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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-08-13

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, August II.
Senator Joseph Bristow, in a
speech tonight which he stated was
a reply to the letter of Senator Mel
son Aldrich and defending himself
against the charges made. The
Kansas senator, referring to the
tariff on rubber, launched into the
subject by saying:
t'Aldrich declares the Inter-Con-
tinental Rubber company is not a
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-08-13

Fresh milk and cream-ronopah
Dairy. II.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-08
EXCELSIOR CLUB ELECTS.
Mrs. Baker Is Selected as President
for Coming Year

The Excelsior Literary Club met last
Tuesday at the residence Of Mrs. Pepper
Mrs. Foster submitted a report Of the
proceedings Of the Federation Of Wom-
ems Clubs Of the District of Columbia.
The club was entertained with a paper
on Iceland under the Althing." The
habits OF the people of Iceland in con-
nection with the Althing were fully de-
scribed. and the subject proved to be
both interesting and instructive. Mrs
Frear read paper on THE elder duck
and its neighbors."
Mrs. Gilfillan, superintendent Of the
Day Nursery for Colored Children. was
present and gave the members Of the
club a detailed account Of the workings
OF the institution. Mrs. Carr furnished
instrumental music for the meeting.
Election Of officers for the year resulted
as follows: President Mrs. Baker: first
vice president Mrs. Ferren; second vice
president. Mrs Smith: third vice presi-
dent. Mrs. Barringer: treasurer, Mrs
Webb; recording secretary. Mrs. Inez
Gravatte; corresponding secretary. Mrs.
Emerson: press correspondent. Mrs Ed
wards: assistant press correspondent.
Mrs. Fouts: director for Federated Clubs.
Mrs. r. McCreary, and compiler Of scrap
book. Mrs. Pepper. Refreshments were
served. The next meeting of the club
will be with Mrs Frisbie, Friendship
Heights.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-08
CLOWN Is PIONEER
Form of Amusement Oldest
Thing in Circus.
INVENTED BY JOE GRIMALDI

II anyone thinks for a moment that the
circus is a dying institution. he has
another think coming. The oldest thing
in a circus is the clown The clown is
probably as old as anything else in our
present amusement line.
Hundreds Of years before the circus
was started as a travelling form Of enter
tainment. the court Jester was famous
as the funniest man Of his time. Genera
tons ago, Joe Grimaldi made a reputa-
ton as a clown, which has followed him
down the years until his name is now
synonymous with that of all that is
humorous. side-splitung and funny. IN
our country. Dan Rice stands as the one
greatest figure who ever put on grotesque
costume and white face makeup.
In Banum & Baileys Circus, which
comes TO Washington tomorrow and
Tuesday, there are ffty-two professional
sawdust and tanbark humorists.
Policeman as Chief.
Chief Of the Barnum & Bailey clowns
plays the clown policeman. Ford is an
old standby with the circus and in his
day has made more people laugh. has
given more genuine pleasure 20 more
millions OF men, women and children,
than any one entertainer now alive.
He has been clown for forty-dve
years, during which time ne has played
in, lao
CirCuses in every civilized country in the
world. The longest time he ever spent
in one place was in Paris. where fer
seven years he was the head ctowp at
the Hippodrome. Ford has four children.
al of whom are either circus performers
Of celebrity or on the stage r. some
work allied with that Of the big top,
the elephant and the sawdust.
Harry La Pearle. the clown who at
;racted so much attention by his mar
T age in the circus ring at Madison
Square Garden some weeks ago, IS also
in the circus by heredity. While stiH
young man he has achieved veritable
distinction in his role of funmaker for
the millions and to-day commands
salary larger than that Of the ave age
theatrical leading man.
Family I'm business
Al Olfant will be remembered by many
lovers Of the circus, not only because Of
his own abilities. but for those Of MS
father, his mother and two grandfathers.
AL Of whom have been famous under the
big tents since the time Mr.. Barnum
gave up Jenny Lind for the travelling
show.
Another famous clown with the show
is Fred Egner. who is so funny off the
stage-or rather out Of the sawdust-that
he really does not have to try very hard
to make the tears of laughter come out
Of everybody's eyes. Circus patrons will
remember Egner as the man who carries
his own rainstOrm.
The international popularity OF the
The Washington herald., 1910-05-08

is believed to be an island swimming In
the ocean.
The first under world from the earth
is inhabited by ghosts. who can return,
when they wish, to heaven from which
place they may be sent down TO our
earth. If then they misbehave again
they are cast into the lower OF the under
worlds, and from this bourne no ghostly
traveller returns.
The Bella Coda tribe are sun wor-
shippers, for Senex. the sun. master Of
the house of gods. who is called the
father Of the sacred-one. is the only deity
TO whom the tribe prays. Each family Of
the Bella Coolas has its own tradition,
and its own form of current traditions.
so that in the mythology Of the tribe
there are countless contradictions. When
any one not a member of a clan tries TO
tell a tradition which does not belong to
his clan it is like white man trying 20
The Washington herald., 1910-05-08
INDIAN DANCES
NOT A BURLESQUE
Five Hundred Red Men Com
ing Here Next Week.
ALL AFFECTED BY RELIGION
Owner of Wild West show Declares
When New Convert Receives
with Strange TwItching - Bella
CO0lh Tribes Belief.

There is nothing more interesting in the
lives of the Indians than are their many
dances. and at no time are these dances
burlesqued.
The fact that dances are given for ex-
hibition purposes does not make the
Indian dancers forget the significance
attached TO them.
The famous lW Ranch Wild West
Show will be here on Monday and Tues
day. May Is and Il, and with It will
come more than 800 Indians. For the
first time since Wild West shows have
been touring the country, the Indians
will be seen in a number of their strange
dances.
Edward Arlington, who, with the Mil
Ter Brothers is owner Of the 1OI Ranch
Wild West has made a careful study Of
the red men. and has an unlimited
number of interesting Indian facts. In a
recent interview. Mr Arlington said:
Indian Gets Religion.
The Indian often gets religion. just
the same as does the Southern negro.
The spirit moves him in the same way.
Like the darby he affects the dancing
religion Why. on the Washington coast.
the Indians have taken more kindly to
the Shaker religion, simply because it
features dancing.
when a new convert receives the
power he becomes afflicted temporarily
with a strange twiching Of the muscles
and shakes and shivers in manner that
no one can possibly initiate in his nor
NAL condition. This religion of the Shak-
ers has done more to save the Indians
from vice than all the missionary work
they have received.
up in British Columbia. there is a
small tribe Of Indians that the 1Ol Ranch
Wild West Show alone have representa-
tives OF. and are exhibiting them for the
first time this season. They are of the
Bella Coda tribe, and have a religious
belief that is found among no other tribe
Of red men.
They believe there are five worlds, one
above the other, and the middle orc is
our own world. the earth. Above it are
two heavens and below two under worlds.
In the upper heaven is the supreme deity.
who is a woman and does not NEEDLE
much with the affairs of the second world
under her The zenith is the center Of
the lower heaven and here is the house
Of the gods, In which live the sun and
the rest Of the deities. Our own earth
The Washington herald., 1910-05-08
START BALL ROLLING
Committees for Safe andSane
Fourth Are Named.
JUNIOR AND SENIOR SPORTS

Chairman Wiber Announces Plans
for Big Municipal Athletic Meet
Mt Potomac Park-Track Events,
Swimming Races, and Folk Dances
on the BOardS-BoyS' Great Chance.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-08
MOTHER.

Oh. mother thou oU~ gs.diuE star.
Our NmIathiziuE friend.
Our ccufCrt through an -rief and loss
In thee an gucgs blend.
Thy life Ct sClffCg1tnu,s.
Thy loving. winning m.'c
Thy words q cheer. thy courage strong.
All Cre and pain lC-uiic.
We crown thee with err laurel wreath. "
Lay NJ thy feet cur geld
But naught can count tlv worth 20 rs.
Fer lis Of wealth untold
Dear sainted enc. This Is cgr f-syer
Wherever We may soam
Oh. may sc hear 40 cosc ~ life
Thy own sweet Welcome home
EMMA i. HUGHES.
Camp Hope, Washington d. c.. May Z, 1910.
Gan rights rCseUed.)
The Washington herald., 1910-05-08
PeterGrogan & Sons Company, s1z=szs 9Th St:

clown as the purveyor OF the commonest
and most effective kind Of humor IS
shown by the fact that among the fifty
two Barnum d Bailey humorists are
four who cannot speak a word Of English
and one who cannot speak At all The
four above mentioned are Spaniards who
are known throughout the length and
breadth Of South America, and who are
so popular that for a number of years
they have played considerable part in
the political history Of the South Ameri-
can States.
Comedy Useless Here.
Down there they are known as Talk
ing Clowns" and intersperse their slap
stick humor and sawdust antics with
sarcastic and sagaclous remarks about
the men and women who are in power
politically and socially in the cities where
they are playing. SO great was their
fame that the propnetors Of the Barnum
q Bailey circus cabled them an en-
Eagement with the big show and not I'M
III they arrived in New York was It dis
covered that all their cOmedy-spOken
comedy-was useless here.
However. they have more than made
good. Pantomime is one Of the strongest
and most potent assets Of the clown and
this particular ability was particularly
strong in the Spaniards. They have sue
ceeded in making New York, Phila-
delphia and other cities roar with laugh
ter. Notwithstanding the fact that they
cannot talk TO their audiences.
There are funny clowns. sad-face
clowns, long clowns. fat clowns, dwarf
clowns, Chantecler clowns-there are all
kinds Of clowns. and just as it takes all
kinds Of people to make up world, It
takes all kinds Of CLOVIS TO make up
circus.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-08

The athletic committee on a safe and
sane Fourth of July met in the Board
Of Trade rooms last evening. and the
first steps toward making definite plans
We're taken when Chairman d. f. Wibe-
appointed the following subcommittee.
Committee on medals and badges. Daniel
Z. Garges. chairman: W. B Hibbs. ".
G. Sullivan. =. 5. Bliss. and James 4.
O'Shea; swimming committee. Dr. VIII
lam Tndau. chairman: Or. W. b. HuG-
son. Harry W. Long. W. p. Bowie. and
Richard Watkins; track and field COM
mittee, Or. y. r. Wiber. chairman.
ClaUTe r Zappone. G. Edward Beckett.
W. q. Stuart. and Francis Z. Young;
committee on printing. W. c. Thacher.
chairman: John r. Meaney, and H. c.
Never; committee in charge of Folk
Dances" James F. West Chairman;
Otto Luebkert. and Dr. H. L. McBain.
press committee. Thomas Kirby. chair
man: J. Ed Grille. Thomas : Rice. Will
lam Peet. and 5. r. NuIliken.
The committee plans 20 make this a
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS occasion and 10
make the day such an enjoyable one
that the absence Of fireworks win pass
GEnoticed.
The event viii be divided into two
classes. junior and senior. The Junior
class will be closed TO schoolboys four
teen years and under and weighing not
more than ll6 pounds. while the senior
events viii Doe open 10 all. out under the
A. \. L. sanction. These classes will
probably apply also 10 the swimming
events. but this matter will be finally
decided by the swimming committee.
Col Cosby, superintendent of buildings
and grounds. and Or. Hudson. in charge
Of the bathing beach. have pat Potomac
Park and the bathing beach at the
committees disposal, and these added IA
cilities should do much toward making
the games better and more attractive.
The field and track committee viii
meet in a few days at which time an
order Of events viii be decided upon
and other necessary rules and regula-
tions will be promulgated.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-08
EARLY TO GEEET COMET.

Y. VI. c. A. Party Sleeps in Gymna-
SUM TO be on Hand.
A party Of eighteen boys stayed ali
night at the Southeast Y. NJ. c. A. and
saw the comet yesterday morning. They
slept in the gymnasium. where Secretary
Schrader made them comfortable.
Among them were l. F Gaines. r.
Vernstein. NJ. Criste. T. Bentley. r.
Hayes, c. Estes. and Mr. Harrigan.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-08

tell another white mans jo6e-he is con-
sidered as appropriatinS the property
right which does not belong to him."
The Washington herald., 1910-05-08

Time and often money are saved by the
use Of the ready-made clothes driers now
on the market.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-08
..Fivc-foot', club Entertainer.

"FiNe-toot' CIub Entertained.
The Emerson -Five-foot" study Club
was entertained at luncheon on Tuesday
by Mrs. Glenn Hustled. Of Woodbridge.
The prosrame included paper on the
First Roman triumvirate." 10y Mrs. Wal
ton. and one on the Second triumvi-
rate by Mrs Runyan- The June meet
ing will be at the home Of Mrs. Robin
son. in Langdon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05
GROW RICE.
Production Less Than Consumption
The Crop of 1909.

Washington.-The cultivation Of
rice, which forms the principal food
of one-half the population OF the
earth and which when combined with
legumes Oceans. peas, etc. is a much
cheaper complete food ration than
wheat and meat, has a bright future
in the South Atlantic and gulf States:
according to A. Knapp of the Depart
ment of Agriculture.
While the production of rice in the
United States is generally slightly
less than the consumption, MI. Knapp
says there is no satisfactory reason
why this country should not grow
and mill all the rice it needs and be-
come an exporter. The total produc-
ton of the rice-growing States
North and South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louis
lana, Texas and Arkansas-in 1909
was equivalent to about 6SS,9Ol,6OO
pounds of cleaned rice. The annual
average imports Of cleaned rice are
about 12O,648,311 pounds and the
imports of broken rice, flour and meal,
81 ,9O6, 6O3 pounds, the whole having
an average value of $3,200,01l. Thus
the rice production in this country
can be considerably increased before
the home market will be supplied.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05
DEMOCRAT CHOSEN
To Fight For Governorshlp OF
New York.
STATE CHAIRMAN DIX The MAN
After Promise Of all Other Candi-
dates to Support Him Dix Accepted
komination-Sketch Of Life. 4

New York.-John A. Dix Of Wash
ington county, chairman of the State
committee, was chosen as candidate
for Governor on the Democratic ticket
of New York Democratic convention.
Mrs. Dix, who had been opposed to
her husband's accepting the nomina-
ton, said:
"I'm glad andI'm sorry. I did not
want it because I thought John had
enough to do already, but Of course
I'm glad he has been honored and
of course I shall be with him."
"He has shown himself a big
man." was the comment Of Edward
M. Shepard when told Of the selection.
MI. Shepard was the first Of the
candidates for the nomination to
abandon his own claims in favor OF
Dix. Earlier in the day Mr.. Dix had
made it a condition of his acceptance
that all the other candidates should
promise him their support. From
how many he received this pledge
could not be ascertained. ,
The platform adopted pledged the
party first to the preservation Of the
"old nationalism." 1t condemned
all attacks upon the Supreme Court of
the United Sattes." It declared
for sovereign st etarghtis HR RIDE,
for sovereign State rights, "for tine
largest possible measure Of home
rule for all cities. Of the States"
John A. Dix is so years old, hay-
ing been born in Glen Falls, N. z,
in 1860. He received his early edu-
cation in home schools and was grad
uated from Cornell University IN
1882. His business career began as
a member of. the firm of Renolds &
Dix, marble dealers, and later he was
associated with a lumber from. In
1889 he married Miss Gertrude Thorn
son. z
j In politics Mr.. Dix first became
prominent as the chairman OF the
Democratic county committee, OF
Washington county, "a position which
indirectly led to his forming a county
chairmans' organization in which he
strove for more power for the chair
men as against the State committee
men. ,..,f
Two years ago with Lewis Stuy-
vesant Chanler as the head OF the
ticket, MI. Dix was the Democratic
nominee for Lieutenant Governor,
meeting defeat. At the Buffalo coll
vention in 1906, at which the Demo-
Gratis nominated Hearst for Governor,
Dix himself received II votes for Gov
ernor. He refused to sanction Hearst
and bolted the convention!
In June last Mr.. Dix succeeded VIII
liam j. Corners of Buffalo as chair
man of the Democratic State commit
tee. o.. W.. y.
In 1872 John A. Dix, a cousin OF
the present nominees father, was
Governor of New York.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05
"Pittsburg's Big Land Show"

Pittsburg.-The agricultural re-
sources Of the South and the many ad-
vantages which that section offers to
the homeseeker are going'to be made
a distinct feature of the, National
Land and irrigation Exposition, pop
ularly known as "Pittsburg's Big
Land Show" to be held in Pittsburg
October 18th to 29th, through the ex-
hibit which the Southern Railway
Company has arranged to make
through its Land and Industrial De-
partment.
In addition to the exhibit by the
Southern Railway the Pittsburg show
is endeavoring to secure a number OF
exhibits from chambers Of commerce,
boards Of trade, and other ~organiza-
tons in the South, interested in the
development Of that section.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05
Whisper of Palmetto Leaves.

The Lexington Manufacturing CON-
pany, which has been shut down for
three months, is again running on full
time.
Greenville will probably be the first
city in South Carolina in which the
postal savings bank will be put in
operation.
The managers Of the Chester county
fair are actively at work pushing
along preparations for the occasion,
which is to be held on the 26th and
9th of October.
When the city building is completed
this winter Greenville will have the
distinction of having nc less than
seven Y. M. C. A. organizations.
w. B. Gruber, of WATERFORD, has
decided to be a candidate for associate
Justice of the State supreme court, II
the proposed amendment to the State
constitution is adopted.
The ~Spartanburg County Fair, at
Spartanburg, has been postponed from
October 1928 to November Sill on
account of the prospective appearance
in S%partanburg on October 26 Of a
circus.
The dates fixed for the County Fair
are the 9th and 10th of November
This being Kershaw's first County
Fair Camden citizens are working
hard to make 1T a success.
Chairman Earle of the railroad
commission will attend the national
convention of railroad commissioners
which will convene in Washington on
November Is.
The T%ri-county fair of Batesburg
the dates for which are set for De-
tober II, Is, 10, 20, u iand %.
promises to be larger and better thar
ever this year.
The law of South Carolina provide:
a license of $4,000 to solicit laborer:
to leave the State and he who SO
licits them without & license is liable
to a fine of 1000 or sentence to harC
labor from four months to two
years.
Anderson Farmers Union ware
house stock will be increased from
$4,000 to $4,000. At present tl'
warehouse holds about l,2G0 bales.
There is excellent work on High
WAYS being done i!I York county.
bet Taylor. the nc"ro convicted o
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05
Ruried in His Native Land.

New York.-In fulfllment OF his
diving wish, expressed more than
thirty years ago, the body OF Lieu
tenant-General Francisco Vicente
Aguller. hero of the ten-year-war III
Cuba, will be disinterred from its
resting place in Calvary Cemetery
here and sent to his native land.
.'Whcn my country is free and takes
her place among the nations Of the
eartII. then. and not till then. let my
body be taken TO Cuba for burial,
was tilc prayer Of A%uiler on the day
Of his death, February %, 1871.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05
NEW YORK LAWYER
Nominated by Republicans for
Governor of New York.
HENRY STIMSON
Old Guard Observation-Disclosures
dent VIII Stump the State For
Ticket-Nominee's Record.

Saratoga, N. Y.-The Republican
State convention nominated Henry l.
Stimson of New York City as its can.
didate for Governor. The nomination
of Mr.. Stimson was one. more victory
for Colonel Roosevelt, who personally
led the fight for the nomination of his
candidate, completing the unbroken
series of triumphs from the moment
the convention was called to order un'
til it's final adjournment. The vote
for Governor stood as follows:
Henry L. Simpson, 6S4; William S
Bennett of New York, 242; Thomas B
Dunn of Rochester, 38; James B. Nc
Evan, of Albany, %; scattering, %
Henry Lewis Stimson first came
prominently into the public eye as
United States district attorney fol
the southern district Of New York, q
post to which he was appointed by
Theodore Roosevelt in January, 1906
In his three years and two months
in office Nj. Stimson prosecuted So
called sugar trust and the New
York Central Railroad for rebatine
and secured the imposition of fines
aggregating nearly 100000.
The proceeding TO compel the late
Edward H. Hartman to answer ques,
tons put to him by the Interstate
Commerce Commission was also won
by Mr.. Stimson and his next court
victory was against the American
Sugar Refining Company for fraud IN
weighing imported sugar.
This case resulted in the govern,
ment recovering more than $2,OOO,OOl
in duties from the trust.
Mr.. Stimson is 43 years old, having
been born in New York City Sep
TENDER 81, 1867.
He graduated from Yale in 1888
then studied law at Harvard and in
New York City. He is married and is
a member of a number of clubs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05
Cant. Hams to be Dropped,

Washington.-It is probale that
the President will recommend to the
next session of Congress the enact
ment Of some legislation that will
unequivocally permit dropping Cap
tain Peter C. Hams, Jr., from the
army. Captain Hams is now confined
in the ~penitentiary under a sentence
for killing William E. Annis' in a
fit of jealousy and the law governing
such a last is so complicated that an
amendment is deemed necessary to
permit dropping army officers convict
ed of a felony from the army roll.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05
A CROOKED BUCKET SHOP
Office of Seven New Workers Raided
by Government Agents-Using the
Mails to Defraud.

New York.-Following one of the
most sensational raids ever made by
Federal authorities in this city, direc-
ted against the firm of B. b. Scheftel
& Co., brokers in Broad street, seven
members of the company, including
B. H. Scheftel, its president, were
held in heavy bail by United States
Commissioner SHEDS for hearing on a
charge of using the mails to defraud.
According Ito agents Of the Depart
ment of Justice the Scheftel company
has been engaged in promoting the
sale of mining securities of doubtful
value in all parts of the country.
Estimates of the firms dealings are
placed as high as $5,000,000.
Another charge against the COM
pany by George Scarborough, the
government inspector who made. the
complaints, is that it had resorted to
what he called a "crooked bucket
shop scheme" He declared the con-
e r. had charged customers g per
cent on margins and had collected
commissions without rendering any
service in return. The difference be.
tween the actual prices of stocks on
the curb market and fictitious quota
tions given customers, Scarborough
also alleys, Vas converted to the
company's use. ''.'
The raid was made while the
curb market was in full swing and
attracted much attention. Thousands
rushed to the scene and police re-
serves had to be called out to clear
a path for the partrol wagons.