Punxsutawney Spirit, 1907-12-30

              1 YOU NERD HEI.PT DO Wf ANT TO BUY, HELL OR HMH NYTO1NG?-SPIRIT SPECIAL# A* CENT A WORD BRING KEBCl/fl D. H. Mclntyre, the well known Special to The Spirt, By rni'e.1 Pro.ss. By United Press. HE FIND I. Dunne and Miss Rachel Caddison Married at the Home of the Bride in Pittsburg. Hi STIRRED BY SHOOTING AFFRAY ON SATURDAY NIGHT OL II. No. 00 PJNXSUTAWNEY MAN BECOMES BENEDICT PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA.. MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1907 CREEPING BABES EXPOSED TO CONTAGIOUS DESEASES FINANCIAL REVIEW OF THE PAST YEAR BY HENRY CLEWS D. H. Mclntyre Helps to Give Retiring Engineer a Good Sendoff. PRICE 1 CENf STRICKING MASONS OF HAVANA WILL TIE UP ALL TRADES FAREWELL BANQUET FOR J. M. FLOESCH Soiled and Muddy Carpets, Unclean Sidewalks and Streets The Cause. UNSANITARY CONDITIONS. ton McGregor Has Narrow lEscape Near The Moore i Hotel- Italian in Jail. Panic Attributed To Hostile Attitude of Political Leaders Against Wealth. Big Sympathetic Walk Out Threatened—Governor To Interfere. MAGNIFICENT GIFT. Among the many Punxsutawnry MANY LOCAL PEOPLE THERE United States Steel Corporation Leads With Pay of $1, 164,000. $200,000,000 BONOS TO BE DISTRIBUTED DURING THE WEEK DIVIDEND OF 877,000,000 :r will talk GENERA1 PUBLIC EXTRAVAGANCE WANT TO ARBITRATE It is es- the week HUD SIGNED THEM BEFORE Governor Maroon promised to do his utmost in the interest of peace, afer which th«i representatives of the unions became less demonstrative, but refused to k<» to their homes. em- 1 layer*. The* .spokesmen for the unions declared that they dI«1 not wish to adopt extreme measures without giving the Government an opportunity to use its Inliuence toward securing arbitration of the differences between the masons and their HAVANA, Cuba. D r. 30 — itipresentatlvex of twenty-three lal»or unions waited on Governor General Magoon this forenoon and amid scenes that almost reached the proportions of a riot, warned hln» that the demands of the striking muffins must be compiled with or there will or a general sympathetic waK«ut that will tie up nearly every Industry In Havana. John I'tvlma Arroslwl »n Charge of Assault a nil Bnltery, Surety of the Peacc. STATION AGENT MURDERED Lucie is a stranger in Indiana, having come there about three weeks ago to work on a plumbing cont.act in t"*r.nectlon dith a local hotel. yoat sleeve at the elbow. An inch t*> the left and it would have struck a vital ppot. One of the bullets aimed at Mc- Gregor by Lucia passed through his (count of the time and place <oon attracted a large crowd. A police-1 man gathered Lucia in at once, ut I neither he nor McGregor had much to nay about the rumpus. tear the Moore Hotel and on The first that anybody knew of a row between young McGregor ami Lucia was a sudden shout, a cracking of Lucia's revolver and the sight of McGregor "shinning up" Philadelphia Street. The shooting occurred Kd to the shooting. John  ?or, the young man shot at, is a son of Postmaster James C. McGregor and a grandson of Pure Pood Agent James McGgregor. John McGregor Is about twenty-two years of age. HDrA and the other a foreigner, Bed loharles Lucia. Lucia, who ■theViooting, was promptly nab- V and ,'placed jn the county jail, and Rl be given a hearing before ||uire Crossmas this afternoon. Not much Is known of just what neighboring town of Indiana ishooting affray Saturday night, I the principals being John Mcson of Postmaster James Mo- Mr. and Mrs. FVoesch will probably I I return to Clearfield today and remain I in this vicinity until the middle or | January. Then Mr. Floesch will leave for hla new field of labor In Canada, where, In conjunction with Contractor Corbett, who did a great deal of construction work on the R.. R. & P., 1n years past, has a largre contract In the building- of the Inter- Colonial Railroad, a government en- I terprlse which will probably in due | time become a part of the great transcontinental system projected for Northern Canada, and known as the Grand Trunk Pacific The contents of the chest was 161 I pieces of sterling silver, put up in a solid mahogany case, costing more than half a thousand dollars, and was supplied by G. W. Custer, long In th<* Jewelry business here. After the banquet Mr. Floesch was presented with a magnificent chest. "Mr. Joe Benslnger, proprietor of | the Commercial, acted as toast master and sat at one end of the festive board. John G. Whltemore, Esq., of th«* firm of McCauley and Whltemore, of lildgway, attorneys for the B., R. & P., sat at the opposite end. On either side of the table were arranged the guests who have been business associates or Intimate friends of Mr. Floesch during his twenty-five years of service with the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg. They were as follows: ! J. H. Corbett, Monctow, Canada; T. J. Shoemaker, Bellefonte; E. P. H. Rerrlman, Bel Air, ltd.; C. H. m<- Cauley, F. E. Clawson. W. P. Murphy, and J. M. Grosch, of Rldgway; l>. 11. Mclntyre Punxsutawney; A. J. Johnston, D. J. Carson, D. S. Watkins, Peter Frazer, T. J. Watts, J. J. Watts, L. E. Boyer, and the press representatives of DuBols." mercial Hotel, DuBois, where a farewell blowout was tendered to J. M. Floesch, who recently resigned the position of chief engineer <»f the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Hailroad. In Its account of the  and following a description of the banquet the DuBois Couried this morning said, in part: Punxsutawney merchant, Saturday night attended a banquet at the fom- SLOW AT LOW The Union Pacific will pay for its bonds $3,500,000, Or«»at Northern $3,122,000 and the Southern Pacific nearly $2,000,000. Another of the great bond coupon payers is the St. Louis and San Francisco, which will pay $2,649,000 and the Canadian Pacific nearly $3,000,000 to the holders of the coupons. Head over shoulders of industrial corporations in the matter of end of the year coupon payments, the United States Steel Corporation towers. It will pay out this week $1,641,000. The Consolidated Gas Company is second, with $1,379,000. The American Telephone and Telegraph Company will distribute $1,885,000. In the list of dividend payers the Union Pacific's disbursements lead with a total of $4,887,450 and Southern Pacific is second with payments of $3,- 487,000. The fact that copper companies have been forced to cut down their dividends and many railroads and industrial concerns have been forced to either pay in scrip or reduce their dividends has not changed the general total of dividend and interest payment. The reason for this state of affairs is due to the larger capitalisations and bonded obligations, all of which have been floated this year or In the latter part of 1906. NRW YORK, Doc. 30, timated that bondho' ' rs will receive nonrly $200,000,000 within the m-x day or two, the sum representing tin* end of th" year interest and dividend disbursements of the great corporations. Statistics show that more money will be paid out to holders of , stocks and bonds this end of the | year than ever before. About $105,- 000.000 is being paid out to holders of bonds, while the dividend paying stocks will distribute *77,000,000. Burgess Brown Had But Two Cases to Dispose of This Mom. ii»g. nr. Benson Makes Peculiar Discovery During Operation For Bladder Stone. January Clearing Sale begins Wednesday. Get our prices before purchasing. Murray's. No elue has been obtained as to lo identity or whereabouts of tlie srpetrators of the triple crime. he robbers. The agent was then i und and gagge.i, and what vaiu,bles he had taken from his person, 'hen the. money drawer was broken ito and the contents taken. Ilutchnson was left on the floor and lire. ras set to the building, the agent powerless to save himself. Hutchinson was attending to his luties at the station when suddenly i© was attacked and overpowered jy turned to the ground. The murlerers escaped with a considerable um of money. bed and then murdered early this morning. After he had been killed the unfortunate man was placed in the station, which was set on lire and CLARINGTON, O., Dec. 30. — Edard Htuchinson, Baltimore & Ohio ailroad station agent here was rob- "Among the out-of-town guests were Miss Fannie P. Schaffer, Buffalo, N. Y.; Mr. and Afrs. J. L. Rosenthal, Misses Gertrude, Ida and Manila B. Rosenthal; Samuel M. Rosenthal, Benjamin Brody, Hyman Brody, Jacob Brody, Punxsutawney; Samuel N. anrt S. J. Colin, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Cohn, Miss Lillian Cohn, Butler; Miss Sarah Ruben, Connellsvllle; Miss Sarah Platkin, Johnstown; Miss Marguerite Shapiro, Anita, Pa.; Morris and Miss Rose Lebau. Canonsburg; Isadorc and Miss Rosctta Zeman, Evans City. "The house was tastefully decorated with greens and foliage, while the ceremony took place under a canopy of nasturtiums intermingled with ferns and smilax and broad white ribbons. Loo M. Cadison, a brother of the bride acted as best man, and the bride was given away by her father and mother. Manilla Belle Rosenthal of Punxsutawney, was the ring bearer and Miss Ethel Cadison. sister of ithe bride, was a flower gii4'. The maid of honor was Miss Belle C. Cadison and the bridesmaids were the Misses Ida and Gertrude Rosenthal and Lillian Cohen. After the ceremony a dinner was served, covers being laid for 175 guests, after which dancing was the order of the evening. The newly-married couple will take up housekeeping ut once in Punxsutawney. "A pretty home wedding of the week was that of Miss Raechel Y. Cadison, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. Cadison, of Center Avenue, to I. Dunne of Punxsutawney. The ceremony took place home of the bride at 6 o'clock. Rabbi M. Sivitz officiating, assisted by Rabbis Newman and Katzen. Thursday, Friday and Saturday I lie home of Mrs. Dunne's parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Cadison, was the scene of receptions and parties, tlie festivities terminating last night with a party at which were present about 75 friends of he newly-married couple. The wedding was described in the Sunday Press as follows: ent iro party adjourned to a nearby hall which ha 1 been rented for the occasion, and dancing was in order for the rest of the evening. was served to about 175 guests at the bride's home. After supper the at f> o'clock Thursday evening, after which a sumptuous wedding supper The ceremonies attending -tin4 lying of the knot 'took place benedicts last week was I. Dunne, whoso wedding to Miss Kacchel ('adison, <»f Pittsburg. attracted a large number of Jewish people of this pla-e (o the Smoky City the later part of "When the paper was signed the wife was asked if she thought he would keep the bond. • Sure," she replied. "He has signed them before and kept them.' Thlw morning Iiiwife and daughter came to town and before 'Squire Clawson Mi.- matter was amleably settled. John signed a paper wherein In4 promised to keep the peace, to leave intoxicants alone and treat his wife and child with all due respect. i tirades changed to a llstica! performance, a call was sent in to the I State Police, and Joseph Mcllvane responded. Pechna was arrested and ; given a hearing before Squire Rodgers, of West Knd. The charge was "assault and battery and surety of tho peace." Tt »•■»«! held for court. I His wife and, thlrfeen-year-old daughter came In for the greater part of his abuse. When verbal unruly. L.ato Saturday afternoon John Pechna, who lives In one of the outlying mining towns, arrived at his home, carrying within and without i an extra large load of Intoxicants. | l*ater In the evening the liquor that ] bad been on the outside was on the I inside, and as a result John becamo mm hob 220 Minos Heavy. Expect to t-iiul More Bodies Under Fulls of slate — Httinaito to While the havoc wrought In tho extensive mine Is enormous, no section of It will have U> be abandoned, according to tho opinions of tho exports, and within a few weeks all of the air currents will bo re-established through their natural courses and the new drift, which will furnish an abundance of fresh air, will be co||" l.octed up. To accomplish this will require but 100 feet of entry driv „s the work was already under «ay when the explosion occurred. JACOBS CHEEK Dec. 30. — A total of 220 bodies have been recovered up until the present time. It is believed no more bodies will bo found unlss they are buried beneath | somo f tho heavy falls of slate. It will bo readily recognized thut tne farmer Is still the backbone of the | country In spite of the fact the growth of agriculture Is hardly Keeping pace with population, and is still producing less than one-half tho amount turned out by our manufac- (oil that according to tho census about 35 per cent of our working population 1m engaged in agriculture, interrupted prosperity he is now out of debt and so well situated financially as to be comparatively in.lifl'crent regarding any business recession in the United States. Should he fall to secure good prices at home ho Is almost certain of obtaining them abroad. When It. Is fully apprccla- Industries. 1 -io«» the, American farmer, who last, year raised crops valued at $7,100,000,000 much the highest figure* on record. His condition must be highly satisfactory; for after seven or < ight years of un- There Is reason to believe that the worst consequences of the panic have been limited to financial circles. Hut to gain some Idea of the future In this respect it is necessary to inquire into tin* condition of our chief •hat it is important to bear In mind. It. would be folly, however, to indulge In delusions as to the final effects of the panic. In greater or less degree the consequences will be distributed nvo- all parts or the country, and It is not unreasonable to be prepared for at least a year of i comparative depression, certainly in the Kast where commerce and Industry are most concentrated. Fortunately the panic fell with the ' greatest severity upon those best able to bear It; wealthy institutions and the rich men being the chief sufferers. Upon the industrial, mercantile! and laboring classes the shock has' been much less sever; a distinction hoy convey that the business world, whether it likes it or not, must now be actively concerned in adjusting Itself to new conditions. We have been suddenly precipitated from a high level to i a lower, and the sooner this vital change Is admitted and conformed to the prompter and sounder will be ♦he resumption of business activity. It is of first impor- tance to recognize that a complete change of base has taken place; and While the causes of the panic are now generally understood, it may be well in taking account of the past twelve months to briefly cite' the chief reasons. Among these causes were general over-doing; over-extenslon of credit; over-speculation; overissue of securities; great industrial i expansion; excessive underwriting! schemes; excessive mining and real | estate speculation; earthquakes at i homo and abroad; Japanese and I South African wars; general public j extravagance; exhaustion of floating j capital; distrust Induced by corpo- I rate mismanagement, and finally the i hostile attitude of political leaders 1 and legislaive bodies at home, stimulating erroneous prejudice against . wealth. These conditions, however, | are now a matter of history and of | little interest except for the lessons NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—The close of the year finds us energetically Special to The Spirit struggling to emerge from one of the most disastrous financial panics in history. Security values have shrunken at least one-third and In many cases more than one-half of the liguros quoted a year ago. While raising a rumpus on the streets Saturday evening Mace Harvey, of Rossiter, was taken into custody by Chief of Police Palmer. After being confined in the lockup Mace continued his exuberance. An iron bucket he threw from the top bunk with such force that nothing hut the handle remained recognizable. Rattling the cage doors and storming like a caged lion, he only subsided when Chief Palmer threatened to place handcuffs on him for the entire night. He later paid for the bucket and posted a forfeit of $0.25 for his appearance tomorrow evening. Jim Thoy, an Italian who hails from Franklin, was arrested Saturday evening by Gray and Hilton, of Troop I), State Police for carrying concealed weapons. James was meandering about (he street with a thirty-eight scaiibre revolver bulging from his hip pocket, when apprehended by the State Policemen. The gun was loaded to the muzzle, in consideration of which Burgess Brown affixed the usual fine of $12.25, which the man paid. This morning did not present the usual busy aspect at the local lockup, there being but two cases to dispose of. DDUCE GRAVE OPENED None of the medical books mention such a growth and nr. Benson, as well as othef local physicians, believe that It is tho llrst case of the kind ever discovered. Dr. Benson has been asked to appear before tho Medical Society at Clearfield at Its meeting and read a paper on the subject of tho discovery, composition and removal of the peculiar obstruction. The patient had been a sufferer for | fourteen years, and tho calculi bore evidence that tho channel had been formed by pressure during tho entire period of the formation of the obstruction. tlon fur a renal calculi, or bladder stone, the like of which was never known to medical surgery. The bladder stone, which was of the ordinary composition, was shaped like a "nigger toe" nut. It had completely blocked the natural passage and the obstruction wMuld have boon complete but for tho fact that the bladder stone was pierced, lengthwise a small channel about one-fourth of an inch In diameter. Dr. Joseph Benson, of this place, ho other day performed an opera- TSUC. V CLUB DANCE. V Social Function nt Clnrlon Tliat Was Complete In Every Detail. I For nearly all . secondary cases of typhoid In families the hand is responsible.""The Mussulman presents his guest I he basin and the napkin at the beginning of the feast: we do not have our finger bowls until the end. The veriest savages read us a lesson In this particular. " The Jews, except they wash, eat not." says the apostle, and In this fact may we not find the explanation of their robunt health and their comparative immunity to tuberculosis, noticed by all sanitariums? "We handle much of the food that we put In our mouths, and Independently of that 'the hand constantly seeks the face and lips unconsciously. The smoker fingers his cigar or rolls his clgaret before putting it In his mouth. "We hear much of 'water-born' diseases, but no one as yet appears to have made use of the term hand-' borne' diseases, while in point of fact tho hand is possibly more often responsible for the communication of disease than either of the t\yo other agencies. In the third place, before the child is put down on the floor to roll and creep a clean white sheet should be spread over the carpet. This should be so Harge tha»t the child should not be tempted to make excursions beyond its limits, and no one coming in from the street with soiled shoes or trailing skirts should be allowed to walk over it. This Is a simple precaution, but it the careful observance of the aim pie precautions which insures life and health. "Secondly, we can do much to preserve the purity of our floors and carpets by attending more serupulous- I ly to the cleanliness of our shoes upon entering the house. Many people absolutely disregard this essential element of personal cleanliness. The provisions for this purpose is often quite inadequate. A thin India rubber perforated or Indented mat is by no means sufllcient. The Orienta' who removes' his shoes at the entrance of the house sets us an example in this particular. "How are we to meet this menace j to infantile life? The first step, evidently must be to keep our streets, and especially our sidewalks, iq a more cleanly condition. Sanitarians cannot be accused of neglect in urging this most Important subject on (he notice of the authorities. The public at large must add their importunities to secure a more efllcient ser- i vice in this respect. I "Every one knows how constantly the hand of the creeping child goes to the mouth, conveying whatever delicacy it may find, subjecting and untried artic e to the sense of taste, and how quickly the moist fingers become coated with the particles of dirt which have tadhered to them. Its toys, of ivory, bone, or India rubber, designed especially to be put into the mouth, lying about on the floor, quickly become contaminated in the same way. How easy to understand then, how the filth of the s>treet may be introduced into the mouth -of tinchild and how the infant who seems to be nurtured under the most favorable conditions may be subject ai infection. Many instances of illness which seem to be almost inexplicable may thus be robbed of their mystery. "Tho mud and dirt which covers our ft roots and sidewalks havo boon pro von l»y actual demonstration to bo rooking: with disease Rorms— those of■ pneumonia, bronchitis, tuber* i'U osis and dysentery havo ail booi liseovered microscopically in sue! lust. It requires no Argument t« show how inevitable it must bo tha this disease-breeding shall bo con stantly oonveyod on our shoes and 01 , tho skirts of drossos from the stree to the house, the floor and the oar pot. "Consider for a moment that the great majority of our babies crawl over carpets, always . soiled, and too often infected. H ARRISBURG, Dee. 30.—Speak- Speaking of the various ways in which disease is commonly communicated. State Health Commissioner Samuel (.«. Dixon said Saturday: Ijice curtains at big reduction* at Murray's Sale. and much colder tonight. Tuesday fair and colder. WeatherworltsO Rain or snow CANOE 111 noK (Ofllce ol The annual reception and d*"cc °f the Tsuga Cub, of Clarion FHdaoyneloft'ti" moTcnJoy.ble and altogether admlrab^.oc.a^functionthat one could »«t flf plttflbur»'« was furnished bj a iunCheon famous yery perfec. was served t rt TIie crowd 55 %ru%r:n'ou.h- T. fortible, and was composed of th nnest quality of ladles and gentlemen. The Tsuga Club has e\ery reason to feel proud of Itself. Our growth in manufacturing is enormous, and in 1907 our products must have considerably exceeded (16,000,000 in value; but owing to the extensive use of machinery only about 25 per cent of the country's hand labor Is thus employed. The manufacturing division of Industry will, however, feel the panic much more severely than agriculture. General retrenchment necessarily following financial disaster will restrict demand—not alone for luxuries—but for many staple products and lower prices must follow. It Is plain also that the purchasing power of the public at the former level ha* been exhausted and costs of production must be reduced to a lower and more normal level In order to cheap, en the coat of living. choose to resist thl* \j£ holding up th« rate of * „ possible; but aert itaelf "Vth* mUrt *rcopt modltlea and lncvit*l>le readtiielr "hare «" h *—SUS--™ urers. + ' ♦ Our collector will call on all ♦ ♦ subscribers within the next ten ♦ ♦ days. Collections will be made ♦ t until Jan. 1, i908. PJeaae ♦ 4 ready. A Prof. Karl Hammers and a cast, all of this place, and known as the Lyric Minstrel Company, tonight in Big Ttun will produce for the first time "The Scheme That Failed." A large number of Punxsutawney people will .'c- I company the cast to Big Run. ,♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦it ♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦ ♦ SPIIUT SlTBSCIUBERS + Two hundred policemen had been detailed to the cemetery, and they guarded the burial ground during the entire time. A large shed hud been erected i about the lot where the workmen had | to remove a three-ton monument. An ) hour and forty minutes was consumed ' at the place beofre Doctor Pepper.) the physician was ready to open the j coffin. When opened It was found j to contain the remains of a human body. The body was that of an aged and bearded man, and the features were unrecognizable, but there Is no doubt but that the corpse was that of Druce himself,. By United Press. LONDON, Dec. 30. — Surrounded by a group of sworn witnesses, grave diggers excavted the coffin containing the remains of Thomas Charles Druce. ever put before the American pub- j He. Morse attended Bowdoln College and then went to Maine where he cut ice and shipped it to New York and Southern Poi;ts, gradually accumulating a comfortable fortune. tie came to New York In 1890 and seven years later he had made such progress that he organized the American lee Company with himself at its head. Id to ply In Maine waters. He Is it a year or two over fifty years of • now, and ha* had a most romani career. The Morse divorce case la one of the most sensational Jharles Wyman Morse, once the king and even more recently halloa the king of the coastwise trafsteamghlp combine, was born a >r lad and In early youth sold canon board the little steamers that V. ill Charles W. Morse v ■ W