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Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1902-01-17
British War Affairs.

London. Jan. 1.-THE British war Of
fee Is confronted with q most serious
condition Of affairs. Its call for volun-
front has, SO far, met with absolutely
no response and has served to inten-
sify the widespread indignation exist
ing among all the volunteer regiments.
An the first place, volunteers answer
ing the call would only receive a shil-
dig a day. while the yeomanr., in
which many volunteers have already
enlisted, receive five shillings a day.
The only solution Of the deadlock ap-
gears to be for the war Office to intro
dIce conscription or withdraw the new
regulations. These have stirred up
strife to an extent which has not exist
ed Tor many year between che gov.
-ernment officials and the voluntary
arm of the service and, according to
roany high officials, will bankrupt a
majority Of the regiments. According
so the new rules every regiment must
gO into camp for one week each year
and the government grant will be re-
duced In proportion to the number of
Sttsentees from the camp. The volur.
teer commanders say 1t Is Impossible
to get more than 40 per cent of the
men together in the same week. so diff
Terent are the occupations Of the vol
Mnteers.
In addition the war Office refuses
TO recognize drills which are not at
tended by percentage OF men, which
1t has hitherto been found quite in.
possible to attain, and imposes bat
TALON parades of such strength that
there is no drill hall or drive ground
In London large enough to enable the
lbattalions to maneuver. Among those
who condemn the new regulations Is
Colonel Balfour. brother Of the cab
met minister. A. J. Balfour. who COM
mands the London Scots.
The matter will be brought to tho
attention OF parliament and II the or.
g Ger Of the secretary. Mr.. Broderick. is
rot amended the volunteer force. so
the colonel of one of London's strong
est regiments says, will dwindle to
nothing. In tue meantime the war Of
nee Is still waiting anxiOusly for an
answer to the call for troops for ser.
vice In South Africa.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1902-01-17
Propaea ttne the Mis- letoe.

The story of how the mistletoe gets on
the trees Is a most interesting one. Cow
ering the mistletoe twigs are pearly
white berries. These come in the WIN
ter season, when food Is comparatively
scarce, and hence some of our birds eat
them freely. Now when a robin eats a
cherry he swallows simply the meat
and tlips the stone away. The seed Of
the mistletOe the bird cannot flip. It is
sticky and holds to his bill. His only
resource Is to wipe 1t off, and he does
so, leaving it sticking to the branches
OF the tree on which he is sitting at the
time. This seed sprouts after a time,
and not finding earth-which indeed its
ancestral habit has made II cease want.
ing-it sinks Its roots into the bark Of
the tree and hunts there for the pipes
that carry the sap. Now the sap in the
bark is the very richest in the tree, far
richer than that In the W God. and the
mistletoe gets from its host the choicest
Of food. With strange foresight II
ooeS not throw us leaves away. as do
most parasites, but keeps them to use
in winter, when the tree is lea fiess.-La.
dies Home Journal.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1902-01-17
BOLD SMUGGLING N COREA
DEATH IS TO BE THE PENALTY.
Wholesale Smuggling by Officials
~aemmed In ChO Pyeng Jik, nm Ex-
a'remier-Claim Money Was Due
1Or salary.

Tacoma, Wash, Jan. l5.-Mail ad-
vices from Seoul, Corea, are to the effect
THAT checking the governments receipts
nrom taxes and internal revenue reveals
the astonishing fact that not less than
lO,OOO,OO0 yen have been embezzled by
government officers during the last six
years.
Ye 70 Yok, minister of finance, al
'viaed the emperor to pass sentence OF
death on all officers who eniDezzied over
1900 yen. The emperors sanction was
given three weeks ago and wholesale ex-
ecutiOns will soon take place. Eigh. Y
officials are implicated, many of whom
have already been arrested.
Among those condemned is Cho Pyeng
Jik, an ex-premier. The officials under
arrest claim that the money taken by
them was in payment for salaries or ex-
penses incurred in collecting.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1902-01-17

No Chance for a Sailor to Reach an
Officers Berth.

OmCcr's f5cTtus
The Navy Department Is having an
exceedingly hard time in keeping the
enlisted force up to within several
thousand of the maximum aIlo wed by
law, says a Washington special to the
Pittsburg Dispatch. Many OILY GERS are
wondering why this is SO. The bright
geniuses Of the bureau Of navigation,
Of which Admiral Crowninshield Is the
head. appear to have come to the con-
clusion that the paper" Of the depart
ment soliciting recruits is not alluring
enough. So they have devised new
pattern Of a poster intended TO wean
the young man away from the plow to
the forecastle. The first line consists
of the words "Men Wanted" followed
by a large number Of exc lamation
marks. This line Is set up in letters
about six inches high and Of proper
tionate heaviness. Set up on shore 1t
might well be used as a landmark by
the able mariners who designed 1t.
Beneath the scare line Is fine pho
to-engraving Of the new battle ship
Wisconsin, the queen of the navy, both
as to size and to speed. Beneath the
picture are set forth the terms IN dol
lars and cents upon which the young
man who has fOrsaken the farm or the
shop may win undying fame for him.
self in the naval service Of his country.
The poster Is so unlike the Invitations
to enlist heretofore issued by the gov
eminent that 1t Is likely to attract
good deal Of attention among the class
Of men 1t is desired to reach. But II
is not lack Of good advertising that
keeps Americans out Of the navy. APP
parently it has never occurred to the
officers who devised the poster that the
fact that a young men cannot rise from
the ranks to a commission Is the par
that keeps ambitious young men from
entering the service.
They can never rise above the rank
of nOn-cOmmissiOned officer. No mat
ter how deserving he may be, the boy
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1902-01-17
Late News Items.

The pope is again said to be dying.
Joseph Gleason, formerly of Spokane,
was recently drowned at Cocolalla, Idaho.
The house has passed the house APP
preparation pension bill. No amendments
were adopted
Hope for the safety of the British war
ship Condor is all but abandoned. Naval
men are convinced she went to the hot.
tom Of the sea.
Two men were killed and three injured
IN an explosion three miles west OF
Mackay, Idaho. The killed are Ben,
Hnnterholzer and James Person.
Frank McDonough died at Spokane
from injuries received while switchin.
cars about at Wilson Creek. McDonouoh
was brakeman on the Great Northern
Joseph ii. Choate, ambassador of the
United States to Great Britain. who has
been home on vacation, has sailed for
the British capital to resume his official
duties. He has been here since October
The appointment of Whitelaw Reid as
special ambassador to represent the I'M.
ted States at the coronation of King Ed
ward has been received with much salts
faction in official and unofficial circles in
London
At South Bend, Ind, Lem Yu, Tho
Nmnaman who was convicted of the mur
der OF Oscar Bloom, and who was to have
been hanged on January 81, escaped from
the Jail, and no clue has yet been Oh
tanned as to his whereabouts.
The Sound steamer Fairhaven, operat
ing between Seattle, Laconner and wa,
! ports, struck rock or reef short dis
lance from Utsalady early this mornin.
during a fog and soon after sank in II
feet OF water. The passengers and crew
all succeeded in reaching the lifeboats il
safety.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1902-01-17
GATHERING THE ICE CROP.
Cutting System Now In Use 10 More
Elaborate than Old Method.

Cutting eystem Now In Use IL More
Elaborate than Old Method.
In these modern days the cutting Of
Ice Is n much more elaborate process
than 1t was fifteen or twenty years ago,
when workmen simply went out on the
frozen surfaces OF lakes and rivers with
a one-handled crosscut saw and cut out
the cakes, which were drawn up an in
cline into the icehOuses by means OF
ropes. Nowadays each cake Is handled
more or less by about a dozen men be-
fore 1t reaches its place In the icehouse.
In the first place, II the surface Of the
ice Is not perfectly clear 1t Is swept or
scraped free Of all snow or anything
else that may be lying upon 1t. Then
the marker, the man who Is to scratch
the lines along which the Ice cakes are
to be cut begins operations. In a
frame, to which handles similar to
those Of plow are attached for guild
ing purposes, are two teeth, one In the
rear Of the other. A horse attached to
this frame drags 1t over the Ice while
1t Ia directed by the driver who holds
deep enough to leave assure that can
easily he traced. After cutting lines,
all running in the same direction, the
marker cross-cuts these with lines run
ming at right angles, thus marking out
the exact size of the cakes to be cut.
After the marking or is completed, or
sometimes before 1t Is finished. the cut
ting machine is brought out on the ice.
This machine is somewhat similar in
design to the marker, but 1t is of heav-
Ter construction, stronger, and has teeth
about ten inches in length. Often both
this machine and the marker have an
extension arm fitted with teeth, the
stretch of the arm being the exact
width Of cake Of ice. The cutting ma
chine is driven up and down the Ice
until the knives or teeth have cut into
1t their full length. If the ice is over ten
inches in thickness the cutting Is, Of
course, not yet completed and the old
hand-saws are brought into play to fin
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1902-01-17
ICE HARVEST. AT IT'S HEIGHT.

ish the Job. The cakes of Ice are then
ready for the man with the crowbar,
who prizes them apart and sends them
floating down toward the point where
they leave the water on the way to the
interior Of the icehouses. The cakes are
generally cut about twenty or twenty
two inches square, MS the most con-
venient size for handling and transpor-
tation.
The houses for storing the ice are, Of
course, built so close to the water that
the elevator for hauling up the Ice can
reach from the top Of the building
down to the waters edge. The build
ings are, as rule, about the height Of
a three or four story structure, and are
from 100 to 100 feet In width by more
than that In length. The walls are
usually double, with an air chamber
Of about foot between the two walls.
Sometimes the walls are treble, with
two air chambers for the protection Of
the ice. The interior Is divided into
several great compartments. which are
as separate as II they were In different
buildings. This arrangement is made so
that It will not be necessary to expose
the whole Of the Interior to the outer
air when taking out load of ice for
market.
An endless chain system. more or less
like the straw elevator Of thrashing
machine, Is used for carrying the ice
from the water to the building. This
chain Is operated by a steam en-.
CINE placed just underneath 1t and just
outside Of the icehouse. The chain is d
wide, fiat surface. wide enough to cas-
lily accommodate cake Of ice, or ever
more. The chain dips down into the
water, and while 1t Is moving workmer
push the cakes Of Ice upon It and they
are carried upward and into the ice
! house. where they are packed evenly
together by Ice showers. Nothing what
ever is placed about the ice. the ole
sawdust packing system being quit,
passe. When the house is filed hay o.
straw is placed upon the top layer o.
cakes and the packing is then complete
Twenty or thirty thousand tons ar,
often packed away In one house.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1902-01-17
suit In settled,

London. Jan. l5.-The breach OF prom
ise suit brought by Miss Portia Knight,
the American actress, against the duke of
Manchester has after all been settled out
of court. the duke paying Miss Knight
1000 pounds and defmying the costs of the
legal proceedings
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1902-01-17
PRINCE HENRY TO COME
RECEPTIONS BEING PLANNED
New York and Washington Making
Great PreparatiOns-Ee Will Be
Received by Naval E"cOrt ana
Presidential Salute-Official Dim
ners 10 BE Givcn-Guest of Nation.

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE an
nouncement that Prince Henry OF
Prussia, brother of Emperor William
will come to the United States at an
early date, already has caused much
interesting speculation as to the de-
tails of his reception. The program
for his entertainment will be an elab-
crate one, appropriate to his station.
He will be met in New York by Presi
dent Roosevelt. An officer from tho
navy and one from the army will be
selected to accompany him ashore.
He is an admiral in the German navy,
and when he arrives at New York he
will be greeted by salute of 81 guns,
which is the same as a presidential
salute. He may make an address at
the launching Of the imperial yacht,
which is to be christened by Miss
Roosevelt and it is not improbable
that President Roosevelt may attend
the launching and respond to the
princes address.
On his arrival at Washington Prince
Henry will be received by the presi.
dent and will be invited to become the
guest of the nation. Whether he will
care to accept this invitation or to stay
at the German embassy is not known.
His call upon the president will be
returned in person by Mr.. Roosevelt,
who will invite him to dinner, where
there will also be the most prominent
men Of the country. Everything will
be done to make Prince Henry's visit
a pleasant and memorable one.
The imperial yacht Hohenzollern
will also be given cordial reception.
1t is possible that the North Atlantic
squadron may find its itinerary cut
short and that it may be called upon
to meet the yacht and escort it to the
landing.
New York, Jan. 14.-During this
week plans will be considered for the
reception Of Prince Henry of Prussia,
brother of Emperor William, who will
land here next month to witness the
launching Of the kaiser's new yacht.
The prospect now is that from the
arrival of the prince in American wat.
ers will date a series of public recep-
lions, fetes and kindly greetings Of
an international character, such as
have been paralleled in this country
My during the visit Of the prince of
Wales, now king of England, 40 years
ego. and when welcome was extend
ed II years later to the Grand Duke
Alexis, brother of the car of Russia.
Many German American citizens. In
Guiding Jacob A. Cantor, president of
the borough of Manhattan, and former
Mayor Schieren of Brooklyn. today
discussed plans for the princes recer-
ton. Mr.. Schieren said:
II think Prince Henry should be well
coined appropriately by the city and
the nation, not Only because of the
graceful courtesy on the kaiser's part
III inviting Miss Roosevelt to christen
his yacht, but more especially in view
Of the very pleasant relations existing
between this country and Germany
Whatever the German American citi
zens may decide to do will be done il
larmonious cooperation with the city
at large"
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1902-01-17
klubby's Retort.

You men are all alike" said Mrs.
Muddy concluding her curtain lecture;
Always ready TO put an enemy in your
mouths to steal away your brains"
"Yesh," replied Hubby, "but What a
oiessin TIA be II you women'd only
put n enemy IN your brains t steal
away your mouths" philadelphia
Record
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1902-01-17

who enllsts In the navy must always
regard himself as socially and mental
ly the inferior Of the more fortunate
boy who has been educated at govern
ment expense at Annapolis. He must
also be ready whenever one OF the more
fortunate souls so DEGREES to render
almost any sort Of mental service.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1902-01-17
The Dear Little Thing.

on pshaw" cried the fond young
mother, VINO was writing to her dearest
trlend. TINS dictionary isn't complies
at ALL"
Wnats the matter?" inquired heI
husband.
Il want to ind out how to spell DOT
sumstootsums. -Philadelphia Press.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1902-01-17

New Richmond, Wis, Jan. Isl. w.
Schmidt. assistant head miller at C. Burk-
hardt's flour mill at Burkhardt's village,
10 miles south of here, shot his wife and
then himself last night at their home.
Both will probably die.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1902-01-17
Killed by Falling q,

New York, Jan. l5.-Jame. r..
killed and Peter Glynn was ,s,;s s,
jured by falling elevator in 4. y!
tory Of Fayerwether & Lade :. ~ =
The elevator fell from the a., 'aa
the bottom. u y
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1902-01-17

Chicago, Jan. IA loss, e,,;...
nearly 100000, was caused 1'aa''
which broke out in J. Well, = =. !
the American Mailing CONN.,, ~
property is situated at Fifty.s.rsaa..!! I
and the Panhandle railroad trss'
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1902-01-17

The amateur sportsman's bag: Coun-
try Boy-Killed anything yit? City
Hunter-As soon as kill this one and
two more, l w1A have three.-Indian-
Apelis News
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1902-01-17

1t may be free country, but v, |
get much for nothing in the c;t, ~
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1902-01-17

"No," said the surgeon. cts not spe.
~cially amusing to dissect funnybone.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1902-01-17

The silver tongued orator do....,
his tongue to see if its genuine
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1902-01-17

1t is not good form to wear rubbers in
a parlor.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-09-02
Admiral fiigginson's Force Cuts
Cable and Captures Sig
nal Corps.
500 MARINES HOLD VANTAGE
U. s. Cruiser Olympia Makes Il
Brilliant Dash Midnight
Attack Ends In Favor
OF Blue Jackets.

WOODS HoLL, Mass. Sept. L.
The United States cruiser Olympia
dashed into this port this forenoon.
landed a force and seized all the teie-
graph. telephone and cable stations,
thereby cutting or all communication
with Martha's Vineyard and Eliza
beth Island. OF course the seizure
and destruction Of teIegraphic and
cable facilities we're fgurative. and 1t
required the decision OF an umpire TO
make plain whether or not the point
attempted by Admiral HiggIngson had
been won As the landing was made.
the telegraph and telephone Offices
were entered BY sufficient force to
have destroyed the property or at
least the instruments AT the same
time boats crew had located the
cable with graphing hooks and had
held them a sufficient period to allow
for the cutting. there seemed to be no
question that the move had been en-
tirely successful.
The Olympia appeared. of this port
suddenly this morning, and Immediate
" two boats put on toward Shore
One was a launch. and the other a
whaleboat. and in them was q detach-
ment under Lieutenant L. NJ. Ever
hardt. The launch landed here. while
there was saiIboat on shore and be-
gan graphing fRF the cable, The men
under Lieutenant Everhardt rushed
to the Office Of the Martha,s Vineyard
Telegraph Company, and then to the
telephone station, and carried out their
orders to make the seizure. Having
accomplished this work they returned
to their launch and joined the whale
boat and returned TO their ship.
This move cut off the only communi-
cation with. the islands Of Nantucket
and Martha's Vineyard. which are
very important observation stations.
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WHAT ADMIRAL HIG
GINsoN ACCOMPLISHED


NEWPORT. r. l., Sept 1Admirai
HIgginson Accomplished by daylight
two things that General AfacArshuvs
army had not anticipated, These were
the seizure of Martha's Vineyard and
Block Island and the capture of The
arnly's signal station al each place.
Tonight he made demonstration In
feree against the exsScnN uesasF u End
Of the line Of the defending forts but
it cannot be determined until later II
he actually attempted 70 force his
way into Long Island Sound At 1890
tonight came the bulletin announcing
the bombardment Of Fort Niche and
Fort Wright.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-09-02

the track and rolled over and over.
smashing the coaches and causing In
stsnt death Of 20 persona and injury to
eighty others. Physicians says at least
20 Of the injured cannot live.
With the exception OF ri. NJ. Dur
ley, trainmagter OF the Southern rail-
way; Roscoe Shelby, Columbus, Miss,
and II w. Crook, engineer, all Of the
dead and injured are negroes.
There were 10 cars in the tran. but
the fourth broke loose from the fifth
and with the heavy engine plunged
down a steep incline. The cars were
crushed like egg shells. The dead bod
les were scattered In every direction,
and the means and appeals for help
from the wounded we're sickening.
The wreckIng trains, carrying physi-
clans, were hurried to the scene and
everything possible was done 10 aile-
yiate the sufferings Of the injured.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-09-02


raked the Great Salt pond and the
Beacon Fill station. The rsxeFbera-
tions shook the island 70 its base. The
firing WIS continued until eco. when
a collier and dispatch-boat entered
the harbor and landed force of men.
Before the attack of this detachment.
having been reduced BY the previous
boHbarlment the men nade their es-
cape.
The landing force of 800 was dlvid
ed and squads were stationed on each
side Of the bfeakwater and II ether
points along the shore. while an ample
force was sent to occupy the Beacon
Hill signal station. As the feet lay
on shore. n vessels could be counted.
Including coillers.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-09-02
PRESIDENT eTTLL TOURING.
Delivers Many Addresses; Defines
Opinion Of Monroe Doctrine.

EAST NORTHFIELD, Mass, Sept.
1.-President Roosevelt today conclud-
ed his tour through Vermont at Brat
tleboro and is spending the night here.
The reception accorded him at Brattle-
boro was among the most enthusiastic
he has received in New England.
The president began the days jour
Dey at Burlington. After drive
about the city. the presidential train
started southwark, stops being made
at versennes, Middlebury, Brandon
Proctor Rutland, Ludlow, Bellows
Falls, Chester and Brattleboro.
The president spoke at every STOP
but most of the addresses were brief,
That of greatest Importance was the
one delivered at Proctor, wherein he
defined his Idea of the Monroe doctrine.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-09-02
DEMOCRATS TO NOMINATE.
California State Convention VIII Name
Democratic Nominee for Governor.

SACRAMENTO. cal., sept. 1.-The
Democratic state convention sijl meet
tomorrow to nominate state ticket.
For governor there are ,hree promi-
nent candIdates-Franklin u. Lane, OF
San Francisco; Former Congressman
Thomas 4. Geary, Of Sonoma, and
Thomas o. ToIand, OF Ventura. The
name Of former Governor Jas. H. Budd
is mentioned, but tae ex-governor has
as yet expressed no willingness TO en-
ter the contest 1t is gsnerails con-
ceded that Lane has the greatest
strength at present. He is generally
regarded as the candidate Of tkcse In
control Of hasty organization. There
are two candidates for chairman, John
Coonan. of Eureka, and George s.
Patton, Of Los Angeles county. Coo
nan has the backing Of the machine.
Judge L. c. Farnsworth, Of Tulare.
is the only candidate for chief justice.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-09-02
SEVEN THOUSAND MINERS.


BUTTE, Mont. Sept. 1.-Two thou
sand delegates from all parts of the
world are In attendance at the seventh
annual session of the International
Mining Congress,
Tomorrow's trains are epected to
swell the representation to 5000 dele
gates. Former Governor Richards, on
behalf OF the Business Mems Associa-
tion, addressed the congress. Rick
ards address was one of the features
of the days session, the speaker CIV
ing the figures of Buttc's extraordn-
airy mineral output
President Shafner followed with his
annual address.