Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-26

III Its wallis were Photographs, they could
and winfield Scott. This house was once
owned by Ogle Tayloe, who was one OF the
great entertainers OF the capital many
years ago. 1t is just next TO the Lafayette
Theater, which stands on the site of tho
place of the attempted assassination of
Seward, and where Blaine lived when he
was Secretary OF State. Above n fs the Cos
mos Club. in the house in which Mrs Pres
ident Madison lived after her husbands
ceath. / don't know what rent Vice Pre~.-
dent Hobart pays. but he will have TO give
Don cameron more than $4,000 q year IL
Sae-on Is 10 net q per cent on his invest
hent The house cost him 1910 some
years ago and he has pat a great many
improvements upon it, Don Cameron IS ex-
ceedingiy thrifty. Old Simon Cameron used
10 sa! mat Don could make more money
IN week than he could in a month ana
senator simon Cameron was a shrewd
SPECTATOR. Don Cameron made I am told
ABOUT sto.ooo OFT of the house which he sold
en- scott Circle some years ago and he has
teai estate holdings IN the suburbs which
VIII some time be very valuable One of
MS properties is a big farm out on the Tth
street road. about five miles from the Mhite
House. Fourteenth street will \ iudpe
some tlme pass through IL, and IL will be
covered with fine houses
Gossip About John Mclean.
another thrifty man is Mr. John Mclean
VINO owns perhaps as much real estate as
any man In Washington. He has the titles
10 nearly every piece OF property In the
square opposite the Arlington Hotel WITH
The exception of Levi z. Morton's big far,
the Snoreham. and one or two other
small holdings. Mr.. McLean's house is
ore OF the finest here. 1t is old-fashioned.
but large and roomy, and the yard about
II, which is shut of by a high brick
WALL is worth SO much that you would
nave to carpet II with money TO buy
1t. When Mclean sets his foot down IN
MS back ward he knouS haf 20
least $40 worth of ground under II. and he
Could stand on the roof OF his house. VEN
ture, and see full half million dollars
worth of property which belongs to him.
Tie Normandie Hotel forms a part of the
Mclean estate. He has all those stores
On the northeast corner OF this square look
ing ont toward Lafayette Park, and I be-
| hevc ne owns one or more houses on the
opposite side of the park well. Mclean
Is the only man know here who has made
a fortune out of a cemetery. He bought.
ten years or more ago. the old Holmead
burying ground in the northwest part OF
the city, paying S50,OU for II. This was q
bagatelle compared with the present value
| Of this property. There are magnificent
houses all about il and nothing in the
neighborhood sells for less than 81 ana up
| ward per square foot.
A Big Paper Deal.
John r. Mclean has made big money
in newspapers well as in real estate.
am told that W. r. Hearst paid him more
| than he spent upon the New York Morning
Journal for that property, and the Gin
cinnau Enquirer, which he has owned for
Years, is better than klondike gold mine.
Mclean was put 70 work In the Enquirer
| office after he was through with his edu-
cation, a part of which was received in Eu-
rope He began Office boy and work.
ed up through the different graduations I'M
til he became business manager. He de-
veloped a remarkable nose for news and
he is today one of the best judges OF news
IN the United States. He manages the
Enquirer himself. though he lives here at
Washington. and has to send most of his
orders by telegraph. He has never reduced
4 the price of The paper. and today he gets
. cents for every copy throughout the week.
He is shrewd financier and is always
ready and able to make a good bargain
During one of the panics of some years
ago, | am told, he had boarded up I'm the
reighborhood of s2oa.Ooo. preparing for the
hard times that he saw were at hand He
then paid his bills in cash and bought
everything at the lowest prices. At one
time he bought a million pounds of white
paper at price which asttnished his COM
retitors. A paper manufacturer had called
Upon him and was very anxious to sell.
Mclean replied:
You can easily sell to me il you can
only make your figures low enough
Well. III sell to you as cheap as any
| enc else will SELL was the reply.
| Yes said Mclean, Il know that. But
| | think the prices are too high. Now. how
| low will you make it if take. 2oc,ooo
| Dounds?'
The paper dealer unused moment and
| then said:
IN let you have it at Ga cents"
Can't you do better than that?" asked
Mclean.
Not for that quantity" replied the
dealer.
We'll, ohen." said Mclean. what will
you charge me for a million pounds?''
"A million pounds" exclaimed the dealer;
you don't want a million poundsi'
Yes. L do" replied Mclean. You can
| make 1t, can't you?'
'of course / can" replied the man. Well
let me See He thereupon figured while.
end then answered:
IF you will take a million, will give
| it to you for cents
"On what time?
oh" said the dealer. II will let you
have Two or three months"
mo, / can't buy three months in
| these hard times" said Mclean. THE
banks are suspending everywhere. You
know how tight money is. No: 1 must
have six months or We can't deal"
But Mr.. Mclean" said the paper man.
six months is awful 1t is half a year"
Il know that was the answer but i
didn't make the times / am willing TO buy
your paper, but 1 must have the time /
yours"
The dealer did not reply for a moment.
| Finally, he said:
Mr.. Mclean, you are driving a very
l will give you the time you ask for
There's no money in 1t, but l do 1t merely
| to secure your trade"
In a few minutes the contract was signed.
The signatures had hardly been botted,
before Mclean turned and asked:
What discount will you allow me for
cash on delivery"
Whats that?' said the paper man.
Il want to know what discount You will
| make IL 1 pay cash as You deliver the
paper?'
The dealer had to figure again. and the
result was that Mclean finally got his pa
PER for 81 cents a pound for cash. while
his competitors were paying fully a cent
| more for the same article.
Where the Postmaster General Lives,
Returning TO famous houses of Washing
| ton, called the other night on Postmaster
General Gary. He is now living In Sena-
tor Sawyer's 100000 house on Connecticut
avenue. The house is magnifcently fur
nished. some of its walls are papered with
the finest satin, and its decorations, which
were all made by hand, are among the
most beautiful of the houses of Washing
ton. MIR. Sawyer went into debt when he
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