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The Washington times., 1905-08-13

\ old American sailor. now
~ living in Los Gatos, Cal.
n gives an account of the
blood is thicker than wa
ter" episode. in which he was an ac-
tor. He says:
IN 1853 Admiral Hope went In with
the English navy TO take the Taku
forts. He thought TO take them In
two hours, but instead the Chinese
nearly took him. After fighting about
four hours. having had several of his
vessels destroyed, he sent Il midshfp-
man over to our ship fthe I. S frigate
MinnesOtaJ TO see Commodore TAFT
nah in regard to towing their 500 men
into action. our commodore said:
'' No; it is worth more than nv
commission. We are at peace with
China: that is declaration Of war
No matter what my feelings are. I
cannot do it
The mjdshipman went over the
side Of the vessel. bearing a verv
doWn-hcarted expression on his face.
The commodore was watching him.
and sang out:
.Avast! young man, Lay aft, You
say the admiral is wounded?"
q" Yes. sir
If he had those 500 men towed into
action. he thinks he can withdraw"
Yes, sir
This is when that celebrated eypres-
sion was uttered. Blood is thicker than
water a brother sailor is in distress.
1 VIII help him out
we were lying about seven miles out
The Washington times., 1905-08-13

MONG novel marriage portions
n that with which Herr Duchat-
n scnek. a native of Koniggrat4.
lowered his daughter must find
mace. saws the New York Herald. Her
weight in silver was the promised dow
~, so on the wedding morn, before pro-
ceedlng TO church. she was weighed in
the dra wing-room before the assembled
guests. The scales registered stXty-tWo
Kilograms, d weight which brought the
lucky bride a sack of 1880 silver coins.
Similar Instances of a brides dCwry
being in direct ratio TO her corporeal
ayoirdupo!s are on record. Some time
back a citizen Of Huntington. Conn. who
Dossessed a daughter of the abnormal
weight of 400 pounds agreed to bestow
IIDon her portion of So for
every pound she weighed. This offer
brought forward a bold suitor in the
person of a Mr.. Marang, who sallanuy
led his weighty and we'll lowered bride
to the altar. In Peru, too, the brides
dowry consists of her own weight, not
in gold or in silver. but in-susar.
Weight. too, Influenced Mr.. Bait.
prosperous English tradesman. when he
Informed his daughter that, as he ad-
mired big men. her dowry should be
graduated by the excess Of her hus-
bands bodily weight above her own
this excess to be calculated in gold. The
6ay previous to the wedding the parties
went 10 scale, and that the husband was
= man after his father-in-laW heart
can be assumed from the fact that he
received with her more than $50. 600.
The Washington times., 1905-08-13
Rawlings Family Plotted
Utter determination of
FeudaI Foes.
Succeeded in Killing Two
of the Carter
Children.
For Which the Law VII!
Require the Penalty
of Three Lives.

& kbsES@ss-Ss.f5sSSsazS l r SOW SO Sndl ye
Z, HU reap
g = yY Little more than six
Ss weeks ago IN Geor-
NSIfsAESM gia. man-at least.
TEsSEs he wears the sem
blance of a man
plotted the determination of a family
planned one of the most fiendlsh muir
ders ever conceived by a human brain.
To aid him in the consummation OF this
crime he called upon his three sons
they did his bidding.
Today this man and his own family
at least the male part of it-stand un-
der the shadow of the gaIlows. He him
self is sentenced TO death along with
his two eldest sons, while the youngest
son has been sent to a living death.
Retribrtive justice has been swift
swift and also according to law. When
the DEGREES of the courts go into effect
a Georgia family will legally cease to
exist.
J. G. Rawlings, aPpd nifty, will hang
for instigating the murder Of the Car
ter family
Milton Rawlings. his son. aged nine
teen. will hang for the murder of Car
RE Carter.
Jesse Rawlings. AGED seventeen, viii
hang for the murder of Willie Carter
Leonard Rawlings. aged sixteen, will
spend his life behind prison bars for as
sisting his brothers IN the murder of the
Carter children.
Frequently brothers have been tried
and sentenced for taking part in the
same murder, hut seldom has it ever
been the lot of judge 10 sentence father
ana son at the same time for murder
The Washington times., 1905-08-13
Girl,s Pluck Is Rewarded.

An old Lancashire (EnEland) paper
gives an amusing account of small
farmer who agreed 10 give his daughter
for marriage portion as many guineas
as she could walk miles in day The
feat came of III the neighborhood of
The Washington times., 1905-08-13

shucks be piled against the house, she
could see nothing Apparently the muir
derers had been frightened away by one
shot. They had, but Carter was not
sure of this. Ali through the long night
the terrified family waited and watch
ed. Before dawn the wounded boy died.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-27
THE SAYING OF OREGON.
HOW DIR. WHITMAN YED
BLEZZARDS AND DEATH.
Determined to Save Country From
British Daniel Webster Opposed
to Retaining Territory.

A bloody trophy In possession of the
government at Washington is an In.
dian hatchet. The tomahawk reeke
with red and horid association. 1t Is
b weapon with which DIR. Marcus
Whitman, the Indian missionary and
his wife We're slain in 1S47 and with
which the first blow of the tearsome
whitman massacre was begun-an en-
ormous crime which nearly obliterated
the white American settlers in the Ore
gon country, sent q thrill Of horror
and indignation throughout the Amer
lean republic and saved to the Amer
lean people the great northwest coun-
try out Of which Oregon, Washington
and other states were created. It is
one OF the very cruel chapters in his
tory-a chapter embracing eight years
of war between settlers and savages
the result Of which was that the Hud-
sons Bay Company and the British
crown were compelled to relinguish
their claim to the territory. Another
result was the virtual humiliation Of
the Cayuse tribe Of Indians. So much
tragic history centers about this rusty
Ratchet that it is n Of the rarest rel
les of the government. A government
official familiar with the period says
'The Whitman massacre was the re-
suit of the Vaccinations of England
to secure by treaty or otherwise all
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-27
~ We've eS~
VAsAAhareM
R.&,STXT1eN~

King Alfonso recently had a curious
adventure at Madrid. He had left
Granda one morning incognito. He
guarded his identity so strictly that
no one suspected his presence and
when he presented himself at the royal
palace the sentry refused him admit
lance. The King inspected the apart
ments being prepared for President
Loubet Of France, who was preparing
to visit the youthful Spanish monarch,
and then sent a summons to the aston
ished ministers to come and hold a
council
The Empress-D owager Of China is
thoughtful Of her subordinates. Here
is an edict of hers issued recently
which will bear out the idea: wong
Wen-Shao, the grand secretary, has
served under us many years, and he
has shown great diligence and faith
fitness. He is now v e 70 years of
age, and in the daily audiences his
obeisance is now very difficult. and our
sympathy must be shown him. Let
him be relieved from the grand coun.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-27

1t seems from consular reports that
there are none. Colonies for the so
called unemployed" take tnem out OF
this class Immediately and make pau
perism unknown. Each city supports
large offices where hunters for work
go and register. They get a bath, have
their clothing d%isinfected, and If the
unions which support these institutions
have no work for them in cities, they
are sent to the farm colonies in the
country, where they a work at farm
ing, land reclamation, and in other pro-
ductive capacities. The system OF
these unions is said to be very COM
.prehensive; they are open to all, and
besides providing opportunities for
workers, have systems of old age pen
sions; insurance against accidents, and
other benefits.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-27

| l1G DIAL OE fEfIo1A.
abstainer, the finest vintage wines are
always offered to such guests as dine
at the palace.
The recent visit Of the Shah of Persia
to England recalls a former call Of his
upon Queen Victoria, when London
was startled at the Oriental methods
employed by this picturesque Eastern
potentate. Thousands Of dollars worth
of damage vas done in the famous
Buckingham Palace by the nochalant
orders Of the Shah. The sheep which
provided his mutton were brought into
the palace rooms, which had been
placed at his royal disposal, and
slaughtered upon the magnificent and
costly rugs and other such extravagant
practices were the order of the day.
While the meat which the Shah eats Is
always supposed to be slaughtered be-
fore his eyes, it was believed at the time
that these performances were simply
the carrying out Of an Eastern regal
fancy, to show Western %barbarians
what the Orient was accustomed to.
The Queens maids Of honor have
very little to do. They live at home,
and when the Queen 10 In London they
are conveyed to Buckingham Palace
after luncheon in royal carriages, and
remain in . suite Of charming salons
until required to accompany the Queen
and her unmarried daughter out
driving. They must dress very well
and not appear in the same clothes too
often, and, above all, study the wishes
Of Her Majesty in regard to colors and
modes. The millinery embargo, that is,
not to wear a picture hat, must be fol
lowed to the letter. With a salary Of
81, 500 and the attachment Of Honor
able" to their names, the fair maids-of.
honor manage to worry along until
they marry.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-27
= The World Moves Quickly.

How the thought of the world passes
from one thing to another, and then
forgets. Attention for months was
centered upon Port Arthur, and then
it was transferred to the movements
Of the naval fleets, the meeting of
which was so disastrous to Russian
hopes. 1t will be remembered that
when Rojestvensky entered the China
Sea he wired to the Gear: "If l am
victorious I shall inform you. If l am
vanquished, Togo will inform you"
To the public Port Arthur is no more
than one of the countless red
splotches that disfgure history, and
the naval battle of all history is
already relegated to dry discussions as
to what branch Of service was most
disastrous to ship and lives.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-27
COUNTING UNCLE SAM'S CASE
Occurs Every Time a New Treasures
Is Appointed.


Owing to the recent change in the
Office of Treasurer of the United
States, a task of no small magnitude Is
going on in the Treasury Building
Every time one Treasurer gives way 70
another the cash must be counted and
verified before the new official becomes
responsible for the money under MS
care.
As O as a change is made the
Secretary of the Treasury appoints a
Committee of Three to select a force TO
count the cash. This committee picks
out a number of clerks in the various
offices of the Department, and they are
set at work to count the millions. Fer
haps there may be forty men selected
to perform this huge count; maybe
fifty or eighty. 1t is always considered
an honor to be one of these counters.
The total sum counted by these men
is somewhere in the neighborhood OF
five hundred and thirty millions IN
money, bonds, notes and everything
else. One vault alone contains over a
hundred millions in silver dollars. An
other has a heavy amount OF silver
fractional currency, and many TONS OF
nickel fve-cent pieces and pennies.
The working cash is handled first,
and in order to give it a chance to 40
regular duty it is counted at night.
Most Of the money is counted IN bulk
and stored away in Bags, each contain
ing a certain sum-. These are weighed,
and if there is even one dollar short,
there is instant detection Of the wrong
count. AS each bag is filled by a clerk,
who attaches his name by a tag, any
discrepancy in the number Of coins or
any coin missing from the sack Is
charged to him. This is done, not only
to check any tendency toward dis
honesty, but also to cause each counter
to exercise the greatest care. The new
Treasurer is Charles II. Treat, Of New
York, who takes the place of Ellis II.
Roberts.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-27
Enforcing the Laws.
From the Washington Star.


There was nothing original in Gov.
Folks address at ChautauQua, N. Y,
recently, but the well-known truth he
enunciated took on greater weight for
his Endorsement. He is no closet phil
osopher, giving to the public the re.
suits of reading and speculation, but
q man Of affairs who has done things
and noted the consequences. He was
elected District Attorney in st. Louis
In the expectation that he would ignore
the laws and let those who We're vio-
Iating them continue to flourish on
their iniquities. Instead of that, he
enforced the laws and saw conditions
all around him rapidly improve. When
therefore, such a man tells us that a
cure for many of the ills we are endur-
ing as a people is the simple execution
of the laws, he has the strongest pos
sible claim upon our attention, and his
advice is worth following. Laws are
of little use unless their enforcement
is demanded and backed up by pubic
sentiment.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-27

Gil In order that he may be saved
trouble" AS a dismissal this could
hardly be improved upon.
Father John of Cronstadt. whose
extraordinary influence over the Car,
no less than his propaganda against
the revolutionaries, continually rouses
the ire of the secret committee, Is ~
years of age. In personality ne
answers to the description Of the aver
age Russian peasant, only in his case
abstemiousness has wrought a refining
effect on his features.
VAN CALAVA.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-27
the SETTLERS, dispatching PARTIES of
braves after the murderous Cayuse.

American Immigration Won the Day.
The surviving settlers were not slow
in seeking revenge and they made the
name 'Paleface" a fearful word to the
redskin murderers of the northwest
forests. War to the death was carried
on against the Indians for eight years.
Government troops were in the coun-
try, and a stream Of immigration had
set in. The leaders of the Cayuse
who attacked the Whitman mission
were captured by the Nez Perces on
the upper John Bay river and five Of
them were hanged at Oregon city.
The graves of DR.. Whitman and his
wife are pointed out near where they
fell at Wahula on that bloody Novem-
Der morning 1S47.
In the light of this does 1t not seem
that the government might have been
a little considerate in its treatment Of
the late chief Joseph and his Nez
Perces band?
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-27
gress allowing the railroad companies
To construct this sfafi0n. %nr0uisinn

gress allowing the railroad companies
to construct this station, provision
was made to drive a tunnel directly
beneath the Capitol building, with ele-
vators running Immediately from the
Senate Chamber and the House Cham
Der into private Congressional stations.
This would have enabled the United
States Senator from Oregon, for In
stance, to pass out Of the Senate and
walk directly aboard his Pullman
sleeping car without exposure to the
open air until he reached his far
western home. A great convenience
this, doubtless. to delicate legislators;
but a literal undermining of Congress
by the railroads probably wisely ex-
cluded from the architectural plans.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-27
Literature and Music Prosper.

During the past year the Library OF
Congress made entries for copyrights 70
the extent of 1O6,577, an increase OF
7.141 over those made in 1908. OF
these, compositions of a musical char
acter head the list, there having been
entered for copyright 23,74O. Period
icals in single numbers follow closely
behind, with a total number OF 2l.O4l.
The classification of books" showed
entries to the number Of 29,516, some
1891 of which were books and the
remainder booklets, leaflets, circulars,
cards, newspapers and magazine arti-
.cles.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-27

oawHirnAr ~
~SrARrlne IS
PEstlovs TRe(E
Aesoss the rs
RoeKies. II
...~&~s-~...
PLEADING HIS
CAUSE BerosE
MeesreR AND |
THE
the territory west of the Rockies and
north of the 42nd parallel of north lat


the territory west of the Rockies and
north Of the 42nd parallel of north lat,
|itude."
First White Women to Cross Rockies,
1t was in 1886 that DR.. Marcus Whit.
nan and the Rev. Mr. Spaulding, with
heir wives-the first white women
o cross the Rock Mountains went
mong the tribes Of the Far North
vest. The country was then in the
ontrol of the Hudson's Bay Com
any a British monopoly with nearly
thousand employees. Its power over
be Indian tribes was nearly absolute.
t had a string Of fortified Canadian
osts from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
he company owned by men in Lon
On desired to exclude American set
ements and to foster British immi.
ration. The Washington government
far from having any conception of
le value Of the northwestern country
ubbornly maintained that it was
orthless and inaccessible by land
le great Webster said that it was
land fit only for savage beasts and
II more savage men.
DR.. Whitman established his mission
rong the Cayuse in the state of
ashi.sIon near what is now Walla.
Mia, then Fort Walla Walla, trad.
, post. In 1912 while attending a
pner given at the fort in honor
some British officers news came
It a company of British immigrants
ire on their way and had already
lssed the Rocky Mountains. There
10 great excitement at the table
a young officer unconscious of
presence of the American mission
jumped to his feet exclaiming
urrah for Columbia: (the Oregon
|ntry). America is TOP late, We
e got the country"
Pr. Whitman perceived that it was
purpose of the British to claim
country by right Of settlement.
left the table rode rapidly to his
lerness home and after a brief
De there set out for Washington.
parting words to his wife were
i'm going to cross the Rocky
(ntains, reach Washington this
ter, God carrying me through
bring out an immigration
ugh the mountains next spring or
country is lost"
An Awful Journey.
inter- had set in and the old chrofi.
tell it was a severe n marked
erriflc storms and deep SHOWS.
|. Whitman reached Washington
Ned by frozen hands and feet
news he brought caused excite
among the populace and concern
liz many of the government off
He saw Daniel Webster Secre
of State represented to hin
Crandeur and value Of the Oregon
try, told him of the need of. i'm
ants and explained the reason
had induced him to brave thu
of the season by making the
Mr.. Webster was about to con
the Observation-Disclosures treaty
ncing any claim we might have
great northwest for a Newfound
c~od-fshery. Webster was MOI
(ssed with Whitman's patriotic
siasm. He considered the coun
no. value. He thought it woult
well to let Great Britain have
ot satisfied with his interview
The Secretary of State DR.. Whit
sought President Tyler wht
him with attention, and prom
hat the diplomatic deal for the
2 of Oregon should be held W
lat a military escort should b.
to the missionary's train.
he spring Of 1e43 DR.. Whitman
party Of one thousand Ameri
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-27
Tales Of Diplomatic and Court In
trlgue.

b
trigue.
1t seems that Mr.. W. W. Aston has
bought the historic Hever estate In
Kent, England, and is improving 1t. II
includes 1000 acres of land and a
moated castle, nearly six hundred
years old, where at one time Henry
VIII. maintained Anne of Cleves. On
this estate Mr. Aston has put to work
about n thousand men, with due ap-
paratus, and Is making changes rated
as improvements which the calculating
natives estimate will cost him q million
and a quarter pounds. He is building
a lake, a model village, roads, bridges
and gardens, and is doubtless having a
good deal Of the sort of fun that Mr..
Kipling in a recent story has suggested
as q suitable recreation for tired Amer
leans.
nNl-c~i Al. c.1aa~ l. Lar~anre AzkS1
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-27
Develish Work.

uMVh Ne
The British agents slowly poisoned
the minds Of the savages against the
new corners but 1t was not till 1S41
That the savages In council determined
to massacre all the American settlers
In their country.
The site Of DR.. Whitman's dwell.
ling was on the north bank of
the Walla Walla river at what is
now the town of Wahula. The In.
dams surrounded the houses Of the
mission their weapons hidden under
their blankets. At dawn of November
~, 1S47 an Indian entered the doctors
house and asked for medicine. As
the missionary turned to his medicine
chest the savage buried his tomar
hawk In the good mans brain. Mrs.
Whitman was killed a minute later
by the same savage with the same
weapon. The murder of the mission
airy was the signal for the wholesale
slaughter to begin. The butchery COM
menced on all sides. The crash Of
firearms, the gr0ans Of the dying,
screams Of women, yells Of the painted
demons filed the air. The Indians
women and children danced and sang
the atrOcious work went on. They
multilated the dead. Women and
children of the settlers sank under
knife and club. The massacre
lasted all day and then numbering
partias started in every direction.
in the Whitman mission
was killed and many settlers all
the woods were slain. The
Cayuse attacked a mission among
the Nez ~Perces but these Indians
beat them back and took the sides Of
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-27
TheBrickbats Never Touched Him

I had a funny dream last night.
Thought that John D. Rockefeller was
running for Office
Yes!
And he was about to make q speech
in q brickyard, when I woke up.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-27
PENSIONS.

Over one Million Dollars
allowed our clients during the last
six years.
Over one TIL q
claims allowed through us dur
ing the last six months. Dis
ability, Age and In
e pensions obtained
IN the shortest possible time.
claims a specially.
Usually granted within 90
days ifplaced with us im1nedi-
ately on soldiers death. Fees
fixed by law and payable out of
allowed pension. A successful
experience of IS years and benefit
Of daily calls at Pension Bureau
are at your service. Highest ref
erences furnished. Local Magis-
trates pecuniarily
benefited by sending US
claims.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-10-27

cans across the continent and In the
autumn entered the valley of the
Oregon.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-09-26
Western WASHINGTON

With it's vast bodies of timber,
affords ample opportunity for
the establishment of lum Der and
shingle mills. The soil is ex-
ceedingly productive, and fruit,
grain and vegetables grow in
great abundance. These find a
ready market in the lumber
camps, the larger cities, and the
Alaska trade. Government tim.
Der can still be secured, while
cut-over lands, suita BILE for dairy
ing and truck gardening. can be
purchased at reasonable prices
along the line of the Seattle &
international Ry.
For further particulars, apply
to G. ". Mott, General Emmi.
grafton Agent, Northern Pacific
Ry., st. Paul, Mimi.