The evening times., 1902-07-10

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IN families As among other people. The
LhcToEccs we're in the oldcn times the
real friends of the white 7e00Te and
have always been distinguished as be
ing coed Indians. One OF the former
chiefs of the republic was BushyheaG.
/. whose front name was GEORGE Washing
/ ton. Hc was u wise and good chief. he
vas Baptist minister n good stand
( ing.
Nr- Julien P Wooteu. clerk to the
board OF revision Of the Pension once.
Is one OF the Spanish war Veterans. He
left position IN the department. which
ne had held from 1882. to so into the
army He returned TO the Office ii 1895
Messenger Robert R Cheeks. for many
years an employe Of the of5ce Of the Sec
retary of Var, has resigned and re-
turned 20 his home in Virginia
Charlie Fay, s Western reserve ranger.
has reported the death Ct ! a Adams.
a famous adve1turer, in arizona Adams
was 8 grandson Of John Brown. : party
crossing the desert had employed an
Indian for guide The Indians nu-se
ran away and the rider was dragged
among sharp rocks. Mr. Adams rode
straight a the wild horse and succeed
ed in catching him and holding him IN
til Mr. Fay could release the Indian.
Mr.. Adams received painful wounds,
among others & broken arm. which could
not be perfectly set in that wild region
n deiirium the night after the accident
he slipped away and was found dead
miles away three days later. having per
Ished from pain and the lack OF water.
Inspectors Of mail routes report
curious sort Of vandalism along the
rural free delivery routes. Boxes are
required to be put up and they are ire
sistible as targets for the small boys.
who are always anxious 10 throw rocks
at something The young sports who I
carry guns usually try shots at the
boxes So many complaints have been
made that the department is hot after
the depredaJOrs and somebody's daEliugs
are going 10 be in trouble.
Mr.. ". f 5futchler, Of the third /
division Of the Government Printing Of /
fee, has resigned to take a place in the (
rural free delivery. service. be is a /
capable young man and a fine printer.
The third division has furnished five
men 10 the departments in the past
year.
Mr. L. =. Hurst. a scientific aide in
the bureau Of soils, is an Indiana man.
BE is an educated, intelligent and enter
prising young man and has a bright
future in the work he has adopted. G5r
Hurst IS native OF MUnCie. but has
lived for several years IN Chicago. He
Is an accomplished newspaper man aud
has worked On the big papers Of the
Windy City.
One OF the messengers in the docu-
nent section, Department Of AgricuI-
-ure, has been using his Irish wit o1
mother messenger These two rzessen-
gers are unique characters, and though
'ne is Irish and the other English tbev
get along finely. The EngIishnan. one
Il the most useful men on the grounds
s one-aTmed- The other day some
;IeTks asked the Irishman why the ,
Chief as the Englishman is called
10 more work with one arm than the
emerald Isle man did with two. Readily {
ne Irishnal replied: Sure, Chief d1 I
nor wurruk than me because he has
'nly one aTrum- Ny two arruIns get in
.ach CthcT's way livery tonne I 90 10 do 7
nnything at all"
Judge I. C. Hovland, one Of the 1sqaf
.eads Of the recorders division OF the !.
seneraI Land Office is competent and :
'cPuIar oI1cIaL. He was formerly n ?
nc Interior Department but for several 7
ears practIced law here before return
ng 10 the Government service. He is Z b
.atlVe ol Michigan but was appointed ( 4
rom Georgia
Ar. Harry O'Donnen, Of the AgricuI- !
ural branch Of the Government Print
1g Office. IS away on q vacation trip. He
5 visiting at his old home, Mound City
L. O'Douneu Is one Of the most prom
lent printers in Washington and IS
7adlnS member o1 Columbia TvDo-
T1ion-
War Department clerk who Is IA P
liliar with the muster rolls OF the vol 4
nteer and regular armies has been b
ratified to run across some interesting Il
1cts ia regard to the families Of some q
the soldiers This story Of a Penn il
ylvania family is a unique one: e
There is, perhaps. 10 family in all n
enosylvania that can boast of a proud s.
r war record than that Of John Busch. x
Aahanoy City. Being himself a vet /,
ran Of twcnty-seven battles In the =,
raEco-Prussia war. he has four sons -
lnglng III years from eighteen TO twen- q,
'-seFe, all Of whom hold excellent dis II
larGes from the service IN Uncle Sans %.
-mg. q
Jacob and Joseph enlisted In the army :.
the outbreak Of the Spanish-Arleri- n
~ var, and. after serving in Cuba, re-
lAsted later for three years service n
the Philippines with the Twenty-drst a
nlted states Infantry. They particl- -
-tea il a score Of hot engagements. and n
sflnEuisheG themselves fer galiau-ry i,
'deT fire. Both wcre. present at the =
,ath Of Captain Wilhelm. OF Mauch n
hunk, during the battle OF Lima. Gus
We meantime became imbued with IA 7
iotlsm. and enlisted in the regular in- ~
htry. Ee was sent TO Fort Schuyler. -
eW York, and his youngest brother, HI
IN, il, then Joined his brothers IN
e Philippines. =.
about six months ago the brothers 4
ere mustered out, They ali returned
Aahan0y City. except Gustave. who
listed IN tho Marine Corps and is now
card the United States cruiser Dixie.