Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-06-01

Singh, who died in Paris recently
was we'll known figure in London
whose photograph was on sale in tn
shop windows. He was born in 1888
the son of Runjeet Singh, 1.-THE lion O.
the Punjab, that doughty East Indian
sovereign who was the founder of tn,
Sikh kingdom and the cause of SO much
trouble to England. There have beer
two Sikh wars in the last half century
in which the relatives of Dhuleel
Singh figured. The first was in 1845,
when Sikh army of 60, 900 men in
vaded the queens Indian empire and
fought four pitched battles, the final
result being the retreat of the invaders
across the Sutlej and the surrender Of
Lahore to the British. By the terms
OF the peace Dhuleep Singh, the infant
son of Runjeet, was recognized as rajah.
The second Sikh war broke out in
1s4s, but it proved to be short lived,
the British forces under Lord Cough
succeeding in destroying the Sikh army
and in annexing Punjab to the queen Is
possessions. AS a result of this way
young Dhuleep Singh received an allow
ance of $50. 900 from his conquerors.
He, with his mother, moved to Eng
land, became a Christian, and on his
estate in Suffolk cultivated the habits
of an English gentlemen. He was an
intimate friend of the Prince of Wales,
who used annually to spend part of the
shooting season at Dhuleep's country
home.
The maharajah's first wife was lit
tie Syrian maid whom he met in Cairo
in 1854, when on his way back from
Bonn bay, where he had gone to take
back to its native soil the body of his
mother that it might be there cremated,
The maharanee died in 1887, and cou.
pie OF years later-in 1SS9-he married
IN Paris Miss Ada Douglas Wetherill.
Dhuleep watched closely the advance
OF Russia into Asia, and when he
thought the proper time had come he
renowned Christianity and issued a
manifesto to the Sikh nation claiming
the throne of his father. But his re-
ANNEXATION of the creed of Bahia Nanuk
and his suspected illegitimate birth-it
was asserted by the Sikhs themselves
that he was the son Of his mother
through an intrigue with one of the ra-
Jan s water carriers-had long since es-
tranged the feelings of tine people, and
1t it had been possible to create a Sikh
rebellion in the Land of the Five Rivers
there were other princes better able than
H. 01nn To on
prise.
The British made short work of his
pretensions. He was travelling with
lelsurely dignity on his great mission
In +. q o. steamer, when at Alden he
was informed that return passage had
been secured for him, and that he
would not be permitted to land in In
Ola. A Sikh rebellion would have been
serious matter for England, for never
We're the British forces more evenly
fought than on the battlefields of Mooi.
tan, Chllllanwallah and Ghuznee,
There were at that time about 10
regiments of Sikhs in the Indian army
acknowledged by British officers to be
the finest in the service, and in most of
the PunJab regiments there was a yery
large proportion of Sikh soldiers.
After his abortive attempt to stir nm
the slkhs into rebellion against British
rule Dhuieep went to Russia, thinking
to enlist the sympathy of the czar in
his behalf, but his greeting was NOT |
overwarm. So the king without coun.
ny established himself in cosmopoli.
IAN Paris, where he lived up to the
lime OF his death, Life on the CONT
1ent seemed to unsettle somewhat the
domestic morals of this oriental Chris.
lan' and an hereditary predisposition to
'oiygamy asserted itself. The maha-
'a1ah recently expressed deep regret for
ne course OF hostility which he had
pursued toward England, and her mai
'sty' oy the advice of her ministers.
was graclously pleased to accord her
pardon to him.
General Dick Taylor of Louisiana
Used to tell story of an encounter with
1nuleep. While he was staying in
Oh at Sandringham with the Prince
u wales, the maharajah was of the
'arty. One morning Taylor arose early
'nd strolled out into the grounds to q
mail summer house in which there
vas Hlndoo idol brought back from
noia by the prince. As he came near
le saw some one. who proved to be
'huieep, standing in front of the idol
'xecuting certain movements, evidently
u worship. The truth probably is
nat Singh never had abandoned the
rue faith of his fathers.
The religion of the Sikhs was found.
"a by Nanuk, who died A. D. 1888.
ND who left for the guidance of his
oiiowers an inspired volume bearing
ne very uneuphonious title of the
'Grunth. This book is held in great
everence and is carried every morning
n solemn state to the Golden Temple
II Immortality at Amritsir, where Il ia
enerated by some 5000, 600 OF a, ooo-
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