The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-02-17
"BILL" ANTHONYS WIDOW MOTTO LOSE HER PLACE
Office AttaChe.

But for the Kindness OF enc OF the lead
ing members Of Congress. the widow Of
Sergeant Bib" Anthony, who made the
famous report to Captain Sigsbee at the
time Of the blowing up Of the Maine: "Sir.
I have to report that the ship has been
blown up and is sinking" would have lost
her position at the Census ONCE. a few
days ago As the work on the last cen
sus has been brought nearer to a close it
has been found that the services Of hun
dreds of clerks are not needed, and these
are t,ing dismissed at the rate of 100 or
zoo PER week.
On the census rolls are two young wild
ows from New York whose families are
dependent upon them for support One
Of them was the widow Of a man who was
enc Of the best known correspondents in
Albany. and who died in Colorado "a few
years ago. The other is Mrs. Anthony.
When the member Of Congress referred to
heard that clerks were being dropped
from the rolls in such large patches he
paid a visit to Director Merriam and
asked for the retention of these two
women The request was granted Both
Of the women are competent in every way
TO perform the duties to which they are
assigned and they would have been
thrown out OF employment but for the in
tercessicn Of the Congressman who has
had their names placed on the permanent
rcA
Mr.. Charles H. Campbell. of the State
Department. is a native Of washington.
He was, however. mustered into the
United States volunteer service IS second
Lieutenant Of the First New York Light
Artillery February f. 1855. and was ap-
Cd al IL 90.
Humphreys. commanding The First Army
Corps June 1. 1859 ne Vas appointed
captain and assistant ad5UtLnt general Of
volunteers. On May II. 1866 he was hon
orably mustered out Of the service; July
p Of the same year he was commissioned
second lieutenant Of the Sixth United
states Cavalry. promoted &C be first lieu
tenant May Z. 1857. and captain SepJem-
Der %, 1874. lie resigned February IS,
1881. Meanwhile he mad been brevetted
first lieutenant and captain for gallant
and meTitgTicus services during the bat
lie OF Petersburg. Va He was appointed
q temporary clerk in the department Of
State July I, 1882. and permanently al
the same salary August .. 1852. He was
promoted to class two on May g. 1883. to
class three December S. 1880 placed in
class two May 6, 1898; promoted 20 class
three November Z. 1885. and to class four
april l. 1900, which position he now holds.
4 well-known attache Of the Postofice
Department is responsible for the follow
ing story; Several years ago a thriving
Dutch community in Bcrks county. Pa
known as Spruyter's Centre. peutioned
the Department to establish a pOstofice
at the principal store Of the neishDor-
hood Heretofore the inhabitants had
been compelled to so TO Caspar. a mile
or more away for their mail
Now, from sine immemOrial. a rivalry
had existed between the two places. and
hard feelings engendered IN years gone
by smOldered in the breasts Of these
worthy burgers, ready 10 burst forth at
any time.
The official who had charge of such
matters. after q careful examination Of
the claims Of the petitioners. decided that
there was TO particular need for the es-
Enlistment Of an cfBce at SpTuyter's
Centre, so he dictated a letter. saying.
ON account Of your proximity 10 cas-
par the Department feels constrained 70
deny your request etc.
Only a few days elapsed when the De-
partmcnt received a round roDiE' from
the late petitioners. containing q violent
protest. and expressing a at)rm Of indlg
nation at the language used by the De
partment. said they:
We have always been q God-fearing
law-abiding people. and never before have
We been charged with such an outrageous
thing as proximity II there has been
any proximity going on il was done by
those Caspar people"
II took both Senator's and half the Re
presen-atives from the Keystone state 70
make the Department persona grata with
Spruyter's Centre again.
Mr. John H. Gibson. Of Alabama. has
been appointed a Waterman in the employ
OF the Civil Service Commission. and has
already entered upon the discharge Of his
new duties.
Referring 20 the Philippine tribes and
their languages. Prof o. T. Mason. or the
National Museum, says; "Notwithstand-
ing the rich literature concerning the peO-
pies and languages Of the Philippine
archipelago. there is 10 book OF publica-
ton in which are cataIogued the names
OF the tribes and the languages. and this
appears the more inexcusablc since both
Spanish and Philippine writer's. with few
exceptions. handle these names very
carelessly. so that great confusion must
ensue. The prevailing bad form in the
Philippines Of transferring the name OF
one people o. family 20 another WLc pos
sess Characteristic similar 20 the first,
either in manner or life, or even only
in culture grade in the widest sense OF the
fashion Of making several peoples out Of
one by replacing the folk name with the
tribal names Only with the greatest
pains and thought is f. POSSIBLE to eXtri-
cate ones SELF from This labyrinth OF no.