Inter-Mountain Republican | 1907-02-17 | Page 16

THE INTER-MOUNTAIN REPUBLICAN, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1907. coating <a aos ae : Es u ms aot Ta! ae Kae 'CAL LASTRULIENN LG LLG FROM LT VELINOE seen the may also, which,was wood) ti king Here clock minutes in away. the on? the. night bedroom died vhich, as the creat man breathed te Ast, reverently "stopped » by was | hands. registering: 2 Dick ihe hour they have recorded, from the above reabmost all the. important Washington have eradually gathered together in } the city to which he gave his name in the territory within, a dozen miles f the seat of government. Almost the fonly important relics not to be found Lin the nefghbornaood of Washington's hom old are thé hooks whiich befirst gentieman. of Amer| longed to wea "ah Nearly the whole of the original We hington library is now in the Borton Athenaeum, which institution also owns the Stuart. ‘portraits of George ind ‘Martha ‘Washington painted from if€ in'the year {1795 | The prominent men and. women interested themselves in the J to have the national govern‘herry): | Sante | LTE ADOUAOTED LENIS OF: CENEDAL WASEINOTON ERECTED OF TBE MATT DIF SWASHITIICT OS, D.C LIDECTALLE PUR THAI ih TINS ATOTOS . - ae UNIFODIT WOON BET WAETLLIN GL OL WHETY. COMMA DER LIT: CHIEF. CLLL CUNTLNENTAL AEM If present plans effort will be to. have the appropriate one of the valuable ies funds are for most extant. carried out Siete nieces ate comme oh the and These really rel- invaluable of the Father of His Coun- now in the custody of all most | unt . ae - country are regarded as all but sacred by a large proportion of the American! public. Certainly the care Javished| upon them tN . os ¢ ‘ : sora ~- sy TY, "1 COPE RI COLT IZ a : LITOTOS \GZDSTELAD. AND CHAIDE gee oe aE Sees! 5 = |of Washington now held by Miss' Mary Lee were also on display at -the ‘National. Museum side by side with those their}owned : : as - 5 RIT - re " TAPE = rr CALED BO in SN " CIEE ieILO VLE nes on ee . OKIED DBED. cays 2 ALE RS OA Ee "7 £3LIFBO, DAL% - World. most relics vate of all of the fully y pecially. interesting now that there the t are really military life of General now in and. pri-| Union of the troops or an- Ov the Civil war. invaded Washing- | beautiful home one is BYifter which occupies the| the national Museum | in Washington. found at Mount The third is to Vernon, the home Washington the on Potomac, when Robert Potomac, Vernon Plate, to his new china. and is|household nome other | never lpet. of fa Washington's family history will surmise that these relics represent the inheritance of the other branch of the family from that whose keepsakes have come Miss M Lee. The two children of Martha Washington (adopted. children of General Washington) and their heirs, quite rightfully came into possession most of the personal belongings of the distinguished family at- Mount Ver- non, but all who knew ton's fondness © for of i that . Was presented with mementoes, and it all the best was this she of the eran $12,000 in the year 1878. en the government first acquired these Washington relics posited at the United Pb the they were de- States patent of- year 1883 they were transferred to the National Museum, and there they have reposed ever since. Every, time an international exposition is held in any American city it is one of the ambitions of the management to these trophies secure the 4 special loan of feature, but the relics which are kept in glass cases and closely guarded are accounted much too precious ° to permit of country and thelr display in buildings not fireroof, « Until a very few years ago the relies the the sum of $150,000 in settlement of thereupon relics weré issued instructions that to be It is understood turned that over the to the Miss relics that were restored to the Lees after twoscore years are now stored in a building owned by a member of the family at Alexandria, Va. Miss L was earnestly importuned to allow the relics to remain in the National museum, e they could be viewed by all visitors to that patriotic shrine, ut she declined. So eager were the officials to be allowed to retain them On-the this tableware, Ice used bousehold, most in 5 oeld a0 oO historie of. the which occu- all. emblazoned. with Cus-| AUS | can in General > Washington's "and mention of which has WRARacaNliee in ihe OT CTU ee Then famous}ED bos yen Noor of one there ea mounted ae eal Ae are article half Ineee trout Finally, in a dozen mural of ovaleandel"mic- Mrs. ae collection' possession bought at of the car-} auction granddaughter, yee twist Kennor receiving : gifts from|**™. isi of the | miniatures rlaus irfous the American : leadet }the Washington family. into was grace the spot I the house, the lington died, is of "7, as tenel ocean it finally now Museum years after} |), ees fate by seems is permanent PY | most came]... atest to, in ting,' depository interesting of reminders American, itis of members members probable, indeed the of of Na- for which room muen in of it was ori- ee congratulation which Wash-|/heen* busy erecting the furniture structure of classic that become all the ot the the great granite design that ‘3 to rebel) house the vast collections of this. iinupon| porta it educational institution. Three more wil! be required to finish RE Open Bible which frém lay ; the » open Bib rom waich |thisfaa monster adie sin : w hich will: éost: | Mrs Washington read to him almost} when completededifice, fully $3,500,000, [ecrcra ana ; PULA eahiac dos alalecr aa xi Nee ee ey. }up fo the minut of his death. Igy al-| wil: rani next to the United States ;} most every room ave Chairs or: other | ¢ | whieh hi his claim for the confiscation of the Arlington estate many of the government officials deemed that this payment embodied. a purchase. price for the Washington relics, and under the supposition that they were government property the trophies were transferred to the National museum. The next chapter in the story of the Washington relies brings us to. the administration of » the late President McKinley;.to whom Miss Mary Lee applied for the restoration of the family heirlooms.' Senator Daniels. of Virginia, transmitted the request which the chief executive immediately - referred to the attorney general of the United States. Mr. P. @ 10x, who was at that time at the head of. the department justice, made a. thorrough investigation of the rather complicated situation, ana finally reported tha ® government had never through any et o war. laid proprietary claim to the relics, and th it was clearly within the jurisdiction of the President to release them to PRL Cee er President McKinley esce Kennon's rae eie the Washington crest. She She hay, has numcrea apineton crest, num lthat was used by the greatest lof all times. Here is the hedstend the » o souvenof the 5 All these literally valuable came into the possession of Mrs matter .this. institu| Sinally intended. tion fs shortly to have a new home | In the dining-room ts a handsome | caiculated to enable the effectual laldenodnrl vhich belonged to Wash- safeguarding of- all! such treasures lington, and In the south bedroom of For two years now workmen have he jarticles died of and the furniture i aria Av ane {relics Washington, as his spectacles, -popular interest are already in the| When Arlington was converted into possession of Uncle, Sam, and, as has|® Federal army camp the captured been explained, are on exhibition at|relles were sent to the patent office, the United States National Museum,|@t. Washington, for safe keeping. ; years after where they may be seen by all visitors ;|few the close of the: war 1o the national capital. This collection Irs. Lee petitioned that. the includes that most interesting of Washington relies be returned: to her, and President Johnson, after Washington es-the sultation with his cabinet... ordered camp chest which was used by Washthat this be done, but congress entered ington all through the Revolution: his ® vigorous protest and passed ‘a law|, headquarters tent, used continuously prohibiting the secretary * of" the.: fnwar, from Lexington to terior from allowing the articles to be Yorktown; his baptismal robe and the removed from his. department.. The last chair in which he sat prior to his death, and, finally, the Continental un- matter hung. fire for years, and then when the government by. act. of coniform worn by. General Washington gress paid to the son of General: Lee during the war for independence. came whose SS to i "by It jman the. silver household It prison. ;#@ Strange ‘been. bequeathed: to daughter the 1s a matter of Consratulation.that|in a room in basement the objects that once nged to}/home. suddenly the.abandoned ee atest | Confedérate Washington which are of the greatest erate:¢ chleftain. al ee e PRR PELOTON GER of aL othe AV éapture'<. CI {presidents from I foreign powers the EB. Lee, in time married Robert E, to a considerable extent. made up of|Lee,.who.came to make his home at relics donated or loaned by~ persons een ane ese Ree mine ct residing in various parts of the coun-| the war for e. Union ry. a prized' Washington relics left:founbehind1e, irs gton ring partner: pl: ‘ated piece located. C. "?. ‘city,'is filled with" has the parlors: ds," handsome scarpetis., cy. Washington's writing table which ising! Louwiso XVI. of. France| several autograph letters penned j had efor "General Washington. )) and Mrs. Washington, as Owing to the law which prohibits our }well General as an. unequaled the Arlington, of Gen. be|articles witch had of} him. The only, and Washi OLODLILOUN: FULT. the French other of three general collections. One! Now, the mansionopposite Washington. at Arlington had}. of these is ,of course, the cherished] been built by General Washington's accumulation now in the possession of | adopted sou, George. | Washiretton Miss, Mary Lee by right of descent:| Parke "and after the death of The second collection of rare Wash-| Marthe Custis, Washington, the builder of ingtonia is that owned by the national! Arlington had removed from Mount government and place of honor in oldes life: American. "Tudor" ‘Tudor ae iI onnection with the Lee collection and Ieee OE oye Cee PN possession of table "on "which Watshington au d the sovernment. The Kennon collecfayette" played: whist, "One the aa OE oe aie baw ees includes a cherry-woad jthe main halat Mount.,\ ey rite gee | tea tray,-similar to that owned by Miss the "Key "of, the ren h Bastile, The' federal authorities had .taken possession of the relies soon after the important}outbreak career George included on- i ce GPT Sy Fie Sore Ie petted Sevan ter Ney ere ey Serve eon, + etl ra ae SAS a obec eeibittat: Peis The|reason to hope that the relics may be appreciated app ex- The Washington silver plate is even pees than the china because there was less of it originally, ‘but::Mrs. IXennon has « goodly representation of Jelly fact that this reverential regard was| placed permanently in the safekeeping manifested. from ery. date -of|of the federal government. Just Washington's death is presumably re-| could rightfully claim ownership who to sponsible for the fact that the Wash-|them was for in dispute, and ington relies were never scattered as|Trepeatedly.. put years the. government. offiwere the belongings of ma a hero) cials, ina quandary, ee Whose Worth was ly by posterity. ne the. lhome, home, - and the efforts for outright by the government, preservation have not been equaled in|and these ancestral the case of the reminders of any other representative of the heirlooms to the Lee family is espublic man who the history of the New all ef the of Hol Souveiirs of. note, many Lavere "forme rly owned by | pants of Mount Vernon jt signi- in| ane ‘of famou ere place practically ect Georgetown ficant possessions of the first president "™ * » no doubt, the per-|. sonal possessions-of the savior wf his a Wie mMeton mother's side, of Martha the acquire Miss of the late Genaot en of the Confeder Washington. The p project for the purg chase of these articles so. closely. associated with the life of the hero of the Revolution will, if carried out. bring into the eae ten of our nagovernment jment ene eae: Ps | Ss Country: are opeft ¢ me lee Re ah he tiered eee pr ing ee | tio il, Museum. the xelics ‘now in the posession ,/of Mrs. B ve rly Kennon, gr picersucdeventer a wane een most of Washington Mary Lee, daughter . 5 eral Robert E. Lee, ' * . eo purchase interesting acy, and who is, on her a great-granddaughter tional ema ee REae re| made in the near future United States Congress collections mementoes try are chair which upon|years ipitel as buildings belonged act rsonal| é readingpers }to - p such Che the largest - oe new of our ublic nh glass,! muse ¢ © yo Deere ae ie Isters, Ink stand, sil-lreer trie building world-is 562 ler cnufers cto. oe Sy feet in length eteand inthe 360 feet in width, | ver snuffers, ete. exclusive In the dria, the Vernon, quaint a ! as ‘a@-loan, that when Miss Lee announced her' intention: of selling the , trophies "they even' offered' to allow | her to. conduct the' sale» from he| a ot end she aid consent 0 leave necle, Sam's. show, pa ace) . ah obiects, spina cdl two cendelabrs ee the: elliptical shaped tea table which Was. purchased by General. Washington for use in the President's home in New York when the present metropolis was the seat of government, and which was later*taken to: Mount Vernon, and used there during' the hospitalities that may: purchase Weed os is Be the yy allowed= ane the officials ee to of the; Smithee S exhibit of the sovealled Cincinnatt and Bates:| Hon-tramed lantern which was used to ie 3 ette séts, as well. White ~chinaiand' as { at' as the theold gold-rimmea | of-the French army; but: for all the National museum, is the uge yale in ernon when oe itsafirst Owns Mount r. awrence Washington,,was: master there. The big lantern served a- similar purpose he : ; he P an - is panera seee at mu oe white carthenware ™ eae dition. the Lafayette china was presented to Washington by -the "officers ‘that during .the rPgime ree ee le the. story is a very pretty one it must poms and'; then » it ps atloptar psig lat regretfully © confessed © that history does not bearbe out cast of the tale. ace old-time glowing SouthFor some | Arlington Upon many and beams a seene of the plates' inthis collection erm merrymaking at this famous habithan $100 each has been: offered py) ceramiés, and these ‘col-| taking into. consideration tation. Judging from the articles of Pevsonal adornment which have place |1® this treasure trove the ather of the rarity of) the design rather than | His Country was more' than fond' of the historical' interest that. attaches. sorgeous knee and: shoe buckles. Three The Lee' collection is also especially or four ‘pairs of these gold mounted collectors lectors of were rich in oddly shaped champagne. bejeweled:'ornaments have been an¢ Pana wine glasses and other cut-¢lass, table) handed down to excite the wonder and appointments, for the, collection of) 2amiration of the' present generation. which the former widow Custis appar-| There are some of Washington's army ently ave bra, had two each something vers spects. two haying. bearing) arms as tea tray well that Yet of a fad. looking quaint eeniral holder is a silver tea glass prongs There | tents most candela-| and houses a! for flowers, Then' there a }/réady tray and two Small salt the as is Washington: large unique another ena treasured coat-of- |. any re-| relic is| of the Alexan-|space relics which are in conjunction manor will of to Mount|more-than collection|to house. usu-|ton with'the Here in/ed exhibition projections. aggregate 10 half corresponding largest The meres of this will purposes. The relics have the Place present museum, and that the floor and beWashingdevoted of honor in it'is expect- prominence will IAL indria is the Washington Mason-|be given to"themin the new strucic lodge. where the Father of' His|ture.' It is obviously important that Country presided as worshipful master! the glass cases containing the Washand there is shown to visitors the; ington relics shall be so placed that chair in which ne sat when presiding| they can ever. be under. the watchful at lodge meetings and the apron and| eyes of armed zuards, ane ne treasure chest in which Gencharacterized the latter years of Washeral Washingtonkept his. bonds and | ington's life. Gait lsh Wa other valuable papers. : } The oldest. article in' the Lee colleche relic collection which it is now | tion and one: which Miss. Lee has kindhoped the, government Fa at town nearest supplemental | of Washington jally spoken of those old community is structure - "Inthe. has is, owned Another Unele Sam lows which lame Lee interesting of collection, interesting ‘but the explained, al- these been outright by. the object eampaign govern- to-which has a clear ttle is the was once used to fan the embers in the great bel-! into fireplace collar made at Mount Vernon Nothing, however,| brings ‘the present day spectator ‘lite| to the conditions of Washineton's life during the' most momentous period of s areer é @ olf f » chest | for him by the Nuns of| WALDON: FAWCETT. THE NAVY A BUSINESS PROPOSITION. : : a : bound box,. oe with its and numerous com-| 2° Proposition-tin fact it might, be/encouraged partments dishes Botticas to use their brains and eee termed scientific, and I venture to say|think for themselves One exercise to be seen the pewter dishes and the | there are more good mathematician s | for initiative force and ‘inventive genrather primitive: knives and forks|2#™ong the men than can be found|{ius in the navy today Ys which expert. the commander=In-chicf sizof the |2mony any similar lot of men gathnalling at sea; and itt may also be notcontinental - army used en. his «table a ae all sections of the country, | ed wireless telegiaphy. was first during the "lide Mog = trying days whe lr Phat ehethid her s wag] oS These boys are. pearl A few figures in. reference ? : % Sarees : mo : overWhelming t numbers of a:superiorly : equipped enemy. In the -present. gov- ‘rnment collection aré also a number} of tables, chairs' and mirrors' used fit | the first executive mansions of the. nation, and‘at' Mount Vernon; © which, 1side from. thelr histcric»associations | ae fraught' with : ca ah interest' data are rare: for - aif} all] students of. colonial furniture , The Mount relics which Vernon in-the -now * repose at} very rooms they} put in use in the to target|These are simply. United § the tints practice "might bé of interest ir this; which connection, show the Way the showing - how economical) ee \ ectat: that. a the on ‘ ‘ogressive val | and < Progressi ve avy oe mie wind it blows, i spirit. is' inpotter ite genes PROM. AS, and how much /Culcated and pregnant among the boys Scacticn S, tO. Maintain. this regular {in blue.-From "Forty-se ven Years in i one old tar rémarkarti | the Navy, _ by Admiral Robley TD. "Blowbd> {fae ces in| Fett tm the National. Magazine for SLOWEC a grain of: powder in February. Practice. 1''Serv-| jog. tor does: when' notyJt save comes to. straight | Ul fe ete Pere shootin ; sho a ae the m shoot 5 sounte*e td » "grain pecupied in the days.of General Wath-| ase lessened "in ake ne seat "aC|«o, ARES FOUND. IN TEXAS ington are ston. not;‘of ar course, rete the government, but*in‘so accessibility: ed, owned Cae \far'as DY} jj, | target fats their | This to-the: public is. concern- } means samé@ purpose is. served,| rae almost.the Washington's jtomb fs) teres' fos tae abil home.and pha, aes wedledow practice: ; 7 building put: every JAWBONES jsIS_ regularly "held; | of the Panama. cana}| OF TAPIRS _--. Walter. 8. Koch, af < an impetus to the trading" In-! éllow of the of this country, and if the peo| C°°losical: society: of London, and G, in| Ble could "realize the power of the| B. Richardson of the United States and' certairly,‘the steady | *Metican: flag.on- the high seas, as it | geological survey; in é patriotic .pilerims. Sra 1 me. Mons Bete at AL a ©. PEE modern} E} 1 Paso," Tex: por ouset; at OF -battleship,ee they at would. une bi y oe | ave aineartheds and ‘Inspire thenyat Mount Kderstand > aw 5 wnes of mn tivo' tapirs, » SUppOsed that the : navy-is'° than could possibly: .be the , COSA. ab 's Sinesavesic AS ats proposition: to have : aside DUsiness' from) 74Sthe &) « frit20 existed i fi =9,000 YearsS480, and-an‘ th mansion the elePotomac)! yy; tidal d Ane ha Ato: "on. preservéd spirit. Teal of} phant's: taN= s pnecessity nat ‘taoth al pride-and from of patriotism 2 its 5 ‘carefully. an ¥ ras an animal which to: \ he year, stream of SILeE to interest. VYérnon were atorn tiquities. one of the most interesting now at Mount Vernon) is the : chord which ported from pondpy = Noten of \pricg/ Of $€,000'6 s = > enn he eee 7: 3 wee and oe } PE abely. : Ned 3 about sScovery 12.000 Vvears ae impression, my) bones proves, Eeolowisty aly a oy a"ea <aus areer-te me'to the con-|ereat desert cas ae tapirs ; region w: a 1S 0 nee RO a jungle, live to alas career-tends seneral rounding al out of moval st: anise: -. en at Janka along 4: ina"and. the other river a ihe we r Drag. essentialss of Go : eee o re elephants z : ' would hot have ‘3 manhood. Contrary to the general | beet Theater the ground had DBE an genet harpslipwietion: that a ; Washington.vanrd..|im- General =