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New-York tribune., 1896-04-01

Craig CRAWFORD. Alfred Evans Dunelen s. r. Gus
ad Ess iSne sfet f ayfs BaAesee Park
ChaTch. F S simmons; ST. James, ]. 4. owen,
rn4 Ms q hseSysM %say Ms4n sqfa
Moore nigh nTdss sdSaon JSta Iure'SH smaep s D
LEBANON. l. B J. Rhodes; Linden and Aldene 8 P.
dd H"Ssb r. oedyks G zS
rFqgs Ssl.1 SoFsn Fsnsd sPd H8ses pses
Church, il ! Johnston; PattenbuFgg and lit, Little
PIainheM. G R Barnes W =, e po o,nonnell. George
Railway FIRST Church. C. II. winans Trinity.
:" Raf.tan' J. t. rmbreI: Roselle A. c. Mecrea
Scotch Plains George Anselman; Serseantsvl lie
ard Rosemon W. T. Haggeryi samsrEns; D. o.
";nmer sinten island"Hsbury New -snringvIlle W W.
vsnderho Bethel Tqtte9vs ISin .,oh H. 0ssIsy H0war3
Graz, ro' Mason; St Johns Rossvllle b.
y Eaton; 81. Marks. Princess Bay. J. c. Howard;
g. Psns Tot9nve ,1rHor ryaD rrnsy 'H'es West
NWnwHrighton N'"s W. H. Wiss: Woodrow. Rossv.ile,
NJ Mrans,asm . iaan' ~ H. Ruth: White House. G. F. APP
gar; woodbridge. p o. BEghI
Jersey CITY DISTRICT
Jersey city District. presiding elder, j. b. Faulks
.uendale Archer Memorial, c. r. Dicknson AL
nnc r J. Molyneux; Arcola, T. s. Haggerty; Bar
ryvine. y. Y. 3. o. Rusby
R,vonne. First tnufcD, I. .h hNucISoH MohIVc
Memorial, \. Van Dcusen.
Bergen Point, c. $. Kemble; Bloomingdale W r.
vile, ~ y. n J. Brown C3Ieville, William n
p"sssell. Deckertown, s. ID. Decker; Enslewood.
III noswel Garnerville. n. Y, ID. w. C. Ramsey
Iiackensack Asbury. III. T. Gibbs First Church.
yiasbrouck Heights l.. C. Coe, supply; Haver-.
,raw n T. John Atkinson: Hsdale and Pearl
Givsr Isaac Thomas; Hoboken, First Church, A.
Jersey city-Centenary. +: = Goodman; Emery ..
r. Lowrs: Grace, Enoch Meachen; iteddins' u Z e
w,idIng. lanes d. o. Rowland Lafayette, c. n.
f,,rie' " .nden Avenue c. +. Hull: Palisade Ma
,HSanicl Brooks; ST. Paurs r. c. Mayham Simpson.
Daniel Halleron: Trinity, b. d. F. Randolph; West
side Avenue. NJ d. Church - , r.
Ieonia. John Godson; Matamoras. Penn, .i +, l.,
pnmnds, Ndya,e L. c. Starr; Montvale ani Saddle
Htvar n Ware. New City, W. 8. Harf"r; New
foundland Charles Bennett y.,,o ~
Nyasm, georse kane: otisvi.le u y Frank Chadwick
Port JervIs. n. Y. r.. b.. Collins; Ridsefe.d PARK
4. H. Howland Rockland Lake ~; 4; j. sIl T. rr0w Van
bush and Moneaup n. ~. Maschman; sSprins S.anS
pal,sy pa,n, anp D. Harris; surern. N. Y. r. b.
lockwood; Thiells, N. Y. v. G Nelson rr...,
viola and Wesley Chapel N. T.. H. B. Hosiey
New-York tribune., 1896-04-01
AN ASBESTOS FACTORY ABLAZE.

The Jersey City Police investigation an In
cendiary fire that occurred early yesterday in the
factory of the Gilmore Manufacturing Company, at
Hudson and Sussex SITS. The flames discov-
cred few minutes before o'clock in the morning
by Frank Goodman. superintendent OF the factory.
who has apartments in the house In Hudson-st. in
the Goodman aroused George Speer. the en-
gineer. who has room in the same house. Their
first thought of the horse. the stable near
the factory. The animal dead 1t had been
suffocated by the dense smoke
The Fire Department responded promptly but the
fremen could not enter the building for two hours
owing to the dense smoke They drowned out the
hre. after working three hours The company
manufactures asbestos felting and II found
that the flames had started in and were confined
10 the drying-room. Goodman impaired the nfor-
nation that the fire started by some malicious
person and thief. as the tooroom had been forced
open and number of tools had been stolen. The
superintendent positive that he left six cans OF
oil In the office when he closed the factory Mon
day night. and three OF the were missing.
There was odor OF oil in the vicinity OF the
drying room. dog, which had been the common
property OF former employees and had made its
home in the factory time. found run
ming about the place during the Are Goodman is
positive that some familiar with the premises
is responsible for the blaze
Ten days ago strike occurred at the factory.
man named Dickinson. who had been in the
foreman OF the dry-room, and had twelve helpers.
He was discharged for alleged incompetency Tho
men employed in the dry-room quit work and de
manded the reinstatement OF Dickinson. The com
strikers were filed The company estimates the
damage by the fire at 5000
New-York tribune., 1896-04-01
THEY WANT TO STAY ~ offi'I'
,,,,nsoy COUNTY LAY JUDGES WILL CONTEXT hh
az, nrpRryING THEM OF THEIR SEATS

ur-nsoN COUNTY LAY JUDGES WILL ooSih'' ''''
LAW prPRrvING THEM OF THEIR SEATS
,r,e Hudson County lay judges VINO nave 'eei'
,ee,.,atel out Of orice intend contesuhs 'ns ar
,r,Is,tno ,her offices They have reta'he" "a
,r I NcDermott and Judge Stevens OF
Newark. - .nr,u,,ional
rnev contend tha, the office being CONSTITUTIONS
one cannot be abolished by the iesis'atu'e ~. -
,s,s, that even If the authority TO do so Is Vrea ~
,s,a,uro n cannot abrdge the terms oil '"c
'n,,her,s ."e who had been appointed for terms OF
five years each -. Tor Tho last
Law Judges Kenny and Honmah sat io' ca r,m,,,
,u,a yesterday as members OF the Hudroh S, n3un,y
nn, Of common Pleas They are @ oStn conissn 60 niasa
-, NO act legisIatlng them out or o,'e "a, ,,'i;
a r,I H. 60, aside 1t IS runiored tnat lhey W.
smncar in courh to-day VIII be reinsrn Th c,,"n wiii
pii uli entcr a forma protest Ihe hc,iSn C ,h w., WI
h Instituted in the name Of either or pD." h,l ., thc
Pm T d win nroi ably report for duty daV WINE "
acrlSn is pending and If the decision "a Of
favor they VIII have or c'' "a 4, per diem, in ad-
d,,on TO which they are entitled 10 S"d ,,dyes went
9iao" The act dispensing with the lay Judges "e"'
in,o affect al midnight.
New-York tribune., 1896-04-01
THE FIREHEN ARE OBDtRATE.
THEY REFUSE TO GIVE Up THEIR ROOMS FOR
THE COMMON COUNCIL

THEY REFUSE TO GIVE Up THEIR ROOMS FOR
THE COMMON COUNCIL.
Asbury Park, ~ j.. March 3l.-There Is more
trouble brewing between the members Of lndepend-
encc Truck Company and the Borough Councilmen
ALI because the nremcn refuse to give up suite OF
front rooms In the new Fire Department Buhding
When the building finished the members OF the
truck company acting. they assert on the advice OF
tho Chief Engineer Of the Fire Department. took
nossession of two choice rooms in the second story
The councilmen ordered the fremen to turn the
rooms over TO the Water Commissioners. but the
nre-nehters refused obey the edlct. Furthermore
thew changed the locks on the doors. and with
sentinel on duty day and night. refused adD1ittance
to the Fire and Water Committee or the Common
Council These facts were recited at the last meet
Ing Of the borough officials, and resolution was
nassed directing the borough clerk to instruct tho
truck company 10 give up their present quarters
within three days and move into rooms ~ the oack
of the building. The hremen say they VIII pay no
a,tentlon TO the new order. They assert that the
building was paid for by the iaxpayers ana ma IL
was expressly understood that the buldihs was 10
be used exclusively for fire purposes me soun,s n,n
men are likewise obdurate. and in ease the Ioo,hs M
are not abandoned this week. the truck COMPANY
viii be dlsbanded and the apparatus transierred 10
another company.
New-York tribune., 1896-04-01
GIRL TRIES TO KILL HERSELF.
SHE SWALLOWS CARBOLIC ACID BECAUSE
SHE THINKS SHE IS UNJUSTLY TREATED

SHE SWALLOWS CARBOLIC ACID BECAUSE
SHE THINKS SHE IS UNJUSTLY TREATED.
Annie Albrecht the seventeen-year-old daughter
OF Mr. and Mrs. John Abrecht. Of Avenue and
Trembey-st, Bayonne, attempted 10 commit sui
eide yesterday by swallowing carboc acid because
she deemed parental rules too strict TO permit her
any OF the social pleasures usually accorded girls
OF her age. That the girl premeditated her act for
several days but delayed IL unit! her desire for
innocent diversion again denied her. Is evident.
She found In the kitchen by Augustus Mead.
She nsensible. and the bottle of poison was
and other members OF the family. as II early in
the morning and then several blocks TO the
Two Pines Hotel, on the Kvon-Kul shore, and
teephoned for physician. DR.. Lucus F. Donohue
responded and soon restored her 10 consciousness.
The young woman's escapade had been reported to
the Bayonne police in the mean time. and they in
vestgated the particulars. fearing that she might
not daughter. but adopted niece of the Albrecht
couple and that her supposed parents ruled her with
severity Of manner little better than tyrannoIS,
Mr. ard Mrs. Abrecht were so excited by the asserI
ton that the girl not their daughter that they
became almost frantic In their expostulations They
venementiy insisted that she was their child. and
ind gnantly denied tha, they in any manner
unknd TO her. They said she tried TO Kill herself
because she not allowed TO accompany her
mother on trip TO Staten Island on Monday and
was debarred from having any girl companions OF
her own age.
The girl was repentant IN the afternoon and there
was a family reconciliation She will probably re-
New-York tribune., 1896-04-01
4 WEALTHY MANS WILL SET ASIDE
UNDUE INFLUENCE ON THE PART OF A
DAUGHTER THE CAUSE

Hackensack. March 81 (SpeciaD.-A somewhat SEN
satonal will case ended in the Bergen County
Orphans Court to-day by decision of Judge Van
Valen
The will was that OF James Ledwith. formerly OF
New-York. who owned and lived on farm In Ber-
gen County the state line He was at one time
In the liquor business. and left fortune Of s6o,00
The whole Of this sum- excepting 5000 given to
Vincent Ledwlth, a grandson. now Ave years old
and living in Brooklyn, was bequeathed to his only
daughter, Mrs Annie Clafe. who lived with her
father and is said have directed the disposition
OF his estate.
The testator was eighty years Old and for some
time prior to his death he was. according to the
testimony practically controlled BY his daughter
In giving his decision, Judge Van Nalen said that
the testimony showed that the Old man was abso-
lutely under the control Of this daughter. who even
used a whip on him when he refused TO accede to
her wishes promptly.
THE testimony on the part Of the contestants
shows" sad Judge Van Valen. that the resta,or
was In a state OF mind such as to wholly unfit him
TO make viii; and never saw case where, on
the side OF the proponents. the testimony was so
much that Of counsel. who BY his questions
directed and controlled the answers OF witnesses" >"
This did not Judge Van Vaien said. apply to local
counsel. but to counsel from New-York. The Will
was set aside.
New-York tribune., 1896-04-01
MOORE BAKER ASSAULTED.
THE HERO OF THE FRANKLIN PARK
TRAGEDY BESET BY MOB.
CRUELTY TO A HORSE ALLEGED TO BE THE
cAUsE-BoTH BAKER AND HIS BROTHER
DECLARE THAT THE ATTACK
WAS UNPROvOKED.

CACSE-BOTH BAKER AND HIS BROTHER
DECLARE THAT THE ATTACK
WAS UNPRovoKED.
New-Brunswick March 81 (speciaD.-Moore Baker.
the hero OF the Franklin Park tragedy OF two
ago. and Boyd Baker. his brother. were brutally
assaulted just before midnight last night.
Moore Baker is In the employ of |. s. Everett &
Son. liverymen of New Brunswick. and Boyd Baker
keeps hotel In South Brunswick Township. The
two men were together in this city last night. and
at about 1l:45 o'clock they left the stable for their
home At Albany and Nelson SITS. the mare baked
and laid down in the roadway. Moore Baker got
out and went to the horses head TO loosen some OF
the harness and induce the animal to rise. Just at
this time gang of about eight drunken men came
down Abanyst and made taunting remarks to the
Bakers. They followed their words with an assault.
In which the Baker brothers knocked down
and. though they fought pluckily. were badly
worsted
Only few people witnessed the fight, and nobody
interfered one of the bystanders held Baker s
horse. The crowd finally withdrew. leaving their
victims to get home best they could. Moore
Bakers face to-day badly lacerated and his
shoulders sore. His brother to-day at his home
in Franklin Park. Moore Baker said that he knew
none OF the assailants and had made no complaint.
He and his brother both OF large build and great
courage but were beset by mob and taken at a
disadvantage. 80
The incident recalls the tragedy In Franklin Park
in February. 1894. Moore Bakers house was entered
al O'Clock In the morning by two negro farm
hands TO whom Baker had shown 500 bill: The
negroes main purpose was doubtless robbery.
Bakers wife and child were Drained by blows from
an axe in the hands OF the and Baker grap-
pied with the intruders killing one with the axe
and the other with A gun.
IL is said that the attack OF the crowd last night
on the Baker brothers nstigated by their brutal
treatment Of the horse they were driving. The
brothers il Is said slashed the animal unmercifuly
with the whip and kicked II about the head so that
great bruises were raised and the animal wrhed In
agony The crowd came along cried shame and
called the men TO cease their cruelty one OF the
Bakers replied that the matter concerned nobody.
This provoked the attack.
Moore Baker denies that either he or MS Drotner
was treating the horse cruelty and asserts that the
attack was unprovoked by any action OF his own.
New-York tribune., 1896-04-01
THE PRIu4RIES IN ORANGE.
no OPPOSITION TO MAYOR GILL And GOOD
TICKET SELECTED.

Orange March 81 (SpecsD.The Republican pri-
mar!cs were held In orange last evening ann were
oulet and orderly although they were largely at
tended Ali opposition TO the nomination o' Mayor
Iohn GIL was withdrawn. and the delegates 70 the
Ct,x cnrventlon which will be held "Wednesday
evening will also vote .or him
The nominations are "a follows: First ward
Alderman. Ludlow r. Clark; School Commissioner
the Rev Charles II. Mann; Justice OF the feace' "
schwerin; Constable. Spencer { Ewihs
Second Ward-Aldermsn. three years. Aoran MOS
Ter. TWO years TO MI vacancy. Emil SchuitZe ~
School Commissioner. Phneas Staun'on' JuSuce Juit
OF the Peace. james X. Stewart coh''doe' 'o'''
Third Wara-Alderrnan Isaac NJ Williams: scn9oi
Cotnmissloner Louis u. Gallison; Jusuce ot IN, IN,
Peace Samuel Damato; Constable. Sicnne' O''' :
Constable 10 I'll vacancy. Frank r. Arms n Va,
Fourth Ward-Aderman, three years; :. IL az
Noe;rand; two years. TO MI vacancy; frdil% @ n.t =
school Commissioner William y, Bradsha"' Jt7nys bn,,
81 ire Peace John Mlnr. Constable Joseph Calheuii
Fifth Ward Alderman. Joan H. siaker, ise - no
CommIssioner Nelson O. Wilhelm, justice ol '''o
peace . r. Todd; Constable. John Scott
New-York tribune., 1896-04-01

momentous occasion 10 those concerned. One OF the
important appointments was that OF G. W.
Smith 70 be presiding elder Of the Elizabeth Dis
trct.
The interesting incident OF the session yester
day was the discussion OF the report temperance
by the Rev. William Eakins. Of Jersey City. Dr.
r. L. Dunn said 1t uncommon thing for MEM
bers OF the Church to have wine on their sideboar1s
There general surprise at this assertion
DO understand you aright?" asked the Bishop
Yes" said DR.. Dunn II mean 1t. and some min
isters gagged in their utterances the tenn
perance question"
Several ministers expressed the opinion that Dr.
Dunn going too far in his assertions. This led
TO a political discussion which finally ruled out
Of order. The members o. the conference agreed
that It not right for the trolley companies In
Newark and Jersey City to give transfer tickets
with brewery advertisement on the backs Of them
The following admitted to the Conference
probation Frank MacDanel. r. 3. Urmy. J. II
L. Shutz. r. ". Elliott, w. p. Townsend. c. E.
Scudder and Harry p King.
The subject OF choosing place for years
Conference referred TO a committee appointed
by the Bishop. and consisting of the Rev. Messrs
s y. Hammond II. Spelmeyer d. X. Lowrie c.
K. Barnes and W. T. Houghton.
There was warm discussion over recommending
the General Conference to remove the time limit
OF FIVE years for pastorate. The Rev. s. d. Jones
offered petition against the removal OF the limit.
q
provided for allowing the limit to be extended In
exceptional cases Dr Buttz offered addition 10
the substitute as follows: Provided that no modi-
fcation be made inconsistent with time limit
The substitute and the addition finally
adopted. the Conference thereby going on record in
favor OF mitigating the present itinerary system.
which is peculiar 10 the Methodist Church. Sew
eral preachers privately denounced this the en-
tering wedge for the abolition OF itineracy.
The statistical secretary. Or. J. \. Gutteridge.
made the following report o. the condition OF the
Conference. Church membership probatoners.
i027: fun members. ~ 2s7: local preachers. l's:
deaths in the year. 5,9; children baptized. l5il:
adults baptized si5: Sunday-schoo.s 37: officers
and teachers 6.2ls. scholars 1000 churches. 2ss;
value Of church property $4,000 parsonages. l5s;
value of parsonages. &9iaso.
The appointments announced were as follows:
ELIZABETH DISTRICT.
Elizabeth Distrl,, Presiding Elder. G. ". Smith
Asbury and Bethlehem. A c. Covey; Bloomsbury,
L. r james: Bound Brook. J. W. Daily Cal!fon and
FAirmouni c. +. Walton; Centreville. w. a. TIN
ney: Clinton. William Mccain; Cokesbury. j. A.
New-York tribune., 1896-04-01

A NEWARK BUTCHER ARRESTED FOR
TRYING TO BURN HIS SHOP.
DISCHARGED woRKMEN SUSPECTED OF SETTING
FIRE TO A FACTORY IN JERSEY CITY

FIRE TO FACTORY IN JERSEY CITY
HORSE suFFOCATED.
Anton Kuhn. twenty-four years old. was locked
UP at the Second Precinct Police Station in New
ark, yesterday in default Of $1,000 bail. on charge
of arson Kuhn kept a butcher shop at No. S25
Summer-ave. fire started in his place yesterday
under peculiar circumstances, and he was ar
rested en- complaint of Assistant Chief William c..
Ashley. Patrolman Schaefer. of the Second Pre-
cinct while patrong on Summer-ave. at a. M.
passed Kuhns shop and noticed that the window
blinds were drawn closely. lie peeped in and heard
voices. of which he recognized as Kuhn 8.
Passing on. he came back and saw blaze in the
rear Of the store Schaefer ran alarm box
and sent in a signal. Patro.men Fannin and H!g-
gins came up and the officers broke in the front
door of the shop. which barrcaded with a
chopping block Inside two fires were burning, one
on the south side Of the building and another in
the iceboX. There odor OF Kerosene. The
offlcerS succeeded in Quenching the names before
the fremen arrived
An investigation made. and IL is asserted that
the floor sprnkled with Kerosene and that
punches of rags saturated with the oil were found
in the refrigerator The firemen and policemen en-
tered kuhn's apartments upstairs and found the
butcher and his wife preparing 10 leave by the rear
Kuhn had papers, including two fire insurance
policies, with him.
The third story of the building Is occupied by a
family OF several persons. kuhn's papers were
policies for 81 600 covered the stock and fixtures in
the butcher shop. The stock was appraised at
about 500 at the highest price. Kuhn pleaded not
guilty and was he'd for the Grand jury.
New-York tribune., 1896-04-01
4 BREAK ~ THE PIPE.

SIX MILLION GALLONS OF WATER A DAY LOST
FROM NEwARK'S WATER SUPPLY.
The East Jersey Water Company. which supplies
Newark with water. discovered a break in the main
feed pipe from the intake to the city shortly after
yesterday.
The leak occurred Great Notch. In the noun
tain back OF Montcair The first indication the
city the company had was when the water in
the Be,eville reservoir began 10 fall at the rate Of
six inches hour. This showed the city was
using water than coming through the
main. Shortly afterward word was received from
Great Notch that the break had occurred. The
water leaking at the rate OF 6.etVCo0 gallons
day 4 force OF men set at work repairing the
break and Il expected that the leak would be
stopped by this morning
New-York tribune., 1896-04-01
FINED FOR FAST DRIVING

MoRRlsrowN HoRsEMEN WILL Make rEst
CASE OF 1T.
Morristown. March 81 (SpecaD.-William Coox,
Henry Armstrong and William Humphreys were
tried to-day for violating the city ordinance agatnot
fast driving. Lamont d. Guerra also to have
been tried but in making out the papers In his casa
the charge was made to read for driving a one.
horse sleigh foster than moderate trot" and q
the Judge failed to how a sleigh could be driven
whether it be OF one horse forty horses Guerin's
case was dropped Only case was tried thai
of William r. Cook, formerly a Jersey City Alder.
man. but who now lives about two miles from Morn.
ristown. He was convicted and fined. The othofo
agreed TO make q test of Cooks SO as to soN0
time and money. = -
New-York tribune., 1896-04-01
HE HELD HIS FACE UNDER WATER.
HENRY WHITE COMMITTED SUICIDE IN A p.
CULIAR MANNER

HENRY WHITE coMMITTfcp SUICIDE IN p.
CULIAR MANNER
Matawan, n. j., March 81 tSpeciao.-Henry White
the farmer from Spring Valley. who was found
dead in a shallow brook near his home early yes
terday morning, has to-day been pronounced sui
eide. It irst supposed that he had fallen from
the side of the brook into the water from the ef-
fects Of a stroke Of heart disease apoplcxy. II
was discovered this morning that he had left two
notes, saying that he tired of life. One
found in the family Bible directed 10 hts son
Charles, who lived with him. II read follows:
"Gooc-by Charley. l hope God will forgive me-"
The other note to his daughter. Mrs Mary
VOORHEES,, ard read II BID you al goodby have
money, no friends. and / believe my time has
come"
White left the house at early hour on Monday
morning and went directly to the brook hung his
coat upon limb. removed his hat and boots care
fully placing them in order the bank. and then
laid himself down upon the edge Of the brook,
which was foot deep at this spot. and held his
face In the water until he drowned He was sew
enty-five years old
New-York tribune., 1896-04-01
HIS INJURIES PROVED FATAL.

s re'er Hssan. sr.. who was burned while escaping
uom the blazing barge Miliigan. during the fire
= 'ne Erie Railroad pier In Jersey City on Mon
~ died yesterday.
~ ~ vas sixty-hve years old and his death is at
efrious 40 '"s Da'nS were moi oo"s'oe'eo
teS a!,,asxan naxan lived in Rondout where two sons and
<o1 Srcxn SSxnsers iive His wife died few weeks ago
New-York tribune., 1896-04-01
PEPRINE AGAIN IN EXILE.

Trenton. March 81 (Spec.aD Colonel Lewis Per
r,ne against whom there is decree of contempt OF
court, and who was permitted under temporary
of the to s. saes crcu
Sa,r, ,odav returned TO Washington TINS are
noon The trial a. which he was 10 na navf the
S nntempt did not permit the Colonel 10 remain IN
Trenton y until the case could be ended