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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-23

in New York and pledged the money to
construct the new road were: F. =.
Smith, president of the Tonopah &
Tidewater, better known as "Borax"
Smith; e. b. Zabriskie, secretary AMI
treasurer of the Tonopah & Tidewater;
W. b. Thompson, widely known as a
mining promoter and a representative
Of the G~uggenheims at Ely, and NJ. r..
Bernheimer, vice president of the Ne
vada Smelling and Mines corporation,
which has important silver and lead
mines on the line of the new road.
Route Ct New Line
Preliminary surveys have already
been made for the road, which will run
southwest from Ely through the camps
of Hot Creek, Typo, Reveille, Clifford
or Helena, Golden Arrow, Bellehelen,
Silver Bow and Cactus, entering Gold.
field through the Diamondfeld section.
The Ely interests will erect a lead
burning smelter, and enter into aggres-
sive competition for the custom smelt-
ing of Nevada's silicious ores.
The new road will furnish a shortcut
from Salt Lake City to Goldfeld, Tono-
pah and Bullfrog. The Nevada North
crn connects at Shafter with the West
ern Pacific, and at Cobre with the Cen
trail Pacific. The new line will also
a new route to Los Angeles, Alp
miles shorter to the coast.
Battle Of Giants
Other developments in financial cir
cles indicate that the immediate build
ing of the Ely & Goldfeld road is the
direct outcome of the battle being
waged between the Cole Ryan-"A Anal
gamated' crowd and the ~Guggenheims
for supremacy in Nevada and other
mining states. The Ely Goldfeld may,
TO a certain extent, be termed a Gug-
genheim road, and is fastened by the
fact that the Cole-Ryan people have
recently secured control of the Giroux
property, much desired by the Guggen-
helms, and will reach out for the smelt-
ing business of Nevada camps through
other railway extensions, including the
extension of the Clark road from Phoebe
to Ely. This battle of financial giants
opens a competitive market for the
ores Of Goldfeld which will be of in
and lasting benefit to "thc
greatest gold camp on EARTH"
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-23

The Vickers and Aldrich forces were
victorious at the annual meeting OF the
Little Florence Mining company, held
at Phoenix, Ariz., last Monday, and are
now in control of the affairs of the COM
pany. James f. Keelyn, former vice
president and general manager, was un-
"a bic to secure sufficient strength to con-
troll, and staid out of the meeting, being
represented only by counsel. The
Aldrich people voted 599,255 shares out
of the capitalization of 100000.
Charles II. Aldrich of Chicago was
elected president; NJ. ID. Shipman Of
DeKalb, ILL.,, vice president; G. &.
Shredder of Chicago, secretary; J. l..
Harris, Chicago, treasurer; George
vickers, of Goldfeld, general manager.
The other directors are o. II. Horton OF
Chicago, and +. NJ. Wooten of Madison,
Wis.
.'The meeting was an interesting one,
of course said Mr.. Vickers after his
return from Phoenix. "My friends and l
won. and we now propose to put the
Little Florence company back onto a
paving and business-like basis. The
financial statement shows that the
Florence Goldfeld company paid to the
Little Florence company, after deduct
ing all royalties at a fiat rate of % per
cent, $l,222,7 700, as the Little Florence
revenue from the famous lease on the
Florence estate. Only $43o,00O was
paid to the stockholders in dividends,
and $400, 900 of this was paid while l
was manager of the company, and the
other 100000 IA paid out OF ore
/ had extracted and placed on the dump
before Mr.. Keelyn became manager
Only a few months ago the Florence
Mining company paid the Little lior
ence company $l07 800, but the com
pany not only had no money in the
treasury when the annual meeting wat
held, but was heavily in debt.
SAT the meetingg in Phoenix the big
gest stockholders of the company who
were present assessed themselves heav
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-23
WHY WE CAN SELL YOU SOME
OF THE BEST PROPERTIES
IN GOLDFIELD and NEVADA
BECAUSE

1t is no assurance on our part to state
plainly, what we know and what we can
do.
WE KNOW practically every piece
of mining property in the Goldfeld dis
trict and we have lots of other facts.
WE HAVE visited and know all the
mining camps in the state. We have
studied little else in the last -four years.
WE HAVE not only studied them but
we have bought and sold them. Our
offices are at 40 Columbia street.
WE HAVE some of the best buys in
the state in developed and u~ndeveloped
properties for sale.
Write for particulars and terms.
FIDELITY TRUST CO.,
P. O. Box 7O1. Goldfeld, New.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-23
REEF PROSPECTS ARE
DEVELOPING INTO MINES

ore bodies at depth. This is but a
shallow working, surface trenching hav-
ing disclosed the junction of two lodges,
at which place a shaft is now down
a few feet.
The only deep working in the distrie.
thus far is the Toggery mine. which Il
being worked by the Grimes Brothers.
The incline shaft on this property iss
now down some $50 fsst, and theSedGtb
Of ore-also the haassra1snlatite and
oxide forms<fon which has been fol
cwed from the roots Of the sagcbrush
has gradully widened until from its
original SIX inches IL Is now more than
three feet.
Walls We'll Defined
This is one of the comparatively few
properties in this country having a vein
With well 1sfned walls such as ale
found in the cid gold mines of Nevada
county, California. The walls are
smooth and perfect and even a novice
can distinguish the line which is drawn
between barren country rock and the
richly m~ineralized quartz. The writer
happened at the property unexpectedly,
saw shots fred, picked his own samples
from the rock thus broken, and PANIED
the yellow metal from it himself. Some
thirty feet Of the pay streak has been
stripped, but not broken down. The
shaft will be continued to the 2O0-foot
level. whence drifts will be run in each
direction, and then stopping will be
commenced and ore taken out on a
large scale. The shaft has been paying
its own way right along, and If this
property is a sample of what Gold Reef
is going to show with deep working,
that district will prove to be a rich
one. Surface indications and forma-
tions point to the belief that the rich
ore which is being taken from surface
workings in many places is from a
continuation Of the same mineral zone
which the Toggery is penetrating.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-23

Local interest in the new camp of
Gold Reef, some fourteen miles to the
northwest of Goldfeld, continues to in
crease, and daily one or more convey
ances 90 from Goldfeld to the scene of
this new activity, laden with mining
men who desire to personally %investi-
gate the district.
The Claude Inman lease on the Will
son claims, adjoining the Nevada Belle
shaft, is showing some very rich AMI
milling grade ore in a three-foot
vein which has been followed down 20
a depth of Is feet. Thu values ara
improving, and it is evident that as the
ore gets below the point where the ac-
ton of the water has leached out some
of the values, it will have richer min
eral content. Onie Doherty of Tono-
pah has a lease near the lnman lease,
and is down Is feet. Surface trenching
disclosed a stringer OF honeycomb
quartz similar to some Of the float
which has been picked up in this dis
trict in years gone by, and which is
still found occasionally, the stringer
being hardly as wide as a lead pencil.
1t was but a streak in a somewhat well
defined body of porphyry three or four
feet in width. Sinking was commenced
al this point and the stringer of honey
comb quartz, in which the gold was
plainly visible, widened out to six or
seven inches, and then merged into a
wider body of hematite and oxides OF
iron. The Inman lease also is working
in this hematite formation, as is the
Nevada Belle property where J. A. Will
son first made the discovery which has
attracted general attention to this dis
trict.
Prospect Pans Well
The Horseshoe Gold Seam property,
which is being worked by the Goldheid
Mining and Reduction company, Is
showing free milling ore of good grade,
and which pans yellow gold in quantity
that promises much fer the value OF the
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-23

WANTED-Good clean cotton rags
ct News office.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-01-23
OWNS 1850 ACRES AT INDIAN SPRINGS, N
EGA & TONOPAH RAILROAD

A FTER excitement, after wells come in, after stock rises-i
~ see the lost opportunity. But a keen hind-sight never ma
advance guard reaps the GOLDEN GRAIN.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
Poetry in United States.

1t is a mistake to believe that there
Is not just as good poetry turned out
in the United States now as in those
faroff days. Twenty years ago some
publishing house, we do not recall
the name, issued a volume entitled
1.-THE Humber Poets" which was a
collection of verse from persons un'
known, much of it culled from the
newspapers. Rarely will be found
crowded into one small volume such
a m%eritorious collection.
One can scarcely pick up a news.
paper to-day without finding at least
one poem that is worthy of preserva.
ton. 1t is the popularity of the age
that makes poetry so little appreci'
ated. Sentiment exists the same to.
day as it ever has and ever will. Love
Is the same, nature is the same, and
there are many, instead of few, who
are able to stir the emotions with
their verse.
They who weep because this is not
an age of poetry are the ones who
are constantly wishing for the "good
old days" that exist only in fancy.
There are NO days so good as these.
-Pittsburg Post.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
SCORE KILLED BY TORNADO
Business Section of BrinkIey, Ark,
Demolished by Storm and Fire.
Physicians, Nurses and Fire Fight
ing Apparatus Rushed to
Stricken District.

Memphis, Tenn.-Thirty people
were killed in a disastrous tornado
which swept Brinkley, Ark, a town
of 1000 inhabitants. The bodies Of
four white persons were recovered,
two more are said to be in the ruins
of the town, and the number Of dead
negroes is %variously estimated at be-
tween twenty and fifty. Fire added
to the horror caused by the wind, and
the entire town was destroyed. The
property loss, according to conserva-
tive business men of the town, will
reach above $1,000, 0O0.
The known dead are: Porter
Foote, j. l.. Starrett, Henry Stove
all, Jr.. Mrs. Phillips, Mrs. Belle Gar
den, Charles Frenze, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hood, Miss Clara Rose. A daughter
of T. w. Bunch, one of the wealthiest
citizens Of the town, was reported
dead.
With the first relief trains from
Helena, Forrest City and ~neighboring
towns went all the available fire
fighting apparatus, but the destruc-
ton of the waterworks at Brinkley
practically rendered them useless and
the confagration burned itself out.
Among the buildings destroyed
were the stations of the Rock Island,
Arkansas, Midland and Cotton Belt
Railroads. In the latter building the
telegraph operator, T. N. Kinnell, and
a lineman named Richards were
caught by the falling timbers, but
were not hurt to any extent. When
they had crawled out from the ruins
they walked to Wheatley, a town
about two miles from Brinkley, and
sent out the first word of the dis
aster. ~.
Kinnell's message told that all the
railroad tracks passing through
Brinkley were blocked by the fallen
walls of the stations and by small
outhouses and trees which were
blown across the rails by the storm.
With the fire rapidly licking UP
the piles Of debris, there was every
indication that Brinkley would be
nothing than a smoking pile. Of
ashes. ... :, 49,.
Forrest City, twenty miles east of
Brinkley, was the first town to send
aid. A special train was made up
there, and loaded with all the doctors
in town, 100 nurses and helpers and
the fire companies with hose and
several engines, started for Brinkley.
Nearly the entire State of Arkansas
suffered to some degree from the
high wind. Fences and trees were
blown down, but the heart Of the
storm seemed to concentrate on
Brinkley and expended all it's fury
there.
The tornado crossed the Arkansas
River at Fourche Dam and raised a
spout Of water about 200 feet high.
1t passed toward the northeast, and
swept a path about sixty yards wide.
The tornado was followed by a vio-
lent hail and rainstorm, which lasted
throughout the night. The same
storm passed into Barcum and from
there to Kerr, in Lonoke County,
where several houses were demoi-
ished.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24

man. This is a letter catcher THAT
can be affixed to the Office door and
will catch the mail as it is dropped
through the slot. The device Is a
net fastened to a circular rim of
metal or wood. Two hooks, shaped
sorlething like the letter 49," hold
the frame in place on the door, one
end of the hooks holding the rim and
the other end passing through the
letter drop. With this receptacle in
position the mail drops into it instead
of on the floor, and is in n danger of
being torn when the door is opened
in the morning, as is sometimes the
case where there is a large pile Of let
tiers lying in the way. Another ad-
vantage of the contrivance is that it
can be put up OF taken down in an
instant, and does not scratch or de-
face the door in any way. 1t need
not hang in position during the day,
If considered unsightly or in the way,
but a be hooked into place when
the owner leaves the Office at night.
Philadelphia Record
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24

the screw and hold it firm quite over
looking the fact that the fault lies
with the screw head and slot. A
Canadian inventor now brings out
the final and greatest of all recent
improvements in screws - the re-
cessed head. AS shown in the Illus
tration 1t consists of a square hole in
the head of the screw and a square
pointed driver which fits tightly into
it, allowing the operator to drive a
screw easily, safely and accurately in
the most difficult places, or even in
the dark. 1t adds much to the ap-
pearance of the finished work and is
practically indestructible, as driving
does not injure the screw in any way.
1t is claimed that this screw can be
driven as rapidly as an ordinary nail.
Furniture manufacturers, electricians
and builders will find this screw an
improvement over the common screw,
eliminating the losses now suffered
from the slipping of s~crewdrivers out
of their slots.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
BANK WRECKERS MADE USEFUL
They Find Big Errors in Pennsylvania
Penitentiary Books.

MISUNDERSTANDING unearth.
ed in Riverside Penitentiary were
made public after a meeting Of the
prison inspectors. 1t is admitted that
the prison books show a discrepancy
Of $4,000. The inspectors sent out
a call for Warden William Nice.
Johnston, who has been away from
the prison some days, presumably in
Ohio, to return and try to fix matters
up.
A novel feature of the affair Is that
it was a trio of the most notorious
bank wreckers in the history Of Penn.
~sylvania, serving terms in the prison.
who discovered the faults in the
books. $500.
Some days ago Henry Reiber, who
stole at least $1,500,000 from the
Farmers Deposit National Bank OF
Pittsburg, was put on the books. He
found the breaks and called for help
to verify them. Billy Montgomery.
who wrecked the Allegheny National
Bank of Pittsburg, and Rhinehart,
who put the Farmers and Drovers'
National of Waynesburg out Of COM
mission, we're put on the Job. The
three experts" decided that matters
should be reported to the inspectors,
which was done.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
INAUGURATION DEATH ROLL
One Hundred of Massachusetts,
Coast ArtiIIerymen III.
Washington Organization Which Man.
ages Ceremonial Faces a De-
ficit This Year.

Washington, D. C.-Out Of 500
members Of the Massachusetts Coast
Artillery organization who came to
Washington and participated in the
inaugural parade, no less than 100
are now i'll at their homes, in most
cases with pneumonia, as a direct re-
suit Of their experience in Wash
ington.
The members of this organization
were especially unfortunate. They
were q%uartered in Washington in the
National Rife Armory, and there
were not v cots provided for them.
So they slept as best they could on
the floor. On Inauguration day they
were held two or three hours In line,
waiting for the parade to form and
move; and finally they marched about
five hours, most Of the distance. IN
snow and slush and a biting wind.
It was a fearful experience. The
WASHINGTON authorities had cleared
away the snow from Pennsylvania
venue but on the other streets
which made up the parade's route the
snow was in the main untouched.
One member of this organization
has already died, another Is reported
dying and several more r consid-
cred in the gravest danger. These
are by no means all the fatalities the
Inauguration fete has caused. 1t Is
estimated that a complete roll will
show a score or more of lives sacri-
feed to the performance.
Even this is not SC serious as were
the results Of the last Cleveland in
,ugural, when about seventy-fve lives
were yielded up to pay for the in
augural jollifcation.
The Washington organization
which had charge Of the inaugural
arrangements faces, in addition to
other troubles. a deficit. A big fund
was guaranteed, and the guarantors
will have to pay considerable assess
ments in addition to their subscrip-
lions. The revenues are secured in
the main from sale of inaugural ball
tickets and tickets to the big concerts
in the Pension Building for two or
three days after the inauguration.
This year both these occasions proved
unfortunate because of the bad
weather and the disgust Of the people.
1t has been seriously proposed that
the people Of Washington refuse, four
years hence, If there is no legislation
to change the date OF Inauguration,
to put up money for the inaugural
festivities. 1t is by no means certain
that this would deeply impress Con-
gress, but it would relieve Washing
ton Of it's apparent responsibility for
the unfortunate results of the oc-
casion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
CUTHBERT, GA, WRECKED.
Attendance at Revival Meeting Saves
Lives Of Many Citizens.

Cuthbert. Ga.-With the business
district Of this place a mass of ruins
in the wake of q terrible cyclone,
which killed six persons and injured
at least thirty others, the authorities
are making plans to restore order out
Of the chaos into which the town has
been plunged.
All the dead are negroes, most Of
the dwelling houses being RACED in
their quarter. That there were not
many more victims is due to. the fact
that many of the residents were at
tending a great revival meeting now
in progress here.
Between seventy-ive and one hun.
dred dwellings and business houses
were demolished. Cuthbert is a town
Of about $500 inhabitants and the
county seat of Randolph County.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
NOT GUILTY Of REBAT|NG
Verdict of the Federal Court
in Chicago.
JUDGE INSTRUCTS The JURY
Government Defeated in the Famous
Case in Which the Fine of $780,
100000 Was Imposed by Judge
Lands.

100000 Was Imposed by Judge
Lands.
Chicago, Ill.-Judge Anderson de-
cided to instruct the jury in the
Standard Oil case to find the COM
pany not guilty.
The decision was announced at the
close Of an argument by Assistant
District Attorney Wilkerson, and the
jury was Immediately summoned and
instructed to return a verdict of not
guilty.
This means that all but two of the
pending indictments against the
Standard Oil Company of Indiana are
void and will be abandoned by the
Government.
The two cases not affected by this
action are cases involving the ship
ment of 1915 carloads Of oil from
Whiting to Evansville, Ind, via Dol
ION Junction, over the Chicago and
Eastern Illinois Railroad.
The prosecution, which ended in
failure after having once been tried
by Judge K. M. Lands, whose decis-
ion was reversed by the Court of APPS
peals, had it's beginning August 27,
1906.
Ten indictments were returned by
/ Federal Grand Jury, charging the
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
with accepting rebates from railways
~ shipments Of oil from Whiting.
Demurrers to two of these, invoir-
| Ing shipments over the Chicago and
Eastern Illinois Railroad and connect
ing roads to Grand Junction, Tenn,
were sustained and the indictments
we're quashed. The remaining bills
we're demurred to, but the demurrers
RI overruled. ...
Two of the eight indictments in
yolved shipments over the Chicago
and Alton Railroad from Whiting to
East St. Louis, n containing 1908
counts and the other 1874 counts. It
was the 1903 count Indictment on
which the oil company prosecution
vas based. =.
With 146 counts allowed to stand
The case went to trial before Judge
Lands March 4, 1907. The trial
look six weeks, and resulted in q YER
lict of guilty. e.
Arguments for a new trial were
beard, and a motion for a new trial
was denied. On August 8, 1907,
Judge Lands imposed his famous
$29,240,000 fine.
On appeal, the case went to the
q. S. Circuit Court of Appeals and
was argued a year ago. The decision
Of the Court of Appeals reversing
Judge Lands, and remanding the
case for a new trial, was given July
%, 1908.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
RELAXING RIGOR IN RUSSIA.
Capital Punishment and Courts Mar.
tial to Be Abated.

st. Petersburg, Russia The Gov.
eminent has determined to abate the
infection of capital punishment ard
the application of martial law in or
binary crimes. The Improvement in
the general condition Of the country
renders this possible.
The judicial department Of the Min
istry of War has sent a circular to
the district courts martial recon-
mending the transfer to the civil
courts of all cases that can be set
tied in these tribunals. The death
penalty will be imposed only in tho
most serious cases and after careful
consideration of all the evidence.
The carrying out of this reform
was strongly urged upon Emperor
Nicholas by M. K~homyakoff, presi-
dent of the Duma, at a recent audi
ence.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
MEAT WILL BE CHEAPER.
So Says j. Ogden Armour, and He
Ought to Know.

Atlanta, Ga.-"Meat will be cheap
er this summer" said j. Ogden Ar
mour, who passed through Atlanta
in his private car.
Meat is high, too high at present."
he continued, but this is because OF
the increased cost Of feeding stock
just now. 1t follows that when corn
is high meat is high. This summer
We expect the price of corn to so
down."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
JOSIE MANSFIELD IN POVERTY.
Woman For Sake of Whom Fisk Was
Killed May Enter Convent.

Sioux Falls, S. D.-Josie Mansfield,
the once famous New York beauty
of the seventies, for the sake of whom
Edward Stokes killed Colonel Jim"
Fisk, Is a resident Of Watertown,
S. D., and has been for the last seVen
years, and is known as Mrs. Mary
Lawler. &C. s'.rs .
She is now about seventy years Of
age, and is practically helpless as the
result of a stroke of paralysis. She
is penniless and is dependent upon
charity for support. A fund is being
raised to send her to an old women's
home, but she has practically decided
to enter a convent to pass her remain
ing years.
Her brother, M. D. Flint, of Water
town, died suddenly about two years
ago of heart disease. He had neg
lected to deed to her a little cottage
he had erected for her, and this has
now been sold to the highest bidder
with his other property.