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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-19
EDITOR CURED OF
 TOBACCO AND WRISKEY
Says He Is ThrOugh with whiskay and Would Not Give $500 Der Cos for Tobacco.

Dear Sirs and Friends-Three years ago took treatment with you for al- coholisin. Since that time [ have never had Q desire or any inclination to drink, although I nave had much sickness in my family, followed by death. Notwithstanding this the treatment has kept me from drink God only knows what would have hap penad during my adversities had not been free from drink. Eighteen months after taking your liquor treatment ] ordered and took course of your to- bacco treatment. The result of It's use was a complete cure. would not give $5 a car for tobacco, unless I could dis pose of 1t at a profit, and a good one, too, and would even then feel a deli cacy in traficling the filthy stun. I shall always have a warm place in my heart for you and the James Treatment hope to see you all when visit your city. You may use my name as ref :. erence or any other way you wish to bring men to your place. for their sakes and their families. Everyone who desires to see men freed from the rav- ages of whiskey and tobacco ought to usn their influence to get those af1ict- cd in touch with you. I often think how many homes are made happy and how many useful lives and perchance immortal souls saved as a result of the James Treatment. shall feel it my duty to turn men afflicted with these things to you.
 With kindest regards and best wish es, am always your sincere friend,
 ". F. CRABTREE. Licking, Mo.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-19

this district Of Mir. Patterson. the Re- publican candidate was given only 22s
 votes, and the contestant in Represent atiye Levers district got only 133
 votes. But these negroes are after the contest fees chiefly.
 The sum of s2 1000 on a side Is allow
 ed in contests for expenses. In the
 old days the bills in notable cases ran
 up as high at s20.o0o. But Congress had
 to put stop to that. and consequently the contests have grown beautifully less. Contestants have the privileges of the floor while their cases are pond ing before the Elections Committees.
 Every Congress lot of negroes from the South file contests. and of late years about the only thing they get out of it Is the personal glory of being able to strut around in the hall while the House is in session. and when a Republican member vacates his seat one of these fellows Is quite apt to flop himself down in 1t and to magine how 1t would feel If the Republicans were to oust a Democrat and permit the negro contestant to draw lump sum of several thousands in addition
 to the money for expenses of the con- test
 The darkeys in the galleries always
 look admiringiy down upon their fel- lows on the floor, although they real
 ike that the day has passed when one of their race can roalize that he Is . member of. Congress.
 Last Exciting Case.
 The last exciting election contest that was settled by the House was that
 of the late Judge Josiah Patterson against Hon. F. W. Carmack in the
 Memphis district As is well known. a
 Republican House decided 1t in favor
 of Mir. Carmack. who, in his own de-
 fense made a speech that will ever pc
 remembered by those who had the good
 fortune to hear 1t. a
 During the Fifty-second and Fifty
 third Congresses, when Judge Crisp, of Georgia. was Speaker. Judge Patter- son was one of the active members of the Elections Committee. He made the report and managed the contest on the floor in the Fifty-third Congress of the celebrated case of O'Neili vs. Jop. from
 one of the St. Louis districts. Colonel O'Ferrall, of Virginia, resigned from Congress to become Governor of Vir- ginia on January 1. 1894. He was at that time Chairman of the Elections Committee He contended stoutly that O'Neill, the Democrat, was not elected. but that Joy was. After Colonel o'Fer- rali left the House, the case was re- ported in favor of O'Neill. and Judge Patterson was his main champion on the floor
 Tn the course of time Joy came back to Congress and was in the House when the case of Patterson vs Car mack came up. He did not, however, show his revenge. He simply declined to attack Judge Patterson, leaving that to the Democrats, and the requisite number of Republicans who voted with inc minority in favor of MT. Carmack. Alfred J. Stofer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-19
JAMES HOME CURE REMEDTES.

JAMES HOME CURE REMEDIES. For Drug Addictions, Alcoholism. To. bacco and Cigarette Habits will be furnished at the following prices: Whiskey. Wine or Beer .$12.50 Tobacco, Cigarette or Snuff 500
 Prices for Hypodermic or Internal Home Treatment for Drug Addictions will be furnished on application. with a free sample treatment Express charges prepaid when requested.
 Booklets on Drug Addlctions, Alco- holism and Tobacco and Cigarette Habits, containing testimonials, etc.. gent sealed under plain cover. Cores pondence confidential. Address, Charles B. James, or James Sanatorium, 133 Poplar Avenue. Dept. 10. Memphis. Tenn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-19
r,.. How. m Houston.

Dothan, Jan. 1s.-(Special)-F :: Culver has just killed 14-months-old pir which weighed 3s4 pounds. and netted nearly 200 pounds of lard.
 Dr.IR. D. Blackshear killed two pigs last week which weighed something over 400 pounds.
 Houston County now uses but little Western meat and the supplies being ordered are lessened each year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-19
Peolea Crop Bold.

Nashville, Jan. 1S.-A Madisonville Ky, dispatch says: The 1906 pooled crop of tobacco in Webster County hal been sold to English parties. The to- bacco is being loaded for shipment anc will be sent to New Orleans and from there to Liverpool. The purchase con sists of s2s hogsheads and win make g train of sixty cars.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-19
FREE DRUG CURE.

Chas. B. James. 1ss Poplar Ave, Dept. 10. Memphis. Tenn. Please send to my address. all charges paid. a free trial bottle for patient using Estate here num- Der of grains used each 24 hours) .... grains of (stats kind of drug here). ... ................ State here Is used by mouth or hypodermieaIly ............ Name
 ................''.. ...'''.''' Town State
 ........::........... ...........-...'.'... Nearest Express offies
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-19
AMONG PLA YS
 s.-. Nr AND PEA YERS

Cameo Kirby" is the name of the piece written by Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson for Nat Goodwin and upon which he hangs his hopes of artistic rehabilitation. In the play he represents Mississippi River gam bier with a passion for adorning his persons with cameos.
 Harriet Barton, leading woman at the Lafayette Theater Detroit. Mich, Is going to write a play-and a thriller at that Miss Barton is authority for the statement that she has 1t all mapped out from the rise to the final
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-19
Ar THE GRAND.

Tuesdsx Night--Nfary Mannering m ~Glorious Betsy.~
 "Wednesday Matinee and Night-it- tlc Johnny Jones'"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-19
to land and the final happy triumph of the young lovers.
aI,ittIe Johunv .yoner.,,

| 0OMMMt 4VM@Ds
 George M. Cohan's Little Johnny
 Jones.' comes to the Grand "Wednesday
 matinee and night. It Is said to have
 the clements that go to make up an
 entertainment that appeals to the gen
 eral public. It has melodramatic situa-
 tions, comic opera ensembles, scream
 ingiy funny lines and yard and yards of Conan music. It's a great gift to
 be ahle to write music that people will whistle and warble. MT. Conan has that gift developed to a degree and in'Lit- tie Johnny Jones" he has contributed more nbera1ly than in any of his for mer or more recent piaywriting ef- forts, Apart from the chorus and en- semble numbers in Little Johnny Jones' there are no less than twenty special numbers
 The story of the play told by the principals is interesting. The Un- known" a character. by the way ab- solutely new to the stage. is one of the most delightful bits imaginable. He goes through the entire performance complaining. of everybody and every. thing, and his lines are very funny. The company includes many of the players in the original cast of this fam ous success. A chorus that is never idle. production that is brilliant and a costume investiture that is most at- tractive. are few other reaons given for the success that has come to this musical play. M
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-19
nen ETnP,

Ben -Hur,' classic alike as . literary masterpiece and as stage spectacle, will play for three nights and at mat inee at The Grand, commencing Thurs day evening, January 30.
 For eight years this wonerful pro- duction has swept the country with it's tremendous success and has added fortune after fortune 10 the already fabulous sum in the possession of Klaw 6 Erlanger, and now in rounding out it's ninth season--the play was pro- duced in 1S99-the closing year of the nineteenth century and so became a fitting prophecy to the magnitude ot tieth century-its promise is of even greater magnihcence in production, if such, thing were possible, and of even more overpowering triumph.
 The Lew Wallace drama is unique in the world of the theatre because of it's large appeal. It attracts not only the regular patron of the playhouse. but the people of the churches. ministers and students of Biblical lore heve de- lighted in it's pictures of Palestine, and its big facts of the Christ life on earth. ana the spirit of reverence with which the great story of redemption has been treated. Yet it is not alone this substrata of religious feeling that drama of the time: the secret Of it's marvellous success lies in the powerful dramatic story--the struggle of the righteous Prince of Hur with the cow ardly and villainous Messala for the love of Esther. Woven with the love story, which is one of the most beau tiful and absorbing in modern litera- ture the spirit of Jesus life and infiu- ence Is distinctly felt and the sublime climax of the spectacle. the entry of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-19
..Nfetn in the AIns.,,

Al H. (Metz) Wilson, in his new play, Metz in the Alps will be the attraction at The Grand Thursday night.
 Under the bright skies and snow clad peaks of Switzerland, on the banks of historic Lake Geneva among people Of sturdy and as hearty race as ever lived, whose history and tradition teern with romance of rare charm. and whose picturesqueness is truly inter- esting, lies the romance of Sidney R. Ellis's pretty drama. In the role of Metz Muller. a young German Switzer MT. Wilson will no doubt win as much fame and fortune as any famous star who has gone before.
 The company which supports Mir Wilson Is composed of players, we'll known to the votaries of the theatre. The scenic embellishments are said to rival in grandeur and picturesqueness those of any on the stage. The cos tuning will be pleasing to the ladies and thoroughly correct as to locale and time of the story. During the action of the play MT. Wilson will sing sev- erai new songs They are entitled: "Fairest Flower of All" Songs of Old Fatheriand," introducing all the old folk songs of Germany. ''Switzer Le Boy" Wilson's Lullaby" and '"The Snitzlebank."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-19

Dorothy Russell is appearing in vau- devil1e once more. She Is on view in new act, offering as the piece de re- sistance an imitation of her fair mama warhling ''Come Down, My Evening Star" Miss Russell will follow close ly in the footsteps of her mother, play ing all the big cities in the wake of wIldfre. As an anti-climax Miss Rus sell should make good.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-19

"Lady Luna" by Paul Lincke, is the next foreign musical comedy to be an- nour~ed for American production. The piece is in two acts and the scenes are laid in Vienna. It has run for a long period in Berlin, where it was first produced. The American produc- ton will be made in New York some time this month.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-19

Joe whitehead. who appeared in Cap tain Careless and later in the road company of The Umpire, is at present enacting the star role in The Girl Question at the La Sale Theater, Cni- cago MT whitehead is a clever danc- er and d comedian of merit and Is be- ing cordially greeted by the La Sale clientele.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-19

Otis Skinner. during his engagement in 'srhe Honor of the Family at the Grand Opera House, Chicago. will take occasion to speak on ''The Actors Eth ical Viewpoint" at the Music Hall un- der the auspices of the University of Chicago.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-08-05
LOSS OF MILLION AND
MORE IN CHICAGO FIRE
Flames Start From Explosion of
Chemicals in u Warehouse.
Elevators Burned.

CHICAGO, Aug. 3.-Fire. starting
from the explosion of barrel of
chemicals in the Burlington dock
transfer warehouse. at Canal and
Sixteenth streets. this morning, de-
stroyed the warehouse, 100 box cars
and elevators "E'' and "F" owned
by the Burlington Co. There was
over a half million bushels of
grain, owned by Armour & Co., in
the elevators The loss is estimat-
ed at s1,500,000.
Two hundred and fifty men were
at work in the warehouse when the
explosion occurred. They fed with
out waiting to secure garments which
had been removed because of the
heat. The first explosion was fol-
lowed by about 20 others, as barrel
after barrel was reached by the
flames. The buildings for blocks
around we're shaken and their occu-
pants startled. One hundred men
we're at work in the elevators. They
fed at the sound of the first explo-
sion. and all are believed to have es-
caped.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-08-05
HASTE and ole Elliott In
automobile U1reck==COn1=
pdnion is Badly Hurt

r. H. Hastie, of Ely City. a well
known mining man. and Ole Elliott,
widely known Goldfield promoter and
mining man, with whom Mr.. Hastie
left this city last week for visit to
various camps In the state, sustained
painful injuries and miraculously es-
capped death in an automobile acci-
dent near Reno Monday night. The
Reno Gazette wires the following ac-
count of the accident:
While endeavOring to drive his
large Doris touring car up a steep
grade on the Arlington road between
Reno and Moana springs last night
shortly after IL o'clock, "Ole" Elli-
ott the well known mining promoter
and politician of Goldfield, threw his
speed lever into the neutral speed
notch, causing the car to run OFF the
grade backward, turn turtle and rest
bottom upward in the cut IL feet
below the road bed. Elliott was
pinned under the wrecked car and
how he escaped death is miraculous.
Frank Grunenthal of the Reno Re-
veille was thrown out, and received
injuries that will confine him to the
hospital for several weeks, and r. II.
Hastie, of Ely. was thrown from the
car and rendered unconscious. but
was otherwise unhurt. 1t is wonder
full that all of the occupants of the
car were not killed. as the accident
occurred in an instant and the car
turned completely over after backing
OFF the grade. Ole Elliott in telling
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-08-05
NEW COMPANY Is FORMED.
Prominent Fasteners File Papers In
this County-Nothing Known
OF Property Here.

For the purpose of prospecting and
working mineral properties of this
county. company composed of
prominent business men of the east
has been incorporated under the laws
of this state. Incorporation articles
having been flied with the couaty
clerk yesterday morning.
The new concern is to be known
as Pleiad Mining Co. and is capital
lied at 10000. divided into 100
shares valued at $100 each. The
headquarters of the company will be
at No. 40 Wall street. New York city.
It is stipulated in the articles that
the operations of the company will
be perpetual. The following compose
the board of directors; Chas. F. Nc
Clure, Princeton, n J.: Edward c.
Briggs. Boston, Mass; Charles w.
McAlpine. Morristown, ~ j.; Fred
erick S. Minnett. New York city, and
Clarence B. Mitchell, New York city
All Of the men interested are
prominent in commercial circles of
the United States and 1t is reported
that the new company will eventually
operate on an extensive scale In the
Ely district. It's shares are of value
of s100 each. AS to present hold
ings of the new corporation there is
nothing known here. The incorpo-
ration papers were sent direct from
state officers at Carson, no personal
of the company hav-
Ing yet appeared here.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-08-05
ESTIMATES VARY As
TO FATALITIES AND LOSS

NELSON, b. C.. Aug. At is es-
timated that the number of known
dead as the result of the great for
est fires will reach 125 and the prop
erty loss s5,000,000. The exact
number of fatalities may never be
known, and there seems no way in
the meantime of procuring an accu-
rate list. Supplies of food and cloth
ing are being rushed TO the stricken
region from Vancouver, Nelson, Gran
brook and Michel& q The fires near
Hosmer. Michel aud Cranbrook which
threatened each of those towns yes
terday, have apparently been check
ed. The latest news received at
Michel places the number of dead at
Fernie at 102, with 6i Others bsrned
in a logging camp at Elk river. An
unofficial statement. said 10 have
come from Fernie and surrounding
camps at 173, with the property loss
at sS.00O.00s.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-08-05
REBUILDING
FLAME SWEPT FERNIE

FERNIE, B. c.. Aug. Amid the
smoking embers of their homes anc
Offices. with the great forest fire still
roaring in the distance, the plucky
men of Fernie. B. c., are clearing
away the ruins. pitching tents, check
ing up the missing. and announcing
plans to build a new and better town
where the hot ashes of Old Fernie
lie today. A village of canvas
village with many men. but few wo-
men and children-will be in evil
dence before the sun sets today.
The great wave of fire Is still roll
ing eastward through the forest. fol-
lowing the line of the Canadian Pa
cific railway. In some places its
path Is but mile wide, in others
three miles. Nothing can stop it, ap-
parently. until the rain falls, and that
may be days or weeks.
Michel. 20 miles from Fernie, Is
the town In the greatest danger now,
but that town still stands, and, as the
wind has fallen. has good chance
to escape. Fifteen box cars loaded
with women and children have been
taken from Michel to Coleman.
Blairmore and other points. The
men have stayed to fight for their
homes.
The town of Hosmer, between Fer
ME and Michel, was in great danger
yesterday, several dwellings having
been burned. but the main part of
the town was saved and will probably
escape. unless stronger wind arises.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-08-05
GOULD ROAD
|SCR0WD|NG
Shoo.fIy Building Out
From Bews Will Let
Trains Run in Month

The Western Pacific Is making the
dirt fly In the vicinity of Bews, ac-
cording TO reports which are being re-
ceived here. A tracklaying machine
was put In commission last week,
since when grading forces have been
increased
Work is largely concentrated at
the present time on construction Of
shoo-fy around the mountain
through which tunnel Is being
driven for the permanent road bed.
The shoo-fy track will be between a
mile and half and two miles in
length. The bore through the noun
tain will be q little over a mile long
when finished. This will probably
be around the first of the year
II is expected at this time that the
shoo-fy will be completed by Septem-
Der first. 1t is understood to be the
If its is possible. At the latest trains
will be moving from Salt Lake to
connection with the Nevada Northern
at Bews and to connection with the
Southern Pacific at Wells by the mid
die of September.
Between the tunnel and Wells
there are considerable forces employ
ed and as previously stated these
are now being steadily Increased. 1t
is the evident intention of the West
ern Pacific mana cement at this time
to crowd the road to the operating
stage with the least possible delay.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-08-05
SUMMARY OF LOSS AT
FERNIE AND VICINITY

FERNIE. b. c., Aug. Follow
ing is a summary of the loss of life
and property In the fire which has
ragged In east Kootenai since Satur-
day:
Number of people killed, 17s;
number of people homeless, 5000;
district swept by fire from near Gran
brook TO within four miles of Brank-
Alberta. a distance of so miles
towns destroyed, Fernie, Coal Creek,
Hosmer; partially destroyed. Michel,
Total property loss estimated at $5,-
100000: property loss at Fernie,
s2.000,000.
The origin was bush fire in slash
ings OF the Cedar Valley Lumber Co,
across the river from Fernie. Prac-
tically every insurance company in
Canada is interested, but no details
are available today.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-08-05
DOUBLE CAPITALIZATION.
st. Lawrence Mining Co. to Enter ON
Active Campaign-Reductio
Plant to Be Erected.

An amendment to the certificate of
Incorporation of the St Lawrence
Mining Co.. operating at Shoshone.
about II miles south of Osceola. was
filed at the court house yesterday
morning. in which the number OF
shares of that company is doubled
the capital stock now being divided
into two million shares.
The decision to double the number
of shares was made at meeting held
in the principal offices of the COM
pany at Rochester, y. Y. on the 7th
of last month, at which Frank c.
Williams of this city, president of
the St Lawrence, was present Mr.
Williams Is still in the east on bust
ness pertaining to the eompanys af-
fairs and will be absent from this
district for probably a couple of
weeks longer.
The increase in the number of
shares is of great interest in this i'm
mediate locality, as a large mum Der
of Ely people own stock in the conf
pany. which is considered to have
great future.
So confident are the directors of
the company as to its future produc-
tion that they have decided to con-
struct an immense tramway from the
shaft to the base of the high ridge on
which the mine is situated A large
plant will be constructed at the bot
tom of the hill for treatment of the
ores, which run high in lead and car
ry good values in copper and silver.
Development work has been con-
dacted at the St. Lawrence property
for several years and the value OF
the ore extracted has increased with
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-08-05
British Columbia Horror
Hbdtes W0ne=-Number
Of Dead is Unkn0lua

VANCOUVER. B. e, Aug. A.
This city awoke to full sense of
the completeness of the destruction
around Fernie today According to
competent authority, the loss will
exceed $4,000. 900. and the death
list total will never be known. 1t
is now believed that at least 200
have perished.
vancouver wired $1,000 for relief
Yesterday, and trainload of supplies
went out today. Winnipeg has dis
patched a special train. with nurses,
doctors. hospital stores and provi-
sions
Loggers to the number of so In
the camps OF the Ely Lumber Co.
have perished In the flames and set
tiers with their families. who lived
on the line OF the railroad between
Fernie and Michel. have disappeared.
The death total will probably grow
larger, and a special dispatch from
winnipeg declares that 1t will reach
400. When the flames were consum-
ing Fernie all the prisoners, with the
exception of five BLACK Hand" sus-
poets. were released. Later they
were recaptured and sent to Nelson.
Crowds of refugees have already
arrived at Nelson. the overflow from
Cranbrook. These are being cared
for as much as possible. but their
is pitiable. In their flight
they brought nothing away but the
clothes they stood in
telegraph dispatch from Editor
Simpson OF the Cranbrook Herald
sums up the situation there as fol-
lows
"All help needed quickly, or worse
will follow"
No list OF the dead has yet been
received In Vancouver.