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ftwwlo €0ider' DETOTBD TO THE TRUE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF SENEGA COUNTY. THE ( OURIER, E st’d 1837, Vol. 65. 1 ThE J URNAL, st'd 1884, Vol. 18. J Consolidated Aug. 21, 1902. SENECA FALLS, N. Y., THTJESDAY, DECEMBEE 4, 1902. No. 35 Shocked to Death. A terrible and distressing accident happened on Fall street at the corner of Ovid street Tuesday evening shortly before eleven o’clock by which Police man Patrick McKeon naet his death suddenly and without a moment’s' warning. The oflBcer who has been a member of the local police force for some time, was on night duty, and about half past ten o’clock he reported at the police station that something was wrong with the wires near John Maguire’s saloon at the corner of Ovid and Fall streets and said he was going to look after it. Shortly afterward, Frank Oruise and M. E. Reagan, who were on their way home, noticed near the crossing in front of the Chamber lain block an intense blue flame, which they could not account for. Going nearer they were horrified at the sight of Officer McKeon, prostrate on the ground and tightly gripping a wire in his hand, the flames proceed ing from the contact thus formed. Their first impulse was to start to the assistance of the unfortunate man, but realizing the danger they desisted and word was sent to the electric light company and the current turned off. \When the current ceased to pass through the muscles of his body, Mr. McKeon’s right hand and arm which had been held stiff and rigid, relaxed and fell limp and lifeless to his side. Physicians were quickly summoned and the unfortunate man taken to a vacant store, where every effort was made to restore him to consciousness, but in vain, death having probably been instantaneous and painless. As a result of contact with the live wire ^ the palm of his right hand was seared almost to the bone and one finger was nearly burned off. Officer McKeon was thirty-eight years of age and a ^^^^of James McKeotf of this village. t^'^Pfeides his parents, he is survived by two brothers, Joseph M., and James 'G ., and two sisters. Miss Margaret and Mrs. Patrick Ryan, all of this village. He was a member of the O. M. B. A., Iron Moulders’ Union No. 49, Division No. 1, Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Father Mathew T. A. B. society. A man of excellent habits, he was zealous and energetic in the performance of his duties and faithful to what he believed to be right. His sad death is greatly regretted and the members of his family have the sym pathy of the whole community in this sudden and terrible affliction. How the accident occurred has not been clearly ascertained. Two wires were found broken down, one belong ing to the new fire alarm company aud the other to the electric light company. During the night there was a high wind and the two wires must have come in contact in some - way, the current severing both and causing them to fall to the gronnd. Whether Mr. McKeon attempted to remove the wires from the street before notifying the electric light com p a n y to shut off the current, or how he came in contact with the wire which caused his death is not known. Coroner Orosby is conducting an investigation and will endeavor to fix the blame for the sad accident. > ' ■ Supervisors at the County House. The members of the board of super visors and a number of invited guests dine to-day with Superintendent of the Poor Odgen Wheeler at the county house. These annual visits of the supervisors to the county poor farm are occasions of genuine pleas ure to all who attend and Mr. Wheeler has always proven himself a genial and hospitable host as well as a worthy, painstaking and efficient public official. He will retire from office January 1st next, With the con- sciousness of having performed every duty to the best of his ability and with the knowledge that the high char acter of his service has been apprec;- .ated and recognised by the public. Christmas gifts! Special drives in heavy embossed solid oak crickets for 35 cents at Teller’s. Only 100 of these at this price. Other footstools Y ' $1-62 and up. ^ Ping-pong, the most popular game at Knight’s, makes a. splendid Christ mas gift. Village Trustees. The board of trustees held the regu lar December meeting on Monday evening. Bills to the amount of $1,140 were audited. The claim of William T. Smith, a former member of the board, of $170 for damages re sulting from a fall on the sidewalk on East Fall street, in front of Terrace Row, was rejected after considerable discussion. Mr. Smith’s arm was broken by the fall. The damage claim was presented some months since and action upon it having been deferred from time to time, Mr. Smith called it up by a communication ad dressed to t’ne village president. The police justice’s report for November showing seven arrests, $16 of fines collected $5,20 paid to the village treasurer aud expenses of $11 80 was received, read and placed on tile. Sidewalk permits were granted to W. R. Williams, Charles Graham and Frank B. English under the fifty per cent charier clause. A resolution was adopted by unanimous vote, authorizing the Freck-Johnson Water Company to incorporate under New York State laws in accordance with their request, on condition that the company furnish a $26,000 bond, en suring the performance of thei condi tions of the company’s contract and indemnifying the village against damages resulting from the construc tion and introduction of the proposed system. A complaint being made that the Littlejohn Monument Com pany had neglected to build a stone sidewalk in front of their premises on East Fall street, though officially notified to do so, Street Commissioner Gray was ordered to construct such a walk, the expense of the same to be charged to the company. Ambrose Casey described the condition of the approaches to the Rnmsey street bridge, alleging that they were uo safe for the use of pedestrians and added that the cost of placing them in fit condition for foot passengers would be but trifling. President Purdy assured him that the matter would be given prompt a ttention. Start a riovement for Good Roads. The question of a good road be tween this village and Waterloo is being agitated to a considerable extent by the people and a large number of prominent interests are ready and williug to take hold! of it. The Higbie Armstrong good roads law provides that the supervisors by a resolution can start an improvement of any public highway in the county the cost of the same being paid by thes tate, county and town or towns through which it may pass. The state pays fifty per cent. The county thirty-five per cent and the town or towns fifteen per cent, the road be tween this village and Waterloo is in very bad condition nine months in he year and a road that is traveled as much as this one is cer tainly should be placed in an im proved state. From the corporation line of this village to the corporation line of Waterloo it is about one aqd a half miles which could be improved under the law at a cost of about eight or ten thousand dollars. This would be a sample of improved roads and would be a start in the right direction. The two villages could then extend the improvement from the corporation lines to the center of their respective business sections mak ing a fine chivi vhich would be appre ciated by fvc.-\ ixidy owning a horse or having occ t-i in to ride from either village to the her. Let the people of Waterloo •* id Seneca Falls take hold of this mutter at once and see if we can persuade our county fathers to start a sample of good roads be tween these villages, When the peo ple see what good roads are there will soon be more of them built and we will gradually get out of the mud and catch up with the progress of the times. Whom the new Secretary of the State will name for his Deputy is not yet announced to the public. If the wishes of the press of the state were consulted, he would select J. B. H. Mongin, the worthy gentleman who has held the place so long and filled it so well.—Newark Courier. Asphyxiated by Coal Gas. Frank. McCoy an aged and esteemed resident of this place, died about five o’clock Wednesday ;morning, as the result of being asphyxiated by coal gas, Monday night and Tuesday. Mr. .McCoy, aged eighty-tive, and his wife, who is nearly eighty years of age, lived alone in their pleasant home on Haigh street. Both enjoyed good health and retired as usual about eight o’clock Monday evening. On Tuesday, Mrs. McCoy having failed to come to spend the day with her daughter, Mrs. Thomas Rice, the latter in the afternoon sent her daughter Margaret up to the house of the aged couple to investiga'e. The daughter found the doors locked and as the occupants had not been seen by the neighbors, the house was entered with the assistance of Mail Carrier Frank J. Durnin, On open ing the door, the investigators were met with dense fumes of coal gas, that was still escaping from the heat ing stove. Fresh air was admitted at once through open doors and windows and Mr. McCoy and his wife were fonnd lying unconscious in their beds as they had retired. Medical aid was quickly summoned and after a time both were roused from the stupor caused by inhaling the deadly gas. Prospects for their recovery seemed favorable, but the poison proved more than Mr. McCoy could stand, and he expired Wednesday, v/hile his wife is still in a critical condition. Deceased was born in County Louth, Ireland, and came to the United States when a young man, and has lived more than fifty years in this village. He was a faithful citizen of his adopted country, honest and up right in all things, and his habits of industry and fruga'ity commended him to all. He was an accommo dating and forbearing neighbour, a kind husband and an indulgent parent. Beside his widow, be leaves daughters, Mrs. Thomas Rice and Miss Catherine McCoy of this village, and^Sister Mary Stanislaus of Pease- ville, N. Y., and Sister Damien of Watertown, both of the sacred order of Mercy. The funeral service will be held Saturday morning at St. Pat rick’s church. The Library Concert. This is the last issue of the C ourier - J ournal before the concert to be given next Wednesday evening. Dee ember 10th for the benefit of our free public library. We call upon our citizens to respond to this opportunity to show their interest in this valuable institution. Every person who takes books f r : m the library, or enjoys the privilege of reading in the pleasant rooms provided for tbat purpose should feel it a duty and delight to purchase a ticket, aud it is hoped those who can afford it will do more. The executive committee of the Mus ical-Literary Club are working hard to make a success of this enterprise but their efforts, unaided by a general public interest will only result in a fine entertainment, which, however will more than repay people for the money expended. The singers of the village have responded with alacrity to the invitation to assist the singers of the club in this work and have given time and pains to the rehearsals, which have also been greatly enjoyed by all participating. It now rests with the public to make the concert a finan cial success. The expenses even with the place of meeting given for rehearsals and entertainment are necessarily heavy and a large sale of tickets is earnestly looked for. Let no one be remiss in assisting on this occasion to benefit our fine public librai-y, while enjoying a delightful concert. Seats may be reserved after nine o’clock Friday morning for ten cents extra at Hull’s newsroom. A man went with his wife to visit her phyiciau. The doctor placed a thermometer in the woman’ s month. After two or three minutes, just as the physician was about to remove the-thermometer, the man, who was not used to such a prolonged spell of brilliant silence on the part of his life partner, said; “Doctor, what will you take for that thing?” The County Legislators. The supervisors met Monday after the Thanksgiving recess and held a short session devoted mainly to routine work. The Republican mem bers of the board filed a paper desig nating the Seneca County C ourier - J ournal to publish the session laws for 1902 and the Seneca County News to publish the official election notices issued by the secretary of state. At Tuesday’s session the clerk present ed bills of the Monroe county penitentiary, at Rochester, for the care of prisoners during the past year, amounting to $861 15; also a bill from the St. Mary’s Institute for deaf mutes amounting to $304 18. Super visor Cronin offered the usual resolu tions in regard to the burial of houor- ably discharged soldiers and sailors of the United Slates who served in the War of the Rebellion aud the Mexi can War, the said sunervision to be without expense to the county. The men named for the respective towns of the county are as follows: Covert, Thomas Woodworth; Lodi, Hiram Stout; Ovid, Abram Wilson; Romu lu.s, J. W. Snook; Varick, George W. Wade; Fayette, George K. Mars hall; Tyre, Charles Kline; Waterloo, John Hiller; Seneca Falls, Robert Ganoung; Junius, Charles Gridley. The Waterloo Observer and the C our ier -J ournal were added to the papers to publi.sh the town and county audits. The Seneca Falls Reveille was awarded the contract to print the tax collectors’ receipt books. The bank depository question was brought up once more and was finally made a special order for Wednesday morning at 11 A. M. At Wednesday’s session a resolution was offered authorizing the Seneca County building commit tee. to build a fence around the cemetry at the county bouse and make other improvements, $100 being appropriated for that purpose. The bids for printing the pamphlet pro ceedings were opened and the con tract awarded to the C ourier J our nal for $?32.50. The lists of grand jurox’s for the ensuing year wei'e presented by the supervisors of the several towns and the designation of depositories of the county funds was again postponed until Friday. To day the whole board will make their annual visit to the county house. Nathan 1 Milliken. The death of Nathan J. Milliken of Canandaigua last week removes from the ranks one mor.e of the pioneer journalists of this section of the state, a man who was widely known and universally respected by members of the newspaper profession. Mr. Mil liken was born at Keene, N. H., in 1821, and in his fifteenth year began his newspaper career as an apprentice in the office of the Cheshire Republi can. His first editorial work was done in the office of the Essex county Republican at Keeseville, N. Y., and subsequently he became part owner of that paper. Later he came to Seneca Falls where he was associated for some time with the late Isaac Fuller in the publication of the S eneca C ounty C ourier . From here he moved to Canandaigua and founded the Ontario County Times, the first number of which appeared in January, 1852, and became a strong organ of the anti slavei’y branch of the Republican party. With the paper which he founded Mr. Milliken was connected up to the time of his death. He was a man of strong personality and pronounced views, upright in character and a loyal supporter of Republican pi’inci- ples. His death is universally re gretted and the sympathy of many friends in the profession is extended to his bereaved family. Professor W. J. Dousek, of Au burn, has been engaged as organist and choir master at St. Frances de Sales church in Geneva, to succeed Professor H. B. Huerter, whose resignation took effect on December 1st. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Wayne’s holiday “ad” will appear next week. A Waterman fountain pen from Knight’s makes one of the most use- ul gifts. Personals. —Miss Jannat Latham is visiting relatives in Auburn. —Miss Jennie C. Viele is suffering with an attack of quinsy. —Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Shirley spent Thanksgiving in Buffalo. —Miss Mary Sanderson of Roches ter visited friends here Saturday. —Miss Ethel Hoag returned to the Syracuse Classical school Monday. —Geox’ge Graham has been visit ing in New York and Philadelphia. —The Misses Elizabeth and Janet Cowing were in Syracuse Saturday. —T. J. Yawger and family spent Thanksgiving day at Union Springs. —William Magill and Bert Warren are visiting in New York and Brook lyn. —Miss Marne O’Neill has returned from a visit in New York and Philad- — Miss Teresa Farron spent Thanks giving with relatives and friends in —Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Ganoung visited at Taghannock Falls last —A. O. Metcalf of Beloit, Wiscon sin, is visiting his daughters on Troy street. —Miss Rose Costello of New York city is visiting her parents in this village. —W. Charles Taylor left last week for Elmii’a, where he has accepted a position. —Miss Inez VanNess will leave Friday for a visit of several weeks in New Jersey. —Miss Grace F. Williams of Myn derse Academy spent Thanksgiving in Palmyra. —William H. Hall Jr., of Watkins Glen, spent Thanksgiving at his home in this village. —W. H. Smith of Philadelphia, Pa., is visiting his brother. Letter Carrier, S. W- Smith. —Foster L. Messenger and James R. Alderman were home from El mira for Thanksgiving. —Henry Urquhart of Elmira, spent Thanksgiving at the home of his parents on East Bayard street. —Charles and Roy Rogers attended the West Point-Annapolis foot ball game at Philadelphia Saturday. —Mr. and Mrs. John J. Ingalls of Little Falls spent Thanksgiving at Milton Hoag’s on Cayuga street. —Miss C. M. Allen of Myriderse Academy spent the Thanksgiving vacation at her home in Syracuse. —Mrs. Rourke and daughter. Miss Margaret of Auburn have been spending a few days at Milton Hoag’s, —David Grimsley of Clifton Springs is visiting at the home of his daughter Mrs. Janaes F. Beach on Montgomery street. —Miss Blanche Casey of Rochester, spent Thanksgiving with her mother, Mrs. Mary Casey on West Bayard street. —Mr. and Mrs. James M. Knapp of Buffalo, were the guests of Mrs. Knapp’s mother, Mrs. A. G. Swaby last week. —Miss Sarah Webb of Elmira was the guest of her cousin, Mrs. Ellen D. Pollard on State street Thanks giving day. — Miss Margaret La Fleur of Roches ter spent Thanksgiving with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. John La Fleur on Bayard street. —Mrs. Daniel Kelly and child of Jei’sey City, N. J., are visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Richard Oostella on Green stseet. —P. F. Brim, who is with the U. S. Express Company in Niagara Falls, spent Thanksgiving with his parents on Mynderse street. —Mrs. Daniel Kelly and son of New York city are the guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cos tello on Green street. —J. L. Cooper, wife, daughter and grandchild of Verona, Oneida county, are visiting at the home of Stockton D. Cooper on East Bayai’d street. —Miss Alice O. Rogers and friend. Miss Harriet Heustis of Ellsworth, Cayuga county, spent Thanksgiving with relativesfand friends in town. —Mr. and Mrs. Walter Webb and Miss Bliss of Union Springs, have been visiting Mrs. Bradish and Miss Shoe maker at their home on Prospect street. —Miss Hattie Ross spent Thanks giving with her cousin, Mrs. A. R. Brim. She is a recent graduate of the Geneseo Normal school and i& now teaching at Whitesboro, N. Y. — Invitations have been issued for- ,the marriage of Miss Ada M. Dun ham to Samuel J. Nsarpass, of Tyre, which will take place Wednesday evening, December lOlh, at the home of Miss Mary Dunham in that town. Waters=Curtis. Miss Cathai’ine Waters of this vil lage and George Curtis of Rochester were united in marriage Wednesday afternoon of last week by Rev. M. U. Dwyer at the parochial residence, the ceremony having been performed at half past three o’clock. A reception followed at the home of the bride on Adams street after which the happy couple left for Rochester where they will make their home. Metcalf=Wallace. The marriage of Stella E. Metcalf and Lewis J. Wallace -took place Wednesday at noon at the home of the bride’s father, Leroy Metcalf of Magee. The ceremony was performed by Rev. R. M. Duff of St. Paul’s Episcopal church, Waterloo, in the presence of the relatives and intimate friends of the contracting parties. Both are popular young people and their many friends extend sincere con gratulations on the happy event. Woods=Doyie The marriage of James C. Doyle and Miss Ellen Woods of this village took place Thanksgiving evening at the parochial residence of St. Patrick’s church, Rev. Father Dwyer officiat ing. The wedding couple were at tended only by Miss Minnie Woods of Rochester a cousin of the bride and Frank J. Maekin. Immediately after the cei’emony Mr. and Mrs, Doyle left for a wedding trip in the western part of the state. The bride is a daughter of Mrs. Michael Woods of Garden street and is deservably popular among her wide circle of friends. The groom is also well known as the proprietor of a cafe and restaurant on Ovid sti’eet. Both have’the congratulations of their many friends who wish for them a happy\ and prosperous future. Trustees Special Meeting. The board of village trustees held a special meeting Wednesday evening at which it was determined to advertise for bids for the bond issues of $15,- 000 and $4,800. These were the- amounts voted by the taxpayers at the recent special election for the Rumsey street bridge debt and for re pairing the Ovid Bridge, and Seneca street bridges. The village bonds for the above amounts will be sold to the firm or individual offering the low est rate of interest. Samuel W, Day. Samuel W. Day, who formerly re sided in Seneca Palls, died Tuesday evening of last week at the House of the Good Shepherd hospital in Syra cuse. He was born in this place fifty-seven years ago. He was a printer by trade and for many years was employed in the office of the Syracuse Journal. Sunday, Novem ber 16tb, he was in Binghamton at tending the funeri.l of Col. Clinton B. Paige, a brother Mason, and while marching to the <-.-rielery he suf fered an attack of In rt failure. He was taken to Sj raei.--** and on the ad vice of physieiarjs rit to the hospi tal where his condition was ap parently improving, when on Tues day he became much worse and his death followed. He is survived by one son, William Day, and one daughter, Mrs. Mary Thompson, of Syracuse, and by his mother, Mrs. William 0 Day, one brother, William O. Day and a sister. Miss M ry A. Day, of Seneca Falls. The funeral was held Thursday at bis late home under the auspices of the Masonie fraternity of which he was an active and honored member. The test of Time: Ostermoor Elastic Pelt Mattresses at Tellers. Thousands use them.
