The Washington herald., 1907-09-25
NEWS CUT SHORT
FOR BUSY READERS.

John ". Foster, former Secretary Of
State who vas CbiEas delegate ~ the Peace Con
ference. has returned % Washington.
Arthur ". Spooner, Of New Jersey. viii
deliver lecture AZ the First Presbyterian Church
this evening on the passion play q Oboranmergau.
Ground was broken yesterday afternoon
far the ney Narihmiaisjsr Presbyterian Church, al
tbe corner e Rhode Island Avenue and Eleventh
street northwest,
Yesterday was the ninety-frSt birthday
Of Jonathan ID. CatheIl a resident q Georgetown.
who IS one q the oldest mmbC-s q tie Oldest
Inhabitants, Association.
2. c. J. Treanor. who for many years
has been superintendent Nth The firm q Woodward
q LothrQp. has announced bis connection with tie
firm II haun sons & Co.
Elmer J. Iundy has resigned his posi-
ton as chie clerk Bureau Of Statistics Department
q Agriculture. and IS nov engaged IN the general
practice Of law al Mcua. ARR
Labor leaders are much interested in
ihe announcement that Cardinal Gibbons viii soon
make public al article on organized labor" 10
one Of the popular monthly magazines.
Supt Hobbs. Of the Baltimore division
Of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad announces the
appointment oi Miss Cora A Terry as agent at
Riverdale near Washington succeeding William B.
severe, who was temporarily acting agent.
Declaring that his bank account has
dviudlcd % SI6g and that his other assets are
worth about 500 L. Ruy A. Poole a butter mer-
chant q 2l7 Tenth street northwest yesterday fled
IN the District supreme Court, d petition In v1luu-
tary bankruptcy.
The home Of Mrs. Arthur Bradley. at
Hillsdlc, II. G., narrowly escaped being carried
from It's foundation on Monday afternoon when the
waters Of a small Crces, which flows near the place
became so swollen by the heavy dUvup0ur Of rain
that it surrounded the place.
Mrs. Mary A. Cook, by the terms of
her viii, leaves house and lot Third street.
near q street northwest 10 her husband. Abraham
q. Cook. who is also 20 have the money on deposit
IN bank Her jcwclTy and silytrEare is left 70 her
son, James Williamson Cook. and q watch to Clara
W. Hill, Of Baltimcre
James Cdllan. who was doing some re-
TaiT work on the furnaces in the basement Il the
Colorado Building az Fourteenth and q streets
northwest, yesterday morning narrowly escaped seri-
Gus injury not death when the gasoline torch
with which be vas working suddenly exploded. fiji
ing the place with dense smoke The damage
amounted 20 $50
Alleging that the disparity in their
ages. be being hftysiX and she only an unsophis-
ticatcd country maid" Of twenty. when they were
married five years ago. shortly aIJCr she had come
70 the city from st. Mary County Nd, prevented
them leading a hHssfu married life Mrs Rose
Zetta Carey yesterday asked the District Supreme
Court 10 annul her marriage.
Mrs Annie Besant, president Of the
Thc0s0phical Society throughout the world who will
be IN Washington to-day and to-morrow. is the
founder Of the College for Hindu hOys al BensrpS
that has received the favorable consideration of the
English government Her associate, Mrs HicriDs
formerly Of the P0st-ciIicc Department Granted
and successfully conducted her schools for girls in
CeylOn. Mrs. Besant will deliver one lecture at
the Masonic Hall tomorrow evening