Evening Star Newspaper, September 30, 1882, Page 2

AOR SES RP ee EEE fe nee, Si ee tye THE GROWTH OF WASHINGTON. Half a Million or More Dollars in Buildings n Last Year. The Northwest Section—The Central Part—The Northeast and Southwest Portions, A Great Demand for Houses to Rent. THE FUTURE OF THE CITY, A western “rustler,” whom a recent writer @eseribed asa yoluble gentleman employed to post strangers upon the desirability of certain localities as a place of residence and investment, Would find a scope for the display of his powers in booming this city more varied and extensive | than even the proliiic west could afford. labor would not be purely one of the tmagina- Place and Connecticut avenue northwest, $7,000; four houses of George E. Lemon, Jeffer- son Place, between 18th and 19th streets northwest, $25,000; four dwellings of Geo. W. Clark and George Mason, Vermont avenue, be- tween K and L streets northwest, $20,000; store and office, B. Beall, trustee, 86 Market Space, $9,000; Produce Exehange Company, Louisiana avenue, between 9th and 10th streets, $12,000; dwelling of Oliver Cox, 3d, between 1 and K streets northwest, $6,500; store and office of W. B. Webb, Pennsylvania avenue, |. between 14th and 15th streets riorthwest, $9,000; dwelling of James M. Johnson, Jefferson Place, between 18th and 19thstreets northwest, $9,250; three houses of D. A. Windsor, Lit! tween K and L streets northwest,’ $15,000; the Fourth Baptist Church, R, between 42th and 13th streets northwest, $25,000; dwelling of | J-Robbins, Q,bet. 16th and 17th northwest,,$5.000; two dwellings of P. W. Page, Connecticut ave- nue and R streets northwest. 214,000; dvretting of Mrs. M. Peet, New Hampshire avenu street and Dupont Circle. $8 Firemen’s His | Insurance Comprny’s offer, corner Lonisiana avenue and 7th street, $17,500; dwelliag of Gen. tion, and there wonld not be that chilling con- tact with the ac i to pol the impetuous ardor of his soul. He could claim, with little or no protest, that it was now the|§ most beautiful city in the world, and | when he came to speak of the tu-| ture, no rhetorical embeilis t, nor Imagi- “rust. | ar | Native flight need eye. n the luster o Without the einir or of any fasti¢ tiny Ress in this city th statements are an « of ail men that t eves as they goa fact that there was the cost of building begun and continu witnesses the » to use their pite of the per cent in wealth and maz that were so frequently heard in the ea: of the season that THE ADVANCE IN THE Yet the COST OF LABOR AND MA- IAL would tend to check building were well founded, and are believed to have been folly realized. ‘The facts and figures ¢ however, that this has not been an idle year, and that in spite of htgher prices improvements have been pushed forward. The nent of the building inspector is of interest, s! ing that while a larger number of permits for buildings were taken out last year than this, yet the value of the buildings this vear was nething like a half million of dollars in excess of that of last Year. The erection of handsome homes here by monsirate, wealthy people throuzhout the country is the fulfillment of the expectations those who have at all interested themselves in the growth and fature of the cap have become facts, walk or drive thro! THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE CITY. ‘The varied and raceful forms of architecture that are seen on every hand, and the solid and elegant style in which th jens are executed, testify, not only to the weaith, but to the taste of the builder. There is hardly a style of modern house building which cannot find its type here, and the immense variety is a source of constant Femark from the visitor. The line of habitation being pushed tu the west and north so rapidly that nowthe limit is placed by some as as the Kalorama Heights. A prominent architect, In conversation with a Srak reporter, said: “Where it will end, no man knows, but what will be the result in beautify- ing and adorning this city any one, even with- out a prophetic e: n look around him and fee. The rows of stately houses, the graceful groups of luxurious homes that are spreading Out on all sides, the ornate and diversified ar- ehitecture, will unite in making this place not ‘only the handsomest, but the most picturesque eity on the continent.” While the operations that are going on In the Northwestern portion of the city are attracting @ great deal of attention totiat locality, still the Material progress Is not confined there. Build- is going on ALL OVER THE CITY, and many locations which have been neglected, and in which property has depreciated, are now Jooking up and sharing in the general real estate @dvance. The prospect, that now something Will be done to remedy the great evil arising from the existence of the long stretch of low lands on the river front, will throw open to 4mprovement'a vast arca of land which was once the aristocratic portion of the city. All the land south of the Avenue will be creatly enhanced In Value, and will be available tor building pur- Poses. Even the nezlected Van Ness mansion, Ofwhich in Jackson's time it was said: “No young Jady was considered in society until she hadtaken her degree at the Van Ness house,” may be re- stored to something of its former zlory. and the land in its vicinity covered with handsome resi- dences. pital city. The prophecies any one can see who Will THE COST OF LaxD isreasonable and, compared with other cities, Much more moderate. Fancy prices for land seldom reach a high or $6 per foot being about the hich-water mark, which is but Farely either asked or received. While it is not ‘expected that there will be very much building this fall, vet the liveltest kind of a boom Is pre- dicted in thespring. Real estate men are flooded with demands for houses for rent, and they at- tribute this creat demand partly to the influx of @ new population brought here by the large Dumber of new appointments made in the goy- ernment depart nts tly to the promo- tions. The increased salaries have enabled many to give up boarding and vegin housekeep- Ing. The market for houses of a moderate rental, from $20 to per month. was never better, and this increa-ed demand will have the effect of diverting capital to rea largely adaing to the building Bextepring. These buildiag 0 be confined to the erection of costly for the market for cheap, well renting parposes affords a m tunity to investors than most anything else. following record of the summer will be found of interest:— IN THE NTER AND NORTH. ‘The store of Lansburgh & Bro., on Tth street, between D and E streets, at the cost of $30,000; dwelling house of C. V. Riley, at 13th and R streets northwest, $25,000; office building of Mary A. Cushing, F, between 9th and 10th streets, $5,500; houses of W Z. Partello, Pierce street, between 1ith and 15th, $14,000; house of Com. F. P. B. Saifds, Connecticut ave- nue, between M and N streets northwest, $16,000; residence of N. L. Anderson. corner 16th and K streets, £33.000; four dwellings of John Sherman, on 18th street, between M street and Massachusetts avenue, ; chapel of the Central Presbyterian church, north- east corner 34 and I streets northwest, $15,000; Fesideuce of Mrs. Elizabeth V. Luttrell, Massa- Chusetts avenue, near 20th street.’ $9,000; dwelling of Join T. Lenman. corner 12th and L Streets northwest, $9,000; Universalist chureh, corner 15th and L streets northwest, $35,000: the building for post office purposes, at corner of Sth and E streets, built by & W. Hooe, cost- ing 260,000; building of C J ‘Hillyer,Q. between 20th and 2ist streets. $16,300; store and ware- residences, it houses for house of Mrs. Fitzhugh Coyle, F, sbe- tween %h and 10th streets ‘northwest, $15,000; two dwellings of J. J. Shedd’ O, between 15th and 16th streets, $10,000: dwelling of Wu». Ballantyne, Vermont avenue, between Nand © streets northwest, $11,000; dwelling of J. H. Plummer, H street, between 19th and QWth streets northwest. $5,500; stable of Jerome Bonaparte, between 16th and 17th, and K and L streets, $4.700; dwelling of Mrs. J. Higgins, Massachusetts avenue, between 12th and 13th streets northwest, $8,000; dwelling house built by Messrs. Charies Lieberman and R. L. Fleming, costing $14,000; residence of W. . Goddard. Connecticut avenue. 220,000; dwelling of Gen. Humphreys. Connecticut ave- nue, between M and N streets, $19.000; the Christian church, Vermont avenue, between N street and Iowa Cirele, costing €35.500; dwell- net R. C. Johnson, 1735 1 street northwest, ,000; dwellings of Rudolph Goldschmid, cor- Ber Massachusetts avenue and H street ncrth- | four houses of Anton H | houses of Jas. Lackey, North M. C. Meigs, N, between 13th and 14th streets rthwest, 26,500; nine dwellings of D. B. Groff, th street, between T and U streets northwest, 500; house of Sarah C. Thom, New Hamp- ire avenue, between M and N streets north- west, 5,000; the Metropolitan ciub-house, and H streets northwi muller, 131 Q and R streets northwest, 212,000; dwelling of 1. L.. Jounson, 9th street and New York avenue northwest, $5,300; trustees of Shiloh Baptist church, L, between 16th and 17th streets north- west, $15,000; Columbia College, H, between 13th and 14th streets northw: 315,600; four Japitol, between Mrs. Annie E. Rodgers, en 17th and 18th streets dwelling of Hugh McCatffre’ between 14th and 15th streets nort! west, $5,000; dwelling of Edward Temple, on K and 9th streets northwest, 35.500; three dwell- ing-houses, corner 15th and Q streets north- est. belonging to Mrs. M. S. Wynne, 500; dwelling of Mr. M. G. Emery, on M. between 14th and 15th streets northwest, $10,000. IN THE NORTHEAST SECTION of the city may be mentioned three two-story dwellings by Mr. Charles Christine, on ©, be- tween Ist and 2d streets, at a cost of $6,850; a dwelling by Susan M. Stevens, 7th, between East Capitol and A streets; $2,200; eight brick houses, by Mary J. Temple et al., between F and G and 8th and 9th streets. ?3,960; two dwell- ings 18 by 36 feet, on 2d, between © and D sts. owned by Hannah Engle, costing 85, four dwellings,19 by 483 feet, two stories high, owned by D. D. Taylor, costing $8,000; one by Mrs. M. J. Shaw, on Massachusetts avenue, between 7th and 8th streets, costing, $3.300; one by Mr.W. Dodge, three stories and basement, on B, be- tween Ist and 2d streets, costing $6,000; three by Mr. Richard Rothweil, on 10th, between B street and Massachusetts avenue,costing $4,500; one by D- B. Groff, on 8th and A streets, $2. four by same, corner 8th and A streets, $8,000; six others by same, corner 7th and A streets, corner 1 IN THE SOUTHEAST PART of tnd city are noted the market house, corner 9th and N streets, costing $5,000; dwelling of W. C. Stewart, on 4th, between B street and Pennsylvania avenue, costing $2,875; a dwelling by Robert Collins, East Capitol street, between 10th and 1ith streets, £3,500; four two-story dwellings by Mr. Harvey Spaulding, on East Capitol and 11th streets, cost 39,000; a dwelling by Mr. John M. Miller, 5th, between East Capi- tol and A streets, $3,000; four dwellings by B. W. Carpenter, on North Carolina avenue, be- tween 6th and 7th streets southeast,-26,300; a dweiling by Mrs. A. E. Clark, East Capitol, be- tween 9th and 10th streets, $3,000; three dwell- ings by Mr. D. B. Groff, 5th. between B and C streets, $6,000; one by Alfred Shaw, East Capi- tol, between 9th and 10th streets, 23,000; one by Mr. Geo. E. Emmons, E, between 6th’ and 7th streets, $1,500; two by John Grinder, 6th, between Pennsylvania avenue and D streets, 3,000; one three-story and basement by Mr. R. G. Blaine, C, between 1st and 2d streets, $6,000; one by A. G. Bliss, corner East Capitol and 10th streets. $4,100; one by Mr. Frank Aber, on Ist, between D street and North Carolina avenue, 1,700; three dwellings by Mr. D. B. Groff, on 7th and A streets, $5,000; two by J. T. and F. H. Harlan, 7th, between East Capitol and A Streets, $5,600; one by D. B. Groff, corner 7th and A streets, $1.500; one by Henry Stopsack, Pennsylvania avenue, between 6th and 7th streets. $2,500; one three-story and basement dwelling on New Jersey avenue, between B and C streets, by Mr. John Fraser, costing $18,000; one by Elizabeth Wugner, East Capitol, between 3d and 4th streets, costing $4,000; three by L. D. Merchant, 2d, between Pennsyivania avenue and C street, $8,000; three by J. C. Fisher and E. Jarpeuter, C, between 2d and 3d streets, 500. ‘ IN THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE CITY there has also been considerable doing in the way of private improvements, among which may be noted a comfortable dwelling by Mr. John M. Mattingly, 6th, between E and F streets, cost $5,500; three new dwellings by Mr. Edward Temple, on 10th street and Virginia avenue, costing 6,500; two dwellings on B, between 9th and 10th streets, by A. F. Barker, $7,500; one by Abraham Fisher, on 7th, between H and I, $2,000. one by W. Walter, 6th, between D and E streets, $1.800; two by 'S. Herman, 434. be- tween D and E streets. $2,800; two by Weaver & Comminski, 7th, between D and E, €2.300; one by Robert A. Tucker, 6th, between D and E streets, $3,000; one by Frank, corner 7th and K streets, $1,600. IN THE COUNTY there have been erected a large number of cot- tages and small residences, the disposition being for business men and clerks to secure suburban homes for the hot season. Mr. C. H. Armes, Prospect street, county, has erected a fine brick dwelling, two stories, at a cost of $2,000; one on Glenwood road, by John Beha, costing $1,500: one on River road, near Tenleytown, by Levi Burrows, $1,000; one on Rock Creek church road, by H. I. Morgan, 3.300; one on 7th-street road, by Louis Beyer, costing $3,500; one on Pros] wenue. between 18th and 19th streets, by L, Darcey. $2,500; one by Edgar Vi Horn. in Mount Pleasant, 2,700; one on the Tenleytown road, by R. J. Varneli, 2,800; one on the Bladensburg read, by John Brown, 82,000: oneon the Columbia road, by G. R. Seibert,$1,600; one in Le Droit Park by Jas. I. McGill, $3,500; one at Uniontown by T. J. Putnam, } one Kengla, on the Tenleytown road by E. $2,500: one at pupewond by J. A. Lavender, ae — ye ing ahi Cotta City by ‘ohn Lynch, mani ing purposes, $8,000; one on the Blair road by Mrs. w D. Har- lan, $2,830; one near Uniontown by Frank Beers, $1,500; one by George Truesdale on the Colum- bia road, 7,000; one by George M. Wond, cor- ner Park and Pine pace Mt. Pleasant, $1,500; one by Robert Roach at Mt.Pleasant. $1,600; one es Mrs. Hellen R. Tindall, on Prospect avenue, .000; one by John Harri on the Tunlaw road, $1,500; one by Mra. M. Petty in Union- town, $1,500. —— LAW REGULATING PHARMACK. Why It is not Enforced. To the Editor of the Evewme Bran: That there is a law regulating pharmacy in the District is well known; that it does not reg- ulate It is also well known, The college of pharmacy in this District is perfectly impotent, in so far that it protects the public from bung~ Ung and incompetent drug clerks. It is acol_ lege whieh should be supported and seconded, but it shonld assert and protect itself, and the public would rejoice if it would make an effort inthat direction. IfT am right there is a law of Congress which prohibits any druggist from per- mitting any prescription to be compounded in his store, except by @ graduate of a legitimate college ct pharmacy. By careful inquiry of several weeks I find that four-sevenths of the th pope FJ ania es and {fve-sevenths in Jeorgetown, have in them putting up preacri; tions of all kinds boys and young” en who eee not graduates of pharmacy, many of whom have attended 8 session or so at our college of phar- macy, and generally not being able to pass the examinations, have given it up. In many of these shops the proprietor, (oftimes a commis- is always absent at stated $11,000; two houses of Joho Sherman & ©o.. husetts avenue, between 14th and N Streets northwest, £16,000; residence of W. E. Prall, 16th street. between I and K streets Rorthwest, $35,000; two houses of E C. Holla- N at between 18th and 19th streets west, $14,000; house of Thos. BE. W: F, between 2st and 22d streets northwest, Tesidence of Mrs. Martha M. Reese, 19th abreet and Du; Circle, $10,000; three houses Daniel Murray, 12th "street, between © streets northwest. cust $7.500; f R. St With street, between Rhode avenue and N street northwest, 816,000; Dr. M.V. McNaily.0, between 16th and Hi , 80d sometimes for whole the ing 2 E rthwest. $5,000; house of Major Piven 16th and 17th streets two houses of Henry €. Cole- , between 2istand 22d streets nerth- 000; house of Francis Lippet. Jedesson ny THE POSTAL SYSTEM. —.- Defects tft the Dead Letter teehee De e1 ew 1e x mt Constra Law uirths of the Dead Let~ ters yed—An Interesting State- ment, Ete. BY tue Atnor or tae ReTors Request Ler TER SYSTEM. ‘The writer begs space In your valuable jour- nal to speak ofa retrograde step inthe many agement of postal affairs which has come tq his knowledge, and which affects in a most offensive way the interests of each man and woman in the United States whose letters perchance reach the dead letter office. That the natare of this retrograde step by the United States postal authorities may be nnderstood, the writer will state that prior to the acts of April 6th, 1960, and June 12th, 1866, all letters mailed in the United States that failed of delivery were, with the exception of those from government de- partments, broken open, and all that did not enclose money or other valuables were de- stroyed, without notice to correspondents, and without regard to subject-matter, or even a thonght, it would seem, of the complications in social and business matters that could well be caused by the ‘uction of such vast masses of letters, which actually aggregated millions per annum. This vandalism had existed from the beginning of the United States postal service, and possibly would have continued to this hour—for it had the full sanction of the Post Office department —had not Congress approved certain plans proposed by a private citizen for ita uprooting, and enacted the before-cited acts of April 6th, 1860, and June 12th, 1866. The act of 1860 d- rected the return to the writers of all undeliv- ered letters endorsed with the names and resi- dences of the writers. The act of June 12th, 1866, embraced all letters not thus endorsed that reach the dead letter office, and directed their restoration **to the writers thereot free of. postage.” Each law was explicit, and left to the Post Office department no discretion in the premises, and yet the department so construed the act of April, 1860, that for five years it re- mained measurably inoperative. It 18° now, however, in force, and the indications are that during the current year full seven hundred and fifty millions of the letters will be matled in the United States in accord therewith, any of which, if undelivered, will be returned direct to the writers thereof to relieve suspense and effectu- ally avert the mischievous consequences that. surely attends the destruction, without notice to correspondents, ot letters that fail of deliv- ery. The benefits of these two laws were go far reaching, and the wisdom of their enactment s0 universally acknowledged, that at this writing it is almost certain that, outside of the Post. Office department, there ‘are not fifty persons who use the United States mails but think that, asa matter of course, letters which fail of de- livery will be returned free of postage to the writers thereof. HOW THE DEPARTMENT CONSTRUES A LAW. But early inthecurrent year a train of circum- stances brought to light the fact that although the act of 1860 Is in force, that of 1866 was, in 1872, superseded by section 194 of an act entitled “An act to revise, consolidate and amend the statutes relating to the Post Office department,” approved June 8, 1872. The section reads: ‘and ne [the Postmaster General] may make regula- lations” for the return of dead letters to the writers. Now, it was further reveuled that the Department has construed the words “may make regulations,” to mean to discriminate, and as a matter of fact the only dead letters now re- turned are those which, in the opinion of the Postmaster General—or rather in the opinion of the employes of the dead letter office—are of “seeming importance.” Under this construc- tion each letter that is so unfortunate as to reach the dead letter office has Its subject mat- ter scrutinized by some employe of the dead letter office, on whose flat rests the question whether or not it shall be returned to its writer. More than thirty millions of undelivered letters have, since 1872, been subjected to this ordeal, and, as an inevitable consequence, the most sacred family, social and business secrets of the people of the United States—as far as the same formed the subject matter of those thirty mil-- lions of letters—were bared to the employes of the dead letter office in their efforts to ascertain such letters as were of sufficient ‘seeming im- portance” to justify their return to the writers thereof. And to show the estimate put by dead letter office clerks on undelivered letters the writer will state that of that 30,000,000 letters, the overwhelming majority were ruthlessly de- stroyed, and the citizens interested therein left to vain surmises as to their fate. THREE-FOURTHS OF THE DEAD LETTERS DE- . STROYED. bial aie Of the dead letters of the last reported fiscal year—viz: 1881—more than three-fourths were thus destroyed, and yet, under the act of 1866, each of those letters would have been returned, if possible, to its writer, who alone was the only true judge ot itsimportance. To put a stop to these proceedings Senate bill 2.075 was introduced. The bill simply aims to re-enact the law of 1868. The bill was ‘referred to the Post Office department, and by the Postmaster Gen- eral referred to the bureau in charge of thedead letter office, which dratted a letter dated July 14, 1882. which, signed by the Postmaster Gen- OF letters free of charge to the writers, as contem- plated by Senate bill 2,075, but “that over fifty per cent of the persons owning dead letters at the time were indifferent as to their return.” Now, the writer happens to know all about this alleged offer of the department, for it was caused by a resolution adopted by the United States Senate on March 9th, 1859, which resolu- tion was introduced by the Hon. Jacob Colla- mer, of Vermont, at the writer’s instance and request. In fact, the resolution was dratted by the undersigned, and he can produce docu- mentary proofs that instead of the department otfering to return dead letters free of postage— as contemplated by Senate bill 2,073—it condi- tioned that full postage should be paid. Even with this condition, tull one-third of the citizens who responded to the department's circular de- clared themselves willing to pay the full e for the return of letters that failed of aan The remainder doubtless objected that as they had pald full postage for their delivery, it was unreasonable to exact like postage for their return. In short, the department's letter of July 14, 1882, is—because of its omission of facts essential for intelligent action by Congress— most misleading, and it is not the only mislead- ing letter in regard to matters of irate. Postal concern which, drafted in the same bureau, has come to the knowledge of the undersigned. ‘The letter of July 14, 1882, alms to justify the wholesale destruction of dead letters which, under the pretended sanction of the act of 1872, is conducted in the Dead Letter OMice by boldly. asserting ‘that not one-half of the whole num-. ber of these dead letters—probably not one-third of them—are of such value or importance as to Justify their return to the writers.” THE VALUE OF DRAD LETTERS. Now the answer to thts departmental assump- tion 1s, that the letters which reach the dead letter office fairly index the letters carried by mail. Letters are not sent to the dead letter office because they are in departmental estima- tion of no “value or importance.” They get there simply because the department has failed to deliver them. Therefore, the writer repeats, that the letters which reach the dead office fairly index the character of the letters carried by mail. Now the indications are that full one billion five hundred millions of letters will, during the current year, be mailed in the United States. Now is it possible that any human being can believe that one-half—to say nothing of two-thirds—of that enormous mass of letters are of so little “value or import- ance” that if pid peed delivery ought not to be ret to th itera, and yet no other inference can be drawn from the departments letter of July 14, 1882. Verily it 1s high time for \e letter writers of the United States in rhe anets and beenkdi opinion give the officials of the Post Office depart- ment to understand that when Congress gave the wer to “‘make regulations” for the return of lead letters it never contemplated the conver- sion of the United States dead letter office into 8 postal inquisition, and furthermore that while the frst province of efficient postal service is to if safely deliver letters, the second is fosble,t tue write ‘an iat of delivery. To prevent ‘m should be. the same as they. THR POQLOFFICE DEPARTMENT has not only gone‘back in a great degree to the barbarous “@estruction, of dead letters tl Beret a i ng priot %,. i, rivacy of the subject matter of dead Ketters, ‘ufsanctionéd by the departnient up to 1873, ring bares the ‘cmploves of the Dead Letter officé the: fost impottant information and delicate relative to the family, the social and business affairs of the people of the United States, as far as the same form the sub- ject matter of letters that reach the Dead Letter office. A we feature of the case is that x of the debate -shows-that when Congress adapted ion 194 to the act of June ‘8th, 1872, it Aever fntended to curtalt the return of dead letters, much less authorize the scenes that are ‘now being'enacted in the United States Dead Letter office." It is clear that the whole- sale destruction of‘'dead letters that can be re- turned, which now—as well as for the past ten years—tis conducted by the Post Office depart- ment, has not the sanction of law. In conciuston, the writer claims that In view of the transcendent importance of efficient postal service, every citizen has a right to scrutinize and criticize. if need ve, the Management of our postal system. But there are special reasons why the writer should interfere in this case. For he ts the pri- vate citizen alluded to in the opening of this Paper, whose ‘plans being apecoven. by Con- gress, resulted inthe acts of April 6th, 1860, and June 12, 1866. Hels the author of other plans for postal improvement, some of which are not yet in use. But if the history of those that are in use 1s ever published, it will show to the people of the United States that wag ikke ments which are classed with the most highly prizea of modern reforms, neither origi- nated in, nor were suggested by, the Post Office department, but sprang from the private clt- izen whose name is appended to this state- ment, the verity of every allegation in which, he can satisfactorily establish to the Postmas- ter General, or to Congress, if either deem it worthy of attention. OLIveR Evans Woops. THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE FIRST CONTROLLER. Extra Judicial Assumptions. To the Editor of Te Evewme 8Tar. From the reported proceedings of the school board, at its last meeting, it appears that that body has a controversy with the First Controller of the Treasury relative to the apportionment of money for school purposes between the white and colored schools. This controversy is of like character with many resistances of the €on- troller which have occurred, and some now pending inthe Treasury department, wherein the chief officers have taken issue with Hon. William Lawrence, First Controller. Mr. Lawrence as- sumes to be the “law officer” of the Treasury department, and claims for himself judicial powers going to the very essence of the luws of Congress, embracing authority to decide upon the constitutionality of an act of the latter body. Upon the slightest provocation, before the fact even, Judge Lawrence will prepare his “opinion” upon a given subject, and thus he has come to be regarded by the government officers as a troublesome tntermeddler in their affairs— the Bully Bottom of the department. The ‘pre- monitory” 6pinion, as School Trustee Lovejoy aptly denominates Judge Lawrence’s inter- ference with the control of the board in the management of the school system of this Dis- trict is utterly unwarranted in law. In that in- stance, as in nearly all other matters, the First Controller's duty and authority 1s confined to countersigning or attesting to the Treasurer that an accountable requisition has been issued by the Secretary éf the Treasury; that it has been duly countersigned by another officer, registered by another; that the signature of the Se¢retary is genuine, that the proper charges have been made under the law in the books of the proper officers, and that the . appropriation has not been exhausted, ‘so that the Treasurer will be authorized to disburse the amount of the war- rant without other evidence of the legality of the payment than the signature of the Secre- tary and the counter signature of a Controller, and will not be required to inquire into the con- dition of the appropriation, or whether the forms required by law, antecedent to the signa- ture and counter signature, have been complied with.” Such, in substance, isthe opinion of the At- torney General, promulgated some months ago. So that the proposed letter of Mr. Lovejoy, rela- tive to the “premonitory” opinion of the First Controller, ts sound in Its legal aspect, and well taken so far as that letter condemns Judgel.aw- rence’s ‘interference with the control of the board of trustees.” Interference of this character, on the part of Judge Lawrence, does not disturb the govern- ment officers, who now know the exact scope of the First Controller’s authority, and are aware that Judge Lawrence Is afflicted with an irresis- tible penchant for letting off opinions—a sort of cacoethes judico. Succestor. oe Is It *A Relic of Barbarism”? To the Editor of TH EVENING STAR. I noticed in several of the papers an article headed “A Relic of Barbarism,” referring to the punishment of criminals in Delaware. I would like to know if crimes are not “relics of barbarism?” and these soft-hearted and headed people had better set to-work to eradicate the latter, and they would thereby do away the cause for the former. The downfall of crimes means the doing away of the punishment. We, here, get the full benefit of the absence of this method of punishment; tn fact, our city is asa cesspool, having Alexandria on one side and Baltimore and Delaware on the other. With these severe punishments, the natural course for all classes of criminals is to this city, where we have no stringent laws, and where every winter thieves get up in court and say that they steal just for the sake of getting good, comfort- able winter quarters; whereas, if they had re- ceived from ten to thirty good lashes, they would probably find they had received some- thing warmer than was looked tor. What good does sending these grown men and boys to jail do? It fattens them, and when they come out are ready to do the same thing over and over again. Perhaps it is better that our houses should be ransacked from top to bottom ed a thief, with the intention ot murdering you if he finds it necessary, and that our wives, daugh- ters and sisters shouid have outrages commit- ted upon them, than that the villain should re- ceive the lashes which he deserves. Some peo- le must have queer minds if they can, in the face of ail the recent robberies and outrages which have disgraced our city, stand up for and encourage these men. The only thing that I regret is, that we have not had this punishment here, and that, instead of you and I being taxed to support these vagabonds in good, comfort- able winter quarters, they should be made to . What punishment ts it for the average criminal to be shut up and clothed at our ex- pense? It is just like saying to him, come and rob meand 1 will take care of you during the winter. These are the pie truths, ae they will not be overcome until we possess the so- called ‘Relic of Barbarism.”” Ww. ———_ ‘The Late Lewe Davis, To the Editor of Taz Evenma Stan: In your issue of the 16th-instant a dispatch is printed referring to the “‘tragic end of an elope- ment,” the partiesbeing Lowe Davis, esq., and his wife, formerly: Miss Merriwether, both of Huntsville, Ala. ‘This dispatch says:—Soon after the maleate ‘one of the wives, whose hus- band was named Davis, discovered that he was a gambler and opium eater. He treated her cruelly and #e left him.” We have known Mr. Davis from infancy, and take pleasure in refat- ing the ers 6 was a young lawyer, re- apected by the entité bar of North Alabama, and sessed the esteem and confidence of all who Enew him. ‘His friends are not willing that such aspersions upoh his character should go forth to the world unanswered. His many virtues and noble traits of character will ever remain bright in the memory of the citizens of Huntsville, where lie was born and raised, and where the name of tils honored father ts a house- Indiana, backed up at the Police Court, and iwnen the doer of the van was opened our friend was the firatto hopout. An acquain- tance, attracted by yan, remarked tothe H. ‘what's CHG od a aie was just down way; thought would Tie "Tha to hlerally true. ? ee ‘What is Said of Us. a i is They seem to con’ in Philadelphie. Batter remove the brit of ie santes Coney a oed SE Ties Wak, There is no use of it on in the of Columbia, DOUB! People want the a Becauve of the V: b. ‘Washington Oorrebpondence of the Providence Press. The St.Louis Globe-Democrat kindly inquires for Reavis, It suggests that if he will now “start a movement for the removal of the capl- tal the stat route verdict will help to put it through.” Such comments are bitter to the American citizens who happen to reside at the national capital, ahd who happen, nevertheless, to be as honest us New-Yorkers or St. Louisans. It isnot strange-that the whole city suffers in the popular esteem on account of the perverse and ‘ote: ict, for hon val of it finds no voice In the daily Wash- ton press. THe Star excepted, the daily press has had no condemnatton for either the defendants or the ridiculous verdict in the star route case. “TI cannot understand it,” I re- marked to a reporter of tact and it exper- tenee in mousing out ways thataredark. ‘Can you?” “Perfectly.” Then he proceeded to unfold a tale so dark that I exclaimed: “The people fant to know this. Why don’t you publish “The papers don't want to publish this sort of thing. I tell you, you can’t touch the star route anywhere without getting bold of some- body we don’t want to pull down,” sald he, lowering his voice. —— ‘The Prosecution of Foreman Dickson. From the St, Louis Globe-Democrat. Foreman Dickson, of the star route jury, 1s to be prosecuted under section 5,405 of the Revised Statutes, which makes the sending of a com- munication to a juror or the reading of an out- side statement in the tury room, by a Juror, pun- ishable by a fine of $1,000, or six months’ im- prisonment. Mr. Dickson can be convicted on the charge of violating this statute if he can not be convicted of bribery. aaa ee Chicago and Chihuahua. From the Chicago Times. The first “through train” from Chicago Chihuahua, the principal city in northern Mex!- co, left this city on the 11th Instant and arrived at its destination on the evening of the 15th. Returning, the train left Chihuahua Monday morning and reached Chicago Friday morning. Ninety-six hours from Chicagoto Chihuahua. To this comparatively brieftime has been reduced the distance ot nineteen hundred miles between Chicago and the once opulent, and atill char- ming, metropolis of northern Mexico. pede as ae ‘The Silent Vote This Fall. From the New York Graphic (Rep.) Presumably a correspondent of the Graphic. who signs himself “A Republican, but not a Conkling Republican,” represents many other voters who, like him, believe that Mr. Roscoe Conkling’s political future is somehow at stake in the election of this fall, and that they must in some way manifest their disapprobation of him and his methods. These gentlemen claim to constitute a portion of the very tanyible entity known as “the ailent vote,” and this silent vote is, in so far as they can do it, to be cast against Judge Folger in order that Roscoe Conkling maybe punished still more than he has already peen punished. Ea Dangerous to be Out Nights. From the Philadelphia Telegraph (Rep.) The independent camp fires are starting up all over the state, and presently It will be danger- ous for stalwarts to go out o’ nights. Children’s Toys and Old Men’s Brains, From the New York Graphic. Children’s toys are made in this country to the value of $1,000,000 per year and $2,000,000 worth more are imported. Three million dollars involved in Jumping jacks and squeaking dolls with glass eyes, and all the rest of similar im- rt. And over all this business are men look- Ing grave, solemn and preoccupied; couldn't look more so were they Durwins or Herbert Spencers, studying it all out and telling how it all came about; and there is solemnity and re- spectability in the shape of book-keepers busy at desks over rows of figures all about penny whistles. Wiggins’ Storm, From the New York Graphic. A real storm ts predicted for March next by Dr. E. Stone Wiggins, of the Canadian finance department. Europé, and especially the tinent.” Dr. Wiggins advises shipbullders to place their prospective vessels high up on the stocks, and adds that on the sea nothing smaller than a Cunarder will outlive this tem- pest. It maybe said that small yessels are sometimes safer ina great tempest than lar; ones, and if ships on the stocks are to threatened by high water, there is a great deal of property located lower down to be looked after. jorth American con- ————— Not a Word of Truth, From the Syracuse Journal. There is not aword of truth in the report that Jay Gould has succeeded, even in part, in galning control of the Associated Press. Four of the seven members of the central association at New York are in deadly opposition to Gould. ———__—__ oo The Fall Trade in New York. From the Commercial Advertiser. The bustle of preparation for the fall goes on everywhere. A season of unusual briskness is expected on all sides. A large part of the wholesale trade has already been done, and it Is reported as highly satisfactory. The retail sea- son does not open betore October, but the prom- ise of activity is so assuring that all the business classes are in good spirits. The whole horizon of trade seems bright, and no one has any doubt that the fall and winter will witness prosperity in every direction. ——___+o»______ Wait for the November Sprinkling. From the Albany Evening Journal. The dust raised by the fall elections is nicely calculated to obscure the failure of the prosecu- tion in the star route cases. ‘Khe Issue im Ohio. From the Cincinnati Gazette, The biggest and most dangerous machine that ever appeared in politics is the brewers’ machine. That's where the boss business shines with the force of a thousand-candle Brush light. ——<__-o. A Famous Bandanna Still Floats. From the Boston Herald, (Ind.) Ohio democrats opine that Thurman's ban- danna will be the next presidential flag. EN A Ha Ts Gould Going to Europe for Two Years. From the New York Sun. There is something that ts not gosstp, bat. stern fact, and own as yet to but very few. Mr. Gould is going to leave New York for making all the preparations for it. He has been studying John Russell Young's book, *‘Around the World with General Grant ;" he is building, or going to baila, the largest and fasteat steam yacht afloat and hopes to be ready for his a by the 4th of July next. Whether, under such circumstances, he is more likely to accumulate stocks than to dispose of those he Prsk guld great minds of Wall street to ————_+-+-______ ‘The Pennsylvania Outlook. ‘From the New York Times, (Rep.) Th it is perfectly evident to good judges of political weather in Pennsylvania that the Cameron craft is going to 10 , her crew keep up a brave show of confidence in her ability to ride out the storm. ———_+o>—_____ They Can Get Justice Here. From the Cincinnati Enquirer. The conviction in Philadelphia of two star routers out of three suggests a change of venue for Brady and Dorsey. ion, Butier Lucretia Byrnes Mamie Cany c Games dS Me Coukiin Lizzie Fernandez F Fuller F M Mrs Fitzhugh Jennie Fletcher Mary Gray Annie Gallagher Catherine Green Catherii in Heenre Hattie Hail Henrietta Huxhes Jennie Henly LA Henderson Lu: Hopkin Louisa andley Magwie H last Martha, Hoover M Jounson Bettie Ager AP Alen teaac Atkinson Rey Mr Bundy AW Beese Bert Brown Chas H Branlich Claunoe man Col Burus Daniel B Ranks Edwin A Blount Harry W Burton Henry Bota Flonda Bell J W Cornmiller Wm Daniel Augustus Densen b J Dudley Clarence Doolittle Geo W It is to lasing err the south of | H: Ely F Ely PV Evanturel Endore Falkner Ches Finch ¢ M. Fitchgerl Ephraim Fow.er FW Finey Geo W Geary Eawd Geary E Golloday Col Ed Graham G H Gibe G W. Gordan Henningham Groas Hurry Hutton Joceph D Hamilton MJ Hodses Jno G@ Harrod L Hope Merritt Halstead Mt @ Holman Thos Hale WK Jones Ben) A Jones Barvonr Jones Chas H WASHINGTON edt To optain any ot MAINING IN THE OF LETTERS RE! “SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1889. Sevres and give tbe date of not for wi sth they will be sent a4 ithin one month they ormon F Rendietion RO Mew Gertie Pratt Nary Price Racha e ice Hac! Balmer Susie niberg Ann Rochester Apna Robs Saxe Stafford Louisa is Mrs ‘Thompson Adda ‘Thomas Coussier Thomas Ehza O ‘Thowas Ells ‘Travers C A F Mrs m8 ‘ol e Tuberviile Mary 0 Vance Youch Jane a, 2 Veitch Mi Vinton Neti Wilson Addealyer Weed 0 F Mra, 2 West Camecly, ‘Wilson Calle M heed Maddor I H Miller Jno F Miller Col Joseph 0 Midget Louis N r wis, Motten Kobt Me Ri Morgan 8 M ‘olan Jas J Pardee Arthur B Phillips Dr EL ndieton Price ea rker Wm H Potter Dr Z H, 2 oush AJ Kesd Byron L Robloson 3 & Koss M Birest Capt OL Smith Chas Btefano Signor @ Bteward Geo ston Jno F Win Wilson Jno Wiliams Lemuel Wilkinson WO Vager W HD ‘liber Capt ZT Wi Young Andrew Yard Mr MISCELLANEOUS. **Nat Insurance Co” LIST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN EAST CAPITOL STATION, Sarunpay, SEPTEMsen 30, 1882, Allen Mrs Matilda Bruce Alice Brown Malinds IES’ LIST. Muir Mrs Robert, 2 eM aeenan Rachel Ender wood sallte jomas Rosie ‘Wills Mrs Margaret Young Lucy GENTLEMEN'S LIST. Boswell Jno Henry Chase Lineoln M Fox Heury Forster Chas Mason 1 F O'Neill John Segar John List OF LETTERS REMAINING IN THE GEORGE- TOWN, D. C., POST OFFICE, Sarvapax, SePrexweR 30, 1882, LADIES’ LIST. Booze Mrs Mangt Brown Mary Qyzon Laura B Robinson rs Julia Ross Mi GENTLEMEN'S LIST. Fee titeers 00 617 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, Washington. D. B. AINGER, Postmaster. Ale soi Samples and roles for self-measurement sent by mail on applindion orayebare, sacs K #23, PALMER'S ese GINGER ALE ‘Betail Price One Dollar ($1) Per Dosen, 909 Paxsrivawa Avawon, THE TAILOR. FALL IMPORTATIONS NOW READY. 416 9rx STREET. FO8 THE SUMMER Brauch stores in all principal cities, #27-wkka, 2t B ROBINSON & CO. ° dim BAt™'s- Arare chance to provide for the fall. From now until ‘October the first 1 offer my entire stock of LADIES’ AND CHILDREN'S SUE OTETY EEE B 20m Consisting of CLOAKS, SUITS, ULSTERS, DOLMANS, HARE- LOCKS AND JACKETS, AT A REDUCTION OF 25 PER CENT. ‘These goods are left over from last season, and the styles are equally as good ns this fall's, I will auso have two Job Lots. One lot of Children’s Coats and Suits a HALF THE ORIGINAL PRICE. One lot of Domestic and Imported Ladies’ Dolmang, prices ranging from $15 to §30, can now be picked, THE CHOICE AT TEN DOLLARS, ONLY TEN DOLLARS. As T have but one price, and that marked fn plain figures, strangers can rely on what I advertine, THE DRESS TRIMMING DEPARTMENT Is now stocked with all the latest novelties from manu- facturers of this country and Europe, and the best goods for the lowest prices is always my motto. Tam now makinw extensive preparations for my GRAND FALL OPENING, October the 9h. Several new departments will be added and an entire floor fitted up to display the immense stook, which te Gaily arriving, and will excell any former opening. cco RA 0 UMM Mt oo BoP Aa 0 OU Ms So B's Axa UU Ma BBB uv MM .STABLISHED 1830. JAMES Y. DAVIS’ SONS, 621 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. Latest Styles of DERBY HATS in BLUE, BLACK, BROWN, GREEN, at $1.50, $2, £2.50, $3, $3.50, #4 $450 and g YOUTHS’, BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S —HATS,— at 50c., T6c., $1, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75, $2, $2.50, SILK, GINGHAM, ALPACA AND MOHAIR UMBRELLAS. . Agents for DUNLAP & CO., 25-20 si New ‘CHNEIDER & BRO., ) Tew FIRST-CLASS BEEF, VEAL, LAMB AND MUTTON. CORNED BEEF A SPECIALTY. Choice Cute of Beef 1236, 15, 18 ani 20 ote, Stalls Nos. 37 a1 Cotiter’ Market, 7th street and 321 Northern Liberty Mar) pene ket. Mi delivered free of change to all parts of the city. 922-1 ET THE BEST, “THE CONCORD HARNESS.” THE CONCORD COLLAR. LUTZ & BRO., Souz Acrxts For the sale of the Celebrated “*CONCOKD HARNESS have on band # lange stock of all kinds at How prices, Every genuine “Concord Harness’ ‘Concord Cale Jar is stamped with maker's name and trade mark. HORSE BLANKETS York. LAP ROBES, ‘In Great Variety, at Bottom Prices. LUTZ & BRO., 497 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. No. 626 PAPER-HANGINGS, No, a8 Street, LATEST STYLES. Street, Patterns and Shades in Tine, Goid. O11 Quay, Rompeian ond other cokers.” Prieen Dedoe vrdera, Cen Having disposed af auction of some fourteen hundred Pieces of Paper-Hangines a little out of style, and re- ged it with additions of the newest and most ke styles, which wiil work «uaranteed. and Plain Goods, which we ce in PICTURE FLAMES, different styl store and made to order. A few choice and Ret size Frames, in Gold, Satin, Silk and Velvet. tare Wire, Nails, Fycture Roo Se AND WINTER HATS. ALL THE NEW COLORS AND SHAPES JUST IN« TRODUCED. GREEK, BROWN, BLUE AND BLACK, AGENTS FOR DUNLAP’S NEW YORK NOVELTIES. WILLETT & RUOFF, 905 Pennsylvania avenue. paca PARERS! 5 APPLE SLICERSH COMBINATION; CIDER AND au31-1m ERR 8 0 of et KF ERR UU & F RRUUH & ¥ RR wih ft PPP RRN REE cBS%y cRS8g FER gSSg Fr Bre Seas aang Hi ker Ssso8 "gas Fer BUILDERS AND GENERAL HAKDWARK, F. P. MAY & CO, auT 634 Penna. avenue, near 7th strest. ASHINGTON, D. C., AUGUST 27, 1882. wg to retire from the Book and Stationery busi- ness, [now offer for sale in bulk my entire stock, in- cluding good will and a lease of the promises, This is the oldest established Book and Stationery ‘opportunity to store inthe District, and offers a rare fy one wisliing to ao into he business. Por particulars apply to FRANCIS B. MOHUN, BOOKSELLEB AND STATIONER, 1015 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. FL ooxomicat AND SAFE. ‘WEAVER, KENGLA & 00.8 LAUNDRY B80AP Is ECONOMICAL, BECAUSE IT IS PURE; BEING NB, MARBLE DUST, SOAPSTONE, PIPE CLAY, SILI- CATE, &c., WHICH ARE UsED TO ADD WEIGHT CLOTHES. IT 18 SAFE, BECAUSE IF I8 MANUFACTURED FROM STRICTLY PURE MATERIALS, VIZ: STEAM ReFINED TALLOW (PREPARED BY OURSELVES), PUT UPIN BARS, AND EVERY Bak BRANDED WITH OUR NAME. FOR SALE BY GROCERS GENERALLY, AND WHOLESALE AT OFFICE, 3 8244 WATERSTREE I, G8 Cooxine STOVES, FOR SALB AT THE GASLIGHT OFFICE, d ‘TENTH STREET. =) (C* sorenss, BOS. 408 AND 405 1TH STREET NORTHWEST, BEADQUARTERS FOR THE WHITNEY CBIZ, Hou, Se Soa ‘