Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-12
KENSINGToN NEWS.
Roster Mosley Seriously Injured-New
Assessments Under Consideration.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
KENSINGTON, Md. July II. 1904.
Mr.. Roster Mosley, carpenter from Mis-
souri,, who secured employment in this town
a few days ago. met with serious accident
Friday by falling from the caves of a
house on which he was working. Mosley
was employed by Mr.. George Duvall on the
house he is erecting on st. Paurs avenue
between Bladensburg road and Dupont
avenue. 1t is said the scaffold was defect
i've, and that he fell a distance Of about
twenty feet. The place on which he fell
was covered with stones left from the
foundation. and Mosley received numerous
severe bruises, A physician was sum
moned. and the injured man was carried
to his boarding place. but as 1t was found
Impossible to make him comfortable there
Mrs. r. s. Ferguson had him taken to her
home on Metropolitan avenue. While his
injuries are serious. the attending physi-
clan believes he will recover.
The town council has just completed a
series of meetings for the purpose of exhib-
fting the new town assessment A large
number of citizens and property owners
have attended, and in nearly every case ex-
pressed themselves as satisfied with valu-
atoms and with the work of the assessors
generally. The council will sit two even
ings this week. July IA and 15 the latter
date to hear and consider appeals. after
which date no further changes will be made
in the assessments. and Clerk and Treas
urer Little will begin the work of making
up the annual tax bills
Mrs E. f. Fiske and her son. Charles A.
Fiske are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. JOS
W. Buck of Washington street.
Miss Marie Chaplin is visiting relatives at
Clarks Gap, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. .<innear of Lin
coin place are entertain ing as their guests
Capt. w. l. Simpson. Mrs. Elizabeth Du-
vail Simpson. Miss Mae Simpson and Mr..
Harry NJ. Martin
Mrs Eugene Jones has returned from the
st. Louis exposition. and Is entertaining
Mrs. II. P. Hamill of Winchester. w Va,
and Mr.. s. o. Jones of Goshen, Md
A large number of citizens met in the
town hall Saturday night to close the af-
fairs of the Fourth of July celebration COM
mittee. After hearing the reports of the
various committees Mayor Eckhardt. who
presided. thanked the members for their
work which. he said. had eliminated in a
successful celebration.
What proved to be the best game of ball
of the season took place on the home dia-
mond Saturday afternoon and resulted in
a defeat for the visitors from Northeast
Washington, known as the Atlantas. The
score was
k ksnsnston' 2 ! "a
Batteries-Krouse and Sherrer; Barry and Handi-
Doe. Umpire-Mr. Grubb.
Mr.. Watson w. Eldredge entertained at
his home. Maple Terrace. on Washington
street and Connecticut avenue. the members
of the Michigan Club, numbering about
seventy-fve or eighty persons, Saturday
afternoon and evening.
Mrs. ]. w. White has returned from a
visit to her sons in Atlanta and Americas,
Ga
Miss Lenore Lacey of Michigan Is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Eldredge
Miss Elenora Mcqueen, who spent last
winter in Boston, has returned to her home
here.
The Kensington base ball team will meet
their old antagonists of the Wheaton team
on the kensington diamond Wednesday at
) PM