Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-07
EXPIRES ABOARD TRAIN
Discovery Made by Conductor Be-
tween Baltimore and Washington.
BODY TAKEN TO FAMILY HOME
Deceased Was Widow of Amzi T..
Barber, Asphalt Magnate Of
This City.

| magnate, returning unattended from
New York city to her home in Wash
| ington, was stricken with heart
| disease, and passed quietly into a
death sleep in her chair in a parlor
car on the Congressional train, last
| night, sometime in the course of
| travel between Baltimore and Wash
| lngton. The discovery of her death
was made by the conductor, who was
taking up tickets after the train left
Baltimore, few minutes before 8
O'Clock. None of her fellow-pas-
sengers was aware she had been stricken.
Mrs. Barber had been i'll for some time,
due in part 1t is said. to the condition OF
| her daughter-in-law, Mrs. LeDroict Bar
| Der, who. about five weeks ago, fell from
a window in the tower of the Barber
home, Belmont" in this city.
| Mrs. Barber went to New York to see
| this daughter-in-law off TO Europe. The
parting affected the elder woman, and II
| is believed induced the heart attack.
Funeral From Family Home.
The body of Mrs. Barber was brought
| to Washington on the Congressional Linz
tied, arriving at S:34 o'clock, and was
".
Later ira the evening the remains were
conveyed to Belmont, where they will re-
main for the funeral ceremonies.
| Arrangements for the funeral await the
| return of Mr. and Mrs. $. r. Davis, jr.,
| her son-in-law and daughter, who ac-
| companied her to New York. They are
| expected in Washington this morning.
Coroner Issues Certificate.
Coroner hewitt issued a certificate of
death from natural causes, due to heart
disease, probably induced by acute indi-
gestion. He viewed the body upon it's
arrival at Union station.
! Mrs. Barber had been seriously i'll on
several occasions recently. Indigestion,
accompanied by pain around the heart.
had been the pronounced symptoms OF her
troubles. Last week she was under a
PHYSICIANS care for bronchitis and tom
silitis. which attacked her simultaneously
With her widowed daughter. Mrs.
Charles S. Vance. and her widowed
daughter-in-law, Mrs. lie Droict Barber,
the elder Mrs. Barber had lived in the
castle at Belmont at 14th and Clifton
! streets. Her husband died three years
ago The condition of Mrs. LIE Droict
| Barber has been a source Of constant
anxiety to her.
She had been planning to spend the
| summer with her daughters and daugh-
| ter-in-law at Black Rock, Conn A cot
| tage had been engaged and the boxes
| and baggage forwarded. anticipatOry to
the family following them in short
| while
| Plans Abandoned.
| These plans were broken up by the ILL
ness of Mrs LIE Deoict Barber and a
trip to Europe was decided upon as best
for her. Mime. Van Rich, sister Of Mrs.
lie Droict Barber, arrived from Europe
/ to take her in charge and convey her to
Vienna.
| The elder Mrs Barber, with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Davis and Mr. Davis, departed
| Thursday for the farm of Mr.. Davis at
Sasco, near Fairfield. Conn, to bring
laway Julia Louise Langdon Barber, jr,
the young daughter of Mrs. lie droict
| Barber, who it was decided was to ac-
company her mother to Europe.
| Yesterday morning, Mrs. lie Droict Bar
| ber with her daughter and sister, sailed
| from New York for Vienna. The elder
Mrs. Barber was much affected by the
/ parting. Mr.. and Mrs. Davis saw her
| TO the train. and arranged for her COM
fort in travelling homeward. They re-
| manned behind in New York. A frequent
traveller on the Congressional limited,
| Mrs. Barber was recognized by number
| of fellow-pa ssengers.
| Nothing to attract especial attention to
/ htT, however, was observed. She called
| frequently for water in the course Of the
journey, but gave no manifestation of
| physical suffering
Conductor Receives No Response.
/ When the conductor asked her to sur
| render her ticket she made no response.
| She was sitting in her chair with eyes
closed. The conductor touched her to at
| tract her attention and discovered she
/ was dead.
| When the train arrived at Union station
here the body was carried into a retir-
| ing room. The Barber residence, the
police and the coroner's Office were com.
municated with by station officials. Mrs.
Vance. daughter Of Mrs Barber. was not
at home at the moment. and maid re-
sponded to the CALL The latter went at
once to the station.
Miss NJ. II. Calkins. secretary to Mrs
| Barber, had gone earlier in the evening
| to meet the train on which she expected
| Mrs. Barber to arrive. Mrs Barber not
| disembarking Miss Calkins waited for the
| next train. Soon afterward she was in
| formed of what had happened, and took
charge of the remains
Jewelry Missing.
| Jewelry, which Mrs. Barber usually
| wears. was not found on the body as
1t lay in Union station. 1t was sug-
gested that Mrs. Barber might have
taken off her rings and watch. and
placed them in a handbag which she
| usually carries. The handbag was not
with her other effects. and search Of
the car was directed.
Mrs. Barber was about sixty-nine
| years OF age. She had been q leader
| in the residential social set, and was
| prominent as an advocate OF woman
| suffrage. and as an active opponent of
lvtvisection and cruelty to animals.
| Belmont. the magnificent Barber resi-
dence in Washington, was built according
to plans drawn up by Mrs. Barber thirty
years ago. 1t is one of the distinctive and
palatial residences of Washington. and
was named for her family home town.
The summer home, Ardsley Towers at
Ardsleyon- Hudson. has not been occupied
by the family since the death there OF her
husband. April 10, 1859.
Married in 1871.
AS Miss Langdon she spent her child.
hood in Belmont, N. Y, her native state
She subsequently came to Washington
where she met Amzi L. Barber, then In.
terested with Gen. 0. o, Howard in the