Punxsutawney Spirit, 1907-02-27

              n 9 f Gi{y ***» j She SiniliiititQiuo Sjrffit (issss^i IMMIIIMMKMIIIIMMIMIM W MT W W W|) *|T »vW»»W»W»frO 0 0 0 0 0 0 P t H»lf *■• .. . » IIM H URT IS 1001 of mnr 1200,000 VOL.1. No. 139. CLAYVILLE SOLONS RATIFY AGREEMENT TO CONSOLIDATE Council Holds What is Probably Nearly Its Last Meeting.PRICE 2 CENTS SLUMBERING LAD CREMATED ANOTHER FATALLY BURNED PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA.. WEDNSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 27, 1907 OFFICIAL IIST. OF WINNERS III I ELECTION Homer Hetrick Is Dead and James Ohls Dying From Burns. HAS OCCUPIED SEVERAL IMPORTANT STATIONS DOZENS UNABLE TO AID Shanty Burns Down and Lifeless Form of Boy is Found in the Ruins. William W. Russell Theatorium Was Temporarily Out of Business But is Running To<Jay. Jlldf /r /. 1 Michigan dkmochats Forty-Eight Employes of Office Being Kept Under Surveillance. OFFICIAL VOTE RECEIVED. Results in the Various Townships and Boroughs in the County. THEIR HOMES ARE ENTERED FILED WITH PROTHONOTARY Detectives of the Federal Government Are Busy But Have No Clue. Covers all the Offices That Were to be* Filled on February 19. teller receivers the money. It Is counted and turned uver to the counting tellers who again count It. It is then given to the vault clerk who counts it and reports to the subtreasurer.The money disappeared Workaday. On that day a visitor was admitted and shown through the vault rooms. On previous occasions money lost on the floor has been found by the janitress and returned. The employes are not searched before they leave the sub-treasury at night. Any clerk could have carried the money away In large bills. It Is thought to have been carried out of the vaults between Wednesday morning and night. Secret service detectives think they have a clue that will lead to an arrest. Monday evenig Llndscy Council will meet in regular session and it. is expected thut tliis will be the last timo that that body will meet alone, as by thn first Monday in April the charter for Greater Punxsutawney will bo li« re. With this end in view the members of the Clayville Council will go to the meeting prepared to wind up the affairs of that body forever and ever. At a special session of Clayville Council last evening the official vote of th«i borough was received ond the agreement for consolidation was signed by the president and secretary after which it was handed to the borough solicitor, who will forward it immediately to the Secretary of the Commonwealth.1W REGRETS IT ROMMEL GOI OFF EASILY MAT IS 10 BE ; him AT WASHINGTON Says He Would Like to Have Seen Him Put on Grill. IS PLEASED WITH PROGRESS Question Will Demand Serious Consideration From Next Congress. Evelyn Takes Stand Again Today and is Followed by Physician. THE STYLES HAVE CHANGED Honest Legislative Aaents Will Support Movement to Regulate.Ho first entered the diplomatic service as secretary of tin- Legation at Caracas, Venezuela. Ilia next post w v? minister to Colombia, but he never reached Bogota, owing to a misunderstanding between the t'nitcd States and Columbia. He was ina<l * minister to Venezuela in 1905. Ho was very prominent aa minister to 1'mania, but resigned when the signing* of the Canal Treaty was accomplished. Hon. William \V. Russell, minister to Venezuela, was born at Rockville. Aid., and is a son of Major Russ-vdl, of the United States Marine Corps. He graduated at the United States >V val Academy, but failed to enter tin4 service. Minister Russell then studied engineering and was active in the construction of the big Baltimore and Ohio Rialroud electrical power station in Baltimore. FOR NEW BUILDING RUMI WILL ASK TELEGRAPHERS WANT [ESS WORKING HOURS Greatly Improved Service)f ! « i " r Properly Equipped Would Mean Appeal to Congressmen and Senators to Aid Them in Movement.The homes of a number of employes have been searched. These discoveries are announced. . The money was not in new btils; s It was not in mutilated or torn bills aent by banks for redemption. It evidently never got into the vault. The supposed place of stoppage and abstraction by the thief was a "cage/' A "cage" is the wire enclosure In which the receiving teller works. The CHICAGO, Fob. 27.—Between $175,- 000 and $200,000 was stolen from the local sub-treasury last week. The authorities here and in Washington are working; night and day on the robbery. Chief Wilkie, of the secret service, is kept informed by telephone and telegraph, and, according to telegraphic advices, Will leave Washington to take personal charge of the investigation. Secretary of the Treasury Shaw was told of the theft In Chicago last week. Every man wiio could have had anything to do with the case was called into Treasurer Boldenweick's office but all denied any knowledge of the theft. Saturday a faint clew pointed in the direction of a certain clerk and that, followed up directed suspicion to another, a close associate of the first. One, thought to be the moving spirit, did not turn a hair, but the other, a younger and weaker, showed signs of breaking down. Just what he admitted, the secret service men refuse to disclose. All the money was in $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 bills. The exact amount of money missing is now stated to be $173,000. Orders were received from Chief Wilkie, at Washington, for the constant shadowing of every attachee of the subtreasury. It is hoped the thief will betray himself. Forty-eight employes and two persons not connected with the office are to be subjected to surveillance for an indefinite time. A number of the suspects are women. THE MISTAKE WAS III THE HEADING Should Have Read That the Penman Verdict Does Not Stand. The telegraph operators throughout this district today telegraphed to Congressman \\*. O. Smith, asking him to give his support and influence to the bill introduced by Congressman Murphy, which limits the working hours of th<- railroad telegraph operators to nine consecutive hours out o ftho So far as can be 1< arned the fire started from either a defective Hue 01 hot eoals falling from the stove io the lloor. The hanlv. which vva> as dry as tinder, burned rapidly and to quickly did the fire accomplish it® deadly task that the people of Cttmp Hun could hardly realize that on- of their friends and neighbors had  ed to the ("}rca( Beyond and another lying at the point of death at thei? feet. As soon as the fire had burned itself out the charred remains of Hetrick were removed and handed over to an undertaker for burial, but not before Coroner Kyle had been notified and decided that an Investigation was not necessary. His body will be removed as soon as possible to his home in Kmerlckvllle. The two unfortunate men were miners In the employ of the Anita Coal Company. They had worked all day, not reaching their home before ten o'clock last evening. They built a lire and after cooking some supper, retired for the night. Shortly after eleven o'clock the heat and the crackling of the (lames awakened ohls- lie took In the situation at a glance and after repeated effort", managed to awaken his companion. 1 let rick was so overcome by the smoko and heat, however, that he only regained consciousness long enough to plead with Ohls to save him. I Camp Hun Is a small mining tillage, and so quickly did the alarm spread that it was only a few minutes after the conflagration was discovered until tiie entire population was on the scene, but the lire h.ia gained such headway that water i.ad little or no effect. After putting in eighteen hours of hard labor, followed by less than one hour's sleep, James Ohls, eighteen years of age, and Homer Hetrick, eighteen, miners of Camp Hun, awoke to find themselves surrounded by tire on every side. Their conscious moments were of brief duration, the smoke and heat sending them back to the land of dreams almost immediately. Ohls however, realizing their danger, picked i J .lis c ompanion and started for the unor. The burden was too much and before the open air was reached he dropped the body <»f his companion and fell headlong to the floor. Friends had gathered in large numbers about the frail shanty-like structure, and witnessed the death struggle of the two men. Hut when Ohls fell they reached out a helping hand and dragged him to sctfety, being compelled to leave Hetrick to the mercy of the flames. Ohls was terribly burned about the head, arms and body, and although lie was rushed with all possible speed to the DuBois Hospital, it is a question with the physicians in charge whether or not his recovery is possible.Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and Mr*. Caine, who had come early, were directed by Thaw's attorneys* to leave the room. Both were visibly distressed and disappointed, Evelyn being: in tears as they went out. Evelyn stopped at. the door and through her tears smiled at. her husband as he was brought into the court room. District Attorney Jerome called for Evelyn an the first witness and he questioned her as to whether she had ever told her brother, Howard This morning Harry expressed himself to one of the guards in the Tombs that with the one exception of the Hummel incident of yesterday the whole trial has been quite satisfactory to him. "I did regret seeing Hummell get off so easily yesterday," said Harry. "I should have enjoyed more than anything 1 know, seeing that man on the grill and under the lash of Mr. Delmas' tongue. I despise Hummell cordially." Delmas explained to the court this morning that he thought he would finish up his case this week with the convening of Court. By Publishers' Press, NEW YOKK, Feb. 27.—Harry It. Thaw is very much pleased with the manner in which his trial has been conducted to date and the course the defense has taken up to the present time. HROOKVILLK, Feb. 27.—The followin1 Is tho list of officers elected in the various townships and boroughs of Jefferson County at the general election held Tuesday, February 1 !♦, 15)07, us filed with Prothonotary Cyrus H. Blood: Harnett.—{School director, A. M. Conk, Robert Wolford; supervisor, Robert Wei ford; assessor, VV. A. Mathers; auditor, R. R. Cook; judge of election, W. M. Agiiey; Inspector of election, Harry Warner, A. J. ReardonBeaver—School director, F- M. Stahlman, E. L. Rtetz; auditor, E. M. Reitz; assessor, Wm. Oxenriter; supervisor. W. R. Morrison; township clerk, S. P. Brosius; judge of election, Calvin Byorly; inspector of election, Elmer Ferguson. Wato Thomas. Bell.—Justice of the peace, Harry L. rube; supervisor, (three years). James M. Cochran; supervisor, (one year), Ed Kratzer; auditor, S, R. C.rube; school director, (3 years), W. J. Sprow, C. A. Bargerstock; school director, (1 year), A. K Grinder; assessor, Geo. J. Hauck; township clerk, J. 1. Bell. North precinct—Judge of election, Ed Gahagan; inspector of election, J. \V. C.rube, Fred Weis; register, Alvy McClelland. South precinc—Judge of election, John K- Sloan; inspector of election, Alfred Frampto, names M. Dougherty; register. Jacob Neff. Big Run.—School director, Will H. Tyson, John Mowrey; town council, George I. Palmer, B. \V. Irvin; auditor, A. M. Shaffer; assessor, W- S. Smith; high constable, J. I,. Rittenhouse; judge of election, Mai Stucholl; inspector of election, C. K. Sloppy, E. W. Weber. Brockwayvlllt—-Town council, E- J. Durbln, <\ If. MeCauley, tie vote between Ira Martin and J. S. Kearney; school director. W. M. Brown, B. B Brumbaugh; assessor, J. S. Cooper; auditor, J. H. Miller; high constable. H. K. Moorey; judge of election, Thomas Keys; inspector of election, M. C. Moorhead, L. A. McAllister. Brookvllle.—Town Council, L. A. Brady. I*. A. Hunter; school director, 1). L. Taylor. D. A. Henderson; high constable, A. J. Smith; assessor, C. H. Butier; auditor, L. V. Dcemer; poor overseer, John Startzell; judge of election. Walter Montgomery; inspector of election, Ed Johnson, L. B. Shannon.Clayvilie—Town council, J- A. Doran. Wm. Q. Thomas ;school director, J. H. Davis, H. M. Moans; auditor. T. M. Morrow; assessor, Levi Mc- Gregor; judge of election, John Hughes; inspector of election, John M. Lloyd, W. W. Gray. Clover—Justice of the peace, J. K. Ross. T. M. Klepfer; school director, Geo. L. (Carrier, S. M. Mills; supervisor, I)- T. Shields; assessor, Joe Ma- LIGHTS BUT BECAUSE OF MISUNDERSTANDING On account of the complicated wording of the article appearing in yesterday's issue of The Spirit in regard to the verdict of the United States Circuit Court in the case of Anna E. Penman against the St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co., the heading was misleading. The Circuit Court did not sustain the verdict of the lower court in Us verdict of |2,650 for the plaintiff. (Continued on Second Page.) t wenty-f'iur. The operators of the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Railroad Company last night received word from the secretary and treasurer of the Railroad Trainmen's Union, asking them to send a message to the congressman from their district or to their Cnltcd States Senator, requfsst inj; support and Influence to the bill mentioned, which comes before the House today." The operators almost t<» a man have complied with the request and the Congressmen will have a busy day reading- telegrams. Continued on Third Page. PROF. L. M. TAYLOR COMMITS SUICIDE EARLY MORNI GIVES fire: G BLAZE [EN HARD RUN —— — ——- FIRE DESTROYS 16 HOUSES. Gray. Smith Block Is Discovered in Flames By Patrolman Prominent Pittsburg Instructor Sends Bullet Into His Brain. WASHINGTON. Pa . Feb. 27.—Six- Sixteen houses belonging to the Pittsburg- I'uffalo Company at the Francis mine, near Rurgettstown, were destroyed by fire last evening. The miners were at work at the time. The origin of the tire is not known. The Loss to the company Is about $10,000. GIVES THE ALARM QUICKLY coxnrcTs sr.Kvici<:s hi:uk. Damage is Slight, Owing to the Prompt Work in Extinguishing Blaze. Uev. Curry. «»f the United Presbyterian Church, of DuRols, will • conduet services in the First Presbyterian f'hurch of this place. Wednesday. Thursday and Friday of this week. Services will begin at 7:30 o'clock. i fight o t lot U last 1 rang at intervals rang people started • I' the host- house, lull was nit rely to let the iiat they wore wanted g which was held in 1 Building last night. From sewn nn night the lire and every tiniv in the direction all the ringlr tlreinen kno\ at the mee the Munieir A committee was appointed, consisting of Chief ii. Ii• Muth, t». A. Weiss, l\ (>. Freas, anrl 11. Ward, Mc- Quown, to go before the Council Monday night and tell them the desires of the fire company. Primarily a new building is wanted, furnished in such a style as to make membership desirable. That is to have a gymnasium, billiard table and reading room. They will ask that the borough team be stabled at the hose house and that when I lie n< w building is completed another team be gi\ en to their use. If the borough •team were stationed near the wagons and allowed to do borough work eight hours of the day it would mean that they would be in the hose house sixteen hours of the twenty-four and on Sundays and holidays, which would be quite an advantage over the present system of keeping them a couple of blocks away from the Municipal Building.If the now building lias been granted them, as it prneticully lias, seven or eight men will sleep in the building.It is very probable that a building will go up on the lot in front <>f the Municipal Building, whieh will make the location of that building undesirable for a hose station and this is one of 'the reasons advanced by the company for a new location. * Business Men, Attention! * • By Publishers' Press. PITTSBURG, Feb. 27.—With two bullets in .lis head and a revolver lying at his flfde, Pror. L. M. Taylor, teacher of chemistry in the Carnegie Technical School, was found dead on the lioor of his room in the residence of Mrs. W. M. Hartzell, Halket Street, at nine-thirty this morning. Prof. Taylor was troubled with in* soninia and it is thought that while Jji one of these trances he shot himself. He has evidently been dead since yesterday afternoon as he had not been seen since that time. Taylor was thirty-three years old. unmarried and a graduate of University. WASHINGTON, D. (\, Feb. 2 7.— "What is to be done with the lobby?" is a question that will demand serious consideration at the hands of the next Congress, and the manner of its elimination, if eliminated it is, will be looked forward to with interest the country over. Styles of lobbying have changed greatly in the past fortyyears. In the old days "wine, women, and song" were utilized freely, though, truth to tell, not much stress was laid upon song. In later years gambling was the predominating influence but this, too, has been gradually eliminated, and its passing has a bearing upon the present situation. Former lobbyists sometimes thought It advantageous to lose money at the card table to Senators and members of the House or, in the event of the latter losing at cards, faro, or roulette, to advance a loan. But the style has changed again and other methods are now in vogue. The first thing a wise man or corporation interested in legislation does now-a-days is to secure a Washington representative. He may be an attorney or a "press agent." The latter has become more and more important. There was a time wjien Ills business was to bribe newspaper correspondents to color their dispatches, but that element has almost entirely disappeared from the situation. Now he operates in the open, writing his articles in a newsy style and handing them out to the correspondents with the explanation thpt he Is paid to write them and they can have them for notihng. But to return to the general subject, Kepresrntative Lamar has withdrawn his lobbying bill and introduced another, which deals directly with the railroads. it was pointed out in this correspondence recently that while Mr. Lamar's bill was very worthy It covered too broad a ground for the general good. The objections there stated Impressed 'Mr. Lamar to such an extent that he publicly asked permission of the House to withdraw the bill and substitute another. There seems to be absolutely no good reason why legislative agents should not be required to register their names and business. The press gallery rules forbid correspondents having entree to the gallery from being interested in legislation, but the rules are often violated. Doubtless a law requiring lobbyists to register would be violated, but a penalty could be provided and the violators punished while the press gallery is compelled to depend soley an honor The movement to regulate "lobbying" will be supported by all honest legislative agents, and the others need not count. Owing to a misunderstanding betwot-n the managers of the new Theatorium and the/elertric light company, the TheatUrium was last night unable to show because of there beln& no light in t.-ie building. Seeing the building in darkness gave many people the impression that the new company. like their predecessors, had gone out of business, which Is not the ease. The misunderstanding- between the management, Sehonegg and Greene, and the electric light company has been adjusted and tonight tne show will continue as before, with a guarantee from the electric light company that they will always have light. Since the opening of their show the Theatorlum has done a thriving business and has given thorough satisfaction In every respect, and the impression created last night, by seeing the show closed, was one of surprise, since they always seemed to be busy an<l It was hard to figure out why they should close. No light was the cause and tonight they will again be open as usual.—tl GOIiDGN SEAL WILL INSTITUTE TO-NIGHT. NEW YORK.—The State Democratic committee fas enjoined from ousting State Senator Patrick McCarren, of Brooklyn, from membership in that committee Ijy the supreme court- The expulsion was proposed because of the alleged failure of Senator McCarren to give loyal support to W. R. Hearst for governor. I}AXK STOCK FOR SALE. <• ♦ The Chamber of Commerce of Greater Punxsutawney will hold a meeting in the Building Loan Rooms. Thursday night at eight o'clock, for the purpose of completing the organization. adopting by-laws, hearing reports of committees, appointing new committees, ami attending to such other business as may properly come before the meeting. The new organization now numbers over one hundred and It is expected that before another week the number of numes on its roster will be doubled. By order of S. A. R1NN, Chairman. All citizens who are Interested In the welfare of Greater Punxsutawney art? cordially invited to be present. A Lodge of the Order of the Golden Seal will be instituted tonight «ln Snyder's Hall at 8 o'clock. It Is especially important for all charter members to be present at this meeting:. Over 200 members have been secured and It Is expected that this new organization wll enter upon Its career In Punxsutawney under most auspicious ceremonies.—tl I have twenty-five shares of the capital stock of the Farmers* National Bank, of Punxsutawney, for sale. W. B. Adams, attorney, Farmers' Bank Building. FLINT, Mloh.j Feb. 27. — Democratic leaders of Ml«*v' "re rounding up In Flint in anticipation of tomorrow's state convention. The convention will name candidates for Justice of the supreme court and regents of the state university. There arc no active candidates for places on the ticket, though the names of several lenders are being discussed by the delegates already in the city. The GeneBSee County Jefferson Club has arranged for u banquet at the Dryden Hotel tonight in honor of the visiting Democrats. In making his rounds this morning about twenty-flve minutes to three, Night Watchman Gray discovered that the Smith Building was on tiro and after ascertaining that there was no one in the building he turned in the alarm by flring his pistol and shouting "Are." His cries were heard by Willis Zeitler, the proprietor of the ■team laundry, who lives above the laundry. Zeitler immediately procured a. chemical Are extinguisher from the laundry, and he with Claud Kramer and Policeman Gray kicked the door of the parlor in, to which the room the flames were confined. Whan the door waa opened the en- Fire broke out in the brick building owned by Milton Smith on Mahoning Street, about 2:30 o'clock, this morning In the part occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Bert Miller, but was extinguished before it had done a great deal of damage. tire room was in flames, but a few minutes work with the extinguisher smothered the flames and by the time th*e fire company arrived, which was but a few moments after the alarm had been turned in, the flames were nearly out and only a few small flames were visible around the edges of the room and a slight blaze in the storo room, where it had burned through the floor. Members of the company broke in the door of the store room and in a few minutes the lire was completely extinguished. The fire resulted from a lighted ga« stove in the room where the fire was discovered. It is not known whether the tube burned off or whether a spark set fire to the carpet, but that the fire was caused by the stove there is not doubt, since It was at the place where the stove was standing that the Are burned through* into the store be low. The damage to the furniture of Mr. Miller will exceed J225, while the damage the building can be repaired for $50. The damage to I he stock In the store will be but a few dollars, most of which was caused by the bursting of a boiler in the kitchen, the water running down onto the flour. No Insurance. At the time of the fire Mrs. Miller was staying with her parents In Kll> Run. Mr. Miller is working in Pittsburg.The members of the fire compary deserve great credit for the speed with which they arrived at the scene of the Are, especially at the time when they were all in bed. It was but three mlnutea from the time the alarm was sounded until the company was at the acene of the Are. mm - ,, - -"* H * f * / I f M"«C i 1 *