New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-03
OYSTER BAYS LIBRARY.
COLONEL ROOSEVELT LAYS THE COR
NERSTONE.


YACHT RACES
The little village OF oyster Bay Is usually an
extremely quiet and sedate place at this time OF
wear but the afternoon Of yesterday found II I"lI
OF life and with unusual hustle I'D inc s"'''S -,
,bis Vas because Theodore Roosevelt. Governor OF
>..,.york WAS 10 lay the cornerstone OF the new
rbrarv building and his fellow townsmen were
turning ont I'm force 10 do honor 10 their foremost
citizen.
The dav broke raw and chilly. with cold winds
sweeping up Long Island Sound ana over me SUI
,onndine country IL grew colder and colder az
,h d.,. advanced until the hour FOR the ceremo-
mics found touch o. winter I'm the air. rendering
necessary the wholesale use 81 oNercoats' WIZ"
upturned coat collars
I'm splfe o. the discomfort Of the day. Governor
Roosevelt faced crowd numbering thousah'
when he ascended the stand 10 make speech
after LAYING the cornerstone. The new hulIdink -
t he I'm West Main-st AT the crest OF NIL anu
overlooklug OYSTER Bay After setting the stone III
place the Governor spoke o' the nene''S '''
would accrue 20 the village from the n''AY' ''
said that aside from schools. u was me pe'' IL"
vestmcnt oyster Bay could make ana 'ha' he
honed all the townspeople especially the boys
,,,uh make full use OF IT, and that the volumes
contained would be well thumhed
lust then some boys kicking about b 700 o"''
nearby made much noise as 10 interrupt ~"
proceedings Turning TO them the "o'e'"o o.,
.Rovs there is time and place for everything ou'
,be nresen IL not the one FOR football n you want
TO play 70 after the corner stone Is iad VI" NC
clad to ioin vol" The boys cheered the Governor
and took places quietly IN the audience some ons
then called out: Three cheers Tor our next i''''
DEWEYs NAME CHEERED.
But before they could be given Colonel Roosevelt
held lp his hand and said: no. so None o.
that. Dewey j. not here
Then there was a howl and three cheers were
given for Dewey with will. aud were followed
by three more for the Governor
The Library Building is TO be erected on iand
given to the town FOR that purpose by Mrs Mary
J.. Evan widow of Benjamin IT, Swan o. No.
West Twentieth-st. This city. Il Will cost $1,000
which amount was raised 10y subscription. Andre"
Carnegie giving 5000 Mrs. Carnegie was formerly
a resident OF oyster Bay. The building viii be two
stories in height. OF stone and brick. The hrst
floor Will be used FOR the library and on the sec
oud will be an assembly room capable OK seating
hye hundred persons. The opening prayer was
offered boy The Rev H. If. Washburn. OF the Epis-
copal church. and the bcnediction pronounced
10y the Rev. ". p. Estes o. the Methodist Church
ON the platform were Father John l.. Beford. the
Rev. e. : Whitman. o. the Baptist Church. and
the Rev \. g. Russell of The Presbyt erian Church.
Lord Charles Beresiord Sir Thomas Upton and
the rest OF the English Yachting party which took
dinner with the Governor on Sunday. returned 10
New-York the same evening. Governor Roosevelt
IS entertaining several persons who are here for
the yacht IA ees. They are the Earl OF Mimic
Governor General OF Canada, and Lady Mimic
Attache Of the British Embassy al Washington
captain ,rozer and Mrs Wood. vile or General
leonard w ood me Military Governor OF santiago
These guests did not attend the laying Of the
the Sound with Mr. ana Mrs. Colgate lioyt on
their steam yacht. The entire party Will see the
yacht race from the decks Of the dispatch boat
Dolphin. which has been placed at Governor Roose-
Velts disposal by the Government at Washington.
ernor General OF canada There il an appropriate
international compliment in this act on the part
certain papers i'm this country were insstent in
their statements that the relations OF this country
the Alaskan boundary complication. and that the
feeling o.: the Canadians toward us was peculiarly
bitter because Of this dispute On this account
The visit Of Cauada's Governor General al this
lime and his pge;ssnce At the internatieonal yacht
Navy Is Of more than passing interest and be-
between the United states ana her Northern neigh
Dor 1t dsposes OF all stories 10 the effect that the
CAREER OF EARL OF MINTO.
John Elliott Gilbert. fourth Earl and Baron
Mimic. was born on July O. $40 and received his
education at Eton and Trinity College Cambridge,
at which latter place he received the degree Of b.
a. ia 1906 He became a lieutenant in the Scots
Guards In the Afghan campaign % lsl9 he re-
Sir Frederick mow Lord Roberts to South Africa
ar his private SECRETARY
IN 1852 he served with the mounted infantry I'm the
Egyptian campaign. and was wounded on August
~ 81 that year. AterWaTd ne commanded the
services in this campaign he was mentioned In the
dispatches, received medal and the order OF
Medtiche OF the fourth class. Jie was secretary
of Canada. the Marquis Of Lansdowne. from 1883
to 1856. and in the Northwestern rebellion I'm
Canada in lss5 he acted as chief Of STAFF. and was
again mentioned In the dispatches and received
medal. He has commanded the "a Scotch Infantry
Volunteer Brigade since ISIS. having the rank OF
bricadier general In 1873 he married Mary Caro-
line daughter Of the late General the honorable
Charles Grey. and has two sons and three daugh-
tiers He was made Governor General Of Canada
I'm 1855
Lieutenant Colonel Arthur H. Lee went through
the Santiago campaign as the military representa-
tive Of tine British Government. and also accom-
panied Major General Miles I'm the Porto Rlcan
campaign. Lieutenant Colonel Lee will not accom-
pany the party the Dolphin as he Will be the
guest OF Sir Thomas Upton on the Erin during
In addition 70 those mentioned there. will be
present on the Dolphin to-day Heber VI. Wells
Governor Of Utah. Governor Richards OF Montana
and Captain s. Dana Greene.
Governor Roosevelt. when seen at Oyster Bay
Yesterday afternoon. said:
u shall not bee present personally on the Dolphin
or see the yacht races. / 90 tomorrow 10 Wash
ingfon TO lie present at the dinner which President
Of Admiral Dewey. on my return ] 20 TO Elmira
and Bnghamton. and expect to land I'm Albany
next Saturday These plans will render II impossi-
bic for me to witness any Of the races, although
| should like TO- But ! think the Columbia VIII
be successful in her defense Of the Cup.
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