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as indicated In letter of the ad-
miraps nearest friend and a pall.
bearer at his funeral. Colonel Black
den. who said:
HIS body was put in leaden
coffin, so that in case the United
States, which he had so essentially
served, should claim his remains,
they might be more easily remov-
ed
Finding that all the Internal or
gans were singularly wellspreserved
the doctors made an autopsy, which
showed distinct proofs of the dis.
ease from which the admiral is
known to have died. The identif-
cation was pronounced complete In
every particular.
Care has: been taken to keep the
body ia its present state of preser-
vatior. II will be placed in a hand
some casket and deposited In the re,
ceiving vault of the American
church, on, the Avenue de Palma
until the ambassador can learn the
opinion of the government concern.
ing the most appropriate. means Of
Transporting it to the United States
and giving "a fitting sep.
ulcher to the body Of the illustrious
sailor whose place of burial had so
Hong remained mystery.
i Washington, April IA. -Ambas.
slsador Po1ter's dispatch announcing
1.-THE finding of the body Of John
Paul Jones reached the state depart
ment today. Its probable that .
Recommendation will be made te
congress at its next session looking
Ito Ambassador Porter's reimburse.
ment.s
4 The remains Of John Paul Jone!
I are to be brought here and to be in
TERED in the national cemetery q
Arlington, and it is likely that th,
4 trans Ter will be made the occasion
of al interesting demonstration
It is probable. that Secretary Nor
ton will send a battle shipto Franc
Ito bring the body home.
) Tom Watson's Magazine: Whel
-IJohn9PauI ToHssoid. broken an,
poor g-lay dying In Paris, our high
. ltonss minister to France, eGouyer
! Eneni Morris, sat feasting with aris
i Itoora company, and that high
tnns Meter failed to mark th
t lgraVesofa d man N ho with Nsfson'
e chances might ve-done even NOR
d than Nelson on the sea.
: His grave was made in an obscur
a churchyard, his resting place neg
t lected and forgotten, covered wit
a accumulated deposits, and built o,
y er with houses.
+ Those who seek the bones al
i sinking holes seventeen feet deep, |
# the search.
+ OF course they will find the bod
g lof Commodore Jones. That is whs
they are hunting for. Therefore
Il they will find it.
i But whether the dust they brin
j. back to America will be that
If our Paul Jones no mortal will evt
Q know.
}. In his diary, Gouverneur Morr
e relates:
|. . IA message from Paul Jones th'
/, he is dying.
IS 'I go thither and make his vii
d = = Send fer notar
is and leave him struggling with h
b enemy"
i. The American minister to Franz
le left Paul Jones struggling wit
e death!
Left him alone, with French n
l. tary, and went away.
d To do what?
s. To 'dine with Lord Cover an
', Lady Sutherland"
J. The American minister kne
b that Paul Jones was dying, for
"a says so.
q. After the dinner with the En-
,r lish Lord and Lady, does the Anne
d ican minister hasten back to Il
n bedside of the fellow countryma
le whom he had LETT struggling Wi
le his enemy?"
Is By no means,
< He goes to the Louvre TO look
re the paintings; and then takes Ia
leyrand's mistress with him
m jones' lodging.
se "But he is dead--NoT YET COLD
h And this is all that Gouverne
h Morris'a diary records of Pa
r, Jones' death, until the indignatit
l. aroused in America by his shoe