The evening times., 1902-05-31
DEPARTMENTAL WORKERS
Interesting Gossip Cleaned Among Employees
of Government Bureaus.
IMMIGRATION AND THE PRICE OF MEAT
How the Figures Appear to Correspond - Many Ap-
plications for Patents for Transportation Devices.
National Museum Agent on Central Australia.

mountain range for about forty miles.
The land east of It fell several feet.
Owens River was temporarily swallowed
up. In the village OF Inyo all the houses
we're thrown down and one-teath of the
inhabitants were killed.
Air- +. Il. Whitehead. OF the Govern
ment Printing Office. started a move
ment among the labor unions to have
the International Typographical Union
meet in Washington in 1903. The propo-
sition takes well and Columbia Union
will probably make a strong fight at
Cincinnati this summer to have the
/ Capital selected as the next meeting
place It has been twenty-three yeas
since the convention met in Washing
/ ton The local union is a very strong
/ body and if the convention does come
/ here the reception and entertainment
viii be memorable. The international
/ body is a large, intelligent, and strong
] body
/ Mr. Whitehead is an enterp<ising citi-
zen as well as an exUeTt workman and
enthusiastic union man. He has been in
/ the office for many years and IS one OF
! the leaders of thought and action IN the
/ craft. He was born in Illinois but was
/ appointed from Texas.
One OF the most anabIe men in the
Pension Office is found in the person OF
1 Dr. Louis NJ Kuhns. of the superintend-
ent's branch DR.. Kuhns was for many
years q prominent divine in the Lu-
theran Church. and while not now &C
/ lively engaged in the ministry, he is
often called upon TO fill the pulpit IN
local church OF that denomination Pos
sessing a great deal Of personal magne-
tism and 4 foTceful manner OF delivery,
/ Dr. Kuhns IS a great favoTite with those
who have the good fortune TO hear his
sermons
In private life he is equally popular.
his gentle, kindly nature having drawn
around him many warm friends and ad-
miTeTs during the five years which he
has been in the bureau Dr.. Kuhns be
lieyes in a practical Christianity and
much of the time not taken up by his
official duties is devoted to work among
the highways and byways in the cause
OF the Redeemer- The pleasant smile
the hearty haRdciasp and the cheering
] words that always carry sunshine are
followed by an atmosphere of optimism
wherever the genial doctor goes.
( IN his former home. Canton. Ohio. Dr.
Kuhns was rear neighbor Of the late
/ President Mckinley. and q warm friend
ship OF many years standing existed be
tween the two men, only TO &c broken
by the untimeIy death of the maTtyred
/ Chief Executive
Mr. James ". Dodge, the eminent in
ventor and scientist, said to a Patent
/ Office official a few days ago, while look
ing into the improvements being made
in the methods OF aandiing coal and ore
/ in bulk, that the means of conveying
these commodities in use five years ago
/ were back numbers of the rankest de-
scription- The automatic topples and
! automatic stokers are among the most
/ noteworthy Improvements OF late years.
There are now grabbing machines lifting
ten tons al a grab
In another line too. there has been
/ a remarkable advance The scheme TO
/ tunnel under East River New York. is
beseL by great difficulties The invent
/ ors are busy. II has about been decided
/ that the tunnel shall be built and not
[ burrowed. and that q roadway will be
[ built in it The character of the ground
/ is insecure and the tunnel viii IN. real
/ ity. paradOxical as IT may seem, be an
! underground suspension bridge. furnish
| ing its Own support to a great extent
/ Client and promising young men in the
! Pension Office, IS a MaryIander. being 4
native Of Baltimore. Mr.. Meyer has had
/ long experience IN military matters, be
ing first q member of the Maryland Ma
! tionaI Guard, later a soldier in the
Spanish war. and at present an officer
Of the veterans and q member Of the
District National Guard. He was first
sergeant in the First Maryland and was
il active service. He IS now sergeant
major on the general staff Of the Ma
tionaI Guard Of the District
Mr. Meyer is q lieutenant in the Span
/ ish war organization and is one Of the
most influential members of the corps.
He is also secretary of the association
/ which leases the E Street hall
The rural mail delivery people are
/ very busy in q section where there used
to be mails once a week, In the Third
Congressional district of South Caro-
lima is the old town Of PendletOn. near
the home Of Calhoun Mails run over
/ every road around there now. but in 1921
ths postmaster at Pendleton made this
announcement: Mails from CenterviIIe
70 Gainesville in Ga. every Sunday
! morning Northern, Southern. and
/ Charleston mails via Edgefeld and Cam
/ bridge due s ?. ~. Sunday eve. Later
No credit for postage stamps"