Evening star., 1926-04-04

William A. Saxton clerk. second
comptroller's office, and Willard s.
SaXton. clerk. Treasury. John PuGh
of Brady's Gymnasium is probably
John O. Pugh. clerk. boards S21
Thirteenth northwest" Thomas ..
Pugh was living at the same address.
William p. Colgate is not entered.
Thomas B. Nolan is entered as clerk.
adjutant generals office. 521 Eleventh
mort Invest" Twelve other NolanS are
in the directory, but no other at the
Eleventh street address. The infer
ence is that Thomas Il. was not a
Washington Nolan. but came from a
Northern state on being appointed a
clerk in the War Department.
Edward Droop is entered as Ed
ward F. Droop (Metzerott Il Coz, 724
Twelfth. George W. Evans is en-
tered as clerk Interior Department,
S07 Eighth northwest" Mary Evans.
widow of Benjamin Evans. was living
at that address. The sos directory
does not list Benjamin Evans. but
lists B. F.. Evans. messenger, War De
partment. Tenth west near RI north.
Lucian ID. Alden is in the 1870 direC-
tory as clerk. Treasury, 1913 X
Two of the Brady athletes in the pic
ture are remembered by Il large
number of our people-Edward f.
Droop and George w. Evans. George
W. Evans has not been dead year.
l find by turning to The stars index
and file that he died April %. 1925, at
his home, 91S Nineteenth street north
west. In The Star. April %. 1925, it
iS hn in, a n
ington in 1851, and began TO earn
his own living at the age of 13. after
having received his education in the
public schools of this city" 1t is also
written: Before the Civil War began
he carried The Star"
Let me quote part of The Stars
story: For three years he followed
the Army of the Potomac as an official
neWsboy to the New York Excelsior
Brigade. During that time he fire.
quently assisted i'll removing wounded
men from the battlefield to places of
safety. President Lincoln manifested
an interest in the youth and invited
him to the White House. When his
father died it became necessary for
young Evans to aid in supporting the
family and Lincoln appointed him a
messenger in the Interior Department.
Thus began his period of Government
service. in which he rose to the posi-
tion of chief disbursing officer of the
department. During his long period
of service in the latter position Capt.
Evans handled 100000 900 without
the loss of a penny"
Reading the news of his death, find
that George Evans enlisted in one of
the District volunteer regiments
formed when Jubal Early was moving
on Washington after beating Lew
Wallace at the Monocacy; that he
served in the Washington Light Infan-
try from 1875 to 1880; was one of the
organizers of the National Rifles: was
commissioned in the District National
Guard in 1895 and retired from his
Office in the Department of the In
terror in 1923. He was buried at Oak
Hill with Masonic rites April "a, 1925.
You remember--and of course you do
not remember-that a year or two ago
the Rambler wrote series on old bus
mess firms of Washington. One of
the rambleS was about the house OF
Droop, and turning to that story. print
ed in December, 1924, | extract this:
"A young man came to Washington
late in the Summer of 1857. He was
Edward F. DroOp. He was 20 years
old and had landed at Baltimore a few
months before, having come from Ger
many, where he was born in the town
of Osnabrueck. January 4. 1897. His
first Job at Baltimore was with a
tobacconist. Later he found employ
ment with the Wilkins Hair and
Bristle Co, and after learning a good
deal about hair and bristles he went
on the road for his firm. He came to
Washington. Here he had an uncle.
Conrad Finkman, who kept a restau-
rant and hotel at 253 (old number)
PENNSYLVANIA avenue. Looking for a
chance to conquer a part of the New
World, he met William Gustave MetZe-
rott, who kept the music store at the
southwest corner of the Avenue and
Eleventh street and became an EN-
ploye of Mr. MetZerott. Mr.. MetZerott
had come to the United States in
1S49 from his home in Heilburghaus-
sen. Duchy of Meinwen. and after
working in New York for several
years he settled in Washington in
1855. buying the music store which
had been run for a good many years
by Hilbus & HitZ at 327 told numberI
d street. First of the Washington
directories giving the name Edward
Droop was that of 1860 and Mr.. Droop
was recorded as clerk at the corner
of Avenue and Eleventh street and
boards 2S7 E street He was an ath-
lete with dumbbells. clubs and the hori-
zontal bar and at bowling and he
joined Brady's Gymnasium. lie was
also a singer and joined the Washing.