Punxsutawney Spirit, 1907-01-04

              m THB WRATam. Pretty Wife of Harry Thaw Was Treated Most Brutally m fttiilltttatonei iyifit WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—Snow and much colder tonght. Saturday partly cloudy. (Bity Edition Informal Dance is Held at Which Many Couples Participate Last Evening. 'LI. No.93. W BltltSI IS ROUSED I HDDOF CONSOLIDATION IROQUOIS CLUB LADIES' NIGHT AT PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA.. FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4, 1907 TIED EVELYN TO BEDPOST, THEN CRUEL BLOWS FALL PfclCE 2 CENTS LOOM. Mild ■SIM TAKES OH Iffl BOOM THE NEW GOVERNOR OF SOUTH DAKOTA COMING OUT AT TRIAL Mrs. Holman Refuses to Be Won Over By Daughter's Pleadings. C. I. Crawford ' i Prince Von ilow Continued on Sixth Pace. MINE WORKERS' LOCAL IS IN GOOD STANDING jncils of Two Boroughs 'ill Act at Meeting Monday Evening Coal Business Experiences Revival Which Augurs Well For Future lVE formed agreement A very small part of Monroe's )r-clustra furnished the music. It was an informal crowd having an informal dance, and they had an exceptionally good time. Ucoi*ge Mender, of Patton, made the event doubly enjoyable by his singing which was enjoyed to the utmost by those present. About fifteen couples took advantage of Ladles' Night, at tin- Iroquois Club last evening and an informal danco was held. imittees From Two Bodies Are Unanimously in Favor of the Project. Are Now Working Full Time and There is Much Rejoicing- as Result. NEIGHBORS SAY MAN BEAT HIS WIFE MANY MEN EMPLOYED About three weeks ago the t w«» committees from the respective councils met at the office of Borough Solicitor Jeff G. Wlng«»rt and talked over the plans of annexation This meeting resulted in the solicitors being instructed to draw up an agreement which would b< presented to council at the next meeting. consolidation question comes before council they will expect that body to at least give the whole people a chance to express their views by a vote. MOVE 10 JOIN LOCAL BOGIES 9F PRESBYTERIANS Charles Travis is Arrested in Early Morning rfmrs By Private Gray. A • Meeting Held in Central Church Gives Impetus to the Plan MEMBERS ARE IN FAVOR .Should this much desired cOndliim come to pass Punxsutawncy will take on Its .old form of hustle hi the business world and with Lindsay annexed to Us skirts, an improved water system and the locating here of a few more commercial Industries the citizens will have a town that they can he proud of. After having been dead or ..running half time for many months, the Rochester and Pittsburg mines about this town have started in full force and for the last two weeks have been In operation c\ ry day except Christmas. Coal men In this district my ilml the coal business is picking up rapidly and that, before long they will have steady work without a break. While it is well known that the various industries in and about Punxsutawncy are running to their full capacity and have orders ahead, it will, no doubt, lie good news to the merchants and others who are dependent. upon the prosperity of the town, to know that tho coal business is taking on signs of activity. STEAMER PONCE MAY BE LOST At a hearing before 'Squirt* ('lawson, Travis who was represented by Jacob I-. Fisher, was made to pay a line and cos s atnountings to $7.95. He also agreed to sign papers for an absolute divorce. A call was sent about live o'clock tills morning to the barracks by neigh bors who had heard the screams of Mrs. Travis and Private Gray was at once dispatched to make the arrest. In the meantime? Travis had left the house but was evidently too much exhausted to go fast, and had seated himself on a stump where he was found by Private Gray. After breaking chair over his wife's head ami b/atinB her with Ills lists, Charles Travis was found, and arrested by Private liray of Troup |>, State Police, four hundred yards in tin- rear of 11is home, completely »\- ha usted. I'rom 1*\»; to lsss he was state'- attorney for Hughes County. In 1S8!» he was elected a member of t«i ■ Territorial Council. He was a member id" the State Senate in 18i»0. lie was elected attorney general of South Dakota in 1SHL\ lie is a Presbyterian and a devoted"'church member.C. I. Crawford, governor-elect, of South Dakota, was born at Volney, Allamakee County, la.. January 14. lsfis. 11< was educated at Itoosvillc, la., arid graduated a. law at the University of Iowa in 1SS1'. He married Miss Ma\ Uoblnson in f ss l. 11«• began the practice of law at independence, 1 1,1 1SS3. He lived at Huron S. P., from 1XN4 to 1897. and Is head of the law tirm of Crawford & Taylor. GAAU, INM0, STRANGELY HISSING '' this town better perhaps than any Rier person or persons and when the Ltter. These men realize the needs The citlens who gave their time and oney to secure the locating here of e English Shirtwaist Factory un•rstood this question. They will not ap any direct benefit from the enr,prise any more than any other citifn who did not have a hand in the It has been said that. Llndsey counl will put the question up to a vote the people and it is well known at the most prominent citizens and aviest tpx payers in I hat borough e as a unit in favor of lis final ccess. The question of the consolidation of inxsutawney and Lindsey Boroughs 8 taken on a lively interest within e last few days- At the coming acting of the councils of both borighs the question will be seriously nsldered and many public spirited izens will likely be present to asit the councilmen in reaching a eonislon.■e many of them, would pick the wn whose population is ten thousid In preference to the town of sevi thousand. lit does not appear unreasonable to iy that a manufacturing concern joking for a place to locate, and there ► this by attending the meeting of uncll Monday evening. »ss demands It and those who are not favor of the annexation cannot be lr without first hearing all sides of e case. They will have a chance to The same feeling prevails In Punxitawney. The progressive citizens re know that something will have be done to bring more people Into e town and to get various manufac|rlng concerns to locate here. Busi- ran mm m MONTH'S BRIDE WAS MISSING, ROSENBEHGER ARRESTED WiT S5,000,08fl rim,ADIOI.ru I A. Jan. 4.—The . stiiti* of the Into Alexander .1. <'assail, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad. is valued at $5,000,000 ami is divided equally between his widow and three c hildren. JRy Publishers* Press. Tho officials of the lint* have not abandoned hope for the .safety of the Ponce although there has been mueh fog, interspersed with gales sill along the eoast from Maine to Florida during the past week. NEW YORK, Jan. 4.—No trace has yet been found of the missing steamship Ponce, which is now four days overdue. The ship cleared from Ponce, P. U.t Christmas day under command of Captain Harvey with fifty-two men and a large passenger list. By Publishers' Press. Ills friends fear that he has met with foul play or that his mind has become unbalanced from business reverses. A vigorous search has b< < n instituted and word from the missing man is expected hourly. Mr. Grnu left ills office about two weeks ago and since then no word has ben heard of him/ NEW YORK, Jan. 4.—Robert Grau, the Impressario and theatrical manager, is strangely missing. MACCABEES WILL INSTALL OFFICERS I The committees which met last evening will present the matter to their I congregations in tin- near future at j which time an agreeable solution of j tiie question wll likely be reached. In case It Is finally decided to unite it will then be necessary to determine which property should be sold and which one should be remodeled. The members realize that by uniting the two churches neither edifive would be large enough to hold the combined membership and would necessarily result in disposing of one of the properties and enlarging the other. A preliminary meeting held for the purpose of considering the matter of consolidating the two Presbyterian churches in Punxlutawney was attended last night lly appointed committees from both Jcongregations. The general feelftig existing in both churches is directdu toward consolidation. The meirtb/rs as a whole want to unite, but after discussing ways and means it wijh decided by all present at the mcetjftig to put the question before their respective congregations and give the ma chance to act. VON BUELOW SEES DANGER IN SOCIALISM'S GROWTH GERMAN GOVERNMENT ISSUES WARNING TO Partners of the Tide is the most thrilling serial story ever published In u daily newspaper. Sri • '• t• s will I»«• hold in the riiuroh Sunday afternoon ;tt two n'eloek lUiri:«I will ho made ill tin- Sykesville Cemetery, !{• Crawford oftii dating. Ing merry ;it lo r wedding. Her death, the saddest that has oerurred in tliis vhinity for year.;, Is mourn. <1 by ;i multitude of friends, who but a short time ago were mak* SV KIOSVlLldO, Jan. 1 —lint seventof 11 years of age, mid a bride only two short months. Mrs. Harry Mc- Pherson, eldest daughter of Mr. ami Mrs. William Sloppy, of this place, died at ton oYloek tills morning of perit nltis. after a short illness. Mrs. Harry McPherson ,of Sykesville Passes Away After Short Illness. CALLED BT DEATH As usual then* wai a crowd of loiterers withered about the entrance to t.i prison In gaze curiously at the beautiful young Kirl wife of the Pittsburg millionaire who killed the architect Stanford White. favor. in her Interview with her husband she had to endure his angry reproach• s beca use she had failed in her endeavor to influence her mother in his NEW VOHK, Jan. 4.—After a strenuous interview with her husband in the Tombs, Evelyn Nesblt Thaw left the prison at tin* close of visitors' hours, sortly before noon yesterday. Harry K. Thaw whh somewhat more pompdwd when a keeper asked him if Mrs. Thaw was ill. Mrs Thaw's tears glistened on her cheeks as she rode down In the elevator in the Tombs from the tier upon which her husband's cell is situated. She wiped them away with a tiny, mussed up, damp shred <>f lace handkerchief. and kept tugging at her veil on her way from the elevator entrance to the door Her struggle with her veil was obviously to tonceat her great agitation. Thaw rejwiTd* his- nv^hor*in-taVw testimony as undoubtedly hostile, as It will certainly reflect upon his own motives ami conduct as far as concerns his relations with Kvelyn Neshlt prior to the tlnie she beiamc Mrs. Thaw. The Holmans have d«»finitely assured District Attorney Jerome, who will personally conduct the prosecution of Thaw, that they will be here to testify at the trial. They will also bring many significant letters written to Mrs. Holtnan by Stanford White- Thaw and his counsel have for some days been disturbed over the antagonism show by Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Holman, of Pittsburg, stepfather and mother of Kvelyn Nesblt Thaw. "Oh, some bad news from Pittsburg's bothering her, 1 guess." remarked Thaw, liKhtlng a cigar. Mrs. Holman. It is stated in dlspatehes from Pittsburg, had hated Thaw sinec a time two years before her daughter's wedding. because he then beat the girl brutally In a Paris hotel, t'ntruthfully. Thaw and Evelyn Nesblt at that time posed in Paris as man and wife Mrs. Holman wa Informed that on. night. returning t.» the suite In one of the French capital's best known hostelrles after a drunken spree. Thaw tied the childish little chorus girl to a bedpost and lashed her with a dogwhlp until she fainted from pain, exhaustion and fear. The matron was Infuriated by tlio Information. There and then she vowed to avenge her daughter's hurts If she had to wait a lifetime for a chance. She became Harry Thaw's most relentless enemy, and through months that dragged to years she sought an opportunity to punish the young man for his attack on her school-girl daughter. Kvelyn Nesblt then was at an age when she should have been In sehoob The Pittsburg dispatches further made dear the clash of Thaw's and White's purposes in connection with the beautiful art model and chorus girl. Terrified by Thaw's savage abuse. Discloses Motives of Govern.ment in Dissolving the Reichstag Local Tent Aso Has Active Membership Contest Running Now. I Rosenberger was bound over for [ourt in default of $500 bail. Watson Hosenberger, of Punxsutaw?y, was arrested today, charged by , E. Maginnls, manager of the Jcfrson Theater, with the stealing of a juble-barrelled shot gun, which had pen used by one of the theatrical oupes which recently appeared here, he case was aired before 'Squire Corr this afternoon. William Pairman, Esq., handled the ise for the prosecution and It was rought out during the hearing that \ie gun had been loaned to the thcaer people by P. O. Freas. A few ays ago, it is said, Rosenberger disposed of tho gun to Joe Lorenzo, and ater it was identified by Mr. Freas as eing tho property of his establishrent.CITES FRENCH REVOLUTION •PEN HE.»>Qt'ARTEHS IN AUSTIN )allas, the two most prominent canidates for Speaker of the next rrouse if representatives, opencft headquartirs in this city today. The leglslaure will meet next Tuesday. AUSTIN, Tex., Jan. 4.—Representa- Representaives Peeler, of Tarvis, and Love, of Communistic Dreams and Means of Realizing Them By Brute Force. Don't miss the opening chapters of Partners of the Tide." The local Tent has inaugurated a membership contest for January and a large increase of members Is expected. Mr. Kuntz, who will be here for a short time, will assist the members in the contest, during his stay. A large number of applications for membership will bo acted upon at this meeting and several candidates will be Initiated. The Punxsutawney Tent, No. 22 3. of the Knights of Maccabees, will hold an installation of officers for the ensuing year at their lodge rooms tonight, at which Deputy Great Commander Renne I*. Kuntz, of Pittsburg, will officiate. NTO BOWELS OF EARTH TO ARREST TWO MEN ate Police Have Exciting Chase After "Black Hand" Gang g Persecution Ended When the Constabulary Oet the Assailants. A report current on the streets this morning to the effect that the local sub-district office of th«' United Mint Workers of America would be discontinued in the near future on account of a Jack of funds seems to be without foundation. When a representative of The Spirit culled on Secretary James Hums in his office in the Eberhart Hullding this morning, he said in reply to u question as to whether the report was truthful or not: "The statement is not true. This sub-district Is in a most prosperous condition. We have never been better fixed financially and every day we are doing better. "After the last strike we were $38,- 000 in debt and up to the present time we have paid more than $20,000 on this debt. This shown by my last report to the Treasurer at Clear* field. I think that It will I» but a Gives Figures to Show That This Sub-District is Flourishing at Present Time. SECRETARY DENIES REPORT very short time now until we are clear again. Hut as far as being bank* rupt Is concerned there is absolutely nothing 11> It. "Hesldes our membership Is increasing. In every point in this subdistret where whe have locals, with but two exceptions, we have more members than we had previous to the strike and since that time the United Mine Workers <»f America have established themselves In places where it was utterly impossible to do so befor last year. One of these places is Frost burg. Since the strike we have organized a union there and each report from their secretary shows a gain. At the present time they have 239 members and 1 think the number will reach 300 before many weeks. "The same conditions prevail all over District. No. l!. This is better shown by the fact that at the n< \t election of Sub-District No. 1, there are seven candidates for the office of president, ten for the office of vice-president and three for secretarytreasurer. Each of these offices pays a salary and 1 do not think any person would be anxious for a position If there was any danger of thfe finances running short. "Taking everything Into considera' Hon. 1 am sure that I have never been more pleased with conditions in this office than I am today. And while we are having a little trouble with the Jefferson and Clearfield Coal Company at Big Soldier In retard to a checkwelghman, I am satisfied that the district as a whole la Ilk belter condition than It ever waa before.** To Be of The Best Financial Condition Is Shown The authorities believe that they have captured three of the moat active members of the Black Hand gang In this vicinity. A hearing* was given the men bir 'Squire Morrison at Anita this aftornon at two o'clock Another demand on Renn was made yesterday by all three men, which like former demands was /efused and the three left, swearing that they would kill him at. the first opportunity. Renn, who was then thoroughly frightened, came to Punxsutawney .and swore out a warrant for their arrest. The Kalians have been overbold in their threatening, going In person to Renn and demanding goods and money, which at nil times he refused to give them. No attempt was made upon Renn's life until last Monday when Thomas Por4<> entered Renn's store and demanded goods. On being refused Porto drew a long knife and made a vicious lunge at Henn, who grappled with the man, and after a short struggle in which Renn was getting the worst of it, his brother-in-law, who had heard the noise came to his rescue with a pick handle. Porto immediately loosed his hold on the knife and ran. a long search they were found working, almost at the extremity of the mine. Brought to the surface the three men were placed on the street car and taken to the lpcai basilic. eljrht men of Troop D, State Police, last night arrested John Flora, John Vulella and Thomas Porto, Italian miners who, on the hope of extracting money and goods from Renn, have been threatening his life. When the detail from the barracks entered the hotise In which the Italians were staying, they found but on* of .them, who was arrested without difficulty. Leaving one man with $*• prisoner, Sergeant Ward and ..his sntsred the mine in which the Kfmm ware working and attar On a warrant issued by Joseph Henn, an Italian storekeeper at Flp!*- jnce, Sergeant Ward and a detail of Repelling the intimation of the Clerical party that th<5 government meditated plans against the freedom of the church, the chancellor said that In many Catholic countries the church was not so well treated as In Germany. No representative of the federal governments thought of Interfering with religious equality before the law or with freedom of conscience or "Not only are its communistic dreams of the future hostile to civilization, but so are Its means for realizing them by mero brute force. Any tendency toward reaction to be found anywhere in Germany is due to the Socialists* undermining the popular conception of authority, property, religion, and the fatherland. "The sword of Bonaparte followed Robespierre, the simple citizen, who became drunk with the doctrines of 'Liberty, equality, and fraternity.' Bonaparte had to come and free the French people from the terrorism of the Jacobins and communists." Referring to the socialistic danger, the chancellor said: The chancellor explained that he had a double purpose in appealing to the country, namely, to free the government from dependence on the clerical party and to strengthen the Liberal group In the Reichstag so that they, In combination with the conservatives, may successfully oppose the growth and destructive power of socialism and reactionary clearlcallsm. RERUN, Jan 4.—Chancellor Von Ruelow has disclosed the motives and acts of tho government in dissolving the Reichstag in a vigorous election manifesto, which took the form of a letter to Lieut- (Sen. Von Llebert, chairman of the managing committee of the Empire League, formed to coinbat the Social Democrats. The Borliner Taggeblatt, comment- "Fight for the honor and prosperity of the nation against the Social Democrats, Poles, Quelfs and Centrists."The chancellor then announced that his political battle cry for the time was: contemplated the* exercise of pressure against the Catholic faith. Every statement to the contrary was simply an attempt to use religion as a means to further the Interests of a political group. in# on Chancellor von Huelow's manifesto, notices that the chancellor has not a word to say about the meat famine or the influence of Catholicism on the Prussian school system, or • of K ranting constitutional guarantees. It interprets an allusion to Uobespiere as indicating an intention to dissolve the Reichstag again should the elections result unfavorably to the government The Tageblatt recommends the electorate to vote not against the Center and the Social Democracy, but against the Center and reaction. m i