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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-14
THE ZION CONFERENCE CONTINUES.

The fourth day OF the African Methodist Epis-
copal Zion Church Conference for Eastern New
York In the African Methodist Episcopal Zion
Church. at West Tenth and Bleecker SITS. began
yesterday. Bishop j. w. Hood OF Fayetteville
N C., presided at the morning session. with the
Rev Lewis ID. Williams OF Sag Harbor as secre-
tary.
The Rev c. Fairfax. OF Port Chester presented
a report Education" The denomination now
maintains seventeen institutions OF learning-high
schools, colleges and seninarfes: Industrial train
ing Is also given at some OF these schools The
Conference adopted resolution declaring that all
collections taken up on the annual Children's Day
should be devoted 10 some OF those institutions.
The Rev NJ Butler Of New-York, presented a
report on Christian Endeavor work. There are now
four hundred Christian Endeayor societies in the
African Methodist Episcopal Zion denomina ton
and twenty five thousand members. IL was decided
that collections taken up ct meetings Of these So
ciefies should go 10 the missions OF the Church.
no particulars were given out. Last night there
social meeting, but to-day and tomorrow
there Will be meetings morning. Afternoon AID
.utnx.
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Church. East Orange. Mr. Brown is concert or
ganist. and for many years organist OF "
Talmaee's Tabernacle =. c. VI. Dufault from the
church OF the Messiah. will be the new tenor at this
church. ,,, -.
St THOMAS Aquinas has new soprano, Miss Amy
Cederberg. ,, o.,
prano Miss Francis b. Manly; alto, Miss Randall
tenor Mr. Holgate. and bass, Mr.. Holland
DR. Eugene Walton Marshall, from the Washing
ton Avenue Baptist Church, is 10 sing bass at the
First Reformed Church -,
new cOntralto is Miss Helen s. Cue and the bass
Mr. Mora.
new contralto Mrs. George f. Irving, and new
tenor. Martin w. Bowman. from the Thirteenth
Street Presbyterian Church. OF Manhattan.
The Memorial Presbyterian Church Will have
new soprano, Miss Alberta Fisher. coming from tho
Second Presbyterian Church. OF Newark.
The changes at the Washington Avenue Baptist
Church include William G. Weldon. tenor; Mrs r.
tralto. and Joseph S. Baerstein, bass.
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FOUR END THEIR LIVES.
TWO WOMEN AND TWO MEN COMMIT SELF
MURDER-CARBOLIC ACID USED
IN TWO CASES

Driven to dependency over the news that her
brother who Is in the 7th United States Artillery
might soon be ordered from Porto Rico TO Manila,
instead Of returning home, as was expected Louise
Korschinck, twenty-three years old. yesterday
hanged herself from beam in the attic OF her
home No 623 Nostrand-aye. The father had gone
out early in the morning TO his liquor store In Fur
man-st.. near Fulton-st The mother had gone out
shopping. and one brother was away at business
Two younger brothers, Eddie fifteen years old, and
Henry. still younger were at home. and the young
woman was careful to see that the boys were out
OF the house before she carried out her plan of
suicide. They returned TO the house about noon
and found the front door ocked-an unusual cir
cumstance at that time of day. They got In by
climbing the back fences and crawling through
a window. Going to the top floor they found their
sister hanging from the frame of the scuttle leading
10 the roof The boys ran to the house OF
neighbor for assistance, and an ambulance
called. but the doctor said that the girl had been
| dead for some time
| When the war broke out the favorite brother
William. enlisted in the 7th United States Artillery
| Since the end Of the his command has been
stationed in Porto Rico, ard the boy had home
letters saying that his term Of enlistment would
probably soon be up and he would return to his
| home that In all probability the regiment would go
Msns and ns he w SSs BE unable to come
geratsd idea Of The hdardships In the Philippians
come back alive. She brooded so constantly ' over
| this that her parents think she must have become
| unbalanced mentally
suicide BY drinking csfb9c acid al her Soms Ne,
lss Classon,ave, yesterday afternoon. She was
| taken 10 the Homeopathic Hospital, where che
died soon afterward Dependency Is assigned as
| the cause. The members OF the family were away
| from home at the time.
Max Fleischer, thir,y-six years old. OF No ZIG
| South Thrd-st, drank carboic acid yesterday az
| ternoon while his family was away. When they
| returned an ambulance surgeon was called to save
| Feischer, but he too far gone
seventh-aye.. near First.st., jumped from win
| dow on the top floor OF the building yesterday
| morning and landing In the back yard, was al
| most instantly killed. Hand lived with his wife
whom he had recently married at No. l6s Seventh
| ave. Hand was formerly heavy drinker but took
| pledge OF total abstinence few days ago. Coro-
ner Berger will hold inquest.
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TROLLEY FREIGHT CARS.
JUSTICE MAREAN DECIDES THAT THEY
MAY BE RUN.
AN OPINION IN THE DE oRAuw CASE OPENS
WIDE FIELD FOR TRAFFIC.

AN OPINION IN THE DE GRAUW CASE OPENS -
WIDE FIELD FOR TRAFFIC.
Justice Marean. OF the Supreme Court, yester-
dav morning handed down a decision In winch ie
holds that street railroad companies have the H.
10 run freghtcars as well as passenger-cars' !h's
decision is an important one In view OF 'he i.0'
that there has been some talk OF company ~.
the purpose OF running freight service a. n,s
over the lines Of the Brooklyn Kappa lra"s' ~
pany. an ar
The case decided by Justice Marean was an ac-
t,on brought against the Long Island Eiec'ric
Railroad Company by Aaron DE Grau"' VI "
maica in an effort 10 stop the road IRON opeie,'s
express cars on the street railroad III
Since the suit was Instituted Mr.. lie urau" nos
died but II has been pressed py the "iuo"' -
r q De Grauw demurrer by the defenoah.s
- r. r-or,a that the complaint did not contain
a suficient cause of action was dismissed py JUS
t,ce Marean In writing his opinion ne says II"
part:
"The demurrer presents the single question never
before adjudcated of the construction TO De given
20 that provision OF the railroad law which author
ICES street surface railways 10 convey persons anu
property The obvious import OF the WORDS 10
convey persons and property comprehends the con-
yeyanee Of property by persons. and they shouio
not be otherwise construed unless there De some
important reason for II. can find no such reasoH'
"JJntil recently there seems TO have been no de-
mand upon street railroad companies on the Pa''
OF the public for the carriage OF freight' ana no
facilities therefore have been furnished by the
railroads. but the public. having discovered that
the transportation OF freight can be made more
economically than by former methods, there Is no
meritorious reason why 1t should not enjoy that
advantage. Naturally the method Of operation OF
passenger-car by stopping on call to take up ana
set down passengers is ippractcable In the opera
ton OF freightcars Depots along the line at con.
collection
freight will be obviously necessary In order not to
obstruct other transportation and travel But II II
be so collected and loaded into car, which is then
switched upon the street line and transported over
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sTravBeAT COMPANY ABSORBED.

The Montauk Steamboat Company. II was an
rounced Yesterday has passed under the control OF
the Long Island Railroad, which will hereafter
operate the steamers shinnecock and Montauk. For
several years this line been operating boats dur
Ing the summer season from Sag Harbor to Shelter
Island Greenport Orient and New-York' The pres
ence OF this line resulted In considerable compeu-
ton for the freight business, and the Long Island
railroad suffered from 1t. The principal owner OF
tho stock I'm the steamboat company the Joseph
Fahys Company. silverware manufacturers, az Sag
Harbor. The company was capitalized In s2OOOoO
II ls not known whether the railroad intends to
operate the steamers In connection with the rail-
road lines or take them of altogether. IL would be
almost impossible to start rival line. the Mon
tauk Company owns the most OF the wharf fran
chises In Greenport and Shelter Island.
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week at the following prices: Eolian orchestreles
the regular price OF which Is $500 at $780, eoliah
grands sold at $780, $780, $50 @rol pianos at &9
SEQ eoan Chippendaes at 800; 500 @olians styie
1900 at $3.50; $3.50 eolians. style l4o at szoo; ~"
nolians style $50 at 500; s275 aolians style lG@
at $50; s2lO seolians style 500 at $50; SO aolian
princess, at $50
The company also offers several pianos taken N
exchange for eolians at reduced prices. discount
OF 10 per cent will be allowed on cash sales or inc
instruments will be sold on moderate monthly pay
ments. All the instruments included IN TINS sa'.
have been only slightly used The sale VIII an sr,
an opportunity to purchase an seollan Of ps,,esst
tone and IN excellent condition at greatly reouee1
price. -, ,,..,,a.,,or Of
That the eolian is worthy the invesugausonr =.
music-loYers is perhaps best proved oy ,ne nsinh
ter OF its Endorsements and the manner IN VIZ svs
lis merits have been recognized by those VINO nav
given themselves an opportunity to hear H.
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,rIrprrrAy TO BECOME A CITIZEN.

Franz Ebeling, member OF the b'ip."a"~
whose stage name is Franz Ebert presented hin'
saIf before John H. Loos. clerk In the NaturahiA
ton Bureau OF the Supreme Court yesterday anu
made a declaration of his intention 10 oecome
limited States citizen. The little man. VINO s'aneS
,us, feet inches in height. stepped up TO 'n'
desk. and said he wanted his first papers
I'VE don't naturaze children mere saia w
clark "you had better come back in nine or ten
Years and YOU will not want any first papers -
yo, can he naturalized as having come here oefo''
the age OF eighteen .o,,r4
..p,, mats exactly what didn't do" he retoH
"a .T was twenty-one when arrived in this counT
try" <, x,.osss, ,heir
.,~,,o, NTH they were informed by friend VI
s.nsl,ns,s a six-footer. that he was one OF the
Iilnputians; -, Ia CANA here ten wears ago.
"a A. now thlrty-one years olu ne was ss,,r-
CIV and has travelled all through this ~ ma
e, sincs his first arrival here he signed NJ ma
W ,hn roll with an air of pride, ana sala s,n-
oem ,mn with pleasure his allegiance 10 tns his
aror ~ Germany. He was anxious 10 ns' SoinS
krst papers. he sa,d. because ms EouI ss,rsd q y
sble to ssy that 10 va IN AmssscA
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imposed by Mr.. Beet Walter L. DuracK Is inc
treasurer OF the trustees. and he is receiving CON
tributions to the fund at his office. NO 10y Nioh-
,oguest A number OF circulars have been sent
out which It is hoped will be productive OF liberal
subscriptions.
The new institution has been organized as the
result of a necessity which has for long time been
felt but toward the meeting OF which no steps
have been taken before this The hospitai Is 10 DC
non sectarian and will accommodate all classes
o,d conditions of sick including small children
rhAre are to be private wards in which patients
who are able 10 pay for them may receive extra
The building which has been offered for the use
OF the hospital by Mr.. Beet Is at see1ndave; ana
N secure about $40 900 in order to equip the nospta
and maintain II for the first year. OF TINS so% ~
hospital nearly selfsupporting There are 10 De no
ssiaried places except those OF chief nurse ana
Aor aati0
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CHURCH CHOIR CHANGES.
NEW VOICES TO BE HEARD BY BROOK
LyN CONGREGATIONS.
MUSICAL TALENT IN THE CITY OF cHuKcfihs
DRAWN FROM WIDE FIELD.

MUSICAL. TALENT IN THE CITY OF CHURCHES
DRAWN FROM WIDE FIELD
In the church choirs of Brooklyn as In those o.
the Borough OF Manhattan, changes are numerous
81 this season OF the year The organizations are
r,s,,.s no, only from the churches in the lat
Ter borough but from other cities. In the search
for good material the choirmasters are ooikee W
draw upon professional sources as far "es. DC 90
Francisco and almost every city In the onio" sup
plies its contingent TO the makeup OF the brooh,yn
choire IL Is natural therefore, that BROOKLYN
x,n,oh has long been known as the City OF
Churches should be sought by those who are SEEK
ing choir positions and the excellence OF the
choirs is largely due 10 the great amount Oh soou
material from which choirmasters ana chu'o"
committees have the opportunity 10 make 'ne'' Sc
lections.
Ar,ons the interesting announcements for music
lovers NAV be mentioned the fact that Miss Edith
J. Miller. whose singing has been one Oh '"e
features at st. Bartholomew's has nnaiiy accep.eo
the position OF contrato solost this season al the
Tompkins Avenue Baptist Church. The place was
offered to Miss Miller last year, but at that time
she had signed the Manhattan contract; Q,h ONE
changes in the choir include Miss Hiidesafoe nv
Jenkins tenor. Mr. Jenkins is the well.kno pI
evangestic singer ana Leaves nare AZ the
Emmanuel Baptist Church Mr. Price is to sing pass
and HupngtOn M reiana Is also u DC his position
at the First Church R a. Msr4g
bins. who leaves the Emmanuei baPlls' 1nui -,
will succeed Charles H. Morse at the organ IN
Plymouth Church. -, ,,,
John ii. stubbs. tenor. leaves the Brick Church;
church and at the First Presbyterian Church.
Brooklyn Mrs. Richard 7. Percy wife OF the Or
eanst OF the Marble Collegiate Church, is to sing
soprano Mrs. Percy leave the Memorial Presoy-
terrain Church. Brooklyn. Willis e. Bachelor. the
new tenor at this church; comes from California
A new soprano Miss Elizabeth y. Wall. will be
heard at 81. Agness Roman Catholic Church. Miss
Wall is from Eas;on, Penn .
AT the New-York Avenue Methodist Church the
new soprano is Miss Alice Merritt.
At the Church of the Pilgrims, Mrs. Mary Mans
Geld will sing soprano, leaving the Lafayette Ave-
nue. Presbyterian Church. There will be new or
ganist Henry Eyre Brown, from Calvary Methodist
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G. A. r. STATE ENCAMPMENT,
TO OPEN IN SYRACUSE ON WEDNESDAY,
SUBJECTS TO COME UP FOR

Albany. May 10 (speciaD-The State officers Of
the Grand Army OF the Republic residing here are
beginning TO start for Syracuse. where the annual
department encampment Will be held the coming
week The first session of the encampment will be
held In the Alhambra opera House. Syracuse. on
Wednesday, May H.
It is thought that the meeting will be rendered
especially interesting by discussion OF PROPOSE
ton TO admit the veterans of the American
War to the ranks OF the Grand Army The Ma
tonal constitution OF the order must be amended
TO permit OF this ard the election Of delegates TO
the National encampment. which will take place at
this encampment. may turn upon IT, There Is acuVe
rivalry for the place Of delegate to the National
encampment In consequence. There are two candi
dates for the post Of department commander, now
held by Arson S. Wood of woIcott, Wayne County
These candidates are Joseph w. Kay. OF Wlnches-
ter Post OF Brooklyn. and A. A Lord. OF Post NO
30 OF Bnghamton. John Maxwell Recorder OF
Amsterdam. is a candidate for senior vice-corp"
mander. Comrade Waner is also candidate Tor
this place
Resolutions will probably be passed praising those
members of the Grand Army Of the Republic who
served their country again in tRe spanish-American
ing al $3.50. with n reception at the Alhambra Opera
House under the auspices OF the children OF ,he
presentation OF flags. one to each school. by Root
and Lilly posts; The following programme VIII rs De
carried out: Song America" by two hunurso
children from the schools; prayer, the Rev H. e. r..
Burton address Of welcome. A. b Budget lodge ,, s
Commander Arson s Wood: dag song, by two
B. seson OF "a
sGS Miss PgTs sabe hyde nd
The Star spansled Banner" by children.
detail from the two posts Will &C, as as cS Sogs
will be received by color-bearers appointed by each
Of the thirty-three schools OF the city. 49,, ,,,,
the sSns p pqTef G ne and
ganizations will take place.
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TO FIGHT THEIR BATTLE AGAIN.
ARRANGEMENTS READY FOR THE REPRoDUc-
TON OF SAN JUAN.

ARRANGEMENTS READY FOR THE REPRoDUc-
TON OF SAN JUAN.
All the arrangements have been completed TOT
the realistic reproduction Of the battle OF San Juan
by Companies Il and X OF the list Regiment, N. e.
N. Y, in the armory. Thrty-fourth-st and Fourth
ave- next Thursday and Friday evenings The
construction OF the representation OF the now his
toric hill in Cuba. with the blockhouses on the
ridge, has been finished, and the first rehearsal OF
the charge took place Friday night. More than
eight thousand feet of lumber was used In building
the hill and blockhouses, and on the nights OF the
mimic battle about forty thousand rounds or blank
cartridge are 10 be fired One-thrd of the powder
to be used is to be the old black variety and two
thirds the smokeless.
Baby the Spanish horse which was ridden By
Spanish officer who killed In the night attack
on the trenches on July q Billy Il. Dam, the famous
goat captured In Long Island by the men OF the
flat and led BY them all through the CUBAN cam
paign and Lance, the big black Newfoundland
dog which was In the battle are TO be SHOWN IN the
armory on the evenings of the sham hght
The floor space Of the armory Is 10 be covered
with cactus plants tropical ferns and trees Atter
the fight there will be dancing on the pattle-
Relics are to be exhibited In trophy gallery APP
plica ions for tickets may be made TO the coiInIt-
tee at the armory, or to h. A. Tabpert' treasurer
CnmDany F.
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FOUR NEW STEAMERS.
THEY ARE BEING BUILT. TWO FOR THE AMERl
CAN LINE AND TWO FOR THE RED
STAR SERVICE.


The International Navigation Company an
nounced yesterday that it has under construction
four first-class passenger steamers, two for the
Red Star Line service between New-YOrk and
Antwerp and two for the Philadelphia Liverpool
service OF the American Line. All OF the boats are
building on the Clyde by the Clydebank Engineer
ing and shipbu!lding Company.
The Red Line steamers will be named Vaderland
and iceland revying the names Of two of the
first steamers of that line. The new boats will be
OF large capacity, having length OF $50 feet beam
60 feet and depth ~ feet n measurement OF about
y 600 tons and displacement when loaded OF about
1900 tons. They will be fitted with twin screws
and bilge keels. They are intended to be 17-knot
boats and TO make the passage In eight days.
On each steamer there will be accommoda tons
for 800 hrst-cabin $50 second-cabin and $50 steer
age passengers. A majority Of the rooms OF the
nrst and second cabins will be deck cabins, and
there will be limited number Of suites consist
ing Of bedroom, slttng-roo and bathroom, similar
10 those on the St. Louis, the 81. Paul, the New
York and the Paris. There will be large prom
enade deck on which will be situated a we'll
equipped library and also smoking Ven
tilation OF the staterooms has received particular
attention. and large number Of bathrooms con-
yenienty situated Is another special feature. well
as commodious dinng-rooms. seerage accommo-
dations will consist OF two. four and six berth
rooms well lighted and ventilated with layator.es
and bathrooms. A large social hall and plenty OF
sheltered deck space IL also provided.
The two boats for the Philadelphia Liverpool
will be E20 feet long 80 feet beam and 30 feet depth
and have about 1000 tons measurement. They Will
be fitted with twin screws and bge kees, and be
capable OF making about thirteen Knots Follow
ing the custom OF the Philadelphia service they
will be equipped FOR only one class OF cabin pas
sengers about $50 In number. The cabins Will be
situated In the upper deckhouse amidships, and
will be large well ventilated. well lighted and com
fortably furnished On the promenade deck there
Will be a smoking-room and social hall Accommo-
I'm rooms holding two four and six persons with
good light and ventilation.
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BoRoUGH PARK CHURCH TO BE OPENED

The Borough Park Methodist Episcopal Church,
at Fiftieth-st and Fourteenth-ave. will be formal
ly opened to-day. The Rev. George B. Mains Will
preach in the morning and the Rev Cnaries D
Wing in the evening On June / the Rev. j. II.
stansbury of NorthpeFt, Long Island. will take
charge OF the work Of the church. He has been a
minister for thirty years and has had several I'M
portant charges in the New-York East Conference.
The church building is neat structure finished
inside with Georgia pine and with pews and altar
OF solid oak The windows are of cathedral glass.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-14
TOPICS FOR SUNDAY DIscOURsEs.

The Rev. DR.. Jay Benson Hamilton, pastor OF the
DeKalb Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church. will
begin new series OF pulpit parallels at bis popular
evening hour this evening. The first OF the series
will be '"rhe World Without Bible" and will re-
late what happened when God withdrew from the
world every word he had revealed TO in the
Bible. The next in the series will be May Fl.
THE Ministers Strike
Justice William j. Gaynor will lecture on THE
Arrest and Trial OF Jesus from a Legal Standpoint,
before the Brooklyn Philosophical Association. at
the Long Island Business College, South Fighth-st,
near Bedfordave, Brooklyn. this afternoon at
o'clock.
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CHILDREN WILL HAVE THEIR OUTING.
WILL NOT HAVE TO ATTEND PUBLIC SCHOOL ON
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY

IL is likely that the school children or Brooklyn
will have the entire day to themselves on the day
OF the Sunday-school anniversary. 1t at
first anticipated that II no school were held In the
morning the Brooklyn School Board would lose
about $4,000 for the loss OF one school day. For
that reason. at the last meeting Of the Local
School Board. q resolution calling for holiday
was voted down Since that time IL appears that
II the children attend school at the opening and
answer TO the roll they can then be dismissed and
the day legally called school day. special
meeting OF the School Board has been called for
next Thursday afternoon at o'clock when
10 dismiss their schools directly after rollcall.
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THE EAST CHANNEL DREDGING BID.

II was announced yesterday that the contract OF
the Government with Andrew onderdonk for the
dredging OF the East Channel at the entrance TO
New-York Harbor. the bid for which approved
by the Secretary OF War on Monday last. has been
signed, and that bonds In the sum OF $4,000 have
bsea furnished by Mr.. Onaerdonk-
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A NEW S2,0OO,OO0 HOTEL.

MAY OCCUPY SITE OF THE BRUNsWIck-J' H.
BREsIIN SUGGESTED FOR MANAGER
James II. Breslln, proprietor OF the Gilsey House.
whose name has been mentioned in connection with
the MANAGEMENT OF a new hotel on the site OF the
old Hotel Brunswick. at Fifth-ave and twenty
sxh-st said yesterday that nothing had peeh ueii-
n,teIv decided in the matter. He added that II
negotiations were carried through he hoped to
manage the new hotel. , ,,.., -. .
Robert Dewey, OF Chicago, VINO IS packed p ~; d
svndicate OF New-York men, has secured an option
on the Hotel Brunswick and on the four dWenns-
bouses Nos g. s. and East Twenty -sixtn-st.,
which adioin IT, The idea Is to put up fine hotel
on the site The property Is held at about NSOUV'
Mr. Dewey's plans for the building CAL ior al eA-
penditure Of about 100000
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-14
BURGLARS ROB JOHN LEWIS CHILDs.

Burglars Friday night entered the home Of
John Lewis Childs. in Floral Park, Long Island
but only few spoons were stolen. The house OF
Mr, Goldsmith was also entered. and ore ~ Nc
ooldgmiths eoats, few spo3ns and other small
ARTICLES we're stolen.