The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-02
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

work in the Washington publIc SCHOOLS
TO he exhibited at Buffalo, are being taken
under the direction of the school trus-
tees In the playground OF the tehiral
High School a dummy room has oeeR
built. open to the sun. and in it classes
have been made TO go through various eA-
ercises. While they were photographed.
Last week pictures were taken ~of the
physical culture classes. but now atten-
ton is being given to the manual train
ing work. At the expense Of a great
deal OF trouble. if nothing else. the room
was rugged with shafting, benches. ana
tool racks. and picture Of class work
ing at turning and carpentry was taken
Yesterday the room was fitted with an
wills and blowers, and the boys At work
at their forging We're photographed the
moving picture idea has been extended 10
take in nearly every branch of the work
in the local schools
The largest steel girder ever seen III
Washington was yesterday hauled into
the enclosure where the walls of the
Carnegie Library are rising 1t cost
a good deal of patience and time 20 land
it in the place where It was wanted Inc
first difficulty was encountered WheA the
truck bearing 1t was being driven across
seventh Street j he 5E1hSl - ~
feet long. and the driver was little aWry
in his calculations when he turned the
corner. The hind wheels struck the curb
and deposited the tail OF the load On the
sidewalk Ii took some working with
/ lack to get the girder Oh the truck again
! The air,fer- weighs ASP pounds me
main plate Is ffty-two feet long, forty
! four inches wide and twelve inches tnlck-
I The angle irons are ffty-two feet long
/ and SIX inches on each leg The cover
mates which make the upper and lower
/ sides of the beam, are fourteen inches
wide and fifty-two feet long One half
/ ton of riVetS. making about i,''" were
/ used in the construction The glrder Is
/ designed TO go in he east wing OF the
| building, and it viii have a twin The
two viii support the entire floor. In the
{ west wing there will be two Ike DeaInS-
There are yet to come however, TOUT our
beams still larger. which VIII supper, me
roof These will be SiXty-three 1eeI iotlS
bv fifty-tWo inches wide, and VIII resi-
/ on four more Orders of the same SIZE
as that first described
Ex-senator Chandler, who is now Chair
man of the Spanish Claims Commission
is sorry that the law creating that body
was not drawn up with more care, IS be
is being run te death by applicants fol-
guard OF special policemen to keep people
! away from his home The bill creating
the commission gives the chairman 2r.tc
ticalEv unlimited patronage outside OF tht
! civil service He IS free to appoint a nun
/ bred clerks messengers. Stenographers
interpreters and assistant attorneys Il
[ he desires them, and as result the Go"e
/ news spread rapidly among that class
| which is ever on the hunt for appoint
ruauts- Mr.. Chandler has been logged al
! around the city by hundreds Of deter
I mined office-seekers- So numerous nave
they become that he has not dared L
. give out his office address
: fFa has however. made known the al
/ dress of the Secretary of the CoEm.S
sion and advises all applicants 10 60 ant
/ See the latter notwithstanding TINS. IN
chairman is still being pursued reieHt
lessly-
Twenty eager newspaper men swarTne'
/ I'D the staircase in the White Hous
leading TO the Presidents room on
dav last week They knew that Philande
/ c. Knoz was holding a conference Wit
/ AIr Mckinley regarding the Office OF Al
tornev General and they desired an IN
tArviev with the Pittsburg attorne
/ Suddenly the door opened and short
/ clean shaver. heavily built man cam
| out That's Knox said a correspond
: ttll- = IftIbA lfA LDL q AS-eN-
, way and began
can You ten Us. Mr.. Secretary, wha
your decision isl
Mr. Knox turned aside and started f.
| the stairs. as the local man said:
Have you accepted, Mr.. Secretary
/ / There was no answer, and as the attoI
5 / uey went down the stairs the rePorte
again began: Mr. Secretary-
Excuse me. sir Interrupted Mr. hno2
j ! but / am not Yet Secretary. and at pres
/ ent plain Mr. Knox
z The reporter said no more. and the ma
[ / who was offered the position OF Attnrue
, General escaped without being inter
. viewed
w F AIacLennan. Chief of the WarraT
: Division OF the Treasury Department:
going around town shaking hands Wit
:, his friends and saying good-by- He leave
: for Honolulu this week to pay off Ii
u debt of the Hawaiian Republic. and vi
r carry with him the snug sum OF S595.oy
= for which he is responsible He viii cas-
= the bonds held By the Treasurer of II
r Hawaiian Republic and close up the a
: fairs Of the government which pTecedt
4 that of Uncle sam
[ News Of the death Of Rev. John ia!
. Der. the old colored preacher OF Rici
d mond. on Saturday was received Wit
d much regret by those il Washington vi
= knew TIE OLD man and his work.
L He was one OF the finest old chara'
/" ters in the South said Treasury d.
= partment official yesterday, and h
- sermon on the movement OF the plane
will go down into history. as will Il
theory that the sun do move / hay
heard him deliver that sermon and II
y ] argument which impressed me most W
- Why did Joshua command the sun
d staad still If il was already stationary
! There Is something in that, It must |
acknowledged
. LARGER FREIGHT CARS.