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THE BODY OF An Effort to Throw Light ) ? . _ The News i SI ;;. There has always been more or leas mystery regarding tho remains of John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Presi dent Lincoln. It has been contended that the body of Booth Was neyer found and Was never buried. On the other hand relativos of Booth assert that they! had recovered the body from the Government at Washington and in terred the remains in a cemetery at Baltimore, Md. Research among the archives of the navy department proves conclusively that tho body of Booth was in the hands of the military authorities, but what disposition was made of the ro <*?f.?s is still sv mystery. Secretary Gideon Welles, in a communication to ih? commandant of the Washington navy yard under dato pf April 15, I860, said: "If the military! authorities ar rest the murderer of the President and take him to the navy yard, put him in a monitor and anchor her out in the stream with a strong guard on vessel, wharf, and in n?vy yard. Call on com mandant of marine corps for guard. Have vessel immediately prepsred ready to receive the orimioal at any hour, day or night. He will be heavily ironed and so guarded as to prevent esoape or injury to himself.'' . Twelve days later, April 27, 1865, the commandent, of the Washington navy yard reported to Secretary Welles as follows: "David C. Harrold, pris oner, and tho remains of Wilkes Booth were delivered here at 1.45 this- morn* ing. The body of Booth , is changing rapidly. What disposition shall be made of it. It is now on board iron* dad Mop tank ." Of the sam? date a joint order dated 10 o'clock A. M., and signed by Secre taries Welles and Staunton, of the navy and war departments respectively waa received at tho navy yard, Saying: uY0o will permit Surgeon Gen. Barnes and his assistant, accompanied by Judge Advooate Gen, Holt, the Hon. John A. Bingham, Major. Eokhert, William G. Moore, clerk of the warde* parlment, Col. L. G. Baker, Lieut. Baker,; Lieut; Col. Conger, Charles Dawson, J. L. Smith? Mr. Gardner, ' photographer, and assistant, to go on board the Montauk and seo tho body of John Wilkes Booth. Immediately after the surgeon general has made his autopsy y on wilt h ava the Body placed in a strong hov and deliver it to the eharge bf Col. Baker, the hos being ctref olly sealed." ' SjiorlJy before dr ; -ri! 27?h, 1865, without any : in?,, ?J?, .on to tho commandant at tho navy yard, the .budy of Booth was sud denly and SQorotly takon from the Montaus; hy Col.; Baker, who' had brought it early of the" morning of tho same day. ; ,; '? 1 This mode of procedure was resented by the commandant of the navy: yar?, who wrota^ft 'T^f^?t^--^:-.^v -??vji Apr i I 2?, 1665, 'regarding the transas tion. In this letter - the. commandant said: "By telegram yesterday after* noon I reported to the department the remo vat of the ?jodycf the assassin Booth from- the''Mon tank to the United WILKES BOOTH Upon A Gruesome Mystery. md Courier. only restriction to viewiug the corpse ?ere to strangers and workingmen not employed on the vessel. Persons, known to the officers of the army and navy ?ere permitted to comoon board. A' lady, aooompanied by two naval officers, came on board to visit tht. ship end not tc gratify a morbid curi osity. About ll o'clock A.M. 8urgeonGen. Barnes came on board, and, without asking for the captain of the guard or commanding officer of the' voanel, or showing thy written authority or in forming any officer who he wes, or seeming to pay the slightest respect to the military etiquette duo from one military officer to another, walks up to the corpse and commences to oat adrift the wrapping. He was stopped with the inquiry as to his authority for so doing. He repli .<] by the order of the secretaries of war and of the navy, and afterwards Major Eokhtrt pro duced a v,ritten order. Hair was out from the oorpse by one of the assis* tanto, who accompanied Sorgeon Gen. Barnes, and I am led to believe that I it was a portion of thst hair whioh some naval officer very foolishly boasted of possessing. As soon as the order to permit no visitors except by passes from the Secretary was reoeived it was promptly obeyed. Tho proceed ing of taking the body from the ship was of the same informal naturo: ? am s?rry to say that I was not present at either time or I should have puta stop to it." There was no reply to this complaint of the commandant from the. navy de partment. Indeed the records plainly show that the Secretary of War as sumed and maintained supremo con trol. He seemed to be under a state of great fear ?hat the living assooiates of Booth., who were confined aboard the monitors, would escape or be resetted from his hands* This fear ex tended even to the body of the dead assassin, and arbitrary restrictions io regard to it'and the eojoioment of secrecy in regard to the disposition of it was strained to a degree that amounted to disrespect to the com mandant and disregard of the authority that bad been imposed upon, hun as custodian of the. body o? Booth. in view of the joint order of Anni 27 by the Secretaries of War and Navy td allow the surgeon genera), aooom paniedby army officers and civilians, with a photographer and - assistant tn D?? ??iv body of Booth, tbs telegrams addressed to the commandant on the same day seemed unnecessarily severe and eve o arbitrary. TheBe telegrams worn signed by Gideon Welles, but tbey were evidently inspired by the ! Secretary of War. "I am informed by ibo Secretary'.of War,** says the .'first, "that.portons were pern:itted to 7is?t tho irott'ciads on board.of which -pris oners are confined by bis and my order. You will explain if this has^beec done and yon will allow no persona tbvisit theso vessels who /have not the JoTut order of tho Secretary of War.and my self until : the prisoners are removed, from your custody," . : Under the influence of fresh 'com plaints ifrom the war department. au wtlicir inesosge was sent the came day reading: "Send to \ fee war dopirt TOent in the morning ??pies of: (sil or dora which you b a ve rf csived touching Mo'^att?r of .vif iting iit commuuieat ing with? the prisoners confioed On ^oard tb^ir^n-olads; also oopics of all orders you have given sod copies of any permits^ granted by yourself to vi.eitors to go aboard thes?;^|js^.|fi?;: Iteporfc the names of all visitors,- mile ?eud femaie? to see tho body of the assassin, Booth j whether bis bair ma touched ?^u^w?w?fc)authbr?ty^ .patties Booth in the bara in lower Maryland when the two fugitives were overtaken by their pursuers. It will be recalled" that the barn was set afire after Booth had driven Harrold out and compelled him to surrender to Ool. Baker and his forces and tho assassin requested the privilege of being permitted to como out also and fight aa long as his ammunition lasted. In reply the barn wea set afire and Booth, being driven from his hiding place by tho fi?mes, proved an easy mark for Sergeant Boston Corbett, who shot the crippled assassin, putting a minie bullet in the middle of bia forehead. Death was instantaneous and the corpse was brought to Washington by Col. Baker, taken aboard the monitor cvtly io the morning and subsequently the body was removed in the' manner indioated above and nothing official or authentic has since been divulged as to the dis position of the remains. Atlante fireman Saw Vesuviue in Erup tion. "Only those who have witnessed the terrors of the people during one of the eruptions oaa appreciate just whit j I the situation has been and now is," .aid Mrs. S. E. Gabbett, yesterday, as she read with interest the latest ao eounts of the-distress in far-away Italy. Mrs. Gabbett was in Italy during one of the last outbreaks of Vesuvius in 1886. She was at the Hotel del Sole, study iog there with a group of friends who were, interesting {themselves in the ruins of Pompeii, and ahe had sketches whioh she made herself of Vesuvius and its appearance at that time. Mrs. Gabbett gives graphio descrip tion of the soenes preceding and fol lowing the trouble, not omy in Italy, but on the Island of Isohi. 'The first intimation I had that an eruption was threatened was not from the Italians themselves, bu\? from a party of German scientists, who, in tercGted in the situation, came to in veBtigate for themselves. On their j first visit and tour of investigation ? their observations were so interesting 11 determined to risk a pilgrimage my self,- but could get none of my friends to accompany me, the news of the prob able outburst at any moment having become current among the natives, as well es among the colony of artista assembled there from all parts of the continent. 'Nothingdaunted, I engaged a corps of eight attendants, wfy> would carry my sedan chair up the mountain by torch light, it requiring the effort of four at one time so hot and huming was the sand, and BO' uncertain their stepa. When about half way up the S rai s our i found the ashes and rooks beneath their feet so uncomfortable they had to bo velioved by tue others, but we finally roached ? spot next the O?UJU???, T7UPTO W9 lettiaS ourselves for observation.. "Very near ?s, near enough almost for ns to, hear their voioes, I beheld a lady in ft sedan chair, surrounded by a email party of people. Looking the second time I realised that it waa Queen.Marguerita. Almost at the mo ment, a guard approached and spoke to her, and tho party hurried down the mOwstain. jy?y guide rolled a pieoe of paper, stuck it in the ground - almost at my feet and brought it out aflame? A spurt of lava ascended high in the air, particles of it s truck his sleeve and singed it; tho a oles of nay; shoes were scorching; and then it was be who in sisted upon our immediate descent, ; **Although it had taken quit e three SS HV?? iii gO Up, lu .Ot"*" scarcely eight or ten. minutes for the homeward trip. "Reaching the .base, and noting some distance away, we Jooked back to see a fresh"; '?rater burst from tho mountain and entirely submerge the very spot where we had all stood but t?n minnies before. &Wben we reached the hotel nay |s were all awaiting me in great excitement. > The feot of our venture some trip had been heard of, and the subsequent ?ruption, before our return, had exoited alarm^.v. Of .the Island of Isohia, where near so town of Casimjccola, is Ipomeo, thc j father of all the volcanoes in that ^ ! cinity, Mrs. Gabbett related another interesting story, having Visited there immediately, af tey ? dreadful volcanic eruption whop as many as a thousand [U?it?$*?t?:iMi?? this taking pig?e in 1888. ... . \H *m? islen* of; Isohia,'* esp?ain?d Mrs. Gabbett, ' ^is famous lc? ?s springs of boiling waters and for that reason, as wei! as Us ititcreafcsto ar tists, hundreds of senile . ?oek --.:gtj& ufjajfihe season, One el Cha popular oUltf La Piooola Sente?ie? was where I had arranged to stay, wfces the -news' >?f ^saa^-T???h^iwe?;^: * ? . ' " ?;; ;; ? seawst -wai at i ts h oigls t iu Oas \ imi?o?s, ' and ' amen*f|^.i[^nion?We j people asgembled in tho music room [ cf tho hotel oit a fete occasion was a-} j number of Relish people among whoa .waa a talented musician who Was ' asked t? play. " v . '.lpg "His mu?tc was^ not o? rtte nature liked by an Italian member of the par*; liatoatti; presVni'r and ^hen th? liiikr hoard the strains of the dead tunton sounding from, tho piano, he exclaimed j to a friend: ?Th?t? is too mueh of the f irU. about that, mu?io: I ant suffocating; I am going into tho air,' and ho stepped from the terrace to the gardens adjoining. "Within the minute almost there was the violent earthquake, the erup tion from Ipomeo, and of the several hundred people in the hotel, the Italian member, of parliament was the only survivor. "The hotel and. oil within it were submerged and to the other side of it where was tho central portion of tho town several thousand people lay dead beneath the ashes. "It was but shortly after this, de spite the warnings given mo, that I ?rent to the island, where the stricken people were dazed with irrepressible lousou they had met with. "Then it was that Kiog Humbert \ proved his heroism, when after the trouble he hastened from his summer [tome aoross the bay to Isohia. "He was met on the shore by the people, who prostrated themselves at bis feet, begging bim to help tb om. The work of unesrthing those who might still be alive was going on, and that of identifying the dead, "The king, in the intensity of his feeling, himself took tho implements sf work, and assisted in bringing to 3 ar tb, those who still lived, Rad when those around him would beoome wear ied with the strain he would encourage* J them with the'words: 'Try a little longer; there may be some one else we Cheese "Hos' Too Fur Gone." The old Virginia darkey who has boen from the time he was ten years of age the dining room servant of one of our aristocratic famines, says the Washington Post, is noted for his Chesterfioldian manners. And as a waiter, oleaner, and everything else for whioh a house servant is wanted, he is not equalled by his latter-day brethren, whose main oooupati?n, if he has been to school and can read a little, is that of a hotel waiter or Pull man oar porter. Having some company to tea one night, I remembered that two of my friends were fond of Limburger cheese, I bought a pound package and took it home with.me. On my arrival old Uncle Iaaso met me as, ?sual with his accustomed salutation of "Good even in', boss." I said to him: "Uncle Isaao, you will find among other things in that cox a paokage of cheese, and I want it on the table to night." "All right, boss; I'll have it." "Don't you forget it,*' said I. "Oh, no suh; I ain't g.-ji* fergit.it. Til have it, ehoV' r?ov7, Uncle Isaao had seen every kind of cheese in his life, hut this was his first experience with the Limbur ger ' When I took my company into tho dining room the old fellow was stand ing near the'table, with a long, white apron on, and a Waiter under his arm, ready' jump if any one looked to ward him. Not seeing th? ?hees?; ? said to him, quietly : "Ut ? lo Isaac, where's the cheese?" With a look of great disappoint ment, ho turned to my wife, as if to ; say, ? "Please, marm, come to my res cuer' hut my wife only smiled. I re peated my question, .then with .more emphasis.. "Unole Issaao, where's the cheese?" He esme shuffling up to me sideway s and being too polite to let the guests hear what ho had to say, whispered, softly, in my ear, "BOBS, it was mps' too fur gone, an I flung it away." % Wim > - Spa wiU never be accused of cheating at cards . aa long as you ? bleached blond is always sus picious of other women with blond r ip p no less a romance. ^ Mrs. Ward, a believertn tb contracts advanced by George r\ husband on an automobile tour I purpose of securing a divorce on of temper," which, m reality, do a several arc ?dVnt? and the ?ntcm . ?y?jjcir, wnn?ts. - ' With 36 IJ?mtratkm?, IO of rU 12mo> Ch If yo ur Ix?kttUtr hain't t?, the fubii; mfon reut. Publishers Brothers. Bishop Komper, of Kansas, was the viotim of a hold-up one night whon ho was the only passenger. . The driver told the rond agent, who had covered him with a six-shooter, that his only passenger was a bishop. "Well," said the robber, wake up the old man, I want to go through his pookots." When the bishop was aroused /rom a sound slumber and realized the situ ation he gently remonstrated with tho man behind the gun. He said: "Surely you would not rob a poor bishop. I have no money worth your while, and I am engaged in the dis charge of my sacred dutios." "Did you say you were a bishop?" asked the road sgent. "Yes, just a poor bishop." "What ohuroh?" "Thc Episoopal churoh." "Tho hell you arel Why that's the ohuroh I behfog to. Driver, you may pass on.''-Right Rev. Ethel bert, in Harper's Magazine. it*. . The Family Spoons. While tummsging through the drawers of a bookcase in her daugh ter's room in search of some of somo writing-paper the other day, Mrs. Wimberling oame upon a bundle of letters tied with a pink ribbon and emitting a faint perfume. She untied the bundle and glanced through several of the letters. Then sho picked them up, went downstairs and confronted hor daugh ter. "Eunice," she paid, in a high state of indignation, "who io the idiot that you're corresponding with, I'd like to know? Of all the lovesick trash I j ever saw this is absolutely the worot. I ohall consider it my duty to report the matter to your father if this thing goes any further. Who wrote these lotterB?" "I am not going to lie to you about them, mamma," said Miss Eunice serenely. "If you will put on your glssses and look at them again you will find that they're a loi. of old let ters papa wrote to you when you were ? a girl."-Popular Magazine. -- ? ? Boy Made Good. At Toledo, Ohio, by a surgical ope I ration Harold Hurley, twelve years old, who was cns of the worst boys in the city, has' been made "good." He was so naughty that he had been sentenced to the reform school. Then his mother remembered that he bad onoe suffered a fractured skull, and she decided to try an operation on his head. This was done and a bone near ly an inch long was found imbedded in the brain. Physicians did not ex pect results bofore six months, but the desired has been quiekiy at tained. From an incorrigible, who would jump out of the window at night to sMy downtown and sleep in alleys from a boy in whom parental love was wholly wanting-Harold Hurley bas been transformed into a traoubie lov ing and thoughtful ohild. The happy outoome of the operation ?B a vindica tion for the boy 3 mother, who could never believe ho was wilfully guilty of j I tnany bad things he did. In the Country. When the thermometor had dropped far below cero good Mrs. Rogers was much disturbed at the recollection that Huldah, the oew kitchen maid, slept in an unheated room. "Huldah," she said, remembering the good old custom of her own ?!?!ho?d, "H's going to be Crotty cold tonight. I think you hsd otter take a flatiron to bed with you." "Yes, ma'am," said Huldah, in mild and expressionless assent. Mrs. Rogers slept soundly and free frora care, secure in the belief that the maid was comfortable. 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