The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-09-25
DEPARTMENTAL WORKERS
interesting Gossip Cleaned Among Employees
of Government Bureaus.
CHIEF SCOTT POSTOFFICE REDENPTIONMAN
Has Developed the Big Business Of Redeemng Stamped
Envelopes, Postal Cards, and Stamps-Former
High School Boy Invents a Range Finder,
SCOTT POSTOFFICE REDEMPTION MAN

7 the Office to call on him and his bride.
whom he brought from across the
waters.
NJ. Nicholas Gins5ack. an engineer
IN the Postoffice Department, is on .
thirty DAYS leave. which he VIII spend
in looking I'D the historic points in
. Washington and vicinity. Mr. Giusback
is one of the youngest employees IN the
. department.
Mr.. Charles Robinson. head of the
proof room Of the Government Printing
Once, has gone to Paris, where he VIII
spend his leave Mr.. Robinson - one
Of the oId-umeTs at the Printing Office,
. and is president of the Government
Printing Office Veteran Association.
Col Isaac Clarke. collector and com
piler in the Bureau Of Education, is at
present on his vacation. The colonel has
been IN the bureau since 1852 He is
the compiler o. the extensive report GA
art and industry in the United States.
Judge William N. Wilson, Of the
bureau Of pension appeals. who has been
seriously III for the past six weeks has
sufficiently recovered to be again at his
desk. Judge Wilson has been In the
law division of the Department of the
Interior since 1891 Prior to his coming
into Government employ he was a mem
Der OF the Iowa State Legislature. Iowa
being his present legal residence He is
q man OF excellent judgment and d
trusted employe. Judge Wilson has a
service OF three years in the Union
army and an excellent record He in
tends 10 leave for Iowa in a few days,
where he viii attend TO some matters
Of business and incidentally take part
IN the campaign Of that State
Nr- Phil E. Winter, Of Omaha. Neb.,
. has been in the Assistant Attorney Gen
erals Office of the Interior Department
for about three years. Prior to his com
ing here he was assistant prosecuting
attorney for Douglas county. Eeb- IN
which county Omaha is situated He
had an extensive practice while there
in the branches. both civil and criminal
Mir. Winter IS a scholarly gentleman
and speaks the German language. his
mother tongue, with great fuency. and
yet, in his general manner OF speaking,
no one would suspect that his mother
tongue is German. He is IN great de-
maEd III political campaigns making
speeches, both in English and in Ger
man, N The different parts Of Nebraska +
Mr. Winter VIII in q few days visit his
home ia Omaha TO attend TO some legal
matters and also take part in The cam
paigG there.
Mr. Andrew J Huntoon, now Of the
Civil Service Commission. IS 2 very val
liable man in that department He is
noted as q mathematician and for his
Tny Of
ciaIly Of Shakespeare. He was captain
OF q New Hampshire company and was
wounded al Charlottesville. when
eleven Of the line officers of his regi-
ment had been either killed or p ounded. {
DT. HuntoUn has recently spent Two
weeks with his mother. who lives in
New Hampshire She has reached the
age OF nlnety-four. The doctor is genial /
and big-hearted, tells al excellent story (
and makes z felicitous address He is .
member OF Burnside Post, G. a r
Mr- c z. Widmeyer is the new eleva- /
tor man IN the Land Office He halls
from West Virginia.
Mr.. S. H Fulton, Of the Office Of Pc /
mology, has returned from Kansas City.
where he has been looking after the ap- /
pie orchards ac5 cold storage interests. /
II you want 20 strike u p friendly
chat with Mr. Albert r Dyer. Of the
proof room CT the Government Printing /
once start IN on literature That is Mr.. /
Dyer.5 strong point Most Of the time /
which Is not consumed by printing Office
duties IS put in on literature. Not only
Is M Dyer an admiTeT Of literature but
he is a producer Of il. and his produc- (
tions IN This line have been very much +
admired His attachments are not con
fined 10 English. He is very well versed (
II Spanish. German. French, italian, and /
Portuguese
For number Of years 1Ir. Dyer re-
sided at Havana, Cuba where he taught
English and acquired his knowledge OF
the SOanish
While Nj. Dyer resided IN Colorado
he assisted IL translat.ng the mining
laws Of that State into Spanish Among
the many TRANSACTIONS which he has
made from foreign languages HIS trans
lation of German poetry into ENGLISH
has gained tor him the most admiration
Mr.. Dyer is q matt Of Maine He is
q kindIy- genial gentleman Of r3iEnife5
bearing. He IS ALWAYS az home 10 his
friends, who on the other hand want no
better company