The evening times., 1901-11-28
NEWS AND GOSSIP
FROM GEORGETOWN
DEATH OF PROMIh1NT PERSONS.
Sister Leocadia and Henry W. Fish.
er, Sr-. Pass Avvay-Odd Eel
lows Change Their Plans.
Personal Items

Sister Leocadia Beckham. of the Con
vent OF Visitation, died yesterday after
/ an illness Of nearly year Sister Leo
cadia was Frances Beckhan before she
/ became nun. She came from an old Viz
| ginia family, whose fortune was wreck
: ed by the civil war. Her parents lived
and died Protestants. but she on her
graduation from the academy, embraced
I Catholicism and entered the order of the
Sisters of the Visitation
Sister Leocadia had held the high Of
fees of D;rectress and Mother Superior
She wes sixty years of age Her pupils
evidenced a particular love for her
Several members of the family OF the
deceased attenfed the funeral, which took
place this morning Among these was
sister. also a Catholic. and her little
daughter. xho Is at present a pupil al the
academy. Rev. Father Dewitt. : J.. Of
Georgetown College oEiciated al The sol
emn services
Death of Henry W Fisher Sr-
Henry ". Fisher. sr-. died at an early
hour this morning at his home, 325O o
Street northwest. He suffered a stroke Of
paralysis about enc vSe-k ago which ----
For many years 8Ir Fisher was en-
gagged IN the grocery business in George
town. being the senior member of the
firm Of H W Fisher & Son. Of Thirty
second and y Streets northwest. Sew
eral grown sons and widow survive.
Mr. Fisher was closely identified with
the Dumbarton Avenue N E Church in
The affairs Of which he for many years
took an active interest
John T. O-DonCghue Dead.
John T O'Donoghue. eldest son of Mr..
and Mrs J c. O'Donogaue. died yesterday
at his residence 360g o Street northwest.
The deceased had been i'll for several
weeks He was a brother of Mr. George
O'Donoghue, who IS connected with the
executive mansion staff in Porto Rico.
John T. O'DOnoghue served in the Philip
pines with the District Volunteers.
Mrs. James law Passes Away.
Mrs James Law. wife Of Policeman
James Law, of The Seventh Precinct died
last night at her home at The intersec
ton OF WISCONSIN Avenue and Pierce Mill
Road, TenleytOwn- Eight children the
youngest Of whom is but two weeks old
survive
Odd Fellows Not to Move
Covenant Lodge, No. 13. I o. o. F. re-
Gently appointed committee to enquire
into and make a report upon available
and satisfactory building sites 1t vas
the intention of the lodge to dispose of
its present property in the rear of the
Farmers and Mechanics Bank. and erect
a more eommedious building in an uptown
district Since the action of the lodge in
this respect, however. the unnoticed ad-
vantages of the present location have been
SO impressed upon the governing officers
by the lodge, that the idea of removal has
been abandoned, or at least temporarily
shelved.
Condition of White House MiIkman.
George A. Wise, of Tenleytown, long
known as the White House mflkman."
who was seriously injured as a result of
a collision between his milk wagon and a |
car of the Georgetown and TenIeytown |
line. about week ago. is still in a criti- |
cal condition. He has been permanently |
succeeded as White House miikmanT BY !
N Connolly The patronage of the White /
House is said to be worth from $f25 to |
$50 a month.
The Suit Over n Dog
The suit of Marion O. Burrows of Ten
Ieytown, against the District of Colu1n- |
bia, for damages alleged to have been sus-
The increased accommodations at Benning made /
exrerfse II over 2IC0 vii r.bT