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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-01

Mr.. and MRS. HENRY WILLIAMS
VERY AGREfABLY SURPRISED

Mr. and Mrs Henry Williams were
very asreeably surprised last night at
their home near the Colorado smelter
when committee of eleven members
of the Order of Sons of st. George
waited upon them and presented Mr.
Williams with very handsome gold
beaded can. and Mrs. Williams with a
cuckoo clock. The cane bore the fol-
lowing inscription, "A token of graft
tude and esteem from Englishmen as
represented by the Sons of St. George
of Silver Bow county"
Charles Mitchell - the old MAN.
Mitchell of Burlington, was chosen to
make the presentation speech. Mr.
Mitchell has been intimately acquainted
with Mr. Williams for more than 20
years. and as he started to speak ms
voice uuivered and he was so overcome
by emotion that he was unable to pro-
ceed Prof. A. G. Newill concluded the
presentation speech in a few graceful
words. in which he told of the appre-
citation all Englisnmen felt at MI
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-01
)CERY, MEAT AND PROVISION DEPARTMENT.

Williams record of over twenty years
in Butte.
Mr. Williams in replying thanked the
donors most cordially, and expressed
the wish that they would ever be true
to the best traditions Of their native
land. Then he paid a glowing tribute
to the memory of the late queen Of
England. and referred briefly to the
war in South Africa. Cigars We're then
passed around while Mr.. Lord nailed
up the cuckoo clock. AS soon as the
cuckoos voice was in good working
order the members of the committee
were invited to seats at the hospitable
table of MIR. and Mrs. Williams, where
they Toasted upon all of the good things
of the land-hot mince pie being the
favorite dish sought.
After again congra tulating Mr.. Will
Jams the committee returned to Butte
on the 10 O'Clock car. The members of
the committee were Messrs. Scaddon.
Basher. James Richards. Trevthick and
Edwards of Centerville, Mr.. Mitchell of
Burlington and Messrs. Nance. Hill
man. Bert Rumble, Davey and Newill
of Butte.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-01
IN MEMORY OF
THE DEAD QUEEN.
Memorial Service Will be Conducted
in Butte Sunday.

A memorial service in honor of the
late Queen Victoria will be held at st.
JOINTS Episcopal church, corner of
roadway and Idaho streets, next Sun
day evening at 40 O'Clock.
The services will be conducted under
the auspices of the Sons of St. George,
but a most cordial invitation is ex-
tended to all nationalities to join with
them in paying the last tribute Of re-
spect to noble woman.
The singing will be almost entirely
congrt gational and the service will be
as far as possible conducted on the l:ne s
of that performed at Windsor on the
preceding day.
The sermon will be preached by the
Rev. H. G. Wakefield of Philipsbure.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-01
Hotel Gossip

j. II. Pray. of Detroit. with Holmes
Bros bankers and brokers of that city;
Charlie Hart, an od-timer in Butte. re-
Gently returned from Seattle. and Judge
Denny, of Missoula sat chatting together
in the loby of the McDermott this
nlt rning.
The man from Detroit said that Butte
had more get-up 10 its people than any
city he visited in the west. When the
reporter essayed the remark that Butte
and Seattle were the only cities in the
west showing continuous and steady
pl osperity Charlie Hart replied
Give me Butte Tor snap and business.
Give me Butte for sociability. II lays
way over Seattle in everything although
the town on the Sound is lively. But
there's a thousand men in Seattle to0ay
Who do not know Where they will eat
their next meal-a thousand men
walking around unable to find employ
ment and no means to so elsewhere.
These men have ~ eat: they Will not
slarve. Look out for rohheres and all
kinds Of skullduggery in Seattle before
the spring opens
The converse ticll drifted into trusts
and their evil effects. Mr. Pray gave
one illustration where trusts sometimes
cereap their calculations and the COM
bine sustains heavy loss. 1t occurred
in Detroit. after the old Scotland tobac-
c. plant was bought and absorbed into
the American Tobacco trust. The COM
hine paid over to Daniel Scotland 81, $780,
0Ha in cash. and to his nephew, Orrin,
$500. 600 in cash and $4,000 in stock. Then
the trust people closed the factory. their
plan being to cut down expenses and
ceEtralize the tobacco business.
The day that the Scotland plant was
closed said Mr.. Pray. a thousand men
walked out with their little aprons-men
who had never worked anywhere else;
r1sn who knew nothing a bout cultivatin
land and totally untitled for any indus
Try but the manufacture of tobacco The
trust in time discovered that the empty
scotland plant was an eggplant on their
! hands. and the ysold it back to Orrin
80 otland for $2t0.000. Orrin started up
AGAIN AID is now running an independent
tobacco factory. About 400 of his old en-
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-01
MAYOR SIGNS THE BILL.
But Fair Commissioners Had 70 Sign
Bond.

ST. Louis, Mo. Feb. 1.-Mayor Zeigen-
helm has signed the bill providing for the
issuance of $5,0OO,OOO of bonds for the
worlds fair.
This morning he notified Chairman
Thompson of the worlds fair finance
committee that he would sign the bill on
condition that he and his associates
would agree to give bond in the sum of
,000. insuring that the surplus from
this sale of the bonds and the interest on
the proceeds of the sale be given the
city. Mr.. Thompson and his associates
signed the stipulations named.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-01
POWELL COUNTY A FACT.

Governor Toole affixed his signature
to the bill creating Powell county yes
terday morning and now the state of
Montana numbers IS counties in her
domain. The third time is said to he the
charm. This superstition was strength
ened in the case of tbs bill, which had
been before the legislature for three
consecutive sessions.
The bill was signed with a pen which
had been specially provided the governor
by Joseph Toomey of Deer Lodge. Mr..
Toomey will preserve the pen as a
mementO.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-01
LADIES APPRECIATE.

A good remedy. and there is not any
thing on the market that equals French
Tansy Tablets for the relief and cure of
painful and irregular menses. These
tablets remove all distractions, not mat
te: what the cause. Manufac tuTed by A.
Augendre, Paris, France, and for sale
only by the Newbro Drug, Co, Butte.
Mont, sole agents. Price. s. per box:
sent by mail. securely sealed.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-01
DIED TWO WAYS.

New York, Feb. 1.-Det2i-s Of the
suicide of VIM. A. Howard. q patient in
Bellevue hospital. who hanged himself
with sheet taken from his cot on We'd
nesday, came to light when Coroner's
Physician Weston found from an autop-
sy the death resulted from her1orrhage.
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A REAL TALKING MACHINE.

Invention Which Speaks, Not Merely
 Reproduces Speech by Living Lips.
 A remarkable triumph in mechanical invention has just been achieved by Dr. Marage, who has succeeded in con structing machine that can utter plainly the five vowels-a, e, 1. O, u.
 Although many attempts have been made at this, it is only now that sue cess has been attained, and before long we may expect to have a machine that can really talk
 Of course, the photograph is not talking machine, because 1t merely gives off record that has already been made upon cylinder by an actual hu- man voice. Dr. Marage's machine. how ever, creates the vowel sounds at first hand
 This machine has been constructed so as to reproduce the interior of per sons mouth while pronouncing the diff ferent vowels, using the plastic sub stance employed by dentists.
 These false mouths, as it were are made of plaster of Paris, and are fitted to sirens giving the appropriate combi- nations of sounds. pr. Marage then sets his machine in opera tion and the vow els are produced synthetically
 Dr. Marage purposes to modify the steam sirens used on shipboard so that
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if she could avoid it; that she often played the guitar when alone; that she was fond of books and music, but Blue Duck held it's peace. It was waiting for Carter to do some public wrong in con- nection with her.
 The wrong come One afternoon Car ter stumbled into the One Dollar cara vansary, reeled to the bar and with a gulp announced
 I'm goin' to take my last drink, I'm goin' to take it an then clean out the town. You hear me? I'm tired of ev- erythin, here, an I'm going to drop the liquor, make my mark on you, an move on."
 He had both his pistols out by this time, and Blue Duck was politely listen- ing. He strengthened up and went on:
 I'm goin' up an get that woman of mine, and she's goin' to take my last drink with me. You wait.
 He gave his guns quick flourish and moved off toward his shack. Gentle man Ed" was at the postof1lce when he learned what was about to happen. He took in the men about him with a com prehensive roll of his eye
 She's a woman, boys, and lady" he said.
 Figuratively, Blue Duck instantly placed itself behind him. What he was going to do met its approval. He walk ed down the dusty street towah the One Dollar. From the other end of the street came Carter, his wife walking ahead of him, one of his guns covering her, the other sweeping the street. He literally drove the woman, whose face was whiter than snow, into the One Dollar, and shouted to the bartender:
 Two glasses and the liquor.''
 One glass was set before Mrs. Carter and one before her husband. Then through the back door came Gentle man Ed" and his hands were working like chain lightning. His first shot broke Mrs. Carter's glass, his second broke Carter's, and his third killed him. As for Ed himself he was shot twice through the shoulder before Carter went down, but the wounds were slight.
 A week later it was Gentleman Ed' that escorted Mrs. Carter to the south bound stage and in the name of Blue Duck said to her:
 Our work is here; your back in your old home. If you ever need a friend and any of us here" indicating the crowd of bareheaded men, "are on earth, send for us. Good-by."
 Tn that way Buck Duck not only be- friended an unhappy woman, but aided Carter in taking his last drink.-H. l.. in Chicago Record Herald.
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they will initiate the vowel sounds Thus different phonetic syllables may be obtained which may be used to form an international alphabet.
 Another important application of this synthetic process can be made in the construction of ear trumpets that will not fatigue the deaf, because they will not modify the grouping of oscillation adapted to the ear. Dr. Marage has also constructed the "acouometer," giving a typical sound of tue vowel "a," for eX- ample, which may be used as standard to which certain other sounds may be referred.
 Thus there are far greater possibili- ties for this self-talking machine than appear from a first glance at it. Now that it is possible to make exact me- chanical reproductions of the human mouth with pliable lips, perfect teeth, and all the wonderful inner mechanism, it will be possible to use these mechan- ical word producers on magnified scale on steamships at night and in fogs. and many disasters may thereby be arCrted
 At present Dr. Marage is engaged in perfecting his invention and studying particularly those words in the produc- ton of which the cheeks play more or less important part, for in this direc- ton. he feels he has not yet achieved perfection.-From the London Ex- press.
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 Scriven, who lived for several years ii the town of Port Hope, Canada. H, was born in Dublin in 1920, was educa ted at Trinity college, and graduated ted with full tonors from that institu tion. He came to Canada in 1S45, where he lived a most useful life until his death in 1SS6
 Having an income from the old coun- try sufficient to support him, he spent his entire time in preaching and other forms of Christian work. At the races the fairs, on the streets, and wherever crowds congregated Joseph Scriven was | accustomed to call sinners to repen- tance.
 It is said that, when he was a young man, on the eve of his Wedding-day the young lady to whom he was to be mar ried was accidentally drowned, and he was so deeply impressed with the van ity of all earthly joys that he consecra- ted his life and fortune to the service of Christ. A large part of his time was taken up in visiting the sick and help ing the poor.
 One forenoon he was seen walking down the street in Port Hope, dressed in plain suit of tweed such as a thrifty workingman would wear, and carrying a saW-horse and saw A citizen, sec ing friend recognized him, said: DO you know that man? What is his name and where does he live? l want some one to cut wood, and find it difficult to get a sober man who will do such work faithfully"
 But you can't get that man." was the reply. That is MT. Scriven. He won't cut wood for you.'
 Why not?" queried the gentleman.
 Because you are able to pay for it. He saws wood for poor widows and sick people, and often sends them wood"
 Upon one occasion he found a family in the greatest wretchedness, with the head of the household very ill. MT. Scriven paid their rent got them better house, and provided wood and other necessares Then, and not till then, did he talk religion to them,
 Nobody ever suspected that he had any poetical gift until short time be- fore his death. A neighbor was sitting up with him, and while the patient was asleep accidentally found a manu- script copy of What friend we have in Jesus!" and read it with great de- light When MT. Scriven was ques- toned about it. he said that he had composed it for his mother. He had sent her copy to comfort her in some great sorrow, and had kept this copy for himself, never intending that any one else should see it.
 Some time later Port Hope gentle man said to him: MT. Scriven, it is said that you composed the hymn, What a friend we have in Jeus.' Is it so?"
 He replied, "The Lord and I did it between us.
 The hymn is undoubtedly one that will live.-Rev, A, c. Crews in the Christian Endeavor World.
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THACKERAY AT DELMONICOS


 General James Grant Wilson de- scribes in the December Century a dinner given to Thackeray soon after his arrival in New York in 1852.
 Soon after Thackerays arrival in New York about twoscore friends and admirers among the leading literary and social celebrities of the city gave him delightful dinner at Delmonco's s. Washington Irving was invited to pre- side, but remembering his unfortunate fiasco at the Dickens entertainment when, as chairman, he began well enough in welcoming the distinguished guest of the evening uttered few sen- tences, and then broke down complete ly, dropping back in his chair after an- nouncing the toast--he declined the in- vitation of the committee consisting of Bryant, Davis, Halleck, Jay, King and Verplanck, unless speeches and repor- ters were absolutely forbidden. Ac- cordlng to the recollection of George William Curtis, the last survivor of the dinner party, the conditions were faithfully observed, but it was the most extraordinary instance of American self-command on record. Irvings chee- ry anecdote and gayety, the songs and banter of the company, the happy chat and sparkling wit, took the place of el- oquence, and I recall no dinner more de- lightful'
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OF A WELL KNOWN
 HYMN

Very few hymns have been more widely published or more frequently sung than What d fliend we have iu Jesus!" Whenever it is started in Christian endeavor services or church prayer meetings, the people join in the singing with great heartiness and evil dent enjoyment. Thousands have been cheered in time of trouble, and led nearer to the Friend that sticketh, closer than a brother,' by this sweet and simple hymn. It is found in almost all the hymnals. but in scarcely any of them is the authors name given. In some books it is credited to Dr. Hora- tius Bonar, but as a rule the word "'un- known" appears
 The real author of the hymn was humble Christian worker named Joseph
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Brief Mention.

ESS HiRh water to- day. 9:06 p. m. !SS Dr. C. A. Dorman of this city will lee,
 .ffire in the Hartford opera house at I6 s:45 p m. Sunday on "A Monstrous
 1sVfln under the auspices of the Y. M |A < 8Y0n. and Mrs. w. c. Doolttle of
 36ut hington left Short Beach Wednes- x lSv with party of forty for Belle
 8Iew, Fla, to spend the winter. 9fsi1e Rt. Rev. Chauncey B. Brewster, iehop of Connecticut, gave brief ad-
 seHs to the Yale Berkeley association $et their prayer meeting last evening in
 dwight hall
 z 5ohn Clancy of this city, while walk < fsSk in Water street Bridgeport, Thurs M M night, fell at Clinton street, frac- !3 3fiiring his wrist. He was taken to the S Emergency hospital for treatment and hSequently left for his home.
 Mil, Esther Dean of Westfield, Mass,
 1S "a guest of her daughter, Mrs. Will X Hi M Winne, at her home on Whal- 8VGlu6. NlIS. w lIIlc Is qullc III GU Xr home and her mother is here at- Ending her.
 The committee on schools held a meeting at o'clock yesterday after
 5iy50n for the purpose of arranging de-
 ffIdfs in connection with accounts for X fife fiscal year. The regular meeting of
 {fi6 board of education will be held next
 RBek Friday
 z5ss The new Young Mems Christian as-
 S0ciation building, which is now being
 Btxilt on Temple street. will not be com 384eted by the first of January, as was &&pected by the association when the
 41rk first started. The outside of the 7F F5nifdfng is nearly completed and the x work Is now entirely on the interior of z the building.
 @ Yesterday morning was the coldest of SfJ1e season thus far, the mercury stand 1lik at six above zero at 8 o'clock. But It WEE much colder at some other |86ints, for instan 16 below zero at 39orthfield, Vt,. six below at Albany g&nd Binghamton, N. Y, and four below Sat Scranton, Pa. To-day will be con .Giderably warm.
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 FIRST HEAVY ARTILLERY.
Committee Invites Bids for Erection (

Committee Invites Bids for Erection ot Regimental Monument. Mayor Alexander Harbison, Edmund D. Riley and Charles Courtice of Hart ford and Frank Miller of Bridgeport the committee of the First Connecticut Heavy Artillery to secure bids, have prepared the following letter inviting bids for the erection of the monument in this city:
 Hartford Conn
 Dear Sir--It is proposed to erect on the Capitol grounds in this city during the coming season a monument to the First Connecticut Heavy Artillery, a regiment that served from May, 1861, to September, 1865. As constituent part of that monument we have the original thirteen inch sea coast mortar that was used by the regiment in front of Pe- tersburg in 1864, and it is desired that this shall be the principal feature and the rest of the monument accessory to #.
 The weight of the mortar itself is about seventeen thousand pounds, and the wrought iron carriage, on which it is mounted will add, perhaps, four thousand pounds more. The length of the carriage is nine feet three inches. and width over all five feet ten and one. half inches. From the ground to the highest point of the mortar when the same is elevated at an angle of forty five degrees Gas it should be when in position) is about five and one-half feet.
 J ,,nf r. Ia fxril1 Tc 1sn n do so. but if yu wish submit, with ut expense to the committee, q design and bid, the committee will be pleased to consider the same. In that case the design must be accompanied with spec ifications sufficiently full to show what is proposed in the way of foundation, shape and size of stones to be used in the structure, style of finish and such other points as will enable the commit tee to institute intelligent comparison with other plans hat may be submitted. A sample of the material to be used must also be furnished.
 The price must not exceed fiftyfive dollars, which sum must cover all charges including moving the mor- tar and carriage from the cars in this city, all excavations, foundations or dinary grading in finishing about the base and aA work necessary to place the monument in the hands of the com mittee completely finished and ready for dedication.
 It is desired that some arrangement be made for drainage through the mon ument to avoid the discoloration from ruct liahlp to pc,Ir if draipaoe iS 11t- side, The bid will also specify what time during the coming season the work gan be completed.
 The mortar and carriage are at Conn. where they can be examined on application to Frank Mill CT of that city, Design specification
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NEW BOOKS BY YALE MEN.
A Library of Ancient Inscriptions Edi-
 ted by Professors Kent and San

A Library of Ancient Inscriptions Edi-
 ted by Professors Kent and San
 ders.
 Under the general editorship of Charles Foster Kent, Ph.D., Woolsey professor of Biblical literature in Yale university, and Frank Knight Sanders, Ph.D.. D. D., professor of Biblical his- tory and archaeology in Yale universi- ty, Charles Scribner's sons are about to publish library of ancient inscrip- tions, prepared by leading scholars in America, England and Germany. Out of the already extensive monumental literature. those texts have been care fully selected which are of real vaue to students of history, literature, so- cial science and religion. While no inn portant inscriptions will be omitted, duplication will. as far as possible. be avoided. The library will contain many texts hitherto unpublished.
 The volumes will also be supplied with general introductions gpresentin historical, literary and other data ne- cessary for the appreciation of the texts. Carefully prepared section headings are to be provided indicating the gene ral nature of the contents, and side headings on the margins, giving a con densed analysis of the accompanying text.
 Each volume, or group of inscriptions, has been entrusted to an acknowledged authority in the department presented It will aim to present lucidly and con medically in English idoms the purport pf bo inc nf Int a iva notes, historical maps chronological ta- bles and indices will complete the equipment of each volume.
 No effort will be spared to make the series complete trustworthy compen- dum of the important results of the excavations conducted during the past century in Babylonia, Assyria. Syria, Arabia and Egypt. The nine volumes already arranged. with the names of the men who are preparing them, are as follows:
 l. History of the Discovery and De- cipherment of the Ancient Inscrip- tions," by Professor Charles Foster Kent, Ph. D.. of Yale university.
 IT. "Old and New Babylonian Histor- ical Inscriptions" by Professor Christo- pItI JOllistoil, H. i'', ci bbhii' ihpP kins university.
 III "Assyrian Historical Inscrip- tions," by Professor Morris Jastrow, Jr. Ph. D.. of the University of Penn sylvania.
 ". "Inscriptions of Palestine, Syria and Arabia" by Professor Charles Cut Ter Torry, Ph. D., of Yale university.
 V. Egyptian Historical and Bio Inscriptions"
 VI. "Babylonian and Assyrian Let ters Contracts and Laws
 VII Egyptian Tales Proverbs, Po- 1 ems and Belles Lettres.'
 VIII 'Babylonian and Assyrian l Epics, Penitential Psalms, Proverbs | and Religious Texts" by Professor 1 Friedrich Delitzsch, Ph. D., of Berlin | Professor Delitzsch is gene l rally recognized as the leading Assyri 1 ologist of the world.
 TX. Egyptian Religions, Magical, | Medical and Scientific Texts: Legal and | Business Documents" by Francis Lle- | wellyn Griffith, M A., F. $. A., superin- 1 tendent of the archaeological survey of | the Egyptian Exploration fund.