The Washington herald., 1910-02-05
WASHINGTON HERALD BUREAU.

a negro, and found three umbrellas in HIS
trousers leg tonight. he put Shipworth
i'm jail.
None Of those forty thieves in Alex
andria" he said You ought TO have
stayed in Washington. If reports are true
you thieves have robbed and killed enough
people 10 last forever. l suppose you
use these umbrellas for making para
chute escapes. Well, your name may be
Skipworth. but you won't skip worth a
cent here"
Plans for remodeling the Second Pres
byterian Church will be presented to the
members Of that congregation at meet
ing Wednesday night at the church.
Should the plans be adopted steps will be
at once taken TO raise funds for the work.
It is planned 10 make the present struc-
ture two stories high. A Sunday school
with ten class rooms, separated by roller
partitions. wifi make up the first floor.
On the second floor will be located the
church proper. Modern heating and light
ing are also included in the plans
The injunction proceedings recently
brought al the instance Of Mrs. Lydia 4.
French against Lawrence Rishein and
others to prevent RisheiH from erecting
planning mill al the southeast corner Of
Columbus and Wilkes streets. has been
dissolved by Judge J. 3. T. Thornton,
OF the Circuit Court Of this city. and the
suit dismissed. The matter has been
amicably adjusted few days ago Mr..
Thomas Rishein purchased Mrs. French's
home. east Of the mill. and this was re-
sponsibIe for the matter being dropped.
Arrangements have been made for a
meeting of the public school teachers of
the Eighth Congressional district in the
Young Peoples Building of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South March . and 25
II is expected that about 80 teachers and
others will be I'm attendance Committee
meetings Will be held in the Lee public
school building.
Funeral services over the remains OF
Ernest E Ridgway Padgett. who died
this morning. will be held at O'Clock to-
i4A1AAHh a. ACl tAbNll AAb4A HIS Iblllr 4aJ
North Fairfax street Rev Osborn Belt,
pastor OF Trinity Methodist Episcopal
Church. will conduct the services. Mt
Padgett was thirty-four years old.
Mrs Mary o. Nelson died last night AZ
the home Of her son-in-law. 3. A. Shreve
Sterling Fairfax County, Va. at the age
Of eighty-five. She was a Miss Moale. OF
Baltimore. The body viii be shipped to
Leesburg. Va. tomorrow morning for
burial.
Examinations announced for March 3
and by the local board Of civil service
follow: Business principal, male, Basket
Institute. Kansas salary S1.9a per year;
ethEologist. Smithsonian Institution. SAL
airy N,N1 per year, printer, Philippine
service, salary $3.50 to 5000 per year.
4 concrete station is being erected by
the Virginia Highlands Company On the
electric railway between Addison and
Luna Park. The owners will open same
in the early spring. The station was
designed by NJ D. Morrill,
Within a comparatively short time the
old city town clock will again be IN
running order. A representative Of a
Northern firm is now here TO install the
parts Of the clock which have already
arrived. The clock has not been IN run
ming order for four months.
Representative T. T. Ansberry. Of Ohio.
viii deliver a lecture Tuesday night un-
Ger the auspices Of Fitzgerald Council,
Knights Of Columbus, az the Youug
Mems Sodality, Lyceum Hall.