Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-08
News Briefs.

A suit for 81 200, 900 damages against J.
Ogden Armour Of Chicago, was entered In
the supreme court of Massachusetts, at
Boston. yesterday by James c. Melvin OF
Boston, James d. Standish of Detroit.
Frank P. Comstock and Frank f. Vogel OF
New York and others. acting as trustees.
State Representative Curley and Alder
man Curley were sentenced at Boston yes
terday in the L. S. circuit court to serve
two months in Jail for having impersonated
others at a civil service examination
James j. Hughes and Bartholomew Fahey
also received similar sentence.
The Freedman's Aid and Education So
ciety. in session at Manchester. n. H, yes
terday discussed industrial work in the
south, and voted appropriations to colored
schools of collegiate grade. Fourteen APP
preparations, aggregating $4,000, were
made.
Mrs. Fannie Hickman French, widow
of Col. Thomas French, died at New
port News, Va, yesterday, after a lingering
illness of pneumonia, aged eighty. She Is
survived by four chfldren-Misses Louise
and E. Mercer French and Mrs. w. 7. Up
shur of this city, and Mr.. Randolph French
of Washington.
A great deal of comment has been
aroused in Stamford. Conn. over the death
Sunday morning of Caleb Lincoln Itch
field. jr.. the twelve-year-old SON of Mr.. and
Mrs. Caleb L. Litchfield. The boy died OF
diptheria six hours after a physician had
first treated him. He had been receiving
Christian Science treatment for five days.
At the opening session OF the Spanish
American War Nurses convention at st.
Louis yesterday. Miss Sarah Whepton or
st. Louis presided. Addresses were made
by Prof. W. ]. MCGEE. chief of the depart
ment of anthropology, and Capt. l.. Z. Dyer
of Washington. d. c., adjutant general OF
the Spanisll-American War Veterans.
Anna Harder, aged nineteen, died at
Cleveland yesterday as the result Of drink
ing hot lemonade to break up a severe
mediately after, dying in great agony. The
autopsy revealed that the lemonade had
been so hot that 1t destroyed the men,
branes Of the stomach.
Francis Lee Mattingly. farmer, on the
Patuxent river. died Saturday at the homo
of his sister, Mrs. Sylvester Adams. at Me-
chanicsville, Md, from consumption. He
was q widower. Francis B. Mattingiy and
Mrs. John R. Abeel Of Washington. ID. C..
are surviving children
'fPo" Shipman and Ts1ll Murphy Of Mar
tins Ferry. both alleged crooks; CLYDE
Hawley of Bellaire and James Mclaughlin
OF Niles. Ohio. were arrested at Barton.
Ohio, Thursday by Bridgeport (Ohio) police.
The police tagged the Cleveland express.
and after q fight In which many shots were
exchanged the alleged robbers were cap
tured and lodged in the county Jail at st.
Ciairsville. It Is charged they robbed the
post ONCE at Ulrichsvilie. Ohio. Wednesday
night.
Isaac Bearinger, a millionaire lumberman
or Saginaw. Mich. who also had large In
terests in Nova Scotia, and In the iron min
ing industry Of Minnesota. died suddenly
from heart disease Thursday at INLAY City.
where he had gone to visit his parents. He
was born In Hamilton. Ontario, In 1S45. and
is survived by a widow and two children.
Rev. DR.. BENJAMIN r. de Costa. the Epis-
copal clergyman who. about i've years ago.
became q convert to the Roman Catholic
Church. and year ago was ordained a
priest. died Friday. In St vincents Hos
pitai In New York. He was seventy-fou
years Of age and had been In poor health
for more than O year.
Edward Howard, q pattern maker, was
shot and instantly killed Sunday at De-
troit by his son Arthur. aged twenty-ons
years, while the elder man had his wife
and daughter pinned to the floor by their
threats. He had been drinking and had
Quarreled.