Rochester Daily Union and Advertiser
Rochester, Monroe County, New York
JUNE 16, 1900
Mr. and
Mrs. Fred H. COE have announced the approaching
marriage of their daughter, Edith K., to Edward J. EDMUNDS of Buffalo,
June 20th.
MR. McCORMICK'S SYMPATHY.
It Cost Him His Money and a Shock to His Feelings.
NEW
YORK, June 16. — Rev. Frank McCORMICK of Swanzey, N.H.,
saw a woman stagger on Fifth avenue last evening and went to her
assistance.
She said she had sprained her ankle and asked him to support her for a
few moments. He did so. After he had left her, he discovered his
pocketbook, containing $28 and some checks and letters were missing. He
complained to the police.
When
the Rev. Mr. McCORMICK returned to his hotel, the
night clerk handed him a package. Inside was his wallet minus the
cash. On the inner wrapper was written in an angular feminine hand,
"For the sucker from Swanzey."
Mrs. A.J. PORREY.
Special Dispatch to Union and Advertiser.
NEWARK,
June 16. — Cornelia, wife of A.J. PORREY, died
yesterday afternoon at their home, three miles south of this village,
aged 48 years. She had been ill a long time, the cause of death being
cancer of the stomach. She is survived by a husband four children.
The
funeral will be held Monday at 3 o'clock at the Reformed Church, Rev. J.
DANGERMOND officiating.
PALMYRA GRADUATES.
Titles and Authors of Essays — The Baccalaureate Sermon.
PALMYRA, June 16. — The graduating exercises of the class
of 1900 will be held at the Palmyra Opera House, June 22d. The class is
composed of sixteen members. The baccalaureate sermon will be preached
Sunday evening at the Presbyterian Church by the Rev. A.H. CAMERON. The
following are the names of the members of the class and their essays:
Mabelle E. TUTTLE, "A Legend of the Genesee;" Lillian M. BUMRILL,
"The
Last American;" Winifred L. PASKILT, "Legends, Ancient and
Modern;" Rose
A. FORDEKUNZ, "The Prisoner of the Vatican;" Katherine E. LENT,
"The
Tower of London;" Elizabeth R. MERTZ, "The World's Gratitude;"
Edna S.
HUXLEY, "The South African War;" Blanche L. AMIDON, "The Alhambra;"
Grace MILLEN, "Our Song Birds;" Bertha Garrison,
"Advertisements;"
Margaret E. FLYNN, "Up-to-Date;" Anna HARTMAN, "The Bride of the
Adriatic;" Burton P. BOEHEIM, "Liquified Air;" James E. CURRAN,
"The
Lion of South Africa;" Charles P. JACKMAN, "Should Labor Unions Be
Encouraged?" Edgar CONGDON, "Mexico of To-day." Owing to
the large
number of graduates, Misses LENT, TUTTLE, MILLEN, AMIDON and Messrs.
CONGDON and JACKMAN will not deliver their essays.
Mr.
STETSON of Canandaigua will open the Exchange Hotel
here this week.
JUNE 16, 1900
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DIED.
BAKER — At Scottsville, N.Y., Friday, June 15th, 1900, at the residence
of her daughter, Mrs. Le Grand BROWN, Mary H., widow of William Y.
BAKER, in her 81st year.
— Funeral at Scottsville Monday, June 18, at 10 a.m. Burial at Mt. Hope
Cemetery, Rochester, on arrival on B.R. & P. railway train, 11:30 a.m.
O'GRADY — Friday evening, June 15, 1900, at the family residence, 161
South avenue, Mrs. Anna O'GRADY, aged 61 years.
— Funeral will take place Monday morning at 8:30 from 196 West Main
street and at 9 o'clock from St. Mary's Church.
JUNE 16, 1900
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IS THIS WOMAN A FIREBUG
Effie PLANT is Indicted for Arson, Third Degree.
She Was Arraigned Before Special Judge STEPHENS and Pleaded Not Guilty.
The Case Will Come on for Trial Before Judge STEPHENS Next Wednesday —
The Indictment.
Effie
PLANT, quite short and stout, and dressed all in
black, was arraigned before Special County Judge STEPHENS this forenoon
on an indictment charging her with arson in the third degree. Mrs.
PLANT came over from the jail with a number of other prisoners, and she
was the last one of the lot to be called up before the bar of justice.
Mrs.
PLANT seemed very nervous, and she looked as though
she wanted to cry very badly. She pleaded not guilty, and Attorney Ira
L. WARD announced that he appeared for her. Her case was set down for
trial next Wednesday. In the meantime she will remain in jail. No
attempt has been made to get bail for her.
Most of
the evidence leading up to Mrs. PLANT's indictment
was collected by Detective Edward O'BRIEN. He learned that in several
of the houses where Mrs. PLANT lived fires had occurred. This gave the
woman a very bad reputation among observing people, and when he came to
look into the matter very thoroughly Detective O'BRIEN got together
facts sufficient to take the case before the grand jury. That body
found that on the 4th of April last Mrs. PLANT set fire to the house of
Thomas SKUSE, where she was living with her family, in order to collect
the insurance. The indictment charges that she "willfully, and
feloniously did burn the dwelling house of James SKUSE, then and there
situated, did set on fire and burn contrary to the form of the statute
in such case made and provided, and against the peace of the people of
the state of New York and their dignity."
Peter
PLANT is the husband of the defendant, and they live
at 152 Gilmore street. It is understood that the evidence against Mrs.
PLANT is almost all of a circumstantial nature, but the authorities
believe that they will be able to secure a conviction at the hands of a
jury.
DESPICABLE ACTS.
Augustus HICKEY Sent to Auburn and Charles WEINGARD to Elmira
Reformatory.
Augustus HICKEY of Brockport, who pleaded guilty to sodomy,
was arraigned for sentence before Judge STEPHENS in County Court
to-day. He is 42 years of age, and has once been convicted of
intoxication. He was sent to Auburn for four years.
Nothing was said in HICKEY's behalf, either by counsel or prisoner.
Charles
WEINGARD, who was engaged with HICKEY in the
before-mentioned despicable crime, he being the one who committed the
offense, was next arraigned for sentence. He is 22 years of age.
WEINGARD was sent to Elmira Reformatory to be kept there until
discharged.
WOMAN'S ARM SEVERED BY CAR
Thrown From Her Bicycle Under Wheels of Trolley.
Miss Clara HURSH Met With Frightful Accident on State Street This
Morning.
Unfortunate Victim Fell Completely Across One Track Under Car on the
Opposite Rails.
A most
distressing accident happened in front of the
Rochester Railway Company's barns, corner of State and commercial
streets, at 9:30 o'clock this morning, by which Miss Clara HURSH, of No.
311 Jay street, lost her right arm. The young woman was riding her
wheel at the time and was thrown directly under the wheels of a trolley
car.
Eyewitnesses of the accident say that Miss HURSH seemed to
lose control of her bicycle. She was riding north on State street at
the time. Her wheel commenced to waver and she was compelled to go over
onto the track between the rails of the east track. She managed to get
out of the track and the wheel commenced to waver again. It finally
threw her just as car No. 228, of the University and Lyell avenue line
approached from the north, on the west track. The car was in charge of
Conductor Frank WOODWORTH, with W. HONDORF at the lever.
The
space between the two tracks and that covered by the
east track, about ten feet, was between her and the car. Just as the
car reached her, however, she was thrown. The force of the fall was
sufficient to throw her alongside the car where she was rolled over, so
that her arm came under the rear wheel of the truck. The car is one of
the single truckers, yet only one of the wheels passed over the arm.
The
wheel crushed the arm from a short distance above the
elbow down to the wrist. The bone was splintered so that there were
pieces of it found on the pavement after the accident. Several
bystanders who saw the accident ran to her assistance and she was
tenderly carried to the shade of the buildings opposite the barns. The
car was stopped within a few feet, showing that its rate of speed was
not great.
Word
was immediately sent in from the Street Car Company's
office to the City Hospital for the ambulance, which made a remarkably
quick run to the spot. Miss HURSH did not lose consciousness, though
the flow of blood was considerable. When taken to the hospital it was
seen that it would be necessary to amputate the injured member at once,
though the wheel of the trolley had done the work almost as completely
as the surgeons could. The arm was hanging by but a few shreds of
flesh. Miss HURSH suffered greatly from the shock and the loss of
blood, yet bore her sufferings with great fortitude.
Miss
HURSH's wheel was examined after the accident, but
nothing was found to indicate the cause of the wavering noticed before
she was thrown from it. The handlebars were twisted and the right pedal
bent, but it was plain to be seen that this was done by the force of the
fall.
Miss
HURSH was employed in the fitting room in Wright &
Peter's shoe factory on Mill street. She is 21 years of age and lives
with her widowed mother and one brother and one sister at No. 311 Jay
street.
COLORED MAN ARRAIGNED.
Fred GILMORE is Charged With Cutting Reuben D. EVANS.
Fred
GILMORE, a colored man, well known at cake walks and
colored dances, was arraigned before Special County Judge STEPHENS this
forenoon on a charge of assault in the second degree preferred by Reuben
E. EVANS, who alleges that on the 20th of April last GILMORE assaulted
him with a razor.
GILMORE
was indicted by the grand jury which rose a few
days ago. He pleaded not guilty to-day and his case was set down for
next Tuesday. Ira L. WARD will defend him.
RESTORED THE LEAD.
Richard L. PAINE Was Released Upon a Suspended Sentence by the Court.
Richard
E. PAINE, a tall and well-dressed man, who has a
shifting, uneasy look in his eyes, was next arraigned. He pleaded
guilty of petit larceny.
Louis
LAZARUS appeared for PAINE and pleaded for leniency.
He said that PAINE is an honorably discharged sailor, and that he has a
position waiting for him in Cleveland. He said that PAINE was employed
by Dr. Sumner HAYWARD and that PAINE had restored the 500 pounds of lead
which he stole from Dr. HAYWARD's dock in Charlotte. Judge STEPHENS
suspended sentence on PAINE.
ARRAIGNED IN COURT.
Peter MORRISON and Henry VARNEY Were Not Ready for Trial.
Two
young, men, Peter MORRISON and Henry VARNEY, who are
under indictment together with two others for assault in the second
degree upon Edward JOHNSTON, the Lehigh Valley Engineer who was waylaid,
it is claimed, by the young men and assaulted, in Mendon, were arraigned
before Judge STEPHENS in County Court this forenoon.
MORRISON and VARNEY were not ready to say what they would
do, and their cases were put over until Monday, when they will be again
arraigned.
JUNE 16, 1900
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ADMITTED TO PROBATE.
Surrogate Passes Upon the Will of Peter LE FROSI.
Surrogate BENTON has admitted to probate the will of Peter
LE FROSI, who died on December 25, 1899, leaving an estate valued at
$3,000 in realty and $1,700 in personalty.
By the
terms of a will made on May 25, 1897, Elizabeth LE FROIS, widow of the testator, is named as
executrix of the will and the
sole beneficiary in the estate.
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.
— The funeral of Loretta LITTLE will be held from the family residence,
No. 6 Caroline street, at 3 o'clock to-morrow afternoon.
— Mary Agnes, daughter of Joseph and Josephine LA DUKE, died at the home
of her parents, No. 97 Portland avenue, this morning, aged 6 years.
— Staiham WILLIAMS, only child of John H. and Antoinette E. BALDWIN,
former residents of Rochester, died Tuesday at the family home in
Brooklyn, aged 4 years.
— The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Louise SMERING was held from the family
residence, No. 24 Cady street, at 8:30 o'clock this morning and at 9
o'clock from the Immaculate Conception Church.
— John H. DONLIN, a former resident of Rochester, died Thursday at his
home in Chicago. Deceased was born here in 1834 and was known by the
old residents of this city. He went to Chicago while a young man and
took a preeminent part in rebuilding the city after the great fire.
— Mrs. Mary H. BAKER, widow of the late William J. BAKER, died yesterday
at the residence of her sister, Mrs. LeGrand BROWN in Scottsville, aged
81 years. The funeral will be held from the house at 10 o'clock Monday
morning. The remains will be brought to this city and the interment
will be made at Mt. Hope cemetery.
MERRY — CRAIG.
A very pretty wedding took place at St. Bridget's Church
Thursday afternoon, when Miss Catherine MERRY and John CRAIG were united
in marriage by the assistant pastor of the church, Rev. M.W. GOMMENGINGER. The bride was attended by Miss Ida ENGLERT as bridesmaid
and the best man was Frank CRAIG, brother of the groom. Mr. and Mrs.
CRAIG will leave to-morrow on an extended trip in the west. Upon their
return they will reside at No. 15 Sellinger street.
SMO