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TTTE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1911.
BOOTH'S MIDNIGHT BURIAL
Body of Lincoln's Assasiin in a Balti
more Cemetery.
LAST ACT OF GEE AT TRAGEDY
Secrecy Imposed aad Ohwri fd sad
Derkaees Klttlatcly lOiisaroods
(be Last Art of the Closlnsr
If there was any prayer it win a silent of
foring by one of hl Immediate relative.
Where Ilea the body of J. Wilkes Booth,
the assassin of President IJncoInT Scores
of atorlea regarding the disposition of the
body have been In circulation from time
to time, some going to the limit of deny
In? hla death and making him a .resident
tinrlrr an alias of a dosen dries. A
writer In the Thlladflphla Ledger dispones
of these stores and fixes Oreenmount cem
etery. Baltimore, as the actual resting
place of the assassin's body. The claim
Is aupported by the burial permit Issued
by the cemetery authorities, dated Feb
ruary 1. 18W. the day preceding the final
Interment.
Booth was surrounded by his pursuers
In a barn near the town of Bowling Green.
Caroline county. Va.. and shot to death
In the afternoon of prll 28. 1ST-. The
body sewed up In a saddle blanket and
taken by wagon to Veil" Plain, which
was reached In the nfl .won on Its way
to Washington. On Apr .1 Colonel Baker
received Instructions f'om the secretary
of war. Clwtn M. Ptanton. to give the body
secret burial.
The next morning the body was lifted
to the deck of the monitor Montank and
laid In the carpenter's bunk of the turret.
The next day an autopsy was held and at
2 46 o'clock Colonel Baker, with the assls
tanca of Lieutenant I H. Baker and sail
ors to row the boat, took the body quietly
to the west side of the arsenal grounds Into
the old Washington pententlary.
First Burial.
One of the largest of the eel's on the
ground floor, filled with fixed ammunition
stored there by the Ordnance department.
was cleared, a lance, flat stone lifted from
Its place and a rude grave was dug. The
remalsa were placed in, a pine- gun box.
The body was lowered, the grave filled up,
and the atone replaced.
Here the body rested, known to but a
few persons, for nearly four years, ac
cording to the Ledger writer. Finally,
on February 15, , 1W. Edwin Booth re
ceived from President Andrew Johnson
permission to have hla brother's remains
removed to Baltimore for final burial.
Preparations were immediately made for
the disinterment of the body. There were
present a military officer, several under
takers, a representative of the press, and
a file of soldiers. The box was much de
cayed, but the body, wrapped In two or
three gray army blankets, was in a fair
state of preservation. Four soldiers car
ried the box to a wagon in waiting. That
night it was placed In another pin box
and taken to Baltimore by train.
Although Edwin Booth had Interested
himself in behalf of the removal of his
brother's body, he did not attend the final
burial of the remains. The members of
the family who came on to Baltimore from
New Tork to be present at the Interment
were Booth's mother, Mrs. Junius Brutus
Booth; his sister, Mrs. Asia Booth Clarke
wife of the famous comedian, John Sleeper
Clarke and his brother. Dr. Joseph A.
Booth, all of whom are now buried In the
am family lot with John Wilkes Booth,
In beautiful Greenmount cemetery, Balti
more. corcer IsaBoee.
Considerable mystery attended the in
terment, the Intention being to keep it as
private aa possible and prevent any sort
f a demonstration. The elder Mrs. Booth,
Ir. Booth and Mrs. Clarke upon their
arrival In Baltimore registered at Guy's
hotel, which stood on the spot where
the Baltimore Post office now stands.
The people of Baltimore soon learned
the significance of the arrival of three
member of the Booth family, and aa a
result a large crowd gathered Immediately
at Weaver's undertaking establishment, on
Fayette street. Immediately opposite the
back door ef the old Holllday Street
theater, which has been a publlo play
house since 17M and where John Wilkes
' Booth had played many a suooesaful en
gagement. The body arrived in Baltimore at noon
f February IT, 1K9. and was Immediately
taken to Weaver's undertaking establish
ment, where It was kept until the follow
ing night at U: o'clock.
Among those who looked at the body
and Identified It as that of John Wilkes
Booth was William L. Ballauf, who be
came the property boy of the Holllday
Street theater on October ft, VM&, and who
at last aocounts was the stage carpenter
of that theater, having seen practically
fifty-five years of continuous service In
one playhouse. Mr, Ballauf has often
told how he came very near to accidental
death at the bands of Wilkes Booth during
' the last act of a performance of "Richard
1IL" With outstretched sword In hand.
Booth, In his frenay as Richard, pushed
passed the atonlshed property boy with a
velocity that nearly killed young Ballauf,
the sword almost grafting the skin ef his
face.
Another who was permitted to view the
remains was Dr. J. R, W. Dunbar of Bal
timore, who had taken advantage of op
portunities granted te but few men. Not
only did Dr. Dunbar view the remains of
Booth, but It was he who waa permitted
te examine the body ef Oeorge Washing
ton when It was removed from the tomb
In which It was originally burled to the
one that is now so familiar to every pil
grim wiiu viaila aiwuul Vernwu, Va. Fur
thermore, It was Dr. Dunbar who was In
structed to remove the bullets from the
body of John Brown before the latter waa
hanged at Harper' a Ferry.
elesaai Mlanlaht Seewe.
It waa 'Just fifteen minutes before mid
night when the body of Boeth was taken
to the cemetery In 4n ordinary undertak
er's wagon. In order not te attract any
attention. It was feared, quite naturally,
that the least bit ef publicity would cause
a demonstration en the part ef the many
southern sympathisers who were then In
Baltimore. j
The body had been removed from Wash
ington In charge ef John II. Weaver, the
undertaker. Mrs. Booth, Mrs. Clarke,
and Dr. Booth drove te the cemetery In a
closed carriage, while the few friends of
Wilkes Booth who were te witness the
interment gathered at the Ross House and
proceeded to the cemetery as quietly as
possible.
At that time a man named Burkhard
was the superintendent of Oreenmount
cemetery, and be had given orders that
the grave should be dug that night after
dark, every possible precaution being
taken te prevent any demonstration on
the part of the many whose sympathies
wfre wholly with the south. It waa well
understood by all directly Interested In the
Interment that If any such demonstration
was made the United States government
would Immediately resume the custody of
ths body.
The body was lowered Into the grave at
precisely fifteen mlnutee after midnight
The silence wss oppressive. Everyone
gathered about the grave had known Booth
Is life aa an eooentrlo man and a brilliant
actor. There was absolutely ne ceremony.
TIED IN AMERICAN STYLE
Chlara llrlite nod firnntn, Amerlraa
Born, Darkle I with Native
Ritnal.
Tom-toms. Jos sticks and devtl pa.-n-rs
were conspicuously abrnt when pretty
biocK-eyed luni? Oy, 20 years old. prom
letd to love, honor and obey Yeong Wing
Jow for the remainder of her life. In the
marriage 1U ense office at the city nail.
St. Louia. The ceremony was performed
by Justice of the Peace Chauncel J. Krue
ger, who bad been retained by Jow to per
form a "regular American wedding."
'Do you promise to love, honor and
obey" Justice Krueger started to ask.
Sure," replied the blushing young woman.
By ahance Frank Ganding. 23. and Anna
Brinkhaua. 20, of 2T,74 New house avenue,
became beat man and woman' for the
Chinese couple. They stepped Into Recorder
Joy's office as the ceremony for the Chi
nese was about to be performed. As they
were In appropriate attire, the Chinese
bridegroom Invited the Americans to "stand
up with them."
After the ceremony the Chinese couple
became best man and woman for the
American couple, who suddenly bad de
cided to be married In the same spot.
When the ceremony was concluded the
couple departed for Jow's laundry at Ml
Clarendon avenue, where they will spend
their honeymoon.
The arrangements for the ceremony were
made several days ago by Jow. v
"I want you to marry us," he told
Krueger. "We want a regular American
wedding."
The Justice of the pesce met the couple
at the city hall and the licence waa Is
sued. In reply to the questions of Clerk
nus Ruedl. the couple sprung a surprise
by announcing they were Americana.
"Mow's thoi come?' lluedl Baked. '
"Me and Miss Oy wre horn In Pan
Francisco'- explained Yeong. "Her folks
Chinese. ,Kn are mine."
The petite bride wore the American
garb, and her hair waa combed In the
latest fashion. She wore a blue silk dress,
a tailored lan coat, and her feet-rrob-
aMy the smallest In the city were eneastd
In suede pumps.
The wedding Is the result of a meeting
at the Chinese Sunday school at the Cen
tral Presbyterian church. 3100 Lucas jve
uuo. Yeong became a pupil at the Sundjy
school shortly following his arrival In
St. Louis, during the World's fslr, end
his bride joined the clasa a year ago. The
engagement was announced a few months
later. In accordance with the American
ethics, and Teong waa given the hand of
the pretty almond-eyed woman by a rela
tive, with whom he Is engaged In the
laundry business.
They wrote Chinese when they signed
their names to the marriage certificate.
"You'll have to make that In English,"
Ruedl told them. "All right." Teong re
plied. "Just the same as a laundry ticket
It looks. We'll write in United States."
St. Louis Times.
Get your Permit to Smoke.
Belldlnar Permits.
McCague Investment company, 1B15-17
Chicago street, shop. $1,000; O. W. Kdwards.
1R29 Spencer, frame dwelling, $3.Sn0; Paul
Bogard. 1408 Cass street, concrete dwelling,
$1.7M; W. J. Naylor, 1623 South Twenty
fifth street, frame dwelling, t:6n0; W. J.
Naylor. 2761 Webster street, frame dwell
ing, $2,500.
Musical Leader Who Will
Direct the Saengerfest
Theodore Rudolph Heese has the
distinction of rntiklng Omaha the
most Important musical center In
the western states. An director of
the local Sners.Tfest nHS-niut!rn be
contributed a Inrce part of the .suc
cess which attended last year s fes
tival of the National Saengirfrst us
Foclalion. which event broiigbt
Omaha Into prist proin'nenee ntwnif
the musical cities of the 1'nlted
States. lie was hi Mtcces?ful for
the tmlnln of the hundreds of local
voices participating In the national
event that he was retained ixtiiibh
ently as director of the Oinahn
Saengerfest association.
He came here from Davenport.
When overtures were made to him
originally he was reluctant to come,
but when he came to know the fine
quality of the vast amount of ma
terial here he concluded to leave the
Iowa town and accomplish greater
things. He employs his time con
stantly In training the choruses,
which are now in fine shape to par
ticipate with honor and distinction
in the spring festival which Is to be
given In the Auditorium next
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Wednesdav and Thursday under the auspices of the Omaha Saengerfest asso
ciation. This bids fair to be the greatest local musical event ever expolted In
this city.
MASTERING HIS FAT!
When B. Fay Mills was In Omaha recently he cited, in one ef his lec
tures, the case of John Gordon. 142$ South Twenty-fourth street. In Illus
tration of the power of mind to overcome adverse conditions. To those
who know the circumstances, the force fulneai of the Illustration Is fully
appreciated.
The pluck, the cheerfulness, the manly pride of John Gordon are as
remarkable as his phyaioal condition Is pitiful, and those acquainted with
hl caae cannot ceaae to marvel how his Intrepid and sanguine spirit com
pels vital service from a broken body that la already half dead.
Mr. Gordon la a hero who Is righting the battle of self-support
though a prisoner within four walls and flat on his back. Thus far he
baa continued to be the master of. a most cruel fate, and his struggle
makes the strongest possible appeal both to our heroic sense and to the
sentiment of compaselon. By helping him we help a brave soldier most
grievously beset, fighting at frightful odds, that would dismay any but
the boldest, and we help a brother on whom affliction could not lay a
heavier hand, without finally crushing out his Indomitable spirit.
Gordon's effort to "make a living" a phrase which in his cise has a
particularly literal meaning and a grim import has been described from
time to time In the World-Herald. He trust do what he can do propped
up on a pillow with a writing tablet in his hand and telephone fixed
above his head. He la a subscription agent for magazines and periodicals,
and several months ago undertook to win a $1,000 prise offered for a cer
tuin number of subscriptions to two high clans publications. With a dis
position to have a share In relieving the wants and the .woes of others,
ond not overcome by his own, he arranged that the prize should go to
the Child Saving Institute and' that he should retain only the ordinary
commissions o.i the subscriptions. He has almost won, but he has only a
week left and needs over 100 more subscriptions, original or renewals,
and the World-Herald wants to Join those who have wo i the blessing of
the Master by often sitting at the bedside of this afflloted man. In urging
that the people of Omaha rally to him and give him the victory. It would
bo a great benefit to a deserving charity and an Immense satisfaction to a
man who, though maimed and pinioned down, disdains to admit himself
helpless and still keeps tn admirable pride that forbids him to utter the
cry of a suppliant or mendicant.
He richly deserves success and those who assist him by their patron
are In achieving it will magnify and ennoble their own hearts. Omaha
World-Herald. Feb. 20. 1(10.
Prt Onoratmn fc WlcAnm yet Blx waong are required to deliver the morning- milk to the resl
VU'VUCiailUU Id IlldUUUl. dents of one city block; the farmer receives four cent for his milk, you
pay eight. The U. S. spends three and one half million dollars dally for the maintenance of prisons Civiliza
tion In Its Infancy: Can a friendless paralytic nurvlveT
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THE COOTS PUBUSHING COMMN?
M ERCHf kjtp National Bank
That $1,000 Was Earned
at an expense which deprived me of every hope of profit. No Invalid
could succeed alone. Had I buen permitted to have repeated this
offer In behalf of some established charity, provision for my future could have been nicely arranged, for
with public co-operation I could have earned $6,000 for them within two years, and the Interest would have
brought me f BOO a year tor Ufa. Social prejudice deprived me of the privilege.
A ' T a TTrtAaa ' ProTl,,on 'op mT decline I made a contract with the Ladies' Home Journal and Sat
AS a UaSl 11066 urday Evening Post to procure subscriptions each month from Oct. 1st to May 30th,
for which the publisher will deposit $2,000 .with the Conservative Saving and Loan Association for my bene
fit, the principal to revert to some charity to be decided by the vote of my subscribers.
kJ 't l TJ I do not handle the money nor will I ever see It, but the Interest will bring me 90
A LlIC S I CuSlOn a month for life. With the assurance of fuel and light I can live. 3.263 sub
scriptions have been written, but 1 must still have 737 more before May 80th to earn the full $2,000.
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More Subscriptions in
or I Will Fail.
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April
The Ladies' Home Journal , .
The Saturday Evening Post . ,
Both Three Dollars. Yonr Renewals Count
$1.50
$1.50
80,000 People Will Read This Ad.
The Saturday Evening Post and Ladles' Home Journal have a circulation of four million copies; there
are 60,000 subscribers In Nebraska; 1,000 copies of the Post are purchased weekly in Omaha alone by people
who could save $1.10 a year. Surely 237 will place their orders or renewals to save the $2,000 prize.
Make It two years it you can.
Back Broken:
Paralysed from waist
down. Including the
lower oriini. There Is
neither feeling nor power of motion In the af
flicted parts, yet frfendleae and bedfast, unable
to even alt ereot, proeped up with pillows In the
Isolation of my room 1 must literally support
myself or parish. Tomorrow were 1 HI or unable
to provide 1 would be deserted to my fate. Theie
la do doubt of this for several tlmee 1 have been
left entirely alone In an empty house for days
at a time, compelled to prepare my own food on
a gas plate beolde my bed.
My greatest difficulty is the egotistic Idea
that ceed or affliction ean be made a source of
pioflt sheer voiiy. I never heard of an Invalid
who achieved a position of eelf support snd I
never knew any one to make definite provision
for sows one need for a dependent.
I have much respect for the scientist; also
frankly advocate the doctrine of euthanasy. 1
believe those phyaically dependant should be al
lowed the privilege of release, but I tremble
when v. ell meaning people so bentgnantly re
count the blessings of aa Institution. Hospitals
wtll sot aoospt Uoarebles. As for tbs alma-
Now Get the Facts
house If you'ever visited the sitting room of sucn
an Institution where fifteen or twenty old men
while away the Idle hours of winter, you may
have wondered why so many of them wore their
hats. A little Investigation might disclose the
fsct that there was no other sale or convenient
flaoe where It might ne left. The very helpless
availably perish horribly in such places to ths
last one.
Boolety would not begrujge an expense of
$1 a week for my malnteuaiyu under such con
ditions but that I should be allowed the same
benefit In the privacy of my own home la not
te be expected. Certainly no Invalid could earn
the same amount without publlo support.
1 met oonaitiona last rail oy orrering me
Curtis premium to the infants' Home. It took
sne over five moatas to muz the first and
suocees waa only achieved at an eapease wnicn
deprived me of even a hope of profit If I
eecaped loas It earns solely as a matter of char
ity. ed to say I was not permit ie.1 to repeal
the offer, which waa a disaster.
Weakened by worry and Increasing wounds
as a last hops of provision for the future I mailed
my circular to (0,000 people, declaring my In
tention of earning IS.000 for charity within two
years ths Interest of which would bring me t00
a year for life.
Not one person ever expressed a doubt of
ray honesty and If ll.sOu is not earned this sea
son, failure was the result If lack of strength
and means which compelled me te stack up half
my stuff awaiting relurna for postage, conse
quently I stand to lose half of my working cap
ital, but I have written over 6u0 sdbsorlptions
each month for six months somethlug so other
agent of 4 5.0G0 agents on ths Curtis staff has
ever done
Nay, nay, a task well begun Is worthy of
completion. The full 4,000 subscriptions must be
obtained, this J J, 000 must be earned. 60,000 peo
ple will read this ad; every thirteenth person
read either Post or Journal. Friend, It U a
matter of life or death with me. If a word will
earn this $2,000 don't fall to eay It. Suocese
means fuel and light for life to me. With sin
cere apology, youra In misfortune, John Gordon.
H'ii Houtii 24th St. l'hone Douglas 7.41.
Ths Post and Journal first; but don't forget
that I want you;- entire order, any publication
whatever. I duplicate any printed offer. Write
for complete catalogue and story, Broken
Back."
GORDON, the Magazine Man, OMAHA
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First Prize
Value $2,000
A $2,000 Appersou "Jack Rab
bit' 'louring car. Model Four
Thirty, with five-passenger ca
pacity. It Is a areat car In a
great contest. It baa many speed A
sua roaa records, ana today
ranks among the leading motor cars. For both service and speed this I
a ... A will an ...M.nf nnlflpulon. It la a raft Inv.m.lo. T I.
uui t, ... uno nu aww..wv " -w 4vj , a
fully equipped and Is Just like accompanying Illustration. The famous
Apperson warranty goes with this car. The prize may ba Inspected at
the Apperson's sales rooms. 1102 Farnam Street.
Second Prize
Value $750
Not everybody can play a plane
but everybody would like to. Ths
It-note Kimball playsr-fdano. worth
1760, which Is ths second (rand
prise, will furotatt muslo for you
wbsthsr you play or not. It is s
wonderful Instrument, and will make
some home a hippy place for every
member of the family. Even Oraud
ma can play this instrument. If
sister wants to plsy It without ths
mechanism, she simply has to lift
a Isvar. This playsr Is exhibited at
the A. Hospe store. 1(13 Uouslas fit
TJiird Prize
v Value $100
Tbls prize Is a beautiful lot 'o
A. P. Tukey A Bon's Her addition,
adjucsnt to Han acorn park and Cen
tral boulevard. It Is lot of block
elf-tit, on Thirty-third street, and Is
10x110 feet Tbs street car Uns runs
along Thirty-second avenue. Just a
block from tbs sits of the lot Some
young couple, perhaps. a 111 here
erect a little cottase Id vhlch to
live for years and year a Who ess
tell what lucky paraon will set this
Ideal lotT You may be the one.
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Fourth Prize
Value $280
A ttOO Columbia "Kegent" Orafon
ela and t6v worm or recorda form
the fourth grand prise. Tills excel
lent Instrument la one of the best
manufactured, it la built of finest
mahogany throughout. For any
family this Instrument Is simply s
musical gem. it la aure to Increase
the bliss of any horn. It will draw
th family closer together and form
means of entertainment night after
DlghL This Urafonola Is now ex
hibited at the Columbia Phonograph
Company s agency, UU-U Farnam
Street.
Thirty-Five Cash Prizes
Value $140
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