Show wonderful preservation of remains of paul jones new york july 14 general horace porter retiring ambassador to france who has arrived here after an absence of eight years abroad discussing the finding of the body of john paul jones as the result of a search lasting six years said at last the excavations brought to light five leaden coffins four had plates identifying the bodies within and the fifth of far better construction had none by the process of elimination we decided it must contain the body of the distinguished naval hero when in the presence of anthropologists and surgeons of note the coffin was opened words cannot express our surprise at the remarkable state of preservation the body was found in clothed in a winding sheet of linen the arrangement of the coffin tallied exactly with the historical docu m ants that told of the careful preparation to body to the united states as was the first idea there was tin toil over the hands and face and the interior of the coffin was filled with hay and straw that the body could not roll in the long and necessarily rough voyage at that time in a sailing vessel together with the documents we had the boudon bust with which to compare the head and so carefully was this done by the examining savanis savants that a mole on the left ear was discovered by one and upon examining the bust the same physical mark was found in all the measurements there was not a variance ot two millimetres milli metres that is seventy eight thousandths of an inch A remarkable autopsy was made by the eminent dr captain of paris think of an autopsy being performed on the body of a man who died years before we know that john paul jones had an attack of bronchial pneumonia in russia a year before he died in france the autopsy showed tho presence of the disease in the left lung which the french physicians long before had recorded as out of service the autopsy ber showed as history stated the john paul jones died of chronic nephritis and plainly showed the condition of the patient before his death the naval hero was somewhat of a dandy you know and on the body was a fine linen shirt the bosom of which was laid with ruffles and plaits his clothing bore the initial J general porter will be for some time the guest of his son clarence in this city COUPLE SEPARATED boy and girl were too young to marry kalamazoo mich amy 14 delbert preston 15 years old has been torn from the arms of his girl bride formerly pearl catherman by under sheriff mcelroy and lodged la the county jail on the charge of perjuring himself by giving a false ago when se curing the license preston and miss catherman the latter but 17 appeared before county clerk vosburg and said their ages were 19 each he gave them a license J D nye an uncle of the youth saw the license in a paper and notified the sheriff the circuit court will be asked to annual the marriage but the young couple declare they will be married again when the boy Is old enough BOMB FACTORY SEIZED st petersburg july 13 the bomb factory seized at tiflis caucasia Cau casia la considered an important haul it is said that in addition to furnish bombs a large quantity of dynamite nitro gly cen ne and other explosives thirteen persons belonging to the local revolutionary committee were captured A chemist who waa implicated committed suicide NO RELIGIOUS discussion detroit mien july 13 the international longshoremen marine and transport workers association now in annual session here today adopted resolutions prohibiting religious and political discussions in the local meetings and pledging the convention to means within its power to every uso prevent encroachment by the unton or the american federation of labor upon organizations affiliated with the longshoremen GEN WOOD OPERATED UPON july 14 reports from po boston that major general cassat cape cod say leonard wood has just under tho delicate surgical operation gone to remove a bony of hla head the operation growth on entirely successful and said was Is it the general i making rapid progress toward details recovery have yet been received no was made necessary by the operation several years ago when major a mishap wood received a severe general accident A bead by the on blow developed but surgeons were swelling determine that it was not soon able to growth and not in the of cancerous permanent any least likely to have effects it Is said have come inquiries many washington since the operation in from of which there has been all to answer that everything the returned satisfactorily was progressing I 1 |