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408 Market Street
REVIEW OF 1914
BY PROF. WERT
' C«atinac<! From Ktrat
business growth of the city and its
suburban towns during the year.
A HEAVY DEATH ROLL
All records of a year's events in a
community must contain the names of
many citizens cut down by death. In
{very month of 1014, honored and rep
resentative men and women of Harris
fcurg and its contiguous territory join
ed the silent host. Amongst the men I
once potential in the affairs of Harris
burg and Dauphin county whose deaths
arc here recorded, appear sucli well
known names as. Ex-Governor Beaver,
.1 udge Nathaniel Ewing, the Rev. Jesse
Bowman Voung, the Rev. .'oel
Schwartz, John V, Boyd. Lyman J.
(riVbert, Prof. Shimmell. the Rev. Thom
as T. Everett. Dr. Paul Harunan. Dr.
John W. Moffitt. Dr. Albert F. Brandt, :
Dr. AJvin 1. Mi Her. Ex-Sheriff William
Sheesly. Joshua W. Jones, the An
drew J. Dull. John S. Lvneh, John I'.
}Mtvh<v. Albert R. Sharp, Captain
John C. Harvey, Maurice C. Eby, John
Froehlieh. Darwin G. Fenno, Josiaj P.'
•Ryan, Harris C. Pahnestock, Harry M. t
Holstein, tieorge V. Cori. John G. Wil
lis, Abraham Boak. Samuel Poor man,
Geo. W. Barnes. Jeremiah K. Greena
wait, George M. Groff, and son, Edward
1* Groff. .lere B. Rex. Dr. Thomas G.
Fox and J. Paul Nissley, of Hu mm els
town; Frank Caum. of Sennit on, Ira
Buser and Solomon Zimmerman, of
Highspire: Charles DeVeney Row. of
Williamstown; Henry Cordes. of Mil-1
lersb.wg; Shell Keeme, of Penbrook:
Joseph L. Nissley, of Middlet-own;
Ellsworth McDaron, of Steelton. and
Vernon R. Minnis. the universally be
loved Harrisburg letter carrier.
In the list will be found also the :
names of many noble women who shed
n light on life 's pathway by their work
in the spheres of religious. edtieationaT
and charitable activities.
Perhaps the saddest thing in the
motuarv record is the number
of veteran? of the Civil war who. dur
ing 1914. answered the last roll call.
Sixty-four names are here given
•jainst forty-eight in each of the pre
ceding two years. The Grand Armv is
fapitUv becoming :r vanishing army.
Here is recorded tthe death of a
P-teelton woman who had passed her
104 th milestone on earth, whilst 14
persons whose deaths are here given,
were between 90 and 100 years of j
age: and 62 between the age« of SO
and 90.
THE SUICIDE AND ACCIDENT LIST
Eight homicides are recorded .n
Harrisburg and its vicinity or of Har- i
risbiirg citizens temporarily living in
another locality are recorded here, and
ouc legal execution, the last for Dau
phin county, according to thq law now
in force. Suicides reaci the appalling
number of 20. One of these was be-i
cause the man who took his life had
been refused naturalization 1
and others were for reasons equailv |
trivial.
This rushing unbidden into the pres
»n. e of . the .Maker is one of the sad
dest features of present day i:fe. The
compiler of this record propose*, in the
near future, jo present to the public a
eerie*, of "Studio iu Suicide." If
Special 23-Inch Sleeping, AA
Foil Jointed DOLLS, With IffCQ
Shoes and Stockings ... uU
Also a largo stock and complete line of Imported
and Domestic Toys which our display will prove. You
are invited to inspect them. Popular priced.
thev are the moan? of leading even n '
single person
"To bear the ill lie lias
Rather than fly to others he. knows)
•not of." "
•thev will not be written in vain.
There is another sa<i feature in this i
record. During the year 57 persons, in
this locality were found dead in be-1,
or dropped dead on the street or at
their daily avocations. The heavy death
tell in this direction is partly due to j
the modern pace of rush and hurry. It.
too. may be made the subject of a'
future swies of papers.
Of the 107 ratal accidents of the
year, given in this list, the toll of the
railroads was 21. Some of these were
faithful employes who met death in
the line of duty; some, citizens who
met death at crossings or on the
tracks, Street cars broupbt death to
one person; automobiles to S. Burnings
were fatal to 6, while falls oif various
kinds were fatal to 19. One person was
frozen to death, one electrocuted, three
diet of asphyxiation, five from poison
accidentally taken, two from electric
discbarges, nine by drowning, five by
explosions and one by the accidental
discharge Oif firearms.
Of nineteen deaths from miscellan- i
eons accidents, generally of men at'
work, twelve were the result of being i
crushed in mines or quarries or by ma- ;
ehinerv of some character. One death 1
is credited to starvation, one to the ex
cessive use of ice cream, one to swal
lowing false teeth and one to ten days
of incessant hiccoughing after violent
exertion, whilst fhe farm mower comes
in for one lone victim. The above fig
ures seem to indicate that there still
is plenty of room for the "Safety'
First'' movement.
RECORD OF FIRES IN 1»!4
Harrisburg, thanks to its efficient j
firemen, has again been surprisingly i
free from destructive conflagrations.!
But thirteen fires in the city, daring!
the past twelve months seemed of suf
ficient importance to be chronicled j
here, the most spectacular being the
destruction of the State printing office,
at Court and Cmniberry streets, ai-1
there were also some others in 1
the business heart ot" the city that i
wo-.rld have been very disastrous had j
they not been so intelligently handled
bv fhe brave volunteers of our fire de-1
partinent. In fires Penbrook, Lemovne,!
White Hil! (the duck farm) and other j
adjacent towns appear to have suffer- j
ed more heavily than tiie city itself.
The destruction of barns in the ad
joining rural sections has been unusual-1
lv heavy, twelve being recorded here, i
not inclusive of many barns burned j
up during the heavy electrical storms
of .July 10 and August 20. The saddest'
feature is that, in a number of the* :
barns, a large «amount of live stock j
also was destroved.
The annual list having closed with '
December 18, 1913, to make this;
chronicle complete and continuous the
principal events of the closing days!
of December. 1913. are also given.
DECEMBER, 1»13
19 Death of Robert M. Robinson. 219
North Second street, Harrisburg,'
a veteran of the Civil war.
20 —Death of Mrs. Clara L Snvder.'
1605 North Second street, Har
risburg.
20—tlavton T. Blocher. 2140 Penn
street, Harrisburg, died as result
HARRISBURO STAR-TNDEPENDENT, FRWAV EVENING, DECEMBER 18, 1914.
of an injury received whilst work
ing on a building.
20—Destruction by fire of a Urge barn
aud contents on Joseph Knight's
farm near Hoernerstown.
22—Michael Mohorek, of Steelton, in
stantly killed by a shifting engine
whilst carrying home a Christmas
tree for his little children.
22—Death of Jonas Swab, of Eliza
bethville, a veteran of the Civil
war, and a leader in business and
financial matters in the upper end
of Dauphin county.
23—Death of Samuel Shultz, 2017
Green street, Harrisburg, from the
effects of gas inhalej the day be
fore with suicidal intent.
24—Christmas festivities for Harris
burg ushered in by elaborate and
enjoyable evening exercises at
the profusely decorated municipal
tree located at Front and Market
streets.
24 Death of Dr. Benjamin F. Sal
lade, 22(\1 North Fourth street,
Harrisburg, a veteran of the Civ
il war.
2 4—Death of Mrs. Sarah A. Maurev.
of Dauphin, aged S9 years.
2.' Death of Jacob Stickler, of Ober
lin. a veteran of the Civil war,
from a fall down a flight of stairs.
2t>—Death of Albert K. Sharp. 812
East street, Harrisburg, aged SO
years, a veteran of the Civil war,
and long prominent as a furniture
workman.
26—Death of David Thomas, of West
Fairview, aged S4 years, a vet
eran of the Civil war.
2 i —George Ueddes, a traveling sales
man, fell dead in lobby of Hotel
Columbus, Harrisburg.
21 —A Steelton foreigner, unable to
eat from a throat affection, died
of starvation whilst being taken
to Harrisburg Hospital.
27—Death of Charles E. Van De Bo
}<art, 1212 Mulberry street. Har
risburg. proprietor Star Supply
Company.
28—Death of Mrs. Catharine Sturgeon.
311 Calder street. Harrisburg,
aged 84 years.
29—Death of" William H. ("Dick")
Dell, 1106 Green street. Harris
burg. foreman Harrisburg Gas
Company.
30—Organization of a Civic Council
for the churches of Harrisburg.
30—A female inmate of State Insane
Hospital, near Harrisburg, commit
ted suieide.
31 —Mr. and Mrs. John R. Stoey, 2335
North Third street. Harrisburg,
celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary.
JANUARY, 1914
I—A successful mummers' parade
given in Harrisburg.
1 formal opening of Harrisburg s
new Fre e Public Library.
I—Shamrock Fire Company, of Har
risburg. gave a banquet at the
dedication of its new chemical
engine.
- —Largely attended meeting of Cen
tral Pennsylvania Alumni Associ
ation of Princeton held in Harris
burg.
Death, at Hampton Soldiers'
Home, of Frazer M. Clendennin, a
Harrisburg veteran of the Civil
war, aged 85 years.
* —Dedication of the new Church of
God building at Green and
streets. Harrisburg.
4—Sodden death of Michael Gruber,
a prominent citizen of Highspire.
4—Mrs. Jane Lewis founi dead in
bed at 22 Adams street, Steelton.
® John Miller, of New Cumberland,
fell dead on steamboat that was
taking him to bis work at Sisel
ton.
®—Death of a nine-year-old boy, of
Monroe street, Harrisburg, from
an excessive use of ice cream
three days before.
.5 —Death of John Hoover, an Alli
son Hill meat dealer.
6—Hope Fire Company, of Harris
burg. celebrated its centennial.
® Death of Frederick Breckenmaker,
of Hummelstown, aged 87 years.
7—Esther Stanfield, of Harrisburg,
died from effects of poison taken
with suicidal intent one week be
fore.
7—Death of Daniel Riegle. 1413
North Fourth street, Harrisburg, a
veteran of the Civil war.
7—Sudden deafh of Henry H. Moser,
44 North Seventeenth street, Har
risburg, a steel plant foreman and
prominent in band activities.
'—"W- "B. Stei ninetz, of Harrisourg, a
motive power official P. R. R.,
killed on Rockville bridge whilst
in line of duty.
< —New Harrisfcurg Chamber of Com
merce organized to replace defunct
Board of Trade.
B—-Death of a 4-year-old Enoia boy
from burns received three days be
fore by igniting a match which toe
found whilst playing.
B—Death of W. H. Howlen, P. and R.
agent at Steeltou.
B—Death of John F. Fritehey, of 902
North Third street, Harrisburg,
aged 85 years, w"ho was the en
gineer of t he first locomotive which
ran on the Northern Central R. K.
and who was long prominently con
nected with the activities of the
city.
B—Deat h of 'Mrs. (Sarah O'Toole, 212
■Mulberry street, Harriwburg, from
tmrns received three days before,
at her home from a falling lamp.
B—-Death of Charles H. tfiitchison,
aged 79 years, a prominent citizen
of Middletown.
12—Death of ei-t heriff William Shees
ley, of Ninth and Hemlock streets,
Harrisburg. for many years very
prominent in tile politics and 'busi
ness of the city.
12—lu a conflagration at the Chil
dren's Industrial Home, Harris
burg. the building saved from de
struction by excellent work of
the Harrisburg firemen.
12 Death of Amos Shultz, 1921 Fenn
street, Marrieburg, a retired en
gineer, P. R. R.
13—Throe, frame buildings on South
street, in the Capital Park exten
sion district, destroyed by lire.
13—Lineman Irvin Snyder died from
the effects of a fall received the
day before whilst at work at Third
and North streets, HarriMbtirg.
13—'Death of l<e»is Pag.inelli, 1223%
Bailey street, Hnrrisburg, the first
Italian to engage in business in
Harrisburg in Civil war days.
13 Death of Captain Monty \V. Smv
ser, <24 Hummel street, Harris
burg, a veteran of the Civil war.
H—*A two-day conference of repre
sentative "Bull Moosers"' of Penn
sylvania, commenced in Hnrrisburg
for the formulation of the party's
plans for t*he campaign of the year.
14—With zero weather Harrisburg fire
men fotight successfully a serious
tire in the heirt of the business
district at the wholesale store of
Watt & Bro. Co., 26 South Third
street.
15 —Helen Ring Robinson, of Denver,
only woman in U. S. holding po
sition of State Senator, spoke in
'Harrisburg on female suffrage.
15—Five-year-old Antonio Buglio, of
315 South River street. Harris
burg. drowned in the Susquehanna
whilst sliding on the ice.
15—Death of Mrs. Harrv A. Hoopes,
302 Cumberland street, Hnrris
burg.
15—Annual meeting of Pennsylvania
Federation of Historical Societies
held in Marrisburg.
16—Distressing death of a young
mother. Anna Donner Clark, 41ti
Boas street. Hnrrisburg, two days
at'ter giving birth to a child.
16—Death of William H. Crook, 1403
North Third street. 'Harrisburg, a
veteran of the Civil war and for
inai'.v years a Capitol policeman.
16—Sudden death of Gertrude Saun
ders, at 317 Forster street, Har
risburg.
16—Death of Harry-J. Downs, of Steel
ton. a draftsman Peuna. Steel Co.
Li—Death of Mrs. Mary Spain, of
Harrisburg, aged 7a years, from
the effects of a fall down stairs,
January 5.
IS—Death of Daniel Erich. 42 North
Eighteenth street, Harrisburg,
aged 71 years, ten days, after
death of his wife.
20—Brakeman George R. Dissiuger. of
Rutherford, killed by an overhead
bridge whilst on his run on the P.
and R.
20—At a Philadelphia meeting of the
Tri State Baseball League C. F.
Carpenter replaced as president by
G. H. Graham.
20—-William Chubb, of Steelton, found
dead in bed.
21—Death of Frank G. Blessing. 10S
South street, Harrisburg, the third
of the brothers of the family to
die within a few months.
21—Death of David Hepford, 411 Ma
clay street, Harrisburg, a retired
engineer P. R- R.. and one of the
founders of the Fifth Street M. E.
church.
-'2-—Death of John S. Lynch, 224 North
v street, Harrisburg, aged 90 years,
twice Recorder of Dauphin county
and prominent in its politics for
many years.
22—Mrs. Warren MeCurdv, 1342
North street. Harrisburg, fell dead
at her home.
22—Death of Emanuel lloltz, of Mc
chaniesburg, aged 91 years.
22—Death of Baggage master William
A. Pelion. 6 7 North Eighteenth
street, Harrisburg. *•
22—Cemetery Sexton Joseph Yeager,
residing near Middletown, com
mitted suicide.
23—Death of Mrs. Catharine Shoemak
er. widow of George J. Shoemaker,
1013 Green street, Harrisburg.
2 4—Sudden death, at 428 Market
street, Harrisburg, of Ramsey T.
Kepner, formerly a celebrated ball
[layer. "
2 4—Death of Jacob Friskev, of Har
risburg, from effects of a fall re
ceive! some time before.
24 Death, in Harrisburg, of Miss
Christine Stewart, for maav years
a prominent missionary worker in
several cities.
2 4—Death, in Reading, of Walter F.
Hanlen. a former Harrisburg mer
chant.
26—Seventy year-old Augustus Pool
man, 1015 South Ninth street,
Harrisburg. died from effects of a
fall.
26—Annual meeting, in Harrisburg. of
Pennsylvania State Poultry Asso
ciation.
27—John M. Bituer, 39 Balm street,
Harrisiburg, committed suicide.
28—In Carlisle, a veteran of the Civil
war choked to death by swallow
ing his false teeth.
28—Death ticorgij I). Sellmver, 1944
North Sixth setreet, Harrisburg,
eugiueer F. and M. works.
30—'Post 58. G. A. R., Harrisburg, held
memorial services for deceased
comrades of 1913.
31—Death, at Bellefonte, of General
James A. Beaver, a judge of the
Penua. Superior Court and ex-
Governor ot the State.
31—Senior class Philadelphia High
are too often
dosed with drugs
when their blood is
really starved. They need that
blood •strength which comes
from medicinal nourishment
No drugs am make blood.
SCOTT'S EMULSION ia a highly
concentrated blood-food and every
drop yields returns in strengthening
both body and brain. a.
If yon are frail, languid, jPrfik
delicate or nervosa, take Tj-W
Scott'M Emabion after meals A I//
for one month. No AlcohoL JjjjL,
■BBBBBSBBBBHIh
A RAW, SORE THROAT
Eases Quickly When You Apply a
Little Musterole
And MI'STEROLE won't blister like
the old-fashioned mustard-plaster, .lust
spread it ou with your fingers. It pen
etrates to the sore spot with a gentle
tingle, loosens the congestion and
draws out all sorauess and pain.
MI'STEROLE is a clean, white oint
ment made with oil of mustard. There's
nothing like it for quick relief for Sore
Throat, Bronchitis, Tonsilitis, Croup,
Stiff neck. Asthma, Neuralgia. Head
ache, Congestion, Pleurisy, Rheumatism,
Lumbago, Pains and Aches of the Back
or Joints, Sprains, Sore Muscles, Bruis
es, Chilblains, Frosted Feet, Colds on
the Chest (it ot'teu pre\onts Pneu
monia). Nothing like MUSTEROLE
for croupy children.
At your druggist's, in 25c and 500
jars, and a special large hospital size
ior $2.50.
Be sure you get the genuine MUS
TEROLE. Refuse imitations—get what
you ask for. The Musterole Company,
Cleveland, Ohio.
school spent tihe day visiting the
Capitol and other points in Har
risburg.
31—Death at York of the Rev. Dr.
< harles L.TChrenfeld. for two terms
Penna. State Librarian at Caipitol.
FEBRUARY
I—Second Reformed church of Har
risburg celebrated the semi-centen
nial of its organization.
- —Hershev Chocolate Co. paid nearly
SIOO.OOO to emplo >es as their
share of the profits of the preced
ing year.
2—lAn Austrian, of 1703 North Sev
enth street, Harrisburg, killed at
Division street crossing, P. R. R.
- Death at Rome, Bradford county,
Penna., of Andrew .(. "Whitney, for
twenty years a resident of 'Harris
burg and prominent in its activi
ties whilst he was the resident en
gineer of Penna. Canal Co.
2—Allen K. Cupples, of Enola, com
mitted suicide by shooting, dying
the following day.
4—.School secretaries of the State met
in Harrisburg and effected a per
manent organization.
4 —Death, at Berrvsburg, of ex-Ooun
ty Commissioner John W. Dei'bler.
s—School Directors' Association of
Pennsylvania began annual session
in Harrisbnrg, Harry A. Bover,
president of the Harrisbnrg School
Board, was elected president of the
State body.
s—Death of John Ratfhfon, 2231 Lo
gan street, Harrisburg. aged 90
years.
; s—Annual anniversary of Christian
Endeavor Societies of Harrisburg
and vicinage held at Bethlehem
Lutheran church, with about
, 2,000 in attendance.
! 6—Death of Miss Rachel Todd
Driggs, 324 North Second street,
Harrisburg.
7—Samuel \V. Mens. aged IS years,
of i'ort Hunter, died from injuries
accidentally received whilst work-
I ing at Lalance-Grosjean works,
Harrisiburg.
j 7- Schoolmasters' Association of Cen
j tral Pennsylvania opened its an
j _ nual session in Harrisburg.
i i —slo,ooo lire on Briggs street west
of Seventh, Harrisburg, in which
_ seven horses were burned to death,
j ' —Death, at Harrisburg hospital, of
; _ Louise Krouse, aged 00 vears.
' " Adam S. Rider, of Hummeflstown.
60 years of age, committed sui
cide.
S—Postoffice and hotel at the village
of Dietrich, near Elizafoethville,
destroyed bv fire.
B—Death of Charles W. Swart/, a
j grocer at 344 Muench street, Har
risburg, from injuries received in
j a fall a few days Ibefore.
I S—Death of James M. Christ man, a
prominent citizen of Fort Hunter,
) aged 75 years,
i ® Word received in Harrisburg of
j the death of Mrs. D. C. Newton
Dabs, for 13 years a prominent
J missionary worker in China.
J 9—North Hinton, aged 32 years,killed
in an accident at Pennsylvania
Steel Company, Steelton.
9—Death of Mrs. Sarah Dougherty,
2807 North Sixth street. Harris
burg, aged So fears.
10—'Meeting in Harrisbure of Pennsyl
vania State Editorial Association
and its allied associations, repre
senting. respectively, the dailies
and weeklies of the State.
10 —Cemetery oflicials of Pennsylvania
"Hiet in Harrisburg and effected a
State organization.
10—Death of Mrs. Mary A. Shope. of
• Oberlin, aged SO years, from the
effects of a fad.
11—Death of Amos J. Plummer, 1407
Regina street, Harrisburg, a teleg
rapher, IP. R. R.
11—Death, at 1611 Logan street, Har
riatourg, of Mrs. Elizabeth Gruber,
of Dauphin, aged So years.
12—Death, in Philadelphia, of the wid
ow of Simon Cameron Wilson, who
died in 1886, whilst Mayor tff
Harrisburg.
12—Death, at 438 North alley, Harris
burg, of Mrs. Drusilla Galer, aged
87 years.
13—Martha Hoke, an 18-vear-old girl,
residing near Boiling Springs,
crushed to death by a freight train
j whilst on her way to work.
13—Following several days of intense
cold, came a blizzard which pro
duced the first heavy snow of the
winter.
14—John Walzer, 228 Charles street,
Harrisburg, celebrated his ninety
first birthday.
14—Death of John E. Miller, 609
Briggs street, Harrisburg, aged 83
years, for r>o vears an emplove of
the P. R. R.
15—An unidentified man found dead
on a dump near the Harrisburg
Pipo and Pipe Bending "Works.
1 i—Death of Mrs. Margaret. Walliek
McCullough, 1202 North Second
street, Harisburg, aged 85 years.
| 15—Market Square Presbyterian' Sun
day school, Harrisburg, celebrated
its ninetj'-eighth anniversary.
I 16—Two men killed I>y gas explosion
in a Williamstown colliery.
; 17—Harris-burg lodges, Knights of
Pybhias, celebrated the golden
jubilee of the order.
17—Death, at 'Harricfourg hospital, of
Brakeman Chester Meyer from in
juries received two days before in
I the Rutherford yards whilst in
line of duty.
If—Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Free,
1527 Park street, Harrisburg,
celebrated the golden anniversary
of their wedding.
IS—Death, at her hone near Ruthnr
ford Station, of Mrs. Margaret 1
Brown (Uder) Rutherford, wife
of J. Q. A. Rutherford.
18—Death of 'Herbert D Bolton, me
chanical expert of the Elliott-Fish
er Co., Havisburg.
IS—Death of J. T. trillions, 1308 Penn
street, Harrisburg, a former city
policeman.
IS—'Death of .Tohn K. 'Mcllhenny, of
Steelton.
19—Several men seriously injured by |
a fall of rock in a Williamstown j
colliery.
19—Death of Mrs. Harriet Miller, 1739 1
North Sixth street, Harrisburg,
aged 87 years.
I#—Death at Ciettyshurg of Prof.
Aaron Sheelv, for 24 years County
Superintendent of Adams county
and prominent in many educational
conventions held in'Harrisburg.
20—Annual convention of State Asso
ciation Penua. Beekeepers began
its sessions in Harrisburg.
-I—'R. A. l<ee, 663 Briggs street, Hal- 1
risburg. found frozen to death in
the rear of fris home, having been |
rendered unconscious by a fall.
21—Henry Wert, a prominent livery I
man of Millersburg, died at Har- I
- risburg Hospital from injuries re- j
ceived by a fall on an icy pave
ment two weeks ago.
-1 —Post 116, G. A. R., Harrisburg, j
held memorial services for the do
ceased comrades of the previous!
year. i
22—Pine Street Presft»yterian Sunday I
school, Harrisburg, celebrated its
56th anniversary.
23——A second heavy snow storm and!
'blizzard caused great discomfort '
and impeded traffic.
24—The City Council of Harrisburg i
ripjHHl out of office the Park Super- 1
intendent, Assistant .Fire Chief, j
two sergeants and eleven patrol-1
men of the police force, the reso- j
lution by which this was done hav
ing been for days a subject of
citv-wide discussion accompanied I
with much asperity.
2 4—The occupants of fifty-one Steel- [
ton 'houses notified to vacate in !
consequence of an extensive in- j
tended expansion of the Penna. j
Steel Co. 's plant.
2 4—The'Harrisburg Park Commission, I
retained in an advisory capacity i
by t'lie City Council, resigned in
a body in consequence of the re-1
moral of Superintendent Forrer. |
2o—Engineer George M. Huston, 437,
Verbeke street, Harrisburg, instant-1
Iv killed by a passing passenger |
train at Branch Intersection.
2>s—'Leading "Bull Moosers" of the
State held a second conference at |
Harrisburg to agree on candidates j
for State offices.
2o—'After a period of intense cold, the]
Susquehanna, at Harrisburg, closed
solid for t'he first time in two j
years.
26——At a Great Council of the various'
tribes of Red Men in Harrisburg, j
held in the armory, more than 300 !
candidates were initiated, promi- j
nent members of the order from j
v many other cities being in attend- j
a nee.
2G—'William W. Ulerich, a member of j
Penna H. of R. from Westmore- j
lan.l county, committed suicide in !
. a Pittsburgh sanitarium.
26—Death of '.Mrs. Emma J. Gotta.,
1332 North Third street, Harris-j
burg, an active temperance worker, j
26—Death of C. 1 'Hale, for many]
years a prominent business man of j
New Cumberland.
27—'Death of Dr. John W. tMoffitt, aged |
79 years, for many years a prom-1
inent dentist in Harrisburg and
Philadelphia, and a veteran of the
Civil war.
27—'Death of Jacob Behm, of Rock
ville, aged S7 years.
28—' Butch" McDevitt attended fair i
of Reilv Hose Co., delivering a 1
unique address.
25—'Death o£ Mrs. Elizabeth Sharon, of (
Steelton, aged 104 years.
28—(Death of George Hain, 421 South
Thirteenth street, Harrisburg, aged j
37 years.
To Be Continued To-morrow
RACE BETTING HIS DOWNFALL
Shortage of John W. Baldwin Said to j
Be $43,000
Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 18.— His mania j
for betting on horse races, it was slated j
by a director yesterday, was responsible j
tor the downfall of John W. Baldwin, |
the former teller of the Liberty Na- J
tional bank of this city, who was arrest
ed here last night, charged with em-1
bezzleinent. The warrant for Baldwin's
arrest was sworn out by National Bank j
Examiner Silas H. L. Cooper, after an j
examination of 'Baldwin's accounts had i
been made.
Although Baldwin is nominally i
charged with having taken only $14,-
000 o>f the blink's money, it was stated '
by officials of the institution last night
that his shortage so far uncovered to
tals $45,000, and is expected to dou- j
ble that amount when a full investiga
t'On has been made. His speculations i
cover a period of five years.
Although earning but $125 a month,
the defaulting teller sported a $6,000
foreign motor car and is said to have
lived in princely fashion.
Baldwin is married and has one
daughter. It was his betting of heavy |
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sums on the races that first brought
'him under suspicion, directors say.
Sues Lititz for SIO,OOO
Litit/., Pa., Dec. 18.—Miss Ruby R.
Williams lias entered suit against the
borough of Litit/. to recover SIO,OOO
damages for permanent injuries sustain
ed by a fall on an alleged defective
pavement sAme months ago.
Bitter Lady Lytton
Tn "Unpublished Letters of Lady
Bulwer Lytton to A. I£. Olialon, li. A..''
the editor slips in the following when
referring to S. C. Hall's i impress ions, of
Lady Bulwer Lytton:
"Mrs. Hall was Irish, and Lady
Lytton had no partiality for her com
patriots. On one occasion her husband
entertained Daniel O'Connedi and other
Irish members at dinner, and S.
Hall relates, 'The next day 1 saw Mrs.
Builwer directing some arrangements in
the dining room, which she told me
she was fumigating in order to get rid
of the brogue.' "