The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-01
OBITUARY..

Lieut. Col. Thomas & Rand, hotel man
and National Guardsman. fell dead from
heart disease yesterday afternoon while
talking to his SON at his home 2l9 West
Eightieth Street, New York He was born
in Portsmouth y. H. sixty-two years ago
He began his career as militia man as
a sergeant in Company p Of TIE Boston
Light Infantry, and left that organic yipH
/ in lNf2 10 90 70 war as a captain IN the
Thirty-third Massachusetts Infantry lie
served throughout the war E.e was in the
battle Of Charlottesville. ana his brother
Charley. VINO was captain in the First
Massachusetts, was killed IN the same bat
Tie.
After the civil war h came to New York
and with Iis brothers. John Il and George
w secured the St Cloud Hotel watch
they managed from 1853 to 1888 After that
he became The manager OF the Nevada
a3artmeut house. al Broadway and Seven
tieth Street. Re Joined the Ninth RegI-
rnrur y G.. \ Y. upon coming 10 this
city. ANA became major and lieutenant
colonel Of the regiment
He volunteered with the regiment FOR the
Spanish WaT and spent the summer OF ]ssS
in camp al ChjcIaDauga- The experience
WIS too much Tor his health. and he had
been in ever since his return lie resigned
from the regiment twO months ago
Mr. Rand married Mss Josephine l.,
Bartlett s. 1870. She ana one SON. @.igE>.-l
: Rand survive him
Thomas Roberts died Saturday at his
home in Baltimore. ia the seventeen year
Of his age ~. Roberts was q, s.asire Of
Wales where ne served his apprentice
ship ia thu refining of copper, lead. and
silver. and became noted netaIursist
and furnace builder. Tn 1881 lee came 20
this country and WAS identified with The
establishment Of the Baltimore Copper
Smelling and Rolling Company at Canton
as "a suleItCr
IN 1868 ne was associated with the deveI-
opment of lead and silver r-Hueri-s in
Georgetown. Gel. In ISL he was appoint
I'd manager OF the silver refining works
in San Francisco. which he resigned in
lH73- ard returned Ia Baltimore. soon aft
or which he became manager of tho lead
and silver works i'm Alle@Eeuy- Pa which
Were the fDreruuuer OF tho extensive .--
nuery now located at Mansfield Pa IL
wa. white connected with the Allegheny
works that Mr. Roberts established ii rep
utatipu i'm producing for the first tim. in
this country the special grade of lead
which liEuIs IS 50 Ii3Gl' 81 ~ IN man
ana white lead. which ar once siTp4 s.snd
the foreign products
In 1871 Mr. Roberts turned his attention
to building furnaces for The production
and the manufacture Of steel and iron
sheets. Fo- several years he was con
neCTed With the famous ~Gr'J-iruu mills
uf Kirkpatrick < Co E..schGurg, Pa as
chief in the construction OF furnaces and
assistant 20 the manager Of the works
constructed the first furnace in The Init
ed States for the production of steel US
ing natural gas as fuel.
Mr. Roberts WAS "A member Of Hiram
Lodge OF Masous, Thomas Widry Lodge
of odd Fellows. and Cambria Lodge OF
the Knights Of Pythias. He is survived
by q widow Mrs. Elizabeth Griffith Rob
erts. three s0ns-Nalter .. a superiu-
tendent la the Baltimore Copper Works:
David b Roberts. Of the Congressional
Library, and Martin a Roberts-and
three daughters-Misses Rose, Margaret
and Elizabeth Roberts.