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Rochester, Monroe, NY
Democrat & Chronicle
Thurs Dec 1, 1898

THE SEA GIVES UP ITS DEAD

Many Victims of The Portland
Washed Ashore
New and Approximately Correct List of Passengers Who Went Down With
the Steamer Off Cape Cod - Bodies of Victims Washing Ashore Along the Coast

Provincetown, Mass., Nov. 30 - In those treacherous waters, which continually threaten the very existence of Cape Cod and which cover the most dreaded ocean graveyard on the entire Atlantic coast, during the most terrible moments of a storm which is beyond parallel in the history of New England's maritime interests, on Sunday occurred a disaster frightful beyond description.
   The steamship Portland plying nightly between Boston and Portland was the ill-fated craft, and the sea alone knows how she went to her awful doom, for of all the ship's company of over 100 sons, not one has lived. As the surges roll in from the broad Atlantic, they bring the evidence of the tribute demanded by the furies. Ground into fragments were the timbers of the strong craft, thirty feet being the largest piece cast ashore, while the bodies of the greater number of the victims are likely to be disintegrated by the force of the waves, and few, if any others, in addition to the sixteen already washed in, will be secured.
   The foundering of the Portland eclipsed two other fearful wrecks on this coast, the steamer City of Columbus on Devil's Bridge, in 1884 when 100 lives were lost, and the ship Jason, in 1893, when twenty-nine persons were swept away.
   For two days Cape Cod was isolated from the outside world and to-day, when the railroad was opened, the devastation which followed the storm became fully known. Besides the Portland victims, at least twenty lives were lost in a host of other craft, chief of which was the big schooner King Philip.
   The cause of the Portland's fate, aside from the force of the elements, is a mystery which will never be probed. Every mariner has a theory and all agree that when buffeted by the oncoming storm off Cape Ann, the big sidewheeler was disabled, and before the blast was driven many miles to leeward, the waves slowly demolishing the upper structure, until the hull alone remained, and this finally sank beneath the surface. The vessel disappeared some distance off shore, for the strong current is now carrying wreckage and bodies southward, and much of it may be found on Nantucket's shoals. To-day another fierce northeaster set in again lashing the waves into a frenzy and giving small hope to scores of broken-hearted relatives and friends of the victims that their bodies will be found on the shores.
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NO PASSENGER LIST

Exact Number of Victims of Portland Disaster May Never be Known
   Provincetown, Nov. 30 - The exact number of persons who were carried away from Boston by the steamer Portland will probably never be known, as no list of passengers was retained on shore when the vessel left last Saturday. Many estimates of the number on board have been made but the estimates have seldom agreed.
   C. F. WILLIAMS, Boston agent of the Portland Steamship Company, who arrived here on the tug W. H. Smith last night, places the total number of persons on the steamer at 100 or possibly 105. This estimate, however, is generally regarded as rather small. It has been stated that the number was as high as 155, but Mr. WILLIAMS denies that so many sailed on the Portland. It is probable that 120, including passengers and crew, is near the correct number.
   Nearly every sea captain and mariner on the cape, on being asked for an opinion, states that everyone on board was undoubtedly lost. One feature of the disaster is the absence of any fragments of a life boat or life raft among the varied mass of wreckage from the Portland which has been washed ashore during the last three days along the beach, from Highhead station to Chatham. Up to a late hour to-day no one had reported finding any of the Portland's boats. Several pieces of white painted oars were picked up at various points.
   One theory is that the boats and life rafts were carried far out to sea and were not blown anywhere near this coast.
   Old mariners say they cannot understand why the steamer, which was sighted about 9 o'clock Saturday night, just before the gale set in in its full force, between Thatcher's island and Eastern point, Cape Ann, by the schooner Maude S., did not put into Gloucester harbor, when it was apparent from the fall of the barometer that a violent northeaster was approaching. When the steamer was sighted off Cape Ann she was making good progress towards Portland, but the weather was fast becoming rough and as the captain of the Maude S. says, it was plain to see that a serious storm was impending. Why the Portland ever left Boston at all Saturday night is what puzzles marine men of Cape Cod.
   It was off Thatcher's island that the Portland was last reported before she went to her doom. There are many theories offered in explanation of how the vessel reached a point near the tip end of Cape Cod. Although the exact location of where she went to pieces will in all probability never be known, it is generally believed here that the wreck occurred at a point about ten or possibly fifteen miles north of Peaked Hill Bars, which would be from forty-five to fifty miles from where she was sighted by the Maud S. The tremendous seas which she must have encountered off Cape Ann undoubtedly damaged her, and when Captain BLANCHARD saw that he could proceed no further eastward, it was thought by some that he resolved to make for the open sea to avoid the dangers along the coast.
   The time that the Portland was lost is placed at from 9 to 10 o'clock Sunday forenoon. The watches found on the bodies washed ashore had nearly all stopped between those hours.
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PORTLAND'S PASSENGERS

A Practically Full Roll of Victims of the Wreck.
   Boston, Nov. 30 - The following is as nearly a complete list of the passengers of the steamer Portland as it is possible to get at present:
M. L. SEWELL, of Portland
Fred SHERWOOD, Portland
Charles H. THOMPSON
Mrs. THOMPSON and child, Woodfords, Maine
William L. CHASE, Worcester
Master Philip CHASE, Worcester
Arthur F. HERSOM, Portland
Mrs. HERSOM, Portland
Miss Ella SWIFT, Portland
Harry SMITH, East Boston
Mrs. Cornelia N. MITCHELL, North Easton
Miss Jennie C. HOYT, North Easton
Mrs. J. A. CAROLL, Lowell
Mrs. Jennie G. Edmonds, East Boston
Mrs. Anna ROUNDS, Portland
George B. KENNISTON, Jr., Booth Bay Harbor, Maine
Perry Jackson, wife and child, and
George COLE, all of South Portland, Me.
Miss ROSS, Portland
Miss Edna McCRILLIS, Boston
Mrs. Theodore ALLEN, Portland
Miss ALLEN, Portland
Isaiah FREY, Portland
Ruth FREY, Portland
Miss Maud SYKES, Portland
Walter L. BEMIS and wife, Auburn, Me.
Mrs. G. O. CHICKERING, Weymouth
Mrs. Augustus WHEELER, South Weymouth
Mrs. Hattie A. LORD, East Deering Me.
wife of Hollis LORD, second engineer of the steamer Manhattan.
Mrs. Ezekiel DENNIS, Portland
Miss MORANG, Portland
William MOSHER, Gorham, Me., who had been spending Thanksgiving with friends in Chelsea.
Mrs. HOUSTON, wife of the second steward of the ship.
A child and Mrs. HOUSTON's sister, names not obtainable.
Miss COLE, Springfield, Mass.
C. F. WILSON, Bethel, Me
George CROSIER, St. John, N. B.
Miss Edna CLARK, Westbrook
Miss Eva CLARKE, Westbrook
Albert CLARK, Somerville
John DOHERTY, Boston
Miss KELLY, Boston
Scott PROCTOR, South Portland, Me.
Mrs. David ROUNDS and daughter
Merton L. SMALL, Woodfords, Me.
Miss Alice TUCKER, Lowell, Mass.
Miss Annie TETROW, Manchester, N. H.
Mrs. WEYLER, South Weymouth
Henry D. YOUNG
George BONNEY, Portland
James BUCKMINSTER, Providence, R. I.
W. A. HANSON, Gorham, Me.
Miss Rowena M. HEALD, Cumberland Mills.
Miss Madge INGRAHAM, Woodfords, Me.
Horace PRATT, Portland
Miss Janie McMULLEN, Portland
Mrs. M. KENNY, South Portland, Me.
Harry SYLVESTER, Portland
Fred STEVENS, Woodfords, Me.
Mrs. James WELCH
Mrs. DUKESHIRE, Portland
Louis K. UNDERWOOD, Portland
Miss Sophia B. HOLMES, Portland
Miss Emma L. PIMPTON, Charles River, Mass.
Miss BURNS
Charles WIGGIN, Portland
Mr. and Mrs. Julian A. FOGG, Salem.
Mrs. E. L. BAKER, Portland
Miss Emma COBB, Portland
Fred STEVENS, Portland
Miss Eva TOTTEN, Portland, formerly of Boston
William BEARDSWORTH, employe of Portland Rolling Mills, resident of Ligonia, Me.
Miss Helen LANGTHORNE, music teacher in the Deering school, Deering, Me., lived in Portland.
Frank WILSON, formerly employed in the Crawford house, Boston; home in St. John, N. B.
Oren HOOPER and son Carl, of Portland
James W. FLOWER, of St. John, N. B., principal of Bliss Commercial College, Lewiston.
Elias Dudley FREEMAN, Portland
John J. MURPHY and Timothy KIRBY, of Marlborough shoe works
D. Osborne GATCHELL, of Boston, tailor, 42 years old.
Mrs. Miranda SAFFORD, Portland.
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COAST GUARD REPORTS

Signals Supposed to Be From the Portland Heard by Life Savers
   Provincetown, Mass., Nov 30 - The following constitutes a list of the bodies washed ashore on the outside coast of Cape Cod, up to midnight to-night:
   The identified are:
At Orleans, body of E. Dudley FREEMAN, of Yarmouth, Me., a prominent attorney, and member of the governor's council, identified by name on inside of watch case and on paper in pocket.
   George W. DELANEY, 28 years of age, of Boston, identified by card and documents in pocket.
   Mrs. C. M. MITCHELL, North Easton.
At Wellfleet:
   George GRAHAM (colored), porter of the Portland.
At Provincetown:
   William MOSHER, of Gorham, Me.
On Nauset Beach:
   Body of man believed to be John WALTON, second engineer of the Portland.
The unknown dead.
   At undertaking rooms, Provincetown, is the body of a woman about 50 years, with large frame and features, gray hair and dark eyes. No clothing was on the body except fragments of underwear. The body was somewhat bruised. This body was picked up near Peaked Hill Bars life-saving station.
   The body of a colored man about 31 years old and is probably one of the stewards of the steamer.
   At undertaking rooms at Orleans were the following: A body of a woman, five feet' nine inches in height, with light hair, slightly mixed with gray, blue eyes, weight 160 pounds. The woman was about 45 or 50 years of age. The body was devoid of clothing when picked up on Nauset beach, by the Nauset life-saving crew. On a finger was a chased ring with the words "Forget Me Not."
   The body of a girl found last night off Orleans, not over 20 years of age. She had blue eyes, dark brown hair, light complexion. On the little finger of the right hand was a ring which had a stone in the center. The stone had been evidently washed away.
   The body of a mulatto girl, 20 years of age, weight 115 pounds, height five feet three inches. It is evidently that of one of the waitresses on the Portland.
   The body of a woman about 46 years of age, five feet three inches in height, weight about 200 pounds. A gold watch was found on the body with the monogram "J. G. E." engraved on the case. It is thought the body may be that of Mrs. Jennie EDMUNDS, of East Boston.
   The body of a woman about 60 or 65 years of age. The face was very badly disfigured. The only means of identification was a bloodstone ring with the initials "L. W. G.," followed by the figures "79."
   At Orleans a second body of a white girl is held for identification. It is that of a girl of about 20.
   Also the body of a colored waiter about 25 years of age. The body of a boy is also at Orleans.
   The descriptions of three bodies at Eastham could not be obtained here to-night.
   Provincetown, Mass., Nov. 30 - Corrected reports from towns along Cape Cod, as far south as Chatham, show that eighteen bodies from the wrecked steamer Portland have been brought ashore out of the surf by the life savers, or washed up on the beach.
   It is apparent that the vessel went to pieces after becoming unmanageable in the storm somewhere off the end of the cape near here, between 9 and 10 o'clock Sunday morning. About 9:45 o'clock the life savers at the Race Point station heard four whistles from a steamer which they now suppose was the Portland. Nothing was seen of any vessel in the blinding storm and the first indication that she had been lost was found in the discovery of wreckage which began to come ashore early Monday morning.
   First the coast guard came across a couple of life-preservers marked  "Portland," which had been cast high on the shore by the force of the sea, and soon after a fragment of the steamer herself was found with the tonnage mark of the vessel "2.282.56." A close watch was kept all along the beach and soon the guards reported at the station the discovery of wreckage of all kinds. State room doors, pieces of the vessels, a few oars and barrels of pork and lard, tobacco and other portions of the cargo were washed up.
   All along the coast from Highland light to Monomoy wreckage was cast up. Near Orleans cottagers picked up the wheel of the vessel. It was surrounded with several fath--s of wire and tied with rope in such a way as to indicate that the wheel had been lashed. The vessel was steered by electricity and the wire attached to the wheel was probably that used in connection with her steering gear.
   The first body to come ashore was at High Head, near Highland light. Another, that of a colored man, probably a porter on the boat, was picked up at Wellfleet, Monday morning, and during the forenoon the recovery of several bodies was reported from Orleans. Another came in at Eastham, Monday, and two more were found there yesterday, but very little wreckage, and no bodies were found north of High Head life saving station, near Highland light. In the opinion of the coast guardsmen the vessel was swept down past Race Point and gradually went to pieces, the hull probably foundering somewhere between Highland light and Wellfleet. In the wreckage which has come ashore nothing whatever of the hull has been reported. None of the small boats has come upon the beach, and none of the life-rafts has been located. It does not seem possible that a single person has escaped in the awful catastrophe. This morning it was evident that strong south current off the cape was carrying the wreckage and bodies as far down as Nantucket sound, and it is believed that it will be several days before a considerable number of the bodies are recovered. This afternoon a terrific storm is raging with a high northeasterly gale and it seems probable that the bodies of many who went down in the wreck of the Portland will never be found.
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WITHHELD HIS NAME

This Robber Refused to Reveal His Identity
   New York, Nov. 30 - As the result of a pistol-shot wound which he received, it is said, while engaged in a robbery,  a man who gave a fictitious name and address, died in the Harlem Hospital early this morning. Although warned that his end was near the man steadfastly refused to reveal his identity or tell how he came to be injured. Detectives, however, have found a man who admits he did the shooting and who alleges that the dead stranger was a thief.
   It was about 9 o'clock last Friday morning that a fairly well dressed man entered the East One Hundred and Twenty-sixth street station and asked for medical aid. He was suffering from a pistol-shot wound in the stomach. To the sergeant in charge of the station the man said he was Joseph RYAN, and that his home was at No. 156 East One Hundred and Twenty-ninth street. He was reluctant to tell how he came to be shot, but when pressed for an explanation said he had been celebrating Thanksgiving and had got into a row. He refused to tell where the trouble occurred or the name of his assailant. An ambulance was called and he was removed to the hospital.
   Detectives found that nobody named RYAN lived at the address the man gave. Then they went to the hospital and asked him to tell the truth about himself. He refused to make any explanation even when warned that he could not survive the wound. After that until his death at 5 o'clock this morning he was unconscious the greater part of the time.
   Upon investigation the detectives learned that the stranger had been shot by Dominito TROTTER, watchman of a building at One Hundred and Fifty-eighth street and Westchester avenue. The latter said he found RYAN trying to break open a tool box in the building at 6 o'clock Thanksgiving evening. When the watchman interfered, he said, RYAN attacked him and struck him on the head with a heavy chisel.
   Then TROTTER fired a shot at the thief, who ran away, leaving a faint trail of blood. The watchman identified the injured man at the hospital. TROTTER has been placed under arrest. The police say they have learned  that RYAN was also known as BRADY, but so far they have been unable to learn where he lived.
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THE TOLBERT AFFAIR

Nine Well-Known Citizens of South Carolina Indicted
   Columbus, S. C. - In the United States district court to-day upon indictments handed out by District Attorney LATHROP, the grand jury returned true bills against nine well-known citizens of McCormick, S. C., upon the charge of conspiracy, the offense being the driving away from that town at the time of the recent Phoenix trouble of J. W. TOLBERT, the husband and the assistant of the postmistress. There are several counts in each indictment, all being brought under sections 5,508 and 5,518, United States statutes.
   Bench warrants have been issued and Marshal CLAYTON dispatched to McCormick for the defendants. It is proposed to have the trial at the present term of court here. The men indicted are: M. L. B. STURKLE, John DUNLOP, Wade COCHRANE, Thomas BENTLEY, Henry MARTIN, L. TUCKER, K. Q. STILLWELL, J. P. JENNINGS, J. L. REYNOLDS.
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IN OPEN REBELLION

Maryland College Girls Draw the Line at Bloomers
   Elkton, Md. Nov. 30 - Because the physical culture instructor at the Jacob Tome Institute insisted upon their wearing divided skirts, two young ladies of the school have resigned. Miss Frances BARNARD, the instructor, concluded that a change in costume was necessary so as to allow absolute freedom of motion.
   As soon as bloomers were decided upon, the pupils became rebellious. The innovation shocked some of the pupils and their mothers, and it took no little persuasion to induce them to consent to the change. Miss BARNARD has the indorsement of the faculty, and all but two gave in when the alternative was presented of wearing bloomers or leaving the institute.
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ARCHBISHOP IRELAND RETICENT
   St. Paul, Minn., Nov 30 - Archbishop IRELAND was late this afternoon shown a dispatch from Rome saying that he was to be named as papal nuncio in the Philippines. He said, "I do not believe there is any truth in the report, at any rate I have no news from Rome along that line, and it would be manifestly improper for me to talk in advance of any intimation that I had been chosen to go to Manila."
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CONVICTED OF ARSON
   Philadelphia, Nov. 30 - A. Lincoln LANDIS, a member of the firm of Meyer, Landis & Company, whose file works at Twentieth street and Allegheny avenue were destroyed by fire in September, 1897, was to-day convicted of arson, the jury finding him guilty of having set fire to the establishment. There was a mortgage on the plant, and execution had been issued on it and a date fixed for the sheriff's sale. The insurance on the property, it was alleged, was held by a relative of LANDIS.
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FIRE AT SYRACUSE
   Syracuse, N. Y., Nov. 30 - Fire destroyed the Worden block at East Syracuse this morning, entailing a loss of about $16,000. It is covered by $11,500 insurance.
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GENESEE

MARRIAGE KNOT CUT BY JUSTICE DUNWELL

Marriage of Dr. Cole and June Cole Annulled
Residents of Batavia
Although Mrs. Cole is Said to be Now in Rochester -
Mrs. Cole Formerly the Wife of One Evans.

   Dr. D. DeForest COLE, who figures in the supreme court of Wayne county in matrimonial matters, is a resident of Batavia. Up to the 1st of May he and his wife and son, Harold, resided in Batavia. About that time Mrs. COLE left her husband, or the two separated, and the wife went to Grand Rapids, Mich. After spending part of the summer there she went to Rochester and entered a military store as a clerk, where it is said she is now employed.
   The marriage of Dr. COLE to the woman has brought about a complication of matters. Dr. COLE states that, when he first commenced the action against his wife in the supreme court of Wayne county, he had learned that his wife, June COLE, had not obtained a divorce that was legal, although the woman presented a document which she claimed was granted in the state of Colorado. Miss June JOHNSON was the name of Mrs. COLE before her marriage, but some ten years ago she married a man named Frank EVANS. Apparently the marriage was not a pleasant one, and the wife left her husband at West Eton, N. Y. Later Dr. COLE became acquainted with the woman and the two went to Erie, Pa., and were married. They took up their residence at Albion, and lived there until December, 1896, when they went to Batavia to live.
   Justice DUNWELL, of Wayne county, has now issued an order, annulling the marriage of Dr. COLE and June COLE. The complications arise from the fact that EVANS has remarried, while Mrs. COLE is his lawful wife.
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BAD BATAVIA

A daring highway robbery occurred in Batavia late yesterday afternoon on Main street. A bay horse, belonging yo Louis UEBELE, a baker, was tied on the street in front of his place of business. At about 5:30 o'clock the animal was untied and stolen, the thief or thieves evidently going east after taking the rig. The horse was hitched to a top buggy and there were robes in the buggy. Officers and Sheriff HEAL were notified and the officers of surrounding towns were instructed to be on the lookout for the thief or thieves. The animal was tied to a post in full view of the store, and Mr. UEBELE a moment before had taken pains to notice that the animal was standing all right.
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--There is an epidemic of whooping cough at Le Roy.
--The funeral of Hiram G. MADDEN, of Batavia, was held yesterday afternoon, the Rev. A. F. COLBURN, of Batavia, officiating. Deceased was a member of the local fire department, and some ninety members attended the funeral in a body.

--A meeting of the board of railroad commissioners and the town board of Le Roy will be held at the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg station in Le Roy December 13th, to consider the matter of a highway bridge over the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg at what is known as Haskin's Crossing, about one-half mile south of Le Roy village. This crossing is considered one of the most dangerous in Genesee county, and many accidents have already occurred there.
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MONROE

Trouble at Spencerport as the Result of a Social Gathering
   Patrick RILEY, who is under arrest charged with assault in the second degree, was before Justice A. N. BARKER at Spencerport Tuesday. The case was adjourned until December 20th, in order that the plaintiff, Gilbert PALMATEER, might be present.
   The arrest grew out of some trouble the parties had at a party which was held in Spencerport last week. PALMATEER charges RILEY with assaulting him, throwing him to the ground and breaking his leg, while RILEY, who was one of the floor managers at the party, claims that PALMATEER was intoxicated and made himself obnoxious to various person who were present, and when remonstrated with, called RILEY vile names. After PALMATEER was induced to leave the hall the quarrel was resumed in the street, and, during the scuffle which ensued, PALMATEER received a fall which broke one of his legs below the knee. Bail was fixed at $100, which RILEY secured.
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--Professor E. D. WEBB, of Fairport, who was arrested for whipping a child at school a week ago, was taken before Justice ALDRICH yesterday for trial. Mr. WEBB was discharged, on the ground that the proper name was not given in the warrant.

--Herman I. RANOUS, of Scottsville, and Miss Alice May ROBINSON, of Gates, were united in marriage Wednesday afternoon, by Rev. G. B. F. HALLOCK, of the Brick Church. The wedding took place in the presence of a few friends of the young couple at No. 10 Livingston park, the residence of the officiating clergyman.

--A meeting of Active Hose, No. 1, of Pittsford fire department, was held in the town hall Tuesday evening and was organized with the following officers: President, Dr. William H. DOANE; vice-president, William J. AGATE; secretary, C. J. HINTERLEITER; treasurer, Samuel HUTCHINSON; foreman, Louis G. TONSEY; assistant foreman, Charles B. EMMONS; members of the executive committee, W. Grant WADHAMS, Charles B. EMMONS, John SCHOEN.

--The old depot of the Rome, Watertown & Ogdenburg railroad at Webster, which has stood the test of time and the warring of the elements ever since the road was put through is in the hands of workmen who are remodeling it into a freight depot. A new passenger depot, twenty-three feet by forty feet, is to be added on the east of the old one which will be far better and more commodious. A short track has been laid on the south side of the main track east of the depot on which has been placed a passenger and freight car for a temporary office and baggage room. The section tool house, which was burned a few months ago, has been replaced by a new one and located west of the depot near the woods.
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ORLEANS

--Dr. F. G. SHERWOOD, of Albion, has been appointed by the board of supervisors jail physician. The town of Barre will raise $863.18 to pay for a stone crusher. The town of Kendall will raise $863.18 to pay for a stone crusher.

--The laying of the corner stone of the chapel addition to Christ Church, Albion, occurred yesterday afternoon. Rev. F. S. DUNHAM, Ph. D., made the address. Copies of the village papers, the church work, semi-centennial history of the parish, names of officers of the church, members of the choir, the guilds and diocesan officers were inclosed in the box.
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WAYNE

Future Town Meetings to Be Held First Tuesday in March
   The matter of the claims of the five bonded towns, Arcadia, Sodus, Williamson, Wolcott and Ontario, for reimbursement from the county treasurer for moneys diverted from the sinking funds, was taken up by the board of supervisors yesterday, on a resolution introduced by Mr. CLARK last week, making the subject a special order of business. After a general discussion the matter was referred to the committee on grievances. By a resolution by Mr. GRIFFITH the committee on county buildings was instructed to have removed the wooden structure adjoining the county clerk's office on the south because of danger of fire. On motion by Mr. WILSON the sum of $1,033.32 was assessed the town of Butler to pay town expenses. The sum of $1,137.86 was levied against the town of Marion for town audits, poor fund and other expenses.
   Mr. METCALF introduced a resolution, providing that future town meetings in Wayne county be held on the first Tuesday in March. It was adopted. Clerk TOOR read a statement by Russell JOHNSON, clerk of free school district No. 6, in the town of Ontario, showing the bonded indebtedness to be $76,000.
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WEDDING AT NEWARK
   At the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver EGGLESTON, in Newark, at 5 o'clock last Wednesday evening, was celebrated the marriage of their elder daughter, Nellie Adella, and Edwin THOMAS, also of Newark. The house was decorated with carnations, smilax and white chrysanthemums, and Rev. A. C. WILEY, pastor of the Christian Church, officiated in the presence of a large number of guests. The bride was attired in a traveling dress of steel gray, trimmed with a darker shade of ribbon, and carried a bouquet of roses. She was unattended. Mr. and Mrs. THOMAS will be at home after January 1st, at the residence of the bride's parents.
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GALEN NOT CHARITABLE
   Another special election was held in Clyde Tuesday to decide the question, "What shall be done with the poor of the town of Galen?" The result of the election was the same as at the special election held for this purpose the 25th of last month. The proposition to raise $1,200, to pay back indebtedness, was defeated by seventy-five majority, and the proposed appropriation of $1,000, for the support of the poor for the coming winter, was defeated by thirty-seven majority. The problem of caring for the worthy poor of the town is thus a serious one.
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--Miss Eva A. KENT, of East Palmyra, and D. M. KETCHAM, of Newark, were married at Newark Tuesday.
  
--Tuesday afternoon the first hedgehog to be encountered in a wild state in Wolcott township for over forty years, according to the recollections of the oldest residents, was killed by George HOFFMAN, of Port Bay street.

--Miss Georgiana Lee MORRILL, eldest daughter of Rev. Abner MORRILL, pastor of the Wolcott Baptist Church, has just completed the proofs of her second edition of the "Speculum Gy de Warewicke," a middle English poem, first put into type under her editorship, as her thesis upon graduation from Heidelberg University in 1896.

--Wayne County Council, P. of H., will hold its regular semi-annual meeting in the court house, Lyons, next Wednesday. Judge T. W. COLLINS, of Lyons, will deliver the address of welcome, the response being by John O. WADSWORTH, of Wolcott, master of the council. Then will come a paper by Mrs. Albert YEOMANS, of Walworth; an essay by Mrs. P. P. BUTTS, of Sodus, and the chief address of the meeting, on sugarbeet culture.

--The important question of the establishment of a life-saving station at Sodus Point is being agitated by the citizens there, who claim that it is greatly needed. The nearest station from there is Charlotte and the next nearest Oswego. This is a serious handicap to the people of Sodus. The interest is expected to take the form of a petition, which will be presented to the government, requesting that an investigation of the need of such a station be made at once. The immediate cause of the activity in this direction is the fact of sinking of the three-masted schooner St. Peter, near Sodus, a few weeks ago. The people at Sodus Point claim that had there been a life-saving station at that place then the lives of the crew on the ill-fated vessel could have easily been saved.
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ONTARIO

Ontario Supervisors Royally Entertained at Canandaigua yesterday
   Probably the most important business of the day yesterday, transacted by the Ontario county board of supervisors, was the discussion of the excellent repast provided by Sheriff and Mrs. George A. PEEL, at the county jail in Canandaigua. At 1 o'clock Chairman BECKER adjourned the board session to the jail, where in their home apartments, Sheriff and Mrs. PEEL, assisted by Caterer J. J. DOYLE, served a bountiful feast. The supervisors were augmented by a number of other invited guests, including Hon. John RAINES, County Judge KNAPP, and several of the county officials.
   After full justice had been done to the viands the supervisors inspected the jail, which, under the supervision of Sheriff PEEL and his corps of aides is in splendid condition.
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--George MARVIN, of Geneva, has asked the aid of the Syracuse police to recover Minnie CHASE, 7 years old, who, he says, was kidnapped by her mother a couple of months ago. Mr. MARVIN is the administrator of the girl's father's estate and alleges that her mother has been leading a questionable life under the name of Reina GREGORY.

--Miss Kate A. RAYMOND and Leonard J. MOTT, two well-known Canandaiguans, were united in marriage at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William H. RAYMOND, in Canandaigua, last evening at 6 o'clock, in the presence of a number of relatives and friends. The ceremony was performed by Rev. H. W. JONES, of the Canandaigua Baptist Church.
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NIAGARA

Miss Bertha Leone Palmer and Charles Fowlie Wed at Lockport
   One of the most fashionable weddings of the season in Lockport occurred at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Charles N. PALMER yesterday afternoon, when their daughter, Miss Bertha LEONE, was married to Charles Yale FOWLIE. About one hundred friends and relatives were present. The ceremony was performed in the library, the bride and groom taking their places before the clergyman in an alcove which was decorated with palms, smilax and lilies. Rev. H. H. BARBOUR; formerly pastor of the First Baptist Church of Lockport, of which the bride is a prominent member, and now of Columbus, Ohio, performed the ceremony. STREETER's harp orchestra played "O, Promise Me" during the service. The bride and groom were unattended. The bride wore a going-away gown of brown whipcord and wore violets. The various apartments were decorated in white and green, smilax, palms and lilies being the chief decorations. The dining room was charming in white chrysanthemums and smilax.
   Mr. and Mrs. FOWLIE left on the 4:20 train for a trip West. They will be at home in Lockport after January 15th.
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--Through the fact that Coroner Slocum learned of the deed and went to make an official investigation of the circumstances, it became known yesterday that Frank WALL, of Niagara Falls, shot himself with intent to kill, Tuesday morning. WALL'S condition is very serious.
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YATES

--The marriage of George S. GOODRICH and Miss Mary Louise LANE, both of Penn Yan, occurred Tuesday, Mr. GOODRICH served as county clerk during the last term, and his bride is at present deputy county clerk.

--Tuesday evening George WILKINS and George SIMMONS, of Penn Yan, attended a meeting of the Red Men of that section at Elmira, as delegates from Metawissa Tribe of that order from the former place. The meeting was called for the purpose of perfecting an association of the tribes in that part of the state, which was done. The Penn Yan delegates did not approve of the plans which were set forth, and they decided that Metawissa Tribe did not wish to join the association.
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SENECA

--Ovid boys have this week been enjoying the first skating of the season on the state ponds.

--Stephen CARTWRIGHT, aged 70 years, of Willard, died Sunday and was buried at Ovid yesterday.

--Mrs. Thomas SAMPLE, of Romulus, by a misstep, fell Tuesday in her house, thereby dislocating her right shoulder.

--The Lehigh Valley surveyors have staked out the ground for the new depot at Willard. Work will commence immediately.

--A company, consisting of Messrs. George CULICK, Charles GULICK, Frank GALLOUP and Ed. COX, has been formed at Lodi for the manufacture of acetylene gas machines.

--It is expected that Rev. George K. HAMILTON, who was recently called to the pastorate of the North Hector __ Church, will begin his new duties next Sunday.

--Frank CUMMINGS, of Cayuga, who is engaged in business at Seneca Falls fell on a slippery sidewalk in Cayuga Tuesday evening and sustained a double __ of the right arm near the wrist.--The organ recital given last evening at the Presbyterian Church, Seneca Falls, by Professor George S. BEACHWOOD, of the Utica Musical Conservatory, was beyond question the musical event of the season.

--R. C. WAYNE, of Seneca Falls, through the courtesy of a friend, on Tuesday added to his already fair collection of relics the skin of a diamond rattler, five and one half feet long, nine inches broad and having ten rattles.

--Rev. Delos E. FINKS, of New York city, will give several missionary lectures commencing this week. He is to be at Phelps, November 29th and 30th; West Fayette, December 1st, Romulus, December 2nd; Hayt's Corners, December 3rd, Trumansburg, December 5th.

--Miss Leone WOODMANSEE, employed at the Westcott-Jewell establishment at Seneca Falls, met with a distressing accident Tuesday evening. In some manner her hand was drawn into a press upon which she was working, and, before help could reach her, the hand was most painfully crushed. The accident will disable her for a long time, and it is feared the usefulness of her hand may be permanently impaired.
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STEUBEN

The Usual Result When Two Boys Monkey With a Gun
   Oliver EGGINTON, aged 12 years, son of Walter EGGINTON, the cut-glass manufacturer, was shot and seriously injured last evening at Corning by a playmate named Martin CALLAHAN. The boys were playing together and the CALLAHAN boy had a revolver, which, in some way, was discharged. The ball took effect in the EGGINTON boy's neck, about two inches below the right ear, penetrating considerable distance.
   He bled profusely but braced up remarkably well. When he appeared at the office of Dr. W. S. COBB, he said the bullet was on the other side of the neck from where he was shot and begged the doctor not to let him die. It is believed that the lad will recover.
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ALLEGANY

One Death From Diphtheria Near Bolivar But No Other Cases
   The 7-year-old son of D. T. THURBER, a farmer living a mile east of Bolivar, died of diphtheria yesterday, after an illness of three days. Anti-toxine was administered Tuesday night, but it had no effect. The body was buried yesterday afternoon.
   The house is under quarantine and there are no other cases in the vicinity.
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A NEW PASTOR AT UTICA
   Utica, Nov. 30 - Rev. H. H. TWEEDY, formerly assistant to Rev. Dr. Charles H. PARKHURST, of New York, was ordained and installed as pastor of Plymouth Congregational Church in this city this evening. The installation sermon was preached by Rev. Dr. Lyman ABBOTT, of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn. The attendance of clergymen and delegates from other churches was large.
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DEATH IN A SAND BANK
   Globersville, N. Y., Nov. 30 - Forty feet of a sand bank on North Main street, this city, caved in this afternoon, instantly killed Jacob KUSTER, 40 years of age, and John BRYON, 30 years of age. They were buried in many tons of earth. Several other men had narrow escapes.
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CRUSHED IN MACHINERY
   Saratoga, N. Y., Nov 30 - Robert ROY, of Reynolds, Washington county, was to-day caught in the machinery at the International Paper Mill Company, at Corluth, Saratoga county, and crushed to death. He was 30 years of age and had been married four weeks.
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STREET RAILWAY FORECLOSURE
   Oswego, N. Y., Nov. 30 - In the supreme court to-day Justice WRIGHT granted the motion of the attorney for the Knickerbocker Trust Company of New York to foreclosure bonds against the Oswego Electric Street Railway for $125,000 and ordered its sale. The sale will occur six weeks hence.
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A MISSING SAILOR
   Oswego, N. Y., Nov. 30 - James McENTEE, a Hamilton, Ont., sailor on the schooner MERRITT, is missing. His coat was found on the dock here and he is believed to have wandered into the river and been drowned.
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CHENEY - BEERS

A Chrysanthemum Wedding celebrated on Fulton Avenue Yesterday
   The marriage of Mrs. Sarah BEERS and Colonel Harrison CHENEY, both of this city, was celebrated yesterday at the home of the bride, No. 17 Fulton avenue. The ceremony was performed by Rev. C. A. BARBOUR, pastor of the Lake Avenue Baptist Church, at 1 o'clock, in the presence of the relatives and intimate friends to the number of fifty. It was a chrysanthemum wedding, and the rooms were prettily decorated with these blossoms and palms.
   The bride was attired in a handsome gown of gray satin, entrain, trimmed with white satin and white applique ornaments on the bodice. Her flowers were white chrysanthemums. There were no attendants, and the wedding was quiet and simple, though pretty in detail.
   A wedding breakfast was served by TEALL, the bridal table being elaborately garnished in white chrysanthemums, ferns and asparagus vine.
   Colonel and Mrs. CHENEY left the city yesterday for a Western tour, and they will be at home at No. 17 Fulton avenue, December 22d from 6 to 10 P. M. The groom is in the employ of the W. N. Y. & P. railroad. The wedding march was rendered by Miss Olive McELROY.
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R. F. A. BIOLOGICAL CLUB
   The young ladies of the senior class in zoology of the Rochester Free Academy are rejoicing again to have Miss WETMORE as their instructress, and as an evidence of their interest in that study, held a meeting one night this week and organized a biological club, with Miss WETMORE as directress. The following officers were also chosen: President, Miss Edna SOUTHWICK; vice-president, Miss Elizabeth HIL_KER; secretary and treasurer, Miss Martha BASCOM. The meetings are intended for social as well as intellectual enjoyment, and will be held every two weeks at the homes of the members. Dues will be collected to be used for a banquet.
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HAD NO CASE

Stockholder in Rush Milling Company Not Liable for the Firm Debts
   Yesterday morning the action brought by Frank F. HENRY against Aurelia W. MOORE came to a sudden end in trial term. It was dismissed at the request of defendant's attorney at the opening of court for the day. There is considerable interest in the case, as the action arose out of the failure of the Rush Milling Company.
   The plaintiff is the Buffalo agent of Washburn, Crosby & Company, the large milling firm of Minneapolis. The defendant is an estimable and elderly lady who lives in Le Roy. The action was brought to recover on stock of the Rush Milling Company, owned by the defendant, but which, it was alleged by the plaintiff, was not paid for by her. Mrs. MOORE was quite a heavy stockholder in the company, but the amount involved in this suit was only $1,300.
   Washburn, Crosby & Company were creditors of the Rush concern and they assigned their claim to Mr. HENRY, who at once brought suit and secured a judgment of $1,313. This was returned unsatisfied as against the company, and he at once brought suit against Mrs. MOORE.
   In January, 1896, the Rush Milling Company was organized. Prior to this time Mrs. MOORE owned the property known as the Rush mill, and upon the incorporation of the company she deeded the property to it for $9,500 of its capital stock. The full amount of the capital stock was $10,000. The suit was brought against her as the largest stockholder, by Mr. HENRY, for the amount of stock for which he claimed she had not paid. This was on the ground that the equity in the property did not equal the amount of stock held by her.
   Several experts were put on the stand to testify regarding the value of the property, but their evidence revealed nothing of special value to aid in the determination of the case. Justice NASH is holding the trial term, but when this case was called he stated that he would be unable to sit in judgment upon its issues, as he is a stockholder in the State Bank of Avon, which is interested in the action. This resulted in his calling in Justice DAVY, who is holding special term, for the one case, and Justice NASH took the vacant bench in special term for the same length of time.
   As the adjournment of court Tuesday evening the attorney for the plaintiff announced that they would not prosecute the case any further, and at the convening of court yesterday morning defendant's counsel moved for a dismissal of the action. This was done, and the justices resumed their respective courts again.
   William P. SMITH, of Buffalo, with Edward O'MALLEY, of the same place, as counsel, appeared for the plaintiff, while the defendant was represented by Fred M. WHITNEY, of this city, with Hiram R. WOOD, also of Rochester, as counsel.
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EXCITMENT AT SACKETT'S HARBOR

Mystery Surrounds the Death of Christopher Knapp
Rumors of Foul Play
District Attorney Will Examine the Body of the Young Rochester Soldier -
Statements Made by His Comrades

   A special dispatch to the Democrat and Chronicle, received last night from Watertown, relative to the death by drowning at Sackett's Harbor of Christopher KNAPP, of this city, an account of which was published yesterday morning, contains the somewhat startling information that the young man's death may have been the result of foul play and not accidental. The finding of the body and the rumor that young KNAPP may have been the victim of an assault has aroused great excitement in the little village; although, as is stated in the dispatch, no investigation has yet been made to discover whether there are any suspicious marks or bruises on the body. The dispatch follows:
   "Watertown, Nov. 30 - Mystery surrounds the death of Christopher KNAPP, of Rochester, whose body was found on the shore of Lake Ontario, near the village of Sackett's Harbor, ten miles from this city, yesterday afternoon. The authorities are endeavoring to solve it. Sackett's Harbor's excitement has been at fever heat all day, and there are suspicions that murder has been done. After the body was removed from the water it was taken to Lane's undertaking rooms, and Undertaker GUILFOYLE and Coroner A. J. DICK, of this city, were notified. Undertaker GUILFOYLE arrived at Sackett;s Harbor this morning to prepare the body for transportation to Rochester, but after the district attorney had been communicated with, the embalming of the body was postponed.
   "This morning, as soon as suspicions were aroused that there had been foul play, the village authorities notified District Attorney V. K. KELLOG, of this city, that an investigation was necessary. As Mr. KELLOGG was busy trying a case in court, he could not get away from here until late this afternoon. The rooms where the body is kept are locked and no examination of the body had been made up to a late hour to-night. It is, therefore, not known whether or not there are any marks of violence on the body. The clothes were not even removed.
   "Coroner DICK went to Ogdensburg, seventy-five miles away, to-day to attend a football game and is expected to return about midnight, when he will probably go to Sackett's Harbor. Nothing can be done in the way of examining the body until he sees it.
   "Four recruits who arrived at Sackett's Harbor, where Madison barracks is located, and where the Ninth Infantry is situated, at the time KNAPP was sent from Rochester have identified the body as that of their comrade. They say that they saw KNAPP last Sunday afternoon at the barracks and that he asked them to go for a walk with him. They told him that they would in a moment, and went to get their coats. When they returned, according to their story, KNAPP was gone and they did not see him afterwards.
   "The telephone office at Sackett's Harbor is closed and no word of the result of District Attorney KELLOGG'S investigation can be had to-night. At 9 o'clock this evening it was learned from Sackett's Harbor that Mr. KELLOGG was at the barracks making the investigation, learning what he could from the soldiers there and interviewing the recruits who saw KNAPP last. Before going away this morning, Dr. DICK said that he would not hold an inquest, but upon hearing the story of the four recruits, decided that a postmortem examination would be made and that an inquest would probably be held."
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MORTUARY MENTION

--John M. CRAFT, of No. 52 North Alexander street, died yesterday morning in this city, aged 84 years.

--Anna Maria YOUNG died yesterday morning at the family home, No. 51 Richmond park, aged 83 years.

--Joseph FIENBERGH, aged 50 years, died yesterday at 515 North Clinton street. The deceased was born in Russia.

--John McMONIGAL, son of Patrick and Sarah McMONIGAL, died last night at the family residence, No. 25 Philander street, aged 4 years and 2 months.
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KNIGHT ACCOUNTING IN COURT
   Another hearing in the disputed accounting of Lavina KNIGHT; as executrix of Nathaniel KNIGHT, was had before Surrogate BENTON yesterday. Jay KNIGHT, a stepson, says that a portion of the money which his step-mother claims as her own was simply placed in her name for convenience, and that it really belongs to the estate. A number of witnesses were examined yesterday and the case again adjourned.
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FIDELITY TEMPLE ORGANIZED
   Fidelity Temple, I. O. G. T., was recently organized by Mrs. E. R. SEARLE, county superintendent, assisted by Miss Ida AD_CANSEN, superintendent, and Mrs. A. J. BROWN. There were fourteen charter members, who will meet each Friday evening at No. 156 Conkey avenue.
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POETIC THOUGHT IN DICKEN'S PROSE
   At a meeting of the Columbia Literary Circle last evening at Immaculate Conception hall, an interesting paper was read by Father RYAN, of St. Andrew's Seminary, who sought to bring out the poetic thought in the prose writings of Dickens. Father RYAN had evidently the subject a very careful study, and his readings from Dicken's works, illustrating his thought, were received with interest. He held that the characters, scenes and descriptions of events, which seem so natural to the average reader, are really creations from the poetic imagination of the author.
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FREE FOR FIVE MINUTES
   About a week ago William GILMORE began a sentence at the penitentiary of five days for assault. Yesterday morning he emerged from the walls of the institution a free man, but only temporarily. At the gate he was met by Detectives McDONALD and KAVANAUGH with a warrant charging him with stealing a coat from Dr. L. A. WALKER. When he was arraigned no time was lost in pleading guilty, and six months were given him in the institution from which he had but lately emerged.

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