Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-08-11
AN INTERESTING LIST.

Famous Statesmen and Great Men Who
Are On the Delinquent Tax-Lst-The
Sad Sea Dog Billy Chandler In the
Crowd-John sherman Is Also Listed
Dude Walter Phelps Owes the Govern
ment Also.
WASHINGTON, August l0.-The collector
of taxes for the District of Columbia fur
nishes Just now an interesting list Of names
and statement of back taxes. Every year
about this time he issues a neat little vol
ume Of about 800 pages with the prelimi-
nary remark upon the title page that I'm
compliance with" an act of Congress, &c,
he will on such day, between such and
such hours, sell at public auction the real
estate indicated in the subjoined list upon
which taxes are assessed and unpaid. That
men in public positions and in receipt Of
quite comfortable salaries are either forget
full of their business or sometimes hard
run" is evident from the developments Of
Tax Collector Cooks annual publications,
Among the names in this interesting work
is that of VIM. E. Chandler, Secretary OF
the Navy.
The chapter devoted to Mr.. Chandler
states that the whole tax on Lots liz, l73,
ia, lis, l76, III, l7s, l79, $50, Isl, 1872,
1873, l84, 1855, ls6, 1877, 1873, ls9, and also
Nos. 6, 46, 6s, $50, l5S, l6O, l64, l65, l66,
10, III, and special assessment is due,
and that according to act of Congress"
etc., they will be sold if taxes are not paid.
On lot No. 6, the first one mentioned, the
tax due is announced to be $2l0.77; on the
others it is smaller On the same page oc-
ours the name of William F. Chafee and on
the same page the name of Thomas F. Crit,
tenden both in arrears and whose property,
like the China men, must go, unless the
taxes are paid.
A Millionaire.
On the next page comes VIM. W. Corco-
ran, against which appears the sum OF 5000
In the same list occurs the name Of c. l..
Corbin also in arrears, and next to his
name that of Caleb Cushing. The name
John A. j. Cresswell, formerly Postmaster
General, now connected with the Court OF
Alabama claims is quite prominent in the
list of delinquents, the tax due in his case
being upon property held by him and others
as Commissioners Of the Freedmens Saw
ings and Trust Company. Another name
of some note is that Of Belva A. Lockwood,
the female llwyer, who alse claims the
double honor oi being admitted 10 practice
IN the Supreme Court Of the United States
and the first woman to ride tricycle.. She
seems 10 have been successful in her career
as lawyar, for she is cited as being the
owner Of lots 81, % and %.
Dude Phelps
Further on down the list is q name quite
prominent just now that Of VIM. Walter
Phelps, Congressman from New Jersey, the
dude of the House, and ardeut supporter oi
Mr. Blaine. Four pages further on comes
the name Of another New Jersey statesman
Geo. N. Rebeson, VINO is cited as being in
arrears on parts of sub-lots 55, 30, 81, 50,
SO and ll3, in the sum Of 1896. Alexan-
der K. Shepherd, more famiIiariy known as
Boss Shepherd, appears further on, who is
in arrears on long list Of lots. and who
will be expested to bring sufficient funds
from his silver mines in Mexico when he
comes TO Washington this fall, or lose the
title to his property.
A little further on in the same list is the
nam e;of John sherman, who is behind in
taxes on number Of lots in sums running
from 50. 81 to S5367. 1t is the part Of
strict Justice to add that there are two John
Shernaas in Washington, though, as the
man who is not a statesman is respecta-
BILE dealer, it is hardly probable that he
would permit his property TO assume such
shape as that referred TO in this list. Get
ting outside the city into the county Of
Washington we End the name Oh Montgom-
ery Blair. In the same list we read Clark
Mihs; Sl2L5O is the sam which he must
pay on 69t acres Of land on the Bladenburg
nike