Punxsutawney Spirit, 1908-01-07

              i ::S Gity Edition SHe inttflufemmei Outfit DO VOC NEED HELP? DO Wj WANT TO BOY, SELL OR RXV ANYTHING ?—SPIRIT SPECIAJ* A* 1 CENT A WORD BRING RESCUES PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1908 VOL. II—NO. 97 PRICE TWO CENTS FAIR ATTENDANCE AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE TOWN COUNCIL LAST NIGHT ONGRESSMAN H. B. CASSEL, HUSTON AND SANDERSON ARRESTED ON NE WCH ARGE MOVEMENT ON EOOT FOR NEW PASSENGER STATION IN PUNX'Y FAILURES WERE NOT AS NUMEROUS AS EXPECTED WATCH, CLOTHES AND MONEY WENTTO ROBBER Will Be Taken to Harrislurg to Give Bail For Court. The Present Building in East End Not Nearly Large Enough. PROGRAM ARRANGED FOR THE INSTITUTES Permitted Borough Solicitor For Impending Suits. ■  I Assistant Counsel BOROUGH WILL HAVE THREE SUITS ON HANO [ J. L. Langan And Others to Ask Damages—Fairman Case Thursday. Many Noted Speakers Will Address Farmers of Jefferson County. GOING AFTER GARBAGE CARRIERS CITIZENS WILL BE ASKED TO HELP Elk Run Miner Is Now a Thorough Believer in Beautiful Little Phrase. MONEY BY FALSE PRETENSE Last Quarter of 1907 Run The Number Up Higher Than 1906. Information Made in sction With Metallic Paper Nuisance To Be Put To An End— Streets to Be Cleaned. The city council last night held er. The fo lowing councilmen were Continued on Pa*® Tire# Failures in the United States for the Next week there will be something year 1907 were not a.* numerous, SERVED BILLS ORDERED PAID pality for damages because of (he clogging of a sewer on Mahoning Street which, he alleges, caused the J. S. Langan has sued the munici- The borough will shortly have hree damage suits on their hands. water to flow back on his restau- their regular monthly meeting, with Dr. George It. Bell in the choJr In the absence of President O. P. Walk- Falrman and Campbell, Esqs., will take care of the Falrman side of the case, while Borough Solicitor Gillespie and Attorney Jacob L. Fisher will look after the Interest of the municipality. On Thursday morning the viewers for damages or benefits to the Fairman property on Ridge Avenue will hear witnesses In the case. A large number of witnesses are to be examined.rant fixtures. Thomas Rodgers and VV. R. Rodgers will both enter suits against for damages done to their persons on North Main Street when they were wet by water from a hose. E. 1. BUR'S BROTHER DEAD Adam Harr Passed Away at Ills 1 Home in Taci>nia, Washington— With Sitting Bull. lie measurement of the capitol marie. One suit will lpe brought against asset and Huston Jointly and two ilts against Cassel, charging them 1th fraud In connection the leasurement of the Hietalic furniire supplied by the Cassel concern. Neither James Scarlet, chief coun-0 for the prosecution, nor those asiciated in the preparation of the X'l sult| already pending aga'i.M \o fourteen defendants in the capi>1 feraft suits, will disclose the pur)se f Instituting these additional ilts at this time. One suit will be brought against anderson and Huston jointly and anther against Sanderson, charging hem with fraud In with The details of the charges will not e disclosed until after the lnformalons have been made. These three men are already under hdlctments charging them with con- Iplracy to cheat the State in furnlshng he new State Capitol. The defendants will all come to Jarrisburg and enter ball for their ippearance in court. ants were issued today before Aldernan Cavanaugh for the arrest of loeph M. Huston, new State Capitol irchitect, John H. Sanderson, conractor, and H. Burd Cassel, pronuor, on five counts, charging  vith obtaining money under false >retense. HARRISBtJRG, Jan. 7. — AVar- By United Press. TEN MM SELECTED Holntaii and MIsh Ida Shnonton Will Not Ho Called As WUiiossck. SKATING RACES Fisher, therefore has subscribed, without mental reservation, to Mr. Wilson's touching sentiment, "If we must part, let us go together," and take a street car whenever possible. Biff! bang! souse! and down went Fisher with the stranger on top of him, and in less than twenty seconds the Elk Hun man had no more coat than a rabbit. The stranger not only divested him of his outer garments, but took his pipe, tobacco and cigarettes. He then assisted Fisher to arise, and raining kicks on that part of his victim was nearest, with the robber in pursuit, sent him coatless, hatless, tobaccoless and tolcrab y sober, skitlng toward Punxsutawney."Not on your tintype," rep.%rt Fisher in Polish, but he had not reckoned with his adversary. "Off with your coat," commanded the stranger as he peeled his ovn tattered garment and prepared to avail himself of the Fisher wardrobe. Some time during the night Fisher determined to walk home, and although the B., K. & P. track was clear he developed a tendency to cover the entire right of way. When Fisher reached tho junction at Cloe he was halted by a geezer who told him to stop and throw up his hands. Fisher obeyed. The Interloper then went through his pockets, securing a valuable gold watch and $2. Fisher made no protest as he was in a frame of mind that caused him to believe that he was befriending somebody.Sunday afternoon Fisher and several companions went to Onondaga to attend a Polish function of some sort. When the last car into Punxsuawney was ready to leave all of the passengers climbed on board, but Fisher, who was having a fjood time, didn't give two raps if it was the last ca.v "If we must part, let us go together," a sentiment frequently expressed by Sunny Joe Wilson, has received a new convert in the person of Frank Fisher, a Polish miner, who lives in Elk Run and works in the shaft. Several Fast Matches Pulled OIT at the Skating Kink Last Evening. By United Press. NEW YORK, Jan. 7. — At 10:30 ilock thiA morning 9 jurors had L)n selected to sit in the Thaw BIRTHDAY CEtEBRATED "Thus, while the appended table shows a material increase in both number and liabilities as compared with the preceding year, which was one of unexampled prosperity, if the comparison is carried back to some I . cvious periods of distress, there is much cause for congratulation in the Insolvency returns of tvoa the closii-r months of 190 J." "Based on a ratio of liabilities to the amount of capital involved, thr» mercantile mortality in 1907 was comparatively light. Taking the last quarter, which supplied the largest amount of liabilities, the percentage of defaults was only $2.41 to each ll,- 000 of payments through the clearing houses, whereas in the corresponding three months of 1893 the ra' tio was $7.83. and the average for the I same quarter for ten years ending with 1896 was over $8. So as to the 'amount of liabilities to each firm In business, which amounted to about $56 in the last quarter of 1907, but was $79.98 in the same months of 1893, and $101.87 in the second quarter of that year. "Insolvencies were not unusually numerous in 1 907, despite some Increase in the last quarter, but as the year advanced there were more defaults of exceptional size, and liabilities in the fourth quarter exceeded those of any three-month period since 1898. in that year, however, three of the four quarters supplied a much larger total than the last three months of 1907, and the aggregate for the year was exceeded in 1890, 1S93 and several earlier years. Considering the * severity of the tinancial disturbance and the Inability of the banks to provide mercantile accommodation, it is extremely gratifying that failures were not much more numerous, while the comparative lightness of the aggregate amount of defaulted indebtedness is tho more striking when it is realized how vastly the nation's business has grown. The last quarter of 1907 reached the highest point since 1893, the banks contributing: a total of $79.- 442,866. Of failures in the United States, Dunn's Review fur Saturday said: Dunn's Review states that during the year there were 11,609 Insolvencies, amounting ♦-» $195,479,214, as compared with 10.682 failures aggregating: - --- for 1906. nor was the aggregate large enough to cause alarm In quarters where tab is kept on such matters. The petition will be presented to the "Merchants' Protective Association at their banquet Friday night, after which the canvass for signatures will be prosecuted with vigor. In the matter of closets and son' • tary conditions the building is wh «lly Inadequate and has long since become obsolete. It io notorious that with the arrival and departure of trains at the Rast End station there Is seldom a time that from a dozen to a score of women, many of th<»m with babes In arms, are compelled to stand, sometimes for a long while, and not Infrequently large crowds are unable to gain admittance to any part cfj the building. The petitioners recognize the right of the company to designate and determine its own expenditures, but they also believe that if the conditions were known, those vested wkli the authority would take pleasure In granting the desired relief In tills instance. "It is small antk.poorly equipped and the travelling public Is greatly ju convenienced thereby." The petition cites many reason** for asking for a new station houue, Including the following: The ladies of the Irving Club have taken the Initiative and have prepared a petition which they have signed and which will be presented to the Chautauqua Circle, the Chamber of Commerce, the Merchants' Association and all other civic and social bodies in the town, for their endorsement or disapproval. ferenc«». When, last spring, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company extended the service of the P. & N. W. branch so as to include trains off the Cresson & Irvona branch and the Cambria & Clearfield into Punxsutawney, it was mooted about that a new station house for this place would soon follow. The report, it is true, did not come fiom an official source, but was the result, no doubt, of a wish that was father to the report, as well as a logical in- The con iitions have become such lhat an o'ganb.ed 'MLorl ha-! been launched i\v the puipose of ;.resent- Irsr a petiHon t > lac P. R. R. Company for bettor accommodations In this place. Even before the service was extended to Inelu.fc trains off the other lines, tht pdnseiiger, freight and express traffic had outgrown the av.- commodatli ns of the little station that long ag • served the village well, but since the P. & N. \V. has been pouring in trallic from the C. I., the & C and the Rossiter branch of the New York Central, the little building does not begin to accommodate at least the traveling public. -SUCCtSSFUL HABIT PARTY Central Presbyterian Church Ladles l*ut U|> a Surprise oil Mrs. Hughes Yesterday. Miss Marie llaatlngs Entertained Number of Friends at Her $ Homo Last Evening. ,lttleton ignored Thaw's requests | selecting the jurors. Counsel parently intends to direct the trial thout his interference. Nelher [•s. Charles J. Holman, Howard Nes-1; or Ida Vera Simonton will testi- phe nine prospective jurors passed )\ night at the Knickerbocker Ho- I. An examination of Myron H. layers for a juryman revealed the ct that he was biased and he was jcharged. ise. 'When the prisoner was brought in fsiah Thaw was the only member the family present. Later Even came in and smiled a greeting to The defendant was attired |e same as yesterday. IS THE 1EUNE :h orrju has a special room and ♦ Lt 11 o'clock W'illiam H. Roberts i .accepted as a juror. No. 10 of Thaw jury occupies mrtgnilicent irters at the Knickerbocker. Cumbria and Clearfield Trains Now Being Operated by the New System. The deceased is survived by a wife and one grown-up son. He also leaves live brothers an,l two sifters, being the first to be taken from the family circle. His remains wiV. bo buried in Tacoma. After breakfast Sitting Bull prom- | ised t«> return at once to the reservation and then took the Sergeant up on a high bluff and pointed out to him a short cut back to the fort. Fy following this the messengers were by hard riding able to reach the fort by evening. After following the trail 75 miles t.ie messenger came upon the In• I'.in--5' camp at dusk. Sergeant Baer • liverod his message to Oa'.ef Sitting Hull, and was Invited into the Chiefs tepee. After a supper of buffalo meat and Indian raid's a squaw proceeded to spread upon the ground buffalo skins, one up in the other, to the number of fourteen. This constituted the Sergeant's bed for the night. It proved so restful a one ih.it the messenger who, reallz'ntj that his life was in the 'lands of an unscrupulous Indian chief who ha.l many times proven his treachery and savagery, had determined to remain awake, was soon fast asleep, and slept until morning. ! At one time when Sitting Bull had taken his Sioux braves on the warpath against the Crows. Sergeant Baer was sent by the commander at Fort Custer with one private soldier accompanying him to follow the rumous Sioux chief and his band, with J orders to return to their reservationAdam Baer was one of three brothers who saw service in the Un 1:J States Army, having served in the Northwest In the early SO's under Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. "Pop" Miles." E. T. Baer, secretary of the local Y. M. C., has received word of the death at Tacoma. Wash., on Saturday of his brother, Adam Marion Baer, a veteran of the Indian Wars. SERVICE IMPROVED before the viewers which will take place In the Municipal building next Thursday monv'.ng. Vote of council gave Mr. Gillespie both assistant counsel ami stenographer. By vote of council Jacob 1.. Fisher, Esq., was chosen to assist In the Firman case. Moved by Williams and seconded by Pink that all old accounts for street dirt be placed tin tho hands of the solicitor for col ectlon. Motion carried. A communication from the Board of Health asking as to whether the health ordinances in this borough aro legal or not brought a reply from Borough Solicitor Gtl'espte in which he sit Id that they were legal In so far as the health laws of the twoi recently Joined boroughs did not conflict, In case they dAd, the latest enacted owuld be in force. Motion by Doran seconded by Shearer, that the Board of Health be Instructed to enforc« the health ordinances and that they prepare an estimate for expenditures during the ensuing tlscal year beginning March 1. Motion carried. Joseph Williams and M. C. Sutter, residents of Cherry Avenue, were present to ask for a permit for layilng u sidewalk from Findley Street along Cherry Avenue. They a'so petitioned for better light. Both matters were placed In the hands of the proper committees. Several complaints were heard Thursday afternoon, 1:30 o'clock—| Music; "Sheep," \V. C. Black; "Po- j tato Culture." R. L. Beardslee; "Poul- > try for Profit—Winter Laying," J. H. J Rowan; music by Lingenfelter Brothers; "Small Fruit Culture," C. M. Law; "Is Our Present Road Law Satisfactory." Hon. S. T. North; "Farm Manure and its Best Use," T. J. Phillips; question box. Thursday evening, 7:00 o'clock— Music by Lingenfelter Brothers; "Is Our Present School System Satisfactory?". Prof. L. Mayne Jones; "Education for Our Boys and Girls—What and How," Oeorge W. Porter; musl"; "Education for the Farmer—Does it Pay?", Rev. H. G. Teagarden. Local committee for institute at Oliveburg. C. K. Jordan, Eli Miller, A. G. Evans. All citizens who are interested are cordially invited to attend the Institute.present: Doran, Clawson, Simpson, Shearer, Fink, Downey, Bly, Miller, censes and lines collected, $155.60, Burgess \V. J. Brown reported ki- Smith, Young, Thomas, Redding. pie of Ollveburg are making exten- J costs, J4t>.00 ; balance to Borough sive preparations for entertaining the Treasurer, '$109.50. visitors. Following: is the program j Borough Treasurer McHenry subfur the Ollveburg sessions which be- j ,™uted a lengthy report on the congin Wednesday afternoon. January j Jltlon of the town., „nBnce,. cash on IS, at 1:30 "•ninok. In the Ollveburg hand at preBcnt ,s j6,300.00. The Presbyterian Church: Hum receivetl from the Coumy Treaa. Devotional exercises; address or I for „ or llceni)(.a f„r lhe t welcome; response. M. S. McDowell; < ,.t « » »* ' year was $1,320. ■ Lime—Is It a Fertilizer—How Does 1 It Benefit?". T. J. Phillips; "Potato! JameB H tax collector j Orowlng," M. J. Clark; music; "Facts!1" lhe WwU End> reported tax col- About Bacteria." M. S. McDowell; \ looted, $339.12. Kent for hall 4n "How to Renovate an Impoverished J Sixth Ward amounted $47.03. Farm." K. L. Beardslee; "Corn Plant- \ A lengthy report of the Street Coming, Its Culture and Uses," W. C. » mlssloner was read and approved. Black; question box. i The committee appointed to count Wednesday evening. 7 o'clock— the poles wllhln the bnrough rep<>r,0d '\^C'JZuV H°.me tt"d !U 136 m the old Punx'y borough and T. J. Phillips; "Commercial Fertlliz- „ n m . ., c, .. . 293 an West End. Two hundred and ■ er, M. S. McDowell; "Clover and , How to Grow It," J. M. Startzell: <"ose In this borough j "Value of Pure Breeding," I. S. Mlt- are usetl ln common by companies and cihel 1; "Hay Crop Without Weeds," are therefore subject to double tax. i D. F. Oourley; Question Box. Forty-three poles in West End are I Thursday morning, 9 o'clock—Mu- ' company poles, also subject to double sic; "Agriculture as an art," M. 8. j tax. McDowell; "We Say We Are Econo- j in consideration of three suits that mlcal: But are We?', I.J. Phillips; i are brought against the borough "Breeding and Feeding Pigs. A. H . j j,hortly. Solicitor Wdl'iam Gillespie . Llngenfelter; music by IJngenfelter asked that an HH»l»tant counsel might Brothers; "Sheep Husbandry," Levi h(m f(,r [h(? cnje or K |postiewalt: t.ompar-on of Beef and VK. ,he b(,rough, and Dairy Types of Cattle for Beef Purposes," W. C. Black: Question Box: «lso a stenographer to take testimony Music. duflng the hearing of the witnesses Jefferson County, and the good peo- of the foremost agriculturists of lecturers in the Siate as well as many Amnnc those who will take part at the Ollveburg meeting are some of the foremost institute workers and there will be two farmers' institutes held, one at Kirkman Monday and Tuesday, January 13 and 14. and one at Ollveburg, January 15 and Iti. Peter B. Cowan, of Brookvllle, chairman of tlie Board of Institute Managers of Jefferson County, has arranged a comprehensive program for each. of the State Board of Agriculture doing in Jefferson County among the agriculturists. Under the auspices SILL UNCONSTITUTIONAL John Mambuca and Charles ('numbers lait night settled a dispute of long standing. When the rink lirst opened the boys raced and since that time Chambers and young Mambuca have been at loggerheads as to which one of the two was the fastest. La.st night seven laps were race! with Mambuca in the head at the end of the seventh. The prize for both tb* men's and ladies' races was $2.00. In the men's race Franfl Myers finished the mile, closely followed by John Robinson, in the fast time of 3 minutes, 48.25 seconds. Jarvls Dick was a good third. The races at the skating rink last night brought out a large crowd. All and the spectators willetaoinTAOINN three races were closely contested and thi spectators well received the worth of their money. The decision in the girl's race is withheld until next Wednesday,, when the winner will be announced at the evening session.ELECTRICIANS T8 FIGHT O. Clement Swanso, Harry G. Ackman, Fred J. Shaley and Richard I Wilcox were dismissed for bias. Just before time fore the noon ret, Jurors No. 5 and C, James B. way and William E. Brower, re excused by mutual consent of tinsel for both sides. At twelve o'clock a most delightful luncheon was served at w\'ch covers were laid for Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Dinsmore, Dr. and. Mrs. C. G. Hughes, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hastings, Misses Clair Kunselman, Aletta Olsen, Frances Baumgardner, Mary Naylon, Colette Facemyer, of New Bethlehem, Messrs. Kay Bowers, Maurice Coulter, Harry Streamer Goheen, Arthur Eberhart, Heath Hastings. At her home on Woodland Avenu»\ ' East End, Miss Marie Hastings was1 last night hostess at a most enjoyable rabbit party. Mrs. C. G. Hughes and Harry Hilliard were the lucky ones and were awarded prizes, the nature of which has been kept a profound secret. Miss ranees Baumgardner and Arthur Eberhart were equally successful when it came to competing for the booby prize. MUG SlEMBlOlT and Wednesday. CAN OB RIDGE, (Office of the Weatherworka) — Snow tonight CRESSON, Pa., Jan. 7. — This week the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will Install the telephone system of operating trains on the Cambria and Clearfield division, to replace the telegraph system which has been in use. The telegraphic system has been used for some tim© I on the mack lick Extension, and haul given excellent satisfaction. It was reported some time ago lha a run-in which occurred near  Junction had been caused y use of the telephone ln.t«d °t th* telegraph, but such w« as the telegraph system was U"h0.nc£anUTrop0o.ed is one of ,r*at ■ ortance, w it foreshadows ti e IrradaaJ replacement of the telephone •r.,1 the smaller division, of ft. <t not Anally on the Lain line. The experiments made In this direction for some years past have been watched with much interest. especially by railroad men and telegraphers. | Out of town guests present were: Mr. and Mrs .John McKlnstry, of Cool Spring: Mrs. Susan Bell, of Smlcksburg, and Mrs. Mary J. Jordan, of Oliveburg. Light refreshments were served both afternoon and 'eveking, the Hughes family being aslated by number of the society ladles. Last lilght the younger set, mostly j schoolmates of the Hughes family, called, and many were the expressions of best wishes for both Mr. and Mrs. Hughes who, a couple of years ago, celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding. Mr. Hughes, who in a few months wdll be SO years old, and also Mrs. Hughes, are both enjoying remarkably good health, and both apparently have reason to look forward to many more years of happiness.The well-wishers kept arriving and departing until late In the evening, and Mrs. Hughes has abundant reasons for remembering her 75th birthday.The members of the Foreign Missionary Society and the Ladies' Aid Society of the Central Presbyterian Church yesterday afternoon to the number of over 40 went to the home of one of their members, Mrs. Mary Hughes, wife of Alex G. Hughes, of Liberty Street, where they spent a most enjoyable afternoon. The visit was planned as a surprise, the occasion being Mrs. Hughes' 75th birthday.Further details, than that the delay was due to an accident to the boilers on Christmas Day, are lacking.By United Press. QUEENSTOVVN, Ireland, Jan. 7. — The missing Canadian Pacific steamer Mount Royal entered the harbor today. As to the local lines between the two places, it is claimed by the management that the phones are In use so seldom and the Instrument bo far apart that It Is difficult to keep the lines up while the subscribers P little liicntton to keephiif Ine pho»«« The rcv<*iue from the IM** Punxsutawney and Summ-rvl"®  point. Ineludln* J»™Bk,e the line, and Ph°»" ln np*,T- William Wlngert, outside superintendent of the Summervlile Telephone Company, has been making extr.iiive repairs on the line between Punxsutawney and Summerville, in consequence of which the service between the home office and this place has been vastly improved. ! WASHINGTON. Jan. 7.<— That the Congressional act known as the "employers' liability law" i» not In ac cordance with the constitution of the United States, because it goes beyond the bounds permitted in the regulation of Interstate commerce, was the conclusion reached yesterday by Ibe Supreme Court of the United States, in deciding two. damage cases coming to the court from the Federal courts of Kentucky and Tennessee, which were brought under the provision of the law. The decision was announced by Justice White, the court standing five to four against the law. Even among the four who voted to sustain the statute, there were different shades of opinion. Much interest was manifested in the result of the court's *d«- liberaions. Vlth the reduction In wages there I possibility of a big strike. Should ■ occur a bitter light will be preltated between the power com»y and tie labor federation, t Is believed that the result will illy be an amalgamation of all the labor organ lxations. Sa and California Power Company flhe wages of Its electricians, the icrlcan Federation of Labor and i Western Federation of Miners y affiliate. By United Press. IOLDFIELD, Nev., Jan. 7. — As result of a reduction by the Nc- f M -<*T, *