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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-04-11
TWO AMERICANS KILLED
BY MEyICANS.
(By Associated Press.)

Guayamas Sonora. Mexico, April
1.-Two sailors of the United tSateS
cruiser California, se2man aid mas-
ter-rtarms. were killed arl threo
others wounded in street foht last
Wednesday at Mazatlan Two or
three Mexican police wnra wounded
in attempting to arrest tho American
sailors. Admiral Cowles is invests
eating.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-04-11
COPPER G|BBS'TO
SUCCEED JUDGE CALL
Governor Trammell Made Appoint.
ment Today and Same Was Con.
frmed by the Senate.

Tallahassee, April ll.-(Special)
Governor Trammell today ap-
pointed Couper Gibbs. well known
lawyer, to succeed Judge
Call as Judge of the Fourth judicial
circuit. The governors appointment
v as duly confirmed by the Senate.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-04-11
LOWER RIVER STAGES
ARE REPORTED.
(By Associated Press. }

Memphis, April 11.-LOwer river
stages are reported all the way from
Iuxora. eighty miles above here, to
a point twenty-five miles south. The
food crest is at Barfield, a point one
hundred miles north. Two breaks
near Wilson, and crevasse at
Graves Bayou. has relieved the pres.
sure on the levees. Little more trOu
be is anticipated.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-04-11
BULGARIA STrrr rAvS
CLsI'I TO SAL0NIKA.
INV Associated Press. J

London, Arril 11.-Bulcaril Is
making her former claims to the pos.
session of Sa'onika which is now oc-
cupied hv Creek troops, according
to Q dispatch from Belgrade.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-04-11
r0NDoN's SUrFs Still
USING MATCHES.
fBy Associated Press. J

London, April 11.-Militant suf.
fragettes set flre to the grand stand
Q: the great cricket grounds at Tun-
bridge Min. leaving behind the pho.
tograph Of Mn. Pankhurst.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-04-11
SITUATION CRITICAL IN
fRy Associated Press. !

Jefferson City. Mo-. April H.
Flood situatin at Caruthersville Is
critical. All stores are closed and
all citizens are working on the leyee.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-04-11
nR FRIEDMAN cIvrS PHYsT-
CLANS INSTRUCTION
(Pv Associated Press J

Providence. r. l., April ll.-Dr.
Friedman gave instructions to three
nhysicians as to how to administer
his treatment for tuberculosis.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-28
UphoIds Star on Alaska

Editor The Star: am sending
YOU herewith enclosed, a clipping
from the Commoner. a Valdez
publication. criticlslng Mr.. Saw.
yer's article In The Star charging
an attempt to grab n right-of.way
over Portage Passage TO the Mata.
nuska fields. / did not see the ar.
ticle In Tho Star. but will say this.
II In true In every detail. There
has been and II still an organized
clique both In Valdez and Llscum
to corral everything In sight In the
way OF water rights. mining. etc.
in the district mentioned. and II
has been supported and financed
not only by one army officer OF
Liscum, but by several others Sol.
diers OF Lisoum we're sent out on
one surveying expedition ut the
command of one of the high.up of.
ficers and received 81 per day for
their services aside from their reg
ular pay. The government does not
pay soldiers extra for doing this
kind OF work neither has such work
been authorized by the government.
Respectfully, o. II. HALL.
Valdez. Alaska.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-28
Sos ouss,Ion b. sehooIs

Sss Question In Schools
Editor Star Fred l.. Boaii hit
tho nall squnr-ly on the head
school chlidrcns social laxnssa
spells parental responsibility. %
which there are two kinds. over
strict. blgosod supervision. and tina,
variety which must no often 20 the
sanitorium for nervous prostitution
from playing bridgc--or poker,
Shall we shield children from
rugged iiso-exporirnce--thr only
teAcnsr Nature ever suppiiefT What
has made Mr. Hoai,. the editors OF
Tho Star and others moral aud
worthy citizens Daring 20 ask sns
truths Of life ard acceptance OF
their responsibilities Yet Mr.,
Boait unconaciously encouraged
over@olicsfAtlon the kind tina;
would keep sonny or Susie In .
guarded cage A mother Of thres
promising children told me that
so Gagged" and shielded was she
with either mother or husband nj.
ways Mt her elbow. she did not
know whether she could cay Mo-"
10 .emptcr or not. 81 her own will.
Watching children 10 but once 70
moved from neglect Better we
teach. trust and enjoy life with
them. They canno, come 10 our
plane Of mind. We must go 20
theirs. There IL no such thing as
bad" boys or girls. There 10 40
such thing as Sin or EVIL" We
are IN the June OF tho evolution 81
man. Evolution knows no pcssini.
Ism Or optimism. Evolution knows
but smelloration-etornsl better.
ment OF man Twentieth.ccn,ury
amelioraiion demands tho teaching
OF sex.hyEicne In schools.
Teach the divinity % rcproduc.
tion With all sanctlty and sacred.
ness: with all delicacy compatible
with scientific fact. Biological
truths never shock the pure In
heart, but shame the vulgar rlndl
Teach the beautiful creative truths
OF the body In It's relation 10 the
soul--for the body n as divine as
the soul All IL Gods. or none.
All Is part OF Gods universal rellg.
ion In Nature That Nature ia
divine Is the grandost truth known
to the writer. The divinity OF Ma.
turo underiles the evolution OF a
universe.
Sex.fears. scX.innocence. ser-mys.
teries. sex-segregation are danger
Gus. vicious sophistrieH. While sex.
knowledge. sex understanding sex-
unity are the finest Towering Of
democraey--eo-eduoation Yet Ger.
tain Seattle ministers and bishops,
wearing ecclesiastical binders.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-28

stomach, headaches. drowsiness
after eating. etc. Have no hest
fancy about giving II 10 any men,
Der OF the family. however young
or old. for IL contains nothing In
furious TO the youngest person.
A bottle can be obtained at any
nearby drug store for fifty cents or
one dollar. The latter size Is more
economical and IL bough; by those
who have already convinced them
selves OF its merits Syrup pepsin
usera learn to discard pills. salts.
caihartics and purgntives generally
as they are too great a shock to any
average system
Families wishing TO try a free
sample bottle can obtain II post.
paid by addressing DIR. w. y. Cald-
well. 40 Washington st. Monti-
cello. H. A postal card with your
name and address on II will do.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-28
Herbert Quick Says Today:
IT WOULD BECOWARDLY FOR U.S..
TO TAKE ARMS AGAINST MEXICO

that all tho great powers OF the
world are with us in our policy.
This feeling ~ not 10 strong az II
was, but II eXists WE FEEL LIKE
a BOY WHO HAS BEEN STUMP.
ED FOR A FIGHT. and while he
knows that fighting f. the Last
thing he should 90. has a false
sense OF honor which he darent
violate.
But the United States IL TOO
BIC a BOY 10 take up the case OF
the Impotence Of little chap Ike
Huerta. u would be cowardly,
rather than brave, 10 start in 10
lick Mexico. COURAGE LEADS
TOWARD PEACE. NOT WAR.
We are IN the position OF a man
who has been challenged 10 fight 4
duel. and is bothered by the feeling
that he ought not 70 do thing
which he knows Is silly But let
us think that the man who ia chsI.
lenpeo by an Antagonist who has
both arms broken and one eye out
ia coward II he accepts. Meyics
has both arms broken, and one eye
out. She could make desperate
crlpples fight for a while: but
what a disgrace II would be to
trample on her, merely because .
Huerta Is lmpudent and challeng.
ing
Some people are really sincere
in the barbaEous belief that We
should protect Investments IN
Me1lco-Bpending blood OF our
boys and Mexican boys 10 protect
dollars. But the best European
students Of the situation insist that
our invasion OF Mexico would be
ruinous TO inYestments-more 70
than any other policy. There is
some possibility that some sort Of
order will be re-eats blished there
within reasonable length ~ time
by the Mexlcans themselves. with
our diplomatic aid; but interten-
ton WOULD MEAN DESTRUC-
TIVE. GERRILLA WARFARE FOR
YEARS AND YEARS.
THE MEXICANS FIGHTING
EACH OTHER CANNOT PERPEr
TRATE ANY SUCH SLAUGHTER
AE nOIl-it oA1Ih IT " r DE-
GAN FIGHTING THE MEXICANS.
Even II we desired TO murder
Meucans and render Mexico pros
trate. things had better be left to
drift. A Richelleu. or Machis-
veil. in our place, would see that
Mexico win be easier conquered
next year. or the year after. thsa
now.
Every day Mexico stsesers near.
er to exhaustion. Every day she
is bleeding at new wounds. II we
sought 10 pull her down, instead Of
helping her up, we should stand 81
and let the struggle 90 on.
From the standpoint OF national
honor. of investments. Of unseifish-
ness. and OF selfishness. there ID
nothing TO do but 10 let the Mex'
leans work out their own prohlemA
with such aid as their passions and
prejudIces will allow them to ~
ceiye from US.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-28
A Staple Medicine
for Every Family
No Self Respecting Group OF
People Should BE Without
a Good Family Laxative.

II is inconceivable IN this day OF
general intelligence that any family
would be without u simple remedy
for the minor Ills Of life. for often
by giving such n remedy In time
serious disease can be frustrated
aud n life saved.
For example. II az the first sign
OF a cold a simple laxative tonic like
nr. caidwelis Syrup Pcpnin were
given, the beginning ~ serious
lung affection or Of typhoid fever
might be avoided And also in
headaches. nervousness. etc.
small dos. OF this remedy would re.
licye the congestion and replace
distress with comfort Mothers give
II 10 tiny infanta and little children.
and grown people uko II with
equally good effect
Thousands OF good American
homes are never without II. among
them the home of Mira. G. A.
Wright. 1881 Pasadena av.. Long
Beach. Cal. She had considerable
trouble raising little Lawrence.
three years old. but after regulating
hts bowels with small doses Of DR.
CaldweiIs Syrup Pepsln he began
20 thrive and she has had no fur.
Their trouble with him. They use
II generally in her home
Syrup PcpEin saves the health OF
the family. and II saves doctors
bills. II IL guaranteed cure for
any form Of stomach. liver and
bowel trouble. constipation. Indi.
gcation. hilionsnese. Eas on the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-28
Hugh Todd for Mayor

Editor Star. Knowing that The
star always stands for that which
Is right and progressive. would
Ike TO make n suggestion concern
Ing the electing OF n mayor for Sc
attic. AS you know MIR. Ircnholms
IL Supported by the GIN crowd aud
he IL not a progressive In ans
sense. Several ladies clubs. one
OF which am member, have
endorsed a man which any clty
might be proud TO call its mayor
n man who ia good. clean and has
n statewide reputation for his pro
gressive measures. Mr.. Hugh c
Todd. We want man like MIR
Todd. whom the people know IA a
good man. because he has proved
himself 40 in the legislature and in
everything he has undertaken
Sincerely yours.
MRS. NJ A. WHITE.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-28

would bar these truths from our
schools
A h'sh school teacher writes me
The teaching OF scs.scienoe IN
youth II the only hope OF cure for
vulgar stories and Obscene pictures
the ban. OF every teachers life. e
An er-high school teacher. mother
of three stalwHrs sons. writes.
VIVA. an Idle thing not 10 xant sex.
science taught IN schools because a
few mothers can teach their own.
Not one mother In a thousand is
qualified 20 teach those truths
scientifically What OF IN. thou.
sands of mothers whn will not,
count II an awful thing 10 tell n
child falashood. taught mine the
truth from their first question:"
Another mother OF two writes
"oh. ye mothers. tear of your
biinds-a OF false moicsty. Children
viii ard must learn scp.facts. All
We ssf IL competent teachers"
Another writes me: The last
pnyeutlon OF the Oregon congress
OF mothers voted 10 ask for special
ihhifuNuon fittlhg our young people
TO teach scx.hygicne.
Tho blame rests In no way upon
our school system. Mr.. Editor. our
public schools bear this ono virtue
above all Inssltutlons--shey receive
~ell.fnvnoed criticisms with grace
and profit, At once a scientific
corrective Of errors IL put into prac.
NAsr.4 - a.
courts. lav. government. politics.
the army. or prisons NOV. In
decades and centuries--often going
backward.
Our public schools are yet In In.
fancy. but . more promising infant
never saw the Ugh. Of day. Ours ia
the responsibility
MINNIE n I'll ATTEp
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-28
"NoUhere to Co.

ID OCHESTER, N. Y, is fortunate in being city with
IN human being chief OF police Chief Quigley holds
IL to first his duties the stitch in time which
nine His taught to 10 anticipate and pre-
crime
Here is a significant incident which within his
notice long ago;
One night a cop in plain clothes two young
women pause a prominent street two young
men addressed them: smile; interchange whispered
words and start with the in the direction OF
cafe.
No law had been broken. but the cop recalled
that he had of the girls few evenings be-
drinking with a in place not above sus-
pcion.
He took chance He butted in He approached
the young woman begged word in private. led her
few steps away from her companion. showed her
his police and said the chief wanted to see her.
A hardened probably would have made scene
This didn't She with the policeman quietly to
the station where the chief talked to her good father
would Her story later confirmed was the Old old story
poverty. denied adequate schooling she had had
to work for self support She toiled all day firing tasks for
just enough pay keep her aloat With night came the
human craving for companionshp. But alas, there was
nowhere gonowhere but the streets or into the
cafes
So onto the streets she Not TO be vicious. Just
TO be human get fun relief from the strain Of
exhausting toll
The chief informed her of the hazards of her choice
And fortunately in this instance able bring her
into touch with a motherly elder who has perhaps
saved her soul
Blu, he cannot hope do we'll toward all Youth
will have fellowship wisely ILL., Isn't society to blame
when there is nowhere TO 60?
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-28
Rheumatism
Relieved in 48 Hours
or Money Refunded

Money refunded n . dollar bottle
~ Smiths Potassium Compound"
falls 20 relieve you OF Rheumatism.
oout Lumbago or Sciatica In 4s
hours. II stops the pain. removes
the cause. and when that IA done.
have no fear Of rheumatic deformi-
ties. Full sized bottles sent direc.
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Water st. Milwaukee, Wis. In case
you cannot call at druggists named
below. "Smith's Potassium Com
pound" 10 guaranteed to be FREQ
from Morphine and other Narcotics,
aud many stubborn cases have been
cured by single one-dollar bottle.
Sold in Seattle At Owl Drug Co.
storsA
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-28

There's nothing 20 this name
stuff Whom brown stepped on, aa
president OF the New York Cen.
trail Smith stepped IN,
A Singular N Not Strange Device.
Tha operation consists nf turning an
the oxyKvn kas ana tho puituot0r. pair
- hsilaNs ns W we're. eNtfhrts the cir
with one below and puts IL IN with thu
ether t.aperts lind Herald.
a Massachusetts hunter has shot
white deer. This r. a little out OF
the ordinary. Tho rule IL for the
hunter TO shoot red guide.
Our Own Encyclopedia.
Ether costs only ~ cents pound.
yet there are many persons who
will endure music when they are
eating
Answered by Mr.. Cynthia Grey.
MY farm IL too small O. stack tho crops
on, What shall ! aef~j n
You can save space by rotating
your crops instead Of stacking
them.
WOW et,sn should ! sweep my resu,
cut Mildred a.
DO not sweep tho room out
You Will have 60 call a carpenter
10 put Il In again.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-28
NEW YORK
!. ! ETTER
w 4 El1frllt fy-,ss
E'd eyNorn1an:'

NEW YORK. Nov 2s.--A smoker
has been travelling all Mp and down
Park Row. and even unto tho
farthent confines OF New York news
pnpcfdom, In consequence OF let.
ter received by the circulation de.
partment OF "A certain cminentiy re-
spectacle morning publication
Somebody In the circulation de.
par,ment was mean enough to tip
off the letter 20 the outside world
This il what Il said
Please stop our subscription.
Grandma died yesterday
A local playhouse now boasts the
largest ticket rack IN the world II
has been Installed In the box office
Of the Century Opera House. The
rack holds as. 900 tickets. repre-.
senting an advance sale of 20
weeks. II IL made OF steel and II
fireproof
The next largest ticket rack In IN
the office OF the Colon Opera House
In Buenos Ayrcr.
Buttermilk, when sweet. builds
tissues rapidly. when sour. II
d..frnxa Intestinal eerpa
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-28

Once In my travels I came
across a tribe OF Wild women who
had no tongues.
''GoodneAs' How could they
talk
They couldn't That's what
made them Wild
How ssF uIii pound - butter ss---
Mrs.. M = o.
II - imposslblAio answer your
question without more detniia
Where do you wish 10 send the but.
teri
have sssn ~ siatsa that th- Maneha.
rfsns are The tallsst people On ths safsd
Who 49, ~ heaviest &C
The fat ones.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-28

"a good deal depends on the
formation OF early habits"
II know Il when | was baby
my mother hired woman TO wheel
me about. and have been pushed
for money ever since"
why docs water boil quicker IN ar Old
kettle than in new one Priscilla
Probably because the old kettle
Ia used 10 II.
Questions Mr.. Grey Cannot Answer.
Should a stove-pipe hole he put
inside OF the hole In a stove.plpe
or should tho holc in the stove
pipe be put inside OF the stove
pipe hole7--J. G. X.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-28
WELL. THEN, LET US BE FRANK WHAT is
THE REASON YOU ARE AGAINST BRIDGES GEN
TLEMEN7 WHY SHOULD HE NOT BE REELECTED?

Come out OF your shells and speak up You have
Quoted your "pussyoot." sncakng skulkng steahy
paign against Bridges long enough.
Come in the open. Fight the level Cut on, this
undetermined attack II have legitimate for OPP
posing Bridges. why don't you make the public?
Bridges has been port commissioner for years. He
has made his record Where that record gentlemen has
he proven false to his the people,
Has he the contrary time and again.
shown himself the defender OF the peoples
nterests2 Has he that account, been the
butt of the most bitter campaign of vilificaton
the part of the Harbor Island takers and a bribed
press'
You may hypocriticaly deny that your opposition TO
Bridges is dictated by special interests But that go
It's altogether lame Empty denial nothing
YOU'VE GOT TO BE MORE SPECIFIC.
THERE sNT --VN- funnsr politics Adver
Roosevelt psychological
thought
icsr before 1915" Teddys
st long
IT is suthosssively the
clothes In public She
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-28

trouble with M
In that We
haven't thought
Il out The
greatest need in
the Mexican SIT
uaiion IN some
straight. clear
thinking on the
part ~ the
American PEG
Pile For In the
end. the govern.
meDt al Wash
iugton viii do
what the people
want Mckinl y
went 10 war with
Spain because
IL I.-l.nla LILA
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-28

bowling for war Wilson n under
no such pressure. and iA less sub.
ject 10 selfish influences. but In the
end what the people want viii be
daae.
what do WE-the peopie-vant
TO do In Mexico?
A great many feel that our dig.
nifty. our national honor. our ma
tional reputation IL at stake. Now
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-28
NAVY YARD ROUTE

Steamers ~ r. Kennedy. Tosris, ~
Albion
Leave coimnn Dock. Seattle e.Sk
fexrepf sunday. 20. o.ta n m. ia
see fercepi Sunday. Sunday. 2s3oD. s.N
M Saturday. itS p. m.
Tire Table subject 10 change vt,hczf
notice
Phone Main aioi. Pare Zoe Round Tra
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-28

What. another black eyer"
NO, muvyer. IT'S all right. It's
the same eye. Is's only the black
wot's new"
] have one Of tho new style wash
tubs. without bottom. loaned
II TO "A noighbor. and when she re.
turned u the sides wees gone. What
shall do?--Mrs r. T.. @.
Where can ! got a horse collar
laundered2 I'd J.
Must J have liquor license to
operate capHtan bars. A. H.
How much water does II take TO
make a kitchen sinks. McA.
II beats all what man 10 wilma
to Vsnd to remain In Mexico.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-28
EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE STAR

Nothing ridiculous than Judge declares the law
he declares " the believes 20 be- ana ne
believes to be the he wants II TO beFrank Walsh
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-28
BY HERBERT QUICK
Copyrighted. 1913, by the News
paper Enterprise Association

A. n people we don't know what
We want 10 do IN Mexico The
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-28

MrMnNH or run SCRIPTS NoWruwGsr
3KAouK or NEwsrAruus reiesrspe N~~s
sesy,ss Of th. united Pres. A.sccissies
knt~r~s at tho pcsteff,ce seattle Wash. ss ser~sd
eta.s matter Published by The star ruhishsrs
Company every evening except sunday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-28
The Fight on Bob Bridges

~ ERTAIN sanctimonious faced gentlemen don't TO
~ relish the idea OF being openly associated with the
Ayrcs gold brick gang
They don't like to be charged with opposing Bob
Bridges for port commissioner because he put the skds under
the Harbor Island fake.
They don't the people to think they against
Bridges because he campioned public ownership of port
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-28

BustermiIk, when sweet. builds
tissues rapidly. when sour, II
destroys intestinal germs.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-28

From the standpoint OF national
honor. OF investments. OF unseifish-
ness. and OF selfishness. there il
nothing TO do but TO let the Mex
leans work out their own problems.
with such aid as their passions and
prejudIces will allow them to ~
ceiye from us.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-26
CHARLES LYMAN'S
FUNERAL TODAY
Last Rites for Treasury Department
Official Will Be Held from
Apartment.

Funera! services for Charles Lyman,
chief Of the division of appointments OF
the Treasury Department, who died Mon
Gay night in his apartments at the
knickcrhocker. Eighteenth Street and
Mintwood Place, will be held at o'clock
this afternoon. Rev. Dr. Charles Wood,
rector OF the. Church Of the Covenant,
Will ofticiate. lnterment will be in Ar
linGton. Mr.. Lyman was a victim OF
heart disease. from which he had been
a sufferer for number of years.
He was born at Bolton. Conn. April TO-
1873. He was a graduate of the Ma
tional University Law School. class of
1919. having completed his law studies
after serving in the civil war as a mem
Der of the Fourteenth Connecticut Eolun-
teers and Participating in the battles OF
Antietam. Fredericksburg and Chancel-
lorsville. He was captain of a company
At the age Of nineteen years.
He was United States Civil Service
Commissioner from April. 1886. TO May.
1895. and was president OF the board from
May, 1889, to December. 1898. His entry
into government work was in 1864. when
he was appointed a clerk in the Treasury
Department, advancing until he reached
the position of chief clerk Of the depart
ment He was appointed by President
Grant to the position OF civil service ex-
aminer for the Treasury Department,
holding that office until 1855, when Presi-
dent Cleveland appointed him civil service
commissioner.
Mr. Lyman was a member OF the Loyal
Legion. Sons OF the American Revolution,
Army and Navy Club of Connecticut,
Evangelical Alliance. and other organiza-
tions. and for nearly forty years was an
elder in the Presbyterian Church. His
widow and two daughters. Mrs. Edward
". Crittenden and Mrs. Henry P. Seide-
mann, both Of this city. survive him.