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An Epoch in the Nation's ' Lifo to Bo
Properly Observed.
IN MEMORY OF THE JAY TREATY
Sketch of the Inu.ortniit S.-rUc-e
ItcinltTt-il liy tli % I'lrMt Chief
.iMtloe . Tlie Ji ' ISHtiite n" l
the I''ninlly Trmlltloim.
( CopyrlRht. 1895. by S. S. Mcflurc. )
NEW YORK. Dec. 12. Next Thursday ,
Dccemher 19 , has been set apart for the cel
ebration of the centennial of the real estab
lishment of the commerce of the United
States , and , In this city nt least , the ob-
bcrvanco that haa been arranged for will be
unui'ual ' and Interesting. The chosen date
Is not. In fact , coincident with any signifi
cant date 100 years ago , but la the humlreth
anniversary of the establishment of th ? New-
York Shipping LlLt , a commercial newspaper
of the ratification
that was started lu consequence
fication of th.e celebrated .lay treaty betwwn
the- United States and Great Britain , the com
mercial feature of which was the Initial step
In the creation and building up of the com-
mcrco of the young republic. The observance
here will take the form of a banquet , to
which hundreds of Invitations Imvo been la-
biied , 100 of these bidden b-lng contributors
to a forthcoming history of 100 Years of
American Commerce , .ficludlng Chauncey
M. Dcpew , Governor Levl P. Morton , Carrel
1) . Wright , Thomas L. James , Charles It.
Flint , Sluyvesant Fish. Charles II. Cramp ,
James McMillan , Hedfleld Procter , John W
Harper. 1'hlllp D- Armour , Clmrlea H. Tay
lor , E. 0. lllackford , btsldet' other rcpre-
xcntatlves of every department of human
activity as developed In America , and inich
distinguished men In politics , thu arts and
bclcncss , literature , business and affairs and
members of the government , Including the
president , as these have chosen to Invite ,
The reception committee Includes Whltelaw
Held , Theodore Roosevelt , John Jacob Astor ,
Andrew Carnegie , John I ) , Rockefeller and
iijany others \\hono names are household
wnril * .
THE JAY TREATY.
The Jny treaty wa ? negotiated In 1701 , rail-
fled by President Washington the mine year
and the United States senatu In 1895 , It
went Into full effect after iitlllcatlon by the
Drltlsh government on May C. 179G. Iy De
cember , 100 years ago , a revival of business
due to the moral certainty that the treaty
would go through had set In , and ths date
selected for the celebration Is probably as
fitting an any that could have been chosen ,
At the time of the treaty's negotiation
there was Imminent danger of a war with
England , for which the United States wai-
then totally unprepared , Many Americans
had repudiated personal debts contracted In
favor of Englishmen licforo the revolution ,
the British had refused to cxacuato the
"western pobts , " there was much sympathy
with the French In their ar with Eng
land , and American ships were not only pre
vented from landing at Drltlsh ports , but
many American vessels had been destroyed
by the llrltlsli on the ground that they were
carrying contraband of war to th ? French.
All this had stirred up such ant Intensity of
feeling on both slde-s of the water that It
teemed Impossible- avoid open liojtllltles.
Washington was opposed to It and decided ,
cwlng to the evident unsnltablllty of Mr ,
I'lnclincy , then United States minister to
England , to make the necessary negotiations ,
to send a special envoy to London for the
purpoie of securing a treaty with the mother
country. Hamilton was at tlrst choien for
thin delicate tas-k , but owing to a certain
lack of popularity on his part. John Jay ,
then the Urn chief Justice of the United
States , was llnally selected Instead. In Die
clearer light cf the present , Jay wai success
ful oven beyond Ills own hopes. The treaty
opened IJrltUh perU everywhere , the "weit-
trn posts" wera evacuated and many
otheri concessions were wen. Uut In
order to secur * thes , tba United
States had to make concessions ale ,
one of which was that certain debts owing
to EiiKl'bhmen. not affected by the war ,
must be paid. This aroused the utmost in
dignation In many quarters. Jay was abused
with the greatest vituperation , was hanged
In clllgy in many places , and when , at New
York , Hamilton defended him before a big
gathering , the latter was stoned by the pop
ulace. All this In E.plte of the fact that
In return for the Indemnity guaranteed to
the English , they promised to pay for the
ships and cargoes of American ownership
destroyed by the British , and , In fact , did
pay more than $10,000,000 under this agree
ment.
Jay bcre It all patiently and was supported
to considerable extent In this city. During
his absence ho had btcn elected governor of
New York , and served In that place two
terms , after which he declined reappolnt-
mcnt to the supreme bench and retired to.
private life. Ho died in 1828 , oged 83 , having
been In retirement at the Bedford estate for
twenty-nine years. His adult career was di
vided , as Pellew , one of his biographers and
a relative of the family puts It , Into these
periods : Conservative leader , 1774-0 ; rev
olutionary leader , 177C-79 ; conservative states
man. 177S-7U ; president of congress , 1779 ;
minister to Spain , 1779-82 ; psacei negotia
tions , 1782-83 ; secretary of foreign affairs ,
17SI-S9 ; chief Justice , 1789-95 ; envoy to Great
Britain , 1794-95 ; governor of- New York ,
1795 to 1801 ; retirement , 1801 to 1829.
THE BEDFORD ESTATE.
Colonel William Jay of New York Is today
the most prominent representative of the
family , and ho owns the old Bedford estate ,
with Ins old colonial mansion where Chlsf
Justice Jay passed nearly thirty years of hie
life , and where he died at last full of yearn
and honored by the Judicious. Colonel Jay
Is , of course , to be one of the most highly
honored among thtt guests at the coming
banquet.
The Bedford estate embraces about 700
acres of land. It was originally SOO acres
In extent , but 100 acres were sliced off for
the accommodation of a neighbor named Pel-
lew Minn years ago. The house Is three
miles from the Katonah station , on the Har
lem River railroad , and tonyonemiles from
the Now York city hall. It Is well worth
the whllo of any one wlio Is Interested In
the places made sacred by th : < fathers of
the republic to visit this estate and go over
the house. The drive from the station re
veals many beauties ; there are long rows of
lms along the roadside , which la Indeed nl-
mot't completely arched over by them , of
such great age are they ; and the surrounding
landscape Is exceedingly picturesque. The
entrance to thf csUl ? Is through a gate
which Is hospitably open to nil who choose
to pass through It , Once lnslde > the gate the
pilgrim to Bedford drives through a magnin-
cent park of 100-year-old trce-s bsfore he
reaches an cnclomrei of nearly 200 acres , at
almost the highest point of which the fine
old liouw la set , anil fiom which there are
magnificent vistas leading off In every di
rection.
The present owner of the honee Is undoubt
edly proud of his possession , as he should be ,
but he rpetfks modestly about It and nays he
likes It chlelly because of Its associations.
In th summer tlmo It Is occupied by his
mother , the widow of the late John Jay ,
grandson of the chief Jubilee ,
At this 11 in EI of the year Mrs. Jay , as well
au all the ether members of this branch of
the Jay family , reside In New York , but It
l.s kept open and r udy for occupation at all
times. On ret holidays there are great family
gatherings theie , as there was on Thanks
giving day of this year , AVhen asked to dote
to , Colonel Jay kindly gave the writer full
p.i mission to vlfH and Inspect the estate , as
he frequently does , to those who wish to see
the lilacs where John Jay lived during his
later years.
years.BEDFORD
BEDFORD HOUSE ,
The- main part of the- house Is about 100
feet long. Across the front there Etr.-tclies
a magnlllce.it and broad piazza , which , In
summer time , Is luxuriantly overrun with
wlslarla , TliPie are also side wings which
add mafrlally to the size of the house upon
theground. . The height of ttu main portion
la two stories , with an attic , and there la a
pediment In front that has been built to
hide the roof , which Is without windows.
This Improvement was made by the- father cf
Colonel Jay , who directed the aiclilt'ct to
add to the brauty of tilt mansion. If possi
ble , without materially altering its appeir-
ancr. The gable ends of the houie are of
t'tone , the slJe walla ar. of frame , filled In
with brick , anil the whole In palnt'J a
Ficr.ch yellow. Upon the lawn. In front of
the mansion , stand four Immense linden treej ,
planted more than 101 years ago by the chief
Justice himself , and today flourishing with as
much apparent vigor as they evtr did , In
spite of their great age.
It has been said that the chief Justice built
the house himself late in the last century
and complettd it early In the present century ;
but that Is not exactly correct according to
fnrr.Ily traditions , for Colonel William Jay
says a portion of the structure was already
old when the chlet Justice first occupied it.
In 1801 he made cxtendve additions and Im
provements In fact , establishing the lious ;
In about Its present form. Aside from Its
historic associations the house would be a
Joy to any one who likes old-time colonial
comfort. A hall fully eight feet wide divides
It , the dining room being on one sld > and the
salon on the- other , whllo the music room
opens from the salon. The library , which re
mains much as the chief Justice occupied It , Is
In a side wing. In this room stand the four
qurlnt , high-backed chairs that wers used
been Intensely American , notwithstanding
the charges that were made of the culef Jus
tice's partiality to the Drltlsh at the time
of the treaty negotiation.
SOME FAMILY TRADITIONS.
There are many interesting traditions of
ih * chief Justice In the Jay family , and Colonel -
onol Jay knows tliem well and tells them
Interestingly. He is a busy man , but he
found tlmo a day or two ago to s < peak briefly
of some of them to the writer.
"Tho Bedford estate , " he said , "was part
of Hi ? original Cortlandt manor. It extended
from the Hudson river east to the Connecti
cut line , and It reached from the Highlands
to Sing Sing. H was divided up before the
marriage of my great grandfather , and the
piesent Bedford estate came to him through
his wife. The chief Justice's boyhood was
passed at Rye , In Westche-ster county , on the
.shore of the sound. His father either built
or bought the Rye house and moved there
In 1745 , the year of my great grandfather's
death. Tlily estate comprised about 400
acres , and It was left to another branch of
JOHN JAY AS CHIEF JUSTICE ,
1 l
by th > chief Juatlca In Wall street when New-
York City was th ? capital of the nation. The
table which he used as chief Justice Is also
In this room , and upon the mantels are the
pistols of old Spanish make which he used
when minister to Spain , besides many other
trophies and relics. Up.n the walls hang en
graved reproductions of the famous Gilbert
Stuart portrait of the man who negotiated
the famous treaty. The original cf this portrait
trait Is in the salon , and the house Is filled
with priceless paintings not only of ancestors
and members of the Jay family , but alas > of
many of th ? republic's fathers.
For Instance , there- are the Triimbull portrait
trait of Washington , West's uncompleted pic
ture at the signing of the Declaration cf In
dependence , TrnnibuU'g Hamilton , and portraits
traits of Madison , John Adams , De Witt
Clinton , etc. , all of which are prized mot
highly by the pn'sent owner of thehouse. .
It toimtlmes uo'inu strange that such a
man as John Jay could have lived In the
earlier , ruder days of this republic , but this
Is fully explained when cne scrutinizes the
high bred , Intellectual faces of his Huguenot
and Dutch ancestors. These ar ; not hung
In a special picture gallery , after the Eng
lish fashion , but are to be found In various
parta of the houua. and throughout the place
the arrangement Is essentially colonial anil
not English , for the Jay family haa ever
our family , while ) the nJ"rd ! estate camto
our branch , Deicnndcnts of the o her
branch now own ll Rye estate , but do
not live there , tlio 'present occupant blng a
brother of the banker , J. Plerpont Morgan.
The Rye house was taken down come years
ago , but It was --replaced by a lmnd > Mne
structure of cclonldl'MesIgn ' , furnlrned with
the characteristic QrPilc temple columns. The
family burying ground was established at
Rye early In the family history , the bodleo
of the ancestors being removed from New-
York to the place. Our branch cf the family
does not use that burial plac4 , however , one
having bon established elsewhere. Sir
James Jay , the only member of our family
who had a title of nobility and who was a
Tory during the revolution our family , like
many others , having been divided In senti
ment at that time Is burled at Rye.
"Chief Justice Jay's llfn at Bedford , which
was continuous during his retirement , " con
tinued Colonel Jay , "was a quiet o'he1 In the
main , according to family traditions , since ,
although he was visited from time to time by
his friends and by men of contemporary emi
nence , these visits were not frequent , owing
to the dlitlculty of reaching the place. There
were , of courtno railroads then , and nearly
all who went to see him then , during which
time he wag known to lila friends simply
es 'The Governor , ' went there by carriage-
It was a day's Journey from New York to
Bedford In those old days , and the roads
wer sometimes very bad. 'The Governor. '
however , managed to pass his time most
agreeably among his books and picture ? and
in the oversight of the estate. He also gave
much tlmo to correspondence with his friends
in public life , during the years of his re
tirement , and he devoted much attention to
his horses and such amusements as country
gentlemen of those days enjoyed. "
Colonel Jay proposes to keep the estate in
his possession ns long as he live ! ' , and he
takes great delight In preserving It In all
Its beauty. "The Governor's" stable , which
stands not far from the mansion , Is externally
Just what It was , the colonel having taken
especial palnu to preserve It In that form , al
though Interiorally It has been fitted with the
most modern appliances for the comfort and
proper keeping of horses. The little stone
building that was built to the rear of the
mansion to serve as a school house and
summer house for the children of "The Gov
ernor , " Is also intact and has served to be a
Joy to each tmcccedlng generation of chil
dren who have grown up at Bedford. Like
ins illustrious ancestor , uoionei Jay is roml
of horses and driving , and for many years
has ben known as one of the most prominent
promoters of the noble sport of coaching
In America. But he Is In every sense a man
of affairs , and a busy one. He has a large
law practice In New York and hlu energies
are actively and effectively employed in many
directions.
OTT OP TUB OKDI.VMIV.
The Paris museum contains moro than
20,000 stone implements , all of which were
gathered In France.
Tiie most costly horse barn In the world
IH at Syracuse , N. Y. It belongs to D. E.
Grouse , and cost $700,000.
The ancients believed that purgatory's main
entrance was through a cave.rn on the Island
of Lonough Derg , Ireland ,
Fliifi-toottied combs of Ivory and brass
have been found In Egyptian tombs which
date back more than 1,000 years B. C ,
J. L. Allen , a telegraph operator at Loretto ,
In Marlon county , Ky , , has invented a rail
road clock that Is u marvel of Ingenuity. It
teglsters each train ao It passes and the time
at which It passes , and an accompanying de-
vie : gives warning to Incoming trains If an
other train has passed the fetation within
fifteen minutes.
The room cf a certain self-possessed girl
was entered * recently by a burglar. Without
an Instant's delay the young woman caught
up the only weapon at hand. She elevated It
In so orthodox a manner that the Intruder ,
noting only the'ominous flashing of steel , took
to Ills heels as effectually as If ho had ben
aimed at with a rifle , instead of the family
pair of ud&scrs.
The stcry ccmes fiom Arizona of a Clilrlca-
hua prospector who , while working a tunnel
In that district , had put In a blast , lighted the
tuse , and darted on' to Und the mouth of the
tunnel blockaded with a big black bear and
three cubs , It U salil the prospector was In
a terrlblei dilemma , whether to bo blown up
or eatti up , end became so chilled with fright
that the air In the tunnel froze up In big
chunks and the flro In the fut'i ' ) went cut.
Those who wish to study begging as a Unc
art are recommended to visit tha museum of
the Mendacity Society of London , where they
will llml a curious collection of the varied
dodge * resorted to by the begging fraternity
of that vast city. The collection Includes
over 200,000 begging letters , many of which
are models of Ingenuity , the work of profes-
Eora of the art uf letter writing , who supply
the article to order , and a photograph album
of metropolitan beggars , The museum also
contains a gallery of pictorial appeals , with
suitable Inscriptions adapted to catch the
unwary. It Is full of curiosities of the most
Ingenious kind ,
Prof , John Flske gives on Interesting ac
count In a recent magazine article of early
colonial times In Virginia , As a rnlo , ho
points out , the first settlers were "gentle
men , " unused to work and Ignorant of the
true requirements of the situation. The dis
cipline of freezing and starving which came
upon them reduced them to sore straits , not
stopping short of cannibalism. A slain In
dian's corpse was boiled and eaten ; and one
man killed his own wife , baited her , and fed
upon her for some tlme > , when ho was tlsd
to a stake and burned alive , "Ami nil this , "
says Prof. Flske , "In the section of our
country since celebrated among gourmands
and gourmets. "
LAST OF A THESPIAN TEMPLE
Old St. Elmo Theater Building Condemned
and Being Tom Down ,
PLAYHOUSE THAT ONCE MADE A RECORD
\ VlilliFnlrliH Danocil 1'poii ( InStauc
\Vi-i-4' AXVIIfrliiB' In TlH-li-
Illiioil In the lloily
of ( InIIoiiNO. .
Workmen are busily engaged In tearing
down the large brick structure at 10G-1IO
South Twelfth street , which was recently
condemned by the building Inspector , This
fact would attract but passing notice were
It not fur the long list of startling events
which occurred within the walls now partly
demolished , and gave the place a history , or
at least a notoriety , far more interesting
than that of which most music halls can
boast. >
The building was erected In April , 1SSO ,
by one Jack Nugent , and In connection with
the adjoining premises , was used as a va
riety theater. The name of St. Elmo was
gln the Institution , and for four years It
flourished under this title , During this pe
riod the place gained an unenviable reputa
tion , but the tin.ill bltH of wickedness that
transpired were not xuniclent to call forth
protests from the good townsfolk who later
cam Into evidence. Nugent was an Omaha
boy , and had been a hack driver before
embarking In the theatrical venture , Judg
ing from the crowds bald to have been in
nightly attendance at his shows , he must
have been succ.jcdlng well from a financial
standpoint. In addition to the box olllce
receipts he made money by reason of an
extensive bar room trade ,
It was early In 1881 that some Improvo-
menU were madci In the plac : and the name
changed from St. Elmo to the more Imposing
title of Theater Comlque. Whether It was
the change In name or whether It waa the
appearance of some powerful Imp of dark
ness will never be known , but the fact re
mains that about this time there was In
augurated a series of events that kept the
police department extremely busy and
stamped the place as a verltabl ? etrong-
hold of his satanlc majesty ,
NOT REGULARITY BILLED.
On the night of Sunday. March 9 , 18SI ,
during a general row In the bar loom , a
man by the name of Keye shot and killed
James Nugent , the bartender and the brother
of the picprietor , and several others were
moro or less seriously wounded. The "tu-
cred concert" winch was on the boaids for
that evening waa broken up , and , according
to a paper of that Urn ? , "a seine of con-
fuHon ensued- Men w re wrestling , shout
ing and Hueuilng ; cyprlatu , who a few mill-
11 ley before were amusing a crowd by their
antics and snide talk and seemed as though
nothing en earth would affect them but
money , were hysterically crying and wiping
the paint and powder cff their blazed faces ;
everybody seemed panic-struck , until the
sight of revolv rs had the effect of clearing
out the- bar room , "
Keycs , It uaa said , had killed two men be
fore ho tOiot Nugent. Flvo years ago he was
sentenced to Ufa Imprisonment In the Texas
penitentiary for having kllUd his sixth vic
tim , or his third after leaving Omaha.
During this reign of terror on the low slds
three bodies were found In the river. In
each Instance were found In the men't ? pock
ets programs o ( the Theater Comlque , and
led to the conclusion that the men had fool
ishly entered the place with considerable
bums of money about them. Late In 1883
the name way changed to the Buckingham.
In November , 18S4 , Eflle Taylor and her
lover , both of whom frequented the place ,
csught the city editor of thq Dispatch and
administered a severe cowhldlng because he
had allowed to be printed In his paper a few
remarks about the place , in which Erne's
name occupied a conspicuous place. Boon
afterward Jack Nugent wau bfor the court
OH defendant In a suit for wages. May Brown
maintained that eho had been sent for and
came to this city to accept a gooJ position at
the Buckingham that had been offered her.
After working several mouthy and receiving
no money anil finding that she was used
merely as a wine room decoy , she raised u
gteat bl < ? row and some good people helped
her along In her 'itit. There Is no record
of Mays having received the money ! i
earned.
HIS POPULARITY WANED.
So many criminal tricks wore turned anil
the progress of so many shows was In'tr- '
tuptcd by the police that the Buckingham be
gan to wane In popular favor. Not even tha
brass band that used to parade the streets *
every morning to advertise the pcrformnncis
could draw the former crowds , and It was
common talk that what money he did make ,
the proprietor gambled away. It was no
surprise , therefore , that Jack should get Into
a light with a liack dilver , because the cab-
bio refused to wait many moons for the re
turn of tome borrowed money. Early on the
morning of October 1U , 1885. the caulilo got
Nugent to enter the cJb , and rapidly drove
to the river bank. Both men stripped to the
waist , a tin horn gambler acted aa referee ,
and seme twenty odd fierce rounds were
fought. When It was over , Nugent was
picked up In an unconscious condition , and
the erstwhile czar of the levee was carefully
carried back to the Theater Comlque , to
slowly recover from the effects of his heal
ing. Both the muplc hall and Its proprietor
now declined rapidly , and soon nfteiward the
place was clowd by the shorlff. The bind
returned one morning tliat fall to find a
mortgage foreclosed , and everything , even
the gaudy uniforms , seUed by the representa
tive of the county. Finally , on October 29 ,
1SSG , Nugent was sentenced to three months'
Imprisonment for vagrancy. Hip pel , Shot-
well , left him In his distress and fled from
the city. Th ? last heard of Nugent wa a
few years ago , He was tlun driving a utreet
car lu Chicago ,
After the Buckingham was clowil It re-
malnol unoccupied for a few months , ami
then the V/ciiien'n Christian Tcmperanct
union raised the tone of the place by taking
possession of It. Many good acts word ad
ministered , probably for thu first time within
the memory of these wallu , during the two
years thlo worthy organization held sway. In
June , 1887 , Parlth & Colp took hold of the
place and for eight inoatlin ran u i dined
vaudevlllo entertainment. Since that tlmo
It has been occupied as a cornlsh works , anJ
moro recently as a carriage repository.
TIIK LAST IKHIIOMM.V.
Tlicoiloio I' . Punk In New York Hun.
A glars of lager ; HC.UCC th ? drink
To Kir the mint ! to tliomililH noetic ,
Yet blowing off the bond I think
Of ilnys when life was ICCH itscetlr ;
When fitting round thin tiiblu hum ,
Wo quaffed our niugH of ( iermun lie r ,
Ami tallcc-d of fiiniu with tongues pio-
phutlc ,
It Houined mi easy tnnd to inn
Whllo yet our minds weio mildly mellow ,
Whllo In Iliii Hhnilow of th ° nun
Our glashes brightened i il nml yc-Ucw ;
And pleasant p'cturcH ' Illttrd niHt
Of miu Holit'iulnns In ibii past ,
Of every Jolly English fu.'low ,
Of Scottish ImrdH and Irlfli wits
Endowed with everything but "Hlller ,
Of roaring mum and lousing liltn
From Goldsmith , Burns nml Moore ami
Miller ;
Of CiermaiiH In their beery dona ,
Who iili-rcod incn'H liuarm wlili magic pens
Of ( Jouthi ! and of glorious KchKler ,
And most of nil wo thought of Fmnce ,
Thu luiid of iifturUktt and ianl ! > CH ,
Where fume's loud trump and love's warm
Heward the wit whose genius llu.ilies ;
Whcio happy wrltem , cniulroy , giy ,
Luugh whllu they live , l.vo v/Jil'o they may ,
And all Ihu test IH dint mid
And now hexldo this ( able hero
I sit nlonii In painful iiilut | ;
No comrades gather for their beer ,
Tj yum mi hour In liarnik-xh' riot ;
No ready i hymen nml p'easant ( iiiljii
( 'cine bubbling forth from hearm-d lips ,
Defying doom's uncanny Hut ,
They paesed en quickly to their fate ;
Thn phantom f.uno their giufcp fludcd ,
And hero alomt I Hit und wall ,
And till my hopes arc cowled and hooK'il ;
Hut tills I know that whllo llfo lusted ,
We never thirsted , never fasted ,
And i1reume.il such royal dieamx as few
did , .
Ono Minute Cough Cure U harmless , pro *
i ! u res Immediate results ,
