The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-07

Front street came FsFs @aSfs'a@ =
8 tsu., sreed around q curve or Queen AIMS
nj, ,ass evening. caused one o. Tho sad
6sss arcs@ents that has occurred ia seat
Z .,s IN mani years. Mrs. u. 6. Goysn was
8 ,,yorr from the car ard received injuries
,haf proved fatal within tnree-auarters q
an hour.
srrs asovan was the wrife n Gen. Govsn.
government agent Of the Tulaiip ressrva-
zion IN guohomlsh county. and parted from
her husband only yesterday morning.
/ sne was on a pleasure ride e. the tine.
With her little granddaughter. Willie
Foreman, who is thirteen years old. and
Gertrude Stevens. daughter Of Proprietor
Stevens, OF the hotel Of the same name.
The children we're occupying the front
cross sea, of the car. Mrs Govan sitting
Immediately behind them on the outside
As fns car nsared the turn a. Queen Anne
avenue and Aloha street. sic cautioned
her charger 10 ..hold on tight" Az In
stAnt lalar and there was a scream, and
ire messengers sspfe horTisied 10 see Mrs
govan hnrled from her seat. strike the
street on her back ard lie unconscious. A
throng Of neightsors quickly collected and
doctors wefe summoned. Pat the woman
never gained consciousness. She was
moved 10 tae General hospital IN the patrol
wagon, where she died about half an hour
later. Tha accident occurred about 30
o'clock.
Throws From the Car.
Tat avanlnw Inc general who vert 80
The r.un,nl reservation. or Belnnghsm
hay. Yestefsay morning. VAS teesraphed
FOR. ard il expected here this afternoon.
when arrangements for the funeral win b.
made Messages we're also sent 30 friends
ard relatives In San Francisco and the
Tass.
IRE exact camse Of Are Govan's death
~iIl not b. snssva unfii today. Her law
waE broker however ard internal Injuries
SUSTAINED ~ there sas considerable bleed
ing from the nose and mouth when she
was moved The body Was taken TO the
Busserworth undertaking pariers on ThAfd
avenue ssrfs IN the evening
Perry g-.pssen OF 1912 Fourth avenue " as
passenEer on the car aud r. quoted aa
saving that II Vas running very rapidly
Gen. ard Mrs. eioYan came down from
the reservation Monday afternoon on
phoppgng expedition and pat NJ a. the ste
ysns hotel Mrs GoYan had become great
Ii attached 10 Mr. Stevens daughter anl
was anxious FOR her to heroine acquainted
with her granddaughter. IA she could visit
them on the reservation The street cat
ride Was taken 10 cultivate that aeauains-
ance.
Daughter of HGshop 0tsy.
The death Of Mrs. Mary Govan removes
one OF the most prominent members OF
Southern arlstocratlc family that is one
OF tho oldsst and hluest blooded tn the
United States She wa an otey the daugh~
ter OF Bishop osey, who for years vas
distinguished leader Of the Episcopal
church IN Tennessee, Gen, Govan, her hus-
band. during the war led a Confederate
brigade through all the noted battles Of the
Tennessee. Since then he sas a planter
In the South until he came TO Washing
ton four years ago.
The children corn Of the union we're as
follows. all az whom are living: Sons Dan
osey. Of New York olfy. and the ether Of
Mariana Ark: daughters Mrs. Julia Fore
iran. who Is Al the Tulaisp headquarters.
Mf~s. Iekeilar af Memphis Tenn. Nrs
puhsl nf san Jose. Cal. ard Miss Helen
siovsa. VINO al present i visiting Ia Ten
nessee.
Mrs. e:oear coala be better described hy
the term wuaaanis leader, She was al that
the lao words imeiv. Broad OF decided
saagietions. 3aas we're Invariably eight. Yet
fafsnTrly womanlg, arisiecratic. becAgse II
her heFitsgs her breeding and her sur
rounding. htt always a lover Of her
friends. she never wss known 20 wiltnafg
hurt persons Feelings Consideration for
others. eiSivslrousiy tenacious Of her rlgh,
Aae made an suppression ca all s}sA an1m
che c8fpe IN contact shst w. iastfnR anI
defertn.ial Her large. but By no nesss la-
- i've ehyesqne hor firm. strong tavi and
Features ssewst as p.a4uiy a. proidasas 3
sntereearse with her tstat abe Vas a nroa4
yet huafbla tepres NATIVE Of th6 hiske#t
ses ~ ths SOUTH Her lcss viii 30
sioarned siEaesrely ~ everybody WHO ever
knew hes. even those who had known k~r
s'ii seort time. Tier age wa. about -
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