Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-29
CITY AND DISTRICT.

Two street cars met on the crossing at
9TH and B streets about 3 o'clock yesterday
afternoon, and the trailer of the Capital
Traction train was derailed and the win
dows smashed. The passengers on the cars
were frightened. but none of them sustained
injury. 1t took the wreckers but a short
time to repair the damage for the resump-
ton of traffic.
An elderly colored man named David
Scott was knocked down by a cab in
charge of William Queenan, colored at
Pennsylvania avenue and AZ street last
night and slightly hurt but was able to
go to his home at 511 9th street northwest
without assistance.
John Washington colored thirty years
old. called at the Emergency Hospital late
yesterday afternoon and was treated for
a severe injury to the thumb of his right
hand. The injured man, whose home is al
81 NJ street southwest. was knocked from
his bicycle near nth street and Pennsyl-
vanla avenue, and one wheel of the vehicle
with which he collided passed over his
thumb.
Katherine C. Shaffer. the little daughter
of a. l.. Shaffer. the man accused of the
murder of his wife, is said to be with
her maternal grandmother. Mrs. G. c. Ivey
at 459 NJ street, and not at an institution
near Fort Myer Va, as stated yesterday
by one of her relatives. Mrs. Ivey has pc
ttioned the Probate Court TO grant her
the custody of the child. and 1T is under
granting of the application.
Two horses attached to a wagon owned
by Henry Offutt of Arlington Heights and
driven by George Jackson coored, ran away
near 10Th and L streets northwest yester-
day afternoon. The vehicle collided with
tree and the horses were injured.
Madeline Codella three years old, was
removed from her parents home at 2OS AZ
street southwest to the Emergency Hospi-
CT he oh hDN-i inc hoe
cidentally scalded by falling into q boiler
of hot water. 1t was thought the little suf-
ferer would recover. but yesterday there
came decided change in her condition for
the worse, and her death occurred early
in the evening. The coroner was notified
and certificate of death from accident was
given. The body was subsequently deliver
ed to the childs parents.
Sarah Brown. colored, thirty-nine years
old, living at 406 Douglass alley northwest,
was taken suddenly ill at her home last
night. and was conveyed to the Emergency
Hospital in the hospital ambulance. She
viii not be able TO leave the hospital for
several days.
Della Richardson, colored domestic
was disabled last night by the bursting of
a vein in her ankle. She was in front of
her home. 3Ol1 Sherman avenue, at the
time, and the police removed her to Freed
mems Hospital, where She was given surgi-
cal aid.
slight fire, that started from some I'M
known cause. occurred last night in the
house OF Mrs. Kate Bell, No. ~ Garfield
avenue. No. engine company went to
the house in response TO a local alarm, and
the blaze was eXtinguished before more
than $50 damage had been done
The fire department was summoned to
S12 18th street northwest this morning
about 10 o'clock because of blaze in a fla I
the drug of Eugene Nichols
1t is thought the fire was caused by spon-
taneous combustion. About 500 damage
resulted The property was insured
The Commissioners have decided to grant
the request of the health department for
the control of strip of ground in reserva-
ton -. adjoining the smallpox hospital
The ground was desired for the mainte-
nance of poultry.