Rochester, Monroe, NY
Democrat & Chronicle
Mar. 13, 1902

PATRICK RATIGAN

Patrick RATIGAN, a well-known resident of the town of Chili, died at his home in that place yesterday morning at 5 o'clock, after a comparatively short illness. Deceased had been a resident of the town the greater part of his life and for many years was employed as section boss on the New York Central railroad. A few years ago, owing to failing health, he resigned his position and received an appointment as foorman(?) At the crossing just east of Chili Station. Mr. RATIGAN was one of the best known residents of the town and during his life made a great many friends. He was about 56 years of age, and is survived by his widow, three sons, John, William and Arthur, and two daughters, Mary and Daisy, all of whom reside at Chili Station. He is also survived by two brothers, Michael RATIGAN, a court attendant in Rochester, and Hugh, a flagman at Chili Junction, and also two sisters. Interment will be in the Catholic cemetery at Chili Center.
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WILLIAM HARKNESS

Tuesday morning occurred the death of William HARKNESS, one of Marion's oldest inhabitants. Deceased had been of feeble health for a long time past, but only took to his bed last Saturday. The cause of death was heart failure. The funeral will be held from the Baptist Church Friday at 2 P. M. Mr. HARKNESS was born May 14, 1818. Besides a wife, two daughters survive him, Mrs. D. N. MASON, of East Henrietta, and Mrs. G. H. ADAMS, of Marion. Mr. HARKNESS was the oldest member of the Baptist Church, of which he had been deacon for the past thirty-seven years. He had been a lifelong resident of Marion, and celebrated his sixtieth marriage anniversary a year ago last New Year's.
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OPERATION FOR HIP DISEASE

The people of Ontario are greatly interested in an operation which is being conducted at Dr. Lee's private hospital, Rochester. John PYE, of Ontario, took his son Bennie there a few days ago. The boy has been complaining for several months, but his parents, thinking the disease to be rheumatism, doctored accordingly until the cords and the muscles of the lad's right leg contracted so rapidly that the boy became very lame and the boy was taken to Rochester. The examination showed the hip to be seriously diseased and the boy will be obliged to remain in the hospital for several weeks. After he leaves the hospital the doctors think the lad will have to use crutches for many months.
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CATHERINE E. RICHMAN

Catherine E., wife of Thomas RICHMAN, died at the family residence near Palmyra Tuesday night, aged 73 years. Deceased was the daughter of the late William P. NOTTINGHAM, who a number of years ago was the owner of the Palmyra hotel, and who was one of Palmyra's most prominent citizens. In the early fifties Miss NOTTINGHAM was united in marriage to Thomas RICHMAN and they spent most of their life on their farm just a little west of Palmyra. Deceased was a member of Zion Episcopal Church and was a woman who commanded the love and esteem of everyone who knew her.
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LAUGHED HIMSELF TO DEATH

New Brunswick, March 12 - John VOGHTE, 70 years old, a farmer of this place, while laughing at a joke told by one of his family, burst a blood vessel this morning and fell to the floor dead. VOGHTE and his family were at breakfast, when one of the members told a joke. The old man laughed so heartily that he burst a blood vessel. The family thought he had fainted, but a doctor, who was called said that death was instantaneous.
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KILLED BY A HOUSE CAT

Campton, Ky., March 12 - James L. WIREMAN, of High Falls, three miles from here, was killed, while drunk, by a house cat. WIREMAN'S wife was awakened in the night by his groans and struggles. She jumped out of bed and discovered the cat devouring him. She killed the cat.
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GENESEE

Ten Thousand Dollars' Damage Asked, Five Thousand Awarded by Jury.

The March term of supreme court Judge CHILDS presiding, adjourned yesterday morning after receiving the verdict in the case of Alonzo H. STRINGHAM against the Erie Railroad Company. After three hours' deliberation by the jury Tuesday evening it was agreed to give the plaintiff a verdict for $5,000.

The suit was for $10,000 damages sustained October 12th when he was struck by an Erie train at a Batavia crossing. Adelbert MOOT, of Buffalo, defended the case for the railroad, and William C. WATSON, of Batavia, appeared for the plaintiff.
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BATAVIA APPOINTMENTS

Batavia's new board of trustees met last evening, with Mayor BURKHARD, presiding, and made almost a clean sweep of village offices. The appointments, all Republican, are Village clerk, O. C. SCEELE; police justice, Willis D. SANFORD; policemen, Jeremiah SHAY, Richard SHAY; day engineer, A. J. McBRIDE; night engineer, John REED; fireman, August BLUMERICK; light trimmer, Louis BEECHER, street superintendent, D. C. BENEDICK; corporation counsel, Frank WOOD; official paper, Batavia News. Other appointments were postponed two weeks. The only reappointment made was that of F. W. HART, electrician.
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ELIZABETH K. POWERS

Elizabeth K. POWERS, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward POWERS, died at the home of her parents in Batavia yesterday morning from a complication of diseases, aged 17 years. She is survived by her parents, four brothers and one sister.
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CATTARAUGUS

Bad Indian on Trial at Little Valley for Burglary Last Fall.

In the county court of Cattaraugus county, held at Little Valley, the case of James ? CLARK, as administrator of the estate of Mary A. McKAY vs. Amelia McKAY, has been tried, and the jury brought in a verdict of $116.65 for plaintiff. Action was brought to recover a promissory note of $300, which defendant gave the ???? Mary A. McKAY. The plaintiff alleged that only $9 interest money had been paid, while the defense claimed that in addition to that a payment of $200 principal had been paid.

Sheriff WILLIAMS has captured a "bad Indian" named Frank JIMMESON after a most exciting search. JIMMERSON is wanted for a burglary committed last fall at the store of Frank ARRANCE in Steamburg, and also for the crime of assaulting an officer.
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WEEKS-LOCKWOOD

A very pretty wedding occurred yesterday at high noon when Miss Cora LOCKWOOD and Robert E. WEEKS, both of Butler, were united by the Rev. I. A. BRICE, pastor of the church at that hamlet. The ceremony was performed in the presence of about fifty invited guests of the contracting couple at the home of the bride's parents.
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EDWARD FRENCH CRITICALLY ILL

Edward C. FRENCH, a well known resident of Sodus, was found in an unconscious condition by his wife in the cellar Tuesday night. He overexerted during the afternoon, a stroke of paralysis resulting. All day yesterday he was in an unconscious condition, and death is expected.
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FUNERAL OF DR. J. E. SMITH

The funeral services of Dr. J. E. SMITH, of Clyde, were held yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from his late residence on West Genesee street and was largely attended. All business places in Clyde were closed during the services.
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ORLEANS

Pleasant Journeyings of Former Albion Pastor and His Wife

Rev. W. H. CORNETT, late pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Albion, and Mrs. CORNETT, last heard from were in Rome for the second time. They had been visiting the isle of Sicily and Naples. They visit Florence again and other places in Northern Italy, and expect to go north into Scotland in April.

Their many friends in Albion and Western New York will be glad to know of their pleasant and profitable tour, which will last two years and maybe longer. The tour to Egypt and the Holy Land was given up on account of the plague there.
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FUNERAL OF F. A. DAY

The funeral services of Ferdinand A. DAY took place from the family residence on Park street Albion, yesterday afternoon. Rev. Frederick Wheeler LEWIS, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, officiated, and was assisted in the services by Rev. F. S. DUNHAM, rector of Christ Church.
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GEORGE BATES

The death of George BATES occurred at the home of his sister, Mrs. Ella BATES NORTHRUP, widow of the late Dr. NORTHRUP, Albion, Wednesday. He had been an invalid for many years.
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DIED AT WILLARD

February 27th Mrs. William RICHARDSON, of Gorham, was taken to Willard State Hospital, where it was hoped she would soon improve. But Monday night she had a fainting spell and suddenly died. She had been ailing for some time. A post-mortem examination may reveal the exact cause of death. She is survived by her husband and one daughter, Mrs. George DETRO. She was a native of England and had lived in this country many years. She was about 65 years of age.
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A TRAMP'S REVENGE

A barn and its contents, also a large shed, the property of Wellington HUMPHREY, and located three miles north of Phelps, were burned Tuesday night at ? o'clock. The loss on buildings, hay, grain and tools is estimated to be over $2,000, insured for $700. A part of the loss falls on Spencer HEATER, who worked the farm last season. A tramp, who during the day had been refused a meal, is thought to have fired the buildings.
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William BIGGS, of Geneva, has brought suit against the city for $5,000 damage alleged to have been sustained by falling on an icy sidewalk on Geneva street in the rear of St. Peter's Church.

Rochester, Monroe, NY
Democrat & Chronicle
Sat Mar 22, 1902

WOMAN PUT TO HORRIBLE DEATH

Tied To A Stake By Her Jealous Husband
Gored By A Bull
Ghastly Crime Committed Near Tonawanda
Man Probably Insane
J. B. Post, A Farmer, Under Arrest Charged With Having Caused the
Awful Death of His Young Wife, Man Confessed to His Brother
While on His Way to the Falls.

   Tonawanda, N. Y., March 21 - Never was a more ghastly crime committed than that of J. B. POST, a farmer, who tied his wife to a post in his stable this morning and allowed a savage bull to gore her to death.
   POST lives on the Worth road; four miles south of this village. He was insanely jealous of his wife and last night quarreled with her as he had often gone before over the attentions of a neighbor. Then he tied her and had the bull kill her. He is now in jail here, closely guarded to save him from the men who until to-day were his friends and associates, but who now would expose him to the same fate of his wife.
   POST confessed his horrible crime to his brother. An effort will be made to prove him insane, and on that slender chance his life depends.
   Amanda POST, the woman so shockingly murdered, was attractive and young. She was interested in a religious movements. There was a prayer meeting in Kenmore last night which she attended and while there she spoke to Rev. Hiram COATES, a Free Methodist preacher, who knew both her and her husband well and was a frequent visitor to the POST'S home.
   Late last night, after the POSTS had returned to their farm, a neighbor driving by heard a violent quarrel in progress. This morning George JEEVES, a rural mail carrier, called at the POST house on his route. He stopped to deliver a letter, but there was no answer to his hail, and he stepped inside the sitting room through the wide-open door. He went through the house looking for POST and finding nobody there, he went to the barn.
   In the bull pen he saw the body of Mrs. POST horribly mangled. Above her stood the bull with lowered horns still directed to the body that lay at the foot of a stake, about which broken ropes hung. The situation presented the whole tragedy. The woman had been bound fast and the red calico apron tied about her. The bull that was tied in the pen had been let loose, and the red apron made it certain that the savage animal would attack her. The frantic charges of the bull had broken the cords that bound the woman and let her down to the floor of the pen and the bull had gored her again and again. All through the night the bull had tossed the body. The little pen was a sickening sight when the letter carrier happened into it.
   The letter carrier notified the police at Tonawanda by phone. Policeman O'DAY started out for the POST farm on a bicycle. Meanwhile POST'S brother met the murderer on his way to the Niagara river. He stopped him and gathered from his wild talk that he meant to go over the falls. The brother questioned him, thinking he had only gone mad and then the whole story came out. After confession the murderer started for Buffalo. On the way he was overtaken and captured by a posse of farmers organized by the policeman. POST made no resistance. He was sullen and silent to his captors, and impressed them with a doubt of his sanity, otherwise he would never been brought alive to Tonawanda jail. Others than the official posse were hunting him with the full intent of fetching him bae_ and casting him before the bull that killed his wife, but the policeman succeeded in evading them and getting his prisoner safely to the jail.
   POST is to be brought into court to-morrow morning.
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NEW TOMBS ANGEL

Miss Ada H. Eliot Take the Place of Mrs. Foster, Recently Killed
   New York, March 21 - Miss Ada Honore ELIOT has been chosen to take up the work formerly so efficiently performed by Mrs. Rebecca Salom FOSTER, the "Tombs angel," who perished in the Park Avenue hotel fire. By special arrangement between the Charity Organization Society and justices of the court of special sessions Miss ELIOT will hereafter act as probation officer in that court.
   There is no salary at present attached to Miss ELIOT'S office, as the officers of the Charity Organization do not see their way, clear to paying a salary out of their funds.
   Miss ELIOT believes that criminals do not constitute a class by themselves but should be considered as human beings of the same general make-up as the rest of the world and that they should be treated accordingly.
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LIVINGSTON

ANOTHER BRIDGE OVER PORTAGE

New Double Track Structure This Time
Third To Span The Gorge
First Bridge Built in 1851 and Destroyed by Fire in 1875.
Its Successor Going up in Ninety Days,

   A new double tract bridge of the latest design will soon be built at Portage to replace the present structure which has stood since 1875. The bridge which now spans the grand gorge at Portage is the second structure ever built across the Genesee river.
   The first bridge was constructed in 1851 and it spanned the river at the same place where this present one is situated. It was considered such an excellent example of  modern engineering that the Erie railroad ran excursions there on the day the first train passed over it. This day was January 13, 1853, but previous to this an engine had passed over the new structure on August 14, 1852.
   January 13, 1853, was a great day for Portage. Excursions were run from all parts of New York state and an immense crowd was present. Among those who took part in the programme of the day were Governor HUNT and President DODER(?) of the Erie railroad.
   Attractions were billed and numerous other things were done to make the place attractive and in a short time Portage became the mecca of thousands of tourists. BLONDON at one time walked a tight rope across the gorge.
   This bridge, which was the advertisement which brought the first crowd there and thus made Portage famous as a resort, was planned by a boy 16 years of age, and his plans were carried out perfectly. The bridge was so constructed that any part of it could be taken out and repaired without weakening the structure.
   It was 800 feet long and 234 feet high. The stone piers which supported it were twenty feet high, the trestle 190 feet and the truss fourteen feet. It contained 108,802 pounds of iron and 1,602,000 feet of timber which completely cleared 200 acres of timber land. Thirteen months were occupied in the building of the structure and its total cost was $175,000.
   This famous old bridge stood for twenty-three years, needing but little repairing and remaining in excellent condition generally. Guards watched it night and day for fear of fire from a passing engine or from other sources. All attempts to preserve it were futile, for on May 6, 1875, at 1 o'clock in the morning, the bridge caught fire and was entirely destroyed. It was supposed that the fire was of incendiary origin.
   The company at once set about to build a new bridge and in ninety days the structure which now stands was completed. The bridge is apparently a frail structure but it has proved an excellent example of strength, and its pattern has been copied in the bridge at Kinzua and Stony Brook Glen.
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DAY LABOR UNION
   Judged from the present outlook laborers will be scarce and wages high in the vicinity of Mt. Morris this year. Although the season has hardly opened up yet, labor is scarce and $1.50 for nine hours' work is being paid as a matter of course. The foreign laborers, who for some years past have contributed largely to the labor circle hereabouts have formed a union, a member of which cannot be hired for less than $1.50 for eight hours' work. Whether this agreement will stand or not is a matter of much speculation, but at the present time not a man can be hired for less than that figure.
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DANSVILLE LADS WINNERS
   Dansville high school boys were wildly delighted late last evening by the receipt of the news over the telephone that their boys had won in the contest at Hornellsville between the D. H. F. Laterary Club and the Forum Literary Club. This victory was against heavy odds. The winners are: Bayard KNAPP, Roy WELCH, Charles KNAPPENBERG, Mortimer KING, Jr., Edward BROGAN.
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   Last evening the Ladies' Quaere Club of Lima was entertained at the home of Mrs. Mahlon P. ALLEN.

James DARTT, of Lima, has bought the Atkinson block, which is now occupied by Mrs. FOX'S millinery store.

Beginning with Monday Genesee Wesleyan Seminary will hold special services every day at 10 o'clock, lasting half an hour.

It is said the hard winter has proved disastrous to the English pheasants in the vicinity of Lima, as many of them have been found frozen to death.

Miss Francis S. COOKE, of Avon, has opened a studio on Rochester street in Lima where her work in charcoal, pen and ink, oil and water colors, is on exhibition.

Yesterday afternoon and evening from 5 to 10 the Y. P. S. C. E. Society of the Lima Baptist Church gave a "warm sugar social" for the benefit of the Baptist parsonage fund.

This evening the Ingelow Society of Genesee Wesleyan Seminary will hold its preliminary contest in Ingelow hall, with the contestants, Miss Jennie BREWER, Miss Nellie COLLINS and Miss Ella CRANDALL.

The grand concert given under the auspices of the Star Entertainment Club of Dansville in the Heckman opera house last evening was a grand, success and was, without a doubt, one of the best entertainments of the kind ever given in the village.

For several days past a representative of the Binghamton sugar beet factory has been in Mt. Morris and vicinity arranging for the growing of beets thereabouts. All but a very few of the farmers will raise the crop the coming season and in most cases the acreage will be increased.
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SENECA

Farewell Supper of Ladies' Shakespeare Club at Ovid a pleasant Event.
   The farewell supper given at the Franklin house at Ovid on Wednesday evening by the Ladies' Shakespeare Club of Ovid, in honor of Mrs. Aden HORTON and Mrs. W. S. RICH, who are about to leave for other parts, was intellectually and socially one of the pleasant events of the season, aside from the natural regret which must follow the parting of friends. Each member being privileged to invite a friend, the company numbered forty or more.
   After the customary responses, several members read assigned parts of one of the Shakespeare plays, which proved highly interesting. Then followed an album of living pictures of noted people. Mrs. WILSON in a very entertaining manner gave a short history of each of these living notables. After a number of charades, the company to the music of a march repaired in couples to the spacious diningroom where a dainty collation was served. After this Miss Fannie KINNE, in behalf of the club, gave the farewell address, in which the company could "read between the lines" much feeling. Mrs. RICH for herself and Mrs. HORTON responded to these good wishes with due appreciation.
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MONROE

Marriage of Miss Anna Sackett and John M. Frederick in Perinton.
   The marriage of Miss Anna SACKETT and John M. FREDERICK, both of the town of Perinton, took place yesterday afternoon at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Pittsford, the official clergyman being Rev. George H. GOMPH, D. D., the pastor of the church. It was a very pretty, quiet wedding, the bride being attired in a gown of dove colored albatross with trimmings of white satin and white applique.
   She was attended by her sister, Miss Minnie SACKETT, of Perinton, and by Miss Bertha STEFFEN, of Pittsford, each of whom wore suits of light gray with trimmings of pink silk. Their flowers were pink and white carnations with smilax. The groomsmen were Fred BUHOLTZ, of Rochester; Frank YEARS, of Pittsford, and George FREDERICK, of Perinton. Mr. and Mrs. FREDERICK left on a wedding journey and on their return will reside in Perinton.
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WELCOME TO BRIDE AND GROOM
   Mr. and Mrs. Alexander HOLDEN gave a reception at their residence on West Main street, Honeoye Falls, yesterday afternoon and last evening, for their son, Raleigh W. HOLDEN, and his bride. The guests were received from 3 to 6 and from 8 to 11 o'clock, and the home was lovely with potted plants and blossoms. In the dining room the yellow color scheme was carried out with narcissus. Teall catered, and the Susan Tompkins harp orchestra, also from Rochester, furnished delightful music.
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AN UNLUCKY SLIP
   While engaged in wrestling at the A. M. Chesbrough Seminary at North Chili Thursday, Oliver CASE, son of Justice J. C. CASE, of Chili Station, slipped and fell, striking the back of his head on a sharp door sill and cutting a deep gash. It was found necessary to call a surgeon, who put a number of stitches in the wound.
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YATES

Professor M. A. Beach Speaker Before Yates Farmers' Club Yesterday.
   An interesting session of the Yates Farmers' Club was held in the Y. M. C. A. hall at Penn Yan yesterday afternoon. Professor M. A. BEACH, of the New York state experimental station, Geneva, was present, and delivered a very interesting and instructive address on "Fruits." He illustrated the proper method of mixing the Bordeau mixture that is generally used in fruit spraying. He showed by experiment the different methods of mixing copper sulphate and lime, both in concentrated form and diluted form, proving that the mixture composed of the diluted materials held the materials in solution longer than when the concentrated form was employed.
   Several interesting questions were asked regarding the spraying of fruits, which was intelligently answered by the speaker, perhaps the most important of which was the subject of spraying. The professor stated that at the time of spraying, in order to have it effective to kill scab and other insects, four sprayings were necessary, two before the blossoms were opened, and two afterwards, orchards that were sprayed regularly did not need but one spraying before the blossoms were opened, and two afterwards. There were about one hundred members of the club present.
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NIAGARA

Patrick O'Brien Lay Out All Night With His Broken Bones.
   Patrick O'BRIEN, an old resident of Niagara county, was found lying at the roadside at Wright's Corners yesterday with his forearm broken and shoulder dislocated. He had fallen from a wagon Thursday night and was unable to rise had been in the road all night and suffered excruciating agonies from his injuries and from the cold.
   O'BRIEN was taken to a hospital in Lockport. He will recover.
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   News has been received in Cohocton of the death of Fred WINANS, a former resident of Cohocton.

   The marriage of Miss Jennie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James HOLLAND, of Bellons, to William COFFIN, of Romulus, took place at the home of the bride's parents Thursday afternoon.
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NO INFORMATION WILL BE GIVEN OUT TO THE PUBLIC

All Concerned in the Investigation Into W. C. Howard's Sudden Death
Refuse to Give Out Any Facts to Anyone, While Many Rumors Are Rife.

   The mystery connected with the sudden death of W. C. HOWARD; the farmer on the Chapinville road, mentioned in yesterday's Democrat and Chronicle, deepens. The authorities are close as clams in the matter and the coroner, O. J. HALLENBECK, a practicing physician of that village, refuses to be interviewed as to the mystery connected with the case. He visited the HOWARD home yesterday, accompanied by other physicians, all of whom seem to be sworn to secrecy in the matter. In answer to inquiry. Dr. HALLENBECK states that a thorough autopsy was held, and each individual organ was examined.
   "I found all the organs in a healthy condition," said Coroner HALLENBECK. This seems a strange statement when the family persist in the statement that deceased had suffered from lung trouble for some time past, and attending physicians of Canandaigua had treated the deceased for various ailments of late. "What was the cause of death?" was asked the coroner. "I do not know," he answered. This was the second investigation.
   This autopsy took place thirty-six hours after death, the body having lain untouched where the sudden death occurred at 10 o'clock on Wednesday night. Dr. HALLENBECK stated that he would hold an inquest after the burial of the body, which is to take place to-day. In extenuation of his position in the matter Coroner HALLENBECK referred the reporters to the authorities, but District Attorney R. F. THOMPSON is also suddenly stricken with unusual reticence.
   "I can't tell you a thing about the case," said Mr. THOMPSON, when approached. "The first thing I knew about it I saw in the Democrat and Chronicle." When asked if his attention had been officially called to the case he said, "I decline to state." He intimated that reference must be made to the coroner. At Gillett & Kennedy's undertaking establishment they professed ignorance of even the sex of the deceased, whom they have taken in charge for burial, and also referred the inquirer to the coroner.
   The two brothers of the dead man arrived from Wellesville yesterday and reluctantly gave their consent to the autopsy. It is stated that the cough medicine taken by the deceased shortly before death, and which is mentioned significantly in connection with the case, is something put up in tablet form and issued by a doctor of Wellsville, whose name has also been suppressed. When asked if any steps had been taken to analyze the medicine, Coroner HALLENBECK refused to state.
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ONTARIO

CANANDAIGUA HAS LOST A GOOD MAN

Death of Major Frank O. Chamberlain Yesterday
After Long Weeks' Illness
Beautiful Farm on Canandaigua Lake Had Been Major Chamberlain's
Residence Since Retirement From Active Business.

   Major Frank O. CHAMBERLAIN, of Canandaigua, died at his home on the west lake shore yesterday morning after a lingering illness of a complication of diseases. Deceased was born in Cohocton, April 2, 1830. In 1845 he removed to Rushville and engaged in the farming and milling business. He was postmaster of Rushville from 1852 till 1866, and had held other positions of trust there. In 1861 he responded to his country's call for men.
   Owing to ill health he was compelled to return home after a year of service, during which time his valor won him promotion to the position of major. In the year 1865 he went to Canandaigua to assume charge of the Webster house, which he conducted successfully for ten years. He then became possessed of his beautiful farm of 153 acres on the west shore of Canandaigua lake, about two miles from Canandaigua village, where his home had since been made.
   In 1860 Major CHAMBERLAIN was elected supervisor for the town. He was chairman of the Republican county committee and was active in politics. In 1876 he was selected as postmaster of Canandaigua and filled that position for two terms. In 1890 he was chosen by the people in a hotly contested election for the assembly, and was re-elected in 1894. During these terms he served on the railroads and public instruction committees in a manner that won for him the respect of his colleagues and the approbation of his constituents.
   Major CHAMBERLAIN was one of the foremost of advanced agriculturists of Western new York, and was for years identified with county fair interests in the section. He was for three years president and for several years secretary of the Ontario County Agricultural Society. He had been conspicuous in the affairs of the State Agricultural Society and was prominent in securing its location at Syracuse. For four years he was treasurer of that organization.
   Mr. CHAMBERLAIN was the first president of the Canandaigua street railway and was always active in local affairs of public interest. Ill health the past few years had compelled retirement from active life of one of the most active and representative men of Western New York.
   Survivors are his wife, Elizabeth HULSE CHAMBERLAIN, and three sons, Oliver H., of Washington; James H., of The Canandaigua, in-that-place, and Frank D. CHAMBERLAIN, an employee of the Northern Central offices in Canandaigua.
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OFFICES IN CANANDAIGUA
   El Encanto Rubber Plantation Company has been organized with the home offices in Canandaigua. The capital stock is $100,000, divided into 10,000 shares. The stock will be put on the market at once, and the company is to invest in 20,000 acres of land in the southeastern part of Mexico, 240 miles from seaport, where most of the tract will be set out to rubber trees, 200 to the acre. The officers elect are: President, Alexander GRIEVE, of Canandaigua; vice-president, O. L. SIMPSON, of New York city; treasurer, George T. THOMPSON, of Canandaigua; assistant treasurer and plantation manager, M. DORENBURG, of Fontera, Mexico; secretary, George SILL, of New York city; superintendent of the plantation at El Encanto, Mex., Henry BELQUIN, of that place.
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PASSION WEEK SERVICES
   Rev. J. Q. ADAMS, of the Presbyterian Church, Canandaigua, has made plans for a fine programme during Passion week at that church. He will have several out of town speakers. Special services are being arranged for holy week by St. John's. The Methodist people are holding interesting revival meetings, under the direction of Helen G. RUMSEY, whose talks attract large attendance. Yesterday there was an all-day meeting with a number of out of town speakers.
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ORLEANS

Ellen Lucyek Given a Verdict of $315 Against Village of Albion.
   The case of Ellen LUCYEK against the village of Albion has been before the county court for trial two days and a half. It was closed yesterday at noon. The jury brought in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, who fell and was injured on a village sidewalk, of $315.

Garret CAVANAUGH, who was tried this week for a violation of the Raines law, in selling liquor without a license on two occasions at his hotel in Waterport, was sentenced to pay a fine of $350.
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NEW PLANT FOR MEDINA
   The Home Supply Manufacturing Company of Buffalo is arranging to locate in Medina. The company will manufacture a line of perfumes, food flavors, toilet preparations, etc., and will employ quite a force of men. The S. A. Cook Company, which recently purchased the unused Beach plant of the Central Foundry Company, is making sweeping changes to prepare for the accommodations of the furniture factories and food flavor branches of the business. The combination of buildings with additions will give the firm a building almost continuous, 200 feet long by sixty feet wide and from two to three stories high for upholstering in finishing furniture, while the old main foundry building will be used entirely for wood working and carving. A special three-story building is to be built later on the East Center street front to accommodate the laboratories of the perfume and food flavor departments.
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ANOTHER BURGLARY AT ALBION
   The clothing store of Simon FALK at Albion was burglarized on the night of March 19th, and $155, it is claimed, taken most of the amount from an iron box. Mr. FALK was away in New York buying spring goods when the burglary was committed. This is the second recent crime of the kind at Albion.
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AN ERROR CORRECTED
   The late John H. WHITE had been a candidate of the Democratic party at Albion for district attorney, county judge and member of congress, but majorities are largely on the Republican side in Orleans county, and he had never served for these offices, as was stated by mistake in yesterday morning's sketch of Mr. WHITE.
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   The funeral services of John H. WHITE at Albion will take place Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the First Presbyterian Church.
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WAYNE

Clyde Taxpayers Against Consolidation of Districts Fourteen and Sixteen
   At a largely attended meeting of school district No. 16, of Clyde, held in the chapel last evening, Charles T. SAXTON, acting as chairman and B. N. MARRIOTT as secretary, the question of consolidating district No. 14 with district No. 16 was ably discussed by prominent citizens.
   The opinion of the voters present was unfavorable to consolidation, and the board of education was instructed to prepare an estimate of the expense of repairing the high school building and putting it in the same condition as before the fire, including expense of proper ventilation and probable cost of enlargement of building, and report at a future meeting to be called by the board.
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EDGAR WELCHER
   The death of Edgar WELCHER, aged 60 years, occurred at his late residence, No. 49 West Miller street, in the village of Newark, yesterday morning at 2 o'clock, after a week's illness with pneumonia. Deceased had been one of the most successful agriculturists in Wayne county and was a member of one of the most widely known and highly respected families of Wayne county.
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   O. J. TASSELL has sold his farm, four miles northeast of Clyde, to Mrs. Leora M. O. HOUGH, of Rochester, consideration $18,000.

   Thursday afternoon, at the home of Mrs. Peter Le Roy, near Pultneyville, occurred the marriage of her only daughter, Miss Wilhelmina VERBRIDGE, to Jacob DRAVE.

   James LOVELESS, of Clyde, died yesterday afternoon, aged 72 years. Deceased is survived by his widow and three children, Carrie and Frank, of Clyde, and John, of Harrisville.

   Colonel Anson S. WOOD, formerly department commander of the state Grand Army of the Republic, whose home is at Wolcott, has been engaged to deliver the Memorial Day address at Alton.
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STEUBEN

   Mrs. F. A. FARRELL died at the family residence on Hill street, Cohocton, Wednesday night, after a long and painful illness of consumption.

   Smith H. HILL and Mrs. Agnes G. HILL, of Cohocton, have made application to the United States court at Buffalo to be declared bankrupts.
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GENESEE

Edward Tapp Just Got Out of the Burning House in Time.
   A large farm house, one mile west of Le Roy and owned by the Empire State Salt Company, was destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. The place was known as the Allen KEENEY homestead and was purchased by the salt company about one year ago. The farm was worked by Thomas BRIDGES and Thursday evening Mr. BRIDGES and his family went to a party at Mr. WATERMAN'S some distance north. Edward TAPP, the hired man, was the only one at home and he retired at the usual time. It was about 2 o'clock in the morning when Mr. BRIDGES and his family returned.
   As they approached the house they saw that the rear part was on fire. The hired man was asleep over the part which was on fire and only for the fact that the other members of the family arrived home when they did he would undoubtedly have been suffocated or burned to death. As it was, he had barely time to escape. The fire was too well started to be extinguished and the house burned rapidly. The loss on the building was covered by insurance, and there was some on the household goods. It is understood that the salt company intends to rebuild the house in the near future.
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   Mrs. Margaret GREEN MCEWEN died yesterday in Le Roy after a long illness.
   A. Dix BISSELL, of Le Roy, has purchased the KEARSIAKE house, on West Main street.

Rev. Father VANDERPOOL, pastor of St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church in Le Roy, who has been traveling in Europe for the past two years is expected home for Easter.
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MORTUARY RECORDS 

Elizabeth McCORMICK, wife of John WEATHERHEAD, died Thursday at her residence, No. 18 Sherman street, aged 39 years. She leaves, besides her husband, a daughter, Ellen WEATHERHEAD; three sisters, Margaret McCORMICK and Mrs. Samuel DUNHERR, of this city, and Mrs. Marion HILL, of Hastings, Ont., and two brothers, John McCORMICK, of Peterborough, Canada, and James McCORMICK, of New York city.

Thomas FRISCH died Friday afternoon at the family residence, No. 188 Seward street, aged 51 years. He is survived by two daughters, Josephine and Clara FRISCH; four sons, William, Thomas, Alfred and George, one sister, Mary FRISCH, and three brothers, Peter, of this city, and Edward and Joseph, of Toledo, O.

Mrs. James P. OSBORNE, of No. 89 South Washington street, has received news of the death of her cousin, Sir George D. HARRIS, at his residence Inverness terrace, London, England, in his 75th year. He was an alderman of the London county council for many years.

Matilda GODIN, wife of Edmund GODIN, died Thursday night, aged 64 years. She is survived by her husband, three sons, Wilber and George, of this city, and Victor, of Chicago; one daughter, Mrs. George La FOUNTAIN, of Indianapolis, and five grandchildren.

Lucy P. FULLAM, widow of Harley FULLAM, aged 76 years, died yesterday at the residence of her niece, Mrs. Stephen PEACOCK, No. 13 Pearl street.

Emeline L. JENNINGS, aged 77 years, died Thursday at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Finney SPRAGUE, of No. 738 West (didn't get the rest)
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DIED

WEATHERHEAD - In this city, Thursday, March 20, 1902, at her residence, No. 18 Sherman street, Elizabeth McCORMICK, wife of John WEATHERHEAD, aged 39 years. She leaves, besides her husband, one daughter, Ellen WEATHERHEAD; three sisters, Margaret McCORMICK, of this city; Mrs. William HILL, of Hastings, Ont.; Mrs. Samuel DURNHERR, of this city, and two brothers, John McCORMICK, of Peterborough, Canada, and James McCORMICK, of New York city.
-Funeral Monday morning, March 24, 1902, at 8:30 o'clock, from the residence, and 9 o'clock at Holy Apostles' Church.

JENNINGS - In New York city, Thursday, March 20, 1902, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Finney SPRAGUE, No. 738 West End avenue Emeline L. JENNINGS, aged 77 years, formerly of this city, relict of Moses H. JENNINGS, and mother of Mrs. A. G. GARRETT, of Syracuse.

FULLAM - In this city, Friday, March 21, 1902, at the residence of her niece, Mrs. Stephen PEACOCK, No. 13 Pearl street, Lucy P. FULLAM, widow of Harleigh FULLAM, aged 76 years.
-The funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the house and will be private. Buffalo papers please copy.

GODIN - In this city, Thursday night, March 20, 1902, Matilda, beloved wife of Edmund GODIN, aged 64 years. She is survived by her husband, three sons, Wilbur and George, of this city, and Victor, of Chicago, Ill., and one daughter, Mrs. George LAFOUNTAIN, of Indianapolis, Ind., and five grandchildren.
-The funeral services will be held from her late residence, No. 269 Hudson avenue, on Monday morning, at 8:30 o'clock, and from the Church of Our Lady of Victory at 9 o'clock.