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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-16

Prcsilant Fierce during the time that he was
at the helm OF -:Ite used 20 call a. the city
post Office Tor his letters. He made IL his usual
Ir1cIice % walk .-oIn to TIE Office after din
ner 70 inliirc u ihere vas any mail for him,
end "a . rule. would stop long enough 10 cha.
p.easari'y v!:h the clerks az their work. Ii is
toll ohm shat upon ono OCCASION when there
an uuusuci amount % public documents
piled up On the distributing .ab!e and the clerks
were JuSil- ASSERTING them for the outgoing
nails BE- locked in upon them @ad remarked:
ideally, gentlemen. this Is the workshop of the
United States IL President Pierce said that
then what wo-d' would express his feelings
j. he could look in at the ciice at
tae pres II. DAY. whom things nave cone 10
such = pass L.: nothing less than an eight
story :r1II-s hGildirS Is considered large
enough for TIE work ths. must be dore day and
nighIy In those LAYS i Was quite the custom
Ary tAing for senators and members of Con-
gres- 70 drop in ~ the post Once 70 see how
.nuch mali their constituents lad sent them.
in these later days of special deliveries for mi Oh
officials Of tie government it is rot 8. al COM
mon for enc v; them 20 be seen around the
;,rimy old structure that las done service "a an
Office for the pas. lccadc. II il were it is quite
possible hat Washington would have
had pew pos. Office long before now.
AT that time there was but one
carrier delivery a Gay AID none az all on hoii-
DAYS. There were no letter boxes on the coz
ners. no numbers on the houses carriers ocly
delivered mail 20 those persons who specially
directed It and almost every enc called for his
mail at the Office
Postmaster sherwood has recently been get
ting together q collection OF pictures Of bis
predecessors IN Office and these are hung
around the walls OF lbs roofn on the second
tOOr Of the post Office building on Louisiana
avenue. ;,onc OF these are photographs while
Others are OF an older sly lie and are framed il,
imposing -ilG frames STAR reporter glauc-
snS OYER ihis interesting collection. began ask
ing questions about the old-tinie postmaster
and the scenes Of their labors. for the pos;
office has been in many and varied localities.
II Was in 1875. when a correspondent. OF the
Cork Ireland) Gdzefte, writing 10 his paper in
"a friendly mood. spoke OF Washington as '.rnag
indecent" with 1000 houses, built in a very
handsome stile.' that the fret post office IN
this city Was established. The correspondent
probably wore magnifyirg glasses when be
counted the houses. Prior to that tine the
le~res. oIice vas in Georgetown, where the
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VALP Also Dor.

public storcsouses and arsenal AMI others arc
located, and could easily be picked out BY our
gunpers. The hsrbor IL. bV searariug mer
considered very poor. Ii is altogether exposed
to the fury of the northern hurricanes so FREE
quent there nj certain times of the year. MANY
a staunch ship has been dashed to pieces on
the beach by the angry waves Of the Pacific
Tho accompanying sseIch represents the har-
Dor looking southwest Part OF the CITY appears
at the LETT. and far of to the right
Is seen Reeftopsail point commonly called by
sailors) within a musket shot OF which Commo-
dore Porter fought his memorable battle ia the
Essex against two British ships. Chcrub and
PhPSe. in 1872. In case OF possible ATTACK by
our ships, L would imagine il would be made
from there. They would. under cover OF dark
ness, creep up along the coast and by daybreak
slip round this point and be almost in the very
herbor. To allow view Of the harbor. foand
il necessary in my sketch to cut off that part Of
the city where the rich residences, theaters and
public parks are located, but it shows sufficient
Of interest in connection with the present
trouble. In frcnt OF the large mountains. on
top of which can be seen, about midway in the
cut, the signal station, from where the approach
Of any vessel from the south cat be OBJ
served by daytime and communicated
to the city, are three smaller hills.
On the slope OF the middle one of these hills ID
the largest fort, comuandingly situated, with
free play over city and harbor. Below the ne K;
hill to the left is tho sailor town, with all the
low dives and like resorts. and where the Chile
ans claim the trouble with our sailors had its
origin. Directly underneath the big lc-t an
the water, as seen in the sketch. a little Gu;
from the beach. is the landi lg mole-a square
iron concern, with steps on all sides Here a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-16
THE HARBoR OF VALPARAISO.
Place Which War Possibilities Makes
Most Interesting Now.


Most Interesting Now.
The accompanying sketch Of the harbor Of
Valparaiso was made for THE EVENING STAR
by Mr.. Frank Muller, who has spent consider
able timo in the Chilean seaport Mr.. Muller
writes:
Il had opportunity TO become familiar with
the city Of Valparaiso, its harbor and surround
ings, during stay there OF several years, and
the war talk Of late naturally awakes my in
terest in that aud other places have visited
in that country. In my opinion a squadron Of
modern warships like our cruisers attacking
Valparaiso would not meet with any serious or
prolonged resistance. The few good ships the
Chileans have would, Of course make one des-
perate effort, but if their first attempt should
result in defeat they would be discouraged
and their strength would be broken. The forti-
fcations around Valparaiso would not amount
to much. When was there last they only had
three forts mounted with old fashioned guns.
and believe q few well-directed shells
from our ships would silence them
II 1t should come ~ lombard
ment Of the city it would certainly
be great calamity tor the unfortunate inhabi-
tants. for every house affords target from the
bay. as the city is built on the slopes of five
hills. with the large mountains as background.
from which the houses stand out like 30 many
white spots. Tho business part OF the city
stretches along the beach fronting the harbor
in three or four principal streets. where also
the government buildings, the custom house.
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THEY WOULD NOT EXPRESS GRIEF
The Miners Federation Refused to EXPIRES
sympathy for the Queen.

The Miners Federation Refused to Express
sympathy for the Queen.
The fiction that the whole English nation is
overwhelmed with grief at tho death Of the
Duke OF Clarence received startling denial
yesterday in the proceedings of the greatest
workingmcn,s union i'll England. Tho dele
gates to the Miners Federation, now holding
their annual meeting of Stoke on-Trent, we're
apprised before assembling that their repre-
sentatives in parliament desired that tho fed
GRAFTON should adopt O resolution Of con-
dolence. The strong democratic feeling known
to suffuse the body made this proposal haz-
srdous but it was hoped that the delegates
would not venture to deyiate from the general
custom by declaring that the death in tho royal
family was no particular business Of theirs.
This is exactly what they did. telegram
from tEeir parliamentary leader, Mr.. Pickard,
himself i'll with influenza. asked for q vote OF
sympathy with tho royal family, aiding: THE
queen has always expressed sympathy with
u.s."
Cries c. business greeted the message. The
member who moved the vote of coincidence re.
minded the delegates that the queen in cases OF
accident In the mines always helped the dis
tressed. In sullen silence the conference
listened to speeches in favor Of the motion, and
then by vote OF ~ to 10 passed without de-
bate an amendment to proceed 70 business.
The Miners Federation has zoe, 600 members
and il is the best organized and most powerful
single union in the country. 1t has several
representatives In the house OF commons and
controls the votes OF others. No workingmen's
combination has SO freely given to the dis
treesed in or outside of it's own ranks or shown
| a keener perception Of the sufferings Of the
| proletarist. Interference with the family
| affairs Of royalty being felt to be beyond them
| they honestly said so. II all Of the trades
| unions Of Great Britain were similarly tested
/ the result would be similar. The delegates i'm
mediately proceeded to vote sympathy with and
/ substantial help for the starving nailmakers o.
the Midland districts, who have long been OF
strike. tgagsc
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There. in all probability. i. will remain until
its permanent home on Pennsylvania avenue is

There. in all probability. j. will remain until
its permanent home on Pennsylvania avenue ID
ready for occupancy.
Among the clerks at the city post Office are
several who have been in the Office for aore
than quarter OF q century. and thoy talk most
interestingly of the way things were back in
war times. One Of them. in speaking OF the
post Office when he first became connected with
the Office, said TO STAR reporter day or two
ago: Thirty years are apt to make many
changes, and during that period l can recall
many that have taken place in this Office.
when was sworn in as a clerk in Novem-
Der 1861, the force of letter carriers consisted
OF five men. Now IL numbers nearly lao.
One delivery a day was ALI that was made
to meet the demands of the citizens where
now they have eight Two mails q day were
received from New York, the afternoon mail
bringing tho Now York papers. though it was
not always on time by good deal In those
days all the leading business men had their let
ter boxes in the office. and can see them row
in my minds eye standing around in the lobby
waiting for the mail to be distributed. Upon
its arrival tho windows would be closed and
they would wait around on the outside
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-16
AN EYE TO THE FUTURE.
Souvenirs That . Young Woman LIkes -
Receive aud 20 Keep

Souvenirs That . Young Woman Likss -
Receive and 10 Keep
From the Chicago Tribune.
A Chicago woman has q unique and extensive
collection Of souvenirs presented her by her
male friends Ordinarily women make great
mistake in collecting souvenirs, simply because
they do not collect the proper things. IL may
be safely asserted that no young man likes .
young woman any better because she displays
bracelet on which are bangles given her BY
half a hundred former lovers. Neither do
young men feel any more kindly toward Q
young woman because she can display large
collection OF mems photographs. The young
woman who boasts OF having innumerable locks
OF hair given her by Tom, Dick and Harry
should not feel surprised IL the calls Of hee
male friends become fewer and farther b.
tween.
Men as q rule object TO being put ION The
list They do not care TO add Just one more
photograph TO the collection or another bangle
TO them Just BARRIERS do 10 men awaiting
their turn to be shaved. But the collection Of
souvenirs and mementos being made by the
young woman referred TO In such that the usual
objections TO such things cannot Do urged -
strongly in her case. Der souvenirs are nos
bangles, nor photographs, nor locks Of hair,
nor neckties, nor anything Of the sort but they
are cigars. Every young man who calls
her IL requested to leave a cigar az Q memento
of his visit Every man who wishes 70 give her
souvenir commemorative of any incident
time or place is told that cigar 10 all that viii
answer the purpose, and the young woman in
sists that IL be good cigar. She already has
large number Of such keepsakos carefully
wrapped in tinfoil and attached 10 each label
telling why, where, when and from whom re-
ceivcd.
The young woman asserts that on the day
she weds she viii give each and every one u
these souvenirs 10 her husband, &C. be smoked
by him. In this way, she says. she hopes 20
avoid the petty jealousies which usually resus
from the receiving Ind retaining Of souvenir.
She reasons that 20 long ~ her husband can
smoke 1t the expense Of the young men Who
have previously shared her society be val 10
good-natured about IL and consider that he 10
getting the best OF the bargain. Bat IL the to-
| be-defsatsd rival learns OF the arrangement be
may assist the young lady in supplying her
| future husband with s4ock OF vile cigars, the
smoking Of which WI In great measure lssssa
the feeling OF triumph which the victor y sup
posed - eatsrtsin toward the vanquished-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-16

Years ago. during the days OF high postage, a
comparatively small building was al! that was
necessary to meet the demands of any Office.
Then II was not the custom 10 write letters on
any and every provCcaticE. or without any at
al. a. II l. today, fC- the expenses incident to
sending letters were so considerable as to put a
stor 10 ali unnecessary correspondence. In
the~c DAYS. when people accustomed to 2
cen. letter postage and are cl3moring for a still
further reduction. Il Is net an easy matter to
realize that few years $50 1t cost Ferson in
I0sson - cents or III New York 1884 cents TO
send a sheet Of letter paper to a friead in this
city. That 10 to say. 1t cost the friend
il this city that SUN of money, for the
tax was collected 10 the receiving end of tue
Line. Think Of II cent, was the toll from
Aie=a njria- In addition to their other duties
tie post Office clerks were Obliged to examine
every letter carefully 10 see that it did rot con-
tain too EIuch. ana il three notes happened 20
lie sen: along with letter from Boston that
Etsie packet cost the tidy sum of G dollar.
Daring the administration OF President jack
soc there were but four letter carriers in the
city, and one Of the traditions Of the Office is
that ore q these carriers, lir. JAS \. Ken
redv. who was for many years clerk at the
delivery window. used 20 deliver his mali in a
Handsomely painted boat that was mounted On
wheels. Thus IL Was said that many OF the res
i!tE.s of the higher portions cf the city re-
mote frO.1 the river banks received their mai
ty boat. az. kenEcdy was afterward seriously
injured by explosion OF gasoline N the Office,
il which one clerk vas instantly killed aud q
number OF others severely burned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-16

I'm those days we used to be at work stand
Ing III paper up to our knees. for no matter
what the size OF the package might be it was
sure to be well wrapped up in papers, and these
We mad to remove before we could get at tho
letters within. About this time Norton stamp
for canceling and postmarking letters was in
troduced and was looked upon as something
wonderful then, though it has been superseded
since, of course.
"Of the old-time clerks who have since held
prominent positions in Washington I recall
Maj. A. c. Richards, who WAS our paymaster in
the sixties and afterward chief of police; Col.
Croker, who was for many years the warden
OF the District Jail. and Col. Alexander, who
was afterward the city postmaster. When Col.
Alexander came to leave the Office and was
bidding US boys goodbye remember his telling
us that when he came back he would be at the
top of the heap. His words came true, for when
he did come back he was at the head of the
office"
The record of the work done by the Wash
in6ton city post Office for tie past year offers a
striking and interesting contrast to what
was done thirty years ago. The records of the
office recently made up show that the amount
OF money order and postal note business done
by tho main Office and the sixteen branch post
ofhccs amount to four and a quarter millions
during the past year.
The number of registry pieces handled by
the main Office and the station for the same
time amounted to 2.394. SOC with an estimated
value of .J28. 900, 600. The weight of this mat
ter for this division was estimated at ,56S tons
for the year.
The mailing division handles daily All, 4SO
letters, cards Gnd circulars: 214.05O pieces OF
printed matter. Number of pouches dis
patched. S95; number of pouches received, 1872
number of sacks of printed matter dispatched,
1,427; number of sacks of printed matter re-
ceived. $50. In weight this mail aggregates
IS. 900 pounds daily.
The delivery division handled in the past
year A, SOC, 900 letters. cards. &C.. while in
1861 the number handled amounted to els $50
The number Of special delivery letters handled
was g. 1888, while for the year ending June 80
1886, when the service was first established
the number of letters handled was only 25, l54
The amount OF second-class matter for the
past year amounted to 2.SSj, 1858 pounds.
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whl: small beginning the post Office of the
nations capital has grown, now that it has
reached pOiat where the needs of the Office
demand larger and more appropriate accom-
mo,iAtious- a hundred years ago. however
not such tremendous space Of time in the his
tory OF the world growth there was no post
Office on this side 0. Rock creek ut all. and the
few people who lived over here were obliged to
60 over to tle older village TO get their occa-
ssonai let;ers- Il WAS not until the year 1895
tia, this civ WAS regarded OF enough i'm
Ior;aHee to have post Office of its own. and
the first postal accommodations were Of the
most hr.i,ed description
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Vim. A. Bradley. who served from June. is49
TO Nay q, 1858. when he was succeeded by
Jas. G.. Berret, who served until DIR. Jones was
re-appointed for the second time. Messrs
Lewis CIephane, Sayles J. Bowen and Col. c.
NJ Alexander filed in the interim until the
Grant administration. when the stamps were
turned over to the care Of Judge James NJ Ed
munds- He served from May. 1862 till his
death in 1880, when Col Daniel u. Anger
was appointed. and he in turn gave way to
Thos. l.. Tuiloch. who served from November 2j.
1882. until he died. June %, 1888. Col D. s.
Parker was postmaster for a week afterward,
but having then declined the Office F. L. Con-
ger. who preceded Mr.. John ". Ross, the pres
ent Commissioner, was appointed and dictated
from June 20. 1888, till January 90, 1888. Post
master Ross. Upon being made the democratic
member OF the board of Commissioners for the
District by President Harrison. was succeeded
by Mr.. Henry Sherwood. the present postnas-
ter. who had been for some years the assistant
postmaster.
After tie post Office buildings on z street
were burned down in 1885 the city post Office
was removed to Carusis saloon, on llth street
below the avenue where bernan's Thea.er now
stands, md ID was afterward located at the
corner of louisiana avenue and AZ street. OPP
posite the city hall. it was moved from there
to 7th street between and L streets, and from
there to street opposite the patent office
For number of years it was there in the
northern part Of the post Office building. From
taere 1t was removed in November. 1872 to the
Seaton building on Louisiana avenue where il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-16

The sale OF postage stamps. cards, envelopes
DC, at the main Office and stations amounted
to $500 GOO. Seventy per cent of thc work OF this
Office being free on account OF official matter it
Is estimated from actual count and weight that
the revenues would be nearly $4,000. 600 if the
government paid postage for mattec that is
now sent free and for which the office gets
no credit at all.
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n ROUND NUMBERS

n ROUND NUMBERS
forty-iive thousand dol
lars represent the price
paid the other day for
o choice building site
on 10Th street. 1t is tho
northwest corner of 18th
and P streets. having .
frontage Of e7k feet on
10th and ITO feet on P
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-16
REAL ESTATE GOSSIP.
Flue Building sites to Re Improved b.
Handsome Residences.

PROPOSED EXTENSION OF STREET RAILWAY IN
THE RESIDENT SECTIONS OF THE crrT--rHH
CHANGE OF HOUSES INTO BUSINESS PLACES
SOME APARTMENT HoUsEs--orHER MATTERS.
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with the work OF distributing for their after
noon roanda The transfer had been made
and all the change accomplished in 4 few
hours Probably about next May the ONCE
Will move once more into the big building that
Is now IN course OF construction on the north
side Of q street between 9Th and It'll streets.
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NEARLY A CENTURY.
The Washington City Post Office APP
preaching It's Centennial.
AGLIMPSE OF THE PAST.

The Long Line of Posimasters-Ex-Postm
tiers WHO Are stu LivinG-The Growth of
the Omc--Days When che President Used
to Go for His own Letters.
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: NO. IiIl
The United States government has chartered
the collier San Mateo to carry coal to Chile.
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phis Will b nearly miliioa
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has been ever since. This move was made in
the morning. little after 10 o'clock. A number
OF express wagons were called into rcquisition
aud the Carriers who had lett the post Office
on Z street for their morning delivery
came back to the new office at noon and found
everything IN readiness sor them TO 60 ahead
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ROBABLY VERY FEW
Z any Of ;he thousands o
feopls who saw the fine
large picture in TIE STAR
-ome time ago Of the new
city post Office building
that is to a,iorn the square
opposite TEE STAR Office
stopped to think from
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from sreh beginning this tire business
elite Washington office has grown until ii now
Ranks ia importance with tie largest cities OF
tie county, and, III fact. owing 20 the enor-
nous RIaoant y: matter that ~ handled FOR the
v.ri1ns government departments, far outranks
tie nE!ces ir many cities that have a consider
ABLY larger population OF course the princi-
p,I reasoH Cor the growth Of the postal service
generally vas tie introduction OF eLeap letter
Pozt.ge-
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Steele aud Ike Weir to Fight,

A match between Ike Weir and Frank Steele
has been made. They are to fight at the New
Bedford Athlete Club on February 10 for a
purse Of s600. Weir began training yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-16
Mitchell VIII Plight NIaber.

There is o chance Of Charley Mitchell and
Peter Maher being matched to fight to a finish.
A well-kuown Philadelphia sporting man has
received instruction; from Mitchell to back
him against Maher for $4,000 side, the fight
to take place within twenty-five miles Of Phila-
dolphin. When seen last night Billy Madden
was told of the offer and he Immediately sig
nifed his Willingness to accept it, and he will
post the whole or any part of the forfeit within
forty-eight hours of Mitcheli's doing SO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-16

mails were received three times . week fr ON
north and south. The northern mails arrived
on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays and
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International Amateur Athletic Contes,

AuueTHdtioual AtHlstlc NOutcstbs
w. c. Forbes Of the Harvard University Boat
Club has received letter from J. Ashley
Cooper, esq, Of London, Eng, asking Ameri-
can cooperation in a scheme to bring about o
series of international contests between repre-
sentative amateur teams from oil the English
speaking countries Of the world.
1t is proposed to have competitions in track
athletics, rowing and cricket at any rate, and
perhaps in more branches of athletics.
Mr.. Forbes has been asked to do what he can
to rouse American enthusiasm on the subject.