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14 THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON THE VAN NESS MANSION. HISTORIC HOUSES.| Old Washingion Homes Famous Men Lived. GLIMPSES OF THE CITY'S PAST The Stories of the Old Mansions as Told by Dr. Hamlin. Where THE MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION. ene HE INTEREST taken in the matter of historic houses and spots in this city has undoubtedly greatly increased during the past year. Much of the credit of this healthy and proper condition of affairs is due to the efforts of the Memorial As- sociation of the Dis- trict of Columbia, : which includes a mumber of well-known citizens and which ‘was organized for the purpose of preserving nd marking the historic landmarks in which Washington is so rich. Already a Bumber of such spots have been suitably inscribed, so that strangers in town as well as the many Washingtonians who are not familiar with the history of their city may Fead as they pass and remember. Among the active and interested members ‘of the Memorial Association is Rev. Dr. ©. S. Hamlin of the Church of the Cove- Bant. In line with the work of the associa- tion Dr. Hamlin has contributed to the Oc- tober number of Scribner's Magazine a de- Ughtful article entitled, “Historic Houses of Washington.” The Star, by permission of the editors of Scribner’s,reproduces portions Of this interesting pape The article commences with a brief refer- ence to some of the better houses in this gity, some on Capitol Hill, those about the The Tayloe Mansion. City Hall, Corcoran house, the Blaine house und others. It then goes on to speak of houses which may be considered historic in a fuller sense even than these, and that are Mkely to Le passed by unrecognizea. David Burns. When the Congress, sitting at Philadel- Dhia, in 17%, determined to locate the seat @f the general government on the banks of the Potomac, the site chosen was very Sparsely settled, and but little of it was} Under cultivation, writes Dr. Hamlin. Most} f the territory covered by the present city was primeval forest. The owners of the! Jand were Daniel Carroll, Notley Young, Samuel Davidson and David Burns. Of their original homes only one remains, the cottage of Burns. He owned most of what is now the northwest section of the cit He was a hard-headed, ciose-tisted Scotch- Man, not at all willing to sur der a foot of his land without being roundly paid for it. The commisstoners appointed by the Congress to lay out the federal city could @o nothing with him. Azain and again Gen. Washington rode up from Mt. Vernon, and, sitting on a rough bench before the cottaxe, discussed the matter with “obsti- Rate Mr. Burns.” At length he sai ad Rot the federal city been laid out here you| Would have died a poor tobacco planter.” “ay. mon,” retorted Burns, “an” had ye| mo married the Widder Custis, wi’ a’ her Ragurs, ye’d ha’e been a land surveyor the Boo, an’ a mighty poor ane at that.” Binaliy Gen. Washington assured Mr. Burns that the government must and would have his land. Once convinced of this the wily owner hastened to make favorable terms. and in the end, seeing how vast! Was profiting, even became quite @rous. He gave ‘his apple orchard, which fe now the superb Lafayette Square. | | Door of the Octazon House, Thus David Burns, recently widowed, be- the first rich man of the capital, and only child, Marcia, a prospective heir- aa, She was extremely lovely in both per- fon and character. Her father's from having been the resort of neix img farmers, who gathered around his to h en winter evenings crops Qnd drink apple-jack, be: the gather- fag place of the greatest nd women that the government brousht to the new eapital Washington, Jefferson, Hamilton Burr were frequ ‘was entertained he ‘The Van Ness Mansion. From many suitors Marcia Burns chose nt visitors. Tom| The handsome and courtly John P. Van Ness, then member of Congress from ew: York, “well fed, well bred and well gead.” They were married on May 9, 180 Ghe was then twenty years of ace, and h father had died but a short time t re. several years’ ce at the cot- an elegant mansion was built near it, trobe being the architect, at a cost of @ver $5,000, an immense sum for that day. re Stands in a large inclosed park, then) utifully kept. Two zes of stone! @re at the entrance. T stibule is sup- ed by massive columns. The second dt is an English basement) has two @umptuous parlors and a dining room to forrespond. The view from chambers ‘ef the third story across the Potomac and to the Virginian Hills is enc In riousness of appointments it no Sqwal in this country at the time it was it. it was the first house in which cold end hot water was carried to all the floors. The wine vaults were very extensive. It was in them that the conspirators intended to hide President Lincoln in 186, when it was their purpose to kidnap instead of as- sassinate him. The drawing rooms were adorned with mantels of Italian marble by Thorwaldsen. Two of these were removed by Gov. Swann of Maryland (who came Into possession of the Van Ness property, and whose heirs still own it) to beautify his house in 15th street. The Octagon House. * At the northeast corner of New York avenue and 18th street stands the Octagon, one of the oldest houses in the city, still in very good preservation. It was begun by Col. John Tayloe in 1798 and occupied th 18m, the year following that {n which tht government removed from Philadelphia to Washington. It had been his intention to butld a winter residence in the former city, and he changed his plans at the earnest Hall of Octagon House. request of Gen. Washington, who took the greatest interest in the progress of the building. Col. Tayloe was the richest Vir- ginian of his day. At Mount Airy he had the largest landed estate in the old do- minion and occapied the most elegant man- sion, which had been built by his father in 138. Among his 5W slaves were artisans of every class. His hospitality was lavish, his guests the most eminent men of the time. All this magniticence was trans- ferred to his town house during the win- ters, and for the first quarter of this cen- tury the Octagon was the center of all that Was brilliant and refined in unofficial so- ciety. For a brief period it was also the official center. On August 24, 1Sl4, the British burned the Capitol and the Executive Man- sion. The President had left two days be- fore to join the army under Gen. Winder. Mrs. Madison had been meanwhile ready for flight, with such state papers as she could carry. At the last moment she in- sisted on securing the picture of Washing- ton which now hangs in the east room. By her orders the frame was broken and the camvas removed. She then made her escape across the Potomac into Virginia, where she was joined late the same evening by the President. Returning two days later to find the White House in ashes, the President was offered the use of various houses, and finally rented the Octagon. It was worthy of such occupants. The circular hafl, mar- ble-tiled, was heated by two picturesque stoves placed in small recesses in the wall. Another hall beyond opened into a large and lovely garden, surrounded by a high brick wall, after the English fashion. To the right was a handsome drawing room, with a fine mantel, stil! well preserved. To the left was the dining room, of equal size and beauty. A circular room’ over the hall, with windows to the floor and a handsome fireplace, was President Madison's office. Here, on February 18, 1815, he signed the proclamation of the treaty of Ghent, for- mally closing the war with England. The treaty had been unanimously approved by the Senate on the 16th. The Tayloe Mansion. Col. Tayloe’s second son, Benjamin Ogle, was born at the residence of his maternal grandfather, Gov. Ogle, at Annapolis, Md., jay 22, 1796. On November 8, 18%, Mr. Tayloe married Miss Julia Marta’ Dickinson of Troy, N. Y., intending to pursue the life of a country gentleman on his estate at Windsor, Va. But this life was not so congenial to his wife as to himself. She desired a town house, and he accordingly built the elegant Hall of Decatur House. and spacious residence, now No. 21 Madison place, Latayette Square, and occupied it In 189, "For nearly fort: until his death on February 2, 1368 the scene of the most generous and re- fined hospitality. Marshall, Webster, Cal- houn, Clay, Cass, Edward Livingston, Rob- ert C. Winthrop, Scott, Everett, Seward, Irving, Prescott ‘and Bancroft, Presidents John Quincy Adams, Jackson, William Henry Harrison, Taylor, Fillmore and Bu- chanan, Lords Napier,’ Ashburton, Lyons and Radstock were a few of his intimate friends. Madison survived the close of his public life for nineteen years, passed in dignified comfort and happiness at his estate of Montpelier, Va., where he died on June 28, 18%. He left his widow what would have a comfortable fortune had she not t most of it to pay the debts of her drinking and gambling son, Payne Todd. A part of the estate was the fine house at the mtheast corner of Madison place and H street, now the home of the “Cosmos,” the largest scientific club in the world. ft had been built about 185 by Richard Cutts, the brother-in-law of Mrs. Madis It came into the ex-Pres the vear before his death, in settlement of a debt. But Mrs. Madison was too poor to occupy It, and rented it successively to At- Crittenden, to the Hon. b 'S possession William €, Preston of South Carolina and to James I. Roosevelt, member of Congress On March 3, 1837, an act from New York. of Congres Jack: the debates and events i with the framing of the federal Constitution. This money enabled Mrs. Madison to live in her city house; and the ‘ame year she very gladly returned to the capital, w! she had always tenderly Mantel in Van Ness House, Her return was a renewal in pri- vate life of all her social triumphs from 1st to 1817, for eight years as the wife of Jefferson's Secretary of State, and for an- other eight years as the wife of the Presi- dent. The Decatur House. Besides the Executive Mansion, no builda- ing was erected on Lafayette Square until the close of the war of 1812, when St. John’s Church was built. The first private house was that of Commodore Stephen Decatur, at the southwest corner of H street and Jackson place. It was built in 1819, the architect being Latrobe, the master mind of our unequaled Capitol. It remains to this day substantially unchanged, and ‘s one of the most elegant interiors in the city. The exterior is extremely plain. The grounds are spacious and entirely inclosed. ‘When Decatur came to reside in Washin: ton he had all the fame and fascination that always attach to the hero of battles and of victories. These were supplemented by the unusual attractiveness of his wife. She was beautiful and highly educated, and despite the shadow of her birth, had been the reigning belle of Norfolk. She had ele- gant manners and splendid conyersatlonal Powers. Jerome Bonaparte offered himself to her, but she refused him, on the advice of her friend, the Hon. Robert G. Harper, who assured ‘her that the Emperor Napo- Jeon would never recognize such a marriage. His judgment was shown to be correct when Jerome afterward married Miss Pat- terson of Baltimore. The Decaturs at once became social leaders, but for only a sin- gle season. On leaving her house on Lafayette Square after her husband's death, Mrs. Decatur leased {t to Raron Tuyl, the newly arrived Russian minister. He was an epicure and @ martyr to the gout. He gave no large entertainments, but many superb dinners. He said: “Washington, with its venison, wild turkeys, canvas-back ducks, oysters, and terranin, furnishes better viands than Paris, and only needs cooks.” Raron Tuy! left Washington early in 19%; and Henry Clay, Secretary of State to John Quincy Adams, took the Decatur house. He furnished it very elegantly and lived in the stvle be‘tting his position. Aside from this house Clay had no home at the capital, but Hved at the National Hotel, In toom No. 3 in which he died on June %, 1957. This room was for a long time afterward oceunted by Alexander H. Stephens. With equal credit lved his successor In both office and home, Martin Van Ruren. Upon his leaving the eabinet, after two years of ser- vice. Edward Tivineston of Toutstana suc- ceeded him. and for an equal period made this now famous house one of the most attractive In the city. After having sheltered three Secretaries of State and the renresentatives of three of the ereatest nations of Furope—Russta, England and Franea—this honee was oc cuted hy John Gadsby. pronrietor of the National Hotel: hy Josenh Gales, one of the gwrers of the National Intellirencer: by Howell Cobb, John A. and James G. King and Willlam Annleton, all af whom matn- tained with credit its soctal prestize. ‘The latter was esnectally noted for his henevo- lence. One winter his hntler told him that his wood. which was piled on the sidewalk, was ranidiv disappearing. “T think.” he sald, “It had better not be put away while the weather remains so cold.” Tts last tenant before the civil war was Judah P. Benjamin. then Senator from Toulstana. afterward attorney general. then secretary of war, and finally, secretary of state to the confederacy. During the civil war this house was rent- ed by the government and used for offices. At the close of the war Gen. Edward Fitz. gerald Reale boucht {t. but still rented it to the government, not moving into it un- til early In President Grant's second term in 1873. In 1876 he went as minister to Aus- tria, and on his return the next year his house became the center, of all, that w s ‘Washington | society. Erandson ‘of Commodore. ‘Truxton, “under whom Decatur, the builder of this house. had served asa midshipman. Gen. Beale died on April % of this vear, and thus the doors. that have onened to nearly every President from Madison to Cleveland. and to all the greatest men and most beantiful women of America and Europe for three- quarters of a century, are for the present closed to the public. ———— Women Who Are Talked About. From Harper's Weekly. It must have been half a century ago that a certain woman looked out of the window in a certain New York state town and ex- claimed tn excited tones: “Gractous, sisters, look! Here comes Mrs. Green, ‘walking down the street with her own husband!” It is all of two score years since Mrs. Green moved her husband and her daugh- ters away from that quiet place to broader fields of enterprise; but her memory is still verdant there, and the older inhabitants lament the lessened interest in life which ‘Was a consequence of her departure. Communities are not half grateful enough to the devoted women who ameliorate the tediousness of provincial existence by get- ting themselves talked about. Women who go so far as to make scandals or mar the Peace of families do damage, and it 1s just and ethical to blame them, however much conversation may result. But, surely, wo- men who combine with fundamental dis- cretion sufficient catholicity of regard for men to make the neighbors talk about their friendships are entitled to large shares of credit for the animated discussions to which they give rise. All women cannot filrt. Some do not know how, and if they did there are not men enough to go around. But almost a!l women can talk about the woman who, in their opinion, does flirt, and can be shocked to ecstasy by the reputed impropriety of her behavior, and stirred to a grateful appreciation of the sanity of their own conduct by contrasting it with hers. The occasional dame who has an excep- tional gift for platonic friendships can be the attached and devoted wife of one hus- band, and yet find room in her mind and heart for a shifting squad of other gentle- men, in whom her interest {s as lively and cordial as it is innocent. She is a highly useful and commendable sort of woman, who makes her home attractive, and wl husband usually understands and appre- clates her. But the common run of her feminine coevals either cannot or will not understand her, and are too prone to talk about her endlessly as a foe to her own sex and a snare to the other. Cases have been known where women of this sort were so guiltless of evil design and so unaware of imprudent conduct as never to suspect that they were talked about. To afford so much talk without any real mischief done, and without even a consciousness of the ser- vice rendered, would seem an {deal form of benevolent activity to which kind women might be expected to aspire. Yet somehow, for all that it does their fellows so much good and themselves so little harm, women almost always prefer some other form of altruistic usefulness. ‘Women who have talked a good deal them- selves about other women are especially chary about getting at the object end of the social glass, and make the most gro- tesque efforts sometimes to avoid even a whisper of criticism. It is stated as a fact, with the names and places given, so that one must believe ft, that a woman of a careful Boston family, who was confident that she knew what proper conduct was, was spending the summer in a cottage in the White Mountains, when one day, while her husband was away fishing, a friend came to visit him. She kept the visitor to dinner; but her husband's return being de- layed by a storm, she sat up all night with the poor gentleman in the parlor rather than go to bed unchaperoned with a strange man in the house. Alas! she defeated her own ends, since, instead of being lauded as a woman who knew what was right, she exposed herself to the mortifying sugges- tion that there must have been some thrice harrowing experiences back of so unconscionable a distrust in male mankind. ‘For the futile and unnecessary sufferings of such a martyr one is bound to have pity, tempered though it may be with a smile. Not so with those sticklers for an artificial and inconvenient codé of propriety whose chosen attitude seems to be to sit with one foot slyly thrust forward for the unwary to stumble over. When a dame of that stamp trips over her own obstructiveness sym- pathy may reasonably take the form of a hope that the lesson may do her good. soe How Women Play Whist. of ou ever watch women alone at whist eneraate the interest taken? asks a writer in the Toronto Saturday Night. I visited at a suburban hotel in Chicazo, and one evening after being for a stoll my friend and I walked into the parlor where four ladies, two widows and two young girls, were enjoying a game of whist. Sitting on a lounge at some little distence we watched the game and occasionally chimed in with our opinion on subjects brought up with cards laid down. Finally the conversation turned to ooking, and soon there was a very spirited debate on the way to boil potatoes. The English widow declared that the only way her father would eat potatoes was when put on a quick fire in cold water, which made them white and mealy, and asking what card led played her hand.’ The elder, an American widow, lcid down her card and stated very positively that ‘there was only one correct way and that was to put them in boiling water. As one of the girls asked what was trumps the English widow said she would never do them any way but the way she learned at home. When the girl took the trick she only liked the potatoes boiled with the on. J*fhen the younger girl dealt a new hand, remarking that there could be no ditference in boiling anything so ordinary as potatoes, and what did it matter how they were bolfl- ed as long as they got soft? which brought out such a storm of indignation from the others, myself and friend included, each giving her opinion over again, ull at the same time, and trying to make herself heard above the others, that the poor girl trumped her partner's ace, causing a r-pri- mand from that partner, which was only interrupted by a roar of laughter from some gentlemen standing in the hall who came in and gave their opinion—on whist. ———— a’ ‘Two Too Many. From the Indianapolis Journal. “What did Dadby say when he heard that it was triplets?” “He said, ‘This 1s two too much’.”” D C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30. 1893—EIGHTEEN PAGES. MR. CANNON TALKS. He Blames Merchants Largely for Republican Defeat. A NEW TARIFF BILL MAY PASS. President Harrison’s Last Message as a Campaign Document. AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALES. ————— AUCTION SALES. RAILROADS. THIS EVENING. FUTURE DAYS. H. BERNHEIMER & CO.. Auctioneers. AUCTION SALE OF UNREDEEMED PLEDGES. We will sell by acs auction at the store of Steinem Bros., 1232 Pa. ave. n.w., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER ‘THIRTIETH, and MONDAY, OCTO- BER 2, 1898, at SEVEN O'CLOCK P.M., all the im the store upon which the interest is due ‘welve months or more. This sale consists of Gold, Silver and Metal Watches, Diamonds (of all de- scriptions), Rings, Pins, Studs, Bracelets, Chains, Earrings, "Necklaces, Sleeve Buttons, Medallions, Charms “and Lockets, Eyeglasses, Scarf Pins, Books, Guns and Pistols, Rifles, Opera Glasses, eat. Sale to Qrercoats and all Kinds of Clothing continue until all lots are sold, Hol ‘Will please take notice. H. BERNHEIMER & CO.. A\ ders of tickets STEINEM BROS., Pawn Brokers. —— POLITICAL PROSPECTS HE MOST FAMIL- lar victim of the democratic victory of 1890 to reappear on the floor of the House on the 7th of August last was Congressman “Joe” Cannon of Tl- Unois. None of the prodigals of the Fif- ty-first Congress re- ceived a warmer wel- for, though Mr. Cannon has enemies in the democratic party, he has warm friends on both sides of the House. To an old member of Congress it is almost like losing a brother to see a colleague of ten or twelve years’ standing retired from public life by an ungrateful constituency. So Mr. Cannon found a pleasant welcome awaiting him in Wash- ington. Mr. Cannon represents a rural district. He therefore carries about with him, in spite of his long residence at the nation’s capital, an agricultural air which must be the delight of his farmer friends who come to Washington. There is nothing “dudish” about Mr. Cannon, as he himself would say. He wears a plain cutaway coat, which looks as though it had been made to fit an “average” figure. His necktie is a plain butterfly bow, tucked away under a turn- over collar. He wears an Abe Lincoln beard. His face is weather beaten and suggests the long ploughed field and the hot sun. He wears a black slouch hat, whose brim is usually pulled down over his eyes. Altogether Mr. Cannon’s make- up is distinctly, though not excessively, bucolic, Perhaps in justice to Mr. Cannon it should be stated for the benefit of those who may have forgotten him in the two years of his absence from public life that he was for years one of the leaders of the republican party in the House, was a can- didate for Speaker at the time Tom Reed was chosen and was chairman of the com- mittee on appropriations in the Fifty-first Congress. That committee contests with the committee on ways and means the title of the most important committee of the House of Representatives. T asked Mr. Cannon a few days ago to tell me something of the republican party’ overthrow in Illinois; of his personal e: perience; of the party prospects for 18%, and of the possibility of the passage of a radical tariff measure by this Congress. “I think that this Congress will pass a tariff bill,” sald Mr. Cannon. “You say Mr. Allison does not believe th»* it will go through the Senate? Well, of course T don’t know what the Senate may do, but Tam sure {t will pass the House.” “There will be no fillbustering against it by republicans?” “Fillbustering? No. Why should there be—that is, except to assure a reasonable time for discussion and for offering amend- ments. But the democrats have a majority of ninety. They can bring in a special order at any time and put the bill through as they please. It cannot make any differ- ence to the republican party whether a tariff bill passes or not. If the democratic party does not redeem the pledges of the last election the people will sweep it out of existence—if it does establish a tariff for revenue only, the people, when they see the results of the democratic policy will sweep it out of existence anyway. It will be damned if it does and damned if It don’t. If it does not redeem its tariff pledges be- fore the next election there will be a_re- publican majority in both House and Sen- ate in 1895. The Trouble in {Mlinois. “What was the cause of our overthrow in Illinois? Well, the conditions were about the same there that they were in other parts of the country. The tariff had some- thing to do with it. We passed the Mc- Kinley law too late for the people to have an opportunity to judge It before the 1 xt election. The House passed it in May and it did not become a law until October. Then many of the schedules did not go into effect for some time. “Merchants did us a great deal of harm— some of them unconsciously. Some of them had good stocks on hand. They wanted to get rid of them, so they advertised widely that that was the time to buy; that when the McKinley law went into effect prices would go up. I think that a great many democratic shopkeepers did this for politi- cal effect. But republicans took the cry up, and thus unconsciously contributed to our defeat. That was in 1890. The defeat of 1892 was a natural sequence. In the meantime the democrats had been telling all the ies they could think of about the tariff. Their principal appeal was to the laboring man. They pointed to his em- Ployer’s brownstone house and carriage and sald to the workingman: ‘You are not getting your share. If there was a fair distribution you would have your carriage, too.’ Oh, they promised them anything and everything. It was organized labor that beat us in Illinois, and tt was under the control of the demagogues. They promised the workingman a higher wage and told him that his money would buy twice as much under the democratic policy. Woe to the democratic party if it does not re- deem that pledge. Organized labor will put {ts heel on that party’s neck and crush it out of existence. “Then there was another class that voted against the republican party. It was the class that wanted a change. You may re- member that when Aristides was banished from Greece he met one of those who had voted for his banishment and asked him why he had done it, and the man replied: ‘Because I had grown tired of hearing you called Aristides the Just.’ Well, there was a big class of American voters—the major- ity, in fact—that has grown up since the war and that knew nothing of what a dem- ocratic policy meant to this country. You know there has never been a time since 1861 that the democratic party has been in full control of the government—never a time that the republican policy was not in force. These people did not rely so much on the promises of the democrats, but they wanted a change; they were restiess, In His Own District. “As to myself, I was beaten by about 500 votes in one of the closest republican dis- tricts in the state. The democrats gained less in my district than they did in any other district In the state except Post's. There are ninety townships in my district, and it did not take a very great change in each of these to change the majority from republican to democratic. I had time for only three weeks of campaigning, be- cause the Senate kept us here so late. When I left Congress I went back home and rested for a year. Then I began my work for the election of 1892. I made a sev- enty days’ canvass of my district. I at- tended meetings in each of the townships. I made speeches all over the district. And I_was returned by my usual majority of 1,500. ‘The farmer is the most firm and con- sistent protectionist in the country today. He sees that it is better for him to have two mouths to consume his grain in this country for every one that there is now than to have two competitors producing i \i H come than he; DUNCANSON BROS., Auctioneers, TRUSTEES’ SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE IN THE COUNTY OF WASHINGTON, BEL ABOUT SEVENT! IT ACRES OF A TRA CALLED “GREENVALE,"" BEING NEAR BLA- DENSBURG OR COLUMBIA ROAD | AND FRONTING ON THE “HICKEY ROAD,” BE- ING JUST BEYOND MOUNT OLIVET. By virtue of a certain deed of trust to us bearing date July 6, 1892, and duly recorded in Liber 1706, follo 399 et seq., of the land records of the Dis. trict of Columbia, and at the written request of the parties secured thereby, we will sell at public auction, upon the premises, on THURSDAY, OC- TOBER FIFTH, 1803. at FIVE O'CLOCK P.M.. the following " descrited real setate, situated and being in the District aforesaid’ and de- Seribed us lots numbered thirty (30) and thirt; GL), being part of lot numbered four (1) in Hic ey's subdivision of “‘Greenvale,"” beginning for the same at the beginning of ““Haddock's Hills,” where & stone ts now planted, and running thence with the first line of sald tract north twenty-six and one-half (2614) degrees west seventy-three and thir- ty-one one hundredths (73.31) perches to the south- east corner of lot numbered three (8); thence south fifty-seven and one-fourth (7! thirty-eight and twenty-one one hundredths (88.21) Perches to a stake at meadow fence: thence north thirty-seven and one-fourth (37%) degrees, west forty-eight (48) perches to a stake near black oak tree; thence south sixty-one and one-half (61%) de- krees west sixty (60) perches to the corner of lot Bumbered two (2); thence south twenty-five and ‘one-half (25%) degrees east ten (10) perches with the outlines of “Haddock's Hill thirty-one and one-half (31%) degrees enst sixty one (61) perches: thence south forty-nine and three- fourths (49%) degrees east_one hundred and cight- eer (118) perches to the Enstern branch; thence north twenty-seven and one-fourth (2714) degrees east ninety-five (95) perches to the southwest cor- ner of lot numbered fifteen (15); thence north sixty- Seven and one-half (6714) degrees west elght (8) Perches; thence south eighty-four and three-fourths (84%) degrees west fourteen (14) perches to the beginning, except that part of lot numbered four (4) conveyed by deed dated May 20, 1875, and re- corded in Liber 783, folio 435, abont’ four (4) acres, with the right of ‘way reserved, and except that Part conveyed by deed dated April 24, 1801, and Fecorded In Liber 1582, follo 470, embraced ‘by a Girect prolongation of ‘M.strect, in the city of Washington, District of Coumbis, said tract con ight (78) acres, more or less. = One-fourth of the purchase money ;, the balance to be paid in one,two and three years, for which notes of the purchaser, ring interest’ at the rate of er annum, payable semi 3 7 deed of trust on the property sold, will be taken, o> all cash, at the purchaser's option. All convey: Aancing and’ recording at the cost of the purchaser. A deposit of $500 will be required at time of sale. Terms of sale to he complied with in fifteen (15) days from date of sale, otherwise the trustees re- zerve the right to resell the property at the risk and cost of defaulting purchaser after five ( days’ advertisement in some newsnaper published in Washington, D. C. Parties desiring to. attend this sale will be furnished conveyance upon appll- cation to trustees or auctioneer. WILLIAM D. HOOVER, Trustee, Ta. ave. JAMES F. SCAGGS, Trustee, 8023-cokds 500 5th st. nw. DUNCANSON BROS., Auctioneers. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF, VALUABLE IMPROVED REAL ‘TE ON O STREET NOKTHWEST TENTH AND ELEVENTH By virtue of a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, passed on the 13th day of September, 1403, in Equity Cause numbered 1 docket 35,’ wherein James F. Hood et al. are cont: Plaiuants ‘and Walter J. Watson ct al. are defend. auts, the undersigned, ‘as trustees, will offer for gale tp frout of the premises, on TUESDAY, the TENTH DAY OF OCTOBER, A.D. 1803, at FOUR O'CLOCK P.M., the following described ‘real estate in the city ‘of "Washington, in the District of Co- lumtia, towit.—All of lot’ numbered three (3), in Samuel Redfern’s subdivision of square numbered Lures, handred and thirty-clgh( (30), ‘Ma per “plat Fecorded in the surveyor's office of the District of Columbia, except the west 4 inches front by the depth of ‘said lot, improved by a comfortable brick dwelling, No. 1005 O'st. p.w. ‘Terms of sale, as provided by the decree: One-third of ‘the purchase ‘money in cash, the balance in two equal installments, payable re: spectively In one and two years after day of sale, ald Weterred payinenta to be tenreseated by ‘pro: Missory notes of the purchaser, dated on the day of sale, bearing interest payable sem!-annually from date until paid at the rate of six per cent er annum, or all cash, at purchaser's option. epoait, of ($200 will ‘be required at the time of sale, and {f the terms of wale are not complied wit! within ten days thereafter the property. will, be resold at the Fisk and cost of the defaulting pur- chaser. All conveyancing aod recording at purchaser's cont. Should the weather be inclement the sale will, nevertheless, take place within the house om the degrees west premises. MILLS DEAN, 482 La. ave. JOUN RIDOUT, 1417 °G st. tw. te! ‘Trustees, GEO. W. STICKNEY, Auctioneer, 1411 @ st. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF VALUABLE SURURRAN REAL ESTATE IN AND NEAR BURRVILLE AND LINCOLN. By virtue of a deed of trust to us, dated August 11, 1892, and duly recorded September 11, 1898, in’ Liber’ 1824, follo —, of the land records of the District of Columbia,’ and by the direction of the party secured by said deed of trust, the un- Gersigned trustees will wel at public sanction “in front of the respect! remises, on MONDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF OCFORER. 1808, at HALF. PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P. M., the following de- scribed real estate and premises Ising and being in the District of Columbia and known as lots twenty-ore (21) and twenty-two (22) in block five (5), ‘section three (3), and lots twenty-eight (28), twenty-nine (29) and thirty (30) In block seven (7), section three (3), in Burrville, being part of the Sheriff estate, as per plat recorded in Liber 1053, folio 101, of the land records of the District of Columbia. Also lot Mfty-five (5). block three (3), fo Lincoln, also a part of the Sheriff estate, aa Per plat recorded among the land records of anid Iatrict. ‘The said lots will first be offered separately. ‘Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase money to be paid tn cash, one-third in one year and one- third in two years. Deferred payments to. be represented by purchaser's notes, dated on the day of sale, bearing 6 ver cent interest per annum, payable semi-annually and secured by deed of {rust upon the property sold, or all cash, at the purchaser's option. A devosit of $25 om each lot will be required At the time of sale. If the terms of sale are not complied with with- fn ten days from the day of wale the trustees reserve the right to resell the property at the Hisk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. after five days’ advertisement in The Evening Star. All conveyancing. recording. examination of title, &c., at the cost of the purchaser. JOHN kipovt, ‘Trustee, ROBERT CHRISTY, ne26dkds ‘Trustee, WALTER B WILLIAMS & 00., AUCTIONEERS. EBONY FRAME PARLOR SUITE. UPOLSTERED IN RAW SILK; WALNUT AND OAK CHAM. BER SUITES,” EASY CITATRS, RECEPTION CHAIRS, WICKFR ROCKERS, WALNUT AND LACE CUR. HALL RACK, HANDSOME CHAIRS, ERED IN "LEATHER: ELEGANT UPHOTSTERED IN RAW SILK, TR TO MATCH, WALNUT BREA FANCY” ROCKERS. RRUS DUSTAIR CARPETS RODY EXTRA LARGE SIZE ROR. DER TO MATCH, BRUSSELS. TNGRAIN ASD CARPETS, BEST "QUALITY THAT MATTRESSFS. REANKETS, " SPPrAns, CHERRY CENTER | TARLES, TAINS, F BUREAU, CLAW =D: INGRATN ARE, EXTES- SION TABLE AND DINING ROOM CHATRS, T REFRIGERATOR, SIDEROARD: AND GLASS WARE, KITCHEN UTEN: SILS, &. on TUESDAY. OCTORER THIRD, COMMENC. ING AT TEN O'CLOCK A.M. we shall. sel residence No. 1744 N street northwest. the collection of household frenttire, carpets ke. In geod condition and should command the atteation of buyers. WALTER B. WILLIAMS & 00.. Auctioneers. ©. G. SLOAN & CO.. Aucts., 1407 G st. ‘(Successors to Latimer & Sloan.) SIX_RRICK DWELLINGS SITUATE ON NORTH SIDE OF Fs RETWEEN 24TH AND TH STREETS NORTHWEST AT PUBLIC Ave On WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER FOURTH, 1993, at FIVE O°CIOCK P.M, in front of the ‘pretmi we will sell the west #1 feet front of lot 2 and th east 40 fect front of lot 4 in square 22, fronting fon north side of F street between 24th and 25th grain for a market at the other side of the | streets northwest, and improved by six comfortable world. And the farmer understands the protection question more thoroughly than the average man. A great many people have an idea that it is an easy thing to canvass an agricultural district. On the contrary, it {s one of the hardest to can- vass. The farmer usually understands the questions of government better than the man who lives in the clty. You must be very careful what you say to an agricul- tural audience. Yes, I have been inter- rupted frequently In my speech making, sometimes by the enemy for the purpose of disturbing me, and sometimes by our friends who wanted Information. “All that we have to do in our next cam- paign,” sald Mr. Cannon, “is to have Har- rison’s last message to’ Congress printed and put in circulation. That message was one of the finest state documents that was ever written, and I can say this of Har- rison: My heart never gave one extra beat on his account. He is not a man who makes friends or draws men to him. But I be- leve that from an intellectual view point he is the biggest man I have ever known in public lif GEORGE GRANTHAM BAIN, ——ses About Singers, From Life. Hostess—“Oh, I think some people are so disagreeable! Don't you hate people who can sing and won't?" Old Grouchy—“No, not so much as I do those who can’t sing and will!” | brick dwellings. ‘This is a splendid chance for an investment or to obtain a home. Terms: One-half cash and balance in small monthly payments, or all cash. All conveyancing am) recording at purchaser's cost. A. deposit. of $50 required at time of sale. He23-d&ds C. G. SLOAN & CO., Aucts. RATCLIFFE, DARR & CO., AUCTS. ISTEE'S SALE AT AUCTION OF IMPROVED TRTEAL ESTATE ON THE SWUTH SIME OF HE ORTH BETWEEN THIRTEENTH TH STREETS EAST. RED ‘0. 1357 H STREET NOKTHEAST. By virtue of a deed of trust bearins date Novem: ber 20, 1876, recorded in liber No. 810, follo 49 et seq., of the land records of the District of Colum- ia,” ard at the request of the party thereby ne- cured. I shall offer nt public sale, in front of the premises, on TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER TWENTY. SIXTH, 1803, at HALP-PAST F M.. part of Jot 22,"in square 1027, in the city of Washington. D. C., beginning at a ‘point in the south street northeast 16 geet west of the northeast cor rer of said lot and*running thence west 12 fect; thenee south 100 feet; thence east 2 feet: thence north 20 feet; thence ast 10 feet and thence north 80 feet to the point of beginning. ‘Terms of sale: One-third of purchase money in ash (of which $100 mnst be paid at time of sale), balance in six and twelve months, with Interes from date of sale, secured on the premisea, or cash, nt option of purchaser; and if not complied with’ in ten days from date of sale, be resold at risk and cost of defan on five days’ notice. All convevanci a8, Be11-eo&ds THE ABOVE SALE I: NED, ON AC- qgunt of the rain, until "MONDAY. ooponist SECOND, 1893, at the same hour und place. eez7-dkds MAHLON , Trustee, DUNCANSON BROS., Auctioneers, ‘9th and D sts. nw, TRUSTEES SALE OF ELEVEN TWO-STORY BRICK HOUSES, NUMBERED 200, 202 AND 204 0 STREET’ NORTHWEST, AND EIGHT HOUSES IN ALLEY IN REAR THEREOF, NUMBERED 1324 TO 1338, BOTH INCLUSIVE, By virtue of a deed of trust to us, bearing date July 27, A.D. 1802, recorded in ber 1696, folic 408 et ‘seq., of the land records of the District of Columbia, and at the request of thereby, we will sell at public auction, in front of ‘the premises, on WEDNESDAY, the ELEVENTH DAY OF OCTOBER, A.D. 1893, at HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. the following described Pisces OF parcels of land, situate in the city of ‘ashington, District of Columbia, known and dis- fitguished as and being lots numbered 31 to 41 beth inclusive, of JOHN 'T. ARMS’ subdivision of Jots in square numbered 554, us recorded io liber 14, folio 117, of the ‘recor the survey- QF's office of the District of Columbia, said lots 31 82 and 88 having a frontage of 13.72 feet each by a depth of 75 feet, and lots numbered “S4 to 41 inclusive having a frontage of 14 feet by a depth of 41.17 feet, together with the Improvements thereon, consisting of eleven two-story brick dwell- ings, timbered as above. ‘The above property will be sold aubject to a deed of trust, bearing date Febraary 20, 1802, and ve curing ihe AMERICAN SECURITY AND ‘TRUST COMPANY the sum of $6,500 in three years from a . TERMS OF SALE: All cash. All conveyancing and recording nt purchaser's cost. A deposit of $200 will be required at date of sale. Terms of sale to be complied with im ten days from date of sale, otherwise trustees reserve the right to resell th ‘property at risk and cost of defaulting pur- a or purcl GEO. F, EMMONS. GEO. W. STICKNEY, Be28-4hds ‘Trustees. THOMAS DOWLING & CO., Auctioncers, 612 E st. ow. ‘TRUSTEES’ SALE OF A NEW LARGE AND COM- MODIOUS THREE-STORY AND BASEMENT BRICK AND STUNE FRONT DWELLING. BE- ING PREMISES NO. 1212 EIGHTEENTH STREET NORTH WEST, FRONTING CONNECTI- CUT AVENUE, EIGHTEENTH STREET AND A BEAUTIFUL PUBLIC RESERVATION. By virtue of a deed of trust from Thresa F. Dudley and William W. Dudley to Richard W. ‘Tyler anc Robert G. Rutherford, trustees, recorded fn Liber 1714, follo 120 et seq., one of the land records of the District of Columbia, and at the request af the party secured thereby, the under- AS "4 Cl -M., im fromt the prem- faes, lot 56, in Ebon C. Ingersol sub of square 139, as per plat recorded in Liber J. H. K., folio 179, fronting 24 feet on the west side of 18th street by a depth of 124 feet to a 13-foot alley, Improved by a handscme three-story and basement brick and ‘store front dwelling, with all modern improvements. ‘ermn: to de sold eubject to a deed of trust of $20,000 due July 23, 1895, bearing interest at 5 per centum per annum, payable semt-annually. Balance of purchase money to be pald in cash. A deposit of $500 required at time of sale, maid de- poait to be forfelted if the terins of eale are complied with. The trustees reserve the right “to retell the [property at risk and cost of defaulting rebaser if the terms are not complied with with: in ten days from day of sale, after five devs’ ad- vertisement. All conveyancing and recording at purchaser's cost. RICHARD W. TYLER. RORERT G. “RUTHERFORD, 28-dkds ‘Trustees, No. 1307 F st. n.w. WALTER B. WILLIAMS & CO., Auctioneers. HANDSOME ROSEWOOD CASE PIANO, CHICK- ERING MAKERS, STOOL AND COVER; PAR- LOR SUITE. UPHOLSTERED IX RAW’ SILK, | With in ten days or the WITH COVERS; EASY CHATRS, MAPRLB- TOP TABLES, ENGRAVINGS, WICKER ROCKERS, “PATENT ROCKERS, WALNUT CHAMBER SUITES. REDSTEADS, BUREAU. AND WASHSTANDS. WALNUT EXTENSION: TABLE AND DINING ROOM CHAIRS, WAL- NUT HALL RACK, ANTIQ SIDEBOARD, MAHOGANY SEWING | MACH RLANKETS. LOUNGES. BRUSSELS “RUGS, EXTRA SIZE. BRUSSELS, INGRAIN AXD Oruen CAnrers: HAIR AND RUSK MAT. ESSES, NA ANI LASS WAI KITCHEN UTENSILS, &. i On MONDAY. OCTORER SECOND, COMMENC. ING AT TEN O'CLOCK A. M.. we ‘shall sell, at residence No. 1416 Rhode Island avenue northwest, the abore collection of furniture, Se. and worthy the atteation of buvers. pee WALTER B, WILLIAMS & €0., ‘Auctioneers. THOMAS DOWLING & CO., Auctioneers, 612 E st. aw. TO THE DISTRICT GOVERNMENT, AT AUC- TION. On TUESDAY, OCTOBER THIRD, 1893, AT TWELVE O'CLOCK, we will sell, at’ Washington Arylum, "19th und 'C streets southeast, one old ire = —— FUTURE DAYs. RICHMOND AND DANVILLE RA, —— SAMUEL 4 FW. soa CIDOKOPER AMD a'm., Richmond and Danville Limchbune. “Danie und “ter peineieal south nn Rictiaont ville ‘Anuision ant” Dirt ‘ais = gnlontcomers, Monte and New Ori=ane me Kalman Sleaver ‘New York ani. Washinrioa Ace area, mere WINDOW THREE. % |OUSE NO. Bee FIN REE STORY BIICK HOUSE XO. pINGTON, D.C. J irtue of @ deed of undersigned. dated July 11, 1889. and Tecorea the 16th day of July, 1889," in Liber 1408 folio of, toe and record ofthe District of Oa je written be Fequeat of We will sell at A. at FIVE O-CLOCI ., the following Gencrined land und premiecs, situated in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and desiznated ox lot 41 in Samael W. Curriden’s subdivision of ‘certain Jota in square Number 808, as found of records in the office of the surveyor of said District of Colamia. Terms of sale: One-third cash, balance in one and two years with interest at 6 per cent per fnoum patil paid, payable semi-annually, wecared deed of trust’ on ti A Eloorteqired at ce ine BPRaie™ ah Sea at AN conveyanc- | road, Washineton, D.C. ing at the cost of the purchaser. Ter GREPN, Gen. Man. W. A TUR! Pome. Aes, te be complied. with within fifteen days from dats | L- 8 Srowt. General hawt Peeseeees Dope of sale or trustees reserve the right to resell at PYNNSYLVANTA RATLROAD the risk and cost of defaulting purchaner. STATION CORNER OF SIXTH AND) STREETS, JOBN a. 10.15 A.M COLUMBEAN SRP R ESS. _se26-Akte Ruepriaeind Putne Gers to Chicaro, aad Barre H. BERNITFIMER & ©O., 30.154 M Past Li ‘Por Pittsvary and Chicago, PAWNBROKER’S. ; mt CTIONEERS. AUCTION SALE OF UNRE- DEEMED PLEDGES. I will sell at the store of Bernard Burnstine, 361 Penna. ave, WEDNESDAY. OCTORER FOURTH, and THURSDAY. OCTOBER FIFTH, 1893, at HALF-PAST SEVEN P. M., all pledges One year and from 1 to S7855. being goods left ger, for which interest is due 12 months or more. and Metal This sale consists of Gold, Silve Watches, Tiiamonds. of ‘all descriptions. Rimes, Lockets, Scart Pins, Studs, Earrings, Lace Pins, “Neck Chains, Bracelets, Cuff Buttons, Silver Ware, Glasses, Guns, Pistols, Musical, | Surgical," Mechanical and Dental Ip: struments, Typewriters, Clothing and Ladies" Wearing Apparel of all ‘descriptions. Sale to con- tinue every day until all lots are sold. Holders of gtickets will please take notice. BERNARD BURNSTINE, . H, BERNHEIMER ‘Auctioneers: ae oe” GEO. W. STICKNEY, AUCTIONEER, 1411 PEREMPTC : LOT OF CONDEMNED MATERIAL BELONGING | lie X SALE OF VERY VALUABLE Lot G 35 FEET ON § RETWEEN 331 NORTHWEST, WEST 5 EO. W. STICKY ©. G. SLOAN & 00., AUCTIONEERS, 1407 G ST. Guccessors to Latimer & Scan) °° SALE OF VALUABLE prorery, TED IN THAT RAPIDLY IMPROVING “reestin And “Niveress i Srneets NORTHWEST. — By virtue of a certain deed of trust, dated 20th ay of November, A. D. 1800, records im Liber No. 1530, follos 326 ‘et arq one or kt land records of the District of Columbia, and at the request of the party secured ft! ¥ acl, ‘at pablic auction, in front. of the prenieee on TT AY. OCTOBER THIRD, 1888, at FIVE O'CLOCK P.. all that certain piece or parcel of land, situate tm the a Cv _ and known ‘rumbered ight. (Sh. in subdivision of oS thirty-two (3). same 1s recorded in the office of ‘the, sutwevor ot the District of Columbia, in Liber R. W.. folio 87 together with all. the rights, priv urtenances, to the sae fe ss ments consist of & two-story dweltng, with & frame building in the reat, Known as N 8 street northwest. ee . 4.29 an 10.57 a.m. only, 7.105. deposit of $159 will be requ All conveyancing and Terme to be complied with im Afteen rustees may resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser, after such pub they may deem Decesaary. ELON 4. WOODWARD, JAMES WH! se19-tu, th,s,m,th.s,m,tu a etom, ¥. WARREN JOHNSON, Auctioneer. Department Truck Wagon, one old Fire De- partment Fuel Cart, One-borse Cart, lot of Cast and Wrought Iron, lot of Iron Bedsteads, @e. By onder of the Commissioners, D.C. se28-4t THOMAS DOWLING & ©0., Aucts, RATCLIFFE, DARR & CO., Auctioneers. DESIRABLE HOUSE OF EIGHT ROOMS. LARGE FRONT AND BACK YARDS, 135 MASSACHUSETTS “AVENUE NORTHEAST: NEARLY NEW, WITH ALL MODERN IM: PROVEMENTS," GOOD CHANCE FOR IN- VESTMENT OR TO SECURE A HOME. By virtue of a deed of trust, given to us, and @uly recorded in Liber 1630, foilo 170, the under- Seno Crusters, will offer for enle, at pubic anc: t front of the premises, on a TORER THIRD, A. D. 1893, at HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P-.M., sub lot 68, "in square 723, together with the Improvements, consisting of @ new Brick House of eight rooms. Terms: One-third cash, the residue in one and She option of the purchaser, A" Gepostt ‘of $300 286 par t. re ‘uired at tiine of ‘sale, FRANK T. BROWNING, 416 Bth st. n.w., JOHN 8 SWORMSTEDT, 827 F st. v1 027-4848 Trustees. RATCLIFFE, DARR & OO. Auctioneers, TRUSTEES’ SALE OF A TWO-STORY FRAME HOUSE ON TRINIDAD AVENUE BETWEEN LEWIS AND KING STREETS, LONG MEAD- By virtue of a deed of trust duly recorded in Liber No. 1838, folio 59 et seq.. one of the land records for the District of Columbia, and at the request of the party secured thereby, the under- signed trustees will offer for sale by’ public _auc- tion, in front of the premises. on MONDAY, OCTORER SECOND, 1893, at HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P.M., the following described real_es- tate, situate in the county of Washington, Dis- trict of Columbia, to wit: Lot one hundred and eighty-one (181) In J. 8. Swormatedt's subdivision of lots 49 and 50 in King's subdivision of a part of Long Meadows, excepting the rear ten feet of said lot (Si, to- gether with the improvements, &c. ‘Terms of sale: The purchaser to assume a deed of trust for $500, the balance to be paid in cash. A deposit of $100 required at the time of male. If the terms of sale are not complied with in 15 ‘days from the day of sale the trustees reserve the right to resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. All conveyancing and Tecording at the cost of the purchaser. JOHN 8. SWORMSTEDT, JOHN T. ARMS, _be2l dks ‘Trustees, ©, G. SLOAN & ©O,, 1407 G ST. ‘Successors to Latimer & Sloan. ELEGANT AND MODERN PRIVATE RES- THAT IDENCE AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SNECTICUT AVENUE AND XN. STREET NORTHWEST, OPPOSITE THE BRITISH. LE- GATION, AT PUBLIC AUCTION, LATELY Oc CUPIED’ BY HON. STANLEY’ MATTHEWS AND UNITED STATES SENATOR STOCK- BRIDGE. ly directions of the sell, at public auction, on “TUESDAY, Parties in interest we will OCTULER TENTH san st ER TENTH, sy HALL-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. allot Jat 46, im square 139, fronting about 4% hecticut avenue and Ys fect on N street, ing 7,406. fest” mo conta Square fect, improved by une of the rn private ‘residences in the. elty, known as No. street. ‘The Interior ar- Tangement ts perfect, and. everything “will be found in first-class order. ‘The beautiful side yard fronts 40 feet on N street to an alley, and Tuns back 98 feet to the south Ine. "The property also Includes ‘a stable lot on. opposite. side of alley Sie2 fect, proved bya two-story brick atabie, Which will be sold with the house and lot. This is the most fashionable and delightful neighbor hood In Washington, and is surrounded oa the op- AUCTION SALE OF UNREDEEMED PLEDGES, I will sell, by public auction, at the store of H. K. Fulton, 1218 Penosrlvatia avenue porth- ‘West. commencing TUESDAY, OCTOBER THIRD, at TEN O'CLOCK A. M., all the unredeemed ledges in his store upon which the interest 1s 1¢ one Fear or more, conkisting of Gold, Silver and Metal-cased Watches, Chains, Lock- ets, “Cuff Buttons, Collar Buttons, Scarf Pi Studs, Lace Pins, Farrines, Bracelets, Plain Gold Diamonds and ther preciocs stesea, Guns, Mibee and ot stones, Revolvers, Razors, Canes, Umbrellas," Dress Goods, Seal Capes’ and Coats, Musical, ‘Surgical, Mathematical ard Mechanical Instruments, &c. Sale to continue morning at 19 o'clock, even! at 2 and 7 o'clock until all the lots are Ticket holders please take notice. ‘Terms cash. K. FULTON, Pa ’ F. WARREN JOHNSON, Auctioneer. neSe ite PROPOSALS. PROPOSALS FOR FURNISHING AND SETTING a ay ea ratus for the Bors" —— Commilastonernt Washlogton® Dee Beane, es 5.40, 6.55, x7.’ eerie i'm x. 16W8.—Sealed proposals’ will he lecelived ate thie office until NOON ON OCTO- BER FOURTH, 1898, for ‘& steam heating apparatus. Biank forms of proposals aud specications, sorether with all informa- tion, can be obtained upon application at the ‘office of the inspector of ‘bulldings of the Dis- trict of Columbia, and only bids upon these forms will be considered. The right is reserved to. te- HT ANE aw hide TW, ROSS, MM. Pa ER, CHAS. F, POWELL, issioners, D.C. FOR FU AND 2 es Te ee oe Se fae Gallery of Art. according to plans and ton me Ernest Flagg. archi- received at tl ‘of the Corcoran of Art ontil MONDAY, OCTORER Hi, 1883, at TWELVE O'CLOCK M. Plans And specifications can be had at the gallery or of Ernest Flagg, architect, 54 Broad street, Ni = Ss ‘The right is reserved to reject MEDICAL, &c. STRANGERS, TAKE NOTICE—DRS. BROTHERS Gat “extanshea "anor ehbeicta "A ablished advert 4 Pee o yearn, gos B st. — eeoo- Ime" : DR. ERS, THE MOST RELIABLE AND longest-established specialist in this city, with 50 years’ experience: 45 years at 906 B st. ow. Consultation free snd strictly confidential. _ DR. LEON, The Well-known Specialist, 464 C st. ow. Prompt treatment. ‘Office hours, 10 to 1. 5 to & Di from Union Station Th. wade * eerste BROTHERS’ INVIGORATING CORDIAL 18 owerful Nerve Stimolant and Tonte. Of all the remedies for Nervous Debility, Neuralgia, Rerrous Exhaustion, Paralysis and lthat ‘class of People who are ‘weak, ratserable, ¥ ESiy Ge aiies celta lets remedy equal to this Cordial. It has been to use for nearly forty-five years in this city. 906 B aw. sel6-Im — HOTELS. MORRISETT HOUSE, omer Hythe Ae saci ay be residence of —— Com. Emory, U.8.N. The property can We'eximioed ant afiontcot pens es Py suing at = office. = $50,000, swith 434 Feare to rom, balamee Seen months, $1,000 of which will Le required at time of sale, or all cash. All conveyancing and Tecording'at purchaser's cost ene amen and one — in eee days. Title perfect. For ther tormation “and perth eo Heese, quire at our office. - adie = i SLOAN & CO., Ai wes aa uctioneers, 1407 G st. GEO. W. STICKNEY, Auctioneer, 1411 @ et aw TRUSTERS SALR OF VERY VALUARLE LOTS, IMPROVED fY FRAME HOUSES STREET NORTHWEST. HOUSE NO. 1205 By virtue of a certain deed of trust in Liber 848. follo No. 329, one of the records for the District of Columbia, and at ‘the recurs of the party secured thereby we will off im trout of the premises, ‘on THURSDAY ta FIFTH DAY F OCTORER, 1: 1 LOCK PAL. the following tesaatng Sey tE situate in the city of Washington, District ot Ge lumbia, to wit: All of lots ‘three (53) and sixty- four (64) in Edward Earl's subdivision of certain lots in square numbered. two hundred m six (276), a8 reconded in the surveyor’ the District of Columbia in Liher W. ‘Terms of sale: One-third cash in one and two vears after date, the rate of six (@) per centum por semi-annually, and secured on the or all cash, at the option of the deposit at time of sale. vmlce of F.. folto 185. the balance ith interest at jonum, ‘payable Property sold, purchaser, $100 property. wit he Somtied rr dat the risk of the defaulting purchasers afte. days" readvertisement in the Teventme eure ave DANTEL BREED, WILLIAM LAMRORN, ‘Trustecs. RR & CO.. AUCTIONEERS, PA. AVE. XW. “920 DESIRABLE TWO-STORY BRICK DWELLING AND STORE, NO. 800 MARYLANI S oSOTRARE BY aera D AVENUE iN PRSDAY. OCTORER FIFTH, 1898, AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK PM. we will sell in front of the premises SQUARE 915, LOT 18 IN Fronting 20 feet on Maryland avenue between 8th and 9th ‘sts. ne, and running back with that Width about 123 feet @ inches to an 18-foot aller, improved by brick dwelling with frame back build- Ing and stable room for five horses in rear. ‘erms: The purchaser can assume an incumbrance of about $3,000; over and above this amount to be paid in cash or’all can be paid in cash, at the tion of the purchaser. Terms to be complied with in 15 days from the day of sale. A deposit of $22 required at the time of ale.” All conveyane- at fhe perchanere cost, DARR & 0O.. ‘Auctioneers. Corner 14th and B sts. 2. w. ‘Transient, $2.50 r. _obtti't tote stale ng WILLARD’s HOTEL, Pa. eve and 14th ot, Washington, EBBITT HOUSE, WASHINGTON. 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