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Se <rqy| tion. And this equalization, instead of being | be the eminently just one, that each citizen : AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALES. DISTRICT ASSESSMENT | eistsct*"iet provers omen cte| poss oftac'tstrenets GP ae" t;| Highest ofall in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov't Report. : — a TOMORROW. DAYS. — === ling in value: that part of it consisting of | proportion to the pecuniary benefits which the a Rien i EES "rt ___ FUTURE Days. ; ; . wh UCTION SALE.—TRUSTEE SADE OF 3 ACRES | PPATCLIFFE, DARK & O0., ADCTIONEER ATINER acts. 1407 Ge {buildings and improvements by accident | growth and improvement of the District and ANS WEDNESDAY MAY R xi 0. Eee, 1 L' SGLOAK, Ances., 1407.0 at | e © les of land (ine land decay, and that part consisting of | the maintenance of public order, safety and TWEATY-FIFTH, AT Five ‘Ocuock | EXECUTOR'S SALE OF VALUABLE STOCKSAND Report of the Congressional Investi-| 2nd by changes in population and its centers | convenience enables him to receive in. addi- Viren oes ine Comgeibens seieing ae taen te re ‘po! gre: and by public improvements. Instead | of| tional income, or, rather, makes it possible for petra oll ste extended ‘ver frat on the Yo A . leaving examination to the last and then hurry- | him to receive {f he chooses to do aa. " . ealuale"stome quarry: the nearest e- | ON gation on the Subject. | ing it through at intervals of three years, the| Your committee conceive this to be a correct Sle aates Uoenta te the highest tithe eens | EVE FEES, : | process of equalization should be constantly | principle. They think, with these representa Trice. "Por full information nee KEPT HOUSEHOLD: SAND EFFECTS 1403 L STRFE FRIDAY Moi Ine. AT TE residence a BY Yirtue of am onder fron the Supreme Court of the District of Colina, bok at pubite a Sloan, No. 1407 r » SATURDAY ATH DAY OF MAY. Int ‘ 30 sharee ¢ EROONAL PEFR TS. Household Goods going on, so that at the time of the semi-annual | tive property owners, that the man who holds Fe 181 PES EVCLEMENTS, | | ofp fais leavine toe ity EERE wie at the time of the e owners, that th i Cia 1921 Fst. n.w., Washington, D.C. farnitiare contained IRREGULARITIES SHOWN. | collection of taxes the amount due from each | Jand that would yield him income were he to PosTiVELy, rast Few Dav or THE PELUSH EARL SIC St Consisting of Porcciains, Bronzes, Ivory Carvings, ee) Cloissonnes, Screens, &c., & "hs K MAT RACK. ———— by deliberate and as far as possible uniform | penses of the District as he who by improve- ; tion. ment actually does receive an Evils in the Present System Claimed to Have therefore, of the division of re-| land, and they can see how much this equitable Been Demonstrated —Taxation Upon Land | gyonsinility between the three assessors, aided | method of levying assessments would stimulate Values Said to Be the Only True Method— | at times by a fourth, who are themselves ap- | improvements and. promote the growth and ABSOLUTELY poosectnomnientetyy | pointed by the divided responsibility of three | prosperity of the District, at the eame time as Commissioners, we propose that the responsi- | it lessened the tendency toward inequality. ‘ome from his person or piece of property would be found | improve it ought to pay as much toward the ex- At our sales room, 1001 Pennsyl vant: HONKY, Execator of John baw BR ATCHIPE, DARE & 60. Ancte_m0 Py AND DESIRABLE TWo-sTORT-AND. 10th street, THIS DAY and TOMO! ELEVEN A. M., THREE AND EIGHT P. M., WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO., Auctioneers. _my24-4t i rm wae: LASS AND q 8 AND FURNITURE, BRUSS! “ont of the premises, by public eaAt Sete, | EREDAR hate Ouse ATCLIFF: AIN CARPETS, MATTING THROUG! 1 CH STH - gh, BLAxD 8 eS ieee bility for the equ ion of taxes in the Dis-| ixremest oF CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES} 5 R HOUSE. | AND NINTH AND TENTH STREETS NORTH: a tt ‘ bia sl cet y 5 ” " CT “i Tv Aud a general assortment of goods useful and orns- | WEST. BY AUCTION Mr. Jobnson today brought in the long-ex-| fame of obi snl sponibie aiteer, derive | , At while inclined to favor, substantially at SUCTION SALES: AUCTION SALES. remade a cece FDEVES TAC AT MALE TANT FOUR OCLC ee pected report on the question of assessments in | ing his appointment from a clearly responsible | least, the recommendations of these large prop- | ~__ THIS AFTERNOON. TomoRKOW. Spay, MAY TW short time. will oator for gale df the District. The report rich in tables. The report says my2i-d RATCLIFFE DARR& CO., Aucts._ | auction, js a long one and is source, removed as far as possible from the | erty owners, your committee are even more in- | \¥7ALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO., Auctloncers — = : ned to favor it when they take into considera- | W RATCLIFFE, DaRK & co., personal influences concerned with his func- —_ 2 ATIMER & SLOAN, Auctioneers. ion con-| fons:and that all his hearings acts and decis- | tion the rights and interests of a still larger | pay" ,collegtion ot spring, FLowenrxa | L, While there is yet some eras ‘sa ions shall be matters of publicity and record. class of citizens. The District of Columbia | Paims, Fotiage Plants, Be “frgm Joba! Saul's IMPORTANT CATALOGUE SALE nected with the matter submitted to thems| While the individuals interested to large | derives its population, its importance and. ite | $rX, St Our sales room corner JOth snd Pac ave. nw which your committee desire to obtain, as the | amounts in keeping down the assessment upon | wealth from the fact that it isthe capital of the | SUESDAY, MAY TWENTY-FOCRTH, AT FOU et Et eg) Among the secur PR LOT 111, TX S¢ f 4 : HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND EFFI m m TAINED reted cellar and ; cap LOCK P.M. Ke 2 : Deueand five, bande dare t on that part of the District | their own property ean be relied on to present | nation. As the national capital, itis the nec- | Cms2e' WALTER B, WILLTAMS & or ity : ; a eite of the cite, where the greatest discrimi- | their own side of each case before this board of | ewary’ residence for Tonger or shorter periods | JP ATCLIFFE, DARR &CO.,Aucts., 020 Fa. ave. HIGH-CLASS WATER COLORS, AND | T TEN OCLOCK AM Peo ENNG outside of the city. where r | lization, one erying want in the present | of citizens of the various states and territories | LW a a SK “OF | Nevill sell the ne furniture contained therein to the ation has heretofore existed. has not yet Det [avatem has been the absence of any one whose | brought here by reason of their service in the | VERY, DESIRABLE, IMPROVED REAL. ESTATE CONES ABOUT UR WEST | Bighon for cash reached, yet in view of pending legislation in| duty it was to represent the other side, | various legislative, executive. and. judicial IN-ROOM \ AND BATHE STO ONE HUNDRED PAINTINGS i vane the annual appropriation bill on the subject | nominally that of the government, but in| branches of the fational government or by bus- | ENO. 60:3 FLORIDA AVI en, wt purcaar s moet - , ; A . VEST. BY AUCTION. BY THE FOLLOWING ARTISTS. RATCUPTY, DARK & CO.. Ancte. f tax assessments in the District of Columbia, | Feality that of the smaller property holders, | iness connected with them, As the national | oW Ai, BY AUCTION. |) S a s BONDS. DS: HATE AND SHUCK MAT! : : < y | "hose individual interests are not sufficient to| capital contains the halls of Con-| FOURTH, 1sg2, AT. HALE-DAST FINE OCLOCH, ‘AMERICAN SCHOOL. iC GUN CARRIAGE LACE CURTAINS. PORTIERES, | o TMG rUrrhaeer at, the above sale hav: they deem it expedient to submit the testimony them to give time and attention to| gress, the chambers of the Supreme ‘we will offer for nals tn front ofthe preinises Louis K. Harlow, Julian Kix, TEE Ake Dee SIDEBOARD, LARGE DINING | (euuty, with the tems of said sabe th so far as taken with recommendations. This want we propose to remedy | Court, the residence of the executive, the great BLOCK. Hamilton Hamilton, 8. R. Chaffes, ABILITY: TABLES. TNURAIN: SHittashia: AND | rick and ‘cot of the wuld default WHAT THE FACTS SHOW. by the institution of an oficial whose duties | libraries, museums and repositories of informa: OF LE DROIT PARK, betas Taoseon. Hardesty 6. a: ATCLIFFE, DARE & 00. ARPETS, MAHOGANY AND OTHER SIDI ae. MAY SINE ram yy IS eH n tions have been conducted j shall be of the same nature as those dis-| mation, 'which the national government. is | Frontine 20 feet on Florida avenue, with a depth of 46 ‘ — DLER EVOTAGRE - CKERS. CROCKER RAETAN AND OTHER et the ma ais phone peor f the assistant | charged by the public prosecutors in our | graduaily building up, it has to American eiti- | [ftiatdgmprored by 4 handsoms brick house con- | award L. Field, piers: RATCLIFFE, DARE & CO.-Ancts. 200 Paave.n.w. | BUTCHER FORSTRTER ASD NECEO TITS ey | | Tertunas tnomtieral ae with open doors, except that of the assi rts, who shall call attention to property that | zens a legitimate attraction, For these reasons | ‘Terms: One-third cash, balance in one and two | Otis Weber, Geo. H. Gay. FOUR HUNDRED SHARES OF THE CAPITAL | other articles usefal in bouseker fre | Mts RATCLIFPR@DARR, ©O., Aveta eswors themselves, which at their request was mies dos tesemiet abies es at * | Sears, with notes bearing fhterest at the rate of 6 per = ” STOCK OF THE BRIGHTW inall in good comlition, a 5 abel : aaseseor i = tssesament or is inmufficiently assessed, | vour committee are of the opinion that the sub- | say witt notes Waring Saterest at the Fate of © per ‘ENGLISH SCHOOL. COMPANY OFTHE | WATCLIEFE #-THE ABOVE SALE 18 POSTPONED IN CON: carried on in executive session. The testimony | and who shall appear on the other side when | ject of taxation in the federal District is not a preinivessold, op alicash. ai thention of the pur: | Walter Paris, Bingham McGuinness, | | AND. TEN THOUSAND. DOLLARS. U: NHOMAS DOWLING & SON. A + | TER Ty ieee gee intl! SATURDAN, Mar shows that the facts recited in the resolution | applications are made for reductions of assess- | matter to be considered with sole reference to MENT wad denoslt of €200 required atte tiie of sale. ORTGAG ME | 'T ae ee SE ae, | Ol yibanes RACLIPEE Dike Oo ee” gre substantially true: that 6 a ee ct ucn | ment. “The payment of adequate salaries to | the interests of the District property owners or | $uuai'S° je complied with in Afteen days fromtheday | euch Dard. oma NAY TWENTY-THIRD, AD. TRUSTEES SALE OF IMPROVED PROPERTY AT seca : investigation the assesment. on land has been | these two officials and to the assistants which | even with sole reference to the interests of the | of stle or the siehtee eaetn tthe aes romtbeday |W. Reynotdy, eros O'CLOCK P.M. W ‘ei 8 BARRY PAK Fa a! Ce Tek Pin the District, | MAY De necessary for them to have will at| residents of the District. As members of the | Asfaniting purchasse is teaereed.’ © 80 SO “FRENCH AND ITALIAN SCHOOLS.” ALES ROOMS, 020 TENN BE tee ofa certain deed TWENTY-SIXTE, ateaimehourand piss, Oe 1 in the District, | Jeast entail no greater public expense than that | House, we are here as representatives of the | = eae il nn ms Osseo, switchs s the Distes Golemsben z RATCLIFFE. DAR pes taxation: that there is much inequality | involved in the present irresponsible, ineficient | people of the United States, and it is because | RATCLIFFE, So SS = pans holder of ‘th note secured thereby: for di pe - and discrimination; that land values are in-| system. the Constitution holds them to be parties of sates wee | x: Meath, @. Fortansti, RATCLIFFE, DARR & CO., Seed Coenen en ee wanes the x ({©. ©. STIGENEYS ACCT, ION A AVE creasing at an enormous rate—on a conserva- LACK OF CONSCIENCE IX TAXATION. real interest that we are constitutionally called 1B PP PMRROVED, REAL Eavare, | F. Daini, F. Martini, my 16-0 se Auctioneers. | the highest bidder, on WEDNESDAY. JUNE Fie. | TRUSTEES Salk OF VALUADLE UatErROVED tive cetimate to the amount of $40,-| via sour committes believe that the | om to decide how taxes in the District sball be RESIDENCES NO pio | Franti Carlofortt, Renzi Bartolotzzt Fa-THE ABOVE SALE 18 POSTPONED UNTIL | IN2, at FIVE O'CLOCK P.M. all Of lot numbered | Liv oh RTA RTTCATN oe ee STRELE 000,000 annually, enough to pay off the entire| But while your com . ne | assessed. = NORTHWEST, BY AUCTION And many others of high reputation, WEDNESDAY, MAY TWENTY-FIFTH, 1892, same ag mum | SEAR ITS SUNCTION WITH FOURTEENTH bonded debt of the District in six months; that | ebange in the manner of making assessments in| ““Nttiora1 pride and national patriotism DAY, MAY TWENTY-FOURTH. 15th Bour and mart ot Ind Eiiza-| _ By vistor of e euetam doe the acvewsment of buildings and the nade suo | theDistrict of Columbia which they herewith | prompt, on the part of the citizens of the | {asin orcyOCRH. A., we wil sell by public auc: | ‘This superb collection of Water Colors will beon Barry F aan said sub | Tank tots sessment of land is operating to discourage | recommend would tend to lessen inequality and | United ‘States, a desir the national cap-) THE NORTH FIFTEEN FEET FRONT BY THE | ¢*hibition at our elegant auction rooms MONDAY District of Colenetas te ek ee | Dears os men qualits tes, a desire that p- | THE NORTH PLETE oT FRONT. BY, aor ce Be Disirict of Columbia. in Hook Levy Court No. S| party se greatly the growth and improvement of the cap-| conduce toa fuller and fairer assessment of | ital shall be ‘clean, orderly, convenient and Tinproved bY the ew tory Dey ee eee,g. | A TUESDAY, MAY 23 and 2%, from 9 A.M. Page 1. improved by a two-story frame hous. | orth. ital: that the assessinent has been made in vio- | jand values, they find the belief very general comely—a desire that has been responded to | brick house No. 1124 dd st. containing 7 rooms, | UNTIL 6 P.M. ‘Terms: The indevtedness secured by said trust, to- gether with the incidental expenses ineurred in this sale, in cash within five days from the di the remainder of the pure PEREMPTORY SALE OF HORSES AND MULES. | entsat one and two years thereafter, with interest fom the day of sales Aileonvey: | DAY, MAY TWENTY-FIFTH AND TWENTY. | PRURPTORY SALE OF at the rate of O per cent peranmans antl att eee Jntion of the law, without proper. publicity or | that some change in the subject of assessment | by Congress with liberal appropriations for the | path and cellar: an ciecant opportunity to secure a inquiry. and in a careles# and reckless manner: | is of even more importance. In the last report | improvement and beautification of the federal | "Terms liberal and trade hectn. at. 9 anc ton a fair assessment of land alone it| of the assessor for the District of Columbia it is | ci 'y. And in addition to this patriotic interest | required ai would be easy to obtain by a tax rate less than | Dlied with heise ‘The sale will commence promptly at ELEVEN A.M. made Known at sale. A deposit THREE P.M., on WEDNESDAY AND THURS- | intimated thet “the public conscience is becom- | in the government of the District of Columbia ‘ id x ic. 40 Louisiana ave by adeed of trust on the preanses sold. A deposit of | Sprine street at a point h for the needs of the District. This would make | ‘Thi. is puttirg an obvious fact very mildly in- | be called upon by duty, business or inclination | = HOMAS DOWLING & SON, Aucte-- 613 Ext LATIMER & SLOAN, — | Mibpedhere by’ Mr. EH Wilson of Pisladelphia, the | icte the terms of gale within the preseriimd ‘inse ‘the a the tax rate of the city of Washington 60 cents | deed. No far as our investigation goes it would | to visit the national capital, either for pro-| P#0> aineiions, eae craostes 4 whole jot to be sold without reserve ep auctioner. | feulting purchaser. z iat records for the Dis on the 2100, a lower rate than that of any large | be 4 better expression of the truth to say that | tracted residence or for’ short visits, have an VALUABLE BUILDING LOT ON DELAWARE | my205t Auctioneers. | _ eS eee _ mdkds KEANE Z,RANTINGS,? , a city in the country. in matters of taxation there seems to be very | eminently practical interest in this matter of| SORTHEALE Nrtietpos NDE STREETS 2 : we WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO., Auctioneers. sen so sand the alae eee ae ee ead at thane of Fe have examined. as will appear from the | jittle public conscience left, and that the gen-| local taxation. The President of the United SDAY. MAY TWESTY.FouRTH, 1892, at | THE, SECOND OF OUR MONTHLY AUCTION e E JRATCLIFFE, DARE & CO., Au: AT AUCTION, . testimony, witnesses familiar with this subj R BUTCHER'S OUTFIT eral sentime: 'E NEW and SECOND-HAND CAR. terest at the rate of 8 per © Ont is that no one is bound in honor | States is the only citizen for whom a residence | FIVE 0'CLOC Bist FIVE K P.M.. II sell. in front of ‘the | RIAGES will tee piace ok WEDNESDAY MAY | (02 THURSDAY, MAY TWENTY-SIXTH, AT TEN ured ty a deed bon thee including representatives of large landed inter- ar _honesty to pay any tax that he can by any | has Ler by law provided, ana wilh thas single | Testes the east side of Dotawats ever oe deetaas | EWE NY PLPTH (ez, ab gar ware rooms, kil | CLOCK AOL We, all pel: at tore No! 510 11th VERY, DESTRARLE AND VALUABLE UN 1a i ut the ripe pepe ests who came forward in defense of device escape from, and men whose word is as | exception every citizen who is called to the | Sofeet Sine " (st..at ELEVEN A.M. . cuumerated. ee PROVED REAL ESTATE AT THE X01 dete Sep cpeiemn. Noieee of Sheet, Me Brainard H- | good as their bond, who would feel themselves | national capital findsit his primary care and in cars with Mate aL Dee eens ft, one, and two festimakersin is Counter aaah iste desis and MARBLE-TOP AND, OTHER COUNTERS, IRON b SECOND (on KInB stREr i vertiseient in The Varner. lent of the Washington Loan and | disgraced in depriving @ private creditor of a| most cases his largest. personal expense to pro- | 2 ro Cent. secured by deed of | m perfect condition. Over 100 Carriages are otlere : MBIN ATION + STORE FIX 4 USD AS ‘Trast Company. himeelf a large landowner, and | priving a pi his largest pe P P rast on the property. or'all cash at option of the pure MEAT’ RACK A: ¥ BY AUCTION. « ‘ r a rt le and cl is qu peuny of his due, make no scruple whatever in | vide himself with living accommodations, for | chaser. A deposit Of 8100 required at time sf sel, | 18 this sale and each one is euaranteed as represented. a8 r M. ASHFORD, , Om M. a 3. . v STC Trasters, ; ne pre BENCHES. F BLOC ; my17-206* GEO. W. STICKNEY ¢ 5 . . : 7 1 ‘record e Carriages: on exhibition, 1:531 and L333 H st. es f oe AS'T FIVE O'CLOC 1 WILL —< Faeaeaee oe et able land iether Iroteies, | effanding the “government of ite claim and | which he must secure the use of some building | Al jscortne apd converanclag at purchaser Biv We have ais 'a large assorunent of Harness, | PALS MEAT OSLARS UNE HALE, BARKEL RATCLIFFE, DAIIEA.CO., Auctioneers, for the owners of valnable land in the District. | shirking their responsibility for what is held to | or part of a building. whether it be residence | @222-c&ds_THOMAS @& SON, Aucts. | winch will be included in the sale. WINDOWS, THOS GRATING ASD CELE 1 , = Tre extended an invitation to act as counsel for | he their due to society in return for the benefits | hotel or boarding house. As any acsessmont | [J©XCANHON BROS. Se a Yn ae DABNETHOMAS DOWLANG ESOS OT | BOOKS, ANDOTHEN ALTICLES TOO NUMER: SUMDINrst0: PEPROPERTD. Fos TING that side of the case. Mr. Warner ace@pted, | which they receive from society. that falls on the erection and maintenance of :ALE OF VALUABLE PROPERTY ON | _my21-3t Auctionéers. | 7 OUS TO MENTION. oy winuraMaaco., |% TARLOE SAD LOE 2, IN SQUARE See ON NEW TORK AVENUE and at his request a number of witnesses were | At the bottom of this deplorable sentiment, | buildings necessarily checks building and in- Goth) STREET AND CONGHESS SNE ON WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO, Auctioneers. | _my2ive Auctioneeta._ | Sropttne Sap fest Gu Now Tork evente and laiéfeet | TREES FOURTH LARD (Try esamined. : indeea, | FE are convinced, lies a feeling not merely of | creases the cost while diminishing the comfort] GMPROVED BY LANGE Baik PHELER ROL Re eTION. T[PHOMAS DOWLING & SON, Aucts., 612 Est. n.w. | beautifully located on one of the highest poluts in the | Py aureet the p ree The testimony of these witnesses, indeed. | injustice in the manner of levying aswesstacnte, | Of Heir ace ee ating the comfort] (AIPKOVED BY LARGE Bk on wegR ROSE BUSHES AT AUCTION. = chi’on the ine of the siectric rllway. and twas: | RT, ™rnction. of even that of Mr. Warner himself. showed con-| but of injustice in their subjects, and in the | lessen the ‘comfort und imtrense ake expenses | x29," fifo Hert fac TeME, ditty recorded in Ton ELEVEN O'CLOCK A.M, we shallacihat sue mction SPECIAL AND PEREMPTORY SALE OF CAR LOAD ably adapted to advantageous subdivision for building Bay Be THIRD Bay eee ee ee eee cian due 15 | Minds of the thoughtful men whohave appeared | of all citizens who are called on to| the Diaiceae oietanie ane the land records rooms, comer 10tb street and Pennsylvania avenue | SND MCLER AT AUCTION ‘Terms: One-third cash, balance in one and two | front itd. insgnere ana. te eee ae eet =< before us there is a general and most decided | reside in or visit Washington. On the other | premises, on TUESDAY, THE TWENT Free pooling WALI B WH Thames Cee FRIDAY. WENTY-SEVENTH, 1802, at | ye the system. Althongh they defended the pres AV OR MAY. A. 1D. Tage AT HALE PAST EREH | free blooming. WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO., Loget her with opinion that taxation for the needs of the Dis- | hand an assessment on the annual rentab value | (CLOCK E Si ulleehe! following described real myZ13t Aucis. trict should be concentrated upon one subject, | of lands such as these property owners recom- | tate an premscssifuume, ‘orang aeseribed real es. | _22 the existence and value of which can be | mend has no tendency either to diminish house pA ee = tho Di Piece go readily ascertained and the justice of taxing | accommodation or to increase its cost. It Mollaws N O'CLOCK A.M., we will sell in our horse and | Bu riage bazaar, in the Fear of GI2 and G14 E st. u.w., | by deed a car load of ood Horses, Mares and Muies. You will | chaser. A deposi find in this collection of ‘stock horses suitable for all | Terrus to be c Payable semi-annually from day of sale, secared Board of assesorsas men of high character and in | many cases their personal friends, vet th too, without exception, recognized the grave of trust, of all cash, at the option of the. put- red the time of sale, “4009 re RATCLIFFE, DARR & CO., Auctioneers. uplied with in fifteen days, or the right | | with unterent at the rate of @ percent per an | | ition to DESIRABLE TWO-STORY AND BASEMENT | Plrpotes and some wood ‘draught mules. No post-| {gfesrll at the risk aud cot of the defaulting ED BI INDOW HOU x if Sad Gesrectow ns quitial Jot, in Heall’s aidition to | yeRy TOI ‘On account of weather, ser isreserved. All convevunchng, recorditus, ke", defects of the prevent, evstem, and presented a| which is perfectly clear. By law personal | simply takes from what the owner of land would | for the sare at the! Sorihetat duowr Boxing BO ATREET NORTHERS NER UTED een ee a OSTRy DOWLING & SON, | stpurchancrs cont. sai Plan for Tadival modification. to which Your | property in the District of Colambia is liable to | otherwise put in his own pocket, and by making | Tents B. Cooke ead bearer amd afterward to | STATES CAPITOL AND NEW LIBRARY BUILD: | _ms24-3t cae a sents a rare oppurtuntty to sce desirable ine eee eee eee, genigation. and | the same rate of taxation as real estate, thongh | it as costly to him to keep land’ idle aa to fully | Hetty Cook om Road street, and ru ‘and seventy. | (ING. % yg | [HONAS DOWLING & SON. Avcte.. G12 Eat-n.w. | FRATCLIFFE, DARE &CO..Aucts., O50 Pa.ov.n.w. | SUMED sa oe ane purchase money tn cash qiich thes have maite the besis for Fecommen-| the method of ascertaining it is different. | improve it, would tend to stimulate building | tiles. thence soutonrts withthe oaataueteen (14) fost | On SATURDAY, MAY FOURTEENTH, at FIVE IMPROVED PROPERTY, NO. 422 SECOND | TWO-STORY BRICK HOUSE No. 1246 | and thetalance intwo equal dations that they present herewith. But the attempt to tax personal property in | and increase accommodation. It would thus | Mian whence? festn the eget line Of said alley | O'CLOCK P.¥ Sakae Epa ROR ar or sceTIGee STREET SOUTHWEST BY AUCTION tw HOW ASSESSMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE. the District has, as is the case in’ all} promote the comfort and economy of citizens | tin Darby anduftorward. to Hobert By Dadee Bee LOT 95, OF A.B CLARK, IRS, On ECESDAY, MAY THIRTY FIRST. 1602, at | On, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. | MAY The function of the assessors of the District | the large cities through the country, degener- | residing in or visiting the national capital, and i grmerly belonging to John E. Carter, thence SUBDIVISION (IN SQUARE 680, HALF-PAST FIVE O'CLOCK P. M.. we will sell, in | SEVENTH. we will offer for : = i y 7 a i xo. m 0 of Columbia is one of great importance. It is | ated into what would be a farce if it were not | instead of diseoura; prise and improve. | {25% With the north line of the property of said Carter Fronting 19.52 feet on C street and improved by an | front of the premises, Lot 10, in’ square N a . Otherwine the right is reserved to resell at the cost of ty forierly belonwitue to Joby vie y built two-story and basement brick house, | fronting 50 feet on the east side of 2d street by adepth | Premises, herein bing lew than that of deciding, without ap- | NOPE, Taxes on persoual property can be eol-| ment would tend to discourage fhe business of | Smith tote west head the wun ofa EE ng let rs dnd bath wth al modern im: | of Laaect tna wide alg aprovedgy aframe house, |p pgne ,ATBIOT SY SQUARE sor, | | thedstnuitin purchatr. A aed talent proportion a tneaben tt malicrtaets | Heted in sparsely settled farming communities, | monopolizing land that is needed for the ROT- | atl om (210s foot to tho Unwihntne toweter wit it aa ea Sg (Pe a ee a EE ee blisds “HATCLIVPE, Fiat! make tpn partment uaureyatong 29,000,000 | "Befe eer man kuows his neighbor and where | poses which the federal District was formed. | tid ‘singifar tie" inpeavekienaaeaecther eit ll | OF ae ne ga00 ae. | pctatan estar, cal Balaton in/ome and two | sects southwest by J)EXCANSOS BKOS., Aces shall make up a paymentaggregating $3,000,000 | the comparatively little that each man has is a Tichts, privileges and appurtenances to the saiue bet ATA ALAT the time of sale, | Termns to be complied with | Eroperty. or allcash, at the option of purchaser. A | |Terms: Over and above an incumibrance of #500 “ rear—a function that exposes them to great | srattor tf at louse neighbe hood concn ee tas JUSTICE OF THE PROPOSITION. Indio in ngs apertaniag. ster dy eo the day of tale, Alicoueyancio | Soyatt of 100 traiired at Wing of atl Convey: | gash allsash at the ontion 1 the gn ane.” § \ a iy; but, f ‘ j “ermus of sale. One-third of purel ._ | and recordinur at the cost of mirchaser, ancing a vording at purchaser's cost. epost ine of sale. Terns to be compl presmure and a large temptation. a phauah taxes on personal property may be col-| Or to consider the matter in a somewhat dif- | balance'in equal installments at one and teoyeurm, | MylS-dads RATCLIFFE: DARI © CO., Aucte, ee ea eo amcta, | Sigh is Biteon ee dat ot aie dotece pied ‘BET This work is now done by three assistant | jected from the poorer inhabitants of sparsely | ferent way. The expenditures of the United | notes to be elven assessors missioners, 8 tat ; a= ofsale, payable semiannually, and to be secured by | S%-THE ABOVE SALE IS POSTPONED IN CO! sell at the risk apd cost of the defaulting purchaser ts reserved. ‘Al | States in the federal District and the large sums | deed of trust on premives sold, or all cash, at option of of the rain until THURSDAY, MAY NINE- All conveyancing, recording, &c., at the cost of the purchaser. He N . NSON BROS., Aucts., Sthand Dsts. n.w. ppointed by a board of three Com-| settled districts, they cannot be collected from ‘ aad EIGHTED i receiving salaries which they | the rich in great cities, and in the District of ps By virine of . VALU, 1 6 Certain deed of trust to os, bearine é purchaser. A deposit of $500 required at thine of sale. TH, at the same hour and place. TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED | ‘ inyl9d&ds RATCLIFFE, DARR & CO. date October 5, A.D. INML, and duly recorded in Libe themselves, the appointing Commissioners and | Columbia, in spite of the rapid growth in popu- | Which are contributed from the national treas- | Conveyancing, & at Dugyhawns coat. “Terumo sale mylG-d&ds" “RATCLIFFE, DARE & CO., Aucts. PROPERTY OX THE. WEST SIDE OF THIRD RATCLIFFE, DARK & 00., Auctioncem. | Bis folie Tai vt wget the land i : - s ich ml plied ‘with in hfteen day r SS 3 E x EST. = | Distrieg of Coleg request « Seem Rendeyaate tity “hora gay | ation and wealth and the settlement here of | ury toward the municipal expenses of the eity | {i's cummed, with in fifteen days irom day of wales | te postpoxep | By vine of sdecdof trust to us bearing date De- | Moony warp oF YALUABI, secured: th we will sell at panic an deem inadequate. They hold their | any men of large means, the returns for per- -hington and toward its improvement and | Trierty oat the Fisk and cost of the defaulting pur- | om accunutdf the rain uitil WEDNESDAN, MAY | couber22 A.D. INO, and auiy recorded i RST ist) STREEY Bi Front ot the pacmiens’ on THURSDAY. th sessions im weeret, without any | sonal property have been falling off until they tification have the effect of adding directly aera lianed eae os kuch resale in | TWENTY-FIFTH, at same hourand place. iret of Coluubia, ti at the reqhest of the party ESTREDIS NORTHWES GCLOCK FM the folisntinedasctitoed pestclot eae svstematized method of ascertaining facts. have | now amount to the preposterous sum of some | and indirectly to the value of land. It is there: JAMES A. BATES «Truste *" Auctionéers,_ | cured thereb MUR DAE THe EVENT | By decree passed in the cause of Randolph | situate in the city of Washington, Diedtet of Colum: the assistance of no one representing general | £12 600,000. | fore both just and expedient’ that the assess-| _my9d&ds DONALD 'G. STUART,; Trustees. 3 — = f — — renals BROS, Aucts., Uthand Dsts. nw. | Dav UF JL O'CLOCK P.M. interests, and are practically subject to no rep- Tesentations save those of such larger taxpayers ww. the attempt to collect taxes which it is | ment for the revenues that are needed by the ([HOMAS DOWLING £ SON, Aucts., 6I2E thus obvious can not be collected. and as to | District of Columbia should be levied on those | ‘aul being lot numbered and fromtins 861-100 fe > at PR | Fichhorn against Henry E. Courtney and others, | } rac AiO seein eect tone cet | Equity ho. 13496, the aniors a3 trustee, will 'SINESS PROPERTY, BEING ENTIRE | parcels of land and premises situate in the city of Ps of the ES a i aqaare anmberd, Stroman. arent 109 foot to a Lifoot alley. toxetiyer nw balance DAY. THE |b ‘ 2 I _ ES a : Pee RO EU pe SEE = pent bre —— = TNE, A. D. 1st: PoPAST fetite, Code Pennie Ruticient time and incentive to go be-| which there is evidently a feeling that regards | who received the pectiniary benefits of this | TRUSTEES SALE,OP VALUABLE IMPROVED SP OF 1a Peed OS Link Mtacer awh | imetiacty: PCLT Cohiba eins wart | EVE Chek Bt gers ae auction. ES (Ag Comoran street fore thems, oe a 2 is = St a8 | their collection as unjust, must by its reactive | added value, and not levied in such ways as to bp ge otra Supreme Court of the OF 216 FEET ON 13} STREET the west Hi of id eet weit, distant 100 feet north eee caeate ence an tage 5 rz end $3 in ty SK ~ much as possible of the tax burden off their | effects render more difficult than it ought to be | ultin fall upon citizens who receive no | SF oa rngee paneed tn equity cause 13,739, yen ry. | fom_southeast corner of sald square, and running . ala own shoulders. The only check or appeal to | the full art ene e | ulti Pp 5, the undersiyned will ofer fo MAY TWENTY. | {hence north 1a fr sale at pub- | On WEDNESDAY AFTFRNOO’ feet toan alley; thence west feet | Terms of sale: One-third (4s) Smente'to bear ction, in front of the respective premises, and | FIFTH, 1sg2, at FIVE O'CLOCK, we will sall in front | inches to, west line of saul ing Sor theme komt oo hase, money in six and twelve wionthe from day of | Ha;iuenix to bea he hours designated, the following pieces of eround | df the premiscs é fect: "thence east G3 feet 9 inches to'the place of be- | Sie, for Which, the piurchaner or pMrchancrs sail vive city of Washington, District. LOTS. ANDS, SQUARE 260, sinning, together with the improvements, consisting | Promissory notes, with interest | from day it Pring about, EWO-EHUEDS ‘of te entire simmare and | Of five-story and bauement Uriek fire-jrout building: | OF ail cash, at the option. of the purser or POUR OCLC oa eee eee at | Kenting OuOHTO AVENUE 137Hand LAG STREETS | ° Terms of sale: One-thind of the purchase taoney in | «0m ratincation, ‘ot sale ot sales “uy t AST FOUR O'CLCK P. M., sub lot numbered THWEST. A splendid location for large busi- | cash ; balance in two equal installments in one and two | deed nuntil all purchase square numbered six hindred and ninety | ness, dwellings, factory. &c. Years, With interest at 6 per cent per annum, interest | bav m paid. A deposit of $50 will be require ne 26 teet on New Jersey avenue soutt- le assessment of taxes on | pecuniary benefits. , landed property. And £0 it is with the assess- |" And when it is remembered that the value of ment of taxes upon buildings and improve-| improvements is constantly depreciating, and The value of the small and cheaply | that of the total taxable value of the District | built house may be fairly estimated by a look | they constitute less than one-fifth, amounting in 7 from the outeide, but the value of one of those | ronnd numbers to but $73,000,000 out of $495.- | {5g Gb! ‘of, pur. | payments, payable ino which their decisions are subject is a useless | form—their conversion into a board of equali- tion by the addition of the chief assessor to their number, a board in which the two asses- | sessors originally required for any action still | have power to prevent any change in that ac- interest payable. semi-at dof trust on the property sold. ‘haser's option. Adepomt of £ sme of sale. "All Conv shiz at arr haser™= vost. Terms « Phed with nm ten days. from the richt to te , | crms: One-third casi, balance in one and two years | payable scnicannually. ad secured tye te ragerey | cach lor when sold. All conveyameina teers | Heuston A to rowel the pr costly edifices that are becoming so common in | 000,000, while the value of land, amounting ai- | sest between B Yee at per cent per aint payable semi-annually, and | Loldor ail-casie st option ef purine Adena Of | Gost: . Terme of cate saast bo complied with within f- | risk end of WILE RMON. tion. the federal District cannot be told w ut close | ready to $24,000,000 of annual rent, is appreciat- | roved to be secured by deed of trust on will be reqitired at time of sale. All convey- 3 4 property, oF all cushy ‘The results of such a system cannot reasonably a le, KUDOLPH EICHHO! +4 opt 0 ~ ana a —y W. E. EDMONSTU examination. Adoor, a pier glase, a marble floor, | ing at the rate of over $40,000,000 a year, it would venue southeast, Premises No. | een opene po reguied | snciey andrencabpe nt, parcnanens eiet, Teemeet| ya = __| mySeo8 be.expected to be other than those our investi- | q stained window, a carved staircase, in one of | seem but simple Justice to’ do. away’ with the | “Alsroateeckne hee aS eee p. m.. lot num. | mene eroperty af tian pith attien | the trustees reserve the rucht to rewell she froverts st | J YUNCANSON BHON., Aucta,, Othand Dats n.w. | fa-THE ABOVE SALE 18 PosTro: gation has disclosed. The fact is that what njstar’ nator th reciating | bored thirty (30) in subdivision of 1ut_nuiabered ee | Saye, wtherwise, rese cost of defaulting | the risk and cost of defaulting purchaser or pur- TEGTHR yABOVE Ri these houses, often has a value far greater then | burden now levied on the depreciating | Pred thirty (0) in subdivision of 1 nu ‘eighty-four | purchaser aiter five days’ advertisensent of such resale | eagrise TRUSTERS' SALE OF IMPROVED REAL PSTATE | JL UBSPAY, JUNE SECOND, in OF ed O00 aeTbation among individuals | the entire homestead or hired residences of one| property, even though it necessitated & | (Cdn eta Te ee as pure Delaware avenun | in : nblishedl in Washincton, D.C ALDIS B, BROWNE, IN GOOD HOPE PARK, IN THE Distkict oF |! wk Ebaox ‘of $3,000,000 a rear, without check or public who among the great masses of our people! slight increase in the taxation of that | Rortheast between Cand D streets by a depth of 90 | Inyis-ddds CANSON BR Ww. NSTO! { mrustecs COLUMBIA. és myT9akas aint three gent! shove inducement to assume | such prving examinations as are not contem-| mously appreciating, Out of the twenty-four | tneee nt ete Oe nid thebalance in one |W" : gassed ete es oeoeemar ed ING & SON, Aucts., 612 Est. now. | ee iiber pod eine sted Abe 14. iss: and | PB ATers R & CO. Aucts.,.020 Pa-ave.n. ility it gives them toserve their | Pisted by our avatem and are strongly repurs rr 3 and two yoars from day of sale, with interest at Oper | VALUABLE BUILDING LOT, FRONTING 9N ee coe pod oa 83 gly repug-| millions a year which the land owners of the : nds, and who have bee d and en- DING LO pERONTNGRS | asstaNees SALE OF IMPROVED propeRry. | {hn Distticl of Golunibis STREETS (OPPOSITE PUBLIC | , By virtue of the powers in me vested under a certain ae oreo, Sates NOWTHWIST AT AUCTION, | deed beariue date on the 2d day of May igor Twit | coped in liter 1288, fo MAY TWENTY FIPTH, “Ag | Sellat public auction on THURSDAY 1 FTH | WEDNESDAY aa ‘we shall sell in front ot the | DAY OF MAY) at HALE-PAST, FOUit O'GLOCK | Thi at ype ZL nes, Int OS, in aquare 442 having 20 tect front | F-M_. in front of the premiees, the following described, | ergund in the District of Columbia known as lot ute rerage depth of about 71 feet 6 inches. making a | feal estate in the city of aiuaxton. District of Co”) hered nine (9) in the subdivision known ax a ¥ desirabie building lot, and should command the | Itunbia, to wit: Lot 10, in Wall’ssubdivision in square attention of buyers. proved by a three-story pressed-brick dwelling, ‘Terms of sale: One-thin] cash, belance in six and 1ith st. n.w., containing ten room and bath t to Ameri ideas, anything like equality of | District are couraged to act as though the matter were one | taxation of buildings and improvements cannot | themselves and the forty with which the general public had no con-| s cern, and in which they were entirel independent of any law or regu tion. The three assessors TegaceapEDMOA! ka crore eat Sanity aria tue deferred payments to be secured | © REODE AREA to | by deed of trust’on’ the property sold, of all cash at anne jillions a year which | the option of the purchaser. A Sepostt of $100 will be a be attained. But more important still than| is being added to the saluble value of their ScorGhne st pace ae ona Dp : of their | conveyancing and recording at ar’s cost. "CLO we have become convinced. is the feel-| property by the growth of the District, it is | the tetmmof ale fee wee ny MrT aaNer Scone. IE | SIX O'CLOCK. P.M fi it may be, but strong and instinctive, | surely but little to ask that they should ‘con- | from day of sale tastes reserves the rizht to resell the ; of the injustice of taxing a man for adding to | tribute less than $500,000 more than they now | Poverty at risk sO OULDY fefgulting purchaser. of Columbia, whose official acts your committee | the real wealth of the community. When aman | contribute to munic pal expenses. A tax rate 10-d&ds 215 New Jerscy’ is engaged in investigating, are gentlemen of | = upahouse in the District of Columbia | of fifty-one cents on the $100 is now needed to intelligence and character. two of them at least |fe does something that adds to the | raise the required revenue from of trust to | VERY VALUABLE CORNER PROPERTY OW 1 NINTH AN! B STREETS NOKTHEAST BY TOF THE ine HO foet 3 incher on Mh, This property subslivisioa, No. ‘Terms of sale: One-third cash, balance in one and z jon jotes be: ‘of | and ail modern improvements. Can be used asastore. | ¢yi" ‘cent interest frou 9 (THOMAS DOWLING & SON, Aucts,, 612 Est.n.w. | {1h mows, for motey bearing interest from day of | and all = two years, with 6 per cent interest from day or "sale, vo Vehicles on rear of lot. i dec ist 7 y | Stable for two horses and Yable semi-annually, secured upon said property. of at ‘nicely : nds and im- = spgpogured by deed of trast on the property | Stable for wo horgre and ewe, vebisig cu rene oC 10%. | paysite salt gon sald reece, pein rapidly and lowly large owners of valuable land. ‘They have been | wealth and stock of conveniences of the whole | provements! but a tax of only fifty-nine cents | TRUSTEES! SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED | Sonveysncine ee eee ee is struck off. All| | Tera ich cant be paid off or assumed | Zug required ae tine of salen CeaeeaN ANE wee acting. we think. in accordance with the prece-| city, and he instinctively fecls that it is|5n the #100 would. Thise it froty lind owe | PROPERT WALTER ‘A deposit of #100. te- ae = Pr 0.1322 RHODE ISLAND AVE: | in NUE NORTHWEST, AT AUCTION. ‘1)-de&ds taxes should be increased for | leaving all improvements exempt from tax-| _ By virtue of two deals of trusts dated rosyeetively purchaser: cas cordine ters: oe of aale are not c= | ueelataingct sale, ie peanee Teer ante Sirercune som. If Sonne of aslo ave met thnst be complied with within ten days, otherwise the | gomhiied with in.one week from day of sale the trus- dents of their office. and in a manner which | Gee that does not seem to have suggested either to them-| rc’, CERY SALE OF LARGE VACANT lA LOT, tees reserve the right to resell at fisk and cost of de- | having done so. poor w > Sentember 10, 1887, recorded in Liber fos | OF oF GL assiznee reserves the right to resell the property at the -a selves. to any other of the District officials or to | MAYnS done so. The poor man with a small) ation. Pict ky ail Janay 4. ARR, reconded’ in |” BEING LORS, SQUARE SOUTH OF RQUARE | Sor Tuc doraulting Purchaser” All conveyancing et | SU Te ON, Traine the Washington public that ther were doing | 22 Poor hot - ait, A few dollars | paxp VALUES FURNISH AN AMPLE sounce OF | Liber. ‘Ts, “oli “SN? et t] FRG ON OOAND FTRSt BIREEGS BAGMIE. | cost of purchaser. J. HOLDSWORTH GORDON, ‘Trastee eS See P ~ a wae oes ference in the assessment will not pay him REVENUE, records of ' the District ‘oh Fast. JAMES H. TAYLOR, A: mylG-d&ds 5 4igst. nw, W ron, DC. anvthing not entirely justified. Yet they have | for the time and. trouble of protesting, But oye At the request” of the “party sceui cs se Se deliberately and persistently violated the law. | The statute requires thet all property shall | be assexsed at its true jue in lawful money at ‘vane : LIFFE, DARR & CO. , DALE & CO., Auctioneers, TWO TWO-STORY BRICK HOUSES, SEVEN November 11, | ROOMS AND BATH, MODERN IMPROVE oie 148 et | MEN ku AND S26 TWELFTH Under decree of the Supreme Court of the District of | my5-d&ds irtue of a decree ‘daly 13 Lot st. the rich man, with the costly house, not merely | |. While your committee do not deem the ques-| snd_aiso by virtue of a decree duly” pa 1 PY | Columbia, passed in Equity cause No. 13.514 (Shields i- has more time and larger’ interests, but finds | tion of how far the national treasury shonld be | {" Supre : ¢a-THE TERMS OF SALE OF THE above wes. | THOMAS DOWEIS Se doen bi hie E TERMS 01 t OF 1 v1 Ne : T5573, on the th day of Decentier, | jes houne, tal.) we Wil sell at pablic auction, in | QT ocrts Het having, beet cent ed cith aks | TRUSTEES’ SALF_OF VALUABLE (IMPROVED | J ATCLUP | the difference in the assessment a more import- | called on to defray the expenses of the District | ]901, ¥e © peli in trot T EENTH Fet in their awesaments of real property they | ant matter. Thus, in both these ways, there DAY, “APRIL TWE have, contrary to the written instrue-| 5 STREET government to be within the scope of the reso- | PAST FOUR O°CLOCK P.M... pai tions Of the’ assistant, district attornes, | 2°¢ powerful tendencies constantly at work to| Jution submitted to them, they would report PA rat ey a | Sra ath ion ome gerd | PARA RA tS oRGP TOMO | phekTURST Ay AUCHON, fronting 21 feet on the south side of Rhode Inland | Seven hundred and forty-four (744), in Washingion | FIST, ste at HALE 1s0], and duly recorded. in Liber 108% unjust inequality in the taxation of ‘enue by a depth of 100 fect 2 inches to a wi sec. of ed to , z i yLO! ‘one of the land records of the District of Cala STREET NOLTHE prodn hat their examination shows that the collection | &¥¢hu", by aden feet 2 tnches to alley: | "Perms: One-third cash, ayd residue in one and two ees ee eee eee ~y tof the holder of the notes s BY. AUCTION, mae eee at Hart of | Buiktings and improvements. These tendencies | of ony i9ss yar cont ot thee need iat | Set teamed Hating stot wide lly OF he wat | peer OUIM cae. at Fone moneand te | myot aks ors Fath reaiues if cured thereby, we will sell, ‘in frot on SATURDAY. MAY TW HALF-PAST FIVE P.M., lot N. the premises. | On TUESDAY AFTERNOON. MAY THIRTY. SHIT, INP? ab | PLIST. AT FIV EO . We Will offer for sale, i= | in Alddiwon e must act directly and powerfully upon the tax-| value of the land of the District—estimated | 8oT¥ and ‘basement the Sup ‘or of the nited States | . axatic il 4 Island - = ong ny teat = oll me ports ation of land, with which the taxation of build-| at — $24,000,000 — would suffice to raise | ind avenue n cl p> nally, hich sh: ill otes, | pad 3. & tse reideice ESET ASS | tra ea cea ae Ree aftate | FRATCUAPFE DAKE A CAs. 2D Pa av ; balance in one and two | Fifteeu days given to comply with terms, and all con re M. | trout of the pre es, = po : ASSIONER'S SALE OF A LARGE ASSORTMENT | Sunuth's subdivision of sjuare Nome featine, Na SUBiins 113 aNp a4, a Taiatetinasaia Ws anaicmeat r “ a lea weg ‘veyancing at cost of purchaser. ‘OF FINE AND DESIKABLE SHOES, SLIPPERS | fort on the east side of Lath strect and tanning beck ta ‘Square SI. volving « deliberate change in the law, that | ™S* #4 improvements is conjoined the District's | proportion of the in- | youre, with interest, socurod by s Gees of Gusta the JOB BARNARD, AND TUS FOR LADIES, GENTS, CHILDEEN | Sieg improved bya comiforlabic teoatoryONck | Pronting 17 foutom 124 eateoe Northeast and running the words “value,” “true value” and “valua- ‘TEE ASSESMERY OF LOND VALUES. creased sum of $6,000,000 annual revenue | K'depceit of 8500 required ‘se tine, of paler ti tke WILLIAM) ENE ai ¢ Trustees. AND INFANTS. welling, with all modern inupruvements: back to an alley: hraproved by two well-built two-story tion,” where they occur in, the lw, whali| |Your committee have been much struck with | which the District Commissionors ask: thatthe | thru o sale aretot cunpitd wiht ton iO) asp AG igs axe, nunuens, anctics. Sx... aape py cre. | ectcriurel ule ome tat canh, balance in ope and | hues, wi quer tugmivtirnn, atuatod ie soe be interpreted to mean “what property | the widespread feeling which they have found | Collection cn be Sancta ee ofacteuiting Trurhaser: Conveyancing” an record _THOS. E. WAGGAMAN, Auctioneer. my13-d&ds BUATED MANUFACTURERS OF FINE FOUT-| tual on the per Fal cnt heaption uf the | “ernst sake very Ira inl sisted at the Ye ot ng forced ler diverse cir- Mit x a Y | ing at cost of purchaser, re, red at time of sale. 5 edat the th male. Tonld bring at forced sale under adverse cir-| among well-informed and thoughtful men that | fren tole $6:000.000 without taking one penny | fay at fre on TAT & sions, svete, 07 ot EA BY AUCTION. Brranaasy cicepece sum pega 3 geo a. | sale VA Act barca at the ime of ple, ince from the “testimony taken | ‘26 Only way to secure a fair and full assess- | tion of 50 per cent would give, without any their own rule. ment of land values in the District of Columbia by us and embo Ses virtue of a deed of, it tome and 4 and cost of | the day of sale, otherwiss richt reserved. to popert 6. nuraieedait, ™™ ; n AVERY VALUABLE BUICDING SITE IN OE OF | ,BY virtue of deed of, assiruincit given fo 1pe and | trustees reenrvetne right to) reaell at risk vst of | the day of sale, otherwis« riclt taerved, to tewell the at purchaser. weyancing and record: | pr wind Cost ‘of the Seta vase 1307 Fst! nw. LE SECTIONS OF THE | the anction rooms of RATCLIFFE, DAB & defaulting ‘ail com Broperty at hie rit onto toe fui pa in our report it will be | tax upon improvements or any contribution .. ing at cost of purchaser. or after five days’ oY lies in the abandonment of the attempt to tever from the national government, #12,- sed CITY BAT AUCTION, BEING Lot | 23 AUCTIONEERS, 920 PA. AVE. N.W.. ON TUES ‘H. L. SHERWOOD, ine hewapaper publisled De AL Foor 4 ta od pa ey some nections assessed at | anuess improvements and in concentrating the | 600,000 of revere a tenn or ene thay foe nie TERMS OF SALE OF THE Apove MEN.| CONAECHIC AVENUE SQ EST roan, | ETE GTR od BR, gSeOINN tS a WOBRGGES, jTrastee, | cynveyamciug and ress one 3 — i bs assessment upon the value of land theamount the Commissioners ask for—a sum | fighed property not havi omy x On WEDNESDAY, VENTY-FIETH, 1802, | §1 PEN O CLOCK A.M. ASD CONTINUING EACH . HE BROOKS, en . to 50 per cent; and in one case which came to! for reasons sch us those we have brictiy inn - faulting eitchraee Tevold, at risk ang cost of the de- | at FIVE O'CLOCK P.M.. in front of the premises, we F ; ve ¥ 2 3 attend for reasons ® brie! id faulting purchaser, on TUESDAY MAY kw ERTS LINE OF SEASONABLE FOOTWEAR, and to which | my18,21.24.20, = orbs nom ede a lege of property, was assessed cated vour committee are inclined to agree in | Genat capital the ment veratifer enn weet ROUTH Tapa WALEPant POUR OCLOCK B. | nal it ltt re dept Oa altes” “rhs | Limite the attention, ofthe trade ant piivate teipers, |= Fo —T onan See, She Gia endee pntker an | ae ean. city in the world. And this could bedone without | } Pee sehen aver, | ione.at the moit desirable jote that has been offered se dof 107 hes le i Bike SToc F'tCH, Foxe Brows, -REAL ESTATE BROKERS for, while the greater part of the property on | ™X°pinOn. : ; in dmeimatenstot 19) foot. 2, inches, as.er- | at auction for some uve and should comiaud atten | SIZES Ke. - H.W. z g the views of large and influ- | the slightest tendency to decrease the comfort ly advertised above. ‘Terms and conditions of | #8! TERMS: CASH. ‘ ‘ the same sqquare was assewed at less than 50 per | ential pio sire = slight asd : ‘Salo us inentioned im above’ advertisement, By cnc =e > GEO. W. ABBOTT, Assignee. | SALE OF DESIRABLE LOTS ON SEVENTH AND ~ “ aha | ential property holders, we desire to call special | or increase the cost of living of any resident or sy order | ‘Terms: One-third cash, balance in 1, 2.and3 years, ~ i ~ ¥ STREETS MORTHRAS SD Oe. Setting teteeeen tho wee anne attention to the communication and draft of | visitor. On the contrary’ the very weight of |" "SicHARD W. TYLER, with interest, and secured by a deed of trust on the | RATCLIFFE, DARE & a Se ee = iS Si=SSs5 5 = NER EIGHTH AND L STREETS NOKTHEAST; has been the habit of these 0 die | et ete Beene et dS: Phillips and | the tax thus levied on land values would check | \ po, 7 Fat nw. | reustess, | host wo requized at tine oF sale oe at Purchaser's | 9 ATCLIFFE, DARR & CO., Aucts. ALSO ON NINTH STKEET WEST EXTENDED. | AND rateay they . t function is given | dorsed by Mr. Brainard H. Warner. speculation and make land needed for buildings | _my12.dQBE8T 9 RUTHERFORD, my19-dads LATIMER & SLOAN, Aucts._ | CHANCERY SALE OF TWO DWELLING HOUSES, | oy gaTURDAY, MAY TWENTY-FIGHTH, 1s, RED AND © aT RELY im the fuet thats as discovered by your con | gy these, gentlemen. it willbe seen, agree with | thuch easier to be had by those who. wanted fo = ee T. LUCAS, Auctioneer. WITH LO’ NS BERED 3 AND 3 FOr N@_NUM! Shad saat rene : : AT HALY-PAST POUR O'CLOCK P.M, we will sell in i IVY PLACE 8. E.. IN WASHINGTON CITY, BE- + a 3 improve it, an effect which in its turn would so public auction, on the premises, gb 131830. . 32 ‘THIS EVENINC a TWEEN NEW JERSEY AVE. AND SOUTH a increase population and prosperity aa to greatly ee En: TRUSTEE’S SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE. | GA PiWOL ST. ig ag Fag a c ¥ fy : or z a Under decree of the Supreme Court of the District of ‘ public auction. iu irntof the trewives, va THURS increase legitimate lan jues and thus in-| 4 UCTION SALE OF UNREDEEMED PLEDGES, | | By virtue of two deeds of trust,.one of said deeds Columbia, in equity cause No. 13,740, Twill sell at | {routing on sth SFOOND, AT HALP- ase in this manner F. Wal JOHN: uct "| being dated on the 2 of June, 1801, and Ut Ry eS ark ¥ juare, being the s.w. corner of Stl: A 5 AT HAL pr elymin| apne eee ene nay be) twit sal by protic ution at the nose H. x. | gorded ations theland reco ot ty, | Public auction, 1p front of the premises, on MONDAY. | Sd03%s the suine day. at ‘a in Mey ¥. Benne to nearly Spoon cany oy = so entirely upon | 31] amessments made in the Distri rawn on for 8 their own motion that the; WUARTER-PAST FI SIXTH. 3 ont Iudtiviston 6 square 23, as per pat 1 ton, | 1" ania mi Va., in Liber L, No. folio 232, other dat ‘g "7 M., the west 34 sub jots 162, 165, in Prather’s sab- | sa! : | for years FUEMbat War RESTP POURTE 1apnmeey | Atzut Gor: Ani of souey Rernand ton other dated | numbered So aud tn H. i. Ryan's subaivinion of of the records uf surveyors, Y were at first in-| past have been viciously defective in beari han fui Shep ot raenscrit walasrms er O'CLOCK ‘koods in. hiis place upc clined to conceal from us the fact that they had : ae ‘2B: Ryd three ends of try all the other evidence taken by your committee mittee, they had. within the ‘reek elapsing be- and with the facts which were stated by the een two examinations by us of their field | * eB were stated by Reche adios eunnees te xz nt af und | Commissioners of the District in their report . | to the District committee of the House after a square, changing the figures from some $900,000 | public hearing on the subject, in de- B.e.. and sub lo = v1 a 1, record the land division, fronting on 9th st. west extended and im- t ¥ al trary, if the national govern-| PoLock Act all the pom whic | gfsaid county, tn iber E> No, ‘iste. ‘412, and by Weskineton Sity, B.C. bene lnproved by two dwell: Browed, by uree stall franie'dweitings, Nos. 2107, ie sundae, nproved each Uys brick ai with undue severity upon the poorer class of tax- jut, on the contrary, “laa rn | {nterest {B due twelve months or nore, consisting of | direction of Perky sqcured thereby, the under houses, 2 stories and basemen’ 4 ‘sale: One-third cash, balance in one and | _ lumediately theresfter, on SAME DAY, at QUAR- made such an important chang | pasers and unduly favoring the rich. ‘They | ment were to assume the entire cost of the Dis-| Charing, Lockets ‘cat Batten, Wisse Beat nine: | Sa will offer, for, sale at public suction, om the | ferme “Onethind cash, balsnce in one and two | , Lermus of tal -" we 3 EI CLOCK ‘will peli , . : 1 ‘Lockets, Cuff Buttons, Rings. near the ‘of - — two years, at 6, per cent interest, payable seui- | TER TO SIX OCLOCK 'F pall at gable toch Inequality and suck Tete how amt | Hold that these eects inbere in ‘the nature of | trict government no one would be benefited yo BRUM eyibcetie tae anaisech ervey | sane pas tpt antag Pa sake apd | soapy scram deh a heer ay | ey echt aae de more have we rgaon to expect that afl esuin-| i trac cash Tur of aarti, Mts | except the land owners. They cold and woud | ala aie et antag TAS gfe and tants laandctacougy, | Wieamvevoncine SLATE AES ae | Gecaande eats ate eet | gy ft wild ae AE aad ination would «how. je je € of operty 4 | still demand from tenants the full rental of land, pers, Fine ns, ty. JOB BARNARD, Trustee, be soldat risk and'cost of defaulting purchaser “Al | and Wests. nw. | task manifestly impossible, the attempt to carry | regurdless of the remission in the assessment on Seale to continue morning at 10 2) my2taeds Sth st. tw. verepeibe at — Immediately ‘thereafter, on SAME D. AN IMMEDIATE CHANGE DEMANDED. out which necessarily resuits in the heavier pro. it, Sat tan oust of te ase tare in ts Bigsog fate tes ngk K. PUER IN, Pawnbests sefol.| RATCLIFFE, DARE & 00., Aucts. ce Tariwi & St SAN. Avetiosrens |. | otthbck Pas "me will of, at tude But in the opinion of your committee | portionate asessment of the small homestead | profits of land owning would be to raise the | _¥- WARKEN JOHNSON, Auctioneer. musi xe: =, te enne. | wwe __ 15 ASD HDS Ws | Beawes' eubstiviaton of ortainal lor 16% @mough has already been disclosed to demand | 80 of the large and costly building. As they | selling value of land and to greatly stimulate in fa per plat corde jmook 1 pase at Surveyors office nf maid Sigek dwelling aud stable. ma ble for assess RATCUPFE, Dane & Co. AUCTIONEERS, : ; | : 920 PENNA. AVE. NW. an immediate and radical change in the system | UmSte, it is manifestly im for land speculation, Thus the effect of such R rs who can only walk or drive through the | jj of ‘assesment and the bringing into it of the | public streets and look at the fronts of build. | HU@ality, toward, the federal District on two principles of responsibility and publicity. - | Ings to determine the value of those buildings. | fools _ << —— Penne functions with which the assessors of | As these gentlemen state, “the first and fow large fortunes and to drive » greater mam= the District of Columbia are charged are in| mount consideration in taxation shoul be! ber of citizens into narrower quarters and Feulity analogous to those of @ court of ‘claims. | equality of burden,” which, as they say, is im-| make it sore difienle for thom to hear ana ae Instead of Raving to decile upon the equity of powuble under « system that really amounts to | while refraining from assessing land values, claims made by individuals against the govern- | nothing more than an extensive system of guess ae wd made ment their function iv to decide upon the |ing—a system that in ite nature ineriecoiy | fo ae as yee SAME Ge a pe eat | QoR APSR E ESENET 2 pee with all modern, ts, such as from. neral in &e.; ‘furnace and equity of claims made by the government of | favors the man of large means at the expense of broad gr Sa enbubnicg te PUA oy Pit DAY OF 0 ae pe fast the rict against individuals. And in our | the man of small means, the large property to capital, the effect would simply be to | interest of the defendant In andte tine’ opinion the sume methods which experience | the detriment of the small property. scribed property, to wit: The west twent has approved in the assessment of one| In view of these defects these representative (Continued on Eighth Page.) four (4) ia class claims should be apphed to| District property owners therefore recommend en the other. In the fixing of an assessment | that the assexment shall be levied only on the i |land. They point out that this w. Parties in interest, one being the general public | tute for asystem of extensive guessing a method ‘&s represented by the government (in this case | of actual determination—the sums actually pai government of the District of Columbia) | for the rent of land. or of land and bulldogs, other the particular individual affected | affording a certain basis by which the asseesi case. Provision should therefore be | officers can determine not only the annual rental y in | value of land that is actually rented by one public, and for decision by a clearly fixed and | son to another, but also ‘annual rental ca- Ferpousible authority acting upon clearly de- | pacity of land that is in use by the owner, or voted wi for taxation, as in the determination of a|annual rental of each and claim against the government, there are two | land ory ry one Ssatz Bor Desvtx Hie Pid F Q L isheld by its owner des | ive foe is to expel him from the to Srifts Srecc.”8 8.8 will rat himoutcompltay | Freee i cre Ree Rate reg, land of similar situation is in other cases | and force out also the poison which he has left behind. t i

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