The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-03

branches are the following:
Mr. J. II. Barnes. from the Department
OF Justice. who takes an important po-
sitfon; Mr.. H z. Towberman, from the
Office OF the Senate reporters Of debates.
who has been for sixteen years with the
official reporters; Mr. J. n Baker. from
the Coast and Ceodetic Survey. who
has been an Office man and has had a
great deal TO DO with the technical work
Of the survey, and Mr.. George ". Bau-
mann, from the Bureau Of Statistics. who
is an expert accountant and has been
in the department for many years
Mr. William Gordon. Of the folding
room at the Agricultural Department,
was made happy on July 1 by an in
crease In salary. He has been in the
room several years and has been raised
before Air. Gordon is an Iowan, and
was q Union soldier IN the sixties.
The Program of the Last Day on
Earth of the Twelfth Census Printing
Division, Monday, June 80, 1900, a. n. -
is an affecting piece of literature that
has been circulated among the Census
Bureau clerks who were recent losers of
positions The opening ode. as given on
the program. was Were We Pushed Out
or Were We Shoved?" Among the star
pieces was the s'Limburger Cheese Sta
tistics: OF. the Man With the Augur."
Miss Kate N. Ellis. Of the speciaca-
ton division of the Printing Office, has
been promoted to be examiner Of com
pleted copies, succeeding Miss Agnes
Landrigan. who has resigned after hold
ing the position for several years The
position requires a high degree Of
skill. dealing with the finished product
Of the division. Miss Ellis IS 4 New
York aD9ointee.
Mr. John z McGinnis. IN imDoser in
the job room Of the Government Print
ing Office. is a native Of the District of
Columbia He has been In the cfice for
a long while Mr. McCinnis recently
did a piece OF work which has attracted
considerable attention-the artistic vol
ume containing the thanks Of Con
grass to Hon John Hay for his oraticn.
on President Mckinley.
Mr. 4lpheus David, who has been for
the last few years one Of the vqtchuen
at the General Land Office. has gone
to Dakota 70 take q position at an In
dian agency He IS to be storakeeper
al the large Yankton reserve. He left
the city Wednesday and his family viii
join him later. Mr.. David WIS popular
IN the department and goes to his new
position With the best wishes Of r7a7-
friends He is 2 one-armed veteran Of
the Union army, existing in Mary
Mr. James X. Abbott. Of the dfvi-
sion Of public road inquiries. has pub
lished book on mountain roads. He
has been IN the West and has made
for the Government exhaustive expert
ments and researches on the question
Of road building IN billy countries.
M Abbott IS one Of the road ex-
Derts Of this country and has beer. con
suited BIZ many State and county Of
hcers on the subject HIS ho-np is in
the far West, though he is native Of
the East.
Dr. D E Salmon, head Of the bureau
Of animal industry, has gone 20 Bur
Iington, Vt, to address the health Of 1
fceTs Of the various States. who are
holding three weeks convention I
there,
Mr. c F Pfunder. one Of the Iaborers
IN the document section Of the DEPART /
ment Of Agriculture, was recently ? /
student OF GaI1audet College. lie Is a /
bright young man and although af-
hicted with total deafness. makes re
markedly active and capable emDIove. /
Secretary Wilson has had at the derar+-
ment al different times several OF the
deaf and dumb and they have been
found 10 be admfrabI for The work Of /
the document room Mr. John II. s.
IaDleT, low Of the Treasury. is one CT /
the bright men discovered By the Sec
retaTY.
It is not often that the workers in one
Of the bureaus get out a large souvenir
volume themselves-preparat 77r-
ronage, and all-5ut the bureau Of anil
nal industry has done this. The t-r1-
bureau IS model. It was compiled by
DR.. D. E Salmon and his clerk. Alr. J.
NJ Piekeus-
The hook contains several hundred
pages and is adorned by excellent pic
lures Of over 500 Of the employees. The
pictures are arranged in size according
20 the time the subjects have been in the
service
There is biographical sketch Of each
employe. whether located in Washing
ton. or elsewhere Over 1000 employees
are IN this bureau
Mr. Thomas Il. Means, of the bureau
Of soils, and Mr. T. Il. Kearney, Of the
Bureau Of Plant Industry, sailed from
New York this week for Egypt They
VIII spend several months on the Dark
Continent.
The expedition is one Of Importance. /
and the Investigations 20 be made By
these learned and practical men viii
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