The times and democrat. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, October 01, 1910, Image 1

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PUBLISHED THESE TIN HONORS HEROES *? Haarens County Uovejls a Hooumeot to the Memory of Her noble, gallant sons JL Beautify! Memorial Is Erected to Commemorate the Deeds of Hero ism of the Gallant Men of Lauren? County Who WiUinglyLaid Dovv'ji Their Lives for Their State. Jn the presence of fully 3,000 peo ple, including 200 veterans and 590 school children the Confederate mon ument erected to th^. memory -of Laurens County soldiers, was Wed nesday unveiled after being formally presented to the county of Laurens by Governor Martin F. Ansel in be half of J. B. Kershaw Chapter, Unit ed Daughters-of-the Confederacy,- un^ der whose auspices the exercises were held. The speech of acceptance was de livered by the Hon. R. A. Cooper, Of Laurens, who in behalf of the people of Laurens pledged the care and protection of the shaft, which fitting ly commemorates the valor of Lau rens County heroes of the Southern Confederacy. L The Hon. C. C Featherstone acted as master of ceremonies and made the address of welcome, dwelling sympathetically upon the auspicious nese of the oecasion. The oration of the day was delivered by Dr. Lee Davis Lodge, president of Limestone College, and one of the most accom plished speakers of this State. The invocation was offered by the Rsv. W. E. Thayer, of Laurens. ?Preceding the exercises the Veter ans were given a ride about the city in automobiles, there being over 20 machines in the procession. Prompt ly at 10 o'clock the Daughters and Veterans assembled at the Opera House and there marched to the stand near the monument, headed by the Newlterry Band. The thirteen girls selected to unveil the monument were joined in the line of march by the school children and their teach ers. It was a most Imposing and in-, spiring scene, one of the notable fea tures "of the'day. Tfye stand was dec oratedx and from all the stores and other buildings on the square Sags and"bunting were displayed in honor of the occasion. All stores banks and officers were closed during the cer emonies. Upon concluding his speech Gov ernor Ansel announced that the lit tle girls who were to pull the cords unveiling the monument would come forward and he suggested that the old war-time yell be given as the veil fell, and th esuggestion was car ried out with a will. In connection with the children who unveiled the shaft it is interesting to note that Beaufort Ball Copeland, youngest of the thirteen, is a granddaughter of the late Col. B. W. Ball and'great granddaughter of W. D. Watts, one of the signers of the Ordinance of Secession. She also participated in unveiling , -the monument at Cross Hill, erected by B. W. Ball Chapter, U>'p. some time ago. Dr. Lodge was presented with some handsome bouquets, including one by Sarah Eliza Swygert, a little tot, who was held in the arms of Mr. Featherstone as she gracefully pre sented the wreath. Governor Ansel also received flowers. Another'hap py Incident was the^ presentation of a ?beautiful wreath to the Laurens Chapter, U. D. C, by Stephen D. El liott,-of Clinton. The monument is thirty-two feet high. The lower section Is built of Winnsboro, granite of a light gray color. Crowning, the monument is the figure of a Southern soldier, a private, standing erect and almost in the attitude of "parade rest.' This figure is of delicate carved white, Vermont marble and bears in its ev ery curve the proud looks that the "Boys in Gray" rightly/bear. The soldier is facing the South, and on th? main shaft below is carv ed the Confederate flag. The section underneath this bears the memor able dates 1861-1865. Below the dates is this inscription: In memory of The Boys in Gray Erected 1910 By the Citizens of 1 Laurens County Under the Auspices of J. B. Kershaw Chapter U. D. C. On the top stone of the base, carv ed on the south and north sides, are the words: "Our Heroes." ,The north side of the monument bears this inscription: "On Fame's Eternal Camping Ground ?Their Silent Tents are Spread, And Glory Guards with Solemn Round The Bivouac of the Dead." "Who shall break the guards that wait, ?Before the awful face of fate? The tattered standards of the South Wrere shrivelled at the cannons mouth { And all her hopes were desolate. "Fold up the banners! Smelt the guns! Love Rules. Her gentler purpose runs. The mighty Mother turns in tears rrhe pages of her battle years, Lamenting all her fallen Sons! ' dls.i wisMk. FARMER IS ROBBED OX A LONELY ROAD BY AN UN KNOWN FOOTPAD. Mr. James Bonnett is Relieved of the Proceeds ..from the Sale of a Bale of Cotton. |A bold robbery has just been made public. With the proceeds from a bale of cotton that he had sold, in his pocket, James Bonnet^ a well known farmer living between White Pond and Windsor, in-this state, was robbed Tuesday afternoon by an un known negro, who made his escape. The robbery was one of the boldest that has been reported in a long time, and was practically a hold up. ? IMr.;Bonnett went Tuesday to Wil "liston, and 'there Bold a bale of cot ton. He started to drive home late in the afternoon, and had in cash $56. When some distance out of Williston, and driving along a lonely stretch of road, he overtook a negro, Who was walking. The negro asked for a ride and Mr. Bonnett stopped his team and took the negro in the wagon. ?- (He did not drive far until the ne gro, who was standing up .behind Mr. Bonnett, caught him by the throat and ? bore' him down to the floor of the wagon. Mr. Bonnett, who is between 60 and 55 years., of age, was easily overcome, and when he was choaked into insensibility, the negro rifled his pockets, secur ing all the money he had. /The negro then made his escape. Mr. Bonnett was not injured serious ly and soon recovered. He. stated that he did not know the negro, but it is very likely that bs could recog nize him if he ever sees his assailant again. It is thought that the negro had: been in Williston Tuesday, and seeing Mr. Bonnett selling cotton, deliberately planned to rob him. KILLED FOR REVENGE. Negro Committed Brutal Crime to Avenge Himself. Rpbert L. Maguigan, Jr., 13-year old son of Robert Maguigan, of Bev erley, N. J., <wbo was found hanging front the front stoop- of bis parents residence on September 23, was mur dered, it is believed, by some enemy of his father, instead of having com mitted suicide, as was at .first sup posed.' The facts came out .at,? the inquest Wednesday night when the father took the witness stand. The father is foreman of a large factory. He has had numerous dif-( ferences with the men under him. His most recent trouble was on Sep tember 23. "That day a colored man came to see me and demanded some money, said Maguigan. "1 refused to give him any. He told me he would get even, and before the day was over I would know how he was to take revenge." "I thought nothing of the threat until that night when I went home to find my boy dead. His little sis ter found him hanging to the front door steps, a strap around his neck. , "I am. sure the man who made the threats did the deed. He killed my boy to revenge himself upon me. I have kept quiet to see if I could | not run down the murderer and take the mutter into my own hands." CAUSE MANY TO FLEE. Earthquake Shocks Depopulate Part of Arizona. A dispatch from Flagstaff, Ariz., says a territory fifty miles square, extending from there to the grand canon of the Colorado, stands prac tically depopulated because of earth quake and rumblings, which, begin ning Saturday, are steadily increasing in magnitude and violence. Indians, of whom there were many in the region, fled when the quakes began, terrified by sinister imports which they Imagined to be contain ed in the cracking of ground. The whites remained until their homes fell about them. J. B. Shaves, the first of the re fugees to reach Flagstaff, reported that his house was cracked. Others who came in later reported that vol canic stones had been torn from beds and sent down the mountain sides. They refused to go back. The whoie district is of volcanic origin. The phenomena is attributed to a slip ,-n the earth. Some Big Fish. One of the biggest catches of the fishing season at Long Branch, N. J., I is credited to Capt. Hiram Lock wood and the little crew of his fishing smack Dinah. The boat Thursday brought in four fish which tipped the scales at an average of 1,000 pounds each. The catch included three sharks and a horse mackerel. His Money Was Safe. ,At Boston, Mass., upon being told his bootblack stand, in which he had $300, was a fire, Joseph Sesoneran Friday died of cerebral hemorrhage. The fire was extingushed before it reached the money. Took Him for Thief. Ash Armstrong, of Birmingham, Ala., was shot to death by George Jackson, a negro peddler, who mis took his victim for a, highwayman. The negro is held on a charge of murder. ORANGEBUBG, TEDDY i THE SADDLE PUSHES HIS TICKET THROUGH REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. '"Whips the Old Guard to a Frazzle, and Then Rides Rough Sliod Or er Them. . The New York Republican State Convention at Saratoga Wednesday evening nominated Henry L. Sti ori son of New York as its candida'e for governor. The nomination of Mr. Stimson was one more victory for Roosevelt, who led the fight for the nomination of his candidate, com pleting the unbroken series of* cr1 umphs from the moment the con vention was called to order until its final adjournment. The vote for governor stood gs follows: Henry L. Stimson, 684, Wm. S. Bennett of New York, 242; Thomas B. Dunn of Rochester, 33; James B. McEwan of Albany, 2S,. scatering, 23. The State as made up Wednesday for the balance of the ticket by Roosevelt. Root and nis henchmen went through without a hitch. With the exception of the nomi nations for governor and comptrol ler there were no contests. Repre sentative Bennett, who has been con ducting the only open campaign for the nomination of governor, kept up the fight to the end and his persist ency and his strength with the N?w York delegation threatened to breik the slate. It is understood that Roosevelt will stump the State for the ticket. At the close of 'the convention James S. Wadsworth, Jr., speaker of the assembly, announced his with drawal from the legislature. He said this determination was reached some time ago, and was due the en tirely to his personal views as to the length of time a member of the as sembly should hold that important and difficult office. 1 (Wadsworth would not say that his retirement was due to the victo ry of the progressives in the conven* tion. The close of the convention found the Roosevelt forces in com plete mastry of the situation. . Following the first rout of the or ganization came Roosevelt's dramat ic and successful battle for the adop tion of the platform of the progress ives, and his final victory in the nom ination of Stimson. By the time the vote was taken the strength of the organization had been dissipated badly. . BLISTERS THE OLD GUARD. Insurgents Pour Hot Shot Into Their Ranks. The Wisconsin Republican State platform convention, at Madison, spent Thursday listening to insur gent Congressmen make speeches. Esch rehearsed phases of the insur gent fight against the. rules In the house of representatives at Washing ton and extolled Senator La Follette as the father of the progressive ideas, after erroneously, they declare, call ed the Roosevelt policies. '\They 'called ? us insurugents?I can't quite give the nasty accent? and then they called us Democrats," said congressman Lenroot. Well, there are worse things than being a Democrat. The old line Senators left their chair with smiles of derision when Senator La Follette began to speak. He turned to them and said with a phophecy which has come true: "Those chairs, which you leave vacant temporarily will be made permanently so by the people.' Where are former senators from North and South Dakota, from Kan sas and from Iowa? Their seats are occupied by Cummings, by Borah, by Bristow. "Yes, Hale is sick and Aldrich not ,feeling wedl," said Congressman Cooper, after submitting one plank iplediging Republican legislators to return Senator La Follette to the sen ate at Washington. Boat Keeled Over. At Pensacola, Fla., August Wilena and Heinrich Star were drowned and five other men had a narrow escape from death when a small boat in which they were rowing to a steamer In the harbor capsized. All of the men had spent the night in the city and attempted to row back to the vessel in a boat which had a capac ity of carrying three persons. Fewer Deaths. The mortality report of the census bureau shows a decrease in 1909 compared with 190S of Deaths in this country from tuberculosis and ty phoid fever. The rate of the former fell from 174 to 167 1-2 per hun dred thousand, the rate of the later from 25 to 22. Died After Wultz. "I could die waltzing," said Miss Elizabeth Harris at the close of a dance late Thursday night at Chic ago. As she seated herself she fell over. She died within a few min utes. She had been dancing contin uously for four hours. She was 22 yeans old. Killed in Battle. Four thousand lives were lost in the recent war in Nicaragua, accord ing to Jacob Weinberger, manager of the BlnefieldB Steamship Company, at Bluefields, Nicaraugue, who re turned to New Orleans. S. C, SAT?KDAY, OCT HADE HIS HAUL Rawn, Who Committed Suicide in His Home Last Sommer, Tonis Out FIRST CLASS GRAFTER Former President of Car Repair Company Details the Payment of Large Sums of Former President of Monon Route, Who Was Mys teriously Shot .at His Residence. Henry C. Ostermann, former pres ident of the Ostermann Manufactur ing Company, who is said to have been a .big factor in the Illinois Cen tral car repair frauds, related a sen sational story of the inside workings of his concern before Judge Brug gemeyer at Chicago on Wednesday. Ostermann was called as a witness ! for the prosecution in the conspiracy j hearing against Frank B. Harriman, Chas. L. Ewing and John M. Taylor, former Illinois Central officials, who. are charged with participating in ex tensive car repair swindles. The late Ira G. Rawn, former president of the IMonon Route, who was "mysteriously" shot to death nt j his summer residence in Winnetka, I Ills., last July, was named by the chief figures in the alleged graft ring. Ostermann declared j that as vice president of the Illinois Central, Rawn was gdven 1,500 6hares of stock in the Ostermann Manufactur ing Company, and that this was in creased to 2,700 shares. He said that Rawn sold his stock to the man ufacturing company at par, $5 a share. After Rawn had Bold back his stock holdings in the car repair company for $13,500, the witness says the former Illinois Central vice president demanded and got first $5 and then $10, and finally $15 for each car repaired or alleged to have been repaired at the Ostermann plant. In this connection Ostermann tes tified that he personally made one payment of $10,500 to Rawn, which, he said, was for 700 cars upon which the repair concern had collected bills for repairs. The witness said that Rawn received $15 a car during the firBt six months of the year 1909. This w'as during^he last six months ?that Ostermann was -connected with the repair company. ?According to Ostermann, three dis tinct kinds of payments were made in the passing of this alleged graft. In addition to the payment per car as to Rawn, said Ostermann, a fixed monthly sum was paid certain offi cials and a two per cent, monthly dividend was paid on all Ostermann Manufacturing Company Btock held by Illinois Central officers. This stock dividend, amounting to 24 per cent a year, was paid on several blocks of Ostermann Company stock, said Ostermann. J "'What Illinois Central officials held stock in your company?" was asked O?termann by Attorney Fish- j er. "Ira G. Rawn had 2,100 shares; Frank B. Harriman had 2,200 shar es; John M. Taylor had first 1,000, and then 5,000 shares; Jos. E. Buk er had 2,200 shares. Wm. Renshaw had 1,500 shares and W. J. Taylor had 500. S. B. and Mildred Harri man had 100 shares each, but I don't know who they are other than they were connected with the Illinois Central Company. Their stock was bought and paid for by Frank 3. Harriman." "What officers of the railroad com pany received monthly payments from your concern and in what amounts?" Osterman was asked by counsel for the prosecution. "Frank B. Harriman received $8, 100 monthly; Joseph E. Buker also got $1,000 monthly; Wm. Renshaw was paid $500 monthly; W. J. Leahy $100; H. N. Dunlay $100; R. G. Ran som $25; John Waters $25; Matthew Morgan $75, and F. A. Jones $100 on at least one occasion that I personally know of." Ostermann then entered into a re cital of the organization of the man ufacturing company. "I did not think of going into the car repair business at first," said Ostermann. "The idea was first suggested to me by a Mr. Considine, whom I met while selling stock in the grain door enterprise. He sug gested the matter to me and later I took it up with John M. Taylor, of the Illinois Central. He discouraged me first and later assisted me. John E. Baker took me to Ira G. Rawn to arrange for a contract to do repair work for the Illinois Central. '1Mr. RawD asked me how many cars I thought I could turn out in a day, and I replied about 25." " 'You are the man we are look ing for', he said, and the deal was arranged." !The witness then related how in 1907 he was told by John M. Tay lor that Frank B. Harriman wanted to 6ee him; that Harriman wanted to buy more stock in the Ostermann concern. "I refused to sell Harriman a block of stock at that time because I would thereby lose the controlling interest in the company. Instead < I selling Harriman stock, we came to an agreement whereby I was to pay Harriman $10,000 a month. I paid this amount in person, sometimes in check and sometimes in cash. "Sometime after this I had a talk OBER 1. 1910. CHINESE BANDITS CARRY OFF FIFTEEN MEN TO BE HELD FOR RANSOM. They Stole Thirty Thousand Dollurs from a Bank and Then Escaped to the Mountains. ?Dispatches from Victoria, B. C., says Manchuria bandits made a raid on the town of New Chwang,, at the mouth of the Liao river, early this month, and carried away fifteen Chin- j ese merchants to be held for ransom, according to advices received by. the j steamer Sado Maru, which has just arrived from the Orient. The bandits stole $30,000 from a .bank and secured large stores of; arms and ammunition. The brigands, of whom there were 300, retired to a stronghold In the mountains near Antanshien. When the steamer left Japan the bandits were surrounded by 600 Chinese troops and police from Hai Cheng and liao Yang. Operations against the brigands began on Sep tember 5, when a number of pickets and two entrenchments were captur ed. The brigands have a large store of food in the temple buildings in thej mountains and have settled down to withstand a seige. Artillery was being sent from Muk den. A company of Japanese fron tier guards who joined the Chinese and sought to assist them in the attack were ordered to return by the Chinese. TEDDY GETTING RIGHT. Bryan Says He Is Advocating Demo cratic Doctrines. ;In an address before a mass meet ing at Pueblo, Col., W. J. Bryan on Monday charged Theodore Roosevelt with having advocated old time Democratic principles in many of his recent addresses on his Western tour. Referring to Roosevelt's OBSwatomle, Kan., speech on "New Nationalism." Mr. Bryan said: "The Democratic party has preach ed this doctrine for fourteen years and in 1900 incorporated it in its platform, quite in contrast with the distinguished gentleman who appears ?to have just made the, discovery that this doctrine is correct and progres sive and just. "In his expressions regarding rail road regulation, the income tax, swollen fortunes, and public't? of campaign contributions, Mr. Roosa velt has merely followed a well es tablished Democratic lead. For years Democratic platforms have been clamoring for legislation in this di rection." Br. Bryan also said the former President's conversion to the income tax had been "recent " FATALITD3S IN PITTSBURG. One Day's Record in Police Courts of That City. This rather exceptional record of a day's tragedies was compiled by the police of Pittsburg, Pa., on last Thursday: /Mrs. Sarah Welsh, aged 32, was found fatally burned in her apart ment at IP Penn street north side. She died r iter saying that her burns were received in an explosion of a gas range, but the range was found Intact. The police scented mystery in the case and are investigating. George Stewart, aged 30, was found dead on the steps of the Her ron Hill Methodist Episcopal church. He had taken carbolic alld. iGeorge Ogden fell from the win-1 dow of a Carson street hotel and was instantly killed. W. S. Hertsberger, aged 21, was killed by electricity while repairing light at the Pressed Steel Car com pany's plant In McKees Rocks. John Ross, aged 19, of Homestead ( fatally shot himself through the lungs and will die. The police de clare it suicide. ? Myrtle King, aged 21, attempted suicide by drinking poison at a Sec ond avenue rooming house. Sho 's expected to recover. Woman Was the Cause. IMack Wright, a negro, was com mitted to the Aiken jail on Monday for ambushing John Gilliard, anoth er negro, Sunday morning on the farm of Capt. J. M. Cobb at Silver ton, and fatally shooting him about a woman. with Bucker and he suggested that I pay over some money to the 'old man,' Mr. Rawn. I asked him how much and he said about $5 a car for every car repaired. Later, Bucker came to me and said that Mr. Rawn felt they ought to have a little more money on the cars. Bucker said 1 ought to know what it would mean if I didn't give it. Bucker said that other repair car companies were do ing it and that he had to .take his orders regarding the placing of re pair contracts from those above him. In this way the payment per car was raised to $10 and then to $13.' .During the period that the alleg ed grafting was going on Ostermann said he handled each deal in person and thereafter made the .payments of money to the railroad officials. He declared that he frequently passed $1,000 bills to certain of the men mentioned and upon one occasion he handed ovtir a $5,000 bill. DEAD OR STOLEN MAN LOOKING FOR SON MISSING SIX MONTHS. With His Companions Lad Was Play ing.?"Madman" Scared Them and They Ran. Charles H. Adams district super intendent of the United Natural Gas company, a Standard Oil subsidiary, ! at Kane, Pa., is in New York city to j invoke the aid of the New York po lice in his search for his little son, Edward Patrick, who has been miss ing since last April 15. jAdams told a remarkable story of the boy's sudden and mysterious dis appearance and of the efforts that searching parties, often numbering more than 100 persons. He has car ried the search as far est as St. Louis. Mrs. Adams is prostrated from grief and believes her son mur dered by a madman. The father still hopes that little Edward was on ly kidnapped and may yet be found. Edward will be ten years old next December. On April 15 last he went out with three other boys of his own age to fish in a creek about ten min utes' walk fom home, through the woods There was not sufficient wa ter in the creek to drown a kitten in. The lads were fishing for min nows with bent pins. It is impossi ble that Edward was drowned. Another party of slightly older lads was fishing nearby. One of these thought .it would be fun to try to scare the younger boys. He went .up to them and pretending he was the son of the fish warden, told them they had no right to fish and would be arrested. The little chaps had been there too often to be frightened in that fashion. On his way back to his chums, this lad met a rough looking man, who bounded out of the woods at him, swearing and looking as though in sane. The boy ran, shouting warn ing to both fishing parties. All fled. As they ran they missed Edward. They shouted for him and dodged around several paths to look for him. They could find him nowhere. The last place he was seen was the spot where the rough looking man jump ed out upon the path. One of the boys hastened to tell Mrs. Adams that Edward was lost in the woods. WJthing an hour Adams was scouring the woods, a hundred neigh bors helping. Every day for weeks' the search was kept up. Every part of the woods and all the country were examined. It was thought the boy might have been killed and buried, perhaps in the woods. Every foot of the ground was gone over time and time again, with the utmost system.' No trace of any newly turn ed earth was discovered. Frequently the search parties num bered more than a thousa* I "en and women. Finkertons were engaged. I The police and all the local author ities in Pennsylvania have done their utmost. COVER CROP CAMPAIGN. Various Agencies Work for the Bet terment of Agriculture. There will be more winter cover crop planted in South Carolina this fall than ever before. The work of the various agencies for better agri culture in this State is quite notice able. Last year notwithstanding the dry fall and spring, there were hun dreds of successful fields of vetch, bur clover, crimson clover, red clo ver and alfalfa. The majority of these were planted under the super vision of a government agent, and were so satisfactory that the area will be greatly extended this year. A. G. Smith, scientific assisstant of the United State department of agri culture gave specific directions for planting over 300 fields of these crops last year, and this year he is continuing the work in practically every section of the State. Specific directions for planting any of these crops can be secured by addressing him at Columbia. He has already given directions for over 150 fields this season. These advise the farm er every step in the process, and tell him where to secure the seed and the soil for inoculation. The aim of the department of ag-j riculture is to get a winter cover crop on every acre of land in South Carolina. It will take many years to accomplish the desired result, but the people are waking up to the op portunity and the benefit of winter cover crops, and it is believed that great results will be accomplished in the next few years. Farmers are ad vised to plant rye or oats on the larger part of their farm if they bave never grown any leguminous winter cover crop, but it is" advisable to plant a small area of vetch, bur clo ver, red clover or crimson clover, fol lowing the directions given, and then in another year by having plenty of soil for inoculation, the farmer can extend his area as he sees fit. Most of the failures with these crops and also with the alfalfa, has been due to lack of proper knowledge of planting. Where the proper meth ods have been followed there has been practically no failures what ever. ; Dies From Hurt. George Chavez, aged 23, the Peru vian aviator, who was Injured in alighting after his flight over the Alps last week, died at 2.25 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. 0 WO CENTS PER COPY FEAR FODL PLAY Young Mao From Brooklyn fysterioosry Disappears and His ??? - i FRIENES ARE ANXIOUS i jEdward J. Boyd, a Traveling Agent. | for an Advertising Firm, is Missing from Augusta, Ga., Where He Was Last Seen Home Weeks Ago, and! Cannot Be Found. The Augusta Herald says Edward J. Boyd, of Brooklyn, N. Y., con nected with the advertising firm of Shearman & Ryan, of that city, has mysteriously disappeared and all ef forts, so far, to locate him have? proven unavailing. Mr. Boyd arrived in Augusta from Savannah on tho 26th of August, intending to do? quite a good deal of advertising la that city, for certain brands of teas. On his arrival in Aug'" 'a he went direct to the Marks-Grocery company and made arrangements with, that firm for the placing of certain sign? and display cards. A short, while* after his conversation with Mr. Marks, two boxes of advertising, mat ter and a grip arrived at the store* and Mr. Marks signed the express re ceipt for them. It is also stated that Mr. Boyd signed in person for another grip which was forwarded to him from Savannah. Mr. Boyd later went to* the Marks store and talked with Mr, i Marks about some window signs ami on leaving him stated that he wouldi return on the following morning atid! place them. This was the last seen of him and the boxes and the grip ?ro still at the store, awaiting instmcv tions as to their disposition. Mr. Marks stated Wednesday morning to a Herald reporter tftit Mr. Boyd seemed to be in a happy humor and that there was nothrrrg to indicate about him that he might be ill or despondent. He described him as a young man about 22 years of age of medium height, with dark hair and a very interesting talker. No trace o? him has been found at any of the hotels of the city but inquiry at several grocery stores de veloped the fact that a man an swering the description of Mr. Boyd called on a number of the merchants of the city in regard to placing some* advertising matter. /The last letter which the young: man wrote to his employers was from Augusta and was dated on Septem ber 1st and on the same date he also - wrote to his mother, in Brooklyn, He was on his way toward Columbia^ S. C, to which point his firm had sent him a registered letter contain ing a sum of money. The police department has receiw ed a letter asking information about: Mr. Boyd but so far they have been* unable to asceitain anything about him. They state that, letters of this; description are received every day and that they do not attract any great attention at headquarters. (Mr. Marks, of the Marks Grocery company, stated that Mr. Boyd, as th? letters received in Augusta state, did not appear to be a drinking man. His beatures were clear cut and re fined and he did not seem dissipated, Mr. Marks fears that the young mar* is the victim of foul play. HUNDREDS DROWNDED. Severe Storm Takes Heavy Toll of Human Life. iSeveral steamship disasters with) heavy loss of life resulted from se vere storms in Japan and China wat ers shortly prior to the sailing of tho steamer Sado Mara which has arriv ed at Victoria, B. C. The steamer Tayei Kise Maru, ply ing between Amoy and Chuan Chow, went down and two hundred passen gers, many of them Chinese, ,wer? drowned. The river steamer Andscin Maru in the Shinana river foundered, fifty persons were drowned. The Osaka Shosen coasting steam er Kilikiua Maru, went ashore oa September 8 near Chino Islands, Wakayama, but no lives were lost. _ ~ , ^ i Cut His Head OH. Jacob Foreman, aged 37 yearu> was decapitated and two other mea injured, one seriously, by the burst ing of a steam pipe at the Orient coke plant, at Orient, Pa., Thursday, The three men were at work in the engine, when, without warning a 6 inch steam pipe burst, fragments of the iron being hurled with terrific force in all directions. One piece cut oft Foreman's head. . ? Gave Fortune Away. Geo. W. Patten, the millonaire grain operator, of Chicago, died on Thursday night from tuberculosis, left a fortune estimated at $5,000.00", The greater part is said to have beerj left to public charities, including 3 large donation for the furtherance of the anti-tuberculosis campaign. ? ? ? ! Struck the Church. At Nashville, Tenn., while service?' were n progress at Donelson churcte were in progress at Donelson churcb building, killing Howard Sullivan the 19 year old son of Dr. W. B. Sulli-. van. Several other persons were* stunned. .