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Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
The Proud Widn-

'Trhat famous editor and statesman,
Charles Emory smith," said a Philadelphia
journalist, was a modest man. He be-
lieved in modesty-even in Journalism. He
thought it paid no better for a newspaper
than for a man continually to be brag-
glng. ] once drew up a prospectus for him.
There were several blatantIy boastful para
graphs in It, and Mr.. Smith ran his pencil
through them all. II I let this co. he
said, 1t would be pretty nearly as bad as
the epitaph that the young widow carved
on her aged husbands tomb. This cpl
tsph said: Sacred to the memory of John
James Greer, aged "a. who departed this
life bitterly regretted that he must leave
forever the most beautiful and best OF
Wives"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
Unearth Skeleton of American Camel

important finds. This district, near Agate,
Neb, is celebrated for the discoveries that
have been made there. Work for the Car
negie museum in the last few years has
brought to light 200 skulls OF extinct rhin-
oceroses, together with some of the bones,
and the University of Nebraska has estab-
lished quarries near by which are begin
ming to give rich returns. The Amherst
party, therefore, had to trust to luck In
some Of the unworked territory. and luck
favored them.
At the base of a bluff a spot was found
which contained many bones of a tiny
camel. The lead was followed up the hill
to the level whence they came. and on
the surface sixty small ankle bones we're
found, indicating thirty animals.
Two excavations were made. and on the
first day six skulls were uncovered. After
that the finds averaged one a day until
a total Of eighteen was reached. The skel-
eton Of a big wolf-like carnivor, Amph-
icyon. was also found among the smaller
bones, and other workings were developed,
which, although not so rich In numbers.
produced more complete skeletons.
The climax came with the discovery of
4 beautiful, complete skeleton. All the
DOAAG VI NAAo "NAS - NaSAAGNNAg 0RPN4A AA6
as If the creature had dropped and had
lever been disturbed. 1t never will b
disturbed. either. The whole skeleton with
the surrounding matrix was taken up in a
block and will be mounted as a slab with
out removing the bones. The preparation
VI this took six weeks. and during that
lime two disjointed skeletons and a num-
Der of skulls were taken up. The skull
and forelegs Of a new species of camel
were the last find there. and homeward
bound the party came across a sand and
gravel deposit. the bed of an old stream,
which yielded more than 1000 teeth Of
horses. camels, dogs and deer.
Then the specimens were boxed and
hauled to the railroad. the outfit was sold
and the explorers reached Amherst a few
days before the opening Of college. The
sntirs trip consumed about twelve weeks,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18

! oSH- ana many boxes careIuly packed.
There wasn't IN ounce Of gold or silver
ore in the outfit, but the ~collegians wouldn't
have traded their cleanup for an equal
weight OF nuggets. They didn't go to Wy
oming for metal. They were after bones
and fossils and they struck 1t rich. The
car contained fossil remains and bones
which prove the existence In the south
west centuries and centuries ago Of at
least three species of animals closely re-
lated to the camel OF our day. A perfect
skeleton of one OF these. with the bones
all articulated. ia the prize find Of the ex-
petition. and in addition the trophies In
clude many other camel bones and skulls.
the X Of a pig whose family has become
extinct in America; the skeleton Of a big
wolfhke animal. thousands of teeth Of
horses, camels, rhinoceroses, dog and deer
which lived way back in Pliocene times,
and a lot Of flint instruments made by In
dams at least 300 years ago. All these
specimens will be set up in the new AM
herst museum TO be used in the develop
ment Of a series of evolutionary groups.
To say that Amherst men are proud Of the
discoveries is putting Il mildly.
Prof. F. B. LOOMS headed the explora-
ton party and with him were C. K.
Blanchard, who was graduated last June;
w. ]. Parmalee, now a senior; e D.. Leon
ard of the class OF 1903, and r. H wiltsie,
who will be graduated a year later. They
left Amherst early in June and at Lusk,
Wye, were Joined by Prof. r. s. Lull and
II. Glib Of Yale, who accompanied them
but worked for their own institution. At
Lusk they bought an outfit OF six horses.
two wagons. tools and provisions. which
made them Independent of settlements, and
set out for the so-called Spanish Dig
gtngs'" twenty-eight miles to the south
west, sleeping in the open air.
The digsings are really ancient quarries
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
Finding the CuIIinan.

During my stay here I have seen models
of the Cullinan diamond made of crystal
and have talked with Mr.. Cullinan about 1t
and also with the miner who discovered 1t.
The diamond is just about as big as my
fist. 1t is almost the size of a glass tumb-
Ter, and 1t weighs over one and one-thlrd
pounds, 1t Is about four inches long. two
and one-half inches thick and about two
inches wide. If you can imagine a chunk
Of glass of irregular shape weighing about
twenty ounces you may have some idea of
the size and shape of this, the greatest of
all diamonds.
The stone was discovered by Mr.. F.
Wells, the mine overseer of the Premier.
He was experimenting the work as I
walked through the diggings today. I asked
him some questions as to his great find.
Said he:
we discovered the Cullinan diamond on
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
The Premier Mine.

II asked Mr.. Culllnan to tell me some
thing about the Premier mine. He re-
piled:
1T is so big that we really cannot say
just how big it is. The pipe has an area
of about eighty acres. 1t is shaped some
what like a pear. and the walls are al
most vertical. We have already sunk
diamond drills to a depth Of 1000 feet, and
have found diamonds in the blue all the
way down. We do not know how much
farther the pipe extends, but probably to
a great depth"
How about the quality of your dia-
monds?"
1T is good and 1t improves as we go
down. The diamonds OF the Premier mine
are usually large. The great Cullinan
weighs over 1900 carats, ard we have dis
covered a number of 800 or 400 carats
each. We found one the other day which
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
An Naturalization.

Long introductions when a man has a
speech to make are a BORE" says Senator
John c. Spooner. according to the Literary
Digest. g" ave had all kinds. but the
most satisfactory one in my career was
that of a German mayor Of a small Town
in my state. Wisconsin.
Il was to make a political address and
the opera house was crowded. When 1t
came time to begin the mayor got up.
Mine friends he said, I hat asked
been to introduce Senator S%pooner, who is
to make a speech. yes. Veil, I hat dit 30.
und he will now do So"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18

che 18th Of January. 1904. I had a gang Of
natives working not far from the center OF
the pipe. We had gone down to a depth Of
about five feet from the surface and had
been taking out good stuff all day. The sun
was Just setting and we were about to
knock off when I saw something white and
sparkling lying on a slope Of the blue. The
rays of the setting sun caught 1t and 1t
looked like a fire. 1 took up a pick and
rushed to the spot. The earth was al
ready loose about the stone and in a short
time 1t was in my hand. 1t was so big that
1 was dazed at my discovery. 1 ran with
It across the mine to the office, burst into
the managers room and laid down the
stone before Mr.. McHardy and Mr.. Culli-
nan. They were as much astonished as
myself. We then weighed II and the next
day the word was sent out that the biggest
diamond of the world had been found"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18

the largest diamond ever known. 1 thought
there might be q diamond pipe somewhere
upon the farm, and I was pretty sure that
the land contained enough alluvial dia-
monds to give us our money back, even II
no pipe were discovered"
what was your original capitsl?"
ut was Just the same that 1t is today;
namely, 2S0,00O. OF this we paid $500
to Prinsloo, the Dutchman who owned the
land, and used the slance as a working
capital"
And what became OF the Dutchman7"
He is stin living in a little mud hut
not far from here" replied Mr.. Cullinan.
HE made q good bargain in selling his
farm. He paid only $500 for It and he got
e52,0o. He refused to give me an option
on the property at R150,OOO allowing me
three months to prospect to see whether 1
would take 1t or not. He afterward sold
another farm, which cost him less than
this, for $1,000 so that altogether he rea-
llzed about $4,000 of your money for his
lands. Nevertheless, Notwithstanding HI"
wealth, he still sticks to his mud hut"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
Their TitIe. to Fnma.

That Lord Brougham was fully capable
OF a quick retort is shown by the fellow
lLE:
You. my lord" said the duke Of We'll
iington' angry with him, will be rsmerns
bered not for having been a great lawyer
nor for having written profound philosoph-
zeal essays, but for having given your
ZANE 20 a peculiar style Of carriage"
And your grace" were Brougham,
win be remembered not for having gained
the battles OF VitteTia and Waterloo, but
for having giveD your name TO a fashion,
able kind OF boots.."
"ohF said Wshingt0A. -thS bootst
forgot EN-"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18

"a terror 10 flatly denied. There Is no
truth in the story, which has so long been
believed" he says, that the genial old
physician invented the machin which was
named for him and by means of which he
is said to have lost his life shortly after
Its adoption. Guillotfn, in keeping with the
spirit of his time, proposed on october 10,
1883. that all offenders, regardless of their
birth or station, should be dealt with alike
by the law, and six months later he pro-
posed to the government that convicted
murderers should be beheaded by means of
a simple apparatus The mechanism of
which he and no one else had any idea
at that time was spoken of as the simple
apparatus by the humorists of the day,
and the phrase was used to make it's pro-
poser ridiculous. 30 that when a machine
finally was adopted the wits Of the time
named it guillotine. The government, evil
IDENTIFY recognizing the value OF the sug-
Sestion, asked one Antoine Louis, a sur
Seon at the Salpetrtere, to devise q ma
chine and later gave a similar order to
a carpenter by the name Of Guidon, who
offered to construct an instrument for de-
capitation for $500 livres. This was oon-
sidered too high a price and the contract
was given to a German cabinet maker by
the name of Tobias Schmidt, who received
S24 livres for the accepted model in 1892.
Schmidt made guillotines for all the prov
inces, and the industry brought him a
moderate fortune. which he proceeded to
squander in Paris, while DR.. Guillotin, who
never had anything to do with the making
or a machine which bore his name. con-
tinued to practice his profession quietly
and unostentatiously in Paris until he died
there on March %. ls1A."
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
A Grim HemInder.

THE late Bishop Fowler" said a Buff
falo Methodist. had the happiest knack OF
illustrating, with one luminous sentence,
traits Of character. talking OF gambling
"Once. I remember. talking of gambling
houses and the little mercy shown to
ruined players Bishop Fowler, with a grim
smile. said:
The men who took Jonah's money
were the same, remember, who threw him
overheard. Things like that stiu happen''
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18

looked to me as though it had been
Clipped off the Cullinan."
will you not soon flood the world with
diamonds II you keep on at this rate7"
Il think not. Whenever times are good
the demand increases and the people who
buy such things are more numerous every
year. The japanese are now coming into
the market, and within recent years you
Americans have been buying more than ever
before. There Is a temporary slump at
present on account of the hard times, but
that win pass away and you will want more
than ever"
do you not think 1t would pay to
cheaper the prices?"
No. l think the high prices are to a
large extent the cause of the demand
Make diamonds as cheap as glass and no
one would wear them
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18

locks. The diamond is taken from the safe
every morning by the head Of the firm.
He is armed with a revolver and accom-
panied by ten Members OF his staff, who
leave him while he secretly unlocks the
door. The stone is then carried to the
workroom, which was especially built for
the purpose and is given over to a special
list. Henri Koe, who does the cutting and
polishing. He is locked in the room with
the diamond and is not allowed to go out
even for his meals. The polishing is being
done on a plate of sixteen inches in dame
ter, which is four inches wider than that
used for ordinary stones. The plate runs
at a rate of 2.4OO revolutions per minute.
and the polishing is performed by a paste
of crushed diamonds and oil.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18

n AMHERST professor and four
students spent the summer
mining in Wyoming and Me-
braska. When they finished
work they loaded into a freight
car some large pieces Of rough
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18

Y A BOOK Just published by
Hector Fleischman in Ger
many the story of the origin OF
the instrument OF execution
which was named for DR.. Gull
lotin in the days OF the Reign
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18

of loss was less than $40. At the same time
"a dummy parcel supposed to contain the
diamond is said to have been ostentatiously
taken to Cape Town and thence TO South
ampton, while the real treasure lay as an
ordinary parcel in the mails.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
A cAAt with the diamond Kins.

During my stay here / have met Mr..
T. NJ. cullinan, the man who discovered
this mighty diamond pipe and from whom
the cUllinAn diamond Is named. Five
years ago he had onty a few thousand dol
lara. but he Il now worth tan or fifteen
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
About Noted People

DIR. GuIIIOtin ana the G~uiIlOtine.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-01
PRODUCE MARKETS.

Butter-Receipts. 4,154 tubs; cream
cry, extra, 29c; price to retail dealers,
30hc; prints, 81 &c; frsts. 25G2 &c: sec
onss 22Q 24c; diaries. extras. 26c; firsts,
% q 24c; seconds, 20 a 21c; ladies. No. l.,
20c; renovated. extra, 24c; frsts, 22@
23c; packing stock, Ice.
Eggs-Receipts. 29,626 cases; miscel-
laneous lots, cases returned, 13A; cases
included, 13 "a c; ordinary firsts. must be
SO per cent fresh, 1914 firsts, white
wood cases and must be 20 per cent
fresh fresh i4e prime Prime r adseu packed 'aH in
new whitewood cases and must be So
per cent fresh. 15Ac; extra, specially
packed for city trade and must be 80
per cent fresh, 16Ac.
Potatoes-Receipts 40 cars; choice to
fancy. 6s971c fair to good. 65 a SIC.
Veal-Quotations for calves in good
order We're as follows: so to so lb
so to 100 lbs, s Y 69c.
Dressed beef-No. 1 ribs, 15c; No.
loins, 171se; No. l round, 1Oc; No. l
chuck, 7 4ac; No. 1 plate, &c.
Live poultry-Turkeys per lb, lac;
chickens, fowls, 13c; springs, 13e; roos-
tiers. 7c; geese, $500 a 100; ducks, II Il c.
Fruit-Apples, $500 q 500 per brl;
50c@ 1925 per bu; bananas, jumbo, per
bunch. $50; straight. s125 cuils, Soc
0S1.00: bouquets, 60@75e; lemons
s2.00 2.25; oranges, $500 q 800; grape
fruit, $4,000 500; pineapples. s3.35 q
45O per crate; Malaga grapes, $3.5OQ
Berries-Cranberri Cape Cod $3.50
@ 1850 per brl; boxes. Jerseys, $500 q
5.25; Louisiana, 5oc@s1.25 per 24-qt
case; Florida, $50 soc per at.
Beans-Pea beans, hand picked
choice, $2.3002.32; common, 1880
40; lower grades, depending on quail
ity, $3.50 01.55; brown Swedish, $1.454
1.85; off grades, $1.25Q1.50; limas, Cali
fornia. per 100 lbs spot, 1925.
Green getables-Beets. $1.2509.5
per brl; cabbages. soc q $500 per brl
carrots, 500 soc per sack; cauliflower
S1.0@2.75 per crate; celery, $3.50 pei
crate; cucumbers, 50c@ s1.10 per doz
/ eggplant, SITS a 800 per crate; garlic
5 a &c per lb; horseTadish, sc per bunch
lettuce. s1.0o@5.O0 per brl; leaf. 20 a
2275c per crate; mushrooms, 25 a 50c pei
box; peppers, s1.25G3.75 per crate
parsley, 100 zoe per doz; pieplant. s1.0(
q LIS per box; radishes, home grown
5 60c per doz: string beans. green
s1.00 1900 per box; wax, $1,000 400
onions, 65c @s1.50 per blu; spinach, ST.
/ @3.50 per brl; tomatoes, s1.50@2.5 pei
crate turnips, 60Q75c per sack; water
eress, 10 q zoe per doz
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-01
HEARD ON TEE 30URsE.

White-It occure to us that very lit
tie more decline will longest the mar
ket and it seems safe to buy wheat
even for late deliveries on soft spots
now. We suggest placing orders about
15c under the close.
Ware & Leland-Close was rather
tame and as further backs can
doubtless be forced we think they
should offer good chances to buy, es-
pecially the later futures.
Clement-Gradual reduction of near
by premiums on option and spring
wheat leaves very little crop accidents
for bull to hope for.
Bartlett-The current movement will
be over in a week or ten days and will
average light from then until the mid
ole of May. While slow now demand
will improve next month as usual, and
with the light stock now in commercial
channels higher prices will eventually
be made.
Chandler-We advise buying on fur
Their breaks today but believe profits
should be accepted.
McIntyre-Indicatio point to a dull
sagging market and we consider it
more advisable to liquidate speculative
holdings and walt for some further
good setback before buying again
than increasing holdings under the ex-
listing conditions.
Joseph-Average long Union. Buy
Southern Pacific conservatively.
Financial Bureau-There should be a
check to the reactionary tendency to-
day for technical reasons. The many
stop orders caught show the shakeout
to have been fairly satisfactory.
MilIer-The immediate future of the
market depends almost entirely on the
result of the Erie financing.
Hutton-We consider the market 8
buy on weakness.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-01
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT

Mrs. Lucy Sanders of Lowell today
filed a bill for divorce in the Lake SUI
perior court. The charges against her
husband are made on statutatory
grounds.
Joseph Sanders and his wife were
married at Crown Point in 1901 and
according to the wife's statement, sep
arated in 1903. They have as the fruits
of their marriage. one daughter, who is
at present living with her grand
mother in Illinois.
The following new cases were filed
in the superior court today:
4516--Fred Holl VS.. Nettie Hink ct al
Review of judgment.
4517-John Kratjewski VS.. John Mas
tey. Civil.
451S-Palagia NJ. Woelfel VS.. William
A. Reiland and Continental Jewelry
company. To set aside Judgment.
4519-Edwin a Bebb vs.. Gus Jacob
son and Nelson Jacobson Suit invoiv-
ing real estate; $4,000 claimed.
4520-Clear Title Land Company VS..
l<arol Sarvody.-si, 500 vlaimed
4521-Lucy A. Sanders vs.. Joseph
Sanders. Divorce.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-01

Thursday with rising temperature.
Montana-Fair with rising tempera-
ture tonight and Thursday
Illinois-Threatening and much cold
or tonight with showers northeast turn
ing to snow fiurries; cold wave tonight
except in extreme northeast; fair
Thursday.
Indiana-Rain probably turning to
snow hurries tonight, followed by fair
Thursday; much colder; cold wave in
central points tonight.
Missouri-Fair tonight and Thurs
day; cold wave tonight
Lower Michigan-Rain turning to
snow and colder tonight; fair and cold
er Thursday; except snow west
Wisconsin-Rain turning to snow
this afternoon; partly cloudy and much
colder tonight; cold wave west: fair on
Thursday.
Enthusiastically cloudy and much
colder tonight; cold wave southeast:
fair Thursday with rising temperature
Iowa-Generally fair tonight and
Thursday; much colder tonight with
cold wave east; rising temperature on
Thursday
North Dakota-Fair tonight and
Thursday; rising temperature Thursday
and northwest tonight.
South Dakota-Fair tonight and
Thursday; rising temperature Thurs
day.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-01
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
GARY.
Lot Sc, block 8, Lincoln Park ad-
dition. u. S. Land Co. to Andrs

GARY.
Lot Sc, block 3, Lincoln Park ad-
dition. u. S. Land Co. to Andrs
Klobucas Observation-Disclosures. so
INDIANA HARBOR.
Lot Z, block in first addition.
East Chicago Co. to William
Blumenthal .............,.....1 400
HAMMOND.
Lot 33, block 3, Birkhoffs addi-
ton, Henry Hoover to William
G. Belman ..-............... 500
Lot 81. block 7, Morris addition,
Louis Dragos to Joe Csobody
Simon Ellis to Sidney shane. :. 1850
TOLESTON.
Lots 80 and 80, Caldwelrs fifth
addition, William c. Caldwell
to Elvin S. Ketchum. .... 500
Lot II, block 80 in second Oak
Park addition, Calumet Land
Co. to Alex Csutoros ...,..... 1850
SECTION.
S-36-S W-Lots 6 to g. block g.
N u NE a, Ludwig Buse to
Martha Jarnecke -........ -
27-36-8 Wv II NV Il NV Il
20 acres, Simon Ellis to Sid
ney shane 49,. 1850
1889 W-Part, John E. Love
to Walter S. Nichols. 49,. 800
In addition TO the foregoing trans
fers there have been filed for record
8 mortgages, releases and 25 miscel-
laneous instruments.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-01
WILL OFFER COURT BILL?
CrumpacIxer G1ay Get Busy While Con-
gressman Holiday Is Sick.

Washington, March 31.-The rear
guard of the Indiana republican con-
gressmen has left for indianapolis to
attend the state convention. The fates
seem to be conspiring against Con-
gresham Holiday, He intended to
spend all his time in the house OF
representatives when the other con-
gressmen were away, keeping an eye
on Congressman Crumpacker, who is
suspected of harboring a desire to call
up his federal court bill and have it
passed when nobody is looking. Mr.
Holiday has not been we'll lately, how
ever, and today he was not able to
leave his room at the hotel.
AS result of his indisposition, and
of the departure of Gilhams and Fos-
ter, Representative Crumpacker is the
only republican member of congress
from Indiana who is on the lid here,
and is the sole republican representa-
tive of the state in matters of legis-
lation, both of the senators now being
in Indiana. 1t is believed that if Judge
Crumpacker wants to legislate on the
federal court proposition he will have
a good show for his white alley" but
he is no disclosing his program, if he
has any. Mr. Holiday is taking a
heroic course of treatment, and at the
earliest possible moment he will go
over to the house of representatives
and resume his watch over Crumpacker.
Congressman Gilhams departed at 3:4o
yesterday. On the same train is Thorn
as P. Littlepage. who is just out of the
hospital, where he went to have a
onara4iOu and
troublesome earbunele. Congressman
Foster left for indianapolis at o'clock
last evening.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-01
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Union Stock Yards, April Hog re-
market steady. Light, $5.S506 ;
heavy, $5.S5@6 $50; mixed, $585@635;
rough, s5.S5@6.00. Cattle receipts,
10000 head market steady. Sheep re-
ceipts, $1,000 head; market 10c lower.
Hogs Cattle Sheep
Omaha ...... 1000 5000 $500
Kansas City ...11.0OO 1000 5000
Union Stock Yards, April Hogs
close 1 5 a 20c lower than opening. Light
and mixed, s5.S0@625; heavy, $500
6.25; rough, s5.S0@595. Cattle and
sheep 10c lower
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-01
LIVERPOOL MARKET.

Liverpool. April Wheat opened
neeighth to one-quarter penny lower;
corn opened one-quarter penny lower.
Liverpool. April 1. 1870 D. NV heat
one-efghth to one-quarter penny lower;
corn, one-quarter penny lower.
Liverpool April Wheat closed
unchanged to one-eighth penny higher;
corn closed one-quarter penny lower.