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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1906)
! IN THE NATIONAL HALLS OF CONGRESS i i Saturday, January 27. Washington, ii. S7 . - In n sei-sion tlf two holllS loilsy lllll 1 1' Ml Mil pH i I IIim urgent ilellolonoy npiroprintmn hill, currying f I fi.L'HI, I Oil, t no r n irn I In which Inn provision Unit I ho eight Ixmr lnw shall nut apply to m I i n labm- rH I II tllll I'lHIKIIIU C lllll.il. Ill llllillt lull it 'H"Hl'll "li'J iriVilt pension hill Hll'l road tlm M tllll general bridge dill, making it tlm nit ft ii i n 1 1 m 1 luiHiiii'M for MotiiUy . Chiiirmsri Iliilmrii today reported to tlm house Iiih railroad rate liill witli lln favorable reooiiiuiondrtt inn ol tli entire loiiiinltlon. Tlm lull will jiomo up noil w.'rk. Friday, Jan. 20. Washington, Jmii. W . Tlm llrHl at tempt Hi filibustering during thi res don occurred in tlm house today on n Democratic endeavor to do'oat tlm pro vision of tlm urgent deficiency hill waiving tlm eight hour law for foreign I borers on tlm Panama canal. Tlu w moll M in I'll I whs pluri'il in the hi!) ill committee of (hit whole II ft it tlm Iiouhi had divided inn ri y times on every pre text which Williams ( Mill n i uk n tlm on i no for ii vote. Wlu'ii thi' IhIIwhh tlimlly llnitdicd, Into in tlm dav, n de mand for n Mi'p.imin vote ninl roll-mil it that niiifiiilini'iit was inii'li' hihI or tiered, Hi which tilim tint house ad- j j 1 1 r ii i-4 1 . Tim vol ii w ill on ur tomor row . Tlm amoinlinoiit whs ruled out if tlm hill on n point of "i In on Tuom tllV, Hlnl i t -4 insertion today wits effect ed n 1 1 I r tlm provisions of n fpocial rule brought in from tlm Miles com iuittc for tlm purports. I Im only ot her ront rovorsy of t ho tiny . resulted from mi Hiti-mpt to increase hy 4 I Ki.iitM) thi- amount for mi-nt mspee tiou by tiin ili-pA rtinciit of Agriculture. Thin ini-rea"" was refilled after an ani- luatlsl debute. Thursday, January 26 Washington, Jiin. H'i. Tlm houi' pll'scd tlid Mitli'hooil hill according to m he lulo today. The Republican pp ut i"li spent i t h rntirn force ycr-torday ami no i ffort huh made to defeat tin hill on i t n liiml passage, only ll'l of tin "insurgents" voting against it. 'Jim hill paused hy tin- Voti of I'M to l.'iO. The dobat w hich preceded thin vote lisglill lit II o'clock and WHS practically featureless so far hh any hone was en- tortninoil of changing tlm measure in thii rdightest degree. Tlm hill hh pai-sml prof ides that Ok Inlmiim Hinl tlm Indian Territory shall onittuto ono Mate under tlm niiiiii of iklithoiiiH, Hii-I tluit Arizona nnd New Mexico (-Imll constitute h date nii'ler tlm imiiip Arir.ona. Slinulil tlm term of Hilininf inn Im ralillfl hy tlm ntii- li'iiti of tlm two fornmr ti-rritoriti-n, tluur ripM'tiTi Mute count iliitloiiH iiiiihI coiitniii rlaiiHi-H protnhiliiiK tlm ihi of intoxicating liijuom una plural nut rrinwu. Tlm roiiHtitution of Arixonu muni prohihit tlm hhIi- of liijuor to Iu lmiiH fori-riT Hll'l that of Oklahoma (or 1' I yiir4. Thcri mil many other Htipu UtioiiH ronri-rniii) hcIiooIh, courto nml polilicHl wuliili vmioiin of the propocl IlilW HtlllrH. Wiifi h i n iO hi , Jn. l!fi. Thu fomiiri nffairH of tlm Cnitiit SiHti-n continued to hold tlm attention of tlm Hi'tiate (o lay, tlm Mnrocvmi ami I otiiiniian mat tern hciiiK imiiiediutt'ly at ireue. Money mhm the principal fpeaker mid Im talked for ovr two hotirH in opioHition to tlm source of the adminiHtration with rel oirtMicu to hoth Hanto l),)miiifo ami Mo rocf'o. (In contendi'd that there wan lani;pr of hicoinitiK itiTolTeil unnccen fiarily in tlm affairfl of other countriea hy pHrticipatiou in tlm Alei-iran roll ferencH ami that thin coiiutiy was not toillicient ly concerned with thu conduct if affairH in Santo lhiininuo to juntify our courMe In that inland. He rIho took the position tluit tlm premdent had traiiBcended hia authority them. Iley lmrn npokfr in Hiipport of the annexa tion of Hanto l(iiiiinuo. Wednesday, Jaunary 24. WaHhiiiKton, Jan. 114. When the moke of tlm livelient leiHlative huttle of thu HeMeion had clearcil up in the Iioiihh today, Speaker Cannon ami hid oranir.ation were in complete control and the joint Htntehood proKrain of the administration had heen adopted. rrevioun to the vote the ilehate on thci rule hail proceeded under hi'h ten wion. The upeeeliea were Hhort hut the word uttered were hot and lull of etiiiK. The rule Adopted provided that the hill Krunt inn Htatehood to Oklahoma and the Indian Territory an "Oklaho Hagua Delegates Chosen. Washington, Jan. 22. Secretary Hoot today announced that the Ameri can representatives to the approaching 'inference to he held at The Hague will he JoHeph II. Choate, formerly ambas sador to England ; Horace Porter, for mer ambassador to France, and Judge lione, of Little Kock, Ark., ex-presi-dent ot the American liar association, lltwides them, delegates there may he others, the number being conditional upon the Russian representation, and there will also he a number of secre taries, stenographers and interpreters. Irrigation Engineers Confer, Washington, Jan, 22. Irrigation en gineers of the department of Agricul ture, under the direction of lilwood Mead, are in conference in Washington to outline the work for the coming sea son. A. P. Stover, of Oregon, and H. O. ltaschbacherof Idalio, are attend ing the meeting. These engineers are not connected with the Reclamation service, but make a special study of water resources, the use of water and lralnae problems. ma," and Aiixonnaml New Mexico an "Arlr. inu," vhould ho ilehnted until 3 o'clock tomorrow and then voted on without opportunity for delude, The limine H'ljouriied nt fi :,'(() o'clock, after HKrueifiK to meet at 11 o'clock tomorrow. WanhiriKlou, Jan. U4. Mr. I.ode today preMented in the senate the pol icy of the ndminintrHtloii in the matter of thu AlyeciraH eoiifiirence over the M'iroccn ami alno with reference to Knnto Il'ilniiino. lie defelideil the con r 'i of tlm president In hoth in htanceii, conteudiiiK that our repreMent at ion at the Moroccan conference wan ennential to the protection of American commercial inlerentn and '.liHt only hy Dm con run pumned in Han to )ominio could foreiiu nation he prevented from n i y. i 1 1 tf tlm ciihIoiii houxep, of that coun try ami ni'curiiiK a ponition there which iiiiihI threaten the approachen to the I'amimii canal. Tuesday, January 23. ViiHhiuftou, Jan I'll. l or more than three hour today Spooner occupied the tiinii ill thi' ri'iiHln in explanation ami defeiiMe of the cource of the iidmiuiM tration relative to the Moroccan con ference at A ljfcei rue, Spain, nml in con ucilioii with Santo lomini. The Hpcech w aa deli vert d to crowded jral h'lieH mid to a well lllled Henate, ai.d received careful atlentiou throughout. Waihin'on, Jan. "II. The eij;ht hoiir hiw cannot he ahrofated for work on the I'miaimi canal and canal com miHkionerri cannot receive additional eoHipeiiHation hcidti their milaricH an coiiiiniMnioneM. Thene two chiwiKeH ill the urgent deliciency appropriation hill now under coiiHideiat inn hy the houne WHit the net remilt of today'a Hennion. Iiinuiiirnhhi amendment neekiiiK to peifi-i t the hill an to canal ground pur i hani H, pip chan-n of coal for the navy, etc.. conniiiiiml t line in diHcunnt.in, I nt met defeat when it Vote wan tultcll. When tlmfennion ended, ahout half of tlm hill had heen eounidered. It wil he laid anide tomorrow, when the Mate hood hill in to he hroiikjlit in and to have the rihl of way until dinpoHed of. Monday, January 22. WnHhin'tou, Jan. 'J'J. The iiiettion of rt'iculatini; railroad niton took prac tically all of tne time of the nenate to day, notwithstanding that no hill with that end in view haH Imhiii reported from the inte'Mate commerce commit lee. The diHcunnioli of the nuhject wan in connection with Clary's speech, Al drich, Foraker, Hailey and Nowlandn heiiiK the principial participants in ad dition to Clay himtelf. ('lay advocated tha pannage of a hill which would Kve the Interstate Com meice cotiiininniou power to regulate raten, when complained of, and said that, if there wan no leyinUtinn along that line, the country m i tlit count up on agitation of the (jileBtion of govern ment ounernhip. In that connection, Im referred to the lare vote K'ven Mr. I lea rut in the late New Turk municipal election an an indication of the poplari ty of municipal ownership of puhlic uttlitien. Wanhinnton, Jan. 1'2. With a point of order pending, the eight-hour clause of the Panama canal item in the urgent deficiency hill was hnffeted ahout in dtdnite during tha greater part of to day' pension of the hou'e. The dt hate was general and the point of order which w ill he made hy Hogg of Colo rado, or hy WillianiH, the minority leader, can only he made when the sec tion ia conxidered for amendinent. While the eight-hour provision of the Panama part of the hill is what is oi'jeotcd to most strenuously, speeches were made for and Hgaiunt the adminis tration's canal policy. Williams, the minority leader, declared the work of digging ought to he done hy contract', Io Armond, of Missouri, immediately contended that this could not he done Hiiecessfully, and Hurton, of Ohio, urg ed that congrcPH should scrutinize ap propriations. Hephiirn, of Iowa, urged the neceHHity of centra lisat ion in re npot. nihility, and wanted the president held rcspoiisihle for the work. Unite on Rate Bill. Washington, Jan. 2tt. After a con ference lasting all the afternoon, the house committee on interstate and tor- eign commerce today agreed upon a rate hill to he known as the llephurn hill, nml to ho reported to the house with the unanimous recomcmlation of the 18 incinhers of the committee. Wants Philippine Secretary. Manila, Jan. 23. T. II. I'ardo de Tavern has resigned his position as a member of the United States Philip pine commision, assigning as a lesson liia belief that the Filipinos should have a portfolio. His resignation has offered an opportunity for one of his colleagues to express a desire that in thu future there be a Filipino delegate in co'igress. Comrnisbioner Lie is re ceiving thousands of congratulations on his appoinment as governor, which is universally approved, though many re gret the transfer of ex-Governor Wright. Newlands' Plea Against Bill. Washington, Jan. 2'i. Senator New lauds today concluded his statement in opposition to the Philippine tariff bill, in the hearings now proceeding before the senate committee having in charge this measure, lie took the position that it would be cruel to the Filipinos to accustom them to a subsidised price for their sugar and return them to the world's price, ahout $35 a ton less, when the Philippines are separated from this government. STLAfViEH VALENCIA WKECKED. Strikes Ror.ki in Fog, Off the Strait of (-111.11, Victor! i, It. C, Jan. The steam er Valencia, w hich wan en route to Vic toria fr' in San Francinro with III pan rteiigi'M mid a crew of (), went anhore at midnight IhhI night du i ing a t hick fog, at Cloo Oho, near ( '.innaiial point, arid a lure numher were drowiie'l w hen al tempt ing to leave the ship. The strainer in on the rocks againnt a high i liTf, and in likely to g'i to pieces at any time. (hie hoat's crew reached Cape liealt; al .1 o'cloi k this afternoon, and nine men got nnhore near the telegraph huts, ahout 15 miles from the light house. When the hoats were lowered, soon after the vessel was driven into the shore after she hegaii hi sink, there was a great loss of life. The Ixiats filled with women and children were smashed against the side of the steamer and til in them were ost. The lights had gone out hy this time, and the crew could not see to work Seven hoats and three life rafts were lowered. Only two of them have 4heen heard from. There were thought to ho ahout 1 00 persona still on the wreck, and the sur vivors who reached (Jape Heale say at leant r0 w ere drowned alongnide the steamer hefore they left. The houtuwnin and five seamen were sent to secure Bistsiic, and are the only ones that reached Capo I.eale, ar riving there ahout .'I o'clock. HUNDRED REPORTED LOST. r" Lihthousa Keeper at Carmanah Files First Telegram. Victoria, 15. C, Jan. 2.1. A dis patch from Cape lleale says the steamer lost ih the Valencia of San Francisco, which went ashore on the Vancouver island eoii'ft near Cloo One. The light hou"o keeper syn hetween 60 and 00 were drowm d. 'J im news of the disaster on Vancou ver island const is meager, heing con fined to the message received hy Cap tain (iaudin, agent of marine, from Light house Keeper Peterson at Carina nah, saying hh follows: "Steamer wricked hetween hero and Cl'ioOio. Ahout 100 drow ned. Nine reached telegraph hut. Will wire more particular an soon as possihle." (Mini 0.e in alxnit live or six rtiiles from Carmanah point, and 05 miles from Victoria. Ciipe lleale id 125 miles from Victoria, at the easterly etiterance to Ilarklcy sound. SEEKER FOR PEACE. Ambassador White Tries to Reconcile Germany and France. Algeciras, Jan. 24. Henry White, the American amhansador to Italy and head of the American delegation to the Moroccan conference, is making the weight of the United States felt in (jniet endeavors to hring France and tiermany nearer together hefore Jthe disputed ipiestions arise in the conven lion. Tiie questions cannot he long de laved. It has heen impossible for the T'nited States to take the lead in seeking a way toward an agreement that shall guaran tee to all the countries an equal footing in Morocco and yet recognize in some respects Hie special position of France It is a diflicult task, hut all the govern ments, except t'noso directly concerned, are assisting in it, because of the dan ger of the situation, should the confer ence fjil in settlement. TREATS AFFAIR AS A JOKE. Venezuelan Minister Refuses Explan ation of Taigny Incident. Willomstad, Jan. 23. Advices re ceived here today say that the dean of the diplomatic corps at Caracas, the Belgian charge d'affaires, lias conferred with Honor Ybarra, the Venezuelan Foreign minister, on the incident at tending the embarkation of the ex- French charge d'affaires, M. Taigny, on board the F'rench steamer Martinique off ha (tiiayra, January 14. Senor Ybarra e vailed the request and treated the Taitrnv incident lightly, re marking that M. Taigny had "allowed himself to be caught like a rat in a trap." King Peter's Throne Shaky. London, Jan. 24. Special dispatches from Vienna to the Loudon panels are inclined to attribute the strained rela tions between Austria-Hungary and Hervia partly to the waning influence of King Peter. The king is reported as being powerless to control the policy of his cabinet owing to the growth of Rad ical and Republican influences. The correspondent of the Daily Mail eays: "It is believed in Austria that the days of the Karageorgevitch dynasty are numbered and that King Peter and his family will lie expelled. Are Shut Up in Kansas. Chicago, Jan. 24. A dispatch to the Tribune from Chanute, Kan., says: The independent oil refiners of Kansas have mailed to James R. Garfield, com missioner of corporations, an appeal for Justice against the alleged conspiracy between the Standard Oil company and the railroads to shut Kansas oil out of the market. The refiners who signed the appeal have invested more than 11,000,000 iu refineries, tank cars, storage tanks, wagons and barrels. Asks $2,000,000 for Militia. Washington, Jan. 24. The National Guard association today reaffirmed its approval of the bill pending in the sen ate and house, carrying an annual ap propriation of $2,000,000 to increase the efficiency of the militia and to pro mote rifle practice. A LIFE HAFT FflllNll,1"" - Half Dead, Survivors of Valencia, Picked Up. ANOTHER RAFT IS OUT AT SEA Rescued Say Ninety People Were Still Clinging to Rigging, But Can not Long Survive. Seattle, Jan. '2. A special rej.re seri. alive ol the I'ost Intelligencer wins from I'ort Angeles at .1 :30 a. in. that the rescue ship City of Tokepa picked up a liferaft at 1 o'clock yesterday af ternoon six miles' off Cape lleale with IS survivors of the Valencia on board. The men were in a pitiable condition and almost dead from exposure. The work of rescuing thern was dangerous. The men were too exhausted to even tie a rope around themselves. The raft put out from thewrefk when the Queen was Righted and at tempted to reach her, but before it could get within sighting distance that vessel put about and headed to the strai'n, where she spoke the Toi,eka and told of seeing the Valencia. When the Tokepa hove in sight the raft was once more manned and put forth, with the result that it was rescued. The survivors told terrible tales of the wreck of the vessel. They said that she will break up before morning and every soul on board will he lost. Wnen they left the ship, there, were about 00 people still on board, most of them clinging to the rigging. After picking up the raft, the steam er went in search of another raft which the rest ii'id iiimi said had left the ship earlier in the day. The vessel ran fully 20 mile-i to the other side of the wreck looking for the craft, hut no sign of it wan to he seen. It is the general im pression that the raft foundered. It h utterly unable for human beings to live l"iig on a raft in the terrible sea during the rain and bitter cold wind. Vessel Reported Broken Up. Victoria, Jan. 24. A dispatch re ceived by W. F". llullen, of Knpiimalt, one of the owners of the steamer Sal vor, from bis brother, 11. F. llullen, on board at lUmfield, eays the Valencia broke up this afternoon. Since about noon yesterday assistance was impossi ble because of the heavy seas. BURTON GOT MILEAGE. Senators Stand In with Evasion of Rules to Help Him. t Washington, Jan. 23. One of the most remarkable procedeures in the history of the senate occurred today in order to avoid a technicality which prevented Senater Burton, of Kansas, from drawing his mileage for the pres ent session. in order to have his requisition honored, it is necessary for some official of the senate to take oath that he had seen the senator in the chamber, but since the indictment and conviction of the Kansas senator, he has not appeared in the chamber. There is no disposition on the part of any one to withhold the mileage, and the senator, therefore, was asked to step from the cloakroom into the chain her for a moment in order that he might be seen by some official. He de clined, hut an employe engaged him in conversation in the cloakroom near the entrance to the chamber. The employe suddenly turned the senator so that he (acted the chamber and, the attention of the officials previously having been directed toward this door, lie was seen from the chamber. It was then certi fied that Senator Burton was in attend ance and his mileage was paid him. Flood Sweeps Valleys. Weston, W. Va., Jan. 25. A heavy rain storm resembling a cloudburst passed over the southeastern portion of this state yesterday, Holding Cherry, Holly, and VAk rivers and carrying away bridges, houses and many million feet of valuable timber. In Richwood the water rose five feet in the houses. The water came up so suddenly that men, women and children had to wade waist-deep out of their homes to the mountains. Over 12 miles of tlie Ilolry river and Addison railroad was washed away near Hurley Junction. Amend Exclusion Law. Washington, Jan. 25. Representa tive Foster, of Vermont, introduced a bill today modifying the provisions of the Chinese exclusion act so that merchants, students and other classes entitled to enter the United States may do so without being subjected to the al leged indignities complained of by the Chinese government. The bill provides that after Chinese have been admitted to the United States they are'entitled to trial before they can be expelled. General Wheeler III. New York, Jan. 23. Urigadier Gen eral Joseph Wheeler, United States army, retired, is seriously ill at the residence of his sister, Mrs. Sterling Smith, in Brooklyn. He has heen con fined to his bed for three days with a bronhcial affection. . Ttiere is tear that his illness may develop into pneumonia. Entombed in Coal Mine. Poteau, I. T., Jan. 25. News has been receivd here of an explosion in mine No. 6 at Witteville, a mining vil lage three miles from here, and it is said that 36 miners are entombed. 8CENE 07 REVELRY MERRYMAKING. i Vi lir Urorn of Olrhrlllr Were Kill ertnlnril, Illnrrf and WInfd br One of Ihn Mont nrlnll ti llcaolle of Her lima. To the people who lielleve with .Sunk sped re Unit 'nil the world's a stage end all the men and women merely players" there Is nothing of greater fiiwlhatlon than nn old house. Here have been enacted the most charming corn ell en and the most pit iful tragedies, rind ofttlmes, ns In the ease of real actors, breaking hearts have been covered by MinUes and mirth wiilie bright, laughing eys have ached with unshed tears. One of the most Interesting of the many historical mansions In this coun try It the brave old Jurnel house which taii'ls on Washington Heights, In New York, nnd Is known ns one of the few remaining vestiges of the old time architectural splendor of that city. It stands well back from the street and commands n lofty and extensive view, i t sole burrlcHrle now from an In quisitive public being a high, luxur iant box -hedge. The mansion was built In as a wedding present for Mary I'hllllps. of I'hllllpsburg Manor. V inkers, who became the wife of Col onel Roger Morris. This lady was Washington's first sweetheart and when the Continental forces confis cated the mansion from Mary Phillips' Tory husband n feeling of sentiment stlrri-d the mighty American's heart and he took the house as his head quarters, to prevent its destruction. When M. Stephen Jumel, n dashing Frenchman, who kept a sailors' find ings store on South Htreet and fitted J- AMOLS Jl MEL MANhlO.N. out privateers for the war In Jamaica and Son iJomlngo, married the adven turous Hetty Howen, he bought nnd Otted up the mansion with a magnifi cent expenditure, calculated to make the eyes of the plain old Dutch burgh ers start from their heads. Mistress Hetty had 11 veil, to put It mildly, be fore she met and married' the young merchant prince. As Betty Bo wen, the rustle beauty had broken the heart and stamped on the pride of, many an Impressionable Massachusetts beau. To her was born a child which so closely resembled George Washington that for many years was supposed to be his son. In reality, Major Reuben Ballou was the father of Betty Bow- en's child. When the baby was 5 weeks old the future haughy Mine. Jumel ran away and left him. She came back several times afterward to claim her little one, but Freelove Bal lou, wife of the major, although well aware of the paternity of the child, kept It nnd would not let the mother so much ns see It. Betty was gloriously lovely, with all the capricious, puzzling wayward ness of a little child a fascinating rid dle who charmed Stephen Jumel nnd for years after they were wed kept him wondering what she would do next. To make his wife happy the wealthy Frenchman Imported hang ings, furniture and wonderful plate from France. The Juniels entertained lavishly and the household affairs were conducted on a great scale. Oueo, upon returning from n Kuropean trip, the madum brought with her quanti ties of Napoleonic relics the dispatch box of the little corporal, the trunk he cnrrled on his campaigns, Josephine's Jewels nnd embroideries and bric-a-brac which had been the property of Marie Antoinette. Many of these valuable souvenirs are to-day In the drawing room of Mrs. Julius Caryl, of Washington Heights, the grand-niece of Mine. Ju mel. There Is In this same room n full-length life-size portrait of Mine. Betty, which was painted In France In the hey-day of her charms. Sho alts In a great carved chair, dressed In a robe of embossed blue velvet. There nre showers of costly lace nbout the shoulders, nnd lappets of lace fall from the chestnut hair, carefully band ed nnd curled In the fashion of those days. The face of Mine. Betty Is full of fire and fascination. The eves are lustrous and of sapphire hue, the ex pression one of winsome pride nnd complacent disdain. Tho Jumel mansion Is packed with history, romance and thrilling mystery. There nre dark nnd blood-curdling se cret pnssnges nnd cupboards nnd of course there Is a ghost chamber and a ghost who walks nnd walls In the most approved fashion. In tho great banqueting hall every nook and corner tells a tale. In this sumptuous room stood the table which madam never permitted to . be dis turbed after one of those famous mid night New Yeara feasts. After the j eating and drinking, the songs and , toasts and banter were done the table stood with Its empty bottles 'and crushed flowers Just aa It was left when the last gay reveler with a toast ONCE THE AND to the fair hostem on Ms Hps reeleil from Its side. The doors were closed ' until the dawning of tln next New Vear's feast when the dehrU was re moved and the table fre-dily sprend. Near the narrow door stood a hugn carved buffet. It Is said that when Jerome Bonaparte, that Interesting royal lover nnd husband of Kllznhetli Patterson, dined with Mine. Betty they came arm In arm to this corner and pausiil. The gallant brother of tho mighty Napoleon bo win I and motioned madam to lvid tho way. That lady, ever mindful of what was fit. and prop er, would riot take precedence of n prince arid so both, handsome French man and blushing American, stood iKiwlng ami curtesy Ing over and over. It Is not known how the matter was settled, but next day Mme. Betty or dered n second and larger door cut through the passageway to avoid fur ther like embarrassing situations. From the cavernous fireplace In the banquet chamber starts a secret pas sage large enough to hide a grown per son. It leads up over a china cup board and penot rates the ghost cham ber overhead, the room In which mad am died and In which now on certain nights, It Is said, her ghost walks. In this wonderful old house may be seen the secret passage running par allel to the upper hall, through which when the American forces retreated to Klngsbrldge the last man rushed within arm's reach of the British sol diers In the hall, and, climbing out uon the balcony, dropped over the railing and made good his escape. I)urlng the lifetime of Mme. Jumel Prince de Jolnvlile slept In this house, his hostess not knowing him until the next morning ns other than a nlght overtaken hunter. Then the maid, who had served the prince with as much courtesy as she could have shown had she known his rank, gave tho prince's enrd to her mistress. At the age of O), widowed, but still remarkably lovely, Mme. Jumel mar ried Aaron Burr, then a ruined old man of 78. 'In the great hall In the mansion Is olnted out the exact spot where the fiery Betty caught her aged spouse kissing a pretty maid and, box ing his ears soundly, turned him out of doors. The Jumel house Is now the proper ty of the Daughters of the American Revolution. It Is conducted ns a free historical museum. Wandering through the old rooms the visitor sees In Imagination the forms of departed heroes and beautiful women, smells the faint odor of June roses anil, listening, hears sweet, low laughter, the clank of sword and the whisper of silk. , OLD FLAME OF HOSTESS. Bat lie Didn't Know It Vnttl Bad Break Brooarht It Oat. The sect of the Schwenkfelders, at their annual reunion In Allentown, Pa., were eating their famous feast of bread and apple butter, says the Wash ington Post The long table was cov ered with great plates of fine white bread, great dishes of golden butter, nnd great bowls of rich brown apple butler. "No, you are mistaken," said the Rev. A. R. Schorman, of Pandora, O., to a reporter, "If you think this Is our Idea of a fine banquet. This meal cel ebrates a historical event the landing of tho Schwenkfelders, and their first meal In the new world. It was a meal composed only of bread and apple but ter, for the good reason that there was nothing else to have Just then." Mr. Schorman, as he helped himself to the excellent apple butter, smiled. "When you nccuse us Schwenkfelders; of regarding this as a grent banquet," he said, "you mistake us and humili ate us. You are like the stranger who visited the home of his boyhood friend. He and his boyhood friend had not seen one another for more than thirty years. Then: they met by accident la New York, and tae resident took the stranger home to dinner. In the host's handsome house, as they sat In the par lor, the guest said: "'So you are married, John? " 'Dear, dear, yes,' John answered, 'I nm married and have three children. They will be down to welcome you la a few minutes.' " 'Well, well,' said the guest It seems strange to think of you as a fa ther.' And he sighed. " 'By the way," the host began, 'didn't you live In Cambridge after you left Chicago?' " 'Oh, yes,' said the guest 'I lived there for some years.' " Then perhaps you met Miss Mc Wade?' "The guest gave a loud laugh. " 'Met her?' he cried. 'Man allvo, that's a good one. Met her? 1 was engaged to her. But so were all the other fellows nt one time or nnother. College boys nnd clerks. But what's the matter, John?' he broke off, anx iously. " 'Miss McWade Is my wife,' said the host, In a strange, dead voice." " Ileilirlnar. "You claim that you will make anj sacrifice for my sake, Henry?" "Yes, of course." 'Then Invite mother to come and live with us." "Well, of course, I meant any rea sonable sacrifice." Cleveland riaia Dealer. The baby Is sick, mother l up all night; children get sick, mother Is up all night; father gets sick, mother is up all night; but who Is up when mother gets sick? Does anyone, know of it but the Lord? It Is funny: Girls talk of buttoning up their dresses, when taey really but) too them down.