The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-12-07
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City and Do
ings Of It's People.

IL Tile treasury Department. rising
step by step to his present place as
Chief Clerk
mr.: Hills has charge of the appro-
pTlatlons amounting to millions Of
dollars, for supplying all of the pi1blic
oulldlnss in the United States with
furniture and other supplies and 10 ~,
keep them heated, lighted. protectsd
and cleand. = NY 'eo
Mr.. Hills is genial and affabln in
manner and has the respect and 1ovo
OIL every official and employe in the
department.. '''e
Wllllam >. Cruzan, the plate PRIMER
VINO was to have been married to Miss
Cordle Emmcrt at the home of Row
n. Schroeder. the Lutheran minister
on Saturday afternoon and who failed
10 appear for the ceremony. is sill
missing. His mother, who is the vic
OF Z. N. Ogden, a clerk in tho Office
OF the Auditor for the Postoffice' ne-
partment, who resides at l143 Tenth
street northwest, has not seen him
since he left there with s285. which he
borrowed from Mr. Ogden on Friday
ai.efnoon. The note received On
saturday conveying the information
enat ne had postponed the Wedding
ior an hour was the last heard from
Cruzan. The relatives OF Miss Em-
:l,lerl@ cave heard nothing and saw thev
10 not desire to-. Mr.. Ogden is
orother OF Judge Ogden, of Louisiana
VINO Is conceded to be one of the ablost
lawyers in the State, and comes from
me family. Mrs. Ogden was formerly
MISS Matte Summerville. of Mobile
Ala, and her son, William Cruzan
was born in New Orleans about fwen,
ly-slx years ago. He has resided IN
washington for many years and whan
out eighteen years of age married
young woman, who secured d;voroa
rom a, MIN after a short welded life
she is now on the stage. Mrs. 10.
den, who as Miss Matte SommerviIfe
We, Mas married to the elder Cruzan in
W. MULE Ala, is the daughter of the
49, lanes A. Summerville, who was
4 4e. OF public moneys at the GUS
.': mousse at Mobile, Ala, and whose
Mioow resides on Q street in this CITY.
WIS. osaens father was deacon of a
cntrch. IN Mobile. One of the som
llieiVllle Girls sister Of MRS. Ogden
wa. was principal of the Sumner Schoct il.
Ihls city, and was married to John E
Lynch' now paymaster in the army
Dqt Iney nave since been separated
APPEAL FIVE Dec 5 Johnson
lnq ulrv was made of Mrs. Sommer-
vile, at 1928 @ street northwest. as to
.ne whereabouts of Cruzan, but she
uehiec having any knowledge OF the
supJect. She stated also that She
Grew nothing Of the particulars of his
disappearance. Mrs. Ogden is inclined
70 DelleVe that Cruzan is being held
~ duress, although she states that he
mas OFTEN been away before She
thlnks 1t was rather strange how
ever, that he sent no word As tn nix,
Whereabouts. It was learned also thai
the other young woman with whom Ia
mas been. keeping company AMI who
left Washington on Saturday bas No.
vet returned. i'oI
MRS. Lucy Jackson, who gives her
age as log years, was an inmate Sat11r-
Gay night at the House of Detention
she is native of Culpepper. Va. and
as young girl there remembers hay-
ing seen George Washington She
lelC the home of Frederick Rnnd ba,
son-ln-laW, living on R street naar
seventh street, day before Yesterday
nrle was picked up last night near
nlllC2enth and P streets by police
I ,u3li' anu before she arrived at tho
house OF detention her feet were froz-
~. ohe Will be placed under treat
inn., ana II nei' son-in-laW does nor
leclalm her, will be sent to the aims
house. She says the daughter of her
ora mistress, Mrs. Nelson. is yef liv-
ing near Statesburg, S. G..
J Inc old woman lay in a warm bod
last night at the House OF Detention
and talked to the matron.
remember" said she. awhen Con
washington came. to CuIpepper for .
pail. He went to barber shon in H.,
Inn to be shaved, and I followed mn,
He smiled at me. When INV n,. ILL
Richard Norris, in Virginia sold ~
went to the Nelson family Of South
Carolina They put me in the cnttn ,n
fields, but afterward made me- . house
servant. After the war was orer ''I
was freed, but stayed to work ifor
Massa Nelson. After / had aarnod
eEough money came back to C,1lpan-
e, 20 nnd some OF my children
WIS. jackson lived with her grand
uaugnter there and later came to
washington. The old woman is half
indian Her father was an indian
ana her mother a negress. Her an
peaIance is neat and her conyersat inn
WIN the matron of the House Of Ne
lentlon was interesting. Her cheek
ZONES are extremely high and her color
q dark red. She resembles an Indian
more more than a Negro. This cominc
iCnr1lstmas day, she claims. she viii he
10 years of age. = - y
ne old woman remembers "A a.,
Jackson, as well as ..StoneWall, hi
a asal sne told OF hearing, while she
vas vas Save. with the Nelson's, of the
coming OF Yankee, Sherman on HE
march to the sea. She related how me
months before the arrival of tbo
1ankee general, she buried the fanil,,
Wniskles and wines in corner IF M
cornneid, and before the dread of1; ,sor=
anu MS men arrived the corn had.
gloWn TAN and green. The asperrits.
Inc Old woman's son-ir-law no.
lDeen notified OF her incarceration anS s
ne mas promised to take her h ,1
nome this morning. 49, 80 :.
Charges have been made agains,
resident Tyler, Of William and Mary
CoHege at williamsburg va. The
terrible ofense consists in senfling
ms daughter to Wellesley whare
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