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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-01-24
4 Letter from John +. Smith.
LIVINGSTON. NONT-.
January. Ia. 1901.

January. Ia, lHtt.
Hon Calvin f. Boxley. Butler. Mo.
Dear Sir picked up The BUTl EK
TINES this morning. and noted that
you have recently taken your seat as
Probate Judge OF Bates county, Mis-
souri,.
The incident carries me back al
most twenty-six years ago when
arrived in Butler, a poor boy. TO be-
gin the practice Of law, when YOU
we're Judge of the Probate Court and
doing a fine Law business. have
often thought OF tie kind and cour-
teous way in which the old lawyers
at Butler treated me when | arrived
there, and | assure YOU that none
treated me more courteouslv than
did yourseIf
The condition of the health OF my
family alone could have induced me
to break away from my old friends
and acquaintance in Butler. How
ever. what looked like cruel faCe, has
proven blessing in disguise
| We are all enjoying much better
health than we ever did III Missouri.
and my business Is twice a. good
here as it ever was in Missouri; II
seems that it has been a kind Prof.
dence that sent Us west
We are pleasantly located ii one
OF the prettiesU towns i'll Montana
around u is splendid country, both
fer mining and agriculture. We
have the largest machine shops On
the Northern Pacific Railway be
tween Brainerd and the Coast. nave
ii citv of over 5000. electria hight.
water works, telephone, long d.
ranre and local. get the dispatches
of tie worlds doings on the sam"
dav which they are enacted, SEQ ali
the rnagnates on their way so tle
National Park and are really uaE'-
metropolitan in our mode oI Irving
than are cities OF 10000 in Missouri.
Gyrwo boys are nearly -ro*a ~.
/ going TO echool. one viii BE- ralefs-
er. and nave "a ranch Of :. .o"5 ares
for him 70 go on when he gets
/ through school, and the other ".4
tcone into the law office with ms
] lam one of the directors aud -
/ torney for the National P"rz Sans
! a report os whose business ! ell'osa
/ 1 also represent four or fire Es-i--zae
and irrigation companies al- a-s1T
ney.
Some time when Eou are lot %
busy. LEI me hear from yoa- Yer
+~,iv vassrs. J0HX T. >sssFH.
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Isle OF Wight. and Claremont, in
Surrey. These embrace 3,JG1 acres,
with rental value of S21 500. At
20 years purchase that would be
1866, 100. They are in fact worth
double that.
The queens total private fortune
has been estimated at $50, 900 900.
To go into the public events with
which Queen Victoria has been cor
cerned since she ascended the throne
would be simply 10 review the history
OF the British empire for 60 years.
The empire lost nothing in her
reign saving seven Grecian islands
On the other hand. there were tre-
mendous acquisitiOns-New Zealand
kingdom after kingdom in Asia.
whole provinces in Africa. The queen
was formally crowned Empress Of
India i'll the 70s Her subjects
| have been estimated at 400. 900. 900.
an increase OF 12O. O.OGO. 900 since her
coronation.
The reign has been called a peace
fur one, yet here is its war record:
1S37-S-Rebellion i'll Canada
1S40-2-Chinese opium war.
1S40-Egyptian forts bOmbarIei
1S42-First Afghan war
1S43-Sinde war.
1S45-First Sikh war.
1S4S-Second Sikh war
1S50-3-kaffir war
Burmese war.
! 1S53-5-Crimean war.
1S53-T-War with Persia.
1S56-7-Indian mutimy
1S56-60-SecOnd Chinese war.
1S62-Maori war.
1S63-Ashantee expedition.
1867 61-S-Abyssinian war.
| 1S73-Ashantee war.
1873 S0-Second Afghan war.
| 1S79-Zulu war.
1SS0-First Transvaal war.
1SS2-Soudan war.
1SS5-Burmah annexed.
1896 in Soudau.
1S99-Second Transvaal war.
1t is figured that during Victoria :
reign la. 900 soldiers gave up their
lives defending the expanding empire
and that the war bills footed UP 81 i,
800, 100000.
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Judge Walker had quite - scare
Ina. r,gzrss- last week. IFo etFar'l-e
-,,an drove up TO ms residence after
lark and in a loud AID perempiorT
-o-,a demanded that - come oaE-
The Jud-a did % bUt = Tzts through
. raar door and not many steps e"
-. r-og.I. I-afrarv ar.- developed
rEsssr TWO % the u@5gts' a-if@ women
-z,-s,g dressed r'emsesvea- 30 tne1F l5-r-
bands clothes and ststrte3 on II
19vz p lark. Tbav lHd aorf iun
+hsa rou could crowd Iat0 a town
- h.r he Judge did rot se@,a 70
rsI;sil the ioke.-Osoeoia democrat
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-01-24
||DRt BAABY'S Skin
SCALP and HAIR
for Mothers TO Think About

emething for Mothers TO Think About
VERY CHILD born into the world with an
Shrted or early developed tendency to distress
-, disfiguring humors of the skin, scalp, and
Sood becomes an object of the most tender
nGdtude, not only because of its suffering but
Iauss Of the dreadful fear that the disfiguration
sto' Be lifelong and mar its future happiness
nd prosperity. Hence It becomes the duty of
mothers of such afflicted children to acquaint
Aemselves with the best, the purest, and most
dectye treatment available.
That baths with cUTICURA SOAP to cleanse the skin and
al. cus gentle applications of CUTICURA
OINTMENT aay itching, irritation and Inflammation
Ia se and followed in the seveest by mild
all that be desired for
of skntortured infants and children
The comfort mothers has been demOnsrat
countless Their absolute safety purity
sweetness grateful ereef speedy and
economy nothing desired by anxious
r
all Mil
ations
throughout world
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A Deep Mystery.

l,sa mystery why women endure
aeSaehe, heaslache. nervousness,
plessness. Melancholy, falntin@
. dlzzp spells when thousands have
.esed that Electric Bittvrs viii
P.GSiy cure such troubles. Il sui
q Tor years with kidney trouble,
a'es Mrs. Phoebe Cherley OF Peter
& Ia, "and a lame back p;iiue,l
N g could not dress myself, but
;srle Bitters wholly cured me.
y, sithongh T3 years old, | now
W aole to do all my homework.
usereomes constipation. improves
teelIe, gives perfect health. Only
duarateed. For sale by IL. L.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-01-24
QUEEN VICTORIA
IS DEAD,
Official Announcement Made
in London at 6:55 p. m.
tuesday.

Queen Victoria is dead. The an
nouncement was made at 6:35 this
evening
The sovereign's last moments were
peaceful.
With members of the royal family
gathered at the queens bedside, the
bishop of Winchester and the rector
of Wippingham read prayers for
those in extremis. Happily the
queen was able TO recognize those
around her shortly before her death.
Naturally, the family while recogniz-
ing the claim for public information,
insist that the details of the events
around the deathbed shall be sacred
for the present and impose the strict
est secrecy on the whole household.
London, Jan. 22.-1:O3 p. ma
telegram from the Prince of Wales
to the lord mayor, timed at Osborne,
6:45 p. m, says;
Osborne, 6:45 p. m.-My beloved
mother has just passed away, sur
rounded by her children and grand
children. ALBERT EDWARD.
The queen is said to have bid fare
we'll in Il feeble mOnosyllable to her
family assembled at her bedside at
midday. She first recognized the
Prince OF Wales, to whom she spoke
Il few words of great moment; then
Emperor William and the Others
present filed past and heard whis-
pered goodby. All those in the bed,
room were in tears.
PRESIDENT SPEAKS FOR NATION.
Washington, d. C.. Jan. 22--Presi
dent Mckinley sent the following
message OF coincidence to King Ed
| ward VII;
His Majesty, the King, Osborne, lslt
OF Wight.
L have received with profound
sorrow the lamentable tidinge of til,
death OF her majesty, the queen, Al
low me-. sir, to offer my sincere sym
pathy and that OF the American pee
pie in ourpersonal bereayementaue
IN the loss Great Britain has suffered
! IN tie death of its venerable aut
F, illuStrious sovereign whose noble lift
and benedceut influence have pro
NOTED The peace and won the affec
ton 0j the world
WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
SHORT SKETCH OF HER LIFE
| Quben Victoria was born in Ken
| sincton palace. May "A. 1919. Sh,
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THE QUEEN ESTATES.

Besides valuable continental prop
ertv. she had three estates in the
United Observation-Disclosures, IN Alb
ertleenshire. Scotland; Osborne house,
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WILLIAM AchlSLEY.

SHORT SKETCH OF HER LIFE.
queen Victoria was born IN ken
sineton palace. May n. 1879. She
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-03
BLIND IN A NIGHT.
Strange Misfortune Befalls Santa Fe
Master Car Builder.

Galveston, Tex, Oct 3.-W. s Quebe,
formerly foreman of the car shops Of
the Santa F'e at Galveston, but now
master car builder for the company at
Cleburne. has lost his oversight in an
unaccountable manner. Mr. Quebe re-
tired last Monday night, feeling unwen
and awoke Tuesday morning and found
that he had lost the sight of both his
eyes. Opticians attribute the misfortune
to the bursting of small blood vessel
back of the eye They think that this
may have caused a hemorrhage, result .
ing in the form ton of a clot of blood,
which has pressed against the optic
nerve, paralyzing it, and causing blind
ness
Mr.. Quebe resided in Galveston for
a number of years and has a great
many friends among the railroad men
of this city who will be very sorry to
learn of his great affliction. He was an
expert mechanic and was associated
with Conductor Taylor and Master Me-
chanic Farrell of the Santa F'e in pat
enting the gravity extension step. which
has proven a great convenience to the
travelling public.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-03
RElFF RODE HIS BEST.
American Jockey Declares He
Was True to Employers.

London, Oct 3.-Lester Reiff, the
American jockey, whose license was
withdrawn by the Jockey club and who
was warned off Newmarket heath, in
an interview on the subject said:
It's all a maze and muddIe. There
are no explanations. The steward de-
eide that I pulled. or at any rate rode
a crooked race on DeLacey and let my
brother win on Minnie Dee. I have
nearly been at the top of the list this
year and was the leading jockey in
1900. have half as many mounts as
some of the crack jockeys. yet I ride
more winners. To do more than this l
would have to ride the winner in every
race. Yet Lord Marcus Beresford de-
clared I rode crooked. got well away
on DeLacey, leading until he reached
the bend to the straight. 1t is Pc
culiarity of the Manchester course that
the leading horse always goes wide
four or five feet or more in turning in
the straight. DeIacey did just this
thing. Johnny, seeing his chance, shot
through and got in. If I had closed in
again 1 should have put my brother
over the rails. All I could do was to
keep DeLacey straight and ride like the
devil to win. But, Minnie Dee always
had little the best of it all the way.
Lord Beresford then insisted I had
slightly eased and had pulled out to let
johnny out again. MY course never QS-
waited inch UP to the finish"
Lester rode as straight a race as 1
ever saw" interposed Wishard, Richard
Cookers trainer. 4 never saw horse
that did not swerye at the Manchester
bend, as Reiff says"
Continuing Reif said:
Il never bet on horses and I told the
stewards so. I made this explanation
to them. but the case was already de-
cided against me. One of the three
stewards acted as prosecutor as well as
judge. 1t was no use to argue The
whole business was the outcome of the
hatred and jealousy of the English
trainers and jockeys of us Americans.
/ never rode a race in this country that
1 did not carry life in ny hands. All
the English jockeys would take a hack
at me. With the turf closed against me
here, my future is unsettled
Higgins, William c. Whitney's train
er, said he considered that Reiff rode an
admirable and perfectly fair race.
LORD BERESFORD VERSION.
London, Oct. 3.-Lord Marcus Beres-
ford, one of the stewards of the Jockey
club, who sentenced Lester Reiff, is
very outs poken. He said today:
1T is not customary for the Jockey
club to discuss the details of evidence
but in order that our American friends
may not feel that Reif has been harsh
~ or unjustly treated, I may say that
LIS ituAAlS u DcA1dSSS WdS - pdipdpie
and barefaced an instance of not trying
to win ever I saw in all my expert
ence. With all respect for Higgins
opinion, we were not dealing with Reif
on what he did at the turn into the
straight, but on what he did at the fin
ish. Regard for Mr.. Whitney would
prevent the stewards of the Jockey club
from arriving at any decision not sup
ported by the strongest evidence. Les
ter Reiff got a salary of $4,000 a year,
yet he certainly did not try to win that
little race for Mr.. Whitney,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-03
Rock Island Inaugurates New
Tourist Service.
To Run Excursions From St.
Louis to San Francisco.
GETS NEW TERMINAL.
Taps New Section For Ne"
Business.
Railroad News of Local ana
General Interest.

Commencing Tuesday, October To- tile
Rock Island railroad viii inaugurate
series of personally conducted TOURIST
excursions between St. Louis ana LIS
Angeles. The Rock Island has for long
time run these excursions out OF chi
cago. but this arrangement to tap new
country heretofore out of the reacn %
the Rock Island, is a new venture, ano
one which the officials of the road 1eei
sure will result favorably for all con-
cerned. e.,,,,
The excursions are to be started from a
St Louis every Tuesday and VIII 4ea , {
Los Angeles each following MONDAY Inc
train will be run over the Wabash IRON lil
St. Louis to Kansas City; over the NoSA
Island to Colorado Springs; ana over In0
Rio Grande Western and Southern q
cific the remainder of the distance
Both first and second class tickets " ~
be accepted on this train. Ana touI 3:
have the privilege of remaining IN Sdll-
foa-nia any length of time
Rock Island conductors VIII accom- :
pany the train to point out places OF
interest and look after the pleasure OF
the passengers. The itinerary OF the
route viii include Kansas City, Iopehd;
Colorado Springs, Leadville, GlenWooo
Springs, Salt Lake City, Ogden, san
Francisco and Los Angeles.
The matter of time has been worked
out The train will consume approx
fmately 100 hours between St Louis ana
Los Angeles, including Stopovers OF sew
eraI hours duration at several points
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-03
RA1LRoAD1NG PAYS WELL.
But It Costs Americans$ $50 Month
to Live in Guatemala

An American railroad man who mas
been travelling in Central America.
sends the Railroad Gazette the follow
ing Information about the railroad
which runs from Point Barrios through
Qua temala-
you find the passenger train very
good one Everything is in excellent
condition and the engine is a fine one
The train is equipped with air brakes
The track is very poor. The rails are
heavy for a narrow gauge road, but the
track is badly out of line The ties are
mahogany. rosewood and ebony, but
even ebony lasts only about two years
The train runs at about ten miles an
hour and makes long stops. The road
has nine locomotives, several years old.
rs passenger cars. 10 of which are first
class; 200 boxcars and 20 flats.
Locomotive engineers get s. a day
for q run of so miles: conductors 81 4
day, with no overtime: brakemen SIS 4
month, and negro firenen the same
Agents get from 800 to $3.50 a month.
most of them receiving about $780, The
operators ara all natives. The chief
dispatcher gets $500, which be it remem-
bered.i equivalent to only $50 of Amer
lean money. An American can not live
here for less than $50 a month find
that the other two roads in this country
pay about the same as this one except
that on one of them engine men get SO
day. Any railroad man in the United
States who has even the poorest kind
of position on a good road will do
well to keep il. rather than try Guate-
mala-~
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E. q. Kinley G't ria n RsSais:
The Wing Rabber Tires Put On.
The Best in the Market. 4z4-426 Jackson st.
The Best ia the Market.

laws to fall into disuse, the control and
instruction of apprentices to depend on
the action of labor unions.
Continental legislation also exceeds
that of this country in factory acts,
regulation of shops, hours of labor,
sweat shops, employment, ETC. There is
an elaborate system of arbitration of
interference by the state in labor dis
putes found in its perfection in France
and Belgium, but more or less also in
other European countries, as well as in
the Australian colonies.
No country except the United States,
according to the report, has legislation
giving political protection to the la
borer. This may be attributed to the
European custom of leaving such mat
tiers to the police or military. There is
an essence abroad of special legislation
for certain classes, like railway en-
ployes, of statutes against combine
tions by employers or employees,
against blacklisting, strikes and boy
colts. BIacklisting, however is imros-
sible where, as is the case in some
European countries, every workman is
furnished n official pass book in
which the employers must write the
date and reason for the discharge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-03
SPAIN OUR CUSTOMER.
Buying American Made Engines,
Cars and Machinery.

Spain is placing extensive contracts
for railroad material and machinery in
the United States.
Close to 900 cars have been ordered
from an American car and foundry
company. which are to be used by tie
Compania del Norte, the principal Span
ish trunk line and the Bilboa- Santan
der railroad.
The government gun factory at Tru
bia is to be equipped largely with Yam
kee machinery, tools, etc Large cleo
trical orders are also being placed in
this country.
The English consul at Bilboa, COM
menting on the Importation of Ameri-
can locomotives into Spain, says ali
the orders were at first offered to Brit
ish firms, but went to Anerica, owing
to the quickness of delivery guaran
teed by the American firms. and also
because the price was lower than that
asked by the English. according to
recent London dispa tch. The consul ad-
mits the superiority of the American
locomotive over the British or Spanish
railroads.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-03
LABOR LEGISLATION.
That of Europe and America in Com
parison.

Washington, Oct. "A comparative
report upon labor legislation has been
issued by the industrial commission.
jects does foreign legislation exceed in
bulk and detail the legislation enacted
by this country
The most important subjects legis-
lated upon abroad, but not touched
upon by this government or its states
and territories, are the state insurance
systems found IN some European coun-
tries and some of the Australian colo
MES but not as yet in Great Britain,
and the great guild system of Ger
many, corresponding in a measure to
our state legislation respecting labor
unions, but establishing a far more
elaborate system. Legislation upon the
continent is more precise and definite
as to apprenticeship than in this coun-
try, or in England The tendency in
the United States has been to abolish
apprentice laws entirely, or for such
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ARour RA1LRoAp people

Engineer John Tally is home from Chi
caSo.
Claude Shumate of the roundhouse force
is sick
Claude Hardy of the water service is in
Colorado
John c. Ballew. a blacksmith helper, is
George Hene has gone to work in Schle-
gels gang
F. NJ HUMPHREYS of the blacksmith shop
is off duty.
Jacob Kuhl of the upholstering depart
ment is off duty.
Machinist Grant Gill went home sick
Wednesday noon.
Oscar Esplin of the brass corner is lay
ing OF He is sick
William Reddy is in charge of the boiler
shop men working at night
home sick Wednesday noon.
Robert Barnett of the tin shop went
home sick Wednesday morning
Ollie Sayler of the boiler shop has re-
turned from visit in Emporia-
Thomas Radclin of the storehouse is OFF
on account of the illness of his wife
I. Renshaw, who works in the round
house. went home sick Wednesday noon
Bert Bressett of the sheet iron gang is
off duty on account of a gathering in one
Fireman John Grusenmeyer. who has
not made a trip for several days, is still
Hugh King. formerly a fireman out Of
Argentine, has gone to work in the boiler
SDOD.
John Hansford. a member of Pettit's
scrap iron gang,h has reported after a short
absence
General Manager Resseguie went over
the cutoff Wednesday on an inspec-
tion trip
William Swain and James Morris. la
borers in the tank room, were off duty
Wednesday,
Nathan Sloan of the coach truck. gang
has reported after two days round with
rheumatism
Arthur. Roberts of the tank room has
taken a few days off and is attending the
carnival at Kansas City.
Samuel Glover. yard clerk at the freight
house. is home from a two weeks Jaunt
in the vicinity of Omaha, Neb-
Walter Mack of the spring shop is IN
able to work. He is giving all of his at
tention to case of rheumatism.
Jacob Stetter. an apprentice in the
boiler shop. who has been blaming for
some time, has gone to the hospital
Nicholas Griley of the air brake corner
is back from Oklahoma, where he went
several days ago to file on his claim
A. F. Hilton, general storekeeper, was
in Montana at last report He will return
by way of San Francisco and the south
Chris Cunningham of the scrap iron
gang is off duty for two days fixing up
his property located near the roundhouse.
G. w Belts of the blacksmith shop.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-03
ENGINEERS MEETING.
Conference Being Held at Ell Paso
Today About Union Depot

Chief Engineer w. B. Storey, of the
Santa Fe, is in Ell Paso today. attend
ing a meeting of the chief engineers of
the six railroads which enter that city.
The meeting is for the purpose of dis
cussing plans for the proposed union
depot 70 be built at FL PaSo.
A few weeks ago the general mana
gers of the six roads held a meeting at
Ell Paso, and selected a site for the pro-
posed depot 1t was agreed at that time
that the chief engineers of the various
roads should be instructed to look over
the ground, and figure on an estimate
of the cost of such a building as would
be necessary.
The engineers will make a report on
the probable cost, after which the gem
eral managers will get together and de-
eide whether they want to build the
structure. If it is decided to build, the
engineers will be instructed to go ahead
and prepare plans
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cannot be done for the present The
Ringing Bros circus which is to be
moved from Wichita to Blackwell VIII
be protected by crews from the Okla
horna division. The circus train Will
consist of five sections, and the bust
ness rightfulIy belongs to this division,
but is lost to the men here owing to the
shortage of crews
This condition is due largely to the
immense business the Santa Fe IS en-
loving all over the entire system. nee
essariiy taking all the surplus rolling
stock from smaller divisions to help OUT
where the traffic is heaviest But this
has worked an inconvenience TO many
points. among them much more import
ant divisions than Wellington Every
railroad man in Wellington would have
ali he could do were it not for this
shortage