The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-11
LIVE WASHINGTON TOPICS.
ALTERATIONS Nv THE CAPITOL.

The Son Of Senator Hearst 70 Ereet .
| Miiiion-dollar Building In Washington fbr
the Use OF Newspaper Correspondence
Gold In MaryInnd-The War Portfolio.
WASHINGTON. Oct 3.-The streets are
torn up from one ond OF the city to the
other. and. there having boon tho annual
trouble with tho garbage contractor. thero are
moro bad smells about than in the city OF Co.
logne. There is no pavement even In front
Of tho White House. as the old stone
| tagging that has been In use for many
new walk Of, artificial stone. Washinston Is
is usually fSo thers
mometer during the day goes up dam erousiy
Of. The seeds Of malaria float about .oon-
stantly. md. AS the arstooratio householders
looks lonesome and hot. and dirty. the ofiice
seekers included, This Is why the PresidonS
On Capitol Hill things are in tho Same untidy
and dilapidated state. During every recess Of
Congress it seems to DO the proper thing 70
tear everything to pieces. oven tho big marble
building. and this recess has been no excep-
| ton to the rule. Notwithstanding the fact that
| two or three large detached buildings have re-
| Gently boon purchased for the use Of the two
houses Of Congress- the statesmen and the
va HiS, . officials WHO live upon the bounty
the work Of removing PARTITIONS. cutting doors
merry on St The GaptSs nwa eIa looss
Just about the same This year the long recess
changes intended to make everyone more
The roal work Of altering The
the Interest Of more Space has not b"en besun IN
% P saPn 2F ii s s5 Sd dTdosr
tor for their approval. The alterations going
danger that tho officials in charge Of the he work
embsrs "t WI Viii shaE Ss
and decorations are far too fine for the aoqom-
backward about voting the necessary III funSs
for the annual deficiency appropriation bilIs.
Tho widow Of tho late Senator Hearst Of Dali.
fornin has returned to Washington. and 10 IL
said that she will OCCUPY her flne New Hamp.
shire avenue residence hereafter durinS the
winter seasons. Her son. W. R Hearst who
has been In New York during tho summer.
came to Washington with his mother. and Il II
said that he will also reside here for several
months each year. Mr.. Hearst seems 10 be a.
ambitious in business way as his mother
was socially before the death OF her husband.
The young man has started two business ven
moro or less UNCERTAIN as mons;-mSSs
tng sta has opened "a
q Claims Under tSe indian e ut =
the last C95ng gre He has put force Of Youn6
claimant and the, horde OF blood suckers Ia
EHs Stss ss@s 81
does not expect to make money out Of his bi6
no doSss hopes % pe9 de1s Dse2
h. hs .sm the sthe
Of million dollar buiIdinp. to be devotSX .H.
Gnsysg to oSS"panSSy army
t ssa I ss &c. hf H..rs at hs. hSsa
a IL to eeats HI. tuSlns p u, ; .
roperS apns this III or Psss
e sSn$ : sf FL s
sssss
sss a. ss:1s
p1y q ae 0s gears pretty %s
ss .bo s IN tho have
recently been erected here. with, flttfe regard
tor The saRGtt Syu II the
iightipg. *. are to be had. NJ Hearst would
prSbstby DO lust as well Il he would let th
where. de would. no doubt be followed by
street will then realize that they made a mis-
take in not yielding to the demand for modern
improvements.
A few years ago there was some exoitement
IN Washington over the announcement that
gold had been discovered in vast quantities In
Montgomery county. Nd. just over tho line Of
the District OF Columbia The fact that this
discovery had been made at stated periods for
the past hundred years more. and that no
fortunes had been piled up rs the result Of the
discoveries did. not prevent the public from
placing their confidence and some Of their
money into the purchase Of MONTGOMERY ooun.
ty g,,!d fields. In fact. when it became gem
orally known that Senator Sawyer OF WISCONSIN
last IN:
the public confidence became unbounded, and
unit untold Q, w"ath was predicted for the la1down:
raised the price Of their worn out farm acres
to prices and mInGSssd t. sell much
which senator Sabn Of Minnesota was q
adoinDr h Err ana 6nushs the
B. sncssImSSn ms, f ans gold taken q
s@"%S% % hs f asG"SS 81:
wealth that WAS to come but an adver.
shows that at least two mino owners failed 70
get rich. and that the. endor OF their notes
% I t M Ef Hess shse.s are
are ey-Unite,l States senator Spooner OF Wis.
consin md Horace A. Taylor Of tho same State.
now Cnited states Commissioning OF Railrosds,
They endorsed tho notes Of James A. and
George W. Kirk ~ the amount Of $4,000. and
took as securi ty 30 shares OF tho stock Of the
Kirk and Mnharie mining compqnies. which
they Will Ofrcr for sale next week. The par
value Of the stock is $4,000.
Tho friends OF Gen. Lewis A. Grant. Assist
ant Secretary OF War. are rather hopeful that
tho President will not overlook his claims
when selecting successor to Secretary Proc
tor. Mr. Proctor has boon absent from Wash.
ington 80 continuously that Con. Grant has
been tao practica! head of tho War Depart
mcnt since ho was appointed Assistant Secre-
tary under the law Of the first session OF the
Fifty-i!rst Congress- rpviving that Office Gen.
Grant Il hard worker, and is very popular
w W., ~ ne 2ialS AZ mo var Departmept.
snryic" very thoroughly, and that he Is always
on hand attend 70 duty. President Harrison