Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 18, 1893, Page 17

o < PART THREE. S —— THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. OMAHA, SU} DAY MORNING, JUNE 18 18 —~TWFVTY P AGE‘ NU ‘\[BFR 364. strong was the sentiment in his favor that Tio was even considered a possible candidate | for the office of pension commissioner when | Mr. Cleveland came in. All of this praise of Colonel Ainsworth was perhaps a little in- judicious. It put him constantly on his mot- le. It gave him tho ambition to make a atil bottor record, This ambition may have contributed in some degree to the accident killed. | “It was COL. AINSWORTH'S METHOD Resumo of the Work of the Man Who Was i Near Being Mobbed. b which so many of his clerks were They BROUGHT ORDER OUT OF CONFUSION seem to think so at least ¥ \ record,” some of the clerks aking of Colonel Ainsworth. May Bo Transferrod. In manner Colonel Ainsworth has been rather abrupt even among his friends, 1t is not sucprising then that he should have been so with his clerks. He is a_soldierly- looking man of medium height, with a round head, hair which curls a little over his _fore- head and sharp, penetrating cyes. He is married to a widow of one of the viotims of the Custer massacre—formerly Miss Bacon of Washington. Although ~Colonel Ains- worth s not popular with his feilow officers, any more than with his clerks, there is a strong influence behind him and no effort will be spared to protect him. But it is very likely that tho influence of the unhappy Ford's theater accident will be too much for him and that he will be transferred to some other position—probably v from Wash- ington. THAM BAIN, Work Far in Arrenrs Caught Up, but Clerks Had to Work Harder—This and Strict Discipline Caused iy Unpopuiarity. ‘Wasnixatox, June 16,— [Correspondence of Mir Bee.)—Colonel F. C. Ainsworth, oras he is better known in Washington, Dr. Ains- worth, 18 the chief of the burean of records and pensions of the War department. He was placed in charge of that burean nearly seven years ago. He made a record for work unexcelled in the government service, and he has been the idol of congressional in- vestigating committees for years. There is a committee of the senate and house now investigating the department service with o view to its reform .under the leadership of Senator Cockrell of Missourt and Representative Dockery of the same state. The unfortunate developments of the Ford’s theater disaster will interfere sadly with their work. The bad odor into which the affair has brought Colonel Ains- worth will reflect indirectly on his system. Tho clerks hate it chiefly beeause it means Jong hours and hard work for them. They have Yaken advantage of the investization before the coroner’s jury to vent their hatred of the entire system as well as of the man at the head of it. Senator Cockrell will find that the unreasoning pr which follows quick on a popular demon- stration like that of last Monday will have its offset in dampening the ardor of the de- partment heads for reform of the Ainsworth kind. When Mr. Ainsworth took hold of the record and pension division, it was,like most of the bureaus of tho government depart- meuts, far behind in its work. Mr. Ains- worth is an ambitious man. He saw how slow and how awlkward the worlk w The record and pension division of the War de- partment furnishes to the pension oftice on request information about the records of soldiers of the late war, to be used in work- ing up their applications for The worl of the pension oftice slow. 1t is usually six weeis ora month behind. Voluminous Pension Rolls, Last summer when congress was not here and the pension ofiice should have been rea- sonably freo from calls for information, 1 letter to the pension commis- a certain man w Cate Pield’s Washington. T'm forty past. Thero s @ tinge of gray Imn iy beard that tonfes ean't dispince; And as T shaved tozyes, It was today, o mirror hiited fo my very face Thae T aging; eko that 16 could traco Crowteet at either eye; I should be told! But while this heart of mine keeps its young pace My gluss shall not persuade me I am old! T'm portly grown; but not too stout to play An inning now and the u bruce Of any feathered things thi ny wiy; Or fuke o five-bur gate upon the clinse, Formo there's still excitement in the race; Nor have I yet hogun to count my gold— Until T cannot tell the deuco fron ace, My glass shull not persuade me I am old1 ' grown a trifle stif—a stick, some My gaiters have grown harder t e still I've the sp: Or wi l!/ till Bug nma is pre Can flirt very- My glass shail not pe TR e, LR R R e e A M Miss Clara Morris is spending her summer vacation at Riverdale-on- Ilu\l<on A\cw York. Rufael Joseffy, the amous piano 1080, will teach at the National Con: tory of Music, New York, during the summer term, You can always tell the man who has a free ater by the calmly crtical wiy in which he abstains regularly from all applause, Mme. Sembrich has been singing * Petersbur tion. She was on se called ten times, and the stage literally covered with flowers showered upon her. Mrs. H. H. A. Beack of Boston, who com. posed a jubilato for the Columbidn celebra- tion, is authorivy he statoment th tween posed 17 operas, 0 cantats Ileonora Duse is now the subject of won- derful pen pictures by English journalists, One report says that she is *‘a beauty of the Virginian type, her face being one of those rble southern faces which reflect, as in a ror, the workings of the restless soul be- ting for not learn his . two months after. a reply in the negative. The matte: A from my mind e tirely. The delay in this case did no harm since the vension office could not furnish the information that was needed. But in uppli- cations for pensions, cspec applicants are growing old, delays greatest importance. Under the old s, which provailed when Colonel took charge of the bureau it toc himand his fr ould ally where the of the sometimes three, four or en six months to make up the record of a pension ward M. Alfriend has written a applicant from the War depart- | new play called *Intrizue.” It s in five acts ment files, At that time there were | and five sets. Three acts are laid in nee 280 clerks cmployed in tho bureau. The and two in gland. The ory opens at the Wis no systematic arrangement of the pape beginning of! tho Franco-Prussion: war in on file. The muster rolls of the companies . quite historical and moves on o were not arranged 1 A man i plane. It will be | alphabe presented in New \ clew exeept the num- and many of the in- b e in company missed the iden- y -an inch it might In addition t wera record: eould not be tra ber of his com quiries sent in | S f th Ic in l!n autumn, v, the great human chr fanoforte teacher, nthemum,” Pa’ ifo all otheér players in But she has no expression and re a straw what she plays or how t; otherwise she would be one of i ux'um', technique. does not she pla, the g registers alone containin 000 distinet eutries. Searching through these scattered records the 280 elerks in the burcau averaged about 150 re- ports in a day. He Had an Idon. The work was falling farther and farther behind each y when Colonel Ainsworth took hold, He had an idea that by the in- troduction of a new system he could simplify the work; that he could bring it “up to date” in a fow years. His idea was to intro- duce the “index record card.” It was the application of an old ids which has been sed by the Pennsylvania railroad for many ears. A modification of it is the card index Ased in the Navy department, by which ref- erences to individuals or subjects referred 10 in any of the naval reports or naval pub- lications or in any scientific book or maga- zine are arranged on cards of uniform si classified and placed in alphabetical order, 50 that referonce to this indox is the work of A mowent. A number of nowspaper corre- Spondents at Washington have adopted the same idea fn keeping nowspaper clippings for reference. The clippings are pasted on cards which are titled and a ed in al- Whubetical order. Cross-titl written on other cards and all of these are arranged elphabetically either in one eral collec tlon or under clussifications. A further modification of this idea 1s the card index row in general use in libraries, The introduction of this record and pension division me: \\lsl starring tour in his newly re y “Ouly o German.” Mr. Keen used to be oo of the best known dialect comedians in_the and was known for y But- s Dutchman.” After his tour next winter he will at the begiuning of summer resume his duties as treasurer of the Wild West. Miss Vivian Sartoris, the daughter of srant-Sartoris, will go on the stage She is 16 old mxd decided personali studying now in Buffalo. The granddaugh- ter of General Grant will receive a warm welcome from the American public if she possesses 4 uithe of talent. A Boston paper is responsible for the stutement that Fanny Kemble was her father's aunt. Minnie Hauk will be heard again in Chi- cago next autumn on an operatic and con- cert tour under the management of the Slay- ton Lyceum bureau. ~ She will then sing por- tions of her latest creation, Christina in Giordani's opera “Mala Vita,” with which she made a great hit at the Berlin opera house last March. Minnie Hauk is now singing in Londou, and will go back to her charmng home on the lake of Lucerne early in July. Joutracts wero signed last terms of which Char joint star next seu The combination sistor Rose, last s tem in the it at first o durlng the ront donl of hard work and. oxtrn hours | Proved extremely profitable, and play Hour. law. would permit, Tho work of | broken.” Johu I Sullivan will continue as answering inquirics from the pension office | manuger and leading actor, as heretofore. Sraried & little more than usual at fivst. but | The Coghlans are now negotiating for a new after o timo us tho names of the soldiers | PIAY which embodics characters ewminently wero copied onto cards, reforences | Suited to botn of them. became more and more On Whitcomb Riley, the “Hoosier ench card was put o v of ssociated himself with Douglas uthern author, an ambitious p M, during whi they will ) joint readings from their own Mr. Riley has ulready attained a wide reputation by the success of his dialect verse, and Mr, Sl ey I8 well known to students of Admerican literature for his interesting storics, some of which will bear comparison with the wrilings of Edgar Allan Pee. Emilio Pizzi, who is engaged to write a one- act opera for atti toa libratto by Charles the soldier’s record with referenc the pavers whoro u moro complets rocord ould o found. Bofore the work of transeribing these cards had been comploted, the bur bogan o catch up on its de Today the work of the records and pension digision would be complete but for the fogounace uccident which threw its sclerks utof work for the time und destroyed so many of theix records, Saved Time and ‘Where it formerly took hor. 250 men to make forty reports in a day, forty men are able to | Byrne, is o resident of New York. He is a make 1,000 reports in the same length of | young Italiun and was the winner of the time. Under the rules of the office a force | Bologna prize, his opers, William Rat- of clerks Is at work at night sorting out the | chffe,” carrying off the b Boits and inquiries sent over by the pension oftice and placing them on the desks of the clerks in tho different divisions Martucei were among th £0 to Italy in June Pizzi will where he will finish the Under the old sys- vhich 15 to have the title, tem, when a clork came down in the morning ' From Italy he goes to Craig hesatat his desk idle until the mail had pfer with Mme. Patti. The new work will be heard first 10 this country next November in New York been distributed. Under Colonel Ainsworth's system, he finds his work laid out for him when he sits down to his desk, and there is h Eugene Fellner of Boston has completed a no delay. The cards in the index are sorted | poetic play of the fifteenth century in four by states, then by regiments and then alpha- | hots entitied Don Carlos de Sevillo which betically, “The inquiries aro distributed | jumes O'Neill has accevted for un elaborate ailidng the different divisions in the suwe | production next season. Don Carlos is the way, dissipated son of au_illustrious famsly. He 1t Gave the Colonel Prominenoe. These improvements in the work of the pension buredu brought Colonel Aivsworth nto favorable notice with the cougressional committee -of which Senator Cockrell is chairmay, which made an investigation of the department work just before the incowm- ing of the Harrison administration. This committee tigured that Colouct Ainsworth had saved the government §300,000 a year in clerk hire by his improvement fu the'system of the records and pension division. They strongly wged that the system be intro- duced i the peusion ofice. . Mr, Cockrell in his report spoke most enthusiastically of Colonel Ailsworth and his work. In fact, the investigation made by Mr. Cockrell was what gave Colonel Aiusworth prominence. From the time that this roport was made his burcau was coustantly held up to the ad- miration of all departnent people. Colonel mvvflb vv Pigligd a9 & model. So awakens to a realization of his wasted past, to atone for which he makes a number of heroic aua pathetic sacrifices. The political wars in which Spain is invélved give bim an opportunity to redeem himself, and the con- clusion of the play finds him the esteemed friend of Philip I1. ana the husband of the womsn he loves., e The waters of China abound in fish, and it is estimated by high authority that one- tenth of the people of that empire derive their food from the water. The coasis are crowded with euterprising and industrio fishermen and besides the net and the hook great uwmver of ingenious expedients are used to capture the fish. lu the eastern proviuces cormorants are trained in great pumbers to cateh fish, which they bring to their master, who sits iu a boat, from which he watches at the same twenty of the birds. TODAY, TOMORROW, ALL SUMMER COURTLAND BEACH Courtland Beach Is laid out in the most artistic manner with Flowers in bloom Trees that are shady Grass that is green. THE BEAUTIFUL PAVILION With verandas on all sides is capable of ac- commodating 2,000 people. ADMISSION TO GROUNDS 10c. Courtland Beach Has bath houses equipped with all the latest improvements and capable of taking care of 400 people at once. The bottom of the lake is solid as a -rock and covered with a fine sand. A Clean, Safe and Pleas- ant Bathing Resort, ADMISSION TO GROUNDS 10C, /Zo oU; 7 T8 COURTLAND. BFACH This Afternoon \\ oy Evening ¥z COURTLAND BEACGCH ASSN JAS. A. GRIFFITHS, he Open to the Public.: Courtland Beach Has an elegant boat house at the edge of the lake with a pier 80 feet long. Boyd’s Orchestra will furnish the Music. ‘ New Attractions will be added every day. Go out today and take your best girl out boat riding, ADMISSION TO THE GROUNDS I0Oc. Courtland Beach. has a gravity road and many other attractions that you should see. If you go out in a carriage drive out Sherman avenue to Ames avenue, thence over the long bridge to the beach. Take Sherman avenue cars and change at Locust street for the heach. GO OUT TODAY. ADMISSION 10C, eneral Manager R GRS 1.