The Washington herald., 1914-09-02
6Ie Gown Grter

James b. wOrsIey, seventy-fOur years
old. an employe Of the Senate FOLDING
room, was found dead in his room al
IOs Four-and-a-half street northwest
yesterday afternoon by Mrs. George w
Harrison, at whose home he boarded.
Death resulted from natural causes.
j Nobel ID. HaIstead, assistant exam
liner at the Patent once, yesterday
sent to her home at Elkhart. ND tne
/ body of his bride of six weeks. who
committed suicide Monday because she
was homesick.
| Joseph Holmes, painter In at
Emergency Hospital seriously Ill with
a stab wound in his left side, just be-
low his heart. He was stabbed by a
woman, he said. at AIS street SOUTH
west. He refuses to prosecute the
woman.
1 Funeral services will be held Mt st.
Peters church at 9 o'clock tomorrow
morning for Miss Laura V. Callaghan'
who died Monday at the home OF her
sister-in-law, Mrs. Kate Callaghan.
Burial will be at Mount Olivet Cemetery.
mr. Everett Fraser assumed the Of
6ce of dean Of George washington
University Hospital yesterday: He
succeeds DR.. c. n. Gregory. who re-
signed during the last term.
| Mrs. Joseph LeonberEer, of 1889
Thirty-third street northwest tolo the
| police Yesterday that jewelry valued at
| ss3 was stolen from her yesterday
morning.
Francis ID. KIImkIewisI, 132 First
street northeast. told the police yes
terday that SCI was stolen from him
yesterday morning.
Theodore LappeII. twelve years old,
of 1921 Tenth street northwest was
hit Yesterday by an automobile oper-
ated by DR.. william A. Mess, OF 49S u
street northwest, while on NJ street
near Fourteenth street northwest. He
was taken to Emergency Hospital.
N. +, McComb, District engineer Of
bridges, is preparing plans to raise the
Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge over the
| Anacostia so that dredges viii be able
| to get up the Eastern Branch to carry
out the Anacostia reclamation project
The work will cost $4,000.
hearing In expected to be held
within the next two weeks by the PUP
lie Utilities Commission to determine
whether the Washington Railway and
Electric Company shall run Bureau OF
Engraving and Printing street cars up
Fourteenth street to F street instead
OF from Fourteenth street and Penn
sylyania avenue to Ninth and Z streets
HuRh T. TaEEart has resigned from
the Board of Children's Guardians.
successor to Mr.. Taggart VIII ne ap
pointed by the judges of criminal anu
police courts.
Col. william De Hertburn wash
inRton. a descendant of Charles w Mash
ington. brother Of the first President
died Sunday in New York. Col WasH>
in1ton was a civil engineer, and was
vice deputy commander Of the Order
NJ washington, which has its mead
ouarters here. He will be buried In
Virginia.
Rev. Leo J. FeaIy. of this city, has
haan ordained a priest OF the Cathoi'-
church. Bishop owen B. Corrtgan hao
charge of the ordination services al
the cathedral in Baltimore Monday.
I.rou. Gray, Of 1857 Sixth street,
was a patient at Emergency HospltaI
Yesterday, suffering from a olack5acH
wound which he said was inflicted by
cabman.
Harrison DiIson. n letter carrier mere
for forty-fve years, died YESTERDAY al
his home, IS Grant place northwest; I;
E,naral services will be held at
o'clock tomorrow afternoon at Oak
Hill Cemetery.
The theft Of $50 worth of platinum
from the Department OF Agriculture
resulted in the arrest YESTERDAY OF
John D. Gibson. colored messee
ali and herman. who arrested Glib.
son. said he sold the platinum part OF
which was recovered.
Mitchell Clark, coIOred. twenty-eignt
,esrs old. Of 212S California street
northwest, was badly burned yester
dav when gasoline on his clothing lg
80 fror, a pipe he was smoking.
Clark received treatment at Emergency
Hospital
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