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Gi6e Life and Times ©/ THOMAS JEFFERSON Being the First Part ©/ a History of the United States By THOMAS E. WATSON Author ojf **Uhe Story ojf France,” “Napoleon,” Etc. opy right, 1903, by Thus. E. Watsoh“Mtl Rights Reseroed. CHAPTER LIV. Tranquilly, usefully, year after year passed with Mr. Jefferson, his only har assing trouble being his debts. He kept up his correspondence with a very great number of people; he kept up his open door style of entertainment; he kept alive his interest in books, plants, trees, birds, flowers—his gardens, fields pl J pleasure grounds. He rode horseback i vnal hours every day. spent much time In social converse with relatives and H sends, made himself the idol of all the ; n and was quite happy when sha.'- ;;.s; their pleasures, forming their habits ta .i improving their minds. As a pa tri r-y. h. venerated and beloved, his tail n;; :re moves thiough the gathering shad es • Monticello with a majesty, a grave sweet dignity, which few' attain. IL had made bitter enemies, especially ■, Virginia, where he had removed the .. ;U >1 from historic old Williamsburg to the then straggling village of Ricn >■.!. he had cut off the ancient arlsto church from the public treasury, ! In had knocked the props from un ianoed aristocracy. John Ran i.f Roanoke, probably voiced the ;o- it of thousands when he declared t Ji-ffcison’s levelling principles nad i.Jit upon Virginia financial ruin, g at the same time the standard of character. causes for hatred was added . h< did not conform to the rellg- 1 •fs of Ills neighbors. He did not ■ views locked within his own a; Washington more prudently it tl. it indefatigable pen was ■: . w and then, giving itself all the th-, free and bold thinker to v. i *.t expression is absolutely necessary. x :ic- causes such as these kept the barking to the last and we find this . t vant of h< republic charged .v.-.g overdrawn his salary while • •: to France. The libel was pun .l in a Ri hmond i<iper at a time. • •:*.’ ..id man already had one log ini ci.Think of tit ■ mortification he i a .vp suffered in being compelled to . . i ms, if an honest man in his home 1..’, to his home people! He le- > !;. pr< sider,ey of 'he I’hilosophical ti honorary post which he had for eighteen years. :h the kindly offices of Hr. Ben itii.-’a ■> reconciliation was brought it between Mr. Jefferson and John and th t w ■ v< n< r tble statesmen tn.* *1 their correspondence. fall from th* stops of one of the Mt. Jeff--son broke his other ifld being now disabled in both writing became doubly painful, -•■rthcless the industrious old man eased to write. The last motion i definite sort which h* was to make with his right hand was tie motion of cy.s c ji. tail'd good and he could ,y reading to the last; his hair turned . r.i but remained abundant; his teeth hi .. beca n< somewnat dull. 1 given to fine Clothes In Franc, hi won a garb whi i hi* secrHury planned and it in w- tr these trouscip in Now York as i . . f tat* there was omo com : id he soon left them cff. Dunns first term as president riiment is said tn have been stu dy negligent. The political litera of 'he time identifies particularly pair of corduroy breech* s, which been in the tub and th? soap suds 't?n that their co! r had fa*l**l to : v white liis shabby brown -oat . i ■ the source ol corisid* ruble suf among the fastidious. .ii this political spite may have ■rat'd th" facts. During his soc ial th- complaints about his dress .way, .ami the reader of current .is notes the n ivi'it of th*- black *■■ • : the president w ars, and the ■ it r turn of composure to his During his later years, while he - rupulous t ness, It in.'ii his clothing was very plain * ! ■' i■ l.i* nc 1. in your mind th" figure of a , ght, -.ld farmer dr*ssed in . n -ii ■ .othes an 1 surrounded by a to ■ •-f grandchildren who climb on N rr : .ir-.and him. as he strolls slowlv {rood ' : blood is in good condition at the beginning of the warm season, prepared to resist disease and are not apt to be troubled with boils, . : avkh ads and blotches, or the itching and burning skin eruptions t e one ’s life a veritable torment and misery. is the time to begin the work of cleansing and building up the . and strengthening the weak ; your constitution. During the HORRIBLY AFFLICTED WITH BOILS. i ' r months we are compelled I had a horrible : i:■•■■rs and breathe the impure attack of boile id’.v ventilated rooms and of- that broko out all We ver-work and over-eat, and over my body and Wit le out-door exercise, and our gU fro ,T which 1 & sff ssis ■ 1 the blood a hot-bed of germs Ww* I® Ibe ran taking ■ .m rs of every kind, and warm your medicine, < r is sure to bring a reaction, jhjn and from my ox- . ‘ ■■ poisonous matter in the blood porionco I can : tern will break out in boils and safely say 5.5.3. les or scaly eruptions and red, -sUSk •»»■?“ is the best blood uring bumps and pimples. Make purifier in tho world. TTT ,_„ 1 beginning this season by taking Mr 3, M ’ r t5 2 Ey T -4- ■urse of S. S. S. in time; it will not WythevxHo, Va. purify your blood and destroy the THE tqwq AND APPETIZER, m; an d poisons, but promote healthy whUQ Jn BhGrmaTl( T6X<) x bO . r 'on of the Liver and Kidneys ana came a victim of impure, watery ■ you a good appetite at a time Wood. 1 ran down in appetite and . 1 * energy; was scarcely a bio to get n you reed it most. about and had to stop off and rent ;■ S. S. improves the digestion and occasionally. I took 3. S.S. and be \ , *’ gan to improve at once, and after a ■ r. up the Stomach, ana you are not thorough courao became strong and minually haunted by the fear of w f”j jink gs . s> tho beßt mcdici ne I :• igestion every time you eat, or ever used as an appetizer and gon- t uh,led With dizziness, nervousness and sleeplessness, there is no reason r ■ dread the coming of warm weather if you have your system well fortified ■1 the blood in a normal, healthy condition. It is the polluted, sluggish 1 d that invites disease germs, microbesand poisons of every kind and 1 sg on a long train of spring and summer ailments, break down the con stitution, and produce weakness, lassitude, and other debilitating disorders. Eczema, Acne, Nettle-rash, Poison Oak and Ivy, and other irritating skin '•rr iblesare sure to make their appearance unless the humors and poisons are antidoted and the thin, acid blood made rich and strong before the coming | * C- a of warm weather. ”A course of S. S. S. now would be K J 1 g a safe precaution and a good beginning and enable you to pass in comfort through the hot, sultry months and escape the diseases common to spring and summer. S. S. S. is guaranteed purely vegetable and is recognized as the best blood purifier and the most in vigorating and pleasant of all tonics. Write for our book on ‘' The Blood and Its Diseases. ’ ’ THE S W!FT SPECIFIC CO., A TLANFA, GA, i about his grounds and you have a fair likeness of Jefferson in retirement. The embargo and Hie war of 1812 played havoc with Virginia, and the ,osses on Mr. Jefferson’s farms were as serious as elsewhere. Crops could find no markets, and the value of money measured by the produce which had to buy it, was out of all proportion to the cost of production. Finally the over seer was discharged and one of the grandchildren, the favorite, Thomas Jef ferson Randolph, took the management of Mr. Jefferson's business into his own hands. But the expenses were so great, there were so many visitors to feed and serve, the interest charge on old debts was so heavy and the bad crop years so fre quent, that it was impossible to work the property out of debt. One of the finishing strokes was a security debt of 520.000 for an old friend. There being no market for land at fair prices, Mr. Jefferson applied to the legislature for leave to dispose of real estate by lot tery. There was also a suggestion that the state should lend him money. Neith er of these plans materialized. The British having burned the con gressional library, Mr. Jefferson offered to sell his books, his fondly treasured bocks, to the nation. There was much contemptible suspicion -and ill-will on the part of political enemies. The Phar isee opened his mouth and spoke; anil the Pharisee announce I that the entire collection of books should be rejected because it included the works of Vol taire. The Pharisee had never read Voltaire, of course. That in itself would h- ve been contamination. But the Phar isee had heard some other member of his tribe denounce Voltaire, and that was sufficient—there being no prejudice quite so stubborn os the hereditary sort which doesn't know and refuses to bo informed. Finally congress bought the books for $23,950, their vain*’ being, per haps, four times that amount. The cred itors of Mr. Jefferson got the money. 11, becoming noised abroad that the aged statesman was about to be sold out of bouse and home, public subscriptions were set on foot for him. New York sent eight thousand dollars, Philadelphia five thousand. Baltimore three thousand. Vir ginia did nothing. In fact, his home, state and home county held a. greater number of bitter enemies than any equal area of the union, with the possible ex ception of New England. When the notorious Callender, whom Jefferson freed from fine and imprison ment under John Adams’ sedition law, de manded the Richmond postoffice from President Jefferson, and was refused, the worst abuse he could throw at Jefferson came in the shape of Albemarle affi davits. In one'.- own immediate environ ment are to be found those whom one has combajted and perhaps overthrown; the competitors one has distanced, the former associates Qjje has outgrown; the local opinions oner has ri-- u above : the narrow prejudices one h is reproved: the envies, Jealousies, cravings for revenge • hai one has provoked--hence within ritle range of one’s own house are usually to b- found the hidden fires of the hatreds whi 1* are unquenchable. It was so with Jefferson. Tiie* voluntary offerings made in his be half by : ympatli'-ti<* admirers pleased the old statesman immensely, ami he believed that his debts had beer. paid. Un the contrary, the amount thus realized wa*> but a drop in the bucket. He remained hopelessly insolvent, happily unconscious of Hie fact. L liable to help himself. lie remained capable of helping others. It was his suggestion which started the movement in favor of LaFay* tte. Con gress managed io recall what federalism anil ils historians had well nigh forgoe ten—that France had shed its blood and treasure for us whin w* needed them as we never could need them again. I.n- Fayette got 25,000 acres of land and $2(10.000 in money. Gonvernuer Morris accuses the La- Fay, ttes of repudiating one-half Hie loan he made the family when the Marquis was an Austrian prisoner at Olmutz. The portrait of an ungrateful, dishonest La- Fayett*; is not. nandsoine. But there are o ii. r p:<-;in - .i of the manv-sdoed Fren*. li man. There is one that would group La- Fay* tie arid Monroe both old, both feeble, both poor. They ha.l fought to gether when they were nothing but boys. They had honored each other all th- ir Jives. N-w as they were tottering to- THE WEEKLY CttNSTFrtJTIONi ATLANTA, GML. MONDAY OCTOBER 5, 1903. wards the grave, itbble-heartod old Jef ferson wa> able to turn the tide of for tune—not to ex-President Monroe, or to ex-President Jefferson, but to vx-Revolu tionary Volunteer LaFaye-tte. And the gallant Frenchman, his purse suddenly full, turns towards his feeble companion in arms, the moneyless James Monroe, and tells him to take what he needs. "Honor to LaFayette!” In that attitude holding out the open hand to the Virginian whose "soul might have been turned wrong Okie out wltn out finding a spot, upon it,” LaFayette's figure stands in a light as radiant as that which shone abouj him when he led the lines at Yorktown. (1) In the summer of 1825 Madison and Monroe were present at the banquet given to LaFayette by the University of Vir ginia, but Jefferson was not strong enough to go. LuJ'jayette came to Monticello and the meeting of thes two relics of a past age cannot be better described than Mrs. Randolph has done it: "The barouche containing LaFayette stopped at the end of the lawn. His es* cort—one hundred and twenty mounted men—formed on vne side In a semi-circle extending from the carriage to the house. A crowd of about twm hundred men. who were drawn together by curiosity to wit ness the meeting of thyse two venerable men, formed themselves In a semi-circle on the opposite side. As LaFayette de scended from the carriage, Jefferson descended to the steps of the portico. Jef ferson was feeble and tottering with age. LaFayette permanently lame and broken In health. As they approached cacti other their uncertain gnij quickened it self to a shuffling run, and exclaiming 'Ah, Jefferson!’ 'Ah, LaFayette!' they burst into tears as they fell into each other's arms” Among those who looked on there was not a tearlcsg eye—and no sound except an occasional sob. The two old men entered tne house and the crowd dis persed In silence. •I) It does not appear, however, that Monroe accepted any aid from I.n Faye: te. In all public events, Mr. Jefferson con tinued to take an interest, but he made few efforts to influence men or measures. When the slavery question drew its sharp g.--I'gr.iphical line ‘between north and south in 1820 the "fire bell at. night" aroused him from slumber, filling him with forebodings. Upon that subject he wrote in substance: "The Missouri Is not a moral question, but one of power merely. Its object I-- to raise a geographical principle forth? choice oif a president, and the noise will be kept up until that is effected. AH know that the spreading of the slaves does not increase the number of tho i-i ivi-s, but dilutes Hi.- evil and renders easier the remedy of it. In the meantime It is a ladder for rivals climbing to power.” In that disappointing work, the ‘‘Recol lections of Richard VV. Thompson,” the author describes Mr. Jefferson as he ap p--ared in Charlottesville in 1825. The venerable stat- smnn had come into town from Monticello to do some trading at one of the stores. To little Thompson it appeared that Jefferson was dressed in home mad.- clothing. His shoulders were st . -ped. Hr voice f* "in. and trembling. He chose his purchases with care and did not higgle about prices. The mer chant was very deferential, and when the trading was finished took his customer by the arm to assist him to the carriage, which Jefferson slowly entered with the aid of the merchant and the old negro driver. In Kennedy's "Life of William Wirt" there is a note by the author in which Mr. Jefferson is vividly pictured in his last days: ‘‘l had never seen Mr. Jefferson. It was a hot day in July when we p'-iched' the top of the mountain and entered the spacious hall of Hie mansion. Mr. Jeffer son had been very ill with a recent at t:-.k of his malady, and therefore ex cus'd himself from receiving company. There was a large -glass door which open ed on the hall and separated Mt. Jeffer son's a-; .irtments from It. Whilst we sat in this hall a tall ate.nuated figure, slightly stooping forward, ami exhibiting a countenance filled with an cxpressl* n of pain, slowly walk'll across the space visible through the glass door. It was Mr JclT'-rson. He was dressed in a cos tume long out of fashion; small clothes, a waistcoat with flaps ami it struck us. in the brief view w*- had, some remnants of cnibroi iery. The sil- nee of the soot s Hl. the old costume ami tin- short space in whi h that image glided past the glass door m.ide a Strang*? ami mysterious im pression upon us* It was all that I ever saw of the sage of Monticello " As his strcnig'th Waned, he feared that, he might live too long, might Unger tn dotage. This he dread' d and lie longed to die before he became a mere driveling imbecile. To death he looked forward with serene confidence, an utter absence of fear. A gradual failure of the physi cal organs and a dysentery which could not be checked brought on the end July 4. 1826. To the last, he was clear-mind ed and resolute. Declining to see a min ister cf Hie gospel except as a "kind, good friend," the Deist who had always yearned for right ami light, and who had never wilfully harmed a human be-dng, nor ever prostituted to any base purpose his time, talent or opportunity, put his feet into the great roael of eternity without the slightest tremor or doubt. On the* niglft of the 3d of July he had asked, one- and again, "Is it the* Fourth?” His last thoughts were on his country ami its birthday—the only birthday he ever wanted this republic to celebrate. "is it Hie Fourth?” Told that it was, he seemed satisfied ami passed Into slumber. During the morning-or the Fourth he was in a stupor. Once he roused himself. The fingers- the long, chalky, stiffened fin gers—took tin old, Old, shape of holding the pen and made feebly the motion of writing. With liis last words he said, "Tell the committee to be on the alert!" The spent, relaxed brain was falling backward to the trains of thought, the ancient grooves of purpose, the bygone battle fields where he had stood in the ranks along where the foremost stood. Timid? No. not timid then.- Incapable? No. not Incapable then. Weak and vacil lating? Not then, oh, not then! England marked him as too bold and she wrote bis name on her black list—her black list of traitors where Hampden, and Sydney, and Cromwell, and William Wal lace, and Robert Emmet are found. Nervous patriots marked him too bold, ami bis hot counsel was put aside many and many a time. "Tell the committee to bo on the alert" —Virginia's committee of safety, perhaps, of which the dying man had been chair man in the days that tried men's souls. In another time which tested the souls or men another great Virginian called out in his delirium, "Tell A. P. Hill to prepare for action.” Great in elemental grandttre is Hint race whose leaders even In the article of death cling to duty and to country rather titan to self-anxious but for the cause to which life has been gloriously given. Bells were pealing tor the Fourth cf July .all over the great land, the boom of cannon and the sound of patriotic music thrilled men and women from Ca nadian borders to the gulf of Mexico, it was a classic daa th, a sublime death, that amid such anthems as those the stoutest leader of the north and the boldest states man of the south should close their eyes hi final sleep. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams dy ing on tlie same day, July 4, 1826, there was but one signer left—Charles Carroll, ot Carrollton. The old Roman was living in retire ment at his stately Dougohoregan manor, near Baltimore, when on July 20, 1826, he wa.s pressed to attend the funeral services in memory ol' Adams and Jeffer son. There was a solemn procession through the streets ot Baltimore, a draped funeral car with black horses, a band of music playing dirges, a troop of horse with Stannard draped in blm k. In a carriage 1 olio wing the car rode diaries Carroll, the only living man who had signed tho Declaration of Indepen dence, and John Eager Howard, who l’.a-I turned back the rout of battle at the Cowpens. Four generations trooped be hind the venerable heroes, those veterans or the ancient struggle for liberty. The governor of Maryland and all his brilliant staff were there; members of the executive and committees of arrange ments were there; a multitude ot woithy people from far and near were there; but this writer has eyes for two figures only old Charley Carroll, the last of the sign ers, and John Eager Howard, the hero of the Cowpens! THE END. Free Booklet On Urinary Diseases, written by the leading specialist of this country. Ad dress Dr. J. Newton Hathaway, 42 Inman building, Atlanta, Ga. Thomas Jefferson and the Monroe Doctrine. Editor Constitution: The brilliant and versatile author if the "Story of France" and of "The Life of Nap->l<-on" has just finished his new book entitled "Thomas Jefferson and His Times ' Like every thing that Air. Watson writes, it makes very entertaining reading and is likely to become very popular. But whether it is a book that will live is another mat ter. His many friends and admirers, among whom I class myself as one, could wish that he had been a little more care ful and painstaking in his statements; and that when he flatly contradicts some generally accepted fact of history, he had taken the time to cite authorities in sup port of his position. Take, for example, his statement of the purposes of the so-called "Holy Alli ance" of 1815, and his statement in con nection therewith that Mr. Jefferson was the first to give explicit utterance to what we now know as ti? "Monroe doc trine." He says: “The 1> ■<. alliance had determined to drive back i - South Amer ican republics into the of Spain," and that Jefferson's lett*. ■. ■ f October 24, 1823, addressed to Freslil* it Monroe, was "the first full and expli ? setting forth of the Monroe doctrine. ’ He cites no au thority for either of ’*?.■ '■ statements, perhaps for the very gm*d and sufficient reason that there is none. Both statements are, of course, histori cally incorrect. The Ircy alliance did not seek to restore the S mish-Ameriean colonies to I heir forme: iliegiance. Its professed object was regulation of tile relations between Cl Han countries by the principles of Ch -tian charity." Its rial object, as parti iy disclosed in 1821, a.nd as made rv I iat the Vermia conference of 1822. w ne conservation of existing European yn.'isties, tbe re conquest *»f th* 1 S)■ inish-Ameri**an states, the partition of Hi < e stales among the allied powers, and, in general, the exten sion of European power and influence into tlie western hemisphere. The United States had recognized the independent* **f those, states as early as March. 1822. Not one of the European powers hail as yet done this. Not one of them recog nized their independenc*: till nearly eight een months afterwards. Hen • the de signs of the holy alliance, as disclosed at the congress of Verona, were directly a* *1 specifically hostile t*> the settled policy of the United States alone. It is true that England had withdrawn her moral support from the allied powers. But this was for other than political rea sons. One of tin- immediate results of Hi*, recognition of the new republics by tin United States was the breaking down of the old Spanish trade reslrietions and tho opening of those rich and beaut itul Countries to the commerce of the world. England, ever watchful to take advantage of such opportunities, bail already built up a profitable trade there. Hence for commercial reasons she. opposed the de signs of the holy alliance, while for po litical reasons she refus' d to acknowledge the independence of th*' now republic. And for like reasons, Mr. Canning, the British premier, pine* fl himself on record as opposed to the Monroe doctrine, in so far as that doctrine prohibited colo nization of any portion of the American continent. (Stapleton's Canning and His Times.) This was the condition of affairs when Jefferson wrote his letter of October 24. 1823, to which Mr. Watson refers. But liis declarations therein were neither pre vious nor original. They were little more than paraphrases of certain sentences in Washington's farewell address of Septem ber. 1796. Moreover, as early as July 2, 1823 -nearly four months prior to th*- date of Mr. Jeffers mi's letter—John Quincy Adams, as secretary of state, bad, by di rection of the presi*l*'iit, embodied an ex plicit statement of what afterwards be came known as the Monroe doctrine in an official letter to Mr. Rush, our minis ter at London. In that letter of instruc tions, Mr. Adams, in referring to tbe Smith American republics, and to the designs of the holy alliance upon them, said: "Those independent nations possess all tlie rights incident to that condition; and their territories are, of course, not sub ject to any exclusive right, of navigation in their vicinity, or access to them by any foreign power. A natural consequence of this is that the American continents are henceforth no longer open to coloni zation. Occupied by civilized nations, they are accessible to Europeans on that A Cheap lands for homes and colonies There are thousands of acres of land along the Cotton Belt Route in tracts of 160 up to 2,000 and 3,000 acres, and a few larger tracts, that can be bought for $4 to sl2 per acre and could be colonized at good profit. Situated in Southeast Missouri. Arkansas. Northwest. Louisiana and Texas. Some of it is prairie; most of it. however. 1S b n y*er land-- ho best saw timber cut. otT. Much of it. Rood farm land wo I deep, rich soil; grow most anything when put under cultivation. * .*n do cioarca cheaply and will produce two and three cropsin a season. Here 13 a clianco to organize a litile partv or form a t'eiS'iborhood colony to se cur*, cheap homes. Let us send you Hlvtaturedt'scri ptivool t hese lands and help you organize a colony in y our community lor tuis country. E. W. LaBEAUME, 0. P. and T. A., St. L. S.-W. Ry-, ST. LOUIS, MO. footing alone.” (See State Department Archives; also Adams' Diary, VI, 163; also Wharton’s Digest, section 57.) Fifteen days later, that is to say on the 17th of July, 1823—three months and seven days prior to the date of Jef ferson’s letter—Mr. Adams had a personal conference with Baron Tuyl. the Russian minister in Washington. At that inter view he orally repeated the substance of what he had written to Mr. Rush; and, in tho course of their conversation, he took occasion to add. and presumably by die direction of the president, that tlie United States would "contest any claim of right by Russia” or any other Euro pean power, “to establish any new colo nies on this continent;" and. moreover, "that we would distinctly assume the principle that the American continents wore no longer subjects for now colonial establishments.” (Adams' Diary, VI, pp. 163, ot seq.) It'thus appears from official documents accessible by all that Thomas Jefferson, so far from being the first to give ex plicit utterance to the Monroe doctrine, had nothing whatever to do with its for mulation; that what he wrote about it was merely an echo of what had already become an almost unanimous public sen timent. as embodied In Washington’s farewell address; that president Monroe I and his secretary of state hail already formulated the doctrine in official utter rimes three months before Mr. Jefferson was even consulted about it; and that when he wrote his letter of October 24, 1823, to which Mr. Watson refers, lie probably had before him a copy of Mr. Ruop’s instructions and of the memoran dum of Mr. Adams' conversation with th** Russian minister. (Wharton’s Digest, section 57.) It was but natural, however, that Pres ident Monroe should submit these papers to ex-Presidents Jefferson and Madison, and solicit their written opinion before throwing down the gauntlet in the face of the allied powers in his celebrated mes sage to congress of December 2, 1823. Ami It. was but natural, in view of the gravity of tho issue presented, and of tho unanimous public sentiment in support of the president's policy’ that both should have replied as thev *li<l. WILLIAM L. SCRUGGS. GUNBOAT SENT TO ST. ANDREWS Americans There Will Be Given Protection. Washington, September 28.—Edwin M” Trimmer, American consular agent at Blur fl' lds. was at the state d.-partmi nt today to confer witli tlie authorities about th** reported troubles at St. Andrews Island. <>ff the Nicaraguan coast. It is expected that th* gunboat Nashville,which I has been ordered to St. Andrews, Will i get under way from Pensacola today, i Bluefields prcbably will be one of her I ports of call. I Acting Secretary of Stale Ade** today said there had been no pour parlours fie- I tween the state departmeiil and the Co ' lombian government reg.iruing tite Si. An - I drews trouble, and it is believed that tne I Bogota government, will appreciate the fact that the mission of th? NnshvUle is in h" interest of restoring oidi r artd af fording protection to American citizens. Warship Sent to Their Aid. ■Washington, September 29.—Tito navy department is advised of the departure yesterday afternoon from Pensacola of the gunboat Nashville for St. Anmews island, off the coast of Nicaragua, where American citizens have, suffered 111-tri. it ment at tlie hands of their native em ployers. Commander John Hubbard, command ing Hie Nashville, has Instructions to lus,iti:te a thorough investigation and talc*? proper steps for the protection of tn, sufferers. At the state department It is said there has been no exchange be tween the Bogota and Washington gov ernments on the subject. St. Andrews Is under Colombian sovereignty. ITALIAN FLAG FORCED DOWN. ' Quakers Objected to Its Flying' Over an Italian Work. Colony. Tamaqua Fa., October 2—About two ■ w* * 1-s ago' a gang of workmen who ii.it" a camp *.. •''.* V. <st ■ "’ir.. •? farming village raised an Italian flag over their quarters. The farmers became indignant, amide -1 manded that the flag he lower'd. The i Italians refusing to comply, a commitb •• i representing Hie farmers cairn* her* ami ' laid the matter before the police ofii. la's. ; stating that unless immediate action was I taken they would arm themselves and i march on' the camp. Chief of Poll*'*: ' Hahn w* nt to th** * .imp and orderi-d tlie flag lowered, which was done under pro- I test. : The Italian consul at Philadelphia, to | day wrote to Chief Hahn asking him for I full information regarding tlie matter. ■ Hahn replb'd. stating that lie order**! the ■ flag taken down because he .-aid the farmers would carrj* out their threat and that serious trouble would result. Opium, Morphine, Free Treatment. Painless horn*? cure guaranteed. Free trial. Dr. Tucker, Atlanta. Ga. HAZING AT NAVAL ACADEMY. Entire Third Class May Be Confined on Ship. Annapolis, Mil.. October I.—Captain Brownson, superintendent of the Na*. 1 academy, is pursuing an investigation 'n to rue*nt hazing by the dozen upper da-, mon who have been lure for the last month awaiting Hie examination. The Chesapeake has been fitted up amt if any hazing occurs it is said the whole third class will be <iuartei'**j on this ship, which would be a. virtual Imprisonment. Every third class man as he reports io th*' academy is now being requiii'd to sign a pledge that lie will not do any hazing. Georgian Ran Mint. Editor Constitution: 1 remember to have heard niy deceased father speak of a Georgian 'who early in the last cen tury had a private mint in which he coined gold into all denominations then in use by the government, of the same weight and fineness as tho United States coin, but instead of the government stump Ills coin was stamped with his u.ime and the words “Georgia gold." [ have forgotten the coiner's name His coin was considered as good as that *f the realm. Can any of your renders suppl) the name, .ami arc there any of the coins extant? Answer through Con stitution. ami oblige. MRS. N. SMITH WICK DONALDSON. Florence, Tex. YELLOW JACK DUCES 111 LAREDO, There Are 37 Cases in the City, Some of Them of the Worst Type. Strict Quarantine Estab lished Against the Stricken City. Laredo, Tex., September 29. —The yel low fever situation here is beginning tv assume a xery grave phase. Tnere are now in tills city 37 cases of fever, 16 of which h:;v ■ been pronounced genuine by the marine hospital service experts in charge here; ten cares have been pro nounced suspicious and eleven new cas s have been reported today, some ot which have been announced as genuine, and others as suspicious. Among these cases is one which the doctors state is yellow fever of the worst type. The majority ot these eases are confined to a certain district of Hie city with the exception of some of tiie new cases which have been reported today. Notwithstanding the difficulties under which the sanitary officers are compelled to work in some Instances, Hie work jiiacing the city in a perfect sanitary c* r cilion is being effectively and scien tifically brought about under the 'direc tion of the yellow fever experts who are on the ground, seconded by a corps of able assistants. A second detention camp has been es tablished at Cactus, a station on the line of the International and Great North ern railroad about 15 miles from La redo. The conditions in Nuevo Laredo are rot very encouraging. The authorities have taken very energetic measures in the way of policing tne town and organ izing a system of observance. 'i'll? case mentioned yesterday a.s in a precarious condition, that of Juan Vey tia, an employee of the Mexican Na tional railroad, today resulted in his death. Il is impossible to learn from the Mexican authoriti* s how many cases exist in Nuevo Laredo, but it is known that there is a v* ry large number. Among the cases tiiat wire today reported very grave is that of United States Vie:.- Con sul J. F. Kimball. Nuevo I-*aredo establish*.*! a strict quarantine against this city this morn ing. Tlie la* k of accommodation is felt by Hi" people of Laredo, T* t., railroad lines being so tie*! up that it is impossible to move freight and bu<iii* 's genoiiHly Is at a standstill. No official news can be obtained from Monterey, but it is learned on what is <■* r*sid* ri*d good authority that there are at East ten new cases of fever. Yellow Fever Still Epidemic. Laredo, Tex., Oct* -r 2.—Tho yellow fever is still epidemic here, but la the opinion of the experts the conditions have greatly improved and it is not improbable that, next week will show further improvemen■'. Today's official figures show the prog ress of the disease, as follows: Now cases today, six; deaths, one; sus picious cases, none; total caes to Gate, fifty-one; total deaths to date, foui. Dr. Tabor, in an interview loaay, stated that the situation in Duval county was unchanged. The doctor said he expected that the slate militia would be on the ground this morning, out It now ai.m ns that the Nueces count* au tli*"i. .- will l " ill'll** ■'.l to pernr.: G,. running of trains into Duval without such an extreme measure as tho calling out of the troops bang resorted to. Thu doctor slated that Duval county is en tirely free from yellow fever, and that even in the event, of that county being infected it would never do to prevent the admission of supplies to a starving people. Some of the press reports which nave neeu sent out, according to the doctor, lire of a startling nature, anil very much exaggerated. He expircssed th- opinion that the situation is not so serious a.s the outside world seems to believe, an* 1 sai'l that in Hie event of its. assuming a trite status he would unhesitatingly make the fa* t known. After next Sunday no more passengers will bo permitted to pass through this port from Mexico without going into detention camp at San**h*z for ten days. People desiring to enter Texas from Mexico will have to go through byway of Eagle Pass if they want to avoid the detention of ten days. No aililition.il information has been received from Mancra, a coal mining town 23 mill's up the river. Word from Monterey slates there is not a single case of fever in that city. Official reports from Linares were to the effect that only sixty remain there, and for four days past not a new ease has been reported. thr.ee brothers executed. Van Wormer Boys Electrocuted for Killing Their Uncle. Dann*mor i, N. Y.. October I,— Withoi. one unfori'* ' i'll incident to mar the per fect and dignified exceution of tie- d ith pi'iialty imposed by tlie trial court, sus tained by the court of appeals, and not interfered with by Governor Odell, Wil lis, Frederi.ik and Burton Van Wormer w*re put to death in fifteen ami a half minutes at Clinton prison today for ill" murder of their uncle. Peter A. Hallen beck, at Greendale. Columbia county, on Christmas eve, 1901. in almost all respects, the tragedy which closed today at Clinton prison was unique in modern criminal hi.-tory. On Christmas eve. 1901. with their cousin. Harvey Bruce, tit. three V,*n Wormer brothers drove from their h* me in Kin di rhook, some 14 miles to th* hamlet ot Greendale, in Columbia county, where lived Peter A. liailenb.eck. Hie uncle of the Van Wormers. Mr. Ila lenbeek, ins wife and liis aged moth, r were silting in the lamp light in their living room. A few inonii'iits later ftiere was a knock al ■the door, ami Mr. llallenbe'k answered it to find the masked m*n before him, armJd with revolvers. Burton Van Wor mer led U'e way. and with him Hie old man grappled. At once all tour began a fusillade of pistol shots, wlii.li fairly riddled tho body of Mr. Hallenlie. k. Mrs. Hallenbe.k. th? wife, ran into the kitch en. and th*- broth* rs shot at her. but missed. Her husband ordered her to flee, and sin* ran upstairs, wliither tlie older woman had preceded her, and the two barricaded Hi* mselves in tlie at tic. Mr. Hallcnbeek, although mortally wounded, bi ke away* from liis assail ants ami went to Hie landing of Hio stairs, wligre le- keeps a loaded shot gun. Tlie assailants saw him get the gun. ami ll> ■!. Tlie old man Ell to the floor and died. The triple execution of to.jay raises to a total of seventy-three Hie list of tlie mur.lerers who have died in tlie electric ehair. Tlie simultaneous execution *.f thrte brothers is not unpivcedent* d in tin* history of New York state, although to find the parallel one must go back to 1825. when th- three Thayer brothers were hanged in Buffalo for murder. Forgery Failed To Save Them. Albany. N. Y.. October 2.- Forgery of th** official title of the hen 1 of the nation figures in an attempt mail*? yesterday to save the three Van Wormers brothers from the death chair it Dannemora prison. Less titan half an hour before the time set for tho execution Warden Deyo received the following telegram: ■•West Point Station. October I.— George Deyo, Warden; The Van Wormer ~'' ClSW**' ****** ' House yi that Heath built fpWO years ago Alexander Heath, of Boston, determined that there should be more subscribers for "The Saturday Evening Post in that city and its suburbs than in any city in the country. He wanted to build a new home and determined that The Post should pay for it. Both results have been accomplished. Here is the home _ paid for entirely through work for that magazine. What he accomplished you can duplicate. The publishers are ready to announce the greatest offer ever made for work for Tint Ladies’ Home Journal and The Saturday Evening Post. In addition to a liberal pay ment for every subscription or renewal secured $50,000 will be given to 3 ? 000 Persons I this winter —a part each month—just as an extra incentive to good work. No experience necessary; no expense involved. Write tor full details. THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY 604 ARCH STREET Philadelphia, Pennsylvania boys must not bo executed today. A siav lias been granted. "BY ORDER TIIE PRESIDENT' OF ' THE UNITED b’l ATI’S." Warden Deyo at once consulted with some of th*? witnesses present and con cluded that tli*? message was a forgery sent for Hie purpose of delaying the *xe cation bfyond tli oil" iai *iay. It v* s concluded first that the president could not interfere except through Governor O'Dell and s*?' on*l that r. pn* ve coui l not be ace* nted by telegraph, but must be by pers"'nal signature or in personal interview by t* h ; hone. No attention, t iierefore, was paid to tho communica tion. but e.f'.-ry ivor will be mail? to find the sender and prosecute him or her. Another indd nt of the execution x ■ sicrl-i <- w is the snspccislon of Keep*' ;■ ’Davies for selling to certain newspapers tbe contents.of p rsonal messages writ ten by tlie Van Wormer boys to their friends. HE WILL NOT BE A PRISONER. Pope Intimates That He "Will Occa sionally Leave Vatican. Rome, September 28- According to The Tribune, I’inx X. on re*?' iving the abbot <■:; Hi - t’eiebraii'l ui..n>n ■:■•*••. of Monte Cassini, in t.ie Campania, said: "We shall soon meet, most reverend father, at Monte Cassini.” Then, re marking the effect tli se words produced, an impression tli.it liis noliness would some day leave the Vatican precincts, lie a d de d; "Bray', fir all tilings are obtained by The pop*? is nisi' said to have told th" abbot us tiie Boii'.ili tine monastery at Cava *lei Tiiricne, near Salerno, that he himself would open the jubilee of the Inm.aculate Conception. China Is Forcing Russia. ■Washington, October I. Tlie state de partment has been informed that Prince Ching has determined to refuse to con sent to any term, proposed Russia for a postponement of tin* evacuation of Ma*i ehurla which might he injurious to Chinese sovereignty rights < r th ■ rights of other nations. CiiiiOi. insists that Rus sia. having given a pledge to move out of Muii*'huria on *n* before October 8. should keep her agreement without the imposition of any further demands. San Juan Welcomes Hunt. San Juan, Porto Rico, October I.—Gov ernor Hunt arrived here toJiiy from tlie I nited States an I v.os warmly welcomed, cffieials a:;d civilians uniting in a dtm * ;’stration la bis honor. Trier*? wer? no attempts tv> create disorder. The g* .*- ( ini.ir recoiv* ,1 toil gri.phic greetings from nil parts of the island. $200,000 Loss by Fire. Monterey. Mexiio. Septemln-r 29. —Fire destroyed the entire plant of tlie Indus trial Cotton and Furniture Company early: this morning. 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