Punxsutawney Spirit, 1908-04-25

              VOL. fl-4tO. 1*1 22S rant 010 MO HHBKB UHED M ME lESHMl PRICE TWO CENT* NO DATE SET FOR THE RETURN OF IMS MIS AND PUNX'Y CHECKER TEAMS CUSH NEW AID HP-TO- BATE POULTRY FARM HERE FORECAST ERR LAST WEEK OF APRIL PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 2a, 1908 Bl TAKE MINE EUMIMIINS Sessions Brought to Close Yesterday With Test For Fire Boss. Edwards and Hickock Relieved From Duty at Scene of Strike. State Conventions Will Have The Center of Stage All Week. Local Stars Carry Away The Victory—Final Score-- 30-19. Ralph Oliver Expects To Turn Out 2000 Checkens And Ducks. I'air of Puni'y Hml Actors llml II DIkIipU Out in Muny Assortment*. SOME OF THE QHESTIQNS ASKED »S' BBYCOT METE CHURCH CEMIS Ml STHH i MODEL mil 11 EVERT III GAMES FOLLOWED IK BMfET THE DEATH LIST MAT REACH 300 I»rleo Oiuw Cent. THE WEATHER «sl The success of Punxsutawney Court House Only Building to Escape in Amite City. A couple of Punxsutawney young bloods were looking tor trouble In front of the Punxsutawney National Bank at about 7:30 o'clock last night and they got what they were looking for. Those who were present had no difficulty in spotting the initial offend- MANY WHITES DEAD MHIWtt ESCAPE A trio of those In the mtxup wai taken to the lockup where forfeit* were posted. The sentiment wa* unanimous among those who witnessed the beginning of the fisticuff that •the tall young man who defended himself ought not to be punished by n fine. The young man who started th-j frss got a beautiful mauling. He also got away before the officer go: his nippers on him, but he #lt to get a legal chastising as soon as he Is apprehended.ers on account of their sweeping declarations. The most aggressive of the pair being unable to attract, sueffiient attention, made a pass at a tall youth who at first tried to avoid trouble, but being oncc in, acquitted himself according to Marquis oi' Queonsbury rules. The troublehunter was seized by the tall young man who, with one arm around his assailaht's neck, held 'him tightly, while with the free hand he .leaIt out, in rapid succession, a choice lot of upper-cuts, each one of which put a dent in the "bad" youth's countenance, and caused the claret to flow freely from at least two of his sense organs—the last two words being used In a physiological sense. A friend of the querulous younr? man, while In the act of assisting, came near cauftVig a counter attraction, but bystanders interfered and the threatened riot got nipped in the bud just as Chief Palmer hove In sight and pinched some of the principals.l'unxMllHWjli'.v Cune Within Out' of lluvltiR A Serious Typhoid Fever Epidemic. Emory Edwards jand Howard L. Hickock. of Tropp D, State Police. ter, returned to Punxsutawney today. who have been with the main body of the force doing guard duty at Chea- The troopers report that they have absolutely no assurances of when the State officers will be relieved and sent home, as the breach between the street car company and the striking operatives at Chester Is as wide as ever. company will not yield. Troopers Edwards and Hlckock rept rt that the boycott of the com^ny The men are hoi.ling out to be returned at the former wages, but the are determined that the men's wages Is Iron-clad, as the citizens of Chester must not be flut. celpts of the company, which oper- As an Indication of the completeness of the boycott, yesterday's re- One crew came Into Chester yesterday with a log which they picked up off the track ates seventy miles of street car track. was only eighty cents. as their'only passenger. The Punxsutawney officers say that the men are ' behaving themselves admirably and that the only trouble they had came from the istrlke sympathizers. That the busl- I neaa men of Cheater are in sympathy I with the strikers is also evident. 1 Thursday a traveling salesman repre- senting a drug firm, visited Cheater and. Aough warned not to ride on the cant, he disobeyed, saying that ha would do an he pleased In the mat* ter. As a result the telephone got busy and the knl'ght of the grip was unable to sell a penny's worth In Chester that day. The people of Chester have estab* » llahed many hack lines and with the striking conductors and motormen as ? collectors, haul the people about town ) and transfer all kinds of baggage and I luggage. ; The members of Troop D, by their i uniform courteous treatment of all with whom they come in cont&ct, have won favor both with the strikers and the citizens and requests have already reached the mayor to have the Punxsutawney troop retained If the State's officers are to remain In charge of the situation. Captain J. F. Robinson, of Troop fi, the senior commanding officer of the force, formerly of this place. Is In charge of the four companies. Trooper* Edivarda and Hlckoolt will | loav.e for New Cattle Monday, whtrt on Wednesday the. latter Will be married to Miss Sarah Jones. Mr. Kdwards Is to oftlclAte as the best KIM. . The situation In Chester la Mj«Cty ed In the following poem which har ' attained a wide circulation III tha strike town: By United Press. NEW ORLEANS, La., April 25. — The known dead in the cyclone which swept Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee are 225, and 47S are known to have been more or less seriously Injured. Later the number of injured will probably be placed at 800. Telegraph and telephone communication Is being gradually restored, and it Is believed that later estimates will fix the death list at not less than 300. Two cyclones swept Qhese state:* yesterday. The first started In Central Louisiana and went through to the Georgia line. The second began at Amite City, La., and cut a path of death and destruction through the southern portion of Mississippi, to the Alabama line. L Most of the dead are negroes, but 6 many whites were also killed and inmkmk Most of the buildings in Amite City thrown Into heaps of ruins. At jthls city fifteen are known to be flTdead and twelve churches were desgptroyed.I The greatest disaster yet reported occurred at Purvis. At least thirty Whites and over fifty negroes were killed. The Injured will number sevf- '.I-4- ~ Jl6" The courthouse alone escaped de-7 structlon in Purvis and buildings were [' sent flying through the air and the r people who were In them at the time "the cyclone struck are believed to be i buried under the debris. I At McClain, Ala., eight were killed, « and a number of buildings destroyedAt McC'allum, Mlaa., eight arc known to have been killed. The towns of Bergen and Albertvllle, Mississippi. ware destroyed entirely. The number of dead has not yet been authentically estimated, k Eighteen deaths are reported from I iVxaa. ' StHCISE PACT At Winchester. Ala., nothing remains to Indicate the presence of a town except heap upon heap of ruins of destroyed buildings. At Vldalla. Ala., one woman an.1 six negroes were killed. At Quitman Landing', eleven groes were killed. Mr. Oliver's paraphernalia consist o* four Incubators, two with a cu paclty of 360 eggs each, and tw« with a capacity of 150 eggs each, ant fourteen brooders, with "sumine kitchen attachments and accommo datlons for 100 checks, each. Mr. 6l Iver has alread ysold 90, young chlcjc and In about two weeks will have i large stock of broilers. Besides his chickens, which are al of the single comb, White Leghorn variety, he will raise 500 white Ptecan ducks for the fall market. The Punxsutawney Poultry Farm Is now being fenced with poultry wire five feet high and will be a model establishment.Next week Mr. Oliver will move his family Into the house recently vacated by Mr. Deutman and, with an assistant, will devote all of his time to lis feathered beauties. ' The success of Mr. Oliver and the dozen or more chicken fanciers In Punxsutawney has infected otherj, and this spring Dr. Bethune, E. S. Greaves, Karl North, Crawford Gourley and Elmer E. Shaffer, of North Findley Street, will Join the pullet producers. The Punxsutawney Poultry Farm Is I to have a neighboring attraction. J. R. Conser has purchased the old Doncaster homestead, or, part of it, at least to the extent of ten acres, and Is about to embark in the fruit tree business. He will raise* all kinds of fancy peaches, pears, apples, etc. poultry fanciers during recent years, and especially during the year 11)07 has culminated in the launching of a hennery on a much larger scale than anything of the kind heretofore attempted in that lino. A few weeks ago Ralph Oliver, one of the prime movers in the impetus given to scientific poultry raising in Punxsutawney purchased the Thendore Deutman plot of six acres situated on the Punxsutawney and Hrookville public road and adjoining the old Doncaster homestead in West End on which he is establishing a plant that will, in all expectations, turn out 2,000 chickens and ducks this season. Mr. Oliver has chosen the name of "Pupnxsutawney Poultry Farm" for his new project and has erected thereon a laying house, 20x60 feet. A.s soon as he gets his Hospital Hll! stock, which now Includes 250 old chickens, and 500 young ones. Into the new quarters In the Punxsutawney Poultry Farm, the building will be extended a total length of 132 feet. The new hennery will Include all of the features of the fresh air, open In | front, system known an the Chypher system, which has been adopted by most of the scientific poultry raisers i In Punxsutawney. Everybody Walk* In ChMOT Tunc—Everybody Works but Father. H MINIM CM Young Couple End Misery by Shotgun Route—Only Seventeen Yeans old. The yhave a strike in Cheater, That good old Quaker town, Decause the Traction Comp'ny cut wages down. So ev'rybody rides In stages. Or walks about the town, I They won't rlile In the trolleys With wages down. 0 1 1 0 I 0 The Punxsutawney Checker Club last night went to DuBois, where the second of a series of games was played in the Jefferson and Clearfield checker tournament. At the first meet, which was held In this place a few weeks ago, the DuBois players wt re the winners, but last night tho PunxsutawJ.iey representative's even- ed up matters and have several games to spare. of last night's contest the DuBois Courier this morning said: "Last evening the DuBois and Punxsutawney checker teams again losers by eleven games. came together, this time in Hetrlck's Hall, and the DuBois players were the Kach team consisted of sixteen players, and for two hours they battled against each other on the ehecker boards. "Besides the regular players there vas a number of visitors who took a lively interest in the games. After the total of 04 games had been played the players and their guests were called to a feast that had been prepared by Caterer Hetrlck during the I c• ntest and for another hour or more the merits of the games and the dlffc rent plays were discussed. "During the banquet Dr. Orube, of Funx«utawney, announced that the \ Jefferson County team would chal-1 longe the Clearfield County players to| n third and tlnal game, the time and 1 plAce to be decided upon liter, He nald that each team had now won ono ccntest and that the only way to «et- | tie It wan to have the two teama meet again In the near future, but that each team would" toe composed solely of player* who lived In the county which khey represented. His chttl| Unge will probably be accepted. Fbllowing are the official results of last nlfc'ht'a games: DuBois Punx'y 3 J. Jones 1 Quinllsk 2 A. Ross 2 Ross J Whitehlll 1 Fisher 0 Lukehart 4 Tyson 0 J. Greene 2 A. Hynd 2 J. Donaldson 0 Davis 2 A. Sibley 0 Allison 0 Highfield 4 Curry 0 Burns 1 Blose 0 Anthony 4 Andcron 1 Zelgler 1 Dr. Qrube 2 Reed » MfClure 1 C. Johnson 2 Bell 1 A. Donaldson 2 McQuown 2 J. DeLonf 2 Donley 2 Wm. Mulsen 2 Jackson Scorer—Thomas Alabran, of PunxnutaWney.After the scheduled gameo had been concluded. Will Tyson entertained the assemblage by playing, simultaneously, thirteen members of the tournament. Out of thirty games Mr, Tyson won 22, lost two and si* were drawn. Tile Jefferson County contingent all comment most favorably on the riyul good time they had, and of the excellent treatment they received while In IJuRols. Messrs. Ross and Klsher, of 111'V~ noldsvllle, new members of the Jefferson County aggregation were also highly complimented by the managers of the visiting squad. Cut wages down. t 'ho.—Nobody rides In trolleys, 111 good old Chester town, ['Because the Traction Comp'ny 1 BANQUET OF REPUBLICS MYSTERIOUS C01FLAGRATI0H Following is a sample of the twenty questions which the applicants for Fire Boss certificates were given: "If you were traveling In an air cur- I rent of high velocity with a safety lamp and you suddenly came in contact with an explosive mixture, filling the lamp with gas, with no means of smothering It. explain how you would proceed to protect yourseW from danger?*'The answer is substantially as fol lows: "Lower your lamp slowly and back out with the current, because if your lamp should be moved rapidly under the conditions described the ga* would be forced through the lamp screen and become Ignited. If you should have on a coat smotir er your light cautiously. Other 'typical question* were the following "If, upon makipg an examination >( a mine, you discovered explosive lias In the Intake current of one of the splits In which 40 persons a|\) employed, explain your method of procedure to protect the workmen? "Where are the gases common to coal mines usually found? Where should safety lamps be filled, trimmed and examined before Riving to workmen? "If you discovered explosive gas beyond the last breakthrough In an entry, how would you remove it? "Under what conditions would It be unsafe to lire shots in a bituminous i oal mine? "How can you tell whether or not any obstruction Is in a:i air-course that you have not examined? "Name the poisonous gases found in mines? "What precautions should be adopted where open lights and safety lamps are used in the same mines?' John W. O'Harrah, John W. Balls, William Lewis, William Sutton and Francis Whlnney, Horatio; A,lex. Moran and James Brown, Wlshaw: Thomas Phillips, DuBois; John W. Watson and John Uavidson, Onondaga; Thomas 11. Wood, Florenza; William Anderson, Sagatnoie; John Steel, Desire; Robert Maloney, R. C. Patterson and William Handel, Dela ncey; Thomas Kavanaugh, Eleanora Shaft; Patrick Flannigan, Robert Wardrup, William Crago, and John Crooks, Eleanora; Thomas Mumphrey and Chris Mullen, Anita; Thomas Hammond, John T. Anderson, John Slrattan, Harry Brown, John F. Noble, Thomas Joseph, James F. Clark, Andrew Evans, and Alex Hynde, Punxsutawney.Tuesday and Wednesday 4 4 miners were examined for Second Grade Mine Foremen, and on Thursday IS took the examinations for First Grade, making a total of 94. Following is a list of the names of those who yesterday took the examinations for Fire Boss: The examinations for mine foreroan and fire boss, which were held in Municipal Hall duriag the week, came to a close yesterday afternoon, when thirty-two experienced men from Punxsutawney and surrounding towns took the examinations for tire boss. S ,\|>|>urrit|l.v IiuTtltorjr fine Deatroys Hum ami Content* Xmr Pmuwuwiwy. Covers Will Bp UiUI l'r l'lve Hundred GuchIn In WaMlilnfttoti Tonight. JUMP FROM HOW WAHHINOTON, D. C., April 25.— The coming week holds in promise an abundance of events that will interest newspaper neaders. Politics, foreign happenings, church celebrations, conventions, .sporting events, the entertainment of the battleship fleet on the Pacific coast, will share in the public attention. More state and district political conventions will be held next week than during any similar period since the present campaign began. Of these the majority will be of the Republican party. Secretary Tuft will carry off the honors in the most of the states, hut in the number of delegates he will be beaten out by Senator Knox, for whom the Pennsylvania state convention, to be held at Harrisburg next Wednesday, will Instruct the sixty-eight delegates from that state. \{ .publican conventions, state and district, will bo held ill two New Engiand states during the week, Vermont andMaine. From present indications both are likely to follow the example of Massachusetts in sending an uninstructed delegatoln to Chicago, with the majority of the Individual members presumably for Taft. The Taft managers expect to get the Colorado delegation and also have hopes of capturing West Virginia, whose state convention is to meet at Parkershurg on Tuesday. Of the Southern Stutes In which Republican state conventions will be held during the week, Maryland and South Carolina are regarded as somewhat doubtful In theli I choice for the Presidency. Arkansas. 1 Mississippi and North Carolina are placed In the Taft column. The antt- ] Administration Republicans of Alabama will meet in state convention In Birmingham Wednesday and will choose a delegation to Chicago that will oppose Taft. The week will likewise be one of great activity for the Democrats, t'hlef Interest will center In the state primary In Texas, which has already developed into one of the most bitter political contests the Ivone Star state has ever witnessed. The point at Issue Is whether or not Senator J. W. Bailey shall be one of the delegates- Marge to the Denver convention. Other Democratic happenings Jhat will attract attention will be the state conventions In Connecticut and New Jersey. In both states the signs seem to point to unlnstructed' deiegntes to the national convention. - The Presidential aapiranls. of both parties will be heard in public speeches ID several parts of. the. country. W. J. Bryan will circle through the Middle West* Taft will be heard Tuesday night in New York .City, and Governor Johnson has accepted an Invitation to speak In .Detroit Wednesday night. The American battleship Meet will spend the entire week In the harbor nf Santa Barabra, where an elborate round lit festivities In honor of the officers atul men will be carried out. The centennial celebration of the New Vol* diocese will be the cynosure of all eyes in the Catholic world, attended, as It will be, by all of the dlnnltariBH Of the church In this country and ncverul from abroad. Portugal Is awaiting with some anxiety reassembling of Parliament next Wednesday, when King Emanuel will personally lake the oath before that body to observe the constitution of Portugal. pour,of the Southern States will observe Monday as Confederate Memoral day, and throughout the North | the same (lay will be celebrated n honor of the birthday of General S. Grant. The state prohibition election In North Carolina will be another I event of Interest. Jim Farley's men may run the ears. But we'll not ride with them, | We'll wait 'till Traction Comp'ny I Hires Chester men. Strikebreaker crews won't help us Build ur> old Chester town, • Then we'll not ride In trolleys. Wit wages down. The young couple were married ,ast February against the wlsheH of their friends, and Lebanon had been out of work for gome time. JMTHU fMSd W Poverty had already grasped tfie unfortunate couple in lt» clutches, and the surroundings in the Lebanon home indicated destitution. By United Press. SALEM, Mass., April 25. — Harry L. Lnbanon shot and Killed his wile at his home here today, and then shot and killed himself. A note which was left in the room Where the murder and suicide occurred, Indicates that Lebanon's act N the result of a suicide pact which ■was entered into when both were seventeen years of age. II,.nil or 111* WII* Company 8nlrW«* by fleaping »*»>•■ Seventh Hlory. "It's Money make« the mare go," Old-timers used to «ay, Nickels make the motor* go la now the way; Then don't you ride In trolleys. But take the stase or wtlk. "Don't patronixe strikebreakers" Is now the talk. Earth Trembled Slightly at an Early Hour This Morning—faumxt Considerable Excitement. On Torrence Street alone, in the vl einlty of the Bairn arnl Abeimans there were fourteen oases of fever It is of record that during the wlnte months, when floods occurred, thi water from the sewer In that vicln ity haelud up and brouslit about i condition that was most deplorable us well as dangerous. Some of th< residents of thiit street found th( itench in thele dwellings so obnnxiou: that they were in the net of movlni when relief finally came. Out th< conditions are still" there and It is ii he nature of things that it will b jnly a matter of time. If experience je a teacher, when an epidemic sue! is Butler and Rldgway have passec :hrough, will get this town In Iti "'with the source not so well defined jut probably due to similar causes, ai ■pidemlc got started In South OUplt ttreet, where seven cases were treatei jefore It could be stamped out. To the layman, as well as the towi •ouncil, it would seem to be the par >f wisdom to at once make provision: o relieve the sewerage conditions Iti lown town Punxsutawney. jt Is said that the matter will be aken up at the next meeting of the own council# Just how near Punxsutawney escaped a fever epidemic recently will probably never be known, excepting by the Board of Health and some of the local physicians. Now that the danger, for the present, at least, in over. It will not prejudice the health department to state some of their deductions, as well as the conclusions of some laymen. During the past two months a total of twenty-one cases of typhoid fever originated in two sections of Punxsutawftey and the source, according to good authority, was not difficult to fir'1 Special to The Spirit. WASHINGTON. D. April 25.- Republlcan oratory will flow freely at the annual dinner tonight of the League of Republican Stiite Clubs of the District of Columbia. The affair I will take place In the Masonic Temple land covers will be laid for BOO guests. John G. Capers, commissioner of Internal revenue, will act as toastmaster and among the speakers will be Senators Foraker, of Ohio, Clark of Wyoming, and Warner of Missouri, Representative Landls, of Indiana, and A. B. Hayes, solicitor of Internal revenue. Vice President Fairbanks, Speaker Cannon, Senator Knox, Secretary Root, former Secretary Shaw and a number of Republican members of the House are expected to attend. By United Pre*. NEW YORK, April 25. — Eugene Munsel, head of the Mica. Insulated Wire Company, committed suicide early today by Jumping from a window on the seventh floor of the Vandyke Hotel. Munael, who had been suffering wtlh nervous trouble for some time past, Induced his wife to leave their room for a moment, and then Jumped to his death. Did you ever realise that without f nlra expenditure you g«u a «tory that c.rta ordinarily $1.28 to 11.60. If you follow The Spirit aortal*? Read the 'vntstaafe • By United Prem. SAN FRANCISCO. April 25. — A alight earthquake shock, which occurred at »:»« o'clock this morning cauaed considerable excitement here for a time, but aa there was no repetition, everyone wa» convinced that It wa» nothing dangeroua and local Cltlsena brearthed eaaier. So far aa known no damage waa done. The blase started at about 10:30. not long after the fwrilly had retired, and had made »o much headway berore they awoke, that the structure. nor any of It* contents, could not be wived, and It was with great difficulty that, with the assistnrce of neighbors the dwelling wan saved. Beatles the three horse.?, which were valued at $625. and the two) cows, valued at $15, there wis a quantity of hay and feed destroyed. An addition was only recently completed to the bafn. The loss, which was only partly covered by insurance, will reach about $1,500. A Are of mysterious origin, presumably incendiary, last night destroyed completely the farrti barn and three horses and two cows belonging to Frank Jeffries, who lives about iv quarter of a mile north df Richmond, Indiana County. Then lot them run their trolley*. But Ignore them •* they go, Laugh at the men who run them. They'll come to woe; Thoro'n a better way than ecrappta# To right mut every wr««» To win. Just keep a wslkM* It won't be law- Have you heard of tt* aucoeu of "The Man of ttMW the staye? The 11 >« fine In »- I.AKEWOOD, N. J.. April 25.—Despite the optimistic statemoiU issued yesterday by Mrs. Cleveland that the former President Is slowly and surely recovering. It Is said today that Cleveland Is a very sick man. His condition Is such that no attempt will be made to move him unless he Improves considerably. N" attempt 1s being made to conceal the fact that he ts still In danger, an! that a relapse Is ltaJole at any time. By United Press. WASHINGTON, D. <\. April 25.— Engineers of the Panama Canal have ■originated a novel method of determining the necessary construction of the dams that are to Impound and guide the water supply for the bis ditch. This Is by building dams i.i miniature. in a wooden tank, SO feet long, U feet wide and 8 feet high, a section of dam is constructed onetwentieth tile actual size. Into the tank are pumped materials under conditions similar to those thai will exist in the dam Itself. The miniature section will be subjected to water pressure. Records will be kept of the water percolation through the layers of soil, the degree of saturation and the erosion of the embankment. When these are completed the engineer.! will know exactly what ■< rt of material Is required, the quan- tity, and the method of construction for the big dama. Studies of landslides—the most vexatious of the canal problems—are being made In boxes In a similar manner.When these and various other experiments are completed the canal cone will be the most thoroughly tested strip of territory In the world. I It Is now full of exploration pits and tlalmond drill holes. The engineers will know not only the nature of the flow of surface streams, but of underground streams under each stratum of rock and In the various atrata of earth. Physicians preparing a patient for an appendicitis operation could scarcely be mpre thorqugh than the men who are preparing to make the Mg incision in the earth'* crust. CANOE RIDOE (Offlce of the WMtherworka) — SKowot «nd cooler tonight. FUr »*<« cooW When love is used to- Influence a man's course In politics he haa a hard struggle to keep straight. Head hew "The Man of the Hour" did It. eBglns In The shortly. "The Man of the Hour"—the greatest story for love and honor that han ever teen published. Will begin in The Spirit shortly. &l»k .. Mii &ki. > V &L X m ■f ' ' -£~ -M m rm -r" V .1. . ' >■* •" *- m m w Whole Towns Destroyed in Alabama and Louisiana by Teriffic Storm. MIC FOR TMIHIE