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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-24

about the time when the late William
Forsyth was engaged in marking out thu
triangles and circles, the lines of thesl
triangles were fixed.
There was at this time sentimen
favoring green groceries. and it was som.
that part Of the city resulted in relo
eating the market house, which wa:
finally located on K street between 19tf
and Goth and subsequently moved to 2lsi
and K streets, where it now stands.
Descendant Of Irish King.
Mr.. O'Neale was said to be a lineal de-
scendant of the last King of Tyrone,
Ireland, who had come to this country
in the early days Of the republic and
with many of his countrymen, settled
in the neighborhood Of Chester, Pa
About 1870 these people separated, some
going west and settling on the present
site Of the city Of Tyrone, while O'Neale
came to this city. He was very promi-
nent in the local politics of that day-a
member of the city council. However, he
failed as a money maker. and, popular
as the Franklin House had been, Mr..
O'Neale, about 1928. was forced to sell.
John Gadsby. who had conducted a tav-
ern in Baltimore and in Alexandria for
seven years, bought him out. The Ma
tional Hotel Company, having erected its
building on the site of the Weightman
building, at the corner Of 9th street and
the Avenue, Mr.. Gadsby was invited to
take the management, and he opened the
same in November. 1ozo. The Franklin
House was the scene Of the dinner given
by the corporation Of Washington to
Lafayette and other prominent events
during Mr.. Gadsby's administration. Mr..
Gadsby added to the row, and his family
and that Of his son-in-law, Maj. John
H. McBlair, lived there for years. Among
others who lived In the row were Bar0h
Stackelberg. the Swedish minister; Com
modore Patterson and Col. R. K. Meade,
the father of the general and the ad-
miral of that name.
ONeale, on the sale of the Franklin
House, returned to the frame residence
adjoining the corner of Goth street, and
continued the tavern business, where his
death occurred in 1887 and his widow
continued the business and died there IN
1850 at the age of ninety years.
About the next improvement of i'm
portance was the large house now known
as the Cleveland Able residence, erected
about 1900, and owned by Timothy Cald-
well. This was the residence Of James
Monroe when he was the Secretary OF
State in Madison's day. and he left there
for his Inauguration as President He
was escorted to the Capitol by cayal-
cade of some 800 citizens who assembled
at O'Neale's tavern on the corner. Sub
seouently 1t was occupied by Sir STRAIT
ford Charming and Sir Charles Vaughn
ministers from Great Britain, and later
by the owner, Frank Marcoe Of the
State Department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-24
Pledged Through a Silver Ring.

From the Liverpool Post.
There was an ancient Morse custom
when an oath was imposed. that the per-
son by whom 1t was pledged passed his
hand through a silver ring, which was
held sacred to the ceremony. In Iceland
the bridegroom when plighting his troth
used to pass his four fingers and thumb
through large ring, and in this manner
receive the hand Of his bride. Even as
lately as the end of the eighteenth CEN
fury the practice existed in Orkney of a
man and woman pledging their faith at
the Standing Stones of Stennis by join
ing their hands, through the perforated
stone of Odin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-24
He ran like n frightened deer.

pened to be leaning over at that moment.
the blow took him off his balance and
over he fell.
Eddie ran. He ran like a frightened
deer or like a streak of lightning that
plays along the clouds Of horizon in a
gathering storm. He ran like a racing
Yacht which barely touches the waves
as il fees full and free with Spinnaker
sail set before a booming breeze. He
beat the famous jack rabbits Of Texas.
He broke the cumulative speed laws of
the entire state. He ran faster than
thought, faster than anything ever moved
earth before.
lie never went back to get that story.
According to Mr.. Krock. who is entirely
responsible for this narrative, Jeffries
took the matter a splendid joke on
himself. but was ehagrined to think that
g STRIPPING had knocked him down. He
set out to ind Eddie Guest to beg him not
to tell any one about the affair. Rumors
of Mr.. Jeffries' slow and rumbling chase
reached Eddie, but he kept miles in adj
vance. He received assurances that the
champ wanted to talk it over in a friendly
manner. but he replied that the wireless
telegraph would enable them to carry on
negotiations at a distance of 5000 miles.
That was as close as he cared to get at
the time.
ASK Washington" is the phrase that
makes the corps of correspondents at
the National Capital i'll. 1t Is the easiest
thing in tie world to say, and sometimes
entails endless labor. 1t means that
somewhere in this country paper Is
going to press, and some one on that
sheet wants to know, for instance. what
was the color of President Arthur's eyes.
ASK Washington says the managing
editor, and the telegraph editor clicks
off the message.
The Washington correspondent gets the
query. 1t may arrive In the middle OF
the night, or it may arrive even later,
but he has to answer 1t In order to
preserve the inviolate reputation that
Washington newspaperman can answer
any question in the world. Somebody
in this town will remember the color of
those eyes. and the paper will have it
That is not an erratic example, either.
Didn one Washington bureau get
query not long ago. in the wee sma'
hours of the morning asking the num-
Der of steel missiles aboard one of the
pattleships How would you like to get
that problem put up to you at l am.
with the understanding that the answer
had to be fired back instanter?
Another query. from a Canadian paper.
asked for the number of employees out of
work in nearly every big city In the
1 MON. the cost Of clothes and food in
all those cities and the probable effect
on general business. Another query
ASKED a correspondent here, Who is
Coup Detat and where is he from?" The
correspondent had been using French in
his political stuff One OF the most
famous queries came from yellow sheet
m a big city. 1t read:
Something in the air. Send 500 words
The paper had a hunch that something
was doing. and wanted to stir up the
bureau.
one of the prettiest examples of a
Washington bureau on the job occurred
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-24
In Bostonese.
From tae New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
A New York man in Boston was over.
taken by hunger late one night He
entered quick-lunch restaurant, perched
himself atop of a stool and said to the
waiter: "Sinkers and coffee"
''Sinkers? Sinkers?" said the waiter
ITO what do you refer. sir?"
'1Sinkers are dougbnuts in New York, .
the customer explained.
"Oh, l beg your pardon, replied the
waiter. Here we always refer to them
as submarines
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-24
SimpliAed.

From the Chicago Recerd-Haaid-
Young Brooks is relieved Of one trou-
BILE, anyhow"
'How's that?'
He won't have to lie about his salary
to the girl he's going to marry. He works
for her father"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-24
OLD WASHINGTON.
GADSBY'S ROW.
BY JAMES CRoGGoN.

keeper, and she was not admitted into
society. A merry war ensued which re.
suited in breaking up the cabinet, Gen
Jackson withdrawing from the Second
Presbyterian Church now the New York
Avenue Presbyterian), of which Mr.
Campbell was the minister. Another OF
the daughters married Lieut.. Randolph
of the navy, whose descendants are yet
with US, and the third daughter became
the wife Of the Rev. French S. Evans,
and there survives her one son. John
ONeale graduated from West Point and
became an officer Of the United States
Dragons.
There were also on this square in the
early days Joseph Mechlin. DR.. John
Rullar. Timothy Caldwell. Benjamin
Coomhs and Mr.. Frisby, all Of them con-
nected with the government, and near
the middle of the square was an auction
and commission house conducted by Mr..
Lowell, who a short time before came
from Philadelphia: and later the square
housed others of prominence. among
them Robert ]. Walker of Mississippi,
senator and once Secretary of the Treas
ury; Gen. j. E. Eaton. senator from Ten
nessee and Secretary of War; Rev. DR..
Smith Pyne, rector of st. Johns Church
modore Chancey, Commodore Ramsey.
Maj. Graham, Rev. Charles A. Davis,
long a chaplain in the navy.
OuSA&uIAy 1SCd4 view.
The row had a good front view, being
north of the intersection. but the rear
view was anything else than fine one
for the ground descended rapidly to the
banks of Slash run few yards north OF
| K street. and for many years it bore the
appearance of a public dump.
South of this square were the tive
triangles on either side of Pennsylvania
avenue. which were long unmarked, but
| tablished on the southwest corner Of Goth
| and 1 streets, and it soon became the
center of that ward. 1t was not only a
| market, but above 1t a town hall used fol
! all kinds Of purposes: fraternal organiza-
| tons temperance societies. club meet.
| ings, balls and fairs, and during the time
when the famous Laurence Dow was
preaching the gospel here he made it his
headquarters.
The Union Fire Company also met her,
and 1t had in place of a bell for a mum
her of years a triangle which was worr
smooth by its frequent use. The latte
| was subsequently superseded by q bell
From 1907 until 1852 the market down
stairs fourished and did not interior,
much with the housing of the fire ap
paratus on the west end of the building
Phillip Williams was the market maste
from 1907 until 1885, and he was sue
| ceeded by William D. Serren, who servet
until the destruction Of the building b.
fire February 1, 1852. The market wa
never rebuilt at this place and it beini
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-24
Will Radium Become Cheapa
From tho Outlook.

From tho Outlook.
The latest quotation we have seen for
radium Is $40 per milligramme-over
100000 per pound. But there is q
fair possibility of it's becoming cheaper.
At present the supply comes chiefly from
pitchblende, but various other sources
are being tried. Thus within a few
weeks the London papers aseribe to a
German professor named Rudolf Som
mer the discovery Of an important new
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-24

The announcement in The Star Of the
Sd instant of the purchase of the Gadsby
property, on the corner of 21st and 1
streets northwest, recalls much interest
ing history to old Washingtonians. in
volving also national events and char
acters The location was better known
in the early days Of Washington as the
site Of the old Franklin House, estab-
lished by William O'Nesle. and. in fact,
II was from the first one of the leading
locations Of the city. This square was
settled about the time the famous Six
Buildings on the square west and the
Round Tops. near Washington Circle,
were erected. the first settlement thereon
being about at the corner Of 21st street
where Jacob Gillchrist and Jacob Welsh
purchased. in 1901.
On the Goth street side of the square
William O'Neale, who was engaged largely
in cutting cord wood on the surround
ing squares, had q wood yard, and he
also had a house on l street next to
the corner Of Goth street, and here he
first established the famous O'Neale's
tavern. Philip Barton Key owned the
corner lot, and about midway Of the
square, in which is now known as the
Cleveland Able house, was erected, soon
after 1900. a residence by Richard S.
brlSCOe, one VI Tic ClSihS III Tic olhlc
Department. Joel Brown, Georgetown
merchant, owned lots and 10, on the
corner Of 21st street, and about 1902 Mr..
O'Neale succeeded him, having a board
ing house on the corner, as also small
dwelling.
o'Neale GIRLS Handsome.
O'Neales tavern, known afterward as
the Franklin House. soon became popular
| in general. since the family included three
handsome girls, a mother of as genial
disposition as the head Of the family
and q son. The house became the at
| tractiye place for the young men of that
day. there were suitors galore for
| the girls, and it Is unnecessary to say
| that Mr.. O'Neale had many friends
among the government officials and citi-
| Zens.
! II was here that Gen. Eaton. senator
| from Tennessee became closely associat-
ed with the O'Neale family. The beautiful
Peggy ONeale attracted much attention,
and it was not long before she married
Lieut. Timberlake Of the navy. who. on q
voyage soon afterward committed suicide
In few months Mrs Undertake was
looked on as q charming young widow
and 1t was soon said she was the fiancee
of Gen. Eaton. which turned out to be
true. as she married him shortly after
ward When her husband was called t.
the cabinet of Gen. Jackson. the ladies
| of the other Secretaries discountenancet
her for being the daughter of tavern
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-24

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-24
Pointed Paragraphs.

When trouble goes to sleep, toss the
alarm clock into the street.
Courtship is the wine of life and d.
vorce is the morning after.
Many bad scrape has been started in
a fve-cent tonsorial parlor.
No. Cordelia, it isn't physical culture
that makes woman strong minded.
A woman with a ong-distance complex.
ion doesn't show up well at short range.
A man always expects his wife to be q
lot better than he expects her to expec,
him to be.
A mother never disturbs the slumbers
of her second baby to see if its eyes have
changed color.
One of the pleasures a woman gets GU,
of being in the social swim is the inten
sity with which her neighbors who arr
not in it hate her.
In addition to the love of money there
are the queer ways we have of gettins
rid of il.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-24
Where He Won Ont

From the Detroit Free Press.
Have any luck on your hunting trip?"
Yes; missed three guides I shot at
for deer"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-24
most unselfish man know is
Hezekiah Bings. His sympathies

THE most unseldah man I know is
Hezekiah Bings. His sympathies
go out to an enormous lot of
things. He scatters them around 50
free. you wonder how the deuce q Teller
could find sympathy SO easy to turn
loose. He worries every time he thinks
Of how the world is run. He worries
when it's raining, and he worries in the
sun. He frets about the dizzy doings of
the financiers. and he's looking for COLI
sions up among the starry spheres. We
gather near when he sits down in his
prophetic woe. His brain reels or more
thrillers than a moving picture show.
We work all day and late at night en-
deavoring to shun the fate that Heze-
kiah says viii get us on the run. We're
grateful for his feelings Of solicitude 80
deep. We sit UP nights and think. while
Hez goes peacefully to sleep. We might
neglect the periis that are threatening 50
dire, IL he was not on duty, sitting close
up by the fire. With all our admiration
for his eloquence SO wise there comes q
trace Of envy which We cannot quite dis
guise. We can't help taking notice as he
makes our pulses throb. that the sympa-
thizing business 10 a mighty easy job.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-24

terrific It was worse-so much so that
I wrote on my card and left it on the ta-
BILE:
Here every prospect pleases and only
tea is vile.''
Yet don't suppose any Of them know
the verse from which that is borrowed.
However. what the palate missed the
eye gained. There is certainly real class
in New York. but it evidently eats face
powder and rouge-it would starve on
those sandwiches.
Anyhow, my silk hat was better than
any other 1 saw all that afternoon.
That's some consolation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-24
.1H HUMAN
/ NATURE e
VI ar AA6lA Aofae kajA0oaa

A FTER q man has ridden all night
~ in sleeping car he begins to won-
der whether it wouldn't be an
easier life in a quiet, stationary cell in q
regular prison.
When a woman says her husband
doesn't understand her, it's generally q
sign that she isn't giving his mind q
chance to work with all the facts in the
case.
When you read the household column
and the hints on how to cook, your mood
grows rather solemn. You prefer a story
book. You nnd yourself refusing recipes
expressed SO neat. Literature makes fine
perusing. But 1t isn't good to eat.
It must be discourasing to a man who
has thought up dashing. poetic name
for a race horse to hear the bookmakers
trying to pronounce It.
q
Are you giving this splendid party to
entertain your friends?' mo. I'm CIV
ing 1t SO that people who haven't invited
me will take notice that haven't invited
them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-24

woman with a long distance complex
ion doesn't show up well at short range.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-24

man always expects his wife to be q
lot better than he expects her to expect
him to be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-24

A mother never disturbs the slumbers
of her second baby to see if its eyes have
changed color.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-24

When trouble goes to sleep, toss the
alarm clock into the street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-24

No. Cordelia, it isn't physical culture
that makes woman strong minded
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-24

Many a bad scrape has been started in
4 f1ve-cent tonsorial parlor.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-30
DOWN WITH ALL ENEMIES
OF GERMANY" SAYS KAISER

Berlin Germany, Dec. 30.-A short
speech by emperor William featured
his celebration of Christmas at the
front, according to a narrative pub
lished in the Koelnische Zeitung- The
festivities were held in a large room
decorated with many Christmas trees.
On entering the room the kaiser ex-
tended the greeting: GOOD evening,
comrades"
After a short sermon had been de-
livered, emperor William made the fol-
lowing speech:
Comrades, we are here assembled
to celebrate the holy festival which
otherwise in peace we could celebrate
at home. Our thoughts go back to
those whom we have left at home, to
whom we owe all the presents on the
tables before US.
at has been permitted by God that
the enemy should force US to celebrate
Christmas here. We have been at
tackled. We defend ourselves with
Gods help. We hope that for US and
for our country rich victory may
spring from the hard fight.
We are on hostile ground The
point Of our sword is directed against
the enemy. our hearts to God. We say
as once the great Elector did, Down
with all enemies Of Germany Amen"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-30
MANY PROMINENT GERMANS ARE
EXPELLED FROM HONOR LEGION

Paris, France, Dec. 30.-The recent
decree expelling all Germans and Aus
TRANS from the Legion Of Honor af-
fects the following widely known per-
sons: Duke Alexander Of luxembourg;
prince Radolin and baron Won Sheen,
both former ambassadors to Paris;
prince Luitpold Of Bavaria. baron
marshal Won Bieberstein, former for
eign minister; NJ. Won RadowitZ, former
minister at Madrid; prince Won Bue-.
low, former chancellor; Puttmaker
former governor of Kamerun; Gems
Gentzkow, Won Hahnke, Kirchner,
count Won EulenbUrg, grand marshal Of
court; admiral Pohl, baron Oppenheim,
Joachim, president of the Fine Arts
academy Of Berlin; Balm, director gem
eral of the Hamburg American Steam
ship company; Wiegand director gen
eral of the North German Lloyd, be-
sides number Of professors and liter
airy men.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-30
RED TAPE KEEPS
MAN FROM ARMY
Unable to Prove Himself
Either French or Foreign
er, Dumont Despairs.

Paris, France, Dec. 30.-A remarkable
instance of red tape in the administra-
ton of French affairs is furnished by
Louis DumonU of Velizy in the depart
ment of Seine and Disc. He describes
himself as the man without a coun-
try"
Dumont was born in Geneva, Swift
erland, SO years ago Of French parents,
though the official registers of France
declare them to be unknown" Eight
days after his birth he was brought
to France and has lived here ever since.
When he applied to be placed on the
recruiting lists, the council of revision
declared. that he was a foreigner.
Every we'll" thought DumOnt "pu
have myself uaturalized."
But the naturalization bureau also
has its red tape. To be adopted as a
citizen Of the French republic il is
necessary that one prove that he is a
foreigner. Dumont went to Switzer-
hand and though no one doubted that he
was born on the banks of Lake Leman,
he could not produce any official docu-
ment proving his Swiss nationality.
Dumont finally succeeded in getting
a certificate Of birth on Swiss territory
but the Swiss administration added the
words:-"still he is not a Swiss"
Dumont came back to Velizy with
this document and presented it TO the
magistrate Of the commune who de-
manded declaration from him as a
foreigner.
Declare something" the functionary
demanded, "even if its Chinese"
Dumont thought he could accept this
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-30
ENGLISH TOWNS
DOUBT DEFENCE
Question Britain s Prepared
ness to Cope With Pos
sible German Raids.

West Hartlepool, Eng, Dec. 3d.
Thoroughly questioning the ability Of
England to defend her shores against
German raids, the east coast towns are
in constant dread Of the temperance
of German ships, if not the landing Of
German troops. Confidence in the
power Of the British navy has been
considerably weakened.
The mayors Of the HartlepOols and
the. other stricken towns have organ
lied volunteer constabUlaries and are
making an effort to hold the excited
public IN check. ProclamatiOns have
been made that civilians must stay
and yield TO the orders Of constables,
but there is a general impotence Of
all sorts. Travel by automobiles by
night is hazardous as guards stop mo-
tor cars frequently with a flourish Of
guns and revolvers.
Patrol Ships We're Unprepared.
The patrol ships, Patrol and Doom,
which guard Hartlepool, were lying in
the harbor the morning of the German
raid, but are said by civilians to have
had no steam. 1t is also charged they
were partly diSmantled and had to be
lowed out from the docks before they
could get into action. At any rate they
were so slow that the Germans had
an opportunity to shell the Hartepools
for nearly As minutes before the navy
ficers of the two patrol ships held a
banquet at the leading hotel in West
Hartlepool the night before the raid.
An investigation of the ships action
has been demanded by the mayors Of
the ruined towns.
Many Move To Interior.
Many Of the families living near the
coast have moved back into the in
terror. The large number of women
and children killed during the recent
bombardment especially has attracted
attention to the German raid and when
ever possible the heads of families are
sending their wives and children be-
yond the range of German guns
Accuracy Of Fire Amazes.
At Hartlepool the Germans fired with
accuracy. The first she'll
knocked over II soldiers who were
manning one Of the coast guns None
of them was killed but several were
The Germans also managed
to strike the gasometers, water tower,
smOkestacks on big factories, telegraph
poles and other objects which stood
above the level of the roofs in the two
flat towns. The railway lines were
hit in several places and traffic was
suspended temporarily.