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-*..... -1 * 1.’ y -■ I it. u. HOOD RIVER GLACIER*THURSDAY, JANÜ a RY 31, 1924 ■ ■ ■< I HISTORY OF COL RATH IS GIVEN 1‘ V The Gift Supreme- on Elgin Watch Elgin Time is “train time” in the hands of thousands of railroad men, all over the world. Such a present as an Elgin is a gift of a life time. Nothing else will ever take its place—it’s giß supreme. ¿1 3: a When you start out to select a gradu ation gift—stop in and let us show you our complete display of fine Elgin Watches—$25, $1/5, and many in between prices according to grade of movement and quality of case. W. F. LARAWAY JEWELER Established in 1M4 Office Supplies These are days when you are thinking of them. We have nearly everything In the staple line you may desire. If you want anything special, we’ll get it for yo<r. THE BOOK AND ART STORE HOOD RIVER, OREGON TRUCK COVERS Icnoizzal Heavy 18-ox. Army Duck Prices Right « HOOD RIVER FRUIT COMPANY The Mid-Winter Meal It should be wholesome, heating and nourishing. Our canned* goods, our smoked meats ana other staples will fill the bill ’ for the housewife. . * Call us and we will suggest items for • the menu. ¿mi FRASIER & SON Anderson Undertaking Co. C. C. ANDERSON, Soto Proprietor Licensed Embalmer and Funeral Director 411 OAK STREET PHONE 1394 Judge Geo. R. Caatner, commander of the department of Oregon, Grand Army of the Republic, the other day while going through some old papers, found a clipping from the Jackson, Mich., Clttaen Patriot giving tl*e his tory of Col. Christian Rath, Civil war veteran, who was executioner of Mrs. Surratt and the conspirators who brought about the assassination of Preulitent -Ltneota; .............. ......... ............. Judge Caatner, who formerly re sided in Jackson, waa a close friend of Col. Rath for many years. He says: “He was a railway mall clerk, and many a time I have ridden with him in his car. On one occasion I waa made grand marshal of a parade we held in Jackaon on Memorial day. Col. Rath loaned me his gold sash and I wore IL mounted on a large black horse.’’ The clipping from the Michigan pa lter will interest many local readers. It follows; Lieut. Col. Christian Rath, Jack son's most famous veteran of the Civil war because of the part he played In the punishment of the Lincoln con spirators, died Saturday. Col. Rath was 90 years of age, degth being due to general debility owing to his age. Col. Rath, or captain, as he liked beet to be called, was a fanjillar figure to Jackaon reaidents for many years as he rode on his white horse-indiffer ent itatriotic parades. Hl* participa tion in the hanging of Mrs. Surratt and the conspirators who planned the wholesale murder of the Union lead ers, Including Abraham Lincoln, placed him in a position of proml.-. nence. For 46 years Col. Rath kept the promise he had made not to divulge the particulars of the hanging until he should have the permission of the government. He was finally released from his promise and McClure’s maga zine for October, 1911, contained an Il lustrated account of thia historic epi sode in American history so closely related to Jackaon thqpugh the man who waa provost marshal of Washlng- ton at the time, Col. Christian Rath. Christian Ruth was born In Frel- denatadt, Germany, October 22, 1831. His early days were spent In an at mosphere of militarism and his earli est connection with the army was with the little band of revolutionists under Carl Hchurx in 1848, who re belled against the German govern ment. For this, young Rath and his friends were compelled to flee the country, and he ran away to sea where he followed the adventurous life of a sailor for several years. Anal ly ending Ifis sea life at Detroit on a revenue cutter. It was here that he became a naturalised citizen of the country whose Ideals of liberty he admired. Having a sister living in Ann Ar- bor, he came to that city where he lived for a time, afterwards moving to Jackson with a friend of his, a sailor from tha west. Jack Todd. Todd was the champion rifle shot of the Pacific coast, and a great friend of Col. Rath. A short time after bls arrival In Jackson,. Col. Rath opened a shoe store, and soon afterwards married Miss Eveline Henry, the daughter of one of the pioneers of Jackson, who had moved here before there were any buildings in the ________________ At the outbreak of the Civil war, the store became the center of activ ity, for Col. Rath's military inclina tions "were aroused and he took an active part In recruiting, enlisting with the 17th Michigan Infantry at its organization, In Co. G. This was the famous Stonewall regiment and with his outfit be was sent south, his first commission being issued by Gov. Austin Blair, June 17, 1862. With Iris regiment he saw heavy fighting and was wounded September 17, 1x62, in the battle of Antietam. He received his next commission, that of first lieutenant, from Gov. Austin Blair. December 6 of that year, and his third, that of captain, August 4, 1863, also from the war governor. At Spottsylvanla, Capt. Rath was taken prisoner by the Confederates but managed to fight his way out of their camp the same day. May 12, 1864, es caping to the Union linen under the greatest difficulty. He was api*ointed on'the staff of Gen. Wilcox, acting ____ ______ , from October, 1864, to May, 1865, receiving his com mission as major by brevet in April. 1865, from President Andrew John son, “for gallant and meritorious con duct before Petersburg.” Other com missions followed swiftly and honors were poured upon the.gallant soldier. He was made lieutenant colonel July 8, 1865, by the president, as bis com mission states “for special and effici ent service during the confinement, trial nnd execution of the codspir- ators.” Col. Rath's connection with the ex ecution of Mrs. Surratt and the other traitors who planned the death of the Union leader, ia a matter of history. Washington was under martial law at the time of their trial and they were turned over to him. The conspiracy itself was one of the most terrible ever known and was planned by John Wilkes Booth. A Selena. Ala., paper of December, 1864, opened a subscription fund to effect the assassination of Lincoln, Seward and Johnson, who were hated throughout the south. The feeling was so strong that a letter found In the archives from one Lieut. Alston shows the bitterness felt towards Abraham Lincoln better than any thing else. This Confederate officer wrote Jeff Davis after Lincoln's reelection. Offer ing to "rid the country of some of her deadliest enemies by striking at the very heart’s blood of some of those who seek to enchain her In slavery." This shameless proposal was referred to the secretary of war and finally sent to the confederate adjutant gen eral endorsed “for attention.” A little band of malignant seces sionists, consisting of John Wilkes Booth, an actor of a family of toinons players; Louis Powell, alias Payne, a disbanded rebel soldier from Florida : George Atserodt a former coadimak- er. spy and blockade runner of the Potomac; David E. Herold, a drug clerk; Samuel Arnold and Michael O'Laugblin, Maryland secessionist and Confederate soldiers, and* John H. HurratL met at the home of Mrs. Mary E- Surratt, 541 H street in Washington. D. C. At this time Christian Rath was provost marahal of the city, and, since Washington was under marshal law, be was brought Into intimate connection with the •ronspirators. Booth was the leader of the traitors. He waa a yonng man of. 26, strikingly handsome With his pa,p f*<*> dark eyes and ease and grace of man- i I ■ ncr inherited from hto then (riel an cellar. He had turned his overeoat inside ot»t to change his appearance. cMtora. Booth w«a a fanettoal aecendonist. Payne told me if he had tax» lives to & Ho had aaototoa at the eeptnru and live he would give' one to Mrs. Surratt, so with this, I judged she execution of John Brown, and had a I > furious apirlt of resentment against might go free. “But I was mistaken, for there were, Lincoln and the Union party. After Lincoln waa reelected. Booth, etung four after all. Ura. Surratt was the by disappointment, went to Canada, first to die on the gallows that had where he consulted with Confederate been erected, and then the traps were leaders there and conceived the sprung beneath Payne, Herold and At- scheme of capturing the president and serodt. A soldier accompanied each .-'.I of the prisoners Into tha arsenal taking him to Richmond. March 4 Booth created h disturb grounds except in the case of Mrs. ance at the capital tn a futile attempt Surratt, and she was brought to the to force himself into the tmstMtge gallows by a colonel.” where Llhcotn watted to- reach his After the war t'ot. ttnth'returned to ' apartments. After thia the conspira Jackson, where he lived on a small tors were rather frightened mid some farm outside the city for some time rft- of them really wanted to back down, and later was a|>pointed mall clerk but they were more afraid of Booth on the Michigan - Central railroad, than of anyone else, and he kept them working many years between Jackson and Grand Rapids. Besides being together. After Ijee's surrender, in nn uceeas prominent in the G. A. R., he was a of malice and rage akin to niadueas, member of the Masonic orders, the I he called them together and assigned Odd Fellows, and the Loyal Legion of CALL AND SEE US to each hla part in the new and ter America. Col. Rath Is survived by rible crime, plans for which had aris two sous, John A. and H. R. Rath, a en suddenly out of the ruins <>f the granddaughter, Miss Hazel Rath, and j abandoned abduction scbeine. It was a grandson, Trolua Rath. I brief, simple and horrible. Powell, or Payne, waa to murder Seward; Oregon Lumber Co. To Build Dam (HOOD RIVER, ORE. Atserodt was assigned to remove An Crews are being assembled at Dee drew Johnson, and Booth was to mur where work will be started soon on der President Lincoln. Herold was to aid him as a ¡mge construction of a new concrete <lam and minor parts were given stage car by the Oregon Lumber Co. The dam. penters and hangers on at the theater, replacing an old wooden structure.will many of whom did not understand be utilized in backing up the waters in the least what it 1 was all about, of the East Fork of Hood river for a rii 14, IS'Ki, Bootle long pond and to furnish water power On the noon of April wus to for a hydro-electric system furnishing learned that the president 1 we bf ’’Our Amor energy for the company's big sawmill. attend a performance The cwt of the dam, which It is an- tadla lean Cousin,” at Ford 1 theater that evening, aud immediately plans were ticiimted will lie ready by the time the snow is off the highland forests (Bulk and Packages) rushed. above Lost lake, when* the company All the afternoon, It was Good Fri is logging, will reach $10,000. day, by the way, conspirators were seen riding madly about Washington and thia was remembered afterwards. Notice of Administratrix Sale of Real Property # Booth worked swiftly. He arranged a bar across thq door of the presi In the County Court of the State*of dent’s box, he hired a swift horse and Oregon for the County of Hood River. had everything ready for his escape, In the matter of the Estate of and a few minutes before 10 o'clock Daniel E. Stanton, Deceased. that evening he called a boy to hold Noth* is hereby given that pursu the horse at the stage door, took a ant to an order of the above entitled drink of brandy and made his way court made on the 24tb day of Janu swiftly through the crowded house to ary, 19*23. the undersigned, as admin AT the passage leading to the president's istratrix of the above entitle-el estate, box.____________ 1_______________ _ will offer for sale at public auction At the door of the box, he gave his for cash to the highest bidder thère- card to the sentry, and as he was a for, at the court house in Hood River well known actor and favorite in County, Oregon, on Saturday, March Wastyngton, he teadlly obtained per 1, 1924, at the hour of 10:(Xl o’clock, a. m., the following described real mission to enter. The president’s attention as well as property located ,in the County of “The Home of Quality Groceries that of Mrs. Lincoln and Maj. Rath Hood River, State of Oregon, to-wit: Lota 40, 4G, 47, 48. 57, 58. 59 and 60 bone, who sat beside him in the flag draped box, was deeply engaged with of Block 12 of .Stranahan's Third Ad the play, and Booth's entrance into dition to the City of Hood River. the box waa not observed. Noiseless Hood River County. Oregon, according ly he closed the door tsdilnd him, to the duly recorded plat thereof. Dated at Ilood River, Oregon, Jan fastening it from the inside by means AXP8-31 of the bar which he had urranged uary 31, 1924. J. Leona Stanton. earlier in the day when the lioipst was Administratrix of the estate of Dan deserted. iel E. Stanton, Deceased. J31f21 As the president’s box was a pro scenium box, it was right upon the Summons stage, although at rather too high a distance far the ordinary ]s*rson to In the Circuit Court of the State of jump down. Booth had this all Oregon for Hood River County. T planned; In fact he had planned every’ Tuin-A-Lum Lumber Company, A movement long In advance and did Corporation, Plaintiff, va. E. M. White i» uot hesitate a moment. Advancing and Addie White, husband and wife, » into the box with a revolver in one Defendants. . hand and a dagger in the other, he To E. M. White and Addle White, shot the president through the back, stabbed Maj. Rathbone, who had the above named defendants: In the Name of the State of Oregon : jumped to hla feet in a vain attempt to frustrate the assassin, and leaped You and each of you are hereby re from the box to the stage below. As quired to appeag and answer the com I he jumped, his spur caught in the plaint filed against you in the above American Flag which hung over the entitled Court and cause on or before- edge of the box, and he fell heavily six weeks from the date of the first to the stage, breaking a leg. No one publication of thia Summons, to wit: knew of hla accident, however, for On or before six weeks from the 17th he leaped to his feet, shouted: ‘81c day of January, 1924, and if you fail Semper Tyrannia!” the state motto of so to appeaT and answer, the plaintiff Virginia, and ran back of the scenes will take judgment against you and to the door where his horse waited each of you for the sum of $386.08, with Interest thereon at the rate of kV for him. per cent per annum since the 1st The audience waa atupified with ten day of March, 1922, and for Ita costs surprise. For a moment no one could and disbursements made and expended V move, but as the iiewa flashed over them that the president had been shot, herein. Thia summons is served upon you probably fatally, they were wild with pursuant to an order of the Hon. IL excitement and horror. Maj. Rath L. Hasbrouck. Judge of the County ’ACRES of land now in profitable bone had shouted, an he stood in the Court of the Btate of Oregon, for Ho«xl **■ crops where nothing but stumpa ,0 box dripping with bl<s»d: “Stop him! River County, duly made and entered grewbefor grew before- that is what Pacific Stump He has shot the presidentTwo or on the 17th day of January, 1924. ing did for me and did it at lower cost.” three men jumped upon the stage and whereby yon are required to appear Many ranchers around here say this attempted .to follow Booth, but his and answer the complaint filed against from actual experience. Pacific Stump ’S est-ape had l»eefl planned so carefully you in the above entitled Court and ing gives you one-half more powder for that stage carpenters unwittingly got cause on or before six weeks from the .your dollar—Shoots stick for stick with in the way and he managed to avoid 17th day of January, 1924, and this any standard stumping powder, but « capture. you get 142 sticks of Pacific Stumping summons is dated and first published President Lincoln was carried on said 17th day of January, 1924. as against 100 sticks of the others. It across the street, as history has re- will not freeze or give you a headache A. J. Derby, lated. where be died the following from handling. Attorney for Plaintiff, morning, never regaining conscious We sell Pacific Stumping and other Hood River, Oregon. ness, surrounded by his family and J17Í28 du Pont dynamites. See us before buy heartbroken friends, while the streets more per dollar ing your next supply. Notice to Creditors for blocks were filled with a solid mass of people, terror stricken and In the County Court of the State of anxious to hear of their loved prvsi- Oregon for the County of flood River. Hood River Spray Co., Hood River. dent's recovery. In the matter of the estate of Julius R. J. Melmac & Co., Parkdale. The story of the conspirators, up to L. Johnson, Deceased. Byrkett Powder Co., White Salmon, Wash. the time when Col. Rath took them Notice is hereby given that the nn- Into custody, Is one of historic inter- dersigned has been . appointed Admin est and has been included in every istrator of the Estate of Julius L. document bearing on the case. Payne Johnson, deceased, by the County had gone to Seward's home at the Court of the State of Oregon for the NON-FREEZING NON-HEADACHE same time that Booth had shot the County of Hood River and has qual prmident. Secretary Seward was 111 ified. All i«ersons having claims and Payne made a slaughter bouse of against said estate are hereby notified his residence without fatally Injuring to present the same, duly verified as anyone. • A Pacific North watt Product by law required, to the undersigued Booth and Herold escaped across at the Sheriff’s Office, Court House, B. I. DU PONT DR NEMOURS fii CO.. INC. PORTLAND the bridge to Mrs. Surratt’s home, Hood River, Oregon, within six and from there wandered and hid for months from the date hereof. many days, afterwards l>eing caught, Dated and first published January due no doubt to Booth's broken leg. 17th, 1924. at a farm of a man named Garrett, Last publication February 14, 1924. near Bowling Green, where the mur Thomas F. Johnson, HEAR WITHOUT FAIL derer was shot by Boston Corbett, dy Administrator of the Flstate of ing soon afterwards. Julius L. Johnson, Deceased. All the conspirators wore captured J. K. Carson, Jr., and brought back to Washington J17fl4 Attorney. where they were tnrtied over to Col. Christian Rath; He also had charge of Booth’s body, which was buried under a slab In the arsenal where the THE FASHION STABLE'S others were hung. His own story of the hanging of Mrs. Surratt ia as fol SUBJECT : lows: “I was detailed by Gen. Hancock, head of the department of the Dis Phone 1201 trict of Columbia, to take charge of the stayers. When they had been cap Leaves Hood River daily at tured they were turned ovet to the 4.30 p. m. civil authorities, be« a use Washington at that time was under martial taw. Leaves Parkdale Daily at 8 A prison was established at the ar a. m. (except Sunday). senal and Gen. John Harranft was given charge of the prisoners, turning Every Saturday Leaves them over to me. Parkdale at 6 p. m. "I had charge of Mrs. Surratt, Mr«. Mallett has given thirty years of her life to social re Payne, Herold, O'Laughlia, Spangler. form, specializing in child welfare work. Her experience as Pro A Dr. Mudd. Arnold and Atserodt. I bation Officier in the Juvenile Court of Portland enables her to never expected to hang Mra. Surratt. give a true pidure of conditions as they exidt today, touching both Gen. Hancock came down on the even the moral and physical welfare of children and young people. Her ing before she was hung and told me to get ready to hang four, but seemed long service enables her to speak with authority upon the prohi to think she would not be executed. bition question and its enforcement. Everybody Welcome. Thursday evening, the day before the House, Sign and Auto me, bo hanging. Payne wanted to mobile Painting I went down to his cell. He told me he had beard that Mrs. Surratt had T been sentenced to be hung and It wor 'S Kalsomining, Decorating ried him for he had l>een found In her Paper Hanging cellar, although she had dented know ing him. “It was proved at the trial that he had been boarding there. After he Licensed with Oregon's first class of Embalmers. Phone 1381,3821 assaulted Seward he lay hidden In a Tel. 2584 and 2352 trench until, cold and hungry, he re v__________ HOOD RIVER, OREGON > turned to her house and hid tn the APPLES—P ■ V I Warehouses at Odell and Hood River '■1 if i-.'¿ KELLY BROS. CO., Inc. ¡g 3® Tru-Blu Cookies and Crackers •■'■••• ", ■.... : ' Always Fresh • V •*« VINCENT & SHANK i." •* “I cleared my land at lower cost by using PACIFIC STUMPING”- m ïisâi *2S k 7Íl\ •I t\ •s I '"J* « -ás ‘ ' K Ji OHS PACIFIC STUMPING POWDER ÍJ H t J Mary L. Mallett a i'J State President W. C. T. U. Parkdale Auto Stage “HUMANITY’S CALL AND ITS ANSWER” At Baptist Church, 11:00 a. m. and Christian Church, 7:30 p. m. >.Äi I SUNDAY, FEB. 3RD 1? ■ FORBES & MICHEL S. E. BARTME55 __ ♦ FUNERAL on AND LICENSED EMBALMER ■ft' . aM .. j. .. ’■ 9 *» i ■■ »•■Ml U mM Rj