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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 11. 1902. RUSEOFAGIRL'S MOTHER TQMARt SUREOFRflREST. Locked Up All of Ethel Carl's 'Clothing While She Went for a Warrant. SAYS THE GIRL IS WAYWARD. Eth'el. It Is Said. Has Been Going Around With Friends of Walter Brooks. Ethel Carl, a pretty, plump - checked lass of Id. who Irtish! be 20 if judged by her Rnr.Mh. ivnn arrested this afternoon by Detective Sergeants Foster and Drlnney. of Captain Reynolds' staff, on a charge of being a disorderly norson. The giri was well robed. but she had ex:t"..'ied to have newer Hollies io - !;iy. for her nir.iher had prom - ird 10 buy her : - i new outfit if she would 1? .coed anci stay at horn". The story of he: - nio:her wrs only a rn?e to Ret her to ststy it home v. - liilo slit: went for ihc police. The !?irl had been away from her mother's !a - frr a weed; and her absence occasioned :o end of worry to Mr?. Carl. Mrs. Carl ives ai Til President street and pretty rlth - l.was the joy oT her life. But the young la.; - wa: - w;?w;mi. She stayed out late a! ni'r.i. - ,. frequented the cheap Ihpnters and hrr mother did not know what company she w;;s keeping. It is alleged now that she made friends with Ruth Dunn, the v.rraan vdii figure. 1 in the Brooks murder ease, and another woman known as Kittie C'.n - rey. It is scarcely a week, as a matter of fact, since Ethel left her home. Her mother In - tetested the police in her disappearance and on her own hook made an investigation which resulted in the discovery, as alleged, that she was niakiug friends fast. Two of the companions 0t hur stay from heme were two young m n. sons J well known business men. !t is alleged that she was also at the . rccins of Claude Thanlu. a linger in the Bijou Theater, to whose efforts her reclamation to - day eve said to be partly due - Thar - do .admit tet! that she bad been at his rooms with another sirl, i, is said, but told her mother that ihe had only been there an hour, and then in t1";; custody of anchor young woman. What she did after that he did not know. Utit she was. i;ae!: again last night, according to the story that is told to - day. and he lost no time in acquainting the authorities of the fnct. The result was that Ethel was captured by her mother and was taken home. I!cr mother had a loas and tearful talk with her and go! very little satisfaction, except that the girl promised to behave herself in luture. But the mother could not find out where Ethel had been spending her days and nights, nor would the g - .r! "peach" on an.v of her companions - The mother appeared to be satisfied and to.d Ethel that 1.' she would behave herself se would buy her new clothes. Mrs. Care carefully selected all the street apparel of Ethel thii morning and went out. locking her clothing up. She had faith that, hvr mother would .'jring her some new clothes and she was quite willing to stay at home. But her mother's glimpses of dry goods stores, while she was out lo - dsy. were only massing. She was on her way to court to ;et a warrant tor the girl s arrest on a harge of being disobedient and wayward, ind also to get some trust ivortny .uete.ctive o place her under arrest. The warrant was .ssued by Magistrate Dooley and it was ;iven to Detective Sergeants Foster and De - laney. both miners and sympathizers with the mother, for service. This business settled, the mother hurried home and got Ethel in shape for arrest. Of course, she had to explain about the non - arrival of new clothes, but Ethel was !?lau to be dressed again. Just as she was ready for a wall: the detectives came in and placed her under arrest. She was taken, weeping, to headquarters on Smith street and was questioned long and earnestly by Captain Reynolds. But che had nothing to tell him. except that she had been away from home, true enottgh. but had not been misbehaving. .Vor would she tell the detective captain who had been her companions during her absence from the maternal roof. It is alleged that a portion of the time was spent at Coney Island with certain young men who have money at their dis - pos. - .l: giul'd youths, the police say. Ethel war ;:i!;en before Magistrate Dooley in :hc Adorns - trect court and was held sending m he.iriiv.;. Sh" wiii be ent"d for by the rffi - er. of the Children's Society if they will iKke net'. Bnt sh" will not be sent to jail for the present. HEMSTREET STILL IN FIGHT. His Friends Doub: the Eagle's Information About Congressional and Senatorial Nciaina'.ions. Some enthusiast ic t': Spuds of Colonc! William Hernstreet. a nil known Grand Army veteran, art' disposed to question the accuracy of the Eagle's new about Republican nominations. A man. who :;i;ns himself "A Novice in Polities." says he cannot understand It. The ; tippori or. - ;' Colonel Hem - street have been : mo. mod that t::e whole matter would be settled at the congressional convention and the frjt i 1 t tit colonel, who is an eloquent speaker, ha been tunning about the county trying to influence lite voters. And the Colonel has apparently some friends and will have mine delegates. For instance the Fourth Ele. - ti.n District cf the Eighteenth Assembly District, at a meeting Tuesday evening, instructed delegates tor hira, and for Henry Marshall for Sena - : or. The source ef the Eagle's information in this case is a professional .secret, and represents the attitude of the organization on those matters. The following communications speak for themselves: To the Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle: By what miraculous seeret can you say. in advance of the primaries and conventions, as you ti id in yen issue of the 10th Instant, who will be the nominees for Congress and Senators'.' Whv not abolish primaries and conventions" JONATHAN LITTLE. To the Editor of the Erooklyn Eagle: By what rlgh trioes any of the self consli - tttted bosses, who are back numbers, assume to foretell, or dictate, or try to inrluenee the Republican voters and duly elected delegates before the primary and conventions? Is this free Americanism? A NOVICE IN POLITICS. Colonel Herusfreet is going ahead anyway in disregard of the Eagle's prediction and will hold a meeting at Hay's Hall. Third avenue and Fiftieth street, which is in Harry Hanbury's home bailiwick. He promises an interesting address. Cards advising voters not to make precipitate pledges are being distributed in the district. They are about an inch square but are not signed by Mr. Woodruff or Mr. Dady. rather by a man named Small, who says his name has no reference to his political importance. They read: YES: . I'm for tile " vtonl" "P. - .n't do :t tMric. till you Fee me." .1. H. SMALL. If Hrumiway. N. V. WOLCOTT MAY OPPOSE TELLER. Denver. Col.. September 11 The principal H sue In the eoming election in Colorado is . lia United States senatorship, and it is already apparent that the contest is distinctly between Henry M. Teller and Edward C. Wolcott. There appears to be little or no opposition to Wolcott in the Republican party, and should a Republican majority be elected to the Legislature, the ex - Senator can step into the shoes of his former colleague. The Republican State Convention will meet in this city to - morrow. BRITISH CONSUL INSANE. Family of W. H. Stuart of Boston Put Him in. Asylum Notes Forged. Boston. Sept. 11 V. H. Smart, formerly British vice counsel here, has been placed in the Mel - ean Insane Asylum at Waverly. bv his family, which has for some time been convinced that, because of his peculiar financial methods, he has not been responsible for his acts. A number of notes, aggregating $100,000. are heid by various persons. The notes bear the indorsement of Mrs. Stuart, who is the daughter of Arioch Wentworth. a Boston millionaire. The indorsements are' alleged to have been forged. It is also understood that Mr. Stuart, in his accounts at the consulate, was short by about $15,000, but that his father - in - law made good the deficiency. Stuart has been acting in a peculiar manner for months. He Is a comparatively young man. He had been connected with the British consulate for about twenty years, but tendered his resignation on August - 0. VESTIBULED SURFACE CARS. State Federation of Labor Will Urge Passage of Bills Other Legislation Proposed. Auburn. N. v.. September 11 The morning session of the State Federation of Labor was largely occupied in discussion of bills to be urged upon the Legislature, providing for vestibules on all surface cars. One bill related only, to New York City and another applied to all counties of less than 750.000 population. Both bills were concurred in after long discussion. A flood of resolutions was then presented, mostly calling for special legislation for organized labor. Among them were the following: Demanding railroad worker on State Railway Commission. In appointing a special committee to select and oppose labor's greatest enemy In the Legislature. To punish violators of eight hour law. Indorsing Egan Assembly hill. Indorsing the, anti - injunction bill. Against exposure of women patients in hospitals. Providing for half fare for New York school children on electric roade. The Judiciary committee reported recommending that organized workers serve notice on both political parties that corporation lawyers are cot to be tolerated on the bench. OLD TIME HORSEMAN DEAD. William Green, for Many Years a Familiar Figure in Brooklyn, Passes Away. (Special to the Eagle.) Locust Valley. L. I.. September 11 The death of William Green, whose funeral was held last evening at his late home ai 6 Seventh avenue. Brooklyn, was a great shock to a wide circle of acquaintances and friends in this village, where he was born. His remains were interred in the cemetery here this afternoon in the presence of the members of the family. The deceased was well known and popular among , horsemen and sportsmen of Greater New York for the last half century. Although he was in his 80th year. Mr. Green was hale and hearty and he and his friends looked forward to many more years of the intense enjoyment he always took out of life. The deceased was married for the second time only a few months ago. when he wedded an old friend of his childhood in Brooklyn. For very many years Mr. Green was the proprietor of a famctti boarding and livery stable on Red Hook lane, ru Brooklyn, which was. the rendezvous in the olden days for many of the owners of fine trotting horses. The stable was the scene of many quiet meetings oi the leading politicians and sporting men. The deceased when he left Red Hook lane opened a fine stable on Brooklyn avenue, which during the past few years he leased. Although all his life surrounded by men who Indulged in high play, the deceased, according to a statement once made by himself to a resident here, never but once exceeded a very modest limit of wager. On that occasion lie was coaxed into a contest of skill at Saratoga, at which thousands of dollars changed hands, and he declared it was with the greatest relief of mind that he was able to retire with several thousand dollars and a renewed determination never to engage in big play. It was the boast of the deceased that he was. never angry during his life, and his uniform good health and expectation of living many more years are based upon an optimistic view of this life's affairs. He was a man who had many friends and few. if any. enemies. He was a great lover of horseflesh, and was never without a fine roadster with which he paid a daily visit down the Brooklyn Boulevard for the past half century. His face was a familiar one to all horsemen, and among the hotel piazza groups of old time drivers "Bill" Green, as he was affectionately called, was always welcome. A widow, two daughters and a brother survive the deceased. ARTHUR EDWARD PETTIT DEAD. A. E. Pettit. who died Tuesday at his home. 103 Washington park, of chronic bronchitis and valvular diser.se of the heart, after an illness of eighteen months' duration, - .was born in New York City in I860 and had been a lifelong resident of Brooklyn. In his younger days he was sailing master of the yacht Carrie May. the property of Commodore White of the Brooklyn Yacht Club. He had retired from business and spent his leisure time iu croquft. at which he was an expert, and well known In the games in Fort Greene Park. RUSSIA'S MANCHURIA ORDER. British Foreign Office Has Heard Nothing Officially of Minister Lessar's Instructions. London. September 1 1 The foreign office here has heard nothing, officially of the instructions sent by Paul Lessar. the Russian minister at Peking to the Russian commander in Manchuria, directing him to expel the British imperial customs employes who may h" ent to Manchuria to resume charge of the postal service, on the ground that the presence of foreigners in Manchuria during the military occupation is objectionable. The officials of the Foreign Office are much interested, - but they decline to discuss tlie possible' act ion of Great Britian until more felly informed on the subject. ENGLISH STUDENTS HERE. Professor John Goodman, instructor of mechanical engineering in Yorkshire College, at Leeds. England, accompanied by four students of that, institution, called upon Public Works Commissioner Redfield at the lat tor's office in the Borough Hall this morning. Professor Goodman is an old rriend of Commissioner Redfield. Professor Goodman and the four students in his charge are making a study of the industrial, mechanical and engineering methods of the large manufacturing establishments in this country. After a talk with Mr. Redfield the party left for a visit to the former's factory in Richards street. AN ELECTRIC SIGN and A BRIGHT SHOW WINDOW are the most modern, remunerative and attractive forms of advertising. J Tf EDISON Sr 360 PeaLrl Street. 15.141 AH SCHOLARS ' III BROOKLYN SCHOOLS. Slight Decrease in the Number Who Have to Get Along With Part Time Classes. COMPLETE RETURNS .NOW IN. And Supplementary Measures May Be Devised to Relieve the Situation Further. Complete figures of registration for the Borough of Brooklyn, including the high schools, were announced by City Superintendent Maxwell this morning. The total number of children registered in all of the Brooklyn schools on September 8 of this year were 172. 5S5, being an increase over the registration of last year of 15.141. The attendance on the opening day in the borough schools was 151. 1C0. an increase of 11.277. In Brooklyn there are now 29,740 children in part classes, being a decrease of 2S9 from the figures for the first day of last year. In all 2.612 children have been refused admission to the local high and elementary schools, 1,112 being over 6 years of age. Now that the figures are all in' the Board of Education will take up the question of providing the necessary accommodations. The number of children on register in the entire city, with four of the Manhattan elementary schools missing, are (including high schools) 404,774, being an increase ot 4,1,138. The figures for the boroughs are: Manhattan (four elementary schools missing), 240. - 769; Bronx, 41,625; Brooklyn, 172.5S5; Queens, 29,277, and Richmond. 10,416. The high school registration complete was announced this morning and shows that Brooklyn - t till leads all the boroughs In the number of scholars on register in the high schools. The figures are: Brooklyn. 8,057: Manhattan. 6.64S; Bronx, 1,940; yueens, 1,686; Richmond, 611. Manhattan shows the greatest increase by reason of the opening of the new High School of Commerce and the Girls' Trades School. The increase in registration by boroughs is as follows: Manhattan. 1.727; Bronx. 157; Brooklyn. 834: Queens, 410: Richmond. 225. While Brooklyn shows an increase of but S34 on register, there is an increase in attendance of S73. The figures for the local high schools are as follows: Total register. September 8 Girls' High. 2.665; Boys' High. 1.253; Manual Training. U62: Erasmus Hall. 1.731; Commercial High. 756; Eastern District. 690. Increase over registration of first day. 1901 Girls' High. 189; Boys' High. 255; Manual Training, 43; Erasmus Hall, 0; Commercial High School, 211, and Eastern District High School. 131. The Manual Training High School reports 388 children on part time, while the Eastern District High School - reports 533, an increase for the latter institution of 199. These are the only high schools reporting scholars on part time. The Girls' High School has refused admission to 79 applicants, and Erasmus Hall High School to 30 . ALLOWED $12 A WEEK ALIMONY. Justice Herrick Orders James Harding to Pay Amount to Wife and $50 Counsel Fee. Justice. Herrick. sitting in the Supreme Court, special term, this afternoon ordered James Harding to pay his wife $12 a week alimony and S.10 counsel fee. Harding was in court to oppose the motion' in a suit for an absolute divorce his wife ia bringing against - him. although he admitted that he did not intend to put in an answer to the complaint. Lawyer Lehman, counsel for Mrs.. Harding, detailed to the court his client's story of marital woe. "Mrs. Harding was appealed to." said Mrs. Lehman, "as a Christian tvtman, by one Ella Wilson, to take her Into her home, as she was without work. My client, obeying the impulses of the moment, did so. Soon afterward Mr. Harding sent his wife to the country for her health. On her return. July 17. she found Ella the mother of a child, it which, she said, Mr. Harding was the father. The defendant and this corespondent are still living together in Boerum place, while the plaintiff resides at 1.123 Putnam avenue. The defendant is a pressman, employed by the Thompson Meter Company, at S3 Washington strret . and earns f. om $40 to 560 a v. eek. Besides that he has $1,000 In a savings bank." "They have had six children, of whom only two are living, a boy 16 years old and a girl aged 12. Harding has been paying his wife $11 a week, but that is too little." Lawyer Lehman then sat down. "Any one on the other side?" asked the court. Harding, a slim man of about 40. stood up and said that he was the defendant. He denied that he earned $40 a week and said that he only made $20. The defendant said he had no bank account and accused his wife of going with men. "That is false." said Mrs. Harding's counsel. "Well, she did some time ago." replied Harding. After a few questions by Justice Herrick a; to the financial ability of the defendant the latter was ordered to pay his wife $12 a week pending the trial of the action. BOTTLE FLY OR MOSQUITO. Coroner's Physician to Determine Which Was Responsible for the Death of George Lindhurst. An unusujl cause of death was reported a rew days ago to the Coroner's office. It appears that on Tuesday George Lindhurst, 56 years oid. of 204 Ralph street, died from blood poisoning, caused, it is alleged, by the bite or a bottle fly. Two weeks ago' Mr. Lindhurst was bitten by a mosquito. He scratched the bite and his nails peeled off a little of the skin. He thought nothing of that at. the time. A few days later he was passing a grocery sicre near his home. In front of the store an empty molasses cask stood, in which and over which there were a swarm ef flies. One of these, eommonls called a bottle fly. lit upon the scratch on Mr. Lindhurst's hand. He felt it nibbling at the wound and killed it with his other hand. The fly was smashed into the scratch. That night Mr. Lindhurst saw thai, his hand was swelling and I he day following the swelling extended to his forearm. He then became alarmed and called In Dr. Ber - len'oach, who saw at once that his patient had blood poisoning and treated him for that disease. The swelling increased, however, and before long Mr. Lindhurst began to suffer terrible pains. Finally he died in great agony. It is impossible, of course, to say whether it was the sting of the mosquito or the nibbling of the bottle - fly that led to blood poisoning, but. it is believed by the doctors that some foreign substance of a poisonous nature from the fly's crushed body got into the wound. The certificate of death sent to the Health Department was rejected and Coroner's Physician Wuest was ordered to make an investigation. The funeral was held to - uav. A BURGLAR KILLED. Wheeling, W. Vs.. September II Burglars were surprised by officers while trying to crack the safe in the Pan Handle passenger office. A battle ensued and one of the burglars, who gave his name as John Doe, was killed. His partner, Philip Martin, was captured and is now in jail. The authorities believe the gang i3 the one that has been operating successfully throughout West Virginia for several weeks. G. T. DURTEA STILL MISSING. Eastern District Man Disappeared From Summer Home at Syosset, L. I. No trace has yet been found of George T. Duryea, a prominent Eastern District business man and former member of the Hanover Club, who disappeared about two weeks ago from his summer home at Syosset, L. I. Considerable mystery surrounds the sudden disappearance of Mr. Duryea, for his domestic and business affairs were of a happy and prosperous nature. Since he left his Syosset home he has been seen several times in the neighborhood of Oyster Bay, but his family was unable to learn of his exact whereabouts and his friends and relatives are now pursuing a diligent search. Mr. Duryea. who is 50 years oid and a member of the firm of Duryea & Storms, - hay and feed dealers at Wallabout Market, has failed to put in an appearance at his place of business and his partner to - day said that he was at a loss to account for Mr. Duryea's disappearance and that he had heard nothing from him since he went away. At the home of Mr. Duryea at 75 Keap street, which he occupies with his family when not at Syosset, nothing could be learned of the case. The family has been at the Long Island home since the beginning of the summer, and the house is still tightly closed. ARGUMENT IN STEEL TRUST SUIT Attorney for Plaintiffs Claims Valuation of Corporation's Properties Is Excessive. Newark. September 11 Frank Bergen of counsel for J. Aspinwall Hodge and other stockholders of the United States Steel Corporation, seeking by injunction to restrain the retirement of $200,000,000 of the company's preferred stock and the issue of $250, - 000,000 bonds, resumed his argument in favor of an injunction before Vice Chancellor Emery to - day. Mr. Bergen declared that the valuation of the steel corporation's properties was excessive and that not a single affidavit had been produced to show in detail that the valuation was not inflated. He claimed that the affidavit of James M. Lancaster as to detail had not been contradicted. Richard V. Lindabury. for the corporation, said that the defendants would riot take up the fundamental question as to the power of the United States Steel Corporation to retire the preferred stock in the manner proposed. '1 he appeal in the Bergen case, now under advisement in the Court of Errors and Appears, covered the points arising under that inquiry. It was to be assumed that the court if it should decide the present action before a decision 13 reached by the Appellate Court would follow the previous decision in the BCrger case. The only question to which the defendants would address themselves, on the argument of the merits, would be as to the validity of the syndicate contract with J. P. Morgan & Co. That contract, Mr. Lindabury Eaid. was unassailable by stockholders. The complainants, he declared, seemed to rely upon the personal interest of the directors as a ground for the avoidance of contract, irrespective of the intrinsic fairness of the transaction and despite the fact that the stockholders, with full knowledge of all the details of the plan, including the interest of directors, approved it by more than a two - thirds vote of all the capital stock, in strict accordance with article 2. section 9. of the bylaws, which was submitted to them. no more Baldwin for him. i . Member of Polar Expedition Returns and Blames the Leader. Iu a dispatch from Boston to the Sun. R. S. Vineyard of Durango. Col., is quoted as having said: "I know I would never go on another expedition with Baldwin, and I know from what was said .that no American that had been once with' that man' will ever go with him again." Mr. Vineyard was si member of the Bald - win - Zelgler polar expedition that started from Brooklyn. He is the first one of the party to return. He said further: "The report that there was death aboard the America is untrue, but that there was trouble between ,the captain and Baldwin Is generally known and is authentic. "The captain naturally wished to command his own ship, but Baldwin's arbitrary nature could not stand for this, and there was a clash. The captain was deposed and the first mate was put in charge. Of course, all good feeling for the voyage was destroyed by the sides taken on this matter, and. as I say. Baldwin is thought by all the Americans not to be a man with whom they wish to undertake trips to the North Pole or anything else. "We did have ill luck. The temperature at the most northerly point attained between 40 and 50 degrees below zero, low - even for that latitude, and conditions of ice and weather were unfavorable for us. "We did discover and map islands in tho archipelago, known to exist, but never explored, north of Norway and between Zemba and Spitzbergen. These islands lie between (3 and S2 degrees north latitude S2, being the highest we reached. j "Wc established a large cache on Capo I Clair, in Prince Rudolf Land, to he a basis of I supply for a future expedition. It is near j that of the Due de Abruzzi. so if both go north j again they will jtart their sledge journey - over the ice from the same point. "The expedition succeeded in obtaining marine, geological and mineral specimens, some of which are thought to be entirely new. "I have had enough of the North. I'm going to stay here a few days and go West, but no more of i 'e country for me and no more Baldwin." 700 STRIKE IN TRIESTE. Trieste. Austria - Hungary, September 11 Ir. consequence of the arrest of the ringleaders of a recent demonstration here 700 dock laborers and others struck work to - day. and the work of the port was much affected. The demonstration was organized with the object of compelling the authorities to suppress a newspaper unpopular with the workmen. Three employes of the obnoxious paper, all Italians, have been arrested on charges of assault. COFFEE BLOATING. Coffee CniiscM Liver Contention in , Sonic People. ! "We dm nk e.ofit'c some yours ;iud it swilled tin esttililisiioil law iu our household 1o l.'ike lvfujro with some medicine or physic to nuiko the bowels move or relieve the stomach of its pressure tcof - fee is t'licnilh - the ciitise of persistent consti);!tioii. tis ii iroduoo& more or less eoutiestuin of the liver'.1 "I was so nervous thai niy hand. trembled sndly iiiid sleep tied from me. I felt ivviiuUle nli 1he time ami unable to do iiiueh of niiv work. I had to force myself to do tliimrs; always felt lazy nnd li;ul to drive myself to get tirouitd: tlie food 1 ate belched ut and I always felt :is if 1 were bloutet!. and had such a narrow and tiffin sensation in my chest, so that every linle exertion started hot waves l mining tliroutfh the whole body, followed by p cold, ehllly sensation. "But tillei 1 commenced to use I'ostmn Fond Coffee uiitl quit coffee these complaints all disappeared. I feel well. ' energetic anil hopeful: am better nourished and able to sleep well every night. "My husband was often sick mid Hie (liiclot and nieilii - ine were constantly needed in our house, but since we stopped coffee and use, Postum all these things ate changed ami that heavy feeling around the . - best lias gone. "Kvery wile should introduce tills wholesome beverage into her family. She would discover in :i few days what a rh'h food she ha,) prepared for her loved ones, anil would In - rid of till of (hose oppressing sensations and stomach ami bowel complaints which are caused by coffee ili'inUin." Name given by I'ostinii Co.. Baltic Creek, Mich. LATE SPORTS. MATCH PLAY BEGINS Lucky Mashie Shot by Daniel Chauncey Gets Him Into the Cup Event. RESULTS IN THE FIRST ROUND, Travelli of Oakley Scores First Victory. Alsop of Yale Wins Easily. Other Cards. (Special to the Eagle.) Great River, N. V.. September 11 The first match play round of the Westbrook golf tournament was begun shortly after 10 o'clock this morning. Many players feel that the real serious business of a tourney begiu6 only with the "match play. They are at ease during the Qualifying round when they are playing against many adversaries whom they cannot watch, but when playing against a single man and knowing that one of the two must drop out, the strain is great. The course was in fine shape this morning for the sixteen golfing duels which were to be fought over It. Yesterday some of the men complained that the fair green was a bit dead in places, but no such objection could be raised to - day. The eight matches for the major trophy, the Westbrook Cup, promised excellent golf, as nearly all the cracks had qualified. Beside F. O. Reinhart. the medal winner; Devereaux Emmet of Garden City and r. J - 0. Alsop of Yale, there were four strong players still in the list from Westbrook and three from Oakley. Daniel Chauncey of Dyker Meadow. Linds - ley Tappln of Westbrook and J. R. Maxwell, jr., and II. F. Whitney of Nassau, who tied yesterday at 178 for the sixteenth place in "the qualifying round, started from tho first tee at 10:30 to play off the tie. They were all down In five on the first hole, and another was necessary. Approaching the second green Mr. Chauncey rolled a mashie shot into the cup for a three from a distance of fifty yards. As the others were not so fortunate, he thus gained the right to contest for the major trophy, while the other three players went into the second sixteen. The pairings for first round play were as follows: Westbrook Cup F. J. O. Alsop. Yale. vs. Hovervaux Emmet. Garden City. H. B. HolUns. Jr.. Westbrook. vs. W. CV Chick. Krnokllne: E. S - Knapp. Westbrook. vp. R. C. Watson. Jr.. Westbrook; G. F. Wlllot. Oakley, vs. D. Chauncey. Dvker Meadow: F. O. ltolnhart. Princeton, vs. J. R. Hyde. Bay Short: C. P. Travelle. Oakley, vs. .1. D. Travrrs. NaFpau: L. L. KellORPT. Fox Hills, vs. II. R. Townsend. Nassau: W. Wood. Westbrook, vs. G. .'. Clark. Jr.. Shinnrcock. Consolation Cup L. Tappln. Westbrook. vs. J. Tt. Maxwell. Jr.. Nassau: V. Mason. Crescent, vs. James R. Ross. Fastern parkway: N. G. Carman, rtav Shore, vs. F. C Jennings. Garden City; F. C. Reynolds. Kssex County, vs. H. F. Whitney, Nassau: G. S. Armstrong. Fox Hills, vs. W. ,. Hyde. Ray Shore: ft. T. Brokaw. Princeton, vs. t. S. Rrown. Heliport: - lames Rhett. Crescent, vs. C. F. Wntson. Kssex County: John Mott. Heliport, vs. J. R. Suydcm. Westbrook. The first match completed was that between C. I. Travelli of Oakley and J. D. Travcrs of Nassau. The young Glen Cove player gained an early lead, and was 2 up at the turn. He kept up his good work, and defeated his formidable opponents by 3 and 1. The cards: Travers, out "i " " .t I ." 4 411 Travelli. out " 5 i .' 4 .1 4 Tntvers. hi ......... T. .", .", 3 4 .", 4 4 3.1 70 Travelli. in I s 4 1 4 I s 5 r. - 38 SI F. J. O. Alsop of Yale had a comparatively easy time in his match with TJeveraux Emmet of Garden City. At the turn the wearer of the Blue was 2 up. and on the 'way home he steadily increased his lead, winning on the thirteenth green by 6 and 7. The cards: Alsop. out 4 (! 4 ?, 5 4 :. .1 o 43 Fnimet. out ." 4 4 " 4 5 4. 5 T 41 Alsop, In 4 4 r. 3 :i .V. Emmet, 'In i 0 4 4 - IS M F. O. Reinhart. the Princeton crack, defeated J. R. Hyde of Bay Shore with ease by 6 and 5. The less experienced player made a good stand on the first round and was only 2 down at the turn. On the return trip, however. Reinhart forged steadily ahead and won out on the thirteenth green. The cards: Reinhart. out k r, .'. 4 4 .". 4 I 7 - 44 Hvde. out 7 7 ." :: 4 7 .1 4 6 tS Reinhart. In .". 4 .1 3 t.'. ."!) Hyde. In 0 C 4 21 63 G. S. Willet of Oakdale defeated Daniel Chauncey of Dyker Meadow by 6 and 5. The former started off strongly and was 4 up at the turn. The cards: Wlllct. out ." Ti T. 3 4 .". 4 4 641 Chauncey. out P.4T. 74i5ro 6 IS Willet. In r, 4 s 4 is chauncey. In 7 o 3 31) us There was much interest in the match between the local player. H. B. Hollins, jr., and W. C. Chick of Oakley. The latter was 2 up at the turn, but the match was squared on the twelfth green. Hollins took the lead at the next hole. The match was square again at the sixteenth, but Chick won the next and was dormie one. As the next hole was halved, he won by 1 up. The cards: Chick, out ."443 4 0 4 4 .", 311 Hollins. out .", 4 o 3 r. .". 3 ,r H 41 Chick. In r, r. . - , 4 4 4 4 4 641 S - 'l Hollins, in r, 4 4 3 4 3 .", 3 SSil SO The match between W. Wood. Westbrcok. and G. t;. Clark, jr.. Shinnecock Hills, resulted in a victory for the local plaver bv 2 and 1. The cards: Wood, cut C 3 4 I 4 ." 4 6 - 4, - p Clark, out 6 4 4 4 4 4 :.:, i 41 Wood, in :, :, 4 3 4 , - , :, 4 ki Clark, in 6 4 :. ;t :, 4 1 :, 13 S3 L. L. Kellogg. Fox Hills, beat H. R. Town - send. Nassau, by 3 and 2. The latter started off at a merry clip and was 1 up at the turn, but failed to hold the pace on the second round. Th.e cards: KelloKK. out.: :, 4 13 4 .i'4 S fi - 40 rownsenil. out 5 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 653 I'.' - lloKpr. in 6 4 s 3 I :, 4 - i 71 Tr.wnsend, in :, :, 4 r, - A A hard - fought match was that between R. C. Watson, jr.. Westbrook, and E. S. Knapp. also of the local club. It went to nineteen holes before Knapp won by 1 up. The summary of the consolation round follows; O. T. R - ol;aw. Princeton, l.eat I. S. P.rown. Ben - port. :, up and 4 to play: C. c. Mason. Crescent. teat J. R. Ross. Eastern parkway. 7 up and : to play: James Rhett. Crseeent. best C. F Watson. J - .ssex County. 3 up nnd 1 to plav: F. c ,Ien - nlliEs bent H. F. Whitney. Nassau.' 7 up and 0 to pliiy: ,r. F:. uyilanj. Westbrook. heat John Mott, Btllpr.rt. by default: F. C. Reynold?. Kssex County, beat H. K. Whitney. NRssati. 4 up and 3 to play: w . .1. 1 - lyde. Ray Shore, beat G. E. 4rn. - stlc - ng. Fox Hills, i tin. GOLFING AT WHEAT0N. First Round, of the Western Amateur Championship Egun Again in Form. Chicago. September 11 Lowering weather threatened to disperse the gallery of golf enthusiasts who watched the opening play to - tiny in the first round of match play for the Western amateur golf championship on the links of the Chicago Golf Club at Wheat on. The brilliant record made yesterday by H. C'.iandler. Egan of Exmoor Club, who covered the double course in 163 strokes, naturally made that player the center of attraction of the day's playing. He va3 matched with George F. Cllngraan. jr.. of Homewood. whose medal score yesterday was 1 SO. The play of the sixteen pairs or contestants to - day wr.s at eighteen holes. Egan easily came up to Ihe expectations of his supporters in the morning match and defeated Cllngman G up 4 to play. His medal score was: Out. 41; in. 39: total. SO. .1. O. Hinkley. Midlothian, defeated Kenneth Edwards, a clubmate. 3 up 1 to go. W. L. Howland. jr.. of Evanston won from K. IVr. Ames or Cllenview. 3 up 1 to so. Stuart Stickney of St. Louis took his match from W. I. Osborne of Glenvlew by default, as did Robert E. James of Glenvlew. brother i of the national champion, from O. C. Fuller I of Milwaukee. Harold Smith of Onwentsia won from Ash - i ley Dixon of Homewood. 3 up 2 to go. R. R. : Kimball of Omaha defeated Louis Allis c" Milwaukee after a tight contest, by 1 up. R. Pettit of Kenosha. Wis., took his game I from R. cV. Northrop of Chicago. 2 up 1 to j go. L. T. Boyd of Milwaukee defeated his : clubmate. Garth Bigelow. 8 up 6 to play. I STAHTEBFIT7XxEEALD'S CONDITION Holding His Own and Physician Entertains Hopes of Recovery. The physician in attendance cn Christopher Fitzgerald, the starter of horse races, said to - day that he had been unable to notice any marked change in his patient's condition since yesterday. Fitzgerald was holding his own and the physician believed that he would recover. The father and brother - in - law of Mr. Fitzgerald arrived to - day from Canada, but were, not permitted to see the patient. "CLEM'r JENKINS SUSPENDED. American Jockey Set Down in England for Careless Hiding. London. September 11 After the race for the St. Leger Stakes at Doncaster yesterday. "Clem" Jenkins, the American jockey, was - suspended for the rest of the meeting by the stewards lor careless and dangerous riding. "Danny" Maher reported his compatriot for foul riding. LEXINGTON TRACK SOLD. New Owners Propose to Form a Racing Circuit of Kentucky Courses. Lexington, Ky.. September 11 The historic Kentucky Association race course has been sold by Charles Green of St. Louis to J. J. Douglass of Louisville. Ky.. for $40,000. With Douglass are associated other well known turfmen, by whom a new race association will be organized for Kentucky, and the old trotting track at Louisville, Oakley track at Cincinnati and Lexington track will be turned into a circuit for running races. It is the purpose o the new owners to hold spring and fall race meetings each year, opening in Lexington next spring. Immense sales paddocks will be constructed at the local track, where an effort will be made to dispose of the annual crop of yearlings and save the cost of shipment to New York and back each season. The work of repairing the track will begin next week. UNMASKED THE WINNER. Young Henry Second and Musette Third in Opening Event at Sheeps - head. (Special to the Eagle.) Sheepshead Bay, September 11 The track has dried out and Is fast. The weather is warm. The stake features are the Belles for fillies 2 years of age. at five and a half furlongs, and the Omlnum. Handicap, for 3 year olds and upward, at a mile and a furlong. The starters in the opening race, for all ages, six furlong3, on the main track, were: Young Henry. 1!S iLyne), 20 to 1. Cnmasked. 11." (N. Turner!. S to 5. Musette, 11:. (O'Connor). S to 1. Raul Creyton. Ill i.I. Marttn).h5il to 1. Intervention, 9i) (Redfern). 13 to M. RrlKht Qlrl. S.". 1 Utlburn). 30 to 1. Tribes Hill. Ill lOtlom), 23 to 1. Ray, 10S (Watte). 2,", to 1. Coupled. The race was won by Unmasked, with Young Henry second' and Musette . third. Time 1:13 4 - 5 . SHEEPSHEAD BAY ENTRIES. (Special to. the Eagle.) Race Track, Sheepshead Bay, L. I.. September 11 The entries for the races here tomorrow are as follov.s: First race For maUlon fillies 2 years old: with JSO nd(jd. of which $125 to the hpcoik! and JTo to the third. Last live I'urlonss of Futurity course. Name. Win. Name. W h t . Marion Ktta lMi?weet Nell 110 Annie Halhatway... HOUJlnrlous HO Hymettus l iv - - of iialore Catherine t'hisni llf? Tioffa 310 Futulta no . Milacli I.ov 110 Cranesville 110 Fair Las:? 1 IOu.i kIh'i i J Meddling - Mary i io( He len ( '. S 1 10 Mini. Blanche 1 10' Iconoclast 1J0 Swret Ali"e llOiednl 11') Pleeins Venus i:o!,'ilfu:i 110 Second race For .1 years old and upward, non - winr.ers in of l?i0; Helllnc: with $9(J0 added, nf which S12o tu th - second and 575 tu the third. One mllr. Name. Writ. Name. Wht. Hoaster 102; R.cUey SS Grail !. Brand vsmash 9tf Ciibrcn I.ifjht ff Ren Howard 102 lim Tully SiO I,ee Kinj? 09 Print - Richard 96'Potente 10:1 Choate Sa! T.st f 1 ijiummond 94. Satire 108 Jim nark 105nistaway 95 ibold .xluiiito; - 102 Cornwall S71 VlfH Huttermilk 99 The Black Scot 93 Rappeneclier 100 Dr. Rarlow lOSIimy .1 84 Third race The Golden Rod; for 2 yoars old: with $1,500 added, of which $300 to the second and $:T0 to the third. Six and a half furlongs on turf. Name. Wht. Name. Wht. Sailmaker JOdjUidy Josephine 107 Athelroy HO; Serjeant 113 Examln?r 11', Golden .Maxim !1'2 Miladl I - ove 97 - Mackey lawyer 110 Incubator ino; Fourth race For S years old and upward: handicap: with $1.210 added, of which $200 to the second and SI 00 to the third. Due mile and a furlonc. Ma me. Wht. Name. Wht. Advance Guard Douro n7 Ethics MS Belle of Troy 102 KcFslfjnol T'T Muntrepjea Barle due S'i'MiniEeU t2 Potente S7! Fifth race For all afre?: yelling: with added, of which $12." to the second and 7.", to the third. Seven furlong?. Futurity course. Name. W'hi. Name. Wht. Cornwall HO G. Whittier nr. Belvino 12. - . cu, 97 fTici'.path 122! Franklyn C 95 Stuyve 1C7J Ftnekev 110 l'f. Kiddle nr. Clarlta - 117 Barkelmore 90 Alabarch 107 Rrandysmash 11 5! Morn Pomona 317 Examiner 9.!stnmplnp Ground 97 Or. Saylor H).11The Referee 110 Marchait 11.1 Enaena 102 Never Mr - re WiVDnrk Planer 3 I tora Loyan S"! Pir.th race Tlie Fiur.et Handicap: for ? years old and upward: with $2.00!) adrird. of which ?3"V to the second and SI 30 10 the third. One mile and a half on turf. Name. Wht. Name. Wht. Arden Si' Advance Guard ISO Articulate ;2t'. Hln Eminence 108 The. Rival 10.1 - Dlxkline 101 PEBSIMMON COLT BRINGS S30,870. Big Prices Paid for Yearlings in Eng - e, laud. London. September 11 Remarkable prices were paid at tho sales of yearlings at Don - caster to - diy. Sir Tatton Sykes. the Yorkshire baronet, sold seven at an average of $10,038. Ten of another stable fetched $8,337 each. The sum of $30.S70 was paid for a yearl'.ng co - t by Persimmon - Gyp. CHOKER'S HORSE WON. Doncaster, England, September 11 The Portland plate of 800 sovereigns, was won to - day by Richard Croker's Gladwin Trlggs. Twenty - three horses started. AID ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED. The certiacate of incorporation ot the First Brooklyn p.Plnters' Mutual Aid Association was filed with the county clerk to - day. The association will establish a club house and A GOOD OPPORTUNITY. "IV r doMlrr to xeenre the ervSc off nn intoUiist'iit younK man off p,ood nil - ilrcwN nnd ednenl Ion to learn tlie fire liimirnnoe linMliiCMH, vrltli n view ot flt - tints hlmnelf for n ooNlHon of rcMpon - BENEDICT & BENEDICT, Court and Montague Sts, Brooklyn. MISCELLANEOUS. Zb mortgage on eiwrp heme in Brooklyn caw be paid o ff easily and economically tbrouqb the Gaqk Savings & Loan Company, one eigbtysix Hemsen si I promote the interests of journeymen and 1 master painters. The incorporators are Har - ; ris Crystal, 14 Sumner - avenue; Samuel Ro - ; senberg, 89 Slgel street: Charles Crystal, 14 i Sumner avtnue: Joseph Winlls. 121 Hopkins j street: B. Miller. SOS Bushwick avenue; B. 1 Oshan, 207 Varet street: Joseph Sherman. 113 I Bushwick avenue; Rubin Kimme - 1. 103 John son avenue: Abraham' Heyman. 412 Jushwick avenue: Louis Adelstein. 190 Varet street. The anual meeting will he held on September 1G. . . PROTESTS AGAINST PLAY. j The Rev. Mr. Groves, a Former Brook - i lynite, Grieved at Production of Career I " of Tracy, the Outlaw. The Rev. George C. Groves, formerly pastor of Christ Chapel, at Wolcott and Van Brunt streets, and now missionary of the Episcopal Church for the district of Idaho, has written a letter to the Eagle protesting against the production of the, melodrama, 'Traey. the Outlaw," which Percy G. Williams, manager of the Orpheum. is to put on the .road cn October S. Mr. Groves objects to the exploitation of the noted outlaw's misdeeds for the reason, as he explains, that Tracy was but a poor prototype of the Western criminal. Mr. Groves sayssTracy was only a commonplace jail breaker, "who had all the vices and none of the fabled virtues of a Dick Turpln or a Jack Shepherd," and declares that any representation of the dead criminal's character on the stage will mean the debasement of the drama. Mr. Groves' letter is extremely interesting and is as follows: To the Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle: As a former Brooklynite I was surprised to see a notice in one of our Western papers (the Anaconda .Standard) to the effect that Manager Percy G. Williams or the Orpheum was "to put on the road a new sensational melodrama," entitled "Tracy, the Outlaw." Knowing some little of Mr. Williams' reputation as a purveyor of clean, wholesome and instructive entertainment, it was painful to see his name mentioned in connection with such an enterprise. Though only & tenderfoot of a few months' residence, I have become strongly attached to the West, and cannot but deprecate everything that tends to misrepresent this glorious country. In the East, even among supposedly intelligent people, there is already enough misunderstanding ot this Western land without adding to it by the spectacular exploitation of a very commonplace jail breaker, who bad nil the vices and none of the fabled virtues of a Dick Turpin or a Jack Shepherd. For at - y man to be guilty of piloting sj.ch a production as this drama (?) promises to be can only mean that he is willing to debase the noble profession of which he ft a part and become a partner to the restoration of a style or play which was productive of juvenile crime and ndult depravity. It means, too, the willful magnifying ot an episode into a characteristic. The youthful German theologue, who arrived in New York a few years ago. armed with a Bible and an ax. intending to chop down sonic; trees on Broadway and build a hut for himself, where he would live while he laiight the passing heathen from the good hook, ' is to be pardoned; not so the Easterner who regards this Western country: as a realm ot bowle knives, 'six - shooters and big booted bandits.. Much as it may surprise some of my Brooklyn friends, I still wear collars and cuffs, shave every day and sleep in my pajamas. I am not an exception to the general rule of humanity living in the fastnesses ot. the magnificent Coeur d'Alenes. GEORGE C. GROVES, Jr. Trinitv Rectory, Wallace, Idaho, September 3, 1902. Manager Williams laughed heartily this morning when he read Mr. Groves' letter. Mr. Williams said he has no intention - to misrepresent the West in the coming production and that none of the bad features of Tracy's life were to be exploited. "The circumstances are these." said Mr. Williams. "I happened to ba in Oregon and Washington at the time Tracy was making his sensational play for liberty, and it struck me then that Tracy was a very dramatic character. Since the times of Robin Hood, Jack Shepherd. Dick Turpin. Jesse James and other noted outlaws any man who has attracted attention in that way has been a subject for dramatists. "My idea was to have Tracy pictured as the newspapers represented him a . worthless character. 1 looked up his history, however, found people who knew him and studied his career. Although there was no doubt the man was a criminal, still I found that there were a lot of good sides to the fellow. I found that he had once lived on the outskirts of Portland with his wife under the name of Harry Ely. He worked In the Portland railroad yards and worked hard and honestly. Just like the man who last week was discovered working as a conductor on the trolley lines in Brooklyu Tracy's history was unearthed and he lost his position. "Then he went back to his criminal life. "In our play we do not show Tracy as a criminal. He doesn't fire a shot, and doesn't commit a crime in the whole play. When he was making his fight for life, pursued by the militia of two states, bloodhounds and posses, every one trying to kill him on sight, he shot no one until he had to do so to save his own life. There is no record of his having robbed any one. either. On the whole, I don't think he was quite as bad a person as he was represented. "As for exploiting these things in plays, if we were to stop representing the characters of bod men on the stage, we should have to cease producing Shakspeare's plays. Shakspeare portrays the character of Richard III and a lot of other men whose reputations wer not. very savory. "In this particular play vice is not upheld In any way: in fact, vice is punished. The man who does the vllllany meets his deserts. The play is simply an historical record on the sage of the doings of Harry Tracy." The play, Mr. Williams said, is to open at the Gotham Theater, in this borough, on October G. Fierce Kingslcy is to play tha title role. THE CANNIBAL TREE. A Strange Growth Pound in Far Away Australia. One of the most wonderful forest trees in the world is the "cannibal tree" of Australia, which grows up in the shape of a huge pineapple, and seldom attains a height of more than eleven feet. It has a series of broad, board - like leaves, growing in a fringe at the apex, which reminds one of a gigantic Central American agave. When standing erect these broad thick leaves hide a curlous - lcok - lug arrangement, which appears to perform the same functions as those of the pistils In flowers. Naturally, these board - like leaves, which are from ten to twelve feet long In the smaller specimens, and from fifteen to twenty in the larger, hang to the ground, and are strong enough to bear a man's weight. In old aboriginal timrs in the antipodean wilds, the natives worshipped the cannibal tvee under the name of the "devil tree," the chief part of the ceremony consisting of driving one of their number up the leaves of the tree to the Rpe:;. The instant the victim would touch the so - called "pistils" of tile monster, the leaves would instantly fly together like a trap, squeezing the life out of the intruder. Early travelers declared that the tree held its victim until every, particle of flesh disappeared. On . this account It i called thst "caaribal tree." Golden Pejuu.