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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-11
Golf NOteB.

The Washington Birthday tournament OF the
at eighteen holes.
Entries for tho Lincoln Day open tournament
afternoon, and they Include the best known
amateurs in the NJ. g. A.
The following were elected officers of the
Dyker Meadow Golf Club yesterday: President,
\. S. Dixie; Vice-President, w. A. Putnam
Treasurer, Graham F.. Blandy; Secretary,
WHY'S Terry; Captain, Daniel Chauncey.
Willie Dunn returned yesterday from Dayton,
o. Although golf fiourishes at both Cincinnati
and Cleveland, 1t has been slow to start at Day.
ton. During Dunn's stay at that city he laid out
and finished a nine-hole links for the Dayton
Golf Club.
The Canadian Golf Association has sent O
challenge to the U. s. G. A. for n team match,
ten men q side. to be played at Toronto next
September. Action win be taken on the mat
ter at the annual meeting of the U. :. q. A.
There is no doubt that the challenge will be ac-
cepted. and the contest DO made an annual
event, to be played alternately in the United
States and Canada.
A complete report Of the golf season at the
Staten Island Cricket and Baseball Club was
submitted by Secretary Charles 7. Stout at tho
annual meeting. In addition to the individual
and team records, which have appeared in THE
Sun, the report contains a list OF the twenty
four tournaments held by tho club during last
SAMSON. which gives the names OF the winners,
the p nycrs finishing second, and the makers OF
the best gross score. The handicap list contains
tho names OF 100 members who are actively en-
gagged in golf. A comparison of the handicaps
for tho nrst and last competitions shows a reduce
ton OF from five TO twenty strokes In each case,
n conclusive proof OF the general Improvement
in the quality Of the play.
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N. ". U.s. Track Team Candidates.

In response to Capt. Barringeris call for candidates
for the track team ut the New York University the
the following men met in the gymnasium yesterday
afternoons Benjamin Barringer. Ralph Campbell,
George Brown. william Campbell, Benjamin Foster,
Godfrey Chabot, and Louis Herman. '9S; Robert Berg
man. Robert Elder. Frank Erdwurn. Nelson Hatch,
Rodney Hcggie. Arthur Smith. and Harold Valentine,
90; Edwin Fletcher, Marshall Allaren, Siegfried Bar
ron, Frank Belchcr, Robert Brown. James Mcnamara,
Samuel Hicks, Gustave Hoening, John Ladue. Henry
MacCracken. John Mackey. Albert Mayell, I. Heath,
Stanley Molleson, Alfred Nathan, Albert Northrup,
Edward Robertson. Louis Robertson. Theodore
Shear. James Van Week, Elliot whitney. and
Frederick Wilkinson. 1900; Benjamin Belcher.
Henry Carey, Thomas Craven. Merton De La
Mater, Arthur Denchheld. William Ferguson,
Henry Fcrnald, Arthur Hill, Caleb Hyatt, William
Lorenz, James Northrop, chmon Jaffray Reese,
Alfred Rothfeld. Victor Stocxell. Charles Taylor.
Edwin McKillup. and William Young, 1901. OF these
men the following have been selected rs the relay
team for the Rutgers y. Y. U. gymnastic contest on
"Wednesday next: l.. Hermann, 'sS; Arthur Smith.
90; Stanley holleson and Samuel Hicks, 1900, and
Barron. 1900, substitute.
The following arrangements have been made for
the coming season.: Athletic meet with Rutgers Col
lcge on May Ii, and In all probability one will be
arranged with Union College at Albany In May. A
team Will be entered in the 'crosscountry runs of the
4; Y. on April 2. and a relay team will BIO sent to
Philadelphia.
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MAJoR-GEN. ROE IN COMMAND.
Tho First BRIGADE Ii Divided and Two BriEa-
dIers Arc to BE Elected.

ALBANY, Feb. 1O.-Adjt.. Gen. Tillinghast to-
day. at the direction of tho Commanderin-
Chief. issued general orders establishing q d.
vision of the several briRades of the State Ma
tional Guard, placing in command Major.Gon.
Charles f. Roe of New York city. who was
yesterday appointed as o Major-General, and
dividing the First Brigade, which consisted Of
the organizations Of the boroughs Of Manhat-
tan and Bronx. into two brigades, to be known
as the First and Fifth Brigades, and calling for
tho election of two Brigadier Generals to take
command. THE . Jurisdiction and duties of
Major.Gen. Roc. arc thus outlined: ss"He will be
responsible to the Commander-in-Chief for the
general efficiency of the State troops, includ-
ing their instruction, inspection, small arms.
and artillery practice. and such mobilizetions
s 81 @ay f be d stsss un ~ RTOp' viii hipfbs Be- feyw ;NGSsti
direct to the Adjutant.General by commanding
officers. Other regulations will be forwarded
Adjutant-General. XII other Communication
win be required to pass through, the headauar-
tors OF the division commander
The permanent headquarters of the division
headquarters wifi be located where the divis.
ion commander establishes them. The text of
the order dividing tho First Brigade into two
brigades and calling for the election of two
Bripadier-Generals to serve as their :comman;
Frs, ,,fhf R,] Ss,SSsdiS E SsFs54 SjssoDt an9sP s as tSs
officers of the brigade staff remembered super.
numerary. The organizations comprising at
present the First Brigade. now discontinued
are hereby formed into Two bpigades, the First
sist of Squadron A, First Battery, Ninth,
Twelfth, and Twenty-second Regiments. Tho
new Fifth Brigade will consist of the First
Signal Corps, Second Battery, Seventh, Eighth,
Sixty ninth .and Seventy-1rst reRtments."
An election was ordered to be held at the ar;
o'clock F. NJ. Feb. "a, to fill the office Of Briea-
dier-General in the First Brigade, and Col.
Franklin Bartlett. Twenty.second Regiment. is
directed to notify the electors, and Brig.-Gen.
James McLeer Of the Second Brigade is de-
tailed to preside at the election. Tho election
to fill the office of Brigadier-G General in the
new Fifth Brigade is ordered to be held at tho
armory of the Seventh Regiment at 8 o'clock
on the evening. Of March. IL. Col. Daniel
electors, and Brig. Gen. James McLeer Is de-
tailed to preside at the election.
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HIRED TO RUIN A WIFE.
Co.ResDondents Say Pilot Robertson Paid Them
for Their Services.

The trial of the suit OF Frederick Relerson. a
Sandy Hook pilot Of Tompkinsvtlle, s. l..
against Agnes G. Reierson for an absolute d.
vorce was continued before Justice johnson in
the Supreme Court in Brooklyn yesterday.
Walter Gully and John J. Wilson were named
as correspondents. The plaintiff Iralloged that
rs soon as he started on his boat for Sandy
Hook the correspondents visited his house. He
declared that he caught them in his house on
Oct. "a last. The defendants lawyer said
that Reierson hired Gully and Wilson to go to
his house on the date mentioned and that he
was to follow. Under instructions the men, 1t
Is alleged, went to. Mrs. Reierson's room, took off
their shoes, and then the plaintiff rushed In and
threatened TO kill Gully.
Jennie Langan, u niece of the defendant, testi-
fed that Reierson had offered her 5000 and a
good home at Bay Ridge II she would testify
against her aunt. She said the plaintiff fire.
quently treated his wife cruelty, and on one &C.
casion had thrown n lot Of ~ pper in his wife's
eyes. AT another time he threw O lighted lamp
at her.
Walter Gully testified that the defendant was
not guilty Of the charges made against her. John
j. Wilson testified that he was at the Reierson
house on the night in question at the request of
the plaintiff. He also acknowledged having
received from Robertson money for posing as a
correspondent.
Counse for Mrs. Robertson moved for a dis
missal Of the case and Justice Johnson said he
would decide the motion this morning.
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THE eA11IA,s STORMY VOYAGE.
Roats Carried Away. Drckhouse Smashed ant
Several Sailors Hurt.

Roats Carried Away. Drckhouse Smashed and
several Sailors Hurt.
HALIFAX, Feb. lO.-The Beaver limo steamer
Gallia. Capt. Stewart. arrived this morning
from Liverpool after one of the stormiest voy-
ages which any transatlantic vessel has expe-
rienced this season. For twelve days the Gallia
was battling with hurricanes and tossed by
tempestuous seas. which time and again threat
ened to engulf her. Strong gales and heavy
head seas beat upon the ship from the Channel
TO the Banks. Seas mountain high rolled over
the steamer. flooding her fore and aft, carrying
away boats and davits. smashing in the deck
house, damaging the engine skylights and ven
~tllators. and flooding the saloons and state
rooms.
The heavy onslaughts of seas pouring into the
saloons terrified the passengers. but Capt. Stew
art repaired the damage and righted the ship ms
speedily as the weather would permit. When
the gale was at Its height tho ships carpenter
and four seamen were struck by a heavy sea
while attempting to make temporary repairs.
They were thrown violently to the deck, and
carpenter and one seaman were disabled and
severely bruised by the force OF the fall. and
two other men were considerably injured. The
second engineer had q fan and was temporarily
disabled. but all the injured men are now able
to move around.
ON Fob. Z, in lat. AZ NJ, long. 48'W.. the Gallia
met field ice and she was forced to steam back
to the southeast for twelve hours. during which
time she passed through fields OF very heavy
Ice. After Capt. Stewart had eyaded the leo
enjoyed fine weather IRON there to this port, ar.
irving Off Chebucto Head at o this morning. Tho
Gallia seemed to have tho ocean all to herself.
ms she spoke nothing OH the voyage.
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Gers rrsn Nearly All Broesisn Liaes VIII ne
Runnine very shortly.

s.ont,y incre.s,nS tho humber ~ csrs which
they are running over tho bridge. The service
has been extended BY sending Myrtle avenue
as well as those OF the Flatbush and Graham
avenue line. have been run on flvc-minuto head.
way turing uSn nours' EVory car carries d
full load OF passengers, and on this side of the
,,vSr 'no anronGn trolley service Is 80 popular
,na. = arg nsmIoroi persons can DO seen whiU'
tug turn ,I trim Ia IN ' u. Oh '''n car TO mako tho TO
Tho ,rolloy oar, rot o,,x r,.,. ,ho ,r,r In
about tho same time as the regular rrIaP bridge &c cars 3
but the passengers save 90 cents on each trip,
ns thew have 70 nav only a 6.cont fors 70 th.ir
% PS' ""iS " oNous iof "
1t is predicted that the installation OF the new
service WIN be finished within ten days. and
that by that time cars from almost every sur.
face line in BROOKLYN viii DO running over tho
"'us "uen ms % a.eompiieueu
crease tho carrying capacity OF tho bridge from
about IS, o an hour to about so 600.
The ,-ork th,, 4. .,,,, ,,aorrraut .,r,o., oil
WORK ina. IL sun unaer way Is almost al
at this end OF the bridge. and consists OF tho
widening Of the two roadways near the en-
frances ana tho cutt,n, down q, ,ho wai,ine
rooms. In widening the roadway on the north
side the stairway leading up from william
street had 10 be- moved and A stoel
s ~" :" no'eu' NV '1oei
bridgework, constructed ovor William street,
North William street, and the intervening
space. This steelwork 10 about complete. and
JACK arches OF brick are nov, being put into 1t to
cefry tine pnyement. Ihe Dig iron post at the
entrance Will be removed. This, side will prob
ably De nniehed In 9 week; On the south road.
way, WORK 10 being delayed by the lack OF some
steel girdors to carry the extended roadway, but
It 10 expected that work there. will be finished In
ton days. On the Brooklyn side the only work
70 20 done 10 a sLgnt Widening OF the entrance
to the north roadway, and this 10 In progress.
The only other work to be done 10 changing
the position OF one set OF car tracks In Washing
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-11
BRooKLTN EPToRTH LEAGUERs.
A Big Rally mt the Academy OF Music and
Reception to bishop Ninde.

A Big Rally mt the Academy or Music and
Reception to bishop Ninde.
There was q great rally of the Epworth League
in the Academy of Music in Brooklyn last night.
The occasion was a reception to Bishop w. y.
Ninde, the President Of the league. numbering
nearly 1000 600 members, and the installation
of the officers of Brooklyn South District. The
building was packed, and before 8 o'clock fur
Their admission was refused. The audience was
entertained before the formal exercises began
with a concert by Stoves orchestra. William B.
Howard was the presiding officer. The excr.
cises opened with the singing OF the Doxology
and a prayer by the Rev. DR.. G. f. Van Alstyne.
Bishop Ninde got n warm welcome and spoke
at length on the magnitude of tho Epworth
League and its aims. He said that the organ.
ization had become a mighty force in the Mctho-
dist Church and the world. His announcement
that the Christian Endcavorers and the Ep.
worth Lcaguers had agreed to use the same
topics next year was received with applause.
present era, declaring that 1t was his belief that
the world had never seen and never would see
moro saints than are living to-day. He had
nothing to say in disparagement of riches, but
urged all the millionaircs to be prlncely givers.
At the close of the address Bishop Ninde for
mally installed President George w. Vail and
the other officers of the Brooklyn South district.
Addresses were also made by Mr.. Vail and tho
Rev. DIR. j. II. Coleman, a member of the Board
of Control. Miss Linda NJ. Price of the Patch
ogue Chapter sang two soprano solos. At tho
Bishop Ninde in the assembly rooms adjoining
the academy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-11
MURDER ED,
And the Son or HIS Victim on Trial for Assas-
sIuatinE Him.

Peter Barcia. 20 years old. who lives in East
Thirteenth street. was on trial yesterday in the
criminal branch Of the Supreme Court, charged
with killing Frank Cassata, who six years ago
killed Barcia's father.
Cassata was a barber. doing business in Sixth
avenue. near Fifty-second street. After he had
killed Barcia's father he was convicted of MUIR
der In the first degree, but his counsel. Lawyer
Howe. succeeded in getting him a new trial and
got him out OF tho Tombs on bnil.
According to the prosecution tho son or the
man whom Cassata killed called q meeting of
his fellow countrymen and at that meeting said
he would kill the assassin OF h. father II he
could get two'men to decoy Cassatn to a suita-
BILE place. On the night OF Aug. 2 last. the two
men who it is alleged agreed TO decoy Cassata.
met Cassata. intending to take him into, the
hallway of a Mulberry street house. where
Bnrcia was to shoot him. The two men. II is
said. could not induce Cassata TO go to the Null
berry street house. SO they kept him in talk on
the sidewalk at Prince street and tho Bowery
until Peter Barcia came along and shot him In
tho back.
The principal witness for the prosecution is
Samuel W. jackson, q horsoshoer living at .
Prince street. He failed Yesterday to respond
to a subpoena. and the trial was adjourned.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-11
THE srrRxBERo & co. FIGHT
yics-ChaneeIIor Pitney Won't Appoint n He
ceivrr ms Long as the DuSinesH Pays.

Stca-Chnncelior Pitney Wonr Appoint u he-
ceiver ms Long as the Business Pays.
yice-Chancellor Pitney of New Jersey. sitting
at Newark yesterday. refused to appoint a re-
ceiver for tho corporation OF Sternberg & Co..
clothing dealers. whose members are waging
legal warfare with each other for possession of
tho business. The application for a receiver was
made In behalf OF David Wolf. the secretary
and treasurer of the concern. Vice-Chancclior
Pitney said that, until it was shown that the
concern was losing money, he should not
appoint n receiver, Notwithstanding the recent
decision OF the Court OF Errors and Appeals in
one phase OF the case, which seemed to make
that his duty.
My right hand will wither." he exclaimed,
'''beforn | advise a decree that, will hurt some
body or stop n successful business to crafty a
mere matter OF gpunk and nominal power boz
tween two men,"
The concern has one store in Newark, eight
others IN various New Jersey towns. and two in
Brooklyn. An attachment for 1897 was OBJ
tanned against the concern i4 This city yesterday;
In favor o Henry Newman & Co., on the ground
that II ~ n foreign corporation. An examlna
ton OF the corporations affairs by expert &C
countants recently showed assets OF $4,000.
100000.
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ONE CITY---NO~F AvORITISM.
MA NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. TO 4 BROOK
LIN DELEGATION.

The Item or $500. 900 for . bridge Over New-
town Creek WILL Net no Restored-Tha
Bridge viii ne BulIt some Time-But Vye're
Not Goins to Use Up Ali Our Debt MARGIN.
~Ex.Comptroller Palmer and four other men,
bers Of tho Board of Trade of the Seventeenth
ward OF Brooklyn asked Mayor Van wyck yes.
terday to use his influence to have restored In
tho budget the sum Of 100000 for a bridge
across Nowtown Creek from Vernon avenue. In
Long Island City, to Manhattan avenue. In
Brooklyn, which was cut out of Commissioner
Shea's estimate by the Board Of Estimate. Mr..
Palmer said that Long Island City and Brook
lyn had agreed some time ago to spend $500. 900
on tho bridge. In accordance with the ngroe-
mont Brooklyn had sold S112, 900 worth OF
bonds for Its share of the Improvement, and tho
money was now held In trust for that purpose.
Long Island City, however. had not appropri-
ated n cent, Mr.. Palmer said, and tho people OF
Brooklyn felt that they should not DO discrimi-
mated against because of the laxity OF Queens.
I'VE have no desire to discriminate against
any part Of this community" said tho Mayor,
land those who say we have Disseminated
against Brooklyn, or Queens, or any other
borough do not speak the truth. We want one
harmonious community, not number OF Jealous
settlements. We are making q budget which
lar was cut out except after the most intelligent
care and counsel. Out OF tho amounts appro-
priateu brooklyn Will get 1000 600, and the
boroughs Of Queens and Richmond 90. 900. 900.
We want bridges and improvements In Manhat-
tan and you want thom In Brooklyn, but we
cannot have them until the city can afford
them. BY the way, i understand that $780, 900
was appropriated In Brooklyn for indeXing old
records. but we haven't been able to find out yet
how the money WAS spent. But to come back TO
this bridge again; has the contract for its con-
1T has on the part Of Brooklyn" replied Mr..
Palmer, Tho contract was signed In Do
Gem ber."
That's the trouble retorted the Mayor.
There were too many contracts signed Just be-
fore jan. l. Ican't understand why Brooklyn
should sign this contract when Queens hasn't
provided its share OF the money. II Brooklyn
and Long Island City and some other commune.
ties had continued to make contracts ut tho rate
which they did after the charter was passed
they would soon be bankrupt. New York can
not exceed its income without plungipg into
bankruptcy. and we don't propose to lot the. city
which will impair the magnificent credit OF New
YORK, and 1t was to preserve 1t that such care
was exercised In making tho appropriations. I
have no doubt that the bridge will be built, but
the budget will not be allowed"
When the Mayor said that tho budget may
reach $73, 200, 900 no evidently meant the gross
total. From this sum will be deducted the gen.
erni fund. which amounts to more than $5 ,0OO,-
600; His figures for the total appropriations
for Richmond and Queens are gig times as great
rs the total of sums set aside By those boroughs
for the expenses OF 1898.
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SHOCKED By An ELECTRIC WIRE.
Mrs. Taylor, at Amy Rate. Broke the Conncc.
tion when She Fell Over II.

Mrs. Taylor, at Amy Rate. Broke the Conncc.
tion when She Fell Over II.
The metropolitan Railway Company is hurry
ing the junction of its Amsterdam avenue UNI
der trolley line with it's cable line at Columbus
avenue and Sixty-ffth street. Men worked
there last night by electric lights. which were
fed from the under trolley by wires running
along a wooden trough laid on the asphalt pave
ment and covered by loose boards.
About 1880 o'clock Mrs. emily Taylor OF l16
West Sixty-first street alighted from a cable
car at this point, and ran to catch q Boulevard
car. Her foot struck the wooden trough, and
lights went out. showing that the connection
had been severed. Mrs. Taylor screamed.
and insisted that she had been shocked BY the
wire, AS she refused to go to a hospital she was
sent home. The workmen said that the wire in
the trough was insulated. SO that had Mrs. Tay-
Tor stepped directly upon it she would not have
been shocked.
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MISS IDA PLACES FUNERAL.

Edward scheidecLcr. who Said He Was I'm
gagged to Her, Excluded.
Ida Mildred Place. who was killed on Monday
by her stepmother. was buried yesterday. The
Rev. j. Il. Adams of tho James NJ. E. Church
conducted tho services. which were held at her
late home, 508 Hancock street. Brooklyn. None
but relatives was admitte 10 the house. Ed
ward Scheideckcr, who claims to have been
engaged to marry her, tried to get into the
house. but her uncles excluded him. 1t was
said by the police that the reason he was not
admitted was because tho Place family have
learned that he was not engaged to Miss Place.
but was only an occasional visitor. When the
funeral services were oyer the body was borne to
was taken to Cypress Hills Cemetery, where it
was placed temporarily in a vault.
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THETA Delta III
A Thrce-Day Session Svinds Up with 81 After.
Dinner Speeches.

The Theta Delta Chi fraternity finished yes.
terday at the Windsor Hotel a thrce-day.cele-
bration of the fftieth anniversary OF the foun-
dalton Of tho society. Altogether about 500
members have attended tho anniversary cerc-
monies. t yesterdays meeting Bishop Gil.
bert of Minnesota presided. The Rev. Cameron
Mann Of Kansas City read a poem. Col. VII
Liam l.. Stone told the history OF the fraterni-
tvs first twenty-five years, and Prot; Duncan
Campbell Lee of Cornell OF the second twenty
FIVE. One OF tho founders OF tho fraternity,
Abel Beach OF Iowa City, made n speech. Pres.
ident Capen of Tufts College also spoke. Last
evening there was n banquet at which there
were twcnty.ninc toasts. TO twenty-five of
which there were two responses each.
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Odds and Ends or sports.

MONTREAL, Feb. l0.-The victorias, champion
hockey player, Of Canada. will leave here about
March = for q trip TO New York.
+. J.. d. and T. ]. l.. The worlds record for q
"Scotch kick" which Is officially called a hitch and
kick. is o feet ] inch, made by c. u. Wilbur at An
nnpolis June 0. 1858. and by +. W. Con at Albany
April 22. 1892.
Tho Wavefley Boat Club has elected these ofhcers:
President, Richard Sturrke; Vice. PrcsidCnt, Glen
Graham; Financial Secretary. John Koch; Treasurer.
Herman Tron; Captain. NJ. .F!ewitt; Lieutenant, O.
Fallon, w. !. Wilson. o. n. Nicholson. and Paul
FRANKIE.
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BOROUGH OF QUEENS.
Board or Education OrEanises-ynniter Baker
L. in Midnir.

G. Rowland Leavitt Of Flushing has been
elected President of the Board Of Education of
tho borough of Queens and Wilson Palmer of
Jamaica has been appointed Chairman. The
board Is still without Headquarters. There are
three candidates for Superintendent. Former
State Senator Edward Pagan will, it Is said, get
the appointment. Senator Pagan Is principal OF
tho Long Island City High School. The other
candidates are Peter L. Demnrest, who was
Superintendent Of the Long Island city schools.
and John J. Chickering, head of the schools at
Flushing.
Janitor Joseph Baker of tho borough building
at Long Island City was reinstatcd yesterday.
sioner Of Public Buildings Kearny. who ordered
Bakers return to duty when he learned that tho
Instated Baker was suspended on charges and
will be tried by Commissioner Kcarny. Baker
Is charged with being disrespectful to President
Bowley of the borough of Queens.