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Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-08-30
MUCH GREATER THAN
THE KLONDIKE RUSH

ST. Louis, Mo, Aug. 29.-LOcal jew
elers are investigating the find of dia-
mOnds in Pike county, Arkansas, and
II. NJ. Edmunds, clerk in the health
department. who spent his vacation
in Pike county. predicts that the rush
to the diamond district will be great
er than to the KlOndike in the hunt
for gold.
Experts are going to Pike county
two or three daily" said Mr.. Ed
munds, 'and the farmers are neglect
ing the crops and searching the earth
for the gems.
Two farmers are reported to have
visited ]. Bolland's jewelry store each
bearing costly gems purported to have
been found near the scene of the dis
cOvery. One carried nine stones Of
the value of S1,1O0; another had nine
teen, approximately as costly Rolla
Hess and J. Bolland, propretors Of the
store, are in New York in connection
with the affair. It is said that Mr.
Hess has secured a large tract near
Murfreesboro and will sink a shaft
soon. Tiffany & Co. of New York
bought a $500 tract and have start
ed. Land formerly selling at SO per
acre is held at $1,000. Pike county Is
the first place in America where dia-
monds have been found outside of
river gravels and glacial deposits.
The first gem was found by John NJ.
Huddelston two and One-half miles
from Murfreesboro, Aug. 1, 1906, while
searching on his hands and knees for
indications of copper and ore. Geo.
F. Kuntz. Tiffany's expert, and DR.. II.
S. Washington, United States geolo-
gist investigated, and in March, 1907,
other stones were found only a few
feet below the surface. In all $50
diamonds have been picked out of the
earth. They are described by the gov
eminent report OF better character
than those OF South African product
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-08-30
INJURED IN WRECK.
Panic Followed Cry Of Fire In Acct
dent on international.

San Antonio. Texas. Aug. 29.-Nine
San AntOnians are nursing injuries
which they sustained i'm a passenger
wreck on the International and Great
Northern near New Braunfels Tues
day night The wreck was caused by
the sleeper on south bound train No
3 being sidc-swipcd by north bound
train No 6. The sleeper was over
turned and eleven passengers. nine
residents Of San Antonio. were In
iurod.
panic ensucd by somebody shout
ing that the wreck was on fire. and
there was wild scramble among the
passengers.
None Of the injured are I'm q serious
condition. with the exception OF Mrs
d. S. Combs Of this city Mrs Combs
is suffering from conclusion Of the
chest
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-08-30
HARRY WILLIAMS OF
BEAUMONT WAS SAVED

Austin, Texas, Aug. Ex-Governor
Campbell tonight decided to commute
the death sentence of Harry Williams
Of Beaumont to life Imprisonment
The governor took into consideration
the petition from Beaumont stating
that Williams is mentally irrespOnsi-
BILE. The governor was in session
with the pardon board until 1890
o'clock and did not reach the decision
until late. There were many applica-
tons for Communication. Williams was
a sailor and killed a convict guard
named Carr while he was asleep.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-08-30
CHARGED With MURDER.
Dave Cunningham Of Galveston Held
For Death Of Henry Bautseh.

Galveston, Texas, Aug. 29.-Henry
Bautsch, aged 20, n prominent con.
tractor and builder Of Galveston. who
has resided here many years. died
this morning from the effects of a
blow received on the head last Satur-
day night Dave Cunningham. another
carpenter. has been arrested. charged
with murder, and was released on
$4,000 bond pending preliminary ex-
animation tomorrow.
The two men are alleged to have
quarreled over personal matters, and
Bautsch was struck in the face. The
coroner today returned a verdict that
death resulted from the blow.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-08-30
Special Communication.

There will be q special communica.
ton Of Palestine Lodge No. 81, A. F.
4 4. NJ. held Saturday evening. Aug.
3ist. at o'clock. for work in the +.
a. degree. The Stewards will be in
charge after the meeting. All mem
beers are urged to be present. and
visiting brethren fraternally invited.
J. p. ROQUEMORE, s. w.
s. p. ALLEN. Secretary.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-08-30
To Coal the Fleet.

New York. Aug. 29.-Orders for thir-
ty-six thousand tons Of coal, to be dis
tributed along the route Of the battle
ship fleet from the Atlantic to the
Pacific coasts were reported today
10 have been given 10 four New York
firms by the United States govern
mont
New-York tribune., 1907-06-30
By EMMETT G.. HALL

community have deposited 81 4o55.S7S,o}7 in national
banks, and S.o27,Io2 have put S5,.oo,5+4,ooI IN
savings banks.
Then there are the farmers. There are Io.4 4SS,,1o
Of them, with 5.7l0,b51 farms worth S1o.5I4.ooI,-
SiS. the products OF which worth .7o4.t-7.-oo.
and who feed not only themselves and the rest u the
elghtY-tour million Americans but send I-.7IS.o57
bushels OF wheat, to say nothing ot I;QIoo4S bar
relS OF flour, to foreigners The foreigners pay
S62,o6I,SS6 for the corn, and S2S.757,5I7 and
S5QIO6,SoQ for the wheat and flour
That the national Government viii bc able To
keep up the payments of interest the public
debt without having call the individual citizen
tor his tWenty-eigh evident when 1t Is con-
Sldtred that although the net ordinary expenses of
the federal machine amount to S544476,22;. there
IS an income of S504.454,Iaa.
That our infant industries are at least promis-
ing babes. is evidenced by the fact that there are
wheels going round in 2Io.262 manufacturing estab-
llshments, which turn out goods to the amount of
SI4,So2,I 2,I47,OS7. That there were a few sicklv
Youths, however Is proved by the fact that 10 .oS2
passed away last year, for which there was mourn
lnG TO the tune of SIIo,2oG,517.
we always We're a Scrappv lot. and have also
always been willing To pay for it. For the contests
already held, we have paid Sl,45o, 500 5II in pen
SONS and are paying SI4I,O54,5 5o2 a year now 10
say nothing OF the SII7o46,602 To the army and
- 47+,2o+ 70 the naVy-thOSe are their yearly
Salarles-Who are kept hand in case of need
Americans seem fond of riding and for this pur-
pose and to haul their freight operate some 217s1I
miles OF railroads. OF this opportunity for rapid
New-York tribune., 1907-06-30

shifting Vt scenery, -+S++c.o-I citizens took .t-
vantage last wear; conveyed IN So,777 ears The
freight hauled one mile amounted 70 IS-S-SbcI. =
tons, which required .7o7.oS7 Ii these frcI-
ears We're coupled INTO one tram, II would make
Very neat belt for the earth At the equator. We h..
tWcnty-thrcc miles ot railroads IN IS 50.
We appear To- Write a few more letters in these
DAYS than IN 1900, dt least ~ that time there were
only QcS post offices against ,oCO 1T the present
TIME. Which bring in receipts oI SIo7,0S2,-N5. 5
against ScSoSol for that ancient YEAR. The
penses OF operating the postal service are some
thing IN excess of receipts being SG7S44o 20, but
miles OF post routes covered. and that letter
might travel the whole distance for two cents
But even the mail doesn't move quickly enough
Tor the American; 50 he sends oo.oS-.I4o telesr''s
Year, something over one L. the citizen. y
good proportion Of these are considerably above
the quarter limit too, being dispatches o. inc
- $50 newspapers which manage 70 md subs
Like 4 certain ancient people are always
seeking something new, and the Government AZ
mltS To- SI.0ol year that they have done S' ~nd
issues them patents
Ii Is much % hc regretted that have o.c4o.NS7
lllltcrate citizens, OF age and upward '1
there Is ray OF hope in the fact that are spend
ing annually some SaOI,o o,ooO on public Schools
which are being attended by Io,4oS 500 pupils, MA9
receive instruction from 10000 teachers -Nd
then there are 4SS colleges and universities
CT course II may he true. they say, that VIC
hrag bit; but America must look good 70 the
foreigners after all-nOre every wear, as IN 1870
only S,SS5 immigrants thought It worth while %
give lis trial, while last YEAR HOO 7SS entered our
ports
No, after all, We don't brag-merely state facts
New-York tribune., 1907-06-30
A M E r | c A OILED DOW N

A MERlCA has from time to time been accused
~ OF beng unduly pompous,-tha She claims
4 n all IN sight, the largest smallest. longest,
shortest, richest most beautiful, as the case may
he OF everything, and that She-the United States,
that ls-h"s even appropriated To her individual
designation to which Canada and McNico had
equal title" America.
But then after all doesn't She back up most oi
her caius-dclVcr the goods OF course il might
uc argued thai a lace handkerchief might bc worth
more than a blanket, but a citizen feels that he at
least has breathing space when he reflects that Uncle
sam door YARD embraces 5.o2d, 80 square miles;
square miles OF 1900. In that same year Of 1900 the
scarcely be missed from the S+I54.ooo of the pres
ent day. We don't feel crowded in most sections
now with FL inhabitants the square mile So
that 1t must have seemed a bit lonely with OIL at
the beginning OF the nineteenth century.
And when 1t comes To- the almighty dollar, there
is where America certainly shines. She IS worth
sIo7.IO4,2GI,oI7 in real and personal property or
SI.sIoII per ca P!td. Ii YOU haven't got YOURS try
save it up out Of the Sa,73o,o4o,o-S in circula-
ton, which S s. for every member of the family
including the baby. If YOU are PARTICULAR YOU NAV
choose it out OF the SooS o55o75 of gold; the SISS
o5o,S72 OF silver; the $5Io,5oIS40 Of gold certifi-
Gates; the S47I,52o.o54 OF silver certificates the
S555,Q4o,22o OF United States notes; the S54SooI-
IS Of national bank notes; or in small change from
the $7,S57.S2o drifting about.
1t IS true that there is interest bearing debt of
SSQ5I 5Q,!4o, the annual interest on which amounts
10 S2S,24S,o04; but worries much about
that, when 1t amounts only TO tWentV-eght cents
Year the citizen and the peanut crop promises to
be good Besides certain provdent members OF the
New-York tribune., 1907-06-30

:gunoronous GU; Il stout tVg from ucighi"r.nG
is.~l and. pushing II through the soft earth ~ he
side OF the iar pokcd HIM gently with L. Even
then lie would not sir but his black tongue Went
n and out of his tlul laws Ike black lightning
There something quite pathetic IN his immature
iur 81 this ,ni.gulty beng put uron rr-.
NM hut Ec Is cross, Ism he. DADDY cN-
claimed Eva. ucering with Jt the angry ltr.e
creature. Presently he moved farther IN" The
darkness AWAY from the tprmcnrug tNtE- but as
+, could still reach him there his patience ~ la~t
became exhausted and suddenly he had UncoIed
himself and was gliding with all the grace 81 his
evil beauty. into the glass lar
Eva gave "a httlc scream of delight and claIpcI
her hands oh! isn't hc pretty, She cried Let
me take hold o.. hlu Snake We're evidently
among the multitude oi things OF which Eva knows
,3 FAR. However. a~ Eva i Not SAINT Paul.
Though IN my heart | had g feeling that her courage
ot- Innocence would have protected hcr.-l had :"
deny her that Indulgence, one of the few ever de-
"icl her for | know Of few with which She y not
strong enough to Ice mtru~ted- though that. | sup
pose. Is !. ia hers point Of View
As went down the wood with our captive
,'l:vlv shut in his glass cage. | explained to Eve
why IL was lust well not To hold snakes IN Your
hand. and when reached my log hut Illus
trutcd my explanation 10y the old familiar method
Cuttug forkcl stick from a tree hard 10y, 81, the
lar down on the grass, and when the adder tcliev-
lng that freedom had come at last began glide
through the loopholc | had made for HIM, pinned
hlrl down To- the earth at the back of his wicked
head In vain he lashed his body like a silver whip
with rage; and while | thus held HIM took my
New-York tribune., 1907-06-30

pen knife and forced open his cruel mouth
Eva could see his evil -.-ael tongue I1r-
let HIM 60 back .nt' his ta---v md dr9pte -.-a
leaves down % ham. 50 --.-. -e rl-S1r feel
Portable. and looked about -.- beetles and ST..
small insects IS We though -a-Ecr appeal 9. rs
appetite and console 1---- 10y ---- tarttE-tE --
-.,sc attentions ne receive eel .t.. --;cn lu------e
Whether tt was tna- ne . t~ t.,' angry 90 e...-
,h., had made "a --.--,-e =, hi diet, our
,d know ledge oi material history did not era IS
TO decide
Nor were We le5- much more time 70 cons .--,
for suddenly a, We k-e,- E. .t-acr SIDE by -.i.
the grass. intent .C ,ur cap tive and re
alarmed scruujl.uG IL --e r,.rru- small --- 5
-u,nb,.ug over each other - Sc OAK ol his way. e
heard a voice ich.r.d
Aren't y.v ashamed II +. ,,r-e.ve~:' ,a- -e
Eva and r.,.ed ~ each other. I, YVES avr
mother VOICE We were --usac- In our -r-s
We occc No., m the least a>h4reI- bur We he-- .-
beads in mock ren-ercc Ir.,eod.ns that Ne -e
Really l dori't know which j. the biggest t....'
the voice continued. with d.-e-c persona. q. 1852
Then Eva and -u,,- courage and looked VI. .a-5
the hluchcI eyes above -. -co 81. three OF Us Ne
.uto laughter.
LIS al very wei ~ L.us:. sd Eva's rr.-. lex,
with a sudden attvc-4-.o1 ~ severity. -Htult-. (
-f ,,t.ssl,- f ;,r-r.~,s.,-,, = II, flr this Is - ~
ternvraIlzlug EttIc ..rI Haven't l told you .
that v,u We're no. 20 disturb father at his
E., Yves brick and d;dn z give me away Size
kept SCI E-tle face ii respectful rebellion, re
turhaie, ut~I".rge,,c- She "~~n gotr4 gu --
tray me
Really it was not he~ i-y,.' ~ said shame-.s
III al w;nc Punish me. L vow must, III,
her" And then We laughed again.
What are vuu so,nS 20 DO with th.~ Tc.~ =
here: asked Ev,'S mother. pointing co the -.
" Let him 90. l suppose. | ~4.d
| saw EV1s ewes -ghr ~. for e. moment re
was lust one last Lit ot tuc .vtt before s., 80
return 10 the huudruru oi the nursery
So then Took The l,d tre-c The Lar. and PFC, y
the adder -nsrIrg NE ,..r. stole cautious 70
the grass. and theu ~ length, reah1u- -
he really ~ liberty. flashed his way =
sight into the uuGerbrlt~n, with t-c ' I
all natural things @c being tree once m
bird released ir.tu his age, ur "a happy t~I t.- L
back into the stream The bcetle- and the ;
other bugs seemed 10 less 70 appreciate -r
freedom.
Mas It was poor Eva's -u~n 20 60 back int -
uVlty Mine too, for my desk Eloomed thc~ .0-
side We gave each other parting look. a- Leg
mother took her oti down the wood 50 Two g.. ;
condemned T. siberia might exchange CLAN.
sympathy. But all the same had had
time, and we both knew th,.t n spite OF all law /
authority intended 70 h.,ve many more up there
IN the woodland, Eva and /.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-30
IS some old scholar can read Latin or Moaru+.

""h '.,e ,>.,r.i-l -t.r-. L. .ye the things
Th., 4.:lyan grasses end rpliico; woody wreck.
Fr.-a .r.. =. tr ~. only rc-'tnl To- pipe and peck.
When ann a l,,'c indefinite in my explanations.
she gives tac Il look winch makes me ,tcWuc icy
her continued tc.,of IN my "mnI~ri,nec. and -".
tam h.rI va. SAVING l tcl, that | mus, do -.,ac-
thing To- r,,a,u her respect ~ | c>tcmrorizcd
"lh.- What he l, saying answered. BE
qu'oa b, 4a.s BE qwoA Quick. BE qalck
T,,.... T..... --.....,.,.'
THIS tran -It'tru seemed cu..rc.t satisfactory 70
Eva. and She mad, me- rcpcs, II several times. So
that ".,a her .ara.""e baby memory She nt'-.t
get II tE hrar' She presently di-.'necrted me.
Lu,cl,r Is asking me +, tell her hat that other
bird ON tL, isu1l there aa- saving
l. doesn't sound the same as 'Ec other She
sad. or meant nj more bahylhc words The zeal
ism Of hah. tails arm obliged T.. le,t.c 70 greater
writer.
Il, means .a-. the -.,re .a.uah." s.ad All
the birds are saving the same ,atns, only they say
1t IN ditercr, language,
mus, explain that Eva has been somewhat Of a
Traveller, and realizes that you can ask ur the same
thing in English. French cor Italian Therefore, the
explanation seemed 10 bring her some. tl ugh could
see not entire. conviction
Uo~cvcr, Was saved further embarrassment "
our arriving at our scene OF operations. Really |
Cont know which Of us was more quietly cN,itcd
as stood IN front OF the bank where the angry
httlc prisoner churuci hiS venom the darkness.
Eva Who had been gwen an illustrated natural his
dcntll expecting boa constructor hat. or hcau-
titul serpent, such "a lurdIy pictured Bale sent
her by Ious aunt had taught her to associate with
the garden Of Eden.
With almost as much caution though Era's
imaginat,ons We're likely to- hc realized and some
winged dragon snort.ug flame W,ls ready 10 leap
out upon us | removed the stone and pccrcd
into The Tiny dungeon, Eva standing at my side,
her tuc eyes serious with expectancy. lcs,
my PRISONER was still thcrcl Apparently he had
not moved since had shut HIM in, and his small
wicked eyes cleaned at me with concentrated
hate out Of the darkness He showed no dis
position 20 escape, there difficulty in my
using my glass pickle jar, rs had proposed to
myself when | stole with It from the kitchen
Placing ITS broad mouth in the entrance TO the
little cave, | banked II securely round with earth
Eva, meanwhile an ldmirlug, mystifying spectator
Thus the adder had no choice but to stay where he
10 remove into the glass Jar the hospitality
of which, however, he showed disposition To
accept lie still sat on, mystic, unmoVing, making
sign. Eva and | watched HIM a long while in
silence and then at length, his ImmohIlity growing
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-08
Or. BIeibtreu Claims That Bard OF
Avon Was Neither Poet Nor
Playwright. Las
RUTLAND WAS RESPONSIBLE.
German Professor Says That the Earl
Was the Real Author of Ia
nous Classic Plays.
snoclal correspondence.

Special Correspondence
y uRICH, May 29.--Since DR.. Carl
Blelbtreu startled the literary
+ world a few months ago with
his book. "The True Shake
speare," in which he attempts to prove
that the real author of the plays was
Roger. Earl of Rutland, his novel the
ory has been vigorously assailed and
subjected to much ridicule by English
Shakespearean scholars. But the
erudito German doctors belief that
To the peer and not the plebeian be-
longs the credit of producing the im-
m ortal works has not been bit
shaken by these attacks.
Il have met with no objections to
my theory" he told me today, (which
could not readily answer, They
leave unshaken the evidence adduced
in my book on which II is based, SO
much attention has 1t attracted In
Germany. where Shakespeare's works
are quite as much admired as in Eng
land, that tho book has already
reached Il third edition"
What sort of man do you picture
Shakespeare to have - I asked.
HIS NAME WAS sHACKSPER.
1.-THE real Shacksper-not Shake
spearo--secms to have been the per-
sonitlcatlOn of Falstaff," he replied.
Even his bust at Stratford bears a
strong resemblance 10 this type Prob
ably he played tho part of Falstalf
himself. If so, this would account
Tor the fable that Queen Elizabeth
favored william Shakespeare the poet
or this there Is no proof whatever,
II probably arose out of the tradition
that she laughed so much at b'alsta.t
that she wished To see him In a new
playa wish that was gratifed in
The Merry Wives Of Windsor
'Of Shacksper's capacity as an ac-
tor we can judge only by the evidence
OF Rove ana Betorton-w which Is thai
he was very mediocre comedian He
was 50 little esteemed by his fellow
actors that one of them, in his last
VIII, left To three others substantial
tokens ~ his csteem-to Shuckspcr
only a trlie. What we really know
Of the man Is his life as financial
business man He had no less than
Ave law suits involving property, AZ
n money-lander he sometimes sued
his debtors, He bought many estates
I'm his HE. IN b97 he acquired New
Place. A little later he had paid the
debts Of his bankrupt father and OBJ
tainod a coat-of-arms. And this al
the very beginning OF hiss career either
as m actor on AS a so-called poet
WHERE DID HE GET m
"Iow did ne get the money As a
third-rat0 actor ho could have earned
only an insignificant income. As poet
he would have earned. as even Mr.,
sidney Lee must admit, about r2O y
year His so-called managership of
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-08
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
ONION, May 29.-'When You
are married, why, what will you
do?" So might the playgoine
public on both sides Of the At
1anuc demand OF Edna May just now,
raraphrasiug the famous ditty from
her first and biggest success The
Belle Of New York"
For as everybody knows, Edna May
is going to be married soon, and not
TO any foreign "nobleman" either
though there is little doubt That she
could have been a countess. or march
innoss n not a duchess il she had so
chosen. but to a plain American al
heir an American millionaire. In
fact. ii is just possible that before
these lines are printed the erst%hlle
Halle of New York and Belle oil May
fa;r will have become Mrs. oscar
",yisohn md that the son Of the
American copper king and his Ialr
bride viii have set OIL on their honey
,Tnnn Trim which is going 70 be one
az the longest and probably one Oh thS
costliest that ever young mhrrleu
couple took. ,-,,,.
h4NNt4NHI'.
Az pio9''iN snt for me md of next
marriaBe - Stborrh mo scene OF
month uilS ,' ''o" rot hcen ana win
me cere'n9'liS ,, ,',i' I,o,, should pub
mot De my ,h,,s ,jvsn. one can imagine
licity be mus s ,,ora V ro,t,d be. Tho
me hloppimH III, ho ,o,,fornod i'm Lon
ceremony WI ts iittir doubt that the
don ana .,i'' wonid crowd in thou-
sands to witness the union Of f, the the
most mos, p'P pnr American millionoire-lf
uhy ~ lna,,. ,ybero 10 crowd to and
or" ,''hSr ~ Tbero remains the possibility
W. ,yo,, mo probability. that these
hn" rNm ,,o,nle who ARE evidently
Two S" ,,mcI in love with each othcr
va ,nt i've oble TO walt until the date
WE W., ~ 'h.rneclV@s nave fixed. but even
,lyy wy Crisnds have been assured
i nv q, ',yuI moi take place until the
.,.,'or,t, ~ weddings" Is nearly over
,ti,ntbe- Inc lmot win be tied in
M .I.,,,,D.,,,,, in nm Episcopal church or
~ ','h ,5ss,istrv office, however not even
nv ~. " nes5,rnef friends OF the "pnrtrs'
we ~" 10 saw
are a. ,.bcn Edna May rs married.
,,a,i "whnt viii she do2' what
nan nnd hy his tlr. who nap 10 now has
n naJ ~ ,y"rl, hard IN spite of having
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-08
CzAR's SENTRY BECOMES A
REBEL.

Lieutenant August Adamson OF the
pusslau guards, whose post was at the
door of tur rznr has been made rebel
by "a question put hy his royal master,
How many beastly rebels did sou
kula" was the question put to Lieu
tenant Adamson By Nicholas when the
car learned hy accident thai his
sentry lad written tO his parents that
hi. heart rcyOited M the cruel sluust-
ter of inunaeuts'
The soldier theroupou rrvolted and
ioinrd inc rcbelliOus force which seek
tbn lie Of Russia's Autocrat- The
movonent contains the names of many
M Inc highest officers ln the service Of
Inc rgar aud n rs probably only a ques-
ton of time before Nicholas VIII die
bv the hnud of an assassin Llouten-
ana AdmmsOn rs thought 10 be In
America