The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-19
DEPARTMENTAL WORKERS
Interesting Gossip Cleaned Among Employees
IF Government Bureaus,
RISE AND FALL OF FAMOUS WESTERN CITY
LeadVille Once Home Of Thousands Rapidly Becoming
Deserted Vilage-Landsoape Gardening at the
Zoo-Churlh of McKiniey's Ancestors

One Of the employees Of the Geological
SUrvg.~ who has been West tells story
Of the faII OF LeadvIIle. once the premier
mining camp and boom city of the
vorld 1t was al one time the richest
spot in the world It is dying. aud IS
low less than haIf the LcadviIie OF last
year. The engineer says.
Since the great LeadviIle strike OF
lSaG chat ca mp has been steadily on The
decline ] went 10 LeaEvlle lar the d-st
ti-oe in 1872, shorty aE,e- the boom had
started, and ] DO noe c-aEgc-ete when 7
mako tFt assertion that 10000 people
we-c then crowded into the lite camp
that now boasts Of scarcely sos iuhabi-
taats.
Csc were great days Both placer
ae - mining were very rich Gni iTce
g Ia SCENE. 70 crop out OF the very
cG2a- Sru- Il change was compaT Gtively
an Unknown TING. ana GiDes and nicE5es
We Gems dCred ana domination ii
you -en &C 4-i-- e. 5Ca- you gave .
L. II della "a ezehas sc.
AstCr ta1t Size camp 5teclied down
1t became En0=a the --orl5 over a. the
lest cf all -liniGE camps The popula-
tzCG E7ttIeG down 80 abCu- za.8JG and
renamed e that figure E1t1 Cripple
Geek wss discovered in 1880. Then
tkorc-nds Icft the camp for the new
feds, and the population was % 9go
Until the LABOR strike Of 1856 Then .peo-
pie lost confidence II conditions che-c.
and only 1890. inhabitants lived il
LeaCvilIc until last feII-
last November the work Of the
s1elter cen iac began TO be 5Clt and
many Of the largest r151Fs were closed
o06n. There j. now No way 10 have the
ore treated, and il Is only a G=estion Of
time before Leacville VIII resemble As
pen-a deserted village But there u
plenty of ore left, and some day the
camp may boom again.
Ar. J. R. Eddy. landscape gardener al
the Geological Park, IS keeping up with
hig big contract of making The park one
Of the artistic IS vel as natural az
fractions. The grounds are admirably
adapted 70 gecd landscape work. and
the artist is making good use Of the
time The grounds ere much more at
tractive than ever before It is the
hope CT the management in q few years
TO make the zoo one CT the hand
soonest places II the country
Mr.. Eddy is q native CT New Bruins
wick He was working at his pro
fessIGn IN Massachusetts, when sp-
pointed to his present position.
Mr.. J. Stanley Zeigler. proofreadeT in
the specification division Of the Printing
Office. IS Z Pennsylvania. He is son
OF DR.. ] L, ZeIgler, OF the Keystone
state q philaDIhrcplst and writer Of
distinction. Dr.. ZeIgIer has lately pub
Iished q volume containing The history
Of old Donegal Church. Lancaster c5uu-
~ II
WAS founded in iIza- In the cemetery
adjoining are buried many persons CT
note and worth The ancestors Of The
late President Mckinley for several gen
eratfcus we're members c. the conETe-
cation. and many Of them were prom
inert PEOPLE. Large numbers Of the
MCKinleEs and their relatives the
Stephenson and Watson families. rest
in the old Donegal ch&rchyard. DR.
Ziegler IS superintendent Of the Done
gal Sunday school, position which be
Ezs held fer sixty years lie Is nov
eIyh-y-fouT years CT age
M wK Jones. CT the Government
F1r-z Cezce. fzmiiiarIy called Good
l.f-h-- Genes. is q S7cta Ca-oiin-an. he
vas IN The newspaper business fcT seT-
ca. wears. and IS still proprietor OF the
kelley News. a weekly pa3er u
The lower PARK OF the State Re wa
for-,4- ~ cCt-o- O. tne Dorchester
and was connected with ofhc-
r7ere. N- Jones is fran Berkeley
cazntr. IN Ehich The mans Tor iordly
es.a-Cs anL deal government were Z. s.
t-5ci GCfcr- n = rs 2- t"-
e-c-s ghIrzfpaeT. Joln LCeke-
~ Freak J. C-oaE, Of IoEa- IS cne
ro-ru1arc clerks IL The ONCE G
10 T-cez-rer u the E1itcl Ste-es VIZ
- ere recently pro .-ctcd-
ST. Ia-rv Cores, of Ohio. has beer
-zv-1cad u m Treasury Department
in ts.e cf1-c CT the Secretary and
promoted q f5rs days ago b- crtel
cf secretary Sh5w
r. JoHa ". HoIeom5e. a722iatmzzi
cI~E 81 The Interior Department
E7rdl7s al the speoint1ents made Is
tze service IN Washington ard IN sh5
Indian ana otaer bureaus, lie aeces-
sarisv has 81 le knowledge q rHs
-Cy and the rcIez .ons q TIC G5r-
trent II IKE Eec3ie. Nj EcIceu5 81
5Wazssp- luJcd f-cGl IE5-a-a g. lss--
Sr. warren L. Pusasw. OF the Beard
Of Review CT the Pension OEce. ia poia;
CT service IS enc CT tie Oldest clerks IL
gHe bureau. having just flushed bis
twcnty-seventh year as enc Of Un~.s
SAM workers Hr- 9ushaw was aH-
pointed 10 q Government pesstiea from
the Third Maine Congressional Gfs.-irt
in 1876. Entering Jhe Persioa Czro. fc
81 once applied himself as-ize5uslg r.
Ihe mastery Ct The yariCUs rC-ll1l laEs
and practices Erep by sep b. el..abaa
upward By psr1everahee and strict a.
tenfion 70 5c-r. until he row oe>,1.es
one Of the mos responsible rlsI-aai PC
sftIons y the oGSce-
Mr Pushaw is an ardent sgorrs-G-
and is never 50 HAPPY as when the o.
po7tuntty cfers fer - DAYS oG-ing Is
field end forest with gun o- rcd. He IS
. member o. local suu club and has
wede excellent scores ~ trap sk9cti -e
and with live BIRDS For many years
Be- has taken q decided Interest in Sc
cret orders. beine a prominent #ortsI
in the ranks Ct both Mascas and %.
Fellows.
~. Thomas Z. jenkins, Of view YORK
has been appointed To p good Fesiti7E