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New-York tribune., 1891-09-18

introduced into the interior Behind the stined glass
,giu be hing seventy two 32-candle power electric
Ionns The floor Of mellow radiance. which VIII
be oven forth by these at night viii be strengthened
nv 900 Incandesoent lights, placed on the walls
o,rd beneath the arches and worked into the dec
or,tive scheme throughout. The windows are OF soft
brown and yellow glass relieved here and there by
rich colored panels that form part Of the design.
glass I'm the building.
on the Seventy St side are separate entrances
leading TO study for the pastor, for the trus
tees a Sunday school and the choir gallery. In
the basement are rooms for the school, and assembly
room seating 400 people In the cellar are the en-
eines and dynamos. The woodwork Of the building
throughout IS of quartered oak.
The cost Of the ground 0ccupied by the temple was
$3.50 600, and Of the temple itself S350,oO0. Tho
architects were Brunner and Tryon. The building
committee under the chairmanship OF David Mayer
Other members Of the committee Jacob H. Fleisch
president Of the congregation; NJ. Beriner and Henry
s. Herman
The BETHEL congregation, such, was formed In
1874 by the union, Hnder the ministry Of Dr. Enhorn,
Of the Adas Jeshurun with the conservative Anshe
Cbesed congregation The facts here presented con-
corning these two congregations and their union are
taken from "The American Hebrew" The Anshe
Chesed congregation was the oldest German-spealng
Hebrew congregation In America and its history dates
hack TO 1929 when according TO the best authorty
NJ the time there were only 5000 Hebrews in America,
about one-sixth of whom lived in New-Yovk City.
Al first the congregation worslhpped In small
rented room, to which each member on FIJI
day evenings brought his piece Of WOOD 70 neat
New-York tribune., 1891-09-18
couRr CALENDARS FOR TO-DAY.

Supreme Court-General Tenn-ReceSs continued.
SIbreme COurt-CbamLers-B IGgiaham J.-Court
orens at 10 80 O'Clock. Motion calendar. Nos to 2S
called az IL a III. -, -, ~. , . p, "A
lourned for the term, . =, WV - 1v "A
orrned until october 3. ,,,,,- . -, ~.
Maty Rtir1nan John Bradley, Henry Jaeger Feer Lie
beftI Michael T. Casey hnd Ihonas Lcckyer ~ a. H',
Superior Court-speoial dsr.n-Before dcAdan' j.
Court opens at 10 o'clock Motions =, wy A
SupefoT COnYt-Trial Term-Parts 1. II and IV-Ad'
Common PleaS~spftal Term-BefOre Daly, c. j.
couyt opens at IL O'Clock. Motions ~ ,,v a,
COMMON fieas--frial Iernl-Pats L, II and III-Ad
Civ CoufEcspecial TemBefOre Ehrich, C. j.
City TerBat J90Fe $50 .PJg FzsigSnIs gSI k45 H
1900, ALL 39S2 5}l9 $685. 9SeL $3.50 oOoS' 0oVl'
City Court Trial TermPart Before NeySgEger IL
$40 $3.50 $40 $40 5575 5isSS 6!3s 3551i SSSi $780,
City Codr-Tlial Tern-Pstt II1BetoRe McNarthy, il
Short c91ses-Nos 594O 1905 50l3, 1852, 490s, 521S
5iI0 $3.50 8742, 50l9, 4S5S, 1929 0O5e, OIL 50po'
23ii' 55i7 548s 5521, 5466, 54S1 5391 5472 94ll A.,
CITY Court-ffal Term-Part IV-Adjourned for t-e
General sessions-Part I-Before Fitzgerald, j. and
Assistant WeeksNOs. TO 20, inclusive
General SessiCns-Part II-Before Cowng j., ana As
sstant Distrct-A Attorney Davis-Nos. 10 IL Inclusive
General SessionS-part III-Ielore Smyth ,hy ana
Assistant Dstrlct-Atoney sapcr-Ncs % TO- inclusive
New-York tribune., 1891-09-18
FOR A NEW SYNAGOGUE.
THE TEMPLE OF THE CONGREGATION BETH
Ell TO BE DEDICATED.
IT RANKS AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPoSN'
syNAGoguEs OF THE woKLD-DEsoR1P-
TIoN OF THE BUILDING.

1T RANKS As ON1 VI AiH
syNAGoguEs OF THE woKLD-DEsoR1P-
TIov OF THE BUILDING.
The new temple Of tho Congregation BETHEL a.
t1ttbave and seventy-sixthst., Is to be dederu
t,b elaborate exercises this afternoon at oclocA
ba hufpg IS massive aud striking In It's architectural
hesntv ana the members Of the congregation beheve
thot II cannot be surpassed among the synagogues o
the world Il is at least confidently asserted tnao
th is the finest Hebrew temple in this country inc
erection OF the building begun in October last ana
the extremely short period In which 1t has been eom
nleted IS remarkable, considering the vast amount oil
se,a, WORK required 10 such structure, and the many
BRANCHES of Industry and art called into service IN lts
erection The temple in Its entirety may be sao 10
bc AZ nearly perfect in it's appointments as aTcnec
uraI skill can make IL. It's location is commanding
ire exterir Is chaste and imposing and the INTERIOR
esnecnlly the entrance gates and the shrine opposite
them msenifcenty decorated.
The temple has frontage Of 1O2 feet in Fifthave'
and Of $50 feet in Seventy slxthst The exterior Is
Of indiana limestone nearly all rocfaced, the general
s,vte being Romanesque. The most conspicuous
taapre is an immense central structure half dome,
hpf tower httyone feet in diameter at the base and
,4inr TO height Of 40 feet. This is nanked by two
ernaller towers They built Of iron and covered
with "copper" with traoery Of glded copper.
New-York tribune., 1891-09-18

The main entrance, which Is on tho Ffthave. side,
is By an unbrOkeD flight of steps, having a spread Of
sevenyfve feet at the Sidewalk and lcadng TO three
arched entrances elaborately carved and guarded by
massive bronze gates. The two towers fanllng the
main arch contain the staircases. Above is great
arcade OF windows fled with stained glass and sur
mounted By a cornce above which rises the dome.
The front vestllmle which is fourteen feet deep ard
fortysix feet wide is entirely Of stone and IS paved
with marble mosaic.
The main auditorium will seat 2,1so persons. 1t
IS amphthearical IN form, With four galleries, one on
either side and two over the main entrance. The
ceiling is srched covered with intricate gided tacery,
and supported at height of seventy feet from the
floor on a marble collOnnade. At the eastern end OF
the auditorium are the platform pulpit and shrine.
The shrine is composed Of columns Of Mexican onyx
with gold Capitals and bases, supporting sn onyx arch
ON which are the Tables Of the Law framed in gold.
On either side arc columns of Numhan marble, and
the entire shrine rests on stcpts Of st. Beaume
marble On each side Is a delc1tely-ciaBed seven
braDched candlestick. The background is a semi
circular wan twenty feet high, of marble and gold
mosdc surmounted by a marble cornlce Above
this is marble cOlonnade supporting q hali-domed
ceiling. Behind this colOunade are the organ and
chalrloft, so arranged that neither singers nor
organ can be seen by the congregation. There are
onIy four columns on the main door, and from
these spring the arches that support the roof
Tho color decoration Of the interior s toned down
to n soft and somewhat neutral effect, relieved By a
highly decorated ceiling and apss In the ceiling IS
placed the centr, source Of light, both by day and
by nght-a field Of stained glass, 1000 square feet IN
extent Above this is skyleht d clear glass,
through which during the day flood Of light will DO
New-York tribune., 1891-09-18

tho apartment In a few years however, they became
rich enough to build n synagogue IN lIcnTyst. which
was consecrated on Passover 1340. The regular ser
vice there consisted solely of the reading OF
their conservative ritual by a "Chazan' In
1s45 the Ansbe Chesed. with two other con-
gregatons numbering altogether 700 members, en-
gagged the Rev. DR.. Lenthal their rabbi
This Is said 20 have been tho first appointment OF a
minister by an Amercan-IIebrew congregation. In
1850 the Anshe Chesed congregation built new and
larger temple in NOgfok-st There the congregation
WOfshipped until 1873. when the temple at Lexington
ave- ana sixty tirdst was dedicated The Rev. Jonas
E0ndy became It's rabbi In l5oS and the kev. Dr
BlicHner ia 1864.
The hdas JesIumn congregation was composed Of a
small band of edncated men who desired a more re-
formed service than afforded by the other cOngre
cations. The only other which had manifested q
liberal tendency was the Temple Emanu-El, but the
founders Of Adas Jeslurun desired a ritual IN their
They had worshipped a little over year
In entcl quarters In Everett Rooms, where
early in isG6 they determined to erect
q synagogue of their The temple IN West Thirty
nnth-s the result Of this action and the dedlcar
ton sermon delivered on August 81, 1866, by
their newly acquired leader the Rev. DR. David EiD-
German Reform rabbs, and under him the first ser-
vice IN a modern tongue in q New York synagogue
read by the Rev. Leo SteinbergeT, cantor Of the
Adas Jeshurun. In 1874 came the union OF the two
congregations under reform IDEAS and tho C0ngrega-
ton Temple Beth-El sprung into existence. DR.. Elm
horn retired from the ministry In 1870, and was
succeeded by his sOnin-law, the Rev. DR.. Kaufman
Kohler. The Rev. r. Grussman Is the assistant pas
tor Of the congregation, and tho Row. Max Hefere Is
cantor
as follows Presentation Of the kcy Of the temple
David MAYER. chairman of the Building Committee
address, Jacob H. Fcisch, president of the c0ngrega
ton. kndlng Of the perpetual lamp, Lazarus Staus
dedcaOry sermon and prayer tho Rev. Dr. X. KOhler
sermon, by the Rev. Rudolph Grossman.
New-York tribune., 1891-09-18
COUNTER CHARGES OF INFIDELITY.
EVIDENCE FOR DIVORCE SUIT PROCURED
DURING VACATION.


summer outing Is the cause of a divorce suit
which was on trial before Judge McAdam In the
Superior Court yesterday. Robert Aud realestate
agent at No. 032 Eighth-ave., is the plaintiff, and
Isabella Auld f. the defendant. The correspondent
Is Albert Plckens, at time salesman for Arnold
Constable & Co. On July II last Mrs. Aud went 70
the farmhouse OF Benjamin D. Decker. near Denton.
NJ Y. the railroad station being Hampton, on the
Erie Railway. Tho acts complained Of are alleged
TO have been committed between July II and -, when
Mrs Aud came back to the city.
Mrs. Abble Decker the farmers wife, was the first
witness called. She said that she had seen Mrs.
Aud in Mr.. Pickens's room often, that they often
sat in the hammock together while Pickens put his
arm around Mrs. Auld's waist, and that they went
driving together nearly every day. She also saw
Mr.. Pickens in Mrs. AuldS while the latter was
dressed In an extremely airy costume. She also found
some OF Mrs. Aulds halrpins I'm Mr.. Pickens's bed
Benjamin D. Decker, the husband Of the former Wit
tess oorroborated his wifes testimony, and said that
Mr.. Plokens and Mr. Aud used to ride out five or
six times q week with Mrs. Aud. De Witt c. MOTIFS
@ farmland saw Mrs. Aud In Pickenss room at
night lie sitting on the corner Of tie wood,
shed Mrs. Aud came TO the window and pinned
the curtains together. A few minutes afterward
Hckens unplnned the curtains and put out the light
Mr.. Aud got some inklng of what was going Cd
and sent a detective to watch his wife, Mccarthy
was the detectives name and Mrs. Aud told him
that her husband was dead He asked her IL she
was married 10 Pckens, and when she replied in tho
negative he told her she ought 10 be. MIS-. AUD IN
her answer fatty denies the charges against her, ond
makes conn.er-Gharges against her husband She
charges him with improper conduct with an unknown
women on June 25 1885, aud August OF the same
year. She does not mention the place where these
acts were committed The case VIII be continued To-
New-York tribune., 1891-09-18
AN EccLESIASrJoAL DIVORCE REFUSED HIN.

Hartford, Conn. Sept. 17.-NOtice has Just been ~
oelved here of the decision at Rome August 10 f
q famous matrimonial controversy which has been In
the courts of the Roman Catholic Church for four
years. William Grant, Of Bridgeport. separated from
his wife. aud divorce secured In the courts Of
this State. The couple had been married BY
Methodist minister but subsequently, Grant had Joined
tho Catholic Church. to which his wife belonged. lie
applied for an ecclesiastical divorce. urging that
Methodist marriage was not recognized by the Chnrch
In 1887. after careful hearing the Board declared
the marriage valid. Grant appealed to the Arhi-
episcopal tribunal in Boston, which reversed the Hart
ford decision The question was then appealed finally
to Rome, and now the highest authority declares 10
marriage binding and the divorce is refused. Crat
has been for some years living with second wife.
New-York tribune., 1891-09-18
TESTING GUNS FOR THE ARMY.
RESULTS NOT MADE KNOwN-THE PROCESS TO
BE CONTINUED.

RESULTS NOT MADE KNOwN-THE PRoCEsS ~
BE CONTINUED.
The work Of testing magazine rifles was resumed at
Governors Island by the Board Magazine Guns yes
tertay The experiments and tests were made win
the Bruce gun invented byL. II. Bruce OF sprnghed
Mass. In accordance with General Orders NO 1885,
November Il. 1900 the FIankford Arsenal expert
mental cartridge was used In the tests yesterday The
bullet of this cartridge is composed OF 23O grains oil
lead with covering Of copper to prevent stripping
and TO mako the bullet take TO the grooves ana "a
grains of Wctteren powder.
The tests were made to determine the endurance OF
the gun This test is the FIRST one made after the
safety and rapdfty tests had been finished. In making
the test each gun was fired 500 continuous rounds with
out cleaning using the magazine. The condition OF the
breeeh mechanism was examined at the end OF every
fifty rounds. The second endurance test was made
with the mageze loaded but hold in reserve, each gun
being fired as snEleOader 100 rounds without clean
ing As IN the first test te condition OF the breech
mechanism was examined at the end OF the firing The
results Of these examinations. however, will not be
made public until they have beeD ended and the Board
makes It's official report.
The experiments Will be confined to-day BY 70
morrow II Is expected that the Board will be ready TO
test the japanese rife, known the Munte gun, Of
which 80 much has been sHid. This gun has tubular
magazine under The barrel holding eight cartridges
copper iacketcd aud weighs 23o grains. Bullets aud
printed shells not loaded received by tho Board
fom Japan, and after experiment charge 0 thrtysiX
grains Of Wetteren powder was selected This gives
is 315. This gun has been highly praised and the
Board look forward with considerable interest 10 rs test
New-York tribune., 1891-09-18
A sWiYDLHyG PARTNER ARRESTED

Chester Iorth lives at No. 10 East Eeventh-st and
is in partnership with Edmund Entwstle in the book
binding business at NO. 255 Greenest under the firm
name OF HOrth & Co. While Entwlse was looking
through his books IN August last, he found that
HOrth who looked after them, had false entries
lie set a watch on him. but could not catch him in
the act. On saturday, September o. Horl went to
the bank TO draw money to pay of the employees but
d!d not return. On the Monday following, Horth's
wife came 10 the store and showed Mr.. Entwlstle
telegram from her husband, purpOrting 30 come from
Albany saying that he had missed the first train down
but would come on the next Entwistle, believing
the telegram to be bogus, took It to Inspector Byrnes
and told him Of the fight Of his partner Detectives
while iookiDg for Horh found that he had also passed
nnmbeT Of worthless cnecks on different people
Yesterday they captured Horth while he was talking
with his wife In Union Square. Hortl. IN a pOlico
court. was held for examination.
New-York tribune., 1891-09-18
1 SCHOOL BUILDING UNSAFE.
CLOSED FOR INsPEcTIoN-A NEW ONE NEEDED
rOP eOMF TIME.

crosrn FOR ISspEcTIoN-A NEW ONE NEEDED
FOR SOME TIME.
According to reports received Dy superinVoru'" :.
,,o fhoro vrare i35 900 children in attendance at
the nublc schools on tire opening DAY OF the sessoh'
This Is almost 6O0O than the attendance OIL be
opening day last year. The actual increase however,
n ma. en- preot ne this number would indicate, as te
schools began week later than In 1890. Inc iSVo-
able weather also Influenced the attendance
eov.9I hnt,ninr experts were busy yesterday exnm-
lining Grammar school No. 35 In West Thrteenthst
which WIS closed on Wednesday for that purpose
They win present a report as TO the conu1oh Oh ~e
tmiloing "a soen as possible In a probability IL VIII
,,o found detective The closing OF this school VIII
depr,ve ego children Of educational advantages for
several weelS at least
shortly after te Park Place disaster the inspectors
Of the Ere Department received orders 70 examine
Thoroughly all the public schools in the city, ON
uyotnesdav tley arrived at the Tlreenth~st school
ana found the condition of the building so bad, in
their opirIon as 10 menace the lives OF the pupils
They sent report 10 the Board Of Edncaton ana hr
SNYDER superintcndent Of school buildings, upo1 In
vestiration decided 10 recommend the closing OF ue
school
Grammar School No. 30 was built almost fifty years
ago II stands an old watercourse "heh
makes tho foundation, It seems, insecure The |aiis
Of Che buding which is -four stories high, were founu
IN be hollow and too thin 10 support the weight OIL
rhe roof and floors Cracks in the walls can be seen
with little difficulty from the street. Several trustees
NJ the school have also noticed that the floors ue'od
and shook In a suspicious msnner when the huiuIouS
Of bows walked over thetn together
For several years the Trustees Of the ward have en-
dsavored to get a new buildng TO replace Grammar
school No. So 1t is probable that the old orphan
osvIum ia Tenthst near sixth-ave., will be hired Tor
the temporary accommodation OF the pupils OF tho
school.
New-York tribune., 1891-09-18
TYPHOID FEVER COMES WHEN SCHOOL OPENS

The opening Of the public schools is accompanied
every autumn by Increase OF typhoid fever in the
city During the sumnler. when many wYorkers
are In the country about fifteen twenty Of the
fever are reported each week. In August the number
runs up TO forty week. and after The schools open
there Is likely 10 be week in which the number Of
typhoid fever eases reported is fifty OF mJe In
August this year. the cases have numbered about forty
each week. Last week the number was foiN-two.
Reports at tho OF Contagious Diseases indicate
that the number will be over fifty thiS week. Phy-
sclans IN the Health Department say that the disease
usually Is caught In the county, and New Workers iail
III with IL whom they got home. There no rSsoh 70
suppose Ehat the recently discovered mtites In tno
New-York tribune., 1891-09-18
FOR EMBEzzLTyG HIS EMPLOYERS MONEY.

oscar Fuda, Of Mount Vernon, a collector for tho
European Central Banking Company, Of No. 1859
Thrd-ave., was yesterday arrested and committed TO
the jail at White Plains the charge OF embezzlement
and aiding 10 defraud the banking company. The
European Central Banking Company manages and owns
1t is said considerable real estate In Westchester County
and employed Fulda to collect the rentals. Nothing
crooked in his dealings with the company sus-
pected until about three months ago. when notices were
sent to Of the tenants that they behind IN
their rent The reply received from these tenants in
every instance that the day their rent due
they had paid It in full 10 Oscar Fulda, the compsnys
collector This information caused tho company to
make inquiries. The amount Of Fulda's alleged steal
ings far IS known at present, is between $500
and S4O0. Other persons are suspected OF being
implicated with Fulda IN the entertainments and il IL
exIcctod that their arrest viii follow.
New-York tribune., 1891-09-18
THE COURTS.
FIGHTING SCHUYLER SKAATS's WILL.

FIGHIlNG SCnU onhAloO WAA>h<@
HOW HE WANTED HIS PROPERTY DIVIDED
SOME RELATIVES NOT MENTIONED.
A contest has been begun over the will Of Schuyler
glsats who died at his homo at CorDwalon- HUI
son on July 20. He was conspicuous figure soou'
the Ne.York hotels and at Saratoga dunng the sum
mer seasons His death Is said to have been due TO an
abscess on the brain. lie was about sixty years OF
age when he died. and he left estate valued at about
asoo nofC The contestants are Ls IRA n. e. Hawley,
OF Chicago and Mary ~ A. 0rvls and Harriet A. l..
walker of this city The contestants are daughters OF
a dead brother OF Mr.. skaats. All the near relatives
except these are remembered in the will. The VIII
was executed on May o. 1884, ana codicil goes Win
II dated August II, OF the same year. The widow,
Catarne Prall skaats, who lives at the Hotel Buck
ingham, receives, under the WILL property known as
Riverside lots several Judgments the household fur
niture ETC., and railroad bonds amounting TO about
100000
Bartholomew skaats, brother, receives $4,000 In
bonds and william W. Skaats, another brother, gets
about the same amount william W. was formerly a
singer Of considerable prominence but his voice fall
ing no went into The hotel business in Brooklyn The
codcil revoes the absolute bequess to William and
makes the Farmers Loan and Trust Company trustees
for the bonds during williams lifetime. David s.
skaats a nephew, and the testator's three sisters
Eliza Foster Of Utica Sarah " b. Gaylor, OF Ridge
wood N. j., and Mary @. Noyes, OF San Francisco,
each receive $50 shares OF New-1OfK CentThi harOh
stock Anna w. Wheeler, another sister, gets 700
shares of Morris and Essex Railroad stock ad g. 900
in bonds of the Michigan Southern Railroad. Elsie
skaats another sister, is to receive 27o shares and
10000 In bonds OF the Morris and Essex Railroad,
$4,000 in Jersey City water scrip and $4,000 in bonds
of the Cleveland and Toledo Railroad.
The residue Of the estate IS to be divided between
bartholomew sfaats the five sisters and the nephew
The Farmers, Loan and Trust Company Is sole ex-
ecu ne
who fled formal objections yesterday. They are maze
upon the ground Of undue influence and mental m
capacity. David Barnett has ded notice OF appear
ance for William w. skaats, and Hoady, LauterDach
d Johnson appeared for Mrs. Anna W. Wheeler
New-York tribune., 1891-09-18

The steamship Augusta Victoria took out ameng
her passengers Yesterday J. c. Bates. W. H. Bower.
Dr.. Charles H. Brobst Alexander CastilOn dR Perron
Mrs. s. S. Collins, Dr. Eugene Fuller. DR.. W. Geb-
haTdt, Mr.. and Mrs. N. Greene. Louis n. Kramer
General Charles j. Langdon. w. G. Lane, General
George j. Magee. the Rev. Emil panehus, Mr. and
Mrs. N. Palmer, d. A. stanley, Mrs NJ. B. Sherman.
G. g. II. Stephens, Marshall Vaughan and A. Vaughan
Among the arrivals by the Rynland were Miss Mary
CarT1ugton brown, Miss Juls D. Brown. James Bayles
r. u. Bsker~ the Rev. r. q. burgers, Miss Buddecke
Miss Z. Z. Carrington, Mrs. 4. A Clement, Mrs
H. NJ. Chaplin MIS- George ID. Fairfield Mrs Prank
z. Heimes. W. Warren Harper, Mr.. and Mrs 4. L.
Jofin, e. p. Josnn. the Rev. Ferdinand Kob, DR. c.
Kolbef, Mrs W. Marshall Herman Peterson, C. W.
Pike, l.. W. Thatcher Cbarl,s u. Herman. Henry c.
Todd, Niles Mnna Ialcou, Mrs. f. UIderhill the Rev
aud Mrs. r. B. Van kleeek. the Rev. AloLs Chhal
Il. Ros.. Mrs Philip. TOuth, the Rev franz Vlcssak
Mrs. VOGt and John WeheP.
New-York tribune., 1891-09-18
he sro1D D1AMoxDs FROM MS EMPLOYER.

Carlo La Mazda an Italian banker and ieweler al
No. 2214 Flrstave., had his clerk, LuigO De Matcr
thirtytwo years Old. Of No. 400 Fast northumberland
thlrteenthst. arraignod at the Harlem Police Court
yesterday, on the charge o. theft De Natter was
arrested board the tramp steamer Nuestna, in the
morning few minutes before she left her anchorage
Of Woodruff stores in brooklyn. on which he had in
tended TO return 10 Italy with his wife aud two chill
dren. On May ! DE Mst'eri called upol the Jew
eller and said that he could sell jewels among his
countrymen. Inside OF month be received Jewels
worth 81 100 from La MAZDA. and since then has
failed 10 make any settlement, Detectives kepa
constant watch un De Matton's movements. Early
yesterday morning they saw him leave his house
with his vito and two children and followed them on
bo8rd the Enestrfa, on which they had taken pass
age Tor Italy Just before the steamer was ready ~
SAIL the detectives t10k DC Natter oil the ship
lie was helt IN $500 bail for further examination
by Justice Meade