The Daily News Batavia, Genesee County, New York State April 18-1899 FOUR NEW LAWS. Albany. The Governor signed a number of bills today, among them Senator BROWN's, to prevent the spread of bacterial diseases by permitting witnesses to dispense with the kissing of the Bible on the administration of oaths. Senator MARSHALL's, making it a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for ten days or a fine of $10 to injure or open a fire hydrant. Senator FORD's, amending the tax law requiring tax collectors to notify non-residents of the time for receiving taxes. Senator FORD's, making it a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for six months or $250 fine to adulturate natural fruit juices. + FATAL BIRTHDAY BEATING. New York. - Little Edna Jane MORROW, an 11-year-old child of Elizabeth, N.J., died yesterday as the result of a "birthday beating." St. Patrick's day was her natal day and a boisterous school boy of her class gave her 22 blows on her arm with the edge of a slate, 11 "to grow on." That the blows were not brutal is evidenced by children who were present and saw her laugh through the punishment. The arm grew numb, however, and was soon completely paralyzed. Then the side of the body became affected and the child lost consciousness. She died yesterday and the doctors said the blows had caused blood poisoning. + CASHIER MILLER'S ADVICE. Le Roy. - Mrs. Thomas PASSMORE of this village, formerly of Byron, is mourning the loss of $10, but is congratulating herself on the fact that she is not out $760. Three weeks ago last Saturday she called at the Bank of Batavia to secure $750 due her there on auction notes. She intended to draw the amount in currency, but was advised by Assistant-Cashier Andrew T. MILLER that it would be safer for her to take a New York draft for the sum. Luckily for her she did as advised. When she returned to Le Roy she stopped at T.B. TUTTLE's store on her way home, to make some purchases, paying for them at the time. When she left the store she supposed that she had with her her purse, containing the draft, tow $5 bills, and some small change. When she looked for the purse the following afternoon, however, it was not to be found. She thought she might have left the purse in the TUTTLE store, but John PARMALEE, the clerk who waited on her, informed her that he saw nothing of it after her departure. There were several other customers in the store when Mrs. PASSMORE was there. Mr. TUTTLE, who was in Washington at the time, has been thoroughly investigating the matter since his return, but no traces of the purse have been found thus far. The Bank of Batavia was promptly notified of the loss and unless the draft is recovered within thirty days a new one will be issued. The matter has been kept secret by the parties interested. + ELECTRIC ROAD TO THE LAKE. Charles A. KIBBE has another enterprise on foot. He is at work on a scheme for the construction of an electric railway from Batavia to Lake Ontario. He claims to be backed by capitalists who are anxious to risk their money in the project. The route of the proposed road is through Oakfield and Medina, with the northern terminas at Lakeside on the shore of the lake. Such a road would undoubtedly be of great benefit to Batavia and probably would result in the introduction of a street railway system in this village. + HERO OF THE CRIMEAN WAR. Henry SMITH, for many years a resident of Morganville, and who for a few years lived in Batavia, died last night at the County House, aged 78 years. Smith served in the Crimean War. He saw the historic charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava. + RUNAWAY ELBA BOY. Lloyd KULP, the 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles KULP of this village, disappeared from his home a number of days ago. His people did not know anything of his whereabouts until Saturday, when they received a communication from the lad, stating that he was at the Powers hotel in Rochester, where he had hired out for $15 a month and his "keep." When he left home young KULP had not a cent in his pocket and jumped a freight train at this place, riding as far as the Junction. There he got off and walked the remaining distance to Rochester, where he looked about for a job and struck his present situation at the Power. + ROBBED BY A WOMAN. Charles MITCHELL, said to be a Batavia young man, gets his name in the Rochester papers today. On his complaint, Annie AMDOURSKY, a notorious woman, was arrested yesterday, charged with robbing him of $75 in her rooms over the No. 122 State street on Sunday night. He had met the woman only a few hours before. He alleged that the woman removed his pocketbook from his pocket and extracted the money in spite of all he could not do to stop her. The woman denied the charge when arrested and her examination was set down for today. The only Charles MITCHELL in Batavia is a young barber living at No. 25 School street, who a week ago gave up his position in Bergman & Emery's shop in the Hotel Richmond and soon afterward left town to seek a new place. + CLAFQUIN LECTURED. Joseph CLAFQUIN of Darien, a hotelkeeper who was tried and convicted in County court in December, 1897, on charge of malicious injury to a Darien highway, but upon whom sentence was suspended, was arraigned in County court this morning for sentence. George Francis SHULTZ, who appeared for CLAFQUIN, addressed the Court, asking that sentence be again suspended, as CLAFQUIN had been thing to behave himself and not injure anyone since his conviction. Judge NORTH reprimanded CLAFQUIN and again suspended sentence. CLAFQUIN was arrested, tried and convicted for tearing up and destroying a sidewalk in Darien and since that time, it is said, he has been abusing and annoying in every possible way the people who testified against him on his trial. + MORE SOLDIERS RETURN. Joseph A. MICHAELS and Mortimer K. STRINGHAM of Company K, 202d Regiment, reached their Batavia homes late yesterday afternoon. Howard CARROLL of Alexander came with them. They expressed themselves as delighted to be home again and said they had no idea of re-enlisting. Fred W. GRIFFIS of Batavia, a private in Company K, arrived here at 12:40 o'clock this morning. He is enjoying good health, has not been sick a day since leaving Batavia and is much fleshier than when he enlisted. He spent yesterday in Rochester and started for Batavia on the train reaching here at 10:35 o'clock last night, but fell asleep and did not wake up until he reached Buffalo. He boarded the next train for Batavia. Alexander.-Howard CARROLL, son of Mr. and Mrs. Newton CARROLL, who was a member of Company H of the 202d Regiment, reached home last night. He is somewhat thinner than when he went away. For two weeks he has been suffering from malarial fever. Le Roy.-Charles H. VALENTINE, who was a private in Company K, 202d Regiment, arrived at his home in this village last night in excellent health and fine spirits. + STRUGGLE WITH DEATH. George PEDRO, a dealer in jewelry and spectacles, with an office at No. 320 Granite building, Rochester, is supposed to have attempted to commit suicide by inhaling gas at the Columbia boarding house, No. 5 Bank street, this morning. While the circumstances seem to bear out this supposition the boarding house people insist that the affair was purely accidental. PEDRO arrived at the Columbia about 6 o'clock last evening and asked for a room for the night. B.P. BIRD, the proprietor, escorted him to one on the south side of the house. PEDRO left two large grips which he had brought with him in the room and went downstairs to supper. After the meal he started to leave the house and Mr. BIRD gave him a latch key. PEDRO asked if there was a key to his room door, as he had some valuables which he did not wish to leave in his room unlocked. He locked his room door and then left the house, returning about 8:30 o'clock. He asked for a lamp. "We haven't any lamps," Mrs. BIRD said, "as three is gas in all of the rooms." "How do you light the gas?" PEDRO inquired. Mrs. BIRD went up to the room and after lighting the gas showed PEDRO how to turn it off. A few minutes afterwards Mr. BIRD heard the curtain pole fall in Mr. PEDRO's room, and his son, Clarence BIRD, went into the room and put the curtain back. After PEDRO had retired Eddie BIRD went to the stranger's room and turned out the gas. About 8 o'clock this morning Mr. BIRD went to the room to call PEDRO to breakfast. He rapped on the door several times, but failed to get any response. He went downstairs, but in a few minutes returned to the room, accompanied by Dr. LEWIS, the veterinary surgeon, who boards at the house. The men knocked, but nothing was heard except PEDRO's heavy breathing. The door and transom were locked. Mr. BIRD looked in through the transom and saw the man's clothes lying on the chair, but could not see the bed. At that time he did not detect the odor of gas,, but thinking that perhaps something was wrong, telephoned for Dr. BAKER. The physician arrived in a few minutes and with Mr. BIRD entered PEDRO's room through a window which is above a stoop. PEDRO was found lying on the bed. The gas jet was turned on full and the room was full of gas. PEDRO was in an unconscious condition, and artificial respiration was immediately resorted to. The room is about ten feet square and contains one window. Mr. BIRD went past the room about 5 o'clock, but did not notice any odor of gas, and as he did not detect any when he knocked at the door it is thought that the jet had been turned on only a short time. At 3 p.m. PEDRO was still unconscious and there had been no change in his condition. It is necessary to use artificial respiration nearly all of the time. Dr. Le SEUR has been called in consultation with Dr. BAKER and they agree that there is no evidence that his condition is due solely to the effects of the gas. PEDRO, who is a German, is a tall, heavily built man, about 40 or 45 years of age. He has a heavy, dark mustache and black hair and was well dressed. He wore a large diamond in his shirt front. + submitted by Linda C. Schmidt