Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-04-06
vANDALS AT WASHINGTON
aeL,c HUNTERS DESTROYING MA
1,oNAt MONUMENTS.


,,o,,e persous who visit Washington mas y,
Ron carried to such destructive POM :.
,hat measures of exceptional severity are p
m he adopted by the department OF pup :, =,
n. h,,;ldings and grounds to restrain the IL
Ill The damage that has been wan u
tonly done in this way within tne last 'e', = =
years would, If reduced to dollars aho :,
cents, mount up to frightful aggregate "
Many who are in good position 10 :
Judge say that it would cost Sl,ooo'ooo u
to repair only such injuries as are act
ually visible to the casual observer
To begin with, as you enter the rotuhda
of the Capitol from the east front, you
observe that the beautiful bronze doors
fac.similes of the Ghberti doors at the
baptistry i'm Florence, have been badly
chewed I'D by iconoclastic visitors
These doors cost the United States gov
eminent S2S, 500 At present they would
not be worth anything like that amount
The figures ON the panels, representing
historical scenes, stand out in high re-
lief. and somebody has found no DIM
entity in wrenching away the sword that
Henry VII of England formerly held III
his hand. Columbus has lost the reins
OF the amman ne Is i'u'"S' gu" 1911 81
Bartholomew has also been deprived .,
his sword Balboas SWORD mas oeen ''
bent out of shape by some one WHO was,
presumably, interrupted in an attempt
to twist it off >,
Two luckless monarchs' hihg Jo',h -
of Portugal and King Charles VIII, nave
both been robbed Of their scepters, OF
which they now retain only the s.unapa
Just examples these are oil the mischie'
done to these beautiful gates oil bronze
To commit them must nave requlreu ca
ceptional nerve, situated, as the ooors
are. Immediately outside the rotui'"a
where there is always man on gu"iu
1t is this latter fact that is accouh'aoie
for the fortunate circumstance 'hat no
damage whatever has been done "''h'n
the rotunda itself
Save for the watch kept, the great MS
torical pictures there wouiG ha,e oee"
all cut to pieces long ago Inc heaos "
the Father Of his Country ana o'her re
spectacle characters oil american ",
tiquity would have been sliceu out VI
the canvases, merely to begin with fo'
nothing is sacred to the reiic huh'er' u.
will not hesitate to cabbage reu "o'
stove, il opportunity offers
On the right hand side OF the ohioer'
doors. as you go in. is superb colossal
statue of Mars. the god OF war. a van
dial visitor unknown broke the END o.
his marble sword off. probably by reach
ing over the railing and giving 1t sharl
bang with heavy stick. Inc ous'eu
portion has been stuck ON again VIII
glue or something. but the eiiec' Is un
slightly. On the other side OF tne oooi
il . corresponding statue OF ceres .n
goddess of the crops her lett hanu wa
smashed of while ago, and SO Dunc
of marble olives has been placed IN ne
grasp to hide the break. Outrages ih
these, Of course, are often inspired :
Malicious mischief, pure and simpl
But the case is rare OF an individual WI
will destroy property IN cola oioVo' ~
for the sake OF destroying Inc ouiA
the vandalism is committed oy rel
hunters-people without SOULS sa'as
Of civilization, who will not hesitate
wipe out in five minutes as mucn val
as the labor OF their hietime Wi, I,
duce for the sake OF procuring nan
dozen worthless memorabilia
Such are the persons, doubtless, W
have attacked the maghihceh' o'o'
doors Of the east senate front-orign
cost, $50, 0OO-on which are depic'eu
relief scenes in American history
guns of the soldiers at Yorktown ha
been wrenched on-those Oh THEM T"
were sufficiently in alto relieve to ma
IL possible-and the reins OF Washil
toms horse, on his journey through 1T
ton, have disappeared; also the gun
the hands Of the woman who looks
upon the combat hetween the jersey
mer and the hessiah mas io'' 10
The presidents room has sunereu n'
times, not only from reio nu'''e''
also from malicious destroyers'
relic hunters have confined themse'
here chiefly to cutting the silken tas
from the chairs, though now ana I
,hov have sliced n piece out of the Ina
49,, rod leather coverings of the so
a.;onaIIv n strip has been cut
anu oeeae'o s ~ I'll, Garnet made
one corner y, WV 800 ;nst 10 rom
pecially to ut the ROOM JUST " IN
Der the place by aiterwaru. i"S
however, are the favorite spoil.
The Guard ventured out of the r
for loss tl,an two minutes one day,
-, ho r,me bock three tassels
VIZ" " ~ On an average.
gone Eil''.'''Si' s.,u lot ,r now tassel.
equivalent OF 'u,i -. VI ~" ,aar :,
to be put on the c'''urS e"0" % %
DOUBT 'l'9 'oo .,;nont Curi,
.ne -I' !, - occunied for only one
,,,.o,ro n,ontbs The presi