The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-01-29
SAD STORY or DEATH.
History Of ths Demise Of Mrs. Louis G
Foster.

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Grinith. neice of John Fox. Of this city
and granddaughter Of Mrs. Mar
II. fos, at Porto Rico, and whicl
viii b. read by many in Astoria, when
The lady had host Of frield.i
Hardly bad eablspom from May
aguez. Porto Rico. 10 Mrs. Mary y
Griniths. announcing the serious lines
fnm appendsdti. Of Mrs. NJ. II. Poster
than second arrived announcing hel
death. The first arrived In the mornin,
and read
Louise appendicitis. Condition ser.
iou.. FOSTER"
"T,e second arrived al Z p. M, and
told The sad story In the following
wordsi
"'Louise dead appendicitis. Funeral
Fast. Arrive In New York Monday.
wiN clesrheh. FOSTER
'Clearfleld, Pa. il the home Of DIR.
Fosters father, the Rev. NJ II. Foster,
d. D. and Il i inferred that that the
remain. viii be inferred there. Mon.
day mentioned In the dispatch means
Monday. the Goth inst.
The two messages tell the sad story
Of the death at Mayagues, q port on the
west end OF the island Of Purto Rico.
Of Mrs. NJ II. Foster, who was on her
way to San Juan, Porto Rico. with her
husband. who had been ordered there TO
take charge of the marine hospital at
that place for the government, DR..
Foster with hi. family sailed from New
Orleans for MayagueE, on account Of
not being able 10 get steamer direct
10 san Juan from that port, and Of
course, II Is evident that Mr.. Poster
was attacked while on the trip. She
had two previous attacks. but they were
not severe and an operation had been
deferred. Aboard the vessel in all prob
ability the surroundings were not such
that an operation could have been per.
formed. and Il Is doubtful II the facili.
ties at the port where they stopped
were any better. II was a distressing
condition Of affairs that could not have
been avoided. not having been foreseen.
"Mrs. Foster was the eldest daughter
of Mrs. Mary =. Grifiiths OF this city.
She was born in Victoria, January 49,,
twaiiy seven years ago. The family
moved TO this city when Louise was
nine years Of age. Sho attended 10 pub
lie school her and graduated from the
high school IN 1895, After her grudua.
tion she taught In the local schools
until short time before her marriage
10 Dr Foster, March 3, 1900, DIR. Foster
At that time was surgeon in charge OF
The Z. S. Marine Hospital here. In DC.
Iober, 1904, DR. Foster was ordered 10
San Diego, where he wss stationed until
a.t winter During the Bennington
disaster, when 80 many brave men were
killed aud MANNED, DIR. Foster was in
,harge Of the marine hospital at San
Diego and made name for himself
through the heroic work which he did
Ior the unfortunate victims OF the ex
plosion. Shortly after the disaster he
sas ordered to Galveston, Texas, and
recently to Porto Rico.
Mrs. Foster leaves two children, Hus.
.on. aged four, and Robert. aged two.
She also leaves brother Bert, at pres.
mt Ia Portland, and four sisters. Aletta,
rho is teaching school herr, Florence,
rainrd nurse at San Diego. aud Grace
md Lucille. attending school in thi,
'ity Mrs. Grifiths, her mother also
,uryiyes her, as does the deccascd's
Dr. Foster
"Thc relatives here will have the
leartfelt sympathy Of the entire COM.
nunity where deceased grew 10 woman.
lood and whers she had host OF ad |
hiring friends That their bereavement
hould have been made all the more
poignant by the fact that death oc.
urrcd far from her home in land al.
most foreign, win deepen the sympathy |
elt II is a trying hour TO the rh.
ives, that seems almost inexplainablc
n IT, sadness, because Mrs. Foster was
healthy, robust woman. TO whom dis.
ase seemed almost foreign This fact
nly adds 10 the shock carried by the
ad intelligence, sympathy will also
o out 20 the husband in the terrible
rdeal through which he is passing. hav'
zen compelled perhaps TO await the
cath Of the one most dear, with the
Il was only circumstances
hat prevented the saving Of her life"