Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1916 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts ot the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention from Many Places. PIIfcHIDENT’S ONLY SISTER DEAD Mrs, Annie Howe Succumbed to Peritonitis Saturday. New London, Connecticut, September IG.- —Mrs. Annie E. Ilowe, only sister of President Woodrow Wilson, died at her apartments in a local hotel early today. Mrs. Howe had been very ill with peritonitis for about a week, and the end had been expected at any moment for the last two days. The President was informed a week ago of his sister’s critical condition, and on Monday came here, returning Wednesday to Shadow' Lawn. Mrs. Ilowe had bien too weak to recognize him. Mrs. Howe came from her Philadelphia home in the early summer with her niece, Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of the President, slopping at a summer hotel in the suburbs. Her health had long been impaired. When her condition became a matter of grave concern, Mrs. Howe was brought to a city hotel. With her were her two sons, George Howe of North Carolina and Wilson Howe of Richmond, Virginia, and a daughter, Mrs. Perin Cothran, of Philadelphia, besides Miss Wilson. Mrs. Howe was horn in Virginia, and like her brother, was educated there. She was GO years old last. Friday.

The funeral was held Monday afternoon at Columbia, South Carolina. Following the services the President spent some time in reviewing boyhood scenes and visiting friends, departing at 6:1 7 p. m. for Long Branch, New Jersey.