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The Cairo bulletin., 1910-10-26
A DEEP WATERWAY.
CONVENTION TO MEET IN ST
LOUIS NOV. 25-2e-DELE- /,
GATES FROM II STATES.
Woodrow Wilson Democratic Candi
date For Governor of New Jer-
sey to Speak-Names
of Cairo Delegates.

st. Louis, Oct. 25.-Already enough
delegates have been appointed to the
lakes-to-the-gulf deep waterway con
vention to insure the meeting in ST.
Louis November Is and &c to be the
largest yet held. According to W.
X. Kavanaugh, president of the asso'
citation, the governors of the several
states have answered the request for
delegates so that it seems certain
the convention will recognize the
lakes-to-the-gulf deep waterway pro-
.ject as the main trunk line, having
its sources in the Great Lakes and
emptying into the salt waters of the
Gulf of Mexico.
Col. Theodore Roosevelt, upon his
recent visit to st. Louis in a speech
at the breakfast given by the Bust
ness Mems League. called attention
10 this great project, and showed
how it differed from the smaller
streams that had their sources in
~rivulets in the mountains with hun
dreds of miles unnavigable. Speeches
at the approaching convention will
point out the great Importance of
prompt action on the great enter
prise.
Woodrow Wilson, Democratic can
didate for governor of New Jersey,
has been invited by President Kava-
nauga to attend the convention next
month and speak on inland water.
way improvement. 81 have had many
inquiries about Mr.. Wilson," said
Mr.. Kavanaugh. IF he succeeds in
his ambition to become governor of
New Jersey, he will loom up large as
Democratic presidential timber. He
Is known to be one of the greatest
orators in the United States. He has
been invited to the waterways con.
ventfon."
Following are the delegates fror
Cairo appointed by Mayor Parsons
who is n of the vice presidents:
H. S. Antrim, P. G. Barclay, Geo.
Becker, e. Butcher, z. A. Buder. t. A.
Burke, +. G. Cannon, Charles S.
Carey, DR.. S. b. Cary, NJ. S. Carter,
John c. Crowley, r. l.. Faudree,
Frank Ferguson, George Feuchter,
John C. Fisher, J. H. G~alligan, Ed.
ward l.. Gilbert, w. P. Greaney, H.
f. Halliday, w. p. Halliday, Daniel
Hartman, II. Hasenjaeger, Oscar l..
Herbert, w. B. Huette, o. P. Hurd,
Daniel e. Kelly, George G. Koehler,
P. T. Langan, Leo Mcdaniel, Thomas
Mcfarland, William NJ. Magner.
James Meehan, Calvin V. Nef, Fred
D. Nellis, William Oehler, Gus Oster-
lob, e. 0. Patier, H. C. Partee, Thorn
AS ]. Pryor, p. J. Purcell, P. C. Soul
lin, e. A. Smith, Charles R. Stuart,
w. Fl. Sutherland, T.. w. Thielecke,
N. b. T~histlewood, DR.. J. T, Walsh,
Walter Warder, Samuel White, 7. w.
Williams.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-10-26

Owing to the extensive advertising
and magnitude of the Grand Leaders
Selling Out Sale, we caution you to
beware of subscriptions merchants
who may try try to lure you in by
ticti.ioueeigns or a staggering circu-
lar. Be sure you are in the right
place. Do not enter until you see
the name above the door, TIE
GRAND LEADER. Please do not
confuse this sale with others, like
"Forced to Make Money Sales, Pc
duction Sales. Overstocked Sales,
Etc. This is a s.rictly legitimate
Selling Out Sale and no merchant
dares to make such a broad state
ment unless it was positively a fact.
BEWARE-for there are mer-
chants who really do not UNDERSTAND
thc American language enough 70
know the full meaning Of the WorH
sale, and their jealous feelings cause
them to do many funny things. Read
our big double page ad in this morn
ines paper and convince yourself. q,
Yours very respectfully,
SAMUEL GOULD,
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-10-26
FUNERAL TODAY
Remains CT Late Robt. Hiukle to be
Laid Away This Afternoon at
Villa Ridge.

The funeral Of Robert Hinkle will
take place this afternoon at ] 30
o'clock at the family residence 5l2
Tw9ntyeighth street The services
viii be conducted by Rev. A. S.
Buchanan, pastor of the P~reshyter-
an church. assisted by Rev. NJ. H.
Loar, pastor of the First Methodist
church. The following will serve as
pail bearers Frank e. Davis, Zen
Hin, Frank Youeh, H. H. Halliday.
Miles s. Gilbert, e. G. Halliday,
Alex. Wilson, Norman Halliday. G.
C. Terrell, c. s. Carey, Patrick aur-
cell anG II. S. Antrim. Interment VIII
Ne made at Villa Ridge Cemetery.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-10-26

Committee Named to Have Charge of
Affair-Te Be Presented in
Near Future.

The Knights Of the Mystic Krew
met last night to make final arrange
ments for the minstrel entertainment
the members propose to give in the
near future.
Prof. Deal director of the Cairo
opera house orchestra has been en-.
gagged to take barge of the AGAR, He
has had much experience in this
line. The following committees has
been appointed who win have full
charge Of preparing for and putting
on the minstrel show: N. Sander,
Feter Lind, William Hurst. Albert
Lane and Joseph McNuAy.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-10-26
MOUND CITY.
October Is, 1910.

OCtODeT 20, iSlu.
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. M. Mcclure and
little daughter( Ella Maybelle, OF
Cairo, spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. N. A. DeVore Of Fourth st.
Chas. Wehrenberg, Jr., was in
Mounds Monday on a political tour.
He is candidate for sheriff on the
Independent ticket.
Misses Julia and Blanche Schuler
and Avis Curren we're Cairo visitors
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Kennedy and
children, Kenneth and Florita, left
Tuesday for Mulberry Grove, where
they will visit the formers grand.
parents, who recently celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary.
Mrs. Jas. Flynn of Third and Poplar
street, Mr.. Kennedy's mother, IS Wis
ting her parents also and will prob
ably return home next week.
The home Of Mr.. and Mrs. JAS
Painter, located just west Of the city,
is receiving numerous repairs and is
also being remodeled. A new YER
anda the full length of the front OF
The house is one of the main i'm.
provements.
.Ino. Sinks of Grand Chain, was in
the city on business Tuesday.
G. s. Britton left Sunday for Gu
cage where he win transact bus.
ness q few days.
Miss Edna Miller returned home
Monday from a VISIT with relatives
in Cairo.
Little Miss Dorothy Pfeffer, OF
Lebanon, who with her mother is
visiting relatives in he city,
cutie i'll.
Chas. Smith, who har Neen TIE
guest of his sister. NJ Eugene
Bryan on First street, the CAST few
weeks, left Monday for his home at
Galveston, Tex. His mother and sis
ter accompanied him to Cairo.
j, n. Bowers of upper Main street
is slowly improving after a very ser
ious Illness of a few days duration.
Mrs. Frank Handley and Mrs. II.
LAWYER were Ca 70 visitors Ionday.
Mrs. Lucy DeVore is spend,Ga ,At
week with Cairo relatives.
The O'Donnell property on Sec
ond street is being thoroughly reno
waited and put into good order. A
new foundation, some new weather
boarding and inside wo.k win PIT
the place INTO good renting cond'-
ton again. 1t is one of the old land
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-10-26

Write to the Supt. of Document
Government Printing offce( for thu
latest Cattle Book. P~rofusely illus
rated. 55l pages. Price 81.
: The SUIT. Of Documents, Gov
Printing Office. Washington, ID. 9,
sells q Wall Map Of the u. s., 6 By
7 feet, mounted, on rollers, ready "a
use. for one dollar. Cash with orde'
For MIX and It's Relation to II
Public Health" 1913 pages write
he Supt. of Documents, Govt Prin
Ing office, enclosing price.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-10-26
TH|RT|ETH ANNIVERSARY
Cairo Baptist Church TO Celebrate
Wednesday - Exercises, Ad.
dresses and Luncheon.

The Cairo Baptist 'chrteh win
celebrate the S0th ann yersary of its
organization on Wednesday CT this
week, with appropriate exercises,
There win be a luncheon in the an
mex after the regular program, with
toasts, etc, The following program
will be carried out:
Devotional Exercises.
Solo-Prof Bergman.
Our church, IT'S asst Struggles
and Triumphs, c. e.. s. Pennehatc.
b. Present Conditions and 0bliga.
tons, The Pastor,
Quartette-Misses Bont!du. ant and
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-10-26
TO PROBE TIMES DISASTER.

Los Angeles, Oct. 25.--The grand
jury summoned TO Investigate the
destruction of The LOS Angeles
Times building, WAS empaneled to
day By the superior courw--
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-10-26

Conapt. Messrs. Herbert and Henry
Steipel
Reminisceuses--By all present
Anniversary offering.
Adjournment.
luncheon.
Toasts.
a. Why?-Prof. Midk'ff.
b. How Miss Margia WilEon,
G. Weaklings-Mrs. Y. Griffin.
d.Glants-E. Clutts.
e. Anything-A. Gunther.
Song-"God Be With You. =
Benedietion. s., p altF
Advertisers in The Bulletin get re
suits.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-10-26

Two cents per day will place The
Bulletia on your breakfast table
morning.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-10-26
OF MINISTER'S
Officers Elected by Cairo Ministerial
Association-To Meet Monday
For General Business.

The Cairo Ministerial Association
met at the Presbyterian manse MOI
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-10-26
GRAND LEADER
OUR SALE BEGINS TOMORROW
MORNING.

LOOK FOR THE BIG RED SIGNS.
We will leave Cairo forever and
will offer our entire stock and fix
lures for 6oc on the dollar of whole
sale cost to an merchant or mer
chants,
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-10-26
Interlocuter
BALL
PICT JREs

SECOND ACT
Miss Wayne Bucher, Keep Yon Foot on the Soft, soft Pedal"
"a Cole e Boy"
DiS9an sisters in their s ,gng and dancing Skit.
tThe Girls You Know
MISS Iapetite Isabel. the Ltne Favvrte Soubrette.
Miss Esther lchcrts 81 the New No anj London latest musical mum
hsrs, Down III the Husktng Be Barn Dance, Assisted BY the Com
pany,
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-10-26

Change OF Program For Tonight.
And Matinee at 2:3O % rn.


TAMBOS
Miss Isabel, Miss Nell, Miss Maynle, Miss Eta.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-10-26

SAMUEL GOULD
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-12-30
REGISTRATION.

Notice is hereby given that
the board of registration for pre-
cinct no. IL, Chaves county,
New Mexico, is now in session,
and ready to record names of
legal voters Of said precinct for
the election to take place Jan.
FL, 1911, said election to be held
for the adoption or rejection of
the constitution. If you are a
legal voter be sure to call and
see that your name is duly en-
tered if you desire to cast vote
for or against this proposition.
Registration board in session
every day, at Office of w. d.
Chancey in the Ayres building.
! W. + ), wcs bs;noev Registration
w. T. Cowgirl Board.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-12-30
NOTICE TO COR
RESPONDENTS.

County correspondence on
matters of general interest is
Welcome and appreciated. Neigh
borhood news is especially de-
sired. All matter intended for
publication should reach us as
early in the week as possible,
not later than Wednesday at
farthest, and if by southbound
train should be mailed so as
to reach us Tuesday evening.
In writing names please use
care to write them plainly
and do not say "Mr. Smith, Miss
Jones or Mrs. Farris," but write
it 81. G. Smith, Mrs. A. H. Far
ris or Miss Hattie JONES'" as
the case may be, so that the
readers may know which Mr..
Smith, Mrs. Jones or Miss Far
ris is the subject of the item,
and thus avoid confusion of
names and parties.
MRS. w. T. COWGILL,
Local Editor.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-12-30

Let wonderful WASHWAX
do your family washing; saves
rubbing and saves the clothes !;
makes them clean, sweet and
snowy white. WASHWAX is
a new scientific compound that
washes in hot or cold water
without the use of soap. 1t
is entirely harmless and differ
ent from anything you have
ever used. Send ten cents
stamps today for regular size
by mail. You will be glad you
tried it. Agents wanted to in
troduce WASHWAX every
where. Address
WASHWAX CO.,
st. Louis, Mo.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-12-30
A Population of 326,396
Must be good country, where SO many people pre-
fer to live Now little more about New Mexico, and
then we'll talk again of KENNA.

terIy periodicals. 81 &c 70
New Mexico has a good system
of public schools as can be
found anywhere. Towns have
from one to eight school build
ings, some costing $4,000 or
more. There are l, 300 teachers,
male aud females, about 100000
pupils; many religious denomina
tons have schools and colleges
in many towns, cities, villages
and even in Indian towns
d,ueblos) with thousands of
pupils.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-12-30
MONTHLY SUMMARY.
NOVEMBER.
Tenlperdtatre.

Mean maximum, $3.50 mean
minimum, 31-75 mean, 1856
maximum rs; date Oath; mini
mum, date, 10; date 81 Greatest
daily range, 81.
Precipitation.
Total, O6-1OO inches. Great
est in "a hours. O6; date, 5th.
Number of days with .O1
inch or more precipitation, l,
clear, 81; partly cloudy 7;
cloudy, 2.
D. G. Savage, cooperative OBJ
server, postoffice address, Boaz,
N M.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-12-30

What we want to impress mind about KEA is this lit
tie that
COUNTY the best counties in the
eahful climate
Government within is miles
Commissioner here and he will help land We
GET YOUR EYE
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-12-30

There are 8 500 miles of railroad
and 200 miles more under con-
struction. There are fruits of
all kinds large in size, best in
quality, including figs but not
citrus, vegetables of all classes
celery shipped a thousand miles,
asparagus, Mesilla valley edible
onion excellent tonic for rheu-
matism or neuralgia,) and all
cereals. Our wheat took first
prize for weight and quality at
the Worlds Fair at Chicago,
oats second prize. New Mexico
Alfalfa Yields from three to five
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-12-30

is one of the best located towns
in New Mexico. 1t lies in little valley on the
Eastern Railway of New Mexico branch of the Sam
Fe running Southeast from Amarillo Tex through
the towns of Hereford Texco Clovis, POrtaIes into the
ar-famed city of Roswell N. M, thence through the
fertile PeCos ValIy to Carlsbad and on again into Texas
But first few lines about the NEW STATE:
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-12-30

crops a year. We have hay and
all farm products, besides the
precious metals mentioned In
various localities there are tur-
qnoise unexcelled in the world,
garnets by the peck, that cut in
beautiful designs, onyx-petri
fled wood peridots, bicarbonate
of soda, marble of many colors,
billions of tons of gypsum, petlo-
leum salt and building stones in
varieties and colors.
New Mexico has a dozen daily
115 weekly, severl semi-weekly
and numerous monthly and quar-
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-01
DRESS MAKER
USES REVOLVER
FATALLY WOUNDED MAN WHO
CALLED TO SECURE CLOTHING
SHE WAS cLEANlNG-TRouBLE
OVER PAYMENT.

Chicago, Sept, 30,--Miss Inez Bar
ton, maker and cleaner of dresses,
aged %. shot and fatally wounded
Walter Roberts, a cleaner and dyer,
at Miss Barton's home today.
According to the police, Roberts
called for some clothes wfifcfr Miss
Barton had been cleaning for him.
She demanded her pay. $225, and
Roberts rendered $50 bill. Miss
Barton was unable to secure the
change, whereupon Roberts, she
said, made as If to depart wtn the
money and the clothes.
Miss Barton called to him to wait.
She secured revolver from tie
dresser and as the dyer turned
around she Is alleged to have shot
him.
The bullet entered the brain AT
the hospital It Is said that 1890 wal
found on his person.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-01
THE MURDER0US HATP|N
TWO Negro Girls Engage IN Fight
One Stabs Other in Breast---
Injury Not Serious.

Hattie Smith Stabbed Carrie Lee
with hat pin yesterday afternoon at
4.3n o'clock In front OF the court
house. Both parties to tG AFFAIR
were little negro school girls about
Q or % years old. The wound was not
a serious one. but came very close to
the heart The children had just
come from the Sumner school at Nine
teenth and Walnut streets along with
a hundred others and when near the
court house they began quarrelling
with the result as stated The
wounded girl was la.d out ON the
ground In front OF the court house an
rarently badly injured and the etr'
that hal jahbed tho hat pin. realiyias
what she had done got out OF she
crowd aud ran up Washington ave
nue.. followed by hundred negro
children who caught her and brought
her hack 10 the court house and she
was placed in the county jail.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-01
AVATORS
N BIC CONTEST
OPENING EVENTS TO EE HELD
AT HAWTHORNE PARK,
CHICAGO, TO-DAY.
RACE TO new YORK CITY
eliminating Event to Take .'iacc
Sometime EetWecn October 8
N ard t5-For Purse OF
$4,000.

/. Chfcagas- Sept 3O.-The opening
event OF The aviation tournament tnat
VIII eliminate in race from Chi.
cago to New York for a s3oeco Purse
viii be he'd attHawthorne Park to-
Morrow.
Charles K. Hamilton arrived today.
Others here are Charles r. willard
. ans Augustus Post.
Eugene B, Ely, J. G. McCur,ly and
Glenn H. G'nrttss are expected to-
morrow, and james Rad,ey, tie En-
glish aviator, fs on the way, OF
these ayiators Hamilton, willard
Ely, McCurdy and Radlcy are en-
trants in the great cross-country race
to New York.
The ChicagosNew York rae viii
start sc'ue time between Oct. and
Oct. 10, depending on the weather.
The rules reqrire that the trip mnst
be made within seven days Of the
day OF starting. The affair is given
under 4the auspices of the Chicago
Evening Post and New York Times
which guarantee $25,oG0 OF thc
pursG To the original purse $4,000
has Been added by Clifford B. Harmon
Of New York.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-01
BOLD ATTEMPT
TO ROB BANK
CASHIER OPENED FIRE ON
WouLD.BE RoBRER WHEN HE
DEMANDED CASH - LARGE
CROWD CAUGHT BANDIT.

Council Bluffs, la, Sept 30.-A
bold attempt was made to rob the
Bank of McClelland at McClelland, a
small town in this, Pottowamac coun.
ty, this afternoon.
A man giving the name of Tom
Kirby, whose home is said to be Oak,
land, Iowa, entered the bank and pre-
senting a revolver demanded Cashier
Walter julius to turn over, the banks
cash.
Instead Julius opened fire on the
bandit. Both men emptied their re-
volvers and the robber was slightly
wounded In the arm Julius was not
hurt.
Kirby ran from the building and
tried to escape.
The Farmers picnic bad brought
nearly 5000 people to Mcc'elland TO-
day and the crowd attracted by the
shooting soon captured the would-be
robber.
Kirby Is about i5 years old and
claims to have a wife and eight chill
lren. He gives the fact that be can
only earn $t.6a day as the reason
for the attempted robbery,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-01
TEDDY STARTS
THE CAMPAIGN
DELIVERED SPEECH AT coNvEh-
rIoN or REPUBLICAN CLUBS
IN NEW YORK.
PRAISES THE PLATFORM
Although Known That He Does Not
Consider 1t as Expressing His
views-Democracy Boss
Ridden, He lntimatcs.

New York, Sept. Roosevelt, adj
dressing the National Republican
League il session a. Carnegie Hall
today. delivered tie rrst speech Of
Il ie state campaign.
Praising the platform and Henry L..
Stimson, Republican nomiGec fer gov
ernof, he compared the Republican
state conyention wish the Democratic
convention, now being held at
Rochester and on Jae strength OF his
comparison said he gelt the Republi-
cans had right to appeal to every
decent citizen in the state without
regard to party aHiliation to vote
their way.
The Saratoga gathering he styled
the peoples convention" free from
tle influences Of the special interests.
Roosevelt held up copy of New
York Times clipping saying that the
Democratic paper admitted that Tam
, many was in unquestionable control
of the Rochester convention and ad-
mit5ed the presence of many lobby
lists for railways attorneys. Roose-
, yet then said
Now, this is not what am saying.
II is the New York Times describing
the convention OF its party"
The convention adjourned till to-
morrow, when a platform will be
adopted,
Tomorrow night Taft win speak at
the leagues banquet
! The attack on Roosevelt, which ap-
peafed today in the Dess Moines News
(which is, sad to be Senator Cummins'
T, personal organ, brought forth no
lcomment from the colonel, beyond &
statement that he had heard of it,
1t is known however that he re-
CARDS the Republican state platform
not as an expression of his own ideas,
but rather as a reflection on the views
Of the party. Friends of his who were
With him at Saratoga said he was not
pleased with the tariff plank His
posltion in regard to the tariff was
made clear in his speech as temporary
chairman, and Roosevelt told his
friends he did not care to go further
| than endorsing law.
Rooseyelts ten day tour through
the south and southwest begins on
| October 9th.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-01
WANTED TO GET
INTO L|MEl!GHT
'HYPOcHRoNDiAC PLACES A BOMB
BESIDE RESIDENCE or MRS.
POTTER PALMER.
CUT CLOTHES TO SHREDS
TO Bear Out Story That He Saw An.
I other Man Place it There and
Had Fight With Him
Finally Confcsscu.

( Chicago, Sept. 30.-After placing a
bmob beside the residence Of Mrs.
Potter Palmer, and cutting his clothes
into shreds with knife, to bear out
his story that he had seen another
man place the bomb and had fought
with him, Fred Wahlenmeyer, aged
26, was arretsed last night.
Wahlenmeyer demanded an audi.
ence with Mrs. Palmer, but the watch
man whom he encountered had him
arrested.
Mrs. Palmer was at home, and the
whole househld was thrown into ex-
eitement by the proximity of the
bomb.
Wahlenmeyer was questioned for
hours by the police, but refused to
explain his motive.
letter signed Mary" dated zoos
University Avenue, Des Moines, on
Sept. 2S and which the prisoner said
came from Mary Cummins, who Is
said to be a niece of Senator Cum
Minis, was found on the bomb
thrower. The missive was addressed
Dear Boy" and spoke Of receiving
kilograms from Wahlenmeyer, Sept
27th. The writer engratulates him
on winning" something not specific
ally mentioned and asks him to elimi-
nate the word love when tlegraph-
ing, as the recipien, found 1t EN-
barrassing.
Later Wahlenmeyer's mother and
sister were found at nome here. They
declared that the young man suffers
from an aggravated form Of hy-
poohrondia, amounting to dementa at
times.
Tonight Wahlenmeyer broke down.
He is said by the police to have
signed the following confession:
"This bomb was made in the base
ment of my home by myself on Sep
tember q. | loaded It with powder
left over from a year ago lost July
4th. and let 1t lie on the joists of the
basement tin tonight at 7:05 O'clock.
Then | took it to the bushes south
of the Palmer mansion and returned
lated. My first story was framed up.
The only reason | can give Is that
I wanted to get into the limelight."
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-01
SURPRISE IN TIL:
|. c. GRAFT CASE
BRENNAN, RIGHT HAND MAN OF
ERMAN, MAY Be CALLED
TO STAND.
WOULDUPHOLDOSTERNAN
And Give Details of Methods BY
Which Railroad Was Defraud-
ed Of s1,5c ooo---atter
Reatfirms Evidence.

Chicago, ILL.,, Sept. 30.-The coun-
sci for the prosecution in the Lii
nois Central railroad car repair fraud
hearing before Judge Bruggemerer
announced today that William M.
brennan, former treasurer of the
0stermann Manufacturing Company,
and Henry C. Ostermann's right nand
man. was in Chicago and might be
called
This caused a surprise. as il was
reported that brennan was outside
the jurisdiction of the lllnoi:
courts.
It was intimated that brennan
would corroborate the sensationa
story told by Ostermann, and would
give details of the alleged plot by
which the railroad is said TO have
lost $1,jO0,000.
Ostermann today reafirmed his
testimony. He declared that the dc,
mands for money by certain Illinois
Central officials became so persist.
ing that the small stockholders OF
the Ostermann company could not
be paid small dividend upon their
investments. 4
Ostermann said: AT first only fif
teen per cent was given the Illinois
Central officials. Subsequently thii
was Increased. Finally | told the
bookkeeper TO charge enough on car
repairs to cover the payment o
tribute to the Illinois Central Off
cials.
Later Joseph Il. Buker and John
M. Taylor suggested that we get
work from other companies. / wen,
to Baltimore and was about to close
a contract with the Baltimore ant
Ohio railroad when was given to un
deFstand tnat President Haranan. oI
the Illinois Central railroad. woult
'ather have us spend our time on J;le
Illinois Central cars instead of doine
work for others"