Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-11

New York. April 1O-Egypt Is not
the only land where the excavator
may find interesting relics Of a by
gone age. flight here in The heart or
little old New York there has juat
been discovered the remains Of a pri-
son supposed to date back 10 the
early Dutch period. The find was
made by the workmen who are dig
ging the new downtown subway. MID
way between Dey and CortlandI
streets, under Church street, the Dig
gers came across 4 stone wall Of sucfi
solfdity that the MASONRY was still
in good repaid. The wall" was pierced
by three small windows guarded by
the tybe of grill work used III the
seventeenth century for .jails, and to
pry the iron bars away required con.
siderable force. Historians who have
examined the wall are Of the opinion
that it once formed part OF the lock-
up Of old New Amsterdam. 'j' A''''
The 5*Keskeskick Chapter OF the
Daughters OF the American Isev6lii.
ton, in Yonkers, has completed arr
rallgements for a unique hall to be
given next Tuesday night IN the An.
cient Manor Hall in Yonlsers, where
Washington stopped during the bat.
tie at White Plains in l776. The
Daughters aim to conduct the event
as If it were back in Revolutionary
days. The interior of the building has
been restored to its original appear
ance. The invitations, Fl copied after
those issued to the Aaron Burr bal.
In Philadelphia, have been delivered
not by mail, but by hand. No one is
to be admitted to the all except those
in Colonial costume. a. special instruc,
tor has been teaching the members
ofithe chapter the minuet and the'old-
time qiadrille.
The Aero Club of America is going
forward with it's plans for all aero
plane race'from New York to Bermn-
da early this summer. The liers, &C.
cording to the present plans, will be
required to leave here in the las,
week Of June or the first week in
July, and will receive $25, OOO>in prize
money upon their: arrival in Hamilton
Harbor, Bermuda The oversee fly
ing course will be 700 miles, or one.
third of the distance aeroplanes en-
terlng the proposed Transatlantic race
would be expected to cover. The race
to Bermuda is Therefore regarded as
the finest kind of a tryout for the
transatlantic race that could be de
vised. All aeroplanes entering for the
race will be required to carry wire
less outfits capable of carrying a dis
lance Of s~eyenty.five miles, and to
provide themselves with devices for
alighting up on the water should any
accident happen. "''[ -
1t is estimated that $4,000, 900 win
be- needed for the work of strengthen
ing the bridges over the East. River
for the subway trains. The greater
part of this vast sum will be spent
to- dotiole-deck, the center span of the
old Brooklyh bridge. Experts have de-
that the cables supporting the
bridge are amply strong enough to
support the additional load Of the suo-
way trains, but there seems to be
some doubt on this point. Nearly i
decade ago the city hired an eminent
engineer to test the structure. 1t was
found then, according to the engi-
neer's report, that the maximum Of
strain had been reached and
that the towers and cables were
standing every ounce Of weight they
could. The problem now confronting
the Bridge Commissioner is to find a
way of adding a further load without
endangering the safety Of the bridge.
Not all of the move y toys come
from Europe. A well. known New York
manufacturer is showing something
new in tnhis direction for the. coming |