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?v '< * > MADE MS HAPL Kiwi, WW Canitted Suckle ii His Hue Last Saner, Tarns Oat ? } FIRST CLASS GRAFTER Former President of Car Repair < Company Details the Payment of ( Large Sums of Former President i of Monon Route, Who Was Mys- J teriously Sliot at His Residence. i Henry C. Osternnann, former pres- | ident of the Ostermann Manufactur- i Ing Company, who is said to have been a big factor in the Illinois Central car repair frauds, rested a sensational story of the inside workings of hlB concern before Judge Bruggemeyer at Chicago on Wednesday. Ostermann was called as a witness for the prosecution in the conspiracy hearing against Frank B. Harriman, Chas. L. Ewlng and John M. Taylor, former Illinois Central oRicials, who are charged with participating in extensive car repair swindles. The late Ira G. Rawn, former president of the (Monon Route, who was "mysteriously" Bhot to death at hiB summer residence in Winnetka, Ills., last July, w;as named by the chief figures in the alleged graft ring. Ostermann declared that as vice president of the Illinois Central, Rawn was given 1,600 shares of stock in the Ostermann Manufacturing Company, and that this was increased to 2,700 Bhares. He said that Rawn sold his stock to the manufacturing company at par, $5 a share. After Rawn had sold back his stock holdings in the car repair company for $13,500, the witness says the former Illinois Central vicepresident 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 testified that he personally made one payment of $10,500 to Rawn, which, be raid, war tt.r 700 path nnnn which the repair concern bad collected bills for repairs. Tbe witness said tbat Rawn received $15 a car during the first six months of the year 1909. This was during the last six months that Ostermann whs connected with the repair company. According to Ostermann, three distinct 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 officials and a two per cent, monthly dividend was paid on all Ostermunn Manufacturing Company stock held by Illinois Central officers. This ^^tock dividend, amounting to 24 per cent a year, was paid on several blocks of Ostermann Company stock, said Ostermann. '"What Illinois Central officials held stock In your company?" was asked Ostermann by Attorney Fisher. "Ira G. Rawp. had 2,100 shares; Frank B. Harriman had 2,200 sliaiee; John M. Taylor had first 1,000, and then 5,000 shares; Jos. E. Buker had 2,200 shares. Wm. Renshaw had 1,500 shares and W. J. Taylor had 500. S. B. and Mildred Harriman 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 KnuvKf *4 A W? Y7? 1- o auu jra iu 1U1 UJ 17 1 ailli ?3. HarrimB-n." "What officers of the railroad company 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. Ransom $26; John Waters $25; Matthew Morgan $75, and F. A. Jones $100 or at least one occasion that I personally know of." Ostermann then entered Into a recital of the organization of the manufacturing 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 firrain dnnr pntomrleo Ho I v r. .?w, ?<v o?6" Rested 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. Rawc to arrange for a contract to do repair work for the Illinois Central. MMr. Rawn asked me how many cars 1 thought I could turn out In a day, and I replied about 25." " 'You are the man we are looking for', he said, and the deal was arranged." (The witness then related how In 1907 he was told by John M. Taylor that Frank R. Harrlman wanted to see him; that Harriman wanted to buy more stock in the Ostermann concern. "I refused to sell Harrlman a block of stock at that time because I would thereby lose the controlling Interest in the company. Instead ? f selling Harriman stock, wo came to t r\ ^ - - - ... . - *-rC -vTEDDY IN THE SADDLE PUSHES HIS TICKET THROUGH < REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. Whips the Old Guard to a Frazde and Then Hides Rough Shod Over Them. The New York Republican State Convention at Saratoga Wednesday ( evening nominated Henry L. Stiia- , son of New York as its candidate foe onvnrnor TKa \f ivt vi nvi . i uc uv/iiiiuaiiuii ui i . ] Stfmson was ope more victory for Roosevelt, who led the fight for Hie nomination of his candidate, com- ' pleting the unbroken series of irs- i uinphs from the moment the convention wsb called to order uutil its final adjournment. The vote for governor stood- as 1 follows: Henry L. Stiuison, 6S4, 1 Wm. S. Bennett of New York, 242; rhomas B. Dunn of Rochester, 33; James B. McEwun of Albany, 2S, ^catering, 23. The State as made up Wednesday for the balance of the ticket by Roosevelt. Root and nie benchinen went through without a tiitch. With the exception of the nominations for governor and comptrol- 1 ler there were no contests. Representative Bennett, who has been coniucting the only open campaign for the nomination of governor, kept up the fight to the end and his persistency and his strength with the N?w York delegation threatened to break the elate. 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 withdrawal from the legislature. He said this determination was reached some time ago, and was due the entirely to his personal views as to the length of time a member of the assembly should hold that important nn;l difficult office. Wadsworth would not say that his retirement was due to the victory of the progressives in the convention. The close of the convention found the Roosevelt forces in complete mastry of the situation. Following the first rout of the organization came Roosevelt's dramatic and successful battle for the adoption of the platform of the progress ives, and his final victory In the nomination of Stimson. By the time the vote was taken the strength of the organization had been dissipated badly. HAS IjOHT HIS CHIP. That is What a Horry Man Bays About. Tillman. In an Interview given to the Charlotte Observer's Washington correspondent, DeVaux Porter, of Horry County talks iuterestingly of Senator Tillman and another term in the Benate. lie predicts that Senator Tillman will never again take an uctive part in the Senate proceedings. and will not be reelected when his term expires. "It is common talk in South Carolina," said Mr. Porter, "that for physical reasons alone there would be little likelihood of Mr. Tillman ever again being able to take up actively the work of a political leader. Before this last attack ^e had an illness that sent him abroad for monthB in an effort to recover, and since his retrun, though he seemed about normal, he has dropped into the background. All through the tariff fight he seemed to be drifting along. The truth is, Tillman has lost his grip on the state. "Ever since he defeated Hampton for the senate his position had been imuiHpuiea, Dili, at tils last election, when there waa no candidate who dared oppose him, fifteen thousand men scratched bis name on the ballot just to show they did not like him. That was a straw in the wind. It's strange, but even at the height of his power he never has been able to name office holders In the state, and the dispensary, which was his favorite issue, has been legislated out of existence,, in spite of his Btrenuous defense of it." an agreement whereby I was to pay Harrimart $10,000 a month. I paid this amount in person, sometimes in check and sometimes in cash. "Sometime after this I bad a talk with Rucker 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 leu in?y ougni 10 navo a little more money on the cars. Bucker said 1 ought to know what It would mean if 1 didn't give it. Bucker said that other repair car companies were doing it and that he had to take his orders regarding the placing of repair contracts from those above him. In this way the payment per car was raised to $10 and then to $15.' During the period that the alleged grafting was going on Ostermann said he handled each deal in person and thereafter made the payments cf money to the railroad officials, lie declared that he frequently passed $1,000 bills to certain of the men mentioned and upon one occasion he handed over a $5,000 bill. CHINESE BANDITS CARRY OFF FIFTEEN MEN TO BE J HELD FOR RANSOM. rhey Stole Thirty Thousand Dollars 1 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 4 mouth of the Liao river, early this 5 month, and carrie I away fifteen Chin- ' pse merc hants to be held for ransom, ' accordluK to advices received by the . steamer Sado Maru, which has just arrived from the Orient. , The bandits stole $110,000 from a . bank and secured laree stores of arms anil uninmuition. The brigands. , of whom there were 1100, retired to a , stronghold in the mountains near | Antanshien. I When the steamer left Japan the , bandits were surrounded by COO { Chinese troops and police from Hai j Cheng and Iiao Yang. Operations against the brigands began on Sep- ] tember 5, when a number of pickets ( and two entrenchments were captor- t ed. , The brigands have a large store of , food in the temple buildings in the t mountains and have settled down to j withstand a seige. , Artillery was being sent from Muk- \ den. A company of Japanese frontier guards who joined the Chinese ] and sought to assist them in the t attack were ordered to return by s the Chinese. t OOVKK CHOI' CAMPAIGN. | Various Agencies Work for the llctI torment of Agriculture. I There will bo more winter cover , crop planted in South Carolina this fall than ever before. The work of the vurious agencies for better agriculture in this Stute is quite notice- j able. Last year notwithstanding the dry fall and spring, there were hun- . dreds of suscessfu! fields of vetch, bur elover, crimson clover, red clo- ! ver and alfalfa. The majority of these were planted under the supervision 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 agriculture gave specific directions for planting over 300 fields of these viupu nisi year, una tills year he Is continuing the work in practically every section of the State. Specific directions for planting any of th?>6e cropB can be secured by addressing him at Columbia. He has already given directions for over 150 fields this season. These advise the farmer 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- , rlculture 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 arc waking up to the opportunity and the benefit of winter cover crops, and it is believed that I great results will be accomplished in the next few years. Farmers are advised to plant rye or oats on the larger part of their farm if they have { never grown any leguminous winter cover crop, but It is advisable to J 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 InoculaMon, the farmer can j 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 methods have been followed there has been practically no failures whatever. TOBACCO HIGHER. Sizes of Packages Smaller But Sell for Same Price. Packages of all American-made cigarettes and tobaccos are being reduced in size by the manufacturers to make up for the increased revenue taxes imposed by tho tariff. Packages of several well known brnnds which used to contain twenty cigaretts and sold for five cents now contain only fifteen and sell for the same price. The first of the smaller size packages have appeared in Washington and th6 internal revenue bureau has unofficial information that the tobacco trust intends cutting the sizes of all its package goods in every city in the country. Packages of cgarettes which form eriy contained ten, it Is said, will hereafter contain eight. Pocket pouches of tobacco, which have been made in the favorite size of one and 1 two-thirds ounces and sold for five 1 cents, will be reduced to one and a 1 quarter ounces. 1 This is due to the fact that under ' the old law, cigarettes which weigh no more than ten pounds per thousand wero taxed at the rate of 53 cents a thousand. This classification covered all kinds of common cigar- 1 ettes. 'The new tax is $1.25 a trous- i and. Smoking tobacco also was af- . fected. 1 DEAD OR STOLEN HAN IjOOKING FOR SON MISSING j SIX MONTHS. A'ith His Companions U<1 Was Play- i Inx.?"Madman" Scared Them and They Ran. Charles H. Adams district superntcndent of the United Natural Gas c I _ - J ;uiii|Mtii.v, a sianuaru un subsidiary, it Kane, Pa., is in New York city to 2 invoke the aid of the New York po- c lice In his search for his little son, \ fill ward Patrick, who has been miss- I iiu since last April 15. c (Adams told a remarkable story oT 1 he boy's sudden and mysterious dis- g tppearanee and of the efforts that f searching parties, often numbering c nore than 10 0 persons. He has car- 1 led the search as far est as St. c x?ui8. Mrs. Adams is prostrat"d c rom grief and believes her sou niurlered by a madman. The father t (till hopes that little Edward was on i y kidnapped and may yet be fouud. c Edward will be ten years old next 1 December. On April 15 last he went t >ut with three other boys of his own \ ige to fish in a creek about ten min- t ites' walk fom home, through the i ivoods There was not sufficient wa- i er in the creek to drown a kitten c n. The lads were fishing for nun- r rows with bent pins. It is impossi- 1 jle that Edward was drowned. i Another party of slightly older > ads was fishing nearby. One of these 1 hought it would be fun to try to : scare the younger boys. He went up o them nnd pretending he was the t ?on of the fish warden, told them t hey had no right to fish and would t >e airested. \ The 111 tie chaps had been thero s [oo often to be frightened in that | fashion. I On his way back to his chums, this t lad met a rough looking man, who i hounded cut of the woods at him, | swearing and looking as though in- t sane. The boy ran, shouting warning to both fishing parties. All fled, j As they ran they missed Edward, i They shouted for him and dodged i around several paths to look for him. j They could find him nowhere. The ] Irrt plr.ee he was seen was the spot i where the rough looking man jump- | ed out upon the path. One of the i boys hastened to tell Mrs. Adams that Edward was lost in the woods. Within? an hour Adams was , scouring the woods, a hundred neigh- , bors helping. Every day for weeks i the search was kept un. Every part i of the woods and nil th#* cnnnifv were examined. It was thought the boy might have been killed and ( buried, perhaps In the woods. Every ] foot of the ground was gone ov?r i time and time again, with the utmost < system. No trace of any newly turn- j rd earth was discovered. ( Frequently the search parties niim- . bored more than a thousand men and j women. Pinkertons were engaged, i The police and all the local author- i ities in Pennsylvania have done their t utmost. FOR RETTKR MAIL DELIVERY. m k Patrons Should Provide Receptacles for Receiving Mail. Rv direction of fthe Post Ofllce Department. the attention of Datrons jf this office is invited to the advantages of providing facilities for the receipt of their mail by erecting conveniently accessible boxes or cutting suitable slots in their door3. Such u'tion would enable the postmaster to give a prompter and better deliv'ry service w ith the means at his dlsposai, since the ca.riers can cover much more territory in less time if not compelled to wait for an an iwor to tneir ring. Private receptacles for mail are al- * so a great convenience to the house- ^ holder, obviating the necessity of responding to the carrier's call at inconvenient momenta and permitting i he safe delivery of mall in the absence of members of the household. They also prevent the occassional necessity of a carrier's proceeding on his route without delivering mail because of failure to answer his ring 3 cvlthin a reasonable time, and enable 1 him to make deliveries to patrons 1 living on or near the end of the 3 route at an earlier hour. a It has been shown by actual ex- 1 perience that the benefits derived by patrons of city delivery from the x use of such receptacles far outweigh t the small expense involved. As Hie f |K>st office U interested in furnish- \ Ing the best possible service at the leaBt expense, your compliance virh c the foregoing suggestions wi'l be t much appreciated. 1 </ii wr w tuiz. j "I could die waltzing," said Miss Elizabeth Harris at the cloee of a lance late Thursday night at Chicago. As she seated herself she fell t aver. She died within a few mln- c iites. Si.c had been dancing contin- ( nously for four hours. She was 22 ? rears old. < Dies From Hurt. c r.c?rgo Chavez, aged 2:1, the Peru- I rian aviator, who was injured in " iltghting after his flight over the : I A1 r?8 last week, died at 2.25 o'clock c Wednesday afternoon. I DEAS KICKED OUT. . W. TOLiBKRT TO HEAD REPUR. lilOAN PARTY OF STATE. # r. L. Grant. Charleston County Chairman, Charged That He Was MonrxMi or Vlee-ClialrmiuiHliip. The State says following the hours if haranguing and exhortations, the lepublican State convention yesterlay elected J. W. Toll>ert, chairman, ind J. R. Levy, who is a negro, vice hairnian. The action of the conrention was an overthrow of E. H. )eas. a negro, who lias held the hairinanship for several years. There were about 90 delegates preient. and about 87 of these were netroes. There was an entire absence >f prominent Republican leaders. The matter of congressional eandilates will be left to the respective listricts. Declaring that he had been robb?d of the vice chairmanship by a Discount in the votes, T. L. Grunt >f Charleston, a negro Republican, eft the convention hall, saying that hey would hear front him later. The rote for Grant as announced by the eller was 4 4. The vote for Levy vas 4 6. Grant contended that he eceived 51 votes. There were four sandidates for the ofTice of chairnan? R. H. Richudson, J. W. Toliert, J. R. Levy and C. M. English. Vll of these, except Tolbert, are netroes. Tolbert received 51 votes Richardson 4; English 11, and Levy !1 for the chairmanship. On the surface of the convention here appeared a hitter dislike for he administration of President Taft. >eveal of tlie speakers, when there vas not an election on, tried to make speeches about "reclaiming" and utrifying the personnel of the party, nit these words were drowned in he din of the lloor leaders who tried o swing the more reticent delegates from side to side. There were no Ights this year. The negroes had the convention ill to themselves, and the many lours which the body was in session ivere spent in haranguing and askng a thousand or so questions. Parliamentary rules were hammered inio a pulp by the chairman. The most important feature and the big noise" of the convention was the "big stick" used by the negro acting is chairman for Deas, (he State chairman,, who has headed the organization for several years. I)ean svas at the meeting but did not participate in any of the jumbled discussions on account of his ill health, The report of the committee on :redentials was received and the only contest before the convention wa^ the two delegations from Aiken ounty. While the committees were it work about 90 delegates to the convention strolled about the hall on \ssembly street, chatted, crowded >round a stand, bought peanuts, red emonade and fish sandwiches. There were many visitors besides the delegates. HI" MIKE l)S DHOWNDED. ii'VPiX' Storm Takes llenvy Toll of ffiiman I.ife. Several steamship disasters with ieavy loss of life resulted from severe storms in Japan and China waters shortly prior to the sailing of the iteanier Sado Mara which has arri\;d at Victoria, It. C. The steamer Tayei Kise Marti, plyng between Amoy and Chuan Chow, vent down and two hundred passen;ers, many of them Chinese, ,were irowned. The river steamer Andscin Alaru 11 the Slilnana river foundered, fifty lersons were drowned. The Osaka Sliosen coasting steamsr Kilikiua Maru, went ashore on September 8 near Chino Islands. >Yakayama, but no lives were lost. F1KX 1>ISII Atn. *uts Two Children in a liar re I and Then Set it Afire. Mary (lary, a nogress, about 30 rears old, Tuesday night, about ten niles from Anderson, placed her two 'ttle daughters, aged three and five rears, in a barrel, half filled with \ater, rolled the barrel against her iouse and net fire to the house. She then went to the home of a leighbor, nearly half a mile distant, ind told what she had done. The ire burned rapidly and in a few minttes the hotiRe was a mass of flames. The 5-year-old girl managed to get )111 of thA horral HI") 1 * ?*uv> oiui l?U Ull lOT assistance. Before assistance came, jowever, the barrel had become enr.assed in flames and the little 3ear old girl was burned to a crisp. Struck by Lightning. The heavy rainstorm that visited his section on Thursday afternoon lid some damago at several places. )ver at Blackville lightning struck i cotton warehouse, which was burned down. Among the contents of he building was about $4,000 worth >f cantaloupe seed, shipped from dossrs Young and Mathis' seed farm it Roekyfovd. Col. A church at llackville was also struck. Some lamaee to opeu cotton has been re>orted. v. FEAR FODL PLAY | Yobbj Mm Fr?m Brooklyn Mjsteriaasly a Disappears asd Bis fl FRIENES ARE ANXIOUS I Kdward J. Iloyri, h Traveling Agent i for an Advertising Firm, is Misaing | from Augusta, (in.. Where He Was ! I<nst Set'ii Some Weeks Ago, tuul Cannot He Found. The Augusta Herald says Edward I.I. Iloyd. of Brooklyn. N. Y.. connected with the advertising ftrro of I Shearman & Ryan, of that city, has I mysteriously disappeared and all efforts, so far, to locate him have I proven unavailing. Mr. Boyd arrived Jin Augusta from Savannah on the J 26th of August, intending to do {quite a good deal of advertising in. that city, for certain brands of teas| On his arrival in Augusta he went, direct to the 1Marks-Grocery company | and made arrangements with that j firm for the placing of certain signs and display cards. A short while after his conversation with Mr. | Marks, two boxes of advertising nnt| ter and a grip arrived at the store and Mr. Marks signed the express re-' ' [ceipt for them. > j It is also stated that Mt. Iloyd | signed in person for another grliv ? which was forwarded to him fioui j Savannah. Mr. Boyd later went to the Marks store and talked with Mr. | Marks about some window signs and on leaving him stated that he would J ret urn 011 the following morning and place thent. This was the last seen | of hint and the boxes and the grip arestill at tile store, awaiting inatrucJtions as to their disposition. I Mr. Marks stated Wednesday '{morning to a Herald reporter that { Mr. Boyd seemed to be in a happy humor and that there was nothing to indicate about him that lie might, he 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 of hint lias been lound at I ailV of tho hntolo "* * ...? ..???. > VI ItiC Cll/ U'll inquiry at several grocery stores developed the fact that a man an' swering the description of Mr. Boyd called on a number of the merchant! 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 Septem1 ber 1st and on the same date he alsowrote to his mother, in Brooklyn. He was on his way toward Columbia,. S. C.. to which point his firm had 1 sent him a registered letter containing a sum of money. The police department has received a letter asking information about Mr. Boyd but so far they have been unable to aseeitain 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 the letters received in Augusta state, did not appear to be a drinking man. His iveatures were clear cut and refined and he did not seem dissipated Mr. Marks fearH that the young man is the victim of foul play. TKDI1Y GUTTING RIGHT, liryan Says He Is Advocating Demo crane iMtruinM. In an address before a mass meeting at Pueblo, Col., W. J. Bryan ->u Monday charged Theodore Roosevelt with having advocated old time Democratic principles in many of hia recent addresses on his Western tourReferring to Roosevelt's Osswatomio,. Kan., speech on "New Nationalism." Mr. Bryan said: "The Democratic party has preached this doctrine for fourteen year# 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 p-ogrossive and just. "In his expressions regarding railroad regulation, the income tax, swollen fortunes, and public'tf of campaign contributions, Mr. Roosevelt has merely followed a well os i tablishcd Democratic load. For yours Democratic platforms have been clamoring for legislation in this direction." Ilr. Hryan also said the former President's conversion to the income tax had been "recent " Struck the Church. At Nashville, Tenn., while oervlce# were ij progress at Donelson church were in progress at Donelson church building, killing Howard Sullivan the 19 year old son of Dr. W. n. Sullivan. Several other persons wore * stunned. Killed In llnttle. Four thousand lives wore lost In the recent war in Nicaragua, according to Jacob Weinberger, manager of 1 the Rlueflolds Steamship Company, at Rlueflelds, Nlcaraugue, who returned to New Orleans.