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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-02
The Unemployed in Germany.

1t seems from consular reports that
there are none. Colonies for the So
called "unemployed' take t,.em out of
this class Immediately and make pau
pcrsm unknown. Each city supports
large offices where hunters for work
30 and register. They get bath, have
their clothing disinfected, and If the
unions which support these institutions
have no work for them in cities, they
are sent to the farm colonies in the
country, where they can work ut farm
ing. land reclamation, and in other pro-
Directive capacities. The system of
these unions is said to be very COM
prehensive; they are open to all, and
besides providing opportunities for
workers. have systems of old age pen
sions insurance against accidents, and
Other benefits.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-02
THE SAYING OF OREGON.
HOW DIR. WHITMAN BR4TED
Billiards IND DEATH.
Determined to Save Country From
British = Daniel Webster Opposed
TO Retaining Territory.

A bloody trophy in possession of the
government at Washington is an In
dian hatchet. The tsmahawk reeks
with red and hOrid association. Ii is
the weapon with which DIR. Marcus
whitman, the Indian missionary and
his wife Were slain in 1917 and with
which the first blow of the tearsome
Whitman massacre was begun-an en-
ormous crime which nearly Obliterated
the white American settlers in the Ore
gon country, sent n thrill of horror
and Indignation throughout the Amer
lean republic and saved TO the Amer
lean people the great northwest coun-
try out of which Oregon, Washington
and other states We're created. 1t Is
one OF the very cruel chapters in his
tory-a chapter embracing eight years
OF war between settlers and savages
the result of which was that the Hud-
sons Bay Company and the British
crown were compelled 10 relinguish
their claim TO the territory. Another
result was the virtual humiliation of
the Cayuse tribe of Indians. So much
tragic history ccnters about this rusty
hatchet that II Is one Of the rarest rel
les of the government. A government
official familiar with the period says
1.-THE Whitman massacre was the re-
suit of the Vaccinations of England
10 secure 10y treaty or otherwise all
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COUNTING UNCLE SAM'S CASH.
Occurs Every Time New Treasurer
Is Appointed.

Owing to the recent change In the
office of Treasurer of the United
States, a task Of no small magnitude is
going on in the Treasury Building.
Every time one Treasurer gives way TO
another the cash must be counted and
verified before the new official becomes
responsible for the money under his
care.
AS soon as n change is made the
Secretary of the Treasury appoints a
Committee of Three to select a force to
count the cash. This committee picks
out a number of clerks In the various
offices of the Department, and they are
set ut work TO count the millions. Per-
haps there may be forty men selected
TO perform this huge count; maybe
fifty or eighty. 1t is always considered
an honor to be one of these counters.
The total sum counted by these men
is somewhere In the neighborhood Of
i've hundred AMI thirty millions In
money. bonds. notes and everything
else One vault alone contains over n
hundred millions In silver dollars. An
other has heavy amount Of silver
fractional currency, and many tons of
nickel five-cent pieces and pennies.
Tie working cash Is handled first,
and in order TO give 1t Il chance to do
regular duty it is counted ut night,
Most of the money is counted in bulk
and stored away in Gags, each contain
ing certain sum. 1nese are weighed,
and II there is even one dollar short,
there is instant detection of the wrong
count. AS each bag is filled by clerk.
who attaches his name by tag, any
in the number Of coins or
any coin missing from the sack is
charged to him. This Is done, not only
to check any tendency toward dis
honesty, but also to cause each counter
to exercise the greatest care. The new
Treasurer is Charles ii. Treat, of New
York. who takes the place of Enis III.
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The tS,tt.ers Hispatching PARTIES of
braves after the murdcrUus Cayusc.
american immigration Won the Day.
The surviving settlers were not slow
in seeking revenge and they made the
name 'Palcfacc' fearful word 10 the
rcdSkin murdcrcrs of the northwest
forests. War to the dca'h wlS clrr!t
on against the Indians for eight years.
Government troops We're in the coun-
try, and stream of immigration had
set in. The leaders of the Cayusc
who attacked the Whitman mission
were captured by the Ncz PcrccS on
the upper John Bay river ami five of
them were hanged at Oregon city.
The graves of DR.. Whitman and his
wife are pointed out near where they
fell at Wahula on that bloody Noyem-
Der morning 1917.
In the light of this does it not seem
that the government might have been
IL little considerable in its treatment of
the late chief Joseph and his Nez
Perces band?
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Enforcing the Laws.
From the Washington Star.

There was nothing original in Gov.
Folks address at ChautauQua, N. Y,
recently, but the well-known truth he
enunciated took on greater weight for
his Endorsement. He Is no closet phil
osopher, giving to the public the re-
suits of reading and speculation, but
a man of affairs who has done things
and noted the consequences. He was
elected District Attorney in st. Louis
in the expectation that he would ignore
the laws and let those who were vio-
lating them continue to flourish on
their iniquities. Instead of that, he
enforced the laws and saw conditions
all around him rapidly improve. When
therefore, such man tells us that
cure for many of the ills we are endur-
ing as people is the simple execution
of the laws, he has the strongest pos
sible claim upon our attention, and his
advice is worth following. Laws are
Of little use unless their enforcement
Is demanded and backed up by public
sentiment,
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The World Moves Quickly.

How the thought of the world passes
from one thing to another. and then
forgets. Attention for months was
centered upon Port Arthur, and then
it was transferred to the movements
of the naval fleets. the meeting Of
which was so disas trOus to Russian
hopes. 1t will be remembered that
when Rojestvensky entered the China
Sea he wired to the Gar: IF l am
victorious shall inform you. If am
vanquished, Togo will inform you
To the public Port Arthur is no more
than one of the countless red
splotches that disfigure history, and
the naval battle of all history is
already relegated to dry discussions as
to what branch of service was most
disastrous to ship and lives.
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abstainer the finest vintage wines are
always offered to such guests as dine
at the palace.
The recent visit of the Shah of Persia
to England recalls former call of his
upon Queen Victoria. when London
was startled at the Oriental methods
employed by this picturesque Eastern
potentate. Thousands of dollars worth
of damage was done in the famous
Buckingham Palace by the nochalant
orders Of the Shah. The sheep which
provided his mutton were brought into
the palace rooms, which had been
placed at his royal disposal, and
slaughtered upon the magnificent and
costly rugs and other such extravagant
practices were the order of the day.
While the meat which the Shah eats is
always supposed to be slaughtered be-
fore his eyes, it was believed at the time
that these performances were simply
the carrying out of an Eastern regal
fancy, to show Western barbarians
what the Orient was accustomed to.
The Queens maids of honor have
very little to do. They live at home,
and when the Queen is in London they
are conveyed to Buckingham Palace
after luncheon in royal carriages, and
remain in suite Of charming salons
until required to accompany the Queen
and her unmarried daughter out
driving. They must dress very well
and not appear in the same clothes too
often, and, above all, study the wishes
of Her Majesty in regard to colors and
modes. The millinery embargo, that is,
not to wear picture hat, must be fol
lowed to the letter With a salary OF
s. 500 and the attachment of Honor
able" to their names, the fair mai,'s-of-
honor manage to worry along until
hey marry.
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King Alfonso recently had curious
adventure at Madrid. He had left
Granda one morning incognito. He
guarded his identity so strictly that
no one suspected his presence and
when he presented himself at the royal
palace the sentry refused him admit
lance. The King inspected the apart
ments being prepared for President
Loubet of France, who was preparing
to visit the youthful Spanish monarch,
and then sent summons to the aston
ished ministers to come and hold a
council.
The Empress-Dowager Of China Is
thoughtful of her subordinates. Here
/ is an edict Of hers issued recently
which will bear out the idea: Wong
Wen-Shao, the grand secretary, has
served under US many years, and he
has shown great diligence and faith.
fitness. He is now over 70 years Of
age, and in the daily audiences his
obeisance Is now very dinicult. and our
sympathy must be shown him. Let
him be relieved from the grand coun-
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-02

cans across the continent and in the
autumn entered the valley OF the
Oregon.
DeYelish Work.
The British agents slowly poisoned
the minds Of the Savages against the
new Corners but ii was not till 1877
that the Slvages in council determined
10 massacre all the American settlers
in their country.
The site of Dr. Whitman's dwell
ling was on the north bank of
the Walla Walla river ut what is
now the town of Wahula. The In
dams surrounded the houses of the
mission their weapons hidden under
their blankets. At dawn of November
-, 1917 an Indian entered the doctors
house and asked for medicine. As
the missionary turned TO his medicine
chest the savage buried his tomar
hawk in the good mans brain. Mrs.
Whitman was killed a minute later
by the same savage with the same
weapon. The murder of the mission
airy was the signal for the wholesale
slaughter TO begin. The butchery com.
menced on all sides. The crash of
firearms, the gr0ans of the dying,
screams of women, wells of the painted
demons filled the air. The Indians
women and children danced and sang
as the atrOcious work went on. They
multilated the dead. Women and
children of the settlers sank under
bloody knife and club. The massacre
lasted all day and then numbering
parties started in every direction
Everybody in the Whitman mission
was killed and many settlers all
through the woods were slain, The
CayuSe attacked n mission among
the Ncz l'ercoS but these Indians
,clt them back and took the sides Of
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-02
Literature and Music Prosper.

During the past year the Library of
Congress made entries for copyrights to
the extent of 106,577, an increase Of
7,141 over those made in 1903. OF
these, compositions Of musical char
acter head the list, there having been
entered for copyright 23,740. Period
icals in single numbers follow closely
behind, with a total number Of 21.041.
The classification of books" showed
entries to the number Of 20,616, some
1891 Of which were books and the
remainder booklets, leaflets, circulars,
carda newspapers and magazine arti.
cles.
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ell in order that he may be saved
trouble" As a dismissal this could
hardly be improved upon.
Father John of Cronstadt. whose
extraordinary influence over the Car,
no less than his propaganda against
the revolutionaries, continually rouses
the ire of the secret committee, is Sc
years of age. In personality he
answers to the description Of the aver
age Russian peasant, only in his case
abstemiousness has wrought a refining
effect on his features.
VAN CALAVA.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-02

gress allowing the railroad companies
to construct this station, provision
was made to drive a tunnel directly.
beneath the Capitol building, with ele-
vators running Immediately from the
Senate Chamber and the House Cham
Der into private Congressional stations.
This would have enabled the United
States Senator from Oregon, for in
stance, to pass out Of the Senate and
walk directly aboard his Pullman
sleeping car without exposure to the
open air until he reached his far
western home. A great convenience
this, doubtless, to delicate legislators;
but a literal undermining Of Congress
by the railroads probably wisely ex.
cluded from the architectural plans.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-02

cans across the continent and in the
autumn entered the valley OF the
Oregon.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-02
EUROPEAN GOSSIP.
Tales of Diplomatic and Court In
trigue.

1t seems that Mr.. W. W. As.or has
bought the historic Hever estate in
Kent, England, and is improving il. II
includes 1000 acres of land and 4
moated castle, nearly six hundred
years old. where at one time Henry
VIII. maintained Anne of Cleves. On
this estate Mr.. Astor has put to work
about one thousand men, with due APP
paratus, and is making changes rated
as Improvements which the calculating
natives estimate will cost him a million
and quarter pounds. He is building
lake. model village, roads. bridges
and gardens. and is doubtless having a
good deal of the sort of fun that Mr..
Kipling in recent story has suggested
as a suitable recreation for tired Amer
leans.
Though the Sultan is himself total
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-02

the territory west of The Rockies ant
north of the I2nd parallel of north la.
itude."
First White Women to Cross Rockies.
1t was in 1896 that Dr. Marcus Whit
man and the Rev. Mr.. Spauldng. with
their wiveS--thc first white women
to cross the Rock Mountains went
among the tribes of the Far North
west. The country was then in the
control of the lIudsons Bay Com
pany British monopoly with nearly
thousand employees. Its power over
the Indian tribes was nearly absolute.
1t had String Of fortified Canadian
posts from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
The company owned by men in Lon
don desired 10 exclude American set
Elements and to foster British immi-
grafton. The Washington government
so far from having any conception of
the value of the northwestern country
stubbornly maintaincd that it was
worthless and inaccessible by land
The great Webster said that it was
land fit only for savage beasts and
still more savage men
DIR. Whitman established his mission
among the Cayuse in the state of
Washington near what is now Walla-
Walla. then Fort Walla Walla. trad
ing post. In 1912 while attending a
dinner given at the fort in honor
of some British officers news came
that q company of British immigrants
were on their way and had already
crossed the Rocky Mountains. There
fxx~o nit of N fn nj
and young officer unconscious of
the presence of the American mission
Gry jumped to his feet eXclaiming
"Hurrah for Columbia: (the Oregon
country. America lis too htei We
Lave got the country
DIR. Whitman perceived that it was
the purpose of the British to claim
the country by right of settlement.
He left the table rode rapidly to his
wilderness home and after brief
pause there set out for Washington.
His parting words to his wife were
II am going to cross the Rocky
Mountains. reach Washington this
winter, God carrying me through
and bring out an immigration
through the mountains next spring or
this country is lost"
An Awful Journey.
Winter had set in and the old chron-
1cles tell 1t was severe one marked
by terrific storms and deep SHOWS.
4 DR.. Whitman reached Washington
crippled by frozen hands and feet.
The news he brought caused excite
nent among the populace and concern
among many of the government Off
GERS. He saw Daniel Webster Secre-
tAry Of State represented to him
Z the grandeur and value or the Oregon
ountry, told him of the need of Inn
fu1grants and explained the reason
mt bad induced him to brave the
I z54or OF the season by making the
& lxip. Mr.. Webster was about to con.
dude the Observation-Disclosures treaty
announcing any claim we might have
- the great northwest for NewfOund
nd cod-fshery. Webster was not
Gnpressed with Whitman's patriotic
s1nfhusIasm. He considered the cOun
~ Of no value. He thought 1t would
Essk6 AZ well to let Great Britain have
80 Not satisfied with his interview
|01th the Secretary Of State DIR. Whit
IN sought President Tyler whit
S7nxd him with attention. and prom
~ that the diplomatic deal for tht
SAfng Of Oregon should be held III
that Q military escort should b
4on to the missionary's train.
The spring Of 164S Dr.. Whitma,
party Of one thousand Ameri
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-11-02

TheBrickbats Never Touched Him
had a funny dream last night.
Thought that John D. Rockefeller was
running for ONCE
.Yesi
And he was about to make speech
In brickyard, when / woke up.
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phets and was a herdsman OF dwarf
sheep in poor surroundings. But many
men have arisen to eminence from just
such surroundings. Amos was con-
scientious in dispensing the truth. He
trgued that If a bird had been caught
in trap, the trap had been set.
MANY people say that while God
is our leader, all we have to do is to
be led by him and virtually live as
we please. We can proclaim the power
Of God, but we cannot impart it.
"The inspiration of Amos rested upon
his convictions. The Baptist doctrine
is an inspiration rather than an insti-
tuition, and the very essence of con-
viction In the precepts of Jesus Christ
True preaching is to deliver the word
as God has given 1t to us.
lone important fact 1 consider is
that our Baptist faith is largely infused
into the constitution of the United
States, and our first congress retains
it in the annals Of history"
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: T. c. Roseberry,
Los Angeles, moderator: Rev. G. w
Taylor, Covina, vice moderator; Rev.
George Taylor, Sawtelle, clerk; Deacon
w. c. Badeau, Monrovia, treasurer;
Rev. Robert ]. Burdette, Mark A.
Pierce, Rev. Albert Hatcher Smith,
Rev. H. Russell Greaves, Horatio Has
kell, executive committee.
In the afternoon the annual meeting
Of the Woman's Missionary society was
held. Miss Ford spoke on Missionary
Work in China" Mrs. Ella Tinker
Grewell rendered a vocal solo. DIR. p.
H. J. Lerrigo, missionary to the Philip
pines, made an address on the condi-
ton of the work there.
The convention closed last evening
with an address by Rev. Robert j.
Burdette on 1.-THE Baptist World
Congress-" He said In part:
"Why should we hold the congress
in England? OF the seven and one-hal1
millions of baptized believers in the
world, there are five and one-half mil
lions in the United States and but
395, 900 in Great Britain.
"And why in Exeter hill, which is
infamous in acoustics and ventilation
as it is famous in story? Because we
wanted to come together in the land OF
Baptist beginning. We wanted to
breathe the inspiration Of Baptist his
tory.
1--WE wanted to catch the spirit OF
Baptist independence and soul liberty
in the land where English Baptists
testified amid the storms and perse-
cution, in the dungeons, at the stake,
on the battlefield of liberty, and where
once more the children of English
Baptists are fighting the same old
battle of religious liberty against the
tyranny and bigotry of state church.
Where today Baptist ministers are
going to prison for conscience sake, as
did their fathers before them. We went
to London because there the first Bap-
fist church which, whose story has
come down to us in history, was organ
lied in 1872 by a little company of
Lincolnshire men who came to wor-
ship in Newgate; because in 1914 the
Baptist churches of London first pub
lished their confession of faith"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1905-10-06
PUBLIC ADVERTISING
Notice of Award of Contract

Notice of Award of Contract
ton Of Award of the City Council Of the
City of Los Angeles, adopted Sep
TENDER rs, 1906, directing this no
tice, notice is hereby given that
on the 18th day of September, 1905.
ali sealed proposals or bids offered for
the following work. to wit:
LIST. That the first
south of Fifth street from the west
curb line Of Gladys avenue in the
City of Los Angeles. including
all intersections of streets lex;
intersections as are required by law to
be kept In order or repair by any person
or company having railroad tracks there
have already been graded and paved with
asphalt and accepted), be graded and
paved with hydraulic cement and broken
stone concrete base and asphalttc cement
binder course with asphalt wearing sur
face. and with vitrifed block cutters.
Said cutters are to, extend along the
roadway Of said alley from the west curb
line of Ceres avenue to the east curb line
Of, Gladys avenue. the center line Of said
block cutters described above.
Said cutters to he four feet in width,
All Of said work shall be constructed in
oross-sections therefor on file in the office
Of the City Engineer of the City of Los
Angeles.
Said vitrified block GATHERS shall also
be constructed in accordance with specl-
fications fer the construction of vitrihed
block cutters in the City of Los Angeles,
said specifications being No. is New
Series) and adopted by Ordinance No. TO-
$50 New Series) Said asphalt paving shall
be constructed in accordance with speci-
fications for street paving with hydraulic
cement and broken stone concrete base
and asphalt wearing surface, Glass B;
said specifications being No, 10 New Ser
ies), adopted by Ordinance No. s572 New
series). Both of said specifications being
on file in the office Of the City Clerk of
said City of Los Angeles
And thereafter, to wit: On the 25th day
Of September, 1905. said City Council
awarded the contract for said work to
the lowest regular responsible bidder
to wit:
To Fairchild-G Gilmore Wilton Co. at the
prices named for said work in their pro-
posal, on file, to wit:
26 cents per square foot for gutter.
IA cents per square foot for paving
And that said award has been ap.
proved by the Mayor,
= Clerks office, Los Angeles. Cal.
October 6, 1905.
city Clerk of the City Of Los Angeles.
1n-6-z az
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Another Big Day
At the Sale of the Waterman
Shoe Stock by the
Mammoth Shoe House
SIG South Broadway
A Time Of Unusual Price Reductions


The selling at the Mammoth today
and tomorrow should be fast and furi-
GUS. Prices on such shoes as the Water
man stock, now on sale, have never
been offered at half and less when you
could have unrestricted choice of com.
plete lines. 519 South Broadway, be-
tween Fifth and Sixth, should be the
Mecca of every shoe needy person In
and about Los Angeles, as well as those
who want to make money by antici-
pating their needs for winter. Even
the Mammoth's past reputation for
price cutting is now eclipsed in the
present sale. Mr.. Waterman and his
twelve years as a reputable dealer
stand back of these shoes, proclaiming
their goodness and quality, and the
price you can see for yourself is cut in
two. For instance, women's tan OK
fords, every size, present-day style,
natty and splendid fitting, such as $3.50
oxfords should be, now only csc.
Women's very finest So kinds in very
newest shapes and in best feathers are
marked for sale at $1.49.
Misses and children's buckskin
shoes, can't be beat for service, good
filters, fine for school, here at $1.49,
and you know the usual price is $3.50
and $500.
Boys shoes of the sturdiest leather,
snap for school wear, for they are
worth $500, now the price is only CSC.
Another equally good line at $1.45
that will fit the larger size boys.
Mems shoes at prices that absolutely
are so interesting that they should
make bargain hunters Of every man in
Los Angeles county.