The Washington times., 1922-10-28
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BISHOPS NAME
With WOMAN
Staying Of Rev. (. ]. christIer
BY Judges Wife Shocks
Montana Town.
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his former home in cayuga county.
N. Y, for burial. Mrs. Christier
announced.
former Judge Frank Carleton. Of
the distfct court. now In California.
months was on the Chatauqua cir.
cult but returned here upon COM
pletion Of her engagements.
friends Of both families say. had
been good friends for a long time.
Upon returning home from
church services Thursday night,
Mrs. Christler came upon Mrs. Car.
Teton tearing up and burning the
rector's photographs. The latter
woman offered no explanation, but
talked incoherently.
The slain rector was forty-six
years old. He was graduated from
81. Andrews Seminary in Syracuse
In 1895, and for four years was rec.
tor Of the Calvary Episcopal
Church in Homer. N. J. From th<h
until he came to Havre he was
curate at st. Peters Church at
Mrs. Christier Is a native of
Auburn. She n the daughter Of
the late David Wadsworth. who
was q wealthy manufacturer Of
that town, and q niece Of United
States Senator Wadsworth. She
married the rector in 1914.
DR.. Christler was one OF the
picturesque figures Of Montana
churchdom. He stood feet inch
In his stocking feet. was built In
proportion. and had mass Of brown
curly hair. His oratory carried be-
yond the pulpit. and as a member
Of the Montana Legislature his fire.
quent rhetoriacl flights brought him
the title In Western newspapers Of
the Orator magnificent"
Served Wide Territory.
Covering a church area Of several
hundred square miles, from the
Canadian border south to the Mis-
souri, river, which. In Montana, flows
from west TO east, he frequently
Travelled over a part of the country
which has retained much of its rug
ged frontier aspects.
Much local notoriety resulted from
an extensive argument which he
conducted with the head Of one of
the large railroad companies of the
West over freight-rate charges on
material used in the construction of
his imposing church structure at
Havre. II appeared that he hsA
much Of the material shipped unds
the name Of another commodity J
which had q cheaper rate, and In his.
argument with the railroad presi-
dent he quoted the Bible freely to
show that building stone, electrical
equipment and other building ma
tertals when used in the constrac.
ton Of a church. were not such
ing materials on which interstate
commerce regulations fixed a high.
er rate.
Finally winning the rail president
over to his views and getting the
lower rate established, ne prevailed
upon the rail man to make a per-
sonal contribution Of a sum which
completely offset the freight charges.
Mrs. Carieton Montana Beauty.
Mrs. Carleton was regarded as one
Of the prettiest women in Montana.
She was sof miniature size, being
height. She was a member Of DR..
Chrirtler's congregation and herself
q public speaker.
Mrs. Christler n wealthy and con.
tributed widely to charity during DR..
Christler's work In northern Mon.
tana. The Christlers were married
in 1914.
Christler entered politics soon
after his arrival in Montana, and 1t
was this that first attracted the at.
tention OF that State to him. In 1909
he was . familiar figure around the
State capitol In Helena, where be
worked as lobbyist for several IRE:
form" measures. In 1910 he entered
the race for the State assembly ssd
was elected. being the first clergy
man to hold that office. He was a.
member Of the assembly which elect.
ed Henry l. Myers to the United
States Senate after one of the great
est struggles In the history Of Mon