Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-25

| both also distinguished soldiers. A por-
| trait Of President Hayes in the uniform
of major general hangs beside the relics,
and nearby. suspended from an archway.
hang the old flintlock muskets used by
Rutherford Hayes Of Vermont and James
| Webb of Kentucky, the grandfather of
Mrs. Hayes, during the war Of 1912. A
| silver tablet presented to Mrs. Hayes by
the soldiers of her husbands regiment on
the occasion Of her silver wedding. which
was celebrated at the White House, bears
an engraving OF the log cabin in which
she lived for two winters in her husband 8
CAM In Virginia, with verses inscribed
| to Our Mother"
4 X
The bedroom in which both President
and Mrs. Hayes died is on the ground
floor opposite the draw
Death ing room and overlooks
ral the most beautiful scene
OA"AAocA' in the grove It Is a large
apartment. furnished with colonial ma
| hogany. and the books and pictures re-
main exactly as they were arranged by
President Hayes after the death of his
wife. The sudden and unexpected death
| Of Mrs. Hayes as she was sitting in her
chair one afternoon created shock to
the community as well as to the house
Aoiu, anu POI ~ pCCdOS0 Va q iC-
markable coincidence. She was photo
| graphed a few days before wearing the
same gown and sitting in the same chair
| In the same posture in which she died.
A print of the photograph hangs upon
| the wall.
The funeral ceremonies will long be re-
membered. The surviving members of
the 23d Ohio Volunteers gathered from
all parts OF the country to march as a
| guard of honor to 1.-THE Mother of the
Regiment
little less than four years later
another great concourse Of statesmen,
soldiers, representatives Of military, edu-
cational and philanthropic organizations
with which President Hayes was con-
nected gathered around his bier. Grover
Cleveland, ex-President and again Presi-
dent-elect, being chief among the mourn
ers. He was followed by a delegation
from the cabinet of President Harrison,
by William Mckinley, who was then
governor Of Ohio; other officials Of the
state and many eminent men.
Four years later there was another
but very different gathering at Spiegel
Grove when President and Mrs. McKin-
ley and other distinguished guests at
tended the marriage Of Fanny Hayes. the
Harry Eaton Smith Of the United States
Navy. now on duty at the Naval
Academy.
During tho lifetime Of President HAYES
Spiegel Grove was the scene Of several
notable gatherings Of the Loyal Legion,
the Daughters Of the American Revolu-
ton. the members Of the 23d Ohio VOL
unteers and other patriotic and phtIan-
thropic organizations. Since his death q
monumental gateway to the grounds was
dedicated by Admiral Clark. the captain
OF the Oregon. and other famous men.
The gateway consists Of ten-inch Rod
man guns standing upright, one bearing
the Inscription. odd French and Indian
Trail Trail l7GS and and the other Harrison
In his will President Hayes bequeathed
Spiegel Grove and all the personal prop
erty connected Herewith to his
Hayes children to be held in common
Will without sale or division. Five
WILL years later the Archaeological
Society Of Ohio endeavored to raise
a fund for its purchase, and issued q
confidential circular saying:
''The place known as Spiegel Grove is
OF great historical interest. being located
in the old Indian reservation or free ter
ritory, maintained at the lower rapids Of
the sandusky river for long time prior
to the revolutionary war. The old Harri-
son trail. so called. a military road. leads
from Fort Stephenson to Fort Seneca
through the grove and is preserved as
it's principal driveway. OF all the homes
of our twenty-four Presidents, covering
a period Of ITO years, the only ones that
have been preserved are those Of Wash
ington at Mount Vernon. Jefferson at
Monticello, Madison at Montpelier. Jack
son at the Hermitage and Lincolns
field: but in every case mentioned
more or less time has elasped before the
homes were acquired and put in q state
OF preservation, and few or no personal
relics were secured. Spiegel Grove is
now in a perfect state of preservation,
and all of the valuable historical effects
Of President Hayes remain there intact.
Unquestionably this is the largest and
most complete, and perhaps the most
valuable, collection of documents. papers
and books ever left by any of our Presi-
dents. President Hayes was a great
reader and a man of scholarly tastes and
attachments. He acquired the finest Ii
brary Of American history, perhaps. ever
during his public life he preserved all
papers and memoranda in an orderly and
accessible FORM
The society, however, did not succeed
in raising the required endowment and
the entire Spiegel Grove property, library
and collections became the property of
Col. Webb c. Hayes, by deed, from the
other heirs in the settlement OF the es-
tate In $500, since which time he has
maintained it as the Hayes family sum-
mer home.
Everything has been preserved as 1t
was left by President Hayes at the time
OF his death, just as he
Carefully would have preserved it,
Preserved and it is the expectation
4A0sOA SOu' that no alterations will be
made except in the transfer Of the books
and papers to fireproof buildings.
shaded knoll. are three granite boulders
marking the burial place of the war
horse ridden by President Hayes-"Old
Whity-a hero Of nineteen battles. $780,:
"Old Ned. age thirty-six." and "Piddig."
q Filipino pony ridden by Col. Hayes dur
ing the Spanish war.
and other historical mementoes. Col.
Hayes has contributed to the collection
many rare and valuable curtos secured by
him in China and other parts of the
east while he was serving in the Span
ish war and on the staff of Gen. Chat
fee during the siege Of Peking. He has
Chinese bedroom and Filipino bed
room, both filled with beautifully carved
bedsteads and other furniture from Pc
king and Manila.
The most important of all the contents
of the house are found, of course, in the
library, and the attic contains many
chests packed Wit. the official papers of
the administration Of Gen. Hayes as
President of the United States. He kept
everything with scrupulous care and his
archives were methodically arranged by
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