Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-04-20
ANNUAL MEETING.

ANNUAL MEETING.
Mishkan IsraeI-Elec-
ton of President Petition Pre- |
scented to Paul Weil-Financtal and |
Social Prosperity - No Trouble in
the Choir.
The annual meeting of the Congregation
Mishkan Israel was held yesterday fore
noon at the Court Street temple. AS Mr..
Paul We'll, who has held the Office of
president for the past ten years, recently
made the announcement that he could not
be induced to serve longer in that capacity,
the members of the church have had con-
siderable talk on the subject of who should
be his successor.
Mr.. We'll has had the successful man
aeement of the church affairs for a long
time, and had become so familiar with the
routine of duty that the members desired
to re-slect him for another year. Another
reason why the members wished to have
the president continue in Office for the
present year was that no one else in the
congregation was so experienced in the
management of church society matters,
consequently there was a unanimous de-
sire for his reelection as president of the
congregation.
In order that Mr. We'll should know of
the universal desire of the church mem
bers and to induce him to accept another
nomination and election the following
petition was prepared and signed by all
of the trustees. The document was then
circulated until it received the signature
of every member of the church, after
which it was presented to Mr.: We'll. The
following is a copy of the petition:
Paul We'll, Esq President Congregation hishkan
Israel:
Whereas The term for which you were elected
president of the congregation is about to expire
and it has been 1umored that you were adverse
to accepting reelection to such Office, and,
Whereas, You have occupied the position as
only very e aeceptabiy but It being undispatabiy
fact, that the present prosperity and unani-
n eFstg in oss n s and as due
Whereas, We, the members OF the congrega-
ton, are anxious to to keep our present position
that to change the head of the same would ma
terially endanger the same, we would respect
fully urge that if you have come to any determi-
nation to relnquish the office to abandon such
thoughts, subserve to our welfare your prSkate
interests for a longer period, and again accept
our Immediate society and the cause of Judaism
in general; NAV An,r,
EDWARD ENGEL,
NJ ZUNDER, Board
NJ MYERS of
NJ MANN, Trustees.
A. HEBERGER,
l. KOCH,
On Saturday Mr.. We'll exhibited the pc
tition to one of his friends. There are
several large pages of foolscap paper COW
cred with signatures. 81 prize that petit
ton highly and keep it in the safe," said
Mr.. We'll. eff the members had donated
to me present worth five hundred dol
lars would not prize it as much as / do
that petition" said Mr.. We'll, who stated
that he had decided not to serve in the
same capacity for another year,
Gas there are other men in the
church who can fill the position.
have filed the place for seven
years and I think some one else should
have the position, and the change can
easily lie made at this time, as the church
is in very prosperous condition, both
socially and financially. We have recent
ly purchased an additional tract of land
for our cemetery and have paid for the
purchase and have considerable money in
the treasury George Robinson will play
the organ for US another year and our
choir will also be re-engaged. We are
very much attached to our choir; every
thing connected with our singing runs
smoothly We have had no trouble in the
choir said the speaker, with evident
pleasure.
At the church meeting yesterday morn
ing Mr.. We'll was unanimously nominated
for the office of president which he de-
clined, which did not discourage some of
the members who continued to demand
Mr. We'll for president. Their members
did not give up the contest until Mr.. We'll
had been three times nominated, and until
after he had as many times declined to
serve
was then extended to the retiring presi-
dent
Rev. DR.. Kleeberg was unanimously
elected rabbi for the coming year.
Moritz Spier was then elected president
for the ensuing year.
Other officers were elected as follows:
| Edward Engel, vice president; S. Spier,
secretary; N. A. Meyers, sexton and col
lector.
The following were elected trustees NJ.
Spier, E. Engel M. Zunder, M. Adler,
Paul We'll, NJ. Mann, NJ. Myers, A. Hebe--
ger and S. Koch.
sist of G. F. Robinson, organist; Mrs.
Nora Russell Haesche, sopranos; Miss
Madge Roberts, contralto; Seymour Spier,
tenor, and E. G. Bennett, bass.
Jewelry Store RObbed-Loss $12 700.
NoRwALK, April 1S.-The jewelry store
of Albert jackson, on Wall street, was
| entered by burglars last night, the old
fashioned safe forced open and everything
in it, amounting to $4,000, was taken.
Entrance was effected through a rear
window. They first fred small barn on
the outskirts of the borough last night
and while the police and others were
watching the blaze, entered the store. A
| woman boarder at the Norwalk hotel ad-
joining, watched the operation from a
window, but WAS too frightened to give an