The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, November 23, 1905, Page 9

The MAGAZINE SECTION. a utler Weekly Times. PART TWO. VOL. XXVIII. BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1905. NO, 4 LIKE A PIRATE OF OLD, ALEXANDER MACLEAN ROAMED THE SEA IN SWIFT SCHOONER. Accompanied by Thirty Reckless Buccaneers He Defied Governments ahd Gunboats—Now in Toils of the Law. ‘here's never a-tew o! Sos north of Th Igy ila Captain Alexander MacLean, as bold @ rover as ever lived during the priv- ateering days when pirate ships lay waiting in the pathway of Spanish gal- leons, 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 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 d——d to you.” The Tevenue cutter dipped its flag thrice and turned away, Several times this bold navigator has had set-tos with gov- ernment authorities, but a short time ago the Carmencita made a raid on the copper islands and had a 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 1, 1904, cancelled the Mex- ican registry. With this taken away from him, MacLean had the name of the schooner changed to thé Acapulco, It is understood that when he dropped into Drake Bay for supplies he had only 100 skins on board taken from ago, under an indictment for conspi- the sealing preserves of the Arctic so that government officials have suspect- 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 a telegram announcing the ar- rest of a crew made up of men said to be “As choice a bana’ of pirates and ent- throats as ever manned a pirate craft q ance the days of Captain Kidd.” \ MacLean’s home has ever been on ; the sea; he knows no life but that on the ceep blue and he finds no enjoy- men. on shore. He has been a rover and not a freight carrier, and any dare- devil enterprise at sea that needed a strong arin could find an adherent in Captain MacLean, whether in scarch of pirate treasure, ruhning a céntra- band cargo or illegally poaching for . seals found him the man; he has had experience in all. MacLean’s 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 outfitted 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- s that they would THE PIRATE'S SCHOONER 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 ernmeat agents believe that several men now under indictment in the West in connection with this poaching trip furnished the funds, Always Eluded 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 secms at an end and the stern hand of the law holds him in its grip. It 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 ani- mals are found, or whether the govern. ment’s evidence wili be strong enough to shackle him. — Japanese Dwarf Trees. In Japan are some very remarkable trees. They are hundreds of years old and not a hundred inches high. The most marvelous collection is in Count Okuma’s garden, near Tokio. ine trees that PREEDOM FOR RUSSIA, UNDER CZAR’S RECENT MANI- FESTO, LAST ABSOLUTE MON- ARCHY DISAPPEARS, The New Empire Promisesto Be a Regime of Constitutional Liberty and Representation—Victory of the People Widely Celebrated. As an outcome of the tremendous agitation which has been shaking Rus sia to the very core, the Czar has sur- rendered and has granted ‘rights which.if consummated, will result in civil liberty, It seemed for a 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 yoleano 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 Czar compelled to practically capitulate his imperial throne, ©, promises are thus, far more in evidence than fulfill- ment, but Count Witte has apparently been made the real Ru n 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 Czar was all powerful. Russi wus ast remaining absolute monarchy policies of the government were ‘d and enforced by the Czar and und Dukes, representation was a fragile} promise, Teo specch was under the | Tiny freedom of the press was un- known, Even all private mail was subject to censorship. The prisons were filled with political offenders, Imagine casting a man into a United States prison because his political acts were not relished -by the government! A system of public espionage fol- lowed every man’s more. Old Russia was divided into two crcenee the nobility and practical sLLves Education of the masses was worse than a farce, What is promised for Russia? The abolition of the rule of the Ro- manoff Tlouse, Freedom of speech guaranteed ald freedom of person inviolable. | A limited monarchy similar to that of England with a guarantee of popu-| lar government, with a cabinet respon- | sible to the people, and with suff: made almost universal, and with provi- sion for a representative parliament and for a general educational system. The rigut of habeas corpus recog. nized and the freedom of the press assured, Following the Czar's 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 Slavie people, who dur- ing the long war just closed and the anxious period preceeding the an-| nouncement of the new era of constl- tutionalism, seemed self. restrained. gloomy and apathet rave themselves fully to the exuberar of the mo ment and spent the entire day in pa. | Tades and assemblies which for the first time in the history of Russia were | freely permitted. | It was stated as a significant omen that after a fortnight of gloomy and | depressing weather, symbolic of the days of the great strike, the sun shone out brightly on the date of the Czar’ manifesto, a bright and radiant dian-summer day, In- (a CAPT, ALEX. MAC LEAN, not be in a position to guard their in- terests, and a 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- ently to protect the ship’s owner from prosecution under either United States or British laws, the ship’s name was changed to Carmencita and registry papers taken out in Mexico. Thirty Devils at Beck and Call. On May 5 she headed for the north- ern islands, Macl.ean sitting aft, thirty 7 reckless dare-devils forward and cases of repeating rifles and ammunition in the captain’s cabin. She had cleared for Victoria. for a cargo, but instead sailed for the little islands in the Ber- ing Sea, where it was understood a new rookery was discovered. Captain MacLéan has had a varied pao ocho? with the authorities, not only on the Carmencita, but on other 4 vessels of which he was master. At one time a revenue cutter annoyed him by demanding that his papers be sent on board for examination: Upon his the revenue officers threatened to open fire on him. Invoked the Stars and Stripes. 3 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 lili- putian plum trees, gnarled and knotted and twisted by centuries of wind and weather, that are none of them too large to grace a dinner table, as they often do when in full bloom. More marvelous still, there are other little trees, probably planted in the early “sixties,” that are still thriving (it is too much to say “growing”) in a tea- cup, while others planted before Cleve- land’s last term in office have not out- grown a lady’s thimble. The Japanese are past masters in the art of dwarfing trees. They nip off the tree’s rcots and pinch its limbs and starve it with little soil and let it go thirsty and dry, but at the same time keep the breath of life in it, un- il 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. ea Will Wed for Love Only. Princess Victoria of England, the only unmarried daughter of King Ed- ward, declares that if she marries at all it 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, it will be to the man of my choice,” she'is reported to have said. “Father, mother, and govern- ment shall not choose for me. TI will love the man I marry, if I ever marry.” This bold declaration by the daughter of a king has shocked royal and aristo- eratic circles all over Europe, but it has Ls 4 ee TE ee by the Engli e, appeals equally of St._ Augustine, Fla, ——— The Aromatic Havana, Apropos of the real enjoyment of a cigar Cauthorne, the newspaper cor: respondent, in that most fascinating story of “The Tallahasse Girl”: “If you will permit me, I will smoke.” said he, taking out a curious cigir case of very fine workmanship. “It does not even amount to a kind. ness on my part.” she answered; “for I enjov the fragrant sweet of a good cigar.” “Thank you, I can never fully appre- eiate an oven air chat without the company of this Indian luxury. But really I am no great smoker. Two or, three a day are all I take.” “You must be an excention. Papa smokes twenty pipes full a day, and most gentlemen are always indulging.” “Yes, they lose sight of the equisite part of the thing which is a subtle pleasure coming only to those who usé tobacco of the finest quality and spar- ingly.” Sometimes I abstain for several days in order to get the. full benefit of a slow burning Havana.” 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 half, 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 {s owned in London, and is valued at $50,000. It 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 Czar to have a look at. The largest and most beauti- ful cat’s-eye in existence weighs one- hundred and seventy carats and. is tn- sured for 30,000 rupees. The biggest emerald im the world welghs 2,980 carats, and is In the Imperial Jewel Office in Vienta. The most costly chu of its size, in America, is in the qi t old town DRESS REFORM FOR WOMEN. | HUGE IRRIGATION DAM, ROCK BARRAGE ACKOSS JARROW) CANYON IN MOUNTAINS OF WYOMING, Advocate of Practical Walking and Working Garb—Relief From Heavy Skirts. Dr, Cora Smith Eaton, of Minneap-| olis, Minn, beveves that many of the aches and ills from which Won Government Works Will Store Fiood | wffer are the direct result of the Waters For Fertilization of One clothes they wear. She says that in| Hundred and Fiity Thousand Des- her professional capacity she tries to) © y impress upon her women patrons the| &t Acres. need of dress reform, “Not the old} s bloomer costume of aughed the doctor, “but a rational, sensible and beautiful vdaptaition of our clothes to our needs,” “And what are our asked, A quarter of a century ago the home of the bulfato, and later a cat Ue and sheep pasture, with an occa sional ranch house, the Big llorn Basin in Wyoming is now the seene of a great activity incident to the build- fing of one of the hingest of the govern needs,” was “Normal, unrestricted movement; a| ment irrigation works. Some years} ago Colonel Cody, better known as Suffalo Bill, made a survey of the and in connection with General ) projeded a com pany to construct dium and irrigate | some 60,000 acres, The necessary cup ital however was not forthcoming and \ law wa hoshone canyot passed, the g ‘ up the proposition, and a large party of en- gineers has since been employed on the preliminaries of a great work of) \osTie rechimation, The Shoshone River dashes down a “1 and per- its narrow. has begun narrow canyon, with J: pendicular walls, and ¢ est point the ge ment the construction of the highest dam ver built, It will cement together che two canyon walls for 20 feet] above the stream bed, and its founda tion will go below the water line $0} feet additional, down to the solid bed rock, The stream, where it between these nite canyon walls, ds | but 65 feet wide, and the dam will! form a freat lake of 5,000 geres, with dof 1 square miles, ig enough Vv r to irrigate 150,000 acres through seven miles of }14-foot tunnels bored in the sotid rock, Little Chance For Land Grabbing. This will cost about $25 an acre to be paid back to the government by settlers, under the business-like pro visions of the irrigation law. The lind flood and then boiling ove ML rocks itself is free under the homestead ac and has been reserved by Secretary | Hitchcock from — entry unde the | j Desert and other land hiws not requir ing actual residence aud home-build- ing. | Few such picturesque and wildly beautiful scenes can be found as this | Shoshone canyon, ‘The river is a sue- cession of fouming, rushin ipids, the | water coursing along in a deep green tlood, and then boiling over rocks and boulders in a white surge, Only for a few hours each day can the sun find its way to the bottom of this deep! it gorge, the mountain sides towe! into the clouds two and three thousand feet. From above tie dam site as one looks down at the engin- and/eers working on the foundations, directly underneath, they appear like DR. CORA SMITH EATON, freedom from confining bands; relief from heavy skirts.” Dr, Eaton puts to practical test her; mimic’ men, ideas on the subject. The weight 0% all garments she wears is from the| shoulde Her gowns are made in! one piece—a little on the Giant Forces of Nature, Shoshone canyon and its sur- mountains, are one of Princess rounding Shoshone Canyon Scenes. Capt: Jeremiah Ahern. order, though really a modification) nature’s great handiworks. All has of the Empire. been cut out by the silver stream, It is a delight to watch the doctor rushing In its bed below, For count- move about in her brisk, energetic) less ages it has eaten its way through way, Her body, sensibly Sa ee and limestone, wearing, wear- and beautifully poised, with that fine,|ing, wearing away. For centuries and straight line beloved of physical cul-|ages it has flowed, ceaselessly and turists, from the head to the heels, is| likewise uselessly on its way to join responsive to the many demands of} the flood of the Missouri; now it is to her busy life. It would be impossible} be harnessed and made to produce for for her to accomplish her work, she|}man. A thousand farmers will make says, hampered by the usual style of . dress. Favorite Among Cigar Markets. Bismarck used to boast that in his fifty years he had smoked over 100,000 cigars. In later years he was seldom without his immense meerschaum, } thousand blasts of jover which the water plays, YLLDOG SUSPENDERS prosperous homes for themsel and tauilies, and raise an aunual product of a couple or three million dolla 1 the canyon proper the .g forces of nature have wrought won- derfully. Enormous granite boulders have detached themselves from the mountains and rolled down thousands of feet, crashing their hundreds and thousands of tons into the rocky x Here the river continually them, searching out the splitting them up, and them away and polishing them stivoth, The Rock Pile of the World. Tn the eanyon's middle, below the dam site, the jungle of rocks in the harvow river bed appears as though a xiant powder had rent the mountiin sides aud tumbled « rugged projection into the depths below, There is uo dirt or id in this river bed; everything is rock, The imperishable granite, gray, and verteolored, oldest of the FY cal formations, made by the wf various substances when , molten mass; the imestones and black voleani¢e 1 niles dso melted by #reat heat, the hard red sandstone and its white and brown contemporaries, formed from the grindings of other rocks subjected to rmous pressure, and lastly the geyserites and sulphur rocks, sett and honeycombed, the res sult of ceaseless spoutings of steam and hot water from the earth's bowels all are found in wonderful profuse sion Below the canyon where the river {Tubs more peacefully, all these forma. tions are represented in the huge beds of cobble stones and smaller boulders The cot blestones were themselves once jagged ks, detached by wind, water,: frost (dosun from their mountain bases, ait rolled aud ground by river foree MAKING A CANYON ROADWAY. until alll their sharp corners have been worn and puished away. A Giant Fire Cracker. Watching the government ¢ cutting a road along the sid canyon for the trar plies to build al ineers of the isportation of sup- the dam—wv,v00 barreis me will be needed—the ‘d the explosion of a big of dynamite, which burst with echoing up and down the can- with deafening reverberations. yon fmmediately an oblong granite rock of sole 160 tons weight was tern from its base and hurled down into the river a hundred feet below. rock Hew in all direetic splash of y se like a geyser out of the black depths of | the ‘canyon, Yet this huge block of granite was but a baby addition to the family of boulders which had been detached by niore giant forces of nature, and thrown into the river bed. A. few hours before we had crawled directly under this rock in our canyon “explore Shatters of 8, and a great ation.” Returning, were fain to accept the assist: of one of the jtead builders in getting across. this place, looking down the while into the tiver boiling below among the rocks, The engineering credit for — this great project with its great dam, its enormous spillways, its moun- tain road building and its miles of canals and huge tunnels — bored throush the solid rock is due to Jeremiah Abern ja government. dis triet engineer who, t cut off from the outside taken up his residence for in this wild canyon, ohee a fasthess of the Sho- shone Indians. The Government Irrigation Program What does all this great irrigation work of the government throughout the west signify? Simply that the hation has decided to use the money derived from the sale of western public lands to make its desert soil of value, and furnish many home-build- ing opportunities. It “means — that mithy men will find employment in the construction of dams and canals in every western commun and that finally, as the works are oMlpleted, one by one, new farm homes will be vente yet to the nation’s wea and balancing our popula now inclined cityward. pred uee For a thousand years longer this splendid dam site would likely stand idle before private eapital would de- velop it to its magnificent full capae- ity, for the difficulties in the way of the engineers are pany and unknown; but the government will meet all ob- stacles and overcome them, and finally turn over to a thousand sarmers a perfect job of engineering, compara- ble to the great works 9° the Peru- vian 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, Weights, for Man and be yi Le ts, nigh