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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-23
DROUGHT AFFECTS APACHEs.

According 10 report TO the Interior
Department. the Apaches at the Tica-
rilIa Indian Agency in New Mexico are
suffering greatly from the drought which
prevailed in that section for six months,
ending in July 1T. Il is said their
crops have been destroyed and that they
have TO drive their cattle miles to drink.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-23
WORKERS AND WORKINGS
OF THE DEPARTMENTS
Many Officials Absent on Leave for the Elections Next
Month-Secretary Moody to Start on Campaign
Tour Saturday-Mr- Roots Return

his service valuable to the department
4 large majority of the vacancies ere
ated in the bureau by act Of Congress
last session. have been and viii be filled
from among the experienced army clerks
who served in Cuba and in the Philip
pines All appointments to the Bureau
of Insular Affairs are made under the
rules Of the civil service
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-23
CIYII sERYIcE COMMISSION.

X. P. Pepperman, recently a member
Of the Civil Service Board for the Phil
ippine Islands. has been given charge
Of the civil service desk OF the Bureau
Of InsuIar Affairs Of the War Depart
ment. Mr.. Pepperman is well known IN
this city, where he spent much Of his
time just prior TO the Spanish war His
new position is an important one. His
experience in the Philippines renders
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-23

William F. Brown. who has been On
his vacation, viii return tomorrow. Nj.
Brown has been connected with the Pat
ent Office for twenty-five years. IN civil
war times he was member OF the vol
unteer fire department OF Washington
and was one Of the first to arrive at
Ford's Theater after the assassination
OF Lincoln
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-23
NAVY DEPARTMENT.

Secretary Moody, who has Just return
ed from the West, where he has been
campaigning for two weeks, was in his
Office yesterday. He viii remain here
for several days before going to the New
England States, where he viii make a
number Of speeches
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-23
PATENT OFFICE.

Chief Clerk ireland Of the Patent Of
fee is sending letters to the patent at
-c-Ec-s c tle country asking for their
addresses The register is printed
every two years There are in active
practice before the Patent Office nearly
5000 ATTORNEYS.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-23
PosToFFTCE DEPARTMENT.

Mr. Merritt, City Postmaster, is with
Mrs Merritt at Lockport, n Y He is
not expected to return until after the
elections Madison Davis, assistant city
postmaster, IS acting postmaster in the
absence Of Mr. Merritt.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-23

G. H EIdrfdge. OF the Geological Sur
vey. has been in California since last
spring investigating the oil bearing
strata. The petroleum fields lie Oh the
coast range below San Francisco, AID
some Of them are rich.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-23
Coercion Used.

The marriage TO which my wife sub
mitted with Oren was forced upon her
by her parents. and for that reason
neither We nor our friends regard the
ceremony as marriage in the strict
sense Of the word She had frequently
spoken Of her objection to Oren. but her
parents seemed determined that she
she should marry him. and made all ar
rangemeats for the ceremony. In the
meantime 1 was being kept posted Of all
that was going on at the home OF her
parents, and Miss Roypen and myself de-
termined to thwart their plans in the
novel manner in which We succeeded.
al Of the arrangements and the plan Of
action were considered and decided upon
while We were standing In front Of a
house several doors from the home Of
my wife's parents on the night proceed
ing their enactment.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-23
PENSION OFFICE.

While Commissioner Ware is absent
in Kansas attending the funeral Of his
father, ] L Davenport, first deputy
commissioner. is in charge.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-23
MRS. FECBTIG's RING LOST.

Mrs. A M Fechtig, Of 4335z Della
ware Avenue northeast. has asked the
police to assist her in recovering q plain
gold ring lost by her on tie 10th Of
July.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-23
GENERAL LAND OFFICE.

Chester Il. Brush, recorder Of the
General Land Office, is going TO Connec-
ticut in few days to take part in the
campaign
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-23
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.

Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Frank I. Campbell is in central Penn
sylvania He will remain there few
days-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-23
The Coin and Ring.

In response to question concerning
the unusual ceremony that he enacted
bride, Goldberg related that his wife
knew perfectly well OF his intention as
she entered the synagogue with Oren
and even assisted him in the ceremony
by asking the nan at her side to step to
the other in order that Goldberg might,
without any trouble, slip the coin into
her right hand and the ring on q finger
of the same hand
During Goldberg's statement Miss
Roypen stood by his side and occasion
ally nodded in assent when he glanced
at her.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-23
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Secretary Root viii return 10 Wash
Ington tomorrow from Clinton, \. Y.

There IS probably no executive depart
ment in Washington which can boast Of
as many Interesting civil war characters
on its messenger staff as the State, War,
and Navy Building. Many Of the high
ranking officers in the War and Navy
Departments have as their messengers
men who were with them in an enlisted
capacity in the trying days Of the civil
war General CoTbin, who commanded
& negro regiment in the war, has three
old colored men as his personal attend
ants and messengers who served in his
regiment No one who visits the NAM
moth building daily can fail TO know
Barney" Every day, rain or shine,
hot or cold, this once master alarms in
the old navy Of the United States is on
duty. He reigns supreme in the northern
court of the building. Although Barney
is getting along in years, he still main
tains his erect, military appearance, and
IS one of the best reminders Of 81 10 be
found in the State, War, and Navy De-
partments He has all the pToverbial
wit of the Irishman and Is known re
spected, and liked by every naval ofnceT
on duty at the Navy Department
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-23
CENSUS OFFICE.

The cotton statistics section Of the
manufacturers division. presents a busy
scene nowadays. This is the week in
which the 625 local agents, appointed
throughout the South to gather cotton
statistics. are to do their work A great
many Of the reports have already begun
to arrive.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-23

Alexander Rose, chief Of the copy
room Of the Patent Office, is spending d
few days in the vicinity Of Whitewater,
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-23

BALTIMORE. Nd. Oct. 23.-Marie
Roypen, 2024 Christian Street. whose
marriage to Samuel Oren at the Moses
Montenore Synagogue last Sunday even
ing a week ago was attended by such
peculiar and perpIexing circumstances,
inasmuch as the legal ceremony was
preceded by what is regarded by many
Goldberg, a young Jewish tailor, has
returned to the city with Mr.. Goldberg.
with whom she disappeared soon after
the ceremony. The couple arrived late
Sunday night at Union Station from New
York and proceeded directly to the home
Of the young mans parents. 1902 Ramsay
Street, where, according to the state
ment Of young Goldberg, they viii make
their home for the present
It was not untH late Tuesday after
noon that the parents and other rela-
tives Of the young woman learned by ac-
cident OF her return. She did not call
on her parents, nor did they call on
her. As soon as Mr. Roypen learned Of
her presence he went to 695 South
Charles Street. where Mr.. Oren had been
stopping. but was told that Mr. OTen
had gone TO his home in Philadelphia.
VIII Remain Together.
Both the young woman and Goldberg
were seen and both expressed their de-
termination to remain with each other
in the face of any and ali obstacles
They manifested considerable indigna-
ton at the allegations, which Mr.. Oren
made at the Southwestern police station.
that she had stolen $50 of his money
from under a pillow at the home Of the
Roypens- She stated that the money
she had taken was hers and that she
had drawn it, together with some other
money that she had deposited in a build
ing association in the southwestern
section OF the city. for the purpose of
defraying the marriage and reception
expenses
They said that they had visited Boston
and several other Northern cities, but
had spent most Of their honeymoon" in
Quincy Mass, where they made their
home at I26 Copeland Street.
We had a most delightful time" said
Goldberg. and have returned after de-
Gliding to make this city our permanent
home"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-23
LOCAL MENTION.

Hot Tamales and Chill Con Came
t the Ranch. 597 F st. NV. Phone E. s4G-M-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-23

Joseph Donovan, private secretary to
Assistant City Postmaster Davis. is con
fined to his home by illness.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-23

The headquarters OF the Bureau Of
InsuIar Affairs are still in the War De
partment, but il is planned to locate the
entire bureau IN the building now being
erected on the corner Of Pennsylvania
Avenue and Seventeenth Street.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-23
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

In view Of the interest in the case OF
J. S. Virgins, whose record as a clerk
IL the Pension Office was recently given
much prominence, the unique record Of
Caleb Parkinson, q clerk in the Office
of the Auditor for the War Department
is brought forward Mr.. Parkinson en-
tered upon his duties in this Office on
October 70, 1855, and except for one or
two days during the first year Of his
service. has never taken a days sick
leave The annual leave consumed dur
ing the time amounted TO not more than
two or three days for each year, until
two years ago, when he was virtually
forced by his chief to take twenty-five
days This year under pressure he took
fifteen days OF the thirty days allowed
him by law. At his own request, Mr.
Parkinson Is allowed 10 go to his desk
each morning an hour before the other
clerks begin to arrive at the Office, and
rarely II ever does ne leave his work
until after o'clock.
T. 6. giekford has been absent from
his desk in the Office Of the auditor for
the War Department for the past sew
era1 weeks on account of being i'll Mr.
Bickford was formerly a well-known
newspaper correspondent OF Washing
ton. In 1873 he represented the Gov
eminent at the Paris exposition, being
in charge OF the agricultural exhibit.
H. 7. C. Green, of the Treasury De
partment, is on duty taking his annual
vacation Robert Fig is on duty in
his place at the lower Fifteenth Street
entrance
Captain Mcmillan, superintendent Of
the Treasury. Is with his wife in Gene
va, Ohio. He viii return after the fall
election
Robert J. TraeeweH, Comptroller Of
the Treasury. is spending part Of his
leave in Corydon, Ind, where he viii
vote. Mr. Mitchell is acting Comptrol-
Ter in the absence of Mr. Tracewell-
Colonel Lyman. appointment clerk Of
the Treasury Department. is at present
in California on official business. He Is
not expected 10 return until after the
election Mr. Rose Is acting in the alb
sence OF Colonel Lyman.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-23

James y. Tyner. Assistant Attorney
General for the Postoffice Department
who is on his annual leave, Is expected
to return IN d few days.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-23

Col. Clarence R Edwards. chief Of the
newly created bureau of insulaT affairs
Of the War Department. considers that
he has one of the best equipped forces
of clerks IN The service OF the Govern
menr
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-23

DR.. Marshall, whose duty It is 10 look
after the needs and wants OF the Offices
in the Postoffice Department and their
occupants, 50 far as Office furniture and
utensils Is concerned is busy superin-
tending putting the rooms on the south
wing Of the fourth floor in shape fer the
court
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-23

Money % loan at ), 5 and per cent on real
estate. Frank 7. Rawlings, 1903 Penna. Ave.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-23

Gen A V. Rice. chief Of the CORE
spondence AMI mailing division. is III
Ohio. where lie expects to remain until
after the election. His assistant, W 5.
Hancock, is IN charge.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-23

The manufacturers division of the
Census Office will, in the course Of the
next few days, send 10 the different
States fifty special agents to gather sta
tistics relating to electric lighting
plants
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-23

John Bingham. OF the correspondence
and mailing division. who has been
spending his annual leave at his home,
Athens, Ohio, viii return Saturday.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-23

LeCTand Powers, chief statistician OF
the agricultural division, Is campaign
ing in Minnesota
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-23

S. y. D. North. chief statistic:en of
the manufacturers division, is IN Bos-
ton On business connected with the Of
fee.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-23

Patrick z. Kilcullen. who some time
ago resigned as a clerk in the Census
Office to take up the practice Of Law at
Denver, Colo. was a caller al the Census
Office yesterday.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-23

Jesse ". Grain. OF the population ii
vision Of the Census Office, is ill.,
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-23

Robert J. TraceweH, Comptroller Of
the Treasury, is spending part Of his
leave in Corydon, Ind, where he viii
vote. Mr. Mitchell is acting COmptrol-
Ter in the absence Of Mr. Tracewel-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-23

Captain Mcmillan, superintendent Of
the Treasury Is with his wife in Gene
va. Ohio. He viii return after the fall
election
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-23

H. T. c. Green, of the Treasury De-
partment, is on duty taking his annual
vacation Robert Fig IS on duty IN
his place at the lower Fifteenth Street
entrance
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-24
OBITUARY..

MRS. MICHAEL GERRITY, we'll
known and esteemed resident of South
Scranton, died at els yesterday morn
ing at $40 Stone avenue, after linger-
ing illness. Besides her husband, the
following children survive: Kate, Ed
ward and Harry. and one sister. Mrs.
John Mccormick. The funeral will
take place Friday morning at 0 O'Clock,
with services at the Cathedral and in
terment in the Cathedral cemetery.
THOMAS CAWLEY, aged 55 years,
died last night at the family residence,
1928 West Lackawanna avenue, after a
weeks illness with bronchitis. He is
survived by wife and the following
children: Mrs. Bridget O'Toole, Mrs.
Kate OToole, p. f., John and Mary.
The funeral will be held on Friday
morning.
MRS. MARY COREY died last night
at the advanced age of 81 years, at
the home of w. II. Jenkins, on Nay
Aug avenue. She Is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Knapp, of Priceburg,
and Mrs. Kennedy, of South Scranton.
The funeral announcement will be
made later.
MARGARET MURPHY. the infant
. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James Muir
ply. of 4S2 New street, died yester-
day. The funeral will be held this af-
ternoon at 2.30 O'Clock, with interment
In the Cathedral cemetery.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-24

out with only fourteen men. Company
had only fifteen men, leaving the
armory but before the day was over
twenty more reported. Some of the
captains believe that the small show
ing made of their companies is due to
an unwillingness of the men to do SER
vice in their own community. Every
man must, however. report, they say,
and those who do not report will be
brought in under arrest Superinten-
dent of Police Day will be asked today
by one of the captains to arrest several
men who are known to be in the city.
Company G of Montrose brought 43 of
its fifty men.
Quartermaster Nandling had coffee,
ham, bread and beans at the camp for
breakfast and during the day added
some incidentals. Captain Drake, aide
e-camp on General Gobin's staff, came
to Scranton in the afternoon, as repre-
sentative of Major Cameron, the bri-
gade commissary, and arranged with
local merchants to supply the camp
with food. Butchers, bakers and candle
stick makers, who tlocked to the camp
looking for orders, had to be content
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-24

ing before Magistrate Fidler last
night. The two men failed to identify
Carlovitz last night, and he was dis
charged.
AS District Superintendent Davies,
of the Delaware. Lackawanna and
Western company, was driving along
Wayne avenue last night, two young
boys who We're standing in the street,
deliberately spit in his face. He
jumped out of the carriage and tried
to capture them, but was unsuccess-
full. He drove to their homes and no.
titled their parents, however. Later
information is to the effect that a
vigorous application of fathers Slip
per was made in each instance.
The bureau of police was yesterday
equipped with twenty of the new Win
chester riot guns to be used in case of
an emergency. These guns are made
after a new model and are intended
especially for quelling riots.
The gun shoots shells containing nine
large size shot. Six of these shells
can be fired from the gun in one-half
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-24
GENERAL GOBLIN AND
COL. MATRES ARRIVE

Brigadier General j, p. S. Goblin ar
rived at the camp at 2 o'clock. He was
accompanied by Major Clark, the bri-
gade Inspector of rifle practice; Major
Halberstadt, brigade surgeon; Sergeant
German, ordnance sergeant; Captain
Drake. aide-de-camp and acting brig
ade commissary. and Private Malley, of
Company ID, Twelfth regiment, orderly
to General Goblin.
The party left Shenandoah at TO a.
m, in private car on the Jersey
Central, arriving in Scranton at noon.
After dinner at the Jermyn, they pro-
ceeded on the 1,26 Delaware and Hud-
son train to the camp. At the station
they were Joined by Colonel Watres,
just arrived from Philadelphia.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-24

in the leg, Both We're reported to be
resting comfortably.
Sergeant Michael Malta and Private
Scott Dryden, of Company G, We're
placed under arrest, yesterday after
noon, by order of Colonel Watres, on
the charge of having assaulted two
non-union men employed by the Della
ware and Hudson company.
The workmen, both of them foreign
ers, We're going past the Delaware and
Hudson station at Olyphant, to the
Grassy Island washery, soon after the
regiment arrived, and encountered a
crowd of soldiers lounging about the
railroad tracks. The soldiers, 1t is al
legged, held them up and began to abuse
them, calling them "blankety- blank
scabs" and saying, you're the fellows
responsible for our being called out"
The workmen, 1t appears, made some
retort in kind, whereupon the two SOL
diers. now under arrest, pounced upon
them and gave them severe drubbing.
Detective Martin Crippen, of the Della
ware and Hudson company. rescued the
workmen, and after seeing them safely
on their way, reported the matter to
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-24
Thirteenth Regiment
IN CAMP AT OLYPHANT

The Thirteenth regiment is now en-
camped at Olyphant, ready to cope with
any strike disturbances that may occur
in any part of the valley.
Sheriff Schadt's call for troops Mon
day night met with quick response.
At midnight, Governor Stone decided
to honor the sheriff's requisition. At
daylight, nearly 400 soldiers We're at
the appointed rendezvous, ready for
duty.
The regiment left the armory at 4.3O
o'clock, under command of Lieutenant
Colonel F. w. Stillwell, and took a
Delaware and Hudson train, in waiting
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-24
SOLDIERS ARE NOW
READY FOR DUTY
Thirteenth Regiment Encamped at
Olyphant with More Than Four
Hundred Officers and Men.
VIOLENCE, HOWEVER, CONTINUES

The Thirteenth regiment olyphant
yesterday morning. call by Sheriff schadt
General Goblin and number of the members of his visited
the
regiment regarding n
1t decided the regiment moblzed oyphant
occasion require it, send out detachments.
Soldiers and a
arrived olyphan, soldiers
While the halted oyphant station,
ceedng the
bush just probably fatally
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-24

Lieutenant Colonel Stillwell. When It
came to Colonel Watres he ordered the
accused men put in the guard house,
on a bread and water diet. They Will
be urt-martialed today.
On his return to the city last even-
ing, Sheriff Schadt arranged to have
telephones put in the camp headquar-
ters and also to have two special
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-24
ABSENT ON LEAVE.

Captain Thomas p. Murphy, of Com
pany c, who is now working in Gin
cinnati for the International Cores
pondence schools, and Lieutenant Roy
G. Smith and c. e. Lathrope, who were
temporarily out of town could not be
brought on in time to go with the regi-
ment and their company was placed in
command of First Lieutenant Berry, of
Company B. The absence of the officers
resulted in the companys men receiving
the word late and the company started
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-24
A New Headlight.

The Scranton Railway company is eX-
perimenting with powerful headlight for
use on it's cars. The headlight is of the
searchlight variety similar to those used
by the Iackawanna on some OF it's trains.
The light is an extremely powerful one
and throws a ray a distance of nearly
100 feet ahead,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-24

Colonel l.. A. Watres and Captain ID.
b. Atherton, of the field and staff, ar
rived during the afternoon. Inspector
of Rifle Practice l.. b. Carter who was
out of town, is expected today. Col
onel Watres was found by a telegram
at the Hotel Walton, Philadelphia, at
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-24

Jersey corporation with s6,OOo,OOO authorl
lied capital. Application for the apl
pointment of the receiver was made by
counsel representing George f, King. OF
East Orange, a stockholder, The assets
of the company are fixed at over s57,O 900.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-24
They Pay the User.

II you wish a half-tone or line cut,
let the Scranton Tribune make it for
you. Our equipment for this work Is
complete and up-to-date. We have
facilities for doing the finest sort Of
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-24
Insane Man Arrested.

An insane man named Joseph Hoeher
came to the Lackawanna hospital last
night and became so violent that the po-
lice were notified. The patrol wagon was
sent to the hospital and Hoehler was
taken to the central police station.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-24
Receiver for Vehicle Company.

By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press.
Newark, N. j., Sept S.-Nice chancel
lor Emery today appointed Charles j.
Coe. of Jersey City, receiver of the Amer
lean Electric Vehicle company, New