Evening Star Newspaper, March 8, 1890, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR “WASHINGTON D. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1890—-TWELVE PAGES. They Have Seen Nearly Thi Years’ Service. ——e—___ ORIGIN OF THE POLICE FORCE. Present at the first Holt Call—Before the Days of Uniforms, Hetmets and Batons—MNen Who Have Earned Easy Berths Something About the Veterans ——— HERE ARE NOW only seven per- <ons on the police force who went on duty when the metropolitan police toree was first organized. They are Lieat, James W. Gessford, Lieut, . Charl <R, Vernon, Sergt. Private Aagustua Brown, Private Caleb Sebas- Jotun F. Cornelias Ne Private Godwin P tian, These seven men were anthorized to carry batons on the evening of September [1, 186L They have seen hard service and most of them are still strong and vigorous men, and are bkely to remain as the protectors of property nd guardians of the peace for some years to come. THEIR PRESENT DUTIES, The three lientenants are still in charge of preciacts, while the only sergeant left handles tue thorsands of dollars that are paid in fines at the F Conrt. Policeman Brown is de- tailed at the and does not have to do night duty. Ovticer Pierce is detailed at the Diistric ament building and is not sub- jected nent weather, while Officer Se- b ol inspector in the seventh or inet. Thus the force is caring jcers in the best possible man- t for their good treatment and “PU never forget the first day ssid one of the originals to ree bridg: wo n is gvod we went on uty, & Srag reporter the other day, It was raining and the first roll call was at o'clock in the evening, The city wat divided into ten precincts, When the force was organized Mr. Witham B. Weob was chief and there were one hundred and fifty members, There were no station hon 1 the roi was catled out im the street. I was in the old seventh ward, which was in South Washington, answered the roll call on the eeliar d old Island hall, “We were a ty erowd that evening when we started out. We had no batons, +. but were provided wd to put around our plo: ‘Metropolitan hats ring the suse first thing the men did was to go tos t cinbs, the regulation maze Some of the primitive size and looked as if they No HELMETS IX THOSE DAYS, »w about the hats?” inquired the reporter, “Some went on duty wearing slouch hate, others had derbies and silk hats and some hardly {any bats,” was his reply, “but it was only vonth «the government furnished yrins sud clubs, but they don't fur- Bish them new. ‘The ol cloth, which was the only thin designate the policemen from other citize them the app we of ho- tel porters a they were ofven such by rs. daty was different then from what it isnow. The oftivers had no time to joa’, but it was always “get up and get,’ as there was al- Ways someting gotug ou. Sach w# thing asa pa- trol wagon was never thought of during those days, The persons arrested were marched to the central In some cases it took the oiticer a half a day to tuke his prisoner im and return to his beat, OLD-FASHIONED WHISTLES, “The police at that time had the old-fash- | joned whisties with a ball in them. They took | the place of the rattles that were used by the | old corporation police. Even after the change in the forces ratties were kept im many houses and were used when police assistance was Becessary. ~The prisoners were tried at the old central | guard house, the soldiers arrested being turned over to the military rt, which occupied a portion of the building. The punishment meted ont to the offenders was about the same as now, in petty cases the flue usually being €5 and costs. The costs were either 43, 54 oF 94 4, according to the circumstanm tending case, T il building was at the corner of 4th and G streets, where the pension office now is, and persons sentenced to that prison were escorted there by au officer and compelled to work. The work house was situated where the alms house now is and $1 was allowed by the magt«trate for transporting prisoners there. ‘The officers thea used to hire a hack or other pablic vehicle and go to the prison in style, Sometimes there would be a dozen or more prisoners to be taken atonce and then an om- bibus was procured. “When the officers first went on duty every man thought he would not reach the top of the ladder until he bad arrested a murderer and when the first crime of that serious nature was committed every man was anxious to catch the marderer. THE FIRST MURDER. “Tt was not long before there was a murder, and then all the officers who heard of it started out to do their best. The killing occurred ina frame shanty on the island or seventh ward. Aman while intoxicated stobbed his wife with an oyster knife and then stood over her corpse as quietly as though nothing unusual had taken The officers surrounded his house and finally the door was opened and several of the Dluccoats entered. ‘What do you want here?’ the man asked. “Why. vou, of course,’ one of the officers lied. Then he was placed under arrest jocked up. His trial, conviction and death sentence followed. The jail had just been transferred from the cha of the marshal to that of the warden, and the law making the change bad failed to mention who was to ex cute death sentences, The conseqnence was that the prisoner, like several others, escaped the gallows and got off with a light sentence, JAMES W. GESSFORD is the onl* person now in charge of a precinct who can oast that he was made lieutenant by wmacte. Congress. He is as good natured as vue men doing their duty, and no at fact better than the mien under him = Lieute it ford is a native of Balti- more and celebrates his birthday on a legal bolday, having been born on the same day of the same mouth that George Washington was, February 5. He leit Baltimore when 22, 1835, eeventeen years of age and came to the national capital to seck « fortune. and if he has not suc- ceeded in amassing wealth he certainlyhas earned a fortune so far as the good wishes of the citizens are concerned. Having learned to construct houses under the instruction of the wenerable €. B. Church, bi © up his trade end was willing to become a defender of the city of Wasbington and was one of the first po- Hicemen appointed. He Rot on the force long before Brock. who was afterward made chief. was promoted to a ition in headquarters und he was promoted to fill the | vacancy thus caused. When Congress changed the grades of otticers he was then Sergeant Gessford and the act made bim lieutenant, He bas since commanded « number of ‘incts and is held in high esteem by those who have done duty under him. In addition to doing duty as lieutenant he held the office of night inspector for some time. LIECT. JOHN F, KELLY, who has filled every office on the force, is a na- tive of this city, having been born on the 224 day of November, 1831. He was born at the corner of 27th and K streets, where his father kept the first ale bottling house that was estab- in this city. After attending the Innit Catholic school in Georgetown tatll be was $f. teen years old, his purents having died, be was bond out as an apprentice to Thomas Lewis, the master brick layer. He served his spprenticeship and then went to work and was foreman of the force ew ployed ou the Corcoran SEVEN OF THE FINEST | aard house, on Louisiana avenue, | art gall building at the beginning of the ig President Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers John F. Kelly bundled up his tools, left the art gallery building and enlisted as one of his country’s defenders in the three months' service. As a member of the Metropolitan | Rifles, ander Capt. Nally, he crossed the lon bridge the night before the killing of Ellawo in Alexandria, He was appointed a private on the force and went on duty the day of ite or- ganization. About a year later he was moted to be roundsman and four years after- ward was made sergeant, After serving about one year in the latter position good luck again befell him and he was made lieutenant in charge of a precinct and was transferred from time to time until he became thoroughly ac- quamted with both officers and criminals in all sections of the city. During 1867 and 1868 Lieut. Kelly had charge of the detective corps and was atterward appointed night inspector, being the first officer to fill that oftice, to which | duty he was subsequently assigned a second | time. Againhe was put back in charge of s | precinct and fought many hard kattles in Swampoodie, where he had worked while an | 8pprentice boy. In addition to the offices mentioned Lient. Kelly has acted as captain and during Maj. Moore's illucss some months ago he was the acting chief. LIEUTENANT CHARLES R, VERNON bas done duty in the South Washington pre- cinct more than in any other and consequently be is more familiar with people and affairs in that section of the city than most of the other lieutenants. During the first days of the exixt- of the force there was plenty of hard to perform thereabouts, as there were sev- eral places on Maryland avenue where the sol- | diers congregated and committed violations of | the law. The lieutenant, who was then a pri- | vate or patrolman. figured in many severe bat- thes. Like his true friend, Lieut. Gessford. he answered roll call on « cellar door the first evening and went out without uuiform, club or shiel | Lieut, Vernon was born in Alexandria county, a.. September 20, 1832, At the age of thirteen ie left school and went with his father to learn his trade as car; ter. Like many other young men at that period he left home when quite young and went to the home of his uncle in the country to become a farmer. He remained farming on what is now the Gentlemen's driv- ing park until he was twenty years old, when he came to this city. several good horses and engaged in hauling freight until the organization of the police force, Several times he could have been pro- moted, but being fond of his country dogs and gunning he did not care to deprive himself of those amusements and gave way to another member of the force. Ip 1866 he was made sergeant and nme years Tater he was desig- nated as lieutenant to take charge of a precinct, In 1579 he was made captain, which position he filled until S. H. Walker was made chief, when he gave way to Lient, Austin, who was promoted. Since that time he has commanded the South Washington precinct, except during short intervals when he acted as captain during Capt. Austin’s absence, SERGEANT CORNELIUS NOONAN is one of the oldest men on the force and has | probably had more experience in police duty | than most menon any force inthe country, Being born in County Cork, Ireland, in 1817, he lived with his parents unl he became of age and he then became a member of the con- stabulary in Cork, where he rose to the rank of sergeant, He resigned his position there and came to America with his wife and one child with excellent recommendations from his superior officers in the old country. Arriving in America about 1847 he spent a number of years in Baltimore and then came to this city, Appointed as the others in 1891 he has gone through all grades to lieutenant, and asa re- | orgamizer of several disordered preeincts he proved a success. Onone occasion while in command of what is now the second precinct | he went to the rescue of the bartender in Loefiler's garden, who was being mobbed by soldiers. He succeeded in rescuing the man, but in so doing he received a severe stab in the | chest and his skull was fractured. For several years he had charge of the detective and sani- tury corps. On aceount of his age he was afterward made sergexnt and placed at the Police court to handie the money paid in fines in District eases, When he first took charge there, about | twelve ye ago, the collections amounted to less than $10,000 a year. They have steadily increased until now they exceed $30,000, Dur- ing the twelve years it is estimated that he has handled uearly # quarter of a million of gov- ernment money, and his accounts have always been correct toa cent, POLICEMAN AUGUSTUS BROWN bears the distinction of being the only man who wore a badge the first day he went on duty and the only original member of the force who is now doing street duty. He was a member of the corporation police prior to the organization of the metropolitan force, and that is where he | obtained his badge. Officer Brown was born | in Georgetown March 4, 1825, “He learned bis | trade as carpenter and worked for Mr. En- twisle, who is now building inspector. Some | time after learning his trade he went to work | for the Chesapeake and Obio canal and was in charge of the carpenters employed by that corporation, When it was decided to establish the metropolitan police force he put in his a plication and was one of the lucky ones, le auswered the first rollcall in a little shanty in rear of the present police station. Tuere were two rooms in the building, but no place where the officers could sleep. In his twenty-nine years’ experience in police duty Officer wo | has figured in some severe struggles. He has lost less than one month in sickness in all that time and less than six months from all canses. Hie is now doing duty at the free bridge, where he has succeeded in putting down the rougher elements who used to make that thoroughigge almost im, He brought with bim | GODWIN PIERCE has served the force as private, roundsman and sergeant He isa native of Philadelphia and is sixty-two years old. Before leaving his native place he mastered the brick maker's trade and worked at it here from 1850 until shortly before he was made a member of the police force. For two years he served as sanitary officer and as such looked after the welfare of the unfortunate class of soctety who were with- out funds enough to take them to another city. Asa member of the force Officer Pierve was connected with between fifteen and twenty homicide cases, In 1883 he was detailed for duty at the office of the District Commissioners and has faith- fully protected those oftivials from the trouble- some office seekers alter 2 o'clock in the aiter- noon ever since, CALEB SEBASTIAN is at present performing the duty of food in- spector for Georgetown, andas such he makes his daily report to the health officer instead of tothe chief of police. faxcounty, Va., in 1918, but has been a resident of Georgetown for fifty-three years, Long be- fore the war he occupied a stand in the old Georgetown market, where he sold butter and eggs. When President Lincoln called for vol- unteers he was one of the first to respond, and, like many other Georgetown citizens, he went in the three months’ service and received an honorable discharge, At the expiration of that term of service he took charge of the first am- balance train to Bull run, but did not reach the battlefield, being compelled to return to Arlington. When the police force was organ- ized he went on duty, and has been serving his city ever since, When Dr, Townshend was appointed health officer he secured the detail of Officer Sebastian as food inspector in Georgetown, and for twelve years he has per- formed his duty faithfully, HOME MATTERS. Household Hints and Seasonable Sug- gestions to Practical House Keepers. He was born in Fair- A Piece oF Sponce fastened to a stick is a good thing with which to clean lamp chim- neys, : Viotet, Ros asp Onance blossom leaves are frozen in ice cream of delicate flavor, Om Crorns witt Last Loxa&£n if one or two layers of wadded carpet lining are laid under them, A Pounp or Svaar isone pint, an ounce of any liquid is two tablespoonfuls and a pint of liquid weighs sixteen ounces, Try Keerixe Craxpenntes Fresn by putting them in cold water containing a piece of char- coal, Change the water occasionally, Wuex Your Sirter Becomes Croacen with flour or meal sift some hot ashes through it; you will be surp: ied to see how nicely it is cleaned. Tue Cran Juice or THe Prnzarrve is now considered by some physicians to be the best remedy for diptheretic sore throat and even for diphtheria, Was Tray Covers, &c., that are embroid- ered in colors in cold water with borax, Rinse them well in cold water, do not sprinkle or roll up, but iron them while they are still slightly damp from the line, Lemon Juice will whiten frosting, cranberry juice will color it pink and the grated rind of an orange strained through a cloth will color it yellow, Grated chocolate is best for coloring it brown, A Srwrie Mrass or Cuanoixa tae Arr of a sick room is to open a window at the top and opening the door, move it backward and for- ward rapidly, so as to insure a current of fresh air from the window. Wuen tae Sxrx 1s Brursen it may be pre- vented from becoming discolored by using a little dry starch or arrowroot merely moistened with cold water and placed on the injured part. “This should be done at once. Te Buack Daesses Have Been Sratvep boil a handful of fig leaves in a quart of water and reduce it to apint. A sponge di; in this liquid and rabbed pon them is DE enue to remove stains from crapea, bombazines, &o, To Keer Pre Orvusts rrom Crcmsiina.— When your pies with upper crusts are ready to put in the oven to bake take a little sweet milk in a cup and with a bit of clean cloth wet the upper crust and rim, When baked it will pre- sent a shiny surface and will uot flake off. Noruina cay Be Dong Witu S1ix to remove the rain spots, Rain or water drops are fatal to some of the silk mixtures and to the usual thin summer silks. Louisines and some of the surahs do not spot, but it depends greatly on the color, Never use a very hot iron in press- ing silk. The plaid India silks can be washed, usually, as safely as cottons, To Caxvz Onance on Lemon Peex.—Drop the skins as you accumulate them into cold water, keeping them under it by a plate. Boil them until they are tender and can easily be pierced with & splinter of wood. in and ay them in cold water immediately, Put a half a pint of water toa pound of sugar; cook the skine in it until the sirup looks very ‘thick; lift them outon a plate to dry and sprinkle powdered sugar over them before they are quite cold. Tur Fotxowrxe Srupiz Treatwext has been found excellent for cold in the head. Put v.. teaspoonful of powdered camphor in @ cone- shaped vessel filled with boiling water and covered with a cornucopia, the top of which is then torn off just enough to admit the nose and inhale the warm camphor vapor for ten to fifteen minutes, A repetition cf this procedure after four ot five hours will generally euftice to effect a cure, Fisa Croguerres (Very Dexiciovs,)—Mash some baked potatoes with butter, cream (or milk) and one egg, whipped to a froth, roll the paste out to a moderate thickness, ‘chop uj eight to ten boned sardines (two for eac! croquette), cook them in the following sauce: Two ounces of butter, one teaspoonful of curry powder, alittle chopped oniou and a squeeze of lemon juice, © turuovers of the potato aste, fill them with the mixture and bake ina risk oven. To Remove Errgcts or Rats Dnops Faom Ve.vert steam the veivet and best it, while dry- ing, with a whalebone on the under side of the coat, This should make the pile of the velvet rise. Use the often-explained device of the hot iron, bound with a wet cloth, firmly held by one person, flat side pmo, while another passes the spotted suriace several times over the steam. It must be quickly done and promptly “beaten” while being held in the hot air of a heater or before a coal fire todry. Beat from the back of the coat only. Copying a Tissuz Patreax.—Any one who has struggled with the task of “taking off,” as they ex} it, a tissue pattern will agree that it ts ‘about’ aa ‘uresome a thing -as‘alls tos woman's lot, A little ingenuity will save hours of worry. Let the ich lay your pattern be either ide, Dat ft te oot’ Lone battce be Beato te . smile’ again,—Boslon AN IDEAL MANSION. Mrs. Harrison’s Artistic Design for a Home for the Presidents. CAPACIOUS AND ELEGANT. —_—-__. A Model Pian for Extension of the White House—A Home, Grand Reception Hall and Offices—A Winter Garden, Statuary Hall, Etc. —_—— OR more than a quarter of a cen- tury the provision of suitable accom- modations for the comfort, conve- nience and privacy of the household of the President has been & subject of ag- itation. In 1867 Congress appropriated $2,500 to defray the expenses of a surveyof a park or site for a ‘presidential mansion.” Various schemes have bech proposed at different times, but have been ignored by Congress, as they were associated with land speculations, In 1882 Senator Morrill, chairman of the commit- tee on public buildings and grounds, secured the passage of an appropriation of $300,000 in the Senate for the erection of a duplicate man- sion on the south of the present one, to be con- nected by a corridor and to be used asa pri- vate residence for the President and family. For the first timesince the official requirements of theexecutive office have encroached upon the household comfort and convenience of the executive family the subject has taken a start which it is thought will result in some action. The desire of Mrs, Harrison to inaugurate a movement which would relieve her successors from the inconveniences which she has en- countered in trying to make the family of the President comfortable was manifested last summer, when she expressed her views upon the inadequate accommodations of the execu- tive mansion for tho dual purposes of offices and residence for the President, Since that time she has bad conferences with Senators and Representatives and has had assurances of co-operation in her very proper ambition to make a home for the Presidents’ families whic h will be worthy of the dignity and power of the office, The committee on public buildings and grounds of the Senate have been invited to visit the executive mansion with a view to ex- amining its condition for the purpose of re- pairs incident to decay and cheap and insecure workmanship and to enable Mrs. Harrison to state her ideas in reference to an extension of the building so that it may answer the require- ments of the Presidents of the second century of the republic, just commenced, MLS, HARRISON'S ARTISTIO PLAN, While urging the question of an extension of the mansion Mrs. Harrison has also turned her thoughts to the practical solution of the prob- lem by formulating her ideas as tothe char- acter of the extension proposed. The artistic tastes of the first lady of the land, her thorough knowledge of domestic administra- tion, her experience in household arrange- ment, her skill in drawing and painting, her fondness for architecture, have resulted in the presentation of her views ina plan which has ee prepared by Mr. Fred D, Owen from her own suggestions. The theory of the design is the preservation of the original building intact, the addition on the east and west respectively of counterparts of the original structure in general architec- tural style, their connection with the main edi- fice by a colonnade range and the extension on the south of wide conservatories or winter gardens with a central rotunda or palm house, the entire series of structures forming the four sides of an inner park, ‘The arrangement of the details and artistic tistically displayed. Italso admits the sym- metrically constructed conservatories or winter andthe open court or park for the t's family. AN ALTERNATE PLAY, The adaptation of Mrs, Harrison's views has had the benefit of Mr. Owen's extensive Euro- pean travel and study of the celebrated and public edifices of the capitals of Euro THE CENTENARY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. As centennial glorifications over events in the national history have been stimulating the patriotic fervor of the people for the past fif- teen years, beginning with the one hundredth anniversary of the promulgation of the Decla- lion of Independence and recently in a similar commemoration of the establishment of the Supreme Court of the United States, it is now the turn of the federal district to indulge with ride in the celebration of centennial events its local chronology. In the convention which framed the present Constitution of the United States the establish- ment of a territory under the exclusive juris- diction of Congress was a subject of vehement discussion, but was finally adopted and incor- porated into the organic instrument of national administration. Then followed a conflict of sectional interests and preferences, culminating in the location of the federal territory on the Pennsylvania shore of the Delaware river above Philadelphia and nearly opposite Trenton, A deal, however, be- tween the Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, and the Pennsylvanians in Congress, the latter agreeing toabandon the Deiawate site in favor of that on the Potomac, favored by President Washington and the southern Sen- ators and Representatives, in consideration of their support of the Pennsylvania pet scheme— the assumption of the state debts by the fede- ral goverument—led to the adoption of the pres- ent location, ‘The first centennial anniversary of the fed- eral territory will occur on July 16, 189. On that date one hundred years ago President Washington approved the act of Congress es- tablishing the permanent seat of government MRS. HARRISON'S "ARTISTIC PLAN. effects convey the idea of grandeur and pa- triotic interest, The original building is to be devoted exclusively to the uses of an execu- tive residence. On the west 18 the official wing, approached from the departments of State, War and Navy and arranged on the first floor with a diplomatic audience room and ante rooms for guvsts at receptions. The connect- ing range or statuary hall forms the way to the main building, where the President and lady receive. The second floor of this wing con- tains the office of the President, the executive library and cabinet, private secretary's and clerks’ rooms, From the main building toward the east another broad passage similar to that on the west opens into the public wing, containing the gallery of paintings and treasures of art and history. This wing will be open to visit- ors. The conservatories on the south form not only a sceue of tropical beauty in winter, when social gayeties are at their height, but a grand promenade back to the entrance wing and ante roows, thus obviating the crowding which occurs in great throngs of people. The outer measurement of this architectural rec- tangle of edifices is 427 feet from east to west and $50 teet from north to south, THE PROPOSED INNER COURT AND GRAND FOUN- ‘TAIN. The inner court or park, 250 feet square, is to be turfed and arranged in parterres, with a grand allegorical fountain in the center, com- memorating the discovery of America in 1492, the laying of the corner stone of the executive mansion in 1792 and the triumph of free insti- tations in 1892. The fountain will represent the landing of Columbns and his officers on the October morning of 1492 from the Santa Maria, Pinta and Nina,with the island of Guanahani in the distance. ‘Subsidiary figures will repre- sent the different ages of exploration, coloni- zation, independence and national progress, ‘This piece would not only be an effective fea- ture in the artistic entirety of the executive residence but would serve as a memorial of Columbus’ discovery of the new world and the laying of the corner stone of the official home of the Presidents of the American republic, the former on October 12, 1492, and the latter on October 13, 1792. The pore would have the attachments of light and colors by night. The advantage of this ee plan is asymmetrical addition to the building. The coustruction of the conservatories on the south admits sunshine, winter warmth and summer breezes into each of the buildings without ob- struction, The view from the windows is also unbroken. The court affords private grounds for the President's family and on a certain day of the week may be thrown open to the public, with music and the fountains playing. The cost is estimated at $700,000, with such additional expenditures ss may be allowed for elaboration of details, erection of terraces and embellishment of ap ripen The staircases would be of marble with onyx trimmings. The connecting galleries are set apart for statuary, halls, with statues of Lincoln end Grant as cen- tral figures, The rotundas of the stair halls of tl are d for statues of Washi: ton and Jackson, e entire additions might be sapiaes b biases yp baw a ped oral of the very of an laying of the corner stone of the ori executive mansion, thus constituting a suitable memorial of those historic events at the national tal, The following alternate plan, represent a front facade of 440 feet, has also been examined by Mrs, Harrison and is regarded by her ag having meritorious features. It embodies the general scheme of her favorite plan, but less ar- on the banks of the Potomac, to be ready for the sessions .of Congress by the first Monday in December, 1800, On March 30, 1891, will have been reached the centennial anniversary of President Wash- ington’s proclamation, dated at Georgetown, detining the lines of the federal territory ac- cepted by Congress and orderiug the three commissioners whom he had appointed to Permanently mark the lines and proceed with jo work of erecting the public buildings, April 15, 1791, 3 p.m., Friday, the initial or corner stone of the federal territory was placed with appropriate Masonic ceremonies at Jones pe (or upper cape), on the Virginia side of the Potomac river at the confluence of Hunting creek, one mile east of south of the court housy of Alexandria, Va, This stone is now walled ii. the steps of the sea wall of the light house ac that point, From this stone during the ensu- ing year the lines of boundary were run by the “geographer general” and marked with stones inscribed, facing the territory: “Jurisdiction of the United States, opposite Virginia or Mary- land, facing north, 1792, facing south position of the magnetic needle. August 28, 1791, Maj. L’Enfant, a French en- gineer in the late continental army, laid his plan of the city before President Washington, having been ordered in 1790 to prepare a de- sign. . September 9, 1791, President Washington, having approved the plan, directed that “the title of the map will bea map of the city of Washington in the territory of Columbia.” The names of the city and territory aud designa- tions of the si were determined at a meet- ing of Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State, and James Madison, Representative from Vir- ginia, with the commissioners of the city at Georgetown a few days before. After much hesitation, and only through the persuasion of Jefferson and Madison, would the President assent to his name bemg applied to the federal city. This original plan, preserved in the office of the engineer of public buildings and grounds, exhibits the foundation of the magnificent capital which this generation enjoys in the closing years of the first centenary of the per- manent seat of government of the republic. October 17, 1791, the first public of lots, of which the government had 10,136, took place at Georgetown and ranged in price from $26.66 to $306.59. The first series offered was Pennsylvania avenue beyond 17th street, WHITE HOUSE CHRONOLOGY, The chronological record of the executive mansion is as follows: March 14, 1792, the city commissioners ad- vertized for plans for a President’s house, FR. ef abs iE f i | ures, marched to the site of the excavations for the foundations of the proposed mansion and performed suitable ceremonies. The President was not present, as he had re- Connoitered the site of the city on March 29, ef pe three Commissioners, the and arranged terms with the original which gave the Strects and harks so the govern half the lots for the sum of #66. acre. 6635 an On Tuesday, October 9, 1792, President and Mrs. Washington ‘and suite left Mount Vernon for Philadelphia to prepare for the meeting of Congress. The President passed over the site the city, taking an aj look en route the barren field and broken earth where {he home of the Presidents of the future was to On the night of the 10th he was banqueted at Baltimore amid salutes and fireworks and retired at 10:30 p.m. At7am. the next day, with an escort of light infantry, a battery firing a salute, ‘was answered by the skins in the harbor, he started for Philadelphia, house was built out of the - ~ — lonations of the states of Virginia (@120,000) and Maryland (872,000) for the public buildings and use of the sites. the proceeds of the sale of lots, loans for continuing the work when the city exchequer became impoverished and in- jirect appropriations ‘ingly granted b; Congres: during rele i ea 4 April 24, 1800, Congress made its first a /pro- pristion, $15,000, for furniture for the house erected in the city of Washington for the ac- eo of the President of the United In November, 1800, President John Adams ace nap the President's house, then an un- finished mass of walls of masonry and brick. March 3, 1807, Congress made its first appro- priation, the parsimonious sum of €15.000. for repairs and improvements on the President's house and lot of ground on which the same stands. April 25, 1808, Congress appropriated $14,000 for juclosing, planting and building “a sold flight of steps to the principal door.” of at The mansion to 1814, when it was destroyed | by an invading enemy. had cost $333,207, Tu 1815 Congress authorized its restoration, which was completed and was occupied by President James Monroe in 1818. The south o was added in 1823 and the north in 1829. The exterior was painted in 1845. Gas was introduced in 1848. The con- servatory was erected in 1857. The total cost of the mansion and its restora~ tion in 1815-13 was $300,000, EXPENDITURES ON THE EXECUTIVE MANSION. Astatement of appropriations and expendi- tures on the executive mansion from 1790 till 1876 shows the following items: Annnal repairs, Library, 1850-62 Improvement of grounds. - 270.000 Total, exclusive of construction ac- count of the building..... + 91,511,000 Original cost of mansion 333.000 Approximate expenditures, 19’ 200,000 Aggregate expenditures, 1790-189, or 100 years, $2,044,000 As the interior of the present executive man- sion is greatly out of repair it is Mrs. Harri- son's hope that whatever action Congress may take looking to the increase of the official and household accommodations for the use of the executive office and President's family will be determined promptly, 80 that the new portions may be available while the oldare being re- stored, Deb. KK. co In Lent—A Rondel. By girls in Lept is thronged the church, But don’t suppose them left in lurch Of Cupid, the blind god of love! What they are mostly thinking of Is how the archer's bow is bent By girls in Lent You'll see them after service due, By hundreds ou the Avenue, Out of the corners of their eyes Straight to the mark tae arrow flies, And scores of golden youth are spent By girls in Lent, February 27, 1890. —VOuN Savary, BEEF TEA FREE TO ALL, Sometimes, However, One’s Generosity May be Imposed On. HE sign on the ontside of the apoth- ecary shop invited every one to come J a and have “A mug of bouillon free « of charge.” . A newspaper man regards it as un- Proicss.onal, not to say discourteous, to decline auy invitation of that sort, Tux Sran reporter was just draining his gratuitous allowance of tho artificial beef tea when the attendant behind the counter, who had seemed much agitated while pouring the palatable solution from the urn, suddenly remarked: “Did you see that shabby-looking man who went out at the same moment you came in?” “I didn't notice him particularly.” “Weil,” said the beef-juice disseminator, with asigh, “I've been in great trouble with that customer for the last three days, He came in nere on Wednesday morning and grinned her- ribly as he observed: “I see that you serve bouillon free of charge.” HOSPITALITY IS BUSINESS. “Yes, sir,’ I responded as pleasantly as I knew how. ‘We offer this particularly excellent article without demanding any payment for it. Indeed, I have been instructed by my employer to refuse money for it under ail circumstances, I trust that you will find it an agreeable beverage.’ . “It suits me,’ said the seedy stranger, ‘both as to the quality of the article and the price. I will testity to my appreciation of the stui! by calling again,” “And he aid,” continued the attendant at the urn. “He came in eighteen times that day, by actual count, and on esch occasion re- marked: “TL understand that you decline to receive any money for this?" “Aud I would reply: “Tam not permitted to accept anything, ‘hen he would swallow his drink wi smack of the lips and take his departure,” HE CAME AGAIN. “Did you see him the next day?” inquired ‘Tue Stax writer, “Quite as much as I desired. He dropped in twenty-six times, and on each occasion took a cupful, remarking always: *‘T hope I am not abusing your hospitality,’” “So he is here again toda; “Well, I should smile, venteen times he has been here already since 9 o'clock this moruing. On the occasion of his last visit but one—aboub three-quarters of an hour ago—be Do = know I am starving?” looked at him in surprise, and replied: “You astonish me, should have thought that you were being fairly provided with sus- tenance here. Within the last three days you must have consumed at this counter the essen- tial properties of about sixty pounds of meat.’ “Young man,’ he anewered, sententiously, ‘you. are evidently unaware that beef tea—even at prepared by natural processes from the meat directly—is not resily a nutrient. Phy- sicians have repeatedly experimented with it and found that it was merely a mild and pala- table stimulant, But it certainly will not support human life. 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