The Washington herald., 1907-10-17
NEWS CUT SHORT
FOR BUSY READERS.

Haddaway Methodist Chapel. Berwyn.
Nd, one Of the landmarks Of that section Of the
State. was damaged yesterday afternoon by hre.
Leroy A. Poole was yesterday fined $50
with the alternative Of going TO jail for thirty days
FOR having deserted a horse intusted 10 his care.
The filing of testimony taken in the
MsDland-West Virginia boundary dispute has been
authorized by the Supreme Court Of the United
States
The Navy Department announced yes
terdAy that mail for the cruisers Tennessee and
Washington should be sent care Of postmaster. New
York City.
Maj. John S. Sewell. Corps Of Engi-
neers. has been ordered TO Niagara Falls on duty
In connection with the preservation Of the scenic
effects Of the falls
The director Of the mint yesterday
purchased 200 900 ounces Of silver at el 6s CENTS an
ounce. one-hsh TO be delivered at New York and
the other hall at San Francisco.
Mai. Sylvester. superintendent of police.
has recommended that the pay Of the men en-
ployed a. caretakers at the different station houses
be raised from $40 to 500 a year
Justice Gould yesterday signed a decree
legalzing the adoption by Mr. and Srs. John o.
Waters. of 32 Maryland avenue southwest Ot John
EdWard Shea. an infant, about fifteen months old
Leo Merriweather. colored. yesterday
pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with
forgery and was sentenced b Justice Barnard 70
serve one year end a day in the Trenton Peni-
tentiary.
Exports OF breadstuffs from the United
States in the month Of September. which amounted
in value TO l755. Sal were $685. greater than in
the same month last year. and the largest of any
month since October. 1906.
The hearing of the shippers and COM
mercial interests On the uniform bill q ading con
tinued yesterday before the Interstate Commercs
Commission which viii reach a decision upon the
railroads giving their side Of the question.
Howard A. Rhine. repalrer of automo-
bies. who flied petition in voluntary bankruptcy
Tuesday, was yesterday adiudged bankrupt and the
petition and other papers in the ease referred %
Referee William NJ. Hallam for further proceedings.
The forthcoming trial Of Emelio Jaselli.
charged by his brother the Rev. Nicola Jaselh. a
priest Of this city. with appFopTiatng 20 his own
use money bcqueathed hv an uncle IN italy. has
aroused considerable interest among his cointumen
here.
l. L. Turner. a mechanic. employed at
the Bureau Of Engraving and Printing was taken %
the Emergency Hospital about 10 O'Clock last night
suffering from compound fracture Of the right arm
as the result oi having it caught in one Of the big
presses
Col. Henry r. Osgood. OF the subsist-
ance department of the army. has been placed on
the retired list with the rank Of briead'r general
At the time Of bis retirement for age he was
serving with the Department Of the East Gov
eruors Island
Elsie Gaddis. eighteen-year-old daughter
Of Eugene Gaddis who was reported IS missing from
her home IN this city Monday afternoon located
yesterday IN Baltimore by Detective Nerrniion, OF
the central 0iace The detective persuaded the giEl
90 return 10 her home.
What should be the charitable treat
ment Of families deserted by the Of the house
IL
Baldwin and various agents of the Associated Char
ties al the meeting q the training class Tuesday
afternoon at 81 q street
The report Of Auditor James G.. Payne
% the District Supreme Court in the application Of
the Georgetown Gas Light Company for the privi-
lege TO increase It's capital stock from sl50g0 10
100000 viii not be ready 10 submit 10 the court
next Tuesday as first announced.
Mrs. NJ. Jelliman. who lives at 7sl
Twelfth street northwest. reported to the police
las. night that she awakened from her sleep
CD a couch in her room about 3 o'clock yesterday
afternoon 70 find man in the act Of rifing the
bureau drawers The man Immediately an from
the place.
Justice Barnard yesterday accepted as
jurors 70 assess the damages and BENEFITS aesrung
20 adjacent property by the opening Of AIacomb
street Messrs. William 7. Galliher Thaddeus C.
Dulin. John Mitchell, William r Van Wickle. and
Frederick ". P1lling The hearing q testimony
HtiA bSbiAi bttoNff
Using the fictitious names James Bur
ton George HoXie. Robert Orton. Dan Webb and
A Foreman and advertising that he could pick the
winners from inside information regarding the race
track, Bernard D. Nycr Of Brooklyn, y Y. has
been denied the use q the mails because he failed
% live up 20 his contract.
While walking through an alley in the
rear Of her residence Yesterday forenoon Mrs James
Robinson, Sho lives az 3 S street northwest was
aceosted by colored man about twenty years of
age. who snatched her PocketboOk from her hand
and started 70 nun. Mrs. Robinson screamed and
the negro dropped the purse.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has 5I.
vided the irrigation and drainage investigations Of
the Office of experiment stations into two secfios
and promoted DR.. Samuel FoFtier. irrigation enei-
neer stationed at Berkeley. Cal TO he chief a
irrigation investigations. and C. c. Elliott chief
drainage engineer, 10 be chief Of drainage nTesga
tions
Three colonels of the army. Col. Edgar
B. Robertson. commanding the Ninth Infantry At
Fort Sam Houston Tex. Col. Joseph F Huston.
commanding the Nineteenth Infantry at Fort Bliss
Texas and Colorado. and Col. Lewis II Strofher
commanding the Twenty-eighth Infantry in Cuha.
have been ordered TO Washington TO appear before
retiring board.
That cold storage eggs are sold for
fresh ones IS a complaint Of the local dealers.
Plans being made hy number Of wholesale
and retail dealers Of Washington TO present evil
dence TO Dr. Wiley. head Of the Bureau Of Chem
istry. in the Department Of Agriculture. that will
result in q rigid investigation Of this matter
The Protestant Episcopal congregation
Of the Chapel Of the Nativity. now in Temporary
quarters iust east Of Lincoln Park is making ef-
forts 70 erect a handsome modern church building
Rev. Enoch NJ Thompson, former curste to the PRO-
Cathedral, Church Of the Ascension, Twelfth street
and Massachusetts avenue, is leading the movement
A reception will be given at the Riggs
House Saturday evening. October l9. at O'Clock
by the Lcagne Of American Pen Women and the
Womans National Press Association in honor "a
the 100 newspaper men and women who win sion
over in Washington. They on their way TO
Birmingham. Ala. u attend the seventeenth an
nual convention Of the international Leanle Of
Press Clubs, which takes place October A-s
st Georgetown Citizens Association
meeting at 1875 Wisconsin avenue, Messrs.
COpp and A. A. Snyder and Rev DR. Hewden were
appointed committee 10 confer with the executive
committee Of similar organizations fer the purpose
Of cooperating in efforts for Improvements The
resigLe.toB Of Smith Thompson. H. as president
was accepted H. w. y. Nicholson c. W BLACK
ford. aud A. B. Stewart were elected 10 membership
Evan II. Tucker, president of the North
east Citizens Association. announced at a meeting
Of that organization last Monday night in North
east Temple, that the body was now fifteen wears
old. IL organized in a cellar at ll2s Seventh
street northeast fifteen years ago for the purpose N
waging against tho continuance If the dangerous
grade crossings Of the steam railroads II was
proposed that at the next meeting definite ulsns
should be decided upon for the celebration os this
anniversary.