The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-21
Interesting Gossip Cleaned Among Employees
of Government Bureaus.
PUBLISHING HISTORY OF PATENT OFFICE
Undertaken by Commissioner Allen Because ItWoud Be
Too Costly for Private Individual or Firm and
Gould Not Be Done Satisfactorily
by Any One Man.

years He came from Michigan to the
General Land Office several years ago
and was transferred TO the White House
force by President Mckinley
One IF the fast and popular printers
Of the third division Of the Government
Printing Office is Mr.. F. o. Jones. who
has a record for rapid and perfect
work He is a very popular young man
and is well known about the city He
held important positions in the news
paper Offices Of the West before coming
here. He IS a native OF Iowa and came
from Onawa.
Among the new clerks in the Pension
Office are Messrs Alonzo B. ChatfeId.
OF Illinois, and Newton DeForest. OF
Kansas They have been in the Office
Tor several years as ccpyist, and, by
close and faithful work. have received
advancement
Mr. Joseph Lyon King, OF the Gov
eminent Printing Office, is down the
Potomac on a fishing trip. Mr. King was
formerly newspaper man, and has
Washington He was in the Spanish
American war. and occupies an i'm
portant position in the organization Of
the Spanish war veterans. He has at
tended ali the national conventions Of
the organization and has been prominent
il al It's affairs
M Z Dorsey Spencer, of New York,
has taken his place as one of the fourth
assistant examiners of the Patent Of
fee. He studied in the New York
schools for the business, and stood a
good examination He was appointed at
the mead Of the late list OF appointees-
Mr.. Eugene Thomas. Of the Interior
Department. has gone 10 Atlantic City
for regeneration Mr. Thomas has been
in bad health for several months and
hopes to come back in the fall fully
cureG He has been in the department
for nsarly ten years serving most Of
the time as messenger. He IS good
messenger and one Of the most genial
men OF the force He is a native Of
Indiana. 8lr. Thomas viii visit New
York while away.
Mr.. II. J. weaver, CT the White House
clerical force, was in the city few
days ago. He has been at oyster Bay
ali summer, serving as steRogTapher in
the Presidents Office. Mr.. Weaver was
to the White House by President Nc
KiEIey. He is lawyer by profession
but abandoned the practice 10 take up
stenography He IS an expert and has
done q great deal OF fine work
Mr.. Joseph Watson. Of the Government
visit to New Jersey While there he
attended the reunion Of the Watson fam
lily, which was one OF the largest al
fairs OF the kind on record The family
settled in New Jersey III years ago. At
the reunion there were present I 500
IfneaI descendants Of the original Wat
sons. There was a registry book and
after he pilgrims from all over the
country had established their identity
they we're turned loose among the tribe
to have q big time. The occasion was
great success and the barbecue mad on
one day was famous feature. the larg-
est of the bovine species being offered
up. The reunion was held al Watson
town, nineteen miles from Camden. The
Oldest Watson present was ninety-tWo
years Of age and the youngest Two,
The industrious men known as crab
bers" have an enemy on the Mall His
enmity dates from the time not long
ago when ''erabber" got him in q
close carriage and took him for a part
ner in a runaway scrape. The "crab b
bers" are the men who drive hacks
about the Mall and drum up trade. and
they are not allowed TO hang around the
Monument. One day an enterprising
.crabbeT'' was trying to do some BUSH
ness near The Monument and a Waterman
came around 10 remark that the whole
grabbed outfit was under arrest he got
in the carriage and ordered the pro
+ pTietor to drive to a police precinct IN
stead Of this the 'cIabber' took The Of
iceT for z drive the other way. He
1 headed for the Long Bridge n a run
and the officer was unable to get out.
When the procession was near the bridg
the officer saw the game. He was going
10 be carried over to Jackson City
where the experienced and able bodied
rascals would do him up thoroughly He
had no intention OF going OUT OF the
District OF Columbia TO EeJ into trouble
and managed 70 tumble cut. doing so at
his merrill
Mr. 4. L Randall. assistant foreman
OF the third division OF the Government
Printing Office ranks las one of rbs mar