The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-14

AoAiS"haS olhCtAS 10 serve Tor SIX
months: Clarence Taylor. past chief
ruler; William v Mahoney. chief ruler;
Miss Emily Shoemaker, deputy ruler:
Mrs Julia Frost, shepherd; William
Tierney, treasurer; George w. Shoe
maker, George w. Rue, and George F.
| Pyles. trustees. The installation will
| take place at the next meeting.
A barge loaded with cement and con-
tanning q holsting engine overturned in
/ the Anacostia river close 70 one OF the
piers OF the new bridge. The weight Of
| the cement. which is being used in the
construction OF the piers of the new
/ bridge. shifting suddenly to one side
| caused the barge to go over. Three men
/ who were on board scrambled to the
| pier and escaped injury.
! Claude Brooks, the ve-year-old son
( Of Nicholas Brooks, a resident of Silver
Hill, Prince George county, Md, fell
| from a wagon at his home last Wednes-
I day, fracturing his left leg at the thigh.
The Ladies' Missionary Society OF the
Garden Memorial Presbyterian Church.
met wednesday at the residence Of Mrs.
/ Annie SwindeIls. Twining City. Mrs.
! George NJ. Cummings, the president
! presiding. Letters were read from sew
eral missionaries in Alaska telling OF
the method of work there. Refresh
ments were served.
The Sunday school classes of Mrs
| Daisy Garden and Miss Grace Whalley,
teachers In the Sunday school OF the
/ Presbyterian Church here. INDUCED in
a Unit 70 h. Urfd Il,
Wednesday.
The gold watch and chain reported by
William P. friedman, OF Prout street,
] Twinins City, as having been stolen
| from a building in which he was at
work on Lincoln street, Anacostia. sew
\ eral days ago, has been recovered by
/ the detective office. The watch had
/ been pawned and was located through
/ the report fled by the proprietor Of the
/ place. The officers have been unable
/ however. % discover the identity of the
man who pawned Il.
Howard. the little son of Mr.. and Mrs.
/ William c. James. of 1106 Fourth street
/ southeast. who was recently bitten by a
| vicious cat and who is being cared for
at the home of his mothers parents,
! MI. dno MrS- v b GOuSha, l3 Jefferson
street, is conveyed daily to the Pasteur
. Institute In Baltimore for treatment for
tn, wound. the child's condition is re-
ported TO be much improved and it's i'm
mediate recovery is expected.
The members of Fire Engine Company
No. IS. located at Pierce and Washing
ton streets. Anacostia. spent a Quiet
/ Fourth They were reminded however In
n very pleasant way of the holiday
through the generosity of Mrs. Bryan, of
20S Jackson street, who sent them a
freezer of delicious ice cream, accom-
PANIED by a rich cake. The men enjoyed
their treat in the afternoon
Lieut.. w ]. Garner. of No. Is Engine
Company, captured runaway horse last
Friday evening about 3 o'clock The an.
! imal was speeding along Pierce street
/ with the remnants of a buggy gathering
at it's heels when intercepted by the fire.
man. 1t was subsequently ascertained
/ that the rig was the property OF Wa
liam Lee. Of Biadensburg. The horse be-
came frightened through collision with
a carriage on the Pennsylvania avenue
bridge and overturned the buggy which