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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-11

It is said OF Chief Lewis Jordan, OF the
Miscellaneous Division at the Treasury
Department, that he has been in the Gov
eminent service so long that his office
would seem incomplete without him. He
is acquainted with the minutest details OF
his office. and whatever does not come
under the heading for transaction 10 q
certain division Of the Treasury goes to
Mr.. Jordan's Office for disposal, which
task he performs in most effective man
neT.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-11

Miss sabina Davitt, a sister of Michael
Davitt, former member Of the British
Parliament, entertained last night at her
residence Patrick Ford, editor Of the
Irish World New York, who came to
ofier his congratulations to Bishop Co
naty, rector Of the Catholic University
on his promotion to the Bishopric Of
Samos.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-11

Mr.. Richard B Nixon, Financial Clerk
Of the Senate. has held t'lat position long
er than any predecessor in the Office It
is a notable fact that there was a clause
in the last Appropriation bill providing
for the salary Of the Financial Clerk OF
the Senate, STIMULATING that an additional
$3.50 per annum should pc paid during the
incumbency of the present occupant of the
position. Mr. Nixon. The implied honor
of this proviso is a deserved one, for his
administration of the finances Of the Sen
ate has been characterized by extraordi-
nary efficiency. AS the Pay Clerk Of the
Senate he, of course, knows everybody on
the rolls, and all hands, Senator's includ-
ed. know him. There's a tine about twice
month when a very ccmplacent and
smiling aggregation of men file out of his
office bearing envelopes, sometimes green
pieces of paper, to which they apparently
attach great value Mr. Nixon hS very
cheerful way about handing out
his fellow-men, and evidently
pleasure OF his colleagues on
rolls at these bi-mouthly ne
them.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-11

James Knox Taylor, the Supervising
Architect OF the Treasury Department.
presides over division whose duties are
complex and varied They embrace mat
ters pertaining to the selection Of sites
for public buildings and their erection
He IS also charged with maintaining and
keeping in repair all buildings under the
control Of the Treasury Department not
in this city. Mr. TayIoT's Office in the
Treasury Building contains . large col
lection OF paintings, drawings and plans
Of notable buildings Of the world, among
which that OF St Mares at Venice at
tracts attention on account OF It's large
size and beautiful cOloring. and plan OF
:. p7oposed new building for the Govern
n,ent. Be the style Renaissance, Gothic,
No-roan Italian or Oriental Mr- Taylor
knows how to select the one that is most
suitable to American taste and purposes
Bv authority of the District Commits
efanars. Walter ". Daniels has been Ii
censed as master plumber. with permis-
SIGN 70 do work IN the District UPON the
fling of a satisfactory bond
/ E. Drake. the recentIy. appointed su-
nerfntendent OF Insurance, called ut the
instruct Building yesterday, and had an
/ extended conference with COMMISSIONS
| Mcfarland relative to the work OF the
/ 6apartment. which will be organized jan
! uarv 1 next The ground was carefully
gone over. ana among other things IL was
! decided that a deficiency appropriation
/ should be asked from Congress 10 provide
( for the expenses OF the Office and the sal
! aries OF the Superint endent and his clerk.
I Mt. Drake has rendered his resignation
/ as Deputy Commissioner or insurance IN
! Ohio. TO take effect December q. Action
| has also been taken in appointing his SIC
| cessor. who is 10 he John T. Brasee, now
/ examiner il the department. Joha W
1 Crooks viii be made examiner Roscoe J.
/ Nauck. state inspector OF building ard
/ loan associations in the department OF
/ Ohio, viii resign, 10 take effect January ].
I The latter position has not yet been filled
R. D. siEms, the Superintendent CT
Property for the District. is Just now re-
ceiving evidences of goodwill on tbs part
of his many friends in the District Build
! ing The cards are out for the wedding
| in which he and the daughter of George
-1IoD viii be the chief participants
~ wishes Mr.. Simms well on the
sea OF matrimony.
II. Woodward. who has charge
{ part OF the Agricultural Division
e Census Office quartered in the
q Building on c Street, is very fond
outdoor sports. Horse racing, base
and football are his especial de-
hts Mr. Woodward is very popular
It'll his clerks.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-11

James R Ash. the Chief Of Correspond
ence Division OF the Office OF the First
Assistant Postmaster General, is in New
York On official business During his alb
saDee of John c.. Price, his assistant, is
locking after the work Of the Office Mr..
Price has been in the service many years
and is well fitted 10 discharge the duties
of the Office MIR Ash is expected to re-
turn in few days
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-11

from a two months visit to relatives near
Chicago
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-11

Nine. Marie PARCELS. Of New York. is
visiting Miss Theodore Wight on Hopkins
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-11

To the visitor from abroad. the Treas
ury Building is always a point Of attrac-
ton There is scarcely a day that does
not bring TO Uncle Sans big banking in
stitutfon visitors from foreign lands, who
are curious 7 see our UncIe's big pile"
face to face
Among those. who visited the Treasury
Yesterday were Mynken B. H Manus,
II. Amsterdam Holland Mrs John W
Loud. Montreal, Canada; Walter c. Seiig-
man London e NJ SeIigman, London,
and Herr KuekI, Hamburg, Germany
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-11

Milton E. Allies. Assistant secres airy Of
on Official business He stated the other
day in al Interview that the relations be-
tween the President and Secretary Gage
we're the very friendlisst. and that there
was no idea OF Mr. Gage resigniBg his
position Mr. Allies has the full conf
dence Of Secretary Gage. and his state
ment should satisfy the resignation
man who has been very busy lately
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-11

Mr. Frank Fulton James has returned
from PisqUatawa, Ind, where he has beer
visiting his mother
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-11
Every Day Stories Of the
Workings and Workers Of the Departments

been granted the privilege Of doing his
takes alone The custom is to have
Two reporters on the floor at one time
out Il does not obtain when it comes to
Nj Bi-iinenberg's turn 10 report He has
been on the debate reporters' staff for
many years. Moreover. his skill as a
stenographer has brought 20 him not only
much money. but the opportunity for wide
travel Nearly all the big select commit
tee investigations during the past decade.
entailiag travel all over this and foreign
lands have carried Mr. BIumenberg
along as official stenOgTapher. and he al
ways returns from these tours with a fund
Of new knowledge and souvenirs of the
places visited Before the late Mr.. Muir
ply eTstwhile head Of the stenographers
Of the Senate. selected Mr.. Blumenberg
for member Of his staff, he was clerk
TO the Interstate Commerce Committee,
OF which Senator CuiIom was head. and
until this session of Congress, the chair
man.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-11

c. E. Patrick is the name Of the man
who is IN charge OF the dairy laboratory
in the Agricultural Department He is
an expert scientist. and to his lot falls
the study OF the chemical composition,
physical and other properties Cf dairy
products as well as chemical problems
connected with their production. trans
portarion. storage and marketing He
also iuvestis gates the methods employed
for their aduIteratiOn and the uIanufac-
tuTe and characteristics Of the substitutes
for them found in the market
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-11

Dr. J. Herbert Ford. who has recently
had charge Of the Government Hospital
a Manila has returned TO Washington.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-11

Mrs John P Jackson and family, who
are visiting in New York, have taken an
apartment at the Everett on H Street for
some weeks, and viii so to Palm Beach
for the remainer of the winter Mrs.
Jackson has rented her house on Connec-
ticut Avenue to Mr.. and Mrs. Cracken-
thorpe, of the British Embassy, for the
SaaSon
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-11

Walter Scott HsTshmau, 4 young wash
ingtonian. has recently been made director
Of the Nautical Almanac For some time
Or. Harshman was astronomical director
OF the United States Naval Observatory
as we'll as director of the Nautical alma
nae He has also had conferred upon him
by the President the honorary title Of
Professor OF Mathematics Of the Navy,
which carries with it q certain rank in
naval circles and is considered an honor
Of unusual degree
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-11

Mrs. Lamar o Talbot is at the Lenox,
1923 L Street, and viii be pleased to see
her friends on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-11

Ed. Becker, OF the old appointments.
clerkslips and PERSONAL division OF the
Adiutant Generals Office. has been con-
nected with the War Department since
1882 He was transferred from the Ag-
TicultuTal Department to army Head
quarters in that year 20 act as stenog-
rapheT TO Major General John II. Scho-
field, then commanding the army He was
later transferred TO the Adjutant Gen
erals Office to work under Mr. Brfnker-
hoif. in charge OF the above-named dfvis-
ion, which owing te the large increase
IN the regular army incident to the Span
ish war has been dismembered and made
into several smaller divisions He has al
ways been one OF the most competent and
expert members Of the War Department
corps Of stenographers and a chain
lightning typewriter operator Nearly
ten years IS an assistant TO Mr.. Richard
CulIon. a veteran handler Of army papers.
has brought Mr. Becker up to z high state
Of proficiency IN the special line Of famii-
iarity with the personnel Of the officer
branch Of the army. The result of this
is a recent graduation from the steno-
graphic role entirely It requires con-
siderable apprenticeship tc conduct army
correspondence and write orders. and Mr.
Becker has served his time. so that he
is now taking rank with the cld-tineTs
IN this speciality The work Of his d.
vision is very close to the throne. very
confidential and necessities the exercise
of judgment and thorough accuracy as TO
facts, dealing. as It does, with the affairs
of officers Of the army exclusively
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-11

The Russian Ambassador and his adopt
ed daughter, Countess Cassini, expect to
attend the first assembly il New York
tomorrow evening
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-11

Lieutenant Loring Stone, United States
Navy. and Mrs. Stone are at 1876 Eight
eenUh Street
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-11

A P. sche11. of this city. has received
an appointment TO position in the United
STATES Civil Service a. San Francisco.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-11

DR.. Walter ". Maegii IS confined to his
home by a severe cold.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-11

No one in the house yesterday was bet
ter pleased with mis- assignment than Rep
resentative Richardson Of Alabama
when the Speaker put him on the Inter
state and Foreign Commerce Committee
This Committee Will have charge OF the
isthrnian canal bill. and in the opinion OF
Mr.. Richardson there will be no more i'm
portant legislation enacted during this
Congress than the passage of a measure
authorizing the construction of the water
way.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-11

and Mrs. J. Edgar Miller, OF Pittsburg,
Pa, are visiting their parents, Major and
Trs I Willard SaxiOn. I445 Huntington
Place.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-11

Mr., and Mrs. Robert A Phillips and
family have closed their country place,
North Arlington" Virginia, for the win
ter and are located at 1871 Corcoran
street
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-11

Not little of the success of the per-
Torrance of Mistress NeII' as given at
Chase's by Henrietta Crosman this week
is due to the excellent stage management
OF Godfrey Stein, the well known Wash
ington actor, who has the distinction of
having been with Miss Crosmaa since the
very first performance of the HazIeton
piece, during which tine he has played a
number of its important roles, including
the Duke of Buckingham, Jack Hart, the
manager of the Kings theatre, and SwaI-
low, the constable
Mr. Stein has in seasons past proved
himself to be an exceptionally able char
aeter actor, but in Mistress NeIl'' he has
surpassed ali his former Efforts
sHenry of Navarro the dramatization
o. Bertha RunkIe's novel Of the same
name, in which Charles Dalton inaugural
ed his career as a star at the National
theatre, this city few weeks ago, has
failed to please metropolitan theatregoers.
and the announcement is made that he
will not continue in the play after the
conclusion of the engagement at the Cri-
terion theatre
The production Of Henry Of Navarro
was one of the costliest that has come
to Washington curing this or any other
year, and the company contained mum
Der OF really capable actors and actresses,
but the play itself was embarrassing aud
devoid OF all the elements Of success
Mr. Dalton n1av resume his tour In
.sThe Sign of the Cross early in January.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-11

The Director of the Mint and Mrs. Rob
erts are entertaining the IatJer's sister
Miss Kirkup. who will be their guest
throughout December
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-11

shes a bird, isn't she?"
Yes, an ostrich. She looks as if she
would swallow pretty nearly anything
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-11
THE EVENING TIMES.

/ THE EVEN
| FRANK A.
Balloon trips are said to be part of
a new. course of treatment for con-
sumption, but this is all in the air at
present.
We are now told that we are living,
not fin de steele, but ieune steele.
Until French dictionary can be OBJ
tanned it is better 30 speak OF it as
the twentieth century
The Job of clearing the lobbyists
out of the White House is something
ike the efforts of the old-fashioned
housewife TO clear the cats out from
under the kitchen stove.
Senator Hoar persists in demanding
an island for anarchists Perhaps
one OF some cannibaI group would be
offered rent free if the natives were
sent marked copies of the Congress
sional Record"
II there could onIy be an agitation
which would shut up the canteen at
the Capitol as we'll as that at the
army post, the legislators would prob
ably repeal both prohibitions in
double-quick time.
\ New York police captain recently
attended a vaudeville performance to
raise the tone of it; and it is prob
able that this is one of the few sic
cessfuI efforts which have been made
to elevate the stage
Ella Wheeler Wilcox eNcIaims into
space, Let go the Cross" This
would be a good piece Of advice for
some of the haIf-drowned ladies' in the
chromos. but 1t is hard 10 say where
they would go If they followed it.
\ eat in Susquehanna- Pa. smokes
cigars and drinks beer; and pub
lie opinion viii be divided be
tween horror at the wickeduess of
the people who own the cat and grief
at seeing all that good tobacco and
beer wasted.
1t viii be the beginning of the end
when the National League passes
under the control of a BOARD instead
of Uncle Nick Young 1t has been
the diplomatic course Of Uncle Nick
for many years past that has kept the
National League intact.
The origin of the rural term
pushed" is now under discussion in
New York paper. 1t has already
been derived from Saxon. Gaelic, and
Norman French. and will in course Of
time be found to have originated also
in India, Zanzibar, and Chinese
Tartary-
The women in haywood, Ill, are
trimming the vhiskers of the breth-
rem at thIrty-fiye cents each and Civ
ing the proceeds to the church 1t
would take drawer man than the
average to wear thirty-fye cents
worth OF church whiskers about
town.
\ Washington correspondent says
that Speaker Henderson Is crochetfng
the House into d huge mesh of com
mittees. Some Of the gentlemen who
want TO get on committees where he
does not put them viii be likely to
think the work looks more as If it
were knit.
It Is barely conceivable that if both
Senator's TiIlman and McLaurin
should resign and their designations
be accepted and neither of them re
turned by their present constituents
the people at large would comPlacent-
" regard it as a good joke on Messrs.
TiIlman and NcLauTin and accept the
result with an amazing degree Of
resignation.
The G. A. R. Encampment.
tomorrow the Executive Commit
tee of the National Council of the
Grand Army of the Republic viii meet
in Chicago to discuss where, and
when. the next national encampment
shall be held The department Of
the District of Columbia Is making a
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-11

Dewitt S. Harris. superintendent Of the
Indian School at Pipestone, Mimi, called
on old friends at the Indian Office re-
Gently Mr.. Harris is on his way to
Hampton. Va. where he Will spend a long
vacation, which he is compelled TO take
on account of ilI-health. The Interior
Department has recently erected S39,9ee
worth of new buildings at the Pipestone
school, and Mr. Harris reports that with
improved facilities the work is progress
ing in q most encouraging manner. One
hundred and thfrty-fve juvenile red men
come to Mr. Harris for Instructions ID
learning.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-11

The employees in the mail bag repair
shop Of the Postoffice Department have
warm spot in their hearts for Representa-
tive Pearre- They say he is their friend
and they are for him for anything he may
want Mr.. Pearre has introduced bill
granting to the employees of the shop
thirty days annual leave. the same as is
enjoyed by other employees Of the Post
Office Department. By inadyertence the
bill has been referred to the Committee
on Invalid Pensions It should have been
sent. to the Committee on Postofice and
Post Roads
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-26
urning g1arsha1n 1rsdag Nuubrr Is 1907

ty yards in advance of his men. He
killed three of them with his revolver
An insurgent fired his rifle point-blank
at Van Schaick at four PAGES, but
missed. Lieut.. Van Setback was
knocked from his horse. He jumped to
his feet and engaged in a hand-to-hand
conflict with the enemy, using the butt
OF his revolver. He sustained two Sc
we're wounds, one of which nearly sew
cred his wrist AT this point the lieuten-
arts men arrived, rescued him and put
the insurgents to flight. Van Setback is
in the military hospital at Manila, and
is doing well. He has already been rec
commended for a medal of honor for
bravery in q previous engagement.
Gen. Hughes, commander Of the de-
partment of the Visayas, reports that
are about completed for the
of the nsurgent leader Sam
son, on Bohol island. This surrender
will doubtless end the revolt against the
American authority in Bohol as Sam
son is acknowledged to be the best in
surgent leader there.
The surgeon to the Philippine COM
mission, Maj Stafford, is making plans
to establish a civil sanitarium at Ben
guet which is destined to become a sec
ond Simla. This will avoid the expense
OF hiring civil employees and the grant
ing of sick leaves to soldiers to go to
Japan and America for the purpose OF
ting their health
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-26
DELINQUENT TAX LIS
OF
KgIshuN County, I0N0, Tor 1900 0nd Previous Years.

Treasurcr's Office. Marshall County, Iowa
that f3r the s ann prs
ae
paid said
sale Monday the 3d day OF Decemper l~ ZOE
dcoste In
ead the court house ~ ~
Will be adjourned TON
time time necessary until oil the lands and town JOYS npnh
ohered
revenue laws o.
sale viii who has not previous
the paid the county treasury
for their purchases
- Given unde my hand this day November 1901
Treasurer of Marshall County.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-26
FIGHT WITH BOL0N[N
Lieut.. Van Schaick and Five
Men Rout $50 Filipinos Al
ter Hot Encounter.
The Officer Kills Three Rebels
in a Hand to Hand
Conflict.
American Soldiers Soon Put the
Natives to Flight--Details
of Fight.

Manila, Nov. 26.--Lieut. Louis j. Van
Sohaick, of the Fourth Infantry. who
was out scouting with five men, encoun-
tered $50 bolomen who were returning
after having sacked the defenseless
town of Siaraca, near Cavite. Upon
seeing the F'illpinos. Van Schaick or
oered his men to charge them. The COM
rand was obeyed, and, Van Schaick be-
ing mounted, reached the insurgents six
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-12-14
our AWFUL WEALTH DEPART
' MEkT.

We are glad to ssny that the efforts
of this journal tO-draw public atten-
ton to the character of the weekly and
daily reports Of the City Health De.
partment are bearing fruit.
The utter unreliability OF the state
ments by the BOXERS Union In the
shape Of vital statistics. analysis Of the
water supply, ETC., etc, Is now thor.
Ouglly understood ana recognized by
all thoughtful persons who have given
the matter any attention.
Among the many fakes" sent out
broadcast by the BoOzers' Union. per-
hnps the most audaciOus II the weekly
birth report.
This report In neither more nor less
than u tissue Of lies.
Yet It II one of the principal grounds
upon which the Health Department
bases its statements Of vital statistics
and Its comparative analysis OF the
public health.
The reports Of births are fixes for
the simple reason that the Health De-
partment has no means by which 1t can
ascertain the full number of births
every week and make weekly returns
or reports concerning them.
II anybody doubts this u reference
to the law governing the subject will
settle the question.
Under the provisions of the law. ply.
sicians are required to report each birth
ut which they have attended within
one month after their attendance In the
case.
This report, be 1t remembered, Is
made to the County Clerk, and no offi'
cial report whatever Is made to the city
Health Department.
Even the Boozers' Union itself al
mits IL has no accurate foundation fol
It's claims.
Ii alleges that 1t gets an "apprOXi
mate" idea through cards sent to doc
tors from whom as courtesy, reports
of births are requested.
The truth Is the department has mo-
even an approximate idea.
II simply makes n guess, and this l
sends out to the public as reliable re
port.
No less parsonage than Edward j
James, of the University Of Chicago
has proven the truth OF this cOnter
tion of the Chicago Eagle, and Ia
demonstrated beyond the region OF
doubt that these alleged statistics ar
absolutely inaccurate and misleadln.
. Dr. James says bluntly ana piainl
that the health records OF Illinois an
Cook County are practically WORTHLESS
for purposes Of statistical study
III 1t Is contended that the birth re'
ords OF the city Of Chicago are comple'
in the sense that all the births In III
city of Chicago are recorded, u