The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-29

Roberts. Solicitor General O'ConueH. Of
The Treasury Department. and Senator
John r. Deliver.
Frank ". ThacEery. superintendent Of
the Indian Training school near Shlvnce.
oklahoma. called On Commissioner vs.. 4.
Jones. Of the Indian Office. tl1s morning
ON matters connected with the General
welfare of the Absentee Shawnee and
kicking. NiekaQCO lands Of Indians.
The eurhoui0us and Alternative name Cs
kicking EisEaUoo is given 90 a ,grtafl
band by the Indian Bureau officials be-
cause of thCir' fCudUCss 90 register
vigorous protest against any and all
measures for their control. The prclT
Kicking has become OF sUrl general use
that DO Is now entered upon the Official
records of the Bureau without quotation
marks
Nr- Horace Ward is a clerk ia the Office
Of The chief clerk Of the Census Bureau.
Ee is perhaps The peer Of the neatly
dressed young men Of the office. lie IS
most careful about his clothes and al
though he does not recgle himself in the
clothes of a sport, he is always very neat
I'm appearance
1ir. Ward is bright and energetic and
rs TO the chief cIerk q general utility
man. He is I'll ways ready TO DO anything
and cverythiIg. and rs often seen hunting
around the Office for something else 20 do
Ec thinks shat tiEc ns-- faster when one
IS working ynGn when iaIa ca8 trying TO
avoid The little work which Uncle sam
asks Of his employees
Mr.. Edward F. Higgins Of The cfice Of
the Second Deputy Commissioner Of
Pensions is a patron Of music On Sat
urday evening last Nr. aad airs. Hug
gins AT their home. I45t CCrccsan Street,
entertained the members Of the Norma
Mandolin Club. Many fine selections
were rendered and during the evening re-
freshments were served.
At the Government Printing Oflce one
Of the most pleasant men you meet. and
at the same time a hard worker is Capt
H. F. Brian. foreman Of printing. lie mas
turned some Jobs out at a tyyo-forty gait
in the last couple OF years L. the lat
ter part OF March. 1888. the President
sent 10 the Government Printing Office
his message transmitting the report Of
the Naval Court on the destruction OF the
Maine The report as presented con-
tanned Dos pages OF text, twenty-four full
page engrayIngs and a fOur-Color lith0-
graph Il was 3 o'clock in the afternoon
when the originals OF The eugrav4ugs
went TO the printing Cfice and after &
o'clock when the text reached Foreman
Brian hands. Every facility Of the
great plant was called into service. and
the next morning before Congress ulet a
complete COPY Of the report was on every
desk IN both wings OF the Capitol.
thousand copies Of a book Of more than
800 pages, illustrated eIaDOrately ami
distributed IN sixteen hours. was the
feat accomplished. But even that record
be surpassed i happened March g. 1891.
For many years the District had yliEly
tried TO set its statistics revised which
only Congress could do; and when the
matter was ~ last pushed % the passing
point in the House only four hours of the
session OF Congress remained. Uale5s
that bill could be printed. and acted on
by Congress and presented 20 the Presi-
dent and signed by him, all within that
four hours. the jig was up The Print
ing Committee Of Congress sent for Mr..
Brian. and when he had reached the Cap
itol they tolG him how important and ur-
gent was quick work at that time. Brian
wasted few words and simply said. Gen
tiemen. your bill viii be ready Ninety
minutes later that bill-3o0 pages-had
been printed and wGs on its way 10 the
White House Captain Brian regards
tnis as the greatest feat Of the Office
Mr.. William T. Ford. Of the Western
division Of the Pension Office bears the
distinction of having been in the Gov
eminent service longer than any employee
Of that bureau. On August I. 1913. NJ.
Ford. then a lad eleven years old. came
into the Office a messenger boy. AT that
time the pension business Of the country
was conducted By a division Of the War
Department. consisting OF less than a
score OF clerks and one messenger. Since
then Mr.. Ford has filled every position
from the first one accepted 20 that OF
chief Of division. and has seen the Pen
sion Office emerge from minor adjunct
Of the War Department into one Of the
largest Of the Government bureaus. Then
one room in the old Winder Building held
tie entire working force, while now the
immense brick building IN Judiciary
Square barely suflces for housing tho
army OF clerks and storage OF the files
and records
Mr. Ford has a striking physique. bear
ing a marked resemblance 10 the pictures
Of Charles Dickens and dressing in the
manner Of a typical Southerner Of the
past
on the night that President Lincoln
was assassinated Mr.. Ford was passing
the theatre just at the moment Of the
TRAGEDY Joining the crowd that gathered
he Witnessed the removal OF the mar
tyred President TO the house where he
breathed his last. Mr. Ford describes
the scene as most solemn and weird Re
was standing near the corner Of and
Tenth Streets. The night was dark and
cloudy