2 THE WASHINGTON TIMES STOI SUNDAY > AY MARCH 20 1901 1901MANY 1904MILLIONS 1O4a
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a MANY MILLIONS ARE INVOLVED 111YOL YED IN THIS TIiISLAND LAND SUITo SUIT r o
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Ball heirs Are to De Demand Dei Demand Demand ¬
mand Valuable i Prop Proprerty Property Property
erty in m mNinetyNineYear This City CityNinetyNine CityNinetyNine
NinetyNine NinetyNineYear Year Leases LeasesHave LeasesHave LeasesHave
Have Expired andActions andActions and andActions
Actions Result ResultCCORDING ResultACCORDING ResultA
CCORDING to the statements statementsk statementsroad statementsmade Itatementsmade
ACCORDING A k road made by the representatives repre entatives of ofthe o othe ofthe
the may heirs descended from fromrelatives tromrfmUves fromrelatives
relatives of Joseph Ball th the brother of ofthe otthe ofthe
the mother of George Washington Waabln ton It Is Isprobable Isprobable Isprobable
probable that one of tit tb4 thi greatest greate t land landsuits landsuits landsuits
suits ever brought In the United States Statesif Sttosit Statesu
if not the worM is soon to be instituted institutedIn
In this city The property left by theuncle the theuncle theuncle
uncle of the Father of His Country CountryIs
Is today appraised appraJ ed at 75000000 and the theheirs thohtlrs theheirs
heirs believe that as much of it wastransterred wastransferred was wastransferred
transferred to other people on ninety ninetycine nlnotyrlne ninetyxine
cine year leases it can be reeovereIThe reeovarett reeovarettThe rceovereUThe
The property is located in half a dozen doeonStates dozenStates dOEOOStates
States including Pennsylvania Penn yhllftta North Northand Northand Northand
and South Carolina Virginia Maryland MarylandNew MarylandNew MArylandNew
New Jersey Jerse and Kentucky Kentuek The Wash WaahIngt Washingtca Washington ¬
ington Ingt n real estate 13te consists of eleven elevensquares ele8 ele8squares elevensquares
squares which are said to have a real realvalue ro resivalue J Jvalue
value of between 400000i 000000 > and 6000000In 6000000 6000000In 6000OIOIn
In all there are said Sild to be about 109 IO heirs heirsto heirsto heirsto
to all of the property A number of these theseheirs thMeheirs theseheirs
heirs are residents of th the District of Co Columbia ColumbIa Celumbla ¬
lumbia and they have formed an asso association aHOelation assoelation ¬
elation to push the claims claimslocal oI olaimsLocal s sLocal
local Officers OfficersMrs OfficersMrs OfficersMrs
Mrs Charles A Drayton 1Ira ton who lives livesat livesat I08at
at 112 Rhode Island ISlaD9 Avenue Is the thepresident thepresident
president 1 > re Ident Miss Lee Washington of oftho ofthe ofthe
the Columbia flats is vice Ice president presidentand pre presidentand ldent ldentand
and Mrs Eva Shustor of li 1722 ° Q Street StreetI StreetJIJ Streetio
I JIJ secretary It is said the test case is isto Isto Isto
to be brought for possession posses lon of the thefamous thetamous thefamous
famous old Ball homestead now used usedas usedas usedas
as a a boardIng house and for years ears an anInn anInn anInn
Inn opposite the Mount Vernon Vernon Steam Steamship Steamship Steamship
ship Wharf In the square between Sixth Sixthand Sixthand Sixthand
and Seventh and M Streets southwest southwestThis southwestThis southwestThis
This building is said to be one of the theoldest theoldest theoldest
oldest In Washington no one being able ableto ableto ableto
to tell Just ju t now when the structure structurewas structurewas structurewas
was erected It has however the walls wallsof wal walof wallsof
of a a fort and windows which were once onceembrastures onceembrastures onceembrastures
embrastures for old flintlocks The Thewalls Thewalls Thewalls
walls are n three and four feet thick At Atone Atone j jone
one time the house was surrounded by bya bya bya
a a grove of great grO t trees and a lawn lawnsloped laWDsloped lawnsloped
sloped down to the Potomac but thoseIlaturalliy4isappearod those thoseaaturalBy thoseDaturalBydlsnppearod
aaturalBy DaturalBydlsnppearod disappoarod years ago agoThis agoIhis agoThis
This house replaced c fort which stood stoodon stoodon stoodon
on the same spot at a time when Washington Washington Wash Washington ¬
ington was a a small boy It was a trad trading tradDg trading ¬
ing Dg place for the IndiansThe Indians IndiansThe IndiansIhe
The heirs at first bal ha determined to tobring tobring tobring
bring suit tor possession po re son of the old
I THE OLD BALL B ii HOUSE HOUSE I I
Hope farm property pro t at Phih p PhI1gdelphia PhI1gdelphiaon Jelpbte Jelpbteon pbi pbion
on which the Cramps hare heir uetrlm uetrlmmen Im Immense immense ¬
mense men e shipbuilding plant T This Js s part partof ptirtat partof
of the program was however aban abandoned abAn abAndoned abandoned ¬
doned for legal and sentimental rea reasons rees reasons ¬
sons s ns so the contest could commence commencehere conunence conunencehere commencehere
here The title to the old Ball place in inM inM InM
M Street is held by the thoheirs heirs of the thePepper UlePepper thePepper
Pepper estate More than fifty owners ownershave ownersh ownershave
have h V8 intervened since Ball B ll disposed of ofit otIt ofit
it it Nearly all of the Washington heirs heirsare h heirsare rs rsare
are prominent socially and i majority majorityof majorJtotthem
of otthem them th m are wealthy It is said there thereis thereis thereis
is no lack of money to pro prosecute ecute the theclaims theclaim theclaims
claims The case is certain to become becomeas beconlas
as great in legal history as the man manwho manwho manwho
who accumulated the land is in the gen general general general ¬
eral history hl tory of the country countryWashingtons countryWashingtons countryWashingtons
Washingtons mother Mary Ball was wasa wasa wasa
a famous beauty in her day and was wasknown as asknown asknown
known as The Rose Ro e of Bppine Forest ForestVast ForMtVut ForestVast
Vast tracts of land landbelonged belonged to the family fam family tamU ¬
ily U and of this her brother Joseph Jo epb the theman the1DIU1 theman
man over whose estate tate the light is to tobe t tbe tobe
be made mad after nearly a hundred years yearswas ye yearswas rs rswas
was allotted allott d his shareAcquisitive shore shoreAcquisitive hare hareAcquisitive
Acquisitive Joseph JosephJoseph JosephJoseph JosephJoseph
Joseph however how er seemed to be of an anaoQUlaittva allacqulltltve anaoqulalttve
aoQUlaittva nature and he added to his hieland hisland Idaland
land until his own property exceeded exceededthat exceededlJmt exceededthat
that of the other members of the Ball Ballfamily BaUI Ballfamily
family and nearly all this too at a atime atime atime
I time when land was the wealth of the
Washington People Po Pothe epIe Who dho May Obtain Part of ofthe oft4eVastBaU
the t4eVastBaU Vast Ball Estate Are AreR
f
R W Medrick MedrickCharles Mrs Laura Fitzhugh Miss Mis Alice V LawrenceCharles Lawrence LawrenceMrs LawrenceCharles
Charles E Bray Braton ton tonT Mrs If H Mahon Miss Eva Shuster ShusterMrs ShusterT
T W Tallmadge TallmadgeRobert Mrs Margaret B Dodge Miss Virginia L L Evans EvansMrs EvansRobert EvansRobert
Robert E Ball BallFrederick B l Mrs irs Mattie Morris MorrisMrs Miss T B B Washington WashingtonMiss WashingtonFrederick I
Frederick Witzell WitzellVernon Mrs Elihu Duvall DuvallMrs Miss Lee Washington WashingtonMisv WashingtonVernon WashingtonVernon
Vernon G Owen OwenWaiiam Mrs H G Kingsbury KingsburyMrs Misv Mis Mary E Douglass DouglassMiss DouglassWilliam DouglassWilliam
William E Ball BallBlackburn Mrs Chas E Spousler Miss Virginia F Ball BallMrs BallBlackburn BallBlackburn
Blackburn Easterline EasterlineMrs E Ec terllne Mrs D 3 A Montgomery Miss A B Chihn Chihnk ChfnnMrs ChinnMrs
Mrs k rs John K Souther SoutherMrs Mrs Charles E Ball Miss MissEdith Edith dth Fitshugh FitshughMrs FithughMIS FitzhughMrs
Mrs John B Sleman SlemanMrs Mrs MI Mary J Ball Miss MiSs1 MissD IX > BalL BalLtire BallMrs Ba1 Ba1Istre
Mrs J D McChesney McChesneyMrs Miss Martha M Ball MifaLfG Mi MLs L G G Reid ReidMrs ReidMrs ReidMrs
Mrs E W M Brown Miss T G Milligan MilliganIn
In addition to the list given here there are are a number of others othe 1C whoclaim who whoclaim ho hoclaim
claim descent d scent from from the Balls B Ils many of whom cannot substantiate thefeclaini thefeclainiIn the thelrciainiIn rCliinL rCliinLIn
In the other States Stat s there are several hundred descendants de3cendants C f
r
country and when the aristocracy had hadto hadto hadto
to have in their possession tons of thou thousands thouands thousands ¬
sands of broad acres a condition condition which whichended whIchended whichended
ended with the fall of the Confederacy ConfederacyDissatisfied ContederacyDItie ConfederacyDissatisfied
Dissatisfied DItie ed with the limitations of the theOld theOld theOld
Old Dominion Ball extended his opera operations opera operations pern pernUons ¬
tions and not many years elapsed be before before before ¬
fore he had vast tracts in the other otheri otherStto
i Stei Stto
I THE DRAPER BALLROOM
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Doubtless the tales originated from a afact atad afact
fact not until now known knownthat knownthatPope knownthatPope that thatPop
Pop Pope Leo by great reat selfsacrifice and andwonderful ancrwonderul an8wonderful
wonderful foresight for < < ht was enabled to toleave toleave toleave
leave for his hS successor IMJcee aor an enormous enormousfund enormoustund enormousfund
fund realized not from Vatican reve revenue reven revenues ¬
nue n nues hut from trez freia Ms hi own personal inco in incone Income
co cone od the large number num1J r of gifts be beKew bepen bestewed
Kew stewed d upon pen him by a grateful and ad admiring a aD admirtag ¬
miring D world worldThis worldnt worldThis
This nt fund is not available for endl endlbut e1 ordinary I IDaI7
nary nee but is to be held as a cash cashrve cultreserve cashreserve
reserve rve for or the extraordinary oircumstance oircum oircumin olrcums
s stance in which some aomecrlsis some crisis might im irnpse impose Impeee ¬
pose on the Holy See great trials tr1al and andMtcriace and1MICI1 andsaer9ticea
Mtcriace 1MICI1 c Its existence moreover moreoverWM moreoverWIllI moreoverwas
WM not a secret to the officials of theVatlfeatt the theVatican theyatIeaL
Vatican Tenew Tkenow Tt eneW Pope Pius X himaeif him hirasetf hlmat
setf at know lae w of it it itMysterious
a aMyfttorious
Mysterious Aid AidIrqMttUy AidJJ Aidlrpaett
IrqMttUy JJ Uy it happened h P 8I1ed that spine spinemA spmet apsesnoitih
noitih asad mA t deserving family impoverish impoverished ¬
ed d t tferottgh > Rsu It no fault ault U1t of Its own was re rektored re restored reto ¬
stored to comfort C IIIt < < t or some hospital re received rcMlvea raeelvd ¬
ceived aid through thrall a mysterious source seureaii 8eurCQkIwtwa sourceh
h kIwtwa ii wu ally Jy to itself Th The benefactor benefactory
hi J nsny IIIUO y iaatano inatanoee s was none other thanP than thanPo tNmP
Po P Lee L But so Idndly so unaaBura unaaBuraIngr unzseumlag Bum BumSD
lag SD was he that his left hand seldom seldomIn lJeldomlaNw seldomIaew
laNw UtE pod wrought by the right r1chLI rightIft
In I order to follow to successful successfulelusions con concimdona CO COcluadons <
elusions enarides e1Iaritt of this sort t L Lwas Leo LeoWaa Leewas
was obliged to have oonottleiBbe 0 ready readyI reat reatmoDe readymoney
I money moDe at hand Tho These then were v re the theau the then4 thetotind
au js iound n4 In 1nlazj various places
Like Llkem many ay other members m mbers o of of Washingtons Wash WashIngton Wash WashIngtons
Ington Ingtons family tamn Ball died without Tree tflreciissue TreeIssue
issue l ue though t h he married arrled And he lefno letno
no will a fact which makes possible thicontest thcontest
contest of today lie I e rmsJiving was nJlvlpg IVlng itPhiladelphia i iPhiladelphia
Philadelphia PhlJadelp1 at the time of his demise demisehavinggone demisebavlnggone demisehaving
having havinggone gone there either on business buslneas 01 01pleasure o opleasures
pleasure train rQm Virginia His HJ widow widowSarah WIdowSarah widowSarah
Sarah Bally HKS1 before tha estate wa
ace In Rome and are after designs s byRaphael by byRaphael byRaphael
I Raphael RaphaelThe RaphaelTbo RaphaelThe
The scenes on the tapestries aro pas pastoral pasI pastoral ¬
I toral and were probably taken from fromthe fromthe fromthe
the surrounding country One of the themost
I I most interesting pieces shows several severaldogs severaldogs severaldogs
dogs chasing a B wild boar Its companion companionpiece companionpleco companionpiece
piece depicts tbb end of the chase chasewhere chasewhere chasewhere
where tha frightened halfmaddened baitmaddenedanlmal halfmaddenedJ
J animal anbpal struggles In the grasp of his hispursuers hispursuers hispursuers
pursuers who show the fiercest l1erc t delight delightI delightQver delightover
I over their captive captive In others oth rs deer stalkover stalk stalkover stalkover
over smooth green gro n lawns swans areseen are orej areseen
seen on the th artificial lake timid fawn fawnpeep fawnp fawnpeep
j
peep p cautiously out from the depths ofa of ofa otL
a L dark forest and a lonely eagle seems seemsto seemato acornsi
i to have suddenly swooped to the ground groundand lJOundand groundand
and with wings poised la ready to takeits take takeits takeas
its flight again againTho againTho againThe
Tho ballroom floor which Is f 50xGO feetIs feet feetIs feetIs
Is of parquetry and covered with Turkish Turk Turkish Turkish
ish rues The design of the th most not notable notable notable
able one Is allegorical and is called theTree the theTree theTree
Tree of Life representing all theages the theages the81e
ages 81e of man Tho decorations of the theroom theroom theroom
room are are of tho Italian Renaissance pe period perlod period ¬
riod the tall mantel with Its wide open openfireplace openI opennfireplace
fireplace being an exact reproduction reproductionof
I of the one in the Louvre The furniture furni furniture rurnlture ¬
ture iq of green and gold and Mrs MrsjDraper MrsDraper MrsDraper
Draper has Installed a baby grand piano I
tom after that of Sixtus V the shOp shepherd shpherd shOpherd ¬
herd boy Pope whose fiscal manage management managemnt management ¬
ment of the Holy See was one of tho thoxvonders thouudera thewonders
wonders uudera of the seventeenth century As Astime AStlm6 Astime
time passed he found this system to be beInadequate beInadequate beInadequate
Inadequate and he added to its breadth breadthI breadthSix
I Slxtus Six tUB V believed t tSat at ah t money gives givespower givespower givespower
power That aphorism of government governmentsuited governmentsuited governmentsuited
suited well the rare canonist and marvelous mar marvelous marvelous ¬
velous administrator that Loo XIII h n was wasi wasFor
i i For that reason he did not wish his new newfund newtund newfund
fund to sap the revenues of the Vati Vatican 1Tatlcan Vatican ¬
can already not over large So he deter determined dotermIned determined ¬
mined upon selfsacrifice and turned turnedaside turnedasIde turnedaside
aside all of tho gifts which toll to himThey him himThey himThO
They ThO came came in gold and silver ornaments ornamentsobjects ornamentsobjects ornamentsobjects
objects of Jt art sacerdotal vessels plc pictures plctures plcturca ¬
tures vestments richlybound books bookspriceless booltsJf1ceIe booksi
i priceless Jf1ceIe illuminated missals and devo devotional dovoI devotional ¬
I tional volumes gemmed rings rln cruel crucifixes cruc crucx6J cruelflxsa ¬
fixes x6J reliquaries everything that loyalchnrchmena loyal loyalchtsjchmena loyalchtnchmens
chtsjchmena fancy could devlso andmoney and andmoney nodtronCT
money purchase flooded in upon him himIn hltnIn himIn
In addition were added the Popos Popeswonderful Poposwonderful Poposwonderful
wonderful collections of Jewels and laces lacesProbably tacesProbably lacesProbably
Probably no living man and tow nations na nations na naions ¬
tions GOuld boast of such gems as Leo Leopossessed LeoGIt8 Leopossessed
possessed GIt8 ed
Jewels Je and LacesMany Laces LacesMany Lace LaceMany
Many crownn croWDS paled J1 led beside Ide his store toro of ofprecious otpr ofprecious
precious pr Sous stones As to laces laee no noble noblewoman noblewomanot noblewoman ¬
woman womanot of Europe or Great OreatBrltaln Britain couldioat could coul coulhcat coullIsuit
hcat ioat suit oC of such a store star The late Pope wasa was wassx mu muconnpls
sx connplseeur connpls uk in fabrics 2 rlO8 of this kind kindAnd kind3Ud kindand
And his collection was unique fqr qr Itsuty Its Itsi Itstgsutyand
i tgsutyand tcauty uty and art as well aa vajc vaJ vatl3 2Jui ut
J
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1 MRS EVELYN BALL I
settled s6ttI settled d i which complicated mattersThus matters mattersThus mattersThus
Thus Thus the nephews and nieces nieces of the thecouple th thcouple thecouple
couple couple became becamethe became the heirs of oCthe the the4 estate estateand 441 441and ve vennd <
and many1 manY10C many of them are shown oaf OR o the theface the theface tl1iace
face ace of the records reco s to have receftfSff receftfSffnothing reee1A3dnothing ee if lr lrnothI1g
nothing Just prior to his death de 1 i ima Ball Ballmade Bail Bailmade
made ma e the ninetynine year leases Ieases which whichare wh whare whichare
are now novo to be be the basis of the proceed proceedings proeeedIncs proceedings ¬
ings Incs
Law Limits LimitsThe LimitsThe LimitsThe
The descendant descendants of the nephews andnieces and andnieces and andnJ
nieces nJ eS form torm the heirs of today tod today and andtKeVas andt andtti
tKeVas t tti tsaert ert rt that that as the laws limitingtrine limiting limiting4ho tmltlngthet
4ho thet trine tTme n In which th the heirs heirs tn of inteatai IDt IDtani intesiatgf intesiatgfcan f fban
ban sue s sue e were were passed Paaed after the death daatho daathoBall de th of ofBall t tBal1
Ball Bal1 this this sort of an obstacle tae 8 cannot cannotbe paiiteot paiiteotbe r rbe
be interposed to prevent the suits being beingbrought beI beingbrought g gbrought
brought at at this time though nearly neart1 neart1hundr a ahundred a ahundred
hundred hundr d years ears have passed since the thoaccumulator tho thoaccum11lator
accumulator of the estate utatepaaedawa utatepaaedawaThe estatepassod passed away awayThe awayThe
The widow some of the Pennsylvania Pennsylvaniarecords Pennsylvaniarecords Pennsylvaniarecords
records show received 129il 1I11 ± 3 asher ashershare as her hershare hershare
share otthe of the property of Ball In and andabout andabout andabout
about Philadelphia but what became ot otit ftItno
it Itno no one o knows nows It I seems however that
the matter matte was was W tken ken into court and < < an anadministrator anadministrator 1nadmJnlstrator
administrator named named Samuel Richards Richardswas RichardSY Richardstivnppolnted
tivnppolnted tivnppolntedThereoordsthea was Y s appointedV appointedV5dhfr nJlP lnted lntedTher
5dhfr Ther Thereoordsthea records Qordst1il the a show that a L score sco e of ofyears otieaiS ofyears
years ieaiS later laterthls this Richards Rt hards was called Into Intocourt IntoOOlJ intocourt
court OOlJ t and and he made m de an an accounting ac accounting ountng show showing1 ahowing showinS ¬
inS that he h had in his possession most mostof mosto mostof
of o the sum paid paII the widow Apparently Apparentlyno Apparentlnoact
no noact action on was taken takenMany takenM takenMany
Many M ny more years years were allowed to toelapse toela toelapse
elapse ela Jse courts in i Id those days not being beingwhat b beingWiwi lug lugwhit
what they th y are today and and nothing nothIng fur furthorhaye furt furthor
thorhaye t thor or have the heirs been able to find in inJha Inth inAihp
Jha th rbcgrdsuntJ Boqrd a und unt as late lat8as as 1SW when apartytoftheaparents a apartyApfrtheaparahts L Lpa
partyApfrtheaparahts pa rtheIplt J1ts and grandparents grandparentsof grandparentsoi1ia grandparentsoftheprcc4cnt
of oi1ia oftheprcc4cnt the present pt tetit heirs h Irs took the tht th e matter up upAuditors up upAuditors upAuditors
Auditors Report ReportThey ReportThey ReportThey
They had an auditor appointed bythe bytheorphans by the theorphans theorphans
orphans court of Philadelphia and this thisofficer thlrofficer thisofficer
officer discovered that the amount had haddwindled haddWJndled haddwindled
dwindled to less than 58000None 58000 58000None 8000 8000None
None of the money was paid over to tothe tothe tothe
the heirs and this entry ent1 in the musty mustytt mustytomes mustytomes
tomes tt tomes > mes In the ancient orphans court dis
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this too was as only a part of the great groatsystem gronts greatsystem
system s stem of t treasure he continued to toamass toanasa toanass
amass for tho church up to the day he hewas hewas hewas
was seized by his last illness illnessThe lUneJI8The illnessThe
The aggregate aggrepte aggregatevalue value alue of the Pontifical Pontificalemergency Pontlft Pontlteaiemergency al alemergenc
emergency fund is not known outside outsideof
of the Vatican Vatican and the officials within withinare withinare withinare
are not inclined to discuss the matter matterIt maltorIt matterIt
It mu must t however be very eo great T1ie T1iegltts The Thegifts T e egifts
gifts received by the Pop Pope on the oc oocaston occasion OCcaston ¬
caston of his jubilee alone alone aooe are ar said to tohave tohavo tohave
have cost millions of dollars yet they theytoo thoytoo theytoo
too were set aside for the groat pur purpose purpose purpose ¬
pose always In view viewIt vIewIt viewIt
It is not to be Imgined that the Italian Italiangovernment Ilallangcn Italiangovernment
government gcn rnment was in ignorance of the thePontiilca1 thePontlUca1 thePontifical
Pontifical treasure tr ure When the various varioussmall varioussmall varioussmallSsums
small smallSsums sums were were found in Loos apart apartments apartments apartments ¬
ments the Quirinal newspapers mado mad a agreat agTeat agreat
great todo t do about then then The object wV wVto w wto wtn wtnto
to strike a a blow at the fund known known as asTeters asPeters asPetera
Peters Ponce by confusingthe conf oontusln using > the 1e faithful faithfulinto faithfulInto faithfulinto
into believing that the Vatican was so sowealthy sowenltI1Y sowealthy
wealthy it really nail did not stand in need needot nee neeeft needat
ot that contribution contributionDebt contrIbutionDebt contributionDebt
Debt of the See SeeThis Seef SeeThis
This Is far ar from from f being the truth The Thedebit ThedebIt Thedebit
debit and credit of the Holy See do not notbalance notbalance notbalanceat
balanceat balance at present The actual budget budgetwas budgetwas budgetwas
was was up to 7000000 7000000 lire while the re receipts receipts receipts ¬
ceipts do not exceed 6MOMO Iitoo lire two twemillions t8mllllonstrom twomillions
millions mllllonstrom from funded property and three threemillions thre thremllUons threemillions
millions from contributions contrlbutlons and the lat latter la later latter ¬
ter have h have e sbown shown a remarkable feeadaocy tlllB4a ireadancyto Qy QyW
W icCf ucrr ucrrrhe
Lhe rhe l1l tl1 tht rr af zr und = 111
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himself obliged tp adopt new methods methodsOne methods methodsOne methodsOne
One method he Js said to be consider considering considerIng considering ¬
ing is the annual publication qt of the thelist thest thelist
list st of gifts and the donors names namesThis namesThis namesThis
This he believes would wo ld Increase the en enthusiasm 6nthuslasm enthusiasm ¬
thusiasm over contributions to Peters PetersPence PatersPence PetersPence
Pence PenceAs PenceAs PenceAs
As soon as the precise conditions are
Costly C ostly s Land Claimed Cla n ed in inMdmber intnmber in
Mdmber umber of ofdth Other OtherStates OtherStates r rStates
States StatesMany
Many 1 allY Washington W ashen shington on Peo People People Pe o oerested ¬
ple Interested it erested in Out Outcome Outcome Outcome ¬
come of Cases Casesposes Casesposes Casesposes
poses of the whole vast estate so far faras faras faras
as the heirs have been ableto able to IearnThe learn learnThe learnTho
The records of the leases are in the thearchives thearchlves thearchives
archives of Virginia and Maryland but butthere butthere butthere
there Is nothing to show that they thoywere thoywereever thoywereever were wereever
ever disposed of Export examiners examinershave examinershave examinershave
have been in the employ of t the heirs heirsmore heInrmare heirsmore
more than a a year delving Into the therecords therecords therecords
records of all of the States in Which Whichthe Whichthe whichthe
the land is situated sltu ed They have h ve fur furnished furnished furnished ¬
nished the fasts upon which the suits suitsare suitsare suitsare
are to be brought The list they have haveprepared haveprepared haveprepared
prepared of parcels of property Is as aafollows astonows asfollows
follows
Property Here HereIn CM CMIn J JIn
In Washington the squareshpulded squareshpuldedby squares squar bpunded bpundedby pu1dedby
by Virginia V1i = glnJa Avenue to Eighth ElghthtoB to B and andto andto andto
to Tenth two squares the square squarebounded sQuarebounded squarebounded
bounded by Virginia Avenue and Elev Eleventh Eleventh Eleventh ¬
enth and Twelfth Streets that between betweenEleventh betweenEleventh betweenEleventh
Eleventh and Twelfth and B and F TTthat Fthat Fthat
that between Eighth and Ninth and 2 2and Eand Band
and F and the three squares bounded boundedby boundedby boundedby
by Sixth and Seventh and K and M and andThird andi
t tThird
i Third and Fourth and K aai au anr L I all allsoutheast allI allsoutheast
I southeast and the square bounded byLincoln by byLincoln byLincoln
Lincoln Park and and Eleventh and Twelfth TwelfthStreets Twe1thStreets TwelfthStreets
Streets northeast All Allot of the property propertyIs
Is covered cgvcred with dwellings and other otherstructures otherstructures otherstructures
structures some of them pretentious pretentiousand IIretenuonr IIretenuonrand pretentiousand
and others not notIt notIt notIt
It was Balls Intention In his lateryears later lateryears Iat r ryears
years so It Is said when his Illustrious Illustriousnephew 1l1ustr illustriousnephew ous ousnephew
nephew had laid out Washtngtonr to tobuild tobuild tobuild
build build what w t were to be for those days daysgreat d daysgreat ys ysgreat
great warehouses in the southeast and andto andto andto
to have a a fine residence neaTIiincoln neaTIiincolnIn near near Dincom DincomPark LiucolnPark
Park
In Other States StatesIn StatesIIi StatesIn
In the tlieStates States In Gamdan qamaencunty mden county Ga
7000 acres on which which whic there are several severallarge s severallarge V ra1 ra1large
large cotton oqtton mOle at the present pr ent time UmeInVIrgiRla timein timeIn
in InVIrgiRla Virginia 2SWXX tOO acres in Kentucky Ke Ientucky6oo01 1tcckY
50000 acres a es in South Carolfna Is7o00 Is7o00acres 1t1 17000acres oOo oOoacrosi
acres acrosi In Pennsylvania PeRnsylV1U three thrQ three brick brickhouses brickhouses brickhouses
houses in Philadelphia Philadelphia 13 13COO < W acres a res in inGreen Ir IrGreen InGreen
Green county 2O10 ° 110 In Northampton Northamptoncounty Northamptoncounty Northamptoncounty
county 1310 in n Mifflin county 8238 t70 in inHuntlngton inHuntington InHuntington
Huntington county 18090 1J i3eln In Luzerne Luzernecounty Lunrnocounty Luzerncounty
county and 6000 000 in Pike county countyj countyThe countyThe
j The heirs are confident and President PresidentBrayton PresidentBraytor > r d nt ntBraytor
Braytor asserts assert that the land will all allbe allbe allbe
be back In Inthe the possession possesslOn of the family familyIn familyin familyIn
In a few ew years sears
BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFOL INTERIOR IWTEIYDECORATIONS I DECORATIONS DECoRATi6NSOF OF THE GENERAL DRAPER MANsioN MANSION
± H3 Draper Mansion In X Street Streeti Streetopposite
THE i I opposite Farragut Square Is one oneof oneof oneof
of tho really historic homea of ofthe orthe ofthe
the Capital Built by the late Alexan Alezander Alexander A1enndel ¬
FV
der Shepherd for his private residence residencewhen residencewhen residencewhen
when when he was Governor of the District of ofColumbia orColumbia ofColumbia
Columbia the old house has witnessed witnessedmany witnessedmany witnessedmany
many notable gatherings of famous men menand menand menand
and women womenRomance womenRomance womenRomance
Romance later added Its quota of In Interest interest Intereet ¬
terest when the mansion was occupied occupiedby occupiedby occupiedby
by Mrs rrs Washington McLean Ye n and her herdaughter herdau herdaughter
daughter dau > hter Mrs rs Mildred Hazen who aft afterward aterward afterward ¬
erward became Admiral Deweye wife wifeThe witeThe wifeThe
The hero of Manila wooed and won wonMrs wonMrs wonMrs
Mrs Hazen there and it is whispered whisperedthat whisperedthat whisperedthat
that the first message mea ace from Dewey after afterthe atterthe afterthe
the official one to the Navy Department Departmentcame Departmecamo t tcame
came to his fair fiancee at that houseAfter house houseAfter houaeAtter
After Mrs McLean flicc the property propertywas propertywas propertywas
was purchased by General Draper for former former former ¬
mer American ambassador to Italy ItalyAmong ItalyAmong ItalyAmong
Among special Innovations of the theDrapers theDrapers theDrapers
Drapers should be mentioned the mag magnificent magnificent magnificent ¬
nificent ballroom and Italian tapestries tapestriesImported tapeatrlesImported tapestriesImported
Imported by General Draper from Italy ItalyCertainly ItalyCertainly ItalyCertainly
Certainly the tapestries cannot be duplicated du duplicated dupl1cated ¬
plicated in Washington if In America AmericaThey AmerIcaThey AmericaThey
They arc Flemish of the sixteenth century cen century century ¬
tury and were taken from a ducal pal
to be used at the musicales she purposes purposesgiving purpo purposesgiving = se segiving
I giving givingThe givingThe givingThe
The reception room Is an Interesting Interestingapartment interestingI interestingapartment
apartment on account of otltsmany oits its many cur ctulos curS > t t10s tlog
I los and souvenirs uvenlra of Mrs Drapers rest residence restdcnco realdenco ¬
dence abroad and also because of tho thovaluable thovaluable thevaluable
valuable works of art It contains In Inthis Inthis Inthis
this room are three exquisite pieces of oftapestry ortapestry oftapestry
tapestry purchased of Prince Prln Borghoso Borghosoof
of Home om They are Gobelins G bellna of the thethirteenth thethirteenth thethirteenth
thirteenth century and representscenes represent representscenes representscenes
scenes fromloman history Caesar resar la iraEgypt laEgypt inEgypt
Egypt The e Weddrav Vedd1n1 OJ oS Charlo Charlemagna Charlonmgne ChArlmagne
magna and The Triumph of Constan Constantino ConstantIne Constantine ¬
tIne tinoIn tIneIn tineIn
In this room are busts of General Geu and andMr andMra andMrs
Mr Draper made In JS89 by yValdo WaldoStory ZVa1deStory yValdoStory
Story and arid a copy copi of the Canqva C nqvA bust bustof bustat bustof
of Princess Borghesa Pauline Bono Bonoparte Bon Bonparte Bonaparte >
parte who Is said to have posed loti lotihl3 foi foihis fo fohis +
his Venus VenusPhotographs Yen YenPhotograph t tPhotographs
Photographs ot the late King of Italy Italyand Ita17and Italyand
and Queen Margtierlta with the letters lettersautograph lattersautograph IBttersautograph
autograph and those of the present presentKing p presentKing 8ent 8entIatlg
King and Queen occupy the prominent prominentplaces promtlentplaces prominentplaces
places on the walls Rubens famous famouspainting famouspainting amotIS amotISpainting
painting Of his wife Is la intbls this room roomas to toas roomas
as well as Hareltlnes s uTlberatC Tiber at OstraIn Ostrru OstrruIn > strn strnIn
In this room roo too are two seta of inter intereating intercstIng Intereating
eating miniatures Napoleon with his two twofavorite twotaTorIte twofavorite
favorite generals generujsNew New and Murat andJosephine and andDuchesse anaJos
Jos Josephine phlne wiG Mme Tallien and ttnQ the
Duchesse dAbrantes A round brass braestable brasstable bnsstable
table inlaid with miniatures of Louis LouisXVI LouisXVI LoutsXVI
XVI and the ladles of his court la one oneof oneot oneof
of the chief ornaments of the room roonand roonanda and anda anda
a quaint ebony cabinet found In Sax Barnany Baxony3 Saxony
any ony3 a capital
t
Washington Catholics Receive From Rome Authentic Letters the ofT of Treasures reasures in theV the Vatican atica
HTTEItB have been received in inWashington InWublngton inWashington
LETTERS Washington which for the first firsttime 1Irattime firsttime
time give ve the facts concerning concerningthe ooncernin ooncernint concerningthe < <
t the e alleged finding of vast sums of ofmoney otmonoy ofconey
money in the Vatican after tter the t e death deathof dDathgt deathof
of Pope Leo These letters are from frontprominent fromprominent tcomprominent
prominent churchmen of Home to tochurchmen tochurchmen tochurchmen
churchmen here and explain away aw the thealleged tJMaUeged thealleged
alleged mystery mysteryAccording myzteryAccordl mysteryAccording
According Accordl to the stories as toW up to tothe tothe tothe
the present time tint the sums hav have b 1t1ven been beengiven ea eagiven
given < < 1ven anywhere nWh8re from one hundred thou thousand tltousand thousand ¬
sand to ten million dollars On O MM MMoccasion eD8cceaa1on oneoccasion
occasion Cardinal Gotti was wa represent represented ¬
ed as appearing apPearl t at the Vatican with wtthman withmany
1 many man strong boxes HX lS filled with gold1 and andjewels aHjewels andjewels
jewels and turning them over to Pitt PittX PJ PJX Pius Piusc
X c aftor announcing nounc1ag that they had bee beeconfided 1t been beenconfided a aconJIdfMI
confided to ate hJ cars car by the late Pontiff Pontiffwith Pentlstwith Pontiffwith
with the injunction Il ttacUol1 that they rc remain remainwith rtatalBwJth nala nalawith
with with him until forty day days after a BOW BOWPope nowPope w wPope
Pope tad b Mea en fixed upon uponIn UJHHlIn uponIn
In his imtroodons In traGtiea to Oottl Pope Pop Leo Laewas JAowu Leowas
was represented as he haviac ug MM W Wverily We Weverily Weverily
verily believe Gaul that rev MI win w I b bour bour be beour
our successor SUecsM or If this tiaJ is J so a yon y wfll wfllunderstand wmunder1ltaDd rill rillunderstand
understand the use to which tabs tW traas traasIt tr trlIre treasarr
arr lIre Ili t t tie 1Je put otherwise 7 you 1U turn tun1It turnit
It ever to whe whosoever oever te S c cDenied clao chesasa chesasaDenied aL I IDuied
Denied by Pope PopeTh P Pj 1C 1CTh c cThese
Th These so reports an met with aenfal dental C at atthe atthe atthe
the Vatican the new Pope Plus X hav having haying having ¬
ing stated in reply ply to one inquiry IaaI7 Iwale I IoalT
wale wish IIIIfah they th were ere so Wa wDu16 wtnil thenbe then thenbe thenbe
be SB much the lidtos r4 at T
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The Idea of making ready readYL a fund fundavailable fundavailable fundavailable
available against some unforeseen untore oen crisis crisisIn o1lsIn cisisin
In history seized upon the JatePopc JatePopcshortly Jatepopcshortly late Pope Popeshortly
shortly after he ascended < l to the throne throneHe throneHe throneHe
He was not acting without historic pre precedent precedent precedent ¬
cedent Years before the Christian era erathe ornthe orethe
the Pharaohs of Egypt did the the same samething samothln samething
thing thln Every Ram Ramee s every Thothmes Thothmesevery Thothmezevery lhothmeevery
every Amenephls every ruler of the thetruly thetruly thetruly
truly Egyptian dynasties before the thsGreek theGreek theGreek
Greek Ptolemies sat at on the thethronc throne laid laidup laidup laidup
up treasure troasuroa against alnst the time when hen his hisland hisland hisland
land beset bo et by enemies at home or orabroad orabroad orabroad
abroad would ould require equro extraordinary extraordinaryfinancial extraordinarynancJal extraordinaryfinancial
financial strength strengthAn strengthAn ltrengthAn
An Official Statement StatementTomb StatencntTomb StatementTomb
Tomb after tomb pyramid after pyra pyramid pyramid pyramidt ¬
mid secret hoarding Jl paco aeo ce after secret secrethoarding secretboarding secretboarding
boarding place have boon uncovered full fullof fullof ull ullot
of It Itgo itgod gxjid silver precious stones fabrics fab fabrtes fabrics
rics of price and nd articles of art capable capa C81Xlblp capable ¬
ble of fetching at any time their equiva equivalent oQulvaent oquivalent ¬
lent ent in money mone In the opon market The Thepolicy Thopolloy Thepolicy
policy wan a great and an4 farsighted one onebut onehut onebut
but Leo with the final decay dec y and fall fallof tallof fallof
of Egypt gPta greatness and tho loss of the thegreat thoJIeat thegreat
great treasures its Kings had gathered gatheredsecretly gatheredlIecretiy gatheredsecretly
secretly before ore him improved upon It ItHe It Itlie itlie
lie did not put his wealth away m in se secret se secret Mcret ¬
cret places known only to htms hbn f All Allthe Allthe A1Jtit
the tit higher officials o1 cJa1 of the tb Vatiqym wore worewell worewell worewell
well aware that the formation ormatJonor of a nzroat nzroathlBd groat groatf groatfund
f fund d was in progress and where 11 1toould 1toouldhi could couldhe couldhs
he hi hs found if t occasion demanded demandedAt demandedt demandedAt
At < t fiflat he modeled med l < < l1P Ills fmaijeteS finnn ajvs U4I U4V
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He Recorded the Murder in a Diar
j HAT It Is another of those stories storiesfrom storiesfrom
THAT T from real 1 life that would be dis dismissed dlsmissed dismissed ¬
missed as Incredible if used In a anovelists anoellsts anovelists
novelists plot is I all one can say of > r the thetale thetalo thetalc
tale that has rust i at come from England Englandof
of a tramp who killed a woman record recorded record recordedthe recorded ¬
ed edthe the fact in his diary dJar and has Just JustfftHcn j justfallen st stfalien
fallen Into the hands of justice through throughthe throughthe throughthe
the gruesome entry being discovered discoveredThe dlscov dlscovThe discovereddThe
The murder with which this tramp trampnow trampnow trampnow
now stands charged was committed commlt + ed In Inthe inthe inthe
the hop fields near Kidderminster near nearly nearly nearly ¬
ly threemonths ago under particwlarly particwlarlyrevolting partli nlarly nlarlyrevolting nlarlyrevolting
revolting circumstances clrcu 1Stnnces Mary Swin Swinburne Swinburne Swinburno ¬
burne the victim was sixtythree years yearsold yearsoleL yearsold
old One Saturday afternoon she was wasseen wnaseen wasseen
seen with a stranger The next morn mornIng mornIng morning
Ing a cow keeper found her body by the theroadside ther thereadside
roadside r dsldc The murderer had slashed slashedtho slashedthe l3Jthedtho
tho body until nul it was almost uncognlz uncognlzable ut uncogniz uncognizable cognb cognbable
able and then departed leaving lea Ing his hislarge hislarl6 hislarge
large heavy knife by b her side sideThe sideThe sideThe
The affair made a a great sensation but butnot butnot ut utnot
not the faintest clue to the slayer could couldbe coUldbel couldbe
be uncovered unaov re1 What Vllat mystified the uu uuhSapj tlUtborlUlQ uutboritieu
tborlUlQ en ft anything else olseUii5 elsetbs
tbs hSapj s apParctiti1dddk pPD > areii Wolmkof laok of moth IDO for so so ffer
laid before him him PopoPlus it Is reported reportedwill reporte reportewill reportedwill
will go over each detail and nd where wherepossible wherepossible wherepossible
possible cut down expenses expens This This will willof wIllot willof
of course necessarily necessarliy be a matter m tter of ofgreat otgreat ofgreat
great delicacy but the pontiff Is isnIus a agenius aS
genius S nIus In that direction dlr ctlon and will douli douliless doujless dou1less
less soon have everything arranged arrLIWed to tothe tothe tothe
the satisfaction of everyone
as they could discover d1s < over tho woman was wason wason wason
on unfriendly terms with no o one and andher ftndher andher
her financial position would not n t attract attracteven attracteven attracteven
even the meanest robberA robber robberA robberA
A few days ago the jan at Lincoln Lincolnsome Lincolnsome Lincolnsome
some distance from Kidderminster ad admitted admitted admitted ¬
mitted a tramp sentenced 1 by the district districtmagistrate districtmagistrate districtmagistrate
magistrate to ten days detention for forvagrancy torvagrancy forvagrancy
vagrancy While the warder was pre preparing preparing preparing ¬
paring the bath every prisoner must musttako musttako musttake
tako on entering the prison he noticed noticedthe noticedtho noticedthe
the tramp take from his pocket a small smallnotebook smtJlnot smallnotebook
notebook not book tear a leaf lea out of it roll the thepaper thopaper thepaper
paper into a ban and put it Int into his hismouth hismouth hismouth
mouth THe Th officer pretended to take no nonotice nonotice nonotice
notice of the prisoners action and JI4 the thatramp thotrItpP thetramp
tramp at a moment when hen be thought thoughtthe thoughtthe thoughtthe
the warders attention diverted ejected ejectedthe eIectedthe ejectedthe
the partly chewed fragments Into a adark a adark adark
dark corner of the room roomWhen roomWhen roomWhen
When the prisoner had been removed removedto
to a cell the warder gathered up and andpieced andpteeed andpieeed
pieced together the tiny bits and read readI
I murdered her God help me Murder Murderwill Murderwitl Murderwill
will out On the same page were other otherreferences otherrtJterences otherreferences
references to the Kidderminster crime orlraowhich onJ1ewhich crimewhich
which convinced the authorities that thatthe th thatthe t tthe
the murderer they were so 0 anxious tonett to tomctt
mctt 1m 2i d riJlri ca Tto tf1 their Ir bls