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The midland journal., 1907-11-01
SOUTHERN STEEL
MILLS BANKRUPT
Is Long On Assets, But Short Of
Cash.
HAD A CAPITAL OF $25,OOO,0OO.
Creditors File Petition in Birming-
ham Declaring That the Company
Has Confessed Its Inability to Pay
Its Debts--Owns Extensive Steel, Nail
and Ore Plants in Alabama.

Birmingham, Ala Especially A
petition in involuntary bankruptcy
was filed in the federal court here
against the Southern Steel Company,
capitalized at $25, 100000. The
creditors seeking the bankruptcy or
der are the Birmingham Coal and
Iron Company, the Sayre Mining and
Manufacturing Company, and the
Cahaba Coal Company. The South
ern Steel Company owns big steel
plant at Gadsden; steel rod, wire
and nail mills at Enslcy, coal mines
at Altoona and Virginia City and ore
mines throughout the Birmingham
district, as well as coke ovens and
other properties.
Moses Taylor, of New York, is
president, and e. T, Schuler, OF
Birmingham, general manager.
The petition alleges that the COM
pany committed an act of bankruptcy
in acknowledging in writing it's in
ability to pay its debts. 1t is also
averred in the petition that the de-
fendant company has been insolvent
for six months. The petition asks
that it be adjudged a bankrupt and
that receivers be appointed Attor-
neys for the petitioning creditors
have gone to Huntsville, where Unit
ed States Judge o. r. Hundley is
holding court, to secure an order
naming the receivers.
The filing of the petition was no
surprise in financial and industrial
circles here. Some such action has
been expected for some time, though
1t was Rumored that the company
was about to reorganize.
Vice President Schuler said that
his company Is "abundantly solvent
and if the creditors are patient and
will cooperate with us all debts of
the company will be paid and the
company put on its feet"
Mr.. Schuler said, also, that the
operation of the plants will go on
uninterruptedly. He attributed the
financial embarrassment of his COM
pany to the tight money market in
the East and other causes.
The midland journal., 1907-11-01
The Situation Generally Improved in
New York-Runs Cease ON the Vari-
GUS Trust Companies and Stocks
Show a Rising Tendency-The Bank
ers' Pool Dissolved.
IMPORTERS OF GOLD.
.uhn, Loeb & Co. 81. 900. 900

New York Especially. - Europe
bought stocks in this market Monday
to the amount, it was estimated, of
$4,000 shares on balance; bought
copper to such an extent that the
price moved up to IA cents a pound;
made heavy purchases of cotton and
the cereals for export, and arranged
to send over to this city $10,250,00O
in addition to the previously an
nounced engagements of $6,500,000
made on Saturday. The total of
$16,750,800 gold engagements for
two days was much greater than
banking houses had anticipated, and
thus constituted an unexpectedly
favorable feature of the days busi-
ness. All of the $5,000,000 gold
laid down in the open market in
London was engaged for import to
this city. The National City Bank,
which engaged $5,000,000 on the
Continent, in London and in South
America on Saturday., secured $2,-
.250,000 more, principally, it was
said, in gold due soon in London
from Buenos Ayres. Heidelbach,
Ickleheimer G. Co. secured in Lon
don $1,50e,000 in addition to the
81, 100000 previously reported. OF
the other engagements by far the
greater portion were made in Lon
don, with the remainder in Paris.
These other engagements were as
follows: Lazard Freres, $2,000,00O
Guaranty Trust Company, $500,000;
Kuhn, Loeb & Co., 100000; Bank
of Montreal, $1,000,000; Russo-
Chinese Bank, $1,000,000; Hanover
National Bank, $1,000,000.
Despite the heavy engagements of
gold the foreign exchange market
continued very weak throughout the
day. Quoted rates showed an adj
vance of but " cent over Saturday,
with. Gemand sterling quoted at
4.825s and cables at 4.84. With
rates remaining far below the gold
import point and apparently affected
very little by the heavy engagements
for import there was everywhere an
expectation in international banking
circles that the import movement
would assume very large proportions.
A fair average of the amounts esti-
mated by various foreign exchange
experts places the total at $30,000,-
900.
The midland journal., 1907-11-01
THE new SHIPS WILL
Be WORLD BEkTERS
Plans For the Next Additions to
Our Navy.
GREAT SECRECY BEING OBSERVED.
They May Be of 25,eOO Tons,
but VIII Carry Only the Present
12-inch Guns, the Efficiency OF
Which Was Proved by Recent Tar
get Practice.

Washington Especially. = AS was
the case last year, when the plans
for the 2o,000-class Delaware bat
tleships were sent to Con gress under
the injunctions of secrecy, the Navy
Department is exerting itself to pre-
vent the features of the plans for
the great ships which it will ask the
next session to authorize from gain
ing publicity.
OF course, 1t is realized that after
the ship is afoat and in commission
it is practically impossible to prevent
knowledge of her essential features
from reaching rival naval. powers.
But the fact that under the most
favorable condition the building and
completion of a battleship must con-
sumo any way from two to five years,
affords the nation building the ship
o very substantial advantage in po-
sition, which might easily determine
the issue of a naval war where up
to-date ships are pitted against YES
sells FIVE years old in type.
So in the case of the new ships
recommended to be constructed by
the naval general board it is imposs1-
BILE to secure any authentic informa-
ton relative to the features of the
vessels beyond the mere fact of their
bigness, for it is certain that they
Will be of more than 10000 tons
displacement, if, indeed, they do not
reach the world-beating proportions
of $4,000 tons.
The midland journal., 1907-11-01
Foreign

Under the restrictions of the new
Russian electoral law large number
of members of the aristocracy have
been elected members OF the Douma
instead of representatives of the peo-
pie.
The Red Star Line steamer Fin
land, from New York for Dover and
Antwerp, struck the stone break
water at Dover and was seriously
damaged None of the passengers
was injured.
King Alfonso and Queen Victoria
of Spain passed few hours in Paris
on their way to England, and the
changed official visits.
Starving Eskimos on the shores of
Hudson Strait have. in desperation,
resorted to cannibalism.
King Menelik of Abyssinia has TAX
en- step to form a constitutional
government by providing for the for
nation of a cabinet along European
lines.
w. II. Adsetts, former United
States marine, under sentence OF
death at Hongkong for the murder
of Gertrude Dayton, has confessed his
crime.
Fighting between Japanese and
Koreans in Korea continues, the cas-
ualties up to October including
1850 Koreans and 174 Japanese.
A number of duels will follow the
verdict in the Won Moltke-Harden IL
BEL case and scandal in Germany.
Justice Riddell, of Toronto, impos-
ed fine of $25,000 on the Michigan
Central Railway for the explosion of
a car of dynamite at Essex Center on
August 8, which resulted in the kill
ing of Q men and in serious injury
to about 40 others.
The Canadian Pacific Railway
Company's oriental liner Empress OF
China sank at her dock at Vancouver
Emperor Francis Joseph's physi-
clans pronounce him convalescent.
The midland journal., 1907-11-01
WASHINGTON

Two hundred and twenty-three
transportation companies are named
as defendants in complaint filed be-
fore the Interstate Commerce Com
mission by the wholesale dry goods
dealers of Wichita. Kan.
The United States Supreme Court
ordered the release on bail of At
torney General Young, of Minnesota,
who was imprisoned by the federal
court for contempt.
The New Jersey statute regulating
oyster dredging in the Delaware Bay
was declared constitutional by the
Supreme Court.
Gen. William Booth, of the Saliva
tion Army. and his daughter, Com
mander Eva Booth, lunched with
President Roosevelt.
Senator McCumber has prepared a
bill providing for federal incorpora-
tion of associations doing an inter-
state business.
President Roosevelt announced that
he would, on November 16, proclaim
Oklahoma a state.
The report of the board of inquiry
in the case of the grounding of the
battleship Kentucky, on Lambert
Point, fully eKonerates from blame
Captain Barry, the commander.
At the Cabinet meeting Secretary
Metcalf advanced a proposition to
increase by $5,0OO,000 the standing
appropriation for the payment of en-
listed men in the Navy.
The chief sanitary officer of the
Panama Canal works reports that the
sick rate in September showed a de-
crease of nearly per 1000, COM
pared with August.
The midland journal., 1907-11-01
Girl In Trance At Dance.

Meriden. Conn. Especially. = Miss
Lille Cooney, of Wallingford. at
tended dancing school on Saturday
night. and while dancing fell to the
floor in a trance. In spite of the
efforts of physicians, she has remain
ed in that condition ever since. Med
ical men say it is a peculiar form OF
blood poisoning, and that the poison
acts like morphine. They have hopes
of ultimately reviving her. but her
comatose conditions puzzles them.
The midland journal., 1907-11-01
Can't Brake His Parole.

st. Paul, Mimi. Especially .-Attor-
ney General Young. of Minnesota,
has cancelled his engagement to ad-
dress the National Federation con-
ference at Chicago, because he is
technically under arrest for contempt
of the United States Court for violat-
ing an injunction in the Minnesota
Railway rate cases. Every day he is
required to report In person to the
United States marshal and assure
that official that he has not left st.
Paul.
The midland journal., 1907-11-01
Airship Lost Rudder.

Paris (By Cable) While the Le-
baudy airship Patrie. purchased by
the French Government for the use
of the army. was engaged in evolu-
tions over Paris with five officers and
two ladies ON board, her right pro-
peller dropped on and she drifted
helplessly in the wind for an hour
Finally the balloon descended near
Issy without sustaining any damage
or any injuries being inflicted on her
passengers
The midland journal., 1907-11-01
WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH.
Man Who Tried 10 Save Her Is
Terribly Injured.

Little Falls, N. Y. (Special) =.
Mrs. Oscar Wock was burned to
death here and Bert Rapp was ter
ribly injured as result Of attempt
ing to save the womanss life. Rapp
was passing the Wock home when
he saw Mrs, Wock, her clothing
ablaze, rushing through the house.
He went to her assistance, but be-
fore the blazing clothing could be
extinguished the woman was dead.
Rapp is in a serious condition from
burns.
The midland journal., 1907-11-01
BIG PROJECT COMPLETED.
Water Begins To Flow Through I'LL
nois-Mississippi Canal.

Sterling. Ill. Especially At 2 P.
M. T. ]. Henderson touched gate,
which thereupon raised, permitting
the water to flow through the I'LL
ois-Mississippi Canal. This marked
the completion of the work on the
$7,500,000 government undertaking
which was started by Mr.. Henderson
20 years ago. Congressman Cald-
we'll, Lowden and Lorimer and Unit
ed States Senator Hopkins, Govern
or Deneen and other prominent men
were present and made addresses.
The opening of the gate was witness
ed by hundreds of people. many OF
whom came long distances. A pa
rade preceded the ceremonies.
The midland journal., 1907-11-01
DANGER IN PROSPERITY
President Roosevelt Issues His Thanks
giving Proclamation.

Washington Especially In his an
nual Thanksgiving proclamation Pres
ident Roosevelt embraces the oppor-
tunity to preach little sermon to
the American people on the dangers
of ease and luxury. He fixed Thurs
day, November %, as Thanksgiving
Day.
The Thanksgiving proclamation is
as follows:
"Once again the season of the year
has come when, in accordance with
the custom of our forefathers for
generations past, the President ap-
points a day as the especial occasion
for all our people to give praise and
thanksgiving to God.
During the last year we have been
free from famine, from pestilence,
from war. We are at peace with all
the rest of mankind. Our natural
resources are at least as great as
those of any other nation. We be-
lieve that in ability to develop and
take advantage of these resources
the average man of this nation stands
at least as high as the average man
of any other. Nowhere else in the
world is there such an opportunity
for a free people to develop to, the
fullest extent all its powers of body,
of mind, and of that which stands
above both body and mind-char-
acter.
Much has been given us from on
high, and much will rightly be ex-
pected of us in return. Into our care
the 10 talents have been intrusted;
and we are to be pardoned neither II
we squander and waste them, nor yet
If we hide them in napkin; for
they must be fruitful in our hands.
Ever throughout the ages, at all
times and among all peoples, pros
perity has been fraught with danger,
and it behooves us to beseech the
Giver of all things that we may not
fall into love of ease and of luxury;
that we may not lose our sense Of
moral responsibility; that we may
not forget our duty to God and to
our neighbor.
"A great democracy like ours-a
democracy based upon the principles
of orderly liberty, can be perpetu-
ated only if the heart of the ordi-
nary citizen there dwells keen
sense or righteousness and justice.
We should earnestly pray that this
spirit of righteousness and justice
may grow ever greater in the hearts
of all of us and that our souls may
be inclined ever more both toward
the virtues that tell for gentleness
and tenderness, for loving kindness
and forbearance one with another,
and toward those no less necessary
virtues that make for manliness and
rugged hardihood-for without these
qualities neither nation nor individ-
ual can rise to the level of greatness.
Nov, therefore, l, Theodore
Roosevelt, President of the United
States, do set apart Thursday, the
2Sth day of November, as day of
general thanksgiving and prayer, and
on that day l recommend that the
people shall cease from their daily
work and in their homes or in their
church meet devoutly to thank the
Almighty for the many and great
blessings they have received in the
past. and to pray that they may be
given the strength so to order their
lives as to deserve continuation Of
these blessings in the future"
The midland journal., 1907-11-01
Judge Advocate GcneraI.

Washington Especially Lieutenant
Commander E. Fl. Campbell, navi-
gator of the cruiser Milwaukee, has
been designated to succeed Captain
Diehl as Judge advocate general OF
the Navy, and will arrive next week.
Captain Diehl will command the bat
tleship Idaho when that vessel is
commissioned next January.
The midland journal., 1907-11-01
Doctors win Trust Case.

Charles City, Iowa Especially -
Judge Kelley has decided that medi-
cal attendance and surgical skill are
not commodities within the mean
ing of the antitrust law. He grant
ed writ of habeas corpus asked by
DR.. w. A. Rohlf. one of fourteen
Bremen County physicians indicted
for increasing fees by agreement.
The midland journal., 1907-11-01
Rritain Wants mo Know.

Washington Especially The Brit
ish Embassy has been charged by its
Government to inquire into the ac-
tion of the Federal authorit rs in
seizing $500 cases of cigarettes at
Norfolk, intended for shipment to
the Britishh-American Tobacco Com
pany.
The midland journal., 1907-11-01
Robbers Hold Up Stage.

Helena. Mont. Especially A spec
ial from Lewiston says that the Mus
selshell stage was stopped by two
robbers, but the driver, Launceford,
put up such fight with one of the
robbers that the second man was
obliged to leave the horses heads to
assist his comrade. The team then
ran AWAY
The midland journal., 1907-11-01
Hague To Decide Dispute.

Ottawa, Ont. Especially AT meet
ing of the Cabinet it was formally de-
cided that the fisheries case between
Canada and the United States in re-
spect to the Magdalen Islands would
Se submitted to The Hague Confer
ence, along with the Newfoundland
case, which involves similar interests
The midland journal., 1907-11-01
ERUPTION OF vEsUvIUs.
Volcano Is Active After Earthquake
Damaging Town.

Naples (By Cable) e).-Great fear
has been caused by terrible explos-
ion of Vesuvius, Immediately follow
ing the earthquake of last Thursday,
The volcano poured forth lava, mud
and ashes.
Surrounding towns were damaged
to a considerable extent and the
funicular railway was paralyzed
Ten persons were injured, according
to reports received.
The recent earthquake in Calabria
badly damaged twenty-eight towns
and villages. Thirty-two were less
seriously damaged.
The midland journal., 1907-11-01
Dies At Age OF 1903.

Sault ste. Marie Especially Fer
nando Caterinello, aged 103, said to.
be the oldest Indian in the United
States, was buried here. His wife
died last spring, aged 102.
The midland journal., 1907-11-01
Deaf-NIute Had Shotgun.

Knoxville, Tenn. Especially .-R. H.
Johnson, deaf mute countryman,
with a shotgun, was arrested at ho-
tel here. He says he is a better
hunter than President Roosevelt.
whose train passed here going east
at 9.35 O'Clock p. M.
The midland journal., 1907-11-01
BRIDE OF MONTH INSANE.
Mrs. ARA Doah Follows Her Mother
Aa To State Asylum.

To State Asylum.
Elkins. w. va. Especially Mar
ried less than a month, Mrs. ARA
Doak, of Nutters Fork, has been ad-
judged insane, and has been sent to
the State Insane. Asylum at Weston
for treatment.
Her fate is doubly tragic, since
her mother, Mrs. Eliza Scott, was
committed to the same institution
only a few weeks before. This bride
had Just settled in her new home
when she began to manifest symp-
toms of insanity.
The midland journal., 1907-11-01
BABY DEAD; FATHER HELD.
Charged That Parents Beat In In
fant's Skull With Pick.

fant's Skull With Pick.
Pittsburg, Pa. Especially Joseph
Cenino is in Jail here accused of
causing the death of his sixteen
month-old baby, Mary.
1t is alleged the father, on reach
ing the family home in Port Perry,
mining town near here, several
nights ago. few into a. passion. and
with a miners pick crushed In the
baby's skull.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-02-14
ADMIRAL DRAKE AS A Pirate
When the Golden Hind" Took s72o
600 in Booty from a saaniafd.

When the "Golden Hind" Took s72o.
600 in Booty from a saaniafd.
Al 3 in the afternoon of March /.
John Drake. the commanders brother
shouted out from the mast-top where
he clung, "Ship hol" aud the blood o.
every Englishman abroad jumped t.
the words At G IN the evening, tusi
of Cape Francisco, they were SO close
to the Glory of the South Seas. they
could see that she was compelled tc
sail slowly owing to the weight OF hei
cargo. So unaware OF danger was q
captain that he thought Drake soi
messenger sent by the viceroy, a.
Instead OF getting arms in readlnt
and pressing sails, he furled his canva
came 70 anchor and waited; Drake's
announcement was a roaring cannon
ade that blew the mast poles on the
Spanish ship. cripphng her like bad
with wings broken For the rest, the
sghne was what has been enacted
wherever pirates have played their
game-a furious fusillade from the can.
non mouths belching from decks AID
portfolios. the unscatched ship riding
down on the staggering victim like
beast of prey, the clapping OF the
graphing hooks that bound the captive
To the sides Of her victor, the rusn
over decks. the fash OF the naked
sword. the decks swimming in blood,
and the quick surrender. The booty
from this treasureship was roughly
estimated at twenty-six tons OF pure
silver. thirteen chests Of gold plate.
eighty pounds of pure gold. and pre-
eious lewels-emeralds and pearls--to
he value in modern money OF $40 600
The Golden Hind was so heavily
freighted with treasure. It was actually
necessary 70 tighten ballast by throw.
ing spices and silks overheard
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-02-14

DIAMONDS
SAID TO BE
In WICHlTAS
6 MS OF FABULOUS
WEALTH IN NOUN
TAINS
LITTLE TRtKING NEEDED
DOnahue, KingOf Mountains,
Has a Deep Secret.

OF how much value nobody knows,
but Il is an assured fact that there is
diamond wealth in the Wichita noun
tains One does not need to trek be-
yond the borders of Lawton to be con-
wnced, for there is diamond king at
Wheeling who has recently sold yalua-
BILE stones to several citizens here.
Among them Is Horace g. SOuthard,
who wears one in a ring crest that
compares in size with the finest grade
of diamond valued at $500. Diamonds
measure ten points pure, while this
class measures eight and a half, thus
representing fourdfths of the actual
value of the finest grade of this most
precious of gems.
The diamond king of the Wichita
mountains is r. ]. Donahue. an old
enthusiast who has mined in Africa
and other countries whore the dia-
mond ore exists. He has been in The
mountains, near Wheeling. since the
opening Of the new country. and no
one knows his wealth at this time.
Day after day he has wandered UP and
down the little stream that tricklos
past the foot OF Elk mountain. hunt
ing in its bed of sand and upon It's
banks Of neT-formed earth that has
been washed down from the mountain
for the precious treasurers. And he
has found ihem. many of them, some
as large with their clay ore as hen
eggs, some as small as pin heads.
The diamond OF the Wichi.as Is Of
a smoky complexion. but in darkness
scintillates with practically as much
brilliance as the stones as clear az
crystal 1t resembles topaz, but is
harder than tina. mineral. Scientist
claim that this variety is not found
anywhere else in the world. and that
it's value is measurably heightened BY
this fact. IN the ground it is found in
a blush mud almost as hard as stone
and must be removed by breaking
and chiseling process.
ExpiOfine Mexicans from old Mexica
hunted diamonds in the Wichitas a
century ago. and history verifles its
statement that they carried out thou.
sands of dollar3 worth. Forty years
ago cowmen found Mexicans here, and
several times chased them out wi b
large bags Of mineral on their backs
They escaped into Texas and mad
large excavations for mineral in Clay
and Montague counties. Traces OF
their digging are found in many places
in the Wichitas,
The diamond king is n historian
himself In other words he has read
and made much history He learned
of the Mexican searches years ago
and for several years he has been
searching for their foot prints. II
finds diamonds frequently. sends them
away to have them cut and sells
them to prosDectors at home and jew.
elers in the east
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-02-14
MICHIGAN REPue
LicAN CONVENTION.
lBy Associated Press.l

Grand Rapids Mich, Feb 14--About
TOO delegates were in attendance
when the republican state convention
was called 10 order shortly after II
O'Clock this morning by Attorney
General John L. Baird acting at tenn
porary chairman. After the opening
addresses had been delivered and a
permanent organization effected, the
convention took a recess to give the
committees time TO accomplish their
work. Upon reassembling this after.
noon, the convention viii proceed to
the nomination OF two candidates for
justice of the supreme court, two
candidates for regents OF the state
university. and a candidate for mem
ber OF the state Board OF education.
Interest cehers principally in the
nomination oi regents OF the state
university, for which place there are
several active candidates in the field.