713 BROOKLYN ROOFS REPAIRED AND PAINTED mentioned, which is not litcrallv tru but il is a fact that The Kagle ha nno mil two working presidents. i when a coli lie of nougiu i ne mm Anden, a corporation was ore i and a hoard of directors comprising 0 fortunate, but primarily and fundamentally it seeks to train the young women who come to it to be more noble, more valuable as well as more human and more useful. FRANK D. BLODGETT, President of the College. JAMES H.

POST, President Board of Trustees. In 1 880 The Eagle bought tho American Hotel property at Fill-ton and Klizaheth streets. Tills gave Tin. Eagle the largest landed area at that time of any sinKle corporation or lino on Fulton street. From that same American Hotel, a famous hostelry in its day.

there used to run lumbering Old stages to various points of Interest down on Long Island. The stables of the hotel company were at Doughty and Fllzabeth streets, and these made way In 18S2 for extensive Improvements bv The Kagle. The enlarged building of that oar. at 3:1, 34. 3G and me pun was elected, with one of their number, tho late Demus Harms, as president.

Shortly aftei ibis change in The Kagle management Mr. Karnes went to Kurupo and the Icihd-i MEMORIAL HALL CENTRAL Y. W. C. A.

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and the in ml, In, was occupied on July 4, fleorge Morse was the architect. The first paper was Issued from it Tuesday. July 6. The old while building on lower Fulton street was torn down and in its place was erected one if the most Up-to-date warehouse and storage building! In this country, la Hi04 an addition to the new Fugle Building nt WashlnKton and Johnson meets was unostentatiously opened, Brooklyn's Newest Industry Brooklyn is one of the greatest manufacturing cities in the United States, and nearly everything needed for the well man is made there. It remained, however, for the NATIONAL ASEPTIC LABORATORIES; INC.

to come lo Brooklyn to take care of the injured, not only of Brooklyn, but of the world. The National Aseptic Laboratories, manufacture Medicinal Plasters and Surgical Dressings. All the "First Aid" needed by Brooklyn is right at hand. The National Aseptic Laboratories has been in business but two years. Its laboratories were formerly located in Jersey City.

The business grew so rapidly that they were compelled to seek larger quarters. After having investigated the shipping facilities in Brooklyn, as well as the excellent market for high-class labor, they decided to locale in this city, and are now moving into their new buildings at 350 to 368 Morgan avenue. These buildings give them greatly increased manufacturing space, and being especially constructed for this business are nearly ideal for the purpose of manufacturing Surgical Dressings. This young, energetic new Brooklyn industry is entitled to the support of Brooklyn Druggists and Doctors. E.

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