The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-20
PRESIDENT HARRISON'S BOOM.
Washington Real Estate Men Inveigle his
Family into Land Speculation.
Especial to THE HER.

Especial to THE HERALD-Examiner Dtspatch.l
WASHINGTON, July l9.-On Wednesday even
ing there was given at a new club house near
Washington, called the Glen Echo cafe, a mag
nificent champagne feast to about three hun
dred invited guests. The feast was worthy OF
Lucullus 1t comprised every delicacy that
could be had within an ca of 1000 miles.
There were Kennebec salmon. turtle eggs from
Florida, terrapin soup from Tampa, and not
ilesSt than twelve kinds of drinkables to help to
coolthe temperature of a torrid night. This
feast was given by the Batzely Bros. who are at
the head of ring of spectators that is trying
to make of Glen Echo and the region about one
of the most fashionable and attractive resorts
in the country. It is the design of the specula-
tors to erect $500 600 hotel and to lay out 1000
acres in magnificent villa sites. Among the
guests at Wednesday nights blowout were Sen
ators Stewart, Blackburn and Pierce, of Da-
koto; Benjamin NIilkins, of the Washington
Post; Treasurer Huston, George Lemon, the
millionaire pension shark; Private Secretary
Halford; Colonel Crook, one of the White House
clerks; Hallet, Kilbourne and half hundred OF
WaShngton'S rich real estate men. 1t was
notable event all around. Now comes most
interesting sequel, and that is, the Batzely
Bros. and their coadjutors have been lucky
| enough to secure the White House cooperation
in advancing their scheme. a reporter OF
| the Washington Post has been over at
| Rockville, Montgomery county, Md, in which
| Glen Echo is situated and. on rumaging the
| records, found that between July and July
| there were recorded deeds to something like
| $4,000 worth of lots, all in favor of White
| House inmates. The deeds were recorded by
| Captain Anderson, clerk of Montgomery county.
| Attention was attracted to the deeds because
| several of them came from washington, &C
| companied by q letter signed William. H.
| words: Executive Mansion, Washington, ID.
CT at the top of the sheet. The White House
deeds are as follows: Edward Batzely to Caro-
line Scott Harrison, one villa site, Glen Echo
heights; consideration, 800. Edward BatZely
| to Alice b. Lang (the Presidents stem
ographer) one villa lot Glen Echo, 81 800. Same
to same, two villa lots, s., 1858. Same to same,
| two villa lots 1888 CO.. Edward BatZely TO z. w.
Halford (the Presidents private secretary.
lots and ~, block s. sl,97S.75. Edward Batzely
to John W. Scott (the President -father-in
law lots and 2l3 3Sl square I let of ground ad-
joining Glen Echo. S21, 1S3.
By another deed the same day John w. Scott
transfers the above to Caroline Scott Harrison
for the consideration of 81
On July Edward Batzely transfers to Mary
Harrison McKee, mother Of Baby Mckee, two
villa lots, consideration 81, 430.60. On the same
date Edward BatZely transfers TO Mary Scott
Dimmick, the Presidents sister-ln-law. two
villa lots; consideration 81. 135. Alice B. San
gers purchases were the most extensive made
by any of the White House ladies', aggregatinG
on the deed examined $500, unless Mrs Har
riSon'S purchase of S2 .7S3 worth OF property fol
, the nominal consideration of 81 be counted. The
lots purchased by Miss Lang are In the pleas
ATTEST part of the tract, fronting on the Wal
honding or Dalhongea roads As yet no deed
have been recorded in President Harrison
name.
The publication of these facts this morning ha
created a sensation. How many of these trans
} fers are actual purchases nobody knows, bu
, nobody believed that all are purchases. Tn
( single villa site sold to Mrs. Harrison for 81 i
undoubtedly gift, but the tract of land sold t
Father-in- Law Scott is believed to be pull
l Lei nv bpr
Y that all these deeds were recorded week be
fore the Glen Echo banquet which ushered il
the boom, thus proving that the White HUus
spectators were let in on the ground floor.
will be observed, too, that most of the deed
were filed just about the time Mrs. Harrison
from the balcony of her gift cottage at Cap
May, expressed her .disapproval OF Mr.. Clevt
; lands purchase of Oakview. On that occaS.o
the lady said: There have been suggestion
d from various sources about the President pu
d chasing "A summer home In the suburbs {
: Washington which. at the end of his of1icia
term might be sold at a considerable advance
c We have had ln example of this. but the Pres
: dent will not use his official rank as means
l., making money even to the extent of purchasin
a home for his summer use and selling it whe
= he retireS from Office. The PreSldeAt has d'
e cided ScrupleS about that"
s. The commissioners OF the District of Colun
bia his own appointeeS,, would doubles fet
. disposed to make Improvements in that dire
Il tion which still further give the transactio
" the appearance of deliberate money maxim
IS scheme. In light of the above, all Washingtc
A is laughing this morning. Said a man: TT
. President will, not use his official rank as
% means OF making money, but he does not,
d seems, hesitate to use poor old Father-inLa
10 Scott, over ninety years of age. as go-betwee
N in his connection with gang of shady spec
= lators."
't The Batzly Brothers, who have thus lure
their victims into notoriety, are universally d
nounced, but they are only laughing. They pu
posely kept the matter quiet until they h;
n their banquet and started the boom. and nc
- they let out. Property at Glen Echo has
:, ready gone up 80 per cent. since the feast al
the announcement of the White House re
&c estate deal