The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-15


turing division of the Census once. has
gone TO his native State. South Carolina,
to inaugurate the system Of securing
cotton statistics, determined on by Con
gress as one Of the works Of the new
permanent Census Bureau. The idea Is
TO have a man in each county whose
duty it shall be to take cognizance Of
every bale Of cotton ginned IN the coun-
ty and make report TO the department
three or four times q year These re-
porters Will be paid for their time and
work and will be expected 10 furnish
1uIl statistics of the cotton crops in
their respective counties. Heretofore
cotton statistics have been hard 20 get
at owing to the number OF ginneTies and
the numerous market places, many OF
them very small i is now proposed to
get absolutely accu- tie statistics in the
cotton growing States.
Mr.. Neal will be ont on this work for
few months and viii thoroughly or
ganize the force OF cotton reporters be-
fore returning to the Office. Men have
gone to every cotton growing State TO
do this work and next year the manu-
facturers and all others interested Will
be able to keep directly up with the
Mr.. Frank P. Tate. Of Tennessee. who
has for several years been a clerk in
the Office of the Surgeon General of the
Army, has been promoted. Mr. Tate IS
one of the head clerks and most caDa-
bic and genial man
There will be q general shortage OF
clerks in the departments next week
The encampment Of the National Guard
will take many out, as the membership
is largely among Government employees.
The Printing Office viii be particularly
affected, as there is one entire company
OF printers, and there are printers IL
every other company
Mr.. Charles shelse. OF the Record and
Pension ONCE, War Department. has
been promoted after several years of
faithful service Mr. Shelse was ap-
pointed from the District OF Columbia
officials of the Department Of Agri-
culture are interested in the project OF
Joy Morton, son Of the late J. Sterling
Morton, former Secretary OF Agriculture, /
and originator OF ArboT Day. Young /
Morton inherited Arbor Lodge, the Sec /
retary's home. and he has decided It 10 |
an association composed Of his brothers /
and himself TO be used as a country |
home open TO any member OF the Morton 4
family The place is TO remain in for /
est and meadow and an eminent E-Tbori- |
cultuTist IS to lay out extensive i'm |
provements. Arbor Lodge, the pride OF
the man whose watchword was plant /
trees" Is therefore 10 become an /
-rl0 1-n Tr-
The Department o. Agriculture has /
been consulted on the subject
The first mail OF the year into the |
great unsurveyed region of Thunder |
Mountain, the new FL Dorado out in the /
wilds OF Idaho, left Idaho City a few
days ago. There are about 5000 people /
waiting for the mail and their number /
is increased every day. Roos-vSif, : !
town lately started. is growing g. the |
rate OF 200 per cent q day. The nal |
to be taken into this region, had been
gathered at various Offices and hundreds /
Of bags were loaded OF pack mules Il /
Is said the cost Of getting the mail TO
Thunder Mountain is % cents a letter.
An employe Of the Government Print I
ing Office. who has beer spending some
of his leave IL North Carolina, tells /
q remarkable story OF he newest giant.
At Elizabeth City, the little town which I
furnished the tremendous Nell Cropsey
murder sensation last year, is q seven
teeE-yearoid boy, whose weight is 649
pounds He is = good-DatuTed. healthy
boy and Is normal IN all respects EXCEPT
as 70 size and strength He startled
the place lately BY pulling out of the
water a boat which was usually so
Lewis Lewark. He is said 10 be able to
eat half dozen canvas back ducks al
one time. In the storm Of 1886 this boy.
then only child, made heroic efforts
at life saving and performed some thrill
ing feats. Re became a hero then On
account Of his fine work in twenJy-four {
hours Of storm. IN which he rescued {
OF people. He has never. gone
on the road and IS said to be ayerse 10
making an exhibition of himself.
Detective Sergeant Henry Lacey, of %,
the Metropolitan police force. is the ,
only colorcd detective in the world. ,
He is an honored member Of the profes-
sion. and has earned title TO a place
in the front rank of good officers He !
has q good record as q detective, ex-
tending over twelve years. He has made s
many clever arrests and has figured IN &
some rough times in Washington.
Sergeant Lacey was one OF the officers (
most active IN the arrest Of the ganR [
Of safeblowers who operated about the !
city few years ago The arrest OF
Clarke Was made BY him OF the gang
Foulke and another one died Several -
we're sent to the pcnitentiary for twelve -
years each. II viii be remembered that ,
One firm whose safe was blown I'D III /
n another and advertised in the papers
that the new one IN the same place
could not be opened by any craftsman.
and on the same night the gang visited =
he Office and tore the fine new safe up. p
The sergeant has an extensive knovvI- s
edge Of the looks and ways OF the col Il
,red rascals OF the country, and can =,
IDENTIFY almost any colored crook IN the =,
country. He has had experience with =
thousands OF all sorts or rogues OF his =
ace. and Is hard TO fool about q bad Z,
legro. =
IN MS earlier years Sergeant Lacey y
vas one Of the most noted servants in q,
Washington. He was attendant TO many r,
T the notable men OF the day before the II
var and can tell many interesting y
hings Of the old regime He was IN II
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