The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-18

: Acttt4 Win Jle printing necessary from
/ the session Of Congress The bills and
/ laws are printed in the first division. and
I during the sessions there is a great
strain OF the heads Of that part OF the
office Mr. Roberts has gone TO his old
/ nome IN Kansas for recuperation.
-aSssrs- Wilmer W. WetzeI and Henry
4 Johnson OF PENNSYLVANIA. are among
thcse who have been promoted by the
Secretary OF War in i recent order
They are IN the higher grades of clerk
ships and have proved valuable men
IN the Offices to which they have been
continuously assigned.
Miss Qucente Smith. Of the General
Land Office. has come TO be REGARDED
as one Of the best clerks in the Inte-
rior' Department, and her work has
. been fGyorabIy commented on by all
VINO nave had business with the Office.
Miss Smith has charge of the transmits
SION G land patents. and the volume of
business IS quite heavy. There are vet
IN the Land Office thousands Of the
original patents of lands which have
never been called for. Tie titles are
valid without the original grant bur
sometimes they are highly necessary.
sometimes cover lands which have been
transferred fifty times since the Gov
eminent made the grant. Miss smith
was appointed a few years ago from the
Third Mississippi district
Mr.. r P. Burch a clerk in the Cen
sus Office, died at his home in Georgia I
Thursday. after q long Illness. The re-
port Of his death was received in the
Department OF tbs Interior with general +
sorrow. for he had been for several I
years in the department. and was
favorite with all He left the city two 1
weeks before his death His trouble (
was blood poison, caused by VAGINA
ton
Mr., Burch vas the first member Of /
the permanent Census once force 10 +
die He had teen in the Census Of
fee for two years, and On the o-ganiza-
ton CT the permanent force had been
selected on account OF his high grade
OF skill and general excellence. re
first came TO the Government servir,
as messenger, and was transferred 10
the Land Once, and then TO the Cen
sus Office He was about forty years old
and was native of Georgia. He was
sheriff Of his county. Towns. for sew
cral years, and was also a member Of
the Georgia Legislature for several
terms.
There Is no more popular man in the
Government Printing Office than Col.
William Bailey. He IS the refuge OF
the boys in time Of trouble. The uufaiI-
ing adviser in everything. and the per
sonal friend of every knight OF the
stick and rule. Tho colOneTs earthly
are ample. and the heart Of
him is prOPOrtionate. He weighs 800 i
Pouncs. He is an emDlOye Of the third
division and prominent man in the
work Of the Office. &c has been in the Il
Office for several years.
The colonel IS going with the Wash
lngtOn boomers TO Cincinnati IN August
TO help pull the next international con
Fention Of printers for Washington.
he has an extensive acqUa intauce. and Z
viii DO some fine work for the CAPITAL. !
He was one OF the prominent members
OF Big Six" the New York union. and
also leading member of the union
here.
Colonel Bailey was in 2 New York
regiment IN the civil war. and was one
OF the best Of soldiers. He is prom
nent and active member Of the Grand
Army Of the Republic and the Union
Veterans Union.
A State Department Official who has Z
ateIy been in the great countries 70 g
be south says We do not know our ,
leighbors- While in rapt1lres over the Z
hings he had seen and learned he said. q
The United States was the first na-
ion 70 recognize the Independence 81 +
he South American republics. and over /
hem it raised the aegis Of the Monroe g
Doctrine almost eighty years ago: yer.
ompaTed with the Europeans. we IN Z
.merica are profoundly ignorant about I
outh America. We know almost v
othing Of its scenic wonders, for wei y
o not visit them; our share II its * =
loration is insignificant: that informa- =
lon the word has Of its fora and fauna =
as been CLEANED by Europeans mainly:
IT knowledge OF its ethuolCgy also =
ones from them, and the same NAV be
aid OF the history of it's people in the
ineteenth century from American
ources almost no account Of the rise
the Spanish republics can be hadJ. @
nd II is European. and not American.
lpital that has opened up its wilder
esses, built its cities AMI railroads. and
established It's industries.
How many Americans have seen ~
quador's avenue Of volcanoes twenty -
whose mighty cresta exceed 1900 IL
ct, one of them 10000, and three others n
200 feet? How many Americans have =
card Of the PauIo Alfonso falls. on the 81
10 San Francisco. with their descent II
300 feet and volume OF 80 cubic feet al
er second. or of the seven falls of ol
1ayra, on the PaTaHa which IN com III
nation during the rainy season Cha!-I
nge the grandeur Of Niagara -
How many Americans are familiar -
it'll General San Martins achievement ~
making the passage CT the UspaIata -
-ss, l2.Ie0 feet above the sea level 40
th an army Of $500 men. infantry, -
VARY and artillery, in the war Of in /
pendcnce IN 1872 The great St. Bern
@. over which Napoleon lead an army.
5000 feet lower than Uspalata And
1t in water, so far as most Of US are E
ncerned, is the heroic defense Of the
raguayans in the war Of IsG5-ls7O
tn Brazil. Argentina and Uruguay.
zen the population Of Paraguay declined
I'm 1900 600 TO 225. COG, and none but ~
men. old men and children We're LETT
people distinguished for sheir Cc
ntleness and amiability." Dil
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