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The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-10
Everything Goes.

IT, Y GEORGE" he exclaimed as
lowered the paper he was
reading in a street car and
turned to the passenger on
his right, "but I must have made a
humping big blunder in my Fourth of
July address,"
"How so?" was asked
"Why, 1 got up something for small
town in the interior of the state. and
as they paid me only $25. I just dashed
it off, you know. 1t went all right. as
far as could judge. but I know l said
that the battle Of Bunker Hill took place
in 1892"
You got it mixed with the discovery
of American
THAT'S what I did. Great Scott, but
what a break!"
Did they cheer you when you spoke OF
Bunker HIP" asked the stranger.
tremendously, SIR"
Did you have US lick the British?"
"Of course, and there was more cheer
ing"
And after your address did everybody
get drunk?"
"They did. There wasn't a sober man
in town when I left
"Then don't worry. When the crowd
got sober next day. the only thing they
remembered was that George Washing
ton, General Jackson or somebody else
licked some other fellow or somebody
and gained our independence and that
you didn't have time to get drunk with
the rest. Lands alive, but I've mixed
up Columbus. the Pilgrim Fathers. Val.
ley Forge, King George. Lafayette and
the American eagle until you couldn't
tell feet from heads. but I never had
q kick yet! American patriotism. sir;
seldom eQualed. never excelled: no kicks
! q you yell enough"
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-10
All DeWey's Fault.

& WAS in Paris when Dewey won
his victory in Manila bay"
said New Yorker, land after
the news had come in I re-
ceived call from three Spaniards Each
one carried grave face, and 1 could
see that something was up.
"Senor Americana" said one after they
had given me their names, II would one
duello fight with wou."
"And ]" added the other two in chorus.
whats the matter?" asked.
1T is your Admiral Dewey has con-
Quered us in Manila bay. and that you
much rejoice. I would kill you for the
sake of our honor"
"And so would L." added the others.
"But hold on Bit" says I. Don't YOU
see that while Admiral Dewey had sew
enteen big ships your man had only two
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-10

small ones and that he didn't give up
till his craft went to the bottom? Can
I call that a victory and rejoice.
$50? Surely mott" all gasped.
surely, why fight"
Then they announced in succession that
honor was satisfied and took drink
all around, and all shook hands and
smiled as they backed out. 1t was .
month before saw the leader again. and
then he scOwled at me and said:
'tSenOr Americana. would one duellO
fight with you. but you was not of the
truth and cannot cross my sword. Ca
ramba!"
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-10

D.. Norcross has been in regular sue
cessful practice in Butte for dozen
years. He has the finest equipped ofllces
In the state for treatment Of all diseases
where mechanical and electrical appli-
ances are required. Don't trust yourself
to one who is not known. Twelve years
in Butte tells The history Of DR.. Nor
cross for character and for successful
practice of medicine
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-10

The school trustees act without recon-
pense practically, performing services
gratis for the school district that could
not be secured in the business world
without handsome compensation. This
fact entities them to the highest respect
and considerat ton at the hands of the
public, to say nothing of gratitude.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-10

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II yssu ar~ not sattafied return the bottle 70
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The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-10
CITY SCHOOLS Of BUTTE
AND THE DISTRICT BOARD

a Small Army Of Teachers and School
Buildings Enough to Make a Village
by Themselves Testify to tho Edu-
cational Advantages Of the City
Members Of tho School Board
f, Are Among the Foremost
Men in the City.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-10
Saving Saturday Papers.

HE man who is anything but
careful concerning most things
was observed folding his Sat-
urday Inter Mountain with re-
markable care as he sAt on the park
bench at Columbia gardens.
Eyes, I always save newspapers" he
said in response to question. "They
are too useful to waste. My wife uses
them for more purposes than a man can
thing of, my daughter makes them into
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-06-04
SAYS He IS ELIJAH.
John Alexander DOwie Tells His Followers
at Chicago That He Is Prophet,
Priest and Ruler.

Chicago, June 81 am Elijah, the
prophet, who appeared first as Elijah
himself, second as John the Baptist
and who now comes in me, the re-
storer of all things. Elijah was a
prophet, John was preacher, but I
combine myself the attributes of
prophet, priest and ruler over men.
Gaze on me then; 1 say it fearlessly.
Make the most of it, you wretches in
ecclesiastical garb. am he that is
the living physical and spiritual en-
bodiment of Elijah and my commits
sion on earth third time has been
prOphesied by Malachi, by God him
self, by His son Jesus, by Peter and
5000 years ago by Moses. All who be-
lieve me to be in very truth all of
this viii stand up" And over 5000
people rose to their feet and greeted
the declaration with cheers and hand
clapPing.
John Alexander Dowie, true to his
promises, made this statement from
the platform of the Auditorium last
night in the presence of 5000 people.
1t was the elimination of a frenzied
speech, in which he denounced every
body and everything not in Zion,
cursed the pope and the Roman Cath
Ollie church, spat literally at Masonry,
the newspapers and the bankers of
Chicago, and ragged and tore up and
down the stage like a mailman.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-06-04
"EMPEROR M'KINLEY."
The Supreme Court Has Proclaimed Him
So, According to an Editorial in w. j.
Bryan's Commoner.

Lincoln, Neb., June 3.-W. J. Bryan,
editor of the Commoner, gave out
Saturday night advance sheets of an
editorial arraignment of the recent
United States supreme court deci-
sions, which will appear in the next
issue of the paper. Three full pages
will be devoted to that purpose.
Across the front page in bold TYPE
appears the caption Emperor Nc
Kinley." In part the Commoner will
say:
'"This decision, like the bred Scott
decision, raised political issue which
must be settled by the people. The
supreme court has joined with the
president and congress in an attempt
to change the form of our govern
ment, but there remains an appeal
to the people.
''The election in 1900 did not decide
this question, for the republicans de-
MED that they favored Imperialism,
but they can deny it no longer. They
must now admit their reputation of
the constitution as well as the decla-
ration of independence"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-06-04
BRIToNs AGAIN STARTLED.
Desperate Fighting and Heavy Losses
Within Forty Miles OF Johannesburg
British Lose TIA Men.

London, June lon the anniver-
sary of Lord Roberts entry into Jo-
hannesburg the country has been
startled by the receipt of news of des-
peratc fighting and heavy British
losses within 40 miles of the gold reef
city. The battle at Vladfontein, on
the Durban-Johannesbu railroad,
reported by Lord Kitchener, is the
most serious engagement since Gen.
Clements reverse ct Magaliesburg.
1t shows Gen. Delarey is in no way
daunted by the capture of IL of his
guns by Gen. Darlington six weeks
ago. The garrison of Vladfontein,
apparently largely composed of yeo-
manry, had ia men put out of action.
That their assailants came to close
quarters and suffered heavily is shown
by the number of dead left on the
field. The dispatch from Lord Kitch-
ener, dated Pretoria, May 80, is as fol
lows: Gen. Dixon's force at V1ad-
fontein was attacked yesterday by
Delarey's forces and there was severe
fighting. The enemy was eventually
driven off with heavy loss, leaving 35
dead. I regret that our casualties
were also severe. The killed and
wounded numbered ia. Four officers
were killed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-06-04
THE HUSBAND SUSPECTED.
Mrs. w. II. KIeusmIre Found Murdered
Near Her Home at HOltOn, Kan.-Ter-
Fible Ferment Over the Tragedy.

Holton, Kan, June 3.-This town
is in terrible ferment over the dis
covery of a horrible murder. The
dead body of Mrs. w. H. K1eusmire
was found last night buried in a
shallow trench less than 100 yards
from her home, one mile north of
Holton. 1t is alleged that she was
murdered by her husband, who is now
in Texas. The crime was committed
on Sunday, May 10. On that day the
children of the family were away
from home. When they returned
Kleusmire told them their mother
had gone to Texas on visit Later
Kleusmire left for Texas. Friday the
children received telegram from him
that their mother had died down there
of yellow fever and he had buried her.
Kleusmire and his wife have not
lived happily together, according to
neighborhood report and as mat
tiers now stand anger and perhaps
jealousy furnish the motive. It is now
common talk in Holton that Kleus-
mire murdered old man Swetlick for
the $4,000 insurance money that he
carried. Paul Swetlic1 and Mrs. Kleus-
mire were brother and sister. Mr.. and
Mrs. Kleusmire were benef1ciaries to
Swetlick's insurance money The
murder of Paul Swetlick occurred in
1892 and no one was ever tried for it.
Kiusmire was yesterday arrested in
Kansas City, Kan, and claimed that
his wife hanged herself in the barn
and that he found her there and
buried her, not wanting the children
to know of her tragic death.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-06-04
CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY.
Proposal to Return Unused Lots to
the Former Ownerz-The
CenOtaph Custom.

In the western outskirts of WASH
ington stands the old congressional
cemetery. In it are 100 cenotaphs to
dead congressman, stretching in mo-
notonous rows through the cemetery,
all of them with two exceptions of a
uniform shape and size, and erected at
government expense. Some of the
stones mark the actual burying place
of the defunct statesmen, but others,
like those commemorative of Henry
Clay, John Quincy Adams and Thadde-
US Stevens, merely stand in honor of
those distinguished names. Since
1876 the practice of erecting eenotaphs,
begun in 1896, has been abandoned,
says a Washington report.
When the cemetery was established
in 1908 its projectors thought it would
be a good idea to secure the interment
in the new cemetery of congressman
who passed away while serving their
country in Washington. So 400 burial
sites were set apart for the free in
terment of congressman dying away
from home, and the place was named
the Congressional cemetery.
AS methods of transportation inn
proved, and the families of the de-
ceased found opportunity to take the
bodies home for interment, the prac-
tice fell into disuse, and ultimately a
law was enacted providing that ceno-
taph should be erected in the cemetery
to every congressman who died in har-
ness, and for a number of years this
custom was followed.
In 1876 law was enacted providing
that no cenotaph should be erected I'M
less interment was made in the ceme-
terry, and there has not been a burial
of a congressman in the plot since that
year. AS the congressional functions
of the cemetery seemed to have lapsed,
the trustees are now asking the gov
eminent to deed to them the remain
der of the 400 lots that they may be
sold, and this will probably be done by
the next congress.
The cenotaphs are plain blocks of
masonry covered with cement. Each
is inscribed with the name of the dead
man, the state he represented in the
house or senate, and the date of his
death. Some of the inscriptions are
now illegible. The oldest decipherable
is on cenotaph in memory of Andrew
P. Butler, a senator from the state of
South Carolina, who died in 1896. AS
stated, all the cenotaphs are of uni
form size and shape, except in two in
stances. One is marble monument
to Elbridge Gerry, of Massachusetts,
vice president of the United States and
famous in revolutionary history. 1t
is a pyramid-shaped pile, about twice
the height of the other cenotaphs, sur
mounted by an urn containing a rep
resentation of an undying flame. The
other is a monument to George Clinton,
of New York, also vice president, and
active in the war of 1912.
Among the cenOtaphs is one to Push
ma-ta-ha, Choctaw chief who, the in
scription states, "died of Group" in
the siXtieth year of his age, while Wis
iting Washington in 1924. Beneath this
inscription is the statement that the
red chieftain in his last breath desired
the big guns to be fired over him. He
had the salute he desired
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-06-04
AGED WOMAN CONVICTED.
PitIful Story of Mrs. Nathalie Smith, Who
WrOngfully Drew a Pension for Years
Before Being Detected.

Kansas City, Mo-, June 3.-Mrs. Ma
halle Smith, aged 20, charged with
making false affidavit in a pension
claim, was fined $1,000 in federal
court here. While the old woman
knowingly committed perjury, her
age, condition in life and the circum-
stances under which the offense was
committed have combined to make
her an object of sympathy. For years
she has drawn money wrongfullv
from the government, but in doing
so had been enabled to keep herself
and her children from starvation. Ac-
cOrding to her philosophy, some pow
er in this world owed her living.
Ten years ago Mrs. Smith applied for
a pension. Her husband, who was an
old soldier, had left her. She declares
yet that she believed he was dead. In
order to get the pension it was neces-
sary to supply facts regarding his
last illness, and she signed and at
tested paper purporting to describe
how he died and how she attended
him. Year after year she made her
vouchers and kept the wolf from the
door. a little more than a year ago
her husband applied for a pension
and this led to her arrest at Joplin.
to which place she had moved.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-06-04
UNDER THE STARS AND BARS.
Four Thousand Ex-Confederates March
Through Streets Crowded with Enthu-
sIasttc Humanity at Memphis.

Memphis, Tenn, May 31.-Marching
once more beneath their battle flags,
their hearts afame with the glorious
memories of 40 years, their advance
and halt once more regulated by the
bugle's blast, their steps again timed
by the tap of drums, 1000 of the
south's immortals marched through
the streets of Memphis yesterday.
That the recollection of what they
dared, of what they suffered and en-
dured, that the appreciation of their
constancy, their triumphs and their
valor are still as fresh in the hearts
of their people as ever they have been
in the past, the old soldiers received
ample evidence yesterday. AS their
columns passed along the crowded
streets, the cheers that came to them
flcm the thrcngs that lined the
thoroughfares, the fervent applause
that fioated down from balconies,
windows and housetops caused the
old eyes to brighten. the old shout
ders to spring backward and the
marching ranks to close up as if to
show that, although they were now
less vigorous than of old, there was a
time when they were as manly men
as trod the earth and who feared
nothing that could be sent against
them by a world in arms. Of this, as
on all similar occasions, there was,
underlying the joy and cheers, the
strong current of sorrow that swept
out toward those men who died in
the fight.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-06-04
DAUGHTER BORN TO ROYALTY
Young Queen OF italy Delivered of Her
First neutrality-suspicious. at the
Infants Sex.

Rome, June 2.-The young queen of
Italy has been delivered of a daughter.
her first born. The princess will be
named Yolanda Margherita. Amidst
general congratulations there is con-
siderable disappointment at the in
fant's sex, though the king is under
stood to have expressed contentment.
Statutes are being fired throughout
Italy. The infants nurse, besides re,
ceiving liberal pay and a pension, will
get $4,000 with the baby's first tooth,
another $4,000 when the child is able
to speak and a similar sum when the
little princess walks unsupported.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-06-04
MUST TRY IT AGAIN.
Cuba's Action on Platt Amendment
Displeases the Cabinet.
The Various Notifications and Interpreta-
lions by the constitutional Convention
Not Recognized as substantial" Com
Pliance with Its Provisions.

Washington, June 1.-The admins
tration has decided that the action
of the Cuban constitutional conven-
tEon IN accepting the terms of the
PLAT amendment with notifications
and interpretations of their own was
not substantially compliance with our
terms within the meaning of the
amendment and Secretary Root will
convey this intelligence to the con-
Vention. The decision was reached at
The cabinet meeting Friday.
At the cabinet meeting Secretary
Root took the position that the in
Gerpretations of the Platt amendment.
contained in the constitution adopted
Iby the convention and the whereases
appended to it, went outside of a fair
Interpretation of it's meaning and was
unacceptable. In this view the cabi-
net concurred. When asked as to
what would be the next step of the
government after the Cuban conven-
ton had been notified of the rejection
of its action, one of the members of
the cabinet said that the government
could do nothing further until the
convention again acted; that as long
as the conditions of the Platt amend
ment were on the statute books COM
piiance with them must precede our
REIMBURSEMENT of control over the is
land.
There is a great deal or addenda in
the way of explanation and interpre-
tation in the report of the committee
on relations which has been adopted
at Havana, that is wholly unsatisfac-
tory to the president and also to those
who have been consulting with him,
but there is an earnest desire to reach
the best possible results. One of the
most Objectionable features of the in
depreciation is the addition of the
words saying that the action of the
United States is an application of
the Monroe doctrine. 1t is emphati-
cally stated by some of those who
have been present at the conferences
that the Monroe doctrine has nothing
whatever to do with the present situa-
ton in Cuba.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-06-04
OVER ITS OWN RAILS.
Rock Island Railroad to Enter Kansas City
by New Track Built from Platte City
New Line to Topeka.

Kansas City, Mo-, June 1.-The Chi
cago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad
is preparing to make extensive i'm
Provements which will bring it into
Kansas City and Topeka over it's own
rails and which will make it one of the
shortest lines between Chicago and
Kansas City. The Rock Island road
also intends to terminate its contract
for the use of the Hannibal bridge
and will enter Kansas City from the
north either by spanning the Missouri
river with a new bridge, or by a con-
tract to use the Milwaukee bridge or
the Bates bridge, if the latter is
completed. The Rock Island proposes
to gain entrance to Kansas City by
building a line from Platte City,
distance of about "a miles. The Rock
Island will terminate it's contract
with the Union Pacific probably by
building its own line from Leaven-
worth to Topeka, Kan. This extern
sion will put Leavenworth on the
main line of the Rock Island from Chi
cago to Colorado, while Kansas City
viii be at the end of the spur ex-
tending down from Platte City.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-06-04
DIR. WOODRUFF IN JAIL.
Famous Coach of the Kansas Football Team
Ran Away from Lawrence with
Another Mans Wife.

Lawrence, Kan, June 1.-The arrest
in Portland, Ore, of DR.. Wylie G.
Woodruff, the famous coach of thu
Kansas foot ball team and the star
foot ball player five years ago of the
University of Pennsylvania, is an
nounced by telegraph. Woodruff and
Mrs. Edith Meyer, of Lawrence, were
arrested together in Portland just
after their arrival there. They had
run away together, she leaving her
husband, Roy Meyer, druggist of
Lawrence, and Woodruff abandoning
his wife, who is now with her parents
in Beloit, Kan. The arrest was made
by Meyer, who charges the couple
with kidnapping his 1ve-year-old girl.
Meyer left at once for Portland. He
says he will get his child and not IN
dertakc to persuade his wife to re-
turn with him.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-06-04
ALABAMA's OLD CAPITAL.
Cahaba, Once Prosperous and Fa-
nous Town, Has Now Disap-
peared Practically.

Cahaba, the former capital Of Ala
bama, is not even a town now, be-
ing returned by the census as pre-
cinct 16 in Dallas county. Several
years ago the town site was sold for
taxes and was bought by a negro for
few hundred dollars.
At one time Caha ba was one of the
most important places in Alabama,
besides, the state capital. It's popu-
Iation was made up of rich planters
and Shareholders. Its situation is at
the confluence of the Cahaba and
Alabama rivers. and it was not only
wealthy place, but also one of the
most beautiful in the state, says q
Washington report.
The owners of plantations and the
rich traders lived in baronial style,
their houses being of the architec-
ture of the south at that day with
large halls and rooms, and verandas
occupying almost as much space as
the rooms themselves. Extensive
grounds surrounded each and flowers
bloomed in profusion, while mag
nolias, oaks and cedars were found
in abundance. Blooded horses
neighed and pranced in and about
the stables and cocks strutted in the
barnyards.
The capital had been moved before
the confederacy was born, and when
the war was over the few men who
had any money left tried to start up
business and put new life into the old
place, but could not. A few years
later even the county seat was trans
ferred to Selma, and Cahaba was
dead. Some wealthy men tore down
their houses and had them rebuilt in
Selma, and soon the few remaining
houses were left tenantless.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-06-04
COMFORT FOR sUFFRAGIsTs.
Delegate to the National Convention Says
the Supreme Court Has Indirectly
Aided Their Contention.

Minneapolis, Mimi, June 1.-The
session Friday of the National Amer
lean Woman Suffrage association was
largely devoted to reports of officers
and committees. Harriet Taylor Up
ton, of Ohio, the treasurer, reported
receipts for the year of $22, 522 which
were $500 more than the disburse-
Inents. Sarah Clay Bennett, of Ken
lucky, chairman of the federal suf-
frage committee, argued that the Sill
preme court had indirectly decided in
its rulings on the fourteenth amend
ment to the constitution that the
amendment had annulled the word
''male" in the constitution and laws
of the state that confined the right
of suffrage to men.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-06-04
THIS BREAKS THE RECORD.
Longview, Tex. Reports a Fall of Hail 20
Inches Deep. Resulting In Great
Damage to Property.

Houston, Tex, June IA heavy
rain and hailstorm covered a wide
area yesterday morning and great
damage has been done to all crops,
especially to fruit. A special from
Longview says hail was 90 inches deep
in places and much damage was done.
A special from Palestine says the
damage to property inside the city
and to crops in the surrounding coun-
try will reach $4,000. Specials
show the greatest damage sustained
in the counties of Anderson, Nacog-
doches, Rusk, Shelby, Smith, Hill,
Gregg, Cherokee and Fisher, while
many other counties report lighter
damage.