The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-14

signed Dan Quin" Yturbiae has. there
fore. caused the arrest OF Lewis for Grim.
insl Ebel. Lewis published an item IN me
Journal stating that Yturbide had been
thrasaed by bis valet and that he rad
also written a number OF abusive letter,
TO well known society people here. mostly
women, and had afterwards infirnated
fnat former fcnces Of his had written
rasn- Those who know Yru;sgde hes,
think ne feels more keenly the statement
thar ne had been pounded by his valet
than the other charge.
faai house-cleaning at the White House
Is completed and everything is in readi-
ness for the return of the president and
his family. The work. according TO long
estaphs1ed custom, Is done most thor
ousaiy every four years, on the eve OF
the presidential election So. whether Nc
Kinney or Bryan takes up his abode there
on the 4th OF March next. he win find ev-
erytaing IN a9ple-p.s order. In either case
thanks vii be due 20 Mrs. Cleveland, who
mas mad much 10 do with the present i'm.
pcovements. The magnificent new carpe,
IN fne East room. veritable cloth of gold,
was selected by Mrs. Cleveland before she
lett 10 spend the summer az Gray Gables.
The white and gold panels and borders in
mis- room have ali been restored and the
furniture is newly upholstered. "A new
carpet has also been purchased for tho
cofr.aer, ard the green, blue and red par.
iefs, where the grand receptions are ae4d,
are as bright as IL is possible TO make
Them The presidents private Office. TO
Wnicn only the most favored succeed in
gaming admsttance, having overcome the
CerDerus Thurber is a triumph of Mrs.
cieseiand's decorative art. The prevail
ing co.ors here are pale green and a
cream tint. with touch of pink here and
there, that makes 1t one of the most taste
fni ana daintiest OF room. A shield of the
national colors in each of the rounded
corners gives the apartment an official
air. The carpet selected by Mrs. Cieye-
land Is OF pale green and pink. The cab
met room. adjoining this apartment has
a new crimson velvet carpet, and the
stairway leading to this par, OF the house
has been newly carpeted.
odd Glory" never dies. Some one asked
the architect Of the capitol, who is also
superintendent OF the building. the other
day. what becomes OF the flags which fly
before the dome of the capitol the year
around and over the two houses of con-
gress when they are in session. Some
times. after great storm, they are torn
and frayed. but rhe next day they seem
new again. an embodiment of perpetual
youth
They are the same flags" said the ar
chitect. There are no new ones. The old
flags are simply mended. When a stripe
blows away new one is put in its place
and the same old flag is pulled up to the
head or the staff. Ii IL Is the blue field
with stars that IS gone this is reproduced.
IL only rent. it is darned If It is past
that, a new stripe is put in. AS the old
portion succuynbs 10 the breezes that toss
its folds proudly. new ones are put in their
PAGES until these in their turn. become
old ana are blown away. Year after year
the texture may change. but they are the
same old flags. No one here can tell when
these flags were bought and the winds
alone know where in the four quarters OF
the earth are the resting places of the bits
torn by them from the emblem of liberty
that is eternal"
The storm of last week Is still topic Of
talk and of newspaper items and articles.
Owing to the fact of the general prostra-
ton of telegraph wires at the beginning
of the storm and that this lasted nearly
TWO days. reports sent out from here were
meager and condensed and gave a very
inadequate idea of the winds fury and
of the damage done. The estimate of a
million dollars damage Is a very conserv-
alive one. The number of buildings dam
aged to the extent of a thousand dollars
or more were few, but there were many
thousands damaged 10 the extent of a
hundred dollars or more. The worst de-
struction in 4 general way has been to
the beauty of the city, for thousands OF
Its Oldest and most beautiful shade trees
have been broken down or uprooted, NOT
only in the parks. but along the principal
streets and avenues. But as there is no
great loss without some small gain, the
storm was Godsend in one way TO many
poor people. The district commissioners
published a notice that anyone desiring to
take away the fallen trees for firewood
might do so. As result in less than
week the streets were practically cleaned
and the commissioners had saved them
selves a great deal or trouble ard severai
hundred dollars expense.
One OF the most singular features of the
storm was the loss of the tall flag staff on
the White House, from which the signal
has heretofore been given to the city that
the president was in town. This disap-
peared completely and no trace Of IL has
been discovered. IN the beautiful grounds
surrounding the house, the damage srs-
tanned was narrowing TO the feelings OF
the lovers OF nature. No less than % OF
the splendid trees, elms. sycamores. wal
nuts and magnolias. some of great age
ami of historical associations, were COM
pletely leyeled, while fully 80 of the sur
v.Tirg trees suffered he loss as their tops
and principal branches and are perma-
nently defaced AS this is the third time
within year that the grounds have suf-
fered in this way, though not before to
anything like the present extent, there is
reason to fear that the beauty of the
lawns is indefinitely impaired.
Justice Stephen ]. Field OF the United
States supreme court. has returned to the
city after spending the summer in Callfor-
MA. where at one time there were very
serious fears that he would never recover
from an illness which attacked him Now
he has regained hts usual health and
strength and feels quite equal 10 his duties
on the bench during the coming term OF
court Nothing can more disturb the
equanimity of Justice Field than to hear
II intimated that he intends to resign.
He VIII have TO lose great deal OF that
indonitable will and mental yigor which
ne has shown in so marked a degree dur
ing so many years before he would ever
listen 10 such suggestion even on the
part OF those who have his best interests
at heart. Justice Field Is the grand old
man of the supreme bench today, and the
Pacific coast may well be proud that he
halls from that section of the United
States
Campaign anecdotes are thicker than
the leaves of Naliambrosa but here Ii one
credited TO Gen. George A. Sheridan
which fits the present situation perfectly.
II was during the greenhack agitation and
Sheridan was addressing an audience in
Cincinnati in opposition thereto. Just az
he was in the midst OF his argument some
rural greenbacker. thinking 10 stump him.