The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-23

among the passengers and they wouldn't
90 "a step When 7 left four warehouse
negroes were loading the stuff. the CAP
. tain was very busy gazing into the river.
while the clerk in charge &C the sale of
hshbait had some back to set promotes
( The German band alone remained and. it
4 vas playing A HCt Time
. M " Z Murray. Of the Interior De
FaTlueut, has seen varied experiences
6griug his lifetime. he MAS Il a-.l
soldier of the Union in the great ma
.ricidal struggle. and before taking a
. position az the National Capital was
. prominent in The affairs OF his home
county.
Mr. Murray was born IN indiana and
received q common school education
When the cell for volunteers vas made
. 10 Ls@i he OHered his services. but the
Ulncty-Gay eCIistmenls were -ner being
made. and be was rejected because be-
Ing too young. Later, when il YES
ioane that more troops were needed ard
the call was made Tor eEIiEEuen- for
three years, lir- Murray WAS me l7sJ
man u Randolph soun-y 80 vcl11gzer
under The IA-ee-ycaC plan BE was
member &C the famous Iron Brigade
commanded first by General Dawes The
last commander was Gen Z s BragE
who has lately been il this city HIS
enlistment occurred al W5l-testsr. and
he was placed in The Ni1eteenth n
diana Regiment. The young soldier saw
active service and was IN several Of the
memorable battles
At the second Battle of Bull Run.
otherwise known as Manassas, NJ Muir
ray was severely wounded. He was shot
four time, AMI since the war has suf-
fered much from the wounds. His active
service was concluded, therefore, on Au-
Elst % 1852
After the war he went into the Office
Of the clerk CT court of Randolph coua-
ty- After few years there he was
elected auditor Of the county. q position
V hich he filed for several years. Mr. /
Murray first came 10 Washington under /
The Harrison Administration. He was
out during the last Cleveland Admins /
tration, hut came again under McKla- I
ley.
Mr.. Ole l. Mostad. OF the Office Of the +
Register Of the Treasury, has received .
a promotion Re is from Illinois
a Postofce inspector, who says the
gentle art OF securing customers is not
declining, as is sometimes claimed.
states that one Of the clever little tricks
OF the day is the conversion OF circu-
lar into personal communication The
latest device IS 70 have the circular. IN
the usual fac smile of typewriter tyne
printed OF dampened paper. The effect
delights the heart Of the most expert
artist In public deception The sfieLt
bIurs the ink ever 50 slightly
he el,1 = 3
surface, thus giving it the appearance a.
having been especially dictated for the
recipient and put through the Office
copying press A tWO-cCnt stamp com
pietes the little fraud. which harms ne
body and may catch q customer.
The Bureau Of Education has Stats
tics 70 show that this IS {. great country.
About twenty languages are taught eZ-
tensively. and many others are used in
different sections Ct the country. a i
school principal WIS lately dismissed IA
because, f is alleged ne
could not teach the Polish language.
Prof. " MCGEE, Of the Geological /
-urvey, has way Of predicting things.
and his well-known ability causes his I
to be considered with !
close attention He predicts that the {
drying up Of the great SAT- Lake is only 5
a matter OF time. There IS nothing ne Z
SAYS, mysterious o. particularly scien-
.lhc about IT. The irrigation OF the :
West takes lots Of wafer. ard the water
to be drawn from tae lake is likely 90 I
be n excess C The supply. The West =
srn papers have had long and serious c
discussions Of the natter d
Commissioner OF Patents Allen has
gone 70 Atlantic City foT several DAYS
ne Commissioner has been busy lately
with the extraordinary rush of business
n the Patent Office this year all records
II issue have been broken.
Mt Aichaei j Murray, now a resident
If the District. bet formerly = citizen
II Cleveland. Ohio, has been ao9ofa-ef
o d position on the watch fore. OF the T
Interior Department.. f.