Punxsutawney Spirit, 1907-03-02

              #nn£$ntatomtj <.  PRICE 2 CENTS ALLISONS LONG SERVICE Has Now Faithfully Served Constituents For Forty-Two Years. r FIFTIETH OUDINATION DECLARE COMPANY IS BANKRUPT PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA.. SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 2, 1907 Creditors Have Brought Action— Biff Legal Fight is Promised. Will Leave Congress to Return No More—Many Notables Out. TERMS OF MANY WILL EXPIRE NEXT MONDAY POWER BEHIND THE THRONE MANY YEARS LAUNDRYMAN IS VICTIM OF THUGS Waylaid and Murdered on Lonely Road on Long Island. WOMAN MAY DIE AS RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT VOL 1. No. 142. Mrs. Joseph Holly Badly Burned While Attempting to Extinguish Fire. ALL HIS MONEY STOLEN BOY UPSET THE LAMP flames only succeeding after she hail been severly burned. Tile boy was also slightly burned. The unfortunate woman was burned from head to foot and It was thought at first that her recovery was an impossibility, Dr. Hoeh, who has been atending the case, iins labored to save her life and it now looks as though he would be successful. Sparks Fell in Bottle of Alcohol, Causing a Terrific Explosion at Mining Town. Warm Body of Victim Found By Watchmen Shortly After the Shooting. DUBOIS HARBORS RANK INSTITUTION A Point For Advertisers Who Support Untruthful Newspapers.JEROME TO SPRING A NEW SURPRISE The Fitz patrlck Factory, Fallscreek, which has had a stormy career is about to have another chapter added to its history. Recently creditors brought an action to have the company declared a bankrupt. The case is to come before the United State District Court Monday for argument at which time a motion to vacate the bankruptcy proceedings will be argued. It is the contention of the persons who are trying to have the bankruptcy proceedings set aside that the company is not a bankrupt. At the present time the Fitzpatrick Glass Manufacturing Company Is capitalized at $260,000. It is said that if the bankruptcy proceedings are set aside there is a company formed ready to lease th»> factory, or to purchase it, and that this company will be capitalized at $100,000 and that they will guarantee an annual protlt of about a quarter of that amount. on the other hand it is the contention of the creditors who have commenced the bankruptcy proceedings that the conditions of trie company are in such shape that it will be necessary for the plant to hi- sold before the affairs can be straightened out. Received a Letter From England Giving Much Wanted Information.Mrs. Joseph Holly, who lives a short distance on this side of Horatio, is lying: at the point of death as the result of the overturn!*? of a lamp about ten o'clock on Thursday night. By lamplight Mrs. Holly was mixing: buckwheat batter for the morning meal and her small son Joseph was playing nearby. In his play the boy jarred the table, upsetting the lamp and breaking a bottle of medicine which was standing on the table. It seems that the medicine was about three-fourths alcohol and that the globe of the lamp broke, allowing the flame to come in contact with the medicine which quickly took Are. Mrs. Holly grabbed the lamp and the burning bottle of medicine and, in endeavoring to throw them out, lier clothes became ablaze. Frantically she tried to extinguish t lie King of Denmark CARLTON FOULED ON FORTY-NINTH Exciting Roller Race Is Called Off Five Laps From Finish. Frederick VIIr., the lately ascended ruler of the throne of Denmark, Is now sixty-three years old. As a young lieutenant he was attached t<> the Nineteenth Regiment, of the Danish Army, and served his time near the little Danls.i town of Nyborg. He is said to have made himself very popular with his men and to be a good friend maker among his subjects. In 1 s«;he entered Oxford University, in England, but within a fe\V months he returned to Denmark, owing to the outbreak of war between his country and the Germans. He was, however, afterwards made an LL. D. by the university. He is, nevertheless, a warm friend of the present German Kaiser. He had been for many years the actual ruler of Denmark, as his father, Christian IX., was too old t«» attend to th> real duties of state. Denmark's new King is a brother-lnlaw of the King of England- He is now the undisputed head of the famous Oldenburg family. MANY WITNESS CONTEST MANY BILLS BEFORE STATE LEGISLATURE Guiltx Did the business men of DuBols, who advertise their wares in the publication referred to, the mention of the name of which is positively stultifying, ever stop to consider that no •other town in this Commonwealth supports, or no other community outside of a tenderloin would permit, for one day, the existence of an institution whose daily output cannot help but be a. stench in the nostrils of every member of decent society? Shame! Shame! advertisers. As every man is known by the company he keeps, so is every town known by the newspapers it supports. A DuEois newspaper yesterday morning print.de in elaborated form an ancient guttersnipe, beastly, vulgar story which it adapted to Punxiutawney. It was a brutal lie made of the wnole cloth, one at the mention of which any but the veriest scavenger newsp&per would have balked at, even if its readers were composed entirely of cannibals. The newspaper <s beneath mention, but what must be said of p. town that not only permits such a publication, but supports it. The lid of adverisers whose support is absolutely necessary for the existence of.the paper Includes some of the best and most respected business and profcslonal men of DuBols. Many of them are pious churchgoers, members of the be *t society in our sister town, men of undoubted probity, yet they are giving their support to an institution which is more vile find contaminating—more of a disgrace to any town—than a score of dives and brothels. BRADFORD LODGE IS INSTITUTED Myers fell, the live tfter a short dellber>n had fouled Myers ce could be raced over suited the contest- p on a curve as the nth lap of the twolat the rink last  two of the contest- Corporation Attorneys Giving Hard Fight For Railroad Rate Bill. PDUTH IN THE LIME LIGHT Other Papers Far and Near Congratulate Her Citizens For Wise Move. REYNOLDSVILLE HAS IDEA DR. DIXON REAPPOINTED Members of Punx'y Delegation Are Much Pleased With Prospects. Special Service of The Spirit. WASHINGTON, D C, March U.— This was a day for "swan songs" at both ends of the capltol. With the lose «»f the present session the curtain drops on the congressional career of a number of well-known nu mbers, merely an Intermission for a few. perhaps, but unquestionably the Dual curtain for a good many. J11 the House the familiar face* of Grosvenor of <..> Do vector, of West Virginia, Bankhead, of Alabama, Wadsworth, «»f New York, Babcock, of Wisi onsin, Lacey. of Iowa, MeCleary, r.f Minnesota, Fred Landls, of Indiana. and other members of more or less prominence will be missing when the Sixtieth Congress ronvenes. Among those who go out of the Senate with the end of this session ar«* Patterson, of Colorado, DuBois. "oT Idaho, Clark, of Montana, Dryden, <>i New Jersey, Blackburn, of Kentu< ky. Carmack, of Tennessee, Millard, tit Nebraska, and the veteran Berry, i Arkansas. While members come and members go. the congressional careers of a lucky few appear, like the babbling brook, tn run on forever. In this connection some on recalled the fact that th< venerable Senator .William Boyd Allison, of f«nva, was seventyfight years <•' ' today. Needless to ay he received a continuous stream of congratulations from members of both branches of Congress- Tht« anniversary also reminded his coJIeagucs that on Monday "Undo Billy," as he is endearingly known by everyone in national public life, will have rounded out forty-two years in Congress and thirty-four years In the United States Senate—a longer term than any other man in that chamber, and, with one exception, the longest In the history of the Republic. The next longest term of any present Senator is that of John T. Mur- Ifan, of Alabama, with thirty years, ("lose behind him are the two Senators from Maine, Mr. Hale and Mr. Frye. who entered the Senate together twenty-six years ago, and Senator Aldrioh of Rhode Island, who came several month's later. Mr- Allison's lead is already so strong that with the two remaining: years of his present term added he will probably hold the record for a century to come. If Senator Morgan were a young man he would stand a show perhaps to pass the Iowa Senator's record. With thirty years' tenure to his credit now. Mr. Morgan has recently been re-elected to a sixth term, so that should Mr. Allison's career close In 1900, at the end of his present term, Thinks That Consolidation Would Do Some Good For That Town Also. The Senate Immediately Confirms His Appointment as State Health Commissioner Detectives Cassidy and Kennedy and Policeman John Mangan, Bernard Starkey and Frank Goddard were sent out on the case ns soon as Captain Hayes heard of the murder. They worked all night, but were not able to dsicover any clue to the murder- Coroner's Physician Dr. \V. (r. Prey, who was called to perform an autopsy on the body, found four bullet wounds. The bullet that probably caused the man's death. In the doctor's opinion, was the one that entered his back and pierced his abdomen. Payton was thirty-one years old and married. He had been held up twice previously, but had each time escaped both with his life and his money. It. is the theory of the' police that Payton picked up one of his assailants on the road and permitted him to ride with him. They think the .*»« h4n -4H"t n-ml pMi*o?ed him full* of bullets without warning. Payton carried his money In a canvas bag. The neighborhood is inhabited by Poles, Hungarians and Italians. Payton had for a long time driven along that route making collections, and almost everybody knew that hi' had considerable money in his possession. It is believed that he had $100 with him. The robbers left, however, Hi:; watch, a ring, and In one of his pockets forty-eight cents. Most of the pockets iiad been turned inside out. NKVV YORK, Mareii 2.—The police of Long Island City are searching for tho footpad or footpads who Wednesday night held up, shot, killed and robbed in the Laurel Hills part of the city, Chester S. Payton, of 538 Leonard Street, Greenpoint, proprietor of a laund ry. Puyton's body was found in the rond near Calvary Cemetery by William McMann and Thomas Carey, watchmen, who had heard the hots. Nearby they found Payton's horse attached to his laundry wagon, struggling to disentangle himself from the iron fence bordering the cemetery. Payton's body was still warm when they picked it up, but lifeless. A bullet had entered the left breatt, another had passed through the left hand, a third had entered the back of the head and a fourth the small of the back. The two watchmen hastily notified the police of the Fourth Street Station, from which the reserves were turned out, but no trace of the robbers was found. URGE DIVIDENDS WILL BE CUT DOWN Hy Publishers' Press. NEW YORK, March 2.—District Attorney Jerome is said to have received a U tter today from Craig Wadsworth, the second secretary of the American Embassy at London, in which he makes an offer of information which, when sprung on the defendants, will produce one of the greatest sensations in the Thaw trla. Watlsworth has personal knowledge of the doings of the Thaw party during their now famous European trip of 1903- This knowoledge is said to be of a very startling nature and invaluable in clearing the hitherto mysterious facts in the case. Evelyn Tliiuv ami Mrs. William Thaw were both callers at the Tombs today, remaining with Harry Thawas long as the regulations of the /p'jy'son permitted them. Harry Thaw is quite depressed today. The testimony of the insanity experts is galling; to the defendant, who dreads tin? mad house as the worst fate that can befall him. The efforts that Jerome is exerting to force Evans and his own experts to offer testimony to send him to Matteawan troubles him greatly. To ease the mind of their client Thaw's lawyers have already taken .steps to defeat any effort of Jerome to have a lunacy commission appointed. A conference of the defendant's lawyers was held last night at which plans to checkmate Jerome, if he makes such a move were earefuflly outlined. It is understood that each of Thaw's lawyers has madt an affidavit expressing his conviction of Thaw's present sanity. CAR SHOPS MAY NOT 60 10 DUBOIS (Continued on Second Page.) Henry Clews Earnings of Corporations Are Threatened With Shrinkage. PROMINENT PEOPLE IN BAD WRECK The question of the consolidation of the boroughs of Punxsutawney and ClayvlUe, which was submitted to the voters at the election held on Tuesday, resulted in favor of consolidation by a large majority.—Brookville Democrat. (Kstlmated population, 1 0,500 >• Neighboring Town Is Too Far From the City for Big Plant. By annexing a neighboring borough. Punxsutawne yincreases Its population to 11,000. In the face of such a multitude, it looks as though the groundhog, old an inhabitant as he Is. may have t«» move to calmer quarters. -—Pittsburg Gazette Times. Governor of Massachusetts on Passenger Train When Engines Collide. It has not been decided at what time they will the decide the matter by going1 over the two miles again, but It. will likely be next Friday night- That we have two of the speediest two-mile skaters in the country is the opinion of all who saw Myers and Carlton fight out the last laps. INVESTIGATION NEARLY ENDED pectators Go Wild When Skaters Fall in a Bad Mixup, in Which No One is Hurt. In the forty-i* mile skating rac# Carlton and My is, ants, got mixedfi result of whiclp judges deciding ation that Canlt and that the i£ at any time wh ants. I There weie four* starters, Carlton Myers, Praiipton and Graff- Carltoi took the ltmd at the start and holt it urrtil Itfie thirty-'sixth lap whei Myers succeeded in passing him. Carlton again took the lead in the thirtyeighth lap and Frampton dropped out. I'otii Myers and Carlton had gained a lap on Graff. In the forty-ninth lap Myers tried to pass Carlton and the latter, the judges claim, involuntarily used his hands and a foul was called. The race was of an exciting: nature and the winner would have been hard to pick at the time of Myers falling. The two miles were covered in eight minutes, exceedingly fast time for a short rink. Congratulations to Punxsutawney. The contest waxed very warm in Lindsoy on election day, but those opposed to consolidation were swept off their feet by t he popular I lib- and are now prepared to accept, the situation gracefully The Creator Punxsutawney will have six wards and the population is estimated at about. 10.000.—Indiana Gazette. Arrests For Chicago Sub-Treasury Robbery Will Be Made Soon. Punxsutawney and Lindsey voted on tin- question of consolidation on Tuesday. The question was decided by a vote of about K to 1 in favor of annexing It will wive Punxsutawney about 1 1.000 of a population, a pretty big jump for one day.—Clarion Republican.The dead men were members of the crews of the colliding' engines- The cause of the wreck Is believed to have been mistaken signals. By Publishers' Press. WATERB11R V. Conn., March 2.— Four men dead and a score Injured are the results of a headon collision on the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, in which Governor Rollins Woodruff had a narrow escape from death. The Governor was severely shaken and slightly bruised. His private secretary, Charles JR. Julin, was seriously injured as were also a number of others. By a vote of to I the residents of Punxsutawney and l.indsey signified their desire for consolidation, Tuesday, and now li will be Greater Punxsutawney.—Dayton News. DECLARE MRS. EDDY IS WEAK MINDED The delegation of B. P. O. Elks that went to Bradford Thursday to assist in instituting a new lodge in that place returned last night very well pleased with the trip and the prospects of the baby lodge, which is Wo. 1061. Forty-five substantial citizens of Bradford were taken into Elkdom at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the ceremony of initiation was conducted by a committee from Butler Lodge No. 170, John Beyer, John Cole, Joseph Heineman, Eugene Forquer, William Purdom and George Lin berg. At 8 o'clock in the evening the lodge was formally instituted by the officers of Kane Lodge No. 239, Exalted Kuler H. E. Shaner, Esteemed Leading Knight Samuel Mukford, Loyal Knight J. A. Vollmer, Esteemed Lecturing Knight, Harry Rine, Treasurer O. G. Keats, Secretary C. B. Gillis, Chaplain C. A. Dickinson, Esquire Carl Egelin, Inner Guard, Harry Haas, Tyler J. G. Mischeu, Jr. Following the Institution I ho officers recently chosen were installed by Col. W. T. Mechlins, D. D. Q. IS. R. of Hutler The lode' first board of officers Is as follows: Frank P. Hlocum. exalted ruler; John J. Fox, esteemed leading knight; James W. Loasure, csteemO'il loyal knight; Herbert H. Black, esteemed lecturing knight; Joseph n. LeCompto, secretary; Karl C. Emery, treasurer; Jnmes R. Evans, tyler; L. Kohl, esquire; Frank Hamilton, George C. Fagnan and Eugene F. McCann, trustees. The banquet at the St. James hotel, which was participated in by about '200 Elks, following soon after the ceremonies at the lodge room, was i voted one of the largest und most en- I joyable affairs of the kind ever held | in Bradford. The "L" shaped dining I room was just large enough to seat I the big crowd of guest. Two long I tables were extended for most of the 1 length of the room, and three shorter I tables occupied the smaller section of the room. CHICAGO, March 2.—George D. Fitzgerald, teller In the sub-treasury from whose cage {173,000 was stolen a week ago, was made today the center of the secret service Investigation of the astounding raid. Fitzgerald was placed on the grill of examination by Chief John E. Wllkle at 7 o'clock this morning. For half a day he submitted to the "third degree" Bweatbox investigation conducted in strict secrecy. i The great Investigation by Federal authorities was declared at noon to be nearly at an end and an Intimation of an immediate arrest was given. Chief Wllkle declared that the loot would be made useless to the robbers within a few days, when the numbers of the bills taken will be known and reported to every bank in the country. The vote in Punxsutawney and Und>ey on the 19th Inst, for consolidating the two boroughs Into one municipality—Greater Punxsutawney —resulted in a victory for consolidation by a large majority. Steps will be taken immediately to secure a charter. li was the proper thing to do, as It is all one town anyhow. This will give Punxsutawney a population of about 10,500. Reynoldsvllle and West Pi boroughs should consolidate into one municipality. As in the case of Punx'y and Lindsey, it is all one town, and should be incorporated into one borough- Why not? The columns of The Star are open for opinions from citizens of either borough on the proposition of consolidation.—Reynoldsvllle Star. (Continued on Second Page.) The fact that the officials Intend to erect new shops at a pqint on the Indiana line and the recent announcehent that the main line to Butler will not be double-tracked, Indicate clearly what the company intends to do regarding its extension to this dlstrict. It is estimated that the new work will cost in the neighborhood of $1,000,000. "Some time ago the officials decided to enlarge the DuBois plant by building addltons to the present roundhouse and erecting new repair shops. These shops not only take care of the work originating between DuBois and Butler and on the line from Punxsutawney south through Indiana County, but on a portion of the main line north of DuBois. The opening of new mines and the extension of the Indiana line has greatly increased traffic, and It is figured that the DuHols terminal will, In addition to being too small to care for the work, be too far from the southern terminus of the road. "\V. T. Xoonan, general manager and other officials of the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Railway Company, are inspecting the locomotive and repair shops on that system and it Is possible that Instead of enlarging the shops and roundhouse at Du- Hols, as was planned some time ago, new shops will be built at a point along the new Indiana branch nearer Pittsburg. it appears that the officials of the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Railroad arc a little in doubt about enlarging the car shops in our neighboring town of DuBois. the trouble being that they are too far away from Pittsburg. The following appeared in the Pittsburg Post: Senator Williams, of Tioga, has presented a bill which makes it the duty of every corporation owning, operating or leasing a steam or electric road engaged in the transportation of freight or passengers, to make a report to the Secretary of Internal Affairs he- Monthly report must, he made to the Court.. One-fourth of the money will !>«• retained by ih«' • mploy«>r ahd forwarded to the Judge. The sums are to be applied to tin- repayment of any money or property taken by the prisoner, the payment of the line:; and costs of trial and balance will be ap- plied to tiie maintenance of the Juvenile Court. For the purpose of restoring to citizenship those who are deemed worthy of it, a pardon may l>«■ granted thirty days prior to the expiration of the term. Legislation which, it is believed, would have the effect of killing the two-cent railroad fare bill now pending, is to be introduced in th«* Legislature. It will be In the form of an amendment to the Dunsmore bjll and will exempt the small railroads from the provisions of that measure. Railroad lawyers have been insisting upon an amendment whereby the short lines may charge more than two cents a mile. The bill authorizes the Governing boards of the institutions, find the Pardon Hoard to devise a system of merits and demerit* for the government of the prisoner. It is provided thai when an inmate has gained an average merit of ninety per cent, for one-third <»i his term, the fact, may be called to the attention of the Quarter Sessions Court that sentenced him. The Judges will make an investigation and if the allegations are found to be correct, the matter will be referred to the Pardon Hoard. If the board approves, the Court can make an order releasing the prisoner and authorize him to enler Into the employment j rovldt d for him, where he must remain until the term is completed. Change of employment can be made only with the consent of the Court. 1IARRISI.UTRG, March -Senator Langtltt, of Pittsburg, yesterday introduced in the State Senate a bill to establish a "tieket-df-leave" system in the penal institutions of Penusyl* \ aula. By Publishers' Press. BOSTON, March 2.—The trustees who have In charge the affairs of the Christian Science Church, are hurrying to Concord today to confer upon a suit which has been brought against them to secure an accounting of the financial affairs of Mrs. Eddy. All the trustees deny that the "Mother" of their church is weakminded or in any way unfit to look after her own interests- Members of the church today declared that others than her son are behind this suit and hint at some of the New York newspapers. (Continued on Page Three.) NEW YORK, March 2.—Value on the Stock Exchange have undergone a still further decline, which was materially stimulated by the revelations of the recent Interstate Commerce investigation* While no new facts of importance were developed, the testimony was of a nature to excite public opinion and strengthen public hostility to the speculative methods of large corporations and great capitalists. For nearly two years—or ever since the Equitable disclosures began—this sentiment against '"high finance" has been growing both at home and abroad. While these disclosures in the long run may prove beneficial, by preventing a repetition of such operations and allowing stockholders to got their just dues—still, their immediate effect Us excedingly unsettling. It comes just when some of our largo corporations are sorely in need of new capital, and places them temporarily at least in an unfortunate light before the public here and abroad at a time when they must appeal for financial support. The political effect of such disclosures is also harmful, furnishing as It, does an abundance of inflammable material which political demagogues are suro to use injuriously at the first, opportunity. Moreover, nothing does more to stimulate the socialistic propaganda than evidences of unscrupulous use of great wealth. Another detrimental effect was the evidence of strong personal animosities in high financial circles, which have already succeeded the era of peace and good will that existed when the community of interest idea was in full swing. Wo have now had a shrinkage of fifteen to twenty points or more In most of the active stocks during the last three months. Liquidation has been severe in some quarters, and the market has been placed In a healthier technical position by this shrinkage, and HAMILTON, O., March 2.—The Rev. G. Z. Mechllng, one of the oldest active ministers In Ohio and for 40 years pastor of the Congregational church of this city, will tomorrow celebrate the 60th anniversary of his ordination. Interesting exercises will be held, with addresses by the Rev. Waahlngtqn Gladden and other prominent churchmen. Albert Reese who, for the past three years has been manager of the Punxsutawney Hardware Company's store, will leave Monday to take charge of the Compny store at Ctymer. Bert Palmer will In the future occupy the position formerly filled by Mr. Reese. Hbh | .w 1, J^Hjj ' mm m V !•