Washington County news., February 01, 1906, Image 7

SE AR C H FO R LIFE.
i TBE NATIONAL HALLS OF CONGRESS
Tuesday, January 30.
Jan. 30. — Member* of
»•onae evin >1 a more general *n'
in the discussion of the railroad
l0’ .ill throughout today than in any
Ck topic o f legislation for gome time,
»«debate throughout was listened to
lively And many questions were
of tb4firterent speakers to bring
"Nther ohfc'ure points in the meas-
or evils complained of, which no
pt had been made to include in
II. T o - debate was opened by
.ad, of Michigan.
Adams, of
^ ^ ^ B e je n t in g the minority, fol-
w J in *opiinendation of the measure,
« a praise of P-esident Roosevelt’ s
li on the question. Hinshaw, of
tblika, depicted the benefit the leg-
>kcln would do to the great trans-
1,1 isippi [country, and Richardson,
ft‘- »bama, discussed as a Democrat
101 | done and left undone in the
ne.
waiving the eight-hour law for foreign
laborers on the Panama canal. The
amendment was placed in the hill in
committee of the whole after the house
bad divided many times on every pre­
text which W illiam s could make the
cause for a vote.
When the bill was
finally finished, late in the day, a de­
mand for a separate vote and roll-call
on that amendment was made and or­
dered, at which time the house ad­
journed. The vote w ill occur tomor­
row. The amendment was ruled out
of the bill on a point of order on Tues­
day, and its insertion today was effect­
ed under the provisions of a special
rale brought in from the rules com­
mittee for the purpose.
The only other controversy of the day
resulted from an attempt to increase by
$115,000 the amount for meat inspec­
tion by the department of Agriculture.
This increase was refused after an ani­
mated debate.
Thursday^ January 25
t senate today passed 40 bills,
Washington, Jan. 25. — The house
■n, of than of considerable import-
REscj The! list included a number of passed the statehood bill according to
tec ties for light houses, fog signals, schedule today. The Republican oppo­
lie cutters and public buildings, sition spent its entire force yesterday
Iso the i ill providing for the re­ and no effort waa made to defeat the
bill on its final passage, only 33 of the
la tio n < f the consular service.
STAnMshippiug bill waa under consid- “ insurgents” voting against it. The
»c> >n for a time.
It was amended so bill passed by the vote of 194 to 150.
relieve it of constitutional obje • The debate which preceded this vote
and Lodge delivered a speech in began at 11 o’clock and was practically
M"a: >it of the bill, in which he gave featureless so far as any hope was en­
etail* of a combination of the tertained of changing the measure in
, rs of foreign sailing vessels for the the slightest degree.
The bill as passed provides that Ok­
3Se of controlling the freight rate
t, 2Kain shipments from the United lahoma and the Indian Territory shall
>u s. There was also a discussion of consittute one state under the name of
‘'wihdlls making common carriers lia- Oklahoma, and that Arizona and New
dot, )r injuries to employes, which Mexico eliall constitute a state under
over the question of their refer- the name Arizona. Should the terms
u, 1" t o committees.
Patterson gave of admission he ratified by the resi­
c~s
of
a
speech
tomorrow
on the Mo- dents of the two former territories,
i f*
their respective state constitutions
'ortbe n and Dominican questions.
must contain clauses prohibiting the
Monday, January 29.
sale of intoxicating liquors and plural
<•&>aehington, Jan. 29.— The Chinese marriages. The constitution of Arizona
uy ia>tt and the administration of the must prohibit the sale of liquor to In ­
t reserves divided the attention of dians forever and that of Oklahoma for
enate today.
The Chinese ques- 21 years. There are many other stipu­
:Uc* came up in connection with a reso- lations concerning schools, courts and
'"*:4 -n of Tillm an, directing an inveeti- political subdivisions of the proposed
by the committee on immigra- new states.
^
Tillm an modified the resolution
Washington, Jan. 25. — The foreign
omitting the major portion of the
affairs of the United States continued
„bn, mble, and, after considerable die-
to hold the attention of the senate to­
LLiv.on, it was referred to the commit-
day, the Moroccan and Dominican mat­
mrki’tk contingent expenses.
ters being immediately at issue. Money
lyburn raised the question regard
was the principal speaker and ho talked
____ the reservation of forests.
He
for over two-hours in opposition to the
ply criticized the methods of the
iJNl gtry bureau and charged it with course of the administration with ref­
'¡A itaining a press bureau for the pur- erence to both Santo Domingo and Mo­
He contender! that there was
oi attacking him .
He declined, rocco.
r, to hold the president respon- danger of becoming involved unneces­
for this course. He said that the sarily in the affairs of other countries
was calculated to retard the de- by participation in the Algeciras con­
ference and that this country was not
Irment of the West.
sufficiently concerned with the conduct
ahingt on, Jan. 29.— What is con- of affairs in Santo Domingo to justify
led a strike at the railroads was our course in that island. He also took
by the house today in the adop- the position that the president had
d a resolution calling on the pres- transcended his authority there. Hey;
,1 to furnish information as to the burn spoke in support of the annexa­
U 1 ‘ anno a ! a tv noraoman f
in violation
irin laflA n tion of Santo Domingo.
ence of an agreement, in
CHIC e i n t e r s t a t e commerce law, among
Pennsylvania, Baltimore & Ohio.
T AKfelk A
Western, Chesapeake A
Ohio & Northern Central and
A Washington
IK D e l p h i * . Baltimore
B
lid u-oad compenies.
compai
Opposition to the
FastJlution did not develop until after
jjp tad -been declared adopted by the
IURT1 *ie r'
this point Dalzell, of
‘ “ isylvania,
moved to reconsider.
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motion was laid on the table with
thmiicfid
87 Republican votes united
L
the Democrats, under a rule
;y SftO'u'b makes it impossible to recon-
the resolution without a two-
folden .g voEe 0j jj,e bouse,
addre* ’.
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Saturday, January 27.
._’ J i ashingt' 1 1 , Jan. 27. — in a session
Porwo hours today the house passed
urgent deficiency appropriation
" carrying $15,216,103, incorporated
andCo.hlch is a provision that the eight-
• _
law shall not apply to alien labor-
] jjjfln the Panama c.nasl. In addition
issed 262 private pension hills and
[,
the M ann general bridge bill,
ing it the unfinished business for
lipmeaday.
hairman Hepburn today reported to
bouse his railroad rate bill with the
T)
irable recommendation of the entire
iA R Iim itte e.
The bill w ill come up
t week.
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Friday, Jan. 26.
Washington, Jan. 26.— The first at-
i f i t npt at filibustering during this ses-
n occurred in the house today on a
d is« mocratic endeavor to defeat the pro-
i O reiion of the urgent deficiency b ill
in ess
ne d
vited.
O ffers to Build Railroads.
Washington, Jan 31.— W illard Reed
en, of New York, representing a
~ jdtcate of capitalists and contractors,
U s d a bid w ith the War depart-
.'•nt for the construction of the pro-
5 'red system of railways in the Phil-
l ■ lp ine*- Mr. Green and his associates
^ .^ .n t e n d that! there has been no com-
ifltition. and that the matter is still
EST K although the department has
tactically accepted a part of one of
T ,< sb id e . ■ ’he bid presented by Mr.
' - ’-sen proposes the construction of a
Of 1 ,000 miles of railroad.
’0pEg g ^ ^ ^ M ^ * ^ r É C o ro p ro m is e on Rates.
Washfagtr
Jan. 31. — There was
S f ^ ^ ^ B b o n t the senate today of a
ilro g^ ^ H I measu-e compromise, the
--------¿gestion be ng that either the Elkins
n
the Fosnkr r t.ill »hnuM tc made a
^/Ut of t i e Dolliver 1 11, bo that two
F urseo of procedure could be opened to
R p j ** commission in regard to the com-
' ‘ »int regar : ng rates, one by the oom-
nds u; ¡N jon itself and the other by reconrse
■omptll'tb* coart».
In this way, it is
Ik ought a rate b ill could be passed.
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Wednesday, Jaunary 24.
Washington, Jan. 24. — When the
smoke of the liveliest legislative battle
of the session had cleared up in the
house today, Speaker Cannon and his
organization were in complete control
and the joint statehood program of the
administration had been adopted.
Previous to the vote the debate on
the rule had proceeded undep high ten­
sion.
The speeches wero short but
the word uttered were hot and full of
s’ ing.
The rule adopted provides that the
bill granting statehood to Oklahoma
and the Indian Territory as “ Oklaho­
ma,” and Arizona and New Mexico as
“ Arizona,” should be debated until 3
o’ clock tomorrow and then voted on
without opportunity for debate. The
house adjourned at 5 :30 o’clock, after
agreeing to meet at 11 o’clock tomor
row.
Washington, Jan. 24. — Mr. Lodge
today presented in the senate the pol­
icy of the administration in the matter
of the Algeciras conference over the
Morocco and also with reference to
Santo Domingo.
He defended the
course of the president in both in­
stances, contending that our represent­
ation at the Moroccan conference a as
essential to the protection of American
commercial interests and that only by
the course pursued in Santo Domingo
could foreign nations be prevented from
seizing the custom houses of that coun­
try and securing a position there which
might threaten the approaches to the
Panama canal.
Light on Boycott.
Washington, Jan. 31 — The senate
w ill begin the week with the considera­
tion of the Chinese boycott. The quesj
tion w ill come up in connection with a
resolution offered last week by Senator
Tillm an, directing the committee on
immigration to investigate the reports
concerning Chinese opposition to Am er­
ican manufactures. When the question
«a s presented Mr. Tillm an asked for
immediate consideration, but Mr. Aid-
rich objected. It is understood that he
and other Republican senators dislike
the preamble to the resolution.
TROOPS IN N O T H
Steamers Patrol Scene o f Disaster to
Valencia.
Victoria, B. C., Jan. 25. — The
wrecked steamer Valencia now lies Bub-
merged and broken, but a portion of a
mast stands above water and the fleet
of steamers and tugs have today been
turning their attention to patrolling
the vicinity with the hope of finding
boats, rafts or wreckage still afloat with
survivors, though the
chances are
small.
Ashore, several parties have been
toiling over most arduous trails, some
carrying succor to those who were
washed ashore, others scouring the
rugged rocks of the shore line seeking
for any survivors
that may have
reached shore and be lying hungry and
helpless, and others are engaged in the
melancholy duty of recovering bodies.
Of the total company of 154, but 33
have been definitely accounted for, and
three men, believed to be other sur­
vivors, were seen on shore from the
whaling vessel Orion, near the wreck,
huddled about a fire. Six survivors
have been taken up on the Salvor;
nine, most of them so badly cut up and
bruised, without food, and so overcome
that they could not stand, much lees
walk, are still camped at Darling
Creek, a telegraph hut, and 18 others
were picked up by the City of Topeka.
W ith the three seen from the Orion,
a m ile and a half from the wreck, add­
ed, the survivors total 36, leaving a
death list of 119 persons. Not a woman
or child is among the saved.
Scant hope is entertained by those
on board the patrolling steamers that
any others w ill be recovered, for the
doctors on rescuing tugs say-the lim it
of human endurance w ill have been
passed before that time.
Seize Heavy Guns and Capture
Fortress at Vladivostok.
WORSE THAN FORMER TROUBLE
Desperate Battle Between
Guns Turned on Latter.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 27.— That there
has been a renewal of the mutiny at
Vladivostok was confirmed by a dis­
patch from that city filed Thursday
and received here late tonight. The
dispatch indicates that the mutiny,
which began last Monday, had not been
subdued, and that the situation was
far more serious than was the outbreak
in November, as the mutineers in­
clude both sailors and artillerists, who
are in possession of the battery and
are well armed with rifles and machine
guns, as well as having heavy fortress
guns
General Mitschenko, who has been
sent to deal with the mutineers, the
dispatch adds, has no easy task, as the
Cossacks given him are ill suited for
capturing a fortified position.
He de­
clares that the promises of immediate
transportation home for the men, with
which the government ended the for­
mer revolt, are now scarcely effective.
The mutiny is due to the reserve
men, who are thoroughly undisciplined
and are clamoring for their immediate
transportation home.
A L L S IB E R IA IN R E V O L T .
Arsenal Sacked and Pitched
Fought in Fortress.
Kill
Washington, Jan. 26.— The pure food
bill, that had a tair prospect of passing
the senate a week or ten days ago, may
find rough sledding
before it gets
through.
Senator Heyburn, who has
the bill in rharge, made an able pre­
sentation of his case when first he call­
ed it np for consideration; he met all
objections and did it in a friendly way.
Bat several times since, when the sen­
ator has brought the bill before the
senate, he has made unfortunate re­
plies to criticisms, and lias aroused an­
tagonism. Tiie senate cannot be driven;
no senator can compel the senate to act
in accordance with his wishes. It is a
case where more votes are caught by
sugar than by vinegar. This fact has
apparently escaped the attention of Mr.
Heyburn.
Indeed, the junior Idaho senator, in
talking with his colleagues, has stated
boastfully that he does not propose to
bend to the managers of the Republi­
can party in the senate; he w ill not
obliterate his individuality, but will
assert himself, and by sheer force put
bis pure food b ill through. This is an
unfortunate attitude, for once the sen­
ate becomes satisfied that Mr. Heyburn
proposes to ride over it rough-shod, and
drive his colleagues into line, just that
soon the senate w ill demonstrate that
the power of a single senator in legis­
lation is very small, particularly if he
be a comparatively new senator. Un­
less Mr. Heyburn changes his attitude
and “ stands in” with the leaders he
w ill not get his bill through.
Battle in New York Streets.
New York, Jan. 26.— A score of Chi­
nese engaged in a revolver battle in
the streets of Chinatown today, which
resulting in the death of two Chinese,
Ch ng Yong and Lee Soon; the mortal
wounding of a third, and the serious
injury of a fourth combatant.
The
battle wae between members of the two
rival societies, the H ip 8ings and the
On Leongs.
Chinatown was fa ll of
visitors at the time, witnessing the cel­
ebration of the Chinese New Year,
Will T est Dry Farming.
Washington, Jan. 31.— W h ileth e de­
partment of Agriculture does not deny
three is merit in what is known as the
Campbell system of dry farming and
w hile it is w illin g that all credit for
that comparatively new system shall go
Give Isle o f Pines to Cuba.
to its instigator, there is a strong belief
Washington, Jan. 26. — The senate
in the minds of irrigation officials of
that department that the system should committee on foreign relations '.od a y
be carefully studied by the government ' voted to report the treaty with Cuba
in order that its lim ita ions as w ell as ! ceding the Isle of Pinee to that repub-
it* benefits may be discovered.
• lie . The treaty was not amended.
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IM PR O V E T A X S Y S T E M .
Moroccan Conference to Draw
Rules— Harmony Apparent.
Up
Algeciras, Jan. 27.— Spain at today’ s
session of the Moroccan conference pre­
sented the draft of a convention provid­
ing for a better return of taxation in
Morocco, and also for the creation of
new revenues.
The conference after
some discussion expressed the opinion
that nothing should he proposed for
Morocco which may modify the basis of
the present organization of the country
or be in contradiction of the habits of
the Moroccan people regarding land
taxation.
The conference decided that the work
of drawing up the new rules shall be
entrusted to the same committee which
examined the question of the control of
the trade in contraband arms, with the
addition of Belgian, Russian and Mo­
roccan members.
Herr von Radowitz, head of the Ger­
man mission, and M. Revoil, chief of
the French delegation, had a long pri­
vate meeting today. Although the re­
sults were not disclosed, the meeting
produced a distinct feeling of optimism
among the delegates.
Germany Fears Socialists.
Berlin, Jan. 27— Several members of
the Prussian house of lords today in­
terpellated Chancellor von
Buelow
regarding the government’ s proposed
line of action against the Socialists.
They asked whether the government
thought the existing legislation ade­
quate for opposing the Social Demo­
cratic plans which are hostile to the
Fatherland. Count Eulenberg, in sup­
porting the interpellation, predicted an
open struggle with the Socialists. If
the Socialists were let alone, he said,
the downfall of the empire must follow.
Earling On Tou r o f Inspection.
St. Paul, Jtn. 27.— President A . J.
| Karlins, of the Chicago, Milwaukee A
St. Paul railway, arrived in St. Paul
I this afternoon at 3 o’clock on his spe-
| rial train, and departed for the West
at 3:30. Mr. Earling said his mission
was to look into the matter of terminals
| fo» the Milwaukee road’ s Pacific Coast
| extension, and that he would inspect
| three routes which he had in view for
¡crossing the mountains. He declined
! to say where these routes were located.
j
Investigate Abuae o f Chinese.
Washington, Jan. 27.— Senator T ill-
i man has introduced a resolution di-
! recting the committee on im m igration
to investigate charge« of ill treatment
j of Chinese aliens traveling in the
United States by officers of the im m i­
gration service.
W ere
W in ed
lu c lu a llu g
Tim e.
T o the people who believe with
Shakspeare that "all the world's a
stage and all the men and women
merely players" there la nothing of
greater fascluutiou than an old house.
Here hare been enacted the most
charming comedies and the most pit­
iful tragedies, and ofttlmea, as in the
case o f real actors, breaking hearts
have been covered by smiles and mirth
while bright, laughing eyes have ached
with unshed tears.
Oue o f the rnoet Interesting of the
many historical mansions In this coun­
try Is the brave old Jumel house which
stands on Washington Heights, In New
York, and Is known as oue o f the few
remaining vestiges o f the old-time
architectural splendor o f that city. It
stands well back from the street and
commands a lofty and extensive view,
Its sole barricade now from an In­
quisitive public being a high, luxur­
iant box-hedge. The mansion wna
built in 1758, as a wedding present for
Mary Phillips, of Phtlllpsburg Manor,
Yonkers, who became the w ife o f 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 a feeling of sentiment
stirred the mighty American’s heart
and he took the house as his head­
quarters, to prevent Its destruction.
When M. Stephen Jumel. a dashing
Frenchman, who kept a sailors’ find­
ings store on South street and fitted
Battle
St. Petersburg Jan. 27. — Reports
from Trans-Baikal districts say that the
Cosrarks have joined the peasantry and
expelled officials from office, forming a
revolutionary government of their own.
Estates are being ransacked everywhere
in the district.
General Linievitch has telegraphed
the Czar that sailors in Vladivostok
have broken into mutiny and attacked
and wounded the commander of the
fortress. The outbreak was caused by
the countermanding of an order to send
them back to Europe.
Sailors invaded the armory, seized a
quantity of rifles, occupied the battery
and demanded the release of prisoners,
when Commander Selivalow remon­
strated. The mutineers opened fire on
the commander and his loyal guards
and a general fight ensued, in which
the commander and others were wound­
ed. A determined effort was made to
suppress the mutineers, in which there
was more firing and a determined bat­
tle was soon raging.
In the fighting it is said there were
200 killed and many others wounded.
Cossacks have been sent to reitore
order.
H E YB U R N S T R IK E S S N A G S .
McCall Sells Palace.
New York, Jan. 26. — John A. Mc­
Call, ex-president of the New York Life
Insurance company, has parted with
what he had often spoken of as his
most prized possession, the summer
palace he erected and furnished at
Long Branch at an expense of $500,-
000.
The purchase price was about
$350,000. Of this amount Mr. McCall
receives only about $100,000, as the
property is mortgaged for $250,000.
The principal encumbrance is a mort­
gage for $t50,000, given to the New
York ld fe Insurance company.
Loyal and
Rebellious T r o o p s — Machine
Victoria, B. C., Jan. 25.— A dispatch
from Cape Beale says that Lightkeeper
Paterson has returned from the wreck
over the trail and reports that the
steamer Valencia is no more.
Pieces
of the steamer and her cargo were scat­
tered along the beach when he left.
The first thing seen by the party from
Cape Beale was a trunk, evidently that
of a foreigner named Frank Novak,
and papers and clothing were found
with that name.
A nude body was seen in the surf,
but before it could be reached the un­
dertow took it out and it sank in deep
water. Two bodies were recovered from
the wreck, but neither could be identi­
fied.
The beaches near where the ship
went ashore are covered with broken
cases of canned fruit, butter, lemons,
oranges and pineapples.
May
W here
llen utle« of
Undertow Snatches Nude Body From
Party o f Searchers.
Antagonism That
Pure Food Bill.
ONCE T H E SCENE OF R E V E L R Y
A N D M E R R Y M A K IN G .
hr
W R E C K AG E C O M IN G A SH O R E .
Arouses
THE J I M EL MANSION.
F A U O C S J l U K I. M A N S IO N .
to the fair hostess on his lips reeled
from Its side. The doors were closed
until the dawning o f the next New
Year’s feast when the debris was re­
moved and the table freshly spread.
Near the narrow door stood a huge
carved buffet. It ls said that when
Jerome Bonaparte, that Interesting
royal lover and husband o f Elisabeth
1’atterson, dined with Mme. Betty they
came arm In arm to this corner ami
paused. The gallant brother o f the
mighty Napoleon bowed and motioned
madam to lead the way. That lady,
ever mindful o f what was fit and prop­
er, would not take precedence o f a
prince and so both, handsome French­
man and blushing American, stood
bowing aud curtesylug over and over.
It ls not known how the matter was
settled, but next day Mme. Betty or­
dered a 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 penetrates 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 o f the British sol­
diers In the hall, and, climbing out
upon the balcony, dropped over the
rulllng and made good his escape.
During the lifetim e of Mme. Jumel
Prince de Jolnvllle slept In this house,
his hostess not knowing him until the
next morning as other than a nlght-
overtnkeu hunter. Then the maid, who
had served the prince with as much
courtesy as she could have shown had
she known his rank, gave the prince’s
card to her mistress.
At the nge of 60, 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 pointed 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 ls now the proper­
ty of the Daughters o f the American
Revolution. It ls conducted as 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 o f June
roses and, listening, beurs sweet, low
laughter, the clank o f sword and the
whisper o f silk.
,
out privateers for the wnr In Jamaica
and San Domingo, married tho adven­
turous Betty Bowen, he bought and
OLD FLAM E OF H08TE38.
fitted up tlie mansion with a magnifi­
cent expenditure, calculated to make li n t H e D i d n ’t K n o w I t U n t i l m B a d
I l r e u k I l r o n ir l it I t O a t .
the eyes of the plain old Dutch burgh­
The sect o f the Schwenkfelders, at
ers start from their bends. Mistress
Betty had lived, to put It mildly, be­ their annual reunion In Allentown,
fore she met and married the young Pa., were eating their famous feast o f
merchnnt prince.
As Betty Bowen, bread and apple butter, says the Wash­
the rustic beauty bnd broken the heart ington P o st The long table was cov­
and stnmped on the pride o f many an ered with great plates o f fine white
Impressionable Massachusetts beau. bread, great dishes o f golden butter,
To her war born a child which so and great bowls o f rich brown apple
closely resembled George Washington butter.
“ No, you are mistaken,” sold the
that for many years was supposed to
be his son. In reality, M ajor Reuben Itev. A. R. Schorman, o f Pandora, O.,
Ballou was the father of Betty Bow­ to a reporter, “ If you think this ls our
en’s child. When the baby was 5 Idea o f a fine banquet. This meal cel-
weeks old the future haughy Mine. ebrntes a historical event— the landing
Jumel ran away and left him. Rhe o f the Schwenkfelders, and their first
on me back several times afterward to meul In the new world. It was a meal
claim her little one, but Freelove Bnl- composed only o f bread and apple but­
lou, w ife of the major, although well ter, for the good reason that there was
aware of the paternity of the child, nothing else to have Just then."
Mr. Schorman, ns he helped himself
kept It and would not let the mother
so much as see It.
to the excellent apple butter, smiled.
“ When you accuse us Schwenkfelders
Betty was gloriously lovely, with
all the capricious, puzzling wayward­ o f regarding this as a great banquet,”
ness o f a little child— a fascinating rid­ he snld, “ you mistake us and humili­
dle who charmed Stephen Jumel and ate us. You are like the stranger who
for years after they were wed kept visited the home o f hts boyhood friend.
him wondering what she would do He and his boyhood friend had not
n ext
To make his w ife hnppy the seen one another for more than thirty
wealthy Frenchman Imported hang­ jeers. Then they met by accident in
ings, furniture and wonderful plate New York, and tue resident took the
from France. The Jumels entertained stranger home to dinner. In the host’s
lavishly and the household nffulrs handsome house, as they sat In the par­
were conducted on a great scule. Once, lor, the guest snld:
upon returning from a European trip,
“ ‘So you are married, John?’
the madnm brought with her quanti­
“ ‘ Dear, dear, yes,’ John answered.
ties o f Napoleonic relics— the dispatch ’I am mltrried and have three children.
box o f the little corporal, the trunk he They will be down to welcome you In
carried on his campaigns, Josephine’s a few minutes.’
Jewels and embroideries and brlc-a-
“ ‘ Well, well,’ said the guest.
‘It
brac which had been the property of seems strange to think o f you as a fa­
Marie Antoinette.
ther.’ And he sighed.
Many o f these valuable souvenirs
“ ‘ By the way,’ the host began,
are to d a y In the drawing room of ‘didn’t you live In Cambridge after
Mrs. Julius Caryl, o f Washington you left Chicago?*
Heights, the grand-niece o f Mine. Ju­
“ *Oh. yes,’ snld the guest T lived
mel. There Ls In this same room a there for some years.’
full-length life size portrait o f Mine.
“ “Then perhaps you met Miss Me-
Betty, which was painted In France Wade?’
In the hey-day o f her charms.
She
“T h e guest gave a loud laugh.
sit* In a great carved chair, dressed
“ ‘Met her?’ he cried. ‘Man alive,
In a robe o f embossed blue velvet. that’s a good one. Met her? I was
There are showers o f costly lace about engaged to her. Rut so were all the
the shoulders, and lappets o f lace full other fellows at one time or another.
from the chestnut hair, carefully hand­ College boys and clerks. But what’s
ed and curled In the fashion o f those the matter, John?’ he broke off, anx­
days. The face o f Mme. Betty Is full iously.
o f fire and fascination. The eyes are
" ’ Mis* McWade ls my w ife,’ said the
lustrous and o f sapphire hue, the ex­ host. In a strange, dead voice.”
pression one o f winsome pride and
Ife d fln g .
complacent disdain.
“ Yon claim that you will make any
The Jumel mansion Is packed with
history, romance and thrilling mystery. sacrifice for my sake, Henry?”
“ Yea, o f course.”
There are dark and blood-curdling se­
“ Then Invite mother to come and
cret passages and cupboards and o f
course there ls a ghost chamber and a live with ua.”
“ Well, o f course. I meant any re«-
ghost who walks and walls In the most
sonable aacriflce.”—Cleveland Plain
approved fashion.
In the great banqueting hall every D e n i e r . _____ ______________
nook and corner tells a tale. In this
The baby la aick. mother la up all
sumptuous room stood the table which night; children get alck, mother la
madam never permitted to be dis­ up all night; father gets alck, mothe»
turbed after one o f those famous mid­ ia up all night; but who la up when
night N ew Year’ s feasts. A fte r the mother g*t» »i^k?
Doea anyone
eating and drinking, the songs and know of It but the Lord?
toasts and banter were done the table
It la funny; Girls talk o f buttoning
stood with its empty bottles and
crushed flowers Just as It was left I up their dresses, when Lie/ really but)
when the last gay reveler with a toast J ton them down.