Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-10-27
Reception of the ExiIes.

From George Remnants illustrated article IN
the October Csltaiy, we quote the iolloW'hR'
,Trhe prlsoneFs had disembarked before We
reached Our destination. We found them as
| sembled in two dense gray thFongs al Tue
! ends OF long wooden shed, which was sur
! rounded and turned Into a sort OF eattiepen
! b. high plank wall Here they were ldeuti'
| fed counted aud turned over BY the convoy
/ officer to the warden Of the Tomsk IorWsfu'
ing prison. The shed was divided transverse
Is through the middle b. low wooden barrl'
| cade. at one end Of which was fenced lh-
| closure, about ten feet square, for the accom-
mediation OF the officers who had 10 take part
in the reception Of tine party. About hall the
exlles had been formally received" ana were
standing al the eastern end Of the shed, whl'e
the other half were grouped In dense thEohg
at the western end, waiting for their names
to be called Tie women, = no stood huddled
together In group by themselves, we're most
" In peasant costumes with brlght-coloFed
kerchIefs over their heads, and their faces,
thought, showed great anxiety aud appreheu'
sion. The men all wore long gray oYereoats
over coarse linen shirts and trousers; most OF
them were In chains, and the bare heads OF
the conYie.s aud the penal eolonlsts had been
half shaved longItudiually 10 such var that
Que side OF the scalp was smooth aud blue,
while the other side was hidden By long neg
lected hair. Soldiers stond here aud there
around the shed. leanlng upon their bayonet
ed rides, and inside the little Enclosure were
the convoy officer Of the party, ths warden and
the surgeon OF the T0nsk forwarding prison,
the chief Of the local bureau 81 exile admin
islratton, and two o. three oiiicers, all 70 iuil
uniform. Colonel iagoiktn introduced as as
American travellers who desired 70 see the ~
ceptlOu OF an exile party, and We were inTlted
to stand inside the uclDsgrs
"lhe officer who was conducting the exam,
lnation OF the eUuyicts Dire a folded paper
from large bUuile IA his hand, ufened snd
glanced at IL aud then shouted Nicola kh!t
sol A Thin, pale man, Will heavy, WeaFtsi
eyes and = hOpe'eaa eXufesstOn 0f face who
vas standing Ia the from. rank VI the exile
party, picked 40 Ehs gray iiaen bag tuaL las
beside him on the hoOF aud with a SLOW clink
clak, cllnk ut chains walked laI0 sAe snelps-
ure. Tie examining oIiiesr compared bis face
carefully WITH photograph attached " the
'statein spessok, or Identification paper In
order 10 make sure that the pale mAu la 1
not exchanged names with some other exile,
while Cossaek orderly examined him from
head 10 foot aud rumWaged through his bag
20 see that he had neither LOST nor surruplt
hal received IN Moscow OF 1tamen, and that
his statelni speesok' called lCr.
IS Is eVrryshlug theref Inquired the ON
Ger.
s. Everything replied Cossack.
!" -Stooplal, ['Pass OFT SAID the iisuten.
ant; aud the pale faced man sh0aidsrrd his
bag aud iolned The ranks OF the received AZ
the eastern rud u the shed.
" The photographs srs q new thing
whispered Colonel Yagulxin 20 inc; 'aaI 90
~ part Of the eElies have them They are
Intended 70 break ap the ERetics % crchaBz.
lug mes aul tlvntltrs'
=" But Why should they wish 10 exchange
nAmrsf Inquired
= III mau q sentenced 70 bard Labor al The
in!nes. he replied and has llgur lanhsy
pc aiHaFs trtcH sg bl5 SECRETLY the udtns adj
lenIity Ok some pG1v d6Y.i 9s A egiauItt ! a.
longs deypeg teiy iJy dr.DS ~ g5tIxa,or aba
wants money With when 10 gam 5la Df
course this r0uypg officer hlf M sifr4Bt AZ ore
venting This sort " Ir4uE1cgE1a. bertaa3 IL
cannot possibly remember tho Haiura aud
faces ot tbe four uy tive hundred rarn ID hi4
party. X ihe convict sueertds Ia GHdtgs !
eOl9uitt ahn u willing 20 sell bEt naias H.
taxes lhs eo'onisIs place aud II assigned 70 4
residence ln SOME village, While lng ca14Tiss
taacs thr cIng cl't d 8es and goes 10 Tie
mines. Hundreds Of bard labor convict. "a.
cape 10 this wgy."