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Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1907-12-05

water from the canal now by some
impossible obstacle, They tried to
ayail themselves OF old sewers, but one
was too small and one debouched In
too public a spot, Finally they adopted
the plan OF digging eastward to the
shelter Of tho other building.
Rose picked out thirteen faithful fol
lowers In addition to himself and
Hamilton. Most Of the others had
been discouraged by the slime. the foul
air and the M success OF previous at
tompts. Rose and his little band went
on indefatlgably scarcely eating,
scarcely sleeping. engrossed in the one
feverish thought OF liberty. At best
II would be a slender chance. But
hope springing perslstently drove them
on.
BY great good fortune Rose had
come into possession Of rope nearly
q hundred feet long. an inch thick and
new. by an agreement between the
commissioners Of exchange several
bales Of clothing had been sent by the
Federal government to the suffering
soldiers Mt Belle Isle. A committee of
Union officers from Libby prison had
been assigned to supervise the distrl-
button. and one Of them by bit OF
clever legerdemain managed to secrete
the rope which bound ono Of the
bales. Rose and Hamilton fashioned II
into n ladder.
They concluded that the safest means
OF getting into Rats he'll without de
lection would be to dig secret passage
from the kitchen. which was on the
door above. but not directly over Rats
hell Carefully digging out the NOR.
tar with a jaCkknife. they removed
the bricks one by one from the back
OF the large open fireplace. When
morning eaias they replaced the bricks
aud oiled the creyices with the SCOT.
which they had taken the precaution
to collect beforehand on a blanket.
After several Nights work they had an
shaped passage down which they
could descend to Rats hell by means
Of their rope ladder.
The wall Of that east cellar had to
be broken In three places before q
place was found where the earth
NNNtG &NNttNNN q AuAAht&. AkNt@N MN~
Rlduously. while Hamilton famed air
into him and dragged the excayated
material out as fast as 1t was ready.
Without the artificial ventilation the
tallow dip by which Rose worked
would 50 out and Rose would suffo-
cate, A wooden box. which had been
used as spittoon. served very well To
draw the earth out OF the passAgeway
part Of the precious rope having been
attached to Il to enable the outside
worker TO pun II out and In turn the
digger 10 pull Il In. AS fast as the
earth was taken out It was hidden uu-
der deep layer OF althy hay on the
cellar noor.
In addition to all their other troubles
they were constantly In danger % de-
lection by the sentries who entered
the cellar. When this happened the
workers would bury themselves m the
straw. The darkness was their great
est ally. even IN the daytime. ana
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1907-12-05

once, Dy some miracle, wnen the straw
dust made Hamilton sneeze In the
very beard OF the sentinel he was still
not discovered.
The average diameter OF the tunnel
was about two feet AS the work
progressed 1t was pushed with great
or haste Usually one man would dig
and I'LL the splttoOn with earth. At
given signal a second would draw
the spittoon out A third man would
keep the air moving by tanning 1t with
a rubber blanket. A fourth would act
as relief. while fifth would keep
guard. AS there were fifteen In the
plot. they were able to work In three
relays. The work was fearfully mo-
notonous, however Absolute silence
was necessary.
The rules OF the prison required that
the prisoners should be counted twice
a day. TO account for the absence of
the Ave men who were at work each
day their comrades resorted to various
repeating" devices and managed TO
be counted twice In sufficient numbers
to make up the deficiency.
The whole plot was nearly upset by
HAmllton's eagerness to see It brought
to a successful end. Being certain that
the tunnel was sufficiently long. he
dug upward. contrary To Roses coun-
sci. and found to his dismay that the
hole he had broken was outside the
shed in plain view Of the sentinels II
40 a.
pushed an old shoe through the hole
and next day by looking out of an
upper window saw where the old shoe
lay and made recalculation.
On Saturday. Feb, O. 1854, It seemed
almost certain that the Confederates
had discovered the plot. Rose decided
70 push the work to an Immediate
conclusion. On Sunday Rats hell was
usually neglected by the Confeder.
ates, and Rose entered the tunnel and
worked all day. Needless OF food and
rest. accomplishing twice the distance
that any digger had done up to that
time. The earth was composed OF
dense. hard sand. The only implement
was a broad biaded cold chlsel
On Monday morning Rose again de
scended to the work II was the sew.
snteenth day OF that tunnel. and Rose
resolved that Il should be the last.
Until an hour after midnight his work
went ON. Rose was nearly a physical
wreck. The Precipitation soaked his
weary limbs. He could not have eaten
food II be had had It, The only thing
sustaining him was the desire to com
plete the work. He could scarcely In.
Fate his lungs with the poisonous air.
| His head swan.
In Frank E MOran's graphic &C
count published In the Century Maya.
zine years ago Is the following &C.
count Of the crisis:
BY midnight he had struck and passed
post which he felt must Be In the yard.
During the last few minutes he had al
roceed his course upward. and to relieve
his eramped limbs he turned upon his
back. His strength was nearly gone The
/ feeble stream Of air which his eomrada
was trying with all his might 10 send 20
HIM from n distance OF afty-threa feet
could no longer reach him through the
aoAd1T stencil His senses reslad He had
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1907-12-05

not breath or strength enough to move
backward through his narrow grave.
In the agony of suffocation he dropped
the dull chisel and beat his two fists
against the roof of his grave with the
might of despair when-blesseA boon!-the
crust gave way and the loosened earth
ahowered upon his dripping face purple
with agony; his famlshed eye caught
sight of a radiant star in tho blue vault
above him; a flood of light ard a volume
of cool, delicious air poured over him. At
that very instant the sentineps cry rang
out like prophecy. Half past l, and
Rll's well!'
Rose recovered quickly. He was In
q yard, under a shed, with fence be-
tween him and the sentinels He walk
ed out on the street and reconnoitered
little Then he returned to the tun-
mel, covered the exit with a piece Of
old plank and crawled back to Rats
hell.
The party of fifteen agreed that as
the night was nearly gone 1t would be
better to wait till the next night be-
fore attempting TO escape. 1t was also
agreed that each member Of the party
should have the privilege of taking one
friend into his confidence. The second
party Of fifteen thus formed was obli-
gated not to follow the working party
out tin an hour had elapsed.
Rose and his companions made a
successful departure at 8 o'clock on
the evening of Tuesday, Feb. 0. But
the news leaked out. and the little
kitchen was soon crowded to suffoca-
ton with 200 prisoners, all clamoring
to get at the entrance to the tunnel
At the height of the uproar some one
yelled. ''The guar6sr' and a panic en-
sued in which several prisoners were
trampled under foot. The room was
quickly emptled. but the alarm proved
to be false, and many Of the soldiers
returned and made their escape. Great
was the surprise of the Confederates
next day when the roll call revealed
the absence of 100 prisoners.
or the 100 who got out fifty-nine
reached the Onion lines, forty eight
were recaptureI. and two were drown
ed. Rose passed out of the city OF
Richmond to the York River railroad
and followed its track to the Chicka-
hOminy bridge Finding this guarded
and day having returned, he crawled
into hollow log and waited for even.
ing. He for,ied the Chickahominy.
waded through swamps and lodged
hostile pickets, II was bitterly cold,
and his uniform was frozen.
After other adventures Rose fell in
to the hands Of three Confederates
who were disguised in Federal uni
forms. One Of their number was de-
puted to take the prisoner to Rich
hond. hut Rose watched his opportu-
nifty and, snatching the rebels gun.
discharged. II In the air and ran OF as
fast as he could so, All at once a
squad OF COnfedeTates rose up directly
In his path aud made him a prisoner
again He was taken back TO Rich.
| mond and was returned to Libby pris-
on to narrow and ioathsome cell.
On the 30th Of April he was exchang.
ed for a Confederate colonel, and on
July g 1864. he rejoined his regiment
and served tin the end OF the war.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1907-12-05

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Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1907-12-05

Gold or Floral alone worth The
call
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the Evening Press for year.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-02-16
THE WHEEL REVOLVES

Again the wheel of public taste has
revolved, and instead of the musical
comedy, the gorgeous spectacle, or
the one-part play written expressly to
parade the idiosynorasies of certain
actor, the modern emotional drama
with every character i'll it an import
ant and interesting one is today the
popular form of theatrical diversion.
The immediate success in New York
last season of every meritorious
play that treated of present day men
and affairs told its story to the alert
theatrical manager, and this season
there is almost an overabundance of
modern plays but the generous pat
ronage that the theatre going public
is bestowing upon them would seem
to indicate that the modern play is
what is wanted. 1t was not so much
that the theatre going public had tired
of the, other kinds OF plays as it was
that modern dramas like The Lion
and the Mouse" and The Ragged
Messenger" present variety of types
and a timeliness of topics that are
just now of general and paramount
interest, Local theatre goers will
have the opportunity next Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings to
see this latter play when the accomp-
lished actor, Creston Clarke, will
present it at the Salt Lake Theatre.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-02-16
MORE TRUTHS.

The death of Frank d. Hobbs
leaves the position of register of the
United States land office in this State
vacant. Speculation is already rife
as to who will be his successor 1t is
very likely that Receiver Thompson
will be advanced to the position OF
register if it is an advancement, both
offices paying the same amount of
salary, $4,000 year There are al
ready number of candidates in the
first one we heard of and he has
strong claims for preferment. He
was one of the strongest supporters
of both Senators Smoot and Suther-
land His course in that regard
caused him to lose his position as.
clerk of the Supreme Court, Justices
Bartch and McCarty, both up to
their necks in politics, Directing to
MIR. Palmer, because he would not
be dictated to by them in his politi-
cal preferences. Fred w. Price is
also spoken of as an available man
for the land office position. Fred is
one of the most effective workers
and one of the truest republicans in
the state He was a formidable can
didate for postmaster a year ago,
is very close to both the senator's.
Lightning is as apt TO strike him as
anybody else. Others mentioned
are Colonel NJ. NJ. Kaighn. Judge
Bowman and Deputy Register Davis.
The three last named are old soldiers
which gives them pull over the
ordinary citizen.
President Roosevelt thinks the
newspapers containing the nasty de-
tails of the Thaw case should be ex-
cluded from the mails. The Presi.
dent is right rt
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-02-16
TRUTH

-cieties who are opposing this rule
are tie so-caled Christian Mission
aries in Utah and those that have
been misled by them There is no
question in the minds of the right
thinking that if the Orthodox Chris
tan missionaries in Utah had made
converts of Mormon poIygamsts
that this rule would have been adopt
ed there, as it has been in all count
ries where they have converted poly
gamists.
When. the Mormons first settled
iii Utah in ls47, it was then pro-
vince of Mexico, and there in accord
ance with the teachings of the Bible
to multiply and replepish the earth,
that is, to populate what was then
the great unsubdued wcst--they
married into polygamy and reared
large families as a right of their re-
ligion. When Utah was annexed to
the United States, tie Mormons re-
lied on Article of the amendment
to the Constitution, which said:
Congress shall make no law respect
ing the establishment Of religion or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof.
The Mormons declared that marrying
i'll polygamy was d religious right
and no one had any right to modest
them in 50 doing The very few who
married i'll polygamy were prosccut-
ed They carried il to the courts
and then to the Supreme Court of
Tie United States, and when the Su-
premc Court (thc court Of last re-
sort) decided that marrying in poly
gamy was not a religious ight, the
Mormons stopped marrying into po-
lygamy and since September, 1890,
there has not been one plural mar
riage performed or sanctioned by the
Mormon Church" .-
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-02-16
LINCOLN DAY BANQUET.

On Tuesday evening the republi-
cans and some democrats too, OBJ
served the anniversary of the birth
day of Abraham Lincoln, the greatest
American of them all. The celebra-
ton was in the form of a banquet
and the literary and patriotic speeches
which usually accompany function
given in the honor of statesmen. The
banquet was given by the Inter
Mountain Republican, and while its
primary object was to do honor to
Lincoln, it also celebrated the ami
versary of the establishment of the
Inter Mountain Republican.
The gathering was at the CONNER
cial club, and was composed of the
representative republicans of the
State, barring our senator's and rep
resentative at the National Capital
who could not leave Washington to
come, but feicitious communications
from them were read by Toastmast-
err Glove
The proceedings commenced early
in the evening when an elaborate
banquet was spread and lasted be-
You'd the midnight hour.
The principal speech was by the
Rev. Benjamin Young, of the First
Methodist Episcopal Church His
subject was Abraham Lincoln, the
Great Commoner" 1t was big sub
Ject and Mr.. Young did justice to it.
His address was eXtempore, eloquent
and fervent, and was applauded to
the echo.
Governor Cutler spoke for "Thc
State of Utah" and did it well.
Hon. A. l.. Thomas made a very
interesting and effective speech on
Our Country which was rewarded
with liberal applause.
Memories of Lincoln were given
by the editor of the Republican, lie
Roy Armstrong.
When the Senate meets in the
New Capital" was treated by State
Senator Stephen II. Love, in a hap
Ply and humorous vein.
Judge Richie responded to the
toast THE Judiciary" James Fl.
Anderson to the toast of "The Re
publican Newspaper and Speaker
Joseph of the house of representa-
tives stood sponsor for Our Mines"
The toasts were interspersed by
vocal music, by Horace 5 Ensign,
Willard Andelin and male quartette.
The general tone of the affair was
ndictive of harmony and good feel
ing in the camp of the republican
tribe and kind of indefnablc some
thing which gave the idea that those
present were the real republicans in
full accord with the great national
organization and that they felt so
sure Of their position and so proud
OF it that it could not be questioned
by even the mongrcl aggregation
which has made impotent war on it
for the past few years
The Inter Mountain Republican
the official organ of the party, re-
ceived many high compliments on the
work it is doing, and Editor Arm
strong and Manager McAllistcr were
highly commended for their ability,
energy and loyalty to the cause.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-02-16

lie stated that the Mormon question
would have to be settled by war.
Think of it Mr. President, and Lad
les and Gentlemen! That such awful
stuff should be taught in a Presby-
terrain Church in New Jersey.
Il was censured by many people
in Gloucester because | called Mr..
Fink to time at the close of his ect
ure but | believe that most of this
audience will censure me because
did not call him, down then and there
when he threw that hideous Utah
devil fish on the curtain. | am viii
ling to bet Utah farm that if three
or more New Jersey men were at
tending a lecture and the lecturer
should picture New Jersey as Mr..
Fink did Utah, that they would have
risen up in honest Indignation and
would have transformed his magic
lantern into a scrap heap and would
have made the lecturer look as
though he had been run through
corn shelter | think when Mr.. Fink
and the Presbyterian Board of Home
Missions adopted the Utah Devil
Fish as their emblem thev had in
mind the great red dragon. St. John
saw 1t when he said And | stood on
the sand of the sea and saw beast
rise up out of the sea having seven
heads and ten horns, upon his horns
ten crowns and upon his heads the
the name of blasphemy! These are
twin emblem of religious hatred
The great Red Dragon means, bias
phemy; the great black devil fish
means SANDER
Mr., FINK pictured the five homes
of Joseph F. Smith, President of the
Mormon Church Mr.. Fink showed
himself very ignorant in regard to
the rules Of the Presbyterian Church,
or else he wanted to create a false
impression, and hold up the horrible
bugaboo of polygamous cohabitation
to create a sensation, If the Pres
byterians should make convert OF
Jaseph f, Smith, he would be allowed
to- retain, live with and provide for
his plural wives and could be a mem
Der of their church. The rule that
man once in polygamy should remain
III polygamy and live with and pro-
vide for his plural wives and children
as Abraham David and Solomon
did has been adopted in nearly all
Presbyterian foreign missions.
1t is a historical fact hat ever
since the days of Abraham down to
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-04-26
FOOD AND DRUG INSPECTION.
Secretary Wilson Creates a Board for
That Purpose.

Washington, April 26. = Secretary
Wilson has created, by executive or.
der, the board of food and drug in
spection, whose duty it shall be to ad-
minister the national pure food law.
The board consists of Dr. H. Wiley,
chief of the bureau of chemistry,
chairman; DR.. Frederick L. Dunlap,
whose commission as associate chem
ist dates from Thursday, and George
R. McCabe, solicitor of the depart
ment of agriculture.
Secretary Wilson has found it prac-
tically impossible to take the required
time to go into the necessary de-
tails imposed in the administration of
the pure food law. The amount of
administrative work in this connec-
ton he says has been rapidly increas-
ing during the past months, and to
keep up with it, he has found will
take absolutely all his time. Presi-
dent Roosevelt was consulted in the
matter and at once gave hearty as
sent to the plan of placing the admin
istration of the laws in the hands of
board.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-04-26
.PENROSE AT WHITE HOUSE
FIGURE IN PRESIDENTS "CoN-
SPIRACY" SEES ROOSEVELT.
He Refused to Make Any Statement
After Leaving the Execu-
tive Mansion.

Washington, AIril 26. = Senator
Boies Penrose Of Pennsylvania, whose
name has been mentioned freely in
connection with the disclosure at a
dinner Of the details of an alleged con-
spiracy against President Roosevelt,
was one of the early visitors at the
White House, reaching there before
ten o'clock. This is Senator Pen
roses first visit to the White House
since the publication of the story,
which he denied a day or two after
ward.
Did you explain to the president
why the Pennsylvania legislature re-
fused to indorse him for third term?"
asked one of a group of newspaper
men as he left the White House.
Il did not"
Don't you think that needed ex-
planation?"
Il do not
What do you think of the third
term proposition?"
Don't think"
With this remark the senator moved
down Pennsylvania avenue.
While Senator Penrose was at the
executive offices Senator Nathan
Bourne of Oregon came in. He went
direct to Secretary Loebs Office. SEN
ator Bourne, it has been commonly re-
ported, was the host at the dinner at
which the details of the so-called con-
spiracy against the president were
said to have been given out. Senator
Bourne saw the president after Mr..
Penrose had left. He declared, how
ever, that there had not been any
conference between the president, Sen
aJor Penrose and himself, and that
he had not seen Mr.. Penrose during
his visit to the White House.
No information was given out at
the White House regarding the sena-
tors call except that the visit had
been a very pleasant one.
Secretary Loeb said that he was
not present during the senator's talk
with the president, but that in the
subsequent conversation Mr.. Pen
rose had with the secretary the So
called conspiracy was not referred to.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-04-26
BIG BLAZE IN NAVY YARD.
Pattern Shop and Store House at Kit
terry, Maine, Destroyed.

Kittery, Me-, April ga three-story
brick building about 100 feet long and
40 feet in width, occupied as a pattern
shop and store house at the navy yard
here, was ruined by fire Wednesday
night.
At one time high wind threatened
to carry the flames to group of near
by buildings, including the building
occupied Dy the Russian and Japanese
peace conferees, but after the fire had
been in progress an hour the wind di-
miHished in force and the fremen of
the yard, assisted by the Portsmouth
city department, were able to con-
fine the damage to the pattern shop
building. During the fire a ladder fell
and Corporal Agnew of the marines
sustained broken shoulder No other
person was injured.
A large number of costly patterns,
valuable brass fittings and other stores
were either destroyed or badly dam.
aged.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-04-26
BAD FIRE IN allegheny
BLAZE OCCURS IN
PACKING PLANT.
Five Hundred Thousand Pounds of
Burning Lard Locked Behind
Iron Doors.

Pittsburg, Pa, April 26-One of the
most remarkable and spectacular fires
seen in this vicinity started Wednes-
day night in the William Zoeller Pack
ing company's plant, Spring Garden
/ avenue, Allegheny, opposite this city.
Early Thursday when the fire was
thought to be under control, large
freproof warehouse, in which was
stored 100000 pounds of lard, sudden
| ly burst into flames. All efforts 10
extinguish the fire in this department
were futile and the firemen finally
fastened the iron doors of the build
ing, shutting in the burning lard.
The interior of the building soon
became a seething furnace. Squirting
from creVices, doors and windows,
streams Of hot grease ran into a sort
of trench hurriedly prepared in an
endeavor to prevent the hot fluid
from spreading over surrounding ter
ritory.
Danger was encountered at every
turn by the firemen who stood by to
prevent the Waxing lard from reach
ing the adjoining property in case the
walls of the warehouse should col
lapse.
Shortly after the fire was discov-
cred, and while thousands of specta-
tors were gathered in the vicinity, a
dozen large ammonia tanks exploded
with terrific force. There was a
panic among the spectators, but no
one was injured. That no loss of life
attended the fire is considered marvel
Gus.
Fire was first discovered in the kill
ing department of the plant and is
supposed to have been caused by
crossed electric wires. Owing to the
infiammable nature of the great-laden
woodwork this building was soon be-
yond control of the firemen
AT eight o'clock Thursday morning
the fire had practically burned itself
out and while no official estimate of
the loss can be given at this time, it
was said that 100000 would be a con-
servative amount, partly covered by
insurance.