The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-22
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

Il see that Frederick DannemiIler has
just been appointed a lieutenant IN the
army said Frank Pfrman, of Canton,
ohio. today at the Raleigh Young Dan
ne.nflIer comes from Canton and served
with me during the Spanish war in the
Eighth Ohio Regiment. the Presidents
own He was q private and great
cbum of both of MIR. McEiniey's nephews.
There is "a Eood story about Dannemil-
Ter which could De retold. ] think he ap-
preached his commanding officer with the
most curious request ever heard, Yet IL
was done in dead earnest You see when
We ver- stationed ont at Camp Alger dur
iuss the Spanish war, DannemilIer went
up to Colonel Hard, while the latter was
sitting in front Of his tent with a group
of friends and after saluting. said:
&c Colonel. / want to get permission to
leave cam? tonight
Where DO YOU want to go-' asked
Colonel Hard
= want to 80 and dine at the White
House ana sleep all night there
An investigation showed that Dame
miller mad an Invitation to be the guest
of the President. and this was probably
the only time in history that private
has asked leave of absence to dine with
States Army His request was granted
and before he left camp be borrowed
pair of patent leather shoes from COO
mel Dick, now Representative DICK
Capt J. D Donaldson, the veteran Ohio
politician. has been seriously i'll at the
SibIey Hospital. but has so far recovered
that he is expected out soon by his many
friends. He was suffering with blood
in Il
left foot and threatened to result fatally
The tee Was anputated and the patient
began to recover
The captains friends have been reIat-
ing q good story ABOUT him which hap
pened when he was John Sherman's right
hand man When Perry Heath, Secreta-
- OF the Republican National Committee,
was editor of the Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette" CAPTAIN Donaldson went on q
trip to Mount Clemens, Mich On the
way he stopped of at Gallon to eat din
ner and was espied by the local CORE
sooudent OF the Commercial Gazette
The young man with great enterprise
wired his paper the following
Capt Jake Donaldson dined here to
day"
when the night editor opened the mes
sage he read the following. under Ca
lion date line:
capt. Jake Donaldson died here TO
day.
There was great excitement in the Of
fee OF the ~CommercIaI Gazette that
night : picture was secured ana q ioilS
obituary prepared " hen the paper AZ
pcared On tho street there w;s a great
scoop on the HTsJ page ana there was
+ no joy H. Cincinnati Captain Lon ,t.I,5,
never Ior21ve Perry Heath foE kL!ihS
INN and arranging for his funeral
/ 4 T Dunlop. of Montreal. Canada, is
IN architect who has made a specially
of large mercantile buildings. aud bust
ness blocks. lie has designed some Of
The most important structures IN his
3 native city Of Montreal. and has just
. recently completed q piece Of Work OF
+ which he has every reason TO be proud. the
. MoEJreaI Star Building. which IS SAID 70
. BE- one Of the finest newspaper estaplsh-
/ rr1ents in the world Air Dunlop IS At
: She Metropolitan Hotel and speaking
TO-DAY Of business blocks in general. he
/ slfd. Il DO not think there i, either the
oreticaliy or practically, any limit 10 the
size OF a building that may be pat up
The modern steel structure makes a
great many things possible, hut IN the
building OF the future more attention VIII
be given TO increased beauty than -
size The old mOuo-chromatic scheme
viii have 10 be abandoned. and arch[
tects VIII have to become painters in
stone The new line has been started
in Europe. and there are now numbers OF
now buildings going up IN European CAPT
tails = which coIored stones viii be used
for the outside as well as for the IN
side. I think the extension of the use
of color is quite logical We have for
many wears looked upon coIored marble
as the right thing IN the interior OF
buildings and why should it nor be just
as proper for the outside. The architects
have up to this time used only a few
coIors- and the more ambitious have en-
/ pIoyed only white and black-the white
stones relieved by their black shadows
TO my mind the time for an innovation
Mr. Dunlop had yesterday taken only
/ a curSOry view of the public buildings
I Il can say nothing bat good things OF the
/ Congressional Library" said he. The
/ entrance han IS one Of the most magnif-
iccntly rich conceptions IT has ever been
/ my pleasure to look upon 1 do not hno
that the high cOlOrlnS Is at all haTShs II
fact. I think il necessary. Were there
/ nothing TO relieve the cOldneSS Of tbs
] marble columns and staircases the whole
! effect would be fiat But with the varied
/ background the pillars stand out in bold
( relief. and this makes everything eN-
IremeIy effective. The gilded dome I d,
! not think adds very much to the attract
/ iveness Of the building
The Capitol. TO my eye, shows very
/ much the need Of the extension on tbs
east front The present porticO under the
! dome is far too small ard insignificant
/ IN other respects the building is all that
1 had heard it TO be"
At the Shoreham IS registered r Ham
mcrsIey-FIeenan, Of Cape Town. who Is
Chief Engineer of Table Bay Harbor anC
Docks He is in Washington 70 gair
some knowledge about the methods useC
IN improving harbors and rivers in th'
United States. IN Cape Colony he IA.
had charge Of the most important har
Dor Improvement work, and now come.
10 the United States to Investigate anC
get suggestions. He declined today to dis
cuss the present situation in South Africa
Being a Government official, he said
you can readily understand that d
would not be proper for me u common
upon the war in the TransVaal, especially
while ] am in Washington