Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1895, Page 13

EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, ee eS LS 1895-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. HAVANA AND ITS HARBOR. CUBAN SITUATION Progress Gf tha ineeieants in Their Contest With Spain. THEIR MARCH ACROSS THE ISLAND “Concentration” Policy of Gen Campos Graphically Shown. — NOW FOR HABANA EE MAGINE THE DIs- tance from NewYork to Chicago and a conception can be, had of the length of Cuba, from Cape Mayci on the east, which the present in- surrection com- menced, and where the Alllanca was fired upon last March, to Cape San Antonio, 700 miles to the westward, toward which the revolution is spreading. Between these points extends the most beautiful and largest of the Antilles, which, from its centrally located position, could command the naval and commercial supremacy of the immense American Mediterranean Its 1,800 miles of sea coast is broken by numerous harbors, which for ease of en- trance and security of anchorage would other countries commercially pros- perous. Nature has divided the island by north and south lines Into three equal pai The easternmost of these is a mountal — s re- gion covered with native forests and dense I and political capital of the island is Ha- bana, which has a population about equal to that of this city. Fifty miles to the eastward lies old Matanzas, the great su- gar shipping port of Cuba. On the opposite southern ccast is Clenfuegos, also famous for its exports of sugar, while still to the east- ward and on the south side of the coast, restled against the foot of tne Sierra Mae: tra range, 1s the old clty of Santiago. The Cubans, through long centuries of adaptation to environments, have become modified into a peculiar and distinct type of people, differing in tastes, habits and ideals from the Spaniard of their mother ration. The writer would like to dwell upon the characteristics and domestic life of these ino longer be unde and premature. What could an unarmed peopfe hope to do against a well-equipped standing army as large as that of the United States, scattered throughout every hamlet and farm of the island, and conducting a vigilant espionage upon the movement of every citizen, as determined, if not as effi- cient, as that maintained against the nihil- ists in Russia. It then looked as impossible for the Cubans to procure firearms as it would be for the inmates of one of our state penitentiaries to arm themselves with rifles and overpower their guards. Yet, despite the tremendous odds which apparently faced this insurrection, it has not only en- dured for eleven months, but has grown and inereased until now it presents serious and aggressive proportions, which should imated or misunder- stood by the American public. The people of the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba quickly rushed to Marti’s standard. During the spring of the year General Carpos had his headquarters at Santiago de Cuba, and was busily engaged in attempting to restrict the insurrection to that province, accompanying his efforts by assertions that when winter came it would be squelched. Winter is here, and, as shown upon the &ccompanying map, the insurrec- (ion, instead of being squelched, has grown beyond all anticipations of its promoters, and has not only completely fomenfed the eastern province of Santiago, but has moved steadily westward In an apparently victori- ous march out of the mountain vastnesses of the east into the rich and populous prov- inces of the central region. and now its front is threatening the political and com- mercial capitals of the island. A study of the movements of Gen. Campos shows tha& instead of holding the insurrection back, he has been slowly, but surely and steadily, retreating westward since the middle of September. During the last insurrection, as shown upcn the map, the Spanish authorities built. a great fortified trench known as La Trocka, across the narrow part of the ‘island in the western portion of the state of Puerto Principe. A railway for the speedy movement of troops was construct- ed along this fortification and the insur- people. As in every other land, there are all classes and conditions of people; the re- ee “ elles ah ft TOPOGRAPHY rection was kept in the mountainous region east of this line and out of the populous OF MATA) fined and the uncultured, the rich and the oor, the high and iow. ‘The influences of habit have molded them into a gentler and less aggressive race than that from which they are descended, and has ameliorated many of the other characteristics of tem- perament by which we are wont to judg Spaniards. There is one characteristic, however, which dominates these people, and concer: ing which Americans shoul not Ve deceived by representations from the ruling power of the country, and this is that in the heart of every native of the island. even the first generation of Spanish descent, there is a ‘VILLAGE tropical undergrowth, through which no one car find his way except under the guidance of skilled native guides. These mountains culminate along the southern coast in gigantic crests, standing as high as 6,900 feet above the level of the sea, resenting as bold and beautiful an out- ine as our own Rocky mountains, which do not exceed. them in real height above the base of the surrounding plains. The chief cities of this region are Santi- ago (San Ingo of the Cubans) on the south and Baracoa on the north side of the island. ‘The latter city is the oldest continuous set- tlement In America, having been founded by Diego, the son of Christopher Colombo, in the year 1508 Iron ore and manganese, which are consumed in the United States, and bananas, which are daily carried by numerous steamers to Philadelphia, New York and Boston, are the chief products of this region. The middle division also has a few moun- tains scattered throughout its area, but surrounding these are beautiful undulating plains the fertile sofl of which ts covered with superb plantations of sugar, each of which supports its villages and huge cen- tral establishments for grinding the cane and extracting sugar. Two years ago when the writer saw this region {t presented the most beautiful landscape that could be imagined; a scene of industry, peace and prosperity. Under the faverable commer- cial conditions then existing for trade with the United States these vast plantations were prospering for the first time in years. Everywhere, through the vistas of tall royal palms, the principal tree of this por- tion of the Island, could be seen hundreds of carts drawing the loads of cane or sugar in bags to and fro, while the railway car- riages were loaded with the well-dressed and handsome families of the planters, who were traveling back and forth from their country residences. to Habana or Matanzas. The western third of the island lying west of Habana Is even more fertile than this central portion, and besides Its plan- tations of sugar, It 1s covered by thou- IN MATA) strong, ineradicable with aspirations that ve of liberty, coupled the tsland may he- ates, the coun- which consumes their products, and ich, to them, appewrs perhaps in an ex- aggerated sense, the Heal of all that is free and happy. The sentiment of the island should not be judged by the utterances Habana. The spoken sentiment of Ha’ is Spanish, because all of the machinery | come a part of the United try provinces to the westward. In October and November, although no annourcement can be gained thereof from the press reporis, private advices Inform us that Gomez and Maceo crossed this line without the least resistance, while Gen. Campos was announced as concentrating at Cienfuegos in the next province of Sante Clara, the province lying to the west. Of All the determined people met upon the island by the writer in whose hearts were the devp-rooted —seatimeats of revolution, the citizens ef Santa Clara the The Retreat of Campos. Pignres 1-7 sho successive camps of Gen. Campos since Dec. 1. were the most outspoken and earnest. When the ipsurgents reached this province their numbers were increased. by thou- sands of volunteers of a class of physical strength and intelligence evea superior to those of Santiago. Augmenied by these reinforcements, Gomez and Maceo cont ed their westward march, and in the part of December Gen. Campos is r ne pre- Lin neentrating” not at or Villa Clara, but still to the nd even nearer to Matan About the middle of Dee he had concentrated at San Domingo, ction in the eastern bore tat2 of Matanzas, and since th: been steadily falling back toward ber a railway juy of the date b ma, 1 impartial study of these “concen ’’ upon the map they can only he to mean a steady and hard retreat. Today the Insurgents’ variously estimated at from 5(M) men, are pressing toward Habana anzas, and beyond doubt they have aptured and de d the eastern portion of the railway system which has been social surroundings of administration are concentrated there. In the spring of 1893 the writer of this sarticle traversed the length of the island, visiting the interior villages and planta- tions, and stopping, as an explorer must do, with the every-day people, wherever night overtook him, and wherever a conversation was maintained for a few moments the Cubans’ words would Inevitably drift Into a THE ISLAN Vert lines show operations Horlzontal nes indicate westward march o Dark d area shows scege of present cam, Dotted area shows incipient Tnsurrectia D OF CUBA. during spring and summer. f insurgents during November. palgn. sands of farms producing the choicest of the fragrant tobacco for which Cuba is noted. The western and middle provinces are ble from Habana, the cupital us of a system of railw: lating from that city, by which Vil. ra and Clenfuegos on the east or Pena Del Rio on th an be reached within twelve hours. This rallwey system ramities into dozens of branches, and as there are no other roadways, its strategetic impor- tance is readily seen. The remainder of the island is only access!ble by the numerous steamship lines which encircle the 1,8% miles of seacoast, putting In at the various eltle Th tion of Cuba is estimated at 1,- 500,000 people, but no attempts to procure @ccurate vital statistics of Cuba are ever mae by the authoriu. ‘The principal city por pathetic discussion of the burdens of gov- ernment, and the hope of liberty. The writer then saw that throughout the fsland there was a mine of public sentiment, which would some day explode with tremendous force, and lay destitute the apparent pr perity In which Cuba was then participat ing. In the voice and tone of these people there was a desperation that few Ameri- cans can imagine, and I could see that the were in a mental stage which meant readi ness to sacrifice every personal end in order to become rid of foreign rule, in which they could only see oppression. Little did I be- eve, howeyer, that this uprising would start so soon. When, on the 14th of March last, the exile Marti landed on the coast of Cuba with a handful of compantons and proclaimed the republic, even the syrnpathizers of the Cuban people thought the act was Ill-timed Campos’ chief reliance for disposing his forces. The ihsurgents have changed their aspect from a few outlaws hiding in the woods to an advancing and apparently vic- torious army. The Cubans have evidently acted in con- cordance with a skillfully designed plan } of action, and every step of their campaign the revolution. Not only have the Cubans made this re- markable march across the island, but they apparently hold the country they have Passed over. All of their forces are by no Palms, Colise by insur ans engaged at the-front. In Santiago are keeping the Spanish forces in the fied cities, and during the past week peditions have successfully landed at that end of the island, one of which, armed with cannon, actually fired upon and broke the propeller of the Nueva Espana of the Spanish navy, while such leaders as Rabi, Martinez and Aguirre are r Tautation (recently was outlined almost at the beginning of | fighting as valiantly’ there as are Gomez and Maceo in the provinces of Matanzas. Similar reports from Puerto Principe and Santa Clara show that the insurgents have almost the absolute. dontf¥l of the interior of these provinces. Ever In Habana itself they know the non-officlal people, who dare not utter their sentiments, are heart and soul with the revolution, and will rise at the first opportupfty. ;g8till beyond Ha- bana lies the westernmost province of Pena Del Rio, which has been In a state of incipient revolution“all during the cam- paign, and which will rise almost to a man when the opportunity opens. What the belligere; tg iil do if they suc- ceed in driving thd § pdniards back into Habana and Matanzas is a question which 4s difficult to answer Habana, at least, is strongly armed with modern steel guns, while the antiquated forjifications would also be sufficiently strong to resist the as- saults of the insufficiently armed insur- gents. These guns apd forts, however, are all placed so as to command the sea en- trance to Habana, and leave the landward side practically unprotected. The loyalty of the garde civil, or local militia, is also questionable, and in case of rout or panic ft is not improbable that they would join the insurgents. ROBERT T. HILL. —>—__ CAME TO THE SURFACE. An Alleged Miracnlous Occurrence in the New Mexican Town of Isleta, From the St. Louls Republic, The strangest occurrence that has been brought to public attention in this land of wonderment is the cause of extraordinary excitement just now at Isleta, N. M. Mari- ano Armijo and the Hon. A. C. Debaca of Albuquerque were recently at the quaint Indian town, investigating the miracle for themselves, and can offer no reasonable theory in explanation of it. The circum- stances are these: About two months ago the old men of the tribe held an all-night session In their un- derground counc!l chamber, and, in accord> ance .with instructions, the oldest chief made a formal call next day on Father Deuch», the Catholic priest, who has charge of the parish. He told the man of God that according to the tradition of the Isleta it was atout time for Padre Paddilla to again rise from his grave, as he had done at the end of every cycle of twenty-five years since the body was translated from Gran Quivera and buried near the altar of the Isleta Church, The clergyman was at first inclined to scout the idea, as the records of that historic edifice threw no light on the matter, but was finally induced to make an investigation. The old chief out- lined the spot on the one side of the altar where he claimed the remains were en- tombed. Although there was no Indication of the rising of the body at that time, the old chief informed the priest that the phe- nemenon would certainly occur the next turn of the moon. Father Paddilla, from whom the Pad- dilla takes its name, is a sort of a patron saint with the Isleta Indians, and many of their prayers are directed to him. He Is supposed to have given up his life in their cause in the sacking of Gran Quivera, sev- eral centuries ago, and when ihe Isleta Church was erected the body was sacredly removed there. The priest became sufficiently impressed with the story to communicate it to the authorities at Santa Fe, and th even went to Rome. He was inst: make a thorough Investigation and keep a close watch. Shortly afterward Arch- bishop Chapelle visited the Isleta Church and heard the whole story from first sources. Now for the marvelous part of the story, which has just taken place. All at once there were indications of the floor cracking ever the place designated by the old chief, as if the earth was bel pushed up from below, as is reported to have occurred. The displacement of carth became larger every. day, until finally the coffin came to the sur- face from a depth of twelve feet, the void being filled by the disptated earth falling in. The coffin is a rude? trough-like structure, hewn out of cottonwood logs, and, strange to say, is In a good state of preservation. | It was difficult to remave the clumsy, hand- ails. The interior revealed the comp! keleton of & man, whose teeth indicate that he had not reached advanced A cowl, such is warn by monks, as in its place at the head of the coffin, is ja of of- surrounded the body portion of the Roth the cowl and stole are in ion and have not rotted in the ; great antiquity, both make and ornamentation. The removed one of the teet which he The coffin and its contents were l by the awe-stricken people. mijo and Debaca male a close and carefully observed the tion of thy church floor. They taiked freely with the Indians about the oc- currence and tried to reach some re planation of it. Mr. Armijo thought strange pec y of the earth might a count for the resurreetion of the coffin, he is at a loss how to expivin the preseryz tion of ‘ottonwood box and the garments mentioned. The Indians believe It is a genu- ine visitation from their sainted padre. UNUSED ELECTRIC POWER. and a silk stole, the priestly | fice, skeleton. There Ix € erable Waxte, as Peo- ple times Find Out. Frem the New York Tribare. “Did you ever think,” asked an observing man lately, “how much loose electricity there is around? It is brought to my notice, especially, every time I have occasion to ride in a trolley car on a wet day. I have frequently received a stinging shock by tak- ing hold of the brass rail as I swung myself alcard. My feet are wet, you see, and water 1s so good a conductor that a ground con- nection is established with myself as part of the circuit. The sensation fs quite enough to be disagreeable, I assure you. “The metal doorsill, too, 1s another place where the current leaks out. Since I dis- covered that by personal experience I have often amustd myself by watching the peo- ple who enter and leave the car. If they step over the wet threshold, well and good, but if their fect touch it, they are likely to get some of the superfluous power. Then the expression on their faces is ludicrous. Most of them look completely bewildered, as if they didn't know what had struck them, and I suppose they don’t-for the in- stant. “Those are not the only places where there is free electricity, either. In my own office I can get as severe a shock as I couid from a battery. In one of the incandescent light fixtures there Is a spot where the current escapes in great force. By touching this place with a key, a knife, or any bit of met- al, and resting my other hand on the iron of the steam radiator near by, I can take a shock of such power as to burn my hand and make me drop the experiment in a hur- ry. The other day half a dozen of us joined hands and formed a line between the two places. The man at one end held a key to the fixture, and the fellow at the other eni laid his hand on the radiator. You would hardly believe how strong the current was. Our hands seemed suddenly gripped togeth- er, and, after we let go, our fingers tingled for minutes from the effects. “I have often thought that a computation of the amount of unused electric force there is around us would be interesting. There must be numbers of other places that Lhave never noticed where’ it escapes, and I sup- pose there 1s no nt that in the aggregate the power wasted would be sufficient to ac- complish a tremendoys amount of work.” a Almond Shefling. Livermore (Cel.) Letter to the’ San Francisco Call. An interesting and novel’ method of shell- ing almonds is being introduced at the Hatch ranch in this valley. The foreman has a force of Chinese at ‘work in the large | warehouses handling! the almonds by means of a machine, which rubs ‘the nuts through at the rate of nearly two'tons a day. The crop consists of about 1,000 pounds, and fs being handled by the Bank of Livermore. Two or three Chinese work a machine, rocking the cradle back and forth, the crushed shells and kernels falling through, to be shoveled into the fanning mill. Here the shells are blown off like chaff, and the smooth kernels drop off the apron into the boxes. | The rest of the work is sorting, picking | out the waxy and broken kernels; but this | has to be done by hand. Out of every 4,000 | pcunds of nuts 2,200 pounds of sound, whole | kernels are obtained, In addition to about fifty pounds of cracked kernels, which are marketable. Last year the almond people paid three cents a pound to have their nuts shelled. ‘This year the bank has contracted with the Chinamen to shell and box the crop at one cent a pound. It is thought that next year the cost of shelling and packing can be re- duced to eighty cents a hundred pounds. In previous years the work was done by hand, but the crop was smaller. OLD-TIME CLERKS Familiar Names That Graced Gov- ernment Pay Rolls Years Ago. MEN WHO ROSE 10 HIGH POSITION . J Bankers, Merchants, Editors and Others Who Gained Fame Later. AN INTERESTING REVIEW —_+—__ A glance at the roster of the busi- ness and professicnal mén who have made Washington great and are mak- ing it greater will discover the names of scores of affluent and prominent citizens who at one time or another were in the departmental service. And to go back further‘and find the names that were car- ried on the pay rolls of Uncle Sam is to @iscover those of the fathers of families whose members are among the most sub- stantial and respected in the community. Take, for instance, a reminiscent trip through the workshops of the nation about the time (1817) President Lincoln. was a raw-boned, angular and unknown new member of Congress. The men themselves, as well as the loca- tion of their dwellings, hotels or boarding houses at which they roomed, are with some interest recalled. Mr. Polk’s “Secretary of State was James Buchanan, who was Mr. Lincoln’s- imme- diate predecessor in the presidential chair. ‘The State Department was then where the north wing of the treasury is no’ the Secretary’s office being on the sec. ond floor. The personnel of his office in- cluded, among others, Wm. Hunter, who was afterward chief clerk and assistant secretary, well remembered as a citizen of Georgetown. Nich. P. Trist was the. chief clerk, but was then the commissioner to arrange a treaty with Mexicc, and W. S. Derrick was acting in Fis place in the di partment. The Secretary and Mr. were near neighbors, residing on the north side of F between 13th and 14th streets northwest. Like Mr. Polk, Mr. Buchanan was a Presbyterian. (Librarian John E. Norris. Mr. John E, Norris,.that old war horse of local democracy, the father of Mr. Jas. L, Norris, was the librarian of the depart- ment, and resided on the south side of I between %th and 10th streets, R. S. Chew was the head of the consular bureau. Geo. Bartle, who is still in the department as custodian of the seal, was then a mes- senger. Fernando Wood was a dispatch agent. The force employed, Including ‘he home bureau (now Interior Department) and the patent office, did not exceed sixty. ‘The treasury presided over by the well-known Robert J. Walker of Missis- sippl, the father of Gen. Duncan S. Walker, " and he then lived on Pennsylvania avenue between 1th and 20th streets (one of the Seven Buildings). The chief clerk was Me- Clintock Young, who resided on F between 12th and 13th streets, who was one of the leading. citizens, and for many years an active member of the old Franklin fire company. In the Secretary's oflice were George Harrington, who subsequently was minister to Switzerland and assistant sec- retary; Chas. Abert, who for many years was a member of the Washington bar. The Father of the Lovejoys. John F. Hartley, for many years active in local school matters, resided on New York avenue near Jth street, and for some time was chief clerk and assistant secre- tary. John N. Lovejoy, the father of Dr. J. W. N. and the late Benj. Lovejoy, who when he died at nearly ninety years of age was probably the oldest native-born resi- dent of the District. He built one of th first_ dwellings in the square in which he lived, northwest corner of 12th and I streets; and Charles W. Pettett, who is living on Massachusetts avenue between “th and loth stree There were thirt the coast survey Among other N. B. and clerks Van Zandt and who came here with the Charles Tschefel government; y, who had just built "a cottage residence on M between 13th and 14th streets, aud who had no need to go far to hunt, for it wi common ‘then to shoot | night hawks even south of his house. Mr. Van Zandt lived at the northeast co of Massachusetts avenue and 12:h and ¥ one of the justices of the W. H. English of Indiana, who was andidate for Viee President on the tick- Hancock, was in the second auditor's offi and roomed on Pennsy!va- nia avenue near 19th street, and others who were in the employ of the government were J Madison Cutts, father of Mrs. 5 ator Douglas; Wm. Flinn and G. C. Jack- a et with Gen. son, Ww nown typos in the old days, the former navy agent under the Buchanan administration; D. W. Mahon and C. Wallach, brother to Mayor Wallach: W S. Morgan, who had served as a mem- ber of Congress from Virginia, who then lived on the west side of 12th between G and H streets; Ex-Mayor J. G. Berret; A.L. Hazelton, for mary years afterward a shoe dealer on 7th street; J. C. Haviland, now a real estate agent; S. York At Lee, recently deceased; Perry’ E. Brocchus, for many years a United States judge in the territories. Bank President Binke a Clerk. Then there were Dr. John B. Blake, fora long time after president of the National Metropolitan Bank; Jas. L. Cathcart, who commanded for a time the Union Guards and conducted an agricultural implement factory near the Washington Circle subse- quently; Robert Cochran, who resided on 13th between E and F streets, and after- wards was a well-known attorney for the Cherokee Indians; Robert W. Latham, who was subsequently a well-known banker on ith near D street: W. J. Sibley, who was in the stove and house furnishing business, as the head of the firm of Sibley & Guy, now retired, and known for his benefac- tions to the Sibley Hospital, which he established; John Scott Cunningham, afterward paymaster and pay direc- tor in the navy, who died in New York a year ago; Moses Kelly, cash- fer of the National Metropolitan’ Bank, the father of Rev. Mr, Kelly of the Fourth Presbyterian Church; George C. Whiting, subsequently chief clerk of the Interior De- partment and grand master of Masons for some years; A. S. H. White, also a well- known Mason, and who is yet living; Sam- uel Norment, who died a few years ego, after serving for years as president of the Mutual Insurance Company and the Cen- tral National Bank, leaving probably the largest estate ever left by a single indivia- ual in the District; A. G. Seaman, who afterward was public printer; Parker H. Sweet, who was grand ‘secretary of Odd Fellows, for many years and a local minister ‘of the Methodist Prot- estant Church; John T. Haw, who was also a prominent Odd Fellow; John Wilson, who was then principal clerk’ of the surveys cf the land office, and afterward chief clerk and commissioner. Mr.Wilson resided at the corner of lith and I streets, and was for years prominent in municipal affairs, serv- ing for a series as an alderman of the sec- ond ward. John G. Hedgman. who was living a few years ago above Georgetown, was librarian’ of Congress. The Lipscombs and Duncansons, There was, too, Giles Dyer, who bullt and resided at the northwest corner of 12th and M streets, and owned what is now Reno, above Georgetown; William B. Ran- dolph, chief clerk of the treasurer's office, who resided on Maryland ave- nue near the Long bridge, and was for many years an officer (inspector general of the militia of the District militia and member of the school trustees and board of health; W. CG. Whitthorne, who subsequently was a representative from Tennessee; W. C. Lipscomb of Georgetown, a minister of Methodist. Protestant Church and grand- father of Mr. A. A. Lipscomb, a well-known member of cur bar; J. A. M. Duncanson, father of Mr. C. C. Duncanson, who lived on H street near 9th, and was prominent as a member of the councils and the old volunteer fire departments, later for many years was connected with the National Bank of the Republic; Alex. Bielaski, father of tae minister of that name; Jos. S. Wilson, who lived for many years on 13th above E John Robl, a Methodist minister, 1 on Massachusetts avenue near 12th street; O. H. Bestor, for a long time con- nected with Corcoran and Riggs’ banking Trist j Second assistant was W. J. house; Dr.C.S.Fraldiey,afterward chief clerk of the land office, who resided on New York avenue near 14th street, and N. P. Causin, son of the judge of the Orphans’ Court, who was living with his father on 1ith street between G and H. Where the Departments Were. The treasury building at this period ac- commodated the Secretary's office and those of the treasurer, first auditor, first controller, register, solicitor and general land office. The Attorney General was lo- cated in ohe or two rooms on the anain floor of the south wing. The fifth auditor was in the State Department building. The | third auditor had lately moved into the west wing of the treasury, the second aud- itor was located in the War Departinent and the fourth in the Navy Department and the sixth in the Post Office Depart- ment. The Secretary of War was W. L. Marcy, who lived at the corner of i8th and F streets. Lieut. Col. Samuel Cooper was assistant adjutant general, and he, after | service in that office for a long term of | years, went south in the early part of the war, and was adjutant general of the con- | federate states army. Archibald Camp- bell, who subsequently was commissioner to run the northwestern boundary, was governor of Minnesota, was the chief clerk. In the Secretary’s office were John Potts, who resided at 19th and I streets, and for a long series of years filled a desk at the départmert; Charles Calvert, who had served as a drummer boy at Fortress Monroe, and died at kis home, 18th and { streets, a few years since, at an advanced age, having .also served his neighbors in the city councils and the Odd Fellows as grand secretary; John D. McPherson, who Was a well-known member of the bar here, and Chas. E. Mix, who wa8 commissioner of Indian affairs, was then a clerk in the Indian bureau. Only a Dozen Pension Clerks. The pension bureau, over which Com- missioner Lochren now presides, was then a bureau of a dozen clerks of the War De- partment. The venerable Rev. French 8. Evans, who was promingnt as a fireman, president of the Union company, one of the organizers of McKendree M. E. Church, and through whose efforts In a great meas- ure Ryland Church came into existence, and who also served a number of years in | the city councils, was one of the clerks, | and lived then on the north side of M be- tween 9th and 10th streets. The quartermaster general's office had but seven clerks, W. A. Gordon, living in Georgetown, being the chief clerk, and James Gossler and Thos. J. Abbott, also ‘Georgetowners among the number. In the engineer bureau were five clerks, including F. S. Barbarin, Jes. Eveleth, who lived on 19th between G and _H streets, and Rich- ard Cruikshank of Georgetown. J. Golds- borough Bruff, who died a few years ago, was a clerk in the topographical engineer bureau, and M, Adler of Georgetown was in the ordnance bureau. The surgeon general's office then had but two clerks—Richmond Johnson, who lived on H Street between 18th and 19th streets, and Andrew Balmain on G between 17th and 1Stn streets. The messenger of the ad- jutant general's office was Chas. Baker, who lives at the southwest corner of 12th and L streets, The Navy and Post Office. Over the Navy Department John Y. Mason of Virginta presided. He had been the At- torney General previously In the Polk ad- ministration, when he resided on the Is- land, as that portion of the city now South Washington was called, on the south side of Virginia avenue between 7th and Sth streets. He was at this time living in the house since occupied by the Blairs near the Corcoran Art Gallery. Includéd in the less than fifty clerks were W. O. Boggs, John J. Berret (brother of the ex-mayor), Col. L. B. Hardin, A. G. Allen, afterward the well- known correspondent,and Thos. Fillebrown, father of the admiral, who resided on G be- tween 19th and 20th streets. Marsh P. Clark, who died a few years ago, was the messenger of the bureau of medicine, & for a third of a century. Cave Johnson presided over the Post Office Department, and then lived on G street, north side, east of 10th. Mr. John- son hailed from Tennessee, and had served twelve years in the House of Representa- tives, and after leaving the cabinet was for many years president of the Bank of ‘Tennessee, and died in 1866. The assist- ants were Selah R. Hobbie, who after a service in Congress was in '2) appointed to the position he held till 1850, but served again vnder President Pierce. He lived but a short time after—till March, "54. The Brown of Indi- ana, who was a Representative from that state, and subsequently was editor of the Indianapolis Sentinel, and agent of the Post Office Department for Indiana and il- linots. John Marron, who had been chief clerk, succeeded as third assistant, and Mr. W. H. Dundas of Virgin who in * became third assistant, and remained as such till "61. Other Well-Known Names, Among the clerks were A. N. Zevely, who was appointed from North Carolina and rcse from one position to another to be third sistant, and Horatio King, who is still with us. Mr. King after some years spent in journalism in his native state (Meine) was in 1889 appointed in the de- partment, and like Mr. Zevely, steadily advanced, and in ‘G1 became the Post- master General. At that time (47) he re- sided on 2d near East Czpitol street. Other clerks were G. A. Bohrer, who, after a business career in Georgetown, was the later part of his life a leading citizen of the sixth ward, which he represented sev- eral terms in the city councils; D, D. T. Leech, a ‘eading Methodist (father of G. V. and Samuel Leech, well-known ministers), who then lived on I between 9th and 10th streets; Jas. H. Marr, who served until his death, a few years since; N. C. Towle, who subsequently was the recorder of deeds, and W. D. Wallach, who then resided on H between 7th and 8th streets, and who founded The Star about five years later. El Davis, who Is now living on Rhode Jsland avenue near 7th street, upwards of ninety years of age, was then one of the watchmen, a TIWS MIRACULOUS ESCAPE, The Great Log Struck a Rock and Bounded Over His Head. From the Boston Standard. “We were rolling logs down a bluff into the St. John river, gelow Grand Falls,” sald a lumberman. “The bluff was about forty rcds up from the river, steep and worn pret- ty smooth by the log rolling. A log started over the brink would roll with a tremendous velocity down that sharp descent. Toward the foot of the hill there was a slight ridge and now and then a log would strike it and go bounding into the air and land weg out into the river. “It was a dry time that May and the roll- ing logs made dusty work. The dust was so thick sometimes that we almost lost sight of the logs before they reached the bottom. If a log was started right it generally fol- lowed a pretty straight course down the bluff, but once in a while a crooked one went slewing, or another would get advan- tage of the rollers and start off end first, and so roll on a curve, and generally reach the bottom, but get lodged. ‘Tim Field would then have to go down and dislodge it. “One day a crooked log slewed and lodged. Tim Field went down to straighten it and send it on Its course. While he was engaged thus two men came along with a log. They stopped at the brink and waited for Tim to get out of their way, balancing their log with their ‘peevies. “Tim, oh, Tim! Look out!" “There was no time for the poor fellow to jump aside, and no human power could save him from benig crushed by that huge de- scending log. We stood, horror-stricken, peering over the edge of the biuff. “Downward rolled the log, a cloud of dust rising in its wake. For a dozen rods it rolled, gaining velocity as it descended, and then it suddenly struck a rock or some ob- struction, and gave a loud bound high over ‘Tim's head, and struck to the ground below, whence !t rolled and tumbled to the foot. im was untouched. ‘Although we rolled thousands of logs down the same bluff, I never saw a second cre bound into the air lke that one. It scemed to us that the hand of Providence had interfered.” From Puck. Englishman (producing a pocket coin)— My great-great-grandfather was made a lord by the king whose picture you see on tbis shilling.’ Yankee (with a similar gesture)—What « coincidence! My great-great-grandfather was made an angel the Indian whose picture you see on this cent.” and | EXEXEREXESESEREEESE®) | “A Friend ‘In Need Is a friend indeed.” If Christmas buying has depleted your purse—THAT makes ro difference here; [XEXEEERERERAR EERE ERO |e] Four credit is good for anything in this le je Dig house. 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Not a “left-over” pair in the stock. All brand-new ‘conceits,”” bought especially for the coming secial season. Do not forget to bring a scrap of your gown along with ycu so that we can match it. Wilson, 929 F. de27-36d SOoeee SOOO THE TURQUOISE Is December’s Birthstone. New Year’s Gi--f-t-s! We are displaying a number of unique, beauti- ful but inexpensive New Year's gifts, suitable to the- oceasion. If you were unexpected- ly remembered at Xmas and desire to reciprocate on New Year’s, “Good Taste” and “Economy” both say make your pur- chase here. 3Moore & Leding, Jewelers and Importers, 1109 Penn. Ave. N.W. oe SooeCeEESCSEOOESSOEEES For the Holidays. CUT RATES TO ALL POINTS ON THE S. D, HOUCK JOBING HORSE FURNISHING OODS LINE. LEADER OF THE HARNESS FRATERNITY IN THE DISTRICT. For 30 days 10 per ceut off op all our new and latest designs in Coupe, Coach, Carriage, Single Buggy, Express and Wagon Harness. We have on hand 30 sets New Carriage, 25 sets Sinzie Bugxy, 10 sets Coach, 10 sets Coupe, 15 sets Express, 2 sets Wagon Harness, In Second-hand Harness’ we are leaders and have some great bargains. In hand-inade goods we are selling at one-ualf their actual value, We have in Second-hand Harnes 10 sets Coach, 10 sets Coupe, 18 sets Single ai Double Light Carriage, 15 sets Express 13 sets Double Wagon Harness. WE CARRY EVERYTHING IN THE HORSE FUR- HING GOODS LINE. ‘Thanking you all for your past liberal patr and soliciting a continvance of the same in the future, I am, very respectfully, S. D. HOUCK, 801 10TH STREET. Dentistry. —The association ae (an expert for each branch) gives the highest skill at the lowest cost, and fa connection, with oat epecial appliauces insures less rations invariably. We shall be glad to make ap esti- mate on your dental needs— gratis, of course. C7 Painless Extracting, 50c.; Painless Filling, 7c. Best Teeth, $8. U. S. 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