New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-23
GOSSIP OF THE BOROUGH.

on government reservations, at the navy yaTo
and at Fort Hamilton. the local authorizes nave
absolutely no control, but few citizens are aware
that the jurisdiction of the navy yard authorizes
extends out beyond the wall and includes the SIDE
walk 10 the curb On this sidewalk Brooklyn
policeman has no more authority than ne mas over
"a Filipino the high seas. FOR some years %
cyclists in that ueighborhocd have been aware %
tbis fact and have revealed in the use OF the GIN
Ger vyalk on the Flushing-st. side as speeding
ground Children go there 20 play ana nave Ihen
bibles out of range Of the blue coated repre-
sentatives of the law. Now and then the marine
sentries come cut and chase them away DuI lheS
seldom bother TO walk outside the wall
An amusing incident showing the impotence u
tbe police occurred just outside the Sand-st- gaze
the other day. An Italian fruit pedler was pig
his calling in front of the saloon across the sce
from the gate when the policeman on the DeaI
.aroe and chased him away with brutality. But
The pedler was wise, and with an appearance OF
humility picked up the handles of his cart anu
tr1lndled il over the walk under the Navy 1o1u
wall once there his whole appearance changed
and he became insulting and defiant, bestowng on
the policeman all sorts of names, as II inc io1
buecQat was o. no more 95e Italian hoped
up and down in glee At his defiance OF ms ee fi
wen that he mad authority on the Navy fa ae1
walk and knew by experience tnat ne "oI E91a1v
into trouble IL ne made al arrest there. ihdLiy
he called 10 Fuller the Waterman at the gate ana
begged him to drive the oai Observation-Disclosures came
out and ordered the Italian away. But Ihe , MY
t t, y NV YARD jurisdiction although he pushed
his cart away from the gg ana watinp to seize
his nrev but ali he got more lurid abuse from
s4sv there and catch the pedler if it took him an
night, while the latter replied th@I ne eueS'e1 -0
could sleep in his cart
BY piece of strategy the details of which are
withheld the Brooklyn Institute Of Arts and Sci
onces has just succeeded IN outwitting the repre-
Eeutatives of the American Museum and the tleIu
columbian Museum Of Chicago, in obtaining the
chronological collection made by Charles Day OF
Arizona. It is of the finest ever MADE IN the
southwestern part of this country, and Tor years
several institutions had been trying to purchase II
The collection consists of pottery, skeletons and
utensils of the ancient cliff dweners ana OF Ihe
more modern pueblo There are also representative
SiIes II was through the efforts of Stewart Culin
the curator Of the department OF ethn4losy "a az
Dav collection obtained The price pald was
lower than was offered py otheI i frend
If The Institution. whose name Is %lthheto LoL tIte
bst ii will be several months before II will be
unpacked and properly arranged.
Historic old Merose Hall. in FIatbush, around
which cluster many traditions of the early Colonial
days is soon be torn down. Built IN I4I ny an
EugIshran named Lane, the old wooden structure
is one OF the Oldest if the Oldest in Brooklyn
After the builder died the hall was bought by
Colonel Axtel an old Tory. II is said that ne
was gay and convivial, and entertained many men
Of Tory incinRtions who drank bumpers TO the
King and TO the success of his army The owner
built secret hiding places in the building for him
self and his Tory friends. During the war many
English soldiers were buried in the grounds and
their bodies have been discovered from time 10
time For many years after the war the house had
the reputation of being haunted. 1t had been con-
fscated from Colonel Axtell, and nobody would
buy it from the government. General Giles then
took the place. and finally, IN 1850 II passed iit 70
The hands Of a Mr. Mowatt, whose wife named II
MelrOse Hall Later owners include Dr, J onn
Sauer. The last named has not occupied the
property and it has been gradually despotled by
The boys Now it has reached the ultimate fate OF
old buildings. and has been bought by a con-
tractor. who is 10 tear IT down.
on account of his sympathetic and intelligent
treatment OF the life of Pope Leo in his graduation
essay at St Johns College last June, Joseph Her
bart twenty years old has scholarship in
the American College in Rome The young man.
who lives with his aunt at No, SO Vanderbilt-ave
is at uresent attending mission at Good Ground.
Long Island. In delivering his essay at the grad
uation exercises he attracted the attention of
Bishop Mcdonnell. The Bishop made inquiries about
him and had talk with the young man. Then
he decided to appoint him to represent the Brook
lyn Diocese in the seminary al Rome. Herbart is
already preparing TO take up his studies there and
will sail this fall.