The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-26


cashier at the disbursing Office and has
10 settle with 2,0e0 people every two
weeks. He does not need 10 ask the
name after the first appearance Of the
empl0ye at the money window. He
knows every name and face in the de
paTtment and has rarely been known TO.
be at a loss to recognize any OF the
large corps Of employees. even the new
est and humblest. He not only has TO
remember the name and face but must
know 70 which roll 10 refer. Mr.. Yerby
is one OF the most business-Iike men
in the service and is very popular wher-
ever known
An Official of the Indian Office says
that he VIII not again criticise Mr..
Henry NJ Flagler. who is the owner OF
more things in Florida than any other
man Mr. FlagIer is AT the head Of sew
eraI railroad companies, and one OF his
standing orders is that no Indian shall.
pay fare OF any of these roads. There
are about coo Seminole Indians in Flori-
"a, and they live along the Flagler rail-
roads. The whole territory on which the
FIagler railroads and hotels are now
situated was once the property OF ths
Indians, and Mr. FlagIer ard many
others believe they were not treatel
with the proper consideration when the
white people took notion TO The lands
Mrs. Annie E. Parker. o. the division
Of publications. Department OF Agricul-
tire. Is on a visit TO relatives and
friends at Paconian Springs, Va Mrs,
Parker IL one OF the most highly es
teemed employees OF he department.
She Is member Of one Of the famous
families Of Virginia and is a favoTite
wherever known.
A Land Office man. who has lately
been in Idaho says that the world is
Just at the first of hearing about sam
uel Newhouse, the young mining king
Twenty years ago Newhouse was a
young lawyer in Pennsylvania, with no
particular prospects. Today he is
wealthy TO startling degree, and has
possessions which, If he keeps, may
make him the richest man in the world.
He is al the head OF syndicate which
is cutting q tunnel through Seaton
now idle on account OF No water He
foated this scheme IN London One o.
the incidents Of his career, one which
he is said 10 have thought Of in New
York one day, and commenced the next.
Is the fatiron building, which IS said
TO be the ninth wonder Of the world. He
commenced life as q fTeighIer II Lead
vile, having first TO whip a tribe OF half
breed wagoners.
Mr. Morris Jacobson, of the bureau Of
statistics. Treasury Department. has
been promoted recently. Mr. Jacobson
has long been handling the heavy and
Intricate work Of the bureau, and IS one
OF the most accomplished statisticiaus
IN The Treasury great many reports
are made by the statistician, covering
every variety OF Government expcndi-
ture and the work can only be done by
the best-trained clerks.
Judge J. C. L. Gudger, a clerk in the
Treasury Department. came from North
Carolina about nine years ago. He is
an able aud careful lawyer and has done
some good work en- the intricate cases
which arise in the business Of the de
partment. The judge is a fine oId-tine
gentleman and is very popular in social
circles.
Judge Gudger lived at WaynesvilIe. a
summer resort IN the western part of
North Carolina, in the famous hunting
grounds OF the Cherokee Nation. he was
Tor several years judge OF the superior
court Of North Carolina. He made a
good record on the bench and became
known all over the state Judge Gudger
hoe rro Is fr-g-.-
in Arkansas.
Mr.. Thomas King. one OF the youngest
and most popular messengers OF the In
terror Department. has returned from q
vacation trip 10 the hills Of Maryland
Mr. william Howard Mills, who has
recently been promised to one OF the
best positions in the Office Of the auditor
for the Navy Department. came 10 the
Treasury several years ago from Maine.
He has worked w from . minGr. position
10 drst-ciass place.
A Land Office man Who was witness
TO the founding OF Barden CITY. Okla
homa. says it was most inspiring
spectacle In a few hours the spot in
the wilderness became a city. with
banks, daily newspapers, lawyers and
department stores.
The settlement Of a new town in Okla
homa By 2 party OF emisrants who pro-
coed 70 the frontier with a brass band
and Pullman coarl emphasizes the
difference between these days and forty
years ago Then the settlers on the
plains set out in wagon train and
Travelled the best part Of a month. fight
ing Indians most OF the way and
drought and grasshoppers afterward-
They lived in sod houses and waited
two weeks for their letters. They went
two miles after water-now thev only
90 lsG 10 300 feet. bar II i. perpeudicu-
laTly-and they diligently planted their
crops FIVE years to gather harvest in
two Their skins turned the color Of
leather on those Wind-swept plains. but
their intelIects became sharpeued 10
more than Yankee shFew[n SIS by that
dry electrical climate They heard Of
everything new ID The world and took
8 liking 10 il. Their extraordinary en-
yironmenL and the untrUstwOrthiuess
OF the next days weathsr, the uncer-
tairty OF their fields. the precarious-
ness Of their existence. the impOssi-
bility OF reckoning on anything &c which
they had beer accustomed. made them
speculative 10 q rare degree. There is
spirit Of daring inquiry OF the plains
which accounts for Populism, pFohibi-
ton aud woman suffrage There is no