Punxsutawney Spirit, 1907-03-21

              ; j- f PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA.. THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 21, 1907 FEWER WEAPONS ARE NOW CARRIED THAN FORMERLY PRICft 2 CENTS MCll WIKELY to have flat pa FOR WEEKS Tit COME DELEGATES OF THE MINE WORKERS IN SESSION AT DUBOIS LA GRIPPE COMES AS AFTER EFFECT OF RECENT FLOOD VOL I. No. 156. wmm FINALLY SELECTED BY THE GOVERNMENT 1K IKAl BASEBALL ASSOCIATION MEETS AID IS WffiANIZED Cellars Are Still Damp and Some Sickness is Noted in Consequence.Most Important Matter This Year Will be That of Wage Scale. But Few Changes Among Thos6 Who Had Charge Here Last Season. EVERYBODY CLEANING UP Judge Reed Die n;s to Appoint Until Arguments Are Made. Crusade Against Owners of Deadly Arms is Having Its Effect. STATE POLICES ARE HELPING The Hamilton Property Chosen as Location For Federal . Building. GILDAY IS IN THE CHAIR Famous Actor May Appear Here If Patronage Will Warrant. GUARANTEE OF S7B0 WILL BRING MAKTELL TO LOCAL PLAYHOUSE KOB1CUT II. M \\Ti :iiL. - Continued from Third Page. FIVE OTHERS OFFERED SOLICITOR HAS HIS VIEWS PUT ON KING LEAR BEFORE SILLING COUPON TICKETS His Play This Year Will Depend Upon Vote of the Subscribers.The Selection Was Made Today by The Secretary of the Treasury. Believes Body Could Name Men to Fill the Existing Vacancies. Management is Starting Early So That Fundi May Be Available From the Start. Tho merchants and ot hers who hav been thus handicapped are of the belief that everything will he put in ship shape ly the last of tin4 Week and Pwn\«utawiuy will thrive onee more after the general cleanup. The efforts of last week's flood have not all disappeared. Many of the cellars that were Hooded at that time arc still nearly half full and In several of the larger buildings it was not possible to set iicat of any kind until yesterday. The result of this continued spell of dampness has caused numerous coughs and colds and together with the March weather through which we are now passing has caused another la grippe epidemic to take hold of the town. ATTEMPT MADE TO SET FIRE TO STORE Upon the decision of Punxsutawney theatre-goers depends entirely whether or not the citizens of this section will be afforded the privilege and pleasure of seeing Robert P». Mantell, one of America's foremost actors, at the Jefferson Theatre in the near future. After negotiations extending over a period of several weeks Manager Maginnis, of the local play house this morning received word from Mr. Mantell that he would appear here The borough's crusade against the carrying of concealed weapons lias becnmi' very effective and there am probably fewer implements of death carried now than ever before in the history of the town. The line on such a misdemeanor is extremely heavy and those addicted to violating the law in this respect have seemingly concluded that they would rather forego the pleasurt of carrying a revolver or knife than forfeit anywhere from twelve t<> twenty dollars, the burgess usually lining them the limit whenever they are detected. The State Police have proved more than valuable in the fight against tills evil ami a large number of (in- jurists for tliis crime have been by tin* members of Troop D. The foreigners from other places seem to be aware that those who carry weapons of any sort are dealt harshly with in this town and when they come here, leave their stilletos, etc., at home. This was noticeable in the arrest of the eleven men from Yatesboro, not one of whom had anything of the kind upon their person. Unknown Parties Start Blaze Twico in One Night and Escape. HUNDRED!! ARE KILLED III BATTLE Sub-District No. 5 is well representee at the convention the delegation being headed by Secretary-Treasurer Burns, of Punxsutawney. Several important matters of business are scheduled to come before the convention, the most important being the deciding of the wage scale for the coming year. As the present scale agreement expires on April 1, it will probably be necessary for the miners and operators to meet in joint conference some time next week to sign up fur another year. The sub-district delegates of District No. 2, United Mine Workers of America, met in convention at DuBois this morning at ten- o'clock. The convention was called to order by President Patrick Gilday and after the opening address the various committers were appointed. ARE MAKING READY FOR COMMENCEMENT Annual Graduation Exercises Are to be Held Here ou May 2. Then- were six sites offered, namely: The Zeitler site, at Mahoning and Penn streets; the Cole site, on Jefferson Street, rear «»f Washington Hotel; the Hennis site, Kindley and East Torrence Streets; the Hamilton site, Kindlcy and Torenee streets; the Beyer site, Mahoning and Church streets, and the Beck site, Gilpin and Union streets. The law requires that Federal buildings be on street corners, and that there shall be forty feet lire limit on all sides, as the Government does not carry lire insurance on its buildings. As the buildings are usually seventy-five or eighty feet in length, fronting the long way to the street, considerable space is required. The site is selected by the Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation with an inspector who looks over the* town with a view to securing the best locution available. ' '"o venlence to railway stations, to the business center of town and general appearance are all given due consideration. The selection is made upon the judgment of tin* inspector, who is supposed to be skilled in the business, and tin representative who secures the appropriation is not consulted about it, as is popularly supposed. There arc obvious good reason why this should bo so. (>f course, where so many sites are offered, there Is bound to be much difference of opinion as to the best location, some founded upon personal considerations and others upon more patriotic grounds, so that no site could be chosen without provoking some adverse criticism. But taking the general convenience of the business people of Punxsutawney into account, to whom proximity to the posti• llice means most, we believe that tin4 average man will say that the Department, used good judgment In its selection of a location for a federal building in Punxsutawney. A special telegram from Washing- Ion, 1). (to The Spirit, received at two o'clock, today, says: "The Treasury Department today selected the Hamilton site for the Punxsutawney postoilice. Consideration, $24.1)50." An unconfirmed report says (hat the Honduran army was reinforced oy a large body of Salvadorlan troops, and that among the prisoners taken was General Martinez, who is seriously wounded. The Nicaragua!! losses were three hundred dead and a like number of wounded. By Publishers' Press, MANAGUA. Nicaragua. Marc h L' 1. Meager details of a bloody battle fought by the Nlcaraguan and Honduran troops, in which between seven hundred and eight hundred men were killed and wounded, reached here today from Numasiquo, Honduras, where tlie engagement took place. The Honduran army was the aggressor, and the battle was opened with a skirmish at dawn, on March I V. lasting three days. President Zelaya was in personal command of the Nicaragua!! troops, who were the victors. The Hondoran troops withdrew from the battlefield leaving, it is said, live hundred dead and three hundred wounded in the hands of the enemy. APPROVE THE STATE RAILWAY COMMISSION TEN MINERS MEET DEATH IN EXPLOSION At a meeting of the stockholders and directors of the Punxsutawney Baseball Association in the office of Burgess Brown last night, the organization for the ensuing year was effected, and is substantially the same as last year. Coupon tickets will bo sold this year in book form, each book containing fifty coupons or one more than the number of scheduled games. Tho books arc transferable and the owner may use as many of the coupons as he cares to at one game, the fifty, if he cares to treat that many of his friends. The price of the tickets will be the same as last year, $15. Within the coming week the ground owners will start to repair the fence and buildings. The recent flood carried a large part of the fence away and a great amount of repair is necessary. There are two plans under considertion for the draining of the ball ground, the one receiving the Both at- Two a'tempts were made last night to destroy by lire the store and residence of Joseph (.'astorla, who lives most consideration is to grade the j near the Elk Uun Shaft, ground from the batter's box to the tempts failed. fences, so that the water will, as soon j rastorlil with hls wir<., retired as It falls, flow from the field. The idea of placing a sewer at sec- a,,out 11:30 "J'1"1* wrro aw:lkenond base with a trap is also a very about twelve by the presence ol plausible plan. The diamond would I their room. On Bong be graded slightly to that point and j through the house they found tnat the trap could he lifted, letting the r""m in. 1 h<' «'as f«" ,of water oyt of the grounds at once. The tin. origin of which r<iiil<l be latter plan Is superior to the llrst in- traced to the cellar where Mr. < asasmuch as the water would not have torla discovered it large pile of gunny ,to flow over the remainder of the sa('l(s 11,1(1 I1"!"'1' whl, h 1,ad Held before It left the grounds. '•> a comer and set allre 1 ne llames The weather Is beginning to as- "ere quickly extinguished and al- Mme 1 barn-hall air and Jt will not be ter opening all the windows to al*"'Wtlitf the smoke to leave the house they traveling at a great pace after the bit retired about or,,, o'clock, of rag they c#ll the pennant. They had been in bed but a little year's team demonstrated that here ov,'r halr an hour when th<- house was but one better III the league, and asaln filled with smoke. I astorla possibly nmt that one had the home Jumped out of bed and ran to the team got started right. In every cellar, wherein another corner a. huge game last year the fans received full PH® of* sat'ks and paper was blazing vlue for their money, and this year's - fiercely. After s.nne effort he sucteam promises to he even better .than reeded in quenching the the llames. that of last season. The town is not T11C ,ast cffort wsis more calculated yet a city and it is a well-known fact to bo successful than was the first, •that baseball is not self-supporting P"* "f sacks and paper reaching here, and that outside help Is neees- to the floor of the story above, though sary to keep the thing going at the 1,10 flooring had not caugnt. when the proper pace. It is up to those who owner of the house arrived. can afford it, and to many of those .Mr- *'astorla is at a loss to acwho i<hlnk they can't, to give the as- count for a motive which any one sociation a helping hand. sh°ul«i Have in burning his property. There Is absolutely nothing like a knows of no particular enemies good baseball team to get a town that harbor such split- against him as recognition and to keep it up in every would cause them to commit arson way. It is a home industry pure and and Is entirely at sea as t<> upon whom simple, which is bound to bring re- tno blame should be placed, no one suits. A good baseball game brings having been seen in the viclnit> of #he building at any time during the night. The plans for the commencement exercises of (he class of nineteen hundred and seven are fast Hearing completion. The programm combining both class day and commencement will be held in the opera house on Thursday, May 2, probably beginning at eight o'clock. The school board has signified Its willingness to assume all expenses and no admission will be charged as has been the custom heretofore. The baccalaureate sermon will be delivered in the Methodist church on the Sunday preceding tlie second of May by Rev. Clarke, who was asked to give Ills services after a vote by the pupils of the graduating class. The class which is soon to graduate consists of seventeen, the girls, as usual, outnumbering the boys, there being thirteen girls and but four boys. The work will not be assigned to the graduates as heretofore, by class standing but t«> those whose talents are best suited to the work will be given the valedictory, salutatory, etc. The class honors will be denoted by the order in which the names of toe pupils are printed 011 the programme. The class which is soon to leave the Iligh School is not oply one of the largest ever graduated from the local schools, but is also one whose work during the entire course has been almost uniformly away above the average.IN CHARGE OF NEW YORK END OF STANDARD OIL BRIG-GEN. WINT DIES SUDDENLY Py Publishers' Press. SB KG KANT, Ky., March 21.—The report was received here that ten miners were killed in the. Colonial Mines, near Dorchester, this morning by an explosion. By Publishers' Press. HARR1SBCRG, March 21.—■When the House met today the bill establishing a State Railroad Commission approved by the Utilise Railroad Committee last niglvt, was favorably reported. The Secretary of Internal Affairs was made the chairman ex-offlcio, of live commissioners. Mr. Maglnnls at'once opened a subscription paper which Is now being: circulated in the hope of securing the necessary guarantee. Mr. Man tell appeared here last year In "King Lear" and gave more than ordinary satisfaction. In coming this year he has agreed to put on any of the plays of his large repertoire with the exception of "King Lear." Mr. Mantell Is now appearing at the New National Theatre In Washington, D. <\, and every performance he plays to a crowded house. There Is no doubt that he will also be greeted in the same way in Punxsutawney and just which one of his plays will be put on here will be left to a vote of those who subscribe to the guarantee.Mr. Mantell's repertoire is largely composed of Shakespearean plays.and it is a well known fact that wherever he has given one performance he was immediately besieged with entreaties , for a return engagement. Besides the I critics have been almost as one in I their praise of him and they are usually the people to judge as l«> the merits of any play, actor or author. upon April 8. provided a guarantee of $700 for a single performance be made. Indications are that Punxsutawney will be obliged to content herself for some time to come with less than her full representation in the recently organised Council. Notwithstanding the fact that the four wards embracing the territory within the boundaries of Punxsutawney, as she stood before consolidation was effected, are entitled to three members each, appearances are that these wards will bo obliged to worry along for weeks, perhaps months, with a total of but eight members whereas the Act under which consolidation was effected entitles a total of twelve members. The Fifth and Sixth wards, formerly Lindsey, in the meantime will be represented in the eouncllmanic body by eight members, two more than that section is really entitled to. This peculiar state of affairs has been brought about by an almost equally peculiar mix up between the President x  Judge of Jefferson County and the present and former solicitors of the iiorough of Punxsutawney. Sifted to the bottom the entire mater seemingly rests upon the construction rightfully to be placed upon the word "vacancy." It is held by William M. Gillespie, the present Borough Solicitor, that Council has the right to make appointments t<> the vacancies said to exist. lie cites an opinion of former Justice Woodward, of the State Supremo Court, in a case growing out of a Lackawanna County action up'»n. which to base his opinion. On the other band Judge Reed and former Borough Solicitor Jeff. CI. YVIngert hold that no vacancy exists, the offices in question being but newly created and having never yet been filled.Mr. Gillespie went to Brookville Tuesday and put the matter before Judge Reed. He refused to give an opinion 011 the subject and said thaf the way was open for two things. Wither Council could make the Appointments or a petition could be filed at the opening of Court of Quarter Sessions on April 8 and he would place the case on the calendar for argument the third Monday in May. In case it was proven that Judge Heed has the right to appoint the new members to office, It could not be done before that time, thus making their first otlicial appearance In that body June 3. On the other hand, if the> follow the advice of the Borough Solicitor they will appoint them to office at once and they may be sworn In at the next meeting. Just what will be done about the matter Is entirely up to Horough Council. They have it within their power to turn it over to the Court for argument or they can follow the law as it is Interpreted by the Boroug Solicitor.BREAK HIS OF M SAW MIUS $1,000,000 FIRE NEAR PHILADELPHIA BOOKER WASHINGTON IS FINALLY COMING Former Commander of American Troops in Cuba Passed Away Today. THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED MEN GO ON STRIKE Ladies' Aid Society of Baptist Church Secures Date For the Educator. OLD STEAM LAUNDRY MOVED BACK ON LOT The biggest cut In the history of WVst Virginia for a single band mill lias jus! been completed on the tract owned by P. lv. and \V. F. Brown, of this place. Since February 27, Just 78,425 feet of timber have been cut, by far the largest cut for a single band mill in the history of that state. The sawyer was James YVachob, Jr., of Big Kun. The Brown Brothers are the owners of 2,300 acres of the finest timbers In the state of West Virginia. SEAT SALE ON FOR GIRL I LEFT BEHIND Will Be Auctioned Off Tonight in the Parlors of the Pantall Hotel. Tract Owned by Local Men Has the Distinction Over All Others in W. Va. By Publishers' Press. PHILADELPHIA, March 21.—Bri- Brigadier General Wint, V. S. A., died in Philadelphia today of heart disease. He had been in command of By Publishers' Press, Several explosions hurled the burning oil on the llremen and employes injuring a large number of them in a terrible manner. By Publishers' Press. PHILADELPHIA, March 21.—Fire today destroyed the Atlantic Refining Company's property at Point Breeze, the loss being one million dollars or more. Makes Room For Erection of Handsome New Three Story Building. WILKBS-BARRB, March 21.—The strike of the miners at the Kingston Coal Company's three collieries lis now complete, and thirty-live bundled men are in idleness today. The installation of labor-saving machinery caused the trouble. EXPERTS FAIL TO FIND THE MONEY At last thr efforts of the Ladles' Aid Society of the Baptist. Church have been rewarded, and Booker T. Washington has been secured for Tuesday, April i». Mrs. George <\ Brown, president of that organization, yesterday received a personal letter from the lecturer, Haying that he. would without fall bo here on the above date. The efforts of the Badics' Aid Society should be appreciated us this date is the only one in Western Pennsylvania that the colored educator will nil, ho having Ilnally canceled every other date in this section. The Jefferson Theater has been secured In anticipation of the large number who will wish to hear Dr. Washington. The old Steam laundry building on the corner of Mahoning and Front streets, occupied by Joseph Bacca, was moved .yesterday to the rear of the lot on which it formerly stood. The building: was moved to (he rear to make room for the three-story brick edifice which Joseph Harry will erect at once. An excavation is now being made for the foundation of the new structure and work will continue steadily. By Publishers' Press. WASHINGTON March 21.—Four of the live experts sent by the treasury department to Chicago to count the money and go over the accounts of the Sub-Treasury In that city returned today and filed their reports with Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou. The experts found the shortage to be In the neighborhood of one hundred and seventy-three thousand dollars. Cortelyou declines to discuss their report. BURTON'S TIME IS UP. Monday the regular March term of quarter sessions court for Plko county opened at Milford, but the session lasted only two hours, as there were no cases for trial and no jurors had been summoned. Little court business was done throughout the whole of last year and the cost to the county for all jury service was less than $500. William lockefeller inun.-uRX. Tiuoonom: wtnt. The auction sale of the box seats In ! the Jefferson Theater for "The Girl I ! Left Behind Me" show, which will be ' given by members of the State Poi lice, April 2 and 3, will be held In the ! Pantall Hotel parlors tonight at eight o'clock. The bidding promises to be spirited and those who desire a choice location should be on hand promptly at eight o'clock tonight. William Rockefeller, president of the Standard OH Company, was born at Rlchford, Tioga County, N. Y., on May 31, 1841. Ho married Miss Almlra Q. Good*ell In 1864, and Joined with his brother, John D. Rockefeller, In the newly sprung up oil business In Cleveland In the same year. Mnce 1865 William Rockefeller has had charge of the New York end of the Rockefeller oil Interests. When John D. Rockefeller decided to abandon the active headship of the Standard Oil Company William Rockefolter waa elected president. His wealth Is estimated as well over $100,- 000,000, and he Is a director In over SO of the largest corporations, railroad! and banks In the United States. Mace Harvey, who got a sleepy spell on yesterday afternoon and proceeded to refresh himself in the street In front of the Pantall Hotel, was escorted to headquarters l>y Sergeant Joseph I.ogim and this morning was lined $4.25 by Burgess Brown. the United States troops in Cuba, returning three weeks ago on account of Illness. He was ordered to Philadelphia for treatment. Special Service of The Spirit. . . ST LOUIS, Mo., March 21.—If Ex- Senator Joseph R. BUrton, of Kansas, chooses to pay his fine of $2,500 rather than wipe it out toy serving four weeks more of Imprisonment he will be released from the jail at Ironton tomorrow. Should he decide to serve out the fine he will remain in Jail until April 22. Burton was convicted in November, 1905, on a charge of practising before the post office department as an attorney while he was a member of Congress. It is believed that upon his release he will return at once to his home in Abilene. He will be deprived from holding federal office until such time as his civil rights may be restored to him through action by MSI / JlF " \ JtoJ _ V  e- ' * ,,