The Washington herald., 1908-05-06
Work of Raising Packet viii
He Begun To-day.
BODY OF CHILD IS NOT FOUND
Diver Unable 20 Locate Victim Of
sundays Accident-Large Audience
Sees Elks Dramatic Club Present
Three-act Comedy Drama-Hans-
brough Damage Suit Compromised.
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Trenton, which sank Sunday morning at
Reardon's wharf, was begun this morn
/ Ing, under the direction of Capt. Sonny
/ Simmons. Massive chains were placed
beneath the craft by Diver Julius Wan
| ner. The real work Of endeavoring to
raise the boat viii be begun tomorrow
by means of large jacks. and the boat
/ Will be raised between two large scows
which have been placed alongside the
sunken craft. If no mishap occurs. It Is
| believed that the boat will be raised to
the surface some time tomorrow. When
the latter feat is accomplished the boat
will be pumped out by either the fire
boat o, one Of the city's fire engines.
| Diver Wanner this morning made an
! other unsuccessful attempt TO recover
the body of the Posey child. Mr.. L.
Maury Posey. father Of the drowned child.
was on the wharf all the morning in
hopes that the body Of his child would
be recovered. Innumerable small boats
were around the dock dragging for the
body posey expressed the belief that
/ the child's body Is not in the boat. but
/ is lodged somewhere around the wharf
/ The work OF dragging for the body VIII
/ be resumed tomorrow. Hundreds OF peo-
/ pie were to-day gathered on the river
/ front looking at the sunken steamer, and
watching those dragging for the body.
An appreciative audience tonight filed
the opera house tc witness the presenta-
/ ton Of a thTee-act comedy drama pre-
/ sented by the Elks' Dramatic Club for
the benefit Of the Alexandria Free Kinder
! garten. The players acquitted themselves
/ credibly and were heartily applauded.
/ The east was as follows:
4 Sllas Eeatherby. owner Of Oak Farm,
! Harry F'leisChmann; Donald Weatherby.
! his eldest son. Harry B. Quinn; Joel
/ Weatherby. his youngest son, II. Linden
/ Wheatleys jonathan a Marsh the village
! postmaster z. J. Fleming: Jocelyn o.
/ Spudge the district school teacher. D. Z.
RObey: DR. Wilson Meredith, the village
I physician, ]. Fred Birrell; Wellington
/ Troy, a travelling salesman Frank W.
/ Smith; Mrs. Sarah Weatherby, Silas wife.
/ Mrs. H. Friedlander; Helen TrumbeH.
/ Siias' niece. Miss Marie Fannon; Cynthia
! Warner. a friend OF the Weatherbys, Miss
Ida n. Breen; Sally Smart child OF a
/ neighbor, Mrs. A. D. Montier.
The damage suit OF Hansborough
against the Southern Railway Company
has been compromised for s1500 The
/ announcement was made IN the Circuit
Court for the city, Judge J. B. 7. Thorn
ton presiding, when the case was called
/ for trial Mary c. Hansborough. widow
! Of George C. Hansborough, brought suit
/ IN 1904 TO recover damages In the sum of
$l0,000 for the death Of her husband The
case has been tried twice. In the Circui,
/ Court she was given a verdict Of s., 600
AfteTWard the case was taken 20 the
( Court Of Appeals and the decision re-
versed.
The hearing Of the will contest case OF
/ Beach against Crawford was set for trial
/ at a special term, which viii be held
/ June Is. The case Of Robert N. Cheshire
against the Washington Southern Rail
way. to recover damages for personal in
juries, was set for trial Thursday, after
which court adjourned.
r. z. Lee Camp. Confederate Veterans,
will hold its annual Memorial lay exer-
cises Monday May p. instead of Sunday
May a Committees appointed TO dec
| crate graves IN cemeteries adjoining the
city are ". H. May. James Hammond
". II. Yateman, J. r. Zimmerman. E. c.
Graham. and r. F. Knox.
St Marys Cemetery-P. F. German, r
NJ Latham, and Levi Hurdle.
/ Ivy Hill Cemetery-L NJ. Blaekford
Col. Arthur Herbert z. II. Janney and
George Wise.
To assist ladies at monume1t-J. c. Mil-
burn, Edgar Warfield. and r J. David
son.
General committee on arrangements
C. ". Ramsay, P F. German. A. c.
Wyckoff, Alexander Lyles, and r. NJ
Latham.
To procure speakers-W. A. Smoot
commander.
A committee. consisting Of c. S. Tay-
Tor, D. H Appich, and G. W. Ramsay
was appointed TO draft suitable resolu-
tions to the memory Of the late Vernin
". Ashby J. N. Johnson, Benton Chinn,
and J. P. Robinson were appointed to
draft resolutions to the memory OF the
late James W. Carr.
The Plaza Apartment House Company
! has elected the following directors: T. F
Schneider, Emmons s. Smith. Robert E
Bradley, Leo Bergmark, and F. H. Due
hay, OF Washington.
The Edwards Land and Building Com
pany, incorporated. has elected the fol-
lowing directors: B. F. Edwards, r. A
Bolem, Robert T. Hough Frank E. Rapp
John l. Knopp, Frank Sasse, Bartlett
/ E. Harper, Scott Nesbit. and William
Bishop. of Washington.
The State corporation commission has
! granted a charter 20 the Alexandria Re-
atty Company, Incorporated with max
/ imum capital stock OF $780, 900 and a mini.
mum capital stock of $4,000. The officers
are: r. A. Chester. president; R. w
| King, secretary; D. B. Henderson. all OF
Washington. The objects Of the company
are to conduct a real estate business.
Chief Goods, Of the police department
this morning discovered a fire in the Ole
| Reardon icehouse. on the Strand, be
/ tween King and Prince streets. The chief
extinguished the fire with several buckets
OF water. A lighted match or cigarette
stump thrown on the sawdust in the place
caused the blaze.
The funeral of Mrs. Alice Finch took
! place at 4 o'clock this afternoon from
| her home, rs Jefferson street. Rev. /. f
] Kelly, assistant pastor Of st. Mary's
Catholic Church. conducted the services
Laura Washington colored was to-day
given a preliminary hearing before United
| States Commissioner R. p W. Garnett
on charge Of selling liquor in Alexan-
dria County without a license. She was
acquitted.
A deed was placed on record in the Cor.
poration Court to-day conveying from
Hattie Giggs to Jonathan Matthews 2
house and lot on the west side Of Alfred
street, between Queen and Princess
streets.
Appoints Successor TO BarIxsdaIe.
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