The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-09
Interesting Gossip Cleaned Among Employees
of Government Bureaus.
CAPTURE OF PRESIDENT JEFFERSON DAVIS
Origin of the Name Cuba-The Varied Career of Capt.
w. F, Halleck-Some Early Baseball Games
Recounted - Personal Mention.

Mr.. William P. Steadman. the faithful
and popular messenger in Dr. SoImon' 5
division Of he Agricultural Department,
N the heroic days Of the eos was a
valiant soldier, At the close Of the war
he made the most memorable arrest n
the annals CT the United States
Mr.. Steadman was a member Of q
Michigan cavalry regiment and was on
scout duty in Georgia The heads OF the
Confederate Government were making
their way despairingIy from Richmond
and all Federal troops had orders 10
look out for them-esDecially for President
Davis. Naturally there was a keen RI
valTy among the men and all were on the
lockout for the Confederate officials. II
fell TO Mr. SJ-adman's lot. however, to
capture the President Of the Confeder-
acy.
The incidents of the arrest have been
published many times and with various
distortions. The arrest occurred lust
before daylight and was not q surprise
70 anyone. Mr.. Steadman's part in the
arrest has never been denied. and he is
on the Official records as Mr. Davis
Captor- For several years Nj Stead
man has been in the Agricultural De-
paTtment and he is popular with the Of
fciaIs and the public.
Mr.. Il. A. Maloney, Of the Government
Printing Office. is a versatile and in
terestiug man He is native of New
Jersey. He has been in the Office for
about three years and has made many
friends. Nj. Maloney was member. Of
the Third New Jersey Regiment in the
Spanish-American war. but did not have
the opportunity of getting out OF the
country. On July 9. 1898. M Maloney
was on guard at the powder mill at
PomVto1 Lakes, y. J. when the memor-
able explosion occurred by which many
persons lost their lives He was one
OF the first TO aid the injured and TO
work against the spread Of the flames.
There was terrible panic in the place
and the work Of the soIdiery was in
valuable
Miss Blanche GiTen. superintendent Of
the reading room for the blind at the
Library Of Congress, is soon to leave
for Europe to take part in confer
enee this month at Brussels on the
amelioration Of the condition Of the
blind. Employees Of the Library tell
story as to how Miss Gifen has been
the recipient Of unexpected good for
tune. She has been very anxious to 20 TO
the conference, but no public funds were
available a few days ago an elderly
lady from Philadelphia learned of the
circumstances and handed Mss Gifien
an envelope IN it was a check for $500
70 pay the expenses Of the trip.
The society OF ex-soIdiers and sailors
Of the Government Printing Office viii
give an entertainment al Rockville. Nd.
On June .. The entire party viii go
cut on the electric cars. accompanied
BY full orchestra. The entertainment
will be held at the Rockville town hall
and viii consist OF recitations. songs,
etc. among the guests viii be Chap
lain and Mrs. Couden- This society is
q large ard popular one and its enter
taiuments ere noted for their good
cheer
The board on geographical names has
put in considerable time finding the /
origin or the name Cuba. The result /
is announced as follows:
Cuba is the name by which the isl I
and was originally known TO the Luca- +
van lL41dEASr wiz We viii AOllLAAJl5
when he discovered IL One Of its VII 4
lagos or cities was called by them Cuba /
nacan. and il IS reported that from the /
similarity Of sounds Columbus, still /
surprising himself TO be On the coast
Of Asia. imagined that this must be /
city OF Kubia Kahan. the Tartar soyeT-
eign celebrated by. Marco Polo The sur
vivaI Of the original name for Cuba is a t
remarkable instance Of persistence. as
Erz- E1r- i've md
Tized many times since lis European dis
coverv. Columbus first called Il JUaua
IN honor OF Prince John the SOC CT Fer
dinand and Isabella After Ferdinand 5
death II was called, IN his memory. Fer
dinandina. Subsequently this name was
changed to Santiago. after St. James,
the patron saint Of Spain Still later it
vas named Ave Maria, in honor Of the
Virgin Mary But none OF these names
held. and the Indian name IS still pre-
served.
Mr. John K Hencn, Of the record d.
vision OF the Pension once, was one OF
the members OF the. graduating class
IT the recent commencement exercises
Of the law. school OF the Columbian Uni
Sir. Hench received the degree Of
IL N having previously taken a
course in enc Of the colleges Of his ma
five Pennsylvania Next session
N-. Hench viii take Q postgraduate
course for the degree Of D. G. l., and
should he then choose to follow the pro
fession Of law he viii be well equipped
in every respect
Mr. Herch has already wOl for himself
quite a reputation In the former, 10Th I
as debater IN his alma mater and IS a
DofiticaI speaker in his section Of the :
keystone State. Attending the com ;
uencement exercises was Mrs Trever-
ton. a sister Of Mr.. Hench. and Hiss
Gillian, both OF Mapleto1. Pa i
Mr. Thomas Il. Means, who has charge
OF the soil survey OF the Agricultural 7
Department. VIII leave soon for Egypt I
10 gain information for the bureau in |
regard to the possibilities Of that coun- )
t.v and to study soil formations for the :
benefit Ct workers in the department :
and expeTimenteTs generally. There ! =
has been a de-&and for such information :
as ar Means proposes TO procure and =
the results OF his Investigations viii :
be awaited with interest He will be .
gone several months. He VIII start {
about the Ist # July 9