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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-27
FAIR AND CARNIVAL.
Barkoot Aggregation to Entertain for
Two Weeks at Show Grounds.

TWO Weeks at SHOW GrOuuQS.
The Barkoot Free Street Fair and Carni-
nal Company will be the attraction at the
show>grounds 18th and H streets northeast
for two weeks commencing September g.,
and continuing to September Is. Twelve en-
Pertaining and high class performances are
announced as features of the carnival,
namely, the electric theater, beautiful orr
ent, the red dome, the dolly lady, plantation
show, creation, merry-go-round, Ferris
wheel and penny vaudeville house. In ad-
dition : to the display of amusements four
free acts are exhibited at both matinee and
evening performance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-27
Silk Belts #.


Regularly soc.
Women's Black
Taffeta Silk Belts
} the IRE ct
shapes and styles
for fall wear.
Finished with
double stitching
and adorned with
large gold-plated
or gun m e I a |
buckles.
Handsome ef-
fects that sell reg
ularly at Soc. To-
morrow at half
price.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-09
Right in the Heart of Are the Superb Properties Of the
Crackerjack Gold Mining Company
Unprecedented d
Guarantee

AS the most absolute evidence that in the stock
of the Crackerjack Gold Mining company we
are presenting mining reality, not a mining
prospect, we submit the following proposition ::
To any and all persons who may buy of us
shares of said stock and who, after said pur-
chase, shall visit the property of the company
described in this paper and who shall find
the said property and matters pertaining to it
not as herein described, we will refund the
amount or amounts paid us for the said shares
of stock and in addition pay to said person or
persons the full amount of all necessary ex-
pense of such inspection, including cost of
transportation from any part of the United
States.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-09
Valuable Ore Is Found

Ore assaying up to $4,000 per ton has
already been uncovered. On the Beck
& Wilson group. the claims originally
located by "Cyclone" Wilson, and adj
Joining the Crackerjack companys
claims on the north, there Is an ore
body from to ~ feet wide, running
5000 feet, and assaying up to SIS per
ton. Wouldn't that make you glad II
you had It? Another bunch OF claims
shows an 1S-inch vein carrying silver
at the rate of from 900 to 1900 ounces TO
the ton. and silver going up In price.
too. Copper ore bodies run 31k per cent
to Is per cent, and one copper blow out
can be traced for 1400 feet. This iE Of
consequence when we bear In mind that
the red metal Is climbing TO the highest
quotation In modern history.
Milling in the district has actually
commenced, the first gold brick having
recently gone out
Soon the town OF CrackerJaok Will be
on the map, for townslte is to be laid
out at once. 70 II regular conveyance
from the railroad station will be pro-
vided by a stage line to be put IN ope-
ration at once. Telephone, telegraph
and mail communication Is also on the
tapls-and, needless to say, a newspa-
per, that greatest OF all clviiizing agen-
cles, will arrive ere long, and then
Crackerjack. town and district, win be
made In fact, the district Is already
made for the stun that moves the
wheels OF progress Is there, under its
ugly face, and all man has TO do II 20
dig 4 out,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-09
Last Shot in Mohawk

Mr.. Robinson promptly invested his
fellow Virginian's funds-"his long,
maybe, last shot"-in Mohawk min
ing stock, which had already been
largely placed with the Robinson COM
pany clientele at so cents per share.
Mr.. Robinson had inside information
regarding the value of the Mohawk's
property, and on that information
based confident expectations of the
stocks great appreciation. As the
world now knows, results have sur
passed all expectations, Under Mr..
Robinson's advice the Virginian olung
to his Mohawk stock until 1t reached
SIS on the San Francisco Mining Stock
exchange, then he sold, his 400 shares
bringing him $1,000, or just $1,000 more
than he paid for them.
The "long maybe, last shot had hit
the mark The following excerpt from
a letter received by Mr.. Robinson yes
good as though he, himself had won
the Shot"
~ do not know words warm enough
TO thank you for the honest and wise
manner with which you invested my
all in cash, my only possible resource.
/ have been able TO absolutely clear
my property from Indebtedness and
have enough left not only to purchase
the adjoining land, put the latter and
the old place into cultivation that /
am pretty sure will pay but also to
deposit a snug sum IN the bank, The
coming winter we shall visit California,
which feel we can do now, and shall
certainly do myself the honor OF call
ing on the man who In the hour OF
need proved a friend indeed,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-09
Pecked at 100 Years Ago

Nearly 100 years ago Spanish miners
in their crude way pecked at the sur
face of what is now the Crackerjack
district, recovering the values with the
aid of primitive arastras. the ruins Of
which may be found scattered over the
district now.
But the generation Of today knows,
or will know, this district. because Of
the searching spirit of Cyclone Will
son. And who is Cyclone" Wilson? A
typical desert rat" ever on the rove
for new fields of mineral conquest,
whose sobriquet is descriptive of the
man in action. He won note as the To-
Gator of the Jumbo mine at Goldfield.
but wider note, perhaps, as the man
who dared to "bat" Walter Scott
C''Scotty), he of supposed fabulous
wealth, in the face in a quarrel at
Barstow.
Wilson went into the Crackerjack
last December. his mining eye took in
the prospect presented and his location
notices found prompt filing. That was
the beginning. Now the district is
located almost solidly for about thirty
miles square, The most important To-
cations are about the middle of the
district. in close proximity to the hold
ings of the Crackerjack Gold Mining
company, after which the district Is
named. Hereabouts Nevada and South
ern California mining operators have
been busy during the year proving up
on claims, and saying precious little
about 1t.
In a few instances, almost extensive
development work has been done. but
for most part the miners have been
content to do little work. OF the great
value OF their holdings not one ex-
presses doubt, indeed all are enthusi-
astic, and many assert that the district
will strip the laurels from Goldfield.
Bullfrog and Greenwater. as robustly
as the latter are booming
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-09
Only Son Died

But fate had seen fit to take away
the boy. The latter, like so many
thousands of sons of the new south,
had responded valiantly to the call to
arms when the United States decided
to lift the tyrant's yoke from bleeding
Cuba, and enlisted, to fight for the
flag which his father, a generation
ago, fought against. The boy re-
turned; but he was not the chap who
left so gayly, animated by high pa
triotic fervor-shattered of limb and
with the deadly diseases of Cuban
and Philippine swamps consuming his
vitality he fingered with the old people
a while and then passed to the realm
where the beat of drum and the sound
of bugle are never heard, and the
father, broken in spirit and weighted
with the infirmities of old age, was left
to bear an all too heavy burden.
The amount, 5000, sent by draft, he
wrote represented the careful savings
of a long period. 1t was too small
TO be Of any avail by itself, and acting
upon the advice OF the mutual friend
who had told him of the handsome
profits made in western mining stocks,
the Virginia veteran sent 1T to Mr.
Robinson to be invested according to
the latter's discretion, and with the
fervently expressed hope that the re-
suit would be fortunate enough to
enable him to save his home, the last
bulwark between himself and the aims
house.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-09
A Friend in Need

Early last spring Mr.. Robinson re-
ceived letter, accompanied by a draft
for 5000, from a small town in Virginia,
which, by the way is Mr.. Robinson's
birthplace. The writer went into con-
siderable detail concerning his affairs,
.eXcusing himself for thus trespasslng
on a busy mans time by stating that
he had been advised to do just that
thing by a mutual friend who had re-
GENTLY returned from California and
whoj while in the Golden state, had
been much in Mr.. Robinsonsy COM
pany. He explained that he was one
of those who in early manhood had
followed the stars and bars oft to vic-
tory and at all times in honor If,
ultimately, to defeat. The vicissitudes
of war and the reconstruction, period
had left him a fraction of a large
patrimony, a small plantation, rem
nant Of a great one on which he had
been born,. and even that little pos
session had been mortgaged for $4,000
an incumbrance so heavy that there
was absolutely no probability of its
liquidation when due, which would be
about the last of this year. When the
mortgage was incurred, many years
ago, the writer was sanguine that with
the help Of a bright boy, then just
emerging into a lusty manhood, 1t
would be paid at maturity.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-09
MOHAWK SAVED
VETERANS HOME
FORTUNATE INVESTMENT BY LOS
ANGELES FRIEND
Large Sum Realized by Placing
5000 in Nevada Mining Stock
Story Of Human Interest.
4. n. Herald. Nop. Is. 900,

How many absorbing human inter-
est stories lie behind the cold. COM
monplace quotations of the stock ex-
change, especially when those quota
tions mirror a market at flood tidel
What stories Of riffs in the clouds,
of uplifts from the depths of despair
to the heights of hope, of transitions
from the ruts and chuckholes of Hard
Luck lane to the broad, smooth shin
ing pave of Easy street, are hidden
In figures that signify ascents in mar
ket values of hundreds and thousands
of per cent within comparatively short
timel
What debts may be paid what long
cherished plans may be at last exc
cuted; what hopes deferred so long
that the heart became sick may be
realized; what comforts and luxuries
may be bestowed upon loved ones.
How immensely, indeed, how meal
culably the sum of human happiness
has been augmented out of stock prof
Its that within a month massed into
millions, as the profits in a long list
of Nevada mining stocks have of late.
Profits of 5000 Per Cent
In the last half year this list of
stocks has shown advances in actual
market values up to 5000 per cent. the
appreciation of the last three weeks
as shown by the transactions on the
San Francisco and Goldfed mining
stock exchanges, approximating in the
aggregate $7,OOO,OOO, the tumultuous
rise in values rivaling anything of the
kind occurring in the storied days of
the Comstock lode development.
If the prlncely profits could only be
followed to their respective recipients
,and their significance CLEANED themes
fit for the pen of William Dean Howells
would be found in plenty.
One of these themes cropped out yes
terday in the course of a conversation
with R. D. Robinson, president of the
r. D. Robinson Company of this city,
a house heavily interested in Nevada
mining enterprises.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-09
CRACKERJACK
NEXT BIG CAMP
First Il was Tonopahl Second,
Goidfeldl Then Bullfrogi
Later Greenwateri
(chaeEss Richard Gates IN ths L.
-. Hsrntd.)

/
First It was Tonopahl Second, Cold
field Then Bullfrogl Later. Green
waterl
viii It be Crackerjack next7 It GER
tainly seems to look that way to a lot
Of people who have drunk deeply Of the
golden stream rolling forth from the
camps which have revived and made
wider than ever Nevada's fame, for the
same people are pouring into the Crack
erjack to slake again the Unsuitable
thirst for fortune
Though the Crackerjack Is obviously
on the same mineral belt as the Nevada
wonder camps. joining and being con-
tinuation Of the Greenwater section, It
is not of the sage brush commonwealth,
but in California, the FIRST western state
to fling out before the world the banner
of gold.
The Crackerjack district is not a
pleasure resort. Winter days are hot
summer days, thermometers with attics
are almost essential for the accommo-
dation of the mercury; on days of all
seasons the winds blow gale. But It
has the stun that men scheme sweat
and die for-gold. silver, copper and
lead. 1t is scanned with great ledges
of precious and base metals--on surface
and in canyons is read the evidence in
bold, long-reaching ore outcrops Of O
remarkable naturalization.
Extent of District
The Crackerjack district commences
about fifty miles northeasterly Of
Daggett, and takes it's name from
the most important property In it,
the Crackerjack group Of claims, be-
longing to Los Angeles corporation
lis about thirty-six miles square, and
on it's easterly edge clasps hands with
Death Valley; but It is not as bad as
the latter, because at reasonable
depth it has water, and having water
and metallic wealth It will have society
in time, very short time. indeed, IL
one is to judge by the rate people are
going into it. The nearest railroad point
is Silver Lake station, twenty-three
miles distant, on the Tonopah-Tidew
ter railroad, now in course Of construc-
ton from Ludlow, on the Santa Fe, to
Tonopah. The Avawatz range OF noun
tains-rough, uncouth. belying In their
forbidding appearance the veins OF
wealth that course through their bod
les, give the district an undulating,
altitudinous topography gashed with
ragged canyons. They rise to an eleva-
ton of nearly 5000 feet, do these noun
tains, and whatever may be their heat
when the sun shines, the cold upon their
heights at night sends bitter chill TO
the marrow of ones bones. unless those
bones are mighty well covered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-06
Denver Press Club Gets Busy.

Denver, Col, July 25.-Invitations were extended today to Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States. and Will liam J. Bryan to attend the sixteenth annual convention of the International League of Press clubs. which will meet in this city from August 2 to September l. MT. Roosevelt is being urged to at tend, not as president but as an author, and MT. Bryan as an editor and pub fisher. The Denver Press club. under whose auspices the convention will be held, plans the most notable gathering of active workers on newspapers and writers generally. that has ever assem- bled in this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-06
Refuses to Accept Honors.

Gadsden, July 5.-tSpeciaL) )-The demo- cratic executive committee of Etowah county will meet Friday afternoon to con slider the withdrawal of r. M Tabor. whose friends are trying to force him to run for the state legislature. It is an old saying Let the office seek the man." but in this instance it seems that the of flee has not only sought the man but it is persuing him with a relentless vigor, and it is for this purpose the committee will meet and try to solve the problem of keeping MT. Tabors friends from thrusting political honors upon him which he absolutely refuses to accept.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-06
Abyssinian Negotiations Completed.

Paris. July 5.--The officials here consider the Anglo -French-Italian negotiations relative to Abyssinia are practically com- pleted. The main features are a guaranty of the integrity of the empire, the open door and commercial equality for all countries and the French to continue the construction of the railway connecting Addis Abebaba, the capital of Abyssnia, with the coast. Great Britain and Italy named representatives on the railway Great Britain and France have already agreed to the foregoing features and Signor Tittoni the Italian represen- tative, has also agreed to them, but he is awaiting his governments approval of his course before signing the conven- tion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-06
Mrs. Tanners Funeral Held.

Washington, July 5.-The funeral of Mrs. Tanner wife of James Tanner, command er-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Re- public, who was killed in an automobile accident at Helena, Mont, was held here today The body was inferred in the Ma tional cemetery at Arlington. officers of the Legion of Loyal Women and the ladies auxiliary of the Union Veteran Legion, with which Mrs Tanner was affil- lated. were present at the church and at the grave. Among the floral tributes was a handsome wreath from President and Mrs. Roosevelt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-06
SOCIALISTS PUT
 TICKET IN FIELD Party Holds State Convention In
 BeSSener HENRY THOMAS KILLED Falls Under Trailer of Electric Car and Is so Badly Crushed That
 He Dies In Short . While.
HENRY THOMAS KILLED

Bessemer, July 4.-(special) )-The follow ing ticket for state officers was put in the field by the socialist party of Ala bama. which met here yesterday and ad- journed at a late hour last night
 Governor. J. N. Abbott of Sheffield.
 Lieutenant governor, w. F. McGowan of Sumter county.
 Commissioner of agriculture, W. S. Bald win, of Fairhope.
 Associate railroad commissioner, r. X. Waldhorst of Birmingham.
 Superintendent of education, G. H. Bean of Adger.
 Attorney general. James Beason of Hightop.
 Henry Thomas Killed.
 Henry Thomas, young machinist en- ployed al the Robertstown furnaces, was killed last night in trying to board an electric car at Nineteenth street and First avenue in this city.
 In trying to board the car he slipped in some way and was thrown under the wheels of the trailer. He was so badly crushed that he died in a short time from the effects of the injuries.
 1nomaS was ZZ years or age ana was very popular with all who knew him. His home was at Montevallo, and the body Is being held until the arrival of members Of his family. The remains will very likely be carried to Montevallo for burial.
 Notes and Personals.
 Mayor Sullivan will leave tomorrow for his months vacation in the east. During his absence Alderman Wegelin of the Fourth ward will act as mayor.
 Mrs Jacob Marks Is spending few weeks at Brunswick, Ga.
 Tyler Goodwin of Montgomery was in the city for a while yesterday, the guest of his brother, Prof. G. F. Goodwin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-06
Saloons Reopen In Frisco.

San Francisco. July 5-For the first time since April IS the saloons were permitted to reopen today, licenses having been granted to about 600 drinking places, and all did rushing business. Twenty extra policemen were detailed for duty in all the blocks containing saloons It is planned to place all men arrested for in- toxication at work cleaning away debris from sidewalks and streets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-06
TAGGERT CLAIMS
 HEARST IS TO BLAME
HE IS BEHIND THE REPORTS CIR cuLATED ABOUT GAMBLING AT FRENCH LICK-WlLL NOT RE. SIGN cHAIRMANsHIP.

French Lick Springs, Ind. July b. Thomas Taggart, chairman of the democratic national committee, today gave the Associated Press the follow ing statement made in reply to the New York World that he resign the national chairmanship of the demo- cratic committee:
 The New York World has allowed itself to be imposed upon by the false and scandalous publications "f a rival newspaper whose editor is my personal enemy for reasons best known to himself
 There has been no raid or attempted raid upon French Lick Springs hotel or has such a thing been thought of save by MT. Hearst and hls correspon- dents.
 "A building owned by the French Lick Springs company, wholly dfscon- nected from the hotel property, was leased to a party to be used for oil- lizards and bowling alley with strong clause against gambling in the lease. After time this tenant per mitted gambling. We brought suit for possession on account of the breach of that provision in the lease and recovered Judgment. He appeal ed the case and 1t is now pending for trial in the present term of court. The state authorities have supplement- ed our efforts to recover possession by raiding that building, and that is all there is to the grossly sensational publications in which the World has placed credence.
 The French Lick Springs Hotel company has not and will not toler- ate gambling in any form on it's prem ises This Is attested by the court rec ords which show our efforts to sup press it and 1t Is well known to MT. Hearst, who with such knowledge continues the publications of his vim dictive and libellous falsehoods. re- gret that the World has seen fit to dignify these atrocious falsehoods by editorial mention. The publication that I should re- sign Is preposterous. It deserves and will receive no attention
 "T TAGGART"
 Attention is called by intimate friends of MT. Taggart. who are usu- ally authorized to speak for him, 70 the fact that one June the Indiana democratic state convention unani- mously endorsed W. J. Bryan for the presidential nomination and that the attacks on MT. Taggart have followed this action which was attributed to the influence of National Chairman Taggart.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-06
ON NEW CHARGE.
Carrie Nation Sends Obscene Matter
 Though Mails.

Guthrie. Okla, July 5.-A federal war rant was issued today by United States Attorney Scotorn for Carrie Nation, charg- ing her with sending obscene matter through the mails in her temperance pub lication "The Hatchet."
 Mrs Nation is now featuring in Texas and federal officers have been notified to place her under arrest.
 A recent issue of "The Hatchet' con- tained a lecture to young men and boys in which Mrs. Nation used very plain lan- guage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-06
BETHEL FEMALE COLLEGE,

Select School for young ladies. Beau tiful grounds. Instruction in Music, Languages, Literature and Science unsurpassed. 53d sessions opens Sep tember 3. Write for catalogue.
 EDMUND HARRISON. A. M, IL. D., -zo-1St-mon-wed-fri President.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-06
Nicaraquan In Trouble.

Washington, July 5.-Alfonso Zelaya, sor of the President of Nicaragua, was arrested here today and locked in a cell at the First Precinct station on warrant charging petit larceny. Mir. Zelaya recent ly was married to young lady in this citV.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-06
MARION MILITARY INSTITUTE
 Marion. Alabama.

College courses leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Sci ence. Special training for business and the study of law. medicine and engineer ing Advanced laboratory courses in cleo tricity and chemistry. 7-4-su-wed- fri If
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-06

Ideal climate-midway between Asheville and Pinehurst, New York and Florida Beautiful suburban location. overlooking the city. Twenty acres of campus, s25O,- 900 college plant, freproof buildings; twen- ty experienced, university educated teach- CTS. A. B. and Elective graduate courses. Music, Art, Expression Write for cata- logue CEIAS B. KING, President.
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