The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-18


f planned afr- sherman was candidate for
B reelection Now when Air. window OF
Minnesota was q candidate for reelection
. 10 the senate he was defeated by pho
tograph OF beautiful house which he had
I built here His enemies circulated copies
I or this picture through Minnesota, and
the farmers OF the STATE believed that
I Mr. Window was puffins 0u 100 mucn
styie ana voted against him. A Washing
I ton correspondent iearuel of Afr. Sher-
man plans for a residence and sent
lara siapn about Them Co. e paper In
I Cincinnati The paragraph was not in
tended 70 lnlure Mr Sherman On his san
V4ssi but he scented a possible injury and
came out In an interview stotitiy denying
4 that ne intended to build white palace at
Ihe capital Directly after his reelection
Nll- SHERMAN began the erection Of his
He" mouse This Is a sample OF the ex-
FtI .thce OF the Washington correspondent
with the Firtuous statesman.
senator Shermans chief wealth how
ever IS not In Improved city property. but
IA suburban reas estate. He and his
brother -in-law own about O. million feet
"I lahu in columbia heights. and the value
o. the land is not much less than mill
non dollars. This Is not The only sDecula-
tioh IN which the Ohio senator has been
Interested lie made a GOOD many thous-
anu dollars in a subdivision known as the
stone tract few years age
Inc nome which Don Cameron owns on
l-1laS cite square next 10 the Blaine prop
eItys where the new theater Is TO stand,
cost $1,000. ID has had many improve
inents. and ii represents to-day an invest
ment OF more than SiO0UH Undoubtedly
'lls mouse viii be torn down in a few
years 10 make place for am apartment
house Historic Lafayette Square is like
~ 10 see many change 10 the next ten
years. The Cameron home is not "the
cameron house % 30 rr-bf WA
known Tor many years as the Cameron
mousse stands on Scott Circle near the
mousse OF Levi r. Morton. IL was built
by senator Cameron for S4u 9J1. and 10 was
reported sold ten years ago TO the family
OF ID +. Morgan, the New York banker
Tor $4,000. IL is not the fashion here for
any one to live in his own house long
The Blaines were most conspicuous ex-
ample OF this. Mrs Blaine is now living
IN the Blaine house for the first time since
the death of Garfield IL has always been
the Blaine house, though il was rented
furnished many years When the report
went abroad at the last New Years recep-
ton at the white house i'm which Mr.
Blaine took part that the Blaine house
was alre it was the house on Dupont
circle, in which the Letters We're then
living, that was meant. Don Cameron
pays taxes on Saba worth of property in
Washington. The late Thomas NJ Payne
VI 4 NAAAlHN ~ anna NIlO committed SNlHilt
not long ago I'm his beauu-
ful home on Massachusetts ave
nue., which he built when he
was member OF congress. was paying
taxes on S57.0oO worth of property here at
the time of his death. Most of the wealth
Of the Bayne family belonged to Mrs
Bayne.
Senator Stewart of Nevada is another
rich real estate owner lie has made in
speculation about Washington in recent
years enough to warrant him in return
ing to live in his old home on Dupont
Circle, which was occupied for so many
years by the Chinese legation MIR. Stewart
bought his Dupont Circle property when
there We're no Improvements worth mem
tioning in the northwest. He was one OF
the few members Of congress who were
let into the secret plans of Boss Shep-
herd, and who profted by his confidence.
Mr.. Stewards house was so magnificent
for the day in which it was built twenty
years ago. that is was named Stewart
Castle" and by that name it has been
known ever since. Mr. Stewart lost his
fortune before he left the Senate at the
end OF his term, and when lie returned
10 Washington he was too poor to live
in his own house. He became interested
in the Development of a fine suburb known
as Chevy Chase, beyond the northwest
section OF washington. A large amount of
money has been spent in the suburb and
II has become accepted as u fashionable
place of residence. The Sharon estate is
Interested in the Chevy Chase property.
and the syndicate which developed it Is
known as the California syndicate. Sena-
tor Stanford planned to build suburban
resort or summer city opposite Washing
ton on the Virginia side of the Potomac.
near Arlington; but the title to the prom
erty was IN question and he dropped the
scheme
When Senator Palmer of Michigan lived
in Washington he built fine brown-stone
residence four stories high on X street. 1t
cost him about $4,000, and ii continued his
property until last summer, when it was
bought with a view to converting ii into
an apartment house. Mr. Hale of Maine
lives in one of the costllest houses in
Washington It stands on the corner of
sixteenth and * streets. But IL is not the
properly of the senator. It belongs to his
mother-in-law, the widow or the tate Zach.
Chandler of Michigan, with whom Mr.. and
Mrs. Hale live
Representative Hit of Illinois paws taxes
on 49,, 900 worth of property part of which
is his home on Rhode Island avenue. Sen
ator Mcmillan of Michigan lives in a
$4,000 house of his own on Vermont ave-
nue., and not far from him Senator Allison
owns u house worth $4,000 or $4,000. Sen
atod Brice owns the big Corcoran house in
which he lives. which, with its improve
ments, is worth not less tnan $4,000.
There are many small real estate own
ers among the public men in Washington.
like Senator Cockrell, who owns a sl5.O00
house in the northwest which he paid
for out of his salary, and taken alto
gether the statesmen in Washington own a
fair proportion of the the real property in
the city as any other class of business
or professional men,