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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-07-24
W. B. Padgett, Keeper Of the County
Poor House, in Jail.
A Fourteen Year Old Blind Girl
Charges Him with Forcibly
Running Her.
TRIAL ATso'oLooK TOMORROW

County Judge R. T. Lightfoot this
morning issued warrant against W.
B. Psdgett, keeper of the county poor
farm, on a charge Of rape. Padgett is
alleged to have committed the revolt
ing crime of forcibly running Mary
Poe, IA year old blind girl who is
an inmate of the poor farm, and who
came back from Louisville to spend
her vacation recently, the poor farm
being the only place she had to 60.
Yesterday afternoon woman and
child called on Judge Lightfoot at the
court house, and reported the alleged
facts. The woman was Mrs. r.
W. Chiles, wife of the well known
preacher, and the girl was Mary Poe,
the victim. The latter told her story
to Judge Lightfoot, claiming that two
weeks ago Padgett seized her and
forced her to submit to him, threaten
ing to kill her If she ever told. She
was so worried over it that finally she
reported it to Rev. Chiles and the lat
ter, being i'll, sent her to Judge
Lightfoot with his wife.
Not desiring to act hastily, Judge
Lightfoot waited until this morning
to hold an investigation, and was at
once satisfied that the evidence justi-
fed the issuance Of warrant.
Judge Lightfoot stated to a reporter
this morning that he had been hear
ing unpleasant things about the poor
farm for some little time, and might
have expected something to turn up.
He will declare the position Of keeper
of the poor farm vacant Immediately.
and call fiscal court to meet Saturday
to ratify the action and elect Psdgett's
successor.
Padgett is 60 years old and SEEM
ingly was quiet, we'll behaved man
until recently. Only last Saturday IL
is alleged. be was drunk at the court
house, and invited a crowd at the mass
convention to accompany him to the
Office of another county officer and
partake of free drinks. While on their
way he claims he was robbed of $50.
The unfortunate Poe girl, blind and
unable to protect herself from such
brutes, was taken from shsnty boat
about four months ago and through
the efforts of Rev. Chiles sent to the
school for the blind at Louisville. She
was sent home few weeks ago to
spend the vacation months, and had
no place to go except the poor farm.
The girls mother died on a shanty
boat several months ago, leaving her
alone. She has been blind several
years, having lost her sight from an
attack Of fever.
1t is understood that Padgett claims
there is not an iota of truth in the
story told by the girl, and that the
reason she told it was that woman
at the poor house who is in love with
him put her mp to it because Padgett
will not marry her, the woman.
This morning one Of his friends,
however. made a suggestion bout
keeping it out of court. and the blind
girl spoke up and declared that it
would not be kept out Of court under
any circumstances. Her every man.
ner suggests that she has told the
truth.
PadRett was arrested shortly after
noon and committed to Jail. He had
turned himself over to Justice shee-
han. It appears. and after being taken
to Jail the sheriff served the warrant
on him.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-07-24
TWO HUNDRED DROWNED.

Hongkoug, July a4-A nativ .
steamer has cspsized in the West river
and 200 persons drowned.
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CONTINUED on Fifth Page.l
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1902-01-01

Gu 6jaGp intet mere; neb 1are for, at 8roberen ftulbe
oiie BAN bort, maatte So6an oerinb, ban tanoe tGnfe lg,
6pilten @lenDi96eb Der hlaotte b9re; foriDnet me0 ell for
Paatfe. titraabte Fan i'm gfeife.
0ien 5re0erft iagebe BAN life ub. 9a ban luffebe
06ren op og faa pd 9roberen, Der fob uben for, bo
BRAT Den u~lbtteliges 9iertes Stoltbeb og 9oDmob; ban
bar beet. Sans 6ufru laa, pdniiret at ben f~rpgtelige
S1gbom, 6eberfdntafer. 8prne1e bare brdgte ND at
6uiet. Der bar nogle barmbjertige 5olf, Der bapbe taget
fig at Dem, Gre6erit ieD Iatte fig en- &rog og piloe life
fe op.
So6ans benlise 8iltale, 9ialp og srpft rejite BAN
after, ban fplte fig omgiben al ben &erligbeo, Der albrig
6prer op.
Dora bsbe, og efhr 6enbes 9gb blep 5reberif ogfoa
fbg. Som bi al1erebe bioe bet fra 8egbnoelien al 5ifoz
rien, fit &opperne pgfoa fer bsbeligt ubfalb. 9bao Der
bar f~oregoaet 5reberits SjeG, fer 0pOen fon, ia bDem
fan fie bet? S ben eGeDte 3tne tog ban mob fin 5relfers
Naabe, og i'm 9pOsFunb bbikbe bans 8lif neO ct eien=
oomnpeligt uOtrpf paa Soban, Der fob Oeo bans 2eie, ban
BAD BAN iiftert ON 5tlgibelie for ben libte ltret mob BAN.
Oct bilbe iittert bore bleben neget EN- omit bos Soban,
MI ban bar bdnt til at babe fin 5aber og bp9ge ON og
peie, eter bennes Ogb, men ban bilbe fife D9re dlene,
bans ulDttelige groOers ire 8ern ifulbe bringe 2b og
@labe bet Itiae 6us.
Nt Sfolelareren faalebes funbe babe fprtalt ben reb=
musfebe Pige pa ben nnlig ~ti1fdfebe @rao neget fra
5Ortiben, er foritooelig, men ban 9jorOe bet life.
Gn Slime ienere banbrebe ban meO fin fife Stare ub
til 2~anos6ben. 8a be efer en- langiom Sang enbelig
naaebe berub, bar bet neiten bleben mprft, bet minbfe
al 8grnene bar blepen trGt, bborfor Spban noatte tage
bet pda 4rtnen pgl bare bet.
Stjernerne t9nbteS efter6aunoen paa ben flare, ngrz
teblaa 5oradrs6fmnel, 9uife og 3r9er itpbe fulOe af
Gnppper, neDe 2~anDsb1en lpb Yi9erne8 Gang, o9 bet
Ferne flg olerebe en- Nattergal.
SfolelGreren lutfebe 0sren pp, og meb ct fra 5ier@
tets 9pb fonmenbe rs Subs Nabn" fprte ban Sprnere
inb Stuen.
,00or Der er title bOs big, >Sntel", iugbe Magbafene
og iaa fig %forunoret om, ba 2piet bar tanbt; .er Der
eqers ingen Mennefer Stolen9"
So6an iutte imiblertib ben lille 0reng 2aneffolen
bp &aminen, ban bar falben Sppn pod Ontefens
Mrne.
uSa, Ma9odkne", ia9Oe SnteIen berpaa, her er
fun os fire, men jeg tenfer ogIad, bet er moi, pg ben fore
Sub er bo8 ps, ndar Ri lebe Sti6eb."
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1902-01-01
Spntpen.
eff Span Surgenjep.)

Seq benOte ttlbdge fra Sagten o9 gift gennem 9apeala
leen. Win 6unb LOB foran. Wleb en- Sang ~ftanbieoe ben
os %be9pnote iaa at inige fig pioere, iom ON ben iporebe
npget 8ilbt.
Seq iaa no efter @Geen og fit 9ie paa en- Spurpez
unge meb gulranoet geb o9 bunet 6opeb. Den bar falben
uo at gfeben en- beftig 9lat rptebe prbentli9 Sreerne
/ 8irteo1een = og lab MI u~bepegelig Der, itrGttenbe be
neppe frenpofseoe 8ineer b~jalpeleit uD fra fig.
2an9iomt nermebe min 6unb fig ben, oa plubieli9 en-
gammel, ~IortbrpItet Spurb rep fig lps fra ct neritaoenbe
3re, iom en- Sten ftbrteoe fig li9e neb foran 0unbens
Snuoe og belt toni us og ~fpritprret fIere 8dn9e boppebe
frem mob bet piotdabnebe, meb itore Senber beiatte Sab
unber ~fortbiplebe, ~flagenoe Strig.
Den bilbe rebbe fin hinge, ben beitermebe ben meb
fit 2e9er1e = belle bens ipinfle &rop ftjalo at StrGf, bens
Strig bleb bilbe og beie, ben oppfrebe fig, CAB fig fen. :
6bilfet b9lbiot ll6pre MATTE life 6unben fprefon1me
ben at pere! Sg a~Iigebel fprnaaeoe ben fife at blipe Der
oppe fin fire giebe. Gn Magt, iom bar itarfere enb bens
Billie rp ben meo fig.
Min ,,Srfor" blep itaaenbe = laa beg ben tilboge.
Q~abenbart matte ogIaa ben ertenbe bin Wla9t. Seq falbte
ben Forblpfebe ounb til mig oe gift bort meo en- 5peife al
9@refrnet.
Sa, lie life, jg fplte o~irfeig 9grei tp9t for beune lille
beltemobi9e 5u9l, for bet libenifabeli9e uobrub al bens
&~9rli9beb.
&9rligbeben, t9ntte jeg, er bog lt9rfere enb 9soen og
5rD9ten for Ogben. Sum peb ben, fun pep &erliebeoen opz
bploer og bepeger 2ibet Zig.
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1902-01-01
VI.
&Grligbroen bortr alorig op.

Gfter ii 4urs 5oreb bapbe neget f%oranoret Jig bet
eanle 6us meb Hetfarbigbeoens 9ubinoe; bet iad uo
til, at bet Ttulos pife ia, at Hetfaroisbeben ite forge
pes barer Sbarb og 89gt.
NoQle Oar efter 5reberits 8rp1up og efter at ban
bapbe tilrepet Ig Regimentet, benranbt 9lGbe pg Ser
liofeo; 5orretnin9en fog Ell fort Opiping og fit ct mere
itorartet greg, Der bieD bpgget ct MT Sld9terbnS, og Sno@
TIBET al aoag brepes langt iterre eno for. s ielpe Suiet
bar oafua meeet foranbret, 8utiten logoes ct Sub al
Iurts pq bpibe 9jiarrnorffiier pg Often ~foripneoes meo
bpioe Marmorplaper. 8~Grefierne pare gjorte iterre co at
mbrits electromagnetic og ~uoitpreoe meo en- FABIAN Gutsus
of Meblr oa "copper", at bet langt %opergit, boab Der pas
Iebe fla for en- 6aonobarfer; men be ogida ben, Der popebe
at tene dreoerTt meb blanot 6aanbpGrterne, ban regnebs
fla for lanai bapet oper benne Stuno. og bans 9uitru itte
minbre, tbi for benoe bar bet bet forf9rbeligite at blips
falbt for Slaetertone. SUN bapoe o9iaa lang lib lsgt
at bepqoe lin Manb til al opgiOe 9anoelen en- betail, for at
be tunoe blire ligeltinebe neb gpens ferite apbmanosfami-
fer; bioinbtil bar bet life lDffepes benbe, tbi benne fordgz
tebe Sanbel inb6rogte en- temmelig itpr Gum penSe, ION
bannebe @runolog for terre Spetulationer.
qt 5reberit og Dora efer bebite @pne NIB etpet, er lei
forItaosligt; ON Dinteren beltog be Ulditerdner, Saller,
aoncerter oq 9eoterbeieg pg ON Sommeren noflugter til
aanos ua 9anbs. 0ertil bar Dora meget iorfGnselig pq
pnnteina; ben enc Sinetjole madtte anitafes efter ben
oneen. 6atte. Gmptter, 9lomfer % anoen pDnt, ia bun
bar noost ioa piot, at bun tunbe pr9ientere Jig 6lsjels=
pels om 9interen.
49, SuIets Serre tiaoo fig enbnu ~foltbdrere 5~ornejelier
Cite blot at ban peo enbrer 2ejli9bso iptleoe ben ttnt
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1902-01-01
Samfeipros.

De be1ises @erben er 10 ben, bbori al ~lliitferbeb os al
ltfreb forioinber, bpori bet bebie os bliper iaa mestist,
at bet iep f~orpanbles til Snitintt, til en- u%fejlbar p~arabiiiff
Natur; o9 en- QUIT at Denne p~araoiiife Natur ipeper enb=
MI @aaren ON ben falone Serb, liseiom ben iperebe
oerOm patrurternes 9a9e; Der lpier 10 o9laa 5oraars@
CLANS al De brlIiges Sjne, fun at ben ber er inoppres %
tommer ira SjGRns 8runo. 6. 9alf.
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1902-01-01

6bor ~fornpOen eno 9Grefrb9ten er, iaa er ben bog
insenlunoe tilitratfelig. @refrpgten gpr abifiaelie, ben
bolber os fiernt fra bet beaise, og, naar Ri 5crbolb til
bet belige life tenbe anpen syslelie enb Q@refrpgt, ba blipe
Ri lieeIaa langt fjernebe fra bet beqige, iom bette %forbliper
fremmeb for os, Men bd fan bet netop life ubsoe nosen
l2dgt ober bort 2ib, pg BERTH n1aa bet alligebel fonine, ON
ri flute babe no9et @aon at Srbet.
ST. 9elbeg.
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1902-01-01

Sffun al ultploig6eben og Qanben fpbeS Der benise.
iom frelfer p9 ~foritpnner gerben. S. 8. Walin.
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fore getting it's first sight of bill

fore getting it's first sight of bill lionaire.
 Heretofore he has been con tent to worship Rhodes and to pick up millions, but an English man who has been conspicuous in the operations of the Chartered company ever since the first Mat abele war said to the writer: "I venture to predict that Belt, who has been known only as a financier up to now, will be found before loag taking up and carry ing to ,pietion some of the em- pire building work Rhodes left well begun. but only half done. I have reason to believe that Belt caught some of Rhodes enthusi- asm for imperialism to such an extent that he will eventually put money into it without thought of getting it back, just as Rhodes did So far as investments in the De Beers Company, Johan- nesburg, and in Rhodesia go, Belt is the big man in Africa all 16duy, anu II DC trative power equal to his finan- cial ability his future is going to hold the worlds attention. His friendship for Rhodes was some thing more than an alliance for business purposes. He fairly worshiped the man.
 This mysterious multi-1nillion- aire was born in the same year, 1853, as the man into whose shoes he is exepcted to step. Like Rhodes, he is bachelor, and for the same reason that Rhodes and Kitchener got the credit of being n-haters-because they were too much engrossed in their am bitions to have time to give at tention to domestic affairs. Like both of these men, too, he cares little for society, although there
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full scene as the raving woman was half carried, half led into the car. Miss Montross was of a high strung temperament and had been treated for nervous trouble in the past, but her present un- happy condition is attributed di- rectly to the revival excitement.
 The revivalist who so shook up the village of Ramsey is the Rev. G. w. Eichelberger of Pulaski. Tenn, and he is a recognized clergyman of the Lutheran synod. His methods in Ramsey at first caused some criticism. His Ian guage was replete with slang and his manner often of the rudest. He affected Sam-Jones-Sam Small style of pulpit oratory. He roared at people to move up" and to stand up" and if they d'dr't respond he would shout to them:
 Get out of the hall, then. cant do anything for you"
 On one occasion Paul Moffatt resented this style of evangeliza- tion. He peeled off his coat right in meeting and offered then and there to give the evangelist a
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FORTUNES IN COTTON.
Seventy-five Millions Added to the
 Crops Value.

Special in New Orleans Picayune.
 New York.-It is estimated that $75,- 100000 has been added to the value of cotton grown in the United States since September last as ar esut of the steady advance in prices, covering q period of five months. The total value of the crop this year is estimated at s405, 900, on the basis of production of 100000 bales.
 By leaps and bounds the price of cot ton has risen 2A cents a pound in the southern markets since last October. when estimates of the growing crop were first put forth. This means sheer increase of s1o.25 a bale. The growers of coure, will not receive the full benefit of this advance, but advices from the south indicate that cotton has been closely held ana it is believed that for each bale sold tke planters will receive $7.50 In excess of the prices which prevailed last fall or s75000,000 more for the crop of 10,0J0,0o0 bales than had been antici- pated.
 Estimates of the cotton crop varied widely at the beginning of the season, some statisticians placing it as high as 13, 100000 bales while others contended that not more than 100000 bales would be produced. Prediction of short crop have been fulfilled and speculators who
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little regard for the will of the people
 or the best interests of the State.
 The people are in deadly earnest in this matter. They are sick and tired of old methods and are determined to break away from them. If there are any poii- ticians who for their own selfish pur- poses propose to thwart the will and de- mands of the white Democrats of Ala bama on this subject we warn them that they are digging their own political graves The people are not in mood to be .trifled with. They are becoming very much determined to throw off the shackies which have bound them and to make themselves heard. Ambitious pol iticians may try to turn them, but good Democrats should listen to no arguments save those which look to fair elections in future We give it as our deliberate opinion that if, by any means, the Dem- ocrats are kept from exercising their will in this instance, 1t will be sad day for Democracy in this State.
 We will have primary. The best neonle of the State favor it. and the rank and file of the Democrats demand if If must be primary of the white Democrats, in which every man qualified under the new Constitution shall vote and no one else. It must be fairly con ducted and the result must be fairly an- nounced and the successful contestants must reap the benefits of the vote given them. Nothing short of this will be sat isfactory and nothing less will or should be submitted to.
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is plenty of exclusive peers who seem glad to accept an invitation to dine with him at his beautiful house in Park Lane, England, and although many titled mamma is said to have tried to capture him for a son-in-law.
 Like Rhodes, again, he gave no indication in youth of being any thing unusual. He was born in Hamburg forty-nine years ago, coming of an old solid Hebrew family, not vastly wealthy, but rich enough to give him a good education in the German schools and get him a good place in a banking house. His luck began when he was P and was drawn to South Africa by news of the dia- mond discoveries. He got there a little before Cecil Rhodes ar rived in the hope of keeping out of the early grave to which his physicians had surrendered him.
 Belt made money as diamond merchant at Kimberley and in- vested it in diamond mines, which brought him in touch with young Rhodes, who was laying founda- tions of his portion by his scheme for consolidating the diamond in- terests-a. scheme that proved to be a lucky one to Belt. In fact Belt seems to have been Rhodes chief helper in the business.
 Belt branched out into the banking business, becoming partner in the firm of Jules Porges & Co.,, predecessors of the present great firm of Wernher, Belt & Go. When gold was dis covered in the Transvaal Belt was in on the ground floor again, and with his Johannesburg partner, Hermann Eckstein, soon became one of the great captains of the South African gold industry. He
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Raspberry Trust, should want to hand himself Money and work the large J into all of his Conyersa- tion.
 Whenever he unpacked at Ho- tel he put Photograph of Him. self out on the Dresser, so as to make the Room more cheerful.
 One Day it befell that Law renee, the Woman-Catcher, was riding in Day Coach and having a great deal of Trouble with his Cuffs, because they would not stay out the right Length Now and then he looked out of the Window, so as to give the Ladies behind a chance at his Profile.
 At one of the Stations some thing tailor-made With more than the usual number of Eyes and the Style of Frohman Leading Lady blew into the Car and seated her self opposite fascinating Lawrence. He immediately tossed one Arm over the Back of the Seat so that she could get Flash at the four ounce Ring with the three Rock Crystals in it. Also he began to do Series of Living Pictures, at the same time sizing her care fully. She was about the growniest he had seen since pulling out of Sedalia and he decided that it was up to him to get acquainted.
 He knew that he was taking Chance. but an ordinary Toss had no Terrors for one accustomed to grappling with the Country Trade. So he took from his Grip a copy
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bought cotton in anticipation of a 10000 OOO-bale crop have made fortunes, while those who held the opposite view are heavy losers.
 New York and Philadelphia houses, it is said, have been hit hard by the ad- vance, one broker in Philadelphia alone. according to market gossip, having lost N,O00,O00 since Feb. l. The only winners here are members of a syndicate organ ized last fall to bull" cotton. and the profits of these men are estimated va- riously at from s1. 5O0, GOO to 8, 900, ,oOO
 New Orleans and Texas spectators also have made money, two firms in the Louisiana city being credited with win nings of $1,0O0,000
 Bull pools in cotton here and in the south are said to have liquidated their accounts last week. believing that prices had reached a normal commercial level. The subsequent advance is attributed to public buying on belated information concerning the condition of the crop.
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sound thrashing. MT. Moffatt's proposal was not accepted and he was finally appeased, but he did not yield to MT. Eichelberger's evangelical methods.
 When the reyivalist first came to the village the Rev. Carleton Bannister invited him to hold meetings in his church. The of fer was accepted, and it was there that the work began Broth CT Eichelberger constantly found fault with Mr. Bannister.
 He said that he, MT. Bannister, was his greatest bugbear, that he was too easy-going, too tolerant of sin and sinners. MT. BannisterS was much troubled by this. He was refined, conservative clergy man who had always avoided any thing bordering on sensationalism. The uproar Brother Eichelberger made in the village and his con- stant nagging at MT. Bannister about his easy-going habits troub- led the latter very much.
 Its effects were noticed as soon as the evangelist left town. To the astonishment of his congrega- tion on the first Sunday following
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part of the quiet, gentle clergy. man.
 Don't worry, Brother Winter" shouted MT. Bannister from the pulpit. Don't worry. They are only matches, but they do say they are the real things they gam ble with"
 This was the beginning of the end for poor MT. Bannister. He preached once more, but be was not himself. Then he collapsed and was taken away as above re- lated.
 There were great doings when MT. Eichelberger took the early morning train, to leave Ramsey for good. In Journal Hall," close to the railroad station, there was a sunrise meeting" to begin with. Then after that there was a tumultuous scene of farewell on the station platforms at which many of the women were prodigiously agitated and wept until they were on the verge of Mysteries. MT. Eichelberger's visit to Ramsey will be long re- membered there.
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BET RICHER THAN ROCKEFELLER

surplus profit, one can under stand how it is that they didn't run short of pin money.
 Of course the war cut off most of this income and Mir. Belt doubt less feels the pinch of poverty severely. It Is hard to have to live on the interest of $100,000,000 or so when you have had form erly an additional income of may be a million or two year for current expenses.
 The Belt interests are not linn ited, however, to Johannesburg and Kimberley. He helped to originate the British South Afri- can Company, and has huge in- terests in the Chartered Compa- ny, paying his share of the com panys annual deficits with a steady confidence that showed his loyalty to Rhodes. The De Beers Company got grant of 400 square miles in Rhodesia, too, in return for their help at the time of the Matabele war. Belt IS d ull SClOl III lllC IllOuCpio dll- ways, limited, and was so much in sympathy with Rhodes that he had a hand in the Jameson raid. Through his firms he controls companies having a nominal cap- ital of S100,000,000, and as most of the stock Is listed at high pre- miums it may be imagined how great is the influence he exer- cises. Like Rhodes again, he doesn't speculate, and the confi- dence in his judgment and f1nan- cial integrity are so great that there are a whole swarm of lit tie fellows with only $10,000,000 or $20,000,000 apiece ready to put as much as he asks for into any scheme he has on hand.
 What manner of man is it who has a grip on more power over
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is credited with having trans formed South African gold min ing from a speculation into a steady, we'll organized, conserva- tive business. He had the wit to import the highest quality of American machinery, and to pay prodigious salaries to such min ing engineers as John Hays Ham, mond, Hennan Jennings and Louis Seymour to advise and su- perintend this huge enterprise, which before the war was putting out $90,000,000 worth of precious metal a year, and which, besides paying heavy taxes to Kruger, turned $20,000,000 year of profit over to it's shareholders. .f~
 This lucky son of Hamburg was grubbing along with only mea- ger two or three millions in 1900. Most of the stream of wealth that has poured into his coffers ever since came from the gold of Jo- hannesburg and the diamonds of Kimberley.
 Some of the diamond fortune was pure luck. When Rhodes, Belt, and poor Barney Barnato be- came life governors under the original De Beers charter they stipulated, without dreaming that much would come of it beyond making an impression on the shareholders, that they should have a fourth part of the profits after the company had paid 30 per cent to the shareholders. But the diamonds were so astounding ly plentiful that this fourth of the surplus turned out for the ten years before the war about a mil lion dollars year. When it is considered that Rhodes and Belt were likewise the chief share holders, with their 30 per cent and their three-fourths of the