The Daily Tombstone., 1886-10-30
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WASHINGTON. Oct

ton who would consider thrIr visit to
 the National Capital ineompiete were
 they denied tue privilege of shaking
 hands with the President. Mondays,
 Wednesdays and Fridays have been
 designated as days upon which pub
 lie receptions are held, and visitors
 who make but brief stay in the city
 are not obliged as formerly. to wait in
 the ante room several hours without
 any certainty, after having waited,
 that they will be admitted tq see the President.
 During number of years past, the
 project of extending Massachusetts
 Avenue beyond the city limits has
 been prominent upon the list of pro
 posed Improvements in the District.
 Congress during its last session ap-
 propriated $30,000 to be used for this
 purpose. Surveys have been made,
 and the work of grading will be con-
 menced at once. The avenue will be extended to point near the Presi- dents country residence, about five miles from the city. IL will be one hundred and sixty feet in width, pro vided with smooth asphalt pave ment, and when finished will be one Of the finest avenues in the world. The stea y rise in al esta valu 6 ill Washington has been continuous during the past ten or twelve years, and the opening of Massachusetts Avenue is generally regarded as most important step toward the de. velopment of the northern section of the city. The lInd located upon the line of the proposed extension, whjcb il short time since could have heep purchased at il reasonable price per acre, has been laid out in building lots, and for miles outside of the cor porate limits the familiar sign "for sale" may be seen. As an instance uf the wonderful effect of recent street Improvements upon the value of sub urhan property, it is reported that property purchased by Scna.or Sher- man four years ago by the acre ata rate not exceeding two cents per foot, now finds q ready market at from seventy-liye cents tu one doliar per fuot.
 The appropriation for the sonstruc ti1n Cf the new Congressional Library building is now available, and the work of clearing away the buildings which occupy the site will be conl-- menced at once, and the work pusRtd forward as rapidly as p0ssible.
 The Centennial Exposition, to be held in Washington in 1889, will be the grandcst of all mo ern exposi- tions. The promotion committee, composed of citizens of Washington | and Baltimore, which was appointed i q few weeks since, has become nation. al in extent and inhuence by the ad- dition of Governors, Mayors of prime v pal cities, Presidents of boards ol trade, etc. Letters of acceptance have been r, ,ccived from for:y-thlce States and Territories, endorsing in no un. certain terms this important indus trial and commercial movement.
 Tho punishment of Geronimo and 1 his principal accumplices in crime has at last been decided upon. By direction of the President they are to spend the remainder of their days in close confinement at Fort Picken<, Florida. This fort is situated upul spit of lInd at the cntrance of Pens;i- cola harbor, Tle locality is so un- healthy that it has been customary to withdraw the garrison into the in terior of tue State at the approach of :, the yellow fever season. It is the i'm :. pression at the WaI Department that the Indians will meyer be removed from the fort, and that soldiers and Indians alike Wiil have to take their chances with the yellow fever. For an Indian who has led wild and rLv- ing life upon the praries to be de prived of his family and closely con- fined un1rr Elilltary guard in Il damp and unheal by region is considered T; fl: T l