Evening star., 1925-10-18

morrow afternoon at o'clock whicn
! his friends and acquaintances and
| the citizens generally are invited 10
attend without further notice.
| General Van Ness was one Of the
oldest and most respected inhabit-
ants of this city. He was a native of
New York, and was elected to Con
gress from that state during the first
term of Mr.. Jefferson's administra-
ton. He shortly afterward married
| the only daughter Of the late David
Burns Esquire one of the original
proprietors of the land on which this
city was built, and having accepted
from Mr.. jefferson a commission of
Major Of the Militia of this District,
it was deemed that by so doing he
had forfeited his right TO his seat in
the House of Representatives He
then fixed his permanent residence
in this city and has contributed large
ly to the improvement of il. When
! the Bank of the Metropolis was estah-
! llshed In 1914, he took the presidency
thereof and continued TO hold this
| office TO the time Of his death. He
! hlled the office of Mayor of this city,
! TO which he was elected by his fellow
| citizens, and he received many eyi-
| dences Of the esteem In which he Was
held by the several administrations
| Of the general government. His loss
| will be sensibly felt by a large cir
! Gle Of acquaintance and ny the com
munity In which he lived, as the large
| property that he received from his
wife enabled him to extend an ee-
giant hospitality to his acquaintances
and TO strangers visiting the city and
! to patronize with great liberality all
| the public improvements and char
| liable and religious institutions in
| this city without respect TO sect or
| denomination"
CORNELIUS p. VAN NESS was p
- pointed administrator Of the
estate of John =. Van Ness by the
Orphans Court of the District, April
| %, 1916, and Benjamin Ogle Tayloe
and James Larned were appointed APP
praisers. The inventory may interest
you. Listed under wearing apparel
are 8 linen shirts $2S, S flannel shirts
So. cotton shirts Sc. 10 vests $50.
| under vests So, II pairs OF hose at II
| cents pair. l suit of clothes $50.
several old suits of clothes $40, pairs
OF Summer pants 81, 10 silk handker-
chiefs s.. . cloaks $40, l surtout $40.
gold pencil SO. l silver pencil 81.
watch, chain and seals (gold) SlGo;
snuff box S25, spectaCles s.. Furnish
ings of the drawing room are listed
l carpet $50, chandelier SO, cabinet,
etc, 500; pier tables $40. ] dozen
CIldII : anu CuSIlIDilS SOO, Sbid anu Nt@Ii-
ions to match S46, mahogany sofa $50,
center table and cover SO piano $40.
fender and andirons SIS. tongs and
marble stand 81. The parlor furniture
was: Carpet and border S120. ! book
case SIS, l bookcase (smallerl $50,
bookstand $40, ! center table $l5. l
chandelier SO, ! convex mirror So,
mantel lamp and vases SO, window
curtains, rods, etc, $50: . armChairs
S., ! dozen other chairs S24, fender s.,
shovel, tongs. etc, SIS; andirons $40,
cabinet case, medals, etc. S65: portraits
of Mrs. Blount and Mr.. Middleton 500,
large and small paintings and engraV-
ings S23, music stool s.. lamp SO. 3
rocking chairs $36. Contents Of the
stable We're: one carriage $3.50, ! pair
horses s125. COW SO, sets Of har-
ness $50. horse blankets s.. l cart
with harness for two horses $50. sad
die and bride $50, saddle and bride
told) $40, halters 81, > chair -halters
81, cutting box $3.50 The slaves are
listed as: Betty tqu!te oldl, no value;
Julius, % years old, $3.50: Simon, 80
years old, 500: George, 81 years old.
$3.50; Sally, 80 years old. SIS. In his
personal property were these stocks:
Bank of the Metropolis. ma rket value
S39 800: 9S shares of Washington and
Rockville Turnpike Co. S653; 60 shares
of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Co,
cost $4,000, worth about s., 400
There was much bedroom, dining
room and kitchen furniture, and Il
report of the administrator shown
that at the sale there were these
buyers: Mrs. George w. Riggs, Mr..
Mast, Mrs. Cox, Nicholas Calan,
Gov. Cornelius =. Van Ness, Mr..
HELEN one dozen wine glasses, $l.S7,
Lewis Johnson preserve dish S2.21;
j. NJ Cults fish knife Sl.25: j. w.
Maury beer mug IL ounces of silverl
$500; Mrs. Mcguire CandleStick 81:
j. c. Mcguire painting S7l.50; ]. ID.
Brown two engravingS 40 cents; Com
modore Morris thermometer $3.25;
Mrs. Sweeny feather bed G3 pounds
S17.52. There was a long list OF other
buyers at the sale. Gen. Van
Ness's pew in st. Johns Episcopal
Church, No. So. brought S55, his bank
stock was bought by Alexander Ray
and J. Z. Il cannot make out the name,
but l think it is Dow) The Rock
vile turnpike stock was bought by
Benjamin Ogle Tayloe for S653.37.
Among the buyers of his library
w. Cathcart. J. L. Chauncey. +.
Burke, J. McGinniss, z. w. Denham,
w. NJ, Morrison. ]. L. Norris, T. !.
Johnson, J. NJ. Cults, j. +. Dow. &.
II. Carroll. Dr. Bohrer. II. l.. Sylves-
ter, G. ]. Abbott, ]. c. Mcclure. c.
flDbS, Mr. CdruSl, IL MCDuell ana
s. A. Elliott.
In last Sundays ramble the type
setting machine spelled verb as of
the passive voice of the indicative
present, whereas the Rambler wrote
it in the imperfect passive. He dream
ed Sunday night that he was crushed
by a thousand denunciatorY letters
from Washington Latinists. but no re-
buke was on his desk Monday. Peo-
pie are kind hearted. Perhaps some
of them did not catch" the error