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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-18
Andrew Jackson's Tomb.

But let us go together and look upon
t.e SPOT wnere these two lovers now lie.
We pass out through the oid-fashioneI
garden Of the Hermitage. which. with
It's hower-heds. surrounded boy their little
brick walls. is kept to-day just as II was
when Jackson lived. and az the back OF
Il, shaded by great magnolia trees. we
md the tomb Il is q little temple.
ending IN dome. below which stands
a pyramidL monument on one side Of
this monument under slab lie Inc 70
mains of Andrew Jackson. and on the
other. under q similar slab those Of his
wife. The grave Of the great President
has an Inscription of but three Inns.
They are:
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kooards was said to have obtained a d.
vorce. There was a great scandal con-
nected with the affair But Jackson
again married her when the divorce was
actually gotten. and he lived forty happy
years with her before she died During
MS HE he was so devoted to her and her
memory that he was said 20 have a pistol
always ready FOR any who dared speak
sientngiy or her. and those who did 80
We're only forgiven by him when he came
10 die
Tier spirit seems to have been espe-
cially close to him in his latta- -
and long before he died he gave directions
That be Be buIled hv her side
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81 JAMEs ROYLE.

NofIolk. y dA. November IT,
," o preserve the truth Of history.
as well from the whitening in
huenCe Of oblivion as from the
n more ins.dious neglect which
fails TO locate the responsible
and incred!table agents OF praiseworthy
enterprises IS a function than which none
IN the vast range of mortal pursuit can
DE higher. Cities of ancient time have
been buried by the slow but certain ao-
cumulations Of the waste cast or by pro-
sress. and TO unearth these antique places
where art and industry aourished be-
comes an absorbing occupation to the
Archaeological In similar ways many truths
or history become forgotten. Failure to
hold them at a proper estimate of value
results In their disappearance from the
thoughts Of men. and IN their gradual
extinction from memory
Ii is ono Of the accomplishments Of the
Press Department connected with che
jamestown Ter-CentenniaI Expos,tion
that il has delved beneath the surface
which forgetfuness spread over MANY
facts relating to the foundations Of o,lr
country and its Institutions, and has
placed them in the forefront Of tbeir DE-
serving. The subject under present con
sderation is one belonging to that cate
CORY Patrick Henry, the fervent pa-
triot brilliant advocate and eloquent ora
tor. the man whose convictions OF right
and courage in its assertion the formid-
able power Of Britain could not quail. Is
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-18
The Ladies Hermitage Associa-

In closing this letter I wish to conpli-
ment the ladies' Hermitage Association.
which now owns and cares for the home
and tomb of President Jackson The old
farm was long since cut up into small
holdings. Five hundred acres Of II were
sold by Andrew Jackson. Jr., about eleven
yefrs 7ftnr Jacksou's death to the state
or Tennessee for the sum OF $4,000. and
that State had intended Offering this tract
10 the United States Government for n
branch OF the West Point Academy Then
The civil War came on. and for years
nothing was done. In 1859 the Ladies'
Hermitage Association was organized and
at that time the Legislature Of Tennessee
gave the house. the tomb and all the
outhouses, with twenty FIVE acres sur
rounding them. TO IT, This association
has collected a great part OF this furni-
ture and relics OF Andrew Jackson. and
1t Is gathering more OF them from time
10 time. as its money permits. 1t keeps
the various establishments I'm the same
order in which they were when Jackson
died, having coretakers there who are
GLAD 70 show the buildings TO such visi-
tors as may come.-tC Copyright. 1906 by
Frank G. Carpenter)
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BY Frank G. Carpenter.

NAh-F.i~. Tenn.
HAFL i-st returned from o. v.sit %
gao Hermitage the home % Andrew
jackson. u lee witat. twelve miles
81 Nashville and the road 20 70 IL -re
Fuwc ove- which Ola Hickory PASSED ~
lia coach OF on t.~aet.a., -. 3D.. -
g. ana --o-, .oye- H.. -.
r1itr., and fhe -o~- 49, ~ 800
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-18
General Andrew Jackson.
Born March Is. 1867,
Died June s. 1876.

'----s &c --.-..-----.--.
Only about a dozen words in all. thev
are enough. for Jacksous life Is his
greatest monument
Upon the other slab Is the inscription
which this man wrote and had engraved
before he died. IL is worth the reading
OF every wife and every husband OF to-
day. 1 give IL verbatim:
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Here lie the remains or Mrs.
r.. I'D Jackson. wife OF Pies
. ident Jackson. who died the
2ea of December. ls2S. aged
sixty-one years. Her face was
! fair. her person pleasing. her
temper amlable. her heat kind;
She delighted in relieving the
wants OF her fellOw-creatures
and cultivated that divine
, pleasure by the most liberal
and unpretending methods. TO
the poor she was a beuefactOr,
: 70 the rich an example; 10. the
wretched "A comforter. 20 the
prosperous an ornament. her
! piety went hand In hand with
her 0ereV0lence. u d e,
J thanked her Creator for being
permitted 90 DO good. 4 being
So gentle and so virtuous SLAM
der might wound. but could not
dishonor. even Death. when he
. bore her from the arms OK
! her husband. could but trans
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-18
Where Old Hickory First Kept
House.

President Jackson bought this property
along about the time that Thomas Jeffer-
son first took his seat as President Of the
United States. IL was at the beginning
OF the century. and the house which he
first built upon Il, away back in 1904. is
Etll standing. il is a one-story and attic
log cabin. with a red brick chimney at
the end and "a roof Of rough shingles. 1t
was there that Jackson lived when Aaron
Burr visited him in 1903; there was his
home when he fought the battle Of New
Orleans IN 1915, and there he and his
wife spent some OF the happiest years az
their lives. ] walked from the barn to
the old homestead over a field carpeted
With white clover. 50 thick that my feet
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[8L- The HERMITRGE IN 1906

sank into = % the ankles. and as az
- look 81 the great spring by the wav
ltls spring is not FAR from the cabin
S-it'-uae1 by shelving rocks g. les IN
niue hollow. shaded by trees The
poo - 50 Ok tL-t a. elephant could
~.-7 ~ ~ without touching the sides.
ana a stream flows from H. I stooned
over and sco0Ded 40 some water IN NY
-aI- and drank f. Just &c venture ola
-ilcHory dl1 many time when tie last
century was young Il was delicious.
d PC Wator IS as colo as ice as clea~ ss
crystal and sweet as tie streams ~
t-e Swiss mountains
Andrew Jackson's Christianity.
Before describe the Hermitage p-oper
~ which mean the great house which
jackson built while he was President.
ago in Wnicn be died. ! want 20 tell YOU
about the little brick church that Mrs
JACKSON put Up While she was living in
the OLD log cabin u stiu stands and
services We're held IN Il this SUNDAY morn
ms arrived 90 the chuch sonic time
before Tie preacher came and walked
Through u with ar. Harlan. one OF the
members Il is a little red brick struc-
tAfe' about thirty feet wide and forty
ieet long situated ln "a beautiful grove
mile from the Hermitage buildings
ne pulpit is nj one end. with box pews
racing IT, Zach pew has its own door
and mat in which Old Hickory sat IS sit
rated In the very centre OF the church.
with window beside H. The door stil
bears his name plate. 81 strip Of silver.
upon which the letters Andrew Jac;. on
are rudely scratched
While ! was 80 the church the worship
crs began 20 come. and among them
Mrs. Rachel Jackson Lawrence. the
daughter Of Andrew Jackson Jr. who
was. you know. the adopted son os the
President Rachel Jackson was. think.
born in the White House when Jackson
was President. and I have heard how ne
trundled her IN baby carriage I'D and
down the East Room. Much % her child
hood was spent IN the White House. and
she lived with her parents at the Hermit
taee during President Jacks0n's last wears
and after his death. ! wish you could
know her. She s. q beautiful woman with
hair OF silky gray. a sweet voice and a
gentle manner She talks most interest
inely. and the few words 7 had with her
VIII always form n striking feature in my
memories of the Hermitage. AS we stood
go the church beside Jackson's pew 1
asked her as TO her grandfather's Chris
tlanity. She replied.
There is no doubt but that General
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Inside Iackson's Home.

Enterne the Hermitage one is IN a
hall so large that a wagon load OF hay
could be driven through IL without touch
ing the sides. Az The light against the
wall stands beautiful old mahogany
sofa. and at the left q mahogany hat tree
the hooks Of which are great spike OF
brass. The hall IS decorated with wall
paDer which YVES ordered by General
Jackson from Paris when no was Presi-
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address. which Re made at Harvard COL
ieSe, be "ns given the degree Of doctor
0f laws"
II suppose the Hermitage was full CT
visitors during those latter years."
Yes. We Gwnys kept oran house
Every one who came was entertained. and
u seemed g. me at times Gs though every
one came. We were FAR from town. and
visitors sometimes stayed Tor DAYS
many OF or guests We're dis-inguished
people. and many We're not. but ali were
mace welcome. Many came 70 ask as
Astance. and some had requests OF the
most exfruvagant nature remember
one family FOR instance. who brought
win them son who's had displayed
some mec hanical ingenuity and 20 whom
me general was asked 70 give an educa-
Ton Indeed. we had all sorts OF visitors
az the Hermitage. both before and after
General JacSscn's death. Why. nv
self once en- erte'ned the notorious Jesse
James. I did not know who he was
then, and 4 was long sfterward that
heard OF his terrible career"
How about the Lives OF General lack
SOM Are they truce"
Many % sem are fun OF rnisstate-
meats"
Is that so Of Parton's LITER"
Yes Mt Parton came 20 the Hermit
tase when none o. the family was pres
ent. lie had many talks with the negro
servants and thew told him ftis- WIZ.
they thought he would be most pleased
10 near.
The Her-7;+soya - -ooe
WY. away IRON The church. soon
.ea-',7u li.e fieIin. tase proper, the house
----- -Ai--'v" Jackson ol-4t IN lS5 when
So M ~ the United
iact.7 IN $50 sI'lilas was Sc
t,e-. ~ 80. 49,, -'.ne was quilt
was IN that house that Lafayette was
anu 'i-r4e NrS ttachel Jack
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: port her to the bosom Of her
God"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-19
sTARvEs SELF TO AID MISSIONS
Man Who Gave Sf21,O 900 Is TO BE
Taken to Home for the Aged.

Warsaw, Ind, Dec. 10 Mastered
by his wish to aid the work of the
foreign missionary society of the
Methodist church, starving himself
to give to the cause and having do
mated s121, 900 10 promote the work.
Elijah Hays, aged 81, friend OF
Bishop McCabe. will be taken to-
morrow to the Home of the Aged at
Edgewater. Save an annuity. granted
by the church, Hays is penniless,and
he is broken in health.
His is a life story of sacrifice for
the cause to which he was devoted.
One ruling ambition has been his
from the day when prosperity first
began to smile upon him. So frugal
has the aged man been that his ac-
quaintances have called him penuri-
GUS.
When he made his first gift OF
100000 to missions. Bishop Nc
Cabe asked him what he considered
would be a reasonable annuity for
his living expenses He said $500
would be pl, nty for him and his wife
The bishop wouldn't hear to this.
and an annuity of $500 was given
him. Since that time he has been saw
ing from his annuity and not long
ago made another donation OF SCI.
900.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-19
CALL SALVATION WORK PLAGUE
Chancellor OF Nebraska University
Says Army Relief Is Vicious.

Lincoln, Neb., Dec. be. Benja.
min Andrews. chancellor OF the Uni
versity of Nebraska, In an open let
ter made public today. denounces
the Salvation Army relief work and
says its charity dinners are vicious
and tend to pauperize.
The army is planning "A Christmas
dinner for the poor and appeals for
funds have been issued to the public
in general. Writing to the captain of
the Salvation Army. Chancellor An
rews says:
"The army here in Lincoln makes
no statements accessible to the pub
lie either Of its income or what 1t
does with its money. The army's
methods OF so-called relief work are
vicious and pauperizing, calculated
to make your so-called relief work a
plague. If you furnish charity din
ners for so many you will pauperize
and increase want and poverty in
stead OF relieving them. am against
fake charity and in favor of the real
thing"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-19
IMMIGRATION AND EXCLUSION

IMMIGRATION AND EXCLUSION.
Immigration during the last fiscal
year was the largest in the history OF
the country. The total number of
aliens applying for admission was 1.
17S,7S5. OF these 12,452 had their
applications rejected, and G5,61S
were returning to the country after
a temporary absence or were reported
as tourists. so that the new arrivals
admitted numbered 1.1OO,735, or
about 100000 more than the year be-
fore.
Italy and Austria-Hungary each
contributed nearly a quarter of the
total and each exceeded the remark
able German emigration of 1882.
which came to 250.630. That record
was first broken in the fiscal year
19O4-5, when Austria-Hungary sent
275,693 emigrants to the United
States. This remains the highest fig
ure for any one country, but the Ital-
ial total for the last fiscal year was
273, I20 and Austria Hungary's $685.
1873. At the same time Russia made
large advance. Taking the last
three fiscal years. her record reads:
1904, 1914; 1905, 1887; 1906.
2n5, 665. The three countries togeth-
er contributed about GO per cent OF
al the immigration. They forged TO
the front as far back as 1896 and
have continued ever since to furnish
very large per cent OF the whole.
The Italians admitted for eleven years
including the fiscal year ending June
so, 1896, number about 1900. 900.
in accepting this total some allowance
must be made for aliens who return
home never to come to the United
States again. but even with the allow
ance II is evident that there is a
vast multitude added TO the perman-
ent population of the country.
Two ideas are suggested by the re-
1ections of the last year The first Is
that under the present laws the mass
of immigration Is very little affected
by the efforts at exclusion. But
though the percentage turned back is
small. 1892 is not small number
to be classified as unfit or TO be
brought over in violation OF law.
Looking further into this question,
we find the secretary of commerce
and labor saying: "Thc principal
grounds for exclusion and the num-
bers respectively were: Paupers, u
)69; contract iaborers. s,S14; dis
eased aliens. 2,G73; insane persons
and idiots, 231; convicts, 205 and the
$40. including 122 Chinese
we're rejected for minor causes" It
appears, then, as our second point
that the steamship companies are &C
oeptlng persons whose disabilities are
In this connection the sec
rotary refers to the conclusions Of the
OF immigration that
more severe penalties should be Inn
posed for violations OF the law or
inspection should be made at
foreign ports Of enibarkat'on, and
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-19
SAYS ANDREWS ERRs, OR LIES
Salvation Army Officer Resents At
Attack of Nebraska Educator.

Omaha. Dec. 19.-"Chancellor An
drews is misinformed or Is a great
liar" is the reply of Staff Captain
Storey, divisional officer Of the SAL
walton Army, to the open letter OF
the chancellor Of Nebraska Univer-
slty refusing contributions to the
army's Christmas dinners and attack
ing its methods OF relief.
81 do not think a man in a respons
ible position should make such a
statement until he has Investigated
thoroughly" Mr.. Storey went on
1--WE do not like TO call our poor re-
lief work charity. II really is phil
anthropy. Our aim is to help people
to hep themselves"
The captain said the books OF the
army were open at any time to In
spection, and explained at length the
SYSTEM of handling the funds intrust-
ed to its care.
"None of the officers" he said,
receives more than Is paid an ordi-
nary mechanic"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-19
Police Court.

William Conover and Herman Jew
ell will have to answer to the grand
jury in April for the alleged theft of
200 pounds OF rope which they sold
to Mrs. Baer. a Junk dealer, for s..
They were held over after a lengthy
examining trial this morning. The
evidence is circumstantial, but unless
they secure witnesses. the grand Jury
viii doubtless indict them Rope has
been stolen from RATS, barges, steam
boats and all class OF river property
for several months in the Mechanics
burg section. Friday rope was stolen
from the Sherrill-Russell Lumber
company's raft, and from the steamer
Lula Warren and the Paducah Furn-
iture company srafts. Later rope
was sold TO Mrs. Baer and the two
riyermen arrested for obtaining mon
ey by false pretenses. They claimed
the rope was purchased for 81 from a
stranger riding in a red skin. He
could not be located The rope was
identified.
Other cases: Charles Scott. co,ored,
drunkenness, 81 and costs; jim
Grimes. drunkenness, 81 and costs;
Allie Morton, Robert MCGEE. colored,
immortality, $50 and costs each.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-19
MAYOR MaY Resign.

Cincinnati, Dec. 10 It would
not be surprising il Mayor Dempsey
should any day decide to resign his
Office and retire from public life. A
well-founded impression to that eff
feet prevails in municipal circles. II
is known that the mayor Is heartily
tired of the present entanglements
which subordinates have created and
has so expire ssed himself frequently
to intimate personal and political
friends. His utterances in this con-
nection have become publicly current
and his friends say that his resigna-
ton would be not at ali surprising.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-19
A BREACH OF CONTRACT

IL was not punishment That is the
defense of President Roosevelt to
criticisms Of his action in dismissing
"a whole battalion of colored troops
at Brownsville, Tex, and the point
makes considerable difference in the
Judgment of his conduct. With some
spiriVthe president declares that the
,oniy punishment for such wanton
murder as characterized that night at
Brownsville is death. The president
clearly sets forth his attitude in the
statement that the dismissal of the
men was merely termination of
their contracts OF enlistment. because
they had proven themselves unfit for
the duties of soldier. and here Is
his reason:
These soldiers We're not school
boys on frolic. They we're full
grown men in the uniform of the
United States army, armed with dead
ly weapons, sworn TO uphold the laws
of the United States and under every
obligation of oath and honor not
merely to refrain from criminality,
but with the sturdiest rigor to hunt
down criminality; and the crime they
committed or eonnived at was MUIR
der
Although courteously complying
with the demand of congress for all
reports and communications received
by him, and on which he based his or
der of dismissal members of the bat
falion for refusing to disclose the per-
petrators of the murderous assault
on sleeping citizens of Brownsville,
President Roosevelt makes it plain
that he was acting we'll within his au-
fhority as commander in chief of the
United States army, and states en-
phatically' that he stands by his order
and would do ii again under similar
circumstances. The reports show
that the soldiers to the number of a
score stole out of the barracks and
fired into residences; that many priv
ates and non-commissioned officers
were acquainted with the facts of the
crime but conspired after the deed TO
conceal the evidence. The president
warned the soldiers of the result of
silence and then acted.
In conclusion the president en-
phasizes the statement that he would
do the same We're the soldiers white.
lie calls attention to the obvious fact
that the conspiracy and murder are
aggrayated with rare issues, and re-
fterates his own sincerity in seeking
the amelioration Of the condition of
the colored race
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-19

adds: at is not inconsistent With .
measure OF good faith on the past ~.
such carriers that in the enormous
number Of those seekinR transport
ton to the United States some wh0
are obviously OF the excluded classes
should succeed Ia escaping observa-
ton. The more efiicacious means OF
preventing violations of the law, es-
pecially with reference TO the dis
eased classes, would be the location
Of medical officers at foreign ports for
the purpose of making examinations
in advance of the purchase by aliens
Of their transportation, as recommend
ed year ago" The recommended
ton is now renewed and urged upon
congress.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-19

Compelling blenders and rectifiers
to stamp their bottles accurately Is
we'll enough to apprise purchasers oi
exactly what they are getting, but the
evil of the barrel house booze" that
makes beasts of men and impels them
to commit flendish crimes, will not
be mitigated by the pure food law
That stun is made behind the bar
over which it Is sold and the label
could not be read by one-half the pat
rons If it. was there in letters of fire
a foot high.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-19
IN THE COURTS
Rehkopf Alleges Usury.

John G.. Rehkopf, proprietor OF the
John G. Rehkopf Buggy company. and
a son of +. lRehkopf. president OF the
L. Rshkopf Saddlery company. fled
suit yesterday afternoon in circuit
court against the City National bank
for usury.
The plaintiff borrowed money as
follows. he claims, from the defend
ant; February 20, 1906. $500; Fen
ruary 25. 1904. $1,000: June 20.
1905. $3.50; October 90, 1905. s5OO,
and October 90, 1905, $3.50. He al
leges that the bank charged him Z
per cent when the legal rate is 6 per
cent. The law reads that double the
rate of the Illegal interest charged
may be recovered, and he sues for
$165.6O.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-19
FIGHT OHIO's SALOON TAX LAW
Claim Made That Governor Was Out
OF Mind When He Signed Bill.

Cincinnati, Dec. 19.-The hearing
of the legal attack on the constitu-
tionality of the Akin saloon tax law
began here today before the superior
court. Testimony of the members of
the family OF the late Governor Pat
tison had previously been taken on
the question whether he had been in
At mental condition TO consider the
bill after Its passage and presenta-
ton to him for signature. Attorneys
for the saloon-keepers claim that the
bill was never presented to the gov
ernor and that the increase OF the
saloon tax from $500 to $1,000 was
unconstitutional.