Rochester, Monroe, NY
Democrat & Chronicle
Feb. 25, 1896

MORTUARY MENTION

Frederick WATERMAN died in Pittsford last Saturday, aged 80 years.

Stewart C. F., infant son of Peter and Amelia HILTON, died Sunday at the family residence, No. 42 Oakland park.

John KEEFER died Sunday, aged 44 years, at his late residence, No. 33 Park place. A wife and seven children survive .

The funeral of Marjorie, daughter of Dr. Charles SUMNER, occurred yesterday at 2:30 P. M., from the residence, No. 33 South Clinton street, Rev. Dr. RIGGS officiating.

The funeral of Andrew CONNOLLY, who died Sunday night at the age of 66 years, will take place to-morrow morning at 8:30 o'clock from the house, No. 16 Lawrence street, and at 9 o'clock from St. Mary's Church. Mr. CONNOLLY is survived by seven children, Thomas W., Joseph, Mrs. F. F. SHAUGHNESSY, Mrs. John SCALES, Mary Teresa and Agnes, one brother, George W., and a sister, Margaret CONNOLLY.

Samuel R. McKEE, formerly of this city, died last Sunday at the home of his son, Clark L. McKEE, in New York city, of pneumonia. He was for many years conductor on the Buffalo division of the New York Central railroad. He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. W. F. BYERS, Mrs. E. W. TANNER and Frank McKEE; three sons, Edwin S., Clark L., and Albert C. McKEE; two sisters, Mrs. Nathaniel ABBOTT and Mrs. HOLCOMB, of Webster. Mrs. TANNER lives in this city, at No. 381 ½ North street.
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ARRESTED FOR CAR BURGLARY

A Large Amount of Plunder Will be Recovered To-Day

John SEMLINGER, alias, "Hell-Fire Jack," the noted car burglar, was arrested together with another lad by the name of William CARY last night by Detectives O'BRIEN and McDONALD on the charge of car burglary. It is probable that by the arrest of these two lads one of the most extensive systems of car burglary that has existed in this city for some time has been unearthed. The detectives expect to recover $1,500 worth of silverware and clothing to-day that has been stolen from the cars of the New York Central railroad. A large amount of beef was recovered yesterday.

SEMLINGER is 18 years of age and CARY says that he is of the same age. The beef that was recovered by the detectives was stolen from a New York Central freight at 10 o'clock Sunday night. One of the Central cars was standing on the siding near Center street when the seal was broken and several hundred pounds of beef removed. CARY was first caught and it was through information furnished by him that SEMLINGER was captured. Both of the boys were recently released from the Industrial School where they were serving sentences for car burglary. Their operations are supposed to have extended over the past four months, during which time they have been at liberty.
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WAMBACH WAS SENT HOME

But He Must Appear in Court When Sent For

Matthew WAMBACH, the 14-year-old lad arrested some time ago on the charge of assault in the first degree in shooting Charles PEARLE, was before Judge ERNST in the juvenile court room yesterday morning. When the case was first called, young PEARLE was not in court and it was decided to proceed without him. WAMBACH said that PEARLE, who is two years older than he, annoyed him considerably and that, on the day of the shooting, PEARLE followed the defendant and another boy around and struck him. WAMBACH told him that if he did that again he would shoot him. He then went into the house and got his father's shot gun. He did not know that it was loaded and pointed it at PEARLE with the intention of scaring him. It was discharged, the shot taking effect in the other boy's side.

The father of young WAMBACH was present in the court room and he said that he had loaded and primed the gun only a few day before, but that his boy did not know it was loaded. Judge ERNST held the case open, telling him to appear when sent for. PEARLE has completely recovered from the effects of the charge of buckshot he received in his side.
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DEATH OF JAMES BECK

A Coroner's Jury Passed Upon the Brockport Accident

Verdict Is Colorless

It States That Beck Met His Death by an Accident to a Snow-Plow, and Nothing More Definite.

The inquest in the case of James BECK, who was killed in a railroad accident at Brockport on the Falls branch of the New York Central last Saturday, was held at the public morgue yesterday afternoon. In addition to the witnesses present a large number of curious persons were hanging around the morgue for the greater part of the afternoon. The jury which was impaneled by Coroner GRAHAM for the examination was composed of the following men: George RICE, John SHEPARD, A. M. MINER, O. C. OCHS, C. F. SCHENERMANN, L. A. RANDALL, George ECKERT, Frank DRAUDE, Thomas HOLMAN, Robert REEDER, Charles STEWART and Albert SCHMITT.

The first witness called by the coroner was Chester C. SCOUTEN, conductor of the train to which the snow plow was attached at the time of the accident. The witness stated that he lived at Suspension Bridge, and that he had been in the employ of the Central in his present capacity since 1879. At the time of the accident he was riding in the cupola of the plow which was pushed by two engines. The train had just left Brockport, going west, at 5:05 o'clock, with orders to run extra to Albion. When he felt the plow leave the tracks near the frog of the switch which led into a coal trestle, twenty-five yards west of the station, he pulled for brakes, and when he discovered that the plow would certainly strike the bridge over North street, he climbed out of the cupola and jumped on the north side of the tracks and by a vigorous effort succeeded in getting out of the way of the plow and the first engine, which fell into the street.

The witness further stated that the train at once slackened speed after the signal for brakes, and that, when the snow plow struck the middle girder of the bridge, the engine and the plow toppled over the edge of the bridge. The embankment was 18 or 20 feet (didn't get the rest)
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WHO WILL IT BE

Owing to the death of Edward F. TURK, it falls to the common council to appoint a school commissioner to represent the twentieth ward for the unexpired term. This matter will probably come up at the adjourned meeting of the council on Thursday night, so that there may be no vacant seat at the board meeting next Monday night.
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MARRIED

YATES - OLNEY - In this city, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 1896, at the bride's residence, No. 616 North street, by the Rev. Dr. STEWART, John J. YATES and Josephine OLNEY.
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DIED

TURK - In this city, Sunday, February 23, 1896, at his late residence, No. 20 Carlton place, Edward F. TURK, aged 41 years.
-Funeral from his late residence Wednesday at 2 o'clock and 2:30 from the Westminister church.

McKEE - In Brooklyn, Sunday, February 23, 1896, Samuel R. McKEE, formerly of this city.
-The funeral will take place Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence of his daughter, Mrs. E. W. TANNER, 381 ½ North street.

HEINLE - At Chicago, Saturday, February 22 1896, Christian HEINLE, aged 45 years. Leaves three sisters of Rochester and one brother of Syracuse.

HULETT - In this city, Monday, February 24, 1896, at the residence of her son, T. W. HULETT, No. 15 Joslyn park, Mrs. Almira HULETT, widow of the late John HULETT, aged 91 years.
-Funeral Wednesday, at 1 P. M. Friends invited. Burial private.

BUSH - In this city, Sunday morning, February 23, 1896, at his late residence, No. 1,118 North St. Paul, William Curry BUSH, aged 60 years.
-Funeral from the residence Wednesday February, 26th, at 2:30 P. M.
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SENECA

A very serious accident occurred to John REAMER, of Waterloo, yesterday. He started from home to take his daughter, Miss Elizabeth, to West Fayette station, where she was to take the Lehigh Valley train for Ithaca, as she is a student at Cornell University. When four and one-half miles south of Waterloo, near the Jerusalem Church, the sleigh struck a declivity in the icy roadway and was suddenly overturned. Both occupants were thrown from the cutter, the young lady fortunately escaping injury. As Mr. REAMER fell, he put out his right hand to break his fall and the result was that the shoulder was terribly dislocated. He pluckily held onto the horse, however, and drove the animal home. Doctors BELLOWS and CLARK were summoned to reduce the dislocation, which they pronounced one of the worst that they had met with. Mr. REAMER's arm was swollen to a frightful size from the inflammation produced by the injury.

The saloons Sunday at Seneca Falls did no business, under the recent enforcement of the Sunday law.

George GORDON, infant son of Louis BIRSCH, died on Saturday night, at Waterloo, aged one years and eight months.

At Judge RICHARDSON'S surrogate's court, at Waterloo, yesterday, matters were adjourned in the settlement of the account of the executors of the estate of the late Robert L. STEVENSON, of Tyre. An adjournment was also had in the settlement of the executor and testamentary trustee of the will of the late John STEELE of Romulus.
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ORLEANS

John YOUNG died at his home at Murray yesterday afternoon of heart failure.

The Republican town convention which was organized at the court house in Albion with F. A. STOUGHTON, chairman and Frank KIRBY, secretary, made the following nominations: For supervisor, William PHIPPS; town clerk, Frank MIX; collector, Frederick WESCOTT; overseer of the poor, George EDMUNDS; auditor, R. D. SHELDON; justice for full term and vacancy. E. M. SPAULDING; constables, Joseph SMITH, Edward CALKINS, Fitch THURSTON, Charles VANDECAR; inspectors of election, first district, W. E. FRANK, A. G. HUNT; second district, G. W. FITCH, Harry HELLABY; third district, Louis SPAULDING, Morgan HOWE; fourth, F. A. STOUGHTON, Frank HATHAWAY; fifth, S. P. MALBY, William WILSON. The town committee appointed are as follows: Joseph SMITH, Frank CLARKE, A. J. STARKWEATHER. Delegates to the county convention, March 7th, Peter GALLARNEAU, A. W. BARNETT, Henry H. KING, B. BALDWIN, Jerome GIBSON.
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WAYNE

A Lyons Lady Inherits a Fortune of $50,000 — Runaway at Palmyra

Mrs. George F. MILLER, of Lyons, has been left a snug little fortune by the death of a half-brother, Martin BAUER, residing in New York city. BAUER came to this country from Germany when young and settled in New York city, being a wood carver. He was very careful in his investments and bought real estate which increased in value. He had a large amount of personal property but of late years got into stock speculation and during the panic of a few years ago had his personal property about swept away. He died about three weeks ago leaving a last will and testament by the terms of which his property goes to Mrs. George F. MILLER, of Lyons, a half-sister. Accompanied by her brother, Franz C. ZIMMERLIN, Mrs. MILLER went to New York city last week and discovered that the real estate consisted of four valuable city lots in Brooklyn and three houses and lots in the residence portion of New York city. The property is said to be worth $50,000, the improved portion renting at a figure, that makes it a first-class investment.

Miss Sarah KELLY, of Butler, died Sunday morning from consumption at the home of her sister, Mrs. Charles FEHR, in Lyons, aged 21 years. The remains were taken to Butler yesterday.

Luther SHULTE died at his late home in the village of Walworth Saturday morning after a lingering illness at the age of 78 years. He is survived by his wife, one son, Orton SHULTE, of Ontario, and two daughters, Mrs. Allen H. BAKER and Mrs. E. A. VANARSDALE, both of Rochester.

The following ticket was nominated at the Republican charter election in Clyde last evening: Trustees, Frederick MILLER, George A. DENNINGTON, John FLYNN, William H. BOCKOVEN, Frank A. PAUGH; treasurer, William A. HUNT; collector, Benedict SALESMAN; village constable, J. Edward ROY; police constables, David STICKLES, James M. CANNING.

Yesterday forenoon at the Keener & Garretson door and desk factory, Newark, George TOWNSEND, an employe, was injured. He stepped off the elevator before it stopped and was caught between the car and the door. Before the brakes could be applied he was doubled up and badly squeezed. His injuries are mostly internal, but just how serious cannot now be determined.

Isaac VIENNE, who lives in Manchester, drove a spirited team to Palmyra yesterday morning and left them a moment unattended while he stepped into a store. The team became frightened and started to run. Mr. VIENNE attempted to stop them but he was too late. They ran down William street into Sexton's coal yard, breaking the bobs to which they were attached and slightly injuring themselves.

Charles B. JEPSON, who for forty-three years has been a resident of Savannah, died at his home in that village early yesterday morning. He was 70 years of age. His wife died last April very suddenly. The deceased has several times been village trustee and has filled the office of president of the village. He leaves two sons, Eli JEPSON and William JEPSON, of Savannah. He is the first of a family of eight children to die, being survived by two sisters, Mrs. Harriet NEWTON, of Savannah, and Mrs. Amanda ALLEN, of Michigan, and five brothers, John JEPSON, of Minnesota; Jerome JEPSON, of Ohio; Henry JEPSON, of Michigan; Jefferson JEPSON, of Syracuse; Joel JEPSON, of Savannah. For many years the deceased had been identified with the business interests of the village.
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LIVINGSTON

An Old Dansville Resident Burned to Death in Nebraska

The funeral of Christopher NEFF was held at his late residence in the town of Geneseo Saturday.

The funeral of May TOURNOR was held from Saint Michael's Church, Geneseo, Saturday afternoon, Rev. Charles H. BOYNTON officiating.

The foreclosure sale of the Greigsville Salt Mining Company, which was to have taken place at Geneseo Friday, has been postponed till the 1st day of April.

The inhabitants of Springwater and vicinity being prohibited from taking their usual supply of ice from Hemlock lake are this year harvesting it from H. Webster TYLER'S new storage dam. The ice is of good quality and about a foot thick.

Tracy DORR, formerly one of Dansville's most leading citizens, died Thursday at his home in Nebraska, where he has resided on a large ranch for a number of years. He was terribly burned while trying to extinguish a fire caused by a lamp exploding. He lived but a day. The remains were brought to Dansville for burial yesterday. Deceased was 40 years of age. A wife and two brothers, Robert and Walley, survive him.

A runaway took place in Avon yesterday which resulted in a demolished cutter, but fortunately no one was hurt. Mr. McCALL, a former meat market proprietor of Caledonia, was driving along Center street in company with an aunt and when at the junction of Central and Main streets the cutter collided with a drayman's wagon overturning it and throwing the occupants to the ground, and strewing the contents along the road. The horse took a course over some loose store which were piled along the street and the cutter was badly broken. The horse was caught near the residence of George DOOER.

The first coasting accident of the season which came very near resulting seriously if not fatally happened Saturday afternoon at Springwater. As is usual when the steep hill which runs at right angles to Main street is in good condition for coasting, a large number of boys, ranging in ages from five to fifteen years, were out enjoying the sport. There being many teams in town made it exceedingly dangerous and Fitch BREWER, a little boy about five years old, came very near being seriously injured. As he was crossing Main street on his sled, he ran under a team of colts driven by Samuel JOHNSON. Mr. JOHNSON stopped his horses at once, but both were prancing up and down with the boy under their feet. He was finally pulled from under the colts, and with the exception of a few bruises was not otherwise injured, but it is considered that he had a very narrow escape.
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GENESEE

The Universalist Society, of Le Roy, have purchased for a parsonage the house formerly owned by W. M. CHAPMAN. Consideration, $2,400.

The dry goods firm of PERRY & KING of Batavia, will be dissolved on April 1st, W. H. KING retiring. Mr. PERRY will continue the business alone.

President ASHLEY, of the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary of Lima, gave a talk to the Epworth League of Alexander Saturday evening at the Methodist Episcopal Church. He preached Sunday morning at the same church.

It is said that extensive improvements are to be made at the large malt houses of W. D. MATTHEWS Malting Company in Le Roy the coming season. It is proposed to build a large storage building and elevator near the B. R. & P. tracks.

By virtue of a warrant issued by Judge WOODWARD, Richard GREEN of Batavia was arrested last evening by Officer PLATO on complaint of Landlord GLENN of the Continental hotel, charged with defrauding him of a board bill to the amount of $40. When arraigned he denied the charge, and alleges a counter-claim for services. The case was adjourned to March 3.
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ONTARIO

Coroner HALLENBECK was called to Baptist Hill, about ten miles from Canandaigua this afternoon to investigate the sudden death of George L. HICKS, a young man aged about 28. Deceased was found in a rear department of the general store of Wilham DOYLE, where he was employed as a clerk. Evidences of chloroform were found and investigation established that he had taken his own life by inhaling chloroform. He left a note to his surviving relatives, a mother and sister, instructing them how to dispose of his possessions but giving no reason for his rash act. No jury was impaneled, the cause of death being self evident. Deceased was well known and popular at his home village, and in the western part of the county, and the reason for his suicidal act is a mystery.

Accidents on icy sidewalks at Canandaigua the past day or so have resulted more or less seriously. Daniel M. HULSE fell on the steps of the court house and sustained such severe injuries to his back that he is confined to his home. Mrs. Maria JOHNSON, a resident of West avenue, fell on Chapin street and suffered severe injuries including a badly sprained wrist. She is a poor woman and is incapacitated from labor and the village will have to stand a law suit.
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ALLEGANY

Robert PINGREY of Fairview, and Miss Bessie Mary WHERRY of New Hudson were married at Rushford by Rev. A. R. SPENCER, Saturday.

M. E. HORNER of Belmont, who was nominated for supervisor by the Republicans of Amity, has resigned the nomination and gone to Washington, where, it is understood, that W. J. GLENN has secured an appointment for him. Dr. BARNEY has been nominated for supervisor in place of Mr. HORNER.
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WYOMING

Mrs. COWLES, wife of Charles COWLES, of Attica, died Saturday night, aged 50 years. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and had been an enthusiastic worker in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union in that place. Besides her husband she leaves three sons and one daughter.

The funeral of Mrs. Susan J. DUDLEY was held from her late home in Attica yesterday afternoon. Mrs. DUDLEY was born in Thornton, N. H., in 1824, and had been a resident of Attica for fourteen years. She leaves one daughter, Mrs. Frank HANHEY, of Attica.

The nominations for village officers made by the Republicans of Perry are: For trustees, William D. PAGE, Samuel A. HATCH, Charles H. TOAN, George B. TALLMAN and Dr. Fred H. COLE; assessors, Daniel C. WHITE, Robert STAINTON and Milton E. BENEDICT; police justice, Barna C. ROUP. The charter election will be held March 3d.
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YATES

County court Judge KNOX presiding, convened in Penn Yan yesterday.

H. Barden LEFFERTS, of Penn Yan, has been engaged by the Rice comedy company, which played in that village, last week.

Sarah Jane SPRAGUE died in Penn Yan Sunday night. Deceased was about 80 years of age and was the mother of L. J. SPRAGUE, a business man of that place.

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