The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-19

Enthusiastically received
The District Commissioners have re-
ceived a financial report from Mr.. Thomas
F Drake. Superintendent OF Insurance, in
which he suggests the following appropri-
ations for expenditure IN minimum sal
aries for clerical assistance for the fiscal
year ending June 80 1903: Superintendent
of Insurance. 81. 800. correspondence clerk
$1,000; examiner, $1,5GO; statistician,
S1,5G0; auditor, $3.50; mailing clerk and
messenger, $500: two clerks at SO per
4:-onth for four months, $500
The only candidate in the Government
Printing Omce for honors as delegate to
the International Typographical Union
convention, which meets in Cincinnati
during the month OF August, whose name
has not been previously printed in The
Evening Times is a very modest but ca
pable young man who halls from Georgia
and is connected with the Congressional
RecOrd-Eugene 2 Smith Mr. Smith is
popular everywhere he is known and is
cleaT-headed thinker and good debater.
He was horn and educated in Thomaston,
Ga received an appointment in the Gov
! eminent Printing Office in 1884: volun-
teered in Company G, First District Vol
unteer Infantry, and saw hard service be
fore Santiago il the war with Spain He
received an honorable discharge at the
close Of the war; vas reappoiated TO his
old position il Uncle Sans household
and recently married a Washington girl
a Miss Mcnamara.
The following Is a list Of the Govern
ment Printing Office employees who are to
be nominated az candidates for Office to-
morrow afternoon at q meeting of Column
bia Typographical Union to be held at
the Temple at 2-20 o'clock:
PTesidsut-Nr- Shelby Smith, Of Mime
sofa. to be nominated by Mr. W "
Brockwell; Mr.. Joseph n. Johnson, OF Cal
ifornia, by Mr.. George HaIsey.
Vice presidential Edgar B. Merritt,
Of Arkansas. by Mr. F c. Roberts: Mr..
W G. Glenn. of Pennsylvania. by Mr.
Slack, and Mr. ". r. Abbott, OF Virginia,
by NJ. J. Frank Morgan.
SecTetaTy-Se William II. Gar
Treasurer John r. Berg, Of
Nebraska
DeIegaces-Mr- n f Bloomer. of
Massachusetts, By Mr. f n Whitehead,
Mr. Thomas a. Bynum, Of Indiana, by Mr.
Charles H. Ennis; Capt Daniel Y. CHS
holm. of South Carolina by Mr.. Charles
II Robinson: Mr. J. F. Mccormick OF
Mississippi, by Mr. Earl Torrey; Mr.. D.
" Fleming or Indiana, by Mr. Joseph
Cross; Mr. Harry O'DoBnelI, Of Michigan,
by Mr. Henry Ripley; Mr.. l. 4. Wisener,
Of Ohio. By Mr.. John Dicknan- M
Eugene Smith OF Georgia, By Nj L. J
Clements, and Mr. c. \ Rinehart, Of
Pennsylvania, by Mr. W L GuitiIius-
Also Messrs ". r Bromley. - Breidin-
stein. and Major J. T. Herbert, from the
book and job and newspaper Offices.
This meeting viii be very largely at
tended and as the gentlemen who are
named to make nomination speeches are,
in the main the best known OF Columbia
Unions best speakers, much enthusiasm
VIII prevail
Mr. John l. Kennedy. d member of the
Industrial Commission; Mr. Samuel 3.
/ DonneIy. of New York city. member Of
Blk Six" and Mr. J. J. Sullivan, of
+ Washington. who is an emDIoye in the
I Government Printing Office, appeared be-
+ fore the Senate Committee on Patents
! yesterday TO protest against the amend
ment which the American Publishers
4 Copyright League are seeking to have en-
/ grated On the international copyright
/ law The protest was made in behalf Of
/ printers. as It is claimed that the amend
menJ viii result in a loss Of much work
I to the printers Of the United States.
+ Among the recent atlas sheets which
[ the United States Geological Survey has
J issued are eight Of the topographic maps
( Of Kansas. These sheets, each named
after some important town appearing
( upon it are the Burden. EIdcrado. Cheney
and LaFHed sheets in the southern part Of
the State. and the Mankato, Junction CITY.
Washington and Oskaloosa In the north
and northeastern portion Each sheet
covers q rectangular section Of about FIX
% miles All the town, county and State
boundary lines appear, also the cities.
villages roads and streams. The relief
or topography IS expressed by contours
which also show the elevation above sea
level These maps are now available a.
the usual Government rate on application
TO the Director Of the United States Geo
logical Survey.