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New-York tribune., 1902-03-30
GRUBER'S ENROLMENT LOST.
so IT WAS LAST YEAR. AND HE MAY HAVE
TO GO To THE COURTS.

Abe Gruber, the Republican leader Of the
XXIst Assembly District is not often puzzled, but
he was perpexed yesterday when he learned that
the record Of his enrolment, on which he is en-
titled to vote the coming primaries. had dis
appeared from Police Headquarters The mystery
of it was that his enrolment record also dsap-
peared last year. He able TO vote last year by
again enrolling himself in May Under the
amended primary bill which if il becomes law.
would abolish the special enrolment this year.
Mr.. Gruher may be unable to at the fall
primaries If the record cannot he found. his only
recourse Will he the courts. where he will have to
prove that he did enroll. The Republican clerks
who had charge OF the enrolment in the XXIst
District all Grubers appOntees.
"On account Of the large number Of enrolments," ="
said President Voorhis of the Board of Elections
yesterday, there have been a number of blunders
in the work II would he too bad If. through a
clerical error. any who registers should not
be allowed to vote do not believe Colonel Gruber
will have any trouble in proving that he regis
tered. The disappearance of enrolment blank
is serious matter. The repetition in this case
looks suspicious
Chief Cle:k Allen said yesterday that it would
be almost impossible TO trace of the kind
mentioned, because the force of over one hundred
clerks temporary He said that a clerk
enrolment blank and escape detection.
"COoneI' Gruber did not allow the incident to
permanent. When l heard that the bill regarding
supplementary enroments would probably be
passed" he said last night. 81 sent a down
to Police Headquarters to look into the matter
and this bill becomes law, I'll have to carry the
to the Supreme Court The loss of the record
is probably accidental. There must be defect
in the system if it permits such things to come
New-York tribune., 1902-03-30
THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN WARNS AGA1Ns-
HIGH SPEED UNDER ELECTRIC TRACTION.

THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN" WARNS AGAINST
HIGH SPEED UNDER EIBCTRIc TRACTION.
In view of the completion Of the electric equip
nent for the trains TO be by the Manhattan
Railway Company, OF this city. yesterdays issue
Of The Scientific American" calls the attention
Of the officials of the company to the alarming
degree Of the sharp curves their elevated lines
and the serious results they may involve TO both
cars and passengers IN case Of accident The paper
says;
tradiction that the sharpest curves on any broad
eouStry are TO be found on the elevated railroads
in this city. The sharpest on the road are to be
found the SiXth-ave. line, one at the lntersec-
% Toh 0- t CiluIGI 6 S Iet ~ m 4 and sixthaye
& me Ihtefsectoh OF mesf % ed s Of 2tH tHsins in
passing around these curves has been reduced 70
a limit which gives a reasonable margin of safety
against accident: but of late there has been an
evident acceleration; and some or the trains take
considerable superelevation of the outer rail. the
cars thrown heavily onto the bearing plates
Of the trucks, and actually at times have dis
tinct inclination 10 the outside instead Of to the
curve at West Third-st- and sixth-ave. is the one
on which this IS most nolceapIe especially IN me
object Of remark among odtime travellers on the
road. At the speed with which the curves are
being taken the strains the wheel langes are
the fange to climb the rail is proportfonaIy IN
creased Should flange give way or wheel
would. curves Of such short radius be of little
avail in holding the engine upon the structure.
AS a faster running speed is contemplated for the
trains and the temptation Of the engineers will
be rather 70 increase the speed than TO reduce It,
a plan 20 guard against accidents is also suggested
by the paper:
II the curves to be taken at high speed. the
element of risk will be eliminated by giving a
higher superelevaton to the outer rail on such
sharp 8 these excessive supereevation is a
less serious evil than little supereevation and
We believe that II would be excellent policy be-
fore the fast electrical scheme is put IN force
y orders given for the SIDereleVation Of
every curve the line to be increased from 30 to
81 per cent.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-30
TABLET FoR NINTH REGIMENT HEROES.

The veterans of the 9th Regiment are to place
a bronze tablet in the armory to the memory of
men belonging to the regiment who died in the
service of the State and Of the United States In
1896 in the war with Spain the regiment lost four
officers and forty-four men by disease From 1861
until 1865 in the Civil War ii lost wenty-four Off
GERS and $50 men. and in the Orange riots in 1871
II lost three
new company is being organized for the 9th
Regiment by ex-Iieutenant r T. Schmidt. of the
1st Battery who also served in the old l1th Regi-
ment. and also in the 5th Battery of New-York
Volunteers. organized for the Spanish war. He
was captain Of the latter command, which was
organized from the LIST Battery. Those interested
can see CAPTAIN Schmidt at the armOry every
Friday night. Company F has elected Lieutenant
! Madden captain. and Quartermaster Green
second lieutenant First Sergeant d NJ. Randlett
of Company b. who has performed 100 per cent of
duty for six years. including service in the Span
ish-American War. has taken his honorable dis
charge on account of removal from the State
New-York tribune., 1902-03-30
JOSEPH HENSLER.

Joseph Hensler, one of the oldest brewers in
Newark. died at his house in Hamburg Place
Newark. yesterday from gangrene. resulting from
an injury 10 one Of his feet Mr.. Henser was
seVenty-two years old. and born a Baden
Germany. When he child his parents came
to this country, settling in Pennsylvania. a few
years later they removed to Newark and the son
Soon afterward he was engaged by the Lorenz &
Jaquillard Brewing Company. In 1855 Mr. Jaquard
died and his widow married to Mr.. Henser
the firm name changing to Lorenz & Hensler. Soon
afterward Mr. Hensler bought the LOrenz interest
and the business has since been conducted by the
Joseph Hensler Brewing Company Mr.. Hensler
was at one time president of the State Banking
Company, and director in the Mechanics
National Bank when 1t wrecked by Oscar
Baldwin, its cashier. He prominent in all
German American affairs, and took deep interest
in German English schools, He leaves
and Stepdaughter.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-30
NARCONT EXPLAINS REFUSAL.
WHY HIS OPERATORS CAN'T RECEIVE MESS AGES
OF ANY OTHER SYSTEM


OF ANY OTHER SYSTEM.
In connection with certain directors Of the
Marcon Wireless Telegraphy Company, Marconi
yesterday prepared and issued a signed statement
explaining his relation the Saby-Arco system
and the refusal of his operators to receive
transmit messages sent by machines of the other
company
In this statement Marconi declares that the
German system Is founded on information given
by him to De Slaby four years ago. the
quest Of the German Government OF the refusal
of his operatives to receive messages from the
Deutschland. which is equipped with the German
tracts with Lloyds and the lighthouse and signal
years. and that he cannot take the responsibility
OF advising his company, which has expended
large sums Of money in the perfecting of It's
an agreement which would permit De Slaby and his
company to enjoy all the advantages Of the work
without having borne any Of the expense.
OF the ability OF his instrument TO take messages
the instruments at his stations intended to work
with suitably tuned instruments, and he does not
believe the Slaby-ArCO system has such. He there
fore regards II as an accident II Such COmmunica-
tOu could he established.
De Slaby's statement that he eliminate out
side Interference Is secuted by Marconl. This al
SAYS has been admitted by its inventors, has been
obvated in his system. and refers his recent
test on the Philadelphia when ne received mes
SaEeS fOm the station at Cornwall over long dis
tanCeS of while the UmbTia also com
municdttng with the same station at close range.
At some future date MarConi promises 10 take
he has neither the time the inclination to go
into tho matter.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-30
"GROUT" SLIPS INTO THE SEWER.

An assistant OF Ira A. Shaler. the rapid transit
sub-contractor. discovered yesterday that some OF
the "grout''-the cement which has been nunDad
into the debris under the foundations of the
wrecked houses In Park-ave.-had made its Uay
into the sewer When the stoops and area wavs Of
the buildings fell the hole by the slide of
ton of the sewer connections. Through these omen
pipes some of the "grout' had been forced nv
pumps the surface Of the street. When the as
sistant casually opened "a manhole yesterday he
that the liquid cement had been running info
the
The loss was very slight, Mr. Shaler said last
night. because the had not begun until after
all but one of the pumps had been withdra wn from
service. The ground under the three or four
pumps which had been working was well "grouted"
before the waste of cement was noted. Mr. Sialer
smiled when told that loss of thousands
lars had been entailed by his flow He added that
the work OF sodifying the broken rock above the
tunnel shaft was progressing satisfactorily.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-30
WORK OF THE FRIENDLY AID SOCIETY.

The tenth annual report Of the Friendly Aid So
cietv whose Settlement House is at Nos. 246 and
24s East Thirtyfourth-st., gives further evidence
Of progressive practical good which This charity
performs AS A,S26 0l Is raised, the mort
cages and loans on the socety's Buildings and
continent will be cancelled, and the OF the
house will be changed to that of the Warren God
dard House. II. d. Plant, acting treasurer. re-
ports that the total receipts for the year were
$40 9l4 50; disbursements, S13 53S 35 which leaves
dedcency Of s2624. About half the receipts
from gifts The society has received $l9Si0 60 from
he estate Of Warren n. Goddard. This money was
applfed to the discharge OF mortgages and other
New-York tribune., 1902-03-30
GOING TO THE KENTUCKY MOUNTAINS
THE REV. II. 5. MURDOCH TO RETIRE FROM THE
CUMBERLAND STREET PRESBY-
TERRAIN CHURCH

The Rev Harvey S. Murdoch will to-day retire
from the pastorate of the Cumberland Street Pres
bvterian Church. one of the branches of the
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, to take up
mission work among the mountaineers of Ken
tuckv This field has been added to the other mis-
sion work done by the Lafayette Avenue Presby-
terian Church. Mr.. Murdoch will be a mission
sInerintendent under salary. call has been ex-
tended TO the Rev j. A. McCague. who has been
for two wears pastor Of the Borough Park Presby-
terian Church to succeed Mr.. Murdoch, and il is
understood that he will accept and assume his new
duties al once He is OF the younger members
of the BrookIyn Presbytery, and has been success
mi in his work in Borough Park.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-30
OBITUARY.
HENRY S. LEE.

9rtlhgheld. Mass, March 29.-Henry S. Lee, the
'1iis banker of this city died at his home here
o'-lHsht from the result Of apopectic shock on
idsI tuesday evening in the Ma. onic lodge rooms
ne was sl1ty-nine years old. For many years be-
I"ie MS death Mr.. Lee had been connected with
lhe Springfield Institution for Savings first as it's
u uIreasurer and since 1898 president He was also
III g director e in the New-York NewHaven and Hart
1g 1GIu railroad Mr.. Lee also director in the
; Ia;ssachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
aiu hdd been its viCe-preSdent; director in the
ire and Marine Insurance Company, Of this CITY
director of the Chicopee National Bank of
tiOns. -fY''
New-York tribune., 1902-03-30
JOHN LENGYEL.

John Lengyel, well known in Hungarian circles
Of this city, died Thursday last and his funeral
took place yesterday At the time of his death he
the senior member OF the banking firm of
Lengyel & Debrowsky. the manager of the banking
department of the Hungarian Association Of this
city and the treasurer of the Greek Catholic Union,
the largest Hungarian associations in this
country. He was forty-nine years old and left
widow and six Children.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-30
HENRY 3. PLATT.

Henry B. Platt. account Of whose death
given in yesterdays Tribune we'll known
throughout the country among physicians and drug
dealers the manufacturer of the disnfectant
bearing his He ffty-fve years old, and
a member Of the Platt family, Of Poughkeepsie.
He had lived in this city for many years and
actively connected with the Colonial Fulton,
Knowlwood American Yacht Sphinx and Republ-
clubs His home in this city the Plaza
New-York tribune., 1902-03-30
6. COMINUS CHITTY.

Bethlehem Penn. March % (SpeciaD.--An hour
before he was TO have led the historic Moravian
Trombone Choir at the Easter Eve love feast.
which he has done for five years, s. Cominus Chit
ty, composer. musician and teacher, fell over dead
from heart disease in his private bathroom this
afternoon. He was born In Salem. n G.; seventy
wears ago and taught for thirty years at Nazareth
Hall. An only sister. Miss Elizabeth Chitty lives
at Salem.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-30
4 NOTEL LOTLNG CL.P

\ six pound shell from the Spanish cruiser Maria
Teresa, sunk by The American fleet off Santiago
cuba. in July. 1898. has been made into a loving
cup and presented TO Company G. of the 18th Reg-
ment by Lieutenant Reginald L. Foster. The cup
has three handles and three large silver rings
around the she'll The shot point II the shell is
9I2 inches of steel and the shell which is the cup
stands twelve inches. 1t has just been won In
armory rife shooting by serseant Robert Fields.
perform 100 per cent of duty are eligible to COM
pete
New-York tribune., 1902-03-30
THE JUBILEE PILRGRIM4GE TO ROME.

PETERS PENCE COLLECTION SAID To BE THE
LARGEST EVER TAKEN
The Brooklyn jubilee pilgrimage to Rome. which
is be led by Bishop Mcdonnell will leave on
April S. About forty-fve priests, most of whom are
pastors. and dozen laymen will comprise the
party. The party will go direct 10 Gibraltar. where
a brief stop Will be made. Naples, POmpeii and
Capri will next be visited. and finally Rome. where
days will be spent A general audience will be
arranged with the Pope and few private
diences will also be granted. The Bishop will pre-
the holy father the Peters pence collected
in all the parishes of the diocese. The amount Is
said be the largest ever offered.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-30
ILLNESS PURSUES MINISTER'S.
SUCCESSOR TO ONE STILL CONFINED TO
HIS BED IN DANGER.

The Rev Samuel Scoville assistant pastor of
Plymouth Church. Brooklyn. is in the Presbyterian
Hospital in Philadelphia suffering from nervous
prostration. His family lives in Philadelphia and
Mr. ScovUe was sent there from Brooklyn last
Sunday. For time he had been suffering from
acute indigestion. He is unable TO assimate
ishment and on account of his age his condition
considered serious
Mr.. Scovile had been connected with Plymouth
Church since last September, and the members of
the congregation have become much attached TO
him He succeeded he Rev. Horace Porter who
two years has been suffering with spinal trouble
caused by a fall from his bicycle. He is still con-
fined TO his bed
New-York tribune., 1902-03-30

Dispatches from Toronto Canada, last week said
that at the Canadian Government Bureau of Mines
it had been stated that c. NJ Schwab and several
of his business associates had organized a company
which would control the Canadian Copper Com
pany. of Cleveland; the oxford Copper Company. OF
New-Jersey and the Nickel Company. Of Paris
France. The first two companies hold rich nickel
deposits in the sudbury district OF ontario. Canada
The Paris company controls the New-Caledonia
mines. The Canadian and Newt Caledonia mines
practically make up the worlds output of nickel
New-York tribune., 1902-03-30
MRS ABIGAIL WHITTIER ROOT.

Hartford, Conn, March 29-Mrs Abigail Whit
tier Root widow Of Horatio Root and a cousin
Of the poet John Greenleaf Whittier, died to-day
at her home here. She eighty-six years old.
Mrs Root was the daughter of Joseph Evans Hus-
sew of Somersworth, y. H. who brother OF
Abigail Hussey Whittier. the poets mother.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-30
MRS. JOHN p. HALE.

Washington March 29.--Mrs. Lucy Hill Hale.
widow of United States Senator John P. Hale. Of
Hampshire. and mother-in-law of ex-senator
William r. Chandler. died here to-day from gen
eraI hrea kdown, incident to advanced age.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-30

London. March 2s.-sir Sidney Godolphin Alex
ander Shippard formerly Judge OF the Supreme
Court Of Cape Colony. and who had held various
other places in South Africa, is dead.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-30
TEOUSAyDS VIEW RHODES'S RODY.

Cape Town, March 29.-Fifteen thousand persons
viewed the body of Cecil Rhodes at Groote Schuur
to-day. For seven hours uninterrupted stream
Of those who wished to view the body moved by
The coffin
New-York tribune., 1902-03-30
NICKEL COuPANY INCORPORATED.

ITS CAPITAL is S2LooOOOO oNE-HALF sTX PER
CENT PREFERRED AND ONE HALF COMMON.
Trenton. N J., March % (SpeciaD.-The In
ternational Nickel Company Incorporated
here tonight with capital stock of $24 10000
half Of which is to be common stock and half
preferred, the latter bearing per cent non
cumulative dividends. Ex-AttOrney General
Griggs is the private counsel Of the company.
The New-Jersey agent is the Corporation Trust
Company Of Jersey City. The Corporators named
I'm the certificate, which filed with the
Secretary of State about q o'clock this evening
are II. Z. Pell. Howard X. Wood and Kenneth
X. NcLaren. The company is authorized to
deal in nickel and all other metals.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-30
PRINCE DERNEBERG.

Hanover. Prussia March 29.-Prince Derneberg
(better known known Count MGnster-Led-
enberg) is dead. He born In London. Decem-
ber 3, 1890
George Herbert, Count Miinster-L -Ledenberg. was
the of well known Hanovarian statesman.
He was educated at Bonn Heidelberg. and G0ttin-
gen. and early entered upon a diplomatic
From 1856 1864 he extraordinary mis-
sion st. Petersburg. and after the annexation
OF Hanover he occupied a seat in the Prussian
upper chamber until he became member of the
Imperial Reichstag. In 1873 he appointed Min
lister to England and in 1855 ne transferred to
Paris In both capitals he did good service. which
for him the Order Of the Black Eagle In 1889,
and the title of Prince Derneberg. Prince DeTne-
berg was one of the representatives from Germany
A The Hague Peace Conference.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-30
EARL TEMPLE.

London March 29-William Stephen Temple Gore
Langton fourth Earl Temple, died at Cairo. Egypt,
yesterday evening He born in lS41
New-York tribune., 1902-03-30
STUDIO NOTES.

Signor a. Carbone. vocal teacher, TO complete the
studv of some of mis- pupils will continue TO teach
rine the summer at his new studio No 240 Fifth
eve At the recent concert given by another teach
er two pupils of Signor Carbone. the Baroness
Rvhiner and Miss Marie DuX, appeared
New-York tribune., 1902-03-30
THE UMBRIA OFF FIRE ISLAND.

The steamer Umbria, from Liverpool March %.
and Queenstown, March o. was sighted south of
Hire Island at 1:30 2. m. yesterday.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-30

The Antilla was from st. John, n. B.. and is
owned by B. c. Elkins Of that place. She was
bound from Montevdeo to this port with a cargo
Of hides valued at $4,000. consigned to Scam
nell Brothers, No. 81 Newest. The vessel reg
listers 442 tons net. and was built at Most Glen
n B., in 1892 Captain James Read, her com
mander telegraphed 10 Scammell Brothers that
the vessel was ashore, and several tugs at once
started for Long Branch. hoping to secure
salvage
New-York tribune., 1902-03-30
MISS BURNS LEAVES LAKE HOPATCOyG.

Morristown N j.. March % (SpecaD.-FIorence
Burns left Lake Hopatcong yesterday, where she
had been since Tuesday. 1t was rumored that she
was going to Eonkers
New-York tribune., 1902-03-30

The music at the Church Of the Divine Paternity
to-day will be under the direction of J. Warren
Andrews organist and choirmaster The choir will
consist of Miss Estee Harris soprano; Miss Cor
nelia w Marvin. cOntralto Albert Quesnel. tenor:
GWivn Miles hasso, and chorus
New-York tribune., 1902-03-30

niano recital, the third Of series by Mr..
Beckers pupils. took place at his home. NO
yUes+ One-hundred -and-fourth-st-. recently. Mr.
t7ackers pupil Miss Carrie Y. Nichols. OF Pater-
or \ J. assisted by Miss Muller, played various
New-York tribune., 1902-03-30

BUSINESS DIRECTORY FREE
is virtually what is given with tO-day's
paper fn those Little Ads. of the People,
New-York tribune., 1902-03-30

Ct Cd SALESMAN.
ALWAYS awake and ready for business. is a
Little Ad- of the People" Employ one.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-30
SAVED BY BREECHES BUOY.
VESSEL GOES ASHORE AT LONG BRANCH IN
A DENSE FOG.

Long Branch, n. J., May 29.-In a dense fog
this morning the barkentine Antilla drove
ashore near Beach Haven, and is now lying in
a dangerous position. The crew of nine men
were rescued by the life savers.
thick fog prevailed this morning, and the
vessel lost her bearings. The crew sent up sig
nails Of Distress which were seen by the beach
patrol The was too heavy to launch the
lfeboat and after the fog had lifted line was
shot across the stranded ship, after several at
tennis The crew was then brought ashore in
the breeches buoy.
New-York tribune., 1902-03-30

The Easter recital given by Miss AdeIina Hib-
sard and Mrs. Hortense Hibbard Howard takes
place next Tuesday at their studio No. 81 East
Forty -1fth-st
New-York tribune., 1902-03-30

SEES DANGER IN ELEVATED CURTEs.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-03-20
A sta impede to Washington,

"The more the merrier" seen to
be proverb very popular just now.
The Governorship matter is nearing
crisis and interesting develop
ments are expected. The Sierra,
which is scheduled to leave here on
March Is, will carry quite number
OF local political lights The lNDE-
PENDENT ia in a position to state that
Judges Gear aud Humphreys have
engaged staterooms on the Alameda,
and 80 have l.. A. Thurston, and an
anonymous passenger registered as
John Doe Speculation is rife as 10
his identity. Some people 10 a
position TO know state that Judge
Robinson is the man, while others
equally positive claim that John
Doe is none other than Theresa
Wilcox. The situation is becoming
Interesting aud The INDEPENDENT
will follow the progress OF the
latest development with keen in
terest
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-03-20

1t is again our painful duty to
further record tho death OF another
one known to u', aud this time it is
that of Elz beth X Harvey, the
wife OF our friend Frank r Harvey,
the shipping master OF the l. l, S.
N. Co. Her death occurred early
this morning at 6 O'clock, after an
illness Of over there months. She
was we known and was As y airs
old. Besides her husba ID, she leaves
a daughter surviving her, although
she was the mother OF several The
funeral is else where noticed aud
interment will bs at the Roman
Catholic cemetery, after service at
the Cathedral. The immediate
cause Of her dea was heart disease.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1902-03-20
Alameda Departs for Frisco.

The Alameda started out on the
return half OF her centennial round
trip between here aud San Francisco
at O'Clock yesterday afternoon
The passenger list was a large one,
and the wharf az usual was throng-
cd with tho who went to bid good
bye to their friends. While pre-
parations were being made to pull
out, a number of small boys and
girls from the Kamehameha Schools
boarded the steamer and sung
aeveral Hawaiian aongs in honor OF
u. A. P, Newcomb who departed foT
the Coast,
Some OF the Puu:hou boys and
girls chartered launch aud serenad.
ed several OF their comrades who
l,ft on the Alameda for some main
land institution. Just before the
Alameda sailed, thorough search
was made for Woods, the negro con-
yict, but to no avail.