New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-13
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and the employees Yesterday resumed their work.
EAGER THAT SHE SHOULD DIE JEwEss.

and the employees yesterday resumed their work.
EAGER THAT SHE SHOULD DIE A JEwEss.
FRANTIC EVFoRTs OF JEWISH PRDLER TO PRE-
yxSr HIS SISTERS DYING A CHRISTIAN.
| HuldA Fanny Selbiger. q Jewess twenty-five 1--WE
years old. married year ago 70 M9seI the
Jew who had been converted to Chrlstecnyi ,n3
hapniIy with her husband, and attended with him
the services at ST. Stephens Episcopal Cnurcn: o
which Dr. Hart + pastor rmsis m Sns Of that
church. This caused estraneement , from n S
relatives Abont two weeks 1s ago Mrf hsca MGe
DANGEROUSLY I SICK and the attention Of the Sisters
of St. Barnabas Home was called to the case. St9r
Elizabeth procured nurse at Bellevue h0sPi1a,i;
All homes of Mrs, Adler's recovery were aOnndOneu
| on Sunday, and then her brother Selig SeibiRer
pedler became alarmed less she should DIE IN tine
Christian faith With some Of his friends ne Went
| fused admission. He beat the door, creatcat
great disturbance, and Threatened violence e,at
| the tumult would hasten the womans oeatn, III,
formed Captain Aaire. and seYeraI poHgC cd t
gueed the outbreak The brother o aGt tbSt the
police had no power to interfere in matters OF Te
gOn. Some of the neighbors say that TIE Dro.nea
| then tried to find some judge who woqld grant
writ by which he could gain admission to bis sister
Mrs. Adler died at $3.50 p M sunTS SS b Ss
ter Elizabeth was at her tb bedside Of sebgeT
fed from the house to the Astor Place Hotel At II
Yesterday Sebger aIpeaFedh again az tb nf
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she could be buried according TO the jewish rites.
The body was in charge Of, Joseph I. Reed an I'M
W1G %0qd nos e certificate
| of death and the burial permit from the heauh
Board stating that the cause of death was peI,tO;
ntis Seloiger then declared that his sister nad de9
from violence at the hands of her husband, and tired
| to delay the burial of the body. He became 80
abusive that the police were once more caien 10 Ie
| store quiet Accordingly, Roundsman Maiiy ana
four men visited the house and. kept the Drounegr
and his friends from interfering with the funeral.
Sddv D. 1as MicV eS g. Barnabas Chapel in Null
| berTy-st, where services were held, mere wore
opy four present. aRS ooS Astoria and
buried Mr.. Adler. the husband, did not arrive az
| the chapel until after the body was buried. he
taken to Astoria and said that he had been at the
| house of friend and did not know when tle ser
vices were to be held. he did not return A. 20 tne
| house through fear of Sclbiger and his Hebrew
| friends.
Seibiger went to the Coroner's office yesterday
and asserted that bis sister 9ad dea from rd a
ined all the persons who lived there: Some OF the
declared that the woman had died from injuries IN;
| ficted by her husband. but none OF them wOuld
| make any positive statements under oath. One
| woman said that Adler had given his vile peculiar
white powder IN S0 oSs bOe drnnF While his wife
was sick and beat her. and still another said that
| the woman bad been starved TO DEATH Inc Coroner
found that these persons had no personal knowledge
of the statements they made and concluded to take
no action until he had better evidence.
RAILROADS, STAGES. AND LAWYERS FEES.
THREE SUBJECTS CONSIDERED YESTERDAY By 1HE
| BROOKLYN ALDERMEN.
| An application was presented to the brooklyn
| Common Council yesterday, by the New: York and
| Brooklyn Elevated Railway Company; for permits
sion to build an elevated railroad over the following
route: beginning OH the East River Bridge at the
most point TRch = R 70 OG eg along me
the Bridge to its terminus at SandSst.. and thence
diagonally through private property Ill the centre
| Sands Washington, High, Nassau and Adams-sts,
and through private property between AGaWs ana ana
Hudson-aves and Fulton-st., TO the city line. The
| following branches from the main are prolected :
From Myrtle and Hudson-aves along MyTtie91;y aye,
From MYRTLE ave and Adams-st along Myrtle ave-,
crossing Fulton-st and along Court-st., Atlantic
| ave, and Vandcrht-ave.. TO the main entrance to
Prospect Park. From Court-st. and Atlantic-ave,
| along Court-st. to HamiltOn-aye. From the bridge
| terminus. along Sands-st. and tultOn-st. 10 Tie
The petition states that the company will not be-
Qnlth construction of its road npon anystreet IN
fiji the owners of at least Onc-half lin valued OF the
| property with have been first settled with; also
that said company shall settle with the balance OF
s1t Ta PS Opd tS Se city, for the faithful
performance of its agreement and also to pay INTO
the city treasury one per cent OF the gross Iecelpts
from passenger traffic. The matter was referred 10
Permissicr was granted to the Lafayette, Avenue
Stage Company to run its stages through Flatbusl;
ave- and Filf0n-st Instead of Schcrnerhom and
Court-sts. The stages arc not allowed 10 run on
Sundays. + .o..
ing Roger A. Pryor and William NJ. Wins legal fees
amounting to 81 ,205 30. These lawyers were en,;
ployed in the suit instituted through Mayor Howell
by one Thomas Kelly to compel the Common
Council abont year ago to order special sn
uISeilly' who had been elected Congressman. The
Aldermen refused to obey the InandaInus and SIX
teen of them were arrested for contempt OF court.
The committees report recommended that the
| money be taken from the contingent fund. Alder
man Ray RepJ said that there was no money Ill TINS
fund, and any alderman who, voted Tor the resOiIl
fion would be liable for malfeasancc in office and
he would carry the matter into Court. Alderman
Kane moved that the amount be taken IRON any any
| that Mayor Howell had exceeded his authority in
engaging these counsel, and in attempting TO 1lnd
tho city to pay their fees The amended resolution
was carried by the following vote: dyeS.-AldGrmen
Dwyer, Black McCarty, Kane, Weir, Casey, Dono-
| van. DOYLE Smith, Schmitt. Bowers Kelly, Powers,
WateTs BnTd R RiEf fH1S acRdf
Fritz, Seaman,-12.
PLANNING FOR THE NEW OPERA HOUSE.
meeting of stockholders of the recently incor-
poratcd Metropolitan Opera House Company
d g pses ses S Among tSssc
present were George p. Wetmore. George, H.
Warren, ]. A. Roosevelt, Robert Goelet. w. X. Van
derbIlt g. g. Haven =. FaSbri ana Others It was
until the entire sixty shares of the company had
been subscribed Thirty-Avc subscriptions have al
ready been received, and promises have been given
for the remaining shares. Among the subscribers
Yesterday were Adrian IseliD, David King. Henry
Clews c. c. Baldwin, George Kemp, and buchanan
Winthrop. Those who have become subscribers
whose names have not already been given in TIE
TRIBUNF, are r, r. Wilson, +. Fabbri, G. Fellows,
William II. Rhinelandor, Bradley. Martin, Watt
Sherman George i. Baker, Luther Kuntz and John
N. A. GriswOld. 1t was also decided by the stock
holders yesterday that the association would not go
| into debt.
be 200 feet square. Specla points TO he regarded
by the association arc covered carringe-way and
| good crush room. There viii be sixty boxes, one
for each subscriber to be distributed by lot Each
box is TO have O small anterior IN the rear. A
number of sites were discussed, but none was de-