Punxsutawney Spirit, 1907-04-11

              wann^r'luu^»u*^'r»1d^^ HOIIOK UALOHK. HAS WIFE ANI) FOUR CHILDREN By Publishers' Press. i ..•V- ...iyi 1 S End This Week. CD MAY EN THIEF MJNXSUTAWNEY, PA.. THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL II, 1907 MOTOR DRIVER BADLY HURT IN THE MINES BUSY m IN CRIMINAL COURT f ■ • ON RAZOR EDGE NEW YORK IS PRICE 2 CENTS MAN ELECTROCUTED IN FLOflENCE MINE Arriving tii l*un*«iit«\vtiry On Every Train—Alicari of tlie Season. Assistant Motorman Comes In Contact With a Live . Wire Mob Gathering Around Court Building—Saloons Doing Big Business. lkMijHinin Mfiler In Adrian Hospital ax Kesult of Aeeklent—Will Ifeeover. Authorities Have Evidence That Points Him Out . as Such. Judge Reed Hands Out Some Salty Sentences—After Black Hand. FELL UNDER TRAIN MANY MINOR CASES DEATH WAS INSTANT ALL IS EXI Thaw Spent Bad Night in Cell and Is Nervous Today. Begged For a Living—Home Supposed to Be In j Phoenixville. Accident Happeled Near Midnight Last Night. Was Single Man. Judge Bouton Assisting in the Besides bringing out the grass in its greenest green and the flowers in all their beauty, warm weather also lias a tendency to produce hoboes, the warm spell of last week starting many of the professional tramps on the road just a mite too soon, as many of them are finding out. This place is getting its share and requests for back door handouts are becoming more frequent every day. Proprietor Ferry, of the otel de la Hum, last night entertained four of the Wearisome Willies, who found the night air slightly frosty for the occupation of outside rooms. PITTSBURG'S NEW GIFT DEDICATED The station is not generally kept open only in the daytime, but Tuesday evening: the agent went there at about 10:30 o'clock to send an important message. When he arrived at the building he heard some one hastily leave the office by way of a window which had been pried open. As yet the local undertakers have had no word from relatives or friends of the dead man. In comparing the tracks made by the interloper with those made by Orvis, while attempting to board the freight train, the authorities became convinced that they had been made by the same person. Nothing of value had been taken from the station. body was turned over to Sprankle & El wood to be prepared for burial. Last night evidence was discovered which led the Indana County authorities to believe that Orvis, just before meeting his fate Tuesday night, hail entered the B. R. & P. station at Juneau with the probable Intention of committing robbery. The Injured man was brought to the hospital by Joseph Dupont and Thomas Shearno In a street car furnished by the Jefferson Traction Company. he Is badly Injured, it is not likely that the injuries are fatal. He has a wife and four small children. Severely injured by being jammed between a moter and mine car, Benjamin Miller, of Sandy Valley, was taken to the Adrian Hospital about one o'clock this morning. Miller, who was a motorman on the electric motor u«ed in hauling cars to the surface, was making the last trip of the night and was nearly out when the cars jumped the track with such force as to throw him between the last car and his motor. Ilis right leg was broken, his scalp badly cut, and It is feared that he is Injured internally. But When Daylight Carre It Turned Out to Be a Fuse. CITIZENS RECEIVE LIVE WIRE SCARE OLD GENTLEMAN HAS A NARROW ESCAPE Carnegie Institute Is Today the Center of Attraction. Thousands Present. Rescued From Creek By a West End Citizen Just in Time. The deceased had been in the employ of the K. & 1*. company for a number of years and with his brothers, Holland and John, who arc also employed by the K. & P. company, was held in the highest esteem by all who knew him. Peter and William White, miners of ISreton near DuBols, are also brothers of the deceased. The funeral will take place from the home of Mrs. Sheppard, Saturday at 2 o'clock, p. m. Interment will be made in a private cemetery in Whltesville. At about 10:30 o'clock White started to accompany Motorman Mike Gallo through the mines to pick up empty coal cars. As they had reached a point about half a mile distant from the opening- the trolley pole jumped off the wire and broke the hanger, thus allowing the line to sag somewhat. The men began measures at once to replace the line, when White in some manner came in contact with the live wire. The voltage being on in full force White was knocked to the ground, expiring instantly. The body was brought to the surface at once and the remains were taken to the home of the unfortun» ate man's mother, Mrs. Mary E. Sheppard, with whom he lived at Whltesville, a small settlement near Florence mines. James White, a spragger and assistant motorman in the employ of the Rochester & Pittsburg Coal & Iron Company mines at Florence, was electrocuted late last night. While State Police patrol No. 3, in charge of Private Larden, and Including Privates Hlckox and Richards, was passing along the pike near the U. B. church at Juneau Junction on the B. R. & P. railroad yesterday morning: at about 9:30 o'clock, an Italian woman beckoned them to come to a point along the railroad, where lay the mangled remains of a man who, evidently, had been killed during the night. The policemen telephoned to headquarters and were instructed to notify the Ihdiaha County authorities. The in had evidently fallen under the wheels while attempting to board a freight train. His left leg was severed from the body, the lower part Jf his abdomen was crushed and his M*ht foot amputated. The only means of identification Iwas a small store book in which was [written a letter of appeal for aid, [which was supplemented by a letter of recommendation, signed by Charles H. Howell. Justice of the Peace of Phoen- Ixvllle, Pa. The bearer's name, which was given as John Orvls, was a onearmed man, sandy complexion, medium height and heavy sandy mustache and hair. He was about forty years old. The mangled remains of the unfortunate man were still lying along the track when the funeral cortege in charge of Sprankle & Elwood, undertakers, of this place, and bearing the remains of Alonzo E. Dunmire to the Pierce Cemetery, passed along at about 11 o'clock. Later In the day an Inquest was held by a Justice of the'peace and the RICH MINES HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED Gold field Paper Tells Thrilling Story of Early Mining Camp. BIG RUN WILL HAVE A NEW INDUSTRY A burning fuse in an alloy in Unreal* <»f West Mahoning Street caused no little excitement in that vicinity Tuesday night. The fuse, one such in used by railroaders In signaling, was lighted by someone as a joke and who ever it was, evidently had all the fun out of it that he anticipated. The light attracted a large number of people who first advanced tin- theory that something was on fire, but on drawing closer they changed their minds and decided that it was the end of a live wire, which idea kept them all at a safe distance. A dangerous thing, a live wire, ho some one who lived near by telephoned to the power house saying that a live wire Was down in the alley near their home and was spitting lire in a truly venomous way. Two men from that plant were at once dispatched to the scene. They were directed as to the whereabouts of the supposed wire and approached the spot cautiously, jumping a rod at every stick they trod upon and expecting momentarily to receive a jolt that would put them in the land of their forefathers. After a few moments hunt the thing wore upon their nerves and they decided to wait until the dawn, it would be much safer, so they left, cautioning every one to stay away from the spot where the light was seen which instructions were obeyed to the letter. Early yesterday morning they went prepared to tlx the dangerous string of copper and what they said when they discovered nothing but a burned fu.se, can only be conjectured. "I wish they had sixty-four other originul letters of the deceased." While the exhibits were being read Harry Thaw handed out a note, which read as follows: At eleven o'clock Justice Fitzgerald took the bench and the Jury tiled Into the room. The prosecutor took his place and the attorneys for the defense were sent lor. The Jury then requested that th six xhlbits which were introduced during the trial, namely, the plan of Madison Square Garden roof garden, the Longfellow letters. Thaw's will and tho eodlcil, the Comstock letters and Jerome's and Delmas' hypothetical questions be given to them- Tho jury then asked to have read to them the testimony of Meyer Cohen, who witnessed toe shooting, and also tho testimony of Paul Brady, the fireman at the garden. NEW YORK, April 11 —A feverish mob Is now gathering about the court building and Is swelling constantly. The police have the situation well In hand, but every precaution is being taken to prevent a demonstration.ThG saloons located in the vicnlty of the court house are packed with crowds of anxious men who are waiting for the news. In the meantime they are doing a land office business. Mrs. William Thaw, the Countess of Yarmouth. Mrs. George Carnegie and Edward Thaw arrived a little before ten o'clock this morning and were ushered into Justice Fitzgerald's chambers to await the report of the jury. Justice Fitzgerald arrived at the court house at 10:21 o'clock- Harry Thaw spent a very restless and nervous night in his cell. He began worrying the Tombs attendants early this mornig for news from the court house. Thaw's attorneys were at the jail early 'his morning to have a conference with their client and encourage him to flit.' belief that the jury being out all night, probably meant nothing unfavorable to him. At the Hotel Lorraine there was an anxious crowd of Thaw's relatives. Evelyn and Mrs. William Thaw passed as bad a night as did Harry In the Tombs, and were on the point of a breakdown this morning. Every one connected with the defense puts on a hold front. They all declare that they have not the slightest doubt about the outcome. Evelyn is almost a wreck and the Countess of Yarmouth and Mrs. Carnegie are in little better condition- Evelyn, accompanied by Jfw'"1: Thaw. Joined the rest of ehe family In Justice Fitzgerald's chamber a few minutes after they had made their appearance. valley of the Vardar River in Tur- terrible flood which has swept the By Publishers' Press. BERLIN, April 11.—Two hundred persons drowned and a number of other casualties are the result, of a key. > The utmost desolation exists in the entire valley, and hundreds of peo- J#e are rendered homeless. |J| PITTSBURG.—Charles, the flve'Slar-cld son of W. H. Johns, of Rklge jjjreet. Rankin, was perhaps fatally I Htrned by falling against a kitchen ■fve. He was playing with a cat and jKtrying to avoid treading upon Jt ho lost his balance. mmm DROWN naturally Special Service of The Spirit. PlTTSBUltCJ, April 11. — In tho presence of a withering that was literally representative of the wise men of the world there was carried out today a program of imprsslvo exercises marking the first day of tho dedication of the rebuilt Carnegie Institute.No more notable gathering of learned men .has ever been seen in this country than that which tilled the grand foyer of the Carnegie music hall this morning to receive the greeting of Mayor George W- Guthrie, who welcomed the distinguished visitors in behalf of the City of Pittsburg. Statesmen and diplomats, scientists and educators, artists and authors, from all parts of America and from across the seas, were among; the guests.. . . w Among the distinguished Europeans whose world-wide fame made them the center of much atten- III ri nftn *,on wore William T. Stead, the Eng-111 LI Ullll lish editor and reformer; Edwin A. Ill nilim Abbey, the artist; Sir Lawrence Alma- Tadema, another noted painter; Sir Robert St Ball, professor of astronomy at Cambridge University: Leon Benedite, director of Luxembourg Gallery, Paris; Prof. MarcelUn Boule, director of 1 ho Paris Museum of Natural History; Baron d'Estournclles de Constant, member of the French Senate; Sir Robert Cranston, lord provost of Edinburgh; Theophile l>eleasse, French foreign minister; Baron DscharVips, Belgian minister of state; Dr. Adolph Harnack, of the University of Berlin; Sir William Hugkeu, president of the Royal Society, and the Very Rev. John Marshall Langr, principal of Aberdeen University. The guests also inejude a large number of the members of the foreign Continued on Fifth Pdgc. Screams, such as only emit from people in danger of their lives, awakened Charles Pounds from a sound slumber last night about half past nine o'clock. The sounds came from the direction of the creek and hastily donning his clothes he made his way in the direction of the house. Just this side of the Iron Works he found an old man immersed to his arm pits in the creek, still ydllng with all nib lung power, which seemed to be cxtrordlnarlly strong. Ills body seemed to be going backwards and in a levy moments.he .^puld'have probably been exhausted and drowned. Mr. Pounds, with the assistance of two men from the Iron Works, pulled the old gentleman out, he becoming unconscious as soon as they started to carry him- After working \ytii him for some time near the furnace he was finally brought around, though it was some time before he could walk. It is supposed that the old gentleman, whose name could not be learned, was taking1 a quiet stroll along the crnejc bank and making a missstep fell over the steep embankment, just this side of the Iron works. That he would have drowned had it not been for the timely assistance rendered him by Mr. Pounds ami the Iron workers, Is practically a sure thing, for his power of endurance was entirely spent when he was rescued.WILL DRILL WELL III THE BACK YARD Electric Light Plant Will Be the Latest Addition to Town. (Continued on Second Page). WHO WENT TO CHINA WAS AMONG THOSE Bernard Schneider to Have a Private Supply of Gas at Home. INVESTIGATION NOW IN NEW YORK Capitol Investigation Commission Hears Witness on Flooring Contract. Commonwealth vs. William Stuthers. F. and B. Florence Tippins, prosecutrix. Verdict, guilty. Usual sentence. Commonwealth vs. Walter P. Mc- Conneil. Rape. Bessie Sinclair, prosecutrix. Continued. Commonwealth vs. Robert Sheesley. F. and B. Susie Smith, prosecutrix- Nol. pros, allowed on payment of costs. Commonwealth vs T. D. Brewer. P. and H. Margaret Nell, prosecutrix. Continued. Commonwealth vs. Oaetano Rlzzo, Giovanni Spe*"™"- ' "•'o Bruhellero and Filippo DiJune. Demanding money —"v intent to steal- Fazio Leonardo, prosecutor. Verdict, not Kullty as to Gttotano Rizzo, Angelo Hruhoilere and Filippo DiJune. Gi- ovanni P " n plea of guilty. Sentenced to pay a line of $500. pay costs and undergo an imprisonment in Western Penitentiary £ur u. period of live years. On a Commonwealth vs. John Kane- F. and B. Constable's return. Defondant pleads guilty. Usual sentence. • UROOKVILLE, April 11. — The criminal court has been hard at work upon a series of. trivial cases since Monday noon, and the grind of minor eases isf practically completed at this writing. The forenoon session yesterday was largely taken up by the trial of Gaetano Kizzo, Giovanni Speggiallc, Angelo Bruhlelere and Flllppo lMJunc, charged with demanding money by menace, with intent to steal. The Commonwealth was unable to make a ease against three of these defendants, but In the ease of Speggialc the evidence was so conclusive, that the defendant plead guilty to the charge upon two separate indictments. Judge Reed, in sentencing the prisoner, dished out a salty sentence, giving him a seven years' and six months' sojourn in the Western Penitentiary. The court took occasion to say that he proposed to break up any tendency of Black Hand proceedings in this county, and the sentence which he handed out to Speggiale appears to be evidence that he means what he said. The prisoner was completely crushed by the outcome of his endeavors to make money easily, and wept copiously as he was led away to .lis cell by a deputy sheriff. Judge Joseph H. Bouton, of Mc- Kean County, is here for the purpose of hearing .the case of the Commonwealth vs. Gemmaro Mezzenotte and Dominick Ram una, charged with murder, and was upon the bench with Judge Heed at yesterday afternoon's session. The following business had been transacted up " to Wednesday evening: Common wealth vs. Charles Johnston. Laceny/ Harry Hherb, prosecutor. Defer.dfcint pleads guilty, and is sentenced to pay a fine of $1, costs, and undergo an Imprisonment in the county jail for a period of three months, to be computed from the date of his confinement, February 18, 1907. Commonwealth vs. Elmer Porter. Larceny. Harry Sherb, prosecutor. Defendant pleads guilty and sentenced to pay a tine of $1, costs and undergo an Imprisonment in the Allegheny County Workhouse, for a period of three months. WOMAN ONE OF THE BURGLARS Continued on Page Five They Rode to ond from the Raided Apartments in an Automobile. The application, a copy of which appears elsewhere in this issue of The Spirit, nafries Austin Blakeslee, and M. I. McCreight, of DuBois, Will H. Tyson and John M. McClure, of Big Hun and J. B. Sykes, of 8ykesvill«», as the incorporators. our hustling nearest neighbor to the east, Hig Itunn burmiKh, will not «»nly be connected up wit.li all of her neighbors by trolley this summer, but will ndd to her municipal life anotlur important convenience in the shape of an elcctrie light plant. For this purpose a company, including some of the foremost capitalists of Big Hun and PuBois, has been organized and will, on May 14, rnako application to the Governor of Pennsylvania for a charter for a corporation which will be known as the Dig Hun Light, Heat & Power Company, which the. application specifies will be for the purpose of manufacturing light, heat and power, by means of electricity., in the borough of I3lg Hun. GATHER FOR CONFERENCE The material of the derrick and drilling tools used In the well recently drilled by the Elk Run Brewing Company were yesterday moved to the lot in the rear of the home of Bernard Schneider, where the derrick will again be erected and drilling begin as soon as possible. The flow of gas found In the recent well has led Mr. Schneider to believe that gas is present in this section in large quantities and the idea of having a gas well in his own back yard is not only novel but extremely practical, providing gas enough for his own consumption is found. If conditions are favorable the well may be drilled to such a depth as would satisfy the curiosity of those who would' like to know what there is under us, which means practically \very citizen in the town. Daniel Sterner, of New Bethlehem, who had c harge of the drilling at the brewery will also put down this well. WASHINGTON, D. C. — That a fugitive from justice in the United states totlo ha* been extradited from Canada on one charge cannot bo Imprisoned on another charge was decided here by the Supreme Court of the United States In the case of Charles C. Browne, an appraiser of merchandise at New York, who three years ago was Indicted and convicted In connection with the frauds discovered in connection with the lmportatons of Japanese silks. "By the workings arc old arrow heads, atone cooking pots, the remains of buildings that no modern Indian could or no Mormon would build. It is a strange story and wo have taken the three slices of a building from which the front and roof have long disappeared and turned It Into a bunk house. "1 have no stock to sell, for It has more than paid for Itself from the day wo found it, and while the workings are extensive there Is npt a mark in any of the drifts, tunnels or crosscuts that could not have t>een made by blasting powder." "Struck with prosperity the major portion of his next camping outfit was whisky and a year later some prospectors found a lone monument on tne side of the Funeral Range and beside It the body of a man—Colonel Bethun—with a note in the monument telling of wandering burros and an exhausted water supply. "There was a search made for his property, but It was not found until two years ago- "Colonel Bethune came into this country some years ago looking for the Brefogle mine and cnme out with some line samples. He returned and loaded his burros with the ore and sold It in Jteno. John Davis, manager of John II- Fink's store, left a copy of the Goldfleld, (Nevada) Chronicle in Th" Spirit office yesterday. The paper is a prosperous looking, well-edited publication the news being distinctively of the western mining town vintage. Among the leading articles found In its news columns was one In which the prediction is made that the output of gold In the United States this year will reach $100,000,000; one describing a poker game that lasted twenty-four hours without stopping for refreshments, and a» third, the following thrilling account of the finding of a valuable lost mine: "Charles Cushman, one of the owners of the long-lost Bethune initio In Death Valley, which is preparing a shipment of three train loads of rich silver-lead ore, tells the following story of the mine: "We found the lost Bethune mine about two years ago, but it has been worked for hundreds of years before we found it and I, myself, have never been In the end of some its old workings.AltBOR DAV OBSERVED. NEW YORK, April 11-—Although tlie Pennsylvania capitol probers commenced yesterday morning what i« expected to be a two-day session in this city for the purpose of accommodating those manufacturers who, it was believed, could and would throw additional light upon the methods of the Sanderson-Huston combine, | there was no strong evidence that I the representatives are going to fur| nish this information. . Of the seven firms which received contracts in connection with the building or furnishing of the Pennsylvania capitol two responded. Some virtually snapped their fingers in the face of the probers and declared they would pay no attention to the sub. poenas. A few are expected to ap- I pear tomorrow, but after hearing the ! testimony of those who did respond I the commission adjourned shortly before three o'clock, after waiting for I an hour for witnesses to appear. Of the whereabouts of Ctyirlea F. j Kinsman, head of the Pennsylvania flronse Company, the commission could learn nothing. Sorgeant-«t-urms Murray, who served the subpoenas Tuesday and Wednesday sorting, was informed that "Mr. KIW* man was called out Of town, to »• gone three weeks." The coramttWlon hopes to learn more about this **»»•- room concern from othersourooa Of the others *rho aire MtgecUd to be repreafcrted today, <W Indtoateto the comnMon that they urt "Waned with the profit* paid thembjr eandaraon. the following. according (Continued on Fifth Page.) I.ONDON, April 11.—A number of the distinguished colonla' statesmen who are to take part In the coming Colonial Conference have reached London. The Canadian delegation, headed by Sir Wilfrid Laurler, Is duo to arrive tomorrow or Saturday. The conference will begin Its sittings Mon- I day. jA large suite of apartments at the Hotel Cecil has been secured for tho use of the colonial premiers during their official visit to London, and a Colonial office official has been stationed there charged with the duty of looking to the comfort and convenience of the guests. Canada, Newfoundland, Australia, New Zealand, Cape Colony and Natal are sending 'their premiers to Ipe conference. India will bo represented through the Secretary for India and a member of the Council of India deputed for him. OLYMPIA, Wash., Apirll 11.—In response to the proclamation of Governor Mead Arbor Day waa observed today throughout the State of Washingtop, Many trees and shrub* were planted In parks and public school I grounds and alone the public hlgh- BUTLER, Pa.—A campaign to clean up Butler was Inaugurated under the direction of District Samuel Walker hv the arrest of all pool room, billiard room and bowling alley proprietors for alowlng moya under 18 years to irequent the places. All paid Ones. "Every poker joint and speakeasy must go," la the edict of the district attorney. CHIC'AOQO, April 11.—Three burglar*, one of them a stylishly-dressed woman, raided a flat In an apartment building, 449 Beldcn Avenue, shortly bcforcmldnight Tuesday night, chloroformed, bound and gftgged a servantand ransacked the house, obtaining MOO In currency and Jewelry valued at $300. Of the money taken $300 was the savings of many yeara of the Borvant, Mrs. Irene Baker, 50 years old. Tho apartments raided - were those of Frederick L. Balnke. assistant treasurer of the Schoenhofen Brewing Company. Not until Balnke and his wife returned from tlio opera was the burglary discovered. A search In which fifty police Joined, followed, but no trace of the trio could be found. They arrived and left In an automobile. Neighbors had seen them enter the building, but suspected nothingu«org« WQoethele [' , Major George \V. Ooethn!* was born In New York State it years ago, K and entered the Military Academy at West Point an a cadet from bis na- I tlve state Ui 1*76. When the Chinese trouble* broke out In 1900 '. Ooethal* went over with the United States contingent to the allied troop*, i, *r!|o marched on Pekln to relievo tli« legation*. i ■ i,/ In February. 1900, he wap madde a major. He wai on duty at Newmft, R. I., from Ausuit 1. 1900. until June 1, 1903, being in charge of ' t&jfortlflc*tlons and the river and harbor Improvements at this post On was awlgned U> special duty with the general staff. headqUartm at Washington. He has long been a member of the army board of fortification* and -holds an important place In the First Dlvla- V Army Corps. sit* x; ■ ' .. i! ': :V ■ ■*, i&jM' WM t" I ■> * mmLs r , M v 1 ||sg |appe^!| r nmm