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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24
.Crunp.

Editor Genealogical Column:
Dear Sir.-Will you tell me thsough
your Column all you can learn Of the,
Crump family in Virginia. There are
some Crumps in this State whose grand
father was born and reared near Peters
burg John Crump, who is buried at old
Blandford Cemetery This man had one
or more brothers. ''Beverly' seems to
have been a family name.
5 / should like to know if the Richmond
Crump family are relatives. have been
told that, originally, two brothers, Dr..
Charles Crump and DR.. Josiah Crump,
came to this country from ENGLAND,
many generations ago; but do not know
tho date. i would like to lenrn It. or
anything your readers can give me:
Enfield, N. G.
A sketch of the Crump family was
given in the issue Of December 8, 1906.
John Crump married. n Miss Hart. OF
Spotsylvania. They had Robert, William,
Or. James Crump, who moved to Weeks
burg Miss; Malcolm: Mary, who mar
rlcd Col. John A. Porter, G. S. A., and
Ann, who married a, Goodwin, and Susan,
who married Richard Moore.
The Petersburg Crumps were, nc
doubt, related to the family in Rich
| mond, 3
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24

Answering Kentucky Reader" IN
questions | and ~ .&
B 1. Hancock Leo was son of Philip
Lee, Of Maryland, who was brotheraof Of.
Henry Lee, Of LEO Hail. from whom
General r. t.. Ice was descended;
therefore the two branches We're not
very closely connected.
2. Was answered in last issue Of
March 18th, under head ofg"Russcll."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24

If r. Fairfax Va. in West article
of March Bird. and"J.J. c." Of February
FL, 1907, will communicate with Mrs.
Mary Halves Ryand, OF Beulahville, Va,
they will be set right as to the Hawes-
Martin family.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24
Richmond.
Hancock Lee,

What Gun be found OF the Richmond
family will be given in our next.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24
ESti1l,5

Can any one give me the descen-
dants Of Wallace Estill and his wife.
Mary Bowdy, or his second wife. Mary
Ann Campbell? He was born in New
Jersey. 1907. and moved to Augusta
county about 1745. Has a gencalogy of
the Estills ever been published?
CIV. G. NJ,
Birmingham, Ala"
Hening gives the names OF Isaac,
John, Of Greenbrier county, in the
war. 1858: Samuel, a sergeant, 177i,
and Wallace l1still. He spells the name
Este. Estile and Estill, all evidently
the same. No genealogy Of the family
has been published in this column.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24

Who was Sir Wifred Lawson. Of colo
NAL distinctions" mentioned In Governor
Dnwiddie's letter? Who was Hugh
sLawson's wife? Who were the ancestors
of James Henderson, of Luncnburg
county, who served In the French war IN.
1865? ~
q Wooster, Ohio.
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Venable.

To "A Subscriber" Of Lynchburg,
Va. will say: No arms can be found
for "a. venable, OF Louisa. who was
a member of the House Of Burgesscs
at session beginning May 6. 1742. to
and including session of 1885,
TO "B. J. F." also will say, as to
Abraham Venable, that he was prob
ably son Of Alvan Venable. who was
q vestryman in Louisa county. and
supposed to be the emigrant to- the
colony, who received from King
Charles II. a grant of land ut Manikin-
town. on the james, where the family
first settled. The date Of birth OF
Abraham is not known; but his son.
Abraham B. Venable, the Senator, was
born in Prince Edward county, 1850.
and persisted in the Richmond Theatre
in 1911. Ills great grandfather Is said
to have been surgeon in the first
regiment Of troops sent to Jamestown,
under command of Sir John Harvie.
The eminent Professor Charles S. Ven
able. Of the University Of Virginia,
1916. was a nephew of Abraham 3.
Venable. The Venables were no doubt
Huguenots, as they abhorred the Pope
and swore allegiance to King George
II. (see Bishop Meade, Volume I'D
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24
Families nf the Eastern Shore.

Families OF the EdSlcll ol4olC.
Editor Genealogical Column:
Dear Slr,-I trust you will not think
mo taking too much time, but may
ask one Or two questions more?
i. win you give the custis arms, and
when granted, and to whom?
2. VIII You write up the Owen family
(Wcsh, I8think), that settled in Lancas-
Tor county early In 1000?
g. Can you give&n short sketch of Ans
thony West, who was an cmigrnnt to tho
Eastern shore Of Virginia early In 1000?
I INQUIRER.
Hampton. Va. Ell
~. We gave the Gusts arms on March
Sd, showing cut on tomb. though the
4colors are not known,
q. Tho Owen family will be given next
issue, II possible,
s.. Tho West family. with arms, was
given January 90 1907. Anthony West,
Of 1922 was not the first Of the family
to come 10 the colony. Tho Rev. WILL
liam West his grandson, born 1701 IN
Fairfax county, near to Mount Vernon,
was q great friend of Washington. He
afterwards settled In Maryland, and was
/ the progenitoy Of the family there,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24
--.
Hite.

Editor Genealogical Column:
+ Dear Sr,-Please answer the follow
Ing questions through your Gencalogi-
cal Column:
1. What is tho coat-of-arms for fam-
ily Of Baron Jost Hitc. who camc to
this country 1910?
2. Was Colonel John Hitc. born 1910.
tho only son of Jost Hite and his wife.
Anna Maria (DuBoise) Hite?
3. Whom did Colonel John Hite
marry; what We're his children named,
and whom did each marry?
a. Can you give anything on the
Stevens family?
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DESCEND ANT
Forest Depot. Va.

a DESCENDANTS, 3f
Forest Depot, Va.
1. The IIite arms are German and
French. the wife of Jost Hite being a
Huguenot; therefore the arms are not
found in any English works. but are
believed to be a Fchevron. between
three neur-de-lis. surmountcd by sleaf
Of wheat.
2. No: Jost Hite had four sons and
three daughters. n
8. Colonel John Hite married Sara
Ettinge, daughter Of Cornelius I5t-s
tinge, Of Kingston, N. Y. He had
only one son, John Hite, Jr and three
aughters-namely, Rebecca. who mar
ried Major Charles Smith. q very
wealthy man; Margaret married Isaac
Brown. and Elizabeth, married Major
Hughes.
Colonel John Hitcs settled on the Ope.
quon, Va, at "Red Bud
A.. Not very much on Stevens can
be found.
The Washington times., 1907-03-26
RUSSIAN TO RETURN.
SADDER AND WISER

Russian, the magnificent Russian
wolfhound formerly belonging TO the
Countess Cassini, and now the property
of Madame Won Kreuter, must cease his
turbulent career and return TO the sim
PIE life. He can no longer step around
the corner to engage in free-for-all
night without carrying his life in his
paws.
In open court this morning Judge
kimban decided that the dog was dan
Gerous TO the peace OF the neighbOr-
hood in which he lived and informed
the owner that unless he was kept IN
close and solitary confinement he would
come to an Untimely end at the hands
of some guardian of the law.
Three witnesses. minus small nor
tons of their anatomy, which had been
removed by the belligerent canine, an
peared before his honor as living PROOF
of the statement that he loved trouble
Mr. Fowler, who was yesterday charged
with taking care OF the animal was
also among those present, and continued
10 insist that he would rather not have
anything 10 do with the much-maligned
Russian.
Russian viii be released from his tenn
pOrary Incarceration at the pound this
afternoon and viii return home. IL is
hoped, wiser and better dog. with
firm resolve in his bosom never to leave
his fireside again.
The Washington times., 1907-03-26
City DazeS Him After
Many Years in Prison
James Flaherty Is Freed From Auburn Life
sentence Through Efforts of Mrs.
BalIingtOn Booth.

NEW YORK. March 2s-James
Flaherty has been recalled to life. After
twenty-five years in a cell in Auburn
prison, he has emerged into a world
as strange to him almost as 1t is to the
newborn babe Until a few DAYS ago
he had never expected to come into il
again. for ne had resigned himself to
the fuinltng OF the law. which long ago
had said that only death should free
him He had gone within the walls of
Auburn In the heyday of his youth. and
he came out an aged man. Therefore.
he was beWildered and afraid.
After a while ne became easier and
more curious. and by nightfaU he was
quite composed, but this was due en-
tlreIy 10 the kindly counsel and gentle
m.nistTations Of the Little Mother. q"
That Is what he viii call her TO the end
Of his days, although to the world at
large she is known a. Mrs. Maud Bal
lngton Booth. wife OF the chief OF The
Volunteers of America. II was she who
obtained his liberty. after seven long
years Of effort, and It Is she who means
10 care for him, in one Of her colonies
Of usefulness, until the prison doors OF
the grave close upon him.
Flanerty's case is like a chapter from
The Washington times., 1907-03-26
COL. MYER NAMED
FOR WINT'S PLACE
President Will Promote
Him to Be Brigadier
General.

Col Albert L. MyeF, Eleventh Infant
~, has been selected by the President
Upon the recommendation of Secretary
Taft. for promotion TO the rank OF bril-
gadier general 10 fiji the vacancy Great
ed in that grade by the sudden death
last week By Brig Gen Theodore J.
Whit
Col. Myer IS a New York man origin
ally and rose TO a colonelcy from the
ranks. He enlisted as private in the
regular army during the closing days
OF the civil war. serving in Company
+ OF the regiment which he now COM
mands- he was promoted 70 second
lieutenant IN the Twenty-ninIh Infantry
IN lSbS and few months later was re-
iured 70 his first regiment. IN which he
was promoted 20 first lieutenant in 1878.
He was promoted TO captain in 1856, TO
major in 1893 to lieutenant colonel in
the IWenty-ScVenth Infantry IN 1901 In
few months he was returned ID the
Eleventh, and on February 3, 1893, ne
was promoted 10 be colonel OF the Sew
enteenth Infantry, being transferred 10
the Eleventh in March a Of that year,
which command he has held since then.
Colonel Myer has the unique distinc-
ton OF having served unusually long
with one regiment. having entered the
army IN the regiment from which he
VIII graduate into general officer. Al
though he served with three other regi-
ments. he was out Of the Eleventh less
than a year all told.
The Washington times., 1907-03-26
BURTON WAS NOT
OFFERED PARDON
Department of Justice Pub
fishes Letter Throwing
Light on His Claim.

The United states Department OF Jus
tice. as an answer TO former Senator
Burton's claim that he was offered a
pardon FIVE days after his Imprisonment
at Ironton. Mo. has given out a copy or
a letter written to Mr.. Burton.
The letter is as follows:
mir. Joseph r. Burton. County Jail,
IrontOn. no.
"Sir-There have been received at this
department several letters asking that
executive clemency be extended IN your
behalf. One received this morning Is
signed BY X. N Gubbips and Charles II.
Raven, OF Ceresco, Mich. These letters
are in proper form. and. under the rules
relating 10 pardon cases, copy OF
which is enclosed, constitute an apDlica-
ton for pardon, and ordinarily would
be referred To the district attorney and
trial judge for their report and recon-
mendatOn, and then presented 10 the
President for his considerable on. but in
asmuch rs these letters are not signed
by you and there Is nothing TO indicate
that they were written at your request,
or even WITH your sanction, I do not
think IL proper that they should be
treated as applications for pardon IN
your behalf Unless you in some way in
dicate that Il is your desire that they
should be treated as SUCH
Respectfully,
'PEYTON GORDON,
Pardon Attorney"
The Washington times., 1907-03-26

les Miserables." In a quarrel in their
squalid home in WILLIAMSBURG away
back "a 1882 ! e struck his wife on the
head with bed Stat, and she died. He
was arrested and tried for murder con
victed, and sentenced for life. There
were eNtenuating circumstances in the
case, and even Foster VI. Backus, the
district attorney who prosecuted the
case, thought the penalty too severe.
Mr.. BacKus, who died only two weeks
ago, at the end OF five years went 10
Sing Sing prison. where Flaherty had
been sent, and inquired for him. He
was told that he was dead. and regret
fully he dismissed the case from his
mind but there had been a mistake, IL
was another Flaherty who had died
Mrs Booth had arranged TO send Fla
herty to Hope Hall, one Of her country
communities for released prisoners, IN
ROcklInd county. but she decided 10 do
so by driving him in an open carriage
to the West Twenty-third street ferry,
so that he could see something OF the
changes that had come 10 pass. First,
he was frightened by the noise OF the
elevated railroad. then he stared speech
lessly at the speeding automobiles and
finally, when one Of the highest sky
scrapers was reached and he was told
10 look up. he gave one glance, then
covered his eyes with his HANDS.
Today he is out IN the open country.
where AL the woods are green, and
there he viii stay until the last gaoler
calls him.
The Washington times., 1907-03-26
COMMEND MANNER
BOOKS ARE KEPT
Expert Accounts Complete
Auditing of District
Money Records.

F. c. Getzendanner and Thomas A.
Hodgson, expert accountant from the
United States Treasury Department
have just completed a thorough eX-
animation of the accounts os the office
Of Charles c. Rogers. disDursing cffi-
Ger of the District, and the books and
records of the office of John r. Garri-
son, Auditor of the District. The eX-
animation was begun on March . and
conducted daily The work was COM
pleted yesterday. The report of the ex-
peTts was made public this morning II
shows the office IN the best condition
with every cent chargeable against il
accounted for.
In part, the report says the examina-
ton disclosed that all moneys advanced
10 Mr.. Rogers by the United States had
been properly accounted for, and that
his Office was conducted in a business
like manner The method of recording
transactions in the District Auditors Of
fee is especially commended. and the
statement IS made that il would seem
impossible for any error to occur or
money TO be misappropriated without
detection.
Messrs. Getzendanner and Hodgson
also made an examination of the &C
counts relating 10 the new Municipal
Building and that of Rock Greek Park,
for both of which Mr.. Rogers IS dis
bursting officer, and found that moneys
advanced by the United States to him
on account thereof were properly ac-
counted for.
The experts in concluding their re-
port make acknowledgment to Mr.
Rogers. the discussing officer; AiOnzo
Tweedale. the Acting Auditor Of the Dis
trict, and D J. Donovan, chief book
keeper. for courtesies and efficient as
sistance rendered them in their eXami-
nation.
This is the first examination OF the
accounts of the disbursing officer Of
the District by experts of the Treasury
specially detailed therefor since the crea-|
tion of the office on July I. 1855
The Washington times., 1907-03-26
NEARLY DROWNED
BY l4-INCH FISH

SOUTH BETHLEHEM. March D.
Armed with a plentiful supply Of bait
a weil-known local angler went fishing
yesterday in Saulon creek. After wait
ing half an hour or so without getting a
bite, he fell asleep. taking the precau-
ton to tie his rod TO his hand with a
bit Of line.
Suddenly ne wa awakened by a pull
at lis arm, but before he could grasp
the rod the reel had been run out and he
was hauled headfOremosI down the bank
into the stream
A desperate battle ensued. the man
treadiug water while he reeled in.
After he had gone under several times
and was almost exhausted. he got near
his foe, and holding the pole in one
hand. grabbed the fish. a foUrteen-inch
catOstOmOid OF the eventOguathous fam
fly. commonly known as the American
sucker.
TIE angler is a teetotaler. and points
10 the stream and the fish 10 prove his
story.
The Washington times., 1907-03-26
ROBBED HIS FIRM
TO SAVE BROTHER

TRINIDAD, Col, March pa story
OF embezzlement. I'm which the alleged
crime was committed TO gain means 70
nurse a brother in the last stages Of
consumption, came out today when II. L.
Haines. nineteen years old, Of Abilene,
Texas, was arrested here. Two months
ago Haines secured ? position with a
hardware company, at Abilene. His
suaveness and versatility won him the
confidence Of his employers. and he
handled much OF their MONEY.
Soon after obtaining his position. he
brought TO Abilene from Morgantown,
W. Va, an invalid brother Physicians
in Abilene told HANGS his brother could
never recover there and advised him 10
go TO Colorado. As neither Of the young
men mad any money the prisoner stole
5000 belonging 10 the firm for whom
he worked.
The Washington times., 1907-03-26
BISHOPS GUILD MEETING;
OFFICERS ARE REELECTED

The annual meeting of the Bishops
Guild. held at the Bishops House yes
terday, was most enthusiastic. Nearly
one hundred persons were present, and
interesting and encouraging reports
we're read by the various committees
from diocesan institutions. The bishop
gave short talk. thanking the mem
hers of the guild for their work and
outlining the hopes OF the coming year
The old officers were unanimously re-
elected. They are; President and treas
urer, Mrs. Henry Yates Satterlee; sec
rotary. Mrs Arthur Johns
The Washington times., 1907-03-26

process mas extended even to the boil
ers and engines. these being pronounced
in the best of condition.
The Washington times., 1907-03-26
CONVICTION LAD
SPIRITED AWAY
Four-Year-OId Picked Up by
Stranger and Driven
Away.

CINCINNATI, March 26.-The disap-
pearance Of Nolan Cummings, four
year-oId lad or Covington, Ky, has
brought to light another kidnapping. The
boy is the son OF Mr.. and Mrs James
b. Cummings. OF lib East Eleventh
street The last they saw Of him was
Saturday morning, Wnen he left with a
playmate.
His companion, Willie Thompson. a
lad Of The same age, told the police the
Cummings boy was picked up by a
stranger, who placed MIN IN wagon
and drove away toward LatOnia The
cap worn by the missing boy was found
on a coal barge at the bank of the Lick
ing river.
The Washington times., 1907-03-26
I27-TEAGHERS--I27
HERE FROM DETROIT

A party Of 127 school teachers from
Detroit is at the Riggs House The
young women are spending part of the
Easter vacation in seeing the sights of
the Capital. They are also going 10 get
a glimpse Of the jamestown Exposition
grounds, going down to Norfolk on
Wednesday evening to spend Thursday
there. They win then return to Wash
ingtOn for the rest Of the week The
party is in charge of Capt. E. H. over.
of the Lake Erie White Star line of
steamers.
The Washington times., 1907-03-26
NEWPORT NEW"
LIKE NEW BOAT
MIR. Callahan Has Added
TWenty-four New
Staterooms.

Practically new steamer has been
added to the fleet Of the Norfolk and
Washington Steamboat Company prsL-
aratoTy 10 the increased business incl
dent TO the opening Of the jamestown
Exposition next month.
The steamer Newport News fresh
from the docks of the Newport News
Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company.
where she has undergone improvements
10 the value of from $1,000 10 $4,000 Is
in Washington at her dock at the foot
Of Seventh street today
Assistant General Manager d. J. Cal
lahan stated that this Improvement had
been considered imperative on account
Of the large traffic that the opening OF
the exposition was sure to bring.
Twenty-four New Staterooms.
Twenty-four staterooms have been
added to the hurricane deck of tbz
steamer. each room being capable Of
accommodating three people. The eqIip-
ment OF these rooms is such that if tine
upper berth is not used it can be easily
folded Up and put out OF the way. This
addition gives the steamer IG9 rooms IN
all, making d capacity OF 800 by night
or 1900 by Gay.
A new departure that will be appre-
ciated by all who know these steamers
is the fitting up of the rooms with iron
enamel corner washstands, making run
ming water available at all times
throughout the steamer
New carpets have been laid in both
saloons and in every room, new electric
light fixtures added. and the woodwork
completely renovated. The overhauling
The Washington times., 1907-03-26
MORE FREAK LEGISLATION.

A bill has been introduced 81 the Cali
forDia Legislature providing that every
spool of thread, silk. cotton. wool. etc,
sold shall be marked With its exact
length. A fine OF SO is provided for
violation of the law, so TO 90 TO the
informer-
The Washington times., 1907-03-26
S3.075: $500 Cash; $40 Notes
Downtown House

In 10 min utea' walk north from eth and streets,
a two-story b-ick; eight rooms. bath. cellar, fur
mace. You don't find houses like this ia the down
town section very often. Let show you this one
The Washington times., 1907-03-26

acids and dissolves the salts
stream pure, fresh and health.
and barxs, and is therefore
purified by S. S. s., the p.
is permanent. Book on Rheu
HE S
The Washington times., 1907-03-26
SMOKING NO LONGER SMART.

The London Ladies' Pictorial says that
cigarette smoking has gone out gencr-
ally among those girls and women who
adopt ali the smart" little tricks OF
the day.
The Washington times., 1907-03-26
Will Be in Day Service.

elS ana engines. IneSe being pronounced
in the best of condition.
Will Be in Day Service.
1t is the intention of the company,
said Mr.. Callahan. to operate the New
port News in conjunction with the steel
steamer jamestown in the day serv-
ice, leaving Washington at o'clock ia
the morning.
The other two steamers of the feet viii
be used IN the night service. leaving
here, as usual. at $3.50 D. m. OF course,
this program may possibly be changed
If conditions demand. Whether the
travel to the exposition will be more
popular as a day trip down the PotO-
mac, or whether the convenience of the
night trip will attract the greater num-
Der p DroblematiCal The fleet Of four
steamers sill be able TO carry 5000 peO-
pie each way daily If the traffic ex-
ceedS this large figure, the company is
prepared TO charter other suitable
steamers for the service
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-05-31
NEWS ITEMS.

Half of northern Nebraska and parts
of Kansas were covered with snow the
middle of May.
Thirty .Admirals boarded a Pullman
at Old Point for Washington, the largest
number ever domiciled together at one
time.
We are asking $3.50 for anthracite
coal, So for splint coal; and we will not
quote prices for wood at this time," is
what Richmond coal and wood man
said when asked regarding Summer
prices" for fuel.
Lawyer Abe Hummel, of divorce fame,
and who testified against Thaw, must
wear prison stripes and labor hard for
one year, Notwithstanding his millions.
The Supreme Court affirmed the SEN
tence of the lower Court. Perjury in
securing divorce papers was the charge.
The war department will award within
a few days the contract for 20, 600 white
marble head stones to mark the graves
of Confederate soldiers and sailors who
died in Federal prisons and military
hospitals in the north during the civil
war, and who were buried near the
place of their confinement.
AT Harrisburg, Illinois, 1--WE spell the
State OUT, Horace Gray negro, was
fined $1,000 and costs for pushing a
white woman off the sidewalk and
otherwise disturbing the peace, which
came near causing race riot and lynch
ing Sunday night. George Roach,
another negro. was fined $35 and costs
on the same charge.
By vote of to the State Board
of Education, after a spirited contro-
versy Tuesday night elected Mr.. Ed
mund Pendleton, of Richmond, to sue
coed Hon. Charles v. Meredith as a
member of the State Library Board, and
this result clearly foreshadows the pas
sing of Librarian John P. Kennedy at
the first meeting of the newly consti-
tuted body, early in July.
A majority of the Senate Committee
on Military Affairs that has been con-
Quoting the Brownsville examination
have declared that the evidence sustains
the President in his action and con-
clusively establishes the fact that the
town was shot up by the negro soldiers.
Senator Foraker, however, does not
take this view, but wants the investi-
CATION continued, and insists that the
committee go in person to the scene of
of the shooting.