Rochester, Monroe, NY
Democrat & Chronicle
Mon May 1, 1899
 
YESTERDAY A DAY OF SAD TRAGEDIES
 
South Livonia Man Killed In His Barn By Lightning
A Girl Ground to Death
Miss Sullivan Instantly Killed at Lockport on Her Way to Church --
Edward Wescott, of Kanona, Found a Shapeless, Bleeding Mass Near His Home
 
Andrew KIEDER, who lived near South Livonia, on the Conesus side of the road that divides that town from Livonia, went to his barn between 6 and 7 o'clock yesterday morning. Soon after the rain and electric storm that passed over that section burst with considerable fury, accompanied with sharp thunder. His family heard a peculiar rumble and shattering noise, and going into the barn found him dead. The fluid had struck his head, burning his face and blackening his right arm.
     No fire had been communicated to the building and hardly a trace of the entrance or exit of the bolt that did the work was to be found.
     Mr. KUDER was 60 years old, a lieutenant in the Civil war, a member of the E. S. Gilbert G. A. R. Post and a Mason. He had attended a meeting of his Masonic Lodge Saturday evening at Livonia village. Mr. KUDER was a farmer and a well-known citizen. He leaves a widow, a son and two daughters. Nothing has so shocked the people of Livonia, Conesus and Groveland, his native town, in many years.
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STRUCK BY A TRAIN
 
Kanona Man's Mangled Body Found Within Sight of Home
 
Edward WESCOTT, of Kanona, in the town of Bath, met with a terrible death about 2 o'clock yesterday morning, being struck and run over by an Erie freight train. The remains, scattered for a considerable distance along the railroad tracks, were discovered by a track walker about 5 o'clock yesterday morning.
     WESCOTT resided with his family in a house in close proximity to the Erie depot, and he was no doubt on his way home when he was killed. He had evidently walked up the railroad tracks, intending to cut across the field to his home, thereby making his walk shorter. He was struck a few feet west of the Erie depot and about 200 feet distance from his home. It is quite likely that he was killed by an Erie freight train which passes through Kanona about 2 A. M. His body was literally cut in pieces and rolled into a shapeless mass. Only a part of the head remained intact and his features were unrecognizable by his friends. His brains were scattered several feet along the tracts and ties which were covered with blood.
    As soon as the remains were discovered Coroner John T. HORTON of Hammondsport, was notified of the accident and he left at once for the scene. He ordered the remains picked up. They were placed in a box and made ready for burial. Overseer of the Poor George MURRAY, of Bath, was applied to dispose of the remains and he notified Superintendent of the Poor William C. ACKER, who had the remains buried yesterday afternoon in the cemetery at Wheeler at the request of the family of the deceased. WESTCOTT was employed as foreman in the mills of the Kanona Lumber Company. He was about 40 years of age and leaves a widow and four children in moderate circumstances.
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YOUNG GIRL'S AWFUL DEATH
 
Miss Rose Marie Sullivan, of Elmira, Ground Under an Engine
 
One of the most horrible accidents which ever took place in Lockport occurred at 10:05 o'clock yesterday morning at the Caledonia and Hawley street crossing of the New York Central & Hudson River railroad. Miss Rose Marie SULLIVAN, daughter of a prominent and wealthy Elmira citizen, was instantly killed by the Central express train from Buffalo, which is due in Lockport at 10:00 o'clock every Sunday morning.
     The accident was an unusually unfortunate one. Miss SULLIVAN went to the city Wednesday to be the guest of Miss Monica HUSTON, daughter of ex-Alderman and Mrs. J. Charles HUSTON, of Caledonia street. At 9:58 o'clock the young ladies left the HUSTON residence and started for St. Patrick's Church on Church street. They proceeded down Caledonia street to Hawley where the Central-Hudson crossing is. Hardly had they reached the crossing planks when the express train came rushing along at a good rate of speed. The girls stopped for a second, and then Miss SULLIVAN, evidently thinking she had ample time to cross in safety, ran forward. Miss HUSTON called to her, and Louis H. HUSTON, a brother of Miss Monica HUSTON, sprang forward from the other side of the crossing to stop the young lady before she was squarely upon the east-bound track. Flagman OATS also rushed up, but before any of them reached Miss SULLIVAN she was directly in front of the huge engine and in another second she lay twenty-five feet from the rails a bruised mass of flesh and bone.
     Drs. H. H. MAYNE, Alexander McNAMARA, J. Carl BLACKLEY, William H. HODSON and J. Charles PREISH were on the scene in a few minutes. Miss SULLIVAN breathed a few minutes and then passed away. Coroner Henry L. CLEVELAND was notified and went at once to the scene where the fatality occurred. The train had stopped and all hands connected with it were standing about the body when the coroner arrived. He at once released them and the express resumed its eastern journey. The body was taken back to the HUSTON residence and later to PRUDDEN Brothers' morgue on Main street. The young ladies father was notified by wire and the remains will be taken to Elmira to-day for interment. Coroner CLEVELAND will hold an investigation.
     Miss SULLIVAN was a well-educated young girl and popular with all. She was just past 16 years of age. Besides a father she leaves two brothers and one sister to mourn her loss.
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ONTARIO
 
Death at Geneva Sanatorium of One of Syracuse's Oldest Business Men
 
At the sanatorium in Geneva Saturday occurred the death of William E. ABBOTT, a prominent and wealthy resident of the city of Syracuse, at the age of 77 years. Deceased had been at the Geneva sanatorium for the past two or three months, going there from Clifton Springs where he suffered a stroke of paralysis from which he never recovered. His wife and a niece from Utica were with him when he died.
     Mr. ABBOTT was born in Lowville, January 19, 1822, and was educated at Gouverneur and Lowville academies, and a preparatory school in Oberlin, Ohio. He began his business career in the city of Utica in the year 1838, when he was 16 years old, where he served as a clerk in dry good stores for nearly four years. He removed to Syracuse at the end of his apprenticeship and located the first dry goods store there in 1842, purchasing the stock owned by F. W. ANDREWS, brother of Judge Charles ANDREWS, former chief justice of the court of appeals. Associated with him was his brother Henry G. ABBOTT. The stock they purchased was a general one. They sold out everything but the dry goods, which business he conducted exclusively for the next thirty-five years. It was thus he earned the distinction of being the oldest dry goods merchant in Syracuse. Mr. ABBOTT subsequently went into the coal business for a few years, making a period of fifty-seven years during which he was in active business life in the Salt city. During that time he earned for himself an enviable reputation as a man of affairs and a public-spirited citizen. He took especial interest in the public and charitable institutions of Syracuse. He was for three years inspector of the penitentiary and twice elected supervisor. He was one of the incorporators of the Onondaga County Savings Bank, of which institution he was vice-president at the time of his death, and in the affairs of which he took an active interest, giving much of his time and personal attention to the management. He was a Republican in politics, being instrumental in forming that party in New York state. In the days of slavery he was a strong abolitionist and aided between 300 and 400 slaves to obtain their freedom through the underground railroad. He was present at the Jerry Rescue and very influential in politics.
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--The sum of $6,000 has been presented to Barnard College, New York, for the establishment of two annual scholarships, at $150 each, one of which is to be known as the Emily James Smith Scholarship, in honor of the present dean, who has just been wedded to G. H. PUTNAM, of New York.
 
--Word has been received at Canandaigua by relatives of Chester C. HAYES, now in Paris, that one of his paintings has been accepted by the salon committee, and will hang on the line. As there were 10,000 paintings submitted, and only 3,000 accepted, Mr. HAYES is to be congratulated on his success.
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YATES
 
Application of a Dundee Saloon-keeper for a License Refused
 
Up to the time of closing Saturday County Treasurer LOWN had granted applications for licenses as follows:  Penn Yan - John C. KNAPP, saloon, $200; Michael C. CRAUGH, saloon, $200; Frank V. SHATTUCK, hotel, $200; B. S. MERRITT, saloon, $200; E. H. CHAPMAN, saloon, $200; T. S. BURNS, saloons (two licenses) $400; A. J. OBERTIN, hotel, $200; Lester M. RICE, saloon, $200; Augustus DURNIN, saloon, $200; William & Shaw, hotel, $200; Thomas HAZARD, saloon, $200; James HASSON, hotel, $200; George S. GOODRICH, hotel, $200; Edgar H. LEWIS, druggist, $75; Empire State Wine Company, $75; W. W. QUACKENBUSH, druggist, $75; Frank QUACKENBUSH, druggist, $75.  Dundee -- Jesse W. FULLER, hotel, $100; Andrew A. HARPENDING, hotel, $100; Silas A. PRICE, pharmacist, $5; Willis H. MILLARD, pharmacist, $5.  Rushville -- Michael QUIRK, hotel, $100; A. M. REGAN, hotel, $100.   Himrods -- Frank R. KNAPP, hotel, $100. P= Potter Center - Ashley McDONALD, hotel, $100.   Dresden -- Gertrude HAZARD, hotel, $100.
     At the last town meeting in Starkey the proposition to license saloons was voted down. Saturday, however, Frank SWARTS, the proprietor of a saloon in Dundee, made application for a license on the technicality that proper notification had not been filed with the county treasurer of the defeat of said proposition. SWARTS's application was not granted.
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DEATH OF MRS. HALLAUER
 
Hattie, wife of Frank HALLAUER, died last evening at the family home, No. 26 Alexander street, aged 28 years. Mrs. HALLAUER had been a very patient sufferer and had great hopes of ultimate recovery when death called her. She leaves her husband, three children and her mother, Mrs. E. J. RUSSELL, four sisters, Mrs. N. A. DEYO, of Chicago, Mrs. G. N. HAWLEY, and Mrs. N. L. HENDEE, of Webster, and Mrs. Henry WAAS, of Canandaigua.
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OTHER DEATHS
 
--Thomas HENDERSON, aged 63 years, died at the family home, No. 149 Bronson avenue.
 
--Miss A. Elizabeth ROBINS died on Saturday at the residence of her brother, No. 580 West avenue, aged 76 years. Deceased was a daughter of the late Rev. Gurdon ROBINS, of Hartford, Conn.
 
--Mrs. Horace POMEROY, mother of Mrs. John O. ROE, died at the residence of Dr. John O. ROE of this city yesterday morning. The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon at Troy, Pa., Mrs. POMEROY's former home.
 
--Thomas HENDERSON died on Saturday at the family home, No. 149 Bronson avenue, aged 63 years. Deceased is survived by his wife and seven children, Thomas J., Samuel J., Daniel W., Richard, Elizabeth A., Lencie C. and Sarah F. HENDERSON.
 
--Emil BUELER, well known for many years as the proprietor of the grove and other summer resorts at Sea Breeze, died at his home at Sea Breeze on Saturday, aged 54 years. The funeral will take place from Strauchen's undertaking rooms to-morrow afternoon and interment will take place at Mt. Hope cemetery, Rev. C. H. CONRAD officiating.
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DIED SUDDENLY
 
Fred FOX, aged 33 years, died suddenly last evening at his home, No. 20 Stephany park. Coroner KLEINDIENST was notified and Morgue Attendant Frank DRAUDE removed the body to the morgue, where an autopsy will be held to-day. Heart disease is thought to have been the cause of death.
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MARRIED
 
SCHOENTHALER - YEARDON - By the Rev. A. W. HAYES, Tuesday, April 25, 1899, James YEARDON and Lottie SCHOENTHALER.
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DIED
 
HALLAUER - Entered into rest, Sunday evening, April 30, at 7 o'clock, at her residence, No. 36 Alexander street, Hattie, wife of Frank HALLAUER, aged 28 years.
-Notice of funeral hereafter.
 
BUELER - At his home at the Sea Breeze, Saturday, April 29, Emil BUELER, aged 54 years.
-The funeral will leave C. E. Strauchen's undertaking rooms, No. 345 North street, Tuesday afternoon, May 2, at 2:30 o'clock, and at Mt. Hope Chapel at 2 o'clock, where the remains will be shown and services held, Rev. CONRAD officiating.
 
HENDERSON - In this city, April 29, 1899, Thomas HENDERSON, aged 63 years. He is survived by his wife and seven children, Thomas J., Samuel J., Daniel W., Richard, Elizabeth A., Lencie C. and Sarah F.
-Funeral from the residence, 149 Bronson avenue, Monday afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock, Rev. Amos SKEELE officiating. 
 
ROBINS - Saturday, April 29, 1899, Miss A. Elizabeth ROBINS, aged 76 years, daughter of the late Rev. Gurdon ROBINS, Hartford Conn.
-Funeral at the residence of her brother, 580 West avenue, Tuesday, May 2, at 3 P. M. Burial private.
 
SPIEHLER - In this city, Saturday afternoon, April 29, 1899, at the family residence, 242 Averill avenue, Amanda SPIEHLER, wife of Adolph SPIEHLER, aged 49 years and 5 days.
-The funeral will take place Tuesday afternoon, May 2, 1899, at 3 o'clock from the family residence. Interment at Mt. Hope.
Rochester, Monroe, NY
Democrat & Chronicle
Fri May 19, 1899

Miss Isabel PRINGLE , daughter of Mrs. Margaret and the late Andrew PRINGLE, died yesterday at the City Hospital, aged 40 years.  The remains were taken to the home of her sister, Mrs. E. [Ernest] DORE, No. 202 Park Avenue.  She leaves her mother, one brother, James, and one sister, Mrs. [Elizabeth] DORE, of this city, and three brothers, John, George and Andrew, of Canada, and two sisters Mrs. J. STUART and Mrs. G. LAWRENCE,  of Michigan.  
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