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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-23
CAPT. ALEX. MAC LEAN.

not be in a position to guard their in.
terests, and raid on the Russian seal.
ing islands was the real object of the
cruise. Great Britain, Canada and the
United States have an agreement to
prevent pelagic sealing, SO that appar-
emily to protect the ships owner from
prosecution under either United States
or British laws. the ships name was
changed to Carmencita and registry
papers taken out in Mexico.
Thirty Devils at Beck and Call.
On May she headed for the north
ern islands, MacI.ean sitting aft, thirty
reckless dare-devils forward and cases
Of repeating rifles and ammunition in
the captains cabin. She had cleared
for Victoria. for cargo, but instead
sailed for the little islands in the Ber-
ing Sea, where 1t was understood q
new rookery was discovered.
Captain MacLean has had a varied
experience with the authorities, not
only on the Carmencita, but on other
vessels of which he was master. At
one time revenue cutter annoyed him
by demanding that his papers be sent
on board for examination. Upon his
refusal the revenue officers threatened
to open IRE on him.
Invoked the Stare and Stripes.
MacLean hearing this, ordered one
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-23
BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 49, 1906

OF his men to run up the flag" The
stars and Stripes were hoisted and
Big Alec" as he is known, yelled out,
Now fire and be id to you" The
revenue cutter dipped its flag thrice
and turned away. Several times this
bold navigator has had set.tos with gov
eminent authorities. but short time
ago the Carmencita made a raid on the
copper islands and had brush with
the revenue patrol. one of the crew be-
ing wounded and sent to Seattle, Wash,
for treatment.
The attention of Mexico having been
called to the Illegal acts of the Car
mencita's crew. that government on
November l, 1904. cancelled the Mex.
lean registry. With this taken away
from him. MacLean had the name of
the schooner changed to the Acapulco.
II is understood that when he dropped
into Drake Bay for supplies he had
only 100 skins on board taken from
the sealing preserves Of the Arctic so
that government officials have suspect.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-23
japanese Dwarf Trees.

In Japan are some very remarkable
trees. They are hundreds of years
old and not hundred inches high.
The most marvellous collection is in
Count Okuma's garden, near Toxic
Here are pine trees that started to
grow in the seventeenth century. that
at the dawn Of the twentieth century
are not too large to be carried in one
hand. pot and all. Others, whose seed
was planted about the time when Co
lumbus sailed for America, are already
outstripped by saplings planted year
before last.
In another place is a grove of ILL.
putian plum trees, gnarled and knotted
and twisted by centuries of wind and
weather, that are none of them too
large to grace dinner table, as they
often do when in full bloom. More
marvellous still, there are other little
trees, probably planted in the early
Sixties" that are still thriving cit is
too much to say "growing") in a. tea
cup, while others planted before Cleve-
lands last term in office have not out
grown lady's thimble.
The Japanese are past masters in
the art of dwarfing trees. They nip
off the trees roots and pinch it's limbs
and starve it with little soil and let
1t 60 thirsty and dry, but at the same
time keep the breath of life in 1t. un-
til it becomes the veriest travesty of
a tree, a manikin vegetable, with the
wrinkled face of an old man on the
legs of a little boy Infinite patience
and skill and time are given in order
to stunt and dwarf into these gro
tesque growths.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-23
The aromatic Havana.

Apropos of the real enjoyment of a
cigar Cauthorne. the newspaper cor.
respondent. in that most fascinating
story of The Tallahassee Girl:
IF you will permit me. will
smoke" said he, taking out a curious
cigar case Of very fine workmanship.
ut does not even amount to a kind
ness on my part" she answered; "for
| enjov the fragrant sweet of a good
cigar"
THANK you, can never fully appre.
ciate an open air chat without the
company of this Indian luxury. But
really am no great smoker. Two or
three day are all take"
"You must be an exception. Papa
smokes twenty pipes full a day, and
most gentlemen are always INDUCING"
Eyes. they lose sight of the equisite
part Of the thing which is a subtle
pleasure coming only to those who use
tobacco Of the finest quality and spar
ingly."
Sometimes abstain for several days
In order to get the full benefit of o
slow burning Havana"
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ed that the great amount of money dis
played on that occasion must have
come elsewhere than from the fund de-
rived from the sale of skins. The gov
ernment agents believe that several
men now under indictment in the West
in connection with this poaching trip
furnished the funds.
Always EIuded the Law.
MacLean's movements were conduct.
ed so cleverly that he could never be
held until now; he always made the
technicalities Of the law cover his op.
erations, but the Department of Justice
has been gathering evidence through
the personal direction of Chief Wilkie
of the Secret Service and it was this
evidence that led to his indictment
in San Francisco a short time ago. So
now the piratical course of Captain
Alexander MacLean seems at an end
and the stern hand of the law holds
him in its grip. 1t remains to be seen
whether his luck will again serve him
in good stead and enable him to sail
away to the great white silence"
where the treasured fur.bearing ami.
mails are found, or whether the govern.
ment's evidence will be strong enough
to shackle him.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-23
Will Wed for Love Only.

Princess Victoria of England, the
only unmarried daughter of King Ed
ward, declares that If size marries at
all 1t will be for love. She is thirty
seven years old, and for twenty years
has refused to consider every marriage
proposal suggested by her father, the
King.
''If I marry. 1t will be to the man Of
my choice" she is reported to have
said. "Father, mother, and govern
ment shall not choose for me. will
love the man marry. If ever marry"
This bold declaration by the daughter
Of king has shocked royal and aristo-
cratic circles all over Europe, but It
has been read with delight by the
English people, and 1t appeals equally
to Americans
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-23

AS an outcome of the tremendous
agitation which has been shaking Rus
sia to the very core, the Gar has sur
rendered and has granted rights
which If consummated, will result in
civil liberty.
1t seemed for q time as though the
history of the French revolution would
be repeated; that the aristocracy and
the bureaucracy driving ahead In
their arrogance and self esteem, would
fail TO recognize the overwhelming
force of the Volcano of public senti
ment surrounding them, and by their
refusal to recognize conditions, plunge
the whole empire into civil war and
anarchy. But the handwriting on the
wall was recognized and the Car
compelled TO practically capitulate his
imperial throne, True, promises are
thus, far more in evidence than fulfill
ment, but Count Witte has apparently
been made the real Russian leader and
much Is hoped and expected in the
way Of a peaceful reform.
In old Russia, the Russia of last
century, of last year, of last week, the
Car was all powerful. Russia was
the last remaining absolute monarchy.
The policies Of the government were
created and enforced by the Car and
his Grand Dukes.
Popular representation was a fragile
promise. Free speech was under the
ban; freedom of the press was UNI
known. Even all private mail was
subject to censorship. The prisons
We're filed with political offenders.
Imagine casting a man into United
States prison because his political acts
were not rellshcd Inv the government!
A system Of public espionage fol-
lowed every mans move.
Old Russia was divided into two
classes, the nobility and practical
slaves.
Education of the masses was worse
than farce.
What is promised for Russia?
The abolition Of the rule Of the Ro-
manoff House.
Freedom of speech guaranteed and
freedom of person inviolable~
A limited monarchy similar to that
OF England with guarantee of pOpu-
lar government, with a cabinet rcspon-
sible to the people, and with suffrage
made almost universal, and with provi-
sion for representative parliament
and for general educational system.
The right of habeas corpus recog.
nized and the freedom of the press
assured.
Following the Cars imperial mani
festo outlining the proposed regime Of
liberty, all Russia celebrated. In st.
Petersburg and Moscow the day was
one such as the Russians never before
had seen. The Slavic people, who dur
ing the long war just closed and the
anxious period preceding the an
nOunccment of the new era of constl-
tutionalism, seemed self restrained.
gloomy and apathctic. gave themselves
fully to the exuberance of the mo-
ment and spent the entire day in pa.
rades and assemblies which for the
first time in the history of Russia were
freely permitted.
1t was stated as significant omen
that after fortnight of gloomy and
depressing weather, symbolic of the
days of the great strike. the sun shone
out brightly on the date of the Cars
manifesto. bright and radiant In
dian-summer day.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-23

racy in fitting his schooner Car
mencita in violation of the sealing
laws, he was arrested at Victoria, Brit
ish Columbia. The Department of State
received telegram announcing the ar.
rest Of crew made up Of men said
to be
Gas choice bano' of pirates and cut
throats as ever manned q pirate craft
s.nce the days Of Captain Kidd"
MacLean's home has ever been on
the sea; he knows no life but that on
the deep blue and he finds no enjoy.
men. on shore. He has been a rover
and not freight carrier, and any dare
devil enterprise at sea that needed a
strong arm could find an adherent in
Captain MacLean, whether in search
Of pirate treasure, running a contra
band cargo or illegally poaching for
seals found him the man; he has had
experience in all. MacLeans ship, the
Carmencita, was formerly the Jenny
Thelin, built in 1869, when speed and
not carrying capacity was desired.
Poaching for Seals.
What the rakish looking schooner
did prior to 1894 had nothing to do
with MacLean's operations, but it was
alleged in April, 1904, that the schooner
was chartered and QUILTED for a poach-
ing cruise among the rookeries of the
far north. The Russo.Japanese war be-
ing then uppermOst in the minds of the
two nations concerned, it was consid.
cred by the poachers that they would
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-23
HUGE IRRIGATION DAM.
ROCK B1RRdGE ACROSS MIRO W
CANYON IN MOUNTAINS OF
WYOMING.
Government Norss Mal Store Flood
Waters For Fertilization OF One
Hundred and Fifty thousand Des-
eft Acres.

a quarter of century ago the
home of the buffalo, and later cat
tie and sheep pasture, With an occa-
sional ranch house, the Big Horn
Basin in Wyoming is now the scene OF
great activity incident 70 the build
ing of one of the largest of the govern
ment irrigation works. Some years
ago Colonel Cody, better known as
Buffalo Bill, made survey Of the
ShoShone canyon, and IN connection
with General Miles, projected a COM
pany to construct n dam and irrigatc
some 10000 acres. The necessary cap
ital however WAS not Forthcoming and
when the national irrigation law was
passed, the government took up the
proposition, and u large party Of en-
ginccrs has since been employed ON
the prcliminaries Of Il great work OF
desert reclamation.
The Shoshonc River dashcs down n
narrow canyon, with Jagged and per-
pendicular walls, and ut its narrow
est point the government has begun
the construction of the highest dam
,ver built. 1t will cement together
The two canyon walls for 10 feet
above the stream bed, and its fOunda-
ton will go below the water line ST
feet additional, down to the solid bed
rock. The stream, where ii passes
between these granite canyon walls, Is
hut Is feet wide, and the dam will
form n great lake of a,Nh acres, with
watershed of 1,250 square miles,
and storing enough water To irrigatc
100000 acres through seven miles of
14-foot tunnels bored in the solid
rock.
Little Chance For Land Grabbing.
This will cost about SD an acre TO
be paid back to the government by
settlers, under the busincsS-likc pro-
visions of the irrigation law. The land
flood and then boiling over great rocks
itself Is free under the homestead act,
and has been reserved by Secretary
Hitchcock from entry under the
Desert and other land laws not rcquir-
ing actual residence aud home-build-
ing.
Few such picturesque and wildly
beautiful scenes can be found as this
Shoshonc canyon. The river is Il sue
cesSon of foaming, rushing rapids, the
water courSing along in 4 deep green
Hood, and then boiling over great rocks
and bOuldcrS in Il white surge. only
for a few hours each day can the sun
find its way TO the bottom of this
deeply-cut gorge, the mountain sides
towering into the clouds two and three
thousand feet. From above the dam
site as one looks down at the engin-
GERS working on the foundations,
directly underneath. they appear like
mimic men.
Giant Forces Of Nature.
This Shrshone canyon and its sur
rounding mountains, are one of
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-23
Huge Precious Stones.

Prior to the discovery Of the South
African diamond a few months ago,
weighing in the neighborhood of a
pound and a haf, the largest perfect
diamond in the world was that which
was exhibited in Paris, having a value
of one million dollars. This was the
most valuable stone In the world; the
largest and best ruby in existence Is
owned In London, and Is valued at
$4,000. 1t has no parallel, even in
the Crown Jewels, and it is related
that It was once carried all the way to
St Petersburg for the Car to have q
look at. The largest and most beauti-
full cat's-eye in existence weighs one
hundred and seventy carats and Is In
sured for 10000 rupees. The biggest
emerald In the world weighs 1880
carats, and is In the Imperial Jewel
Office In Vienna.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-23

been worn and polished away.
A Giant Fire Cracker.
Watching the government engineers
cutting Il road along the side of the
canyon for the transportation of sup
plies to build the dam-G0,OOO barrels
of cement alone will BE- needed-the
writer observed the explosion OF big
charge of dynamite, which burst with
q roar, cchoing up and down the can
yon with dcafcning rcyrrhcrations.
Immediately an ohIong granite rock of
some loo tons weight was torn from
its base and hurled down into the river
a hundred feet below. Skaters of
rock flew in all directions, and great
splash of water rose like a geyser ont
OF the black depths of the canyon.
Yet this huge block of granite was
but baby addition to the family of
boulders which had been detached nv
more giant forces of nature, and
thrown into the river bed. A few
hours before We had -craWled directly
under this rock in our canyon "explor-
alton. Returning, we were fain to
accept the assistance of one of the
read builders i'll getting across this
place, looking down the while into the
river boiling below among the rocks.
The engineering credit for this
great project with its great dam.
ITS enormous spillwayS, its noun.
tain road building and its miles If
canals and huge tunnels bored
through the solid rock is dine to
jeremiah Ahcrn "A government dis.
trlct engineer who. almost cut off from
the outside world. has taken up his
residence for several years in this wild
canyon. once Il fastness of the Sho-
shone Indians.
I he Government Irrigation Program
what does all this great irrigation
work OF the government throughout
the west signify? Simply that the
nation has decided to use the money
derived from the sale of western
pubic lands to make its desert soil of
value. and furnish MANY home build
ing opportunities. 1t means that
many men will find employment in
the construction of dams and canals
III every western community, and that
mail y. as the works are compl.ted
one by one, new farm homes will no
established. adding to the nations
wealth and balancing our population
now inclined cityward.
For thousand Years lonrer tbis
Splendid dam site would likely stand
lille before private capital would de-
velop 1t to its magnificent full capac-
ity, for the difficulties in the way of
the engineers are many and unknown:
but the government will meet all OBJ
stacles and overcome them. and finally
turn over TO thousand farmers a
perfect job of engineering. compare.
BILE to the great works af the Peru
Wan Incas. the Egyptian Rumeses or
the British engineers of India-an en-
during monument for all time to the
wisdom Of the present generation Of
America.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-23
DRESS REFORM FOR WOMEN.
Advocate of Practical Walking and
Working Garb-ReIlef From
Heavy Skirts.

DR.. Cora Smith Eaton, Of Minneap-
oils, Mimi, believes that many OF the
aches and ills from which women
suffer are the direct result of the
clothes they wear. She says that in
her professional capacity she tries to
impress upon her women patrons the
need of dress reform Not the old
time hideous bloomer costume OF
years ago." laughed the doctor, "but
Il rational, sensible and beautiful
adaptation of our clothes to our
needs"
And what are our needs" was
asked
Normal, unrestricted movement; n
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-23

order, though really modification
of the Empire.
1t Is a delight to watch the doctor
move about in her brisk, energetic
way. Her body, sensibly clothed,
and beautifully poised, with that fine,
straight line beloved of physical cul.
turists. from the head to the heels, is
responsive to the many demands Of
her busy life. 1t would be impossible
for her to accomplish her work, she
says. hampered by the usual style Of
dress.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-23
LIKE A PIRATE OF OLD.
ALEXANDER MACLEAN ROANED
THE SEA IN Swift SCHOONER.
Accompanied by Thirty Reckless
Buccaneers He nefied Governments
aid Gunboats-Now In Tolls Of the
Law.
Rnpa north nf Gffu-thrna

There's never law Of God or man
Runs north Of fifty-three.
Captain Alexander MacLean. as bold
q rover as ever lived during the priv.
altering days when pirate ships lay
waiting in the pathway of Spanish gal.
Icons, will roam the sea no more. That
is, he will not sail the deep in that
free.handed manner which made, him
the object Of search by United States
and British authorities. A few weeks
ago, under an indictment for conspi-
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-23

natures great handiworks. All has
been cut out by the silver stream.
rushing in its bed below. For count
less ages 1t has eaten its way through
granite and limestone, wearing, wear
ing, wearing away. For centuries and
ages it has flowed. ceaselessly and
likewise uselessly on its way to join
the flood of the Missouri; now it is to
be harnessed and made to produce for
man. A thousand farmers will make
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-23

prosperous homes for themselves and
families, and raise an annual product
of a couple or three million dollars.
In the canyon proper the great
forces of nature have wrought won
derfully. Enormous granite buulderS
have detached themselves from the
mountains aud rolled down thousands
of feet. crashing their hundreds and
thousands Of tons into the rocky
gorge. Here the river continually
plays upon them, searching out the
seams and splitting them up, and
wearing them away and polishing
them smooth.
The Rock Pile of the World.
In the canyons middle. below the
dam site, the jungle of rocks in the
harrow river bed appears as though a
thousand blasts of giant powder had
rent the mountain sides aud tumbled
every rugged projection into the
depths below. There is no dirt or
sand in this river bed; everything is
rock, The impcrlShahlr granite, gray,
pink. and varl.culorrd, oldest of the
geological formations, made by the
welding of various substances when
the globe was Il molten mass: the
H'N hu'o''ll'S anu uldSh NulCdHiC
rocks, cOng,umcratrs also melted by
great heat, the hard red sandstone and
its white and brown contemporaries,
formed from the grindings OF other
rocks subjected Ia enormous pressure,
and lastly the geyScrites and sulphur
rocks, soft and hOncycOmbcd, the re-
suit of ceaseless Spoutings of steam
and hot water from the earth'S bowels
all are found in wonderful profu.
sion.
Below the canyon where the river
runs more peacefully, all these forma-
Tons are represented in the huge beds
OF cobhle stones and smaller boudcrs
over which the water plays. The cob.
hlcStoncS were themselves once Jagged
rocks. detached by wind, water, frost
ana sun from their mountain bases.
aud rolled and ground by river force
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-23

The most costly church Of its size,
In America. is in the quaint old town
Of st. Augustine, Fla
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-23
Favorite Among Cigar Markets.

Bismarck used to boast that in his
fifty years he had smoked over 10000
cigars. In later years he was seldom
without his immense meerschaum.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-23
FREEDOM FOR RUSSIA.
UNDER CZAR'S RECENT MANI.
FESTO, LAST ABSOLUTE MON.
lRCHY DISAPPEARS.

The New Empire Promises to Be o
Regime of Constitutional Liberty
and Representation-victory of the
People Widely Celebrated.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-23
Giant Forces Of Nature.

This Shrshone canyon and its sur
mountains, are one of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-15
TWO BAD MEN
Sheriff Swallow Of Jefferson County
Does Some Good Work.

Rock Greek. Kan. May 15.-Sheriff
Swallow of jefferson county, captured
a horsethief on the Jackson-J efferson
county lines, four miles northeast Of
here, Saturday evening. The thiefs
name is F. B. Johnson, age p, who
did farm work in this neighborhOod
last fall and whose parents reside in
Canada. He stole the horse from the
Johnson livery stable at Madison,
Greenwood county, Kan, about ten
days ago.
While bringing the thief and stolen
horse, Sheriff Swallow was called in at
the residence of Henry Edwards, a
farmer one-half mile north of this place
where he arrested a suspicious stranger
who had neither vest or coat, but had
on his person one large razor and two
blood-stained handkerchiefs.
Sheriff Swallow took his prisoners to
Oskaloosa by way of Topeka.
Just before the train arrived here at
the station the suspect assaulted the
sheriff and a rough and tumble fight
followed in the dark waiting room and
as soon as light was brought it was
found that the sheriff was winner.
The suspect gives his name as Fred
Robinson and claimed that he former
~ worked for a man near HOyt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-15
FIRST JOINT SESSION.
Northern and Southern Baptists to
Meet in st. Louis.

Kansas City, May 15.-This was the
last day of the Southern Baptist con-
vention which has been in session here
since last Friday. There We're three
sessions held today at which much
miscellaneous business was disposed of.
The gathering opened with a devotional
exercise. and following this one of the
most interesting things on the program
was the report of the home mission
board. which elected a good deal of
discussion. Tomorrow most of the dele
gates will be in St. Louis where they
viii attend a Joint session of the North
ern Baptist convention and the South
ern Baptist convention. the first joint
gathering of these two bodies ever held.
10. w. Stephens of Columbia, Mo. the
newly elected president of the Southern
Baptists viii preside and Governor Folk
is expected to make an address of well
come.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-15

All members Of Diamond council NJ
20, are requested to attend the regular
meeting Of the council tonight. at IL
West Sixth street. Business Of fn9r,-t
ance. II. H. Espy, secretary.