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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. SUNDAY. JITNE 15. 1002. i'i m / M ISCEI,I,A3TEOXIS. .. WM.WISE&SON. DIAMONDS For June Weddings And other PrecToiis ikild Semi” /• r • i., - • ■'y . V • 'i ' ■ ' Precious Stones 2 6 T H W A R D E R S W A N T A P A R K . T w e n ty-sixth Ward people are working hard to have a park or plaza, to be named after the Jewell family, established on the site of the shanties which now cover the gateway to the ward. They figure that the city owes to them the park, and strong ef forts are being made to prove their claim. R O O S E V E L T PA R D O N S CONVICT. Columbus, O.. June 14—George Goodell has beep pardoned from the Ohio Penitentiary by President Roosevelt. He was sentenced in the Indian Territory to .serve two sen tences of ten years each for manslaughter. He killed two Fulsom brothers. mountied-in designs of plati num and gold, nowhere else -;Secn and marked op a new basis, making the assort\ .laent .worthy the attention I o f b u y e r ^ ^ s p e c t i o i i m IRatBiisH A v<Sf Fulton 5 t . M e t e l s k E s F in e H a i r G o o d s . M odem and c-xcluMve designs. All our styles represent In every respect the highest degree of excellence In Bangs. Waves. Pompadours, Wigs, Toup?es and W avy Switches. Gray H a ir, any shade, from the darkest gray to the lustrous sil ver white, can be matched. Private Boom s for H a ir DrcRsIng,- Shampooing and Scalp Treatment. W. Meceiskl. -{8$ Ftilton St. A L ib e r a l R e w a r d . Liberal reward will be given to person returning violin No. 35. m a d e by Jos. G. Tarr. which was stolen on Monday, June 9. from J. Bukof»kl of 166 Seventh av. Brooklyn, a boy of 16. who Is heart broken over Its loss: no questions asked. P a w n b r o k e r s ~ T , N e w m a n & S o n , 1,076 Fulton Ft. bet. Classon and Franklin avs. Libera! L o a n s-bti' Diam onds, W atches. Jewelry, Wearing ; A pparel and Personal property of every description. H IG H L A N D P A R K IM P R O V E M E N T . T w e n t y - s i x th W a r d C itizen s to D e m a n d a n A p p r o p r ia tio n . A .demand: Is tV be-m a d e upon the Board of Estimate for an appropriation- of $20,000 for the .improvement of Highland Park.- in the Tw enty-sixth TVard. The citizens of the w-ard argue that since a large sum of money is set aside yearly for park purposes, there Is no reason why Highland Park shouldn’t receive a fair quota of the amount, regard less of any special appropriation for it. It was thought advisable to secure the $20,000 appropriation if possible, and get a share of the general, appropriation beside. Highland Park is a breathing place for the entire E a s t- ern-Districtr.and.Jt.ia claim ed that it should be'-prdpSr3ji;carea ;for; Sind Improyed. X -R A Y A D V A N C E M E N T . Nd\ L o n g e r a-S c ien tific T o y , h-ut a n I n - , : s' dispensable-' A id in S u r g e r y . 'X-Rays having ceased to be a curious -won der of toy in the public estim ation, has taken its place as an indispensable means of s u rg ery. There Is scarcely a hospital in the world unprovided with radiographic appa ratus. Private practitioners have become adepts in the use ot'these rays for the pur- pVse.’of diagnosis'. ’’Radiographs (Instantane- ous'photogr'aphs) are nb-w- takOn o f the larger portions of the body-^tivo years ago a re sult ^deemed impossible—in a few-:, seconds, ^p. much-improved have become the power and penetration of the tubes th a t value and certainty are confidently expected results. Danger of burning or- otherwise Injuring the patienj during examinations is past. O p e ra tions pE great delicacy and' difficulty are made easy and certain, while in diagnosis alone thousands of lives have been saved. ----- . - ^ P A R I S E A S H IO N S V P TO D A T E . N o t i c e s r c c e l r c d t o o l a t e f o r t l t l s c o l u m n T v i l l 1)0 f o u n d o n t h e l a s t p a c e o f t h e C a b l e S e c t i o n . M A R R IE D . CARET—NICHOLS—On W ednesday. June U, 1302. *at St. A u ^ s t l n e ’s Church, by Rev. E. W. MC- \Carty Ml5^ JOSEPHINE.M . NICHOLS, daugh ter of Edward P. Nichols, to Dr. JOHN J. CAREY, W-2* DOUGL.ASS—ACK E R M .\N—On Thursday. June 12. 1902. at the home of the bride’s mother. Mrs. E m ily A. Ackerman. oOS Monroe st. Brooklyn, by the Rev\ Dr. R. J. Kent. M AUDE E. .ACKERMAN to JAMES S. DOUGLASS. FORTH—ZI.VGREBO-On Thursady. June 12. 1992. FLORBN'CE E. ZISGREBO to CI..4.RE.N'CE R. f o r t h , both of Brooklyn. JOHN—THOMPSON—On Wednesday, June 11. by Rev. Dr. W illiam J. Hill, LL. D.. assisted by Rev. Dr. Thomas Baxter, D. D., and Rev. Father W illiam V. O’Brien of St. P a u l’s R, C. Church, at the residence of the bride's parents, . EMILIA MARIA THO.MPSO.N to SAMUEL JOHN of S.hamokin. MURPHY—WILSON—On Thursday. June 12. at St. P a u l's Church, by the Rev. N. J. Murphy, O. .S. A.. CLARA V. WILSON of Brooklyn to FRANCIS J. MURPHY. . RHODES—JOHNSTON—On June 11. at the resi dence o f her sls-ter, Mrs. Frederick Pierce, -tS Shepherd av. by Rev. Nelson R. Boss, rector of T rinity Church. MILLICENT M. JOHNSTON to J.A.MES M. RHODES. SULLIVAN—FECHTM A N —On Thursday, June 12. 1902, at 71 E a st One Hundred and T w enty-sev enth. S t . N ew York City, Miss B. C. FECHT MAN to Mr. P. J. SULLIVAN of Brooklyn. N. Y. W E GGE—COX—A t Westfield. N, J.. June 10. AU GUSTUS J. WEGGE of Brooklyn and Miss M ARGARET K.ATE COX. W ILSON—DARRELL—On Thursday, J u n e -12. by the Rev. W. I. Southerton. ETTA DARRELL, daughter of Captain J. T. Darrell of Bermuda, to ROBERT JAMES WILSON of Brooklyn. F^rorEi-'The Eagle Paris Bureau. Cambon, through, the co.urtesy ..of . » • i h r a i i ^ i „lSt|aus.--_ :: 2 .: fr;: ■, Blue linen c6at> and'skirt, with straps of same goods aiid white pearl buttons. - — - -I — ---- ^ ■ A F O p p PR O B L E M . •Where W ill th e ' V n ite d S ta t e s G e t I t s M e a t i n 1920 a n d T h e r e a f t e r ? The Increase of live stock for food pur poses is riot', .peeping; p.dce -w-ith the increase )f population. In. fact',' the 'statistical table's ihow that, the percentage of live stock to-the aead - of -population' Is getting smalleri - and that this divergence has been- going on for some time. This- divergence is due to the tact that our cattle herds. have been standing still, sho-wing no increase, while our popu lation has been g o i n g w i t h bounds. Now. -w-hlle this is so, the drafts for domestic con sumption naturally have not lessened, while the export demand has been increasing. The present ratio of'increase of population in d i cates a population In 1920 of 100,000,000. To keep pace with this Increase there should be 55.000,000 head-of c a ttle, .with hogs and sheep in propos^ion. • T he indications are not now that such w ill b e the case. There m u st be a very decided change in the m ethods of cattle raising that now obtain to suggest any. hope. So the question is one rather startling. W ill the next generation starve or find a substitute for beef, mutton and pork? EHeilESTFIIIEiOFlS. HIISNOPLIICEINIIISTOIII M. Le Ray de Chaumont, Though First in France to Aid Our Cause, Not Honored. SPENT A FORTUNE TO HELP US. A P e r s o n a g e in T-wo R e c e n t N o v els. “ C o u n t’' de C h a u m o n t’s A m e rican E s ta t e . One of the useful functions of the modern novelist, which, by the way. Is apt to be un intentional. is to recall deserved names to present remembrance. Two recent books have paid more or less attention to a prom inent figure in the history of Northern New Tt'ork. The authors have very kindly trans formed M. LeRay de Chaumont into the Comte de Chaumont, and have made such little errors as introducing this distinguished Frenchman at his country seat in Jefferson County during the second war with England, the while he was at his estate In France, hut that does not m atter: in the main they have been kind to him. though perhaps not realizing the importance of his services to the United States. Just now it seems to be the fashion to recall the services of the early friends of American Independence In France. Lafay ette was recently honored by the American school children and Count Rocharabeau’s MANSION BUILT BY M. LE RAY DE CHAUMONT AT LERAYSVILLE. A SE C T IO N A L O P IN IO N . Because ',of t h e .E a s t Ne-w' Y o r k Loop. A l l B rooklyn S h o u ld Be P u n ish e d . - “Many men of many m inds,” etc.. Some people,..want the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company to secure . the East River Tunnel. Some don’t. We are w ith the don’ts. The Brooklyn Eagle seems to favor the com pany. If the dear bird had been compelled to flap its Svlngs in impatient waiting at the easterly exit'of the loop for the past'year >r two, it m ight feel differently on the’ sub ject. To our mind the company has more contracts on Its hands already than It is able to fill. The addition of a tunnel transit system from Manhattan would be a cruel lufiiction upon the management, and -we hope that the commissioners -will take the huJ mane view of the question and spare the management. At the sam e tim e they may Incidentally spare the people—from great an noyance. But spare the management, any way.—Brooklyn Record. P E L K E Y —SE L L IC K . The wedding of James A. Pelk.cy, who is a member of the Order of Elks and is well known iri Masonic circles, to Miss Jennie ’M. Sellick, daughter of Alber-t M. Selllck, tdqk place on Saturday, June 7, at the rectory of the Church of the Reconciliation. The cer- emonv was performed, by the pastor, the jjey. '-tv. Russell Collins. The wedding w a s In a measure private, and only the im m edl- tte relatives of the contracting partles..-were present at the reception jvhich followed. The couple' will make their home at 106 Pierreptfnt street. - D IED . A N G E VIN E —On Friday, .lune 13. at his residence. ISl H a ls e y st. Brooklyn. FRANK ANGEVINE, In the 6Sth year of hl?« age. Funeral Sunday. June 15, at 3 P. M. .. (Poughkeepsie papers please copy.) n-2 BELCHER—On Saturday, June 14, 1902, at her residence. 25 South Portland av, Brooklyn. . ELIZABETH FOSHAY, w ife of Samuel E. Belcher. Notice of funeral hereafter. U-2 BltANDO W —At her residence. 15S South Elliott place.-M ARY c: BRANDQ-tV. Funeral -services at her daughter’s residence at Lynbrook, Sunday. June 15. 1902, at 1:30 P. M. Carriages in waiting. CAMM’HYER—On Ihursday, June 13. 1902, ADA, w ife of J. .C. Cammeyer, Jr., aged 26 years, at her rssldenceV 919 Fulton stV' • •Funeral prlvat*?. CONKLIN—In .Brooklyn. Friday. June 13. 1902. CHARLES H ., only son of Jam es H. and Mary K. Conklin, aged 21 years. Funeral services-• a t the home,. lOS Decatur st. Sunday, at 4 P. M. Interment at H untington, L. I. 13-2 •CROWLEY-;—On June 13, at his residence, 14 State st. PATRICK j: CROWLEY. ; Funeral Sunday, 2 P, M. DA IN 3 —A fter a lingering illness, WILLIAM F. •DAINS, aged 37 years. • Funeral services, 7:30 P. M., Monday, June 16. 1902,, at hia late residence, 654 Leonard at. In term ent Tuesday, June 17, at lo:30 at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Members of N e w York Fire Departm ent Benevolent Association, also of Uniform ed OfHcers’ Association, N e w York Fire Department, Borough of Brooklyn and Queens, are Invited to attend. DAW SON—Passed away, • on June 12. THOMAS W. DAWSON, at the residence of b is daughter,. 1,057 Bedford av, In his ETlh year. : D U N N —On Satiirday, June 14. 1902. GRACE D. DU.NN,. nee W ALKER, beloved w ife of Harry S. Thinb. In the 29th year of her age. 'Funeral service at her late residence, 62A Buf falo av. Monday, June 16^ 8 P. M. FORD-rSuddenly. on Friday, LIZZIE FORD. R e latives and friends are Invited to attend fu neral ser\'Ices at her late residence, 135 Duf- ' field st, on Sunday, 4:30 P. M. H U N T E R —On Saturday, June 14. at her residence. 96 Pierrepont st. Brooklyn. H E L |:N M. HUN TER, daughter of the late WilUa’m and Maria Hunter. Notice of funeral hereafter. KONIG—On- June 13. 1902, at 3 P. M.. IDA T. TUTH ILL W E IDM AN KONIG, w ife of W ill iam. A. J. Konlg. Funeral from residence. Surf av and W est Twen- ^ tieth 'st. Coney Island, Monday, June 16, at 10 - *A. M. Interm ent at East Moriches, L. I. LEO N A R D —A t his residence. 131 McDonough st. . Brooklyn, N. Y.. A. SIDNEY LEOJCARD, M. D., in his 60th year. Funeral services at S o’clock Monday evening. M AINE—On Friday; June 13, 1902, at bis residence. 24 . . . S eventh ay. HALLOCK RATHBONE M AINE, M. D., husband of E stelle Leggett, eldest son of Malcolm • T. and P. Franclna Maine. Funeral Sunday. June 15, at 3 P. M., frem his late.residence’. 24 Seventh av,’Brooklyn. N.Y.14-2 M c D o n a l d —On Friday, Jane 13, W ILLIAM Mc- .. DO^’ALD.. . ■ F u n eral from the residence of his son, J. W. ’• M cDonald. 61 Butler st, Sunday, June 15, 2:30 . P . M. ’ Interm ent Holy Cross Cemetery. McMILLAN—On Saturday. June u ' 1902. at her residence, 218 Sterling place, Mrs. E. C. D. McMILLAN, In her S4th year. (Mobile papers please copy.) NOLAN—On Friday, June 13. JOHN J. NOLAN. Funeral from hia late residence. Sixty-first at, near Thirteenth av* on Sunday. June 15, at 2 ;■ P . M-. Interm e n t Flatbush. 0*H IG G lK S ^ A t the residence of hts parentsr P a t rick fuid Hannah O’Hlgglns, at 155 Forty-sec ond sL South Brooklyn, JAM E S FRAN(7IS ■ O’HIGGINS, aged 26 years and 6 m onths. Funeral Sunday. June 15, at 2 P. M. Interment at Calvary Cemetery. 12-3 SILVER—At Shelter Is'land. N. T., June 13, 1902, Miss H A R R IET A. SILA^ER. Interment in Greenwood Cemetery. (Montpelier. V t., papers please copy.) SMITH—A t the residence of his niece, Clara M. Rogers of 81 Mlddagh st, Brooklyn, DAVID G. S>XITH, aged 67 years. R e latives and friends, members of Franklin En gine. Company No. 3 of the late Volunteer De partm ent, W- P .. and also Brooklyn Volunteer Firem en’s Association of Brooklyn are Invited to attend the funeral services on Sunday, June 13, at 2 P. M., 83 Mlddagh st. Interm ent Ever greens. (Long Island W isconsin papers please copy) SM ITH—A fter a lingering illness, on Friday, June 13, 1902. ALICE C.. beloved w ife of Edward Smith- Funeral from her late residence. 159 Bergen st, thence to St. Paul’a CThurch, on Monday, June 16. a t 9;30 A. M. SPARK S —A t Peeksklll, N. Y.. on June 13. ELIZ- . ABE-TH GILBERT, -widow of Sam u el Sparks and daUEhter of the late Charles A. Gilbert, aked 75 years and 3 months. Funeral private. T B U E S D E L L —A t her home, 279 Graham st. Brooklyn, on Saturday mornlnK, ' June 14, , M IN E R V A TRUESDELL. w ife of the late '. L e w is H. Truesdell. . ' . Services to be h e ld ,at house at 8 o’clock. Mon day evening. June 16. Interment on T u e s d a y .- at Ne-n:ton, N. J * ..................... . Ja m e s D. L e E a y . s t a t u e h a s a p la c e o f h o n o r a t th e n a t io n a l CEi'ltal, o v e r th e u n v e i l i n g o f w h ich the o r a t o r s h a v e paid a d e s e r v e d trib u t e to th e m a n . B u t a fa m i l y w h ich s t i l l ea r lier b e fr ie n d e d th e U n ited C o lo n ie s h a s g o n e m o s t ly w ith o u t official r e c o g n i t io n . The father of James Donation Le Ray de Chaumont will not be forgotten wherever the W'orks of Benjamin Franklin are read, for it was the father who entertained our Minister, and at a tim e -when the court of France feared to openly a s s ist the struggling colonies. It is worthy of mention, however, that this was the least of their services, fa ther and son. For nine years Franklin llved^ln the villa of Donation Le Ray de Chaumont in. Passy, and his patron, at one tim e, a m inister of Louis XV, declined a re appointment, so that he might be of greater assistance to America. But he also ad vanced large sums of money, fitted out a fleet for John Paul Jones and sent cargoes of powder to 'Washington’s -army. For this assistance no adequate return was ever made. The rest of the debt is said to have been repaid in part after a long -wait, and there is a tradition of a paym ent in lands, which is the -way in which Baron Steuben and other foreigners were recompensed. The chief unoEBcial recognition is the naming for M. de Chaumont of a chapter of the Daugh ters of the American Revolution. If there was ever a time when America needed friends it was during 1777, when Dr. Eranklln went to sue at the Court of Louis XVI for help. However much France hated England, it was a different m a tter to openly espouse the fortunes of England’s revolted colonies in America. And. beside, France herself—her government—had no money to lend, for the troubles w-ere already begin ning, which ended in the Reign of Terror and the dictatorship of Napoleon Bonaparte. It was at such a time that M. de Chaumont, a wealthy banker of Paris, came to the a s sistance of the struggling colonists. Irving Bacheller in ”D'ri and I” and Mary H a rtw ell Catherwood in \Lazarre” have drawn very gracefully the benign flgurc of the “ Count” de Chaumont. and though they havo not discovered a friend of the American cause, they have at least interpreted his im pulses accurately. James Donation Le Ray de Chaumont, in whom these novelists arc m o stly concerned, was the eldest son of t h e . F rench states man and banker who entertained Franklin and -was him self a friend of the cause, ably seconding the efforts of his father. .\t the time Dr. Franklin arrived in France he was a young man just finishing his education] and he Improved the opportunity to learn English and the causes of the American war from the venerable envoy from the Congress of the United States. The villa at Passy, a suburb of Paris, was roomy and adjoined a larger one occupied by the banker and his fam ily, Franklin was a genuine attraction, for in France the distinguished philos opher was believed to have originated the struggle, and perhaps the French were not so very far wrong. M. de Chaumont sent a ship load of powder to the French consul at Boston, 2,000 barrels in all, with Instructions not to collect payment for it unless the cause was triumphant. Ho was later assigned by the French and American governm ents to superintend the equipment of Paul Jones’ fleet, and the son accompanied him to L’Orient on that busi ness. He also advanced large sums of money and brought him self to bankruptcy on ac count of his expenditures. When the Independence of the colonies had been recognized, the son came to Amer ica to press for the payment of a part of the loans BO unhesitatingly granted. He brought with him letters .of introduction from Dr. Franklin to Governeur Morris, DeW ltt Clin ton and other prom inent New \York patriots. His m ission at first was not successful, trie Revolutionary finances being in an almost hopeless condition. M. Le Ray labored long and patiently, and he did not. apparently, think less of the United States because the payment dragged. He accepted the situa tion philosophically. It was not until 1790 that he returned, his efforts crowned only with partial success. . Probably no better authority can be cited In connection with fne value of these serv ices or of the relative importance of the as sistance given by French friends of America than Dr. Franklin. W riting to Washington, he says: ’’Philadelphia. 3 June, 1789. \I have made a rule to m y self that yonr E x c ellency should not bo troubled with any solicitations from me for favors to any, even of my nearest connections, but hero is a m a tter of justice in which the honor of our country is concerned, and, therefore. I cannot refuse giving this line for your in formation. M. Le Ray de Chaumont, father of the young gentlem an who will havo the. honor of w a iting on you with this, was the first in France who gave ns credit, and be fore the court show-ed us any countenance, trusted us -with 2.000 barrels of gunpowder, and from tim e to time afterwards exerted him self to furnish the Congress with sup plies of various kinds, which, fer want of due returns, they being of great amount, has finally much distressed him in circum stances. Young Mr. Chaumont has now been here near four years, soliciting a set tlem ent of the accounts merely, and though the payment of the balance, to be sure, w-ould bo acceptable, yet proposing to refer that to the time when It shalll better suit the convenience of our government. “The settlem ent, if the fatlier had it to show, would tend to quiet his creditors, and might be made use of for that purpose, but his son has not hitherto been able to obtain it, and is detained In this country at aa ex pense that answered no end. He hopes, however, now. that your excellency may pre- vaif to have some settlem ent made of those accounts, that he may carry home to his father the statem ent of them: and I the rather hope this likewise, that we may there by be freed from the imputation of adding ingratitude to injustice.” Five montns later it appears from a letter written by Franklin to young Le Ray that the settle.nient desired was not much nearer at hand. It is of record that though the claims w-erc paid in part, no recompense for the cargo of gunpowder was ever made. John Bigelow-, who was minister to France at the close of the Civil War, and who was intim ately acquainted with the circum stances. sums up the servict-s of M. de Chau mont as follows: “From the moment the French govern ment began to take an active Interest in the struggle of the colonists, the duties assigned to de Chaumont by the m inistry were of the m'est confidential and responsible char acter. (H e sent one load of powder to Boston w-lth instructions to his agent, M. Holker, the French consul general, to claim no pay unless the .-tmericans were successful in achieving their independence. He also sent a consignment of clothing to the army under the command of Lafayette. He ap pears to have been charged with purchasing and equipping most, it not all, of the vessels fitted out by his goveenment to assist the colonists and also -witli the dlstribu.tlon of the prizes w-hich wore made by them. This brought him into intimate and constant cor respondence W ith M. Sartine, the minister of marine, and he equipped and directed the operations of five of the vessels of war with which Paul Jones made his name a terror to the inhabitants of the English and Scot tish coasts.” From the time of Franklin’s arrival in Paris -M. Dor.atien Le Ray de Chaumont’s at tentions to the American m inister were un ceasing. M. de Chaumont -w'as a t that time honorary superintendent of the Hotel des Invnlides and also honorary superintendent of the woods and forests of the Department of Berry and Blaiaon. He had been a .mem ber of the former ministry and w-as on in tim a te terms with the then m inisters of the young King. He shared their enthusiasm for the cause of the American colonies and declined an invitation later on to become a inomber of the cabinet, on the ground that he could be of more use to the cause in an unofficial way. Hl.s estate at Passy was re tired, bUL within easy reach of Paris. At this house was conducted all those negotia tions which procured for the colonies the open alliance of France and finally the ac knowledgment of their . independence by England and it wa.s upon that house that he placed the first lightning rod ever put up in France or Europe. There were two build- the scaffold, and it is related that Citizen ChassIniB remarked with a grim humor that If they parted before agreeing on the pur chase they might not meet again. From the -window of the apartment in which they were met the mob could in its deadly work. However, they did agree and the purchase -was concluded. Many of the stockholders were royalists at heart and the others only gla ^ y exchange some of the treasure he had broug’gt w'lth him from Spain for a part of the lanitv. \Take ftvrty or fifty thousand francs and . give me its equivalent in land.” Bonaparte be scon outside engaged ; |g reported to have said, ”I cannot do so.” replied M. de Chaumont. ”It Is Impossible to make a bargain when only one party knows what-be is about.” \Oh said the prince, ’'I know you well. from France. They formulated a somewhat unique scheme of settlem ent, -which might be regarded as socialistic. Tliere were 6,000 shares, and the 630,000 acres of the pur chase w ere to be divided Into 12.000 lots of fifty acres each, after reservations had been m a d e ' for two large cities. The price of each share w-as placed at .800 Ilvres. or about $152. In the beginning 6.000 lots w'cre to bo set apart for Individual proprietors, and the other half to belong to the common stock, which was to be divided at some future time when it should become valuable. The city of Casiorvillo was to be built near the Black River opposite what is now the small railroad station of Castorland on the Utica and Black River division of the New York Central Railroad, and one of the first settlem e n ts on the property was act ually begun there, .\nother iarge municipal ity w-as to be built on Lake Ontario, to bo know-n as Basle, represented by the present village of Dexter, which Is now more con cerned about the prosaic manufacture of paper from wood pulp than the romantic history planned for it in Paris more than a century ago. M. de Chaumont or M. Le Ray. as he pre ferred to be railed, after his assumption of American citizenship, was a stockholder in the Castorland company, and the end of the \onture was the ass.umption by him of the company’s debts and hlg taking the land. The French proved bod colonists, the people who interested thcm.selvcs in the project were unused to the w-ays of the backwoods, and the community plan did not w'ork. The set tlors built their camps along the river and they w-ere swept dow-n stream in many in stances. .■Vs the purchase was finally concluded the tract included 220,000 acres, nearly all of which was north of Black River. This was in January 3. 1S03, Gouverneur -Morris, the friend of Washington and Hamilton, acting for the vendor and-Ifimself becoming agent for the balance of the original purchase. The new- owner Immediately set In motion plans which hd had made for its immediate settlem e n t. He opened a land office on Broadway, New York, and soon had started a stream of home seekers north, and the lands began speedily to he filled up. They were of a different class than had become stockholders la the Compagnlc de New York, however, hardy pioneers from New England, German^ Scotch and Irish from Europe. At what is now Leraysvllle. Jefferson County, the enthusiastic proprietor began the construction of a mansion for his own occupancy. Soon a village grow up about it and other towns and s e u lem e n ls began to appear. The original Manor House was completed in 1810. It Is here that Captain Raymond Bell was supposed to have been entertained and where he Is said to have learned to love two sisters, guests of M. Le Ray. so equally and to his own vexation. Pretty though the incident is. It appears that the distinguished host was in France during the war in w'hlch the hero of \D’ri and I” w a s supposed to have won so much renow'n. M. Le Ray was a friend of Joesph Bona parte, the elder brother of the first em peror] and the novelist represents him also to have been on intim a te terms with Na- ir.gs on the estate, which only a short lime noleon him self. - The friendship antedated before had been purchased by M. de Chau- | even the rise of the family to fame. When inont from the Duchesso de Valentinois, and niicfortune c.ame M. de Chaumont hastened L\°rgr:rnd\and'’um\ou!cr\f The larger .'was occupied by M. de Chaumont and the smaller w-as for the remainder of his sojourn in France the residence of Franklin, M. de Chaumont had a chateau at Chaumont and another at Biesscis. With Paul Jones M. de Chaumont held in timate relations, but at times quarrels v,-ero hard to prevent. Captain Jones’ temper was unfortunate la businers if avall.-ible in battle, and the benefactor of the cause found it dif ficult to satisfy him. .\n attempt was made by the British to bribe M, de Chaumont. It is necessary only to say that, the Incident terminated to the advantage of the colonies and of Franco. On this and other occasions be was cornmended for his discretion by Comte de Vergennes. the minister of foreign affairs. Franklin’s host was the intermedi ary through which the Fre::ch cruisers were turned ever by the French government to Congress. De Chaumont was also appointed a member oi the commi.ssion to examine into the accounts of Beaumarchais, the original of the H o telez & Co. scheme, by which the French government and French subjects were able to make such large advances to the col onies, but de Chaumont refused to serve. How'ever, In aiding the United States to achieve independence M. Le Ray de Chau mont and his coadjutors wore unconsciously sowing the seeds of a revolution at home, which soon burst out like a great confla gration, wiping out property and credit and bringing on bankruptcy for the great and good friend of America. It was to m itigate the severity of the blow- that young James Dona tion LeRay de Chaumont came to America How difficult his task was has already been seen. The story of this young man’s venture in the lands of New York State is quite as ro mantic as this stirring history of events in France during our revolution. M. de Chau mont made many voyages to America, and on his second trip became a naturalized .Ameri can citizen. The passport, a fac sim ile of which Is fiere printed, shows that he had al ready become a citizen in 1802 when he was given a passport \to London or the United States.” a hundred years ago last month. The author of “Lazarre” describes his resi dence on the shores of Lake George. Ho also had land in Otsego County, purchased from Judge Cooper, father of the novelist, J. Fennlmore Cooper. But his chief Interest w a s centered in the Castorland Company’s tract. In Jefferson, Lewis, Franklin and St. Lawrence counties. It is worth while re calling that both W ashington and Clinton made large fortunes from purchases of New York State lands. In -August, 1792, when it had become plain to the more moderate elem ent in France that the Revolution had passed beyond con trol or bounds the Compagnie de New York was organized in Paris. On the Slat of the same,month the company, by ita agent, Pierre Chasslnls, who was de Chaumont’s brother- in-law, bought a large tract of land in the Black River country of Northern New York from W illiam Constable of New York City, who had succeeded to the ownership of the McComb purchase, originally comprising nearly aJl of that part of the state north of the Mohawk. This land lay along both j sides of Black River from High F a lls (now- Lyon’s Falls) to Lake Ontario, taking in all of Jefferson and Lewis counties' and parts of St. Lawrence and Franklin. It was a good share of -w’hat i.s known as Great Lot No. 5, and came to be known as Castorland—that is the land of beavers, for the French pur chasers merely translated the Indian name of the section. The scheme -ivas not fully perfected until five days before Louis XVI w a s taken to Joseph Bonaparte came to Blots, near where the de Chaumont estates -were located. M. de Chaumont hastened to pay his respects and was asked to dine with his friend. While at the table Bonaparte remarked to M. de Chaumont that he remembered having heard of de Chaum onfs great possessions in the United States. ' He said also that the future w a s doubtful and that he -would ment. This conversation is said to have led to the purchase of a large tract of wild land in the Castorland purchase. In December. ISIS, a deed of the land, 150,260 acres In all, was executed to Pierre S. Duponceau, his confidential agent. In trust for Bonaparte. I: Is related by other authorities iliat this time the price of jewels fell, and it appears that the purchase -was reduced in size to 30,000 acres, located in Lewis County, and in the Town of Diana, w-hich name Bona parte gave the region. In his published cor respondence King Joseph dates scver.al let ters from the Lake of Diana. Several years later the Legislature of the State, of No.w A'ork passed an act naturalizing and enabling the ex-king to hold the lands in his ow-n name. This can be found in Assembly p-tpera vol. XU, pp. 32--U Bonaparte In America took the name of Count do Survelliers. Lake Bonaparte, in the Township of Diaa.-i- w-as namtd for the brother of the first cm ‘ i peror. He built a hunting lodge on Us shore I and a few- miles aw'ay, in the vill.-ige of Nat- ! iiral BHdge. a more substantial residence, I which has been torn down within a year. ' Bonaparte spent several summers in hts do- i main, and there are traditions of his progress ; through the state In royal style. A few- years I ago two old men -were living in the village ' of Natural Bridge w-ho helped to hulld his house and who knew him well, though sev enty years have since elapsed. Here Bona parte entertained a son of Marshal ^lurat and several of Napoleon’s high officers. There appears reason to believe that the Bonapartes entertained an idea of establish ing themselves In .Northern New Y’ork, and it Is said that a ship was in -naitlng at a French seaport to convey the Emperor to America. The subject was once discussed at a din ner given by M. de Chaumont at his Le Raysvllle house. Joseph Bonaparte lived in America nearly a score of y-ear.s and built a mansion at Bordentown, N. J.-.;Th&re.apd at, Philadelphia and New York he spent most of his time. The Le Ray homestead Is located in the township of Le Ray, and near the village of Leraysvllle, in Jefferson County, about three m iles from F e lt’s M ills station, on th e Romo, Watertown and Ogden.sburg division of the New York Central. T h e original mansion w-as built in ISIO. with idea of Inducing im migration probably by a residence on the property. It was a wooden structure after plans by Dr. Baudry. .one of those talented Frenchmen w-ho could undertake^ anything from medicine to architecture. • The • spot chosen was a retired one, a plateau of ten acres, from which the land slope.s away on every, side. Mr. Le Ray played U^e grand seigneur on his estates to perfection, accord ing to ail accounts. He was a libera:! patron of everything xvhich tended l o advance the Interests of his people. He built roads and organized the first agricultural society and cattle show In the state and was the presi dent of it for several years. He imported superior breeds of horses and cattlp and was generous to a fault In helping along pub lic enterprises. Though a devout Roman Catholic, he readily acceded to requests. for sites and money to build Protestant churches and he reserved sites for school'hous'es on his lands. At Leraysvllle many distinguished guests xvere entertained. The Count'de SurvlIIlers, ex-K ing Joseph Bonaparte, was one. Gouver neur Morris was ar.othef, DeWltt Clinton and P'c-slde'nt Monroe, who stopped there for several days after a visit to the army posts,- on the northern frontier, in 1817, Count Real, Napoleon’s chief of police and many others. It is related by local gossips that during one of the visits of Gouverneur Morris, he and his host made a fishing excursion to Cape ’Vincent, where Lake Ontario becomes the St. Lawrence River, and where, as now. G ef the M o s t O u t o f Your Food Y m i d o n ’t :mil enii’t ii y o u r s i on uu - h is WOfik. ,\ IV'-.'IU stolii.-li'li fines not di.un.st ill! tliilt i.-; ni-flin.'ii'ily tulo-ii iiiin it. It g e l s tii'i-il fu s ily , niu! tvlnit it I’.-iils lo di- g;nst is w.-istofi. .A m o n g tlin s i g n s o f :i vvenk slo i m i c l i ni’e iino.-isim-ss .-ilinr (•;>ting, liis o f ni'i-->'ous 111 .-idjo-iM', :m(l (lis.'igi'cnnliln 1 .nli-liiug, \ I huv,: l u k ' ii 'lln o f l ’s Sar.supa r ii l: i fur .‘ftorrUK-li iroublf.'-f, a m i a r u n flow-p f-on-U- t i o n of tile svrstorn, a n d iinvc boi-n gi-f-i.-ily ti* in-litt.'(]-by it. I w o u l d n o t he w i t l u i u t it . ” E. H. 1 I l i ' K -.1,1 .V, W . ( 'l u -fi.cr, I'a. Hood's Sarsaparilla S i n -i i g i l i e n s ;iiiil lein-s ilie .siomacli a m i tile wliel,. ilige.-Iive s y s i e i n . the bp.sf. ba.-s lij^hiriR is to lie found in iha country. Bi-for<- itu-ir sport was ‘.'ndi?& night came on and ibey w-rr>- oldiged to piU'Si their tom ;iral remain on one of the islands, .A sud'leii storm aro.si- .■en! the n lU took lii'o, so that tin- parly was c-o:jipi-llod to make a h.-.sty fiiglu. Tile e.xpnsi’ire f.-.7ultod In'.a scriou.s cold for .M. Le Kay. wiin.-h cjul’mcd him to lii.s lied in tin- villag,- of nrowiivillu for several days, it is iiiso relate.1 that Mr. -Morris lost a leg, Ijiit as in- laroiiically re marked, lii.s caiam ity w:i.s not as .severe as lhat of his host, tor the leg lie lost was a wooden one. The present man.sion was built in l.s22. tho ■ original resldenco li.ivlng lieen inirned. It I i.s a mas.slvo .structure of stiUie wiili Ijorlo I cnhimn.s in front and is covered wiih stucco ] like that which adorns the W hite House at W ashington. ’The house Is tw'o stories high -tviih wings on either .side, and a large li.-isement. Four rooms occupy etich floor of the main building, the front parlors and corre.spomiing rooms atiovp liplng octagonal In form. One of tht? wings was u.sotl as a chapel and the other for a library. In tho bascniont were store rooms, linr.trles, kitchen and a large wine cellar. .A number of w'ino casks ttr-e.still found ihdro in the old cellar. Tho house is .still in good repair and is oc cupied by Willi.t.Ti Idielps. In tho variou.s roora.s are fotitid much of tho Lc Ray furni- turo. which would doiight tho heart of any collector of antiques, 'riioro is an old miusic box. ns large as a trunk, exoeedingiy curious in design, two sjilendid old fashioned clocks with mantol ornament.s, a handsome pier table, long nnd narrow, the lop being of black marble, a w-riting desk of brass and mahogany, several liedste.-id-s, pier ijOirrore, chandelior.s. Hero nnd tlioro patches‘ot”Viio plastering on the oul.sido wails are gone, but otherwise tlio mansion is in good pro.serva- 1 tlon. The grounds are on tlio edge of wliat is I known as tho Pino I'lains, mosUv over- grn-.vn with a now- grow-lli of timber. Tl'io^ man.sion faco.s this now fore-'U, On tho left wa.s tile deer park, w-hore in the d.-iys of the fam liy's resldenco there tho limiil fawm.-; could be seen grazing, w 'liilc-io the right -n-oro ample gardens, where the finest fruits and choicest fiowers w-ere cultivated. A' neat bridge, with white latticed railings, still span.s a stream th.-U rtm.s in front of the mansion. Not many traces of the fine circu lar drives remain. Between the spy house, and village is an artificial pond formed bV damming the stream and once stocked w-lth speckled trout and furnished with pleasure boats: This w-as called ?r. Jamc.s Lake and it now furnishes the young villagers a fine skating place. In a grove npar a wntcrfall is the grave of a little child, the grandchild of M. Lo Ray, W'ho died on September 29, bSl.S. a tiny monu ment still guarding the spot. The cliild was tho daughter of Theresa, the Marquise do Gouvello, for -whom the vlllago of Theresa -w-as named. About 1815 M, Le Ray became active in selling land to settlers from Europe. Tho growth of population w a s very rapid. Many of these people were B o n a p a rtlsts. who -were obliged to flee from Franco for fear of the vengeancq, of the restored Bourbons. M. ’Le Ray also brought artisans. Ho scut agents to Europe to show the advantages of northern New York for settlem e n t. At Capo A'incerit, which he named for his son, -w-as gathered a colony of friends of the conqueror of Europe. Among tho m o st distinguished -were Peter Francis Real, known as Count Real, tho chief of police of the empire; Marshal Grouchy, -who so unluckily happened to be late at ’iVaterloo: the Due de A'lncen- nes, ’a famous scien tist of the tim e; M. Pigeon, a celebrated astronom er, and Has- ler, tho em inent French philosopher. was commonly believed by these refugees that Napoleon would some day escape from St. H elena and a house w a s built at the village of Capo Vincent for him. known for years as the ”Cup and Saucer” house. Many of these people returned -to France, -n-hon tho am n esty w-as gijanted by Louis XVIII. But the permanence of the settlem ent was established. M. Le Ray brought over eaglnoers and w-orkmen. who built m ills and contributed to the w-oalth of tho community and the wants of tho settlers. One of tho Bonapartes, Prince Napoleon Louis Lucien Murat, the son of Napoleon’s great cavalry officer, whom ho married to his sister Caro line. was a favorite of M. Lo Ray. Prince Murat purchased a tract of land near Theresa and bulit there saw and -gist m ills and opened a largo store, -wlicrc ho attem p ted to make the tastes of the country people conform to those of Parisian.s and’ failed In the attem p t. Prince Murat planned a city, which ho called Joachim, in honor of his father. N o thing now rem ains of Joa chim except the name, which .still clings to a bridge and a dam. H is fortunc.s sped away, nnd, marrying an .American girl; 'the'' you’ng fello-w, w'hen la s t beard of. -ivas heip- i’ng to keep a boarding house. ^ in his large enterpri-ses .M. Le Roy w-as a.s- sisted by his son A'incont and by lii.s dis tinguished son-in-law . the Marquis de Gouvello. The latter helped to survey the village of Theresa and e.stablish qiills there. A blast furnace for the niamifacuire of iron was built at Long F.nlls, now Carthage. M. Le Ray brought over a chem ist and began the manufacture of gunpow-dor at Slocum’s .Mills. In 1S19 the land office was removed to Carthage, near w'hich place the last of the lands were sold, about tw-enty-fix’c years ago. M. Le Ray was generous to a fault and W'as slow to urge pa.vments on the lands sold by him. In time ho bceamo \land ipoor,’’ as the phrase is known. The opening ' of the 'Western country, through the build ing of tho Erie Canal, affected all large land owners di.sastrousiy and he w'as compelled to make aq ns.signment to his son Vlntent, who -ivas a shrewd business man. arid -who, after paying off all creditors, saved a large fortune out of it for him self. During tho time of the family's straits Vincent cut dow'u his parent’s allow-nnce to $10,000 a year. The fam ily left hero in 1S35 and represent atives of It have made only infrequent visits since. One son, Alexander, for whom the town of .Alexandria w a s named was killed in a duel in T e x a s during the war of liberation. A daughter, Theresa, left a son. who came 'to America to repre sent tho f.amily at the Yorktown celebration. The Count de Gouvello visited his grand father’s estate at that tim e. James, tho Count dc St. Paul, grandson of James Dona- tlen Le Ray. Is tho last to bear the historic name if he Is still alive. The Le Ray de Chaumont fam ily -was an old one -in France, and Chaumont Castle, famous in history. It la worthy of note that New York State has preserved the family name in the township of Lc Ray, tho fam ily estate in the name of tho village of Chaumont, M. Le Ray’s sons. Vincent in the village of Cape Vincent, and Alexander In .Alexandria, his daughter Theresa in tho village of that name. The post office of P lessls Is said to havo been named for M. Lc Ray’s dog. though it Is also a district of France. Other French nam es in Jefferson County nom enclature are Orleans, Pamella and Lorraine. .About the story of the lost dauphin being sheltered by M. do Chaumont. It is not new. As early as 1S53 a -writer in Putnam ’s Maga zine advanced the theorj- that the eldest son of Louis XVI -was brought to America and afterw-ard became a m issionary among the Indians. Vincent Le Ray de Chaumont took the trouble to w r ite a reply, denying the story as a pure fabrication. Yet it has been revived and serves aa the basis of a popular book. Remarking on tho attem p t to identify the Rev. Eleazar IVUllams as the lost dauphin, supposed to have been sm u ggled out of his prison. Lamartine says: “The miracle of silen c e over his escape would be greater than his m iraculous escaoe itself.” ’PA S S P O K T IS S ’UED TO XE R A Y , In the Possession of Mrs. Baldwin of AVa’tertow n, N, The annual commenoement exercises of the Poly technic In-sUtute w ill taka place at the Academy a | M usic on W ednesday even ing. - _ ________ ____________________________________ ... .. rb
