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to be moved. not a sacred relic to be
disturbed The Carlyle Mansion is to
remain a monument of all that is best
and most beautiful in Colonial archi-
lecture in the future as it has been
in the past.
More than twenty-five years ago,
Robert Blum and F. II. Lingren made
an artistic and literary pilgrimage TO
Alexandria in behalf Of Scribner'
Magazine. They had rooms at the
Braddock House. whose windows look
ed out at the old Carlyle Mansion
across a court They described II thus:
with the broad Potomac back of il.
and the rich Maryland hills covered by
forests and fertile fields beyond, it
stands silent and gray. Huge. heavy
shouldered chimneys. with scaling yel-
low-white stucco lift themselves above
the moss-grown roof. from which queer
dormer windows jut out. Through the
half open sash OF many a little pane
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scout. at Taos. thirty miles north Of
Santa Fe. and made arrangements for
him 10 guide us from there on TO
California. He was 10 have, in COM
pensatfon. a mule from every man at
the close of the trip. If every man
still owned a mule. Carson did not
guide us. however. because he was
under contract 10 serve the Govern
ment whenever called upon. and the
Major Washington. of whom 1 have
sDallen. demanded his services. We
felr very sore about IL. However, we
got general directions from Carson
ana went on. On July We climbed
q range of mountains on which the
snow was forty or nifty feet deep in
some places. We camped on the noun
tains July 4: we had TO cut down
trees and make big fires to keep
warm.
1.-TWO or three daysIater we crossed
a river. am not sure what river It
was but the current was y,Iy swift
from melting snow. and was broken
nv falls and rapids. However. the falls
were far enough apart 10 let us swim
o,r mules across. We sent our bag
gage across III tdHoe9. cutting go" il
cottonwood trees and turning them
into dug outs on the spot
Il could swim like duck and so
could every other member of the par
tv except one man. After we had got
the mules and the baggage across
safely we prepared to take that man
across lie was frightened almost to
death. He was the only man who had
7,roved a coward so far. He was sure
Le would fall out of the boat and be
drowned and we had the greatest diff
fcultv 10 get him into II. Finally I.
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.'ZY fired guns and halloCed and did
a.. sa-ts of things 10 attract the at
.ention of the two men ahead ana
l..nE tnem back. but they didn't hear
Us. We buiI. signal fires. which We
keTt gujng al night, and blew horns
br.t the men neither sawanCr heard our
signals. Next day Edward Har"ood
and I were detailed TO trail the men II
possible.
I'VE had no great difficulty in doing
this. After four or FIVE miles We found
q dead horse which had given out
and been left behind The tran OF the
other horse and one man led up the
mouutainside and we followed lt iii
We found where they had built a
campf -a the night before. From there
Va trailed a hcrse and n man down
tI,c mountain 10 the plain and mo
ravine where there was n pool or
water. We saw indications that the
man had kueIt by the pool and dipped
a canteen into the water twice-or per-
haps il was two canteens.
..The trails of both man and horse
led back 10 camp in the mountains.
We knew the mans trail for that OF
the doctor. but we could find neither
him nor the horse. Next day we all
crossed the range and struck the In
dependence road. There we found the
other man tied to a sapling. We found
a big crowd. too. The Independence
road was a great thoroughfare in those
DAYS. and it was thronged all the
time.
THE doctor had charged the other
man with horse stealing and desert
ing his comrade. II would have gone
hard viii, the poor fellow If we bad
not reached the place as we did. Either
of the crimes with which he was
charged was as bad as anything man
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Bones and q SLUOrd


tt Is a curious old coffin that they
have unearthed. It's contents re-
mind one OF Kipling's "a rag. and
a bone, and a hank Of hair For
when it was opened there ware found
in It one bone. about eight inches
long. some hair (both these said to be
human). and "A sword with ths letters
u. C" engraved on the hIE. The
suggestion that - c." stands for
John Carlyle is obvious. But that is
all that Is obvious. Are the bone and
the hank Of hair all that is left Of
John Carlyle? If so. how did they get
into this curious little leaden coffin?
And why were they buried under the
wall OF one of the dungeons OF the old
house? There would have been moth
ing unusual perhaps I'm John Carlyle's
having been buried under the founda-
tions of his own house. But It is not
o: record that John Carlyle was a
dT0sT-and the queer old metal cof-
fin is only four and a half feet long
Was John Carlyle murdered. and his
body cut up and buried in this pc
culiar fashion? Is il an antique trunk
mystery" that is being uncovered at
this later date? What is the story OF
that old iron cofln-of the sword. the
bone. the hair that II contains?
And speaking of trunks-Mr simp-
son. custodian OF the cid mansion
which has now been turned into a
museum. has another recent md TO
his credit THIS one, however, comes
not from the cellar but the garret.
which he was cleaning out a month or
so ago. II, noticed an uneven place
in the Plastering. and on investlga-
tion he decided that something was
hidden away there. He tore the plas-
ter out and found hidden in the wall
n curious old trunk. which on being
opened was found 10 contain nothing
but battered old felt hat, something
on the order Of Fedora" Of today
The trunk while old can hardly be
Classed as antique. There is no mark
on it but a half obliterated date. Ot
which all that can be made oUt IS
'1S-." At first it IS a plain every
day trunk, but wnen opened out it
forms cot bed. being even supplied
with bamboo hoops, which can be ad-
justeu at the head and foot 20 as To
support a net TO protect the sleeper
from flies and mosquitoes. So that
the old house seems able not only tc
supply the original trunk mystery
but the original double. back action
combination, multum in parvo furni
ture, which moderns had fondIy imag
ined was the offspring OF the crampet
quarters OF the twentieth century all
modern improve vement apartment build
ing. II Is ar .ther illustration of IN,
old truth that there is nothing lev
under the sun.
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a glimpse is caught OF the attic 10
which they give light, A warped End
rotting balustrade OF fat stanchions
runs along two sides of the roof. on
the side next the river double row
of porches. covered with wistaria vines
now IN bloom breaks the line OF the
old wall. The morning sun makes the
chImneys blink. and. falling upon the
balustradc sends long lines OF ungain-
" shadows striding UP the h'pped rof.
Standing mere so age worn. It is q
gray old monument to an episode OF its
youth.
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where Washington danced as a young
man. And leading Up from the hall
way to the upper floor is the graceful
sweep OF the stairway. 10 which many
a youthful couple retreated between
dances, and where II IS said pretty
saIIe Fairfax gave him his congo.
Rightly or wrongly. tradition has il
that sarah-"sailie" Fairfax-was the
love Of Washington's youth. But II all
tales be true Washington's youth had
a fair share OF loves. and certainly Il
he proposed as they say he did, 70
salHe Fairfax-admittedly a sad hirt
just after receiving his commission
for the Braddock campaign, and was
rejected, he did not grieve long. For
within two or three years-while he
was stiu well under thirty-he mar
ried The widow Custis." And sallie
married John Carlyle-and there were
no hard feelings.
It is recorded in after years that
General and Mrs. Washington fre-
quently came in from Mt Vernon 70
dine and lie" at the home OF their
good friends, the Carlyles at Alexan-
dria. Indeed. one Of the treasures OF
the Carlyle mansion museum is the
bed where Washington slept. And
Mrs. Burton Harrison. herself Of the
Fairfax blood. tells a pretty family
legend wherein General Washington IL
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During the journey one member OF
our partv came near being lXnched.
It was when we were suh forty or
fifty miles south Of the Independence
road We had one more mountain
range which paraneled the Independ-
enca road. TO cross. The physician Of
our party and another man rode
ahead We expected to overtake them
before the day was over, but. coming
IN a MACE where there was a beautiful
snring in a hillside cove decided to stop
there and make camp earlier in the
dav than usual.
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The Famous Passage

The iron gratings have long since
disappeared. but tho massive hinges
and rust eaten door facings are still
firmly imbedded in the masonry. At
the far end Of the hall is a short
stone stairway. closed at the top by
door OF worm-eaten oak. which leads
into the basement. where were the
kitchens and storerooms. In one Of
the latter an old we'll suggests the
mystery OF hidden treasure. IN the
wine cellar opposite IS the now filled
in entrance to the passage mentioned
in the hand bill The passage was ac-
cessible Up 20 perhaps ten years ago.
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ROW q Museum

In a blue paneied room which il
stiII preserved. where the Potomac
washes almost underneath its win
dows. Braddock's expedition was ar
ranged between him and the five gov
einors Of the colonies. Here they
completed the plans and decided upon
the campaign which was to end so
disastrousIy. The old house is silent.
but had its venerable walls tongues.
what tales it could tell OF heated dis
cusslon as to route and plan. OF
bumpers drank to what they consid-
ed "A foregoue conclusion"
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represented as coming TO the Carfyies
TO go with them to one Of the balls
which he loved 10 look on at, even
when he no longer cared TO take an
active part IN them. They rallied and
chahed him. and asked him II he had
selected his partner for the coming
dance. And he responded that he was
getting too old for such festivities
but that he did mean 10 have one
dance with little Miss sallie. who was
going under the chaperonage OF one
of the Carlyle aunts. That young per
son told him that he must have nimole
feet if he was going 10 keep up with
her and challenged him 10 the PROOF
then and there. And 1t IS told that
the daughter Of his old fame led the
rot1ar NJ His Country a merry dance
that night in the old house.
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2 4z1T9R 97y floRknd REA5CN6LY o0HoS2F46AE
SD FG1P An AVKlRAdE SIZED NAN

whs. It became so damp and un-
healthy that it was thought best to
close It.
On the main floor at one side Of the
central hallway is the famous blue
room"-or council chamber-whose
walls are OF paneled wood painted a
bright blue. with heavy carved frieze'
an1 chair board ana holdings Direct
lv across the haH are tha bali rooms
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The house. though Il Is very well
preserved. considering" IS none the
less a melancholy picture OF decay,
with its yellow stucco. damp and mill
dewed. crumbling from the walk: its
doors .sagglng on their hinges. and its
dusty windows and rotting balusJrades.
The old gar den, with its high wall and
winding paths. has long since disap-
peared-
4 high tangled hedge at the far edge
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Of the lawn marks tho original course
OF the Potomac. but the ruins Of the
barge landing. once at the water edge.
are now a hundred yards from tho
river. The walls Of the house are COW
cred with creepers. which. hanging
down from a small door yard above.
almost obscure the low entrance to a
narrow passageway. dim and musty.
leading back under the house. On the
left, opening through tho moss s-grown
wall OF the passage. are the doors Of
tho two small dark dungeons-the
cells where slaves and prisoners were
confined during the Revolution.
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Surrounded by Braddooh House

As for the house. it emphatically is
not new. II glo les in It's age. It is
surrounded on three sides by the
Braddock House. and only on the east
side can one catch a glimpse Of 1t from
the street. When. a few months ago.
it was announced that the ''old Brad
dock House" az Alexandria was 10
be thoroughly remOdeled, and mod
ernized. and converted into an apart
ment house. a sigh went up from the
circles where the patriotic and anti
quArian spirit prevails. II was desc
grafton. no more. no less, 70 suggest
such q th,ng-tear down the famous
aid house where Braddock made his
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80 recent excavatIons In


the cellar OF the old Car
lyle n ansion in Alexandria
solved the mystery of the
death and burial OF John
Carlyle. Irish emigrant.
Colonial magistrate. friend, and asso-
ciate Of Washington. builder of the old
house. which is today one OF Alexan-
Cria's most interesting landmarks OF
Colonial days? or. have they only
added a new mystery to the traditions
which cluster around the historic old
residence?
Perhaps "the mystery Of the death
and burial OF John Carlyle is too
strong an expression. The mystery"
such as il IS, is a negative one. II
consists simply in an absence Of rec
ord. One is told that when John Car
lyle died and where he is buried have
never been ascertaiued." Recent de
velopments. while they cast no light
on the date. may have some bearing
on the pldtG OF Dur llalr VI e0t'---f N-''F
may simply have unearthed testimony
OF some long forgotten crime-of some
mysterious disappearance Of CEN
tury or a century and a half ago.
A little over a month ago-May 26.
1906. 10 be accurate-so workmen
who were making ready 10 strengthen
the foundations Of the old building
are said 10 have discovered beneath
the wall OF one OF its dungeons a
curious old iron coffin. This coffin
now rests on two chairs IA a small
room back Of the famous blue room
known to antiquarians as 'the coun-
ell chamber" from the fact that it Is
here that General Bradodck and Com
modore Kippel met Benjamin Frank
lin. General St. Clair. and six colonial
governors. DlnwIddie. Of Virginia; De
Lsncey. Of New York; Morris. Of
Pennsylvania; Sharpe. OF Maryland;
Shirley. Of Massachusetts. and Dobbs.
OF North Carolina. to consider how
best they should meet the alarming
encroachments Of the French and In
dams on the western frontier.
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cpADuATEs MADE ROcKY7

rho i-telle-tuaI cradle Will now cease
- for a few months. The gradu-
- m, have bezn made so during the
-. -,,, weeks will rest for a long
time enough tc undertake l"e i.i'-.s,s -,
-, ~ This obstinate old world--New
Haven Register
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0Fo T7RLHK F1CLLHD ~
TE4PWf AIIl4Y R4RH7IOH5
NJ THE ATTIC or ZzE
CAREWE HOD5E

hollow sound when struck, and he has
dreams OF an underground chamber
full OF antiquarian treasures
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S pme Own Smr Of His 1000 Mile Horseback Search OOd

could he accused Of in those days OUT
,t..-a and ne would surely have been
1,-,cbad If found guilty by TIE moS
courr which had been formed 10 iry
bir, The doctor had already gwen IN
his testimony. but Harwood and others
testified 10 the good characteE or the
accused and we both told how the Two
men had got lost and how We had
followed their trail. Our tesumona
freed the accused. and We resumed our
Journey.
..Tbe doctor didn't stand very well
after that with us lie died IN Cali
foraia."
food Supplies Brigham Young.
How about your food supplies7 Did
they last?'
There was an abundance OF game
always 10 be had for the trouble or
shooting it. But we had no vegetables
and our bacon and coffee ran short
Now we couldn't stand an unlnter-
rupted diet OF nothing but fresh meat;
We wanted bacon and coffee hadi7-
We got a good supply OF these things
at South Pass and again at salt Lake
City.
I'VE had seen women on the Inde-
pendence road. but had met none Tor
a long time before coming to Salt Lake
City. 4 little way out OF the city one
Of our man found a slipper alongSide
the trail He looked upon It as such a
prize that he picked It up and put u
on the tip of his gun and held II abort
all the way into the town as sort ot
trophy There were plenty of women
there. but all / remember about them
was that we were able TO get them
to wash our clothes. and SO did NOT
tContinued from Eighth Page1
noIo Five
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Page Five.
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Almost q Lynching.

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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-21
May Defeat Statehood Bill.

WASHINGTON, March Ii. There
are indications that the statehood bill
may be referred by Speaker Cannon
to the committee on territories. This
action, the friends OF statehood in
Indian Territory and Oklahoma say,
will entirely defeat the measure. The
committee a retain the bill inde6.
nitely and should it appear that there
are ''insurgent' votes enough to con.
cur with the senate, the bill would not,
they say. be brought into the house.
The news that the bill was to 90 to
committee, which leaked out today,
was somewhat ~,lisconcerting to the
"insurgents" who have been bending
their energies to strengthening their
numbers in expectation of a direct
vote on the motion to concur in the
senate amendments to the bill. II
some way should not be discovered to
send the bill to committee, this motion
to concur would have been in order,
and would have taken precedence over
a motion to disagree aud 90 into con-
ference. Just how the ''iusurgents''
are to e the new situation has not
been decided upon so far as can be
ascertaiued.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-21
Lock Canal Now Certain.

That the Panama canal when COM
pleted, will have a summit level OF 81
feet above the sea, to be reached by
locks, o work estimated to cost Sl39,.
1O5, 200, and to be completed in eight
and one-half years, Is the definite con-
clusiOn Of the executive branch OF the
government, as shown in President
R~oosevelt's letter, transmitting to
congress the report of the canal com.
mission, and a letter from Chief Eugi.
neer Stevens. Although the lock
canal is favored by only u minority
OF the board of consulting engineers,
whose report is also transmitted, the
canal commission, with the exception
OF Admiral Endicott, indorses the
minority's plan, and this is approved
by Chief Engineer Stevens,who says it
will take 20 years to dig a sea.level
canal, and that it will cost 81, 900, 900
than the majority estimates. The
president concurs in Secretary Taft's
recommend ations for the lock canal.
He calls attention to the fact that the
AMERICAN engineers on the consulting
board. by more than two to one, favor
this plan. whereas, the foreign engi-
neers are a unit against it. He thinks
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tributed over the higher places of th,
field desired TO be inoculated, vii
bring about this result very efectual
ly. But putting it on the elevations,
the tendency of the soil to wash dowr
the sides distributes it somewhat, and
Be the bacteria multiply rapidly they
will soon be found over the entire
area where the particular legume Is
growing.
ut Is essential that we procure soil
from q field of the same crop a. that
which we hope to grow" says Pro.
lessor Atkinson, "otherwise, we may
expect no increased returns. For in.
stance; soil from an alfalfa field
would be of no value ii we desire to
inOculate for common red clover, as
the organisms are in each case pc
culiar to the plaot. This is true in
all legumes with the possible excep.
ton of alfalfa and sweet clover, which
may have identical nitrogen gather.
ing germs"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-21
Washington News Notes.

WASHINGTON, March 13.-The sen,
ate committee on appropriations has
added an amendment to the fortifca,
tions appropriation bill, providing
for a government powder factory.
Senator Lodge expects to draft ar
amendment to the house railroad bill
to restore the penal clause of the in.
terstate commerce act which was re.
pealed by the Ekins %anti-rebate law,
The senate committee on privileges
and elections today instructed q sub.
committee. consisting of Senators
Foraker, Knox and Bailey, to examine
the several bills to prohibit national
banks from contributing moneys for
campaign purposes.
The senate committee on pensions
today voted to raise the pensions of
Mexican war veterans from Sl2 to so
per month and that q ora BILE re.
port be made on Sen ator Gal!inger's
bill for that purpose.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-21

nEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, United
- States Land Office, Great Falls, Montana,
March 5. 19OG.-Commissioner's letter "P'' OF
March lst, 1905, having been filed in this office;
directing service of notice by publication against
James T.; DALEY, who made homestead entry No.
24s, for the SEA NWA and lots 3 and 4, section s,
and lot l., section &, township IS north, range
east, NJ. NJ, suspended upon the report Of q spe.
clal agent, wherein he alleged he. found thereon q
dow, and door, not s~hingled, can see through
sides, erected about a year ago, by whom not
known, value $40 90; no cultivation, no other I'M
provements, inclosed by q fence erected and
maintained by Bannatyne Bros. ent,yman never
residence; and it appearing that per.
eonal service cannot be made on said entrynian,
respond, and offer evidence touching said allegs-
tons Of 10 O'Clock a. nj. on the latn day of April,
1905, before the register and receiverof the United
states land Office in Great Falls, Mont.
c. H. BENTON, Receiver.
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Millions For Federal Employees.

WASHINGTON, March Ii. - The
house began the consideration of the
legislative, executive and judicial ap.
preparation bill on meeting today.
The bill carried a total of s29, 134, ISL.
In explaining the bill, Mr.. Littauer
N. y. said it provided the salaries
for l4.4O6 public servants, embracing
the entire service. He at once pro.
ceeded with an elaborate critical ex.
PLANTATION of the increasing power of
the government bureau chiefs cor.
trolling the expenditure of appropri-
atoms.
A classification of salaries of gov.
eminent clerks was, he said, a crying
necessity. Men doing exactly the
same work now receive some 81, 800,
some $1,000, some S1,4OO and others
$1,000. All this tended to d~emoralize
the service. He suggested a commits
sion to go into the question. If some.
thing was not done, he predicted, the
conditions would grow worse. The
door of entrance to this service was
wide open, but once in it opened only
wide enough to let a coffin out. 1t is u
life tenure. Mr.. G%rosvenor asked if
there was no way TO get rid of an in.
competent clerk.
"There is, but it is not lived up to-"
answered Mr.. Littauer, who contin.
ued by declaring that this govern.
ment should not be made q charitable
institution and its services a home
for the aged and infirm.
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this is partly explained by the fact
that the Suez canal is a sea.level ca
nal. He mentions that, although the
Sault Ste. Marie canal, q lock canal,
is closed during the winter months. it
carries annually three times the traffic
OF the Suez. The majority of the con.
sulting engineers found that a sea.
level canal would cost S247, O21. 900,
approximately, but held that the cost
OF operating and maintaining it would
be very much less than the lock canal.
1t is admitted that it would REQUIRE
more dredging, and that n lock
would have to be maintained. The
question Is up to congress.