J THE 0MA1TA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, DECEMDEH 2. liXW. i KMSIORIC MANSION SAVED Carina of ReTrn'.ltnert Memo.isi Con trolled j Patri-tio Socie'-iea. . STORY OF THE JUVO. HOMESTEAD. Warrlers sad atatrssara C'sssstlrasi t the Sstlsa's Bin t teiri Its Threshe14 Bitlarts aa4 Pleasars Beat. Great Interest U manifested by all pa triotic iwietles In the forthcoming urren ejr by New York City to the Daughters of the American He volution of the Jumel man. ton on Washington Height. Desultory attempts hare been made for many years to preserve to posterity thli historic place, and at last the deed is done. The beautiful home of the late General f erai nana mmney Earle. which was re cently purrhaaed by the city, is soon to para Into the care of the grneral committee of the Daughters of the American Revolu tion, to whom belongs the credit of hiring brought about Its acquisition. As socn as there ladle can become Incorporated and thus bs snabled to hold property the trans fer srll be made to them. First the man sion will be turned over to tae park de partment by the sinking fund commission- ' era. Its present custodians, after which It will pass to the newly formed association. The mansion win be conducted as a free historical museum. This house, historically known as the Morris house, was the military headquar ters of Washington and his staff on Harlem Height Here he first met General, then Captain. Alexander Hamilton, whom ha loved as a son. Here Washington received the unannounced visits of Indian chiefs, not knowing whether their Intent waa friendly or warlike. From the opposite shore he wept like a chi d when be saw the Heasians slaughter his troops. From this house he was driven by Lord Howe, nd he never returned to it until after he was president of the t'nlted State. Xatisnal Besjane. There Is much cf historical national ro mance connected with the Morris bouse, later known as the Jnmel mansion. Colonel Roger Morrta, the ancient mili tary companion of Washington In that fato- ful and awful Braddock campaign, built his mansion, which he intended to be the home of his bride. Miss Mary Philips, whom Washington had also loved and wished to wed. but was refused. Colonel Morris remained true to" the roy alist cause, and after the breaking out of the war he took his feroity to England. His projterty was confiscated by the co lonial e-nvemment, but after peace waa de clared the crown m&de good all Colonel Morris losses as a reward for his loyalty. By an ante-nuptlal agreement this prcperty had been settled upon Mrs. Morris. After her death the claim of her heirs waa bought by John Jacob Aetor. The profit of this transaction In real estate is said to have Betted the old man the snug sum of -tiOO.OX). Subsequently the mansion waa bought by Stephen Jumel, a wealthy French wine merchant, whose widow, at the egs of GO. married Aaron Burr, who was at that time a marked and ruined old maa of 78. Ulti mately the property reverted to a lineal descendant of Colonel Morrta, the lat4 General Ferdinand Thlnney Earte, whose widow lived In the Jumel mansion until It waa acquired by the city. The ancients represented Time as a mon ster devouring his own children. Ths inarch of time and the wonderful Increase of property values are1 devouring every landmark of the struggle that made us a nation Parcel after parcel of this o'd prop erty that Jf(rbelTnigd Colonel" Morris has beer, sold, cut up Into city lots and built upon. But the Jumel mansion, in the midst of nearly thirty lota, and the syca more trees that M. Jumel brought from Franca and planted there the only trees of the kind In the country have not been disturbed. Characteristics of Wasblaartea. If caution and modest deference to the opinions of others are faults In the char acter cf a military man, Washington pos sessed these faults to a marked degree, and It la perhaps due to those same faults more than to any other one cause that cur rtrug gle In the war for independence ended in airing us national birth. A bold dash for freedom would have ended In prison or worse for all the leaders, but the patient policy of worrying the enemy to death won. There was little of the frivolous In Wash ington's nature. From early boyhood he waa orderly, methodical. He appreciated the praise of peotle perhaps as much as any maa that ever lived, but the weakness that marks tha "poser" was kept la careful rein try hts scrupulous honesty and re- l'rlous fe-vor. At no time In all the dark days of the Bavolu.lon was his spirit more overcast than when the Mortis house, on Harlem Heighta, was his military head quarters. ' Every schoolboy knows that Washington served hta country without compensation, that he kept an account of his actual ex- years, and are to this day nearly perfect, only a few of the grain I having fallen off. . General Earls once gathered op th"e fallen grains of com and planted then, but not one grain sprouted Into life. The general said that he did rot know whether this fact indicated that the life germs of the com were dead or ttist his knowledge of farming was defective. eese ( air Csaarlle. Councils of war were held In this house by Washington and his staff. In Its rooms be gave a welcome to General Jee upon whom at ths time the hopes of the nation were placed on account of his successes In the south. - Washington loved the place and he hoped that if the enemy attacked him there an American victory would result, A surprise not altcgslhcr welcome wss given to Washington one day when his orderly announced that some Indlin chiefs wait-d without. haing sent In a request for a talk with the Great Father. The experience of Washington's 'rarly life had taught Mm that the Indian is an exceed ingly unreliable commodity. As these braves were self-invited guests there was a more than st-oag suspicion ttat tl:ey mlsht mean treachery. Hnwever. the red men tad thtlr ta'k In peace, took their departure and no harm came of it. The British soldiers were near hem and an attack might be expected at almost any moment. On the morning of Septem'w It. 177S. word wss brought to Washington at headquarters that the enemy was advanc ing In three large columns. There had been so many false repor'a of an attack before this that Adjutant General Re?d (rained permission from Washington to ride forth and ascertain for a certainty what the trouble waa. The firing, continued brisk, and Wash ington mounted his horse and rode toward the out poets. He was met by Reed re turning, who told Washington the ad vanced poet, which had been situated on the hill skirted by the wood, had been at tacked by a strong detachment of 'the enemy. Our own troops a company cf contln-ntal rangers were commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Knowlton. who had ills Unrul hed himself at Bunker Hl'l. Gen eril Lirs'le, the Fiitlsh comminder, had under him Three companies of Hessian riflemen, one of Royal Highlanders, and his forces so outnumbered the continental boys that he had succeeded In capturing ths outposts. Derisive British Taaat. Re?d was earnest In his appeal to Wash ington that reinforcements be sent to the con.inental boys who fought so nobly. While he was still speaking the Britlrh soldiers came in sight and sounded their bugles, after the manner of those calling In to witness the death at a fox chare. jL'oth Washlnston and Reed were rtung to the qu'.ck by this taunting, derisive bugle call, and three companies were or dered out from" Colonel Weedon's Virginia regiment, commanded by Major Leltch. A sharp contest took place. In which the Virginia boys vied with one another In bravery. Major Leltch received three bul lets In his side and was carried off the field. He died of these wounds about two weeks later, but not without the happiness of knowing that he had assisted at about the first victory of tbs Americans and with the prlres of his beloved Washington to sooths his last moments. - This encounter, through unimportant In itself, was tha means Of cheering the dis heartened troops. But Fort Washington was a veritable Naboth's vineyard to Lord Howe. He closed in on It as much as poarlble. Washington was of ths opin ion that Che Americans Could not hold the for against such numbers of well fed, well clothed, disciplined soldiers; but as Greens differed from hint in opinion, and Greene was in actual command Washing ton having gone over to ths Jersey shore he deferred to Greene, Lord Howe's forces were encamped on Fordham Heights, from which plaos he sent to General Greens a summons to sur render. The demand was accompanied with a threat of the extreme measures to which the British officer would resort It he were obliged to take the fort by as sault. Creese's Delssee, Aa American la. ana always waa, tha poorest man on earth to swallow a threat, and General Magaw, who had received the summons, returned the reply: "Assure his excellency that, actuated by . the most glorious cauos that mankind ever fought in, I am determined to defend this fort to tbs very last exUemity." Lord Howe hod planted for eituultaneoua attacks. Tha foit fell Into his hands, wllh a loss to our causa of upward of itKi men killed and wounded. Fiom tliat time until evacuation diiy Fort Washington was held by ths British. It waa fourteen years later that General Washington next passed tha porta is of ths Morris house. He was then president of the United Bute and bs mads a note of this visit In his diary, under the date of July 10, 17S0. ' In the party that accom panied Washington wars tbs vice presi dent. John Adams, and his wife; Miss Smith, the secretaries of stats, treasury horse owner in s single season. The greater part cf it was won by the J-year-e.ld Wjo Vsrtis with IW.'X'O. and Cuius and Vlnkius with I4S.O-0 esrh. Flan" was also well rep resented In the 1-year-old class. Clouver rar.t winning three races worth IH.ui and French Fox four worth tliWO. CaM-adeuss II. won two races valued at M.t' and AJax one worth Second on the list is Bsron de Rchkkler, cow associated with his son-in-law, Count Herbert de Pourtales, and their amount was tio.uuo. The top notch horse belonging to this stable is ths X-year-old Ex-Voto. who captured the French Derby and three otter races, amounting to Wi.WO. Have the days of extravagant salaries passed? W. C. Whitney has not signed Arthur Redfern agaia: Tommy Burns is also a free lance; Grover Cleveland Fuller has no regular contract for next year. There are few Jockeys now riding who sre able to command a special fee as large as was Tod Sloan's in his palmy days. Al though Mr. Whitney, a multi-millionaire, led the list of winning owners he seems to have been one of the first to hit high fees a black eye, so to speak. Captain 8. P. Brown has not retained Jockey George Odom. The boy was once guaranteed 13,000 for each big race he won for Alex Shields, his employer. Mr. Whitney guaranteed Sloan 5.W0 if he won the Futurity with Bail) ho besides paying Sloan's ocean trip expenses from Er gland. Doubtless similar large gifts will be made to riders by wealthy owners, but the latter are awaiting the usjal winter developments of capable riders by the California and New Orleans meetings. Unless some tew Fuller or Red fern or Sloan appears to disturb combina tions there will be no great salaries paid next year. country, although repeated srandals have arisen elsewhere. Of course there have neen a few untimely affairs, but these have been settled The few villains who would not play fair in any spoi-t on eirth. who have been able to do some dirty work on d.fferent race tracks, have been relegated to the rear. The frovernlng body In the affairs of the turf is coming more and more to look to the purification cf its affairs. The fact Is recognised that square iesling should ct.ai acerlxe all kinds of sports, for If It does not, there Is bound to corre a ti.-ne when that particular sport will meet with a genuine hoodoo. This hoodoo will conrlst cf o lack of gate re ceipts, for as Lincoln Mid, "Ton can't fool all the people all the ti-ne." As long ss racing continues, Just that long wiil betting continue. From a strictly ethical and moral standpoint. It may be presumed that this is wrong, but the fact Is patent thst there is something In human nature which demands something on the bet'.lng or uncertain orcer to keep it from dying cf ennui when It is out taking an alrrng or a vacation. , A review of the year reveals one Impor tant thing that will never be forgotten the sdvent of the tao-mlnute trotter. In addi tion to the most noteworthy events of the past season are Included ths following: World's Trotting Records. Ons Mile Lou DiUon, ch. m., by Sid ney Dillon 1:SS4 One Mile and One-Half Dr. Strong, gr. g., by Strong Boy I:1TH Fastest Stallion Creaceus, ch., by Robert McUregor 1:! Fast set Mare lu Dillon, ch., by Sid ney Dillon l:Wi Fastest Gelding Major Delmar, b., by Del Mar 1:691 Fastest 6-Tear-Old Mare Lou Dillon, ch.. by Sidney Dillon 1:5? Fastest New Performer (etalllonj Kinney Lou, br.. by Mc Kinney I:0C1 Fasnest New le'former mare Lou Dillon, ch . bv Sldnev Dillon 11$H TROTTING IN RACES. Fastest Heat marej Lou Lillon, ch., by Sidney Dillon 2:04T Fastest Heat (t-year-old Lou Dil lon, ch. m , by Sidney Dillon ::M Fastest Second Heat Lou DiUon, ch. m.i by Sidney Dillon 2:04 Fastest Seventh Heat Monte Carlo, b. g., by Mendocino 2:07Vi Fastest Two-Heat Race Lou Dillon, ch. m., by Sidney Dillon Z:i4. t:0 Fastest Two-Heat Race tmare Lou Dllion, ch.. by Sidney Dillon... I :(. 1:01 Fastest Three Heats igeldlngi Monte Carlo, b., by Mendiclno..2:tr7-. 2.U7". I:0Ti Fastest Four-Heat Race Dan T. b. g., by Crawford tRhythmls won first heat. Charley Herr third) 2.0UV 2 MH. 2 2:07i Fastest Seven-Heat Race Monte Car lo, b. g., by Mendiclno (Hawthorne won third and fourth heats. Dr. Strong fifth and sixth heatsi 2:0T-4, i:('7i. l-.OT,. 2 2.01. 2:13. 2:(Tn TROTTING TO HIGH WHEELS. One Mile Lou Dillon, ch- m.. by Sid ney Lillon 2:06 One Mile mare) Lou LUllon, ch.. by Sidney Dillon , 2:06 TROTTING TO WAGON. One mile Lou Dillon, ch. m., by Sid ney Dillon 2:00 One Mile i gelding) Major Delmar, b., by Del Mar 2:03 One Mile (in a raoe Lou Dillon, ch. m . t.v Slrtner Dillon Z:l'l TROTTING HALF-MILE TRACK. One Mile Cresceus, ch. h., by Robert McGregor 2:08 Ore Mile (mare) Mary D. ch.. by Yung Jim 2:104 World's rarlsg Records. Half Mils -Dan Patch, b. h.. by Joe Patchen 0:a One Mils Dan Patch, b. h., by Joe Patchen i 1:56V Ons snd One-Quarter Miles Nervole, b. h., by Colbert -US Ons and one-Halt Miles Locanda, br. h.. by Allerton :15 Two Miles Dan Patch, b. h., by Joe Patchen 4-17 Faatest Stallion Dan Patch, b. h., by Joe Patchen. l:5r.V Fastest Mare Darlel, b., by Alcander.2:Ui Fastest Gelding Prince Alert, to., by Crown Prince 1:57 Fastest New Performer mare Foxie Curd, blk.. by Gambetta Wilkes 2:07 Fastest New Performer (gelding) Tom Keene, ch., by West .Egbert.... 24 , . . PACING IN - KAt ta. M.,lf.MtI ria.h iiilinnl Star HaL b.. Brown Hal - ud joker had sent spurious bills, but the Half-MUe Dash mare)-Mary Anna. ! u.-x.. .wi a .k- ' , s- .. b., by Jack Ducky :uix i ' oer. "Scrupulous Conscience" also sent a let ter containing a 110 bill to D. McAullffe, a druggist, living at 1001 O Fallon street, "to pay any old debts" and quoting tha golden rule. Mrs. William Cullinane. wife of an under taker, living at 1710 North Grand avenue, received a letter containing a $10 bill in settlement of any debts, and concluding, "Pray for your honest friend." It is be lieved that many other letters from "Scrupulous Conscience" have been re ceived tn the city during the week. CONSCIENCE MAKES PAYMENT Haadrrds of Dollars Dlatribatea by Myaterlows Writer t -eesaelosi Creditors. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 27.-The trouble in the conscience of some unidentified person, or persona, has resulted In 400 being received by the city treasurer and 1900 by officials of different railroads during the week. During the fore part of the week City Treasurer Franclscus received the follow ing letter, enclosing five (20 bills: Herein find $100 currency on account of any old claim or evasion of taxes by us. There is 13 more to cume to you on this, in full to date. (Signed) SCRUPULOUS CONSCIENCE. The next letter enclosed a similar amount and said there waa $200 yet to come. The third said $100 was yet to come, and the last letter, received today, said the full amount of $400 due had been paid. All four letters bore date of December 23, 190$, and apparently had been written by a woman. Treasurer Franclscus does not know who sent the money. It was placed in the municipal revenue fund. Apparently the same writer sent letters received by different railroad officials during the week, distributing $KO0. President Joseph Ramsey. Jr., of the Wabash, and several other officials of that road received letters, all of which read as follows: .,. v Herein find $o0 currency In full payment of eny old debts of years gone by. (Signed) SCRUPULOUS CONSCIENCE. Eight of these letters, enclosing alto gether $400, were received by Wabash offi cials. Vice President C. G. Warner of the Mis souri Psclfic received two letters, cr.e om Ing today, each of which contained $50. Officers of the Burlington road received six letters, enclosing altogether $300. . Vice President C. H. Efeggs and Treas urer Hamilton of the . St. Louis San Francisco road each received a $50 letter today. Ail the reolpieMa are at a loss to know whr nha now was sent sr who seat i It It Was at first thonarbt that some orae- psnsea, which the government was to par;itnd th wlv cf lDe two UUeri but few know that the Father of his Coun try was one of the richest. If not tha rich est, president ws have, ever had. Wash ington wait a millionaire In his own time, which Its equivalent to being a multi jn'Wutre at the present day. - It Is only necessary to ttlnk of thia and ths comforts his wta'th would hare given him tn England, or evea la Francs, to realise tbs sacrifice hs made. Add to this that aU his tastes lei 1:1m to the life of ths aristocrat and you will get a still keener perception. If Waahington made no com ment upon tha tact that ons of ths cap taina of his company, acting in the ca pacity of a hartar. shaved the soldiers cf ths ranks on tbs lawn la front of the house ta which ha had hla headquarters, It was beoaua his mind waa occupied by more weighty and Important matters rather than that he approved of suck a breach of mili tary casts snd discipline. Attracted Haaalltsia. When ha walks on ths lawn h bad la his mind a picture of ths half-starved, half-nakel SJiJIeis ail over ths country. For them bs thought and worked and prayed the deawc a io captala. strapping his raxor, a a trifle. Was Line ton rods about the plfcce. giving directions thst the approaches to his camp should bt forUAed by redoubts, abatij and deep intrenoh tnenta. During these rides he ary some work that instantly attrac.ei his attention. Upon Inquiry he was told that they were constructed It Captain Alexander Hamil ton. Ti e yoai g tran's talents in the mili tary line had been previously spoken of to Washington by General Greene. Hamil ton wet acarcety ' ta his -twenties at that time, but Wasaicgtoa made blm a member of his Billitary f.uai!y, learned to love him as a son. and this love and confidence Uated through life. Ore cf the rooms on the west side of ths Jumel met.sKm is to this day exvered with aa antique wail Vaper, which, it is claimed. General Washington and his staff hung. Washington hlmaif sui&ing ths paste. On ths s ail of this same roots, a ben General JCarle's family occupied ths house, bung p thirteen largo ears e f ordinary held corn, no doubt front some nearby farm. Tradi tlM aays that Washiest .m bung up Uiis corn to typtiy thw thirteen juriuiai statea Whether or but Washington placed thssa 111 are. It Is oertaia that tbey have been oa that saans Wail tor aax Lkaw a hundred also all ths gentlemen of Washington's family, Mrs. Lear and the two children. This party visited tbs places of the seer rounding country where Washington had walked and ridden on his horse when he was so weighted down with the responsi bilities of war. When tbey came back to tha houae Mr. Marriner, st that time Hs proprietor, had prepared an elaborate din ner for his distinguished guesta He wanted them to alt down in his dlnir.g room and cat it. but the party insisted upon turning thj affair Into a picnic, so the collation j w as spread upon the grars under tha trees, snd the whole party, in merry mood, sat around and ate It. During the lifetime of Mms. Jumel ths Prince de Jolnvllle slept in thia houae; hla hostess not knowing him until the next morning as other than a nlght-overtnken hunter. Tren the tnstd. who had attended ths prince with as much courtesy aa si s eould have shown had she known his rank, gars the prince s card to her mistress. Louis Napoleon and Jerome Bonaparte weie also her guesta. . When Mme. Jumel returned from a visit to Europe she brought with her many of the ecst'v furnishings, paintings snd fur rlture thrt had been used by the Em petcr Ksroleon. M. Jumel. who was an erdtnt royalist, wished to give the fallen rrrpercr a safe conduct to Aree-lra atid an ssehim here. Np''on thar.ked M. Jumel, but declined the offer. From the fetch g-ound on which the J jmel manrion stards a view of three v'rtes pr-Hcnts Itsel. There Is the old revolutionsrv cannon that wss placed with its face towsrd the enemr when Wasllnrtevs Mvel sroong us. and for years aferward pointed toward New York city. .New York Herald. vtt vi At mar ei Fannv Dlllard b., by Crown Prince 2.t4 Fastest First Heat-Dan R-, ch. g.. by Tasco. Jr 2:01V Fastest Two Heats (mare) Darlel. b by Alcander 2 4i. 2.04H PAC1NO-TO HIGH WHEELS. One Mile Dan Patch, b. ,h., by Joe Patchen PACING TO WAGON. Ons Mile Dan Patch, b. h.. by Joe Patchen ...l:B7Vi Fastest Heat (gelding) Dan R. cb,. by Tasco. Jr 2.i4 Fastest Second Heat Dar. R, ch. g-, by Tasco. Jr "J:0" PACING HALF-MILE TRACK. One Mile Dan Patch, b. h.. by Joe Patchen 2 :02V One Mile (mare Edith W. b.. by Ben Lomond. Jr 2:07 Ckuassploa Asnatear Wifts Records. TROTTING IN RACEE. Fastest First Heat Lou Dillon, Mem phis (C K. G. Billings) 1:04 Fastest Second Hest Lou Dillon, Memphis (C. K. G. Billings) Fastest Two-Heat Race Lou IMllon, Memrhls C K. O. Billlnrst. . .2:(V 2:04 TROTTING AGAINST TIME. Fastest Mile Lou Dillon, Memphis (C. K. G. Billings) 2.00 Fastest Mils (gelding) Major Delmar. Lexington (i. E. braathers) 2:03 Fastest Team Ths Monk and Equity, Memphis C. K. G. Billings) 2:08 PACING IN RACES. Fastest Second Heat Dan R, Lexing ton, Ky. (H. H. Devereuxi 2:4 Fastest Two-Heat Race (gelding) Clipper, Merophta (K. K. Devereux).. 2 :. 2:061, Fastest Half Mile Greenline. Cleve land (C. K. G. Billings) 0:5H Fastest Half-Mile Heats Primrose, Memphis tJ. Fred Roberta). ...1:C, 1 :', Patrons of the turf in Francs have been staggered by the colossal winnings of M. Edmond Blanc, who for ths sixth time heads ths list of winning owners for the racing season Just past. Tls total winnings footed up to $,000, nearly twice the figure captured by Sir Jamea Miller, the leading owner in England, and more than talcs the sura credited to William C. Whitney, the leading American owner. This 2.GJG is tbs largest sjrount ever won us a race OHIO REPUBLICANS MEET LATE Date ef State Csaveatlea Is Approxi mately Fixe for Middle f May. SPRINGFIELD, O.. Dec John B. Cling erman, chairman of the republican state central committee, tonight announced that at a conference with General Charles Dick and other party leaders It had been decided stnu the Ohio state convention would be held about ths middle of May. This wVll be about the latest time It will bs possible to chooss delegates to the national convention. Dsn't Casta At? laht. 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