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The Prescott daily news., 1910-09-30
TOLD IF JACKPOT AND GOT IMMUNITY SENATOR HOLTSLAW TESTiFlES INDICTMENT AGAINST HIM
 WAS QUAsHED. INDICTED FOR PERJURY Also Acknowledges He Made Comics sion Wien Matter of Furniture
 Purchase Was Under
 Consideration.
INDICTED FOR PERJURY

ohicago, Sept. 30.-When the Lori lef Investigating committee con 'ened' State Senator Holtslaw was re- called to the witness stand for fur ner cross-examination.
 me first questions touched the ex- peflehces of the witness before the eiahd Jury of Sangamon county, ahere he was charged with compile " Tn bribery in connection with the pulchase of furniture for the state l'. uouse at Springfield The witness ad- a'''eu the grand jury indicted him cnarse of perjury, growing out <. uis testimony concerning the furni- lure purchase.
 '"a'cted on Perjury Charge.
 a''er argument as to relevancy. the .n ahess testified he was sent by the ns 'h' after his indictment, to Attor-
 fitzgerald and Gillispie of
The Prescott daily news., 1910-09-30
SHEPARDS FATE DEPENDS UPON VIEW TAKEN BY CHARLES
 MURPHY.
MAY NOT USE HIS POWER
Leader Has Declared That He Will Leave Choice to Up State Fac tions-Piatform Is Giving
 Trouble.

Rochester, N. Y, Sept. 30.-With 213 of it's 450 votes under his control, Charles F. Murphy of Tammany Hall was in position to dominate the Democratic state convention here. Upon Murphy's use of this power that came to him through the coalition of the delegates from New York, Kings, the composition of the ticket that will be placed in the field to oppose the candidates nominated by the Repub- licans at Saratoga.
 Shepard May Be Nominated.
 Thus far no upstate com mbination has developed strong enough to threaten the supremacy of the leaders from the two large cities of the state. The question was not one of the Tam many leaders power however, but of his disposition to use it. While the supporters of Edward M. Shepard and the several upstate candidates ac- knowledge that the nomination of their men depends upon Murphy word, they bore in mind his reiterated declaration that the upstate delegates would name the ticket But few ven tured to predict how broad an inter pretation the Tammany leader would give this promise.
 The events of Thursday were:
 The temporary organization. the speech of Alton B. Parker, the tempo rary chairman, and the appointment of committees. The committee or credentials had but one contest to de eide, but it was a lively one. The faction of the Albany county Democ racy, headed by Robert F. Whalen, :
The Prescott daily news., 1910-09-30

young attorney, contested the two dis tricts in the county at present con- trolled by State Committeeman Pat rick E. McCabe.
 Platform Gives Trouble.
 The task of turning out a satisfac- tory platform appears to be giving Edward M. Shepard and his associates trouble. The Democratic league and the progressive Democracy adherents have united in demanding a direct pri- mary plank broad enough to attract those who are not satisfied with the efforts of the Republican convention in this direction, and 1t is probable that the platform committee will car ry out these recommendations
 There is discussion about which plank should be the main one. Some declare that the tariff should be held up as the principal issue, with the high cost of living as a corollary; others favor direct nominatons, while . third group wants the party to rush forward in denunciation of the new nationalism," which will be inter- preted to mean mainly principles ad vocated by Theodore Roosevelt. Along with this will be a defense of the SUI preme court from Col Roosevelt's re- cent attacks.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-09-30
NEGRO VOTE IS AFFECTED
Oklahoma Governor ProcIaims That the Grandfather Clause Amend
 ment Was Carried.

Guthrie. Ok, Sept. S0.-Attorney General West, at the request of Gov ernor Haskell, submitted forms for a proclamation declaring the result of the election on tho Agrandfather clause constitutional amendment, held on August 2.
 According to certificate or the state election board, the amendment carried by a majority of 2S.221, in a total vote of 240,665. which is 22,- BOT more than the vote cast at the party primaries. The measure Is de- signed to prevent negroes from vot' ing.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-09-30
MURDERED MAGNATE HAD RE- CElVED PORTION OF CAR
 REPAIR CRAFT,
OSTERMANN TELLS STORY
S1,o0o,o00 Was Stolen and Even Hum. ble Employees Were Included in Payments, Testifes Late
 Head of Company.

Chicago, Sept. 30.-Astonishing rev ! pairs which netted more than $1,000, | 900 from the Illinois Central railway i'll less than three years were made at the preliminary hearing in the crim- inal case before Judge Brugg emeyer Henry c. Ostermann, founder of the Ostermann Manufacturing company, at West Pullman, the company said to have reaped the largest harvest from the railroad, was the man who told the new chapter in the graft his- tory. After lodging process servers and subpoenas for nearly four months, Ostermann suddenly appeared to pile fresh fuel on the fire with which the Illinois Central is scorching former officials of the road, next to the pres ident, and blackmail and extortion of all kinds by the officials was charged by Ostermann in his arraignment.
 Every Department Concerned.
 Ostermann's perhaps was the most remarkable recital of organized theft l made public on a witness stand. Ac- cording to his story, through every department of the road from the vice presidents, the late Ira c. Rawn, to the engineers, switchmen and other humble employees of the Illinois Gen. tral, the taint of corruption and brib- 1 cry extended in widely diffused rami- ! fications under the fostering care of Ostermann and the high officials of the road.
 Payments of money, which 1t is in- timated were made to obtain the llli- nois Central car repairing business, were made to Ira c. Rawn, the three defendants, Frank B. Hartman, Chas, L. Ewing and J. M, Taylor, and oth- CTS, according to Ostermann.
 Stated Price to Rawn.
 Tn passing this alleged graft three kinds of payments were made, Oster- mann said Fixed amounts were paid to several and stated price for each car repaired was paid to Rawn-first $5, then SIG and finally $15. The third class of payments. he testified, was in the form of a monthly divi- dend of 2 per cent on stock held by each Illinois Central official.
 A list of payments follows Frank B. Hartman. s1,000 monthly: Joseph E. Buker. $1,000 monthly; William Renshaw, $500 monthly; w. J. Leahy s10O monthly; H. M. Dunlap, $100 monthly; R. G. Ranson, $25 monthly; John Waters, $25 monthly; Matthew Morgan, $25 monthly; E. A. Jones S1OO upon at least one occasion.
 Illinois Central officials held shares of the Ostermann company as follows Ostermann swore
 Ira c. Rawn, 1.S00 shares at first later increased to 2,700 shares; Frank B. Hartman, 2,2O0 shares; Joseph k Buker, 2,200 shares; J. M. Taylor 1000 shares at first, later increased to 5000 William Renshaw, 1,5OC shares; w. J. Taylor, 500 shares, and s. P. and Mildred Hartman, 1OC shares each.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-02-25

swapping at every one in its path.
houses. The animal then turned into
Van Brunt street.
The rope frequently caught against
ratings or under the feet of the st.
Bernard and worked it into a greater
fury. 1t snapped at horses and caused
several runaways.
In the street children were throw
ing snowballs and as the dog came
along they hurled chunks of ice at it.
The animal leaped over bank into a
snow fort, behind which the young
sters had sheltered themselves. In
the rush to escape several of the boys
were knocked down. The dog seized
the left leg of Edward Hanley, l5
years old, son of canalboat captain
In the Erie basin. II was tearing the
flesh when its attention was attracted
to Daniel Gilbride. ~. of No. 100 Dyk.
man street, who was trying to get up
The dog sprang on him. knocked the
boy down and sank its teeth into the
youngsters shoulder until he tainted
from pain and fright. Next the dog
attacked Gilbert Griggin. three, of No
174 Beard street 1t had seized him
by the left leg, when Leary ran up
until 1t let go the boy
The St. Bernard then leaped for the
policeman and threw him against the
snow bank. Before the bluecoat could
get the revolver from his hip pocket
the dog reared up and, despite blow
after blow from Leary's club, tore a
deep cash in the policeman's chin.
Then 1t sank its teeth in his right
leg
Sick with pain. Leary tried TO pull
the dogs jaws apart. but the teeth
closed on his hands. Again and again
the animal bit its victim and finally
tore the right leg of the trousers loose
and with 1t strings of flesh. The
bluecoat was pinned against the bank
in such way he was unable to eff.
fectively WELD his club and could
only 1ab with it.
Weakened by loss of blood. he was
making feeble fight when Andrew
Ruhe. of No. 1873 Dykeman street. ran
to his aid with a pitchfork He jabbed
the prongs into the sides of the ami.
NAL. The St Bernard made for
Ruhe, but he held it back with the
fork and finally drove It into a corner
While the dog was kept in check
with the prongs. other men and Leary
improvised the rope from the collar
into muZzle and tied its laws To.
gether. The animal was taken to the
Hamilton avenue station and after.
ward to the Pasteur institute
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-02-25

the matter, demanding immediate at
tention. The owner should see the
sheep each day. The ram should be
allowed with the ewes only at the
breeding season.
The most advantageous time to sell
a sheep is when 1t is lamb. II the
lamb weighs so pounds. is fat and has
the quality. 1t will sell as prime
lamb the year around; II It weighs 81
to SO pounds on the farm 1t will weigh
about so on the market.
With this weight the buyer is more
assured that he is getting lamb, and
the cuts are more convenient to use
The average person eats about tho
same number of chops and 1t is more
economical to get the smaller ones.
The roast cuts are also more con-
venient to use. To-day the S0-pound
lamb is most popular.
1t is important to see to 1t that this
lamb is fat; II not. 1t will be discrimi-
mated against. You can't feel the ami
mails ribs very well II II is properly
fat. but if the animal is not fat your
hands will rub over its ribs as they
would over a washboard
Its quality is indicated by short
legs, fine feet. compact form. without
big. wasty middle.
| The male lamb should by all means
| be castrated when to 16 days
old; but so per cent. of the owners
neglect to do this and thousands Of
dollars are lost In this manner.
| There is no mistake about 1t. Such
a lamb always brings less money ir
| the market
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-02-25
The Value Of Play.

The first self-revelation of the child
is through play. He learns by 1t what
he can do-what he can do easily at
first trial. and what he can do by per.
severance and contrivance.
Thus he learns through play to rec.
ognize the potency of those lords OF
life" las Emerson calls them) that
weave the tissue of human experience
volition, making and unmaking. OBJ
stinacy of material, the magic of con
trivance. the lordly might of perse
verance that can reinforce the mo
ment by the hours faDd time by
eternity.
The child In his games represents
to himself his kinship to the human
race-his identity, as little self, with
the social whole as his greater self
Froebel.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-02-25
SOME REASON IN OBJECTION
Scottish Kilt Doubtless . Reasonable
and Convenient Garment, But Not
for All Occasions.

"At dinner at Claridges. the
smartest hotel in London" said. with
no little pride Chicagoan. Il sat be-
side young Rhinelander Stewart,
Anita Stewards brother. you know.
Anita Stewart married Don Miguel OF
BraganZa.
Il ioked Rhinelander bit on the
kilt that he wore at his sisters Scot
tish wedding. He took my joking in
good part He said the kilt was fine.
conventional dress, and till recently
he had thought it suitable everywhere
and for all purposes.
Recently. though. he suggested that
the house servants in Tulloch castle
should wear as livery the Stewart kilt:
but the major domo objected.
NOW said Mr.. Stewart, what IS
your objection
"'Aweel, sir the major domo IN
swered. "A man Gamma clean upstairs
windows in kilt, moo. can he? "-Ex-
change
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cRy w. c. corrEY1

CBy w. C. coFFEY1
There should be few sheep on al
most every farm. II is easily admit
ted that few horses. few cattle. a
few pigs and some poultry must be
kept on every farm. from necessity or
because they are economical. Why
not sheep?
II the dogs bother the sheep, shoot
the dogs. The chief objection is that
the people don't understand sheep;
but they cannot possibly understand
them until they begin to deal with
them. A few sheep may do better
than a good many. Fifty would be a
few" on 160 or 200 acre farm.
H. A. Winter of Marshall county is
very practical farmer and he be-
lieves that each year the lambs sell
for as much as the mothers cost and
that the wool pays the cost of the
keep. The eve. weighing I20 pounds.
at five cents pound. cost Sc
II is no exaggeration to say that
there will be as many lambs as ewes
A 100 pound lamb will sell at six
cents. bringing Seas much as the
mother cost. This eve will shear a
nine pound fleece. which at 20 cents
will sell for s1s0. which will pay for
the keep of the eve and offspring.
The farmer still has the eve,
which at Az cents a pound will bring
s5.40--a profit of 80 per cent. on the
Investment
Sheep delight to clean up neglected
places. in the potato patch. the pig
lots. the stubblefield. fence rows. here,
there and anywhere.
L. H. Helbig of Livingston county
counts that his sheep have made him
$1,000 from fence rows in three years
and he has got rid of many noxious
weeds.
In Minnesota 1t was found that out
of 480 kinds of weeds there were only
so kinds that sheep would not eat.
Sheep need care and with care will
return profit
But the farmer must not fail to care
for these few sheep. The beginner
can learn more from few sheep than
from many; he can know each one
individually and its troubles. II you
are to do sheep any good when ailing
you must get at them quickly.
II the sheep drops the angle Of its
ear few degrees there is something
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-02-25

taurant proprietor lay in the bottom
of the car, each man drew a business
like blue steel revolver
Don't make any noise or we will
kill you." said one of them in a low,
even tone. and these we're the only
words spoken by any of the men dur
ing the robbery. Apparently the chauf-
feur knew what to do. for as soon as
the side door of the car was closed he
applied tie power and a moment later
drew up at the mouth of an alley a
block and a half away.
Il realized was in bad fix" said
Butz, 'anu I did not make any attempt
to cry out or to get away. One of the
men went through my pockets and
took s83. mostly In bills. | had dia-
mond ring on my right hand and a
gold watch and chain. but these did
not tempt them"
AS soon as the victim had been re-
lieved of his money the car started
forward again slowly. Opening the
door on the right side of the car the
two robbers In charge of the prisoner
grasped him by the shoulders, raised
him to his feet and threw him to the
pavement
AS Butz struck the asphalt he rolled
completely over there was a series of
snorts as the chauffeur opened up the
carburetor of his engine. and In few
seconds the car had vanished in the
darkness of West Monroe street.
The shouts of the robbed man
brought number of persons from the
neighboring houses and few start
ed in pursuit of the fleeing robbers in
an effort to see the license tag on their
car, but the highwaymen had already
effected their escape. Some one tele-
phoned TO the police, while other per
sons helped Butz to his home.
Aside from few bruises. a muddy
coat and torn collar and shirt. the
victim of the robbers vas uninjursd.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-02-25
Now the Hired Mans Say.

1T says here that the government is
going TO encourage snail farming" re-
marked the Oldest inhabitant as he
opened his weekly paper In the country
store.
Give me the paper. Hezekiah." has
tened the farmer who had Just come In
with n basket of eggs.
What do you want with 1t. Jason?"
by cricky. want to show II to my
hired man and let him apply for job
on one of them snail FARMS"
"Shucks, Al ordinary Tired man
wouldn't be AIRY use on a snail farm.
The blamed rritters would run over
him"
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-02-25
Doc BITES THREE BOYS
and MANGLES POLICEMAN
P'TcHFoRk susDUEs BRUTE
WHICH ATTACKS A NEW
YORK BLUEcoAT.

New York.-In a 15-minute battle
between st. Bernard dog that had
bitten three boys and Patrolman John
Leary of Brooklyn the bluecoat was
almost at the point of exhaustion
when aid arrived. He was unable to
get al his revolver and his club had
little effect on the thickly coated ami
NAL. Leary was bitten on the chin
and his left leg and hands mangled.
The uog first was seen on Beard
street with long rope trailing from
its collar. It ran from one side of
the street to the other, snarling and
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-02-25
BANDITS IN DRESS
SUITS USE AUTO
HOLD UP CHICAGO RESTAURANT
MAN. TAKE $ss, AND FLEE
IN MACHINE.
WEAR SILK HATS AND MASKS
Force Victim Into Motor Car at
Pistols Point, Drive to Dark Alley,
Rob Him, and Then Speed Away
Before Help Arrives.

Chicago-Three highwaymen of the
most modern school. riding in a tour
Ing car, wearing silk hats and dressed
In evening clothes held up and robbed
Jacob M. Butz near his home several
nights ago. At the point of revolvers
they dragged him into the machine.
carried him block and a half west.
took sS3 from his pocket, threw him
into the street. and sped away in the
darkness.
Butz is the proprietor of restau-
rant During the two months he has
been there 1t has been his custom to
take the days receipts home with him,
and 1t Is believed the robbers were
aware of this fact.
Il got off a West Madison street
car at South California avenue about
1880 o'clock and started to walk home. :"
said Butz. Just as | stepped of the
curb at West Monroe street heard
the 'honk-honk of an automobile horn.
and big touring car turned the cor
ner and stopped in front of me.
"As the machine came to a stand
still | saw there was a chauffeur in
V II.
3 The two latter had masks on. Before
realized their purpose the men in the
tonneau stepped out in front of me.
one grabbed me by the throat, the
other took hold of my collar and my
right arm and they threw me into the
automobile on my back
AS the first man reached to catch
him by the throat Butz said the rob-
ber's overcoat blew open and revealed
full dress suit. including patent leath-
er shoes, white tie and shirt front
that 'oomed up in the darkness like a
snow drift in coal mine. Though he
admits he was surprised. the victim of
the bandits had not yet become fright
ened, and he observed that both men
were similarly dressed in long black
coats and leather caps, though the sec
ond mans coat was buttoned up.
Climbing into the seat while the res.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-02-25
Not Actually Necessary,

The lawyer proceeded to examine the
witness.
Pardon the question, Mrs. Chucks-
ley" he said, but your answer consti-
tutes part of the record. How old
are you?"
why you ought to know, Mr..
Sharpe" she answered; my birthday
is the same as yours, only was born
ten years later than you were"
"Ah, yes, remember Well, 1t isn't
important, anyhow. Go ahead, Mrs.
Chucksley. and tell the jury what you
know about this case"
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-02-25
THE STORY OF THE PEANUT
SHELLS.

As everyone knows, G.. w. Post OF
Battle Creek, Michigan, Is not only
maker of breakfast foods. but he is
strong individual who believes that the
trades-unions are a menace to the lib
erty of the country.
Believing this. and being natural
born" scrapper for the right, as he
sees 1t, Post, for several years past,
has been engaged in a ceaseless war
fare against The Labor Trust" as he
likes to call It.
Not being able to secure free and
ions on this subject through the regular
reading pages Of the newspapers he
has bought advertising space for this
purpose. just as he is accustomed to
for the telling Of his Postum story"
and he has thus spent hundreds Of
thousands of dollars In denouncing
trades-unionisM
AS result OF Posts activities the
people now know a whole lot about
these organizations: how they are
honeycombed with graft, how they OBJ
struct the development of legitimate
business, curtail labor's output, hold
up manufacturers, graft upon their,own
membership. and rob the public. Natu-
rally Post is hated by the trades
unionists, and intensely.
He employs no union labor, so they
can not call out his men, and he defies
their efforts at boycotting his products.
The latest means OF getting" Post is
the widespread publication OF the story
that a car which was recently wrecked
In transmission was found to be loaded
with empty peanut shells, which were
being shipped from the south to Posts
establishment at Battle Creek.
This canard probably originated with
President John Fitzgerald OF the Chi
cago Federation OF Labor, who, 1t is
said, stated 1t publicly. as truth.
| Post comes back and, gives Fftz-
gerald the lie direct. He denounces
Fitzgerald's statement as deliberate
falsehood. an underhanded and coward
ly attempt to injure his business hav-
ing not the slightest basis in fact AS
such an effort it must be regarded. 1t
Is significant that this statement about
the peanut shells" is being given wide
newspaper publicity. In the patent
inside" Of an eastern country paper
find 1t, and the inference naturally Is
that labor-unionites are insidiously
spreading this lie.
An institution Cor a mani which
will resort to moral intimidation and
to physical force. that will destroy ma
chinery and burn buildings. that will
main and kill If pecessary to effect its
ends, naturally would not hesitate to
spread falsehood for the same pur-
poses.
We admire Post While we have no
enmity toward labor unions, so long as
they are conducted In an honest live
and-let-live" kind Of a way, we have had
enough of the tarred end OF the stick
to sympathize thoroughly with what he
is trying to do. He deserves support.
A man like Post can not be killed, even
with lies. They are boomerang: every
time. Again, we knoio. for hasn't this
weapon. every weapon that could be
thought of. been used (and not simply
by labor unions) to put us out of busi-
ness. too?
/ am going to drink too cups of
Postum every morning from this time
on. and put myself on a diet of Grape
Nuts. Bully for Post.-Editorial in
The American Journal of Clinical Med
tctne.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-02-25
Improvement in Farms.

When we begin importing farm
products where will prices go? And
yet the solution is simple. All that
is needed is greater development of
the soil We need to learn in New
York state what they long ago learned
abroad-that the soil must be replen-
ished. and that properly nurtured It
may be made far more productive than
IL is
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-02-25
Distinction.

Stranger lin Drearyhursp Whats
this town noted for? Anything in par
ticulaf?
Uncle Welby Gosh--Yes, sir. Mrs.
Guinness hain't never been found here.
Doc Cook amt hidin' nowheres in this
neighborhood. and we're not tryin' to
git the Jeffries-Johnson prizefight
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-02-25
INCOME sSMs4HIss xaaMGn xfM

Liberal low cost Limited Accident
Health Policy issued by strong old line
stock company to men and women. all oc-
cupations. ages 16 to 10. 81. 900 policy pays
SIS weekly. ann. cost $500. $4,000 policy
pays S25 weekly. ann. cost $40. includ-
Ing pat Identification pocketbook. En-
Cos and p. Ms. everywhere. Agents
wanted. Write Geo. A. Slough. Genl
Agents wanted. Geo. A. Slough. Gen1
Agt.. 40 Symes Bldg. Denver. Phone
Main 1888
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-02-25
A Few Years Hence.

Knicker-You look tired
Bocker-Yes: was up all night fly
ing the baby.-Harpers' Bazaar.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-02-25
STUDYING Potato Bugs.

The Carnegie institute has employed
some western investigators to study
the potato bug. with view TO its ex-
termination The experiment will cost
$40 900