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Rochester, Monroe, NY
Union & Advertiser
Wed Apr 14, 1897
 
DAVID CORY DEAD
 
Member of the Firm of Alling & Cory and a Well-Known Citizen of Rochester
 
David CORY, of the firm of ALLING & CORY, paper dealers of Exchange street, died at his home, No. 296 East avenue, at 7 o'clock last evening, aged 67 years. Mr. CORY was stricken with apoplexy at his place of business at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon and did not rally from the shock.
     Mr. CORY was one of Rochester's oldest, best known and most highly respected citizens. He was born at Ballston Springs, N. Y., and came to Rochester in 1850. Almost immediately after locating here he opened a book and stationery store in partnership with William ALLING. This business later developed into the wholesale paper business, in which he was associated with Joseph T. ALLING at the time of his death.
     Mr. CORY was a member of Third Presbyterian Church. When he came to Rochester he joined Central Presbyterian Church, but twelve years ago he changed to Third Church, and ever since his connection with that place of worship has been one of its most devoted and influential members. He was a member of the building committee of Third Church and was most instrumental in the erection of the new ediface. He was of a quiet, retiring disposition, with simple tastes and was little known in public life. He had a host of friends who will sincerely join with the afflicted family in their grief. Mrs. CORY was not present at the time of the death of her husband. She, with their youngest son, Harvey E. CORY, is in Bermuda. Besides those mentioned another son, David W. CORY, survives. No arrangements will be made for the funeral until Mrs. CORY's return.
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DEATH OF MRS. HARDER
 
An Old Resident and a Member of Central Church
 
Elizabeth PALMER, wife of the late John N. HARDER, died at the home of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Sarah P. MENDELL, No. 102 Caledonia avenue, last evening, aged 91 years.
     Mrs. HARDER was one of the best known of the older women of the city. She was born at Nassau, N. Y., in 1806. In her early life her family moved to Newark, N. Y., where her childhood and girlhood were spent. She was married to Mr. HARDER in 1823, when but 17 years of age. He died six years ago in this city, a short time before the sixty-ninth anniversary of their marriage. In 1856 Mr. and Mrs. HARDER with their children moved to Rochester where she has resided ever since.
     Upon locating here Mrs. HARDER joined Central Presbyterian Church and until a year ago was a constant and faithful attendant of all the services of the church. Throughout all her life she was a Christian woman interested in all good work and had never known illness until about six weeks ago, when her health began to fail and she gradually sank until she died. A little over a year ago she celebrated her ninetieth anniversary with a reception to her friends.
     The surviving relatives are Mrs. Sarah R. MENDELL and two granddaughters, Mrs. Hosea MARTIN and Miss Carrie M. HARDER. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock from the house.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
--Minnie, wife of James M. QUIRK, died Monday evening at the family residence in Henrietta, aged 22 years.
 
--Elizabeth, wife of Henry SCHWARTZ, died Monday night at her home in Penfield, aged 55 years and 8 months.
 
--Florence, wife of Frederick JANNECK, died this morning at her home, No. 174 West avenue, aged 25 years.
 
--Mrs. F. B. CONWAY of No. 5 Woodward avenue died at 6 o'clock this morning at the City Hospital. She was a sister of Miss Mary SHIELDS of No. 29 West avenue.
 
--John B., infant son of John B. and Mary GRUBER, died last night at 215 Orange street. The funeral will be held Friday at 9:45 a.m. from the house and 10 o'clock from Holy Family Church.
 
--Miss Nellie O'CONNELL, sister of Rev. Thomas J. O'CONNELL, pastor of the Roman Catholic Church at Ovid, died at that place yesterday afternoon, aged 31 years. The funeral will be held Monday morning at that place.
 
--Genevieve Clarissa, daughter of Charles J. and Sophia STEPHANY, died this morning at 635 North Clinton street, aged 10 years. The funeral will be held from St. Michael's Church Friday morning at 9:30 o'clock.
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"BIG STEVE"  ARRAIGNED
 
Charged With Assault by Stabbing Bartender Cullen
 
Stephen CALLIHAN, known as "Big Steve," who stabbed James CULLEN in "Shorty" LONG's saloon on Central avenue yesterday morning and afterwards broke the window of the saloon with a stone, was arraigned in the police court to-day on a charge of assault in the second degree. He asked that the case be adjourned and it was put over till next Monday.
     LONG, who conducted the saloon, will prefer a charge of malicious destruction of property against CALLIHAN.
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WILLIAM  S.  BROWN'S WILL
 
Widow Wants the Executor to Render an Accounting
 
Before Surrogate BENTON to-day counsel for the widow of William S. BROWN, who asks that the executor of her husband's estate, Charles BRIGHAM, be directed to render an accounting, was heard Mr. BRIGHAM was also represented by counsel. The latter alleged that it would be impossible for the executor to file an accounting at the present time, at least one which prove satisfactory to all concerned, as nearly all of the estate is more or less involved directly and indirectly in litigation. These cases have been argued and decisions are pending in the Court of Appeals.
     For this reason, the counsel held Mr. BRIGHAM should not be pressed in this matter, but should be given all the time required. Surrogate BENTON adjourned the hearing for thirty days.
     Mr. BROWN died in 1891, leaving an estate which one of the attorneys said this morning was easily worth over $50,000.
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THAT BARN QUARTETTE
 
The Case Adjourned Because of the Absence of the Girl.
 
The case of Mary ARMSTRONG, the 17-year-old girl, and John FITZGERALD, charged with disorderly conduct, was this afternoon adjourned in police court till Friday, April 23d.
     FITZGERALD and the girl, and two young fellows named CLARK and HERENDEEN, were found in a barn in Leavenworth place last Sunday morning by Officers McCULLOCH and COURNEEN. The girl was allowed to go home yesterday and did not appear in court this afternoon.
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RELEASED AND REARRESTED
 
Joseph Neidert Sent Back to the Penitentiary for Twenty-Five Days
 
Joseph NEIDERT, who was released from the penitentiary this morning after serving a term of twenty days for petit larceny, was rearrested by Detective KAVANAGH on a warrant charging him with petit larceny.
     When NEIDERT was sent up it was after he pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing $5.25 from C. S. HILL, coal dealer. It appears that during one week in the early part of March NEIDERT, who was employed by Mr. HILL to deliver coal, collected without authority from Mr. HILL about $19 in small sums from persons to whom he delivered coal. This money he appropriated to his own use. Mr. HILL caused his arrest on one of the items. To this charge he pleaded guilty and was sent up for twenty days. Yesterday Mr. HILL applied for another warrant for NEIDERT's arrest to be served on him when he was released from the penitentiary. This was on a charge of stealing $5.25, one of the items in the $19. NEIDERT was convicted and sent back to the penitentiary for twenty-five days. It is probable that Mr. HILL will cause his arrest again after this present sentence has expired.

Rochester, Monroe, NY

Union & Advertiser
Fri Apr 16, 1897
 
SURROGATE'S COURT
 
Two Wills Admitted and Letters of Administration Granted
 
The wills of Lena GUENTHER, disposing of $10 in personalty and Mary A. KENNEDY, devising $1,500 real estate and $50 personal to her son, were admitted to probate by Judge BENTON in Surrogate's Court this morning.
     Letters of administration were granted on the estate of Andrew KALB. The property consists of $5,500 realty and $150 personal property.
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DIED OF HIS INJURIES
 
Charles C. SOURS, Who Was Injured at the Dugway, is No More.
 
Charles C. SOURS died at his home on Sugar Loaf hill, at the Dugway, last night, aged _5 years, leaving a widow, but no children.
      Mr. SOURS' death was the result of a run-away accident day before yesterday. He was thrown from his wagon in such a shape that the wheels of the wagon passed over his body, causing internal injuries which rendered him unconscious. It was some time after the accident that SOURS was found. He had been exposed to the rain for over an hour.
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COTTER WAS DISORDERLY
 
He Was Also Drunk and Placed Under Arrest
 
Albert COTTER was arrested for drunkenness and disorderly conduct on Front street by Officer Henry BAKER this morning.
     COTTER, who is about 25 years of age, got very drunk this morning and was making a round of the Front street saloons and howling like an Indian when in the street. Officer BAKER ran across him and sent him to the station in the patrol wagon.
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TROUBLE OVER A HARNESS
 
Valentine SCHIANER will be examined in the Police Court on the 24th instant on a charge of stealing a $25 harness from Anna FLEMMING. The alleged theft was committed on March 1st.
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THE QUIGLEY CASE
 
Mayor Will Approve the Council's Resolution to Pay the Judgment
 
Mayor WARNER said this morning that he would approve of the resolution of the council passed at its last meeting authorizing the payment of the judgment of $8,500 secured by Sophia QUIGLEY in her action for damages against the city.
     The plaintiff brought action to recover damages as the result of having been injured at the falling of Clarissa street bridge in April, 1892. A portion of the structure fell and Mrs. QUIGLEY fell with it.
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CHARGED WITH THEFT
 
Frank McGUIRE will be examined in the Police Court to-morrow on a charge of stealing two wrenches from John R. MARCELLUS.
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WILLIAM ELLIS DEATH
 
Coroner's Jury Decides That It Was an Accident
 
Coroner GRAHAM held an inquest at the morgue this morning over the remains of William S. ELLIS of No. 38 Warner street, the brakeman who was killed while making up a freight train at the East Rochester yards yesterday morning. A verdict of accidental death was rendered.
     Before the jury was sworn there was something of a sensation when C. OTTO, a brother-in-law of the dead man, objected to some of the jurors serving. One was Patrick GRIFFEN, who said that he would not serve if there was any objection made and before Mr. OTTO stated his grounds for objecting, retired from the room. Mr. OTTO's objection to the other men was not sustained and they remained on the jury.
     The engineer and fireman of the train which killed ELLIS was sworn, but they did not see the accident. The yardmaster did not know that anything had happened until he heard one of the employees on the train calling for assistance.
      E. GARVEY, switchman at the Goodman street crossing of the railroad was the only witness who saw the fatality. GARVEY said that ELLIS was trying to uncouple cars while the train was moving. He stumbled on a brace used to keep the rails spread apart and fell. The wheels passed over both legs, crushing them to a jelly. It was GARVEY's opinion that the accident was unavoidable.
     The jury did not deliberate at great length. They returned a verdict to the effect that Brakeman ELLIS' death was accidental.
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STOLE COAL
 
Roma Must Serve One Month in the Penitentiary
 
Anthony ROME, an Italian, was this morning sentenced by Judge ERNST in the Police Court to serve one month in the penitentiary for stealing coal from the New York Central railroad.
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ADA RICHARDS LOSES HER CASE
 
Boston, April 16 - Ada RICHARDS, the one time burlesque actress, who claimed to be the widow of John SETSON, the theatrical manager and as such entitled to a share of his estate, has lost her case.
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DIED
 
KEEHN - Miss Laura B. KEEHN, who died on the 14th inst., will be buried Saturday afternoon, services at family residence, 447 East Main street at 2 o'clock, and at the Brick Church at 3. Friends are invited to attend.
 
NUNNOLD - At the family residence, No. 544 North Clinton street, April 15, 1897, Helen, wife of the late Jacob NUNNOLD, aged 61 years. Three sons, Jacob J., Lewis E., and Philip M., and two daughters, Mrs. Fred KLEINHANS and Miss Katie NUNNOLD, survive.
-Notice of funeral hereafter.

Rochester, Monroe, NY
Democrat & Chronicle
Sat Apr 24, 1897

ANNOUNCEMENTS

-Mrs. James STEPHENSON died yesterday at the family residence in Penfield, aged 84 years.
-Ellen, wife of Andrew FOULDS, died Friday at the family residence, No. 14 Bloss street.
-Rebecca A. RONSOM died Thursday night at her home, No. 82 Chestnut street, aged 57 years.

-John SOMMER died at his home, No. 15 Ames street, Thursday night (April 22, 1897), Aged 86 years. He had been a resident of this city for forty years.

-Edith M., daughter of William and Mary WINDELL, died at the family residence, No. 111 Ravine avenue, Thursday night, aged 19 years.

-David R. McKISSICK, formerly of this city, died at Denver, Col., yesterday. He is survived by a wife and three children, also a mother and two sisters.

-B. Agnes HENNELLY, wife of John HENNELLY, died Thursday night at the family residence, No. 7 Hulbert street, aged 59 years. She is survived by her husband and one son, James E. HENNELLY, of this city.

-Delia K. HONDORF, an old resident of Gates, died yesterday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. HOUSEWORTH, in Gates. Mrs. HONDORF was born in Holland in 1817, and came to this country in 1855. She is survived by five children, Mrs. J. BOYINK and F. T. HONDORF, of this city; H. HONDORF, of Gates; Delia DEBORICH, of Minnesota, and Mrs. HOUSEWORTH, of Gates.
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Funeral of A. H. WHEELER

Impressive Ceremonies at the House Were Largely Attended
    The funeral of the late Artemus H. WHEELER was held yesterday afternoon at the house, No. 207 East avenue, at 3:30 o'clock. Rev. James H. DENNIS, of St. James Church, officiated, in the absence of Rev. Dr. DOTY, pastor of the Christ Church, where Mr. WHEELER had been an attendant.
    The quartette of Christ Church rendered three selections during the services. The house was completely filled with friends of the deceased, among whom were a delegation from the Chamber of Commerce, the members of the Boot and Shoe Manufacturers and Leather Dealers' Association, and the employes of the factory of which Mr. WHEELER was one of the proprietors.
    The honorary bearers were chosen from among the ranks of the shoe manufacturers of the city and were E.P. REED, D. M. HOUGH, John KELLY, Charles HOYT, Brian HARDING and C. P. HUDSON. The active bearers were all boot and shoe foremen. They were the following: A. J. DALTON, Robert MORGAN, James LEE, Theodore ADAMS, Peter DUKELOW and Augustus KERN.
    The floral offerings were exceedingly beautiful and included a large column from the employes of the shop, a scroll from the girls in the fitting room, a large basket from the shoe manufacturers and flowers and plants from individuals. The interment was at Mt. Hope cemetery.
    The employes of the firm of Curtis & Wheeler have adopted the following resolutions on the death of Mr. WHEELER.
    Whereas, The Supreme Ruler of the Universe has removed from our midst our late employer, A. H. WHEELER, beloved; therefore, be it.
    Resolved, That in the loss of our late employer we lost one who has at all times been our guide and counsel, one who has always endeavored his utmost to advance and promote the interests of his employes; therefore, be it further
    Resolved, That while we hereby submit to our loss, we extend to our employers, Messrs. CURTIS and GILLARD, and the family of our deceased employer our heartfelt sympathy, and be it further.
    Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the family and that we, the employes, attend the funeral in a body.
        A precious one from us is gone,
        A voice we loved is stilled:
        A place is vacant in our home,
         Which never can be filled.
       God, in His wisdom, has recalled
         The one His love had given;
       And though the body molders here
          The soul is safe in heaven.
Albert DALTON, Peter A. DUKELOW, W. J. FRASER, J. J. VALL, H. L. FARLEY, S. M. BRUNDAGE, Anna CRAY, Anna HAHN, Celia RYAN, Mary CLANCY, Mary RYAN, committee.
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ADA L. FOSTER

Death of an Estimable Young Woman of Rochester
    Ada L. FOSTER died at the residence of her mother at No. 79 Gregory street, Thursday night, aged 26 years. Miss FOSTER was an estimable young lady who had many friends, and her death will cause much sorrow to them all.
    She had been bookkeeper and cashier for E. m. HIGGINS for the past seven years and was a valuable person in that position, having the implicit trust of her employer. She is survived by her mother and one sister. The funeral will take place to-morrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the house.
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Funeral of Jacob Weber

The funeral of Jacob WEBER was held yesterday morning at SS Peter and Paul's Church. Mass was celebrated by Rev. John F. BOPPEL. There was a large attendance of friends of the deceased. The bearers were: Thomas WISGICKEL, Nicholas DECKMAN, Joseph OCHS, Caspar FROMM, John POPP, and John SCHMIDT. Interment was at Holy Sepulcher cemetery.
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Railway Rumbles

-From all indications the smoking room of the Central-Hudson station will be finished to-day.
-W. S. RANDOLPH, traveling passenger agent of the Central-Hudson, was in the city yesterday.
-James GASS, traveling passenger agent of the Rock Island, made a business trip to Rochester yesterday.

-The Erie railway will sell tickets at one fare for the round trip on April 26th to New York to the dedication of the Grant tomb; tickets will be good to return May 4th, thus giving passengers ample time for business or pleasure in the metropolis. Further information at city ticket office, No. 12 Exchange street.

-The West Shore railroad will sell tickets to New York on account of the Grant monument ceremonies April 26th, good to return until May 4th, inclusive, at rate of $7 for the round trip; tickets good on all trains April 26th. The extension of time allowed on tickets via this line no doubt prove a drawing card, allowing as it does about nine days in New York. For information call on or address J. C. KALBFLEISCH, city passenger agent, No. 11 East Main street, Rochester.
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Christian Aebersold's Funeral

The funeral of Christian AEBERSOLD was held from his late residence, No. 268 North avenue, yesterday afternoon and was largely attended. The services were conducted by Rev. J. F. William HELMKAMP.
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Clinton Street Bridge Assured

Governor BLACK has approved the bill which provides for the construction by the state of a new bridge over the canal at South Clinton street.
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Have Commenced Active Operations

Definite Steps Being Taken at Despatch
To Have A Postoffice
Work on the Shops of the Merchants' Despatch Company to be Commenced in May -
Plans of the Improvement Company

    Operations at the new town of Despatch have been commenced in earnest and work is progressing as rapidly as the weather and other circumstances permit. A corps of surveyors under the direction of W. C. GRAY, of this city, is busily engaged in laying out the sites of the several shops which are to be erected by the Merchants Despatch Transportation Company, and in a very short time work will be commenced on the buildings themselves.
    There were about seventy-five men and twenty teams at work yesterday afternoon when a reporter of the Democrat and Chronicle visited the place and already the amount of work accomplished is considerable. The force at present employed is busied in grading the plot of thirty-six acres selected for the site of the shops, and in a few days this force will be greatly augmented. Some little difficulty has been experienced in the work so far by reason of the fact that the cable used for the transmission of the power for the operation of the signals of the block system on the New York Central railroad is strung so close to the ground that it is impossible for the large scoop shovels used in drawing the dirt away from the places where it is excavated, to be emptied as rapidly as is wished. It is expected that the railroad company will remove the cable and the poles supporting it today, and the force of workmen will be increased Monday.
    Yesterday afternoon the surveyors were engaged in laying out a route for the tracks to be used by the train which will carry the materials for the construction of the shops. The contract has already been let of James STEWART & Co., of St. Louis, and they have five carloads of material ready to be forwarded as soon as the track can be laid. Chief Engineer GRAY stated yesterday that it was hoped to commence work upon the buildings about the first of May.
    A meeting of the parties interested in the improvements was held in New York, Thursday afternoon, and it was decided that the town should be named Despatch, and that a separate postoffice and depot should be erected there. Several of the interested parties were in Washington yesterday arranging for the appointment of a postmaster at Despatch, and the appointment will undoubtedly be made public in a few days. At the New York meeting it was also decided that the depot should be located south of the Central tracks opposite the side of the shops and that there should be no tracks in front of the shops. It was further settled that there should be a tunnel built under the railroad tracks leading from the shops to the homes of the men on the south side of the tracks. The chief object of this is to insure the safety of the employes in going and coming. The portals of this tunnel will be made as ornamental as possible to avoid unsightliness.
    At the end of the tunnel on the side of the shops, there will be an office built of brick with cut stone trimmings. This office will be directly in front of the shops, and the grounds in front of the office will be laid out under the supervision of a competent landscape artist and will be made as attractive as possible. All the buildings will be lighted by electricity which will be generated at the Lincoln mill, lying a short distance west of the shops.
    On the south side of the tracks there will be a hotel erected by the company, which will cost several thousands of dollars, and will be equipped with all modern conveniences. South of the hotel, the homes of the men will be located, and as the shops will employ about 1,500 hands, and other factories are expected to locate at the same place, there will be a good sized village on the spot at the end of a year's time.
    The contract for 4,400 feet of sewer which is to drain the grounds surrounding the shops will be let the early part of next week. This sewer will be two feet in diameter, of tile, and will flow into a creek near the town. There is a fall of sixty feet to the creek into which the sewer is to empty, and it affords excellent opportunity for drainage. Besides the main sewer there will be a number of branches having a diameter of from ten to fifteen inches, and later there will be the sewers for the drainage of the residence portion of the town.
    There is a large hill southeast of the town and upon this it is intended to locate the stand pipe for supplying the town with water. This will be almost a hundred feet higher than the one in the neighboring town of Fairport, and will have a capacity of about three-quarters of a million gallons. While the pipe will hold this amount of water it is not expected that more than a third of that amount will be required.
    The west end of the site of the shops will be occupied by the machine and blacksmith shop. This shop will be situated north of the tracks and will be 86 feet in width and 142 feet in length. Next to the machine shop is to be located the power house, which is to be 40 by 122 feet. The next building north will be the mill and wood working shop, which will be 86 by 142 feet. East of this shop there will be a transfer table 42 by 230 feet. The main car shop will be 170 by 302 feet in dimensions, and adjoining this shop will be the supply house, which will be 40 by 242 feet. The rest of the plot selected for the site of the shops will be occupied by tracks. It is thought that there will be about fifteen miles of track in the yard. All the buildings will be built of brick with iron trussed roofs.
    The contractors expect to have the buildings completed by the middle of September, and they will probably be occupied by the first of October. It is the intention of the company to make the village a model one, and by inducing other corporations to locate there to build up a flourishing manufacturing town.
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GOUGED OUT AN EYE

James McKinney, Formerly of Rochester, Implicated in a Serious Crime

    A special dispatch was received by the Democrat and Chronicle last night from New York stating that James McKINNEY, of Rochester, was implicated in a serious crime in that city yesterday morning. McKINNEY was well known among local gamblers and sporting men ten or twelve years ago, at which time he left the city. The dispatch follows:
    "Michael WALSH, who is nearly 60 years old and blind in one eye, was held up on the Bowery early this morning and beaten so badly that he had to be taken to Gouverneur Hospital. His good eye was gouged and he may lose the sight of it. Two men were arrested and are locked up in the Mulberry street station.
    "WALSH lived at No. 492 Grand street, and is a porter. He got on a little spree last night and was on his way home at 2 o'clock this morning. When he was in front of No. 208 Bowery two men seized him and demanded the price of a night's lodging. WALSH refused to give it, and they began to beat him. The old man fought vigorously, but was thrown down, and his glass eye was knocked out. One of the men got his finger in the old man's other eye and gouged it.
    "WALSH'S cries brought policemen, but his assailants ran and disappeared in a lodging house a few doors away. They were followed by one of the policemen, who chased them to the roof and across the roof to the roof of a lodging house, down into which they disappeared. The policeman was so close after them that he saw them dart into a room on the top floor and close the door. When on the inside the men barricaded the door and refused to allow the policeman to enter. With the aid of a second officer the door was smashed in and the men placed under arrest.
    "They fought all the way to the station house. The larger of the men gave his name as James McKINNEY, of Rochester, N. Y. He was identified as a gambler who was known as "Red Jim," who had been employed by "Kid Royal," the reformed gambler, who makes a business of exposing the tricks of gamblers. The other man said he was James McGEE and that he had no home.
   "McKINNEY and McGEE were held in $1,000 each for examination to-morrow morning."
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BURNED TO DEATH

Strange Fate of Jesse Bassage While Fighting Forest Fires

    Corning, April 23 - Yesterday afternoon Jesse BASSAGE, aged 70 years, started out with a dozen others to fight forest fires on Pine Hill, which is about five miles back of Corning, leading north from the old Ingersoll Pine Wood Saritarium, towards Hornby. The forest fires have been burning fiercely over the hills around Corning ever since the weather has become so warm, and the fire had begun to encroach on the farm of H. T. JEMMERSON, near where BASSAGE resided. They fought the fire desperately to keep it from destroying the farm buildings and fences and after a few hours old man BASSAGE got separated from his companions. It was not noticed in the excitement and his friends lost sight of him until evening, when he failed to put in an appearance for supper. His family got worried and parties began a search, which was kept up all night.
    About 8 o'clock this morning the body of the old man was found lying in a gully near where the fire had swept over, and all his clothes, excepting his shoes, were burned from his body. It is supposed that while fighting the fire he was overcome with the smoke and heat and fell a prey to the angry flames. He was burned in an awful manner.
    He was well known, having lived on Pine Hill many years, and was considered a landmark. His family, consisting of a wife and six children, were almost crazed with grief. Dr. T. A. McNAMARA and W. S. COBB, of Corning, drove to Pine Hill this morning and examined the old man's remains. Coroner G. S. GOFF left for the same place in the afternoon.
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Y. M. C. A. PICKINGS

-"The Prodigal Son" is the subject of a talk to be given at the men's mass meeting next Sunday by W. W. SMITH, of Berea, Ohio.

-The Sunday-school teachers' class will continue through May to June 1st, under the supervision of the Rev. John H. ELLIOT, assistant pastor of the Central Church.

-Last evening at the railroad division of the Y. M. C. A., Secretary WHITFORD gave his lecture, "What a Yankee Saw in Europe," illustrated with stereopticon views.

-On May 6th the ladies of the Brick Church will serve a banquet to the Juniors in the dining room of the Y. M. C. A. This is the sixth annual banquet and will prove a great occasion to the two hundred boys who it is expected will participate.

-Assistant Secretary Arthur N. COTTON has gone to Mobile, Ala., to attend the biennial international convention of the Young Men's Christian Association, now in session there. Before his return he will visit New Orleans and also attend the convention of secretaries to be held at Salem, Ala.

Rochester, Monroe, NY
Democrat & Chronicle
Sun Apr 25, 1897
 
GLANCES AT LIFE
 
--The "first harbingers of spring" are now in the repair shops getting their tires mended. - Chicago Tribune
--Queen Lil, will see, on Grant Day, how a "great and good friend" of the republic is honored. - New York Evening World
--The European concert seems to be an excellent thing for maintaining peace except in times of war. - Cleveland Leader
--The streets of Cairo now echo the tinkle of the bicycle bell, and even the maid of Athens spins her wheels. - Philadelphia Record.
 
--It is entirely in accord with the fitness of things that the sons of Garibaldi should hasten to offer their services to the Greek patriots. - Buffalo Commercial
 
--The bill to limit the height of buildings in Boston has been defeated again. The legislators seems to think that there is plenty of room at the top. - Boston Herald.
 
--We trust that Princess Chimay will overcome the feminine instinct to go into hysterics over that boycott by the Parisians and keep her Chimay on. - Buffalo Record
 
--From this time out the small boy on the bleaching boards will echo the desire of Greece to "swat de empire." - Pittsburg Dispatch
 
--A girl in New York named EWING is 8 feet 4 inches tall and still growing. This is obviously the latest and most alarming expression of the new woman. - St. Paul Pioneer-Press
 
--The most benevolent face we have seen pictured in a long time is that of Mrs. Hettie GREEN in a supplement of the New York Times. Maybe they have been lying about the old lady. - Atlanta Journal
 
--German men say they owe the woman movement in their country to those "verdammt Americanischen frauen." Women who don't know what this means are advised not to look it up. - Boston Globe
 
--A New York girl recently cleared a high jump bar at 5 feet 4 inches. The imagination refuses to consider the altitude of her leap if she had real provocation, such as a fierce and agile mouse. - Chicago Record
 
--It is really too bad that Mr. SPALDING, of the Globe Savings Bank in Chicago, finds his nerves so shattered. The depositors, of course, are another thing. They have no business to have any nerves. - New York Press
 
--There is no apparent diminution this season in the public interest in either baseball or bicycling. But it does not take half an eye to see that tennis has lost its old hold on popular favor. - Providence Journal
 
--Rudyard KIPLING is at Crete when he should have been at Larissa or Elassona. Rudyard's rhetoric as a war correspondent will not save him unless he learns how to turn up at critical points. - St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
 
--In this country the hard times have prevented many a man from marrying, and in Persia the hard times have caused the shah to reduce his line of wives to sixty-three. Verily, one touch of nature makes the world akin. - Louisville Courier-Journal
 
--With Father KNEIPP dying of lung disease, the fools who have been running through the wet grass bare-footed ought to learn that it is better policy to keep the feet warm and dry. But every fad, like every dog, must have its day. - Iowa State Register
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                                                                         INGERSOLL AND MOODY
                                                                              Lockport Journal
    Colonel INGERSOLL and Mr. MOODY are having a truly lovely time just now jollying each other. Colonel INGERSOLL says that Mr. MOODY is an honest man and no doubt believe that he can reform men and women by preaching on subjects about which nobody knows anything; by describing things that never happened and predicting others that never will. Mr. MOODY says: "Colonel INGERSOLL has a great many noble qualities. If he had seen the sunny side of Christianity he would have espoused it. I am praying for his conversion. Why shouldn't he be concerted? He is a better man than Saul of Tarsus. He would not have stood by and seen Stephen stoned as Saul of Tarsus did. What INGERSOLL needs is a revelation such as the pagans of old had. It may come."
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                                                                        FIGHTING A VILE HABIT
                                                                              Buffalo News
    In Rochester and in Scranton, vigorous war is being waged against the spitters. In Rochester, several people who expectorated on the sidewalk have been arrested and fined. In Scranton, the Tribune is urging the passing of an ordinance which will make it go hard with those who defile public places or vehicles in this disgusting manner. In Buffalo the question has been feebly agitated several times, but though the board of health has condemned the habit as dangerous to the public, and the street car company has posted notices in all its cars prohibiting spitting on the floor, there seems to be no diminution of this dirty practice. If good, heavy fines were imposed upon these obnoxious expectorators, who literally pool issues on the sidewalks, the effect would be highly salutary.
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                                                                SENATORIAL RECKLESSNESS
                                                                          Philadelphia Press
    Senator CHANDLER's idea that the government should "seize the Iron works at Bethlehem and Homestead and turn them to making armor plate is pretty wild, even for that extraordinary statesman. It is not worth while to worry about so preposterous a proposition except as it illustrates the recklessness with which some senators permit themselves to talk.
    If congress had accepted the suggestion of the secretary of the navy as to the limitation of the price for armor plate there would have been no trouble about it. Mr. HERBERT had inquired very carefully into this subject, and he recommended $400 as a proper limit. Congress had one of its unreasoning spasms of false economy and cut it down to $300. The Ironmakers have refused to bid at this price, and there is no way to compel them to bid if they don't wish to. The navy department will either have to go without armor plate or raise the limit.
    To talk about seizing a factory because the owner won't sell you his goods at the price you wish to pay is simply idiotic. The government might start a factory of its own, but that would make the armor plate cost a good deal more than $400 a ton.
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                                                            REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
                                                                       New York Press
    When a man tells a girl she is sensible if she is, she won't take it for a compliment.
    If some men traded off their backbones for some pieces of rubber hose they'd never miss them.
    The less a man thinks he knows about himself, the more a girl knows about him.
    The difference between a woman and a hen is that the hen cackles loudest after it has laid an egg.
    A girl always judges a meal at a restaurant by the number of funny shaped forks and spoons scattered around each plate.
    When a girl looks most comfortable and interested in the sermon, she is generally thinking how she would like to lie flat on her back with her knees up.
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                                                                        A GOOD WORK
                                                                          Buffalo News
    The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle says that the Monroe County Homeopathic Medical Society has entered upon a great and worthy public service in the appointment of a committee "to inquire into the public schools of that city and their effect on the health of the pupils." This is something that commends itself to all who have the welfare of the schools and children at heart.
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BIDS FOR CITY LIGHTING
 
Prices Named by Two Local Electric Companies
     The lamps and electricity committee of the common council held a meeting yesterday and opened the bids received for lighting the city streets for the next five years beginning July 1st, at which time the present contract held by the Rochester Gas & Electric Company will expire.
    When bids were solicited, the privilege was given the light companies to submit prices for lighting the entire city, or for lighting one-fourth or three-fourths of the city.
    The Rochester Gas & Electric Company and the Citizens Light & Power Company were the only ones to submit bids, and they are given as follows:
    Rochester Gas & Electric Company, entire city, 2,000 candle-power arc lamps, 25 cents per light per night; 1,200 candle-power low pressure arc lamps, 20 cents each or 40 cents a pair. Three-fourths of the city, 2,000 candle-power arc lamps, 27 1-2 cents; 1,200 candle-power low pressure arc lamps, 22 1-2 cents each or 45 cents a pair.
     Citizens' Light & Power Company, one-fourth of the city, 2,000 candle-power arc lamps, 24 cents per light per night; 1,200 candle-power low pressure arc lamps, one-fourth of the city, 20 cents each.
    The latter company did not submit bids on three-fourths of the city or the entire city. The Rochester Gas & Electric Company deposited a $30,000 certified check, and the Citizens' Light & Power Company one for $10,000. The bids will be awarded at a future meeting.
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STREET PEDDLER ARRESTED
 
George WALLACE, a street peddler, was arrested yesterday morning by Officer MOYNIHAN on the charge of violating the ordinance relating to peddlers. WALLACE says he bought out the PETERS Brothers, day before yesterday, and they told him nothing about moving about the streets continually. Officer MOYNIHAN says WALLACE stays in one place longer than the ordinance allows, and hence the arrest.
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FIRE FROM A CHIMNEY
  
     At 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon an alarm of fire was sent in from box 134, corner of Scio and Ontario streets. The blaze was in the dwelling house of Leonard WEBER, at No. 263 North Union street. A defective chimney set fire to the roof, and a small boy sent in an alarm. The fire was put out with a pail of water before the department arrived.
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HOWARD MORGAN IS BETTER
 
     Howard F. MORGAN, advertising agent of the academy, is at the City Hospital suffering from a remittent fever. He was taken there last Wednesday, but is improving and was much better last night.
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LECTURE BY A SCOUT
 
    E. H. ALLISON, the government scout and interpreter, will give a lecture at Red Men's hall to-night on Indian language and customs, for the benefit of the members of Hiokatoo tribe.
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SUPERFLUOUS HAIRS PERMANENTLY
     Destroyed by original and exclusive methods; free from pain, scar or trace. Pimples, blackheads, wrinkles and all imperfections of the skin scientifically treated and permanently cured by Dr. MADDOCK, 217 Chamber of Commerce building, who has over sixteen years experience as a dermatologist and guarantees every case.
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HER DEATH DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES
 
Mrs. Alena Lillibridge Did Not Commit Suicide
Suspicions Unfounded
Result of Autopsy by Dr. Andrew Showed That She Died From Pneumonia --
Married Less Than a Week
 
     About 9 o'clock yesterday morning Mrs. Alena LILLIBRIDGE was found dead in her room at No. 62 North street. Certain suspicious circumstances in connection with the case led the occupants of the house to ask Coroner KLEINDIENST to investigate it. The inquest yesterday afternoon, however, showed that death resulted from natural causes.
    Yesterday morning Mr. LILLIBRIDGE arose as usual and got ready to start for work. He saw his wife lying in bed, but she seemed to be asleep. As she had not been feeling well, he did not make a move toward awakening her, and tiptoed out of the house. Two hours later one of the neighbors went to the room and knocked. There was no response and the door, which was not locked, was opened. Mrs. LILLIBRIDGE was found lying in the same position in which she was when her husband left. Investigation showed that she was dead.
    Coroner KLEINDIENST was sent for at once and after making inquiries, he refused to grant a certificate and ordered the body carried to the morgue. An autopsy was held on the body yesterday afternoon, and later in the afternoon an inquest was held.
    At the inquest a number of witnesses were sworn. Mrs. Ada SAVOY, of No. 62 North street, who kept the boarding house where the LILLIBRIDGES lived, was the first to be called. She said that Mrs. LILLIBRIDGE and her husband came to her house last Sunday. Mrs. LILLIBRIDGE was away from home a great deal of the time. Yesterday morning at 7 o'clock Mr. LILLIBRIDGE came to her and said his wife was ill. Dr. URQUHART was called and he left some medicine. He said the woman would be all right in a couple of days.
     John C. LILLIBRIDGE, husband of the dead woman, was next called to the stand. He said that he got home about 6:30 Friday night, and found his wife in her room crying. She seemed to be nervous and exhausted. He asked her if she had been taking any drug, and she replied in the negative. She did not seem to get any better, and he sent for Dr. URQUHART. The medicine seemed to quiet her. LILLIBRIDGE said he heard his wife say twice that she wished she was dead.
    Mrs. Agnes ROWE, of No. 8 Scio street, Mrs. LILLIBRIDGE's mother, was the next witness. She said that her daughter was with her all day Friday. She was nervous and excitable. Mrs. LILLIBRIDGE had been with her grandmother during her illness, and seemed to be completely worn out from the strain. The woman seemed to be quite despondent.
    Dr. J. C. URQUHART, of No. 56 North street, the physician called to attend the woman the night before her death, and that he found her very obstinate, and that he could not make a thorough examination to find out what was the matter with her. He did not notice the presence of any drugs, such as opium. Mrs. LILLIBRIDGE told him she was in the habit of taking laudanum in small doses to allay the pain in her stomach. Dr. F. E. ANDREW stated the result of the autopsy. This, he said, showed that the woman came to her death from pneumonia, with fatty degeneration of the liver as the contributing cause.
    The case was then given to the jury. A verdict was rendered to the effect that the woman came to her death by natural causes, as stated in the report of Coroner's Physician ANDREW.
    The case has a number of sad incidents connected with it. Last Sunday Mrs. LILLIBRIDGE was married. Her husband is employed as a painter in the carriage factory of Cunningham Bros. During the week her grandmother, to whom she had been greatly attached, died, and since her death Mrs. LILLIBRIDGE appeared greatly depressed. The funeral of her grandmother took place Friday and all Friday afternoon and evening she was in an extremely nervous state, but it was not thought either that she had any idea of committing suicide or that her health was in any danger from heart disease.
    Mrs. LILLIBRIDGE was 29 years of age. Besides a husband, she is survived by one child by her first husband.
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DISTRICT ATTORNEY FIRM
 
Wesley Wheeler Must Plead on Thursday Next
     Wesley WHEELER, the indicted real estate dealer, will be called to plead to the charges of forgery and grand larceny before Judge SUTHERLAND in county court on Thursday morning next. WHEELER has been at liberty on $10,000 bail since the indictments were found against him about a month ago, and District Attorney FORSYTH, thinking it was time that the defendant should be made to plead, requested Hon. George RAINES, attorney for WHEELER, to appear in court with his client yesterday morning.
    Mr. RAINES was promptly on hand, and when Mr. FORSYTH asked the court that WHEELER be compelled to plead to the indictments against him, Mr. RAINES quickly asked "Which indictment?" The district attorney answered "on both," and Mr. RAINES objected. He stated that he had endeavored to find out which indictment the district attorney purposed to move for trial first, but had been unsuccessful, and did not care to "be juggled with" any longer.
     "I insist that Mr. FORSYTH designate which indictment will be moved," said he. "It was impossible for me to have Mr. WHEELER in court to-day as he is out of the city, and I only learned of the district attorney's intentions last night." Judge SUTHERLAND put an end to the controversy by naming Thursday as the day when WHEELER must plead to the indictments.
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MORRISON IS DEAD
 
The Stranger at the City Hospital Passed Away Friday
 
    William H. MORRISON, supposed to be a New York commercial traveler, died Friday morning at the City Hospital, after an illness of several days. He was taken to the hospital on April 17th, from the Snyder lunch room on Front street, where he had staggered in and fallen unconscious. At the hospital it was learned that his name was W. H. MORRISON, and that he was probably in the employ of Chatterton & Co., publishers of periodicals.
    The man, on recovering consciousness, appeared to be in a dazed condition, and could make no coherent reply to the questions which were asked by the physicians. The man remained in this state for six days. The hospital authorities believe that there was no foul play connected with his death, but that he had been a sufferer from a chronic kidney trouble.
    Telegrams were sent to New York and other cities to various addresses, in an attempt to find the man's home and relatives. Up to last night only one telegram had been answered, and that by the Chatterton firm. The body was turned over to Superintendent Lodge yesterday morning. The dead man was about 45 years old, five feet six inches in height, dark hair and grayish moustache.
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RECENT DEATHS
 
--Martha A. PARKER died Friday at the residence of J. B. JOHNSON in Chili.
--Milton Carlyle WRIGHT, son of Frank A. and Grace B. WRIGHT, died yesterday at the family residence, No. 341 Lake avenue, aged 3 years.
 
--Dorothy May STANTON, daughter of William H. and Jennie E. STANTON, died yesterday afternoon at the home of the parents, No. 8 Alexander park, aged 2 years.
 
--Eliza A., wife of George H. LEE, of Greece, died yesterday at the family residence, aged 62 years. She is survived by her husband, five sons, George P., Arthur N. and C. M. LEE, of Rochester; L. J. LEE, of Pultneyville, and W. S. LEE, of Brockport, two daughters, Miss Alta LEE and Mrs. William KISHLER, of Greece, and one brother, George S. BROWN, of Brockport.
 
--Michael WIEDMAN died yesterday morning at the family residence, No. 110 Whitney street, aged 63 years. The deceased was an old and highly respected citizen of Rochester, having resided here forty-three years. He is survived by a wife and eight children, four sons, George E., Andrew, William and Fred, and four daughters, Mrs. G. C. KUGLER, of Toledo, O.; Mrs. K. STILLMAN, Julia and Minnie WIEDMAN, of this city.
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McGLONE BEAT SULLIVAN
 
New York, April 24 - Pete McGLONE and J. A. SULLIVAN, two heavyweights, fought ten rounds at the Greenwood A. C., Brooklyn, to-night. McGLONE got decision.
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AQUATICA
 
--London, April 24 - According to the Pall Mall Gazette, Defender is likely to race on English waters. The only question between the American syndicate and H. W. WALKER, who wishes to buy the sloop, is the price of the yacht. In the event of the purchase being made, it is stated Lord DUNRAVEN will fit out Valkyrie III, to meet Defender. H. W. WALKER is a brother of A. Barclay WALKER, the owner of Ailsa.
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DIED
 
PARKER - In Chili, at the residence of J. B. JOHNSON, April 23, 1897, Martha A. PARKER.
-Funeral at the house Monday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.
 
LEE - Saturday morning, April 24, 1897, at her residence in the town of Greece, Eliza A., wife of Geo. H. LEE, aged 62 years. She leaves to mourn her death besides her husband, five sons and two daughters; George P., Arthur N., C. M. LEE, of Rochester, L. J. LEE, of Pultneyville, and W. S. LEE, of Brockport; Miss Alta LEE, and Mrs. Wm. KISHLAR of Greece, also one brother, George S. BROWN, of Brockport.
-Funeral 2 P. M., Monday, from the house.
 
WIEDMAN - In this city at the family residence 110 Whitney street, Saturday morning, April 24, 1897, Michael WIEDMAN, aged 63 years.
-Funeral from the house, Monday afternoon 1:30 o'clock and from Salem Church at 2 o'clock.
Rochester, Monroe, NY
Democrat & Chronicle
Mon Apr 26, 1897
 
A STUDY OF GRANT
 
His Character Analyzed By Professor Felix Adler
Debt Of Americans
Much Owing To The Grant Captain
The Man's Character
An Unprejudiced and Impartial Review of the Life and Character of General Grant --
Some Alleged Mistakes of the Reconstruction Period
 
    New York, April 25 - Professor Felix ADLER delivered a lecture this forenoon before the members of the Society for Ethical Culture, at Carnegie hall on "The Debt of the American People to Ulyssus S. GRANT." In his opening remarks the speaker made a chronological synopsis of the general's life. He traced General GRANT'S career from his seventh year, when as a boy, he worked on his father's farm in Ohio.
    "As a boy," said Professor ADLER, "GRANT was never a great student of books. He was practical, learning the lessons of experience and remembered what he learned. We might say of him, that he was not one of those who read history, but one of those who made it. There is nothing to show that he played with cannon as a boy. On the contrary there is much to prove that he cared nothing for the arts of war. He yielded a reluctant consent to his father's iron will when he accepted a cadetship at West Point and consoled himself with the thought that he would see Philadelphia and New York on the way. GRANT's career after his graduation, and up to the time of the breaking out of the Mexican war, was uneventful. It was in Mexico that his genius took shape. The knowledge he gained through companionship with his comrades in Mexico was invaluable to him in the Civil war.
    "Ruthless vigor, intrepidity of spirit and relentlessness, were all locked up in his slight frame and were his dominating traits. He possessed to a marked degree, that faculty of mental bravery which differs from physical bravery in its attitude toward the accomplishment of the impossible. This is the test in all great things, making possible that which seems impossible to most people. He always made ample contingency for failure, but once his plans were formed, nothing could deflect him. GRANT's four great victories were the capture of Fort Donelson, the investment of Vicksburg, the battle of Chattanooga and LEE's surrender.
    "No one can fail to realize the tremendous power and tenacity of purpose displayed by GRANT in all his battles. His only danger of defeat lay in the fact that the North was beginning to wear out its patience.
    :GRANT had all the true democratic traits and he was typical of the democracy. He was reluctant to enter a combat, but once in it he developed powers that amazed mankind. Imperturbable in the field of battle he could not stand the cries of the wounded and dying in the hospitals."
    Speaking of GRANT as president Professor ADLER said:
    "There are events that shed a certain luster on his administration. One was his firm stand in the matter of the Alabama claims. At the same time he did what he could to remove what might have been a constant source of trouble and irritation between this country and Great Britain. He also took the initiative in civil service reform."
    Professor ADLER said that if there were lights in General GRANT's administration there were also shadows. The policy of the Republican party in the reconstruction of the South bore its fruit for good and evil, particularly evil. He spoke of the "shameless advantages that were taken: the extravagances that were indulged in," and the factional fights in Louisiana.
    These events, he said, did much to alienate the sympathies of the people from the Republican party and from the president. The corruption that was charged against some members of his immediate entourage did not reflect upon the stainless character of the president but did reflect upon his judgment.
    "Finally GRANT's willingness to accept a third term as president -- to depart from the unwritten law laid down by Washington, produced a painful impression upon many who were otherwise his friends and admirers.
     "The judgment of history requires that these facts in the life of GRANT be not omitted," said Professor ADLER.  "It must be left with future historians, however, to say how far GRANT himself was responsible for this policy. It is as General GRANT and not as President GRANT that he will be remembered. As president he will rank equally with the other presidents, but certainly not as the greatest of presidents."
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CASUAL CHATS
 
Brevities Wise and Otherwise for Breakfast-Table Reading
 
A number of politicians were assembled in the office of one of their number on Saturday evening, discussing the new charter which was passed by the assembly that morning, and while nearly all had expressed themselves in favor of the general text of the measure, one of them was noticeably silent.
     "Give us your opinion about it, Jim," said one of his friends. "If you have any criticism to offer, we would be glad to hear it, as you have had considerable experience in municipal affairs."
     The one addressed buttoned his coat, walked toward the door and said: "It has one feature which seems to me as very inconsistent and I am surprised that you have not noticed it."
     "Well, what is it?" came in chorus.
    "I'll tell you, seeing you are so stupid.
The charter passed is the White charter exactly as drawn by Senator WHITE, and, if it is the White charter, why under heavens is it necessary to have Black's approval."
    Ink bottles and books thundered against the door, but Jim was on the outside, and running for his life.
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A little miss of this city, while her mother was in the act of administering a spanking, the other day, suddenly turned to her mother and asked between the sobs, her little eyes dimmed with tears:
     "Mamma, are you a Christian?"
     "I hope so my child," she answered.
     "Then don't you know mamma dear that Christians should forgive their enemies," she said. Sound logic indeed from so young a head.
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Two gamblers were standing on Main street last night bewailing the dullness of the times and looking for a "live one." In the course of the conversation one of them remarked that he was an A. P. A.
    "Why," replied his companion,  "you can't be an A. P. A. and a poker player too."
    "Why not?"
     "Because an A. P. A. can't stand pat."
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In one of the hotels of Rochester is a clerk who may be said to have what is called in slang a cold nerve. The other day there was also in the hotel a very pretty fox terrier dog, evidently a truant, and a guest who is an admirer of the particular breed. The guest approached the clerk and asked him to whom the dog belonged.
    "Acts as if he belongs to me," said the clerk as the dog was lying in his lap.
    "I will give you $10 for him," said the guest.
    "Done," said the clerk, whereupon he received the $10. Half an hour afterwards the dog disappeared, presumably to go home, and has not been seen since.
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A young newspaper man of this city, who has always had the reputation of keeping his head under the most trying circumstances, was the victim of a bad case of "rattles" a short time ago. He was assigned to look up a concert given by a local musical organization, and among the numbers was one given by a string quartette. Through some oversight he neglected to attend the concert and found it necessary to visit a young lady who had been present and secure an account of it. He made a hurried trip to her home and entered the house all out of breath. This may have had something to do with the brilliant question which he asked in reference to the work of the quartette. Just as he was leaving the house he said, "By the way, how many are there in a string quartette?"
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A member of Rochester's finest, who is a great hand for using big words, some of which he does not understand, happened to be discussing different articles of food one day last week, and the subject of the different varieties of cake was mentioned. The other parties to the discussion had expressed their individual preferences, and when it came his turn he said, "You can say what you like, but there ain't anything like jelly cake with desecrated cocoanut sprinkled over it."
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An example of the odd forms which the curiosity of women takes, was seen a few evenings ago in an East Side drug store. An accident had occurred, and the man who had been injured was badly cut up about the face and head. The husband of the curious woman came to the door of the store which had been locked to keep out the crowd of sensation seekers, and calling the clerk to him said, "Now, Mr. B., my wife has always wanted to see a man who has been badly injured in an accident, and this is the first chance that she has had. May she come in and look at him?" She was admitted, when, walking into the back room, where the injured man was lying on the floor, stepped over to him, drew her skirts away to prevent any blood soiling them, and turning up her nose, exclaimed "humph" and walked out.
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RULING BY MOTT
 
Jurisdiction of the L. A. W. as Regard Intercollegiate Meets
 
Baltimore, April 25 - President Gustavus T. KIRBY, of the Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association, has written to Chairman MOTT, of the L. A. W. racing board, asking for a ruling on an amendment passed at the recent national assembly at Albany regarding the payment of the expenses, by the college of men representing the institution at a closed meet.
     Mr. MOTT'S ruling will be as follows:
    "When college men alone contest they are governed by I. C. A. A. rules as to expenses and by L. A. W. rules as to racing.
    "The I. C. A. A. rules permit a college to pay the expenses to a closed meet of men representing it. If the meet be open to amateurs or persons outside of college men, the L. A. W. retains sole jurisdiction and its rules will prevail; each man paying his own expenses and limiting himself to meets held within 100 miles of his college."
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A DISTINGUISHED LAWYER
 
Hollidaysburg, Pa., April 25 - Hon. Augustus S. LANDIS, the distinguished lawyer, died at his home here to-day of heart trouble, aged 63 years.
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TURNING BLACK FOLKS WHITE
 
May Be Done by the Proper Application of the Electric Current
                        Pittsburg Dispatch
    Even those who have the greatest faith in the illimitable possibilities of electricity have never dreamed of an application which Professor BLAKE, of Kansas University, now proposes for it. Professor BLAKE says that electro-chemistry has reached such a stage, especially in its electrolytic branches, that the dusky maiden of Ethiopia may permanently change the color of her skin without using cosmetic, and as the dermatologist can now make radical changes in the conformation of the lips, nose and other facial features, it will be possible by means of dermatological devices and electrolytic methods for eliminating dark pigment to actually transform a colored to a white person in appearance.
    The color of the negro is due to a carbon pigment underlying the epidermis. It is by the decomposition of the molecules of carbon that the fairness of complexion is to be attained. Professor BLAKE holds that the process is already possible, and that it only remains to find a practicable method of applying the electricity to be able to wipe out the color line for all time. He has no doubt that making black people white will soon be a regular industry. Possibly the most feasible process may be found to consist in immersing the candidate for bleaching in a water bath and then running through the bath an electrical current of sufficient intensity to decompose the carbon pigment. Whether this can be done without decomposing something more than the pigment has not been practically determined.
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SUNDAY AT GRANT'S TOMB
 
Two Hundred Thousand Visitors At The Park
The White Squadron
Bunce's Fleet Steamed To Its Anchorage
A Grand Spectacle
Mayor Strong Expressed Himself as Satisfied With the Stands and Floral
Decorations at Riverside Park -- Incidents of the Day at the Tomb
 
New York, April 25 - The din of carpenters' hammers and the noise of a jostling multitude interrupted the Sabbath quiet about GRANT's tomb to-day. Outside a barrier, erected by the police, a dense crowd, numbering up in the thousands, watched the small army of workmen endeavoring to complete the unfinished grand stand, on which the guests of distinction invited by the city will sit during the dedicatory exercises.
 
    Fully 200,000 persons were in the vicinity of the tomb during the day, Mayor STRONG being one of them. He was entirely satisfied with the work on the stands and the floral decorations. The speakers' stand will be plentifully supplied with flowers of all kinds. Everybody seemed to be satisfied that the tribute about to be paid to the dead chieftain would surpass anything of its kind ever held in this country.
 
    From the Battery sea wall there was had to-day a marine view that should have been painted. This was when the eight vessels of the North Atlantic squadron, which have been anchored off Tompkinsville, S. I., stole out of the thin haze that was hanging over the lower bay and steamed past the Battery on their way to the anchorage up the Hudson.
 
    It had been announced when this procession of superb naval vessels would make its way up stream, and thousands came to the Battery to see the ships file by. They were well repaid for their trouble, though some of the earlier arrivals had to wait longer than they expected to, the fleet not getting under way until 9:30 o'clock instead of at 9 o'clock, as had been officially announced.
 
    Through the light mist, faint patches of white could be seen down the bay, but the fleet was well out from its Tompkinsville anchorage before any of the vessels could be made out. Then one by one the ships came into plain view, the fine cruiser New York, flagship of the fleet, leading the column, with the blue pennant of Rear Admiral BUNCE at her main and the guide flag, with its red cross, hoisted at the fore.
 
    Further up the stream were anchored the four foreign ships of war, and as the New York drew near, her marine guard was paraded on the quarter deck to do them honor. The band, too, was there, and as the flagship ranged abeam of the Spanish cruiser Maria Theresa, the national air of the Dons was played, and the guard presented arms. The Infanta Isabel, next in line, was similarly sainted, and then the Marseillaise was heard, as the French cruiser was brought abeam. The tune was changed to "God Save the Queen" when the flagship ranged abreast of the British cruiser Talbot, the marines presenting arms to that vessel, as they had to the others.
 
    Visitors to Governor's island to-day were attracted by the novel sight of more than 100 tents pitched in the moat of Ft. Columbus and on the baseball grounds, and groups of soldiers lounging about or preparing meals over great log fires.
 
    There are four batteries and a band of the Fourth Artillery, under command of Major George B. RODNEY, and five companies and a band of the Ninth Infantry under command of Major Ezra P. EWERS. The artillerymen reached Governor's island Saturday afternoon, two of the batteries and the band hailing from Washington, D. C., and others coming from Ft. McHenry, Md. The infantry arrived this morning from Madison Barracks, Watertown, N. Y.
 
    Fight troops of cavalry and a battery of artillery, United States regulars, arrived over the West Shore railroad at Weehawken, N. J., early this morning, and are now quartered in camp at Monitor park, West New York, N. J. The encampment is pitched on the east side of a gentle hill on top of a bluff, 200 feet above the Hudson, and commanding a good view of General GRANT'S tomb.
 
    The soldiers consist of four troops of the Third cavalry, from Ft. Ethan Allen, Vt., under command of Major Lewis T. MORRIS; four troops of the Sixth cavalry, with headquarters at Fort Myers, Va., Colonel G. SUMNER, commanding, and Company E of the First battery, stationed at Washington Barracks, Washington, D. C., under command of Captain Allyn CAFRON. The park was thronged with sightseers all day long. Thousands went from New York. Discipline to a large extent was relaxed, and the soldiers had a field day. The park is situated in a town which is run "wide open" on Sunday and the saloons in the vicinity of the park were filled with troops all day long.
 
    Encounters between the troops and the lawless element of the town were frequent occurrence. The only one which resulted seriously occurred at 7 o'clock to-night. Some toughs who were walking down Hudson avenue, were attacked by several members of the Sixth cavalry. It was said that the men had taunted the soldiers about their personal appearance. Fists were freely used. Several of the rowdies were severely dealt with by the soldiers boys.
 
    The "dandy fifth" regiment, of Baltimore, arrived to-day and is quartered, with its veteran corps, at the Lenox Lyceum. A majority of the veterans are former confederates, but many of the old boys wore the blue under GRANT.
 
    Majors STRONG and WURSTER eulogized General GRANT before a large congregation in Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church, Brooklyn, to-night, and Colonel Frederick D. GRANT also spoke. New York has at least nine governors to-day, for eight chief executives of sister states are quartered in her hotels.
 
    Workmen are putting the finishing touches of the official stands at Riverside. They will be finished and decorated to-morrow as will also the arch of triumph.
 
    President McKINLEY, Vice-President HOBART, Mrs. U. S. GRANT and family, the diplomats and the national legislators will arrive on two special trains from Washington to-morrow.
 
    The famous Stonewall Brigade band left Stanton, Va., to-day in a special car, to join the Sons of Confederate Veterans in Tuesday's parade. This historic musical organization will serenade President McKINLEY and cabinet in the corridors of the Windsor hotel Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, arrangements to that effect having been made by Charles Broadway ROUSS and Colonel BRANCH, of the Sons of Veterans organization. While in New York the band will be the guests of Warren B. LELAND, of the Windsor.
   
     Governor George A. RAMSDELL and staff, of New Hampshire, will arrive at 3:30 o'clock to-morrow. He will be accompanied by the famous Amoskeag Veterans, of Manchester, N. H., as escort. The Amoskeag Veterans were organized in 1854, and have been the escort of every governor of New Hampshire on all notable occasions since then. In December, 1856, the organization was the special guest of President Franklin PIERCE, at Washington, and on its trip was banquetted in Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore. It was present on New Hampshire Day at the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia and at the World's Fair.
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PROBABLY DYNAMITED
 
Athens, April 25, (4 A.M.) - About 3 o'clock yesterday the official in charge of the office at Larissa observing a cloud of dust raised by the advance cavalry of the Turks, asked leave to dynamite the office. He was directed to leave it. Since 3:30 P. M. Saturday, the Larissa office has made no response to calls from Athens.
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THREE KILLED IN PITTSBURG
 
Pittsburg, April 25 - The traction roads are responsible for three deaths in this city to-day. Early this morning John McKELVEY, aged 27, son of John H. McKELVEY, late president of the White Lead Trust, was killed by a consolidated traction car. Later in the day Mrs. Christian WATCHER and her child, aged 2 years, were killed.
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EARTHQUAKE IN ILLINOIS
 
Cari(e)?, ILL., April 25 - A severe earthquake was felt to-day. It lasted twenty seconds. No damage has been reported.
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BODY FOUND IN THE RIVER
 
Suicide of George Mayer Sr., of Corning
Missing Three Weeks
Quarreled With His Family And Burned His House
Also Shot At His Son
Warrant Had Been Issued for His Arrest--
Had Violated the Excise Law, Lost His License and Was in Trouble All Around
 
    Corning, April 25 - A boy named Burt COLE was fishing this afternoon near the Erie railroad bridge, over the Chemung river, in Corning, and while casting his line into the water, he saw the body of a man floating in the river, just above where he stood, in water about fifteen feet deep. The boy notified an Erie switchman, who happened near by on the railroad, and together they got the body ashore by getting a long board and putting a spike in the end of it, with which they towed the body in. It proved to be George MAYER, Sr., of Corning, a man well known, who has been missing for about three weeks, although he was hardly recognizable, having so far decomposed. Coroner G. S. GOFF was notified by Chief of Police James RYAN, and the remains were removed to William GORTON's undertaking rooms. Coroner GOFF impaneled a jury, who viewed the remains. The inquest will be held next Wednesday night.
 
    In searching the pockets of MAYER's clothes a revolver was found and a pocketbook containing a five dollar bill and a silver dollar. His son, George MAYER, Jr., employed in the Erie freight office at Corning, viewed the remains and identified them as those of his father. George MAYER, Sr., was about 60 years old and kept a saloon above Fred HAISCHER's brewery, which is in the upper portion of the city. About three weeks ago he had some trouble at his home with a daughter, and George MAYER, Jr., who lived near by, heard the commotion and he went up and undertook to quiet the old man, but did not succeed and he returned home. Shortly afterwards old man MAYER went to his son's house and tried to get in, but the door was locked in his face. He then fired two shots from his revolver through the door at his son. Some time afterwards that night the senior MAYER's residence took fire and burned. The fire companies responded but were unable to stay the flames as the floor had been saturated with kerosene. It is believed that MAYER set his house on fire, through spite at his son and daughter. After the fire the old man could not be found.
 
    Along about 3 o'clock that morning fire broke out in another one of MAYER's houses nearby, but it was soon extinguished. At this place the bed and floor were found to have been thoroughly saturated with kerosene. After the fires rumors were rife that MAYER had been burned to death in the first fire, but upon examination it was found to be without foundation.
 
    Some days passed when it was reported that MAYER's remains had been found in the city reservoir, and again after a thorough investigation, this rumor was found to be groundless. Ever since it has been a deep mystery what had become of the old man.
 
     A warrant was sworn out for MAYER's arrest the next day after the fires three weeks ago, but he could be found nowhere. For many years he was brewer for Fred HAISCHER. MAYER's wife died some years ago. Last fall he got into trouble, being arrested for violation of the Raines liquor law. He was indicted by the grand jury and plead guilty. He got off by paying a big fine and then his license was taken from him. Ever since then he had been having family trouble. It is believed that the night after setting his houses on fire that he realized his predicament, especially after going to his son's home and shooting at him, and then it is thought he went to the Erie railroad bridge, and realizing that his only escape from immediate arrest would be to commit suicide, plunged down thirty feet to the water below, where he soon drowned. His revolver was fully loaded with the exception of the two cartridges emptied in shooting at his son. He leaves four children, George MAYER, Jr., and Mrs. Ruckel Mayer FITZPATRICK, of Corning; Phillip MAYER, of Elmira, and Miss Carrie MAYER, of Baltimore. Although MAYER's children had trouble with their father when they last saw him alive, they were overcome with grief at his tragic death. The remains will be taken to Rochester for interment, where his wife is buried.
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TWO KENTUCKY SENATORSHIP
 
Frankfort, Ky., April 25 - On the part of the legislature, the usual end of the week habit of going home took precedence over all desire for a speedy election of a United States senator. The steering committee discovered early that many Republicans were absent on pairs. Their failure to return at noon prevented a quorum. Nevertheless, the temper of the legislature was tested by ballot, showing 66 for W. l. DEBOE, the caucus nominee, out of 69 present exclusive of the gold and silver Democrats, none of whom arrived at roll call. DEBOE really received 67 votes, but one was from a paired Republican and could not be counted. DEBOE, it is believed, will be elected Wednesday, some pairs running until then.
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TWO SUICIDES AT SEA
 
New York, April 25 - Two suicides at sea were reported by ocean steamers arriving to-day. La Gascogne reported that on April 17th Rudolph SIELBNACHT, a Hungarian, who was a steerage passenger, was discovered to be missing. He was supposed to have jumped overboard.
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FOR DOUBLE MURDER
 
Trial of Floyd Myers to Commence This Morning at Corning
 
The trial of Floyd MYERS, of Rathborn, who was indicted twice for murder in the first degree, committed last Christmas at Rathboneville, will be commenced before Justice Edwin A. NASH at Corning this morning. It is reported that the defense will be insanity. This was in a great measure forestalled by the alertness of District Attorney CLARK at the coroner's inquest, who exhaustively examined the family of the alleged murderer as to any traces of insanity in the family.
 
Mrs. MYERS and her baby have been under the supervision of Sheriff WHITING at Bath ever since the tragedy.
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WILL CONTEST PROCEEDINGS
 
James H. TIBBITTS, of New York, has appealed from the order of Surrogate M. Rumsey MILLER, of Bath, allowing him and Oscar B. STRATTON to qualify as administrators of the-will-annexed of the late Henry BALDWIN, of Addison, upon filing a bond for $40,000. Mr. STRATTON has already filed his bond and is acting as administrator. He was appointed temporary administrator pending the contest over the probate of Mr. BALDWIN's will. Mr. TIBBITTS was one of the executors named in the will, but formally renounced his claim to the issuance of letters testamentary to him upon the consideration of the withdrawal of the contest over the probate of the will. Subsequently he began proceedings before the surrogate to be relieved from his renunciation and Surrogate MILLER allowed him to qualify as administrator with the will annexed. From this order he appeals to the appellate division of the fourth department. Hon. John F. PARKHURST, of Bath, is attorney for Oscar B. STRATTON and the heirs, Bacon & Aldrich, of Elmira, for the creditors of Henry BALDWIN, and Baldwin & Baldwin, of Elmira for Mr. TIBBITTS.
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BATH CHARTER AMENDMENTS

The Bath charter amendments recently passed by the legislature were signed by Governor BLACK on Friday. In accordance with the authority therein given, the village board of trustees has fixed the salary of Police Justice John A. ADAMS at $500 per year. The trustees have arranged for a special village election on May 11th, at which the proposition of the electric light company for an all-night service of street lamps for $4,640 per year, will be submitted to the taxpayers for action.

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--A meeting of the Bath wheelmen will be held at the court house in Bath at 7:30 o'clock this evening, to consider the project of a cinder path to Hammondsport.

--Dr. Orlendo W. SUTTON and J. Carter ROBIE, of Bath, and Monroe WHEELER of Hammondsport have been appointed civil service examiners for the Soldiers' Home at Bath.

--The order to show cause why John J. CAHILL, of New York, school not be restrained from taking possession of the Kanona & Prattsburg railroad until the determination of the appeal by Receiver Adolph E. GODEFFRAY, from the order by Judge NASH, awarding possession to Mr. CAHILL, will be argued at the special term in Rochester this morning.

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SENECA

A Dog Fight Leads to the Arrest of a Man Interfering With an Officer

A dog fight, which occurred Friday evening on Fall street, Seneca Falls, resulted in the street of Franz McKEON, a young man who owned one of the animals, on the charge of interfering with an officer. Policeman GOETCHIUS was trying to separate the dogs, when it is said that McKEON ordered the officer to desist from hitting his dog with a club, or he would hit GOETCHIUS, whereupon McKEON was taken into Moran's court. McKEON demanded a jury trial, and the case was set down for to-day.

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--Mrs. Ann POST, of Varick, aged 70 years, was buried Friday, a victim of paralysis.

--Quite a number of Waterloo citizens will attend the Grant memorial services in New York city.

--The contract for carrying mail between Townsendville and Farmer, has been let to William J. FOX, of Townsendville, to commence July 1st.

--By falling on an empty bottle, at Waterloo, on Friday, William DAY cut his fore-arm severely with the broken edges, which penetrated his sleeve.

--Dr. Wallace Howe LEE, president of Albany College, Oregon, spoke yesterday at Ovid in the morning and in Romulus in the evening on "Christian Higher Education."

--Three nights of successful entertainments for the benefit of the free circulating library of the Waterloo Historical Society, were closed on Saturday evening. Crowded houses attended nightly.

--The next lecture in the Methodist Episcopal Church course, at Waterloo, will be given on Thursday evening, by Rev. Horatio YATES, chaplain of Auburn prison. Subject, "The Criminal, Why, and the Remedy."

--An evident injustice was done in the publication of an account of a recent burglary at Hayt's Corners. While many of the postoffices in this region have thus suffered, this one has escaped. The information was supposed to be correct, but proved to be an error.

--The Mormon elders, Messrs. BRIM and BURTON, who have held meetings in Waterloo more or less during the winter, and have made that place their headquarters, have departed for other quarters. No converts to the gospel dispensation of Joe SMITH and Brigham YOUNG are said to have been made.

--Herman BREHM, the Waterloo soup maker, is having an experimental building put up at his soap works, whereby glycerine may be extracted from the fats in the process of soap making, a property which hitherto has been generally wasted. The enterprise will certainly be a valuable one if a success can be made of it.

--The remains of the late Mrs. Rebecca HOWE RANSOM, formerly of Seneca Falls, who died in Rochester, arrived in Seneca Falls Saturday and were interred in Restvale cemetery. Deceased is the widow of the late Henry RANSOM, of Rochester, was 57 years of age, and left three brothers, Stanley, Martin and Williams RACE, and a sister, Mrs. Helen Da LEE, all of Rochester.

--John BACHMAN's team ran away in South Waterloo, on Saturday afternoon. They plunged over the bridge and finally brought up against an electric light pole which was broken off by the collision. One of the horses broke loose and ran to his home in the town of Fayette, while the other was secured. The neck yoke, whiffletrees and wagon box were broken and the horses were somewhat scratched up, but nobody was hurt and there was no further damage.

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LIVINGSTON

Opposition in Dansville to Changing the Name of an Historical Street

Considerable opposition has been made manifest within the last few days to the recent action of the Dansville village board in voting to change the name of Perline street to Delaware avenue. The street was named after William PERINE, who was one of old General Francis MARION's most trusted companions. He served for five years during the Revolutionary war, and was most intimately identified with the brave men and brave deeds of those times. Just one hundred years ago he came to Livingston county, and after a two years' residence in what is now Geneseo, he went to Dansville's vicinity, and took up land east of what is now Main street in that village. In time he laid out a wagon road from the side hill down to the valley, and that road is now Perine street. As there is no real good reason for the change of name, and many objections to it, it is more than likely that the board will soon rescind their action, and leave the old historic name.

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A NEW POSTOFFICE

A new postoffice has been established in this county. It is called Claytonville, and is located in Sparta, a few miles north of Dansville. Mrs. Gertrude JACOBS is the postmistress.

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--Professor E. L. MORRISON has been re-engaged to act as principal of the Caledonia high school.

--The friends of Miss Ann Payson ADAMS are congratulating her upon her good fortune. By the will of Eliza WENTWORTH HAVEN of Portsmouth, N. H., Miss ADAMS secures $2,000 in cash, and the interest on $5,000, payable semi-annually. While not an immense sum, yet it is a most welcome addition to her excheque_ as Miss ADAMS is advanced in years, and well worthy of this little help in her declining years.

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ALLEGANY

Meeting of the Teachers' Association to Be Held in Fillmore

The Northern Allegany Teachers' Association will be held at Fillmore, May 7th and 8th, 1897. On Friday evening Roland S. KEYSER, of the State University at Albany, will deliver an address. Subject, "The Culture of Common Life," on Saturday morning the following programme will be presented: "Some Phases of School Law," Principal Joseph HOWERTH, Rushford; debate, "Resolved, That it will be beneficial to consolidate all school districts in a township system," affirmative, Mrs. Helen D. SILVERS, Belfast; negative, W. F. ALLIN, Nile; "Difficulties of the Rural School," H. A. SOUTHARD, Swains; "Remedies for the Above Difficulties," George P. GATES, Whitney's Crossing. Afternoon session: "Animal Lesson," Miss Katharine JENNINGS, Rushford; "The Teaching of English," Roland S. KEYSER; "Phonetic Spelling," Miss Rose ATHERTON, Belfast; "Some Observations While Commissioner," D. D. DICKSON, Angelica.

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--L. D. HUBBARD has been appointed a justice of the peace for the town of Hume, to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of George E. FERGUSON.

--Principal GLENNIE, of the Bolivar high school, has resigned, owing to a reduction of $200 in his salary. Professor GLENNIE has been very successful as a teacher, and during the past three years, four of his graduates have been awarded Cornell scholarships.

--The Allegany County Federation of Women's Clubs and Societies has recently admitted three organizations to its membership. The Cynthian Club, of Rushford, the Canaseraga Club, and the Allegany Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

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TO SADDLE IT ON THE TAXPAYERS

Subscribers to the County Building Fund Want to be Reimbursed

Special Tax Meeting

Efforts to be Made to Make All Lyons Taxpayers Whack up for the $17,500 Improvements --

The Plans - Wayne County News

A committee from the Lyons board of trade, consisting of George W. KNOWLES, George M. HATTLER, A. E. BURNETT, E. W. HAMM, C. T. ENNIS, Calvin HOTCHKISS, D. V. TELLER and William VAN CAMP, waited upon the village board at the meeting Friday evening and presented a petition signed by 200 business men, asking that a special tax election be called for the purpose of obtaining the consent of the taxpayers to the levying of a tax of $17,500 upon the village for the reimbursement of the Messrs. S. B. GAVITT & Son, Lyons National Bank and the Bank of Wayne, who advanced the amount named to the supervisors April 13th, to be used in making repairs upon the county buildings. A resolution was adopted appointing May 10th as the date for holding the special election.

The building committee of the board of supervisors met again at Lyons, Saturday. Architect HEADLY, of Rochester, was present with revised plans, having made the changes necessary to bring the cost of the work down to $10,000, including heating, ventilating, painting, plumbing, etc. The plans were formerly accepted. Chairman MILES has issued a call for a meeting of the full board of supervisors at Lyons the 28th inst., to indorse the action of the building committee in compliance with its resolution adopted April 14th, providing that the committee shall enter into no contract without the approval of a majority of the board.

An important change in the plans as adopted extends the addition eastward ten feet beyond the east wall of the building. An entrance and a walk to the street will render the supervisors' room accessible without entering the main building. Other minor changes give the district attorney the room next to the grand jury room, the two to be connected, and provides an office for the county treasurer where now is the district attorney's quarters. The supervisor's old room will be used for county court purposes.

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ATTACHMENTS WERE SERVED

Justice McOMBER, of Lyons complaint of Louis DEUCHLER, issued an attachment against the furniture of the National hotel, William P. HALE, proprietor, for $21.50. Mr. DEUCHLER is the owner of the hotel. Proprietor HALE's furniture was packed and at the railroad station, where the papers were served. Mr. HALE furnished the necessary bonds. He is about to remove to Monroe county. Another attachment in favor of Charles BLANK, groceryman, for $18.80, was also issued against Proprietor HALE.

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POSTOFFICE FOR ALLOWAY

A petition is being circulated among the residents of South Lyons for the establishment of a postoffice at Alloway and for Henry JENNINGS as postmaster. Alloway has not had a postoffice since the abolition of the old Geneva and Lyons stage route operated by the late Harvey WARREN prior to the opening of the direct line of the New York Central railroad in 1895.

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MONROE

The China Wedding Anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. McVean

Friday evening the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. McVEAN, several miles south of Churchville, was the scene of an unusually pleasant gathering, it being the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of their marriage. Many of their friends, among whom were over fifty members of the Beulah Presbyterian Church, of which Mr. and Mrs. McVEAN are members, determined to make the celebration of the event something of a surprise to the couple. Many relatives and friends were present from the surrounding towns of Bergen, Stafford, Cuylerville and Caledonia. Mr. and Mrs. McVEAN were presented a handsome set of china dishes, the presentation speech being made by Adelbert HEBBARD, of Rochester.

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WYOMING
 
--There are several bad cases of diphtheria at Sheldon Center. The board of health has quarantined the village.
 
--Heavy shipments of veal calves for the Eastern market are being made now from some of the towns in the dairy towns of the county.
 
--Rev. C. H. MOORE, of Rochester, preached in the Baptist Church at Castile yesterday morning. In the evening he delivered a lecture on "The Shepherd Boy of Jesse's House."
 
--Merton M. PHELIPS & Co., who have been in the boot and shoe business in Castile for several years have sold the business to W. F. LeROY, of Salamanca, who have taken possession.
 
--Rev. J. H. RHODES, of the Christian Church, Castile, has been secured to deliver two lectures on Japan at the Silver Lake Assembly in August. He was missionary to Japan for several years.
 
--The Cascade house at Portage Bridge, the only large hotel there, will open in May, and Colonel F. VERICK will again take charge of the house. He has had a clerkship at Albany during the session of the legislature.
 
--Truman A. MORTON, an old soldier was arrested on the 23rd on a warrant charging him non-support by his wife, at Perry. The case is a peculiar one, the husband leaving his bride in about one week after the marriage. The case will be tried on May 14th.
 
--The terms of eleven postmasters in this county having expired, there is a great hustling among aspirants for the position. The offices are at Covington, East Arcade, Feisomdale, Hardy's, Orangeville, Pearl Creek, Peoria, Salt Vale, Varysburg, Wethersfield and Hermitage.
 
--Word has been received at Castile that Lady Henry SOMERSET is soon to sail for America, where she comes by the advice of her physicians for much needed rest from her arduous labors during the past year, in behalf of the Armenians and the Home for Inebriates at Duxhurst. Word from Miss WILLARD, who is now at Atlantic City, states that Lady Henry will spend the summer with her, a part of which will be at the Castile sanitarium.
 
--Mrs. Adda CAREY, wife of Thomas H. SUTHERLAND, died at her late home at Castile on Saturday, aged 39 years. She was born in Castile, September 2, 1858, and had lived in this vicinity. On February 5, 1880, she was married to Thomas H. SUTHERLAND, proprietor of the Castile Monumental Works. About two months ago she was taken with a lung difficulty which soon developed into quick consumption, from which she failed to rally, but sank rapidly till four days ago, when an alarming heart complication developed, causing her sudden decease as above stated. Since early life she had been a member of the Baptist Church at Castile. Besides her husband she leaves two sons, Frank and Harry, also her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John CAREY, of Castile, and two sisters, Mrs. Alice BURRAGE, of Castile, and Mrs. Ida ALLEN, of Rockford, Ill. Her funeral will be held this afternoon.
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ONTARIO
 
Meeting of the Interlake Council of School Superintendents
 
A meeting of the Interlake Council of school superintendents, principals and commissioners was held at the Geneva high school, Saturday. President R. W. SWETLAND, of Cook Academy, presided. The meeting was opened by a discussion of "Admission Requirements in the High School," led by Superintendent J. C. NORRIS, of Canandaigua. Professor Charles D. VAIL, of Hobart College, then gave an interesting and instructive talk on "Reading." The present officers were re-elected for the ensuing year: President, R. W. SWETLAND, of Cook Academy; vice president, F. H. MILLER, of Horseheads; secretary and treasurer, Superintendent G. H. HOXIE, of Penn Yan. In the afternoon Professor H. F. BURTON, of the University of Rochester, spoke upon "Our Work in Latin." After a discussion of this subject Commissioner L. J. BARDEN gave a talk upon "The Township System" after which the meeting adjourned.
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--Rev. Eugene ANTHONY, pastor for four years of the Baptist Church, Naples, preached his farewell sermon yesterday. He has not decided yet which of several fields open to him he will choose.
 
--The Literary Fraternity of the Clifton Springs Union School has presented the school a beautiful United States flag, 5x8 feet, mounted for carrying. It will be used first in the school exercises specially given on Grant day.
 
--John D. HAMMOND, late of Naples, was buried from the Naples Italy Baptist Church yesterday. Mr. HAMMOND was 52 years old, was born at Hornellsville, but had lived in Naples and South Bristol for the last twenty-five years. He leaves a wife, who was the daughter of Mrs. Samuel GRISWOLD, of Naples.
 
--Simeon B. SEARS, an old resident and prominent citizen of East Bloomfield, died on Thursday last, aged 80 years. He leaves surviving him besides his widow, one son, Albert SEARS, of East Bloomfield, and four daughters, Mrs. Doctor EASTMAN, of Binghamton; Mrs. George W. PARMELE, and Mrs. Almira ELLIS, if Canandaigua, and Mrs. Henry C. BROWN, of West Bloomfield.
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GENESEE
 
New Pastor at Bergen
 
Rev. David J. RYAN, the new pastor of St. Bridget's Church in Bergen, officiated for the first time yesterday at the services in his new parish. He succeeds Father KEAN, who has been called to South Buffalo to take charge of a new church in that city. The new pastor also celebrated mass at the Mission Church in South Byron, over which he will also have charge. Father RYAN was born in Medina and is about 32 years of age. His education was received in the parochial school and at Niagara University. He was ordained as a priest in 1892. He was assistant priest at Elmira two years, at Niagara Falls two years and about ten months ago he was appointed to take charge of the mission churches at Newfane, at Olcott and Cambria, ten miles from Newfane.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS:
 
Pursuant to an order of Hon. George A. BENTON, surrogate of the county of Monroe, notice is hereby given, according to law, to all persons having claims or demands against Charles F. GOTTSCHALK, late of the city of Rochester, county of Monroe, state of New York, deceased, to present the same, with the vouchers thereof, to the undersigned Mary GOTTSCHALK, executrix of said deceased, at her place for the transaction of business as such executrix at Nos. 61-64 German Insurance building, Rochester, N. Y., on or before the 18th day of August, 1897.
         Dated February 16, 1897.
                 Mary GOTTSCHALK.
Werner & Harris, attorneys for executrix.
61-64 German Insurance building, Rochester, N. Y.
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THE PEOPLE of the state of New York, by the grace of God free and independent. To Ferdinand L. CLARKE, Veterans' Home, Napa county, California; Russell W. CLARKE, Portland, Oregon; Warren T. CLARKE, San Francisco, California; Effie C. HILL, La Grange, Illinois; Mrs. Emily W. SNYDER, La Grange, Illinois; Walter P. HILL, La Grange, Illinois; Weltha B. HILL, La Grange, Illinois; George P. HILL, La Grange, Illinois; William E. HILL, La Grange, Illinois; David M. HILL, La Grange, Illinois; William W. CLARKE, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Lee CLARKE, Rochester, N. Y.; Mary CLARKE, Rochester, N. Y.; Ward CLARKE, Rochester, N. Y., heirs at law and next to kin of Mehitabel W. CLARKE, send greeting:
    Whereas, William W. WEBB, the executor named in a certain instrument in writing, bearing date October 7, 1890, purporting to be the last will and testament of Mehitabel W. CLARKE, late of the city of Rochester, in said county of Monroe and state of New York, deceased, and relating to both real and personal estate, has lately made applications to the surrogate's court of our county of Monroe, to have said instrument proved and recorded as a will of personal and real estate, you and each of you are cited and required to appear before the surrogate of the county of Monroe, at his office in the city of Rochester, in said county of Monroe, New York, on the 7th day of June, 1897, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of that day, then and there to attend the probate of said last will and testament. And if any of the aforesaid persons are under the age of twenty-one years, they will please take notice that they are required to appear by their general guardian, if they have one, and if they have none, that they appear and apply for the appointment of a special guardian, or in the event of their neglect or failure to do so, a special guardian will be appointed by the surrogate to represent and act for them in the proceedings for the probate of said will.
           In testimony whereof, we have caused the seal of the surrogate's court of the county of Monroe to be hereto affixed.
           (L. S.)  Witness, Hon. Geo A. BENTON, surrogate of said county, at the city of Rochester, this 16th day of April, in
                       the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.
                                                                          K. K. CRENNELL,
                                                                          Clerk Surrogate's Court.
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TO MEET THIS WEEK AT AUBURN
 
Programme of the Fourth Missionary District Baptist Conference
It Will Last Two Days
Convention of the Monroe, Wayne, Cayuga, Onondaga and Oneida Associations --
Various Speakers and Their Topics - Cayuga
 
The following is the preliminary programme of the convention and conference of the fourth missionary district, comprising Monroe, Wayne, Cayuga, Onondaga and Oneida Associations, to be held at Auburn, in the First Baptist Church, Wednesday and Thursday, April 28th and 29th, under the auspices of the New York state commission of systematic beneficence and the New York Baptist state convention:
     Wednesday, morning session --Prayer meeting led by Rev. F. L. ANDERSON, Rochester; address, "Educating the People to Pray for Our Benevolent Causes," Rev. J. R. HENDERSON, late of Palmyra. Afternoon session --Prayer meeting, led by Rev. E. E. GATES, Sennett; address of welcome, Rev. A. C. WATKINS, of Auburn; "the Duty of the Church to the Whole Community," Rev. W. H. MAIN, Syracuse; address, "Every Pastor an Evangelist," Rev. C. C. MAXFIELD, Oneida; address, "Every Christian an Evangelist," Rev. W. B. WALLACE, Utica. Evening session --Subject, "Systematic Giving and Our Missionary Crisis;" song and devotional service, Rev. W. J. PASKO, Union Springs; address, Rev. H. L. MOREHOUSE, D. D., of New York, field secretary of the American Baptist Home Missionary Society; address, Rev. R. G. SEYMOUR, D. D., of Philadelphia, field secretary of the American Baptist Publication Society; address, Rev. H. C. MABIE, D. D., of Boston, home secretary of the American Baptist Missionary Union.
     Thursday, morning session --Prayer meeting, led by Rev. George GEIS, Bhamo, Burmah; address, "The Religious Reading of Our People," Rev. George E. STEVENS, Syracuse; address, "The Sunday-School Missionary," Rev. W. J. REID, Rochester; address, "The Necessity of a Bible Society," Rev. F. W. KNEELAND, Whitesboro. Afternoon session --"Lawlessness in the United States." Rev. C. J. GREENWOOD, Utica;  "Infidelity in the United States," Rev. M. J. WINCHESTER, Elbridge;  "Roman Catholicism in the United States," Rev. J. B. BARBOUR, Geneva. Evening session --Song and devotional service, led by Rev. G. H. HUBBARD, D. D., Auburn; address, "The Limit of Consecration," Rev. J. W. A. STEWART, D. D., Rochester; consecration meeting, led by Chairman ANDERSON.
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COUNTY W. C. T. U. MEETING
 
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Cayuga county, will hold its annual convention in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Weedsport, Wednesday, April 28th. The sessions during the day will be in charge of the president, Mrs. Phoebe ADAMS of Moravia. Rev. William SEARLES of Auburn will deliver an address at the evening session.
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ORLEANS
 
--The death of Moses WILDER of Kent, aged 85 years, occurred Friday night.
 
--Rev. J. S. BACON, late of Corning, occupied the pulpit of the Albion Presbyterian Church yesterday.
 
--Mrs. Cora BRIGGS, daughter of M. HATHAWAY, of Eagle Harbor, died at that place on Saturday morning.
 
--John BUTLER died Friday afternoon at the home of John FOOTMAN, south of Holley. He was 23 years of age and is survived by four sisters and two brothers, all of Rochester.
 
--There is great rejoicing in Medina over the news from Albany that the $32,000 armory bill has passed both houses and that it only needs the governor's signature to make the fine new building a certainty for Medina.
 
--Henry GUENTHER, formerly of Clarendon, went through a painful operation at Buffalo, having a part of the bone of his right foot taken out. While splitting wood a year ago the axe struck his foot and the operation was necessary to save his limb.
 
--Frank Charles BICKLE, a Medina newsdealer, died Saturday night after a brief illness of pneumonia, aged 19. He was a member of the Episcopal Church and a popular member of the Y. M. C. A. The surviving family consists of four brothers and two sisters.
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REUBEN R. BENNETT
 
Death of a Well-Known Rochesterian at Saranac Lake
 
Reuben R. BENNETT, of this city, died yesterday morning at Saranac Lake, aged 39 years.
     Mr. BENNETT was born in Oneida in November, 1857, but the family moved to this city shortly after his birth and he had been a resident up to the time of his death. He was educated in the schools of the city and entered the employ of the Union and Advertiser in 1874, immediately after completing his education. He made rapid advance and soon became bookkeeper for the firm. With the advent of William F. BALKAM as business manager about ten years ago he was made cashier, and held that position up to about two months ago when he was compelled to retire owing to ill health.
    The illness, which ended in the death of Mr. BENNETT, was the result of an accident which occurred last fall. In company with a number of the other residents of Lake View park he was making a trip on  the canal to attend a clam bake held by the residents of Lake View park. The boat ran into the bank and Mr. BENNETT was thrown into the water. As a result of the wetting he contracted a severe cold which developed into pneumonia. After a long period of illness he was able to return to his duties, but he never succeeded in completely shaking off the effects of the cold and about two months ago was compelled to resign his position. It was expected that he would be able to resume in the course of a few months, but he continued to fail and three weeks ago was ordered to the mountains by Dr. CARR. He grew worse and died early yesterday morning as the direct result of an attack of brain fever.
     He leaves a wife and two children, and three sisters and one brother, all of this city. The remains will be brought to the city this morning.
     The deceased was prominent in fraternal circles and had been a member of Genesee Falls Lodge for a number of years. He was also a member of the Alert Hose Company, as well as a member of bowling and athletic clubs of the city.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
--Mrs. Richard BEMISH died at the residence of her son, L. H. BEMISH, yesterday morning, aged 82 years.
 
--James ARTHUR, only son of James and May McLEAN, died last evening at the family residence in Charlotte, aged 20 years.
 
--Dorothy May STANTON, daughter of William H. and Jennie E. STANTON, died Saturday afternoon at the home of the parents, No. 8 Alexander park, aged 2 years. Burial private.
 
--James McLEAN, Jr., died yesterday afternoon at the home of his parents on Broadway, Charlotte. He was 20 years of age, a member of several local organizations and much respected by all. Besides his father and mother, he leaves two sisters, Miss Georgia McLEAN and Mrs. D. CRONIN.
 
--Hiram E. HURLBURT died yesterday afternoon at the family residence, No. 261 South avenue, aged 67 years. He is survived by a wife, three sons, Frank B., of Elgin, Ill., and William H. and Henry S., both of this city, and one daughter, Mrs. W. G. FRITZ, and a sister, Mrs. J. STAFFORD, of this city. Mr. HURLBURT was a member of Company A, 161 New York Volunteers.
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THE UPTON WILL
 
The Testator Left a Large Amount of Real and Personal Property
 
The will of the late Charles S. UPTON, of New York, whose sudden death from paralysis occurred in this city last February, has been admitted to probate by the surrogate of the county of New York. The will was a long document and disposed of property amounting to about $300,000 and located in places widely separated in the state. Mr. UPTON was the president of the Rochester Lamp Company, with head offices in New York and branches in Chicago, Toronto, Paris and London. This entire business was given to his nephews, Charles and James POMEROY. His two brothers in Spencerport, Elijah and John UPTON, received some money, together with his interest in the old homestead in the same village. To his nephew, Fred S. UPTON, he left his breeding stables and property on the Boulevard, together with his famous trotter "Vitello."
    The remainder of his estate, including his residence on Fifty-second street, New York city, his building property and blocks in Syracuse and Parma, and all patents and royalties of which he controlled a large number, were bequeathed to his widow.
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MADE HER RECORD AT ROCHESTER
 
Clementine, 2:21, the twenty-two-year-old daughter of Addison, Jr., 487, a former grand circuit performer and afterwards well known to Chicago road drivers, is quietly passing the evening of life at Honolulu, Sandwich islands, says the American Sportsman. Clementine's first appearance before a grand circuit audience was at Cleveland, Ohio, July 30, 1873, where she won a five-heat race, trotting the last heat in 2:28 1-2. From that hour the bay mare from Green Bay became famous. She was the property of GRAVES & LOOMIS at that time, two gentlemen that had much to do with shaping turf matters over Western tracks. In 1875 Clementine became a member of Budd DOBIE's stable, her first winning race of the season being at Baltimore, Md. She likewise won good races at Saginaw, Chicago, Cleveland, Poughkeepsie and Springfield, Mass., being retired at the close of the season with a record of 2:21, obtained at Rochester in a losing race, and thirty one heats in standard time to her credit. During her three years' campaign Clementine won thirteen races and lost eighteen, though seldom failing to secure a piece of the purse in her losing events.
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WRESTLING
 
--Harvey PARKER, the local wrestler, has gone to North Adams, Mass.
 
--Farmer BURNS and Dan McLEOD have signed articles for a match for $1,000 a side and the championship of the world, to take place in Davenport or Rock Island, May 6.
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MARRIED
 
BUELL - McALLASTER - On Thursday, April 22, 1897, at the First Presbyterian church, Rochester, N. Y., by the Rev. Nelson MILLARD, D. D., Lulu Isabella, daughter of George McALLASTER, and Ely BUELL.
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DIED
 
WIEDMAN - In this city at the family residence 110 Whitney street, Saturday morning, April 24, 1897, Michael WIEDMAN, aged 63 years.
-Funeral from the house, Monday afternoon 1:30 o'clock and from Salem Church at 2 o'clock.
 
BEMISH - In this city, Sunday morning, April 25, 1897, at the residence of her son, Lewis H., Mary, widow of Richard BEMISH, aged 82 years 3 months.
-Funeral from the house on Tuesday at 2 P. M.
 
HURLBURT - In this city, Sunday afternoon, April 25, 1897, at the family residence, No. 261 South avenue, Hiram E. HURLBURT, aged 67 years.
-Friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral services which will take place Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the house. Burial private.
Rochester, Monroe, NY
Democrat & Chronicle
Wed Apr 28, 1897
 
 
A SKELETON DUG UP
 
Peculiar Find George Sucher Made Yesterday
 
A human skeleton was unearthed by George SUCHER, who lives at the corner of North Joiner and Norton streets, while digging in his garden yesterday morning. The skeleton is not complete, and there is no suspicion of any foul play in connection with it. This decision has been reached from an examination of the skull, which looks as though it had been cut in two at a postmortem examination.
     SUCHER was employed with a shovel in his garden yesterday morning about 8 o'clock when the iron struck against some hard substance. Then he dug about the obstacle and at last uncovered something round, that from the earth that clung to it had every appearance of a stone. It was so light that his suspicion was aroused and, brushing away the mold, he found that he was holding in his hand a portion of a human skull.
     SUCHER dropped the piece of bone and plied the shovel vigorously for a few moments longer. He uncovered a few pieces of bone, and then coming to the conclusion that he had an important job on his hands, began piling the earth back into the hole. Then he took up his position there, and leaning on his shovel called out to one of his neighbors. Soon a crowd was collected in the garden and the neighborhood was thoroughly excited. A messenger was dispatched for Coroner KLEINDIENST.
     When the coroner arrived, he asked the cause of the excitement and was told that a man had been found buried. He found SUCHER in one corner of the garden leaning on his shovel and made for him. SUCHER was asked where the body was. He pointed to the small mound of earth. The coroner gave orders to have the remains dug up and after about half an hour of good hard work a bone was found. One by one portions of the skeleton were taken out, but the skull was missing. Somebody remembered then that the skull had been taken to Mat La FORCE's house, on North Clinton street. This intelligence had the effect of stopping all digging operations, and after collecting the fragments, the coroner ordered them placed in a wagon and taken to the morgue.
     Coroner KLEINDIENST thinks the body was properly buried and that there is nothing unusual in the case. The skull is in three parts, and has not been broken up but sawed, as is plainly shown by the ends of the bone. This gives it the appearance of having been cup open for a post mortem examination. Another theory is that the skeleton was the property of some physician and was buried there to get it out of the way. Dr. George BENFORD, of No. 490 North Clinton street, once lived in the house now occupied by SUCHER, and the skull may have been used by him in his studies.
      Coroner KLEINDIENST investigated the matter yesterday and last night decided to get rid of the skeleton. It will probably be buried to-day.
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SMITH ESTATE TRUSTEES REMOVED
 
Decision Handed Down by Surrogate Benton
The Dwindling Income
The Terms of the Trust Were Not Fulfilled, and the Daughter Charged
Mismanagement and Prayed for Removed of the Trustees.
 
A decision was handed down by Surrogate BENTON yesterday in the matter of the estate of John SMITH, deceased, in proceedings brought by one of the heirs, Mrs. Alice E. MADDOCK, cestui que trust, and daughter of the deceased, for the removal of the trustees appointed under the will.
     John SMITH was the father of Mrs. MADDOCK, and also of Theodore G., Joseph A. and John W. SMITH. The first two named were the trustees in question, and it was claimed on the part of Mrs. MADDOCK that they had mismanaged the estate, had invested trust funds in a manner contrary to the conditions of the trust, and had allowed the income of the estate to dwindle to an insignificant sum. Surrogate BENTON finds the allegations of the petitioner sustained, and directs the removal of the trustees and the appointment of a new trustee, after a hearing before him. In his opinion, Judge BENTON says:
     "This is a proceeding instituted by the cestui qui trust to compel the testamentary trustees, Theodore G. and Joseph A. SMITH, to account as such, and praying for their removal. The trustees were appointed by and under the will of their father, John SMITH, which gave to them in trust certain real estate situated upon Water and Charlotte streets in the city of Rochester, and directed them to pay over to the cestui que trusts semi-annually the income thereof. John W. SMITH and Alice MADDOCK were the cestui que trusts. John W. died, leaving Alice the sole survivor. Said will gave said trustees full power to sell and incumber all real estate, and directed that the proceeds of such sale should be invested in bond and mortgage on unincumbered real estate, or government bonds of the United States, as a trust fund. All the residue of the estate was given unto his children, the share of Alice MADDOCK to her said trustees in all respects subject to the conditions in said sixth clause specified. (Those given above.)
     "the surrogate finds that in 1888 a decree of judicial settlement was entered, and the residuary share of Alice E. MADDOCK was found to be $1,220.08, which, according to the conditions above named, the trustees were to retain and invest in bond and mortgage or government bonds.  "The fund, however, was paid into the hands of Theodore G. SMITH, who invested most of it in his business, and later, becoming more or less involved, whereby he desired to secure this fund, he gave a mortgage to the trustees on the Water street property for $1,100, there being a first mortgage on the same property for $5,000, given by Theodore SMITH to Margaret KELLER. On this mortgage the interest has not been paid since 1893, and the surrogate finds that the income of the estate has dwindled from $2,358.38 in 1888 to $142 in 1895. Also that the trustees have been compelled to pay large sums as interest or penalty because of failure to pay taxes properly, and that the Water street property has been sold for city taxes. Taxes, both city and county, are due on the Charlotte and Water street properties, and the latter is vacant, the trustees claiming that the depression in business as accountable for this."
     Surrogate BENTON finds that the trustees and cestui que trust are not upon good terms, and that for many years Joseph A. SMITH and his sister, Mrs. MADDOCK, have not been on speaking terms. After reviewing these facts the surrogate finds that there has been wastefulness and improvidence in the management of the trust, that hostility exists between the trustees and Mrs. MADDOCK, and there has been a violation of the conditions of the trust. Therefore, while not questioning the good faith nor the honest intent of the trustees, the surrogate feels "reluctantly compelled to order the removal of the trustees and the appointment of a successor."
     Exceptions were taken to certain items in the account filed by the trustees, and the surrogate allows certain charges for repairs, etc., to be charged against the corpes of the estate and not against the <snip> didn't get the rest.
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"TEDDY" TAYLOR LOST HIS LIFE
 
He Was Drowned in the Race Near Court Street
Playing By The Water
He Was Spending His Noon Hour in Frolic With Another Boy --
Body Still in the Water
 
Edward TAYLOR, the son of Edwin TAYLOR, of No. 27 Garson avenue, was drowned in the race near Court street bridge yesterday afternoon. The body has not been recovered, but diligent search has been kept up since the facts of the drowning were first learned. The accident was witnessed by two persons, one the boy's playmate and the other, a man who happened to be walking along the bank.
    Edward, or "Teddy," as he was better known, worked at the store, of Sibley, Lindsay & Curr, on East Main street. He was 14 years of age. He was employed as "clerk boy," and none of the small army of "check boys" at Sibleys was better known than Teddy. He was an intelligent lad, faithful and trustworthy.
     Yesterday, during the dinner hour, which lasts from 1 to 2 P. M., Teddy, in company with Tom LAWRENCE, a boy of his own age and size, went to the race near Court street to play. They were opposite the factory of the American Tobacco Company. The roadway which extends to the edge of the race is not very wide, and the bank of the race is protected by a perpendicular wall of stone.
    The boys were trying to get some of the floodwood out of the water, and each had a long pole with which he dragged out whatever came under his notice. Teddy saw a broomstick quite a distance out and quite beyond the reach of the pole. So he stepped out on a ledge of a stone that projected beyond the wall of rock and getting down, tried to reach the broomstick. Tom LAWRENCE heard somebody cry "Tom," heard a splash and then he realized that his companion was in the water.
    The LAWRENCE boy screamed with all his might and attracted the attention of a man who was walking past. The man ran around and looked at the water. He did not see anything and started away. At this moment Tom saw his playmate rise to the surface and paddle feebly. He began to shout again but the man would not come back. Tom was getting ready to jump into the water himself when he saw the boy sink. He watched for several minutes but when he did not come to the surface again he, too, ran away without telling anybody about it.
     Coroner GRAHAM was notified about an hour afterward and took charge of the case. Search for the body was begun, but it has probably floated inside the aqueduct and is somewhere between the aqueduct and the upper falls. Coroner GRAHAM says that the remains will doubtless be found in the flue leading to some one of the mill wheels. He asks that mill owners keep an eye out for the body.
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WATERHOUSE -- HILBERT
 
Marriage of a Postoffice Employe to a School Teacher
 
A very pretty wedding took place yesterday at St. Joseph's in which William T. WATERHOUSE, a distributing clerk at the Rochester postoffice, and Miss H. Elizabeth HILBERT, a teacher of public school No. 26, were made man and wife. Rev. J. G. HENNIS, pastor of St. Joseph's  performed the ceremony.
    Mr. WATERHOUSE has for the past ten years been a trusted employe at the postoffice, and is popular among his fellow employes, who are awaiting his return from a Western trip, where he has taken his bride, that they may show their regard for him.
    Gustave M. MAY was the best man and Miss Carrie E. REEDER, maid of honor. The ceremonies at the church, while simple, were very pleasing. The wedding presents were many and handsome, testifying to the esteem in which the young people are held by their friends.
    Mr. and Mrs. WATERHOUSE will reside after Monday, May 3d, at No. 16 Garson avenue.
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AT MINNETONKA TRIBE
 
Last evening Scout ALLISON gave one of his characteristic Indian talks to the Minnetonka Tribe of Red Men at Erbs hall, corner of Colvin and Campbell streets. A good-sized audience was much interested in the scout's stories and incidents of life on the plains.
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AMERICAN ABORIGINES
 
Interesting Lecture by Principal Moulthrop to School Children
 
An Interesting talk on American aborigines was given yesterday to the scholars of the eight and the ninth grades of public school No. 8 by Principal Samuel MOULTHROP of school No. 26, Mr. MOULTHROP has given many of these lectures lately and they have always proved to be of great interest to his audience. The occasion yesterday was made more interesting by the display of valuable pottery, tomahawks, arrowheads, etc., which Principal MOULTHROP has himself dug from the ground at Seneca park and elsewhere.
     The lecture was followed by an interesting talk by the principal on the celebration of GRANT memorial day and a brief history of the dead chief was given.
     A vote of thanks was extended to the lecturer by the pupils.
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RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT
 
Adopted in Memory of the Death of Reuben R. Bennett
 
The following resolutions have been adopted by the Enn Gee Bowling Club:
     Resolved, That in the death of our vice-president, Reuben R. BENNETT, the Enn Gee Bowling Club loses an enthusiastic and worthy member, we a genial, good-hearted friend, his wife and family a true, kind and indulgent husband and father; that, as a mark of the esteem and respect in which we held him, we attend his funeral in a body, and that this minute be spread upon our record, and a copy, suitably engrossed, be sent to his family.
    The funeral of Mr. BENNETT will be held from his late residence, No. 23 Lake View park, at 3 o'clock to-morrow afternoon, the Rev. Dr. GANNETT officiating. The bearers will be G. E. TAYLOR, Charles H. MEITZLER, Albion W. SALTER, William H. STOUT, Charles H. CHASE and Pierre PURCELL.
    There seems to have been an impression that the funeral would be private, but this is not so.
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ALBISTON -- SMITH
 
On Monday evening Miss Eliza SMITH, daughter of Arthur SMITH, was married to J. J. ALBISTON, the ceremony being performed by Rev. Mr. ARTHUR, of Christ Church. They will receive at their home at No. 32 Brooks street, after May 10th.
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ENGINEERING SOCIETY TO MEET
 
On Friday evening, there will be a meeting of the Rochester Engineering Society at Reynolds Library on Spring street, at which Gaylord THOMPSON will describe some of his experiences during the construction of the Croton aqueduct in New York city.
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DIED
 
BENNETT - At Saranac Lake on Sunday morning, April 25, 1897, Reuben R. BENNETT, aged 39 years.
-Funeral from his late residence, 23 Lake View park this (Wednesday) afternoon at 3 o'clock.   Burial private.
 
EAST - In Charlotte, yesterday, at the residence of his parents, T. Sherman, eldest son of Benjamin F. and Louisa EAST, aged 11 years, 10 months.
-Funeral services Thursday, April 29, 1897, from the house at 2 P. M. Interment at Mt. Hope.
 
HAHLING - April 27, 1897, at his home, No. 60 Grape street, John HAHLING, son of the late Albert HAHLING, aged 48(?) years. He leaves besides his wife, two children, mother and five sisters, Mrs. Charles FINZER, Mrs. Joseph WOLF, Mrs. Edward WISCHEMEIER, Mrs. Charles SPAHN and Miss Barbara HAHLING. He was a member of the C. M. B. A., Branch No. 82, of SS. Peter and Paul's Church. He has been an employe of the John SIDDONS Co. for twenty-five years.
-Notice of funeral hereafter.
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MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY
 
Contains 200 acres, no part of which is incumbered, and it is self-sustaining. The title of Mt. Hope is in the City of Rochester, which is responsible for its funds and the fulfillment of its contracts.
    Lots of various sizes and prices, in eleven different sections, to the value of $150,000.000, are ready for sale, besides which there are 40 acres available and still ungraded.
    Lots will be shown and further information furnished on application at the office at gate.
                           David Z. MORRIS, Superintendent.
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WASHINGTON GIBBONS
 
Death of a Man Once Prominent in Rochester and Vicinity
 
A dispatch from New York city states that Washington GIBBONS, a former resident of this city, and connected with its early history, passed away in New York yesterday morning. He was taken suddenly ill upon the street opposite No. 850 East Thirteenth street, and died almost immediately. He had for some time been a guest of the House hotel at No. 146 St. Anne avenue.
 
    This is an institution for the benefit of the educated poor and is maintained by voluntary subscriptions. Washington GIBBONS was born in Albany, and when quite young made Rochester his home. He studied law and practiced here between 1840 and 1850. He was one of the judges of what was then termed the mayor's court, which was next in importance to the surrogate's court, though purely local in its jurisdiction. It was much resorted to in cases of civil and criminal nature, and the judge acted as chairman of the common council, of which he was a member, in the absence of the mayor. While practicing law here, Mr. GIBBONS married Mary L. CHILD, oldest daughter of Jonathan L. CHILD, the first mayor of Rochester. He was at one time city attorney and well known throughout Monroe and adjoining counties. He was prominent in Democratic politics while a resident here, but afterwards became a Republican and under a Republican administration held a position in the New York custom house.
 
     He leaves three children, one son and two daughters. The son, Montgomery GIBBONS, is a prominent and well-to-do commission merchant in Buffalo, where the two daughters also reside, both unmarried.
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MRS. GEORGE P. GRAVES
 
The death of Mrs. George P. GRAVES, sister of Attorney Philetus CHAMBERLAIN, of this city, occurred at her home in Wolcott Monday afternoon, after a long and painful illness. Her age was 56 years.
     She had been unable to retain nourishment for nearly six weeks and her death was literally caused by starvation. She is survived by her husband, two sons, Harry and Raymond GRAVES, one brother already mentioned, and three sisters. Mrs. GRAVES was one of the most prominent and highest-esteemed citizens in Wayne county.
 
ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
--Sherman EAST, the 13-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. EAST, of Charlotte, died yesterday afternoon of spinal meningitis.
 
--Charles E. MANNING, Jr., son of Charles and Mary H. MANNING, died yesterday morning at the home of his parents, No. 240 Averill avenue, aged 11 years and 8 months.
 
--Ella, wife of Police Officer Armand J. McGUIRE, died yesterday at the family residence, No. 230 Lake avenue, aged 32 years. She is survived by her husband, one son and her parents, four sisters, Mrs. J. KING, Misses Susan, Lizzie and Rosie FARLEY, and two brothers, Thomas and John FARLEY.
 
--Mary RUSSELL, widow of the late John RUSSELL, died yesterday afternoon at the residence of her son, William T. RUSSELL, No. 12 Shelter avenue. The deceased was born in England in 1810 and has resided in this city for the last sixty years. The following five children are left to mourn her loss; Ann J., William T., Maggie and John A. and Mrs. Frank CHAFFEY, all of this city.
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RAILWAY RUMBLES
 
--At least 1,000 Rochester people were in New York city yesterday in attendance at the GRANT memorial exercises.
 
--Preparations are being made by the railroads for the return of the large crowds in New York.
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WILL RELEASE MELTON
 
The Case Against the American Will be Quashed
 
Washington, D. C., April 27 - Information has reached the state department from the Spanish government that Ona MELTON, who was captured with the Competitor prisoners, will be released within a few days. The district court of Havana is expected to quash the case pending against the prisoner and he will then be released, with instructions to leave the island.
 
    Although informed of the presence of great destitution in Cuba among the families of Americans who have joined the insurrection, neither the state department nor the Red Cross Society in the United States is able to furnish relief.
 
     It was said to-day that the United States consuls in Cuba had reported that many American families who own plantations in Cuba had been compelled to come into the towns for food, and were now in extremely destitute circumstances.
 
    The state department has no fund to be used in such a case, and it is understood that, with a view of securing the assistance of the Red Cross Society, acting Secretary HILL had a talk a few days ago with Miss Clara BARTON. Miss BARTON, however, on account of the lack of funds, was unable to offer any suggestion. Unless more generous feeling should make itself apparent neither Americans, Cubans nor Spaniards will secure relief from the people of the United States.
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Rochester, Monroe, NY
Union & Advertiser
Apr 29, 1897

DEATHS AND FUNERALS

The funeral of James McLEAN, Jr., was held from Holy Cross Church in Charlotte yesterday morning at 9 o'clock.

John MAHON died yesterday at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. T. J. HEAGERTY, No. 15 North Union street, aged 87 years.

Sherman EAST, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. EAST, of Charlotte, died Tuesday afternoon at the home of his parents, aged 13 years.

The funeral of John HAHLING will take place to-morrow morning at 8:30 from the residence, No. 60 Grape street, and at 9 o'clock from SS. Peter and Paul's Church.

George M. BRASSER died at his home, No. 117 Hayward park. He leaves a wife and two daughters, Mrs. August ECKERT and Mrs. George J. EBERWEIN. Funeral Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the house.

Mr. PALMER, for many years a clerk in the National and Windsor hotels and Congress Hall, died recently in the Home for Disabled Veteran Soldiers, in Marion, Ind.

Olive, daughter of Thomas and Anna STRATTON PIERREPONT, died at the home of her parents, No. 387 Central avenue, yesterday morning, aged 3 years and 5 months. Burial private.

Officers COOK, STEIN< CAULFIELD, BAKER, and Detective LYNCH were appointed a committee to draw up resolutions upon the death of the wife of Officer A. J. McGUIRE. A number of the officers will attend the funeral.

John MILLER, a former resident of this city, died last evening at Fishkill Landing, aged 64 years. The body will be brought to this city for burial at Mt. Hope. The funeral will be held to-morrow afternoon. Burial private.

CORRECTION
In the notice of Mrs. RUSSELL'S death, which appeared in yesterday's Union, her birthplace was given as in the Isle of Man. It should have been in Keswick, England. The funeral will take place from No. 12 Shelter avenue, to- morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock.

Frederika KUCKENBECKER, 74 years of age, died, this morning at the residence of her son, No. 29 Orange street. She is survived by one son, Herman KUCKENBECKER, and a daughter, Amelia KUCKENBECKER, now living in Germany. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock.

John MAHON, aged 87 years, died yesterday at No. 16 North Union street. He had lived in Rochester over a quarter of a century, and was universally respected as a man of integrity. He leaves two daughters, Mrs. T. h. BROTHERS of Chicago and Mrs. T. J. HEAGERTY of this city, and two sons, John j. MAHON and Thomas F. MAHON, of this city. He was also the father of the late Patrick MAHON.
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DIED
RUSSELL - In this city, April 27, 1897, at the residence of her son, William T. RUSSELL, 12 Shelter avenue, Mary A. RUSSELL, in the 87th year of her age.
-Funeral Friday, at 3 p.m., from the residence, 12 Shelter avenue. Friends of the family are invited.

MAHON - In this city, Wednesday, April 28, 1897, at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. T. J. HEAGERTY, 15 North Union street, John MAHON, aged 87 years.
-Funeral Saturday at 8:30 from the house and at 9 a.m., from St. Mary's Church.

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THREE DIVORCES GRANTED
Hearts That No Longer Beat as One
Justice WERNER this morning handed down decisions awarding three plaintiffs divorces on statutory grounds as follows:

Edward Sherman FOWLER against Grace COOK FOWLER - Decree granted on presentation of evidence by W. F. CHANDLER. Defendant did not appear.

Fannie C. ADAMS against Samuel D. ADAMS - Decree granted and costs allowed plaintiff. Defendant did not appear.

Sabra LEAVENS against James Walker LEAVENS - Decree granted.
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REYNOLDS DIVORCE CASE
In the case of Charles H. REYNOLDS against Katherine E. REYNOLDS Justice DAVY to-day denied a motion by defendant to send the case back to the referee to take further proof. The referee had already filed a report in favor of granting plaintiff an absolute divorce.
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FIRE IN TORONTO
Wholesale Grocery House Burned This Afternoon - Fireman Injured
Toronto, April 29 - Fire broke out at 1:45 p.m. to-day, in the wholesale grocery of S. P. ECKHARDT & Co., 19 Front street East.

The building and contents were entirely destroyed. Loss, $150,000 on stock and $75,000 on building. Partly insured.
Thomas SPENCE, a fireman, was taken out of the building unconscious.
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