The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-03-03
A FATAL BLOCK OF HOUSES.
scotf Circle In WRshinGton Brings Ill-iuck
to Those who Reside In 1t.

Immediately around Scott Circle, one of
the most fashionable localities in Washing
ton, stand number of handsome houses,
all built within the last five years, all be-
longing to prominent men, and upon whose
occupants disaster has fallen SO invariably
that it has come to be called, not Scott
Circle, but Misfortune Circle. 1t was in
he finest Of these on Sunday morning that
David P. Morgan, of the great New York
and London banking firm, died. People
said: "Another misfortune Circle" The
first of the splendid homes facing the statue
OF Gen. Scott is that of Prof. Graham Bell,
of telephone fame. His great fortune is
considered secure, rs he sold out most of
his telephone stock. His wife is q deaf
mute. A year or two ago his children, of
which he has beautiful flock, were stricken
with scarlet fever. After being very i'll
with it, they began to slowly mend, but
with every one of them the hearing became
afflicted, and it is doubtful If they ever re-
cover from it. That, with the cloud hang
ng over him in the charges of fraud and
collision in the telephone suits to be
instituted, has filled his measure of misfor-
tune. Next is the red brick palace built by
Senator Don Cameron, nnd in which MIR.
Morgan died. Senator Cameron only lived
in this house two or three years, but in that
time his health became wreck and one of
his daughters met with an injury that has
famed her ever since. He sold to Mr.. Nor
gan, who owned it about six months before
dying in it. Next him was ex-senator and
uow.M Minister Pendleton's beautiful home.
In the short time he lived there, his wife
ost her two sisters by death, his daughter
had an accident which it is supposed viii
make her cripple for life, he lost consid
cradle money and his election rs United
States Senator.
Then came the magnificent house of ex-
Secretary Robson. When he went into it
he was leading member of Congress, pow
erful at the Navy Department and eager for
political power. Within two years he had
lost his seat in the House, was defeated as
n delegate to the National Convention and
has sunk into complete social us well as po-
litical obscurity. Opposite him fashiona-
BILE clergyman, Mr.. Forrest, built an impos-
ing house. He too lost his charge, became
financially involved, and finally gave ur
his home to be used as an apartment house
On the corner opposite Senator Cameron
ex-senator Window built house which
cost 800, 900. 1t wrecked him politically.
II was photographed and the photographs
distributed all over Minnesota as proof
that he had lost his citizenship, and SO
much feeling was excited .over ii that the
man who was only little while before Sec
rotary of the Treasury, then the candidate
Of his State for the Presidency, was defeat
ed for the Senate and absolutely retired
from public life. Mr.. Blaine also lived in
this house the year of his defeat for the
Presidency. Next to the Window house
Mr.. Stilson Hutchirs, editor of the Wash.
ington Pest built His wife died within q
few months Of moving into the new house.
A little further up the street lived Mr..
Hutchinson, a rich man who died q year or
two ago, leaving behind great mass of
property now in litigation. Judge Harlan,
Of the Supreme Court, lived still farther
up, and this year he has met with
severe reyerses that have swallowed up al
most everything he had So it will be seen
that nearly every property owner immedi-
ately around Scott Circle may say, "Theres
nae luck about the house."