Early News

Rochester Daily Union and Advertiser
Rochester, Monroe County, New York
MAY 17, 1900

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LE ROY GLEANINGS.
Death of Mrs. Elizabeth F. WILLIAMS
LE ROY, May 17. — Mrs. Elizabeth F. WILLIAMS, widow of the late Judge Samuel WILLIAMS of Little Rock, Ark., and who came north a few weeks ago to spend the summer with her sister, Mrs. J. A. ANDERSON of Stone Church, died yesterday, at the age of 55 years. Mrs. WILLIAMS was born in New Wilmington, Pa. Two brothers and two sisters survive her as follows: Mrs. R.W. DUNN of Franklin, Pa.; Mrs. J.A. ANDERSON of Stone Church; Rev. J.J. FRANCIS of Cincinnati, O., and William M. FRANCIS of New Wilmington, Pa. The remains were taken to Franklin, Pa., for interment this morning.
   Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Abaigal G. DRADE, which occurred at Corning on Tuesday, at the age of 81 years. Mrs. DRAKE at one time resided in Le Roy.
   Mrs. O.C. MORRIS of Orchard Lake, Mich., died recently. The deceased formerly resided in Le Roy, and is best remembered as Miss Addie Jannelle. She was 58 years of age.

An Overdose of Morphine.
RED CREEK, May 17. — Benjamin WALDRON, a well known farmer residing two and one-half miles north of this village, died Saturday from an overdose of morphine, taken with suicidal intent. No cause can be assigned for the rash act. Deceased was highly respected by all who knew him.

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DIED.
MAJOR — At the family residence, No. 52 Pearl street, this morning, May 17, 1900, James P. MAJOR, aged 67 years.
— The funeral will take place Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the house. Burial private.

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JUMPED FROM BUILDING
Sensational Suicide of a Hotel Porter on State Street.
Went to Roof of Hotel Building, Walked to Adjoining Roof, and Jumped.
His Skull Crushed on Sidewalk Sixty Feet Below — Several Persons Saw the Man Leap to His Death.
   George TIPPETTS, an Englishman, 35 years of age, employed as a porter by Cook(?) & Coughlin, who conduct a restaurant at the corner of State and Allen streets, committed suicide by jumping from the roof of the six-story building adjoining at 9:15 o'clock this morning. He struck on the stone sidewalk sixty feet below. His skull was crushed and he died almost instantly. The body was removed to the morgue, where an inquest will be held.
   The suicide was a most sensational one and hundreds of people who were on the street saw the man plunge to his death. As far as can be learned only one person saw him as he stood on the edge of the roof about to make the awful leap. That person was William STREIF of 133 Saxton street, who is employed by the Davis Machine Company on Mill street. The young man was at work on the upper floor of the building at the time. It is directly opposite the building from which the leap was made and, being higher than the intervening buildings on the east side of State street, STREIF could see directly across these buildings to the roofs of the buildings on the west side of State street. His attention was attracted by a man walking to the edge of the building. He saw the man stoop as though to make a jump and he called to some of his fellow workmen. When they looked the man had jumped.
   STREIF hastened to State street and when he reached the scene there was a crowd around the body of a man on the sidewalk ten feet out from the building and four feet from the curb.
   C.N. TYNER of 233(?) Reynolds street was in the second story of the building on the opposite side of State street and saw the rapidly descending body of the man when it was about twenty feet from the walk. Ed LENNAN of 8 Campbell street was on the walk within twenty feet of the man when he struck.
   Policeman William STEIN was the first to reach the body. He was on his way to the police station in a car. He saw the man as he struck, and, jumping from the car, hastened to where he lay. There was a convulsive movement of the body as the policeman turned it over and life was extinct. Thinking there might still be some life in the body, the policeman sent in a call for the City Hospital ambulance. It made a remarkably quick run. The surgeons, upon making an examination, pronounced the man dead. Word was sent to the morgue and the body was removed there.
   TIPPETTS struck on the lift side of the head and his skull was crushed, allowing the brains to ooze out and making a ghastly pool on the sidewalk.
   A thorough investigation of the case was made by Officer STEIN.
The members of the firm by which TIPPETTS was employed, scouted the idea of suicide. They said that the man was at work as usual this morning and that he was a steady and industrious man. Further investigation of the matter pointed to deliberate suicide, however. The restaurant occupies the whole of the building and TIPPETTS was accustomed to work about the various floors of the building. The last person who saw TIPPETTS before he went to the roof of the building was Mrs. KEARNEY, who was at work in the kitchen of the restaurant on the first floor up. TIPPETTS did an errand for her and left the kitchen. He had been gone but a very few minutes it seemed to Mrs. KEARNEY, when some one rushed upstairs and told her of the man's leap from the roof of the adjoining building.
   It is thought that after leaving Mrs. KEARNEY, TIPPETTS ascended to the roof of the building. As far as is known he had no business on the roof, much less on the roof of the next building. A Union Reporter went to the roof in company with Officer STEIN. The roof of the restaurant building was tarred yesterday and the tar was still soft. The tracks of the man could, therefore, be easily followed. The roof of the Spencer building from which the man jumped is about two feet lower than the one to which the man first ascended. His footprints showed that he descended to the roof of the Spencer building a few feet from the (word unreadable), through which he ascended and then walked to the edge of the building.
   Coroner KLIENDIENST, who has charge of the case, held an inquest this afternoon. The coroner learned that the man had been subject to epileptic fits. His employers say that he may have been in a dazed condition from one of these fits when he went to the roof of the building and that he accidentally fell off. Had he fallen, however, he would have struck the sidewalk a great deal closer to the building than he did.
   As far as is known TIPPETTS had no relatives in this country. He roomed in the Barron block on State street. Persons who knew him speak of him in the highest terms.

CLARK — WICK.
Mrs. Millicent Rathbone CLARKE of this city, daughter of Daniel T. HUNT of Chicago, and Henry Kirtland WICK of Youngstown, Ohio, were married on Wednesday at the home of the bride, No. 722 Main street east. The ceremony was performed by Rev. G.B.F. HALLOCK, assistant minister of Brick Church

DEATHS AND FUNERALS.
— Monica, infant daughter of John and Elizabeth SCHIRE, died this morning at the family residence, No. 164 Whitney street.

— The funeral of Dewitt C. YOWLE was held from the family residence, No. 142 Merrimac street, at 3 o'clock this afternoon.

— The funeral of Mrs. Bridget HANRAHAN was held from the residence of her son, Michael HANRAHAN, No. 10 Morris street, at 8:30 o'clock this morning, and at 9 o'clock from St. Bridget's Church.

— The funeral of Edwin A. BOWN will be held from the family residence, No. 212 Tremont street, at 2:30 o'clock to-morrow afternoon.

— The funeral of Mrs. Ann WEBER will be held from the family residence, No. 207 Jones street, at 8:30 o'clock to-morrow morning and at 9 o'clock from the Cathedral.

— The funeral of Mrs. Margaret TUCKER was held from the residence of her daughter, Mrs. August BITTIGER, No. 14 Whalen street, at 8:30 o'clock this morning and at 9 o'clock from St. Mary's Church.

— The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth SMEED will be held from the residence of her daughter, Mrs. C.E. FOOTE, No. 20 Rosedale street, at 2:30 o'clock to-morrow afternoon.

— George D. GOODRICH died this morning at the family residence, No. 17 East avenue, aged 25 years. Deceased is survived by his parents, and one sister, Mrs. John RICHMOND. The funeral will be held from the house, at 2:30 o'clock, Saturday afternoon. The remains will be taken to Palmyra for interment.

— James P. MAJOR died this morning at the family residence, No. 52 Pearl street, aged 67 years. Deceased is survived by his wife, one daughter, two brothers, George MAJOR of Detroit, and A.H. MAJOR of Creede, Col., and two sisters. Mrs. S.S. LEAKE of Penfield, N.Y., and Miss K. MAJOR of Detroit.

— Dina, wife of Jacob DE MALLIE, died last evening at the family residence, No. 3 Harwood street, aged 32 years. Deceased is survived by her husband, one child, her parents, Isaac and Mary DE BECK, three brothers, Peter DE BECK of Holland, Isaac and Abram of Rochester, and four sisters, Mrs. F. GEISEL, Mrs. P. MILLIMAY, Mrs. F. HILGENDORF and Mrs. J. BRUGEMAN, all of this city.

A Brilliant Wedding.
   On Tuesday morning the marriage of Miss Philomina J. KOESTERER, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John C. KOESTERER, to Mr. Henry M. BAMANN, took place at St. Joseph's Church. Solemn high mass was read by Rev. J.C. OLERT. The choir, under direction of Prof. F.J. BAUER, sang Webber's mass in D most beautifully. The solo, a new "Ave Maria," composed by Jos. H. SCHLITZER, was most artistically rendered by Miss Amelia ZEGEWITZ. There was a very large attendance by the relatives and friends at the ceremony.

BUMPUS — PAYNE.
   Miss M.M. BUMPUS and E.C. PAYNE, both of Irondequoit, were married at the home of the bride on Wednesday afternoon. The ceremony was performed by Rev. L.T. FOOTE. Mr. and Mrs. PAYNE will reside on the Ridge road, near the Forest House.

Infant's Sudden Death.
   Peter, infant son of John and Josephine LOGAN, died suddenly last evening at the family residence, No. 24(?) Chase street, aged 11 months. The infant became ill shortly before midnight and Dr. George M. HAYWOOD was summoned.
   The baby died before the physician arrived. Coroner KLEINDIENST was notified, and after investigating the case, granted a certificate of death from convulsions.

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Mrs. Elizabeth ROME died yesterday afternoon at her home in Newark after an illness of one week of pleuro-pneumonia, aged 66 years. Deceased was born in the town of Phelps, removing to Newark about twenty years ago. She was the widow of Jacob C. ROWE, who died about eight years since. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. G.C. ROWE of this place. Funeral at the house Saturday at 2 o'clock.

FARMER'S SUICIDE,
Samuel OLMSTEAD Hanged Himself in His Barn.
Special Dispatch to Union and Advertiser.
   PHELPS, May 17. — Samuel OLMSTEAD, a well-known farmer, living about two miles south of this village, committed suicide this morning. His son, Edward entered one of the farm barns about 9:30 o'clock and saw his father's lifeless body hanging from a beam, his feet about six inches from the barn floor. The body was yet warm, but life was extinct. Word was immediately dispatched to Coroner ARCHER of Clifton Springs, who will take charge of the remains.
   No cause is assigned for the man's rash act except that he was insane, which fact is born out by the number of queer transactions which he had made during the last few months. It is also reported that he made an unsuccessful attempt at suicide a couple of months ago, but was discovered before he die any harm.
   Since then his family watched him closely fearing any moment that he would make away with himself. Mr. OLMSTEAD was a man about 57 years old and leaves a wife, one daughter, Maude, and a son, Edward.

SLIGHT BLAZE.
Bed in a House on Magnolia Street Damaged.
   At 8:45 o'clock this morning an alarm from box 731, corner of Magnolia and Genesee streets, summoned the fire department to the residence of Albert COLES, at 187 Magnolia street. The blaze, which was confined to a bedroom on the first story was quickly extinguished by Chemical 13.
   The fire occured while Mrs. COLES was fumigating the bedroom. A pan containing burning sulphur was placed under a bed and ignited the mattress. The damage done amounted to $25. The loss is fully covered by insurance. Mrs. L. STALLMAN is the owner of the house.

DR. GEORGE W. RICHARDS.
Apoplexy Was the Cause of His Sudden Death.
   Dr. George W. RICHARDS died suddenly yesterday afternoon at the family residence, No. 211 Genesee street, aged 65 years. His death was caused by a stroke of apoplexy received a week ago yesterday. Coroner SIBLEY was notified and granted a certificate of death from that cause.
   The deceased is survived by his wife and one sister, Mrs. Mary EVARTS of Cincinnati, O.

Syracuse Alumni Dinner.
   The Syracuse University Alumni Association will hold forth at Teall's in East avenue this evening, that being the occasion of the first annual banquet of the association. Corporation Counsel FRENCH will be toastmaster and speeches will be made by Dean Ensign McCHESNEY of Syracuse University, David E. SMITH, principal of the State Normal School, at Brockport; Rev. F.D. LEETE, pastor of the Monroe Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, and W.M. BENSON. The committee in charge consists of C.E. MILLSPAUGH, ‘70; W.M. BENSON, ‘62; E.C. MASON, ‘88; W.W. NICHOLS, ‘94, and Dr. A.W. THOMAS, ‘95.

BOY INJURED.
Willie McCOY Fell From Main Street East Railroad BRIDGE.
   Willie, the youngest son of William H. McCOY of 33 Grand avenue was injured yesterday afternoon while playing with a number of companions about the railroad bridge on Main street, east. Young McCOY was climbing on the iron work of the structure, and when up a height of about ten feet lost his hold and fell to the floor of the bridge. In falling the boy landed on his head and was rendered unconscious.
   The boy was taken to his home by some persons who witnessed the accident and Dr. Richard MOORE was summoned. The lad's injures were found to consist of a bruised scalp. He is expected to recover in a short time.

Y.W.C.A. MATTERS.
Monthly Meeting of Board of Directors — Superintendent Resigns.
   The monthly meeting of the board of directors of the Young Woman's Christian Association was held yesterday in the association building on Clinton avenue, north. The proposed plans for the summer were discussed. It was decided to have a vacation school again this summer.
   The resignation of Miss BIRDSALL as superintendent was accepted. Miss BIRDSALL filled the duties of that position in an acceptable manner for the past eighteen months. Her resignation will take effect on June 1st. Mrs. GILLIS of Victor will probably be engaged as superintendent.
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