Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-19

Japan IN 1910.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex. February 10. =
Harry Arthur McArdle. who painted
Dawn at the Alamo" and 1.-The Battle
Of San Jacinto'' and other historical pic
lures, died Sunday night at his home after
an illness OF only a few days.
CHICAGO. February 19.-Miss Emily G.
Currier, for forty-three years teacher
In the public schools OF Chicago. died
Park For the last forty-One years she
had been connected with the Tilden
School. and In that time she never missed
q day from her duties. Miss Currter was
sixty-one years old, and was born in New
Hampshire.
FRANKFORT, KY. February 19.-Vir-
gil Mcknight aged ffty-two years, dem
ocratic repre- sentative from Mason county.
died Monday In his room at the Capt.
illness OF less than twenty-tour hours.
He was one Of the seven democrats who
has refused to vote for former Gov.
Beckham for United States senator.
PHILADELPHIA. February 10. ~ After
an illness lasting more than three years.
Mrs. John q. johnson, wife OF the dis
tinguished lawyer and art collector Of
this city. and mother Of former Represent
day at her home in this city. At the time
Of her marriage to MIR. johnson she was
the widow Of Col. Edward Morrell,
one Of the founders OF the Cambria
Iron Works OF Johnstown. Her father
was John Hare Powell. the owner Of
many iron mine interests. Mrs. Johnson's
remains will be taken to Newport. r. L.,
for interment in the Morrell family bury
ing ground.
ASBURY PARK, N. j., February 19.-
= IN T..
I ly In the Asbury Park bank failures In
1903, died at his home here Sunday
afternoon Of Brights disease. which de-
veloped while he was q guest at the Hotel
Kroehl was president of the First Ma
tional Bank and q director of the Nom
mouth Trust Company.
SAN FRANCISCO. February 1s.-valen-
tine Goldsmith Hush. q well-known capt.
talist and mining operator. died last night
at his home in Fruitvale. from heart dis
ease. The deceased was native OF Ohio
sixty-fiye years of age. For a time he
served In the legislature of Minnesota.
BOSTON. February 10-Daniel L. Dem
mon. treasurer Of the Franklin Mining
with the Lake Superior Copper industry.
died suddenly today. He was seventy
seven years cd and a widower.
WINTERSET, Iowa, February 19.-Mrs
Stinson, aged 06 years. was burned to
death In q FIRE which destroyed the home
Of her son-in-law. Roe Deeter. here last
night. Mrs. Albert Mills. q neighbor,
dropped dead while watching the fire.
GRAND JUNCTION. Col, February 10.
Hal Newton Carlyle Of New York, an
actor Of national prominence, filing one
Of the leading roles In The Wheel OF
Love" company. dropped dead here last
night OF heart disease just as 4le was
about to go on the stage for the second
act. He was sixty-five years of age.
SHANGHAI. February lO-Gen. Tung
Fuh Slang, the leader Of the Boxers in
the uprising OF 1900. IL dead. He had been
banished to Kan Su. Gen. Tung Fuh Slang
ablest and most powerful Of the Chinese
generals.
NEW YORK. February 10.-Edmund F.
Hopkins. dfty-nine years old. a member
& Hopkins. died suddenly OF heart failure
yesterday afternoon while on an elevated
train Of the Lexington avenue line, Brook
lyn, near the Grand avenue station.
CHICAGO, February 19.-News was re-
ceived at st. Ignatius' College yesterday
Of the death of Rev. Father Shulak, for
many years a professor in the college, and
widely known among the Poles and Be-
henians OF Chicago and the northwest.
Father Shulak died In Cracow, Galicia,
January % last. He was eighty-two years
old and had been in i'll health for some