The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-23

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special attention 10 the beef question T.
re has made an interesting report in .
which ne sets forth that the advance in +
meat prices was mainly produced by
natural causes. The diminstioH of the
cattle supply and the increase in poPu-
latien he finds most To blame
Mr. Croxton was early in life asso-
ciateG with the beef industry. lie was
reared IN Schuyler County, H.. IN the
great stock raising section He has been
familiar with the subject all his lie
He has been clerk under Commission
er Carroll d Wright OF the Bureau OF
Labor for nine years. He has been in
the division Of statistics and mas done
2 great deal Of work on different phases
of the labor problem
He is one Of the ables- statisticians
IN The country He finds that poPula-
lion has increased in the last decade
cO.- per cent and most Of 1t has been
in the cities and towns This urban
population is the neat-buying part o.
The country. He finds that the con
ss1urtioT, Of meat has increased beyond
the ratio OF increase in population he
finds also that imports have not been
proporti0nately as great as formerly,
and declares that the failure Of corr
]ast FeaTs affects The price of beet
Capt Charles H Perry, the popular
officer in charge Of the Pension Office
watch force. has returned 10 his duties
after an absence of several days. Ga
Sunday morning while at his desk Capt,
Perry was seized with e sudden Illness
md il became necessary for his fellow
EMPLOYEES TO convey him 10 his home
He is now receiving the congratulations
Of his many friends upon his speedy Re
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be & serious attack
George Sassaur. who Is on guard
At One Of the doors Of the War De
>artment. has a fine war record He
was three years in active service and
seven months in prison He came out
OF the war nearly a wreck, but has re-
covered and IS one OF the most alert
and active men on the force. Mr. Sas-
saur is native OF the historic town
Of Annapolis, about which hangs so
much Of interest in romance and history,
where scenes OF many novels are laid,
and which has been the home OF refine
nent from *he early Colonial days. He
volunteered early in the war in q COM
pany made up in Annapolis. This com
pany became Company D Of the Purnell
Legion. a famous organization OF Mary
landers The command participated in
many engagements in Virginia, and It's
setfve career was terminated in Viz
GINA by q large body Of Confederates.
who took q large force OF Union men
prisoners. This was on the Weldon
Railroad. august j., 1864. and II oc-
5urred after some sharp shirTnishing.
A few thousand prisoners were taken
IN the neIghborhood in one day by the
ConfederaIes. They were marched TO
libby Prison, where they remained for
six days. long enough to find that there
was no picnic IN the neighborhOOd- The
prisoners we're then moved 10 Belle IS
land where they remained for six weeks.
From this place they we're transferred %
Salisbury, y. c., and put II the noted
triangular pen. Here the last vestige
Of -ahk was obIiterated in common
misery. and the officers suffered with
the privs1es The COnfedeTates were
themselves hard pressed. and did not
treat their prisoners gently The prison
wall was . brick and stone affair, with
three sharp points At these points
we're stationed pieces o. ordnance. Es-
ape looked decidedly improbable. The
sufferings Of the camp were so great that
many hundreds died. and after this
came the slaughter when an attempt tC
escape was made. IN less than SIX
months. Il is said. the number Of pris-
Caers decreased from 1900 to 400.
he attempt 10 escape was made by
the prisoners after the Confederate sol
diers. the Forty-sixth North Carolina
Rss-imeut. had been sent out &c active
service and the home guards mad beer
-Jt 10 watching the pen The need oI
Confederacy for men vas dire, and
Iaost all able-bodied men we're sent ont
leaving feeble old men, sick soldiers
and children 20 mind the camp. The
prisoners worked up q plan OF campaign
and one day they made an assault or
the guard. They got charge Of the guaTC
and the guns and were rapidly pre-
pairing 10 level The walls 50 they coulC
get out In their haste and excite
ment they forgot TO cut the wires, and
2 message was sent TO the front telling
what was taking place The troop.
were sent back and reached the pen be
fore the prisoners could get out. The
soldiers made a terrible attack on IN,
prisoners and killed many or Them
There were a lot OF mud shacks in IN,
Enclosure, and into these the mfseTabl'
prisoners .crawled. Nearly all who faile,
10 get IN these houses were killed.
Mr. Sassaur did not 60 back 10 th'
army. as the war was nearly over whe!
the prisoners we're released, and p.
was broken in health He had enliste,
FOR three years and MS enlistment wa
cut a short time after the capture OF h,
Weldon Railroad. His service was tire
years and seven months. he retuFnet
10 Annapolis and soon afterward moves
to Baltimore. Ten years ago he VIZ
appointed watcbmau at the State, War
and Navy Building.
One Of the late appointees Of the Gov
eminent Is Dr.. S. P Stafford, a coIore
man pTacticing in 81. Louis. He ha
been appointed resident physician ar th
Yakima Indian agency in the state O
Washington He was formerly q surgeo
in the FTeedman's Hospital in this city
A crop o Spanish war yarns can b
reaped almost any time around the de
partments One Of the latest emanate
the other day from a clerk in the Treas
ury Department, who was IN a New YOr
regiment in 1888 The colonel va
Colonel Duffy. blum. good ture
Irishman, good soldier. but at frs
rather green on etiquette and the pune
tilio Of the army. At Tampa there wer
several regiments. and one day Genera
Hall. Of the regular army. had hi
brigade on. fcR z drill. He desired &
take his command through CoIone
Dufy's lines and sent formal messaE
requesting permission The colonel sal