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a blue clay spriukled with diamonds AL
ready more than $50 100000 worth of
precious stones have been taken from
them. and there are still hundreds of mill
lions in sight. For many years the sales
have amounted to from tw enty to thirty
million dollars. and there are today lying
out here in the open fields. still mixed
with this clay. diamonds which would
have set Aladdin crazy or made covetous
the heart of Sinbad the Sailor.
These mines lie right close TO Kimber-
ley They form necklace around il. and
that one of the most valuable necklaces
on earth. The necklace is decorated anew
every year with S25OO0.O0O worth of bril-
lianis, which are taken from the-e mines
They are allowed to blaze away for a.
few months under the African sun, and
are then shipped off TO dazzle the draw
ing rooms OF all parts of the globe.
The town is strange one to be the
capital of such wealth. 1t has no palaces
nor skyscrapers. and, like the jewels of
Portia its treasures are kept in caskets
of lead. The offices of the diamond trust
themselves are no better than many a
t;xg factory In the United States. and a
few thousand dollars would equal the
cost of any building inside the town.
The most of the houses are bungalows OF
brick rooted with galvanized iron. They
all have wide porches about them, and
many have gardens flied with beautiful
flowers. The city has wide streets ano
amusement grounds. 1t has theater
churches and hotels. Its stores are large
lighted by electricity and It has all the
mode IN improvements The water come!
from the Vaal river, which is seventeen
miles away.
A Bird's-Eye View of the Mines.
All Of the mines are within n rifle shot
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the inside of which is about eight acres
The Kimberley mouth is, l judge, about
800 feet wide, and it slopes evenly down
on all sides. The pipe itself is almost
round. Its walls are of a black rock;
they are almost as regularly shaped as
though cut out by a chiscl. and they mar
row only slightly they go down for
more than 800 feet. For that distance
this area of eight acres was all composed
of blue rock carrying diamonds. and the
mine is producing millions OF dollars
worth of diamonds still. The first earth
was dug up with pick and shovel and
washed in rude way. Then wires were
run down into the mine and the blue
ground was carried UP by means of them
1t is now elevated by great engines
through shafts outside the mine itself
and continuous line of steel cars rising
all day long. Something like 1O1.0po car
loads were taken up last year and there
are now more than million loads lying
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the United States. Former Police
man William West is the man and
Ulysses S. Grant was the President who
allowed himself to be arrested.
Gen. Grant was an ardent admirer of a
good horse and loved nothing better than
to sit behind pair of spirited animals.
He was a good driver, and sometimes let
them out" to Try their mettle. In 1872
however. there were speed regulations.
but one day the general forgot them In
the enthusinasm occasioned by the bright
good condition which his team exhibited.
Policeman West placed him under arrest
and took him to the station house. The
President deposited $50 at the desk. His
name was entered on the police blotter
but in the morning he failed to appear in
court and the deposit was forfeited.
During the many succeeding years of
his active police duty West, who is a col
ored man, was very reticent about his
connection with the affair. Since his re-
tirement, however, he has decided to let
the public know the true story of the
arrest. the reports previously published
he says. have been scattered and meager
in detail. His story follows:
Must Do His Whole Duty.
II was appointed to the metropolitan
police force the 18th of July, 1871. and
was Immediately assigned to duty in the
sixth precinct station. which was then
located at the intersection of 9th street
and New York avenue. Lieut. Adolphus
Ecklof was in charge, and he was noted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-27
POLICEMAN w E ST
i Tells the Story of Gen.

POLICEMAN WEST
1 Tells the Story of Gen.
Grants Arrest in 1872 for
Fast Driving President
Was Satisfied to Go to the
Station House Gave $40
Collateral, Which Was De-
clared Forfeited - Com
mended the Policeman for
His Attention to Duty, and
Would Not Allow the Man
to Suffer for Arresting Him
The Generals Love for
Horses and His Pleasure
in Driving Were the Cause
Of His Trouble-In After
Years Was Always Genial
and Friendly to the Colored
Policeman.
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ing in a corner of the closed prison van.
The mounted officers In charge of the
wagon started after Jones. but In those
days Bill Jones was one Of the fastest
riders in this section of the country. He
easily distanced the several mounted men
who were in pursuit Of him. but the po-
licemen. though on inferior mounts. man
aged to keep the strenuous Bill in sight.
at the same time blazing away at him.
knowing that he would be pursued
Jones had provided himself with relay
horse. which he left at the corner OF
North Capitol and o streets. When he
reached this point he mounted his fresh
horse and was rapidly distancing the po-
licemen.
At HARDWOOD road West. who was at
tracted by the running fire OF shots got
into the game. but Jones had passed the
point where West took up the trail The
officer no sooner Elimpsed the flying fig
ure than he recognized Bill Jones and
Joined in the chase.
When Jones arrived at his home. which
was situated on the Bates road north of
Brookland. West was close behind him.
A few moments afterward Officers Cole
and McGraw joined West at the Jones
place. and the three men, despite Bits
warning not to enter on pain OF being
killed. went in to the dwelling and placed
Bill under arrest. Popular sympathy was
all with Bill Jones. the people of Wash
ington regarded 1.-The avenger' as pop
ular hero. and he escaped with a very
light punishment.
All Washington Aroused.
murder which had the entire city OF
Washington aroused at the time it oc-
Cured was the celebrated Philip Hirth
tragedy that resulted in the death of Mr..
Hirth, a prominent Washington business
man. He was beaten to death by five
negroes one night at the corner of 18th
and streets northwest.
Hirth. at the time. was on his way to
the home of his fiancee. a lady whose
family was one Of the most prominent
in Washington. when he was held up for
the purpose of robbery by five negroes
with handkerchiefs tied over their faces.
The leader of this gang was a desperate
fellow then in the employ of Phil HiTth,
whose name was Babe Bedford. His fell
low-assailants were Sandy Pinn, Queenan
and one Ben Johnson. who afterwari
turned states evidence and was used as
a witness against the others. 1t was
claimed at the time of the trial that &c
was not the intention of the thugs to
murder Mr. Hirth. but to rob him In
the struggle the handkerchief fell from
the face of Bedford. whom Mr.. Hirth at
once recognized. Calling his name. Hirth
cried out to him not to murder MN. DuE
Bedford, so the evidence stated, finding
that he was discovered acted upon the
theory that dead men tell no tales. He
and his companions. with stones rolled
up in rags in the form OF slunSshotS, beat
Phil Hirth to death.
All Washington was aroused by the
deed and every available policeman was
placed on the case, West among them.
The next morning West succeeded i'll APP
nrehending Queenan and Ben Johnson,
who confessed the whole affair. With
Johnson as the governments witness the
men were all convicted and paid the
penalty for their atrocious crime.
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is the Lords great
est treasure vault. Stored away
here in five mighty pipes of
hard rock, going down no one
knows how deep into the earth. is
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METHODS of. Finding
AVA the Diamonds - A
Look at the Great Kim
berley Pipe-Underground
in the Dutoitspan-Blast-
ing for Jewels-A Great
Diamond Syndicate Man.
aged by Americans.
KIMBERLEY.

Copyright, 1905, by Frank G. Carpenter.)
Special Correspondence of The Star.
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Scenes in the Mines.

Continued on Fifth Page.)
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WING in retirement in Washing
ton. after thirty-five years of
service. is the only policeman
who ever arrested a President of
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A Bird's-Eye View of the Mines.

All of the mines are within a rifle shot
of the center Of Kimberley. If we climb
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-18
ROOSEVELT BOOM MOVEMENT
Promoters Count on Stampede Of Taft
Delegates to President.

Chicago, June 16.-The promoters
Of the Roosevelt boom movement"
now claim that they have secured the
other than Alabama that will be
reached early in the roll call" to pre-
sent the presidents name to the con-
vention. Former Representative Thorn
as w. Phillips of Newcastle, Pa, de-
clared that Mr.. R~oosevelt's name I'M
questionably will be sprung in the
convention, but he declined to give
the delegates name or the state he
represents in part. These facts, he
says, will remain secret until candi-
dates are placed in nomination.
The Roosevelt boomers are counting
on a stampede of Taft dele to
the president if they can get e lat
ter's name before the convention in
a forceful manner The opinion was
expressed by Mr.. Phillips hat the
boom which he is engineering for
Roosevelt is growing.
The West Virginia delegation held
its ucu and named Senator Scott
w SNSSSSa lLllSSIl do IallOllSl SOlII-
mitteeman. Members of the conven-
ton committees also were named. No
discussion was had of the alleged SEN
timent for Roosevelt which exists in
the delegation, but two members of
the delegation who claim they will re-
main loyal to their instructions for
Taft declare thai the Taft men are in
the minority and that the detection
would be great If a stampede were.
started.
The hot-bed of the Taft detection is
at the Lexington hotel, where the
West Virginia delegates are quar-
tered. A meeting was held there un-
der the leadership of Mr.. Phillips, but
it was attended by only a few dele
gates and a large number who have
nc vote in the convention.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-18
CASTS DECIDING VOTE
Sick Legislator Carried Into Sen
ate Chamber at Albany.
ANTI-RACE TRACK BILL A LAW
Long and Bitter Fight Ends in Vic
tory for Governor Hughes by a
Vote of 26 to rs.

Albany, N. Y, June 11.-A legisla-
tive battle which for dramatic inter-
est and intensity of feeling on both
sides rarely, if ever, has been equalled
in this state came to an end when the
heroiSm of Senator Foelker of Brook
Ign made it possible to place upon the
statute books two bills repeating the
legal discrimination which for thirteen
years has protected public gambling
within race track enclosures. while it
was a felony elsewhere in this state.
The vote on each of the bills was IS
TO Is.
The lineup was in general the same
as that in the regular session. when
the bills failed of passage by a tie
vote, 25 to 25, but since then Senator
Wallace OF Niagara Falls has been
elected to the seat then vacant by
the death of Senator Fanchot and his
vote made the necessary &c.
Senator Foelker, who underwent an
operation on May 10 for appendicitis
and whose condition for much of the
intervening time was critical, came up
from S~taatsburg. the journey of sixty
miles being a severe tax upon his
strength. He was taken TO the senate
chamber just as the roll call on
a dilatory motion was being taken.
He was plainly suffering from weak
ness and his response when his name
was reached was scarcely audible.
He was encouraged by his fellow sen
ators' sympathy and on both of the
roll calls on the final passage of the
bills voted with the majority. After
wards his doctor said:
Senator Foelker stood the ordeal
as well as could be expected. He is
extremely nervous. We have not de-
cided when we shall return to Stats
burg"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-18
DAKOTA NEWS
Items of a Week From Various
Parts of the State.
MURDER FOLLOWS QUARREL
Employees Of a Coal Mine Engage In
Fist Fight and the Loser Shoots
the Victor.

Murder in cold blood occurred at
Horswile, about thirty-five miles from
Dickinson. According to the meager
reports received, Mons Igaard and In
gebert johnson, employed in the coal
mines there, became involved in a
quarrel over a load of coal and en-
gagged In a fist fight in which Johnson
got the worst of it.
Feeling sore over his licking, the
latter went to his home and loading
his shotgun, went back in search of
Igaard. He found him on his way
home with a load of coal. Johnson,
stepping in front of the horses, de-
liberately fired at his man between
the horses. The charge shattered
1gaard's knee and entered his lungs.
literally tearing them to pieces.
The victim lived for several hours
and suffered terrible agony. He died
the following morning. There was no
help for him, as the shot was scat
tered through his lungs and stomach.
He left a wife and three small chill
dren, the oldest only six years of age.
johnson went to Mott and gave him
self up to the authorities.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-18
FOR NATIONAL CHAIRMAN.
Strong Pressure for Selection of Frank
H, Hitchcock.

Chicago, June 15.-Interest in the
question of the Craftsmanship of the
new national committee is intense
among the national committeeman.
The Ohio delegates are very urgent
that the traditional policy of appoint
ing some trusted personal friend of
the candidate from his own state shall
be followed. On the other hand,
there is strong pressure from Wash
ington for the nomination of Frank H.
Hitchcock. The matter has practically
been adjusted by an understanding
that Secretary Taft shall leave Wash.
ington IN Thursday for Cincinnati and
that in cas- of his nomination a sub
committee of the national committee,
consisting of three or five members,
will be appointed to meet the secre.
tary there Friday or Saturday and the
craftsmanship will then be settled.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-18
THIEVES GET AWAY.
Outrun Policeman and Dodge Sheriff,
Who Pursues in an Auto.

Sossou ToIiCSIIldIi anu OOQSe Sneflff,
Who Pursues in an Auto.
The Brunswick billiard hall in
Jamestown was entered by sneak
thieves who stole a number of expen-
sive pipes and smokers articles. En-
rance was made through a back win
dow, connecting the billiard hall with
a restaurant. The cash drawer was
opened, but the %cracksmen found no
cash, the money having been removed
by the proprietor a few hours before.
Alex Day, night policeman, discov-
cred the men at work, and while en-
deavoring to effect an entrance into
the building the men eluded him and
started for the open prairie. The Off
Ger followed in pursuit for a distance
of five miles and was assisted by
Sheriff Wesser, who arrived in an
auto. At different farmhouses along
the way the men had offered to pur-
chase provisions, but north of Bloom
the trail disappeared and the men es-
capped.
1t is thought that these men are the
same one who have been operating
In that vicinity for some time past.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-18
REPRIEvE FOR BILLEK.
1t Arrives When His Neck Is Barred
for the Moose.

Chicago, June 13.-Herman Billek,
the c%lairvoyant condemned to die at
IL o'clock Friday, was granted a re-
prieve as his neck was barred for the
moose and his guards we're ready for
the death march to the scaffold. Judge
kenesaw NJ. Lands, the federal Judge
who fined the Standard Oil company
$29,24O,oOO, ordered a stay of execu-
ton at lilo o'clock, thereby giving
Billek time to carry his cast before
the supreme court of the United
States.
The incidents attending the stay of
execution We're dramatic in the ex-
IRENE. Billek was snatched from
death almost at the foot of the scat
fold. He had received the rite of ex-
IRENE JUNCTION. With Father O'Cal-
lahan he had uttered his last prayer
His neck had been barred for the moose
and the jailor was forming the line
to march to the scaffold.
Billek was tried and convicted of
poisoning to death Mary Vzral, twen-
ty-two years old, and was accused of
similarly causing the death of four
other members of the Vzral family.
Mrs. Rose Vzral, the mother of Mary
Vzral, committed suicide when she
was arrested as an accomplice of Bill.
lex.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-18
G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT.
Next State Meeting Will Be Held at
Wahpeton.

The annual encampment at Valley
City of the G. A. R., department of
Nerth Dakota, came to a close after a
very successful session. The next en-
campment will be held in Wahpeton.
The following are the officers elected:
Department commander, J.. l.. Rich
man, Minnewaukan; senior vice COM
mander, G. B. Vallandingham, Valley
City; junior vice commander, Robert
b. Mckee, Sanborn; chaplain, M. H.
Kiff, Valley City; assistant adjutant
general, E. G. Gearey, Fargo; dele
gate at large, Smith Stimmell, Fargo;
alternate delegate at large, J. A.
Wright, jamestown; regular delegate,
Fl. F. Curry, Hope.
The organization of a Union Veter-
ons' association was perfected, the OBJ
ject of the association being the con-
%tinuance of the custom of observing
Memorial day.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-18
VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY.
Defendants in the Capitol Graft Case
Acquitted.

Harrisburg, Pa, June l3.-After be-
ing out twenty-five hours the jury in
the case of the five men charged
with conspiracy to defraud the state
by rendering a false bill for metallic
furniture for the new capitol brought
in a verdict OF not guilty. Three of
the defendants, former State Treas.
urer Mathues, former Auditor General
w. P. Snyder and James NJ. Shumak-
er, former superintendent of public
grounds and buildings, were acquitted
on binding instructions from Judge
Kunkle, leaving to be determined the
guilt or innocence of Congressman H.
Burd Cassel and Joseph M. Huston,
the other two accused men. Cassel
is the head of the Pennsylvania Con-
struction company, which supplied the
capitol without about 50, 900, 900 worth
of metallic furniture and Huston is
the architect of the capitol and also
the designer of the furnishings of the
building.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-18
FOR THE VICE PRESIDENCY
President Desires Nomination of Dol.
liver or Cummins.

Chicago, June ia new turn was
given to the vice presidential specula-
ton shortly after moo when an in
t1mation was received from Washing
ton that the president desired the
nomination of either Senator Dolliver
or Governor Cummins. The Iowa
friends of the senator were greatly
surprised by the announcement, but
were unInoved by it and Chairman
Perkins of the Iowa delegation ex-
pressed the opinion that Iowa would
oppose MI. Delivers selection even
in face of the presidents preference.
eve cannot consent to his nomina-
tion," he said, and he added that this
decision was as much in Senator Dol
liver's interest as in the interest of
the state and the party.
The Allison-Dolliver delegates from
Iowa do not take any more kindly to
the suggestion said to emanate from
the White House at Washington that
Governor Cummins might be NOM
mated for vice president than that
Senator Dolliver might be given the
place, but their reasons are different.
They do not take kindly to the idea
of comforting this honor upon Cum
minis and they say that if nominated
many members of this faction would
on that account refuse to support the
national ticket.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-18
NOT AN ACTIVE CANDIDATE
Kellogg Prefers That His Name Be
Withheld.

Chicago, June 16.-The Minnesota
delegation at its caucus named Frank
B. Kellogg to succeed himself as mem.
Der of the national committee and also
chose him as the states representa-
tive on the resolutions or platform
committee of the convention. The
delegation Was enthusiastic in propos-
ing the name of Mr.. Kellogg for the
vice presidency and asked his permits
sion to present his name to the con-
vention. Mr.. Kellogg discussed the
matter frankly and informally with his
fellow delegates and told them that
as the situation now stands he would
prefer that his name be withheld. In
fact, he practically pledged the dele.
cation to make no move in his behalf
unless some unforeseen in
the vice presidential tangle should
arise.
Mr.. Kellogg, following the adjourn
ment of the delegation, was in earnest
consultation with its members with
regard to his attitude on the proposed
anti-injunction plank, and was told
by some of the delegates that they
regarded a weak plank as no plank at
all and they would prefer not to have
any mention of courts or IL. notions
that would have the slightest resem.
blance to q %"straddle."
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-18
HAVE APPROVAL OF TAFT
Proposed Anti-Injunction and
Tariff Planks.

Chicago, June 15.--The a%nti-injunc-
ton plank of the platform, as passed
upon in Washington, is as follows:
we declare for such an amend
ment of the statutes Of procedure in
the federal courts with respect to the
use of the writ of injunction as will,
on the n hand, prevent the sum-
mary issue of such orders without
proper consideration, and, on the other,
will preserve undiminished the power
of the courts to enforce their process
to the end that justice may be done
at all times and to all parties"
Over this plank there is a very
sharp contest. The labor leaders are
urging its adoption and hundreds of
kilograms are pouring in from manu-
%facturers and other employers of labor
opposing the measure. The following
is the tariff revision plank proposed
by the Taft people:
1.-THE Republican party declares IN
equivocally for a revision of the tariff
by a special session of congress imme-
diately following the work assigned
to the appropriate committees and
commends the steps already taken to
this end in the work assigned to the
committees of the two houses which
are now investigating the operations
and effect of existing schedules.
I'm all tariff legislation the true
principle of protection is best main
tanned by the imposition of such du-
ties as will equal the difference be-
tween the cost of production at home
and abroad, together with a reasonable
profit to American industry, and the
benefits that follow are best secured
by the establishment of maximum and
minimum rates to be administered by
the president under limitations fixed
in the law, the maximum to be avail
able to meet determinations by for
eign countries against American goods
entering their markets and the mini
mum to represent the normal measure
of protection at home; the aim and
purpose of the Republican policy being
not only to preserve, without excess
sive duties, that security against for
eign competition to which American
manufacturers, farmers and producers
are entitled, but also to maintain the
high standard of living of the wage
earners Of this country, who are the
most direct beneficiaries of the pro.
tective system"