The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-27
xRs. GENERAL HANCOCK.

visited Mrs. General Hancock's house
tpday, bit find 1t rented to Cincinnati
family and that Mrs. Hancock is living in
New York. Her house here is worth per.
haps 10000. and it was a present to her
iIom NJ. C0rcoran and other wealthy resi-
deais Of Washington. 1t is big three
eory and basement structure of PhiladeI-
Dhis pressed brick and brown stone. It is
% corner, Is on the farthest edge of the
iadhionabIe section, and is growing in value
Nefy year. II has about fifteen rooms,
md il ends at the corner in brown stone
oseE Brass ratings lead up the brown
stone steps to wide front door, and you
entef under half-moon of stained glass.
There Is more stained glass in the windows,
md the house is beautifully finished as to
paper and painting. Mrs. Hancock has,
however, spent but a short time in it,
though she will probably make Washing
ton her residence in the future.
She is not rich. and General
Hancock died comparatively poor,
Her memoirs of her husband had no such
sale AZ the books of Grant or Sheridan,
and she has not great deal in addition to
ner pension to live upon. General Han
COCK was not money maker. He gave
great deal to charity and he was generous
% fault He married Mrs. Hancock in
Ivy. She was then q young lady of st.
Louis, and the two spent nearly q genera
hon OF happy years together.
10" MES. LOGAN FURNISHED CALUMET PLACE.
Mrs. General Logan has perhaps the
nnest home Of any of the noted widows
o. washington. Calumet Place commands
o view OF the whole city and the surround
ing country for miles. 1t is q roomy two
story brick, with hall running through its
center so wide that you could turn a
wagon load of hay around in it without
touching the walls. Immense rooms open
mo tnis ball from either side, and these
are PACKED with relics of General Logan
ana Win the evidences of Mrs. Logans
ana the generals taste. The two planned
sne furnishing OF the house together.
uenerai Logan did a great deal of the car
pentfy work in reeonstructing it accord
ing to their ideas and he aided
MAS vile In selecting and ar
nnging the furniture. Every room con-
ains many "reminiscences of him, and Mrs.
logan says that she would not be happy
away from Washington on this account.
"nsn tney took the house it was battered
ana worn. The big rooms each looked as
- ssise Is barn, and 1t did not seem posi-
VIC mat anything less than a lifetime or q
.ofsune could make il habitable. Good
'sste, hard work and O moderate amount
" money gave it one OF the transforma-
uons that are said to have come from Alad-
~. .a, lamp. The wide doors were covered
si.n poriiers made OF Navajo blankets of
iea and blue, which Mrs. Logan and the
GENERAL bought from the Zunl Indians;
'ney scattered some mahogany seats
through the wide hall. and hung upon its
Sais Indian relics and old armor, with
some OF the generals weapons. During
BIS whole life General Logan had received
presents OF canes, and he had kept these
until ne had barrel full. A curious little
pasAeI was bought for these and they form
rue VI the curiosities of the drawing-room.
Every piece of furniture has its history.
sna IN the dining-room they put table
mat Charles Carroll, of Carrollton. once
owned, and IN their bedroom they had q
lamp which burned the midnight
Aitufy Iiay Nuen ne pldySu
snis' or planned out his presidential CAM
la'gns. One of the sofas had belonged to
rAueii. and in their bedroom in which the
general died there was dressing table and
bureau which came from President Buch-
man $ home in Pennsylvania. In one of
sue pariors was a couch which General
logan constructed himself. upon which he
'osed to lie after hard day in the Senate.
Ano 10 The corners of the room were flags
sno banners, each OF which had q story
winch both Mrs. Logan and the general
oooid tell. The most of tins furniture
sands today in the same places il did
Snen General Logan was alive. There are
pefhaps q few more portraits OF Logan
upon the walls, and at one end of the
oouoie psrlors there has been built the
memorial hall in which Mrs. Logan has
Soaected the mementoes of her. husband.
- Is perfect museum of Logan history,
snd one who can read between the lines
saa here see the history OF the late war.
wh not attempt TO describe it,
ave THAI it is one OF the
most interesting places to the soldiers who
.isit Washington, and that no Grand
army man ever comes 20 the capital with
W. calling upon Mrs. Logan. cha,ted
Win Mrs. Logan the other day about the
xeaerai's book. The tears filed her eyes