The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-10
STORY OF A MACARONI MAKER AND M

ment Offices. Down at the old baseball
/ park on North Capitol Street some
famous games We're played, equal in
many respects to the work Of profes-
SIGNALS The manager was highly com
plimented for the efficiency of this
! league.
+ Capt Jaeger has lost none of his old
/ time love for the sport. and is often in
/ attendance upon the games being played
I this season.
Mr. Nicholas B. SadIer, a night watch
man at the Patent Office. is at Provi-
/ dence Hospital He has been in bad
health for a year or more. but per
sisted in duty until 4 collapse came. He
( is recovering and hopes 10 be able to
! resume his station soon. He has been
/ = Waterman for several years, and is
/ highly esteemed for his faithfuIness and
genial manners.
Mr. Sadler is 4 Confederate veteran,
and has had q remarkably active career.
he was in the thick of the fight, was
/ wounded several times. and had his
share Of the trouble after the fighting
was over He is a native Of Georgia and
served IN a Georgia regiment
! Mr. John ? Hollis, Of Chester, s. c,
has been appointed special editorial
clerk in the Census Bureau u 10 Vol.
on the closing reports of the -ast ccrsus.
Mr.. Hollis las Just taken a. Phi D.
., course in Johns Hopkins University. He
I has been teaching il South Carolina for
/ the past few years.
The specification division OF the Print
/ ing Office was among the first bol.es 10
! contribute 70 the fund for the Grand
Army encampment. This was in March
and was for S53. 1t has been largely in
creased since, and many OF the en-
ployes are giving in monthly install
ments- There are several veterans in
/ the force, including the foreman, Cap
/ tain Ramsey.
I Mr. NJ B. Connolly, haiIing from the
/ Keystone State, who has charge of tbe
proof room in the Job division of the
I Government Printing Office. besides he
1 Ing an expert printer. is an authority
I on style and appearance He manages
the 'DTaineTy. as it is termed. Of the
JOB room with marked ability. Mr.. Con
molly Is a lawyer, having taken Up the
profession since coming into the gov
eminent employ.
Mr. H O'DonneI, makeup man IL
the agricultural branch of the Govern
ment Printing Office, IS a popular mem
Der Of the craft He is q stanch unIgl
nan and has been chairman Of the nom
nations committee of Columbia Union. {
position which has to do with the char
acter OF members admitted. In this po-
siticn he has shown rare tact and abiI-
{ ~ I'll
and in all the orders TO which he belongs
is a conspicuous member. He is q cit
izen of Illinois, where he has had ex
perience in politics and newspaper work
He ran a paper in Illinois for numbe.
of years.
superintendent J. EIfreth Watkins. o.
the National Museum Building. is at the
head Of one Of the best watch systems
in the country The articles in the Mu-
scum are above price. and the loss OF |
almost any che Of them would be ir-
'reparable.
II is necessary, therefore. to have
perfect guard system, so that no thief,
or vandalism can be committed The
head Of such q system must necessarily |
be 9 fine executive officer
Superintendent Watkins has every
qualification for his position. There are !
three watches and the stTictest rules !
are enforced. Nothing has been stolen |
from the Museum for years, and It is /
seldom that there is disorder OF any 4
kind The Museum is frequented more 1
than any place in Washington. except |
the Capitol and Library, and the dues- /
tons prop0unded by visitors must be 1
answered intelligentIy by the guards.
Mr. Watkins is an honorary curator |
Of the Museum, as well as chief Of its |
police, heat. light. and labor depart |
ment- He knows the place thoroughly
He IS native OF Virginia and was ap-
pointed from New Jersey.
Mr. LeGrand Powers. a chief statis-
tician in the Census Office. is one Of the /
most accomplished men in the Govern /
ment service He has been dealing with |
figures for many years and is familiar /
with the statistics Of the country gen
orally.
Mr.. Powers has leading branch Of
census work in charge-one that IS Of /
vital interest and unendiug importance
being chief Of the division Of agri-
cultural statistics. The bulletins of the
division are models Of completeness.
There are no harder figures to obtain
than those relating to farming. stock
values. irrigation, tiIlage. etc. and all
computations are made under difficult
ties
Mr.. Powers was appointed from the
great grain State, Minnesota. though
native Of New York. He has been in the
Office since the beginning OF the last
census and has had about the largest
division
Among those who have lately been told
the glad news of a raise is Nj Ell
wood Catch. VINO has had q career. OF
distinguished faithfulness in the Office /,
Of the Comptroller OF the Currency. AS
a recognition OF his ability and faith [
fulness he was given al increase OF
pay Of $500 He was appointed from
Massachusetts
Mr. George F. Thompson. editorial
clerk Of the Bureau of Animal Industry
who is now reading the final proofs on
the report from that part OF the Agri-
cultural Department. is one of the most
ahabie and useful men about the Mall
He has been in the department long
enough 20 become an acknowledged au-