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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1909
Page
41
Members of the Southeast Washington Association and district committees unite to promote a reclamation project aiding the Anacostin River and its eastern branch. They pledge to press Congress this winter with a formal resolution and letters urging support for improved city health and southeastern water resources.
Fragmentary OCR notes report a marriage notice connected to St Stephen's Church and local names. The text is garbled but indicates a wedding event and request to copy papers.
A compilation obituary notice listing several individuals including Edward A or Ns, Jo hen J, John Mune, Kate Wesel, and Amando Bil among others. The notice mentions deaths in October with dates and locations, family ties, and funeral details at various cemeteries and streets. Names appear with residences such as Vincinian Ohio, Chicago, Milwaukee, and New York. Interment at Aratughon Cemetery and other local sites is noted, along with mentions of private services and invitations to attend.
A neighborhood meeting led by A G Herrmann urged continued work to reclaim Anacostia River flats above the navy yard bridge. Supporters L Lemuel Fugill Brooks Bord Jr and Capt. NLD Luckett praised past improvements and pressed for wider channels and increased wharfage to boost southeast Washington commerce. Residents vow to seek appropriations and rally civic groups districtwide.
Several marriage licenses listed including June Hale 6 of Dumfries Va and Ange Batterson 24 of Prince William county Va The Rev J B McLaugatin and others appear in the notice with multiple couples including Merle L Webber J ohn Rev and Aiwa Mt Stimon 27 of Pittsburgh Pa The Rev John W Ausop and Robert Muller 23 are named along with additional pairs and reverends in an extended license listing
Health Office record lists births including a boy to Wolem T and Etta K Sherry and a boy for Virelmia Caciinis and others with names such as Mary Rialto and Samer Arneson. It also notes deaths including Samuel W. Bbanley and Katrine Agamou among several ages and residences in Hillsdale, Gafvere, and nearby locales.
Messages from lawmakers in Huntington Lincoln Jacksonville Pontiac Kansas City Hartford Philadelphia and more show varied support for reclaiming Anacostia flats and approving related appropriations. Several endorse immediate action or substantial district beautification while others withhold knowledge or offer general approval of improving conditions in Washington.
Magr. Gen. Alfred Hiliott Bates United States Army retired and former paymaster general died at Miss Alston's sanitarium at 3 PM after an apoplexy attack two weeks earlier He planned to visit Washington for the winter but daughters Mrs Florence Swift and Mrs M D McKee had the body sent to an undertaking establishment Arlington burial likely Bates served as paymaster general 1909 194? and held other key posts including military attache in Paris and in the Spanish American War He was born July 16 1841 in Monroe Michigan and educated at Canandaigua Academy West Point He married Caroline McCarayie and his death brings notes of mourning in army and social circles in Washington
Special to The Washington from Richmond Virginia December 13. Suspicion surrounds the death of Mrs Varmie Tyler after she drank carbolic acid and died next morning at City Home Hospital. Coroner Taylor orders arrest of C J Tyler who posed as her husband for assault and murder. Tyler denied bail as murderous assault. The woman formerly Miss Funnie South of the city had another husband and followed Tyler to a theater Saturday night where he was with another woman, a quartet in tow.
In District Equity Court Justice Barnard heard a case against Margaret Kelly accused of abducting Maj. Charles Belle, a Civil War veteran and pension bureau employee. Kelly claimed blindness as a defense, delaying the hearing until Behle, the major, was brought to court and then moved to a hospital. Kelly was discharged. The writ of habeas corpus extended to tomorrow.
John Ward Sturgis, 21, formerly a bookkeeper at National Trust Company, is sought by police across the United States, Canada, and Mexico for alleged theft totaling 8,095 dollars from a New York Avenue and Fifteenth Street northwest bank. Investigations traced forged checks and missing funds to Sturgis after he failed to return from a vacation on August 27. Detectives were dispatched to Canada, with warrants issued and circulars sent nationwide. Sturgis lived with his father at 18 Florida Avenue NE and had ties to local churches and the YMCA. He supposedly forged depositor names to draw on dead accounts. security firms have offered rewards for his capture.
The case of a 16 year old Chinese boy named Gaby Tang e Tang was argued before United States Commissioner Anson Taylor yesterday afternoon by Creed M. Yatton for the plaints and Huidekoper for the government. Commissioner Taylor presided at the session around 32 o clock. The proceedings involved licitation and a challenge to the exclusion act, with joint management discussions noted.
Baltimore society leader Mrs Jesse Tyson of Cyiburn Baltimore county underwent a serious operation at Union Protestant Infirmary. Doctors Finney and Dr William Wood Russell led the procedure with assistance from several physicians. Mrs Tyson had been ill for two weeks after returning from Bar Harbor and Thousand Islands and was taken to hospital by auto with a party of friends at her bedside during recovery.
Special to The Washington Post Richmond Va Oct 1 Judge Edmund Wedditt Jr refused to permit an amended petition delaying the closing of the Norfolk and Southern Railway receivership He said a final decree for sale would be entered tomorrow with time for mortgage redemption of 15 million and a four week sale period The sale was forced by foreclosure actions of The Just Company of America trustees for bond issues The petitioners for stay sought to prove the receivership served creditors best interests
Lieut Gov Ellyson received word that the ashes of Margaret Davis Hayes widow of Jefferson Davis will be interred in Hollywood Cemetery Richmond on October 29 with ceremonies at St Pauls Church Monterey Mexico and other locations noted. The remains were cremated last summer and have rested in a temporary place prior to burial in the Davis family plot near Jefferson Davis and his wife.
The Spanish authorities executed Francisco Ferrer amid protests supported by sympathizers in Spain France and Italy. Cabinet approval of the court martial findings ended clemency hopes as Ferrer faced a public firing squad after a controversial trial. His supporters claimed bias and failure to allow open testimony. Ferrer had been linked to revolutionary teaching and Catalanist protests surrounding the king's marriage and political upheaval.
In New York on October 12 the father of a New Orleans physician, visiting the city, died from injuries received last night. He was found unconscious in an Wooster Street area doorway with facial fractures and severe beating. Police have no clew to the assailant or motive.
Passage purports to summarize Taft remarks on state sovereignty and constitutional limits, warning against Washington overreach. It describes a presidential train schedule disruption near Phenix, friction with Southern Pacific officials, and Capt Butt enforcing orders for the President’s security detail. Postscript notes the czar delaying departure from Livadia and a promotion for a game from next Sunday’s Post.
In Lynchburg Virginia two elderly women, Mrs Virginia A Langhorne 75 and her sister Miss Nannie Kent 81, lie unconscious after likely alcohol exposure in their bedroom. Both are relatives of famous Langhorne sisters including Mrs C D Gibson and Mrs Waldorf Astor Jr. Recovery prognosis is uncertain.
A Washington Post report outlines a fatal accident where a worker became trapped under a roller. Authorities are investigating, and witnesses recall a chaotic scene as emergency crews responded.
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