The evening times., 1902-05-01

-AA''St SftAg L-lElL DtL OA the HOTklQ2 iDIGE-
He is commonly referred to by the en-
pi0yes at the Pension Office as the post
master.
llr- Bernard E Green, superintendent
Of the building and grounds OF the Libra
Of Congress. is seldom seen by the thou
sends who visit that great institution
Laily. He is busy citizen. and IS re
=3ocsible to the American people for
their most popular rendezvous. There is
great deal o. work involved IN the
keeping OF that beautiful building in or
der. that it may at all times be the
pride Of all citizens, as was intended by
the builders
Nr. Frank !. Whitehead. CT the Treas
-ry Department. is popular citizen of
Ohio, who has been in the Government
cnTloy for several years, and who has
the reputation Of Being one OF the hest
posted clerks il the department Mr.
v -hlJehead IS also q newspaper man. and
mas perhaps seen as much Of the workings
cf the Government IS anyone OF the large
and alert corps.
Mr. Henry Ives Cobb. who has been de-
tailed as architect of the Chicago post
cfics building. is a native Of Illinois and
was eminent p al architect before be
coming an eznploye OF the Treasury De-
Partmeat. Mr. Cobb has an Office in the
building. and there is no dull time Thpre.
because the mass OF work to De carried
on n the construction Of such an enor-
-oo=s building IS that going up IN Chicago
allows no respite.
Chief John WiIkie, of the Secret Service
division of the Treasury Department. is
no relation OF The Sleath family. but there
is not better detective or manager Of
detectives IN the business. When he and
his men get on the track of criminal
the trail Of Nemesis is sure 20 ensue.
People who try to beat the Treasury are
the siickest and shTewdest rascals in the
world, and only a finely trained and keen
force can cope with them The Secret
Service IS a remarkably effective insti-
tuition OF which comparatively little IS
heard, bat 1t is doing business all the
time
The oGca OF the Commissioner of IN
ternaI Revenue IS strictly business
place, but behind the mass Of documents
and the stacks Of money handled there is
romance-some Of it as thrilling as auy
doDe-eating novelist could imagine. The
country under the direction Of Chief "
H II Bowen, see and hear q lot OF things
that are not Indicated on the face OF the
returns. Of the Hoonshine industry in the
mountains Of Kentucky. North and South
Carolina Tennessee, and Georgia. many
stories have been written. but there are
mines Of lore yet untouched. Some Of
those agents have heard Ihe yell of the
crow on lonesome roads CT the most dis
mai Of nights It was because. however,
that i was not a real crow that did the
yelling the thoughts OF the agents
turned loDgingly toward hcme The crow
call IS q favorite signal among the moon
sinners n ambush. and when it is heard
the tire has come to 90 hack or fight Il
out, because within a half nile there is
q mob ready 10 kill There have been
some horrible battles IN the mountains
between the men who are trying 70 en-
force the law and those whose mission in
life il Is TO regularly and persistently
break the aforesaid Law. 0ften there
have been none left to tell about it at
the Treasury Department or anywhere
else