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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-05-05

Notice is hereby given that re-
publican primary will be held at the
Miller School House on Tuesday
evening, May 5, 1908, at the hour of
: O'clock p. m. for the purpose of
eecting three delegates to attend
the Chelan County Republican con-
vention, which will be held at We
natchee, Wash, May 9, 1908.
J. s. USHER,
Committeeman Malaga Precinct
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-05-05
Moved i'm New House.

Geo. w. Duffy, manager of the
World-Advance job department,
moved into his new house on Cas-
cade street yesterday. Mr.. Duffy re-
Gently purchased the lot in Column
bia Heights addition, and had the
building erected.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-05-05
HAVE YOU REGISTERED?

Only about 1875 voters have regis
tered to date this year. The election
on the city water bonds is coming on.
Only few more days are left. The
books will close on the Sth of May
and the election will be held on the
10Th.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-05-05

Notice is hereby given that the
registration books will close Friday,
May s, at O'Clock p. m.
SIS SAM SUMNER. City Clerk
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-05-05

One-third off on Wall Paper at NJ.
o. Merrill's, los n Mission sE***
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One-third off on Wall Paper at NJ.
o Merrills, l05 n M.Ssior Sta
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Don't forget to r.g:ster for the
coming city election. Only a few
days left* **
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-05-05

Water rents are due for May,
1908. If no paid on or before the
5th of this month water Will be shut
off,
! p. H. SHERBURNE,
! SIS Water Commissioner
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One-third off on Wall Paper at NJ
G Merrill's. 103 -. Mis-. ion st**f
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Register for the coming cleo
ton. ***
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Don't forget to register for the
coming city election. Only a few
days left* **
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CROSSING THE
CASCADES

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STATE ENTOMOLO-
GIST HERE

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-12

more at bargain prices. but they had mo
more money.
market. hitherto kept SO scarce, was now
overwhelmed with precious stones. The
careful system Of the syndicate. SO eff
fective in normal times, was helpless to
compete with this rush to get rid Of the
gems for which their owners had fought
only year before.
Now. in Paris manufacturing jewelers.,
diamond cutters and dealers are sub
merged under the vast stocks they carry.
Banks are calling In loans and refusing
renewals. Diamond houses cannot meet
their obligations, convert their glittering
assets into cash or even borrow money
on them. In the Rue de la PaiX. Paris.
the home OF the worlds trade, the bust
ness has dwindled SO pitably that any sale
is an event.
evitable. millions in values will be swept
away. but the syndicate may be unable
to Withstand the pressure.
The De Beers and Premier companies
have both been forced to reduce their
dividends Their plants are idle but this
means nothing, for in their accumulated
stock of diamonds they have enough to
supply the world for many years, even in
the midst of a rush
Panic May Break Contract.
The syndicate has always had careful
system of disposing of its output. For
instance. only a certain number Of mer-
chants in each country were accepted as
customers. the desire being to keep the
supply among those who would maintain
prices. But now many of the French.
English and American diamond mer-
chants who formerly enjoyed a monopoly
in their countries have been forced to the
wall. and in order to make sales the trust
may have to break its rule and sell to
other firms.
So severe has the panic become that 1t
is known that the Premier company is
very unlikely to renew it's contract with
the De Beers. Should there be a fall out
which now seems positive. it is not un-
likely that eventually there may be de-
yeloped a war which Will result in q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-12
.NOMr0U SEE, IT'S JUST
THIS NN

actuate all of the occupants of the park
benches, for some are moved only by the
knowledge that fellow creatures. unem-
ployed, like themselves. offer company
and companionship.
Then there are the women ''benchers."
They are few in numbers. but those Of
them who do find refuge along the park
walks are, taken all in all, of a higher in
telligence than the men, for they are
mostly women who seek the green Of the
grass and the summer breeze simply be-
cause they desire fresh air. They carry
with them no such appeal or such inter-
esting stories as do some of the men, nor
vail among them.
Around Hancock's Statue.
One of the city's reservations. while not
strictly the abode Of the genus "bencher,"
deserves notice in that to the passer-by
1t presents novel spectacle. That reser-
walton is the one In which stands the
statue Of Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock on
Market space between 7th and Sth streets
northwest
This reservation Is surrounded by
brcad-topped granite coping about three
feet high. which affords an excellent seat
for the men who habitually sit there day
after day, watching the tide of pedes-
TRANS flow up and down the avenue. They
resemble a flock of battered, oddly as
sorted crows sitting on a telegraph wire.
Seldom is smile seen on their faces. and
seldom does one who is standing by hear
them utter more than a conversational
monoSylable.
Nor is the broad coping deserted when
night falls. There is not an hour in the
twenty four that the southern side Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-12
NF7MTE THE FOR HIS

first precinct seem to have no trouble
with them. There they sit almost In 81
lence doing away the long hours Of
sunshiny morning; smoking through the
hours of the summer and winter after
Moons; loafing away the hours of the
early night and evening, which are
punctuated by perfunctory excursions TO
nearby saloons until the closing hour.
Then some of the roosters of the coping
desert their post for much-needed sleep.
Not so with all, however, for the morn
ing newspaper men passing down the ave-
nue. may see at least ten or fifteen of the
coping brigade there at the hours OF
2 or 3 o'clock in the morning They
are patiently waiting for the saloons to
throw open their doors at 4 o'clock and
set out breakfasts of shrfvled sassage,
highly peppered macaroni, smoked her
rings and cheese to the purchaser Of a
drink. And so they dream the hours
away-the precious hours when the rest
OF the world is battling for its daily
bread.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-12

lean home, were doing an unprecedented
business. Every fortunate stock manipu-
Iator, after making a strike wanted to
adorn his wife's hands and shoulders with
Jewels. Every big merchant driving
through profitable contract thought OF
how the charms of his daughters would
he enhanced by the purchase of few
precious stones. and the price of 500 per
carat, the high-water mark, never acted
as any check.
The opulent world wanted Its diamonds,
and the trust. formed through the skill OF
the sensational Barney Barnato. who
made wealth SO rapidly that 1t turned his
brain and drove him to suicide by diving
into the ocean from steamship: Alfred
Belt, Sol Joel and finally Cecil Rhodes
who in order to perfect the trust, wrote
out the biggest check the world ever saw,
So, 600 O,O could hardly count the golden
flow of wealth that went into its Golfers in
exchange for the hardened bits of carbon.
The announcement was made that the
prices set by the company would he
maintained at any hazard, and that no
matter how great the demand. the syndi-
cate would not permit the production Of
more than certain amount of diamonds
per year.
But in this proud demonstration of
power the rulers of the diamond trade
counted without taking business condi-
tons fully into the calculations.
Following a period of uneXampled pros
perty. came. the last fall. the panic. The
world had not been used to saving, 1t had
outgrown the habit of economy. Where
money came so easily why bother to
hoard wealth?
When the smash came hundreds of mill
lionaires who should have had big ac-
cunlulations stored up in readiness for
just such an event were caught fiat broke
Market Flooded With Stones.
| In the hurry to raise cash the first
available assets that offered were the dia-
monds bought in the boom. These were
promptly dumped on the market. At first
they brought high prices. in many cases
! as much as were paid for them. but the
landslide of flashing gems continued. The
merchants in diamonds ran out of cash.
| They had safes filed with a fortunes
worth Of stones. They. could have bought
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-12

sharp tumble in prices. The high rates
OF today are known to be artificial. There
are enough diamonds to go around If the
syndicate would permit them to be sold.
With the syndicate out of power and its
former partners seeking a market prices
could hardly fail to take tumble.
A great part of the strength OF the
Premier company proceeded from the
Transvaal Prior to that time the
world believed that by controlling the
Kimberley mines the De Beers company
was absolutely supreme. But the Pre-
huge "Cullinan" discovery-the stone
weighs ono pound advoirdupois-that an
agreement had to be made between the
two companies.
romances that have marked every step
Of the bloody history of the diamond
trade
From the time when a colony of Boer
emigrants came to the desert patch, now
Kimberley. to escape English oppression
till the present day. the diamond trade
In Africa has been the occasion for in
tr:gue. for warfare, for murders, for
sensational finance.
Twelve Tons of Diamonds.
First. Burgher Jacobs staked off
claim Of one hundred acres. 1t was not
until his attention was attracted to the
bright pebbles with which his children
played in the street that he knew that
his one hundred acres was absolutely the
most valuable piece of land in the entire
world. Two years later Van Neikirk
picked out Of the mud plaster the Star
Of Africa" which sold for $4,000. Twelve
thousand diggers promptly swarmed the
territory hunting for precious stones and
finding them in quantity. There was then
no system. Mine foods took lives by the
hundreds and battles over stones resulted
in murdcrous struggles and d long death
roll.
Then came Cecil Rhodes. This forceful
man promptly made himself lord of the
industry. He and his colleagues obtained
absolute control and the final price. a
check for $25OOO.OOO. which bought the
last claim. can be seen in the Loudon
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Of the low browed bencher. who can
scarcely write his name. or of the profess
sional who drifts into this circle of the
army Of the unemployed.
The veterans Of the civil war foregather
in the parks In numbers. Both those OF
the lost cause and those who fought to
preserve the Union. Along the peaceful
park paths old battles ara rsfought with
all the bitterness so often apparent at re-
unions obliterated. Tales Of "Sunken
road" at Antietam. tragedies OF the pat
ties of the Wilderness and little deeds OF
heroism live again on the lips of the old
war dogs.
The dilettante sometimes makes his ap-
pearance. and he is usually OF the upper
strata Of park society that taxes no
cognizance Of fellow "benchers' who may
have sprung from less aureate clay than
appears in his finely nodded hands and
delicate features.
One there was who never appeared upon
his accustomed bench. which he occupied
alone. without a well-thumbed and tat
tered volume Of the Rubaiyat or omar
Khayyam He was always In MS accus-
TONED place by o'clock every morning
that the sun shone.
Women Among Them, Too.
With all the Formally Of going through
= ritual. this man would open his book at
random. read one or perhaps two of the
ouatrains of the old Persian Teatmaker.
and then. with his fingers between the
IA ges. lapse into a subconscious ooserFa-
ton of the passing show along the as
phalt walks.
One "bencher'' can tell you very little
of the identity OF his neignbor. notwith-
standing he may have talked with him
every day for years. He knows his name
nerhaps. but cares little who people the
bench next to him
Most of them have homes-of a sort.
When one was asked why he preferred To
spend all of his time upon a park BENCH
he replied:
Il could stay in my room. of course, but
can YOU sec any choice between the sor-
did surroundings OF hall room ana
the beauties of the park"
This aesthetic view, however, docs not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-12
With an Eye to the Future.
From Harper's Weekly.

IOII I1hI PIT ; NtthIy.
Queen Alexandra of gracious presence
herself attended last springs annual Man
sion House fete in London and because of
that suspicious fact there is a tale to tell
and worth the while. One of the dimin,
tive flower maidens was both pretty and
plump, and when her majesty stopped for
an instant to smile down upon her. what
ola she DO but put up her wee (and tempt
lng' mouth for kiss. which she received
Molly. gasped her astounded mother
after the distinguished visitor had passed
on. how could your
And Molly gave good reason. 81 fought"
said she. lit 'uld be nterestin' to tell my
grandchildren"
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this goes TO show that even the bench
ers' retrospections may become too hard
to bear.
Eaon of the larger parks-and notably
Judiciary Square, Lafayette, Franklin,
the Smithsonian Grounds and the Mall
Parks-has it's own coterie of denizens.
Strange too. Is the social fabric which
exists among these people. The latest
conner endeavors to find bench to HIM
self, for without being invited he would
not think of intruding upon the isolation
of a fellow "bencher'' who has obtained
a seat alone. So. through the long sum-
mer, the "benohers'' move from one end
of their benches to the other. chasing
elusive patches of shade. and in the WIN
terror many of the confirmed park deni-
zens are not driven indoors by the In
clement cold-they reverse the order and
pursue the patches Of sunlight through
the short days.
And should you, while passing through
one of the parks. observe an elderly man,
sitting. smoking and reading. do not be
certain that he has simply in walking
halted for a few moments of rest. Such
may not be the case, for In many In
stances this elderly person, whose linen
Is unsoiled, and whose clothes show the
gloss of protracted wear. may be a repre-
sentative of the elite among the bench
ers."
A Soldier of Fortune.
Like gathers to like in this strange fra
ternity. And there are representatives
among them whose life stories are inter-
esting in the extreme. There is a man
who may be found daily in one of the
larger parks whose story is like page
torn from the novel of a Harding Davis
He is a real soldier of fortune. Veteran
Of many South American revolutions;
commander of one of the most dreaded
privateers and blockade runners of the
Confederacy, and sometime gentleman
gambler. he can tell tales OF the history
of poker in this country that put to tho
blush the puny games of today. when a
straight flush of hearts is considered well
backed by the outlay of twenty-five or
thirty dollars.
And those of his illI take no cognizance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-12

- TRANCE is the human wreckage
carried on the tide of spring into
the Nations capital. Strangest of
~ all the derelict grotesques are the
'"benchers" Of the city parks.
Cosmopolites. Bohemlans out of Bohemia.
plain derelicts on the gulf stream of COM
nlerce and professional tramps people the
benches along the gravel and asphalt
walks Young. middle-aged and old they
are. Their faces show the varying degrees
Of disappointment in the first hopes of
youth, or hopelessness brought by the un
fruitful falling of leaves in life's early
autumn, or the decrepitude Of senility. All
are there.
II makes no difference why they are
idle. For the respondent who look vain
ly after the lost ambition-for the idle
vagabond who seeks to merely while away
an hour among the parks shrub
bery-these squares of verdure throughout
the city offer an unauestioning haven.
One and all they live in retrospect, and
some even meet their death on the green
benches. 1t is not an unusual thing for
them to meet the last call while sitting in
their favorite places. One Is apparently
doing. and when his fellows look closer
they find that he has ceased to breathe.
A crowd collects and then the white uni
formed ambulance surgeon comes, shakes
his head and says:
II can't do anything for him. It's heart
failure"
Then comes the morgue wagon. and
another passes from the ranks of the
''benchers." But his place is soon filled.
By the Revolver Route.
n is MT the unheralde6 hand of death
that always calls the "bencher" from his
seat, however. for there are many on the
suicide page Of the police records who
have taken their lives in the parks. Some
times il is poison, and then again bullet
does the work. Within the past few
months three have gone by the revolver
route from the parks of the city, two hav-
ing ended their lives in Lafayette Square
and one In judiciary Square. Two chose
the hours of the night to steal to their &C
customed benches and fire the fatal shot,
while the third killed himself during the
sunny hours of a bright morning. And
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-12

Office of the De Beers company, framed
and hung.
Barnato and Belt made their sensation
al entry into the diamond game, and for
many years the latter was in full control.
From the six magic caves at Kimberly,
the De Beers, Kimberley, Bultfontein, Du
ToIt's pan and Wesselton, have come In
weight of diamonds. valued at half a
billion dollars.
In these mines alone are more than
twenty million dollars worth of machin-
cry, and above the grounds, in the great
compounds ten thousand Kafirs, who are
virtually prisoners, so as to prevent steal
ing, work every day harvesting the
wealth.
The work Of the underground blasters
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panies pooled their interests. a permanent
system of control was established over
the unimpressive bits of dirty carbon that,
when shaped by the skill of Antwerp cut
ters. come forth the radiant diamonds
dear to woman's vanity. Then a rate was
fixed. The mines were stopped for a time
so that this figure could be maintained
secure from any danger of overstocking
the market.
Enire World Wanted Diamonds
From Paris. Americans alone were TAX
ing away every week in the neighborhood
of two and a half million dollars worth
of diamonds. St Swithin's lane. London.
the English headquarters of the syndicate.
and Maiden lane New York. the Amer
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and drillers is extremely hard. for the
famous blue" in which the stones are
Embedded. is like rock
Before the panic custom hous. REPORTS
showed that New York alone wore $50
100000 in diamonds Now 1t is said that
one-half of these stones have been
thrown on the market
No wonder the diamond trust with an
annual output Of SJ0.00O.0 900 worth of dia-
monds, for the first time finds itself in
peril OF dissolution.
In 1875 the foreign missionary societies
of the world had only 602 stations, while
last year found 5,I3f in full operation, with
over $4,000 men and women OF this coun-
try and Europe in charge of them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-12

~vHE diamond syndicate. rated
year ago as the most impreg
nable of the worlds monopo-
u lies. is having life and death
struggle to survive the present
panic in precious stones.
What no combination of wealth or inter-
ference of governments could accomplish
to break up. the syndicate's control of the
little blue hole in Africa that is the
source of the worlds supply, has been
achieved swiftly, relentlessly by the COM
ing of hard times at the moment when
the torrent of swollen wealth seemed at
its flood.
When the De Beers and Premier COM
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-10-22
TRUSTS ARE NOT HURT
But Business in Other Lines Has Been
Seriously Affected by the Panic
That Still Hurts.


Mr.. Taft says that the panic is about
over and that conditions have about
reached normal. That does not CORE
spond with the view of the Chicago
board of education that $1,000 children
60 to school hungry, partly because
their fathers cannot get employment
and because of the increase in tie
cost Of living.
The Saturday Evening Post, of re-
cent date, contains more statistics
showing that, according to the reports
Of the New York savings banks, the
number of accounts opened for the
year ending July was $1,000 less
than for the year before, while the
number of accounts closed was $4,000
greater than the year before. The
amount deposited was $50. 100000 less
and the amount withdrawn $41,OOO,OOO
more. This shows large shrinkage
In the savings of tile people Of that
state. And now comes a New York
wholesaler with the statement that on
July % the firm addressed letter to
the wholesale grocers. bi>r"it bakers
and confectioners Of the United States,
asking for figures showing trade con-
ditions ut that time compared with six
months before. The following are the
statements for the eastern states,
southern states and the middle west:
staple groceries. 10 per cent. less in
the eastern states, II per cent. less in
the southern states and per cent. in
tie middle west.
"Sales Of groceries classed among
the luxuries, 16 per cent. less in the
eastern states, Is per cent less in the
southern states and Is per cent. less
In the western states. The falling off
in biscuit and bakers articles and in
cOnfectioners' trade shows substantial
ly the same per cent"
70 show how the trusts can escape
from the evils that af1iict others, Mr.
Bryan recently called attention to the
fact that a recent issue Of the Wall
Street Journal shows that the Interna-
tional Harvester company made larg-
err net profits last year than in any
preceding year, and the directors Of
the International Harvester company
are largely the same as the directors
Of the steel trust.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-10-22

Mr.. Roosevelt, says Mr.. Woodruff.
thinks the alleged finding of s3OOOOO
in the Democratic treasury queer"
But the good r. H. Harriman's gift of
$264.O0O to the Republican campaign
fund four years ago looked to the same
eyes perfectly straight and normal