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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-10-24
CONCENTR ATES,

y. +. Strange has returned from a
business trip 10 Colorado.
Anthony II. Godbe has returned from
u business trip to New York
), W. Mudd and c. H. Crum, the
Guggenheim experts are in the city
today
Twenty tons of ore Is being hoisted
daily from he shaft of the January
mine at Goldield.
The Rocco Homestake dividend for
November amounting to $4,000 will be
paid on the 18th Of next month
Tomorrow is the date set for the ad-
icurnel meeting Of the stockholders OF
the Utah Copper company
Eighteen inches Of good shipping ore
shows In the vein opened recently In
the Odin property at Park city
Supt Treloar of The Yampa mines at
Bingham has been indlsposed for SOW
eral days lie Is al ST. Marks hospital.
The Montana Tonopah Mining COM
plny's officials are giving the matter
Of erecting q large stamp mill serious
consideration.
Samuel Mcintyre. president Of the
Mammoth company returned yoster-
day from his Nevada ranch and left for
Tintlc last night
pa,lor x < ,1oC,rrict, g. oxroo,o5
To arrive home from the east tomorrow.
William Hatfield has returned from
the Albion mine at Alta,
,,,,too Consolidated ,,ooL ,.h,.h d..
,a,i,,or,', t,,, iiua,o,,, %o, ",u
h, h,n,, ,.Eit, '''ti,a ~, ,ho postnr
Hii,,, mg' mn d, 'o ~ -" tue noS'o"
rs. y,,.,o-, p..,e. ,.......,. 800.
~ 49,, .,' '''0 - ,o'l' i."' w
r'm5 ~ 49, La. ,I ~, i'''' u'S,'cs
",' " 7'O"P WI
'''''' ~ ''' '''P''''
The ore and bullion settlements re-
ported late yesterday by Mccormick &
Go. were as follows crude ore and
concentrate S3l 500, base bullion t30.
0V'
4 special meeting Of the shareholders
of the Wabash Mining company has
been called for the 80th inst, To make
some changes IN Inc articles of lncor-
poration OF the company. and 10 choose
"a new board of directors.
,,, w.. ra
ihe yum NINE "i tisn springs mar
hGteu cay Ioau OF ore Yesterday
Whlcn Drought Ho,-vu net SUBJ. Crlsmon
mas ADVISED local oiuGals OF the open
ing OF shool OF hllNer ore carrying
values up to 100 ounces IN silver
Oyercrowded with ora and ,yorkI,g
%. bours ant AZ nvory "a and nm ,,rntIS
10 keep up with the supply the Comm.
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MORE snEBA TROUBLE.
Michigan Shareholders sued for libel hy
Former officials OF Company,

Several Michigan stockholders i'm the
Shcha Gold a silver Mining company
OF Nevada, viii have an opportunity 90
defend themselves iu two libel suits.
which were filed in the district court
yesterday afternoon Tho plaintiff Bon
one action is George ". Morgan, for
lner president ana director ut the COM
pauy, In the other U b. rlawsou for
lucr vice president and director is the
complainant, Each want $4,000 The
defendants are VI. g.. VAN Orien. James
4. Edwards, George Slockrtt, VIII n.
smith. H. h. Van Ordcn Nols Rurk-
man. H. d. Dubr. Thomas Fasco. 49, W.
Hart, n, j. Nlyiau NJ. j. Carroll and
y, f.. Jackson
The action rs based upou 20 circular.
alleged 60 have been issued hy the ac-
Pendants on April 20. 1906. regarding
the manner in which the affairs OF the
company had been administered by the
plaintiffs and others. This circular. 70
s. alleged, accused the plJut.ds and
others NJ acknowledgement diversion of
funds. and misstateWcnt of facts, there
by meaning, imputiup and intending to
convey ana Doe understood by those who
would see and read said circular that
the plaintiffs had been dcreiCt in their
duty Also that plaintiffs had dishou-
o4tly misarpliud the funds of the cor
poratiun, raised by assessment.
MIR Clawson alleges that the publ
cation was false and defamatory and
that many people have been led 90 be-
licyc that he was a dishonest man and
guilty ot dishonest practses. In cOn-
clus,0n Doe alleges that his feelings have
been greatly injured and that he bias
suffered and stll suffers. great mental
distress tD his damage In the ann lf
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At 0peniSg Buying Orders Soon
0ysrcame Hesitancy, Putting
General List on Firm Basis
SELLING or ROCK ISLAND.
Effect Was Unlav0rable and There Was
A tightening OF Loads All
Around

New York Oct ol-Ononi,s ,ricos ,yerc
49,, "''e 49, -.
pu' NIUE aHected by the depression III
London ami gains We're mixed with the
prevailing losses General Electric rose
n,I,,.,r. o tt,,5,,-,, NJ ,,,.,i,,,, n.
~ Nv" "''N liuu'"u - NuHauu" a.
enc toi point dnd Amalgamated Cop
per =.
u,,,,iro o,1,rs Co.. .,,,,,, or,,,,,,,s aor,.
JUS ''"0'' Ao' 'ON'" ""''"''~ Nv"
ed mo the market overcoming the early
hesitancy and putting the general list on
a firm basis Record prices for some of
the nigh priced coaleis ana a keen de-
mand Tor some of Inc better industrials
were I'm evidence. None OF the western
stocks were much affected 6y the demand,
aside from St PAUL, which rose nearly "A
point above Yesterdays closing. Delaware
a Hudson moved M "a, American Ok.
press ana Northwestern. Central Rail.
road of New Jersey Reading. the Toledo
q st. Louis Southwestern stocks Smelt.
Ing, Pressed steel car. Gcaeral Electr c
aud AlIs-Chalmers socks To Ia. Hook.
Ing Coal L. s. Reduction and refining
and Sugar Welded [. hut the last name
recovered pront taiklng STONED the rise
and the market became heavy and dull al
N O'clock
Prices sagged back to the lowest and
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lOHN~ON WINS.
Decrscd an Interest In Valuable Proper
erty on ! add Mountain

Judge Breen Of the Third judicial dis
trlot court no VOuOpah has rendered a.
decision in the suit filed sometime ago
In which !. otis johnson rs plaintiff
and Ladd, Benson clark et al, are de-
PENDANTS. Involving valuable prop
critics I'm the Bulluog district. The de-
cision of Judge Brcen was In favor Of
the plaintiff,
Il viii bee remembered that Johnson
and l1dj prosUcc.ed all last summer
1900 together and when they reached
the Davis ranch, near Beatty, Mrs. Dg-
ST. informed them OF the new strike at
BuilfrOg, with them We're Otis Kendall
and u. Benson. The original contract
which has been published was between
n 49, clark. Heh Kendall, George W
I1id and j. Otis johnson. ana under
this contract h ls alleged they were
working and stalking claims At the
Davis ranch h becamp % question as 20
who should go into The new strike and
who should bring q sick horse 20 Gold.
Un'i. II was decided that Ladd and
Benson should go into the strike and
OI- Kendall and j. Otis Johnson should
come north to Goldheld Iadd ana Ben.
sm went bon and located SO claims In
what is now the heart OF Bullfrog.
thought DO be worth az least 81 600, 600
today. ON the location notices they
placed their names and that of II. II.
clark, umi. ting the names of Deb Ken.
DAN and j. otis Johnson.
johnson is suing for a one-thIrd in.
terest iu the GO claims. to which inter-
est he claims he rs entitled under the
original contract These claims have
been decided and rcdccded many times
f0 various individuals. the legal trail
being sInuOus and some time cvaslye,
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Judge l. O. Ray One Of the Prin-
cipal Owners, is Now a Visitor
Ia Salt Lake
TRAMP AND ECLIPSE GROUP.
Bonded for Like SUN -- Mr. RAYS
Family viii Stay II This City
DuriAg Wiu,cr

Judge l.. o. Ray one Of Neyadas
prominent mining men and the founder
of the Ray mining district not far
from Tonopah. is an the city.
The members Of his family accom-
panied him and viii remain in Salt
Lake during the winter.
Judge Ray has been extensively in
terested In the Rhyolte district for
some time ana recently himself and
partner closed "a cash deal for the Den.
Yer group ~ that camp, pocketmg I'M
the transaction. 100000
Two other groups, the Tramp and
Eclipse. ON Bonanza mountain, In
which be- is extensively interested, have
also been bonded for 100000
The Judge says the whole Of south.
western Nevada is enjoying unprece-
deuted prosperity and that II Is sure TO
continue throughout the tall and vim
TOR
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CRIPPLE CREEK DRAINAGE.
Tunnel likely 10 be Kun at an Expense
or over 100000.

The efforts being put forth by the
Milne owners association of cripple
Creek Go build a big drainage tunnel for
that camp and which viii unwater
the mines of the district to depth OF
8 600 feet seems likely Of reaching sue
cassful contamination
David w BruutOn, the engineer en-
ployed by the association has sub
mittcd an exhaustive report in which
he advised that the adit should be driv-
en- cIom below Window Rock in the
eastern part of the camp.
II Is estimated hat tho driving Of
the tIuuel would require LIZA days, or
three ana one-ffth years. The porte.
elevation would be 1900 feet; depth
ho,ow Cripple Creek tunnel 1890 feet;
distance TO III Paso shaft l7,22o feet,
distance TO main water channel tS,20s
feet distance from portal to tunnel
shaft 70 600 feet depth of tunnel shaft
|, lao feet. cost $4,000 depth gained.
1850 feet, coat per vertical foot OF depth
drained S46S
The problem Of drainage in the Grip
pie Greek district has given the Grip
pie Creek Mine owners association.
considerable trouble In the past
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Tiutic Stocks Active During Both
The Regular and Open
Board Calls.
CON. MERCUR CLOSED FIRM.
Ontario offered at SI3s FOsnd Buyer
The Closing Quotations
And Sales.

on the floor Of the mining exchange
during the forenoon a total Of GG2j
shares we're transferred for which wus
paid 1886
During the regular call, Ajax, Corisa
Mammoth, May Day. silver Shield and
Beck Tunnel were the active ones, the
latter going at 1917 cents. Mammoth
sold at 81 and Sl,0l,
on the open board Columbus CONSOLE
dated started off with 300 shares going
at $3.50, followed by another loo-share
lot Of SEAS Ontario, offered at SL2J
was taken. Consolidated Mercur closed
nrm with 5Gia cents bid For Utah 80
cents was bid, the stock being offered
Of j1i2 cents.
The CLOSING quotations and sales We're
as follows,
TOnAytc nTrOT, ATInNa
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NEW YORK PRODUCE.

New York. oct 2L--Sugar, raw quiet
Fun refining 9 l5-l6, centrifugal &c test
&g-l6, moasscs sugar. Lille.
Refined Crushed, $40, powdered, $50,
pranulatrd. 10.
quiet No. Z Rio 81
Butt"r- Firm, unchanged
thecsr-Firm state full cream large and
small coiorcd and white fancy, lgAi do.
fair 10 choice l2dl2ig,
Eggs-Firm, unchanged
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-10-24
UTAH con. SHELTER.
No Increase in capacity TO be Made In
Near future.

The rumor has been persistent for
several weeks TO the effect that the
Utah Consolidated company Is plan
ming 10 increase the capacity Of its
fmeler near Murray to handle 1900
tons OF ore per day.
The News is IN possession of In
formation from New York to the effect
that the report Is entirely premature
although there Is not the slightest
doubt but that the management could
keep % plant much larger than the eX-
listing one supplied with ore from the
big Bingham mine.
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BELLE PHOTO SUPPLY, co.
Developing Finishing. 81 e, Third So
Inform ton Wanted wiidi.on.

w. Christensen, n missionary at
Boise. desires Information concerning
Jas. G. Widdlson who has been labor
ing for sometime past I'm the North
western states. Anyone having his ad-
dress will confer "A favor by notifying
W. Christensen, Boise, Idaho, or the
Dcseret News.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-10-24
DrsrREr EVENING NEWS TUESDAY OCTOBER "a

capitalized at 100000, divided into
shares OF the par value of 81 each. j,
r. Williams is president; John VIII
Hams, vice president; Elijah Farr, Sec
rotary and treasurer The company
owns six claims near Clifton, oneida
county Idaho
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-10-24

the general public 90 his damage IN
the same amount,
Several of the defendants '~cre iu the
city last week and We're served with
summons preparatory to the fling Of
the case.
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VIII Operate in idaho.

The Ogden-Clifton Gold Mining conn
rany Of ogden filed a copy Of its ar
tcles of incorporation with the secre-
lary Of state today The company Ia
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-10-24
REGULAR CALL SALES.

Ajax, 500 at 1874,
Carlsa, 500 at l12. 800 at l7la 80.
Mammoth, 300 at 100 s q, 200 at l0l
50.
May Day, 500 40 "a
silver shield, 500 at 10ig
Uncle Sam, 300 at 3ia, 200 az g.
OPEN BOARD SALES,
Beck Tunnel, 800 al 1879.
Ajax. 500 at 1875 s 60. 500 at rs.
con. Mercur 20 at 5j
Carisa, 500 at IL,
Columbus Con- 500 at $50, 100 at 2.4j.
Ontario, 100 az LIS.
star Con. 500 at l4ia.
REHABILITATION.
Shares Amt
Regular call ......,,....AO0D N1&gSf
open board ...,.,. ..,.2,62j l,6J6l2
$685. S2.S3GOl
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GOES TO srAEI. Trust.
A Place Provided fer Walter Fitch who
LsnNss L. ). COMPANY.

A Boston dispatch says Walter Fitch,
who recently rendered his resignation
as manager Of the United States Min
ms and Smelling companies, win 90
to the United States Steel corpora don
iu am important capacity.
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LIVERPOOL, GRAIN.

Liverpool. oct 2i-Close .Wheat--Dcc.
g. llitd, March, Gs. llMd.
Weather I'm England today was over
cast.
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UNITED STATS REPORT.
President Evans and Managing Director
Holden Tell OF Conditions.

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odicars of ~ fr.t.as g,l,' nv ''r
cnrur9pv reenho th' i ''.'i,,'5
orrernonn's NH p,,liii,,,' I,,,,,.. ''' H.,
nls eybjblt say". ''''''' ''
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f,, a., Ie ',,'.7' WI E.eI 'y",p",,a,,,y,'
~ limo az 'a 'I',I S ~ ~, H. l'O,,
fo, t0n 20 ,,,,,,t., ~. I,'3''t,, ga, "' .l
Iuur an ,60T - 81 400 o.2- rig , W.
earning Sur,,e p,1 'Ii'-',,' 90 ,'D iV
we're .ffsotoJ he a." 3i,, ", 's w., w.
blowing eng,r', and ,'''.,,o u ~, Wv
rao,s ip.iIa,,t 49, '''.t .'Dt
},a I.S,t ~, ~ 'I,llGlei.'.''7 Il,,,'e
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-10-24

James A. Pollock & co. brokers, re-
ported the following quotations from
sam Francisco today.
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LIVE SrOCK

Chicago, oct, 24-Cattle--Receipts H.
900, market slow Beevee 3,don6.23;
stockers ana feeders, 2l0a4 30; cows and
heifcrs, ll5ni 70; Texas fed steers 3.4)4
$50: western steers, 325H4.So
Hogs-ReCcipts today 1900; tomouoW,
$4,000, market good, strong Others weak,
Mixed and butchers, 1850 52i2, good %
choice heavy. 5.2jdj. j2ia; rough heavy
4.7jd495; lights, 5,Wui. 49, pigs, iNa5. 80 :;
bulk OF sales 5.05UJ.ij.
Sheep-ReCrlpts 5000; market strong
Sheep. l,Qoq5 20; lambs, j.SpdIij.
OMAHA.
South Omaha, oct 2l--Cattle-Receipts
10000: market steady. Native -teels, t,Q
1850. COWS and hefcrs. 2.i5u4, i0 vest
eru steers 3.0O04Si. Texas steers, ZOO
800. COWS ana heifcrs, 2.0Qd3.D. Gamers,
scopes; stockors ana feeders, 2.ird i.o;
calves, 2jQp5i5, bulls, stays etc. l'1"
$50
Hogs-Recelpts G.00o; market slow to 5
cents lower. Heavy j.0Ouj.l5; mixed 90
oslo; lights, 5.O0d5O, pigs, i,5O4oO;
bulk OF sales, 5.QOd0l5.
Sheep--Recelpts, 1900; market steady.
Westerns j.5OaGO0; wethers. j.2jd5.i
ewes, l,2jaJ.l0 lambs, ioJq7J
KANSAS CITY
Kansas city, oct 2l.-Cattle--Receipts
10000: market steady TO weak. Native
steers, i.0l0i 30: native COWS and heifcrs.
1I5d4 Is; stockers and feeders. 2.O2f.2l,
bulls. O0Q3,0o calves 2.j016. 70, western
steers. 2.15d4.5Oi western cows g.0Oq5,2 ..
shade lower Bulk Of sales l.l0a5 10.
heavy, i.l00j.2o; packers, jloq5liisi piss
and lights, i.ljd5.lj.
Shccp-Receipts, 5000 market strong.
Mutt0ns, A.25d6.O0, lambs j.15nL 1O range
wethcrg 4 50a6.oO, fed ewes, 3.i5Ul.75.
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stock Broker
Tel Bell 792. 16l S, Main ST
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MINERS
EXCURSION RATES.

HoI For the MininE Uentcr OF The
West via "rhe Salt Lake Route"
Commencing October LIST, daily ex-
curslons will be run from Salt Lake
to Nevada's great mineral belt at fol-
lowing rites.
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A. s. CAMPBELL,
j. oRERNpoRFER

StoeE Broker, 2I' y. r. wAIksr sloek
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Final Limit 30 days from date OF
ale
city Ticket ONCE. II W 2nd South.
J. T. MOORE,
-...-...s .-........,.,.. Dist, Pass. AgL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-15

poor seamanShip OF Hopkins. A court
| of inquiry was held, and IL was deter
| mined that If Jones suggestions had
been carried out the Glasgow could
have been captured or sunk. Hopkins
felt disgraced aud became bitter en-
envy OF his subordinate.
Shortly after this Jones was made
captain Of the Providence. carrying
twelve guns. He cruised about. cap
turing many Merchantmen, and finally,
when of Nova Scotia, he fell III with
the Milford, huge British frigate,
which was disguised as trading ship.
Jones bore down on il until he was
within pistol shot of the vessel. He
then discovered his error and by mag
nificent seamanship succeeded in es-
Gaping without q scratch.
After serious trouble with the Jealous
Hopkins. Jones was finally given COM
mand OF the Ranger, eighteen guns.
He took nu1her of prizes and finally
put into q French port. At Paris he
met the American commissioners, Silas
Dean. Benjamin Franklin and Arthur
Lee. and they secured him an audience
at the French court. By request he aid
cd i'll planning the operations of
d Estaings fleet, which was shortly TO
leave for America.
The heroic lighting career of Jones
was just about to begin, though with
the fame that he won in the next few
months came the undying hatred of all
the people OF his native country. Brit
ish privateers had ravaged the Ameri-
can coast, had seized American mer-
chandise and had burned some Ameri-
can towns Jones believed in making
reprisals, and he spread terror and
alarm along the Irish, Welsh and Eng
lish coasts.
He chose. however, as the place of di-
rect attack White Haven, where he had
lived as a boy and a youth, and the
masts Of whose shipping were in sight
OF his birthplace. He contemplated
burning all the vessels at the place and
loOting the town. David Freeman, de-
serter from Jones ship. spread the
alarm among the inhabitants of the
town. Wallingford. one of Jones lieu
tenants. was slow in carrying out
some of his instructions, and the ex-
petition accomplished nothing of mo-
ment.
Iho INaASei hhu III SOOheI put Jul
from the SOlway than it ran across the
British man-of-war Drake. The Drake
was by far the heavier armed and man
ned and a better equipped vessel than
the Ranger. Jones, however, gave bat
tie at once, and after a bloody fight he
took the British vessel and hauled
down its colOrs.
In 1779 Jones was. put in command
OF the Bonhomme Richard, a decayed
India merchantmen which had been
transformed into a ship of war. 1t had
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-15

N4hOANAh hOnh VI JUN Il SO-NH@os
majority and came into possession of
the Virginia plantation. About that time
he happened 10 he on vessel whose
captain and mate both died on the
same voyage. and he was put in com
mand by his fellow sailors and took the
ship and a valuable cargo safely into
port. For this service the owners Of the
vessel made him captain and super
cargo. He spent the following nine
years in the merchant service.
Jones was next heard of living in
penury near Fredericks burg. Va. The
Revolution came on. At the time OF
the battles at Lexington and Concord
the colonies did not have a single YES
sci aflOat There was no material for
a navy save some good sailors The
future American admiral walked to
Philadelphia IN the autumn of 1915
and appeared before the marine com
mittee appointed by congress to make
some provisions for a navy. He was
given n commission as first lieutenant
Of the Alfred, a merchantmen which
had been made over into a man-of-
war and placed under the command
OF Commodore Hopkins. To the mast
head OF this vessel Jones with his own
hands hoisted the first ensign ever
shown on an American man-of-war
1t was the famed rattlesnake flag,
with the motto Don't Tread on Me"
BY q remarkable coincidence some
time later, on the Ranger, Jones dis
played at the peak the first bit OF
stars and stripes bunting ever flung to
the breeze by an Americas man-of-war
No man Of that time promoted the
interests OF the navy with such signal
success. but his own personal interests
were overlooked or ignored. When the
five naval captains were appointed Ia
December. 1TI5, Jones name was not
on the list. The influence of John Ad-
ans was paramount. and all the cap
tains except Nicholas Biddle. the great
est OF them all. were taken from New
England. Speaking of them afterward.
Jones said: -Four OF them were re-
spectacle shippers, and they all out
lived the war. One OF them was the
kind OF naval captain that the god of
battles makes" Jones was put at the
head Of the list OF lieutenants. and he
had the modification OF seeing the
command Of the Alfred, which he him
self had transformed into war yes
sell conferred upon another.
John Paul Jones physically was not
a heroic looking figure. He was five
feet seven inches tall and slender, but
in his fighting qualities his ounces
counted like other mems pounds. His
face was grave and thoughtful. and
his eyes were as sharp as his cutlass.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-15

GENERAL HORACE PORTER, WHO DISCOv.
Erred THE HERDS BODY.
been refitted by the French government
and was originally called the Duras,
but Jones did not fancy that name and
changed 1t to the BonhOmme Richard.
In August of that year ne sailed with a
squadron of five vessels-three Ameri-
can and two French-for the coast of
Scotland. OF Marlborough he fell in
with a fleet Of forty-one merchantmen
returning from the Baltic sea conveyed
by two powerful men of war. the Sc
rapis and the Countess of Scarborough.
Watching his opportunity TO attack one
OF the vessels separately, he finally en-
gagged with the Scraps, and after three
bours of desperate firing at close range,
part Of the time with the two ships
dashed together, he boarded the Brit
Usher and fought her to a surrender
Upon Jones arrival in Paris he was ac-
corded great distinction, Louis XVI
presenting him with a gold handled
sword and decorating him with the Gus
tOmary orders. Congress also did ev-
erything II could to show its gratitude.
Jones was essentially n sailer of for
Il x,
where he was made an admiral In the
Russian navy. On his way thither he
stopped long enough in Denmark to
fiirt with the princess royal, who fell
violently in love with him. Thirty
English officers In the service of Rus
STA threatened to resign If the pirate"
were commissioned. Catherine said,
You'll have to double your number to
make the loss equal to gain" They
stayed in the service. After winning
hOnOrs for Russia Admiral Jones was
practically forced out by the jealousy
Of Prince Potemkin and went to Paris
There he was alternately grave and
gay. He could have married into the
houses OF any OF the nobility. but the
memory OF a Scotch girl. Alice Duns-
combe. was in his heart, and there Il
stayed TO the exclusion Of all other
loves until the day Of his death, July
Is, 1892, at the age OF forty-five.
Jones was a hero, but he was far
more than hero. He possessed an or
ganiZing mind and a fertility of re-
source which no difficulties could ex-
haust- He was compelled to create the
opportunity which he had for serving
his country. He also possessed the quail
tiles OF a great naval commander.
Napoleon said that IL he had lived
France might have bad an admiral"
and he lamented that Jones could not
have been matched somewhere against
Nelson with fairly equal force"