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home of Harrison.
HISTORIC
HOUSE AT
NES, IND.
VINCEN-
Where Harrison Li-red When Be Got
erned Indiana Territory Used aa
Fort In 1834-tcene of the Famona
Conference with Tecnmseh.
" William Henry Harrison's old home
stead at Vincennes, Ind., has Just been
sold to E. 8. Shepard for $2,000. The
building was erected by Gen. Harrison
n 1804 at a cost of $20,000, nearly 400
acres of land being exchanged for the
bricks alone. Here John Scott Harri
son, father of former President Benja
min Harrison, was born, and here Gen.
William H. Harrison, afterward Presi
dent, held his celebrated conference
with the Indian chief, Tecumseh. The
purchaser of he historic home has be
gun to repair the damage caused by
years of neglect, and expects to restore
it to its original appearance and pre
serve it as a memento of American
history.
The old home remained in the bands
JÍ the Harrison family until 1S40,
when it passed to William Pigeon, who
handed it down with his estate to
Flavlus Pigeon, who in turn was forced
to sell it to E. S. Shepard. Since it
passed out of the hands of the Harri
son family it has Berved a multitude
Hi
6ir
OLD BOMB OF W,
HAKK180N.
of purposes, ranging from a hotel to a
fold for sheep in the winter.
Around this building, erected in 1804
and then claiming the distinction of
being the most pretentious structure
Vest of the present State of Ohio, cen
ters most of the territorial history of
Indiana, Michigan, Illinois,- andWis
consin, when all of that great area was
Included in what was known as "In
diana Territory," presided over by Gov.
aiTison. Jorseveral years jtwas not
only' the official residenceind building
of the Territory, but the ammunition
storehouse as well. It was in this house
that the territorial representatives met.
Here were entertained Thomas Jeffer
son, Commodore Perry and other Illus
trious lights of American history: In
the northwest room John Scott Harri
son, father of ex-President Benjamin
Harrison, was born, and in a shutter
In this room Is a hole made by a bul
let fired at William Henry Harrison
by a hostile Indian that night while
k was pacing the floor with a new
born babe.
In 1801, when William Henry Harri
son came to Vincennes, he recognized
the necessity of an official residence,
which would also serve as a territorial
"White House," an Indian fort, and an
ammunition warehouse. The Indian
troubles were becoming serious. It was
thé beginning of that crisis which Te
cumseh brought about, and which
closed with the battle of Tippecanoe.
The house was erected to meet of
these requirements.
Though it has stood for almost a
century it is probably the most sub
stantial building in Vincennes to-day.
It is by no means antedated in archi-
tecture. Every bit of the material en
tering into the construction was made
or finished by hand. The rafters are
of walnut and the finishing is in the
finest black walnut that could be found
in the forests of Indiana. The sashes.
doors, shades, casings, wainscoting and
finishing in this highly polished wood
looks as bright to-day as when they
were put In place. The work was done
by the best workmen he could bring
in from the East. There are big old
iasmonea fireplaces in every room,
and even in the cellar. The bulldin;
was made as nearly fireproof as possi
ble by packing clay between the ceil
ings and the floors and between the
walls.-- - "
The building overlooked the Wabash
river, and was in one corner of Harri
son's plantation of 1,000 acres, which
, he named "My Plantation Grouseland."
The yard was surrounded by high pal
isades, making the interior an Indian
fort The house itself was originally
surrounded by a colonial veranda. Wil
liam Henry Harrison was seated on
this when Tecumseh arrived on that
memorable mission, in 1809. Mr. Har
rison had taken precautionary steps
to head off trouble. The council cham
ber faced the window. He secreted
two full companies of territorial ml
fitia in the chamber. As Tecumseh
and his warriors came up the path,
Ithey had little idea they were in range
if 200 muskets, with only a thin wood
en shutter between them. Harrison
bad evidently studied his bearing. He
jwas seated on the porch, In his shirt
pleeves, leisurely smoking and reading.
fie did not see Tecumseh until he
eached the porch, and then he went
Idown, shook hands, and Invited him
to the hospitality of the house. Tecum-
ft
u.
eh maintained the dignified resera
of a representative of an offended peo
pie, and declined the invitation, in
forming Harrison that he had brought
his retinue, his tents and his provender,
that he came not to ask favors or ac
cept them, but he came to demand th
rights' of his people. He saial be woulc
pitch his tent "over under that elrx
tree." This he did, and under itt
branches from August 10 to 20 a dra
matic and historic conference lasted.
It was- within hearing distance of the
house, and Mrs. Harrison viewed most
of iife proceedings from the porch.
It was during this conference that
Tecumseh called Harrison a liar and
pushed him backward off the bench.
Harrison drew his saber and demanded I
an explanation. Tecumseh then drew
that striking simile between his act
and that of the white man pushing his
people off their lands. Here, too, Te
cumseh thew himself to the ground
and embracing it avowed that the sun
was his father, the earth his mother
an.l he would rather repose in her
bosom than to make concessions and
betray his people.
The Harrisons left for Fort Harrison,
Terre Haute, In 1811. Gen. Harrison
was then en route to jaeet Tecumseh
in battle. ' The climas of this move was
Tippecanoe, which shattered the great
Tecumseh conspiracy. The organiza
tion of Illinois and Michigan reduced
Indiana Territory to Its present limits,
and the Harrisons went to Corydon,
then made the seat of government.
AN HISTORIC SPOT.
Place Where John linll Bade George
Washington Good-Bv.
"It Is with the greatest pleasure I In
form you that on Sunday last, the 17th ;
Inst. (1776), about 9 o'clock in the fore-:
noon, the ministerial army evacuated there existed a love that was little
the town of Boston, and that the forces short of mutual adoration. All the lit
of the United Colonies are now in act- i tie girl's ambitions seemed to center In
ual possession thereof. I beg leave to
congratulate you, sir, and the honora
ble Congress on this happy event, and
particularly as It was effected without
endangering the lives and property of J
the remaining unhappy inhabitants. I
have great reason to imagine their
flight was precipitated by a work,
which I had ordered to be thrown up
I
DORCHESTER HEIGHTS MONUMENT.
last Saturday night on an eminence at
Dorchester, which lies nearest to Bos
ton Neck, called Nook's Hill." Thus
WTOte Gen. George Washington to the
president of Congress March 19, 1776.
The city council of Boston has just ap
proved plans submitted by Peabody &
Stearns for the Dorchester Heights
monument which marks the spot where
Gen. Washington stood and watched
the British sail away. The plan shows
a type of tower common in colonial
times, with fountain and memorial tab
let on the most conspicuous side. It
will be built of old-fashioned brick with
dark headers. The trimmings will be
of Indiana stone or white terra cotta.
The height of the monument to the
base of the steeple will be about 75 feet
The original appropriation for the mon
ument was $25,000.
LADY LOUISA TIG HE.
Sole Survivor of the-Famouo Ball He'd
on the Kve of Waterloo.
Lady Louise Tighe Is the only sur-
W& if if- "
vi-vor of those present at the Duke of j and pr0ceeded to replace the old man
Richmond's famous ball on the eve of ; 8lon with a spiendid new palace. It
LOUISA U. TIOHE.
the battle of Waterloo. She wa
child at the time, but distinctly remem
bers the whole scene described In By
ton's "Chllde Harold,"
A FAMOUS BEAUTY.
DAUGHTER OF A GOVERNOR
AND WIFE OF ONE.
Mrs. Kate Chase Fprsicne, Once the
rodal and Political Queen in Wash
ington Died in Obscurity Incidents
of Her Interesting Career.
. The death of Mrs. Kate Chase
Sprague, wift of a former Governor of
Rhode Island and daughter of the late
Salmon P. Chase, at one time Governor
of Ohio, Secretary of the Treasury and
chlef Justice of the united States Su-
preme Court, which occurred at Edge
wood, near Washington, not long ago,
closed a highly dramatic career.
, She was born In 1840, the only daugh
ter of Salmon P. Chase, and owing to
the death of her mother she early be
came mistress of her father's house
hold. Her father, the most famous
member of a family whose scions had
already gained fame at the bar, on the
bench and in the Protestant episcopate.
was already one of the leading lawyers
in Cincinnati, when, in 1849, a coalition
of Free Soilers and Democrats sent him
i to the United States Senate. At the ex-
: piratlon or his term, in 1&5. a some-
what similar coalition elected him Gov-
, ernor of Ohio. In 1857 the Republican
j party returned him to the gubernator
! ial seat.
I How much of his advancement he
owed to fhe personal popularity of his
, daughter Kate cannot be estimated. It
; is certain that before she had passed
out of her teens she was spoken of not
only as the leading belle of Cincinnati,
but as one of the most astute politicians
in Ohio. Between her and her father
him
Just as she was reaching the maturi
ty of her charms her father became a
great figure in national politics as can
didate for the Republican Presidential
nomination. In 1860, and Secretary of
the Treasury In, Lincoln's cabinet a
KATE CHASE SPRAGCR.
year later. In the latter position he
won a reputation second only to that of
Alexander Hamilton. At the height of
his power he established his home at
Edgewood, where his daughter has just
died. Here the most Illustrious men of
the nation, the most distinguished vis
itors from abroad, were always wel
comed. And here Kate Chase ruled su
preine over a crowd of admirers.
A little prior to this time she had met
William Sprague, the man who was to
become her husband. Sprague was
born In Rhode Island, in 1830. In 1856
he had succeeded to the management
of the print works, established by his
grandfather, and continued by his
father and uncle. In 18U0 he had been
elected Governor of his State. In Sep
tember of that year he had headed a
deputation from Rhode Island to the
dedication of the statue of Commodore
Perry in Cleveland. It was then that
he first met Miss Chase. It was a case
; of love at first sight, and on Nov. 12,
! 1863, they were married, all fashionable
and official Washington being repre
sented at the wedding. Mr. Sprague
had just been elected United States
Senator from Rhode Island.
The honeymoon was spent in Provi
dence. Mrs. Sprague cast her eyes over
her husband's broad ancestral acres in
j ,vnr tn-wn.renamed the sdoi Canonrhet,
still remains an unfinished Aladdin's
palace.
Possibly it was the headlong extrava
gance of the wife in this and other mat
ters which made the first rift In the
matrimonial lute, but, in fact, the two
were utterly dissimilar In taste, in
character, in ambitions, Mrs. Sprague
took far more interest In her father's
political future than in her husband's.
She devoted herself to the former with
even more assiduity than before her
marriage. With the wealth at her com
mand, with her brilliancy, her tact, her
unfailing charm, of manner, she easily
remained the center of attraction In
Washington society. All these glfte of
fortune were utilized in the effort to
make Salmon P. Chase President of the
United States.
Chase, who had left the Democratic
party on the slavery issue, was willing
to become a candidate of a reconstruct
jed Democracy, and In 1868, when the
Inational convention 'was held in New
York Mrs. Sprague opened up quarters
there In the Interests of her father.i
Every effort was made to bring the
man and the platform into harmonious
relations, but failed. The convention
would not go far enough to suit Mr.
Chase and the latter was unbending.
He did not long survive his disappoint
ment. In 1870 he suffered a paralytic
stroke and in 1873 he died.
His death precipitated a rupture be
tween Mrs. Sprague and her husband.
After that event she became less cir-.
cumspect in her conduct, less reticent
MISS KATE CHA8B AT THE
HER MARRIAGE.
TIME OF
about her domestic troubles, more ex
travagant in her expenses.
cin.n, v, -..,o i
, , I " i . ... T " , , I HaU''1 Jam"? Ks the best,
culminated In a request that she should I
name some friend In whom she had j t know that my life was saved by Piao'a
confidence and whom he might take ' Cure for Conusmption. John fA. Miller,
into his. She suggested Roscoe Conk- Au Sable. Michigan, Awil 21, 1895.
ling The husband was staggered, j My Monthly Regulator c- NOT F..I
Conkling was his enemy, politically as lAUlt3i- fcOI rKEE. Mrs. b, rowak, Mil
well as personally. Moreover, It was j wke. "'s-
Conkling 8 name tnat was linseu wltn
r, i ,ho nofn f
capital.
Nevertheless, so desperate were his
straits for even then the shadow of
financial ruin was impending that he
consented to unbosom himself and
lay bare all his private affairs to his
foe.
On Aug. 10, 1879, occurred the sensa
tional episode which was the first blow
to the political prestige of the New
York Senator. Mr. Sprague, returniug
home to Canonchet unexpectedly from
an interrupted journey, surprised Conk
ling breakfasting with his wife. He
gave him half an hour to leave the
house under pain of death. Mrs.
Sprague, with her accustomed audaci
ty, laughed at 'Willie's threats" and
heartened the Senator to remain, but
the return of Mr. Sprague with a shot
gun made the Senator beat a precipi
tate and ing orioue retreat, the shotgun
in his rear.
The flight of the wife from Canon
chet followed on Aug. 31. Then came
divorce suits, brought by the wife
against the husband and by the bus
band against the wife. Finally an
amicable arrangement was reached,
and on May 27, 1882. a decree of divorce
was granted. Mr. Sprague retained
the son, William Sprague Jr., and Mrs.
Sprague the three daughters. Sprague
afterward married the daughter of a
Virginia farmer.
While the Governor spent his time in
litigation, trying to save something out
of the wreck, Kate Chase retired to
Edgewood, the small property left by
her father In the suburbs of Washing
ton. There she lived during the last
fifteen years, with steadily dwindling
fortunes, until a few months ago she
was offered by Secretary Gage a clerk's
position in the Treasury Department,
over which her father had once pre
sided. She dei-lined the place, and only
a few weeks ago, Edgewood, covered
with mortgages, was ordered to be
sold.
. Of her children the son committed
suicide in Seattle in 1890, but her three
daughters survive her. The eldest.
Ethel, went on the stage, but a short
time ago she married and retired from
public view.
A Method of One Painter.
G. F. Watts, who Is now in his
eighty-third year,, constantly exposes
his canvases to the full rays of the sun.
to let the light burn into the wet paint
and dry with it. He believes there
need be no fear of fading after a pro
cess that so severely tests the colors.
Mr. Watts uses no maulstick, his
brushes are of a great size and hard
ness, and he has always been more
fond of stippling than of delicate brush
work, often pounding the color into his
canvas to Insure permanence. He has
rarely worked directly from the living
model, but modeled fragmentary stud
ies m wax and clay for the particular
parts of the figure required In his pict
ure. Eur Bicyo Ins;. ns.
The Sultan of Morocco has a some
what imperial method of amusing him
self with -cycling. A couch is rigged
up between the wheels, and on this the
monarch reclines, studying the cyclom
eter and the compass, while his attend
ants pedal for him.
Daniel Defoe His Choice.
The Prince of Wales says that his fa
vorite book when he was a boy was
"Robinson Crusoe."
Dull children are more agreeable
than those who are Impudently smart,
and do better in life.
A West Indian Hurricane
Recently traveled op the coast at will, and
acted in an entirely different manner lrom
any other storm. Sometimes dyspepsia acta
in the same way. It refuses to yield to treat
ment which haa enred similar cases. Then.
Hostetter'a Stomach Bitters should be taken.
It has cured stomach trouble for hali a cen
tury. The Horaestake mine. South Dakota,
is said to have yielded $80,000,000 in
gold in its twenty-two years of opera
tion. Throw Physic To The Dogs.
Constipation is treated by an intestinal tonic
and- liver stimulant, palatable, gentle, yet
potent Casca rets Candy Cathartic. AU Drug
gists, 10c, 25c, 60c.
The postmaster-general reports an
increase of 14 per cent in the sale of
postage stamps, stamped envelopes and
postal cards over that of last year.
Mothers will find Mrs. Wlnilow'e
Soothing Syrup the best remedy to use
for their children during the teething
period.
j DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED
1 By local applications, as they cannotfreach the
j diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
1 flamed condition of the mucous linings of the
I Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inflamed
! you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear
j ing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is
; the result, and unless the inflammation can be
j taken out and this tube restored to its norma
; condition, hearing will be destroyed forever::
j nine cues out of ten are caused bv catarrh.
whieh is nothing but an inflamed condition of
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness cause by catarrh that cannot
be enred by Hall s Catarrh Cure. Send for cir
culars, free.
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CITC Permanently Cured. No flts or nervona-
nees after first day's use of
day's use sf Dr. Kline's
I Great Nerve Restorer. Send for FRJEB ag.oo
trial bottle and treatise. Dr. K. H. Kxinb, Ltd
0 Arch St. Philadelphia. Pa
Creeping
Numbness
is a
Danger
Signal
I
Mr. G. II. Snyder, a well known
citizen of Lawrence, Kan., said :
1 am now seventy years of age.
About three years ago I experienced
a coldness or numbness in the feet,
then creeping np my legs, until it
reached mv bod v. I crew very thin
ln flesh, appetite poor and 1
oor ana 1 aid not
reusn my iooa.
At lust 1 became un
able to move about. I consulted
several distinguished physicians,
one telling me I had locomotor
ataxia, another that I bad creeping
paralysis. 1 took their medicines but
continued to grow, worse. Almost a
year ago a friend 'advised me to try
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for PalePeo-
pie.
box
pie. Before X had finished my first
oox 1 found they were benenting me.
I used twelve boxes in all, and was
perfectly cured. Although it ia six
months since I used my last pill
thera haa been no recurrence of the
disease." from Lawrtne Journal.
Or. Williams' Pink Pills lor Pile People
are eer told by the doien or hundred,
but always In packages. At all druggists,
or direct tram the Or. Williams Medicino
Co.. Schenectady, N. Y.. 60 cents per has.
6 boxes $2.60.
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