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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-02
NEAR BANKRUPTCY.
School Desk Trust Pleads With Court
for Leniency.

Chicago, May 2.-Tales of near
bankruptcy and pauperism were un-
folded before Judge K. NJ. Landis in
the federal court by Representatives of
thirteen chool desk and church pew
companies which recently entered
pleas of mol contendere to indictments
for violating the Sherman antitrust
law The companies sought clemency
al the hands of the court and tn cir
stories of the lean years may have an
effect in reducing punishment. Judge
Landis reserved his decision for sew
eral days.
According to those stories there is
little or no money in manufacturing
school desks or church pewS- The
combination was formed a year ago,
but before the government stepped in
and killed it the giant forces of COM
petition on the one hand and the high
price of raw material on the other had
all but choked the life from the strug-
Cling infant trust.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-02
ARRESTED IN MADRAS.
Sir George Arbuthnot Held for Bank
Wreck in England.

Madras. May 2.-Sir George Cough
Arbuthnot, head of the firm of Arbuth-
not & Co., of this city, whose London
house, P. MacFadyen & Co., failed for
a large amount in October last and
caused the head of that firm to COM
init suicide, has been arrested here in
connection with the failure of Mac
Fadyen & Co. He was remanded in
custody, bail being refused.
London, May 2.-Sir George Arbuth-
not is a familiar figure in the finan-
cial world and club life of London, and
his arrest at Madras had caused a SEN
sation. Arbuthnot's bank was regard
ed in India equally as strong as the
Bank of England. Many orphans,
widows and children deposited their
whole resources in the bank and were
ruined when it stopped payment. No
details of the charges against A Arbuth-
not are yet known here, but his arrest
has caused almost as much excitement
as the tragic suicide of P. MacFadyen,
head of the allied firm of P. MacFadyen
& Co, in October last
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-02
GO UP IN A BALLOON.
HawIey and Stevens Ascend in Orient
et St Louis.

St Louis. May 2.-Allan r. Hawley
and Leo Stevens, aeronauts from New
York made an ascension in the bal
loon Orient this forenoon. This made
the eighth ascension by Hawley and
he must make two more in order to
qualify as a pilot of the St. Louis en-
try in the international balloon con-
test to be held here in October.
Hawley made an ascension by him
self Saturday and landed at Carrollton,
ILL.,, 81 miles away.
The balloon rose steadily with the
two aeronauts this morning and poised
directly over the city for some time.
The two men were plainly visible and
throngs on the streets below could see
the little clouds of sand ballast thrown
overheard in attempts to rise higher.
The balloon drifted slowly to the
northwest. The aeronauts expect to
descend during the afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-02
LIKE ROOSEVELT TALK.
st. Petersburg Newspapers Comment
OH jamestown Speech.

st. Petersburg, May president
Roosevelts speech at the Inaugural
ton of the jamestown exposition,
which reached here in detail only
Yesterday, is favorably commented
upon by several papers. The Novoe
Vryma devotes a leading article to
it. quoting especially the presidents
references to trusts and labor unions.
1t says:
'The protection of the state against
the dangers of the two antipodal COM
binatfons. capital and labor. is now
the greatest task of the country on
both sides of the Atlantic. America
has survived more than one crisis
which threatened her existence. We
hone with President Roosevelt. that
America and also Europe, will sue
cessfully solve the present problems
in the struggle. between capital and
labor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-02
ASKS CHANGE OF venue.
Ruef Says He Can't Have Far
Trial in San Francisco.

San Francisco, Cal, May 2.-Abra-
ham Ruef at the resumption of his
trial today, applied to Judge Dunno
for a change of venue TO some other
county. alleging that for various rea-
sons he could not be fairly tried IN
San Francisco county.
Ruef claims that his trial before
Judge Dunno has been in progress
since March IS, that 325 veniremen
have been summoned, approximately
fifty-saven jurors have been exam
ined. and no jury has yet been OBJ
tanned; that since the 23rd of october,
1906. he has been constantly made the
subject of editorial attacks and car
feature drawings, represented fire.
quently as attired in prison garb; that
all of the jurors thus far selected and
sworn have read these newspaper at
tacks and seen these cartoons that
some of them have confessed that
they entertained as result therefrom
an opinion of the defendants guilt or
innocence; that some of the jurors at
tended a banquet at the Fairmount
hotel on the night of April Is last and
there listened to and were prejudiced
by speeches denunciatory of Ruef de-
Iivered by District Attorney Langdon
and Assistant District Attorney
Heney; that the citizens of San Fran
cisco have so generally read the local
newspaper attacks on him that a
widespread bias and prejudice against
him exists throughout the community.
The affidavit is sworn to before JUS
tice of the Peace J. P. Treadwell and
attached to it is a package of news
paper clippings IA inches high. Spe-
ciaI Prosecutor Johnson stated that
the prosecution desired an opportun-
ity to file counter affidavits in sup
port of an objection to the change of
venue. Judge Dunno said this oppor-
tunity- would be given and meantime
took, Ruef,s affidavits and it's accom-
panving voluminous exhibits under
consideration,
Judge Dunno ordered that the ex-
animation of talesmen for the COM
pletion of the jury proceed.
NJ. Miteau, dealer in millinery,
gave as a reason why he might not
make a fair juror that the jury might
be locked up over night. He said that
four years ago he was a juror in a
case and that the jury was kept out SO
hours. He said he did not render a
fair verdict because he was worried by
being away from his family and was
worn out. The prosecution challenged
and the juror stood aside.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-02
CAUGHT HIM ON PERJURY
Authorities Find a Way to Extradite
Herman BartelS

Auburn, n. Y. May 2-The arrest is
announced from Niagara Falls. Ont.
of Herman Bartels, reputedly wealt' Y
Syracuse brewer. who was convicted
here last year for attempting arson.
and being under heavy bail, was given
three days to straighten out his af-
fairs before being sentenced. Instead
of appearing in court on the day ap-
pointed he fled to Canada.
BarteIs could not be extradited for
the crime for which he was convicted,
but recently the grand jury indicted
him for perjury committed during his
trial for attempted arson. Perjury ue-
ing an extraditable crime, Bartels was
arrested in Canada. Bartels' sister and
daughter, who were on his bond for
SIS OO0 recently compromised With
Cayuga county for $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-02
PRESSMEN QUIT WORK.
President Promises Another Letter On
undesirable Citizens"

Washington, May 2.-William A.
Coakley, John S. Henry and Maurice
Brown, representatives of the Central
Federated Union of New York had a
talk today with the president concern
ing his letter to Representative Sher-
man describing Messrs. Meyer and
Haywood as undesirable citizens
While they declined to say anything
about their interview further than that
it was pleasant and satisfactory" it
was learned that the president will
write a letter to the union to be read
at it's meeting next Sunday. at which
time the committee will report.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-02
LOOKS LIKE REAL SPRING.
But Colder Weather and Frost Pre-
dicted for Tonight.

Had Herman Crow, manager of the
White Sox, who opened the baseball
season in Topeka today ordered the
weather it could hardly have been
more suitable for the occasion than
todav's, unless a little more of heat
had been added. But all of this good
behavior on the part of Weatherman
Jennings is clouded on account of the
prediction for tonight and tomorrow
which reads: Cooler and cloudy to-
night with a frost and partially
cloudy, with a lower temperature Fri
day"
The wind has been blowing from the
south most of the day at the rate or
& miles an hour and there are some
little islands of gray in the sea of blue
indicative of the prediction of cloudy
weather and a falling temperature Tor
Friday. The temperatures for To-Day
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-02
Pfener Wins From Giants.

Albany, n. Y, May 2.-The court
of appeals gave a decision against the
New York National league ball club
in the case of Fred Pfeffer, the former
who sued the club to recover under a
contract he signed with the club some
wears ago. Pfeffer was to receive So
400 year and s66 additional for play
ing to the best of his ability. He as
serts he did his part. but was suspend
ed. by the club on the ground that he
was not in condition. He sued for
$500 with interest, and the claim after
ward was assigned to Frank Russell,
who fought it successfully through all
the courts. getting a favorable decision
for the claim from the highest court
today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-02
NEWTON'S $40, 900 FIRE.
Destroys Machine Shop, Transfer
Barns and Seventeen Horses.

Newton, Kan, May "A fire which
started here last night at IL o'clock
from an unknown cause, destroyed $2C,-
600 worth of property before It was ex-
tinguished.
The fire originated at the Welsh
Transfer company's barns and destroy
ed the entire property including a num-
Der of other barns in the vicinity, also
many transfer wagons of uptown mer-
chants which were stored there. In
cluded in the Transfer company's loss
was seventeen head of horses. two of
which were fine Percheron stations and
valued at $500 each.
The next building to go was the ma
chine shop of c. ]. Grey in which lot
of up to date machinery had lately been
installed. The Y. M. c. A. building was
slightly scorched but the flames were
quickly extinguished.
BY hard work the fire was checked a t
this point. 1t was almost miracle that
the business portion of the town was
not destroyed as wooden buildings sur
rounded the burned district and clear up
to the main street.
The loss was $4,000 with $4,000 insur-
ance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-02
MINERS ARE ENTOMBED.
Caught in West Virginia Mine as
Result of Explosion.

Hinton. w. Va. May 2.-Forty-one
miners are entombed in the Whipple
mine at Scarboro as the result of an
explosion. There is little prospect
that any of the men are alive Fifty
one miners, soma seriously injured
managed to escape.
Isaac Pelter, mine boss. was a vic
tim of his own heroism. He could
have escaped with his men. but re-
manned in the mine to close air
courses, hoping thereby to force fresh
aid to the imprisoned workmen. He
expected to follow the others to
safety, but not appeared late last
night.
The cause of the explosion is not
known.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-02
CARNEGIE GOES EARLY.
Will Sail With His Family for Scot
land May s.

New York, May 2.-Mr. and Mrs.
Andrew Carnegie and daughter will
sail for Europe on May to spend the
summer there. They will go direct to
Skibo castle, where Mr. Carnegie will
spend most of his time. Since the
close of the peace conference he has
been confined indoors. suffering from
bronchitis. He is now much improved.
Mr. Carnegie found his part in the
movement for international concord
far from restful and this year he goes
somewhat earlier than usual to his
Scotland estate with it's golf links and
generally peaceful environments
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-02
WILL WRITE AGAIN
Pending Adjournment of Wage Scale
at St. Louis.

ST. Louis, May "A strike of news
paper pressmen is Threatened. pending
which a conference was held this fore !.
noon between representatives of The
pressmen's union and the publishers of
St. Louis papers to consider the scale
of wages insisted upon.
The contract wage scale under which
they have been working expired May l.
The pressmen refused to work this
morning pending the outcome of the
conference.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-02
San Salvador Wants a Loan.

San Salvador. May 2.-Congress
yesterday authorized the executive to
negotiate a foreign loan of $4,000
in gold. The congress also adopted
vote of confidence in the government
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-02
Weather IndicatIons.

Chicago. May Forecast for Kansas:
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday; cold
er tonight with frost.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-04
RICH ORE ON COMBINATION FRACTION GROUND
WILL BUILD
POSTAL LINE
TOGOLDFIELD
Officers OF Postal Telegraph
Cable Company Visit Camp and
Decide to Extend Lines
to Southern Nevada

. Clarence H. Mackay. president of .
. the Postal Telegraph-Cable COM .
. pany and president of the Pacific =
. Cable company; Charles Adams of .
. New York. vice president of the .
q Postal and general manager in Z
. charge of all construction work =
= and Charles Carol of Baltimore =
. arrived In Goldheld last Monday q
. by automobile from Tonopah. They 2
. remained in the city but few =
. hours, returning TO Tonopah the .
= same night.
. While here Mr.. Mackay talked =
= frankly about the plans of the Pos =
q tai and announced positively that .
= the lines of the system would be =
. extended to all the principal camps =
. In Nevada as rapidly as possible. =
. "Goldfeld is a great place" said =
. Mr.. Mackay. "and in the few hours .
. have been here / have seen =
= enough to convince me that we =
. should have had our lines in here =
. before. We are on tour of the =
. west but / am frank to tell you =
. looking into the Goldfield district. .
q doubt If we would have come .
. west at all at this time. =
Z Il am not exaggerating when I .
. say that the mining country down =
= here astonishes me and what i'm .
. presses all of us most Is that al .
= though this city OF yours is so =
= young you have the people, the =
z buildings and the ways. =
. . . . q = . . . = = = = = = = =
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-04
GREAT BEND
SINKING A
DEEP SHAFT
Will Go Down 900 Feet to Prove
Up the Big Ore Bodies...
Keane Lease Has 500
Rock at 100 Feet

The Coldfeld Great Bend Mining
company has just completed the in
stallation of a new electric power plant
which has been thoroughly tested and is
now in commission. J. p LOTUS, pres
ident of the company says 1t is the in
tention to sink direct to the 600-foot
level and that development work will
be pushed most vigorously for the pur-
pose of demonstrating that the Great
Bend is one of the great mines of this
country. 1t is generally known and re-
cognized by competent judges, that the
Great Bend ore body lies between well
defined walls and is from 20 to 30 feet
thick. 1t is believed that with depth
this ore body will prove to be one of the
greatest in the Goldfield district.
1t will only be matter of few
months before this fact is established as
the company has laid out work on an
extensive scale. A full force of men is
now at work under the direction Of Su-
perintendent Jack Malone, who also has
charge of the LOTUS & Davis leases on
the Combination Fraction ground.
In addition to the work being done
by the company. there are three leases
on the Great Bend group. all well
equipped with machinery and have
shafts down to from $50 to 200 feet.
The Tom Keane lease. just north of the
company's main working shaft, is down
$50 feet now and has body of ore that
runs better than 500 a ton. A new
hoist has been installed and develop
ment work will be pushed from this
point and it is believed that Mr.. Keane
has uncovered bonanza on the Great
Bend already.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-04
SALT LAKE
RAILROAD
NEAR TOWN
Road Bed Is Graded to Within
Twenty Miles and Through
Trains Will Be Running
In Sixty to Ninety Days

> Senator w. A. Clark. accom- Z
. panied by J. Ross Clark, president Z
. of the Salt Lake road, Chief En- Z
. gineer Arthur Mcguire of the same Z
= road. and ]. H. Anderson, Senator Z
. Clarks secretary and his wife ar
. rived in Goldfeld Wednesday morn Z
= ing. The party was met at the Co Z
. lumbia station by Milton M. Detch Z
. and taken to Mr.. Detch's house Z
2 where they were entertained at Z
= luncheon after which a tour of the
. camp was made in Mr.. Detch's Z
. automobile. The party left for Z
. Tonopah late in the afternoon. Z
= Senator Clark said that the Salt Z
. Lake road would be running Z
2 through trains into Goldfield from Z
= all points on the system within Z
= ninety days and possibly in sixty Z
= days. The road is graded to with Z
= in twenty miles of this city and Z
= the laying of rails will begin on .
2 the fifteenth Of the present month. .
= Senator Clark said the depot would Z
= be located as near the center of the Z
= city as possible in order to facil- .
2 itate the transfer of passengers .
= and freight
? President ]. Ross Clark said the q
= company had plenty of material 4
= and the work of building into Gold =
2 field would be rushed with all pos .
= sible speed. He could see nothing Z
2 to prevent the Inauguration of .
2 thorough service by the first of Z
2 August at the latest. Z
{, = = 4 4 Z 4 = 4 = 4 = = = = = Z
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-04

The Little Florence lease is making
good progress with it's development
work. About rs tons of high grade ore
was shipped during the week. some OF
it going nearly $1,000 ton. DR.. Robin
son says that within ten days he expects
to be shipping every other day but it
will be the policy of the company to
keep the average value of the shipments
down to the neighborhood of 5000 ton,
on account Of the high freight rates
for the high grade ore. The output has
been curtailed by the delay in straighten-
ing shaft, which is being converted from
an incline to vertical shaft and put
ting in double skip and new machinery
to facilitate operations. DIR. Robinson
says the property is looking better than
ever and both Slopes are improving
right along. The crosscut that is being
driven to connect the Little Florence
and the Mohawk Florence shafts will
be finished inside of ten days, only about
35 or 40 feet of work remaining to be
DONE When this crosscut is completed
the facilities for taking out the ore
will be doubled.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-04
KANSAS CITY-GOLDFIELD
GOING AFTER THE ORE

The Kansas City-Goldfield Mining
company, whose business affairs here
are being looked after by r. S. Mcclin-
took. with f. S. Harris as consulting
engineer on the properties is destined
to become producer of high grade ore
on both the Velvet and the G. o. d..
leases, now under operation. The COM
pany is prosecuting active development
work on both leases and apparently
means business Their ground is splen-
didly located and in the midst of well
known operations.
The shaft on the Velvet is 135 feet
deep. from which point a crosscut is
being run to catch the ST. Ives ledge.
This Velvet lease was originally known
as the Kalfus. The Kalfus No. 2. ad-
joining, is being penetrated by the Kan
sas City company at the 5O-foot level
OF their property. and the two will be
worked in conjunction, as the Kansas
City company owns an interest In the
Kalfus No.2. From the bottom of the
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-04
ST. IVES LEASE
HAS RICH ORE

The ST. Ives Leasing company has
opened up rich vein of ore, averaging
$500 a ton. The ledge which is three
or four feet wide was encountered about
rs feet down, in the old winze No. l..
The winze will be sunk on the vein
and the main shaft will be sent down to
the 350-foot point to tap the vein from
that level. The shaft is now down 275
feet and is going down at the rate of
five feet day. Manager A. A. Codd
says the assays from fhis vein went as
higff' as $500 tons Two shipments were
made thfs week and regular shipments
will be made from now on. 1t is ex-
pexted that the rich st. Ives veins will
be cut by the crosscut from the lower
levels.
The st. Ives Mining company is now
sinking a winze on big ore body that
was encountered on the 250-foot level.
Regular shipments will be made from
the mine in a short time
The Goldfield-Nevada Reduction COM
pany has taken lease on the st. IveS
property.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-04

In speaking of his trip and the plans
of the company, on his return to Gold
field, Mr.. LOTUS said:
I'VE found the mill doing excellent
work We will run 1t for a few weeks
to determine just what 1t can do and
will then increase it's capacity to 40 tons
a day. Its present capacity is Is to 20
tons. The mill is handling grade Of
ore that runs from $40 to $50 ton, and
making an almost total extraction. The
gold is Free with absolutely no base
metal of any kind and amalgamates
right on the plates. Working this
grade of ore, which at a conservative
estimate will run from SIS to $40 ton,
the mill will easily produce about $1s,-
600 to $40, 900 a month. OF this grade.
there is in sight and above the 70-foot
level. upward of half a million dollars
worth of ore.
THE mine has been developed by an
inclined shaft ESQ feet deep and the
vein is better, in appearance and values
at that depth than at any other point In
the mine. These specimens were taken
out by Mr. Davis and myself personally
at the 7O-foot level. While the mine
has in the past yielded remarkable gold
this has ever before been found.
ION the same ground, just below the
vein, Tom Wilson took out in six weeks
last fall, $4,000, using a dry placer
washer.
TT is the intention of the company
and arrangements for that purpose are
now being made, to hydraulic the entire
base of the mountain. Water is now be-
ing brought in and work will begin on
an extensive scale in a very short time
Based on what has already been done
and the showing made. it is estimated
that this ground alone contains at lecet
$250,00O worth of gold.
"The Round Mountain Mining COM
pany presents the unique spectacle of
placer and lode mining on the same
ground, probably the only instance of
the kind in the world"
Both Mr.. LOTUS and Mr.. Davis speak
in the highest terms of the work of
those in charge of the property. Mr..
Davis said he was more than gratifed
with the mill construction and the gen.
eral character of the work being done.
The work of constructing the mill was
entirely in the hands or Mr.. Circus,
man of extensive experience, both in the
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-05-04
ANOTHER STRIKE
ON THANKSGIVING

Late reports from Manhattan are to
the effect that a new ledge has been en-
countered in the Thanksgiving mine that
far surpasses anything yet found in the
mine. The strike was made on the 240-
foot level and the vein is said to be fully
three feet thick, the entire mass being
sulphide ore which shows free gold in
the tellurium, and assaying $4,000 ton.
The ledge which was cut in the shaft
was good ore, the entire vein matter
being shipping ore, and the shaft which,
cut the fissure at an angle, passed
through fourteen feet of quartz before
encountering the footwall. The strike
is the sensation of the hour at Manhat-
tan.