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Obituaries and Death Notices
The Cairo Evening Citizen
2 April 1902- 31 Dec 1902
Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois
Transcribed and annotated by Darrel Dexter
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Wednesday, 2 Apr 1902:
I
desire to thank my many friends for their kindness to me during my illness,
for the kind letters of sympathy, the beautiful flowers and delicious fruits
that were sent me. I also desire to thank our kind neighbors who so
willingly did all they could to aid my mother and brother in their trouble.
Mr.
John Stuart, mention of whose illness was made in these columns
yesterday, died this afternoon about 3 o’clock, after an illness of
pneumonia of only a few days’ duration.
The
deceased for over thirty years was employed by the City National Bank and in
his capacity as collector became well known to the business public of the
city. The announcement of his death will be received with sadness by
all who knew him. He was an exemplary citizen and was highly esteemed.
STUART.—Died,
Thursday afternoon, April 3, at 3:30 o’clock, John Stuart, aged 49
years.
Bright sunshine and a cloudless sky looked down upon the funeral cortege of
John Stuart this afternoon as if to breathe a benediction upon the
good man who has passed to the Great Beyond, and at St. Joseph’s Church,
where masses were said for the peace of the departed soul, there was a large
congregation of friends, who were there to testify by their silent presence
the warmth of their admiration for a good Christian gone to rest. All
hearts were filled with the sadness of final parting and the services were
most impressive. The Catholic Knights of America attended in a body.
The pallbearers were M. C. Wright, E. A. Smith, Claude
Winter, Charles Wenger, Hal Aisthorpe, James Galligan,
M. J. Sheehan, John A. Haynes, H. Bloms, and Phil C.
Barclay.
After
the services at the church the procession marched to the Illinois Central
station and the remains were taken this afternoon to Rockford, Ill.,
accompanied by Miss Annie Stuart and Mrs. Elizabeth M. Styles,
sisters of the decedent, and James LaHue, his brother-in-law.
Interment will be made in the cemetery there beside the grave of his mother.
(James H. Balance married Giney A. Whitaker on 26 Nov 1856, in
Johnson Co., Ill. James H.
Balance was 2nd lieutenant of Co. G, 120th
Illinois Infantry. He was 29,
when he enlisted on 13 Aug 1862, at Reynoldsburg and was a native of Simpson
Co., Ky. He resigned 25 Feb
1863.—Darrel Dexter)
The
funeral of Dr. William Wood, who died Saturday at his home in the
drainage district, as the result of a fall, following a long period of
feeble health, was held today at his late residence, the services being
conducted by the Rev. Dr. W. Sanford Gee. Carriages conveyed
those who attended to Villa Ridge cemetery where the remains were interred.
Dr.
William Wood was one of the notable figures in Alexander County’s
history and as such a short sketch of his life will be interesting to the
public. He was born on the 8th day of February, 1822, in
Bethlehem, N.H. He is the oldest of a family of three children of
David Wood and Abagail Hosmer. The father was of English
birth, and the mother a relative of the famous sculptor (Hosmer) of
Massachusetts and also of Lieut. Abner Hosmer, who, as history tells
us, was the first to sacrifice his life in the cause of American
independence being killed in the Battle of Lexington, Mass.
William Wood, on arriving at manhood, decided to learn the blacksmith
trade, having two objects in view, namely physical development, but more
especially that he might obtain the means with which to defray the expense
of a course in college for which he was preparing. He afterward became
a student in the Burlington College, where he continued his studies one
year. Later he entered the Dartmouth College, where he graduated in
the year 1850. He then entered the Castleton Medical College of
Vermont, and received the degree conferred by that institution in 1852. In
the fall of the same year he came to Cairo. He was married at Cairo on
the 3d of April, 1863, to Miss Ann E. Spiller, daughter of W. H.
Spiller, one of the pioneers of Southern Illinois, who died in Cairo in
1882.
A sad
accident occurred yesterday afternoon at Bridge Junction, in which Everett
Maynard, aged 17 years, was seriously and more than likely fatally
injured.
The
boy with others was amusing himself by jumping on and off of running trains,
and fell off, receiving frightful injures. He was removed to St.
Mary’s Infirmary where Dr. G. H. McNemer attended him, finding that
the frontal part of the skull was crushed and the back portion fractured.
His thigh was also completely crushed. Today he was resting easier,
but he is still unconscious and the chances for his recovery are extremely
doubtful.
The
injured boy resides with his uncle, T. B. Carr, in Future City, and
has been employed at the Chicago Mill and Lumber Company.
Apropos of the subject, it may be well for parents of boys living in the
upper portion of the city to ascertain how they spend their time on Sunday
afternoon. It is reported that a large crowd of boys congregate near
the bridge approach every Sunday and jump on and off the cars, sometimes
riding across the bridge. The danger of such proceedings is obvious
and a warning in time may save lives.
Judge
J. P. Robarts came down from Chicago last night where he has been
holding court to arrange for the interment of the remains of his late
servant, Oliver Hinton, who died suddenly of heart disease Monday at
midnight. Oliver was aged about 49 years and had served the Robarts
family for eight years as coachman and general factotum. He was a
familiar figure here and was known and respected by everyone, being one of
the best representatives of his race in this city. Oliver had been in
poor health for several months and the kindhearted judge and his most
estimable wife gave him one of the most comfortable rooms in their home, the
judge vacating his own library so that the sick man might have a room on the
first floor of the house. They also provided the best medical
attention and careful nursing for him, permitting his mother to come and
remain in the home to care for her son.
The
funeral services were held this afternoon at St. Michael’s Church, the
friends of the decedent assembling at the residence of Judge Robarts
and escorting the remains to the church. A special train conveyed the
funeral party to Villa Ridge where interment was made. Judge
Robarts will return tonight to Chicago to hold court.
(Henry F. Bussey married Mary Olive Fowler in December 1878 in
Randolph Co., Ill. A marker in
Anna City Cemetery reads: Henry
F. Bussey 1852-1910. Mary
Olive Bussey his wife 1852-1902.—Darrel Dexter)
(Levi
Calvin Mowery married Bertha Marie King on 25 Apr 1901, in
Jackson Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
(Elijah Sitton married Mary R. Brown on 1 Dec 1889, in
Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
(Her marker in Cairo City Cemetery at Villa Ridge reads:
Lou wife of Henry Stehr Born March 22, 1871 Died April 16,
1902.—Darrel Dexter)
Monday 21 Apr 1902:
A
blackened misshapen wreck lying on the Kentucky shore 18 miles above this
city, is all that is left today of the handsome steamer City of Pittsburg.
Within its ruins, still too hot to search, are entombed the bodies of many
passengers and members of the crew who were caught like rats in a trap and
literally roasted alive, though the dense smoke may have suffocated many and
relieved them of any suffering. Beneath the swift, cold waters of the
Ohio, scores are lying and it may be days and possibly not until the
resurrection when all are known who were on the ill-fated steamer when she
perished in the flames.
Coming down the river under a full head of steam and with 150 souls on board
and a fine trip of freight, the steamer was discovered to be on fire at 4:05
o’clock Sunday morning. Almost instantly the entire forward end of the
steamer was ablaze. The pilot headed her directly into the bank and
with her nose imbedded in the sand, the stern swung around until she lay
almost at right angles with the stream. The flames drove all the
passengers aft and of course farthest from the shore.
The
boat was 287 feet long, and the passengers and crew who escaped by jumping
into the river had fully 200 feet to swim to reach the shore directly
opposite. The current is quite swift there and the big steamer created
an eddy below into which many of the unfortunates were carried. This
accounts for the dreadful loss of life, which amounts to at least 64.
The water was very cold and the frightened passengers, rushing from their
warm beds with scanty clothing and plunging without life preservers into the
cold steam perished.
The
accident could scarcely have occurred in a worse place or in a worse manner.
The boat was loaded with 1,600 bales of hay, which fed the flames and added
to the horror. Where the boat was beached is three miles above
Caledonia, which is a mile from Olmsted, the nearest telegraph station.
The current is very swift and persons in skiffs going from Caledonia to the
scene of the disaster spent more than an hour in making the trip. An
appeal was made to Paducah for help, but the New South had passed that point
and could not be communicated with. The Dick Fowler was disabled and
could not go and not a tug could be dispatched. No appeal was
made to Cairo for help until afternoon and in the meantime the towboat
Maud Kilgore, which happened to be passing, took the wretched passengers
down to this city. This was ten hours after the boat had been entirely
destroyed.
In
the meantime the passengers and crew were strung along the bank, some with
nothing but a single garment on, hatless, barefooted, in a dazed way waiting
for help that was so tardy in arriving. When the Citizen
representatives arrived at the scene all was quiet. Mothers who had
lost their children made no outcry and talked without emotion of their
losses. They were too exhausted to be grief stricken. Cold and
hungry they suffered agonies until relief came.
The
passengers scattered so quickly that it was impossible to get all the names.
Some departed from Mound City and some from Cairo.
The
crew all went to their homes over the Big Four this morning.
The
missing crew are:
The
following also were lost, names unknown.
The
following are among the passengers missing:
Mrs. J. H.
Mulkey, who was one of the passengers, related her experiences to The
Citizen as follows:
“I got on the boat
at Metropolis at 2 o’clock Sunday morning, having received a message from
Dr. J. H. Davis of Cairo, that my daughter, Mrs. Passow, of
Texas, who is visiting there, was very ill. All the passengers were
asleep when I went aboard and I at once went to my stateroom and laid down
in the berth with my clothing on. It must have been an hour or more
when I noticed a bright light shining into my stateroom and I immediately
got up and opened the door and saw that the front cabin was on fire.
At this moment the electric lights went out and I went back into the
stateroom and got a life preserver and put it on. I managed to grope
my way by the flickering lights of the flames to a door opposite. I
opened it and saw that it was the barbershop and then groped my way further
down to another door, which opened fortunately out onto the guards.
But few passengers were aroused at this time and I with others climbed out
over the guards and down the railings head over hand, over the lifeboat,
which was right below me. I hung
suspended by my arms for a while and was caught by a man who was seated in
the boat. By this time others
crowded into the boat and filled it to overflowing, but as if providential
the flames reached the ropes that held the lifeboat and we dropped into the
river before others could push their way into the boat.
We would have all been drowned if others had pushed into the boat.
The lifeboat commenced to drift back toward the burning steamer and
we thought we were to die after all, for we had no oars to steer the boat
and the men used their arms as oars.
There were people in the river all about us on every side.
After we had managed to get to the shore, fires were lighted and the
poor men, women, and children, many of them in their night dresses shivering
with the cold from their wet clothing, huddled about the fires.
Many of them had lost those nearest and dearest to them and their
cries and moans were heart rendering.
Some were burned, but more were badly bruised and cut from coming in
contact with the wreckage. O!
It was a horrible experience and one I shall never forget.
People clung to shutters, gates and anything they could find to float
on to shore and only a few succeeded.
A physician, who with his wife was among the passengers, managed to
quiet the sufferings of some by administering morphine pills of which he had
a small quantity.”
HEART RENDING STORIES
Passengers Saw Their Dear Ones Go Down to Death.
Capt. Doss,
who was drowned, was an old river pilot.
He was making the trip for pleasure with his son, Pilot Harry Doss,
and when his body was found a mile or so below the wreck he had on all is
clothing and a life preserver.
It is believed he died from the shock.
H. F. Gardner,
of Tobinsport, Ind., was one of the passengers.
He relates his experience as follows:
“About 4 o’clock I was awakened by the electric bells and the screams
of the passengers. My stateroom
was half way back. I put on a
life preserver and my clothes and went out and jumped overboard.
I was almost caught under the wheel and saw one man who was carried
under the boat by the swift current.
I was badly bruised about the limbs, but am a good swimmer and
managed to get ashore.”
The case of Mrs.
Sherman McCullum is most pitiful.
With her three children she was going to Caruthersville, Mo., to join
her husband. She jumped
overboard and landed in the yawl, but her three children were not so
fortunate, for they landed in the water and she saw them sink from sight.
She is nearly frantic with grief. The youngest of the little ones was
recovered opposite Mound City and its remains were identified by the poor
mother.
Another terribly
sad circumstance was the loss of one of the children of Pilot Al
Pritchard. The little one was tossed from the burning steamer into
arms waiting to catch it in the yawl, but its head struck against the side
of the boat and it fell into the river and was lost. The mother is
nearly wild with grief.
One of the
surviving members of the crews, L. E. McGowen, gave this account:
“The fire was
discovered at 4:05 o’clock in the forward hold. By 4:15 the entire
boat was in flames and at 4:30 the whole boat was a wreck. The front
stairways burned cutting off any avenue of escape. We alarmed the
sleeping passengers bursting open the doors to awaken them. They ran
out without putting on life preservers and crowded aft. The officers
held them back while the one yawl was loaded with women and children.
The scene was awful. About 20 or 30 were taken off in the boat and
then those in the water were rescued. The water was very cold and the
passengers were in their night clothing. Those who were not burned up
on the boat drowned in the cold water, all except those who were able to
swim. I was one of those. When we reached shore we were unable
to stand and had to be helped out of the water. It seemed as though we
were crazed by fright for we were screaming with fright even after we were
safe ashore.”
Capt. Phillips
says the fire caught in the hold. The night watchman claims to have
been in the hold five or ten minutes before the fire was discovered.
The pilot headed the steamer directly into bank and the sharp bow stuck in
the mud the boat lying quartering with the bank. When The Citizen’s
representatives reached the scene at 1:15 the wreck was still smouldering
and was too hot to permit the search for bodies to be made. Capt.
Phillips and Capt. Scott were asleep at the time the fire broke
out, and when they were aroused the flames were coming up through the cabin
floor. The cabin was then empty of passengers who had either gotten
outside or were suffocated in their berths. Capt. Scott says
there were 65 passengers aboard aside from possibly 5 or 6 babies.
There were about as many men in the cabin as women. The crew numbered
about 75, making in all about 150 souls aboard.
HOW HE ESCAPED.
Third Clerk Ben Bridges Saves His Sister and Her
Friend.
Ben Bridges, of Louisville, Ky., one of the clerks, relates his
experience as follows: “I was
asleep at the time the fire broke out, having retired at 2 o’clock.
I was awakened by the screaming of the frightened passengers and
rushing into the cabin, found people hurrying to and fro.
My sister, Miss Margaret Bridges, and her friend, Miss Jennie
Bissicks, of Lexington, Ky., were making the trip with me.
I hastily aroused them and told them to put on life preservers as I
had done. Then we went down on
the lower deck and taking hold hands we waited until the water below us was
clear of wreckage and struggling people and we jumped into the stream
altogether. One young lady was
on each side of me and they had hold of my arms so I could only paddle with
my feet. The girls were very
much frightened and alternately cried and prayed, but I finally quieted
them. We floated down fully a
mile and at last I caught a hold of a willow growing at the edge of the
water and we pulled ourselves ashore.
The girls quickly climbed out on the bank, but when I attempted to
get out I found I was almost helpless.
I tried to stand on my feet, but I fell over and I thought I would be
lost. The girls helped me ashore
and went after some of the men from the boat who carried me to a house
nearby.”
ELECTRIC WIRE
Probably the Cause of the Fire, Says Capt. Phillips.
Mrs. Coopersmith, a stout woman weighing 225 pounds, is among
the missing. She went aboard the
boat at Cincinnati bound for Memphis.
Mr. Leach, an aged man over eighty years, was lost.
Hs intention was to leave the boat at Cairo and take a train to
LaSalle, Ill., where his son resides.
Capt. J. M. Phillips, master of the boat, cannot give any
explanation of the cause of the fire.
He states that the only way he can account for it is that an electric
light wire may have been grounded or the insulation may have been cut on a
wire. However, the wires had all
been inspected a day or two previous and were all right.
Capt. Phillips floated on a feed trough to land.
He attributes his survival to the aid of the trough, as his limbs
became cramped and he could not swim.
Capt. Dana Scott, chief clerk, states that all the crew who
were lost were good swimmers and fine specimens of physical manhood.
He cannot account for their loss. The flames burst so quickly that
they had no chance for life.
Second Mate James
Criss is at Grand Chain looking after the recovery of bodies.
The people of the
surrounding country rendered what little assistance they could. At
Caledonia, three miles below, the flames could be plainly seen and the
shouts of the passengers heard and the people went out in the skiffs to the
wreck. They assisted in saving the passengers. A little gasoline
boat happened along and took on board those that were injured. Among
these were Mrs. Charles E. Leach, of Bridgeport, Ohio, who was burned
about the arms, Mrs. Ellen Fennimore, of Arbuckle, W. Va., who was
burned about the hands and face, and Mrs. Fannie McCullum, of
Leavenworth, Ind., who was burned about the breast. The people on this
boat served coffee as long as it lasted and this was all the people had in
the way of nourishment from 7 o’clock last evening until the Kilgore
arrived at 2:30 in the afternoon.
Misses Margaret
Bridgers, of Louisville, Ky., and Jennie Bissicke, of Lexington,
Ky., who, with Clerk Bridges, brother of the former, survived, told a
graphic story of their horrible experience. They were en route
to Memphis on a pleasure trip. Their story is as follows.
We were awakened by
cries of distress and thought that the
roustabuts were fighting. We
were afraid to leave the stateroom to see what was the matter and at this
time we heard my brother’s voice calling to us to come out.
We put on life preservers and all three of us jumped into the river.
It was just daylight and we floated down the river nearly a mile, we
girls clinging to Mr. Bridges.
We could not swim, but managed to float.
It was a fight for life.
At last we got to land, all three in a state of frantic fright.
A cabin boy helped us on to land and we walked half a mile in our
nightgowns to the fires that had been started on the shore.
Our bare feet were cut by briers and stones and we were completely
exhausted with the shock and the awful scenes we had witnessed.
A barrel of beer and one of ale were washed ashore and everyone
partook of it. It stimulated us
and gave us strength to bear out uncomfortable state.
We tore canvass from out life preservers and bound our wounded feet.”
The young ladies left this morning for Louisville.
Kind people in Cairo have them clothing.
Miss Bissicks saved her purse and contents, but the others
lost all.
Mr.
and Mrs. Archer Allen, of Pittsburg, Pa., were taken from the relief
steamer Kilgore and brought to the Halliday Hotel here.
They are heartbroken over the loss of their only child and are
suffering from wounds contracted by pieces of the wreckage striking them.
Mr. Allen is cut about the head and hand and his wife is
exhausted, having just recently recovered from a serious illness.
Their condition is most pitiable.
Mr. A. F. Tassim, Memphis,
arrived today after the remains of his sister, which will be shipped to her
home at Cannelton, Ind., tonight.
Mrs. Fennimore, of Arbuckle, W.
Va., who was badly burned, is at St. Mary’s Infirmary, and is reported to be
doing fairly well. Her daughter
is with her.
The
testimony of Capt. John M. Phillips before the jury summoned by
Coroner James McManus was as follows:
“The
disaster to the steamer City of Pittsburg occurred about three miles
above Turner’s Landing on the Kentucky shore at about 4:10 a.m. April 20,
1902. The boat caught fire in the forward hatch in the hole on the
starboard side. I cannot account for the origin, except that it was an
electric wire due to no one’s negligence. The pilot, Harry Doss,
was at the wheel and did his duty beyond question. The chief engineer,
Clayton Crawford, and captain of the watch, Lege Terry
(colored) turned on the hose but to no avail. Inside of two minutes
the boat was on fire and all on board were in serious danger. Between
40 and 50 lives were lost. My home is in Pittsburg. The boat is
owned by A. L. Brahm and Capt. John M. Phillips, of Pittsburg,
and Dana Scott of Zanesville, Ohio, and George Wallace, of
McConnelsville and Charles Beckwith of Malta, Ohio. I was in
command of the vessel.
Chief
Clerk Dana Scott and Oliver D. Phillips, second clerk,
corroborated the testimony of Capt. Phillips.
The
coroner’s jury found that Capt. Wesley Doss came to his death from
over exertion and exhaustion in swimming from the burning steamer, and that
Miss Marie Tassim’s death was caused by inhaling flame and smoke.
The verdict of the jury concluded with this language: “We further find
that the crew of said steamer City of Pittsburg are not responsible
and therefore exonerate them from all blame.”
The
jury was composed of Robert A. Hewitt, Charles P. Powers, H.
B. Davison, Dennis Coleman, Hugh Cooper and C. F.
Johnson.
An
examination of Miss Tassim’s body showed that it contained no water.
This, and the fact that the body was floating immediately after the accident
led to the belief that she did not drown, but died from the causes given.
One
of the saddest experiences of the survivors was that of Mrs. Sherman
McCullum, of Leavenworth, Ind., who lost her three children aged 6, 8
and 11 years. The body of a child was found floating in the river at
Mound City yesterday afternoon and Mrs. McCullum was taken off the
steamer Kilgore at Mound City to view the remains. The poor
woman, weak and exhausted from grief shocks and her injuries, looked on the
face of the little one and her heart rendering cries of “My baby! My
baby!” made even men weep. Mrs. McCollum was on her way to
Caruthersville, Mo., to join her husband who lately started to farm there.
When the mother and her children were awakened by cries of fire, they all
ran to the guards and jumped for one of the yawls. The mother struck
the boat, but her children missed it and sank from her sight. W. R.
Rodman, and family, kind people at Mound City, sent a message to her
husband and gave her shelter, clothes and food.
Dr.
W. J. Whiteaker and wife, from Olmsted, were early at the scene and
assisted the suffering passengers.
The
Pittsburg had a good trip of both freight and passengers.
Wesley Neeley, a fisherman, rescued two passengers from off the
wheelhouse, a man and a woman. The latter clung to the blazing boat
until her hands were burned. Her body was submerged in the water and
that saved her from greater injury.
The
Maude Kilgore brought the passengers down to this city last evening
arriving at 6 o’clock. They were without money and without clothing.
Kindhearted people at once ministered to their wants.
(Edmond S. Dewey married Mary A. Lytle on 25 Nov 1890, in St.
Clair Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
Six
bodies were recovered at the wreck of the City of Pittsburg, this
forenoon. One was that of Patrick Burke. Another was the
remains of a woman, charred beyond recognition. Four were bodies of
colored deck hands. The body of the woman was found inside the wreck.
All of the others were recovered about 150 feet below and were brought to
the surface when the river was dragged at that point. Two bodies were
brought up at one time.
The
remains of Mr. Burke were brought down on the Fowler this
afternoon and taken to Feith’s undertaking establishment.
Accompanying them was Michael Burke, of Liona, Ky., brother of the
dead man. He will remain here several days in search of the bodies of
Mrs. Burke, the six Burke children, the Sweeney child
and Leslie Carter. The latter was a young man of 20, and of
slight build. He was reported in the published lists of the missing as
one of the Burke children. His home was at Whitesville, Ky.
John
Phillips, of Louisville, colored, was the one found at the wreck
yesterday. So far eleven bodies have been recovered.
Glen
Bowman, of Portsmouth, Ohio, for whom Frank Adams has been
making inquiry, is described as slender, 22 years of age. He had a
band ring on his left hand with inscription “Martha to Glenn.”
Mr.
R. C. McCoy, of New Castle, Pa., arrived today to recover, if
possible, the remains of the Blackwell family, who were lost in the
steamboat disaster of last Sunday. McCoy’s wife is a sister of
the late Mrs. Blackwell.
Capt.
Frank Cassiday, the local agent of the steamboat, reports that the
company is doing everything in its power to assist in recovering bodies of
the missing. At all points between Cairo and Memphis parties have been
appointed to watch the shores and in case of finding bodies to report
immediately to this office. Capt. Dana Scott, chief clerk, will
remain here as long as there is any chance of bodies being found.
(Charles H. Clifton married Della Kennedy on 9 Jul 1899, in
Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
The
many friends and acquaintances of Mrs. Vita Mulkey Passow of
this city, will be shocked to learn of her death, which occurred at 2
o’clock this morning at St. Mary’s Infirmary after a week’s illness of
congestion of the stomach.
Mrs.
Passow came to Cairo about ten days ago to visit her cousin, Mrs. J.
H. Davis, and was taken ill soon afterward. She was removed to
St. Mary’s Infirmary for treatment although her condition was not considered
serious until last Friday. Her mother, Mrs. J. C. Mulkey, of
Metropolis, was notified and as the readers of The Citizen are aware,
was on her way here on the steamer City of Pittsburg, which was
burned last Sunday morning. She barely escaped with her life and was
brought down from Olmsted to the bedside of her daughter after passing
through that terrible experience. The sympathy of her friends for her
in her bereavement is doubly great under the circumstances.
Mrs.
Passow’s husband, Mr. Edwin Passow, has been notified of her
death. He did not know of her illness, consequently had made no
preparation to come and as he is out of Sangelo, Tex., on a ranch fifty
miles from a railroad, there is no doubt of his arriving in time for the
funeral.
The
remains were removed this morning to the residence of Dr. J. H. Davis
on Fifth Street and will be taken this afternoon on the steamer Dick
Fowler to Metropolis, the old home of the decedent, for interment.
Mr. and Mrs. Passow were about to locate there.
Mrs.
Passow was about 25 years of age. She was married about two
years ago under romantic circumstances. She was a bright, vivacious
nature and readily made friends. Her frequent visits here had given
her a wide acquaintance among Cairo people who will deplore her untimely
death.
Mr.
James C. Clarke died this morning at 5:45 o’clock at his late
residence. 723 Twenty-first Street, after a long illness of Bright’s disease
and kindred ailments. The decedent was 64 years of age and had been a
resident of Cairo for many years, having been employed as ship carpenter for
the Mobile and Ohio transfer boats.
He
was a man of exemplary character, or retiring disposition, devoted to his
family and highly regarded by all who knew him. In his death his
family has sustained a severe bereavement that will call forth the deep
sympathy of all their friends.
The
surviving members of Mr. Clarke’s family are his wife and three sons,
Will, of Houston, Tex., Hal P., of Cairo, and Paul, of Chicago. The
two latter young men had been at the bedside of their father during his last
illness.
Mr.
Clarke was a member of the Knights of Honor, which lodge will have
charge of the funeral, which will be held Sunday at the residence.
One
body found was the result of today’s search in the wreck of the burned
steamer City of Pittsburg. It was burned badly, but clerk Dana
Scott reported it to be the remains of a young woman, judging from
the hair. It is presumed to be the remains of Mrs. Clay Breze,
of Uniontown, Ky., who, with her husband and two sons, was lost.
The
wind being very strong made the water so rough that the work of dragging for
bodies was attempted with considerable difficulty. The river has
fallen six feet since the disaster.
Success rewarded the efforts of the party at work searching for bodies at
the wreck of the steamer City of Pittsburg yesterday. When the
tug Theseus returned with them last evening, it was learned that
nineteen bodies had been recovered during the day, including the six
reported by the Fowler. The nineteen were:
Evans
was a deck passenger and was not registered. His name has not appeared
heretofore in any list of the missing. He was a bookbinder by trade
and a member of the union. Thomas Smith was one of the striker
pilots. His father, Moses Smith, who has been here for several
days looking for the body, left for Memphis with the remains last night.
The last message the boy had from his mother was to be careful in case of
fire. It was in a letter that Mr. Smith wrote to his son, and
the mother wrote the warning at the top of the letter. The letter was
found in the boy’s pocket, and was shown to The Citizen
representative last evening by the sorrowing father. The mother seemed
to have a premonition of the coming disaster.
Leslie Carter was with the Burke family, intending to go to
Owensboro, Ky.
Fred
Jones was one of the strikers or assistant engineers
Glenn
Bowman was the Pythian for whom Frank Adams was making a
search. On his person was found $61 and his gold watch among other
personal effects.
The
charred body was the only one found inside the wreck. All of the rest
were found in the river and were recovered with drag hooks. The river
was dragged for a distance of 600 to 700 feet below the wreck and for a
distance of 250 feet from the shores.
It
has been demonstrated that divers can accomplish little at the wreck, and
their services were dispensed with today. Search will be instituted in
the wreck after the water has fallen.
The
reason so many were drowned is accounted for from the fact that they stopped
to get their clothing after they were apprised of their danger of those who
were saved, many of them had on nothing but their night clothing. Very
many of the bodies recovered yesterday were clothed completely or partially.
Work
was resumed this morning, the intention being to drag again the same portion
of the river where so many were found.
Postmaster Sydney Miller received a letter yesterday from W. A.
Thayer, of Minoka, Ill., making inquiry concerning John Leach, an
old gentleman, aged 80 years, who left Louisville on a steamboat last Friday
bound for Cairo, thence to Minoka, to visit his daughter. Mr. Leach
was a passenger on the City of Pittsburg and was among those lost.
His body has not yet been recovered. Mr. Miller today notified
the parties interested of the facts.
An
inquiry concerning James Evans, one of the missing, was received
today by Chief of Police Mahoney from a Mrs. Francisco.
The remains of Evans were found yesterday.
Saturday, 26 Apr 1902:
Three
bodies had been recovered today when the Fowler passed the wreck of
the City of Pittsburg. These were placed aboard and brought
down to this city this afternoon. They were the remains of one of the
Burke children, a boy nearly grown, the body of E. L. Blackwell,
of Boyle, Miss., and the remains of a young man named Ed Jones, whose
home could not be learned this afternoon, and whose name has not heretofore
been published as one of the missing. This makes 29 bodies so far that
have been recovered. All of these met death by drowning, and their
bodies were found a short distance below the place where so many were found
Thursday.
A
reward of $200 has been offered for the recovery of the remains of L. L.
Hunter and L. B. Magill, the Pittsburg lumbermen, who were
passengers on the steamer.
The
searchers at the wreck of the City of Pittsburg late yesterday
afternoon recovered the body of a negro, who was identified as one of the
crew of the boat.
The
party left the scene of the wreck at 5 o’clock with the wind blowing a
perfect gale. The little tug, Theseus, almost stood on end time
and again as the blasts of the wind struck her. Most of those on board
decided that they did not care to risk the trip and accordingly the tug took
them across the river and they disembarked and walked three miles to Olmsted
where they took the Big Four train arriving here at 7:45 o’clock. A
few of the more daring passenger graved the elements and came down on the
tug arriving here about the same time the train did.
The
late arrival of the tug caused considerable uneasiness here, but those who
knew the staunch qualities of the little vessel that make of it a safe
sea-going craft, felt sure of its safe arrival in port.
The
body of J. T. Evans was shipped by M. E. Feith, the
undertaker, this afternoon to Jeffersonville, Ind., where the decedent’s
wife and child reside. The remains of Fred Jones, the striker
engineer, were sent this morning to Newport, Ky. via the Big Four
railroad.
Capt.
J. M. Phillips and his son, O. D. Phillips, second clerk of
the ill-fated steamer, who were called to Cincinnati on business connected
with the adjustment of the insurance Wednesday, returned today and will
remain here until all probabilities of finding bodies in or near the wreck
are exhausted. Capt. Phillips when asked about the insurance
stated that the loss had been adjusted, but declined to give the amount of
settlement.
The
body of Mrs. Emil Kupferschmidt, of Cincinnati, was found in the
smoldering wreck of the steamer City of Pittsburg this morning and
was in a horrible condition, the entire side and upper lip being burned off.
There was no clothing on the body and the only means of identification was a
heavy twisted gold ring on the finger. The brother of the decedent was
present when the body was found. The remains were brought down on the
Fowler and taken to Feith’s undertaking establishment where it
will be prepared to send to Cincinnati, the late home of the decedent.
Late
Saturday afternoon four bodies were found near the wreck of the City of
Pittsburg, they were John Botts, a white cook, a negro
chambermaid, an roustabout, and a cabin boy.
Three
bodies were found yesterday; one was that of Joseph Redding, striker
engineer of the board, and two negroes, a roustabout and a fireman. At
Mound City a floater was found, a woman who is presumed to have been a deck
passenger or a chambermaid.
After
another long hard day’s work of fruitless effort to find the bodies of their
relatives and friends, the members of the searching party held a meeting
last night in the writing room of the Halliday.
Some
of them seemed to think that further search would be useless and that the
better plan would be to offer rewards for the finding of bodies, believing
that most of the bodies have been washed down the river. The majority,
however were in favor of continuing the search today and tomorrow and
arrangement were made accordingly. It was decided to have men with
skiffs patrol the Kentucky shore from Cairo to the scene of the wreck in the
hope that the high crosswinds of the past several days may have washed
bodies over in that direction. This morning the entire party with the
exception of Judge and Mrs. S. S. Savage, who left for Salem today,
and Mrs. Kupferschmidt of Memphis, left at 7 o’clock on the tug
Theseus for the wreck and men with skiffs were placed at several points
along the Kentucky shore.
It is
estimated that over 2,000 people went to the scene of the wreck of the
steamer City of Pittsburg yesterday on excursions. Lunch stands
were kept going in full blast and the affair was turned into a picnic, the
thought to which is disgusting to people of less morbid minds.
(Henry C. Fearnside married Rydal M. Crain on 13 Sep 1885, in
Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
4:00
p.m.—Word from Norfolk is to the effect that the body of Barlow Dow
has recovered floating in the river. The tug went after it.
The
body of William Bollinger, first steward, was found this morning
floating in the river at Turner’s Landing. Charred parts of two bodies
were found in the wreck within five feet of the rudder in the stern of the
boat. They were minus heads and were completely unrecognizable.
Two
floaters were found this morning, one the body of a white boy, probably 18
years of age, thought to be one of the Burke family; the other is
that of a negro roustabout found below the Halliday.
It
was decided last night at a meeting of the searching party held at the
Halliday to secure the services of a diver to work in the upper part of the
wreckage of the steamer City of Pittsburg. This was accordingly
done today.
Unless otherwise agreed upon, today is the last day of the search in the
wreck. If, however, the late afternoon’s work should result
successfully, it is likely that the work will be continued. Otherwise
it is the plan of the searchers to retune to their homes, appointing men to
patrol the river between here and the wreck for a stated period.
Another of the tragedies of that dreadful night when nearly a hundred gave
up their lives in the awful Pittsburg disaster was revealed yesterday
when the wrecking party pulled away a potion of the boat and discovered the
body of a woman. Clad only in a night dress in that moment of terror
when each person aboard was seeking to escape the flames, she hung over the
side of the steamer, near the wheel house on the starboard side, until the
flames reached her body and burned her head and arms to a crisp. That
part of her body that was immersed in the water was unhurt, and a twisted
gold ring upon her finer revealed her identity. She was Mrs. Emil
Kupferschmidt, of Cincinnati. Mrs. Kupferschmidt was known
to have a large sum of money with her, with which she was going to Memphis
to purchase real estate. She also had $1,500 worth of jewels,
including a fine gold watch and diamonds and it may be that yielding to the
impulse to save her property, she sacrificed her life.
Judge
S. S. Savage, of Ashland, Ky., has offered a reward for the recovery
of the body of his father-in-law, Mr. Harlow Dow. He was 74
years of age, 5 feet 10 inches in height, and weighed about 150 pounds; had
false upper and lower teeth with gold plates; had very high forehead with
several moles on same; bald head with fringe of gray hair at base of head;
full gray beard. If the body is found, parties should communicate with Mayor
M. C. Wright of this city.
The
valise of Capt. Sylvester Doss has been found near where his body was
recovered. It contained the manuscript of the book he was engaged in
writing on the subject of Western River Steamers, and the unfortunate
man was evidently trying to save the results of months or perhaps years of
labor when he lost his life. The manuscript of paper and written words
if here; the man who wrote it is gone. Such is the frailty of life.
Mrs.
Lester Leach, of Francisville, Ind., is here and joined the searching
party yesterday. He is looking for the remains of his aged father,
John Leach. Among the valuables, Mr. Leach had with him
on the trip were a silver Elgin watch and $200 in money.
As a
means of identification in case of the finding of the body of Mrs. T. H.
Adams, the information is given that the decedent wore a plain fold
wedding ring with the name “Tom” engraved therein.
A
message was received yesterday from Jeffersonville, Ind., making inquiry
about Joseph Strange, a negro, one of the crew of the Pittsburg.
His number 56,044 as registered at the New England Seamen’s registration
office, was given and it developed that the remains of Strange were
found last week and buried near the scene of the wreck. A board
containing his registry number was placed at the head of the grave, his
remains being unidentified. His relatives want the remains sent home.
(Bernard Free married Anna J. Edwards on 6 Dec 1885, in
Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
(He
survived and his marker in Alto Pass Cemetery reads:
Otis F. Lingle Born Feb. 24, 1884 Died April 22, 1969.—Darrel
Dexter)
As
the result of a terrible accident at Mounds yesterday afternoon, W. E.
Hicks, a car repairer for the Illinois Central railroad, lost his life
and Fred. A. Krause, foreman of the repairing department, was so
seriously injured internally that his recovery is deemed impossible.
About
4 o’clock both men were engaged in repairing car couplings. A train of
freight cars was standing on the track. In two places the drawbars of
the couplers were broken and chains had been used to hold the cars together.
It was the purpose of the two men to take up the slack in these chains and
they had sent for an engine to separate the cars. The engine had
pulled up and the men immediately jumped in between the cars to fix one of
the chains, but the rebound of the cars, although the work of the engineer
was carefully done, caused the slack in the chain nearest the engine to run
the cars together at the point, where the repairers were at work and the
unfortunate men were caught between the cars, Hicks’ head being
crushed and Krauss receiving internal injuries through the chest and
abdomen.
Hicks’
death occurred almost instantaneously and his body was brought to Cairo to
Feith’s undertaking establishment. This morning his father, J.
S. Hicks, of Dixon, Tenn. arrived and took the remains home this
afternoon. The dead man was young and unmarried. His terrible
death is deeply deplored by all his fellow laborers.
Krauss
was brought to St. Mary’s Infirmary where Drs. Bondurant and
Grinstead, the railroad company’s physicians, are attending him.
He is married and resides in this city at 220 Nineteenth Street.
The
death of Mrs. William Hazen, which occurred this afternoon about 3:30
o’clock at her late residence, 227 Eighteenth Street, will be a great shock
to her friends, few of whom knew of her illness, which was but of two or
three days’ duration.
She
was taken ill with a severe cold and was not regarded as in a serious
condition. The decedent had not been in good health since the death of
her husband, which occurred less than a year ago and her death is attributed
to nervous prostration caused by grief.
The
decedent had no children. Due notice of the funeral will be given.
Seven
bodies of victims of the steamer City of Pittsburg disaster were
recovered this morning at points along the river as follows:
Clay
Breeze, of Uniontown, Ky., found at O’Brien’s Landing.
Woman
found at Cache Island, supposed to be Mrs. Burke or Mrs. Blackwell.
Child
found at America Landing, three miles above Mound City, supposed to be child
of Pilot Al Pritchard.
One
middle-aged man, thought to be L. L. Hunter or L. B. Magill,
of Tidioute, Pa., and two older ones; one may be Harlow Dow, of
Ashland, Ky., also a boy thought to be Linton Allen, of Pittsburg,
all found at Columbus, Ky.
The
body of an aged man found at Columbus, Ky., last evening supposed to be John
Leach, was buried there by Mr. Charles Davis, of Jamestown,
Ohio, who has been here looking for the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. T. H.
Adams
This
afternoon, Capt. Dana Scott, Dr. Magill of Pittsburg, Mr. L.
C. Porterfield, of Grandin, Mo., went on the tug to Belmont, to
examine the four bodies found there, one of which is supposed to be Dr.
Magill’s brother.
The
body of Otto Sweeney, aged nine years, was buried at Villa Ridge
cemetery today, after the usual formality of a coroner’s inquest.
The
fact of so many bodies rising to the surface of the water is accounted for
by the concussion resulting from severe thunderstorms of the last few days.
(Her
marker in Cairo City Cemetery at Villa Ridge reads:
Charlotte E. Hazen Died April 30, 1902 Aged 64 Yrs., 6 Mos., &
18 Ds.—Darrel Dexter)
The
report received here yesterday from Columbus, Ky., to the effect that four
bodies of victims of the City of Pittsburg disaster were found there
yesterday proved to be incorrect.
One
body, that of a boy, was found and from a ring on a finger has been
identified by Capt. Dana Scott as the remains of Linton Allen,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Archer Allen, of Pittsburg. The remains
were interred on the riverbank there and the parents were notified.
Capt.
Phillips received a message this afternoon from Mr. Allen stating
that the description sent is that of their son and requesting him to ship
the remains to Corry, Pa., where interment will be made. The remains
will be brought to his city and prepared for shipment at Feith’s
undertaking establishment.
The
Cairo acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs. Allen will be glad to know that
they are at least to have the consolation of knowing their son’s last
resisting place.
The
body found at Cache Island yesterday has been identified as that of Fannie
Blackwell.
(William E. Edmunds married Elizabeth Taylor on 29 Aug 1866,
in Marion Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
(William O’Callahan married Jennie McCabe on 12 Nov 1888, in
Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
The
remains of Linton Allen, the 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Archer
Allen, of Pittsburg, were shipped today to that city. Some
delay was occasioned in shipment because parties at Columbus, Ky., who had
found the body, demanded the sum of $30, which was financed by the Halliday
Hotel Company.
The
remains of John Leach, another of the steamboat disaster, was taken
today to Francesville, Ind., his home, by his son, L. A. Leach.
The
body of a negro was found in the river at Mound City yesterday. The
body of the young girl found Saturday has been positively identified as one
of the Sweney family.
(This
may be J. W. Durham, who married Mary E. Smith on 26 May 1878,
in Pulaski Co., Ill. One marker
in Sims Cemetery reads: James W.
Durham Died May 6, 1902 Aged 62 Yrs., 4 Mos., & 12 Days.
Co. G 11th Ill. Inf.
A loved one is gone from our circle.
On earth we shall meet him no more.
He has gone to his home in heaven, And all his afflictions are
o’er.—Darrel Dexter)
(There is a marker in Cairo City Cemetery at Villa Ridge that reads:
Blanche daughter of J. N. Pollack.—Darrel Dexter)
(Edward Schuler married Irene Gregson on 10 Nov 1886,
in Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
Carl
Lockhart, of Pittsburg, died last evening about 6 o’clock at police
headquarters from the result of an overdose of morphine taken for illness.
Early
yesterday morning he was found asleep on Twelfth Street near Commercial
Avenue and was taken by the police to headquarters where it was thought he
was intoxicated. He was left to recover from the effects of his
supposed libations and it was not until late in the afternoon when he
commenced breathing heavily that the officers became alarmed and notified
Health Officer Orr, who summoned Dr. W. F. Grinstead.
After an examination of the patient, which resulted in the discovery that
the pupils of his eyes were greatly contracted with other indications of
narcotic effects, a large quantity of coffee and powerful heart stimulants
were administered. The officers also vigorously exercised the man by walking
him up and down the room until he had regained consciousness when he
complained of feeling tired and was allowed to lie down. He died in
less than a half hour.
Coroner McManus held an inquest and the jury rendered a verdict in
accordance with the facts. The remains were taken to Feith’s
undertaking establishment. Nothing of value was found on the body,
although the clothing was neat and of good quality. It is thought that
the decedent got off the Steamer Harry Brown here and that he was
employed on the boat as cook or cabin boy. He was between 22 and 25
years age.
Anna,
Ill., May 11, 1902.—On April 7th, while on is way to Jonesboro,
Eli Newsome was bitten on the nose, arm and leg by what was supposed
to be a mad dog. At the same time a donkey belonging to Gottlieb
Knauss was also bitten and several person narrowly escaped the fangs of
the canine. About ten days ago Newsome was confined to his bed,
the bites having become inflamed and thrown the patient into high fever.
Day by day he grew worse and Drs. Hale, Martin, Bennett,
Baker, Sanders, and Beattie, of Anna, and Drs. Lence,
Nusbaum and Grear, of Jonesboro, were in consultation on the
case, which they pronounced a typical case of hydrophobia. Saturday
night death ended the sufferings of Mr. Newsome, who leaves a wife
and several children in destitute circumstances. He was about 50 years
of age and lived two miles south of Jonesboro in what is known as
Flaughtown.
(Eli
Newsom married Nancy A. Bugg on 19 Jul 1866, in Union Co.,
Ill. He married 2nd
Mrs. Sarah M. Hall on 11 Jul 1878, in Union Co., Ill.
He married Mary Malone on 6 Jun 1886, in Union Co.,
Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
(Edward Piper is buried in Mound City National Cemetery at site E
4245S. He was in the army during
the Civil War and died 10 May 1902.—Darrel Dexter)
After
a long search for the body of Mrs. T. H. Adams, in which her son, J.
Q. Adams, and her nephew, Charles Davis, of Jamestown, Ohio,
spent many long, wearisome days with the searching party, the remains were
found yesterday in the wreckage of the Steamer City of Pittsburg,
near where the wheelhouse was located, on the starboard side of the vessel
by Diver Charles Hill.
The
body was badly burned but was identified.
The remains were buried on the shore near the wreck and the relatives
have been notified.
It is
thought that other bodies will be found in the wreckage as the work of
clearing away the debris proceeds.
Alto
Pass, May 13.—John J. Keith, Sr., a wealthy farmer in this vicinity,
died suddenly at 1:30 o’clock this morning from paralysis. He was
apparently in good health. He made his will only yesterday in
Jonesboro. He was laughing and joking with his wife when stricken.
(John
J. Keith married Elizabeth Rendleman on 17 Mar 1864.
His marker in Alto Pass Cemetery reads:
John J. Keith Died May 13, 1902 Aged 62 Yrs., 3 Mos., & 7
Ds.—Darrel Dexter)
Whiskey and a bad disposition proved the undoing of James Carmody.
They transformed him from a strong, healthy being to a prostrate form, lying
upon a cot at St. Mary’s Infirmary in the agonies of death.
Carmoday
recently returned from St. Louis, where he had been at work. He was
very abusive to his wife, beating her shamefully. Her brother, Michael
McElligott, could not stand it any longer and this afternoon took up
the gage of battle. They first came together at Carmoday’s
home, No. 310 Division Street. Several shots were fired in the house
and then Carmody broke away and ran around the corner and into
Stone Brothers grocery store, with McElligott after him.
Here Carmoday was cornered and McElligott fired another shot.
Carmody was all covered with blood and Chief Mahoney, who came
along just then, separated the pair and took Carmoday to the
infirmary. McElligott was later placed under arrest.
An
examination of Carmoday’s wounds by Dr. Walsh showed that his
injuries were likely to prove fatal. One shot penetrated his right
lung and caused the air to escape through the aperture it made.
Another wound was found in his back, but whether from the shot passing clear
through or not could not be told.
Father Diepenbrock was summoned to administer consolation to the
dying man. Carmoday made a statement to him in which he
exonerated McElliggott.
McElligott
was at police headquarters, but was not desirous of talking of the affair.
He stated to The Citizen that what he did was to protect his sister,
but beyond that he would make no statement.
Chief
Mahoney happened to be in the neighborhood at the time and reached
the scene of the trouble just at the nick of time. The chief states
that the two men were wrestling for possession of a pistol when he got
there, and both had hold of it. Another pistol, McElliggott’s
was empty, having evidently been emptied in Carmody’s house.
All
of Division Street was aroused by the fight, which occurred shortly after 1
o’clock. When the men rushed through Stone’s grocery store they
overturned some jars of jelly standing on the shelf, broke a pane of glass
with one of the bullets and greatly alarmed the young ladies in the store.
(James Carmody married Nora McElligott on 10 Jun 1896, in
Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
James
Carmoday, who was shot yesterday afternoon after a terrible fight by
his brother-in-law, Michael McElligott, died this morning at St.
Mary’s Infirmary at 5:35 o’clock.
Coroner McManus held an inquest this morning at 10:30 o’clock the
following acting as jurors: P. J. Purcell, Adolph Kaufman,
Charles Koehler, Edward Fitzgerald, W. J. Lawler, and
Richard Jones. Mr. W. N. Butler was McElligott’s
attorney. After viewing the remains at Feith’s undertaking
establishment, the coroner and jury repaired to the city council chamber to
deliberate on the case. Hearing the testimony of witnesses as to
Carmoday’s cruel treatment of his wife in beating her and threatening
her life, the verdict of justifiable homicide was rendered. Under the
circumstances no other just conclusion could have been reached and the
jury’s verdict was received with general approval. The remains of the dead man were taken this
afternoon to his late home, 310 Division Street, where his faithful wife who
patiently took for many long weary months the abuse heaped upon her by her
husband, now mourns over the inanimate form and torments herself with vain
thought that she might have prevented his death. The poor woman, with
the love that a true wife has for her husband, has forgotten his faults and
thinks only of the days when he was reasonably good to her. She is to
be pitied. Her experience comes to but few in this world.
Michael McElligott, her brother, upon whom the terrible deed was
thrust as her protector, is free today and there is none to say that his act
was unjustifiable.
Died,
Wednesday, May 14th, James Carmody.
Funeral services will be held at St. Joseph’s Church at 8 o’clock a.m.,
Friday, May 16th, and the remains will be taken by special train
to Villa Ridge cemetery for interment. Train leaves foot of Eighteenth
Street at 9:30 a.m. Friends of family are invited to attend.
(Frederick L. Rice married Dora S. Gilmore on 29 Feb 1888, in
Union Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
(A
marker in Snider Hill Cemetery near Carbondale reads:
Patrick Leary Born March 16, 1834 Died Aug. 18,
1902. Another marker in the same
cemetery reads: Pat’k Leary
Died Aug. 18, 1902
Co. G, 9th Ill. Inf.
If the dates on the marker were correctly transcribed, then Patrick Leary
lived about three months after his death notice appeared in the Cairo
newspaper.—Darrel Dexter)
Word
has been received here of the death of Mrs. William M. Blelock, a
former Cairo lady, which occurred suddenly at Bad Nauheim, Germany,
Saturday, May 17th. Mrs. Blelock with her husband
and Mrs. C. N. Hughes, had been traveling through Europe for some
months past. She was in correspondence with Mrs. C. W. Henderson
of this city, who was much shocked to hear of her death, as will be others
of the decedent’s old friends in this city.
Mr.
Blelock owned a bookstore here many years ago and was also proprietor
of numerous bookstores in cities between here and New Orleans. He
built the house at the northwest corner of Seventh and Walnut streets now
owned by Mrs. Laura Rittenhouse and the family resided there.
Ellery Roberts, an employee of the Illinois Central railroad at
Mounds, narrowly escaped death under the wheels of a train yesterday
afternoon at Bridge Junction. In jumping from the engine of a moving
train he missed his footing, falling beneath the wheels, which crushed his
entire left foot and the right foot at the ankle.
The
injured man was brought to Cairo and taken to St. Mary’s Infirmary about 4
o’clock. Dr. J. Hurdus Oakley, who is attending the patients of
Dr. Grinstead, the company’s physician, during the latter’s absence
from the city, was called and found that amputation would be necessary.
Accordingly the right foot was cut of above the ankle and the left one below
the ankle. As the patient suffered severely from the shock and the
loss of blood previous to his arrival at the hospital, the outcome of his
injuries cannot at this time, be conjectured. Last night at midnight
he suffered greatly from weakness occasioned by the loss of blood and Drs.
Oakley and Ross were again summoned to administer stimulants.
Roberts
is about 28 years of age and is a son of Capt. E. P. Roberts.
He is unmarried and lives at Beechwood.
(Charles Corzine married Alice Davault on 17 Sep 1893, in
Union Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
Mound
City, Ill., May 22.—Died, this morning, May 22, Mrs. Mary Stoltz,
wife of the late George Stoltz, aged 67 years and 17 days.
Deceased had been in bad health about five years and had been confined to
her bed thirteen weeks. She was born in Strausburg, Germany, came with
her parents to this county when but 15 years old, having lived in this city
about fifty-two years. In her girlhood days she lived with the family
of Gen. Rawlings, whose name is so intimately linked with the early
history of this town. She married Mr. George Stoltz forty-eight
years ago. Mr. Stoltz died ten years ago. He was for many
years a prominent businessman here. The surviving members of the
family are: a sister, Mrs. Shealer, of Cairo, five daughters
and two sons: Mrs. John Johnson, of Chicago, Mrs. Fred
Gerkin, of Hannibal, Mo., Mrs. W. C. Rennenberg, of St. Louis,
Mo., Mrs. George Betts, of Lafayette, Ind., Miss Lillian Stoltz,
George Stoltz, of Hannibal, Mo., John W. Stoltz, of Cairo.
Deceased had been for many years a member of the Lutheran Church.
Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon with burial at Beech Grove
Cemetery.
(John
Johnson married Emma Stoltz on 24 Dec 1884, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill. Charles W. Renneberg
married Alice Stoltz on 17 Feb 1886, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
George E. Betts married Louise F. Stoltz on 1 Nov 1893,
in Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
Died,
in this city, Wednesday, May 21, Harry Hallerberg, aged 42 years and
9 months. Deceased was born and reared in this city. He was
married eleven years ago to Miss Ellen Vance. A mother, two
sisters, a wife and four children survive him. Funeral services will
be held at the Episcopal Church by Rev. Edmund Pharis at 8:30 a.m.
Friday. Interment at Beech Grove Cemetery.
DIED,
at 10:30 o’clock p.m., Wednesday, May 21, 1902, Ellery Roberts, son
of E. P. Roberts.
(Albert G. Blatteau married Sadye E. Roberts on 18 Sep 1894,
in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
Anna,
Ill., May 22.—Dr. Fred S. Dodds, of this city, died at his home
Wednesday, at 5:30 p.m. of cystitis and prostitis, after a lingering illness
with those diseases. Dodds was probably the oldest practitioner
of medicine in Union County _____ iving up active practice until _____ths
ago. He came to Anna after _____ the war and besides engaging in the
drug business, built up an extensive practice. He was a surgeon in
Sixtieth Illinois Volunteer Infantry and was rated among the ablest surgeons
in this section of the state. Dr. Dodds was for many years a
member of the Pension Examining Board, only tendering his resignation a few
weeks ago, and for nearly thirty years was local surgeon for the
Illinois Central railroad. He was an active member of the Presbyterian
church in this city, a member of the G. A. R., the Illinois Medical Society
and a member of the Masons and Chapter who will conduct the funeral services
which will be held at the Presbyterian church, Saturday, May 24th
at 2:30 p.m.
Dr.
Dodds was an original Fremont Republican and remained
throughout his life an ardent supporter of the Republican doctrines.
Dr.
Dodds had a host of warm friends. His ability as a practitioner
was recognized by everybody, and his life has been one of great activity in
his profession. He leaves three sons, Frank D. Dodds, mayor of
Anna; Fred S. Dodds, Jr., and Dr. Samuel Dodds, and a
daughter, Mrs. A. Judson Phillips, all of this city.
(Adoniran Judson Phillips married Imelda Lusk Dodds, daughter
of Ford Dodds and Mary Lusk, on 20 Jan 1886, in Union Co.,
Ill. His marker in Anna City
Cemetery reads: Dr. Ford S.
Dodds Born in Prospect, Pa., Nov. 8, 1828 Died in Anna, Ill., May 21,
1902.—Darrel Dexter)
Saturday, 24 May 1902:
The
well spent life of one of Cairo’s oldest and most highly esteemed residents
came to a peaceful close yesterday morning in the death of Mrs. Elizabeth
Riley, who after a long battle with disease and attendant weakness has
passed to rest.
The
announcement of her death was received with sorrow by the large circle of
friends of her family and sincere sympathy is felt for the daughters who are
left to mourn the companionship of their affectionate and devoted mother.
Mrs.
Riley was born August 11, 1830, at Brownsville, Pa. With her
husband, she came to Cairo over thirty-eight years ago from St. Louis and
had resided here continuously since that time. Capt. Riley was
commander of the gunboat Essex during the Civil War and his death
occurred about fifteen years ago.
During her widowhood, Mrs. Riley lived a tranquil life, surrounded by
her devoted daughters who in their grief have the consolation that duty well
done will give. The surviving members of the family are the Misses
Emma, Mollie and Lizzie Riley, and Mrs. Annie Riley Redman.
The
funeral will be held tomorrow morning at the residence as announced.
Rev. J. A. Scarritt will conduct the services in the absence from the
city of Rev. J. T. M. Knox, the decedent’s pastor.
(Carran T. Redman married Anna M. Riley on 17 Sep 1885, in
Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
Friday, 1 Aug 1902:
Saturday, 2 Aug 1902:
Was
the man found dead in the Mobile & Ohio boxcar last Sunday murdered for his
money? It would appear so. John Banks, who was a member
of the coroner’s jury that sat on the case, wrote to Jackson making
inquiries about the man and learned that his name was Henry Marris.
When he left Jackson, he had $20.75 on his person and carried a grip.
When his body was found here, these were missing. Further
investigations will be made to see if a trace of the missing articles can be
found or the mystery of his death cleared up.
(Frederick Whitcamp married Maggie Krutzer on 15 Oct
1872, in Alexander Co., Ill.
George W. Morris married Edith Whitcamp on 14 Feb 1898, in
Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
Died.—Gertrude
Morris, aged three years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Morris,
at Helena, Ark., Monday, Aug. 4, 1902.
Funeral services will be held at residence of Mr. Frederick Whitcamp,
1806 Poplar Street, Wednesday morning at 9 o’clock, leaving house for
special train at Eighteenth Street at 9:30 o’clock. Interment at Villa
Ridge.
(Her
marker in Cairo City Cemetery reads:
Gertrude P. Morris Born Oct. 5, 1899 Died Aug. 6,
1902.—Darrel Dexter)
Saturday night last the body of a white woman was found on the railroad
track not far from East Cairo. An inquest was held and the verdict of
the jury was “run over by a train,” but the general verdict of the people is
that she was murdered and the body put on the track to cover up the crime.
W. F.
Joiner, an employee of the Chicago Mill and Lumber Company, residing
on Twenty-ninth Street, dropped dead at the corner of Twenty-eighth Street
and Commercial Avenue, at 4:15 o’clock. Hemorrhage was the cause of
death.
(Rufus M. Lingle married Nellie Barringer on 14 Aug 1891, in
Union Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
Tom
Edwards, who was arrested and put in jail at Wickliffe because of the
belief that he had murdered his wife and placed her body on the railroad
track to be run over by a train, was released from custody at Wickliffe,
yesterday. As nothing could be proved against the man, he was
discharged.
Vienna, Ill., August 6.—W. D. Ragsdale, a merchant of West Vienna,
was shot to death by his son, Bunk Ragsdale, today, on his farm,
eight miles west of Vienna. The son was living on his father’s farm
and they had been having some trouble about the management of the farm,
which resulted in the fatal affray today. The father was shot five
times in and about the breast with a revolver and died immediately.
The sheriff and coroner left at once for the scene of the killing, and
Sheriff Hankins brought Ragsdale in and lodged him in jail
this evening.
(William D. Ragsdale married M. J. Bridges on 16 Sep 1863, in
Johnson Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
Charles A. Baber, Sr., died this morning at 3:30 o’clock at his home,
2814 Sycamore Street, after an illness of several months.
A
surgical operation was performed upon him Wednesday, but without beneficial
result. The decedent is survived by his wife and children, Mrs.
Patrick Powers, of Villa Ridge, Mrs. Seaman Barth, Charles A.
Baber, the Misses Blanche, Jessie and Mabel Baber.
(Patrick Powers married Emma A. Baber on 11 Oct 1888, in
Alexander Co., Ill. Simon F.
Barth married Annie I. Baber on 22 Oct 1899, in Alexander Co.,
Ill.—Darrel Dexter) Son of Richard Gannon, Superintendent of Water
Company at Cape Girardeau, Mo.—Remains Brought Here Today for Interment.
A
distressing accident occurred yesterday afternoon at Cape Girardeau, Mo., in
which Loren, the 7-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Gannon,
lost his life by drowning. The incidents that led to his death are not
known, but it is presumed that he was persuaded by some of his playmates to
go in swimming in Sloan’s Creek near the waterworks. His father, who
is superintendent of the water company there, was engaged in showing a
visitor about the plant about 3:30 o’clock in the afternoon when a boy came
up to him and told him that his son was in the creek. Immediately Mr.
Gannon rushed to the stream, but his son was not in sight and the
dreadful truth was forced upon him. The clothes of the little fellow
were lying on the bank and sitting upon them with the cap in his mouth was
the dog, a playmate of the little boy.
A
searching party was at once formed and dynamite was used to bring the body
to the surface, if possible, after the second firing it was located and a
diver brought it up. It was about 6 o’clock when the body was
recovered. The relatives in this city, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard McManus,
grandparents, and Mrs. Thomas W. Gannon, uncle of the decedent, were
at once notified and this morning, Mr. Gannon and Dr. James
McManus left at 5 o’clock for Carbondale to meet the grief stricken
parents with their sad burden. The remains were taken to the residence
of Mr. B. McManus, Sr., 1401 Commercial Avenue. The mother and
grandmother of the little boy are prostrated by the shock and they and the
other relatives will have the deepest sympathy of all who know them in their
loss.
(Thomas William Gannon married Maggie E. Fitzgerald on 26 Nov
1891, in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
If
John H. Kelly and wife, Jane, or any of their heirs are living they
should communicate with H. C. Hall, at Caruthersville, Mo.
Evidently it will be to their interest to do so, for the City Clerk
Mourey has received the following letter in regard to the matter:
“Caruthersville, Mo., Aug. 5.—City Clerk Cairo, Ill.—There was a party
who lived in your town several years ago by the name of John H. Kelly,
and his wife’s name was Jane. If you can give me their present
address, if living, and if not living the address of any of their heirs, I
will be under obligations. The matter is very important that I have
their address.
(This
may refer to John H. Kelly, who married Amanda M. Sanders on
25 Oct 1874, in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
Died—Loren, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Gannon, at Cape Girardeau,
Mo., Thursday, Aug. 7, 1902.
Funeral will be held Saturday morning leaving residence of B. McManus,
Sr., 1401 Commercial Ave., at 8:15 o’clock for St. Joseph’s Church. A
special train will leave foot of Eighteenth Street at 9:30 o’clock for Villa
Ridge cemetery. Friends of the family are invited.
Died—Charles Baber, Sr., Friday morning, Aug. 8, at 3:30 o’clock,
aged 59 years, 11 months and 7 days.
Funeral services will be held at the residence, 2814 Sycamore Street, at 1
o’clock Sunday afternoon. Special train will leave foot of
Twenty-eighth Street. Interment at Beech Grove Cemetery. Friends
of the family invited.
Word
was received here this morning by relatives of Mrs. H. B. Geer, of
Nashville, Tenn., announcing her death, which occurred this morning at her
late home in that city as the result of typhoid fever.
The
decedent was a sister of Mrs. Blanche Sullivan, formerly of this
city, and resided in Cairo previous to her marriage. She is survived
by her husband, who is traffic manager of the Western Union Telegraph
Company, at Nashville, and four daughters ranging in age from six to
eighteen years.
(Henry B. Geer married Harriet H. Moore on 29 Mar 1880, in
Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
(Patrick A. Doud married Nora C. Conner on 30 Apr 1891, in
Alexander Co., Ill. A marker in
Calvary Cemetery at Villa Ridge reads:
Patrick A. Doud 1868-1944.
Nora C. Doud 1861-1931.
Marie Doud 1892-1903.—Darrel Dexter)
Grand
Chain, Aug. 12.—City Marshal Merchant and Harry Gaunt, a
saloonist, had a quarrel last night in the latter’s saloon. Gaunt
threw a billiard ball at Merchant, breaking his jaw.
Merchant retaliated by shooting Gaunt. Both men are badly
injured.
After
months of intense but patient suffering, the life of Robert Henry
Cunningham ebbed quietly away this morning at 10 o’clock. It was a
comfort to the loving watchers at his bedside that death came peacefully and
without pain. The good soul passed to its Maker leaving an unblemished
record, a glorious memory in the hearts of innumerable friends who loved the
decedent because of his honorable, upright life and the gentle kindliness
that characterized his communication with all.
The
circumstances of the gradual passing from earth of this good man are
familiar to many. Over three months ago, he was stricken with senile
gangrene, caused by the wearing out of the vital forces due to old age.
There was from the first, little hope of anything beyond the effort to
relieve his sufferings, which were most intense. To this end his son,
Robert Cunningham, and his devoted niece, Miss Alice Vaughan,
administered day and night to him, assisted by his physicians, Drs.
Rendleman and Webb, and a trained nurse. Weeks passed with
death hovering near and yesterday, the sufferer became unconscious. At
2 o’clock this morning he regained consciousness sufficiently to recognize
his son and then relapsed into his former condition so remaining until the
end came.
Mr.
Cunningham was one of Cairo’s oldest and most beloved citizens.
For more than half a century he resided here and was identified with the
most important interests of the city. He was of a democratic nature
and numbered his friends among those of all stations of life. To the
weak and helpless he never failed to give of his earthly goods and by his
wise counsel encouraged many whose steps faltered because of threatened
failure in the battle of life. During the last years of his life,
bereft of wife and family with the exceptions of his eldest and devoted son,
he was cheered and comforted by the presence in his home of his faithful
niece, Miss Vaughan, who inexpressibly brightened his declining days.
His son also devoted himself to his father, and is now left the sole
surviving member of a large family.
The
funeral will be held Friday afternoon at the residence, 709 Washington
Avenue, a notice of which appears elsewhere in these columns.
Robert Henry Cunningham, merchant, of Cairo, was born in the county
of Tyrone, Ireland, on October 26, 1826. His parents were Robert and
Anne (Rogers) Cunningham. The family was of Scotch
descent, the grandfather of Mr. Cunningham having been a native of
Edinburgh and a staunch old-school Presbyterian. He was educated in
the common (parochial) schools of his native town, Omagh, till the age of
seventeen years, learned the common branches of English and mathematics,
after which he served for two years as clerk under the board of public
works, Ireland, and at the age of twenty, in the year 1846, immigrated to
America, and settled in Pittsburg, Penn., where he remained some five years,
engaged in clerking for Brown & Kirkpatrick, wholesale
grocers. After this he acted as salesman on a storeboat, operating on
the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and sold goods at the various landings and
plantations bordering upon the river for about a year after which he removed
to Cairo and engaged in business on his own account. He had saved a
small sum out of his previous earnings, which he invested in a stock of boat
stores and sold supplies to the various steamers plying upon the rivers for
a period of twenty months, during which he realized the then large sum of
$4,000. After this he took Mr. J. M. Reid into partnership with
him, and opened a dry goods store; he built the first house on the Ohio
levee, and for twenty years kept the principal store in Cairo; he sold out
in 1873 and was afterward engaged in the commission business. He
commenced life without one dollar of capital and became one of the principal
moneyed men of Southern Illinois, and moreover, one of the most influential
men of his city.
He
was in communication with the Presbyterian denomination of Christians and
was a trustee and leading member of the church to which he belonged and
exercised a wholesome influence in the community.
Politically, he generally acted with the Democratic Party, but never held
office other than being alderman of the city. He was president of the
Enterprise Savings Bank a director of the City National Bank, and also a
director of the Cairo City Gas Company.
He
was domestic in his tastes and habits, fond of home and devoted to his
family. Like most of his countrymen, he was proverbial for his
hospitality, a warm generous and whole-souled friend, a careful businessman,
prudent, prescient, frugal and industrious.
Mr.
Cunningham left an estate worth in the neighborhood of $50,000.
He was a stockholder in the City National and Enterprise Savings banks and
in the Cairo City Gas Company. He owned some valuable real estate,
some of it being his homestead on lower Washington Avenue, his new building
on Ohio Levee, occupied by the McKnight-Keaton Grocery
Company, and the building occupied as the council chamber and police
headquarters. He owned the cottage on Douglas Street, adjoining the
Lutheran Church, but this was deeded to Miss Alice Vaughan, his
niece, a few months ago. It is understood that he carried no life
insurance.
The
funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. at the
residence, No. 709 Washington Avenue, Rev. J. T. M. Knox officiating,
and the remains will be taken to Beech Grove for interment, the funeral
train leaving the foot of Eighth Street at 2:45 p.m.
The
following pallbearers have been selected:
Honorary—M. C. Wright, William Lonergan, W. E. Gholson,
M. J. Howley, F. E. Creelman, William White, J. S.
Aisthorpe, Albert Lewis, P. J. Thistlewood, J. H. Jones,
E. W. Halliday, J. D. Ladd, C. W. Henderson, J. W.
Wenger, E. S. Dewey, J. J. Rendleman, F. Bross, Dr.
Webb, C. R. Stuart, J. B. Reed, J. M. Lansden,
M. F. Gilbert.
Active—William McHale, J. C. Crowley, Charles Cunningham,
Walter Wood, H. S. Candee, P. Mahoney, Albert
Blatteau, G. W. Buchanan, Peter Saup, George Koehler.
(Robert H. Cunningham married Alice Peters on 18 Feb 1867, in
Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
George L. Eisenberg, pressman at The Citizen office, died at
11:20 o’clock this morning. He was taken suddenly ill last night and
was taken to his home on Seventh Street in an unconscious condition.
This morning he did not awaken and Dr. A. A. Bondurant was summoned.
The physician realized at once the serious condition of the patient, but
could do nothing to arouse him and he passed away without regaining
consciousness.
His
mother and sister, Mrs. Emile Profilet are at Ellsworth, Kan., having
gone out there for a visit only last week. They were apprised of the
demise, which cannot fail to be a very great shock to them. Miss
Hattie Eisenberg, the youngest sister of the deceased, and his
brother-in-law, Mr. Profilet, were the only ones at home and were
present when his death occurred.
The
decedent was 24 years old. He had followed the printer’s trade for a
number of years, but his special talent was along musical lines, and he
inherited much of the talent that made his father famous as a musician and
bandmaster. He was a skillful performer upon the violin and was a
member of the opera house orchestra last season.
He
was of a genial nature that won for him many friends, and his untimely death
will be deplored by everyone who knew him.
The
remains were taken in charge by Mrs. Feith, the undertaker, but the
funeral arrangement must necessarily be delayed until it can be learned
definitely when his mother and sister can return.
(His
marker in Cairo City Cemetery reads:
George L. Eisenberg, Jr.—Darrel Dexter)
Milus Kesler, one of the oldest
settlers in Southern Illinois, passed away Sunday night, aged nearly 85
years. He came to this state from North Carolina when quite a young
man and settled on land in Union County, five miles east of this place,
where he has resided ever since. He has always been a respected and
honored citizen and a true gentleman in that word’s strictest sense.
He had by industry and economy accumulated a large amount of real estate and
has reared a large family who are respected citizens. (Wetaug)
(Miles E. Kesler married Lucinda Laws on 19 Mar 1867, in Union
Co., Ill. A marker in Mt. Pisgah
Cemetery near Wetaug reads:
Catharine wife of M. E. Kesler Died July 15, 1865 Aged 54 Yrs., 4
Mos., & 6 Ds.—Darrel Dexter)
(James Monroe Cooper married Annie Eliza Daniels on 11 Jul
1872, in Pulaski Co., Ill. A
marker in German Reformed Cemetery at Wetaug reads:
Amanda Sicker daughter of J. M. & A. E. Cooper.—Darrel
Dexter)
Died—Wednesday, Aug. 14, 1902, George Eisenberg, aged 24 years.
Funeral services will be held at the family residence No. 308 Seventh
Street, Friday afternoon, Aug. 15, at 2 o’clock. Remains will be taken
to Villa Ridge cemetery for interment, funeral train leaving foot of Eight
Street at 2:45 p.m. Friends of the family invited.
Died—Wednesday morning, Aug. 13th, at 10 o’clock, Robert H.
Cunningham, aged 76 years.
Mrs. Mary Eisenberg and
daughter, Mrs. Emile Profilet, who were summoned home from Ellsworth,
Kan., by the sad death of their son and brother, George Eisenberg,
will arrive tonight. The funeral services will be held tomorrow
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the residence, 208 Seventh Street.
The
funeral of R. H. Cunningham was held at his late residence this afternoon.
Rev. J. T. M. Knox conducted the services and appropriate
hymns were rendered by a double quartette composed of the Misses Frances
Bennett, Emma Lansden, Eva Kerth, Effie Lansden and
Messrs. C. B. Dewey, John C. Fisher, Harry S. Candee,
and Davis S. Lansden. Interment was made in the family lot at Beech
Grove Cemetery beside the wife of the decedent.
At
the residence of the decedent’s mother, 208 Seventh Street, funeral services
were held this afternoon over the remains of the late George L. Eisenberg.
The Episcopal funeral services were conducted by Mr. D. V. Frost, lay
reader of the Church of the Redeemer, and a quartette composed of the Misses
Nellie Hall and Leila Miller, Messrs. Harry Stark and
Leo Klev sang the hymns. The remains were taken to Villa Ridge
cemetery for interment.
The
funeral of the infant child of Mr. and Mrs. John Prime, of 2808
Commercial Avenue, who died of whooping cough, was held this afternoon at
the residence, Rev. J. A. Scarritt conducting the services.
Interment was made at Beech Grove Cemetery.
We
desire to express our deepest gratitude to the many friends who were a
comfort and assistance to us in the bereavement we have sustained by the
death of our beloved son, and brother, George L. Eisenberg.
Especially are we grateful to Mr. D. V. Frost, lay reader of the
Church of the Redeemer, and the members of the choir who assisted at the
funeral services.
Villa
Ridge, Aug. 25.—Mrs. Nannie Crain, widow of the late Dr. James H.
Crain, died this morning at 2:30 o’clock at the residence of her
daughter, Mrs. Henry Fearnside. Death came suddenly as the
result of heart failure. The decedent was about 65 years of age.
Her husband died several months ago.
Four
children survive the decedent, Dr. Coral Crain, of Emporia, Kan.,
Claud L. Crain, of Little Rock, Ark., Miss Festal Crain and
Mrs. Rydal Fearnside, of Villa Ridge. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at
Villa Ridge at 3 o’clock.
(Henry C. Fearnside married Rydal M. Crain on 13 Sep 1885, in
Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
(Richard Holderfield married Mrs. Lucinda Book nee
Leach on 7 Dec 1895, in Union Co., Ill.
Benjamin F. Book
married Lucinda Leach on 18 Jan 1883, in Jefferson Co., Ill.
She was the daughter of William Leach and Delila Roberts,
who were married on 7 Oct 1842, in Jefferson Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Alto
Pass, Ill., Aug.28.—Perry Davidson, aged 17 years, son of Rev. T. J.
Davidson, of the Jerusalem District, died early this morning from the
effects of the amputation of his right leg, which was made necessary by his
being accidentally shot two weeks ago by a boy companion named Fuller
while out hunting. He did not rally from the operation, which was
performed at 9 o’clock last night by Drs. Essick, of Murphysboro, and
Stearns, of Pomona.
(His
marker in Jerusalem Cemetery near Pomona reads:
Perry Davidson Born June 16, 1886 Died Aug. 27, 1902.—Darrel
Dexter)
The
little son of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Lamb, of 1514 Cedar Street, died
last night at 8:40 o’clock after suffering from diphtheria since last
Sunday. The child was five years of age. The funeral will be
held this afternoon with interment at Beech Grove Cemetery. Another
child of the family is ill of diphtheria.
Mr.
Lamb is the faithful janitor of the Church of the Redeemer and in the
great trouble that has befallen him and his wife they have had the kindest
attention from the members of the church.
(Matthew Lamb, born in Ratlif on Trent, England, married Mary A.
Bates on 22 Sep 1889, in Union Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
Health Officer Samuel Orr received word today of the death of Samuel
Louis Casey, aged 81 years, who died Monday at the home of his son in
St. Joseph, Mo. For twenty-four years Capt. Orr was agent for
coal from Mr. Casey’s mines.
The
death of Mr. Casey recalls some stirring incidents of the time of the
Civil War. He was the first Republican sent to Congress from Kentucky,
having been elected in 1862 to fill the unexpired term of Henry C.
Burnett, who was expelled from that body for making a violent Rebel
speech. Burnett was afterward a member of Jefferson Davis’
cabinet.
(Robert Harper, of Wetaug, son of James Harper and Jane
Stubblefield, married Sarah Dean on 31 Mar 1898, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
The
death of Edward Eggleston, the noted author of The Hoosier
Schoolmaster and other works, which occurred yesterday at Jones’ Lock,
Lake George, was received with sorrow by his relatives here.
George Carey Eggleston, a brother of the decedent, resided in Cairo
after the Civil War, having been employed here for several years as
correspondent for Halliday Brothers. He married Miss Marion
Wardner, a daughter of Dr. Wardner. His sister, Miss Jennie
Eggleston, lived here also and was an instructor in music. She
is married and lives now in Evanston, Ill.
(George C. Eggleston married Marion Craggs nee
Wardner on 9 Sep 1868, in Alexander Co., Ill.
Alexander Armstrong married Josephine Eggleston on 20
Sep 1877, in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
(Albert Corbet married Frances Brooks on 6 Aug 1895, in
Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
Saturday, 6 Sep 1902:
(Her
marker in Cairo City Cemetery reads:
Annie M. Pitcher 1887-1902.—Darrel Dexter)
(M.
L. Helman married Ida Koonce on 22 Jun 1887, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill. A marker in Cairo City
Cemetery at Villa Ridge reads:
Ruth Helman Born July 15, 1891 Died Sept. 8, 1902.—Darrel Dexter)
Nathan Wardner Eshleman died at this home in Meendar, Ills., Sunday,
August 24th, after a brief illness of cerebro meningitis.
He was born and reared in Villa Ridge, Ill., was married August 24, 1897, to
Miss Ellen Moore, of Tamaroa, Ill., who survives him. No
children blessed their union.
(Jacob W. Eshleman married Rachel E. Kelly on 23 Feb 1865, in
Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
(William J. Wright married Mary J. Rinehart on 4 Jun 1879, in
Union Co., Ill. Her marker in I.
O. O. F. Cemetery at Dongola reads:
Mary J. wife of W. J. Wright Born Aug. 11, 1861 Died Aug. 29,
1902.—Darrel Dexter)
Mrs.
Margaret Linehan, aged 80 years, one of Cairo’s oldest residents,
died this morning at the residence of her son-in-law, P. S. McNamara,
315 Twenty-seventh street. Her husband died here over thirty years ago
and Mrs. Linehan had resided here more than fifty years. A son,
Con Linehan, and her daughter, Mrs. P. S. McNamara, survive
her. The funeral arrangements have not been completed.
(Patrick McNamara married Catherine Linehan on 8 Sep 1885, in
Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
The
remains of Mrs. James A. Law, a former resident of Cairo, was brought
to the city today via the Big Four Railroad from Mt. Carmel and were
taken to Beech Grove Cemetery at 2:40 o’clock this afternoon for interment,
attended by a number of friends of the family.
Mrs.
Law was the wife of James A. Law, a well-known fireman on the
Big Four. Her death was due to pulmonary ailments from which she had
been ill for some time. The deceased was born in Pennsylvania, July
18, 1875, and was married to Mr. Law at Willard, July 5, 1896.
She is survived by her husband, a little son, aged eleven months, her
father, who is in Alaska, mother, a sister and brother. She was a
life-long member of the Baptist church and was a woman of fine Christian
character, the loss of whose good influence will be felt deeply.
Funeral services were held at the residence in Mt. Carmel last evening
conducted by the Rev. J. H. Walterich.
(James A. Law married Minnie S. Gaddis on 5 Jul 1896, in
Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
Regarding the death of Ernest Osterloh, brother of C. M. Osterloh,
of this city, who was well known to many in Cairo, the Cape Girardeau
Republican in yesterday’s issue says:
“Death has claimed another of our prominent citizens, this time it being
Ernest Osterloh, one of our enterprising Main Street businessmen.
“Mr.
Osterloh was reared in this city and received his education at St.
Vincent’s College. He was a dutiful student and had made such rapid
progress in his studies that he concluded to strive for the priesthood, but
finally gave up this intention, and leaving the college, began the
occupation of teaching, which he followed successfully for a number of
years.
“During his college days he cultivated quite a taste for music, which line
he followed until he gained for himself quite a local reputation. This
he followed for many years afterwards, leading one of the best orchestras
that were ever organized in this vicinity. Later on he entered the
queensware business with his father, and a few years after that he entered
the news business for himself, which line he followed at the time of his
death.
“He
leaves a large family and many relatives.”
Friends of Mrs. Susan Magee were shocked to hear of her sudden death,
which occurred at her late residence, 317 Twenty-seventh Street, yesterday
morning at 7 o’clock.
Mrs.
Magee had been in failing health for some time, but there were no
symptoms to indicate her death at this time. Saturday evening she was
taken ill about 8 o’clock and after an hour became unconscious, remaining so
until she passed away. Her physician pronounced the cause of death to
be apoplexy. The suddenness of her demise was naturally a great shock
to her family, but the fact that it was peaceful and painless is a comfort
to them.
The
decedent had resided in Cairo almost continuously for the past twenty-eight
years and was very well known and most highly esteemed by a large circle of
friends. The surviving members of the family are her two sons, J.
Bruce and Frank Magee, and two daughters, the Misses Mary and
Josephine Magee.
The
funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at St. Joseph’s Church of
which the decedent was a member, leaving the residence at 9:30 o’clock and
the remains will be taken to St. Louis at 11:42 o’clock for interment in
Calvary Cemetery beside the grave of her husband, who died in 1893.
Friends of Mr. F. E. Jewett, a well-known traveling salesman
representing the Samuel Dupples Woodenware Company of St. Louis, who comes
to this city monthly, will be pained to learn of the terrible death of his
wife, which occurred last Friday. Mrs. Hewett poured a quantity
of what she thought was water into a hot kettle. It was gasoline
instead and an explosion resulted in which the unfortunate woman was
horribly burned. Death relieved her shortly afterward.
Alto
Pass, Ill., Sept. 16.—C. C. Rendleman received a telegram this
morning from his sister, Mrs. E. L. Beans, of Chicago, saying that
her husband was killed while at work with a crew of Illinois Central steel
bridge builders. No particulars were given.
Mr.
Beans is a native of Union County and taught school in the public
schools of the county for many years. While principal of the school
here, many years ago, he met Miss Emma Rendleman, then the belle of
the village, and Cupid immediately “got busy” and a wedding was almost in
view when a lovers’ quarrel came along and upset things, and it was not
until two years ago that Cupid’s plans were matured. Then Mr. Beans,
who had for several years been in Texas, came north. Miss Rendleman
met him at Anna, where she went ostensibly to visit relatives, and together
they went to St. Louis where in the parlors of one of the large hotels there
Rev. S. J. Nichols, of the Second Presbyterian Church, made them man
and wife.
The
funeral arrangements have not yet been made, but the remains will be brought
to Cobden for interment.
(Emerson L. Beans married Emma Rendleman on 6 Oct 1899, in St.
Louis, Mo. His marker in Cobden
Cemetery reads: E. L. Beans
1861-1902.—Darrel Dexter)
(George T. Whitlock married Addie F. Hambleton on 20 Dec 1880,
in Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
The
many friends of Capt Al. H. Hurd were shocked and grieved today to
learn of his sudden death, which occurred last night at 10:45 o’clock at his
residence, 411 Tenth Street, after an illness of only three hours.
Captain Hurd about a year ago had a severe spell of sickness, his
physicians pronouncing it a disease of the heart, and since then he and his
family had been aware of his tendency to heart failure, although he had not
been seriously attacked since that time. Last evening about 8 o’clock
he complained of feeling faint and rapidly grew worse, experiencing great
difficulty in breathing. Dr. W. J. Webb was called and
restoratives, usual in such cases were administered, but without avail, and
he passed away peacefully.
The
decedent was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1849 and came to Cairo in 1863.
He was married here to Miss Lottie Elliott, his present wife, who
with a daughter, Mrs. John P. Beck, survives him. Up to the
time of his death, he was employed as wharf master for the Mobile & Ohio
Railroad at East Cairo. Capt. Hurd was a man devoted to his
family and fond of his home. To his friends, he was most genial, and
all who knew him will feel a personal grief in his death. Notice of
the funeral arrangements appears elsewhere in this issue.
Died—Friday, Sept. 19, at 10:45 o’clock p.m., Capt. Albert Hurd, aged
54 years.
Funeral services will be held at the residence, 411 Tenth Street, Monday
afternoon at 1:45 o’clock. Special train will leave foot of Eight
Street for Beech Grove Cemetery at 2:50 o’clock. Friends of the family
are invited.
Died,
Saturday evening, September 20, Mrs. George F. Ort, at her late
residence 1606 Washington Avenue.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the Cairo
Baptist Church. Special train will leave at 2:45 o’clock for Beech Grove
Cemetery. Friends of the family are invited.
The
death of Mrs. George F. Ort, which occurred Saturday evening at 8:45
o’clock at her late residence, 1606 Washington Avenue, causing ___ to all
who knew this most estimable woman. Her consistent Christian life was
an example to all. Being childless, she took into her home and _____
several children who grew to love her as their own mother and “rise up and
call her blessed.” Mrs. Clarence W. Smith, of Carbondale,
formerly Miss V___t, was one of the adopted children.
For
the past two years the decedent has been afflicted with tuberculosis and her
devoted husband took her to various health resorts, but without permanent
benefit. Mrs. Ort was 51 years of age and was born in Holland.
She was a sister to Messrs Peter and George DeGelder, of Beech Ridge.
She was a member of the Cairo Baptist Church, where funeral services will be
held tomorrow.
Mrs.
John VanVark, of Belle, Ia., a sister of the decedent arrived today
to attend the funeral.
(George F. Ort married Helena Ellen DeGelder on 4 Nov 1874, in
Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
Died,
Monday morning, September 22, Mrs. Dora Littleton, at the residence
of J. A. Littleton, 408 Douglas Street.
Funeral services will be held at the Methodist church Tuesday afternoon at 2
o’clock. A special train will convey friends to Villa Ridge cemetery.
Friends of the family are invited.
WHILE IN DELIRIUM
A
distressing accident occurred at the residence of John Cannon on
Douglas Street, Sunday morning about 12:30 in which Mrs. Frank Kling,
wife of Engineer Kling of the Marine hospital, sustained painful
injuries.
Mr.
and Mrs. Kling have an apartment at the Cannon residence on
the second floor. Saturday Mrs. Kling was ill and it has since
developed that her ailment affected her mental condition. A physician
attended her, but as her illness seemed to be of a mild nature, she was left
alone at bedtime in her bed asleep.
About
12:30 o’clock the suffering woman arose and in her delirium jumped through
the window of her bedroom, crashing through the glass to the ground below.
No one in the house heard her, but her cries attracted neighbors across the
street who rushed over and awoke the Cannon family. The injured
woman was carried into the house and Dr. G. H. McNemer was called.
He examined the patient and found that no bones were broken. Her
hands, however, were badly cut by the broken glass, and the shock of the
fall left the poor woman in a pitiable condition. Sedatives were given
to quiet her.
Today
an application was made in the county court for an examination into the
unfortunate woman’s mental state, and Drs. J. E. Strong and S. B.
Cary were appointed to conduct the inquiry.
Mrs.
Malinda Buckle, widow of the late Thomas Buckle, died at the
family residence in Villa Ridge, September 13, 1902, in the 69th
year of her age. Her maiden name was Boner and before her
marriage she was a teacher in the public schools of Pulaski County.
She was married to Thomas Buckle June 12, 1860. To them were
born nine children, eight of whom are living, namely Mrs. Edith Johnson,
of Pine Bluff Ark., Mrs. Florence Koonce, Mrs. Alpha Emmert,
Misses Rose, Bertie and Olive Buckle and the two sons, William and
George, of Villa Ridge. In her fifteenth year Mrs. Buckle united with
the Methodist Episcopal Church and continued a member of the same until her
death. The funeral services were held in the church of which she was a
member Monday morning, September 15, conducted by the pastor, Rev. T. P.
Brannum, assisted by Rev. J. M. Sutherland of the Congregational
church. During the long months of sorrow and suffering through which
she had passed Mrs. Buckle was sustained by the faith of the
Christian and was ever patient and trusting. She selected as her
funeral text, Revelation 21:4.
Mrs.
Buckle was a kind and loving mother, ever devoted to the interest of
her children, always encouraging them to succeed and to lead useful,
upright, honorable lives.
(Robert Lee Johnson married Edith Ellis Buckle on 3 Jan 1895,
in Pulaski Co., Ill. Henry E.
Koonce married Florence Anna Buckle on 4 Jul 1898, in Pulaski
Co., Ill. Frank B. Emmert
married Alferetta Buckle on 11 Oct 1898, in Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
(Horace E. Ince married Lenore B. Comings on 25 Jun
1878, in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
A
dispatch from Harrisburg, Ill., to the Chicago American says:
News
reaches here from Shawneetown of stories that are afloat regarding the
burning of the City of Pittsburg on the Ohio River last April.
It is
said that detectives have been at work for some time and report that
relatives of Hunter and Magill, wealthy Tidioute, Pa.,
citizens were among the victims. The detectives believe that the
bodies were found and secreted, with the hope of obtaining a larger reward.
A brother of one of the men has been near the wreck about fifteen weeks and
is still there, but has found no clue. It is also said that Captain
Wess Doss the venerable pilot found near the shore and supposed to
have died from exhaustion, was murdered by a deck hand for his watch and
money.
A
farmer living near the scene says he assisted Captain Doss to the
shore and informed the detectives that he had a wound. As the farmer
left to assist others, he saw a negro approaching. The dead man had a
deep wound on his head, which was found, but it was supposed he received it
in getting off the boat. His fine watch was found in the possession of
a negro at Louisville, Ky., shortly after the disaster, and the negro is now
being held on a charge of grand larceny.
Keane—Died
Sunday, September 28, 1902, at 6 o’clock a.m. of typho malarial fever, at
his home in this city, Thomas Keane, aged 65 years.
The
funeral will be held on Tuesday, September 30th, cortege leaving
residence, No. 1115 Washington Avenue, at 1:30 p.m. for St. Patrick’s
Church. Special train will leave foot of Eighth Street for Villa Ridge at
2:30 p.m. Friends of family invited.
Thomas Keane, a well known citizen whose serious illness was
mentioned in The Citizen of Saturday evening, died yesterday morning
at 6 o’clock at his home, Twelfth Street and Washington Avenue, after an
illness of three weeks’ duration of typhoid malarial fever.
The
decedent was born in Ireland and was 65 years of age. He came to Cairo
in 1862 from Trenton, N.J., and had resided with his family at the present
family home for twenty-eight years. He was engaged in the grocery
business there for the same length of time and for sixteen years he was
foreman at J. B. Reed’s foundry during which time Mrs. Keane
conducted the grocery. His wife and five children, the Misses Ida and
Jessie, Messrs. Frank, Joseph and Henry, are the surviving members of the
family and are left with many friends to mourn the loss of a devoted
husband, father and friend. The funeral announcement will be seen
elsewhere in this issue.
(His
marker in Calvary Cemetery at Villa Ridge reads:
Thomas Keane Died Sept. 28, 1902.
Father.—Darrel Dexter)
Lying
in the back part of the hull of the wrecked Steamer City of Pittsburg,
the badly decomposed remains of two bodies were found last evening at 5
o’clock by Will Linegar and Hayes Dunning. The low stage
of the river had left that part of the wreckage exposed, and the bodies
after having been there since last April were discovered.
There
was nothing about the fleshless bones to indicate the identity of the
beings, who, never thinking of the possibility of a horrible death, took
passage on the ill-fated steamer and went to an untimely grave. The
clothes however, correspond to the description of those worn by Messrs. L.
L. Hunter and L. B. Magill, two millionaire lumber dealers of
Tidioute, Pa. On the bodies were two watches, the numbers of which are
the same as those known to have been the property of the two men. A
knife bearing the name “Tidioute” in one of the pockets is another
conclusive proof that the bodies are those of Hunter and Magill.
The relatives have been notified and doubtless will come here at once in
claim the remains.
It
will be remembered that the relatives and friends of the two men made
repeated efforts to find the bodies, coming here after the disaster,
remaining here with the searching party so long as bodies were found in the
wreckage. About three weeks ago, Dr. Magill, of Tidioute, a
brother of one of the missing men, came here again and made renewed efforts
to find the remains of his dead brother and friend. A reward of $500
was offered some time ago for the recovery of the bodies of Linegar
and Dunning doubtless will be paid the amount.
The
finding of the bodies will be a great relief to the families of Messrs.
Hunter and Magill, whose natural desire to give the remains of
their dead ones a fitting burial will now be gratified.
Mr. Harry Dickerman’s
grandfather, Mr. Dickerman, of Carbondale, died Monday afternoon at 3
o’clock. Mr. Harry Dickerman will return home today.
(Mounds)
(His
marker in Oakland Cemetery in Carbondale reads:
Charles Edward Dickerman Born Sept. 26, 1833 Died Sept. 27,
1902.—Darrel Dexter)
The
account of the recovery of the bodies of L. L. Hunter and L. B.
Magill, of Tidioute, Pa., in the wreck of the steamer
City of Pittsburg, as published exclusively in The Citizen of last
evening created much interested comment on the streets and in the public
places.
Mayor
M. C. Wright, as soon as he read the account at once telegraphed the
information to Mr. L. C. Porterfield, of Grandin, Mo., a friend of
the dead men, who spent two weeks here with the searching party after the
disaster. Mr. Porterfield, in order to catch the Iron Mountain
train due to arrive here at noon today chartered an engine and rode
twenty-five miles to reach the train and arrived here on schedule time.
He went to the scene of the wreck this evening on the steamer J. B.
Richardson and if the bodies are in a condition to be shipped will have
them sent to Paducah whence they will be shipped to Tidioute. Mr. R.
C. Benner, of Paducah, who had advised by the families of Hunter
and Magill to go to the wreck and view the bodies, arrived this
afternoon on the Richardson. The article in The Citizen,
at his request, was read to him over the long distance telephone last
evening by Mr. E. J. Stubbins, of The Halliday, and was the first
complete information received by him.
Mr.
B. S. Magill, of Tidioute, a brother of one of the dead men, is
expected to arrive here tonight.
Mr.
Magill carried $40,000 or $50,000 life insurance and $5,000 or
$10,000 accident insurance. The latter amount has been paid the
family, but the former has been withheld pending absolute proof of death.
There
are grave suspicions about the failure to recover the bodies until this time
and some startling developments may result.
William Goodwin, for twenty years a brakeman and conductor on the
Cairo division of the Big Four R. R., died Monday morning in a hospital at
Danville. He resigned his position with the railroad company about two
years ago on account of failing health and went to Oklahoma, but failing to
improve, he returned to Illinois about two weeks ago. The funeral was
held in Robinson, at the home of his parents, yesterday. He was held
in the highest esteem by his railroad friends, a number of whom attended the
obsequies.
The
last chapter of the awful tragedy, which ended the lives of Messrs. L. L.
Hunter
and H. B.
Magill,
was concluded today when Mr. B. S.
Magill paid to the finders of the bodies the
reward of $200, which had been offered for their recovery. The money
was paid after Mr. Magill, who arrived from Tidioute last night,
visited in person the scene of the wreck and convinced himself that the men
were justly entitled to the reward. Mr. Porterfield accompanied
Mr. Magill to Caledonia this morning and they returned on the noon
train. They will now return to their homes, their search, which has
been prosecuted for more than five months, ended.
The
gruesome souvenirs of the tragedy, which ended the lives of L. L. Hunter
and L. B. Magill, the wealthy Tidioute lumbermen, who lost their
lives in the wreck of the steamer City of Pittsburg, were brought
here last night by the two men who discovered the remains. They
consisted of the two watches, a knife bearing the word Tidioute, a trousers
button with the name of a Tidioute clothier and a Hoo-Hoo button.
There
is no doubt about the identification being complete. One of the
watches stopped at 4:38 o’clock, which was the time the destruction of the
steamer occurred. The bodies were buried under three feet of mud and
the heads were entirely burned off. The position of the bones of the
spinal column, one above another, would indicate that they were standing up
when death came to them. They were in the extreme rear of the boat and
when found were underneath some hog chains. The bones were gathered up
and will be shipped to Tidioute.
The
friends of the victims were extremely anxious to recover the bodies and it
is said were prepared to spend a fortune in the search. Hayes
Dunning and William Linegar, who made the discovery, have been in
search of the remains for months under pay of the relatives of the dead men.
James
Mulcahy came in from his farm at Willard, bringing two sad items of
news. Mr. Samuel P. Bradshaw, one of the old farmers at
Willard, was struck with paralysis last night, and when Mr. Mulcahy
left, was in a comatose state from which it was scarcely expected he would
ever rally. He has a large family of children, several of whom are
grown.
James
Coleman has been missing since last Monday and it is feared that he
is drowned. He lived with his brother, Smith Coleman, on
Baumgard Island and crossed the slough to the main land in a skiff Monday.
No alarm was occasioned by his absence until Wednesday, when a search was
instituted. His skiff was found in a rush heap eight miles down the
river, where it had drifted and lodged. The oars were in the locks,
indicating that he had fallen out before reaching shore. His brother
Smith is in the city getting bills out offering a reward for the discovery
of his brother or his body. The two sad affairs cast a gloom over
Willard, as they were both prominent and highly respected citizens.
Mr. Coleman was so familiar with the waters of the chute that his
friends think nothing but foul play could have gotten him out of the skiff
without his consent.
(His
name is recorded as Thomas Nealon in the 14 Oct 1902, issue of The
Citizen.)
Gladys Kirk, an inmate of 212 Thirteenth Street, committed suicide
this morning by taking morphine. She took the drug sometime during the
night and died at 9 o’clock this morning. Dr. Fields was called at 8
o’clock, but too late to be of practical assistance. She was conscious
and told him her home was in Erie, Pa., but the police say it was generally
supposed that she belonged in Hickman, Ky. Dr. Fields says she
might have been saved but for the fact that her heart was bad. Perhaps
the reader will be disposed to conclude that the life she led was caused by
the same defect. She told the doctor that she had taken fifty cents
worth of the drug. The coroner took charge of the remains.
(This
may be the same person as Eugene Smith, who married Eliza Wright
on 17 Oct 1887, in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
Word
comes from Chicago that Dr. J. B. Humphrey died in that city
yesterday of heart disease and that the funeral will be held next Thursday.
Old Cairo people will remember him as druggist and pharmacist during and
after the war, and a resident of Cairo for several years after. He
sold his drug business to James and P. W. Barclay.
(His
name is recorded as Thomas Nalin in the 11 Oct 1902, issue of The
Citizen.)
(Thomas J. Wentworth married Kate Purcell on 3 Jun 1889, in
Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
(Scott Cauble married Mary Hartman on 4 Apr 1875, in Alexander
Co., Ill. Eli D. Short
married Ida Hartman on 12 Feb 1899, in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
(J. J. Moyers married Mary H. Spence on 3 May 1891, in
Pulaski Co., Ill. Her marker was
not located in the Reformed Cemetery at Wetaug, but one there reads:
Francis Orman son of J. J. & Mary H. Moyers Born March 30,
1892 Died Aug. 18, 1893 Aged 1 Yr., 4 Mos. & 18 Da’s.—Darrel Dexter)
(William H. Durham married Emily Bracken on 17 Jan
1856, in Alexander Co., Ill.
George W. Sammons married Mrs. Emily Durham on 11 Mar 1866, in
Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
The
report made by City Clerk William H. Mourey to County Clerk Miller
of the deaths in Cairo for the month of September gives the names of 24 who
passed away in thirty days and brings the number of deaths of the city for
the first nine months of the year up to 226. How many of the country
reported has not been computed, but during the first six months of the year
194 deaths occurred in the entire country, city included.
Levi
Johnson, a colored man about 65 years of age, was run over by an
engine at Mounds Sunday night about 10 o’clock, and received injuries from
which he died within three hours. He was crossing the railroad tracks
in the yards when an engine struck him. His right leg was ground off
at the thigh and he was badly cut and bruised otherwise. He lived __
of the round house at Mounds.
Capt.
John McDowell, an old and prominent citizen of Mound City, died last
night at midnight at his home in that place, Bright’s disease being the
cause.
In
1877, Capt. McDowell removed to Mound City from Brazil, Ind., and
established a saw and planing mill. He resided there up to the time of
this death, and was always an important factor in public matters. He
was first president of the First State Bank of Mound City and was one of the
most substantial citizens of that enterprising town. Many Cairo
citizens knew Capt. McDowell and highly esteemed him. He is
survived by his wife and two sons.
(His
marker in Mt. Zion Cemetery near Dongola reads:
Lorenzo S. Earnhart Born Jan. 1, 1843 Died Oct. 24, 1902.
Amanda C. Earnhart Born Oct. 7, 1833, Died March 21, 1911.
There is a bright region above. We long to reach its shore, To join
the dear ones we love, Not lost, but gone before.—Darrel Dexter)
Actuated by some unknown cause that had taken from him all the charm of
living, Omar Graddy, a well-known and highly esteemed young man of
Mounds, shot himself in the head yesterday morning. The news of his
tragic death spread rapidly and was a great shock to the community in which
he resided.
Graddy
had been employed by John Lane, a leading merchant of Mounds, for
seven years, and was a young man of exemplary habits and cheerful
disposition. He was the sole support of his widowed mother; hence his
rash act is especially sad and unaccountable. He went to the store
yesterday morning as usual and a short time after his arrival a negro
employed on the place hearing a shot went out to the stable to investigate
the cause and found Graddy there wounded by his own hand.
Graddy had deliberately planned his self-inflicted death and in a note
left in the store he made a financial statement of what was due him and of
his few debts, and containing an affectionate goodbye message to his mother.
Graddy
was in a dying condition when found, but an effort was made to save his
life, Drs. J. J. Rendleman and S. B. Cary of this city being
summoned to attend him. They went to Mounds on the first train but
Graddy was dead when they arrived. He did not recover
consciousness and died at 12:40 o’clock.
It
was reported that a love affair was the cause of Graddy’s deed, and
in view of the fact that he was in good health and in comfortable
circumstances, it seems to be a reasonable theory. The decedent was a
thrifty young man and owned stock in the Cairo Building and Loan
Association.
News
was received here yesterday of the death of Mrs. John Hodges, wife of
Capt. Hodges, sheriff of Alexander County, which occurred at the
family home in Hodges Park Saturday night. The critical illness of
Mrs. Hodges had been known here for more than a week past, and during
that time her husband and children had watched at her bedside, knowing that
the end was near.
Mrs.
Hodges’ maiden name was Wicker. She was a sister of Mrs.
F. D. Atherton and was related to several prominent families of
Alexander County. She was a consistent Christian woman and was for
many years a member of the Baptist Church. She reared a family and as
a wife and mother did he duty faithfully and well.
The
funeral was held this afternoon at the residence in Hodges Park and was
attended by the following Cairoites: Mrs. L. P. Parker, Mrs. E.
J. Stubbins, Mrs. N. V. Lewis, Messrs. M. J. Howley,
Reed Green, Miles Frederick Gilbert, Dr. James McManus,
Lee B. Davis, Scott Cauble, John Bourgois, P.
Mahoney, Maynard Parker.
(Francis Atherton married Martie E. Wicker on 4 Jun 1865, in
Gallatin Co., Ill. Her marker in
Unity Cemetery reads: Isophine
I. wife of John Hodges Born Aug. 14, 1837 Died Nov. 1, 1902.—Darrel
Dexter)
Died—Bertha F. Serbian, aged 25 years, wife of Andrew Serbian,
Sunday at 11:25 p.m.
(Andrew Serbian married Bertha Mikkin on 3 Sep 1899, in
Alexander Co., Ill. Her marker
in Cairo City Cemetery reads:
Bertha F. wife of Andrew R. Serbian Born Sept. 24, 1877 Died Nov. 2,
1902.—Darrel Dexter)
The
death of Mrs. Andrew Serbian, a most estimable young woman, which
occurred last night at 11:25 o’clock, at the family home on Twenty-eighth
Street near the Mississippi levee, was a great shock to her friends and is a
peculiarly sad case because of the circumstances.
A son
was born to Mrs. Serbian three weeks ago and shortly afterward
puerperal fever set in with the sad result as stated.
Mrs.
Serbian was a daughter of Ferdinand and Augusta Mikkin, who
reside near Olmstead. She was born September 24, 1877, at Koenigsberg,
Germany, and came to this country when she was 12 years of age. She
was married to Andrew Serbian, the well-known gardener, September 3,
1899, and was the mother of a daughter and an infant son.
The
decedent is survived also by her three sisters, Mesdames Fritz Hagey,
Phillip Burkhardt, and William Weidner. The funeral
announcement is given elsewhere in these columns.
(Philip F. Burkhart married Mary Mikkin on 26 Mar 1895, in
Alexander Co., Ill. Reinhold
Weidner married Amelea Mikkin on 15 Jan 1893, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
(Clarence E. Sams married Cora Clutts on 17 Aug 1893, in
Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
(Her
marker in Concord Cemetery reads:
Bessie M. wife of Otto Knupp Died Oct. 28, 1902 Aged 21 Yrs.,
11 Mos., & 29 Ds.—Darrel Dexter)
M. E.
Williams, a young man formerly employed on the towboat J. B.
Finley, died this morning at the Marine hospital from heart disease.
His father, who lives at Tampa, Fla., was notified of his death and the
remains will probably be shipped to that place.
The
decedent was ill for two or three weeks before coming here, part of the time
on the boat and at the hospital at Paducah. He was brought here three
week ago.
Mr.
E. J. Stubbins, of The Halliday, received a message today announcing
the sudden death of his uncle, J. W. Stubbins, a prominent citizen of
Mattoon.
The
decedent was 58 years of age and leaves two children, a grown son and
daughter. For more than twenty years he was proprietor of the Dole
House in Mattoon, the leading hotel of that city, but he retired from active
business about two years ago.
His
son is in the West Indies engaged as a civil engineer for a railroad being
built there. His daughter resides in Mattoon.
Mr.
and Mrs. Stubbins will leave tonight for Mattoon to attend the
funeral.
An
inquest was held by Coroner McManus this morning over the remains of
Wallace Stovall, colored, who died Saturday night from the effects of
a pistol shot wound inflicted by Frank Shaw, also colored, last
Tuesday night near Anderson Field’s place on Commercial Avenue and
Fifth Street. The trouble arose over a crap game.
The
inquest was held at the courthouse with James Meehan as foreman of
the jury and James Gilmore, Timothy Cahill, S. S. Halliday,
Gene Bolan and “Nig” Bates as jurors. Shaw is in
jail. He pled self-defense.
The
jury has not returned a verdict at 4 o’clock p.m.
M. W.
Fambrough, of Olmsted, reports that he recently found a watch in the
wreck of the steamer City of Pittsburg and for the benefit of those
interested, he gave The Citizen a description of the timepiece,
hoping that it may reach the eyes of the owner, who may have survived the
awful wreck, or those of friends of some poor unfortunate who lost his life
in that memorable disaster.
The
watch is 14 karat gold, Elgin make, the case is numbered 43163 and the works
844,381 and bears the inscription “From Father and Mother, June 13, 1883,
twenty-first birthday.”
Mr.
Fambrough also has a gold ring, which he found in the wreck bearing
the name “Tom.”
(The
29 May 1902, issue stated that Mrs. T. H. Adams, who was killed in
the Pittsburg disaster, wore a gold ring bearing the inscription
“Tom.”—Darrel Dexter)
The
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the
State of Illinois, at a meeting held September 25, adopted a report of a
committee appointed to prepare a tribute of respect to the memory of the
late Lieut. Col. William Weir Hester. That report has been published
and just issued.
Col.
Hester was a physician at the Southern Illinois Hospital for Insane
at Anna from 1879 to 1890 and was very well known and highly esteemed in
Southern Illinois. The memorial is a fitting eulogy of the decedent.
The
Illinois Central train arriving here at 10:45 o’clock last night brought to
the city Otto Helm, a boy of 15 years, in a dying condition from
terrible injuries received while riding on a freight train.
Yesterday he was found a short distance from Wetaug lying by the track with
his leg in a horribly mangled condition from ankle to hip. Dr. M. L.
Winstead, of that place, gave the boy attention and telegraphed to
Dr. W. F. Grinstead of this city, asking if a patient could be sent
to St. Mary’s Infirmary here and the expense charged to Pulaski County.
Dr. Grinstead replied that a member of the board of commissioners of
that county would have to make application for the patient and so the matter
ended without further action. Last night the poor unfortunate child
arrived here as above stated. He was taken into the waiting room of
the station and Dr. Grinstead was called to attend him. The
physician talked to the boy and after learning his name and address, fearing
that death was imminent, asked the boy if he desired to have a priest called
and truthfully told him his condition. The boy replied that it was his
wish and Rev. James Gillen of St. Patrick’s Church was summoned.
The waiting room was cleared of all onlookers and the last sacrament was
administered to the dying boy, after which he was removed to St. Mary’s
Infirmary and the tender care of the good sisters.
Helm’s
family resides at 3123 A. South California Ave., St. Louis and his father
was at once notified of the accident.
The
patient died this morning at 11:30 o’clock. An inquest was held over
the remains and a verdict rendered in accordance with the facts. The
father of the decedent arrived this afternoon and the remains will probably
be taken home by him.
R. B.
Woolsey, former bridge dispatcher for the Illinois Central railroad
at Bridge Junction and afterward operator at the Central union station, died
at Terre Haute, Ind., yesterday of Bright’s disease. He left here
several months ago, hoping that a change might benefit him.
For
many years Mr. Woolsey was superintendent of telegraph for the
Vandalia line. He was a man of pleasant genial manner, who won friends
easily, and all who knew him here will be grieved to learn of his death.
He is survived by his wife, two daughters and a son.
Please accept my sincere thanks for the warrant for two thousand dollars
($2,000) handed me this day in settlement of the benefit certificate on the
life of my late husband, Mr. A. H. Hurd. The payment of the
claim so soon after proofs of death were sent in, I assure you, is greatly
appreciated.
(Joseph B. Kindred married Cora Belle Purcell on 21 Jul 1886,
in Alexander Co., Ill. Her
marker in Cairo City Cemetery at Villa Ridge reads:
Angline M. Purcell Born Sept. 1, 1845 Died Nov. 16,
1902.—Darrel Dexter)
DIED—Sunday night, November 16, 1902, Mrs. Angeline M. Purcell.
Funeral services will be held at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. B.
Kindred, No. 432 Thirty-fourth Street at 2 o’clock p.m. Tuesday,
November 18th. Remains will be taken by special train from
Twenty-eighth Street at 3 p.m. to Villa Ridge Cemetery for interment.
Friends of the family are invited.
The
many friends of Mr. and Mrs. William Davidson were grieved to learn
this morning of the sad bereavement they have sustained in the death of
their son, Calvin, their youngest child, who passed away this morning at
12:30 o’clock after a severe illness of nearly two weeks.
Previous to his illness, he was a healthy looking boy, bright and active,
with every promise of a long life and his untimely death is a grief and a
shock to his friends. A few weeks ago he stopped school to assist his
father in the business of florist in which he displayed a great interest and
energy. He was attacked by a disease of typhoid nature about two weeks
ago, which from the first was critical, causing delirium much of the time.
The mother, who had been called to Memphis to comfort a bereft son whose
wife had passed away, returned to her home to so soon undergo the most
poignant grief that can come to a mother. The sympathy of the family’s
wide circle of friends is with the grief stricken parents, sister and
brothers. Mr. Harlow C. Davidson, of Memphis, a brother of the
decedent, is here, called by the sad event.
The
funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon, conducted by Rev. J. T. M. Knox,
assisted by Rev. W. C. Rutherford.
(His
marker in Cairo City Cemetery at Villa Ridge reads:
Calvin Davidson 1887-1903.—Darrel Dexter)
The
funeral of Calvin Davidson, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Davidson,
was held this afternoon at the residence, Tenth Street, conducted by Rev. J.
T. M. Knox and Rev. W. C. Rutherford and was attended by a
large concourse of friends of the family.
Twenty classmates of the decedent from the high school acted as pall and
flower bearers. The pallbearers were Paul Kerth, Will Burke,
Will King, Arthur Glenn, Paul Gee, Jodie Ross,
Robert Lewis, and Harry Allen. The Misses Annice
Foster, Louise Phillips, Mamie Lattner, Ora McNeil,
Hattie McKnight, Lulu Young, Nettie Kursdorfer, Modena
Woodward, Pearl Webb and Esther Stapleton carried the
numerous floral tributes. Appropriate music was rendered and the
occasion was in keeping with the beautiful young life of the decedent.
Interment was made at Villa Ridge cemetery.
TWO DEATHS AT VILLA RIDGE
A
very sudden death occurred this morning about 11 o’clock. John
Hudson, while standing in his store door talking to Thomas Roche,
fell dead, supposedly from an apoplectic stroke. Mr. Hudson was
an old citizen. His health has always been remarkably good. He
was widely known and the suddenness of his death is a great shock to the
community.
Mrs.
William Prindle was found dead in her bed this morning. She had
been in poor health for a long time, but was able to be about the house and
yesterday appeared in ordinary health. She was a widow and leaves
several grown children.
James
Curry, son of James Curry, yardmaster of the Big Four
Railroad, is seriously ill with typhoid fever at their home on Third Street.
DIED—Mrs. C. H. Grindler, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Julius
Serbian, Thursday night, Nov. 20.
Funeral services will be held at the residence, corner of Twenty-second and
Pine Street, Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock conducted by Rev. Hurst
of Jonesboro. Special train will leave foot of Eighteenth Street at
2:45 o’clock for Villa Ridge cemetery where interment will be made.
Friends of the family are invited.
DIED—At 10:40 o’clock a.m., Saturday, November 22d, Thomas Aisthorpe,
aged 77 years.
Funeral services will be held at the First M. E. Church Sunday afternoon at
1:45 o’clock conducted by Rev. J. A. Scarritt, D. D. A special
train will leave the foot of Eighth Street at 2:50 o’clock for Beech Grove
Cemetery where interment will be made. Friends of the family are
invited.
The
death of Mr. Thomas Aisthorpe, which had been presaged for several
days, occurred this morning at 10:40 o’clock at St. Mary’s Infirmary.
His son, Mr. J. S. Aisthorpe, was at his bedside when the summons
came and had the consolation of knowing that the end came peacefully.
The decedent had been in poor health since last winter with the ailments
attendant upon the breaking down of the vital forces in old age.
Previous to that time he was remarkably vigorous for one of his years and
greatly enjoyed outdoor life.
Mr.
Aisthorpe was born in London, England, February 24, 1825, and was
therefore in his 78th years. He came to Canada in his early
boyhood with his parents and later returned to England. In his early
manhood he came to the United States and located in Will County, Ill., and
in 1879 went to South Dakota where his occupation was farming. He
remained there until the death of his wife in May 1891. The following
fall he came to Cairo and since that time resided with his son and family.
The only surviving member of his family is his son, Mr. J. S. Aisthorpe.
The
life of the decedent was that of a consistent Christian. His old age
was characterized by a devout Christian piety. He was a regular
attendant of the First M. E. Church and there, where he so often worshipped,
the final rites will be held over his remains tomorrow. The casket
will be opened at the church, so that those desiring to take a last look at
their friend may do so. The remains will be taken to the residence of
his son this evening and will be borne from there to the church tomorrow
afternoon at 1:45 o’clock, according to the funeral announcement elsewhere
in these columns.
The
decedent was born September 5, 1819, in Russia, Herkimer County, New York.
She came west in her young days and had resided in Cairo nearly fifty years.
Her husband died before the Civil War and she remained a widow for the rest
of her life. She united with the Presbyterian Church early in her
life. Two daughters survive her, Mrs. George Clark and Mrs.
Henry Partee, of St. Louis. In the house of the former she lived,
tenderly cared for by her devoted daughter and grandchildren, whose grief is
deep over the loss of their dear one.
The
funeral arrangements have not been made pending word from Mrs. Partee,
who is now in New Orleans, and has been notified.
(Julius Serbian married Caroline Carry Grindler on 12 Jan
1878, in Alexander Co., Ill.
Eugene S. Parks married Annie M. Grindler on 12 Aug 1880, in
Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
Miss
Robbie Evers, daughter of Sheriff and Mrs. J. W. Evers, of
Metropolis, died Saturday afternoon at their home after a three weeks’
illness of typhoid fever.
Miss
Evers was 22 years of age and was one of the most popular young girls
in Metropolis, hence her untimely death is generally mourned. Her
little brother was ill of the same disease and it was while caring for him
that she contracted the fever, which caused her death. The decedent
was well known in Cairo, having visited here and the news of her death will
be a sad shock to all who knew her.
(Monroe Buster married Mary E. McCrite on 24 Jan 1900,
in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
A. J.
Housan, better known as “Red,” watchman for the Barrett Barge
Company, while at work on one of the boats lying at the Caruthersville, Mo.,
wharf, was drowned Sunday evening.
Housan
was at work on the downstream end of the barge shoving on a lever turning a
capstan when it slipped out of its socket, precipitating Housan into
the river. He made a feeble but fruitless effort to save himself.
The decedent was well known to river men and bore a good reputation as an
industrious and trustworthy employee. His wife was on the boat at the
time of the sad occurrence. Relatives of the decedent live in this
city.
The
family of Mr. J. M. Lansden today received the sad news of the sudden
death of Mrs. E. E. Noyes, a sister of Mrs. Lansden, who died
yesterday of apoplexy at the home of her son in New York, where she had been
visiting.
The
news was a shock to her relatives and will be most regretfully received by
all in Cairo who knew the estimable woman.
The decedent’s home was in Jacksonville.
The remains will be brought to Evanston, Ill., where the funeral will
be held at the residence of the decedent’s daughter, Mrs. Arthur Orr.
Mrs.
Lansden, her sister, Mrs. James E. Monroe, of Chicago, who is
her guest, and Mr. David S. Lansden, will leave tomorrow of Evanston.
(Arthur Orr married Eleanor E. Noyes on 14 Feb 1882, in Cook
Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
Silas Moore, a negro who fatally
shot a negro yesterday at Columbus, Ky., and was arrested here by Sergeant
Price last night was taken back to Columbus today by Marshal
Zimmerman of that place.
Mrs.
Mary A. Bugg, of Wickliffe, mother of Attorney R. G. Bugg, of
Bardwell, G. W. Bugg and Mrs. Lucy B. Coffee of Wickliffe, who
are all well known in Cairo, died at her home Saturday morning after an
illness of two weeks of pneumonia.
The
funeral was held Sunday morning at the Christian church in that place.
The decedent was 68 years of age and was one of the most prominent women of
Ballard County. Her husband who died some years ago was a well-known
attorney.
(Charles Edward Swink married Dora Chavers, 16, daughter of
Henry Chavers and Mary Kisner, on 20 Jun 1900, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
Anton
Lutz, aged 71, died at Mound City Sunday afternoon. His death
followed shortly after an operation for amputation of his leg. Some
time ago he received a wound, which became troublesome. Gangrene set
in and the operation became imperative, but at his advanced age he could not
stand the shock to his system. Anton Lutz, one of the seven
children of Anton Lutz, Sr., and Maria Stark, was born in
Rulfinger, Hohenzollern, Germany, on January 23, 1833. His father was
a solder in the German army against Napoleon Bonaparte.
Mr.
Lutz was educated in Germany and learned the butcher’s trade before
coming to the United States in 1854. He located in Cincinnati, Ohio,
and later removed to Mound City in 1860, and conducted a butcher shop
continuously for more than forty years. At Cincinnati in 1858 he
married to Miss Kresenzia Meser, who is a native of Baden, Germany.
Three children were born to them—Brima M., Louisa and Joseph, who has for
several years past conducted his father’s business.
Mr.
Lutz served as a member of the town board for a number of years.
He was a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
Messrs J. L. Barnard, J. H. Woodward, Dr. W. C. Jocelyn,
William Schuatz and Joseph Steagala and family have returned
from Hickman, Ky., where they attended the funeral of Mr. E. Case, a
prominent resident of that city.
The
decedent was an enthusiastic Odd Fellow and in order to have Cairo members
of the order attend his funeral, as one of his last requests, asked that
they attend and provided for all their expenses thereby incurred.
The
decedent was very charitable and generous, having provided liberally for
fourteen orphan children. He also paid the sum of $5,000 toward
building the Odd Fellows lodge hall at Hickman and paid all the indebtedness
on the Baptist church of which he was a member.
The
many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Wood were grieved to learn
today of the bereavement they have sustained in the loss of their infant
daughter Emily Witherspoon, who died this morning at 9:15 o’clock.
The
child was suffering from a severe cold, but no apprehension was felt until
about 9 o’clock last evening, when alarming symptoms began to develop and
pneumonia attacked the lungs. Drs. J. E. Strong and W. C.
Clarke were summoned and worked with the little sufferer, but their
efforts were futile. The loving parents watched with aching hearts
beside the little form, knowing that its life could not be saved. In
their sorrow they have the sympathy of a wide circle of friends.
Died,
December 8th, 1902, of pneumonia, Emily Witherspoon Wood,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Wood, aged six weeks and five
days. Private funeral services will be held at the family residence
Tuesday at 2 p.m. Burial at Villa Ridge cemetery.
(Her
marker in Cairo City Cemetery at Villa Ridge reads:
Emily W. Wood Born Oct. 23, 1902 Died Dec. 8, 1902.—Darrel
Dexter)
(Frederick M. Rittenhouse married Mary L. Wood on 25 Sep 1900,
in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
Col.
J. C. Clark, former president of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, died at
1 o’clock this morning in Chicago at an advanced age.
His
sons, C. S. Clark, general manager, and Horace W. Clark,
superintendent of the Mobile division of the road, left for Chicago last
night in response to messages telling of their father’s dying condition, but
did not reach there until after his death.
Died,
Wednesday, December 10th, Sip Gales, aged 53 years.
Funeral services will be held at the A. M. E. church on Seventeenth Street,
Saturday, December 13th, at 1 o’clock p.m. Interment at
Villa Ridge Cemetery, a special train leaving foot of Fourteenth Street at
2:45 p.m. Friends are invited to attend.
Mesdames P. J. Thistlewood and Samuel Hastings received a
message today announcing the sad news of the death of their brother, Dr. J.
K. Barney, which occurred last night at his home in Weir City, Kan.
The
decedent was 59 years of age and leaves a wife and four grown children.
Dr. Barney had been ill for some time with cirrhosis of the liver and
his sisters, Mesdames Thistlewood and Hastings visited him
about a month ago. Their friends will sympathize with them in their
bereavement.
After
months of suffering, the life of Mr. Sanford P. Bennett came to a
close at 6:40 o’clock Sunday evening. While he had been in ill health
for years, the sickness, which was his last, began last June and during no
time during the six months since then was he able to return to his work.
For the past five weeks he has been confined to his bed, and the last few
weeks his life has hung by a thread. His ailment was cirrhosis of the
liver. He suffered greatly but was given the greatest care and
attention by his devoted family. His end however was peaceful, and he
passed away as one would drop into quiet slumber.
Mr.
Bennett was a native of Milton, Pike County, Ill. He was of
French ancestry, though his parents were New Yorkers. Mr. Bennett
was a thorough office man, his training being to fit him for this work, and
his business life was spent at a desk. From the common schools of Pike
County he went to St. Louis and took a commercial course. Then he
served as deputy county clerk of his native county for seven years and
afterward as county clerk for one term.
At
the outbreak of the War of the Rebellion, Mr. Bennett enlisted in Co.
K of the Sixteenth Illinois Infantry. He was discharged in December of
the following year on account of physical disability and became connected
with the quartermaster’s department in Cairo, serving in that capacity until
1866.
From
the position of bookkeeper of the firm of Green & Wood, Mr.
Bennett stepped into the partnership in 1876, and the firm was Green,
Wood & Bennett. From the milling business they branched
out into the wholesale grocery business, becoming one of the largest
establishments in this line in this end of the state. It was largely
through Mr. Bennett’s ability that this was so. He had a
thorough mastery of his business and had a few equals in that line.
Besides his faithful application to business, Mr. Bennett’s chief
characteristic was his devotion to his family. He led a quiet life and
was very fond of his family. He married in 1865 Miss Kate McCallin,
at Pittsburg, who survives him with four children, Mrs. William J.
Johnston, Misses Frances and Kate Bennett and Mr. Sanford L.
Bennett, all of them residents of Cairo.
Mr.
Bennett was a member of the Presbyterian church of this city.
His
death occurred on the 37th anniversary of his marriage.
Mr.
Bennett had one sister and one brother surviving him. The
brother, who was here only a few weeks ago, called here by the illness of
Mr. Bennett, is Mr. A. C. Bennett, of Newman, Ill. The
sister is Mrs. Pinney, of Carthage, Mo.
(Allen M. Pinney married Mary F. Bennett on 26 May 1859, in
Pike Co., Ill. Sanford P.
Bennett enlisted on 24 May 1861 in Co. K, 16th Illinois
Infantry as a private. He was
23, born in Milton, Pike Co., Ill., and was discharged on 8 Oct 1862, at
Nashville, Tenn.—Darrel Dexter)
Mrs.
Matilda Wilson, a resident of Cairo for more than forty years, died
at 11:45 o’clock Saturday night of heart failure after a brief illness of
only a few hours.
The
decedent was in her usual state of health at suppertime, but after eating a
light meal she complained of a feeling of faintness, finally sinking into an
unconscious state. Dr. John Walsh was summoned and applied the
usual restorative, but without result.
The
decedent was the widow of Samuel Wilson, who died some years ago.
Three children survive her, Mrs. Clara E. Kyle, Mrs. Lucy D.
Milburn, of this city, and Samuel Wilson, of St. Louis.
The
funeral will occur tomorrow afternoon if the weather permits. The
service will be conducted at the family residence, No. 2515 Sycamore Street,
at 2 o’clock p.m. by Rev. J. T. M. Knox, and the remains will be
taken to Beech Grove Cemetery for interment. Notice of the funeral is
given elsewhere.
(Charles R. Kyle married Clara Wilson on 1 Apr 1873, in
Alexander Co., Ill. Henry H.
Milburn married Lucy D. Wilson on 5 Jun 1879, in Alexander Co.,
Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
Died,
Sunday, December 14, 1902, Sanford P. Bennett, aged 64.
Funeral services will be held at the family residence, No. 2515 Sycamore
Street, Tuesday, December 16th, at 2 o’clock p.m. The
remains will be taken to Beech Grove Cemetery for interment, funeral train
leaving foot of Eighteenth Street at 2:45 o’clock p.m.
Friends of the family are invited to attend.
Died,
Saturday, December 13, 1902, Mrs. Matilda Wilson, aged 76 years.
Funeral services will be held at the late residence, 315 Eighteenth Street,
at 1:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, Rev. Edward Roland, of the Church
of the Redeemer, officiating. Special train from foot of Eighteenth
Street for Beech Grove Cemetery. Friends of family invited.
(Charles C. Derr was a member of Co. A, 2nd Iowa Infantry
and filed for a pension on 25 Apr 1902.—Darrel Dexter)
(Henry E. Koonce married Florence Anna Buckle on 4 Jul 1898,
in Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
On
account of the death of Mrs. Emma B. Frank, member of the Cairo
Woman’s Club, the meeting announced for tomorrow has been postponed and the
program will be continued January 7, 1903.
The
death of Mrs. Emma Frank, so long feared and dreaded by the many
friends of that estimable young woman, occurred this morning at 2:45 o’clock
after a heroic effort on the part of her loved ones and her physicians to
preserve the vital spark. An illness of many weeks of typhoid fever
had robbed the constitution of all its recuperative power and the end came
peacefully as befitting her pure, gentle life.
Mrs.
Frank was about 37 years of age and had always been a useful young
woman in the community. For years she was organist and choir leader at
the Lutheran church in addition to her other church duties. She was
director of the Germania Maennerchor also, every member of which
organization had a tender reverence for their loyal leader, who braved all
kinds of weather to be at her post. As a member of the Cairo Woman’s
Club, with all her numerous duties, she nevertheless did her part there.
As a music teacher she had instructed many of the children of Cairo and her
life was a busy one, in fact, to such an extent that her weakened vitality
was thought to be largely due to overwork.
Mrs.
Frank, previous to her marriage to the late Charles Frank of
this city, lived in New Harmony, Ind. One son was born to them,
Howard, aged nine years, who at this tender age is left without either
mother or father, and realizes his sad loss. Her husband died about 8
years ago and after that time she and her little son resided with her
mother-in-law, to whom she was as devotedly attached as to an own mother.
The death of Mrs. Frank will cause deep grief and be felt as a
personal loss by all who knew her, but the memory of her well-spent life
will be an inspiration to those who loved her.
(Jasper Newton Miller married Henrietta Hileman on 18 Nov
1894, in Union Co., Ill. A
marker in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery near Wetaug reads:
Infants of Jasper & Etta Miller.—Darrel Dexter)
(Jackson R. Jones married Ada Barker on 1 Aug 1889, in Pulaski
Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
Michael McGrath, an old citizen of Cairo, died suddenly last night at
11:10 o’clock at the Brewery Saloon, 1810 Washington Avenue, of apoplexy,
caused by long continued addition to the liquor habit.
The
decedent went to the saloon about 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon and in a
short time fell asleep. At suppertime he was awakened and food was
given him. After eating the meal he again slept until 11 o’clock when
he rose and walked across the room and without any warning fell prostrate.
Dr. W. C. Clarke was called, but life was extinct when he arrived.
The decedent was 65 years of age and had lived in this city more than forty
years. The members of his family are all dead. The remains were
taken to Feith’s undertaking establishment, where an inquest was held
over the remains by Coroner McManus this afternoon, the jury
rendering a verdict in accordance with the facts. The jurors were
Thomas Meehan, Patrick Clancy, Phillip Brenna, E. T.
Fitzgerald, Dennis Coleman, and William O’Connell.
Died,
Thursday, December 16, 1902, at 2:45 a.m., Mrs. Emma Baldwin Frank.
Service with the family will be held at the residence, No. 910 Walnut
Street, Thursday, December 18, at 1 o’clock p.m., leaving the house at 1:15
o’clock. Services at the Evangelical Lutheran church at 1:30 p.m.
Special train will leave from Fourteenth Street at 2:45 p.m., for Villa
Ridge cemetery.
(Her
marker in Cairo City Cemetery at Villa Ridge reads:
Emma B. Frank 1865-1902.—Darrel Dexter)
The
funeral rites of Mrs. Emma Frank, held at the Lutheran church this
afternoon, were attend by hundred of sorrowing friends of the decedent, the
church being filled to its utmost capacity.
The
series were conducted by Rev. J. G. M. Hursch, assisted by Rev. H.L.
McGill, of Anna, and were appropriate to the life and character of
the beloved woman in whose memory they were held. Mr. Joseph Raeth
of the Maennerchor sang “Parting from the Mother,” and a quartette composed
of the Misses Lella Miller and Emma Lansden, Dr. James
McManus and Mr. Joseph Raeth sang favorite hymns of the decedent,
while the organ that so often had responded to the skillful touch of the
departed was played by Mrs. Herman Weber.
The
stalwart members of the Germania Maennerchor, with whom the decedent had
been so long associated as director, desiring to perform the last farewell
office for the dead, bore the remains from the residence to the church, a
touching tribute to her memory, as was also the presence of her many music
pupils, children, who weeping and bearing the numerous floral tributes,
stood throughout the service, a loving guard of honor to the dead.
Many friends accompanied the remains to their last resting place at Villa
Ridge cemetery, and under the rays of the winter sun, tempered to spring
like mildness, the mortal remains of Emma Baldwin Frank, were
forever laid from sight.
The
honorary pallbearers were H. Hasenjaeger, P. G. Schuh, Peter
Day, Joe Raeth, H. Petzold, Joseph Bucher, L. C.
Herbert. The active pallbearers were Ed L. Weil, J. R.
Crehan, P. H. Schuh, Peter Lind, John W. C. Furry,
T. J. Kerth, Robert Stapleton, George T. Carnes, George
G. Koehler.
Butler Duncan, an aged negro, died at St. Mary’s Infirmary this
morning as the result of injuries received yesterday afternoon by being run
over by an Illinois Central train near Fourteenth Street. Duncan
was picking up coal from under a car when an engine backed down, moving the
cars. His right leg was cut off and he was otherwise badly cut and
bruised.
For
years Duncan was employed at The Citizen office as press tuner
and general factotum and was a most energetic representative of his race.
He was well liked by all with whom he was associated and the tragic manner
of his death is sincerely regretted. For sometime past he made his
living by various means and in his poverty he always maintained a cheerful
disposition.
George O’Shea, a well-known young man met a terrible death yesterday
afternoon about 2 o’clock on the bridge approach. In company with one
or two of his companions he boarded the southbound Mobile & Ohio train as he
was in the habit of doing, Sunday, for a ride to East Cairo and return.
A few yards from where the steel portion of the bridge begins, O’Shea
either jumped or fell from the train. One of his companions, John
English, saw him strike the ground and rode across the bridge and
returned on another train, not knowing that his friend has been killed.
The
body was found beside the tracks on top of the embankment. The neck
was broken, the back of the skull crushed and his face was badly bruised and
cut where it had struck the cinders. Death must have been
instantaneous. It is thought that he was struck by the train on the
head. John O’Shea, an older brother of the unfortunate man, and
a friend were walking along the cross levee and noticing a crowd of people
on top of the embankment went to learn the cause. The shock to Mr.
O’Shea to recognize the dead body as that of his brother may be
imagined. The remains were removed to Feith’s undertaking
establishment and Coroner McManus was notified. The inquest was
begun this morning.
The
shocking manner of his death is most deeply deplored by all who knew the
young man or the members of this estimable family and the latter have the
deepest sympathy of their friends.
The
inquest was not completed today pending the arrival of Conductor J. W.
Glatts and Porter Ed O’Neil of the Mobile and Ohio train
tomorrow. The proceedings will be resumed at 3 o’clock tomorrow
afternoon.
Mrs.
Susan Harwood, aged 85 years, was found dead in her bed about 3
o’clock Sunday morning. The decedent resided with her daughter, Mrs.
D. A. Jones, of 411 Thirty-third Street. As was her custom,
Mrs. Jones during the night went to her mother’s bedside to see if
she was comfortable and found that her mother had passed into the sleep that
knows no waking.
Mrs.
Harwood had been in her usual state of health and death resulted from
the final giving way of the vital forces due to old age.
The
decedent is also survived by a son, Hannibal Harwood, of Benton,
Ill., and a daughter, Mrs. Tenna Swafford, of DuQuoin, Ill.
James and Charles Barry, of this city, and John Barry, of East
St. Louis, are grandsons of the decedent. The funeral services will be
held tomorrow morning at the residence.
(John
Barry married Martha Jane Harwood on 11 Oct 1870, in Alexander
Co., Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
(Philip Brennan married Catherine
Naughton
on 3 Oct 1887, in Alexander Co.,
Ill.–Darrel Dexter)
Thom
McKinney shot, probably fatally, Louis Johnson at Gale Sunday,
in a quarrel over a game of cards. Both men are colored.
Johnson received two bullets in his body, one entering his lung and the
other passing though his leg. He was taken to Cape Girardeau to a
hospital.
McKinney
was placed under arrest to be brought down to the county jail. At
Thebes he attempted to escape from his guards and was shot at while fleeing
from them. Harry Pettit was one of the officers having him in
charge. His brother-in-law saw the man fleeing away and confronting
him with a gun, brought him to a halt. No further trouble was
experienced and the prisoner was brought to Cairo this forenoon by Mr.
Pettit and Dan Kelly and was turned over to Jailer Riggle
and placed behind bars.
It is
likely that the February term of circuit court will have a murder case to
try as Johnson is at the point of death if he has not already died.
James
S. Morris, one of the pioneer citizens of Southern Illinois, died at
his home at Ullin this morning.
The
funeral will occur Friday morning with burial at Villa Ridge.
Mr.
Morris was formerly a resident of Cairo. He left the Halliday
sawmill, where he was superintendent, in 1888, when the Careys took
control of the plant. |
