The evening times., 1902-10-21
WORKERS AND WORKINGS
OF THE DEPARTMENTS
Many Officers Getting Away to Take Part in the Coming
CamPaign-Mr. BeaIe and His Library on the
Governments New Territory.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
E s. Chamberlain. Commissioner OF
Navigation OF the Treasry Department,
is acting auditor OF the Navy Depart
ment in the absence Of ". ". Browne.
auditor Of the Navy Department.
Thomas Clyde. Of the Clyde Line
Steamship Company, and Alfred Smith.
Of the New York and Cuban Mail Steam
snip Company, were among the callers
on Mr. Chamberlain today.
Thomas E. Rodgers. chief Of the Ma
uonal Bank Redemption division. signed
checks today amounting TO moro than
$500, ,0o0 in payment for mutiIated bank
currency. Signing checks for 100000
or more Is q daily occurrence with 3Ir-
Rodgers
D. W Harrington. chief Of the division
OF general accounts. returned to his Of
nee this morning from a vacation trip
at his home in Virginia. He relieved
Sherman Platt as acting chief
A. G. King. private secretary TO ). F
Meline. the Assistant United States
Treasurer, who has been in Virginia on
a hunting tour, has returned to Wash
ington after q successful trip. and will
report at his desk on Thursday morn
ing
IN the Office Of Willard F Warner.
chief clerk OF the United States Treas
urer, there is large increase of work
in anticipating the interest payments
for November on Government bonds
Mr. Warner was one OF the men in the
Treasury Department who were sent TO
San Francisco for nine weeks last sum
mer 10 weight the gold and silver in the
subtreasury.
This has been the busiest week within
= the memory of the division OF national
banks The clerks are handling the ex-
= changes Of Government bonds for mu-
nicipal and State bonds made permissi-
bic recently
H W Brisford, Of the division of
claims, under the Internal Revenue Di-
vision. has gone bass fishing on the Po-
tomac River.
Melvin A Wertz. OF the Office of the
Auditor Of the Treasury Department,
has LETT for his home IN Ohio TO vote
and spend a vacation
John W Yerkes. Commissioner Of In
ternal Revenue, will leave tomorrow for
his home at DanvilIe, KY, where he
will make several stump speeches and
remain until after the election.
Capt J. c. Wheeler. Deputy Commis-
sioneT Of Internal Revenue, is going to
his home in Michigan 10 take part in
the campaign
IN the absence Of the Commissioner
and Deputy Commissioner. Robert Will
liams, jr., the Second Deputy Commis-
sloner, will be acting Commissioner
temporarily.
Charles y. Eldrtdge. chief Of the df-
vision OF documentary and proprietary /
stamps III the office Of the Commission /
er Of Internal Revenue. returned this (
morning from stay al his summer cot Z
tage at Oak Crest, Nd.
Milton E Allies, Assistant Secretary /
OF the Treasury, VIII deliver his first 4
lecture at the National University Law
School within few days. He has been /
requested to take the schedule formerly /
given TO Prof. George = King. who is
confined TO his home sick
Miss Clara Greacen. in the Office OF .
the Comptroller OF the Treasury Is away I
on vacation IN the absence Of Judge !
TraceWeu
Frank P. Sargent, Commissioner
General Of immigration. left Washing /
ton on Saturday evening for New York.
where he viii make an official call at (
the Ellis Island immigration station
George T Bartlett, son Of the dis
bursting officer OF the Treasury Depart
ment, reported AT the immigration Bu-
reau this forenoon en- route to his new