Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-07-09
PaILADELpHIA AFFAIRs.

j. Kent Worthington, stockbroker,
who resided at Haverford, is dead.
Jacob Roth, widely known as an Or
ganist and teacher of German, is dead.
Mrs. Matte Cole, 80 years old, drank
ammonia in mistake for medicine and
died soon after. ~,
DR.. William A. Piper, a widely
known physician and former member
of the Board OF Health, is dead.
Joseph Carroll, aged G years, fell
river, Wednesday and was drowned.
The case of Alphonse Cutaiar, con-
victed OF murder of the first degree for
killing his aunt, Johanna Logue, has
been appealed TO the supreme court
Charles Spath, aged 2s years. was
stabbed twice in the breast and dam
gerously wounded Monday by Patrick
Judge on Cambria street near Twenty-I
second.
During a quarrel at No. 1925 Mt.
Holly street James Loudon, colored, %
years old, was shot and killed by jacob
Chase, aged % years, also coIored, who
escaped. .aUaae .e - s.. M.s.s s..,.t t,!,
James Bergman Keiss. aged %
years, a coal passer on board the
battleship Massachusetts, fell over.
board at League Island Wednesday and
was drowned.
Common Council, Thursday, by
vote OF 93 to 90, or four more than the
requisite two-thirds, passed the bill TO
create a loan of So, 900, 600 for perma-
nent improvements.
A mural tablet in memory Of
Frederick Douglass, which is to be
placed in the Frederick Douglass Hos
pital and Training School for Nurses,
was unveiled Monday.
Holmes B. Kelly, real estate
broker, convicted of embezzling
5000, the property Of Margaret L.
McCutcheon, was sentenced Thursday
to one year from the date of commit
ment.
Bartholomew Champley, 2S years old,
a brass moulder, was knocked down by
Joseph Kennedy, huckster, at Thir-
teenth and Pritchard streets. Champ
ley's skull was fractured and he died
soon after.
Henry Pluckfelder, Thursday, was
acquitted of manslaughter in causing
the death of Frederick Schlechter,
a mattress manufacturer, the result of a
friendly sparring match in Schletch-
ter's workshop.
Franz Newberger, aged 80 years, a
shoemaker, committed suicide Wednss-
day by hanging. When first discovered
he was alive, but, owing to the ex-
citement in the house, he was not cut
down for some time.
An adjudication was filed in the
Orphans court, Monday, in the in
solvent estate OF Charles H. Reisser,
deceased. A balance of 3d. 1856. 40 was
divided among general creditors, whose
claims amount to $50, 07S. 30.
Elizabeth Kane Wednesday pleaded
guilty to involuntary manslaughter in
causing the death of her husband,
William j. Kane. She was sentenced
to an imprisonment for one year, to-
date from, the time of commitment.
Captain J. Ii. Wiborg of the Danish,
steamer Horsa was recommitted to the
Eastern Penitentiary, on Monday, to
serve the term of Imprisonment to.
which be was sentenced last March
after being convicted of violating the,
neutrality laws in taking filibuster-
ing expedition to Cuba.
John M. Fisher and Marie e. Nc
Cabes, colored, Thursday, pleaded
guilty TO criminal malpractice on
Margaret E. Simmons, which resulted,
in her death. Fisher was sentenced to
the Eastern Penitentiary for six years
and the woman for Is months.
Mrs. Reba Sheldon, 26 years old,
was knocked down by bicycle at
Broad and Cherry streets and had hbr
skull fractured. Stanley Jones Of Pitts
burg, travelling salesman who rode
the wheel, was arrested and held to.
await the result of Mrs. Sheldon's int
juries. NJ
The Presbytery of Philadelphia, Mon.
terday, erased from its roll the name Of
the Rev. DR.. Arthur T. PiersonI
formerly pastor of Bethany Presbys
tsrian Church, beause of his opposi-
tion to infant baptism. Presbyters
expressed confidence in DR.. Pierss<S
Christian character and genert
trinal soundness except in the case or !
baptism. The former action of Prssby3
terry in authorizing Bethany Chu,th to
establish mission at Twenty fghth
and Norris streets was rescindedIat then
request of Hope Church. Airangs3
ments were made for the installations "a
of the Rev. Charles w. Nevin Is pastors
of the South Broad Street Chsrch.
j. A. Para shot and killed HIMSELF