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. vp, THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY. J ue ee ee ANUARY 18, 1890-SIXTEEN PAGES. CITY AND DISTRICT. GF The local circulation of Tae Evestxe Stax is not only the iaryrst and fullest, but it is also the Best, since the paper goes not alone inte the hands of the people of the District of Columbia as a body, but regularly into their honws,—into the families of all classes, and into those of the money-spending as well as the money-earaing portion of the community. An advertisement in ite columns therefore Teaches the cye of everybody worth reaching. REAL ESTATE GOSSIP. The Large Residence to be Erected by the Widow of Ex-Senator Chandler. & NEW APARTMENT HOUSE IN A CENTRAL LOCA. TION—TWO EXTENSIVE ADDITIONS TO THE TOWN OF ROCKVILLE—SALE OF LOTS ON CLEVE- LAND HEIGHTS AND OTHER MATTERS. For many years the old frame cottage at the Rortheast corner of 16th and h streets was a landmark. It was there when the new line of improvements began to push out that way, and i% remained unchanged while elegant resi- dences sprang up around it on all sides. The Property belonged to the estate of the late John F. Cook. a respected colored ettizen, and his heirs retained possession of it until last epring, when it was purchased for $5.50 per foot. A few yearsago this would have been Considered an extravagant price to pay for ground for residence purposes in any part of the city. The new owner, Mrs. Letitia Chan- dier, the widow of ex-Senator Chan- dler, and the mother of = Mrs. Senator Hale, decided to improve this site by the erection of a fine residence. Plans have been prepared and workmen are now en- din making the excavation for one of the rivate residences ever erected in this city. ‘Fhe ample grounds and commanding situation afford an opportunity for architect- ural effect which is seldom presented in the erection of a city home. The ground hasa frontage on K street of 106 feet and a depth on 16th street of 109 feet. The house will not oc- enpy the entire space, but there will be am- ple grounds at the side and rear, which, in addl- tion to the spacious parking, will give the house the appearance of being set in the midst of agenerous lawn. With this liberal allow- ance for lawns, the dimensions of the house will still be 53 feet by a depth of 90 feet. The material used in the construction of the house will be a light-colored stone in combination with brick of alight shade. The walls will be heavy and there will be ae over-hanging eaves. When completed the house, not only from its unique design, but from its size and careful construction, will be one of the notable private residences in the city. Of the houses built recently there are but few that can compare in extent with the new residence of Mrs.Chandler. The residence now being com- pleted for M:. Martin F. Morris, on Massachu- setts avenue between 13th and 14th streets, has & frontage of 50 feet and runs back to a depth of 140 feet. Dr. Hammond's new resi- dence, on Columbia Heights, is 100 feet square. The veteran builder. Mr. Charles Edmonston, hasthe contract for erecting the Chandler house. Its completion will add another to the group of fine residences which he has built in the ame vicinity. On the opposite side of K street is the residence of Col, Anderson, which was designed by Kichardson, the great archi- tect, and built by Mr. Edmonston. Another m design which was carried out by Mr. Edmonston is that of the houses of Col. John Hay and Mr. Henry Adams. On the next corner, Land lgth streets,stands the stately residence of Mr. Lucius Tuckerman. and on K street west of 16th is the spacious home of Mr. Samuel G. Ward, both of which were built by Mr. Edmon- ston, TWO ADDITIONS TO ROCKVILLE. The growth of the city is manifest not only within the city bounds, but in the suburbs and throughout the large extent of territory which is tributary to the capital. Along the Metro- potitan branch of the Bultimore and Obio road 80 mnany little towns are springing up that there isuow xn almost continuous chain of settle- ments betwern this city and Rockville and be- youd. Kockvill» is enjoying quite a boom and i original limits being found to be inadequate to meet the demand for building sites additions ‘the tract of land known as now owned by John A. Pres- eott, A. Burgdort, F.W. Pratt and others. They have begun the work of subdividing the land and opening streets, and hereafter it will be known as South Rockville and will be an extension of the present town site. Another addition, which is being subdivided by Mr. Copp, will be known as the West End. It con- tums 183 acres. These two additions will af- ford great facilities for the future growth of the county seat of Montgomery county, and, judging from the record of the past few years. wiany of the citizens there are of the opinion that this future will not be long delayed. A NEW APARTMENT HOUSE. An important improvement which will be be- Bn soon is the extensive alterations which will be wade in the building at the southeastcorner of 15th street and New York avenue, known as the Windsor house. The owner, Mr. J. W. Nairn, proposes to change this building into an “partment house, and the architect, W. Bruce Gray, is engaged in preparing the plans. It is the intention to greatly enlarge the present structure by removing the two small buildings adjoining iton the east and erecting upon the site an addition corresponding in height with the present buildiag. The new addition will the frontage on New York avenue some fifty feet. The first story will not be changed, but will continue to be occupied for business purposes. The interior arrangements of the upper floors will be greatly altered and ample provision will be made for a large kitchen and dining room. The rooms will be arranged in suites, and when the building is opened it will be more of an apartment house than a hotel. This improvement, however, is in the line of increasing the hotel facilities of the city, which has been such a marked feature in the material development of the city during Past year or iro, RAPID SALES OF SUBURBAN LOTS, Some time ago a small tract of land fronting on Woodley Lane road was purchased by a syn- dicate. subdivided and placed on the market. ‘The property lies between the country homes of ex-President Cleveland and Gardiner G. Hubbard, and both of these gentlemen recently eg lots in the new subdivision. They ht, however, in the interests of their own Property, but other buyers soon put in an ap- pearance and itis now said by the owners of the land that nearly all the lots have been sold. IN THE VICINITY OF BRIGRTWooD. The most important recent sale of property im the vicinity of Brightwood took piace @is week in the transfer to a syndicate of the farm owned by B. D. Carpenter. Brightwood has felt « very conscious thrill of lite along her keel Sines the street-car road was built out 7th street road, and a strong demand for suburban lots has sprung up. The sale of the Carpenter farm was made by Mr. Louis P. Shoemaker who has lived for many years at Brightwood, while conducting a real estate business in the city. The price paid was $42,000 or $450 an acre. The tract contains $4 acres aud lies just west of the village, overlooking Rock Creek valley. It will be subdi- vided at once and put on the market, Through the Carpenter piace runs what is left of the famous old Milkhouse Ford road, over which Gen. Washington journeyed on his trips dack and forth from Mount Vernon to his army headquarters and to Philadelphia and New York after the revolution. Over this road also fying re from Bladensburg hastened when Gen. marched up to Washington. North of the Carpenter fares lien Senator Cam- sron's beautiful ie park. The Enoch More- iand farm of 60 acres has also been sold re- ceutly to asyndicate. It lies on the heights west of Rock creek and is one of the best farms in that region. The pric id was $250 an sere. Ex-Senator Jolin B. Henderson has also bought from A. F. Fox 23 acres on the Daniels® road for #250 an acre. This piece ix a wooded bill, commanding « beautiful view of the valley, August Burgdorf has bought the Charles Newman farm of #4 acres for $237 an acre. ee Banks as Public Depositories. Four of the 138 banks known as public de- positories are yet to be heard from on the call issued by Secretary Windom for the surrender of 10 per cent of their deposits, These banks are located so far away that it is thought the delay is due to the time required to com- municate with the department, and that re- sponses willbe received in a few days. As soon ws ali the banks have been heard from another call will probably be issued. ‘The total ‘amount of bonds surrendered to date in liqui- dation of depomts is €7,078.500, being more twice the amount required by a strict compli- wih the cal The ‘number of ‘be discontinued as } MARYLAND’S LAW MAKERS, What is Going on at Annapolis—The Legislature Declares for Washington, Correspondence of Tus EvENtN Stan. Axwapouts, January 16, The legislature of Maryland has now been in nominal session ever since Now Year day, but very little has transpired of national or great local importance. The democratic majority in both houses is so decided in numbers that measures are pushed forward in a more perfunctory, matter of course way than otherwise would be the intentness of the skirmish line where each must be onthe alert, is wholly wanting. ‘This was particularly noticeable when it became publicly known that Gov, Jacksou had withdrawn from the contest for the United States Senatorship. While his name continued to be prominently mentioned the republicans were on the qui vive watching every turn of the wheel, and particularly to find out which candidate wason the slate of Gorman, ready at the opportune moment to throw their weight into the opposite scale. And itis shrewdly suspected by some that it was the knowledge of this which finally drew the entire democratic strength over and made Sen- ator Wilson his own successor. At any rate Mr. Gorman is too sharp and too wisea party manager to ever have his candidate beaten if he can discover whose star is in the ascendant and sure to win. Very many bills both of a private or local and of general nature have thus far been in- troduced and referred to appropriate com- mittees, but little, however, has thus far gotten beyond second reading. THE QUADRO-CENTENNIAL, Today joint resolutions strongly indorsing the proposed quadro-centennial celebration of the discovery of America by Columbus by an exposition at Washington in 1892 came up in the house and was at once d without a dissenting voice. The text of the resolutions was a brief but cogent argument in favor of the exposition, as follows: ‘The discovery of America in 1492 by Christo- pher Columbus was the most important event m the history of mankind since the Christian era began. Itopened the way for a govern- ment by the people, having for its sole aim and purpose the weltare of the people, resting itself upon entire religions toleration—universal manhood suffrage and equality of civil rights. It gave an asylum to the oppressed of all na- tions; aschool for the training of every pa- triotic virtue and for the development of ideas and institutions in statecraft, for which the old world could furnish neither model nor exam- ple: a field for the freest exercise of man’s eu- terprise and energy. From these, and that discovery have floweda growth, development and prosperity without parallel in the annals of the hnman race. It is the highest degree fitting and profitable that such an event should be commemorated by the American people. heirs and pozsexsors of this heritage. and in such a manner as to draw the eyes of all the earth hither to see and comprehend the possibilities of a republican form of government. Such a commemoration can only be made under the auspices, in the name and by the na- tional government, nor any where appropri ely, save in its especial home, the capitai city. In view of these facts, be it resolved by the general assembly of Maryland: That the state of Maryland most heartily ap- proves of the proposed quadro-centennial an- niversary celebration of the discovery of America by Columbus, by the holding of a world’s fair or exposition in 1892 at the city of Washington under the auspices, management and control of the national government. 2d. Be it resolved, that our Senators and Representatives in ‘Congress be, and they sreby are, instructed tu vote for. und to hasten as much “as possible the passage of a suitable bill for the accomplishment of this ject, and that copy hereof be transmitted to thent to be laid before the several Houses of Cougress, ONE RESULT OF THE ELECTION. For several days the familiar faces of demo- cratic politicians from Prince Georges and other southern Maryland counties have been conspicuous in the state house. The great ob- ject of their quest has been to find a cushion to soften the fall they experienced in the last campaign, and some’ preventive remedies to ward off the like catastrophe in the future. they are violently determined to account for their evil fortunes by” the theory that the true sentiment of the people was overwhelmed by a great influx of non-resident voters from Washington and the District, The remedy they propose is to pass some law which shall *o detine the meaning of the word resident in the Maryland tion as to prevent the colored men who xo there for work from returning to vote, ax iueidental to this effort they are sceking to prevent the passage of the resolution already resented in the senate ex- tending Judge Stone's tenure of office to the full time for which he was elected, as provided by the constitution of the stat ing he has attamed to seventy y Most strenuous efforts are otwithstand- ace to his = On March 2. 1809, two days before James Madison entered into the office of President, the Tenth Congress authorized another clean sweep of the household treasures for the benefit of the auction block and reiic hunters, and added OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS EXPENDED AND | #14,000 to the proceeds of the sale to be ex- BUT LITTLE To sHoW For 1T—uxs, wanatsox’s | Pended elles iota socteeel PLAN FOR BESURRECTING RELICS AND MAKING A it Ae HISTORICAL COLLECTION—aow THE MoNEx Has |- T July, 1813, the first year of Madison's sec- WHITE HOUSE FURNITURE. An Interesting Interview With Mrs. Har- rison on an Interesting Subject. SHOCKING VANDALISM. Destruction of Property in the Presi- dent’s Room by a Newspaper Man. Or rae LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY, Single Number, Cl me nd Drawn at New Orica =. on to 12172 tnolusive, boing ot the, wumber drawiag the 2. 8300 64351 inclusive, being the number drawing the i 52, being ines of the Russber* drowns the cepatal Prive FFICIAL DRAWING | La. on Ti ad H — ‘wesday, Jannary All Genuine Louisians A very new newspaper correspondent was en- Tickets are gaged on Thursday afternoon of this week in gathering material for a highly sensational let- ter on “Vandalism at the Capitol.” To obtain President. and agree to pay all prizes tn New Or- leans, where the Cumpany holds ‘ite Chatter From the state, and where bot the purchaser of a bn et ‘wee nm au BEEN APPROPRIATED. It would not be recording anything disre- spectful of former mistresses of the executive mansion to say that the domestic administra- tion of the official home of the Presidents has long been managed in a rather irresponsi- ble manner. This state of tho iuternal do- mestic regime has hot always been traceable to the indifference of the presiding ladies, whose valuable time has been absorbed in official hospitalities and the exactions of posi- tion, thereby preventing them from giving their personal supervision to matters directly | appertaining to the jurisdiction of the steward. One of the first offices created by legislative enactment was the “steward of the household,” a bonded official charged with the care of the furniture and plate of the executive home. President Washington appointed Faunce of the city tavern of New York. where the officers of the continental army ate and often made merry. From that time down to the present this succession of household officials has had sway, each in his particular, sphere, more or less under the direction of the chief lady of the house. Between the unrestrained abuse of discretion by the stewards and the reoccupation of the presiding ladics, the home of the Presidents has suffered in careful regard for the memories of the place and in the transmission and perpetuation of the his- toric prestige of the mansion, which has made it above all structures at the capital the center of patriotic pride and absorbing interest of every man, woman and child in the land. ‘MRS. HARRISON'S INVENTORY. Having among her first duties completely re- organized the administration of the domestic offices of the executive household in the midst of her manifold responsibilities Mrs. Harrison has found time to go over the entire building to ascertain what household articles of art. historic interest and vertu have escaped the carlessnese of servants or auctioncer's ham- mer. AN INVENTORY TO BE MADE. At the request of Mrs. Harrison the President has ordered that an inventory be made of the entire household belongings of the mansion and also a list of the articles stored away in the lumber rooms of the attic. Mrs, Harrison hopes by this means to rescue from obscurity or a nihilation some relics of the home lives of former administrations, intending to place them where they may be seen and enjoyed by those who visit the mansiou. She hee also directed that the history or a descriptive list of articles of value be prepared from any avail- able sources of information, so that they may be associated with some portion of the domes- tic history of the mansion, MES. HARRISON'S VIEWS. In speaking on this subject to a Stan representative Mrs, Harrison said: “It is distressing to go through this mansion of nearly a century of association with the official, social and domestic hives of the Presidents and to find not even a piece of fur- niture or china or anything else of value usso- ciated with the home habits or comfort of the domestic circle of the early executives. I doubt whether the fact has ever attracted at- tention, but an official statement of tions and expenditures from 179%) to 187 printed by order of Congress, shows that in that interval of only eighty-six years, a brief period in the life of a powerfal government, the exorbitant sum of $529,600 was appro- priated by Congress, and $524,000 was the net expenditure for furniture for the executive mansion, It is not necessary to suggest that furniture is not a perishable be used for a year or two and then renewed, or at least that the whole furnishings of the man- sion would become worn out at the same time. Imagine how interesting it would be to every American citizen who visits the exe: sion, and almost every one does in the hi , to sec some of the represe: ticles of furniture associated with th y- home lite of Washington or Adams, the President to occupy the White House, Try to real how interesting it would be to have a single piece of the furniture which stood in the oval room of the seeond story, now the library, when the President and Mrs, Adams held the first New Year's reception in the executive mansion on January 1, 1801, less than two months after the President and Congress established themselves in the untinished public edifices of the permanent seat of gov- ernment. ‘Think of something ussociated with the life of Jefferson or any simple piece of fur- niture rescued frow the burning of the interior of the mansion on that day of misfortune in administrations of Monroe and Jackson and their successors, In fuct these systematic depred- ations upon the treasure of household associa- tion has despoiled the mansion of about every tiality no question is made, THE GOVERNOR'S RECEPTION. Governor and Mrs, Jackson held their legis- lative reception this eveuing. The executive mansion was thronged until nearly midnight by a concourse of the fair ladies of Annapolis and sons of Maryland distinguished in public and in social life. ‘Ihe governor and his lady received in most cheering le, the band dis- coursed its finest strains,the halls and room were spacious and elegant. The oyste terrapin and roman punch were made as only My Mary- land can produce. Ail in all the atfai great success. A few such entertainments be- tore the senatorial election might have change the results of that. The ordinary legislative mind is very accessible to argumeuts so eapti- vating and potent, W.AM, ———-— _ The Corcoran Gallery. At the annual meeting of the board of trustees of the Corcoran Gallery, held on Mon- day evening, all the old officers were unani- mously reelected, the several committees as they stood were reappointed for the ensuing year, and the usnal annual reports were read. ‘That of the curator of the Gallery presented many facts of interest to the public. For ex- ample, it showed the total cost value of the art contents of the Gallery to be $323,412, divided as follows: Oil paintings and water colors, $266,701; marbles, 329,541; casts, $3,824; bronzes, 9,513; porcelains, cloisonnes ‘and electrotypes, €11, 2,000, ; Pedestals, cases, &c ‘The amount expended for works of art dur- ing the year was $46,777. The whole number of visitors to the galleries daring the year 1859 was 108,999, of whom 12,715 paid admission fees and 96,234 entered on free days. The largest number of free vis- itors on any single day was March 5,when 11,007 persons were present. The largest number ona pay day was Mare! 1,658 were regis- tered. The sma attendance was on the 2d of July, when only 31 paid the reqnired ad- mission fee, and the smallest free day was the 10th day of that month, when there were 167 visitors. The Art Schoo! in the new annex, which has been placed under the supervision of the com- mittee on works of art. commenced operatio: with the new year with the most encouraging Prospects. Au entirely new and full equip- ment of casts, easels. etc., has been procured for it, and already about ‘a hundred pupils, as many as can weli be accommodated, have been enrolled, with an average daily attendance of over fifty. These are divided into four classes, vii elementary, intermediate, antique and and lessons are given both in the morn- ing aud afternoon. The school will be, as heretofore, under charge of Mr. E. F. Andrews, with Miss Minnegerode as assistant. Singu: larly enough, the classes at present are almost whdily made up of young ladies. only one young man so far having entered the school. A complete electric light outfit is now being placed in all parts of the building, aud that method of illumination will hereafter be sub- stituted for gas, which not only gave insufficient and unsatisfactory light but was fouud to also serigusly injure the oil paintings. As soon as the new means of lighting the gallery can be applied successfully it will be opened free to the public one evening in each week during th remainder of the winter season. these ex- hibitions due notice will be given. The Gullery has recently received and is now putting in place a fine plaster cast of the famous ideal statue in heroic size of King Ar- thur, which is one of the group of figures sur- rounding the splendid monument of Maximil- ian I, in the hofkirche at Innsbruck, erected ‘hing which would carry the oce upants of the mansion, the guests of state occasions and the passing visitors buck through the long line of patriotic mei dents, their families and their private live: SAVING RELICS, “It could not be expected that there would be no replenishing of the stock of furniture or the replacement of worn out articles, but the practice of hurrying off with really sucreligious haste everything has been to desp the house of one of its most instructive and attractive features, How much interest is taken in the vases presented to Franklin by the French government or the clock once owned by the unhappy Josephine. I was told not long since of an elaborately carved sideboard, now owned by a private citizen of Washington, which was hurried off in one of these periodical and un- opposed forays of somebody in subordinate ex- ercise of authority. If the article was suitable to stand as a treasure article in the dining room of a citizen of wealth, it would have been more interesting to re in Where it was to be en- joyed for its associations by every succeeding occupant of the mansiou, ILLUSTRATIVE OF CHANGES AND STYLES. “But even aside from patriotic sentiment, how instructive it would be if a few represent- ative articles were preserved to illustrate the changes in styles of the different periods im the history of the country. Houschold furniture, like everything eise, changes with the advance- ment of the pone in the comforts and con- venience of their homes and the development of taste and skill in manufactui “I cannot think of a single reason why the executiv ion should be subject to such a ruthless visitation with the change of adminis- trations, I do not think that such a disregard of the associations of the place tnates from those who are most concerned in the comfort of the mansion, but must be the resuit of su- perserviceable zeal ou the part of other persons,” THE WISTORY OF CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIA- TIONS for furniture for the executive mansion, the consequent services of the auctioneer, the pil- fering clutches of household employes aud the purchases of new furniture wonld make an in- teresting chapter illustrating the insidious arts of sycophantic officials, whose overstrained zeal to please their new masters is the best ex- position of the insincerity of their motives and of the merceuary and alluring intrigues of fa- vored middiemen, ‘The first appropriation for furniture for the executive mansion was for $14,000, passed in 1797. That act authorized the President. which meant the steward, to sell such articles fur- nished for the President's household as were untit for use, and the proceeds therefrom and a sum not exceeding 214,000 in addition thereto were appropriated for new furni- ture. In this piece of legislation doubtless went about all of the treasured articles asso- ciated with the times of President Washington in New York and Philadelphia, This new ap- propriation was for the convenience of Presi- dent Adams. It is not certain, however, that it was all of this furniture, which was trans- ported on schooners from Philadelphia around Y sea and placed in the four or five partially finished apartments of the unfinished ©Presi dent's house” in November, 1800, in an- ticipation of the occupancy of the permanent ran of the farm on the banks of the ‘otomac, On April 1800, Congress appro- priated 915,000 “for the purpose of providing furniture for the house erected in the city of Washington for the accommodation of the Presi- deut of the United States.” This time the money was required to be expended ‘under the -direc- ories Connected with the Presi- | in the 16th century, It is attributed to, but not | positively known to be, by Peter Visscher, and isone of the finest existing pieces of renais- sance sculpture. No cast of it was ever mado until the order went for it from the Gallery. The new acquisition is to be placed in the hall of renaissance casts, to which it will make a Most attractive addition, a gout of the emigrant transportation trom Castle Garden was the principal subject before the trunk line meeting yesterday. After a discussion the entire matter was turned over to the house for control and ment. . Henry Gibson, solicitor of the city of Roa- noke, Va., died in Richmond suddenl; The business gro tion of the heads of several departments of State, | of the Treasury, of War and of the ." It is very probable, however, that old Briseler, the steward,who had so much. difficulty getting wood enough to keep the mansion possession of mansion, mi to in making the purchases, rod IN JEFFERSON'S TIME, The day before Jefferson took his second turn at the helm of state, March 3, 1805, Con- ee him to “cause” to be sold “such part of the furniture and equipage be- longing to the Presiden’ts house! ‘a8 may be decayed or eds August, 1814, And so on down through the | ond term, a similar sale and addition of $14,000 was made. This furniture never passed under the unsentimental hammer of the auctioneer, asthe British relieved the commissioner of public buildings of that trouble by burning out the interior of the President's house and such parts of its contents as were not hurriedly carted away. The President during the repair of the mansion occupied rented quarters. On March 3, 1817, the day before James Mon- roe became President, Conyress authorized a sale of such furniture as had been purchased out of the unexpended balance of the appro- priation of 1313, after the burning of 1814, and added $20,000 to the proceeds for new. THE RESTORATION OF THE INTERIOR of the President's house having been com- pleted on April 20, 1818, Congress appropriated $20,000 to furnish it and addeli 210,000 to meet a deficiency in the previous year. On February 25, 1825, Congress appropriated #14,000 to be expended by the dire the incoming President, John Quincy Adams. On Mareh 2, 1827, during the same adminis- tration, Congress authorized the expenditure, under the direction of the President. out of the money appropriated May 2, 1826, for furnish- ing the large room im the President's house, of $6,000 for the purchase of furniture for the same, This was what is now known as the east room, originully designed for a banquet hall, and used by Mrs. Adams as a “drying room for clothes” and by the children of subsequent ad- ministrations as a play room, ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS. The Congress which expired on Maroh 4, 1829, on their last day authorized the regulation in- vasion of second-hand dealers and auctioneers and added 214,000 to the proceeds, to be ex- pended under direction of President Jackson, On March 2, 1833, Cougress appropriated 20.000 in addition to the proceeds tor his see- nd term, and the next year uppropriated 5.009 “tor completing the furniture of the ‘resident's house.” On March 3, 1837, $20,000 was appropriated to keep Martin Van Buren, the ‘Magician of Kenderhook,” from having the furniture taken from under him. AMERICAN FURNITURE. On March 3, 1841, the tariff agitations of the times crept into the appropriation, Congress requiring that the 6,000 appropriated for the incoming Harrison administration shoul’ be expended for furniture “of American manu- facture as may be practical and expedient.” On March 3, 1849, James K. Polk, then about to enter his office, was allowed $14,000 for “fur- niture of American manufacture. On March 3, 1849, $14,000, in addition to the proceeds of the sale of “decayed, out of repair or unfit for use” furniture, was allowed the ‘Taylor regime. ENORMOUS EXPENDITURES. On March 3, 1 President Pierce was al- lowed 25,000; on March 3, 1857, President Buchanan, $20,000; on February 20, 1861, Presi- dent Lincoln, $20,000; March 1, 186: 858, and March 1, 1863, $2, The expenditures now grew enormo’ the commissioner of public buildings December 19, 1865, $30,- 000; April 7, 1866, $46. 1866, 000; March 2. 1967, 35,000 during the four rs’ administration of Andrew Johu- | son, of which hardly a vestige remains in far- niture of that period, ‘The Forty-tirst Congress on March 3, 1869. started the new occupants of the mansion of President Grant and family in official honse- keeping with an appropriation of $25,000, whi was increased $29,000 and 315,000 in 1870, $11,464 in 1*71 and $1,495 in 1873, Th egute of these sums. including inci- dental expenditures, foots up, as stated, $524,- 033 net. SINCE THIS DATE the official figures are not immediately avces- sible, but as the quadrennial raid upon the fur- niture of the executive mansion authorized by | Congress was continued with the regularity known to official routine, the additional fig- esmay be safely put down at $100,000 or $624,000, This, it should also be remembered, only ac- counts for actual appropriations and expen tures, but does not include the ‘proceeds” of the congressionally authorized sales of furni- | ture. Whatever they were they should be | added to 624,000 expended for furniture for the official home of the President. THERE 18 SCARCELY A RELIC of these numerous purchases to show the changing designs of a century of executive ad- ministration, The belongings of the mansion in furniture to day did not cost $50,000, Im- perishable articles should represent the a mulation of the interesting epochs of execu- tive, publie and private life in the past, Now at this remote day there has come fo ward w first lady of the land who has patriotic interest enough in her position to exert herself in behalf of the government ‘and by careful housekeeping, having understood the require- ments of the executive household, has de- termination to establish a responsible care for the property of the mansion anda regard for the patriotic sentiment of the home of the Presidents for the future ep A Good Word for Kecorder Trotter. To the Editor of Tue EveNrNe Sran: As one who is well acquainted with the conduct of the record office I wish to say a good word for Recorder Trotter, viz: That the records are in bet- ter condition. more reforms have been insti- tuted, and the office generally has been more intelligently conducted than ever before. The fact alone that the general as well as the dail index is kept posted absolutely to date, a thing never before attempted, and, though almost im- possible, 18 of itself sulticient to make his ad- ministration far in advance of all others, tion is that Recorder Trotter hi business” and did not imagii it all” when he took office." Al- though a life-long resident and republican (and white). as a liwyer having considerable business at this office I feel that this statement should in justice be made. Now, let the fees be reduced so that the publie may reap the bene- | fit, for if the office is made a salaried one aud fees not reduced the surplus goes into the treasury and who is the gainer? To reduce the fees will be to accomplish both results, ‘Thongh in favor of home rale, Josritia Fiat, es Foreign Notes of Interest. France's minister of war has arranged for a series of military maneuvers, the main purpose of which is to test the smokeless powder again, Queen Kegent Christiana of Spain held a con- ference yesterday with her supporters in refer- ence to the formation of a new cabinet, The influenza is spreading to England. At Portsmouth 200 employes in the dock yards are absent from duty on account of it, The adherents and supporters of Malietoa and those of Tamasese had a friendly meeting at Apia, Three hundred Portuguese residing in Paris et yesterday aud denounced England’s action in the pending difficulty with Portugal, Mr. Stanley is expected to make a prolonged stay at Cairo, partly for reasons related to tho recent expedition and partly to avoid the vory great change of going from Ceutral Africa into uorthern Europe at the bad end of the winter. The Rome Moniteur announces that Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro, the pope's secretary of state, and Gen. Simmons, the English special envoy, have reached an agreement upon one of the points in dispute in regard to the church administration in Malta, Mr. Balfour, in the course of a speech de- livered at Maidstone, ridiculed the rumor that parliament is to be dissolved. Ata liberal unionist meeting at Liverpool T. W. Russel, member of the house of commons, was hissed by some dissentients, which pro- voked a great uproar and a general fight, sucess ted dessa Celebrated Franklin’s Birthday. Benjamin Franklin’s birthday was celebrated by a banquet at Richmond last night by the Typothete, Toasts were responded to by Thos. Nelson Page, the author; Col. R. F. Beirne of the State, Hon, J. L. M. Curry, B. F. Joboson and Robert Whittet, flat cin ee Kunze may Never be Tried. Kunze, the Cronin suspect, sent word to the state's attorney in Chicago yesterday that he expected to furnish bail today. A saloon keeper ‘named Julien is said to be ready to fur- nish security to the amount of 5,000. The state’s attorney admits the Eats dim of Kunze ever being again arraigne ——_—- +00 Brice was Elected Just in Time, Senator Ashburn (dem.) vf Clermont county, Ohio, died yesterday morning. This makes the third democratic member of the legis!ature pone her ae is now a tie tor Brown, who is pLirtncos ill, was removed to his home yesterday, ~~" _ee0e—_____ Several trains have been snow bound for three days near Denver, listed the friendly services of genial Guide Kennedy, who showed him all the defacemente executed by the hands of profane visitors, from the innumerable grafitti in lead pencil on the marble columns of the statuary room to the destroyers’ marks onthe bronze doors. Among other things mention was made of the wanton | ¥over to scces anything bu the act of ¢ ggnuot be reprinted correctly under penal w destruction of furniture in the President's room, and the ambitious journalist was in- formed of the repeated cutting of the leather- covered sofas with knives, the slicing off of por- tions of the carpet and the chopping away at odd times of dozens of tassels from the chairs. “That is really quite too dreadful,” said the correspondent. | “Would you mind showing me the room? 1 have never seen it, you know.” “With pleasure,” replied the guide, just around the corner.” When the two entered the beautifal apart- ment Mr. Kennedy informed his wondering companion that this was the handsomest room in the United States, “Look around you!” he exclaimed. “See how exquisite those frescoes are—so wonderfully harmonious their coloriug and so admirably set forth by the gilt and other ornamentation, Observe how rich isevery detail of the furnish- > There is nothing like it, I tell you, in the new world.” “It certainly is immense,” gasped the news- paper mun, as he gazed open-mouthed abont tho fretted dome-like ceiling, covered with superb paintings. “Perhaps,” suggested the guide, “we had better sit down and look about us at our leis- ure.” And, as he spoke. he raised his coat tails to sit down in the big red leather-covered chair on one side of the chimney pi motioning to his companion to seat himself in the corre sponding chair on the other side, Now, between these two chairs there was a glass vase of very ornamental pattern. which was intended to serve asa cuspidor, The correspondent did not see this, forthe reason that he had been gazing around upon the ceiling above, and it was, in- deed, his impression that 0 sofa, like others about the room, was extended beneath the mantel, So, when he was invited to repose himself, he deliberately sat down upon noth- ing at ail—or would have done so, had it not been for the elaborate vase aforesaid. As it was, he seated himseif, with a tremendous shock, square upon the cuspidor—Mr. Ken- nedy’s extended arm being too late to save him—and smashed the article of bric-a-brac all to smithereens, The guardian in ‘charge leaped at once to the rescue, and, assisted by the guide, raised the unfortunate newspaper man to his feet, The latter viewed the damage with a single glance, and turned distinctly pale. His tirst thought was that an ornamental cuspidor, to accord in point of gorgeousness with the tout ensemble of such a magnificent apartmeut, must be a Sevres jar at least, worth anything from $500 up. Visions of immediate arrest and detention at @ dollar a day until the damage was paid for arose before his troubled mind. His relief was great when the polite person in superintendence said con- solingly that accidents would happen in the best regulated families and that the piece of furniture destroyed could be easily replaced, Whereupon, the delighted journalist bowed himself, with many protestations of regret, out | of the President's room, «ud, taking onecagain the arm of his cicerone, departed for other por- tions of the Capitol to look up more instances of wanton destruction of government property in the building by vandal visitors, pest ‘coo How Fleming Got a Plurality The West Virginia legislature went into joint session yesterday to hear the report from the joint committee on the gubernatorial contest. Chairman Kee presented the majority report, consisting of 154 octavo pages. The report was not read but distributed in pam- phlet form and ordered printed in the journal, Mr. Morris read the minority report, or the greater part of it, before the joint assembly. After the presentation of the report a joint committee was appointed to prepare a moue of procedure and the joint assembly adjourned until Monday next. The majority report shows that 124 of the votes cust for Fleming were cast out and 437 cast tor Gotf were cast out, were added to Flening’s aud five to Goff's. This gave Fleming a plurality of 237 votes, Mrs. Foster Left Out. Capt. McMahon, aide-de-camp at the govern- ment house, in Ottawa, is authority for the statement that Mrs, G. W. Foster, the wife of the minister of finance, was not invited to the state dinner. Mrs, Fuster is the lady who re- cently procured, in Chicago, a divorcee from her former husband, D. B. Chisholm, a fugi- tive from Canadian justice. The Anglo-Portuguese Trouble. ‘The Anglo-Pertuguese difficulty is causing ve auxiety in court and diplomatic circles in Berlin, Bismark received advices from Crispi, the Italian prime minister, to the effect that the Portuguese dynasty was in imminent jeopardy. A formidable combination for the purpose of proclaiming an Iberian republic has its headquarters in Varis,and Bismarck sug- | gests that the British ambassador advise Lord Salisbury to remonstrate against the virulent attacks of the French press, which are arous- ing a passion dangerous to monarchical insti- tutions and to the peace of Europe. ser - Ex-Congressman Speer Poisoned. R. Milton Speer of Huntingdon, Pa., died in New York city at noon yesterday, For more than a year Mr, Speer had been a sufferer from astrange nervous malady, which bafiled the ; skili of all local physicians, Last week this re- | sulted in a partial stroke of paralysis, which af- fected his entire left side. Subsequent investi- gation shows that Mr. Speer’s aflliction was the result of lead poisoning due to his drinking of water which stood in lead pipes, Born Septem- ber 8, 1838, at Cassville, Pa. he was admitted to the bar at the age of twenty-one. After fill- ing several minor oftives he was elected on the democratic ticket to Congress in 1870 and re- elected in 1872. ———+e2-—_____ A Victory for Center Boards. From the Norwich Buile in, If this be true (the story about the new Irex) it means that Johnny Bull has at last learned something from his numerous yachting defeats, and is going to give himself a chance for the cup by adopting a style of yacht construction which was years ago shown to be the best, but which he has heretofore affected to disdain because it wasn’t invented at Lunnon or on the Clyde. eee Remedy for the Grip. From the Chattauooga Times. A prominent physician of Chattanooga gives the following formula of a remedy for the grip, which he says is now considered the most pop- ular and efficacious one: Muriate ammonia, 24 ins; sulph. quinine. 24 grains; Dover's pow- ee 6 Hee ine, 1 grain. Mixand doake eight capsules. Take ‘one every four hours, Tibating the fumes of turpentine and carbolie acid through the nose is also recommended, Judge 8. T. Holmes, ex-Congressman and former partner of Hoscoe Conkling, died at Bay City, Mich., yesterday, festerday a freight train of ten cars and an engine of the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Mem- phis railway plunged down an embankment 50 feet deep; The fireman, John Wiilis, was killed. A broken rail caused the accident. J. W. Wenman, a cotton broker, announced his suspension on the New York cotton ex- change yesterday. the company are equally protected by the laws he United § state and of t information on this exciting subject he had en- | With Sctitious names dated spl ineucd cities in the name of the Louisiana State Lottery Company promis than New Urieans Tickets at all, but are conutes tended to deceive and detreud t Memember that One Doll est part or fraction of a ticket issued in sny drawine Anything im cur name offered acounterfeit ora swindle. examining to see if your ticket to accept anythimg but our official drawine ate. Lotte | issued at New Orieaus, sigued by MA = the surned from other ing to pay prizes in other places are not Louistaua State Lottery A cheats in- the amall- Drce ts either nember further, t has drawn a pri Qo | BE FOUND IN THIS MARKET, COMPRISING figurea vf the number drawing the noone pute patos of the number 9f, $100,000, #100. Sika Bes cambio in fall wit facthe We. the anderstenedt ban few will ay all prizes drewn th Kw Wat Mar Ey reemaene tes Rant VALMS! id ava ater PIERKE LANAUS, President State Nabonal Raut. A. BALDWIN, ds By titel Howk it 1 ‘ational Bark The subscribers, hay it Drawing, Claes “A, TERK, hereby certify that the above are the lw ere thie day drawn from the 100,000 ples with the prizes corresponding to t | Witness ourhabisat New Orleans, La, this Tues day wary 14, 151 “= a: BEAUREGARD, 3. A RARL Shim iasioners. 000, sold at Cal ineton, D.C. $100,000, vi ex, Third Cap Crmcinnat, Og Peorta, TL; and Hurts ‘sold im Conte eae ls $10,000, kof scuding the Offic UNDE re ceivitw it iis oe m0 | inst on the iat. Address. M. A. DAUPHT Address Rogiste ag x v NA AL BANK, PY ORLEANS, LA Lutered according to Act of Congress, in the year ¥ the Louisiana State Lotiery Company. 1a the office of the Librarian of Couxtess at Washington, U sprecepenten Arraactioy: OVER A MILLION DISTAINULER LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANT. Incorporated by the Legislature for Educational and Charitabl ween, aud tts franchise made @ Copstitution in 1879 byae jar Vote, s MAMMOTH DRAWINGS take place Semi-An- and December), and ite G r ¥ o AND SIN- } GLE’ lace in each of | the otine 01 are atl drawe, teu wi th public at the Acader | FAMED POR TWENTY YEARS, FOR INTEGRITY OF ITS DRAWINGS AND YRKOMPT PAYMENT OF PRIZES. Attested as follows: “We do hereby cert ments sor all th The Lowave rinmeiven, | the same are comiucted with hemesty, (armen, and 7 cond Faith foword al: parties, and we authorize the Oome | pany to uae Has certyncate. with Facies a var age natures atiacied, in ile advertisements.” Pid TASKER, val au dew. LAD r A BALDWIN, Pres, Uriewbs Neuonal Baile (AKL KOMN Pres Uaion National Bauk GRAND MONTHLY DRAWING AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, NEW ORLEANS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1890, CAPITAL PRIZE, $300,000. OF PRIZES, Prizes of $100 are. Prizes of "100 are { Prizes, amounting to... wi ickets drawing Capital Prizes are not outs ual Prizes, AGENTS WANTED. 6? For Cice Kates, or any further information Geri, Mite nitiy to ie shirred cag uty, Dizeet | stutii your remucnce, with Stal Muawber, More reyad reuurn wail ‘delivery wall beas- used by yuUr day a ELCs Gea as POU Buh uduress, ALWPORTANT, Address M.A DAUP New Urioauy, La By ordinary letter, coutaini Mowe) Under ixsued by Gil express Companies, New York buchauge, Dealt or Fustal Rote. Address Registered Letters containing Currency to NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK, New Orleans, La, “REMEMRER that the payment of prines i¢ GUARANTEED BY FOUK NATIONAL BANKSof New Orieans, and the tickets are suzued by the President of an Institubon whose chartered mglty are recoguzed an the highest Courts; theretore, Gewarw of aubanuiter uns or anonymous schemes.” ONE DOLLAR is the price of the emallest part criraction of a Ticket ISSUED BY US in any Draw- jug. Anjthing iu vur keiue vtered jor less than + Dollar is a swindle, jalS-waeew TEN PER CENT OFF FOR CASH. OUR STOCK OF FINE DRESS MATERIALS 18 STILL VERY LARGE, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE \ MAKING A GREAT MANY SALES AT RE- DUCED KATES FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS, AND THOSE WHO WANT GOOD MATEKIALS WILL FIND IT TO TH INTEREST TO CALL AND LOOK THROUGH OUK STOCK BEFOKE THE ASSORTMENT IS BROKEN. TEN PER CENT OFF 18 QUITE AN ITEM IN THE PURCHASE OF A NICE DRESS, AND LF WE WERKE NOT OVEESTOCKED WE WOULD NOT MAKE THE SACKIFICE. WE HAVE A FEW FINE BLACK CLOAKS THAT MUST BE SOLD THIS SEASON, AND WE A OFFERING THEM AT LESS THAN HALF WE PAID POR THEM, AND THE DISCOUNT OFF BE- SIDES. YOU CAN NOW BUY OF US THE CHEAPEST BLACK SILK YOU HAVE EVER BEEN OFFERED, IN GROS GRAINS AND FAILLES OF THE BEST , AND MAKE A CLEAN SAVIN@ THE DOLLAR, AND MANX OF OUR FANCY GOODS IN EVENING MATERIALS WE ARE SELLING AT ABOUT HALF PRICE AND *) | TAKE THE DISCOUNT OFF BESIDES, AS WE )) | ARE DETERMINED TO CLOSE THEM UUT THIS: 00 | SEASON. 7: COMPRISE ELEGANT FANCY BRANDS KNOWS, 00 | VELVETS AND VELVET ROBES IN GREAT Oy | VARIETY. IN FACT, ANY GOOD JUDGE CAN G0 | FIND MANY EXTKAOKDINARY BARGAINS DUK- 00 | ING THIS SALE. v0 | REMEMBER THAT THIS DISCOUNT OF TEN PER CENT OFF VOR CASH APPLIES TO EVERY ITEM IN OUR STOCK THAT AMOUNTS To TEN ) | CENTS, WHETHER WE SELL THEM AT A PROFIT OR A LOSS, AND OCCASIONALLY A GOOD JUDGE. UF GOODS MAY FIND MANY EXPENSIVE AKTI- CLES AT A VERY LOW PRICE. WE WISH TO CALL YOUR PARTICULAR AT- TENTION TO OUR LARGE STOCK OF MOURN- ING GOODS, AS WE CLAIM TO KEEP ONE OP THE BEST ASSORTMENTS OF BLACK GOODS TO LUPIN'S HITCHCOCK'S AND OTHER CELE- BRATED BLACK GOODS, ALL OF WHICH WE WILL TAKE FLEASURL LN SHOWING, AND YOU WILL NOT BE PRESSED TO BUY WHAT YOU DO NOT LIKE. ‘TEN PER CENT OFF FOR CaSH. W. M. SHUSTER & SONS, nue 919 PENN. aVE. N.W. Pee EE tre Foss Ar Reoveen Parices ‘The balance of our stock of Furs and Wraps st te duced prices. Lancains can now be obtained by those dosiring reliable gods ‘The stock consists of Bear Muffs and Boas, Monkey ‘Muffs and Capes, Nutria Muffs and Capes and several other desirable qualities. Skin Wraps can be bought as low powas we pack them away. vie if