The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-04

At the installation Of the officers Of
Georgetown. Thursday night all Of the
officers OF the Grand Lodge Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia were. with one excep-
tiOn. employees OF the Pension Office They
were as follows Grand Master John II.
Wood, Grand Warden Edward F. Higgins.
Grand Secretary Nathaniel W. Bridges.
Grand Marshal T. r. Fulter. Grand Guar
dian r. r. Cooke. The Grand Treasurer.
r. ". Weber. although not an empiOye
OF the bureau, IS the son of one Of the
bCsr-kuOWn clerks in the Office Probably
no Government department could furnish
the parallel OF containing within its walls
almost every grand officer Of one OF the
LARGEST Of the fraternaI organizations in
the Distric.- The affair at Covenant
Lodge was q most enjoyable one, and an
epitome of the work In Odd Fellowship
for the past year was given in the various
speeches which were made by the visiting
officers OF the Grand Lodge.
A welcome like unto that to the re-
turned prod.saI was day or two ago.
given by Division p. Agricultural Depart
ment. to Arthur Bennett. who had just re-
turned from the island Of Guam. He was
greeted by warm handcIasps and en-
thusiaStic hugs by friends and admirers.
whose demonstrate Oyerran the bounds
Of conventionality. After being in Divi-
sion for seven years, young Bennett
resigned eighteen months ago to accept
"a position as dentist in the Island Of
Guam He was on the Inflated Yosemite
as she started 10 the bottom of the Pa
cidc, and was just rescued in the nick OF
time by the Justin. He visited Manila
and China and Japan, and had many remi-
nIsceuces to relate 20 his friends in Di-
vision p He had taken his dental course
while working with them and mad won
their hearts by loyal service as the
sui" Of the division. DR.. Bennett has
resigned his dental position in the navy
and VIII practice his profession here.
The Smithsonian Institution has a posi-
tion under it the title Of which is cura-
tor The curator is given an assistant
and this latter position is creditabIy filed
by Charles Schuchert, a native Of Ohio
The collection of interesting subjects. ac-
cOmpanied by specimens Of the same. has
become so large that the United states
Smithsonian Institution VIII in a few
years be the peer Of any institution Of
its kind in the world. or course. the
greater the collection the more work falls
70 the assistant curator. whose duty 10 Is
fairs OF the institution. superutend the
administration Of its revenues and the
work OF its employees Since Mr. Schu-
ebert has occupied this post ne has in
teresred himself by gathering together
a select collection Of books on nearly all
the principal subjects that come under
the province Of the Smithsonian Iusritu-
ton He has himself written several
treatiSes on scientific subjects.
Albert A. Won HerbuIs occupies the po-
sition of architect in the Bureau Of In
dian Affairs. He is a native Of Austria
and is a nephew of the weu-kuovu Aus
trian statesman. General SchmerIing. Mr.
HGrbulis has designed scOme OF the fine
rrtl lIgJ lures OCCUPIED uE TUe Uuice Df IuuIIu
Affairs He studied al and was graduated
from the University Of Vienna and was for
a time employed In architectural work in
Austria for private firms.
The Patent Office OF the UiteJ States
receives during the yusr many hundreds
Of patents from inventors iE foreign
countries. The specifications end explain
ations must be translated into --Iisn be-
fore they are fled ard tor this purpose
q special translator is employed. Ernest
LZ1meIcLys fills thai position In tn
Patent Once. Besides being able 20
translate many languages. he must also
have a thorough krOw'rdce of patent laws
and tile regulations OF the Office Mr.
LzeuclCnys Clls tho Office with credit
his retention alone being proof OF THAI
fact as careful Investigation into each
patcn; claim filed is so necessary 70 the
working OF the office chat the least mis-
take 5aay cause an endless amount OF -rOu-
BILE Outside Of his regular vocation Mr..
LzemeIenvs has translated into English
several works OF we'll known foreign au-
thors Of both science and fiction, notably
from the French and German.
Walter J. Brooks was appointed TO the
position Of assistant chief clerk in the
Pension Bureau in MAY. 1897. by Commits
sioner Evans. Mr.. Brooks is well known
in Official and business circles. He pos
sesses great executive tact. and has rem
dered valuable service TO the Government
since hs was appointed 20 a position, iu
1879 FTe was born in Queens county. New
York and received his education In New
ark, y J. lie is also graduate Of the
National Law School Of this city
No man in the Government service can
be more Justly r-oud Of his record as a
soldier than Henri c. Rozer. chief CLERK
in the ofice Of the Geological Survey. Mr..
Rozer served with distinction all through
the civil war He was appointed 70 a
minor Government position about twenty
years ago and through hard, Industrious
work received promotion after promotion
until be landed in his present Office. The
work coming under his supervision deals
mainly with the correspondence relating
20 the classification Of public lands and
the examination OF their geological struc-
rhsrf
ucts Of national domain and the survey
Of forest reserves. There is probably no
man more familiar with the mineral
wealth OF United States lands than Mr.. Ro-
ger His knowledge is not confined
IN this respect to the routine work OF his
Office. but be has also studied the effects
Of climate and environment on mineral
deposits in one section Of the country and
compared IL with the same mineral in
another section under different conditions
stephen f. X. Buchanan. who holds q
positions Of deputy register Of deeds.
...-.s for On" District of Columbia. cones
from Mitchell county. North Carolina. He
has been a prominent factor in lhe uolfti-
cal affairs OF his county. having held the
positions Of deputy register Of deeds.
deputy court clerk. and deputy sheriff
He came 10 this city obOTr four wears ago
to accept the position he now holds.
George F. Boos. the superiutsu Teut OF
printing in the Census Office. is a
Western man. he was born in Wisconsin.
and appointed from the State of Montana.
AR. zoos has had years OF experience TO
ft him for his present position. having
been connected with several large r-iut-
ing houses in the West Mr. Boos is
lover OF music and with his family can al
ways be- seen enjoying the concerts given
by che Washington SaeuEerruu5. of which