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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-01-01
PRAISED BY QUEEN.
Occasion When Alexandra Paid Trib-
ute to an American Wife.
She Tells shc story Herself and IL
Concerns br. Hutchinson, n CeIe-
LI.' Ee or, Who Has AT
teL.ca r. Professionally.

DR.. Hutchinson, the American
aurist, whose treatment greatly
helped Queen Alexandra's hearing
when he was at London, is the sub
ject of story which is greatly anus
ing British court circles and which
must have been first told by the
queen herself. The story is told
substantially thus:
DR.. Hutchinson was summoned to
buckingham palace often during the
a warm friendship for him was mani
Tested by his royal patient. So
great was the interest evinced in the
young man and his wife that the
queen insisted on knowing all about
their baby, and asked for a picture
of the child, Baby was only a week
old when its father left the United
States, so the doctor wrote hastily
to his wife, who at that time was
staying down in Alabama with her
own people, where the heat was al
most mbeorable. She replied to
him:
"Do you think for minute that I
would risk the precious haby's health
by dragging it out in all this heat
to have photograph takcne Not
by good hit, I'm sorry to keep the
queen waiting, but You Just tell her
we live down in Alabama, where il
is rs hot as blazes, and that we are
out in the country a long distance
from a picture gallery"
Some time afterward the queen de-
mandcd; "Well, what about the pho
tograph? When am I to see what
your baby looks like"
1t was an awful moment for the
doctor He saw he could but tell the
truth, so he told it, Her majesty
laughed, was actually pleased, and
said: "You've got a sensible wife
and hope YOU appreciate the fact
She is quite right, Under no circum
stances should n baby he taken out
in heat. Tell her so from me, Tel
her also that when she thinks ii
right to let the child undergo the
strain I shall hope to be presented
with a photograph"
The queen gave him medal ar
ranged in four stories, containing
miniatures of the king, herself, the
prince and princess of Wales.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-01-01
Girls Jumped Three Stories.

st. Joseph, Mo, Dec. 2j.-Five
girls jumped from "a third story win
dow of Chase & Sons candy factory,
which was on fire this morning. Four
OF them were dangerously hurt. They
are:
Matte Z. Lisle, 20 years old, both
legs and back broken.
Sopia Mintas, Is years old, skull
fractured.
Annie May Dakon, both legs bro
ken.
Rosa krauss, one arm and one leg
broken.
A fire escape was near the window
from which the girls jumped. The
loss is $4,000. The fire broke out
at GAS O'Clock this morning in the
factory and destroyed it.
There were fifty girls employed in
the factory and nearly all jumped
from second and third story win
dows Many received slight injuries.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
The factory has been running night
aud day to fill holiday orders.Lrhe
night and day forces were changing
at the time the fire broke out.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-01-01
MANY "BAD SPELLERS."
Universities Of tho Country Especial
~ Weak In This Direction-HOw
the Institutions stand.

Northwestern university is not the
only college with students who are
bad spoilers. Representatives of ten
other universities were to enumerate
the percentage of bad spoilers in their
respective institutions. assign causes
and remedies for the prevalence of bad
spelling and also to determine the rela-
tive Importance of proper spelling in
mans education. Computing on the
basis of the answers, the standard of
spelling at the ten seats of learning is
as follows:
OF bad spoilers Princeton has per-
centage of ten; University of Mime
sofa, 80; University of Illinois. 20: the
spelling standard at Cornell is "high;"
at Columbia's school of applied sci
ence, "atrocious; at the Massachu-
sets school of technology the percent
age of bad spoilers is ."large;" at
Brown university 1t is not so large as
in the entering class of Northwestern.
At Yale the standard is high" at Yves.
leyan and the University of Michigan
IL is "fair"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-01-01
A STUDIO IN CHURCH.
New York Artist and His Wife TO Re-
side and Work Where Famous
Pastor Once Preached.

Er. and Mrs. Francis Michaels Ton
etti, happily mated sculptors, have
planned to make a former noted
church of New York their residence
and studio. Where once stood the
pulpit beside which Rev. DR.. Burchard
uttered his famous epgram: "Rum,
Romanism and Rebellion" during the
= Blaine Cleveland presidential cam
paign of 1884, the artists will in
stall their automobile, making the
place a stable between runs. Mr..
and Mrs. Tonetti expect to be resid-
ing in their new quarters before the
beginning of the new year.
The facade has been enhanced by
the addition of mansard roof, in
which are three dormer windows. An
elaborate cornice has been added, but
the churchly aspect Of the structure
is still readily apparent. Floors have
been built in and a fve-story house
thus obtained.
In what was formerly the Sunday
school room on the ground floor do
Mystic Offices have been laid out.
Through the main entrance is a
driveway of generous width COM
municating with the stable in the
rear. On the upper floors will be a
studio and above these again the liv-
ing apartments.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-01-01
Massacre of Alaska Indians.

Victoria, B. C., Dec. 27.-The
steamer Amur, which arrived from
Skagwayt to day, brought news of the
massacre OF Salmon Indians and the
murder of storekeeper whose store
was looted and burned by Pelly river
Indians. Dispatches from Dawson
state that the Little Salmon Indians
were on their way out to sell furs
when attacked by the Pelly Indians.
The Little Salmons were encamped
and they awaited the appearance OF
the Pollys without expecting danger.
When the latter we're within a short
distance of the unsuspecting Little
Salmon Indians, they yelled and
simultaneously fired their guns. A
number OF the Little Salmons were
slaughtered on thespot. Others were
followed and killed while fleeing for
safety. A small number of the party
escaped. The survivors returned to
the home village, and the women and
children we're hurried to the police
post at-fHntaius for safety. Little
definite news was received regarding
an attack on the store, which occur.
red on December 1, and vague re
ports received by the police state
that the store keeper was shot and
killed and that his assistant, who
was wounded, fled to the woods, but
being unprepared for the cold, proba
bly, died. The store was looted and
burned.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-01-01
SHOW BIG GAIN.
Exports Of Manufactures from
United states Present n Most
Satisfactory Growth.

Exports of manufactures from the
United States in nine months ending
with September, 1902. are larger than
those in the corresponding period-o If
any other year in the history of the
country. with the single exception Of
1900 The total for the nine months
is $311,302 AL, against S29S,660,55f in
the corresponding months of last
year and $33S,67S,243 in the corre-
spending months of 1000.
Comparing 1902 with 1892 the in
crease is nearly 200 per cent, the fig
ures of 1892 being Sill, 29O09i, while
comparing 1902 with 1855 the growth
in nine months importatiOns of man
ufactures is from s9O,s4o,O74 to S311,-
302.441.
The following table. prepared by
the bureau of statistics, shows the
total of manufactures exported in
nine months of each year from 1888
to 1902:
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-01-01
WIFE ACCUSED OF
HUSBANDS MURDER
She Said a Night Intruder Shot Him
While He Slept.

David City, Neb, Dec. 25.-County
Attorney A. NJ. Walling has filed a
complaint OF murder in the first de-
gree against Mrs Lena NJ. Lille,
charging her with the murder on
Oct. "a, of her husband, Harvey Lii.
lie, a wealthy lumber dealer.
She was arrested, pleaded not
guilty and her bond OF $4,000 was
furnished by her father, James Hill.
The preliminary hearing will he had
Monday. Mrs. Lille wept when ar.
rested.
The murder of Mr.. Lille is one oil
the most mysterious crimes ever
chronicled in thestate. He was shot
early in the morning while lying in
bed. The ball entered his head and
he died without regaining conscious,
ress.
Mrs. Lille stated that she was
awakened by pistol shot that killed
her husband and saw n man stand
ing by the bed pointing the revolve,
at her, She rolled to the floor Just
as he fired.
The bullet passed through the win
dow and lodged in the barn door2OC
feet away, The man then ran away
downstairs and disappeared.
The murderer, before hecommitteC
the crime, stole $500 in cash ant
$500 in notes from Mrs, Lilies purs,
and $40 from her husbands trous
ers.
An inquest failed to throw any
light on the crime, but it revealed
the fact that Mrs. Lille had deal
extensively with a local "bucket
shop" The manager testified thai
since August 1902, she had los
$1,000.
The fact that Mr.. Lille carried
large amounts OF insurance payabl,
to his wife led to the suspicion tina
she had committed the crime to oh
tain the insurance.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-01-01
SMITH CALLED TO PREACH.
Many OF the Pulpits Of Washington
Are Occupied by Wen Hearing
That-Name.

Washington. possesses a supcrtlu-
ity of reverend gentlemen named
Smith. Three of the most important
Episcopal churches. st. Johns. st.
Thomas and st. Margaret's, all have
recently appointed rectors named
Smith.
st. Thomas is even more generous
ly provided. The rector is Rev. C..
Ernest Smith. The curate is Rev,
Carl F, Smith and the assistant GU
rate is Rev. James s. Smith, st.
Thomas is one of the wealthy and
exclusive parishes. Mrs. Phoebe
Hearst is member.
Rev. Roland Cotton Smith has re-
Gently been called from Northamp-
ton, Mass, to ST. Johns. Rev. Her.
bert Scott Smith. of Baltimore. is
rector of ST. Margnret's.
At st. Joseph'S Catholic church AZ.
fairs strongly resemble St.. Thomas
inasmuch as the pastor is Rev. Nalen.
tine F. Schmidt and the assistant
pastor, Rev. James II, Smith. At st
Stephens Catholic church one of the
assistant pastors is Rev. T. Given
Smith. =
The Methodist church has three
charges in the care of Rcvs. Smith
They are the Fletcher church, OF
which Rev. J. Edgar Smith is pastor;
Grace church, in charge of Rev. Jo
seph Edmund Smith, and the Peek
Memorial where Rev. Charles Alvin
| Smith presides.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-01-01
ANXIOUS OVER NEW CHINA.
Ira. Roosevelt Afraid the Handsome
New Table Service VIII Not Ar
rive in Time for state>Dinner.

Some anxiety is felt by Mrs. Roose-
velt lest the new china ordered may
not arrive in time for use at the cab
met dinner on December Is. A few
pieces as samples are already here,
and, while the best taste has been
exercised in ordering it, there has
never been a simpler set bought fer
the white house. Since her return
to Washington Mrs. Roosevelt has
had verified the inventory of
white house china made by Col
Bingham. The Lincoln china is
the oldest and most valuable now
In the collection, and, as it was
never half so large or expensive as
the Hayes set, which is the most'elab-
crate ever bought, there are but few
pieces Of It left. This ware has a
ed border, and an eagle in the CEN
Ner, and there are 1o4 plates of vari-
Gus sizes, seven meat platters, six
fish platters, and few other pieces.
President johnson seemed to find
enough dishes, for he bought moth
ing new whatever for the white
house. President Grant ordered new
dishes, and for the sake of variety
had them with painted centers and
yellow borders. There are but few
pieces of this ware left. President
Arthur purchased but two dozen des-
sert plates, some Dresden after din
ner coffees, and a few other small
pieces.
President Cleveland ordered dishes
with lavish hand, and in what is
known as the Cleveland collection
there are nearly a thousand plates
of various shapes and kinds, besides
: 100 teacups and as many after-dinncr
Soups and saucers. Not having plates
enough on hand with about 1000 of
the Cleveland collection. besides hun
dreds OF others, President Harrison
ordered 300 or 400 more. A great
many odd dishes were ordered nv
President Mckinley, but he consid-
cred that there were about enough
plates, for there are but few in the
Mckinley collection.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-01-01
PLAN A COSTLY CHURCH.
Catholics Would Build Home for
Holy Sect I'm New York city to
Cost 100000, 900. H.

Catholic clergymen are advocating
the building in New York city of the
,,frgest and most magnificent house
Z J worship in the world, to cost
100000. Prominent priests claim
to believe that within the next few
years the holy see may be moved
from Rome to New York. The possi-
bility of such a change is offered as
an argument in favor of building a
great church.
The plans for the church were
drawn by Rev. Father Bouillon. canon
Of the Catholic cathedral at Ottawa,
Ont. He is at present a guest of the
Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, in
Brooklyn. The plans contemplate an
edifice more beautiful than the IA
nous st. Sophia, of CAnstantinople
and more spacious than st. Peters
Father Lettelier, of the Church of St
G1ahn the Baptist. and Father Beau.
"I of the Dominican church. are
pushing the plans.
The style of architecture proposed
is modern Roman, with all the sub,
stantial effects possible, but in the
rise to the dome the light and airy
appearance of Byzantine style is Sc.
cured. In shape the plans provide
for a cruciform structure $50 feet
long and $50 feet across the tran.
septs. The height is $50 feet from
the pavement to the tip of the cross
surrounding the ball on the dome
The BAH is large enough to contain
30 persons.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-01-01
SCARLET FEVER CURE.
Quebec Doctor Claims That He Hs 9
Discovered the Serum That
Win XIII the Disease.

Steps OF great Importance in the
treatment of scarlet fever have been
made by DR.. G. A. Charlton, until re-
Gently resident In charge of the civic
hospital and now Rockefeller fellow
of pathology in the medical faculty
of McGill university, at Montreal. DR..
Charlton claims to have independent
ly discovered methods which promise
to reduce the terrors of scarlet fever
as completely as antitoxin has done
in the case of diphtheria.
DR.. Charlton states there is a mi
crocosm in the system of patients
suffering from severe forms of scar
let fever known as the streptococcus.
It is not the exciting cause Of the
disease, and is not present in the
light cases, but IT seems to lead to
a secondary infection when once the
disease has been contracted and to
be largely responsible for the high
fever, the 'suppuration Of the ear and
other dangerous symptoms associated
with the complaint
This organism Dr.. Charlton has
combated with a serum prcDared nm
der the direction of DR.. Hubert. of
Detroit and its success may he
Judged by the fact that Of Is severe
cases. most of which would under or
binary treatment have ended fatally
or at least have suffered lingering
and troublesome compiled lions, IL
made prompt recoyeries almost free
from combinations.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-01-01
Not MOderating in Kansas.

Topeka. kan-,-paeember = f.-fftt ,a
coolest weather of the winter has pre-
vailed in Kansas for two days past.
anu it shows no sign OF moderatinr.
People in some western counties ara
being put To great inconyelIrln. on
account OF the coal famine. Cattle
are not suffering 10 any extent. here
being on snow on the ground and
Iced being more than usually album.
dunt.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-01-01
improved Gun for the Army.

Brig. Gen. William Crozier, chief Of
the bureau of ordnance. in his annual
report to the secretary of war says
the improved army rife has been COM
pleted and tried with satisfactory re-
suits. The rod bayonet is feature
Of the new rife. 1t lightens the
weight of the gun and dispenses with
the bayonet and bayonet scabbard
now in use, and in the place of which
intrenching tools may be carried by
the soldier. The new piece weighs
but little less than 9is pounds, con-
siderably lighter than the German and
Mauser, yet has greater velocity and
greater penetration.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-01-01
From s. a Week to a Fortune.

Philadelphia, Dee. 25.-From work
in Il mill at 81 u week to a fortune
and bride is the Jump. taken by
Frank Trenwith, 21 years old. His
bride is Mrs. Jennie Lyons, widow
80 years old, with fortune of $500,
600. Trenwith has given up his job
in Dobson's mills and gone south
with his bride to remain until Nav.
The bride met her young husband at
a funeral and a friendship was FORM
ed.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-01-01
To Drive" Mountain Lions.

Butte, Mont, Dec. 25.-Driyen to
desperation by the losses of stock as
a result of the Expectations ofmoun-
tain lions, ranchers ofnorthern Mon
tana are organizing an immense
drive. President Roosevelt has been
invited to take part.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-01-01
C.kewa,lx .mu.e. Paris.

The Parisians are much entertained
by the nightly cakewalk of the Nou-
eau Cirque, which they call "Ameri-
can" All the local color" is there
except the negroes, and at the end OF
the walk the cake is tremendously
PRESENTED with French, not Ethiopian.
gravity. All the world is rushing to
see it and the French never tire of
saying: ut is American, and anything
American always is startling"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-01-01
Fame for Girl Author.

Miss Dorothy Menpes has won fame
as the young est author in England.
She is the daughter of Mortimer
Menpes. the well-known artist Mr..
Menpes has distinguished himself in
many ways. as painter, as an etcher
and as war correspondent. He has
held many exhibitions of his paintings
in Bond street and has published a
number of books. To a recent volume
by Mr.. Menpes. beautifully illustrated
in colors. Miss Dorothy Menpes, who
is only 16 years of age, has contrib
uted the letter press.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-01-01
There Was No Choice.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A distressing story comes to us
from a Kansas town. It-concerns q
certain club of bachelor maids and
an unmarried youth. The latter is a
good looking youngster, and clever
enough to be considered an excellent
catch from the matrimonial point of
view. 1t further appears that the
young clubwomen so frequently raj,
lied him upon his single wretchedness
that presently, being a youth of
spirit, he promptly offered the mem.
Der OF the club who proved to be the
choice OF the other members for mat
rimoBial honers.
Mark the result and note the keen
knowledge OF feminine human nature
possessed by the uncanny youth.
There was nine members OF the or.
ganlzatlon, and at the next meeting
each girl secretly wrote her choice on
a scrap OF paper and carefully slipped
tit-inte the ballot box. And, OF course
there was just one vote for each girl.
Such condolences have occurred be-
fore, but the fact had no ameliorat ting
effect upon the nine club members.
The youth, no doubt, smiles in a
superior way and metaphorically
applauds himself for his Solomonlike
shrewdness. 1t is a painful story.
and would be quite beyond credence
if it wasn't for the fact that it is
vouched for by an unquestioned
Kansas authority.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-01-01
railroads open Up the Great West

Railroads Open Up the Great West.
The rapid growth of western travel
has been largely due to the splendid
facilities offered by Chicago & North
western and other transcontinental
railway fines. Fine result f 4 volume
of migration to the west that makes
Horace Greeley's famous piece of adj
vice to young men seem quite need
less in this present day.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-01-01
.u,o nm Aid TO Autonomy.

The astronomer at Lick observatory
has discovered two more double stars,
(which, says the Chicago Inter Ocean,
Slrates that he has been trying to
us the street in front of an auto
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-12-22
PLANTS THAT BLOOM
DURING COLD WINTER

1t will be news to most people that
flowers OF any kind bloom outdoors in
our cold Northern states, says Country
Life in Americas Christmas Annual
Yet some do grow and bloom even in the
vicinity OF New York without even the
protection OF cold frame. They are tiny
things-not American beauties or peonies
or orchids. II is their diminutive charac-
ter that captivates one Though flower
ing plants in the open every month in the
year, it must be confessed, are very much
at the caprice Of the weather unless they
have some sort Of protection. Taking one
season with another for a good reliable
winter bloomer no plant is surer than the
old familiar chickweed 1t is a simple
matter also to keep up display in the
garden till Thanksgiving, as the chrys-
anthemums, if in sheltered quarters and
not coddled, will survive the usual sea-
son and then among the ordinary fall
Towering plants there will always be
some scattering blossoms.
Of the atter-howering plants the Afri-
Can white iris will flower at any time after
October, weather permitting" January
has its traditional thaw and in February
we often, though not always, have mod
crate spells that permit flowers to appear.
But December is quite another matter.
One is lucky to get flowers at all, and
quantity is out of the question.
The true winter Towering plants are
those which, like the true Alpines and
some dubious plants, have their growth
con edge" so to say, and are ready to
spring into flower at the first sunshine
for their natural season is short in which
to perfect their growth and make an In.
crease. Snowdrops-"Fair maids of Feb
yuary" as the French have it--are charm
ing little winter flowers, dainty, sweet and
cheering in the bleakest weather. There
are more than score of distinct kinds
OF snowdrops.
Crocuses are in infinite variety oil
species and flower in varying seasons
from early fall till late spring, That we
do not make more use of them would be
surprising If it were not for the fact thai
few live up to the opportunities in garden,
ing.
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-12-22
L ander Furniture s. Carpet Co.
4446-48 East dwa y. Butte. Montana

sons work gave opportunity for careful
stratigraphic study and resulted in the col
lection of many valuable specimens.
A preliminary examination of the pc
troleum fields and some OF the coal fields
OF Alaska was made by DR.. G.. {. Martin,
who headed a party that sailed on June
for the Controller Bay region. The first
month was spent in making an examina-
ton Of the coast OF Controller Bay and
vicinity, from the neighborhood of the
Copper River delta to Cape St. Elias, and
OF the valley of the Chilkat River for q
distance OF about 40 miles from the coast.
This region includes what is known as
the Kayak oil field. Dr. Martins task
was to study the relation OF the oil sands
to the rocks exposed at the surface, to map
the approximate outlines of the oil belt,
and to determine what portions of it are
likely to be of most value. A trip was
made up the Chilkat river, which flows
into Controller bay, to the coal fields that
lie behind the Controller Bay oil fields at
the foot of the Chugach Mountains. DR..
Martin spent the second month in the
oil fields on the west shore Of Cook Inlet.
A map was made of the shore from
point north of Chinatua Bay to the mouth
of llliama bay, including the shores of
Chinitua bay, Dry bay, Oil bay and
Enochkin bay. From Enochkin bay DR..
Martins party proceeded to Cold bay on
the Alaska peninsula, where the last few
days of the season were spent in a hasty
examination of that field.
Mr.. Alfred II. Brooks, who has gem
eral charge Of all of the Alaskan surveys
and Investigations was, during the past
season, chiefly occupied in administrative
work. He spent several days at Juneau
with the Spencer party, and then, going
inland by White Pass, went down the
river to Circle City, where he commune
Gated with the Prindlc party.
Later he continued his journey down
the Yukon and, proceeding to Nome, spent
about three weeks in field work with the
! Collier party.
The leaders of these various Alaskan
parties are now engaged in preparing re-
| ports on the results of their summer S
| work.