The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, October 06, 1910, Image 1
VOL. X!XXIV
BARNWELL. S. C., THURSDAY. OCTOBER 6
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HONORS HEROES
Litrei^ Ctuaty UiTeils a Mtiineat t«
tbe MeMrj $f Her
NOBLE, GALLANT SONS
A IloHiitiful Momorlal Is Kitn-ted lo
('ommrnHkrate the
ism of (lie (^nllant Men of Laurens
Countjr Who Willingly !j»id Down
TI»e»r Lives foe» Their State.
In the presence of fully 3,000 peo
ple, including L’OO veterans and 3)0
school children the Confederate mon
th e
FARMER IS ROBBED
ON A liOXKLY ROAD BY AN UN
KNOWN KOOTPAl).
ument erected to the memory of
I^aurens-County soldiers, was Wed
nesday unveiled after being formally
presented to the eoun'y of Laurens
by Governor Martin F. Ansel in be
half of ,1. M. 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. K. 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.
The Hon. C. C. Featherstone acted
as master of ceremonies and made
the address of welcome, dwelling
sympathetically upon the auspicious
ness of the occasion. The oration of
the day was delivered tty Hr. Lee
Davis Lodge, president of Limestone
College, and one of the moat accom
plished speakers of this State. The
invocation was offered by the Ho.
W. K Thayer, of Laurens
Preceding the exercises the Veter
ans were given a ride about the city
in automobiles, there being over 3b
machines in the procession. Prompt
ly at lo o'clock the Daughters and
Veteran- assembled at the Opera
House and there marched to the
stand n< ar the mnounient. headed by
the Newberry Hand The thirteen
girls selected to unveil the monument
were joined in the line of march by
the school children and their teach
ers Tt was a most imposing and in
spiring scene, one of the notable fea
tures of the day The stand was dee.
orated anu from all the stores anil
other buildings on the .vpiare flags
and bun’ing were displaced in honor
of thi occasion All stores banks and
officers were closed during the cer
emonies
Upon concluding his speech Gov
ernor \lyse 1 announced that *he 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 tli esuggestion was car
ried out with a will. In connection
with the children who unveiled i he
shaft it o interesting to note that
Heaufort Hall Copeland, youngest of
the thirteen, is a granddaughter .,f
the late Co! H W Hall and great-
eranddauglifer 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 H W. Hall Chapter,
I D C . -some t ime ago
Dr Lodge was presented with some
handsome bouquets, including one
lo Sarah K.lira Swygert, a little tot.
who was held in the arms of Mr.
Featherstone as she gracefully pre
sent'll t)u> wreath Governor Ansel
also received flowers Another hap-
p\ incident was the presentation of a
beautiful wreath to the Laurens
Chapter f D C , by Stephen D. Kl-
liott. of Clinton.
The monument is thirty-two feet
high The lower section is built of
Wlnnsboro granite of a lignt 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
er' curve the proud looks that Jie
“Hoys in Gray' 1 rightly hear
Tin* soldier Is facing the fPnU h,
and on the ‘main shaft 'below is can*
ed Jhe Confederate flag. The section
underneath this bears the memor
able dates 1 SfiM SI53. Below the
dates is this inscription:
In memory of
The Hoys in Gray
Erected 1910
By the Citizens of
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
hears this inscription:
“On Fame s Eternal Camping Oroun 1
Their Sileut Tents are Spread,
And Glory Guards with Solemn
Round
The Bivouac of the Dead.’’
“Who shall break the guards that
wait,
B '
—Before the awful face of fate? .
The tattered standards of tbe South
Were shrivelled at the cannons
mouth
And all her hopes were desolate.
“Fold up the banners’ Smelt th*
* guns!
Love Rule*. Her gentler purpose
runs.
The mighty Mother turns in Lears
The pages of her battle years.
Lamenting all her fallen Sons’. ‘
Mr, -Jemeti Bolmett is Relieved of the
Droceeds from the S«le of a Bale
of Cotton.
**•
A bold robl>ery has just been made
public. With the proceeds from a
bale of cotton that he had sold. In
his pocket, James Bonnett, a well
known farmer living between White
Pond and Windsor, in this slate, was
iobbed_Tuesday afternoon by an un
known negro, who made hi.s escape.
The robbery was one of the boldest
that has been reported in a long time,
and was practically a hold up.
illr. Bonnett went Tuesday to Wil-
liston, and there sold a bale of cot
ton. He started to drive home late
in the afternoon, and had In cash
$56. When some distance out of
Willisfon, and driving along a lonely
stretch of road, he overtook a negro,
who was walking. The negro aaked
for a ride and Mr. Bonnett stopped
his team and took the rtegro in the
wagon.
He did hot drive far until the ne
gro, who was standing up behind
Mr. Bonnett, caught him by the
throat and lx>re him down to the
floor of the wagon. Mr. Bonnett,
who is between 60 and 65 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 he could recog
nize him if he ever sees his assailant
again H is thought that the negro
had been in Williston Tuesdav, and
seeing Mr. Bonnett selling cotton,
deliberately planned to rob him.
KILLED FOR REVENGE.
Negro Committed Brutal Crime to
Avenge Himself.
Robert L Magulgnn, Jr.. 13-year-
dd son of Robert Maguigah. of Bev
erley. N .1 . who was found hanging
from The-front stoop ot his parents
residence on September 23. was mur
dered. it Is believed, by some enemy
of his lather, instead of having com
mitted suicide, as was at first sup
posed The facts came out at the
inquest Wednesdav 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 lie told me he would get
even, and before the day was over
1 would know how ho was to take
revenge
1 thought nothing of the threat
un'll that night when I went home
to find my boy dead. His little sis
ter found him hanging tp the front
door steps, a strap around’his neck
“I am sure the man who made
the threats did the deed. He killed
my hoy to revenge himself upon me.
I have kept quiet to see if I eotild
not run down the murderer and take
tbe matter into my own hands.
TEDDY IN T
PUSHES HIS TICKET^THROUGH
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION,
Whips the Old Guard to a Kraz,Me
nnd Then Hide* Hough Shod Ov
er Them.
The New York Republican State
Convention at Saratoga Wednesday
evening nominated Henry L. Stiin-
son of New York as its candidate
for governor. The nomination of Mr.
Ktimson was one more victory for
Roosevelt, who led the tight for the
nomination of his ea+Ktida'e, com
pleting the unbroken series of ir 1 -
umphs from the moment the con
vention was called to order until its
final adjournment.
The vote foT governor stood as
follows: Henry L. Stlmson, 6S4,
Wm. S. Bennett of New Y'ork, 242;
Thomas B. Dunn of Rochester, 33;
James B. McEwan of Albany, 28,
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 break
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 memlver of the as
sembly should hold that important
and difficult office.
Wadsworth would not say that
his retirement was due to the victo
ry of the progressives in the conven-
MADE HIS HAUL
Rawi, Wlra CMMUttd Siicidt ii His
Heae Ust Simmer, Tins Out
FIRST CLASS GRAFTER
Former President of (’nr Itepnir
Company Details the Payment of
l>arge Sums of Former President
of Motion Route, Hho Was Mys
teriously Shot at His Hesideme.
Henry C. Ostermann, fornu r pres
ident of the Ostermann Manufactur
ing Company, who is said to have
been a big faclor in the Illinois cen
tral car repair frauds, related a sen
sational story of the inside workings
of his concern before Judge Brtig-
gemeyer at Chicago on Wednesday
Ostermann was called as a witness
for the prosecution in the conspiracy
hearing against Frank B. Harriman,
Chas. L. Kwing 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 f.Monon Route, who
was ''mysteriously'' shot to death at
his summer residence in Winnetka,
Ills., last July, was named by the
chief figures m the alleged giuft
ring.
Ostermann declared that as vice
president of the Illinois Central,
Rawn was given 1,5 DO shares of
stock in the Ostermann Manufactur
ing Company, and that this was in
creased to 2,7bO shares. He said
that Rawn sold his stock to the man
ufacturing company at par, $5 a
share. After Rawn had sold back
his stock holdings in the car repair
company for $ 1 3,500, the witness
says the former Illinois Central vice-
president demanded and g<d first $■>
and then $ 1", and finally $15 for
each car repaired or alleged to have
l*een repaired at the Ostermann
lion. The close of the < onventlon * plant.
found the Roosevelt fon cs in com
plete masiry of the situation.
Following the first rout of the or
ganization came Roosevelt's drama’,-
c and successful battle for flu- adbp-
tion of the platform of the progress
i\os, and his final vi< tory in the nom
ination of Ftimson. R> the time the
vote was taken the strength of the
organiz.ttion had been dissipated
badly.
BLISTERS THE OLD GI ARI).
CAUSE MANY TO El,EE.
Earthquake Shocks (VcpoptiHMe Pait
of Arizona.
A dispatch from Flagstaff, Am.,
sa's a territory fiftv 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 quakea
began, terrified by sinister imports
wbl^h they imagined to he contain
ed in the cracking of gro*nd. The
whites remained until their homes
fell at>out 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 whole
district is of volcanic origin. The
phenomena is attributed to a slip 'n
the earth.
liiMirgeniN I’our Hot Shot Into Their
Ranks.
The Wisconsin Republican State
platform convention at Madison,
spent Thtirsdav listening to insur
gent Congressmen make speeches.
Esch rehearsed phases of the insm-
gent fight against the rules in the
house of representatives nl Washing
ton and extolled Senator La Follette
as the father of the progressive ideas,
after erroneously, they declare, call
ed the Roosevelt policies
■’They c.allqd us insunigents 1
an’t quite give the nasty accent
and then they called us Democrats,
said congressman lamroot Well,
there are worse tilings than being 3
iemocrat. The old line Senators ielt
heir chair with smiles of derision
when Senator La Follette began m
speak. He turned to them and said
th a phopher \ which has come
true: “Those chairs, which you
ave vacant temporarily will be
made permanently so by the people.
Where are former senators from
North an,d South Dakota, from Kan
sas and from Iowa' 1 Their seats aie
occupied by Cummings, by Borah, by
Bristow.
"Yes, Hale is sick and Aldrich not
feeling well,'’ said Congressman
Cooper, after submitting one plank
pledging Republican legislators to
return Senator La Follette to the sen
ate at Washington.
Home Big Fish.
O-ne of the biggest catches of the
fishing season-at Long Branch. N. J
is credited to Capt. Hiram Lqckwood
and the little crew of his fishing
smack Dinah. The boat Thursday
brought in four fish which tipp'd
the scales at an average ot 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 eland, in which he had
$300, was a fire, Joseph Sesoneran
Friday died of cerebral hemorrhage
The fire was extingushed before it
reached the money. t
Born Keeled Over.
At Pensacola, Fla., August Wilena
and Heinrich Star .were drow ned 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 fow hack 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 1908 of Deattis in this
country from tuberculosis and ty
phoid fever. The rate of tbe former
fell from 174 to 167 1-2 per hun
dred thousand, the rate of the later
from 25 to 22.
CHINESE BANDITS
* _ • -r"
GARRY OFF FIFTEEN MEN TO BE
HELD FOR RANSOM.
They Stole Thirty Thon-nand Dollars
from a Bank and Then K-M-aped
to the Mountains. "C
Dispatches from Victoria, H G,
says Manciniria bandits made a r,Id
on the town of New t'hwang,, at the
mouth of lilt* Liao river, earlv this
month, and carried away fifteen Chin
ese merchants to be held for ransom,
at im ding to advices received by tin*.'
s'eeitier Stcdo Mam, which has just
arrived trom the Orient.
'Hie bandits stole $30,ODD from a
bank and secured large stores of
arms and ammunition. The brigands,
of whom there were 3bd, retired to-a
stronghold in the mountains near
Antanshlen.
When the steamer left Japan the
bandits were surrounded by 600
Chinese troops and police from Hai
Cheng and Ilao Yan.g. Operations
against the brigands began on Sep-
tenii>er 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 the
mountains and have settled down to
withstand a Beige.
Artillery was being sent from Muk
den A company of Japanese fron-
•ier guards who joined the Chinese
and sought to assist them in the
attack were ordered to return by
the Chinese.
DEAD OR STOLEN
MAN LOOKING FOR SON MISSING
SIX MONTHS.
rS-Z.
Yttif l|p Fraa Brwklyi IjsteriMilj
Disappears aa^
TEDDY GETTING RIGHT.
Died After Walts.
“I could die waltzing,” aald Mias
Elizabeth Harris At the close of a
dance late Thursday night at Chic
ago. As she seated herself she feli,
over. She died within a few min
utes. She had been dancing cdlflNn-
uously for four hours. She was 22
years old.
Took Him for Thief.
Aah Armstrong, of Birmingham
Ala., was shot to death by George
Jackson, a negro peddle!*, who'*ml>-
took' bis victim for a highwayman.
Tbe negro is held on a charge of
murder.
Killed in Battle.
Four thousand lives were lost 1^
the recent war in NicAragua, accord-:
ing to Jacob Weinberger, manager of
the Blueftelds Stfan^ip Co^ptny,
at Blueflelde, KIcaraiSrue. who re-
turned to Kew Orleans.
In this connection (Mermann tes
tified that he pel sons lly made cine
payment of $lo.5nn m Rawn, which,
he said, was for 7"u ( ars upon which
fhe repair coin enlTTafT i bTlecfed bills"
for repairs The witness *hh1 that
Rawn received $13 a car during the
first .six months of the vear i:>"9.
This was during the last six months
that Ostermann was connected with
the repair companv.
According to Osterinann, three dis
tinct kinds ot pa'nients were made
n 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 odi-
eials anti a two per cent monthly
dividend was paid on all Osterm.uiii
Manufaettiring Companv si(» k In Id
>y Illinois Central officers. This
stock dividend, amounting to 2 4 per
rent a year, was paid on several
blocks of Ostermann Company slot k,
said Ostermann
What Illinois ✓Central officials
held stock in your company 0 ' was
asked Ostermann by Attorney Fish
er.
“Ira G Rawj- had 2.10" shares;
Frank R Harriman had 2,200 shai-
es. John M Tavlor had first 1 .000,
and then 5,0"o shares: Jos. K. link
er had 2.200 shares Win. Ronshaw
«
had 1.500 shares and W' J. Taylor
had 500 S B and Mildred Harp-
man had D»o shares rath, hut
I don t know who they are other than
they were connected with the Illinois
Central Company Their stock was
■ought a.nd paid for by Frank B
Harriman.''
“W hat officers of the railroad com
pany received monthly payments
from your concern and In what
amounts?" Osterman was asked by
counse 1 ! for the prosecution
"Frank B Harriman received $N-
100 monthly: Joseph E. Bilker al.v>
got $1^000 monthly; W’m. Renshaw
was paid $5n0 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 pe-
cital of the organization of the man
ufacturing company.
“I did not think of going Into Ih'e
car repair business at first,
said Ostermann. “The idea whs 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 la'*T
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- repmr
work for the Illinois Central.
‘VMr Rawn asked me how many
cars I thought I could turn out in
a day, and 1 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,4hat, Frgnk B. Harriman wanted
to see him; that Harriman wanted to
buy more stock in the Ostermann
concern
“1 refused to sell Harriman a
block of stoc\c at that time berms*
1 would thereby lose the controlling
Interest in the company. Instead « f
selling Harriman stock, we came io
an agreement whereby-! was to pay
Harriman $10,060 a month. I paid
Bryan Says He Is Advocating Demo
cratic Doctrines.
.'In an addrees 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 lo Roosevelt's Osswatomi *.
Kan . speech on "New Nationalism.'
Mr Bryan said:
"The Democratic party has p’each-
od this doctrine for fourteen years
and in 1900 Incorporated it in P-
-platform7- quite Tn contrast witrt
distinguished gen'lcman who appears
to have just made the discovery that
tins iloetrino is cornu t and p-ogres-
sive and jufiL*
With His Companions t-nd Was Play
ing.—"Madman” Seared Them and
They lt*n.
Charles H Adams district super
intendent of tlie Fnited Natural Gas
company, a Standard Oil subsidiary,
at Kant*, Pa . is 111 New York city to
invoke the aid of the New York po
lice in his search for his little son,
Edw ard Patrick, w hoTVas been miss
ing since JuaV- April 15.
vAdams told a remarkable story of
the hoy's sudden and mysterious dis
appearance and of the efforts that
searching parties, often numbering
more than 1(10 persons. He has car
ried the search aa far eat as St.
Ixniis Mrs. Adams is prostratud
from grief and believes her sou mur
dered by a madman. The father
still hopes (hat 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 hia 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 waa fishing nearby. One of these
thought it would he 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
ARE ANXIOUS
Edward J. Boyd, a Traveling Agent
for aa AdvertlwlnK Firm, is Missfag
_ '
Yrom Augusta, Ga., Where He Waa
Ij»n< tfeeo Home Weeks Ago, aud
Caanot Be Found.
The Augusta Herald says Edward
J Boyd, of Brooklyn, N. Y., con
nected with the advertising firm of
Shearman A Ryan, of that city, haa
mysteriously disappeared and all.ef
forts, so far, to locate him have
proven unavailing. Mr. Boyd arrived
in Auguata-from Savannah on tha
26th of A.UgU»L Intending to do
quite a good deal of advertialng in
that city, for certain branda of teaa.
On hia arrival in Augusta he went
direct to the tMarks-Orocery company
and made arrangementa with that
firm for the placing of certain signa
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. Marka*aigiped 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 want to
the Marks store and talked with Mr.
Marks about some window signs and
on leaving him stated that he would
swearing and looking as though In
sane The hoy ran, shouting warn
ing to both fishing parties. All-fled.
, v „ , return on the following morning and
too^ often to be frightened Ip that ((lace th( , m Thi> WM the ^ ^
_ , , . of him and the boxes and the grip are
On his way hack to hia chums. thlsL ul , , t the 8tore< awaltlnf lnatruc _
lad met a rough looking man. who liona aa t0 the)r dUpo . UIoil .
hounded out of the woods at him, | Mr . Marka atat?d Wednei(dliy
morning to s Herald reporter that
Mr. Boyd seemed to be in a happy
, .humor and that there was nothing
'\s they ran they missed Edward L |nd , cate about Mln thal be m| ^
They shouted tor hnn and dodged b< or deapondent . He described
around several paths to look for him. hlm aR . ymin „ man abolJt , 2
. e u ” Tk ? of medium height, with dark
as. place he was seen was the spot balr and , very interesting talker,
where the rough looking man Jump- No trace of h(m ha „ ^ found
out upon the path tfim of the I y ^ fhe hotH8 ^ ^ ^
'..'S i.isieiH. to tc Mrs. Adams | nquiry at He v e ral grocery stores de-,
tha Edward was lost in the wood,. VP , op , d tb „ fart that a
M itlnn; an hour Adams
was
swering the description of Mr.
swollen fortune.-, and
campaign <cntnlmtions, Mr. Roos*-|were examined,
veil has merely followed a well es
tablished Democratic lead For years
Democratic platforms have been 1 toot of the ground was gone ov*r
clamoring tor legislation in this ui- time and time again, with the utmost
reitiuu.” system. No trace ol any newly turn
Hr Hiv.-in also said the former ed earth was discovered.
scouring the woods, a hundred neigh- on number of the merchailt(|
n h ‘ S ^.less.ons regarding rail- bors helping Ev^v day for weeks I, f (h . e cfty Jn d to |acJ ^
road regulation, the income tax, the searen was kept up. Every part j •
public r, Of | Of the woods and all the country The last , etter wh , ch tbe yo|ing
. . . , 1 * as ' '° UK *’ t ' man wrote to hia employers waa from
. . K , kUled pud Aluul!t a and wal , dated on 8 .
huned. perhaps in the woods. Every | ber m and on , be ^ date be a , so
wrote to his mother, in Brooklyn.
He was on hia way toward Colombia,
8. C., to which potnt htw -firm had
■*ei>t him a registered letter contain
ing a sum of money.
The police department has receiv
ed a letter asking information about
Mr. Boyd but so far they have been
unable to aaceitain 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, aa the
Ri csidrut s conversion lo the income
tax had been "recent
FATALITIES IN IMTTSBl HG.
One Day’s Record in i'olice Courts
of That Oity.
This rather exceptional record of
Frequently the search parties num
bered more than a thousand men anJ
women Pinkertons were engaged.
Tbe police and all the local author
ities in Pehiisylvania have done thiir
ut most.
('OVER CROI* CAMPAIGN.
a day's tragedies was compiled by
the police of Pittsburg, Pa., on lax
Thursday:
Mrs Sarali Welsh, aged 32, was
found fatally burned in her apa r t
merit at 19 Penn street north side
Varied* Agencies Work for the Bet
terment of Agriculture.
There will he more winter cover P ft ^ erB fff c ffi v ©d in Augusta state, did
crop planted in, South Carolina thla not *l > P eBr ,0 he a drinking man
fall than ever before. The work of m " features were clear cut and re-
the v arious agencies for better agri- j ^ticd and he did not seem dlsafpaTetT.
She died after saving that her Itui ns I cult uro in this State la quit** notice- Marks fears that the young man
were received in an explosion of a able. Last year notwUhstanding the I' 8 l he victim of foul play
gas range, tmt the range w as found I dry fall and spring, there were hun
intact The police scented m,v stery 1 dreds of suscessful fields of vetch,
111 tlie case and are investigating bur Hover, crimson clover, red r|o
George Stewart, aged 30, was ver and alfalfa The majority of
found dead on the steps of the Her- these w/*ro planted under the super
ron Hill Methodist Episcopal church, vision /of a government agent, and
He had taken carbolic alid. were so satisfactory that the area
George Ogden fell from the win- will fie greatly extended this vear. . . „ , . ... .. . .
dov* of a L arson street hotel and was A/G Smith, scientific assisstant of .. , . .
instantly killed | the/United State department of agrl-
MI N DREDS DROvVNDED.
| Severe Storm Takes Heavy Toll of
Human Life.
Several steamship disasters wKh
\V S. Hertsberger, aged 21, was culture gave specific directions for'
vere storms in Japan and China wat
ers shortly prior to the sailing of tha
steamer Sado Mara which baa arriv
ed at Victoria. B. C.
killed by electricity while repairing [ijanting over 3o0 fields of these
light at the Pressed Steel Car com- crops last year, and this year he is
pan> s plant in McKees Rocks Continuing the work in practically
John Ross, aged 1 9, of Homestead 1 I every section of the State. Specific
fatally shot himself through :he directions for planting any of these
lungs and will die. The_ police dey crops can be secured by addressing
Hare it suicide. him at Columbia. He has already
Mvrtle King, aged 1TI7 attempted] given dTrecTTons Tor over 150 fields., .. M . . .... ..
this season. These advise the farm- I ln the 8htnan * r|ver ^undenKl, W; r
The steamer Tayei Kise Maru, ply
ing between Amoy and Cbnmr Cftow;—
went down and two hundred paafcra-
gers. many of them Chinese* v
drowned.
The river steamer Andsela
A
1
suicide l»y drinking poison at a Sec
ond av enue rooming house. She 'g |
expected to recover. /
er every step in the process, and tell
persona wore drowned.
Woman Was the Cause./
Mack Wright, a negro, wga com-1
him where to secure the seed and the I °® aka 8h ° 8en
soil for inoculation. \ e J Kiliklua Maru, wen aaltore o«
The aim of the department of ag- r‘ P ! ember 8 near , Ch,n °
riculture is to get a winter cover
Wakayama, but no lives were loat.
Cut His Head Off. J
Jacob Foreman, aged 37 years.
milted to the Aiken jail aw-Monday l' FT J'very acre of land_ in South
for ambushing John Gilliar^, anoth- M aro ** na - ^ take thany years
er negro, Sundav morning on the t0 accomplish the desired result, bull , . .
farm of Capt J M. Cobb at Silver- hh*' are waking up to the op- w “ decapitated and two other men
ton, and fatally shooting him about P or,unir * v and fhe bpn « fit °f winter one seriously, by Uie burst-
a woman „ cover crops, and it is believed that 'ng of a steam pipe at the Orient
great results will he accomplished In I foke plant, at Orient, Pa., Thnraday
with Bucket and he suggested that l | the next few years. Farmers are ad-1The three atm at work to the
qtav over some mo*ey to the old L'^d to plant „rye ,,or oats on ,the | englne, whea v Without warnl _
man. Mr. Rawn I ksked him how larger part of their farm if they haveMncH ste*m pffa Turaf rragine«Jof
much and he said about $5 a car for nev « r * rown any leguminous winter ^e iron being hurled with tertlflc
cverv car repaired./ Later, Bucker ^op. but it is advisable to force in all directions. One piece cut
came to me and sajd that Mr. Rawn P larit a Bmal > ar, ‘ a of T ^ ch * bur clo-|off Foremans head
felt tbev ought to have a little jnore ver * r8d c,ov ***«- or rrirason clover, fol-
monev on the cats. Bucker said 1 lowing the directions given, and then K kortune Away,
ought to know what it would mean in another year by having plenty of Geo. W. Patten, tha millonafrw
If I didn't give It Bucker said that 8011 for, inoculation, the farmer can grain operator, of Chicago, died/oa
other repair car companies were do- e * ,en<1 11,8 area as be sees fit. Most Thursday night from tubercu
ing it and that he had to take his °t failures with these crops and left a fortune estimated *t $M<
orders regarding the placing ot re- 8,80 wlth th * a^ 8 » 8 * ha8 been due The gffeater part is said to ha»e/been
pair contracts from those above him. 10 lack of Proper knowledge of Jleft to public charitiec J
In this wav/the payment per CA r P lantin S' wh «re the proper metb- large donation for tha
was raised to 110 and then to 115. ’ ods lrav8 been followed there has | of the anti-tuh«rculo»ia
During the period that the alleg- been practically no failures what-
ed grafting ras going on Ostermann • ver *
said he handled each deal In person \
and thereafter made the payment! 'f I ^ t
money to the railroad officials. He Geerge Chaves, aged 2*, tha Peru-
declared ^that he frequently pasted vtan aviator, who was injured in
Dies From Hart.
this amount/n person, sometimes lt^^1,000 bills to certain of the men I alightinf after hia, flight oyer the
check and some times in cash- mentioned and upon ona oeeislen he|Alpglast weak, died hi fl.tD.oTbtoeh
’‘Sometime alter this I had a talk banded wer a 16.000 hill. * 1 Wednesday afternoon.
building. 1
10 year <
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