The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-31


women and men who make study OF
the work of discovering objects which
have historic interest and IL is their
endeavor to save them either by con-
gressional action or by private SUBJ
scription. They make use of the print
ed material which the libraries afford
and by reading old papers, magazines
and documents they make many
finds" of value.
Braddocks Rock Marked.
Not long ago 1t was discovered that
what is known as Braddocks Rock
was unmarked. This was the rock
on which General Braddock landed at
Georgetown when he was on his way
with George Washington as a lieuten-
ant overland to meet the French in
western Pennsylvania. an expedition
in which Braddock was defeated the
remnant of his forces being saved by
the generalship of Washington. This
rock has now been marked. an inter-
est in its marking being taken by
James Bryce, the British ambassador.
who was present on the occasion
houses which have historic interest
are being marked with bronze tablets
bearing inscriptions to show In what
their, chief interest lies. 1t has been
feared always that the needs of busi-
ness would make the destruction of
old landmarks inevitable, but the
Washington people who are interested
In preservation matters seem to be
just as much alive to the work as were
the Boston people who insisted that
the Old South church and the Old
North church should be saved when
1t was proposed that they be demol-
ished to make room for commercial
houses. It Is said that in Boston
S250.000 was subscribed in twelve
hours to be used to save the "Old
South" where the fiery Otis preached
resistance to tyranny.
Famous Washington Churches.
The most famous church in Wash
ington Is the ancient Saint Johns of
the Protestant Episcopal communion.
situated on Lafayette square 1t Is
an old building and long since its
congregations have outgrowu the edi-
fee but there is no present intention
of the parish authorities to move else
where or to demolish the structure
st. Johns Is the church which Mrs
Taft attends and which was attended
by Mrs. Roosevelt and. prior to the
Roosevelt administration, by many
presidents and their families.
One Of the oldest Roman Catholic
churches in Washington was Saint
Mathews, which was situated at Fiji
teenth and II streets. The eongrega-
ton outgrew its quarters and after
good many heart-burnings and consid-
cradle opposition the old building was
given up and a new one was built on
Rhode Island avenue. The original
property was sold aud there now
stands on its site a great structure
known as the Southern buildings. in
which are located the headquarters OF
the organization devoted to the devel-
opment of the natural and business
resources Of the southern states
There are other old edifices in
Washington which have been written
about time and again and probably
the publicity has helped in saving
them from destruction. for Washing
ton business men realize that the
more attractions in historic way
the city has the greater will be the
throng Of visitors. Examples OF old
buildings which have been preserved
by popular sentiment are the homes
OF Commodore Decatur and OF Mrs.
Madison. The twoSmost prominent his
torical houses In the vicinity of Wash.
ington Of course will be preserved, IL
they can be, for all time. They are
Washington's home at Mount Vernon
and the home of the Gusts and later
OF the Lee family at Arlington.
Many Contests to Be Settled.
Politicians in Washington OF both
parties are looking forward with
tho keenest interest to the forth
coming meeting of the national com
mittee Of their parties. one of
which is to meet in Chicago and
the other in Baltimore prior to the
assembling of the great party eonven-
tons
The sharpest interest at this writ
ing centers In the meeting OF the he
publican national committee. solely
for the reason that it must pass judy
mont upon a far greater number of
contests than will be presented for
consideration to the committee OF tho
other party. The convention system
of selecting district delegates. and
state delegates too, for that matter.
which still prevails In most OF the
| states-although 1t is likely to give
way to n pure primary system before
| long-is held to be responsible for the
many contests which the Republican
national committeeman Will have to
decide According to the figures CIV
en- out in Washington there Will be
at least $50 delegates to the conven-
tion whose seats will be contested.
The greater number of contests prom