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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 26, 1901)
fit Mi Mtntnm VOL. XXII. LAKKVIKW, LAKK COUNTV, OR KG ON, THURSDAY, SEP. J5, 1001. NO. 38. si f f i 5 f I : 5 tf tf .Washington.. As accii and heard from a 25' mile ride on an obser vation car. 1 vtf Seeing Washington U'tfuii In The Ex-j miner ScpteinlH-r Mh. and It is being j tolil by tin ronditctor on a street car a ! we pass along. J Tliia U il.n Congressional Ltbiary, tin- finest building of it kind in thu wrltl. I Here "art has provided for linTHiiirtj a lilting home." It l a testimony ti the lilieralily and genio. of our people. Thu building 'ol il,UI2.12l 51. inclusive of the cost of the ground, which ul"n' u" , $.'iH.'i,(HH). Notice, please, tin) keystones of tlu second lI'Mir corner windows. These head represent thirty-three ly ( of man, having Iteen carved from data rolleded hy tin) Naiioiuil Mnum. Tin type of the Mongolian race was carved Iroin a rotnpofi.) piclutu of a Chinese Minister and his secretary. Thu build iiiK in of tlit luiliiin rciinaissatiee lyt of arehile.-l tire. There nrt alxnil 4" iiili-H of r-1 1 ) -1 1 1 u . w ith a capacity of 2. .Mo.KiNt volume, iiml were all of the available spve to lie used, 1 he total ca-put-1 1 y would U nit 4,.Vh),( jo volutin- exclusive of imnilili'tK. There r now in tin- I.idriiry ,iMr),titN punted htsiks mid 'iiiiiiIiK'Ih, fi.'i.TiK) iiiiijih, l!7,.'liM) MKiiiiK . ri,lH, HI.KiK) fn;raviiiK", and LH.M,- HKI bImtIm of iiiuic, i-nrliixivc of tin l.ilniuy, which I. a HKI L'lHI voIuiiii-h. A luiincl. oih iiiui Iit of a inili in Icntfth, coiiiii' 'h tin) l.ihriiry with tin ('nntul. u this tiinin l hii 11 1 1 1 1 ii it 1 1 currier, hv u hii li uru Dt'iit hiii'Ii r'ortM uinl tlix'ti iiiciitu to I ho Capitol an may lu ilexu.-il l.y nixiiiltrtt uf Coimrcmt and of tht Ml pifiuc Court. Tliu .Niitiniiiil I.ilirury of CuiinrcMM, a 1 f.ir at heat, liht und powrr ro colict'rnt'il, liven within iUulf. The low liiiildniK with tin) lar. 11 Hiuokt'Ktack in I lit (tower plant of the Library. The row of hmI lirick Iioiim-h on the riyht i known an "(iiunt Kow," having lifcii huilt liy Captain (irmit for a nyu tlii'ute, a iiit'inluT of whii'h wh John .vht'riuun, who then wan in Conrt At lliin mint (In- coinlui'iur will wait on you fur the imual morning offering, to meet the current ex pt'in-en, or rather the tixpenci-H of the cuiiilil. I'leane have vour lirketH und funs readv for the coinliK tor. Wo have now reached Lincoln 1'ark, tletllcaU'd to thi) negro citizen of the PiNtricttif Cuhunliiu. Thti ulatuo in the renter of the park wan erected to the metnory of Ahrahiiui Lincoln, under the direction of the Ventern Sanitary Com luiMition of St. l.ouiH. The Htutuo repre sents Lincoln, holding in one hand the Kiuancipatlon l'ro tarnation, while with the other hand ho hiiU thu crouching alave, w Iioho nhackleH lie broken at his feet, ariHO in thu Htrength of his new found freedoui. Thu coot of thin utatue wan defrayed hy thu contributions of lie groeu who woru made freu by 1'renident Lincoln's Kmancipatiou rroclatuation of January, 18(13. The first money contri buted was a live-dollar hill from Char lotte Scott, art old Virginia slave, ami it wis her first earnings in freedom. The liotisu numbered 1221, to your right, is thu residence of Senator Till man, styled hy his politieut opponents the "l'ilchfork Senator.'' In the dis tance, see the hilUof Maryland. Ttward the right is located Auacostin, a quaint city, within thu borders of thu district of Columbia, where formerly resitlod the eminent negro, Krederick loug!as. At tlio foot of the hills of Marvlund, seen in the distance to your right, runs thu Lastern llranch of thu I'oionuic river. lietween thu two lows of houses, just to your right, may he seen tlm chimneys and slate roof of thu district Jail, where in (iuiteail was cxucitcd for thu hsshssI nation of l'rcsidont (iuilluld. In this neigh but hoi nl aru located thu Alms House, the Work House, and the other punal institutions of the District of Co lumbia. In the large red brick building on your right are located thu oflicus and car barns of the Washington Traction and Electric Company, by whoso enter prise in providing an elaborate system of switches, the management of the Fee ing Washington Car Company has been One thousand points of interest at the Nation's Capital & George Town. St 1 tf 1 5 58 inabb d to inaugurate for your divert- in'-'it and edilii ati m it labyrinthian tour slong the historical highway and M of tlx? Nation's Capital City. T() Kr(()), )(, t,1(J rl(llt , . tl)e ci.li-.,uti. where field siH.rts of all kinds urn lirl'l. Washington in noted for Its ninny wide and beautiful avenues, which lur the iiantfM of tin) respective States of tin- I'tiion. An yet each state Iihh not heen represented by having an avenue named after it, hut in timu there w ill he an avenue named alter each State in the Ciiion, as well ai after I'orto Uico. Ha waii, Cuba, ami the I'hilippiiif h. At the next comer may he had straightaway view of Massachusetts avenue, ruiiiiimt from the extreme southeast to the ex treme liorthwifit of the city, the I'tlitest thoroughfare in Washington. This is one of our widest and most beautiful thoroughfares, anil is lined on either sidy hy a double row of linden trees. .hhtt Cam a was thu author of the pbni-e, "Washington, the city of mag- i ilicent distances." Notice the seeming ly short distance from this point to the Capitol liuilding, directly in front of us. The iliMlani'c is exactly one mile, thus giving a striking inclining to the phrase. "The city of inaifuillcenl distances." The fiiestion is often asked, Why the main front of the Capital fa.es East? At the time the Capitol was huilt, ii was supiMiMcd that the growth of the city i tt 1 l toward the Kusl. , ml sr hap it would have Ixten, had lint land sp.vulalor boiiiiht up the property in thi direction, and held it at such high rtes as to force the building of the city in other directions. It has Imh-ii said that (ieorgu Washington was intere t -d in one of thene land syndicates. Later on this trip will be pointed out an iron feme which formerly enclosed thu Cupi tol grounds, the wates of which were closed hy a watchman every night at ten o'clock. On the li f a' this corner, ii St. Cect -liu's Academy, a Catholic in stitution. On the right, looking down this street, in the center, is the etiies triau statue of Nathaniel tireen.of Revo lutionary fume. It stands in Stanton Square. At this point, look diagonully across the Capitol grounds. Tin gray stone building, with the stpiire observa tory on top, is known as thu Butler building. This house was owned ami occupied by (ieneral Butler. Chester A. Arthur made this hiu home for awhile, when he was President of the I'nited Slitex, Iwlieving the White House to be in an unsanitary condition. The Butler house is now the Marina Hospital. General Ben Butler offered this property to the United States Gov ernment at one time for $220,000. Thu Government, thinking the price too high, apMiinted a commission to ap praise its valuu. The commissioners al lowed General Butler $240,000, being 20,000 in excess of the price he asked' for the property. Thu row of houses on your right is of great interest. The first light front housu was occupied until his death by Associate Justice Field, of the United states Supreme Court. The next house. No. 21, wit. the homo of Miss Mary Condit-Smith, who, with other Ameri cans, was besieged in l'eking during the uprising of thu Chinese boxers. She wtis recently married to Lieutenant Hooker, of thu United States Marino Corpf , one of her rescuers. The buildings num bered 21, 2it, 25, were usoj as thti Capi tol of thu United States for over live years, after tue liritisli, in 1H, iiau partially destroyed thu uncompleted Capitol Building. During the Civil War this was used as a military prison, and l.eru was confined, and afterwards exe cuted, Commander Wirtz of the Andur sonville Prison. This building was used for a time as a boarding house, and in it John C. Calhoun, the great Southern orator, died. It lias been said that Gen eral Butter one day saw a number of small boyt enjoy1 ng the pastime of coasting on the steep iucline near his resilience on the other side of th Capi tol ground'. Their enjoyment ws con tagious, and to bring back the pleasures of his childhood days, he Uirrowed one of the soap-lxix sled ami started down the hill. Half way down the sled broke, anil the isirlly General made the re mainder of the decent Ix-lly-w hopper, or lioy-faslilon. Notice on our ribl the Eastern Dis pensary, or Casualty Hospital. This was at one lime a leading hotel of Capitol Hill. It was also a slave market, evi dences of which are still V be seen in the building. The red brick building on the left oeeupy the site where once stood the building of the "National Tri bune," a great soldier paper. The yel low house, No. 225, on your right just here is the oldest house left standing on Capitol hill. Around the next corner, on the right hand side of the street, oc cupying a lonely though exalted position on the top of t lie bluff, stands a yellow frame building. This is the housu where lightning gas was first installed in the District of Columbia. This housu is held in awe by supers. itiotis citizens, as it is solemly declared that at night uhosts. goblins, ghoulish things ami "night doctors" hauol these premises. Shandy to the right, is the iron struc- turn! work of the new Government Printing Office, which we pass nearer in a few minutes. A short distance be yond the steel structural work of the Government Printing Office, ai.tl on the opM)site sitle of the street, may lie seen the tower of a church. This is the North A MIDSUMMER fKWIGHT'S Capitol Methodist Episcopal church, of w hich the Lev. John Edw in Amos is the pastor. This is the Baltimore and Ohio Hail road passenger station. The Balti more ami Ohio Railroad was the Mist great railroad to be built in America. It is from here that the famous Royal Blue trains arrive and depart. It was from an automobile in front of the station, directly to your right, that the far famed orator, William Jennings Bryan, made his only speech in the District of Columbia during the recent campaign. continued next wekk Good Ball. New Era. The game of ball Tuesday morning between the Lakeview ant" Cedarville nines was an exhibition of base ball seldom witnessed in thu northern coun try. Cedarville has the "crack" nine off the railroad and has cleaned up everything it hiu been up against since its organization. Lakeview came down w ith a nine of "ciack-a jacks" and wou thu first game w ith a score of 4 to 3. Lakeview had some of the best players on the coust and four of their men came from places where they play ball. Thu game stood three to nothing in favor of Lakeview for the first six innings, but Cedarville finally got in three runs on them. It was a grand exhibition for the spectators and as good a game as is generally played among league players, Cedarville lias a flue ball team and no mistake about it. FITTING TRIBUTE TO THE FALLEN CHIEF. Lakcview Was a Unit in Observing the Day Set by President Roosevelt as a Day of Prayer. Every Business Gosed. Acting iiMin the recommen iation and ' people of the United States in extending proclamation of President ltoosevelt, our tenderest sympathy to his invalid Mayor Miller issued a proclamation call- ing upon the people of Lakeview to "de sist from their daily vocations and as semble in their usual places of worship ami render their homage and reverence to the memory of the great ami got! President whose tragic death ha-t slriik en the Nation with bitter teari ami grief." Acting upon their own feelings j cloed." in mourning for our late resident, j After the singing ot "Playel's Hvmn," every business man had draped their j Rev. Holoman spoke w hile all that re place of business in heavy foltls of hla k mains of William McKinley, lute Presi--n the day previous, and before nine i dent of the United States, was being o'clock on the morning of the l!tl not ,' conveyed to its la"t resting place. lie ! a place was open, and the gathered in small groups people were with Isjwed - heads, and with feelings that only the loss of so great and good a man would cause. At 10 o'clock the entire school formed in procession and in charge of the teachers marched south on Main street to Court and east on Court to Water DBEAM. New Tork World. street, where the Grand Army of the Republic formed in advance of the school headed by beating drums. March ing north on Water street the citizens fell in line as the procession passed. There was no demonstration ud all was quiet save the beating of the drums. The Baptist church was filled to its en tire capacity. The meeting was called to order by Rev. Holoman, and the quartet sang "Nearer My God to Thee," and then followed a prayer by the min ister. Comrad W. T. Boyd of the G. A. R. read the following resolutions and made some very touching and timely remarks on the dead soldier President: "Lakeviuw. Oregon, Sept. 19th, 1901. Whureas, upon the 6th of September William McKinley, President of the United States was shot down by a mur derous assassin and expired on the 1-Uh day of September, kil'ed in the very prime of life, in that perfect maturity of manhood, made glorious by his record as a gallant soldier, brilliant congress man, successful governor and an able and upright President. "Whereas, in his death the American people have not only lost a great states man and President, but an ideal citizen representing all that is best and purest in the domestic life of the American home. "Therefore, be it Resolved, that we the people of Lakeview in meeting as sembled, do hereby express our heartfelt sorrow in the death of our beloved President, and that Ve joiu with the wife, and pray that tin- God of Heaven may grant to her strength and consola tion in this her great affliction. "Ite-tolved, that during this day, out of respect to the memory ,of our late President the people of Lakeview refrain from their usual occupations and that all business houses ol the town le , said that the grief-stricken Nation was at that time paying tribute of esteem and love to the memory of him whose life, character and ueeds as the servant and representative of this Mighty Nation tiiat shall forever remain a proud exalted virtue. This sad and memorable meeting closed by all joining in singing "America." Never has Lakeview so universally show n its respect and observed a day as was this day, and much was the surprise of people from the country when they observed the sad memorial bein;r carried out by the entire populace. "Good-bye all, good-bye. It is God's way. His will be do.ie," were the President's last words on earth. Fight For Range. J. D. Edler was arrested last Wednes day on a warrant issued by the Judge of Sprague river precinct on complaint filed, charging a violation of the statue of 1874 for prevention of spread of contagious diseases among domestic animals. The trial of this cause has been set for Mon day, Sept. 23, the prosecution being con ducted by J. C. Rutenic as Deputy Dis trict Attorney, and J. W. Hamakar appears for the deft-mien t. Some novel features are presented in this case, as the penalty, if convicted, is by fine of not less than $200 nor more than f 1000, and the prosecution contend that the Justice of the Peace has full jurisdiction. The Defendent is one among the wealthiest sheepmen of Lake county and declares he is and ever has been within the law and will fight the case to the bitter end. It is rumored that this is the beginning of a conflict between the cattlemen and sheepmen for supremacy of the range. Klamath Express. Attorney L. F. Conn accompanied Mr. E.ller to Bly Sunday, and on Monday the casa was dismissed on motion of the prosecution. They had uo jurisdiction to try the case. The case against Joe Ambrose, also in Klamath county, will be dismissed in a like manner. About That Borax. Last week The Examiner spoke of a gentleman connected with the Pacific Coast Borax Co., being here to investi gate the borax in Warner. An error was made in the name and we hasten to correct the mistake. It was Mr. John Ryan instead of J. C. Brigham as given, and Mr. Ryan went out and looked over the field of borax in Warner with Mr. Jones and returned to Lakeview Friday. In a few weeks he will make his report to Mr. Jones, when it will be known whether there is sufficient borax there to justify putting up works, which Mr. Ryan says w ill cost 10,000. From here Mr. Rvan goes to investigate some borax deposits over on the Oregon Coast, and from there will go down to their Death Valley plant in California. Previous to Mr. Ryan's arrival here Mr. L. L. Mc- Naughton, the Western stage proprietor, received instructions from an Eastern firm to investigate the borax in this county and had just returned from in specting the Warner deposit ana also several places in the northern part of the county where it was reported there was indications, but in the latter places he fouud nothing.