The Washington herald., 1907-10-19
NEWS CUT SHORT
FOR BUSY READERS.

Notice 10 provide FIRE escapes on the
! Riviera apartment house VIII be served upon its
owner. Dr. Maurice E Miller.
The executive committee Of the Wash
ngton Humane Society has elected Mr.. J. Edgar
Smith treasurer Of the society.
The request Of the superintendent Of re-
! pairs for the installation Of telephone at his
residence. in Takoma Park, has been complied.
Right OF way to the new Union Station
for railways viii be embodied in one Of the
first bills TO be sent to Congress BY the Commis
sioEers.
The funeral OF Mrs. Betty May Vose.
widow Of Gen William 2. Yose u. S. A.. took
place at 2 O'Clock yesterday afternoon from 1871
New Hampshire avenue her late home.
The request of Jordan & Co. to extend
hot water pipes from 1901 & street northwest 10
79i Thirteenth street in the section, has been
| approved BY the Commissioners.
1 Two requests have been received BY the
Commissioners for the removal and trimming of
trees IN different sections Of the city. and IN both
cases the reqUests have been refused.
Mrs. Annie Maria Wheeler, eighty-one
years old. is dead. after protracted illness, at
12iI Third street southeast. The remains we're
taken TO Baltimore for intement yesterday
Mrs. Margaretta Duff. aged ninety-three,
is dead in her apartments at the Concord. Fi-
neral services viii be held the Concord az l23O
O'Clock this afternoon. intemeHt viii be IN Bal
tim0re-
Totten Howe viii be permitted TO con
meet the stable e the Maryland House with the
sewer from the old clubhouse Of the Washington
Baseball Club # no objection is offered by the
water registrar
Boston Green. colored. fifty-nve years
old. Of s3 Tgenty-sixth street northwest was found
dead On lot near Twenty eighth street and Viz
ginia avenue Coroner Neyitt decided death was
caused by gastritis
Lawrence H. Graham, commissioner Of
the interior of Porto Rico. has been chosen lieu
tenant colonel Of the Porto Rican national guard
regiment organized and only awaiting the sanction
q the islands legislature.
The bid of Rodolph S. Blome Co for
constructing 100 feet Of coping around the ressr-
yati0n north Of Center Market, has been accepted
by the Commissioner Blome & Co.'S bd for
the work was S68
The resignation OF Engineer William
Corbin q the barber police tug NiUIant % aocept
berth 0n one o. the tugs of the feet belonging
20 the Potomac Dredging Company leaves the 20
lice boat with0Ut engineer.
Romanus Amity. thirty-fve years of
age, who accidentally feIl into a tub Of scalding
water az his dytiug establishment. Il Four-and-a-
half street scYtmi DAYS ag1 died Thursday alter
noon ~ the Emergency Hospital.
George Taylor. colored, twenty-seven
ymD old. living II Goat alley accidentally over
turned rct 4 tar ghe working near Thiui and
streets southwest yesterday. and vas severely
scalded about the hands and body.
". F. Van Diver instituted suit to re-
cover $1,000 damages from the Metropolitan Hotel
Company foF injuries which De alleges be sustained
on May by falling through an elevator door az
the hotel neggently i6it open
The renewal Of the commissions Of Phil
RYAN Ttrrruiuc1aul grsr-is1 F.7lsr..
men. for duty in and alsut the CarcJran Art
GALLERY. and the commissioning # james ( Dun
more. sIecal policeman have been approved b. the
Commissioners
Plans are under way for the building OF
the cold storage aud ice plant on the sluars
bounded b. Eleventh, Twelfth, F. and streets
southwest. 10 D. managed IN connection with the
Washington Market Companys plant a. CgfHef
Market The improvements Wiz cost about so 009
Second Lieut. Van Hamilton Denny.
seventh Infantry being examined for pgon0t3on rT
beard q officers and found physically disqualified
for the duties Of first lieutenant 4 infantry b. rea-
sou q disability incident 10 the service has been
retired from active service by order Of the Pusdent.
Capt r. 3. White, OF Baltimore. has
purchased the two-mastef bay schooner L u. Tsy-
lor from d. " BurtIidgr. 0 Lewes, Del The
vessel viii be turned 0rgr 10 The new owners inn
mediateiy. and after being overhEuled viii be en-
ployed in general freight Work ca the Chesapeake
Bay and lis tributaries
Frederick NJ Simms. who died August
II last. hy VIII dated july r. 1901. filed yesterday
for probate. blueathes his household furniture and
tao insurance policies 70 hts wife. Mrs. Stella
Simms and Office furniture. books sc. and N05
20 his father, Mr. J. Smms sad $40 % his sister
Miss DoFa 3. Simms Mrs. snms Is appointed ez-
ecItrx-
Certain citizens of Berwyn have been
seeing metoors falling ia the marshes sn- f. -
reported that representative y the Smithsonian
Institution has been making an investigation
When their attention was called % the story last
night. Profs RathbuH and Adler regents of the
Smithsonian Institution. said they hadn't heard il
/ before.
The grand jury yesterday returned in
dictmenis as follows: George L. GoodscTe violation
Of section s65. CrnduCtinE a gaming table. David
Crockett, housebreakiHg and larony. Wellington
=. Herbert assauit with dangerous yEeap5u; Lewis
. King. assault With dangerous weapcu; Ben5amin
MaddoH HOUSEKEEPING and larceny; Susie Williams
grand larceny; George Smith and Isaac Shorter,
hGIzrhrtakinC and larcpry