The evening times., 1901-11-21

most cordial, though he is very insisteut
upon the interests of the District being
subserved in all contracts Captain Hard
ing has fine physique, never hurries. and
dccompii5he5 pile Of hard work by indie
fatigabIe industry
From elevator boy. at Sc week, to
clerk in charge of correspondence aud the
drafting Of important papers at 1920
per annum, is the record OF Louis Wilson.
of the Seeretary's Office at the District
Building. All this has been accomplish
ed in four years.
Mr.. Wilson entered the Dfstric, SER
vice with smattering Of shorthand and
a small knowledge of the typewriter He
was soon promoted TO messenger and
| while engaged in this work revived his
! knowledge Of shorthand and practiced on
the typewriter.
One day the secretary of Commissioner
Ross failed to put in an appearance and
the Commissioner appeared in the sec
retary's Office with the enquiry whether
there was anybody who could take dicta-
tlon long enough to get rid of the morn
ing mali Mr. Wilson said he could and
he did it so well that he was made clerk
time.
During the last two years Mr. Wilson
mas been student in the afternoon
class of the Columbia Law School and
stands high among his classmates.
Chief Dutton, Of the District Fire De-
partment, is pleased with the conduct
OF the engine and truck companies at the
warehouse fire on Tuesday. He said yes
teTday that the men showed commendabIs
zeal in their work, and exercised excel
lent judgment He is OF the opinion that
considering the location Of the place. sur
rounded as it was by a number Of frame
Structures the fire was the most diA7r,,IF
10 deal with that the Department has had
during his administration
chief button WIS particularly well
pleased with the work Of the water tower
and with the new uOzzles which were
thoroughly tried for the first time The
chief says that without them and the
powerful stream which they enable the
engines TO throw the result might have
been more disastrous
During the progress Of the FIRE all the
railroad trains were held uD for aboUt
haf an hour. II was necessary. finally +o
uis under the rails 10 uncouDle the hOss
and 10 place them in The trenches thus
constructed. Chief Dutton hopes that the
-companys experience will induce the mac
ing Of boxes under the rails at Intervals
within the fire limits so as 10 enable tbs
hremen to work without tying I'd railroad
trains.
H. 4 DarneilIe the District Assessor
yesterday was telling about the District
Building bright remark Of his little
eight-year-oId daughter It appears that
she is very fcnd OF her father aad ericvs
d walk with him Sunday afternoons
few days ago her aunt was talking J-frb
! the child and some remark was mazda
/ about heaven
Surely, you want to go TO heaven. do
you not" the aunt asked the child win
tremoT OF seriousness in her voice
would rather go with 1.apa 70 0U-
Pont Circle, wts the Child's prompt repIy.
Severai weeks ago John 7. Doyle. driver
Of pie wagon, nlysteriousIy disappeared.
On the same day John T. Doyle. Secre-
taTy Of the Civil Service Commission.
/ quietly left for New York on mission OF
importance The disappearance of DovIe
the QTlEeT. was chrOnicIed in the daily
press Last week both DovIes returned
| 10 the city And since then Mr. DovIa
! the secretary. has received numerous Iet-
| teTs asking Why he had disappeared with
/ out notifying his friends By s-1ua STRANGE
! circumstance Secretary DoyIe has bas1
| confoUnded with Driver Doyle. and tbs
J secretary OF the Civil Service Commission
rather enjoys the error.
| W 4. Marshank, the Assistant Chief
Clerk Of the Bureau Of Indian Affairs is
native Of the State of Florida. having
/ left q lucrative position in his nat5va
/ heath to come to this city and enter 5nto
( the Government service Of medium build
tai and erect, Mr.. MarshaEk is what is
caiieo an unusually good lseking man He
! IS athIetically inclined and is said IN he
q wheeIman OF no mean skiII-
An ex-arny officer, and an aII-around
good fellow is Major Charles F. lara
bee. Chief Of the Land Division Of the In
! terror His Office is always open to his
friends Of which he has not few The
major is considered by many 10 be one
OF the best authorities Oh Indian affairs
/ N the government service He has ac-
! CURED this knowledge after wears 81
faithful study Of the subject He Is thor
olghly familiar with almost every Trey
MADE by the Government with the var
! lous Indian tribes. and in fact has beeu
q member OF number OF commissions
| appointed TO draw up treaties. By strict
I attention to his work Major Iarabea a5-
Yaneed from the position Of clerk to the
/ Ohe ne Row holds and IS today by rea-
son OF MS strong personality. gradually
adding TO his small army Of friends
! One of the most efficient and popular
officials in the Postofice Department is
/ Charles A. Conrad. chief clerk 10 the
/ Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Al
| though young man. Mr.. Conrad has
! been called upon quite frequently 10 pass
/ upon matters Of great importance to both
! the department and the public. and nv his
/ careful handling Of these questions has
! earned no little distinction When me
! late President Mckinley was shot down in
/ Buffalo Secretary CorteIyou. having more
/ EGrk than he could properly handle sent
I 70 75sistarce- and Mr.. Conrad was detail
I ed 10 90 10 his assistance The chief clerk
/ also acted as assistant to Fourth Assist
! ant Postmaster General Bristow when that
{ ofHcIal was sent to Cuba for the purpose
/ Of inTes tigating the postal frauds. Mr.
/ Conrad IS q great baseball enthusiast and
never fails TO witness the good games
| played here.
Among the callers upon William A.
Jones. the Indian Commissioner. yester-
day. was ! Franklin House. inspector of
day schools on the Rosebud reservation.
I The inspector was cioseted with the Com
missioner for some time discussing mat
ters relating to the work of Indian edu-
| cation Mr. House has under his charge
/ tWenty-One schools. with an average at
! tendance Of about 500 pupils. Most of the
pupils who attend the schools are upon
/ first entering anything but perfect schoi-
| ars, according to MT. House. who tells
/ some humorous incidents relative TO the
/ objection raised by the young Indians TO
! having their face and hands washed, and