Punxsutawney Spirit, 1907-09-23

              OLD EMPLOYES DEAD Man Giving Name of Adams Says He Was Forced to Do Work By Organization. TWO YOUNG TRAMPS HOLD UP BOY NEAR HORATIO SUNDAY SEVENTEEN LIVES WERE IN DANCER Robbed Floyd Startwell of His Watch Near the Simpson Tunnel. HENRY BOWERSOCK DIES AT HOME IN YOUNG TOWNSHIP Oldest Citizen in This Vicinity Passes Away at the Age of Ninety-seven Years. ONE MAN STABBED ANO POLICEMAN SHOT IN LED Foreigners Having "Rough House" at Horatio Saturday Night. HOME OF S. SPANELLI WOULD-BE ASSASSINS MAKE ESCAPE .Darwin Pearl Kingsley, one of the best known figures in the Insurance flel.1, has just been elected to the head of the biggest Insurance company in the world. Mr. Kingsley in 181)8 was i the second vice president of the New York TJfe Insurance Company and for years has been a potent factor in insurance circles. Mr. Kingsley was born at Albany, Vermont, on May ,"»ih, 1857, and was graduated from the I'niversity of Vermont in 1881. Mr. Kingsley marrl'd Miss Josephine T. \Wnll on December 3, 1895. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1884. He is als » a trustee of the University of Vermont an 1 a director in the L. & N. It. It. His home is at Kiverdale-on- the-Hudson. FIRST TIMBER FRAUD . CASE IS OR TRIAL PRESIDENT TO BEAT THE WALL STREET MEN Will Only Give Out Three Advance Copies of His Speeches. United States Senator Borah Being Tried Separately on Serious Charge. WILL CONTINUE WAR PROMINENT MEN IT IT folwarri M. Wilson Heavily Interested in Oil and Lumber Enterprises. Near the Catholic Church the buys ran Into the residence of State Policeman George Wagner, who came out «>f house in /time to see the t\v > pacing the powder house in the rear of the bairacks. Ii«* immediately telephoned] 'to the sergeant in charge of the bar-' j racks. About all i»F the troopers j were out on the Waist on dynamiting ! | case, and Wagner, with Startwell and ' delay in telephoning gave the men j Allebrand, pursued the hunt. The I after about an hour's search the hunt [ late last night the tramps were still j at large. As soon as the watch was taken the >wner was anil started up ' the hill towards his grandparents with the. two thugs close in his rear. The boy was Meet »f foot and was holding his own when a third person hove Into sight. The tramps then turned and went ba#J- hill, the boy following. Near Horatio Clyde Allebrand joined In the chase and followed the thieves into the West End. Startwell was tired and they all I seated themselves In tin- grass. They had been seated but a few moments when one of the hoboes said, "tret's take his watch." whereupon his companion grabbed the boy while the spokesman corralled the lad's watch, i a aevonteen-jeweled affair, highly val- I ued by the youth because It was a : Christmas gift from his parents. Young Startwell makes his home with his mother's parents. Air. and Airs. Oeorge (Jourley, and on Sunday had walked fr >m that place to Horatio. H»' started back about 10:30 o'clock and near the Simpson tunnel met two young fellows of about nineteen years »f age. They greeted him In a friendly maner and asked him to sit down, but the boy was in a hurry and said he didn't have time. The tramps then said that they were going his way and would walk with him. and the three took the path over the hill under which the tunnel runs. After they had gone a considerable distance, one of the strangers suggested that they rest. While walking from Horatio to the homo of his grandparents, ah nit a mile .south of that town. Floyd Startwell, a fourteen y«ar old son of Mr. and Mrs. Sol iinon Startwell, of Pittsburg, was robbed by a pair of young tramps, yesterday morning . DROWNED III A Mil ANTI-TAFT MOVEMENT It is understood that he will pledge the Administration to continue the present war on the combinations. S.» important are the speeches at Vicksburg and Nashville during the coming Southern trip that no advance is being gven out. The newH associations have been informed to have stenographers present. These will be given to the United Press Association, the Associated Press and the Laff.'tn Bureau. OYSTER BAY, N. Y., Sept. 23.—T-» prevent Wall Street from getting advance Information President Roosevelt has decided to give out only three advance copies of his utterances. By United Press. I tenia ins of Mrs. Maria l.enii shipped I«> i'linv'v for llurhid. Not Suicide. FUGITIVE mm William engineer, of Allegheny, Pa., hurt about the head and scalded; taken to Alliance. Riffll was thrown more than 100 feet and every piece of clothing but his shoes was torn from his body. Although frightfully Injured, he walked from the ambulance into the hospital.Among the Injured are Mrs. R. E. Wade and young son, New Haven, Conn.; Charles Kull, Pottsville* Pa.; |W. H« Qelshe, Allegheny, Pa.; C. M. rDavis, and W. L. Taylor, Baltimore; (James Wade, Boston; D. A. Walton, iNew Orleans; W. W. Bennett, Bayonne, *N. J/;* C, D. DeLenne, Collins, Miss., and Joseph Abrams, Westtlelds, Pa. train, composed of a baggage car, day ! coach and three sleepers, left the ' track, the sleepers being almost destroyed by fire. A special train was quickly made up and proceeded to this city with all the passengers Df the limited. "f», The train was wrecked as a re- Oj Itilt of the explosion, causing the tit Company a heavy 1 ism. It ! WASHINOTiV. D. C„ Sept. 23.— kWrhlrty-two passengers were injured, J. pone of them seriously,' by the de- I bailment of the Chattanooga ' and I,Washington limited train on the Ujtyouthern Hallway just north of Ry- I* kns Siding, Va., early today. A bro-1 icen rail was the cause. The entire Crum had been a brakeman for 34 years, refusing many offers of promotion, He leaves a wife, one daughter and three sons. All the sons are the railroad men and two, James and Clemens, live in Pittsburg. Edward Crum, a railroad engineer, Al- A legheny, Pa., Is a nephew. \\ What caused the explosion is n*t Liiiqwji. . All that was left of the loll Fomotlve Vafc the huge driving wheels. George Rockhill, conductor, of Alliance; killed outright. Charles Crum, brakeman, of Oarfleld; ' died while being taken to the hospital Alliance. Northber Riffll, fireman of Wooster, literally cooked from neck to feet; died at hospital here. The injured: WOOSTER, Ohio, Sept. 23.—Three men were killed and one other probably fatally injured when the boiler of the locomotivo drawing an eastbound Pennsylvania Lines freight train, exploded at 1:30 o'clock yesterday morning while running at the rate of thirty miles an hour, neat; Burton City, twelve miles east >f here. The Dead: Negroes, of United Slates Said to Ik- Organizing a Threatening Mine Against Roosevelt and Taft, CHEF BEATTY'S BIRTHDAY The deceased was highly esteemed by all who knew him on account of his sterling and amiable qualities as a gentleman and public-spirited citizen.The funeral will take place at Clarrion on Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock. Mra. J. Wilson Greenland, of Warren; Judge Harry It. Wilson, of Ou-- ion County; Miss Elizabeth "Wilson, and Theo. S. Wilson, lawyer. He is also survived by his mother Mrs. T. S. Wilson, and the following sisters and brothers: . Mrs. Alice Wilson Wllhelm, Harry \V. Wilson, Max Wilson, Miss Jean Wilton. CLARION. Pa.. Sept. 23.—Edward M. Wilson, vice president of the First National Bank here, died last night, after an illness of several weeks. Wilson was heavily interestd in oil and lumber, and is survived by a widow and the following children: Py United Press. Pleasant Youth Prefers Jail to Dodging Poller. Wife and Friends Prepare JUg Surprise for It. I*. O. !•'. Caterer.As the result of a quarrel in Horatio early Hunday in truing. Joe Serial, a boarJing house keeper of that town, has a knife wound in his breast, and Samuel Mohney, vpollcemo(n at Horatio, has a bullet wound in his left leg, though neither jnc is injured se- verely MiYeusi, whom M >hney said interfered when lie endeavored to arrest Sabo, was taken Into custody, but was released later. that place and upon arriving at the home of Sedlal found that though the ' injured man was confident that he woul 1 die. the knife had penetrated but little over half an inch and there struck his tyreastbone. After receiving information as to the direction taken by thb Sabo brothers, the troopers left in that direction. At the edge of the woods , which the pursued men had entered ] the pursuers were halted by a fnHi- , sade of bullets, none of which took t effect. After the firing was over all became silent, and though the w >ods | were thoroughly searche I. no trace i was found of the men. The police- 1 men believe that after the Hungar- ; ians had emptied their revolvers their | ammunition ran out and they sua- i cessfully hid themselves in the dense | thicket. The trmpers .lid not return i the lire because they were afraid of i hitting Mohney, who was near jthe I brothers. In the meantime someone had elephoned to the State Police here, and said that a murder had been committed in Horatio, Privates Mullen. Hauber «« ' • - hurriedly for 1 Policeman Mohney heard the rack- j et and rushed into the house and j { would have succeeded in catc hing the wouldbe murderer had not Andrew Marcussl, another of the boarders, g )t in his way. On the entrance of Mohney both Joe and Steve Sabo hurriedly left the house and ran into the wojds, with the policeman following. They had gone but a short distance when one of the men turned and fired nointblank at his pursuer, the ball penetrating Mohney's leg. The affray started Saturday night in Sedlai's boarding house when Joe and Steve Sabo were cutting capers and raising a general rough house. Sedlai happened in about tvjpbivc o'clock, and in his native language Hhout'-.l w.trds which amounted to "cut it out.'' Joe Sabo was t>f a quarrelsome mood, and not caring to be dictated to, pulled his knife and iungvj at Sedlai, striking him In the breast. The hi tod gushed forth and Sedlai fell, fully prepare.) tit $le. The other brother is still at large, which he did. Steve Sabo was arrested by Mohney about three o'clock Sunday morning. He ret""" ' to a spot near the boarding house and was hunting for his ha: when the policeman nabbed him. Sedlal. however agreed not to prosecute him If Sabo paid the costs. CUM BANKER DUD Funeral services will be held in 'the Sportsburg M. K. church on Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. Itev. John Frampton of this place, will Officiate. Burial will be made in the Llndsey cemetery, West End. He is survived by five children, namely, Mrs. George Palmer, of Frostburg; Mrs. J. A. N« ale, if this place; Mrs. Thonufs J. Curry, «»f Troutville; John Howersock, of Perry township, and Winlield Scott Bowersoek, of Steevens Point* Wisconsin. A son, Isaac, served several years In the Civil War in Company A, 105th Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was killed in front of Richmond, in 1.SC4. The deceased was horn March L'8, 1813, and came to Jefferson county when but a boy. The first saw mill built on Mahoning creek was built by the father of the deceased at Hells Mills. Tils face has ever been a familiar one here and until a few years ago he made frequent trips to this place. His step was steady and many believed that he would live to pass the century mark. The death of Henry Howersock on Sunday morning-at 12.30 o'clock at his home In South Young township, near Horatio, carried away the oldest and one of the mos-t highly respected citizens* in this community. Two weeks ago tlie deceased was stricken with paralysis and his decline since that time has been steady. He was in the ninety-fifty year of his age. WOULD LYNCH NEGRO MORE BUCK HAND The leader of the movements Is \V. Calvin chase, si lawyer, and editor of the colored Republican paper here. Organisations have already been formed in Philadelphia, Baltimore an i New York. Recent mass meetings in various cities, have it is sal I, developed Into permanent organizations of the blacks. WASHINGTON, I). Sept. 23.— Reports of a concerted antl-Taft- Roosovelt movement on the part of the negroes throughout the country, are causing nhrm among the supporters of the Ohio candidate here. By United Press. of Fugiiiecr. Ohio Citizens F.nrttgud Over Killing I'ariiwr of Gerry, N. V.. Itwdvew Ix'llt'r {'oiiiiimiulhiK Him m t'onir up Willi $2,000. Continued on Page Six. Captain Itohlnson having been given a reliable version of what was to have taken place uid knowing that his prisoner luivl reeentl> become a member of t,h< I slack Hand, began at once to pump the captive for details. Adams feigned ignorance of every:hing that was suiigested to him and at lirst even denied that he had place 1 the dynamite under Spanelll's home. Adams was then placed in the "sweat box" but at the end of the "lirst degree" refuse 1 to tell anything. He was then brought to the lockup and given the "second degree, but with no change in the result. The officers then returned with their prls >ner to the barracKs but when he observed Scenting tr tUble the officers beat a hasty retreat and brought their prisonei to the barracks. Before removing the can of dynamite. which had been planted in a window leading to the Spanelli cellar, a large number of persons examine.I tlie infernal contrivance. There, then arose a demand to wreak Immediate Vengeance on the would-be assassin. who was recognized as Prank Adams, ninet.een years old, and a stepson of Tony Payne, who drives for the Klk Uun Hrewlng C< Many, of this place. Spanelli. his wife and seven «'hildren were sleeping in the building which had been selected for destruction. and eight persons, including Felix and Dominic C.attl and their wives and two cJiildren each, occupied the other house which would also have been blown to splinters had the work of the Mend proved successful. | The desperado with the dynamite j was searched and on his person were found a large stilletto and a revolj vcr which he had tried to use when ! captured. The occupants of both houses were awakened and when they realized what w >uld have been their probable fate, but for tbt* interference of the .Stat.» Police, they attempted to take the prisoner from the officers. cupied by Felix and Dominic The other man disappeared across the street. At a signal from Chambers his men closed in on the man between the buildings, wh:»m they captured in (he act of placing a can containing a j large quantity of dynamite, under the j Spa 11 elII house. The man across the j street tired on the policemen, but in [the darkness he hastily escaped to a nearby wood. The policemen returned the fire, but with Hit effect. The Troopers, n »t withstanding the faet that they were being .spied upon both at the barracks and at Walston, gave the watchers the slip, and arrived at their destination undiscovered. Sp. cretlng themselv s, advantageously, near the dwelling of Salvetore Spanelll. the In ten led victim, they were so »n rewarded by seeing two men taking a survey v>f the building. The men went away and at about 12:30 o'clock In the morning returned with a large can. one of the men took charge of the can and disappeared I from view between the dwelling jccu-1 pled by Bpanelll and a dwelling only I about three feet away, which waa oe- Keceiitly J. F. Robinson, Captain of Troop 1>. State Police, learned that a house In Walston was to be dynamited by the Hlack Hand Saturday night, and in order to frustrate tho scheme a posse inc luding Privates Casey. Haas. Harpole, Florentine an I Mo.slelt In charge of Sergeant Homer Chambers, was detailed to go to the scene. i Alleging that he would have paid the penalty with his life had he rej fused, Frank Adams, an Italian, ID : years old. of Walston, Saturday j night made an attempt to blow up a dwelling which, had he been successfill, might have cost the lives of seventeen persons. Immunity from prosecution wan not •omined him, but ufter his arrest he ltd he preferred to be in jail rather lan be a fugitive from Justice. EM) IF StflIXE NEAR d an! Wilson claims he does not [now of Lindsays whereabout*. Wllpfi became sick while 011 the coast, nd his parents communicated t.) the tpunty authoriti es his desire to re■rn home. >arded a train for the West. On the Part 113 Coast they separat- Jr., to McKeesport, and there Immediately after r.he murder Llndy and Wilson mado off the country (cording to the story of Wilson * »ld i Attorney John F. Went- >f Grecnsburg, on a bench warrant charging him with being an accessory ;o the murder of Chief of Police Brad* »n Pore by Andrew Lindsay, at Mount Pleasant a year and a half ago. Vested at his home in Mount Pleasant by Constable Paul S. Fo gntner, GREENSBURG, Pa., Sept. 23. — lomas S. Wilson aged 19, was ar- UGRTNWG STRIKES BARH Mr. Lown immediately notlfie.l Uie police and a vigilant lookout is kept for any attempted Incendiarism. OOUPwY, Pa., Sept. 23.—Robert Lown, an aged an.1 wealthy farmer of Gerry, N. Y., a Chautaqua County hamlet, has received a black hand letter demhnding two thousand dollars ynder the threat to burn his buildings if the request is not Immemediately compiled with. By United Press. ; Small Says Roospvolt Will Interfere" Inside of Ten Days. A pleasant feature of the day was a bounteous feast that was served on large tables set under the famous ehestnut tree In the Heatty back yard. After partaking of the splendid viands it was hinted that Mr. Beatty, who is famed as a caterer, probably has Mrs. Beatty to thank for some of the excellent' dishes which have made his menus the envy of many another chef In this vicinity. Mrs. Realty, wife of H. E. Reatty, the popular chef of the local lodge H. P. O. Elks, today surprised her husband when at high noon lie was invited to come home for a dinner with his family. When Mr. Reatty arrived home he found the entire out- overrun with relatives friends and neighbors whom had assembled to assist her in celebrating the 4 8th anniversary of her husband's birth. The visitors had not neglected to remember Mr. Ucutty In a substantial way as a result of which he has many valuable presents, including a fat purse from his R. P. O. E. and Punxsutawney and Pittsburg Groundhog club friends by which ito remember the event. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS TODAY The Pittsburg papers reported the accident as suicide which was entirely wrong1. On several different occasions she had told her husband that she was afraid to draw water from the well and he was contemplating covering: the well securely the day before the accident occurred. Her mother-in-law, who lives with her, had seen her leave her sister-inlaw's house and was expecting her in. When she did not arrive she went to the house next door and finding that she was not there, she searched the barn and out houses. Noticing that the well was uncovered the motherin-law went to it and upon looking In noticed 'that the water was riled. A long pole stuck Into the well showed that the body was there. A large hook was procured and attached to the pole and with this the remains of the unfortunate girl were brought to the surface. In falling she had struck her head and nose against the stones of the wall, which had rendered her unconscious so that she probably sank as soon as she struck , the water. Death came to her in a peculiar manner. On last Friday she went to the home of her sister-in-law, who lived next door, to help with the housework and during the day went to the well to get a bucket of water. The well, which Is twenty feet in lopth, and ab »ut ten feet square, was covered with loose boards and It Is supposed that one of the boards turned with her weight, precipitating her into the well. The body of Mrs. Maria Lentl, who was drowned in a well at Spangler last Friday, was shipped to Hi is place Saturday to Sprankle *<: lflhvood, undertakers. and was buried yesterday afternoon in the Catholic cemetery at Anita. Services were held in St. Joseph's church at Florence. The deceased was but eighteen years of age and had been married but six months. Intervene. return to "iWlt tomorrow. ft la believed that the President ' Union, today stated to a conti\t, that the strike will positively be led within (ten days. By United Press. CHICAGO, flept. 28. — President all. of, the Commercial Telegraph- The plan was very simple and one that has been often used to rob the government. The law permits a person to Hie a claim for land, but the person must itake oath that he is buying the land with his own money ahd that the transaction is bona tide. He is limited to ItiO acres, and upon the payment of $2.60 an acre a certificate for the quarter section is turned over to him. The lumber company is charged with having furnished hundreds of men with money to buy land with. It was necessary to have the protection of Government officials, so political leaders of both the Democratic and Republican parties were put on the pay roll of the lumber com pany. It is charged that Senator Borah co-operated with Governor Stounenberg in pushing the patents through for the dummies and that as a result the lumber company obtained possession of timber worth more than $1,- 000,000. The indictments returned charged that the men accused induced the dummies to file claims on lands. Government officials knew of the land frauds two years ago and special agents conducted .an investigation. Much evidence was gathered and preparations were made to bring the guilty parties to Justice, but the arrest of <the officials of the Western Federation of Miners for the murder of Governor Steunenberg and the connection of Senator Borah with the prosecution of the alleged murder cases caused a postponement for a year. Senator Borah, whose trial is now to commence, is the Republican leader of Idaho apd his close personal and political friends are Involved by the indictments. They declare that By United Press. these are the result of a political con- AI/POONA, Sept. 23. — Lightning splracy hatched by Ruiek. a Demo- struck the barn v»f Col. H. A. Tripp, crat, who has opposed Borah in all on his estate near Tyrone, setting the his political fights. barn on tire. ■» The building, together with the An orator ought to be a man of his crops It contained, was burned, entailword. ing a loss of $10,000. The investigation of the grand jury last spring into the timber frauds produced a profound .sensation. One hundred and fifty witnesses were called and the evidence showed that an organized raid had been made by 'the Barber Lumber company on the timber land of Lewiston district. It developed that in Boise county about fifty thousand acres of land were patented by dummies and iturned over to the lumber company. BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 23.—-A special session of the Federal court convened here today to try Unlited States Senator William E. Borah, who is charged with conspiring to defraud the Federal government by securing Illegal entry of timber lands. The Indictment was returned last April and Included beside Senaitor Borah. Frank Martin, attorney general of Idaho under Governor Steunenberg's administration; * Sumner G. Moon and J. T. Barber, millionaire stockholders of the Barber Lumber company, residing in Wisconsin; P. H. Downs, J. J. Wells, L. M. Pritchard, John Kincaid, Wil| Ham Eweet, Albert Palmer and H. i S. Rand. Senator Borah asked for and. has been accorded the privilege of a separate itrial. J. A. Weber—Change. J. B. Balr—Change. Flndley Street Shoe Change. Maggie Nlel Young—Millinery. Bijou—New pictures—Local. For Rent Six roomed house — Special column. Wfented — Solicitor — Special. Store — Mrs. Frank Black and son Charles, of Florence, are visking relatives in Bradford. . Horn died yesterday morning and as the news spread groups of excited men began to gather on the street. Talk of lynching was indulged in and the situation became so threatering that Sheriff Matthews slipped ou<t the back door of the Jail, with Dalton, drove to a station on an interurban line and brought Dalton to Columbu*. James Knowlton and Dalton, workmen in a quarry at Sunbury, were riding in a buggy that crashed into a carriage driven by Horn. The engineer upbraided the men for their carelessness. Knowlton started to light with Horn. Knowlton was getting the worst of the tight when Dalton drew a revolver and shot Horn. Dalton was captured and locked in the county jail. COLUMBUS. O., Sept .23.—Henry Dalton, a negro, who Saturday night shot and killed Chris Horn, a Big Four engineer, at Delaware, Ohio, was brought to Columbus by Sheriff Matthews last night «to save the prisoner from violence at the hands of Delaware's enraged citizens. VOL. II. No. 8 s- w * ' ■ Hi w aa MiMiA *0, Jm)a£ the srinircAim!!^^^^^ I 1 (C||0 JP|ltTfto [^%Srr~] » a MANY HURT IN WRECK RECENTLY ELECTED TO HEAD OF NEW YORK . LIFE PRICE 1 CENT PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA.. MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1907 STATE POLICE FRUSTRATE THE ATTEMPT OF "BLACK HAND" TO DYNAMITE A WALSTON HOUSE i ■ ."UvK- ;, . . Darwin: P. Kingsley MVatherwork*) — Showers tonight anJ Tuesday, m the Rails. Thirty-Two Passengers Injured When Limited Leaves THE EXPLOSION KILLS THREE MEN Troopers Had a Tip That "Blow Up" Was to Be Pulled Off Saturday. The Engine Went Up Near Wooster—Nothing Left But Driving Wheels. STATE POLICE CALLED IN. ' ■ THE FUNERAL TOMORROW.