Punxsutawney Spirit, 1908-05-02

              BULLET SEVERS ARTERY WMI OK FMIET DIVIDEND REDUCED. mmrnmMM PRICE TWO CENTS FLEITZ ANSWERS TWO PESPLEXING QUESTIONS BOGS RUNNING GAME LIABLE TO BE SNOT mm TIE SALE Of IMBS PUNXSUTAVNEY, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 2, 1906 Finding a Rcaily .Market Everywhere —Financial Ini|>r«>venien€ Unknown Burglar Shot In Knox Township Frank Swineford Kills Man Who Entered His Home in the Night. HII MIMED Entertainment Given Uinter Awplrm of llic M. E. Church Junior l«*ue Woil Attended. IENS FORECAST FOR. THE C6MIIG WEEK VOL. fl—NO. I®7 Deputy Game Protector Frampton Issues Warning to (toners of Canines. Thirteen Cases l)N|Kml of In Common Pleas Court tills Week. Arrival and Reception of Fleet at San Francisco-Presidential Campaign Happenings. Any Regularly Elected School Director May • Vote For County Superintendent. HEARING FOR STANDARD OIL ELECTION TUESDAY, MAY 5 BULL FROGS NOT IN YET SOT AND KIIXKI) BOTH OF HIS WIFE'S PAHENTS After having been in session at Rrookvillr all week the Court of Common Pleas of Jefferson County this forenoon concluded the list s«*t for trial and adjourned. Following Is a list <if the cases disposed of and not yet reported In The Spirit: Louisa Cowley vs. The Rochester & Pittsburg Coal & Iron Company. Ti oh pass. Continued. Coke Company, owner or reputed owner, and J. P. Kennedy, contractor. Scl. Fa. Sur Mech. Lien. Con- Asa \V. Sykes vs. Cascade Coal & The Ullman-Sinsteln Company, a corporation, vs. W. K. Neal anil T. S. Neal. Assumpsit. Settled. tlnued U. \V. Fuller vs. Kdward Mulholl« 1. Assumpsit. Verdict for pluinliff for $ 1 GO. Jacob L. Dunmlre vs. Charles W. Dunmlre Ejectment. Continued. Jennie J. Staffer vs. Horough of .•.ynoKisviUe. Appeal etc. Verdlci plaintiff <»f $246. Lena Dinner vs. Morough of Reyoldsville. Appeal, etc. Settled. Charles Teichert vs. The Rochester & Pittsburg Coal & Iron Co. Trespass. Settled. William Scliuckera and Fred Smith, doing business under the lirm name of Schuckers & Smith, vs. W. T. Cox. [ Assumpsit. Continued. H. C. Carrier, F. H. Carrier and Walter Carrier, partners as Summervllle Supply Co., vs. Qrant Scheat- Trespass. ioek.'r. Settled. T. S. McCoy and W. F. Nugent, co- \ under the tlrm name of Mc-1 Coy & Nugent, vs. The Miller Con-1 structlon Company, a corporation. i Assumpsit. Ruled out for arbitration."The same willingness to invest was brought to the public attention when the Pennsylvania Railroad asked proposal# for a bond issue of $40,000,000. Half of the issue was disposed of in the United States and the other halp in Europe. Bids received in New York for the $20,000,000 allotted ito this country reached the enormous total of $120,000,000, or six times the' amount wanted. The European loan was also heavily over-subscribed. It is reckoned that'it-he entire sum offered here and abroad will be nearly a billion dollars. "There is plenty of money in the country, seeking- profitable and safe investment. The especial require* ment is that -the investment be safe. In ail probability wildcatting is ended for a considerable time, for the sharp lesson in frenzied finance which began with the copper troubles will not be forgotten soon; indeed it will long be a warning and a deterrent. Husiness is picking up. More workingmen are finding employment every day, and the demand for manufactured goods is Improving. "In Philadelphia yesterday Mayor Reyburn received forty-seven proposals for the municipal four per cent, loan of $5,876,000, 11)«> total of the offer reaching more than $34,000,000. In other words, the city could have obtained six times the sum of money required. The entire loan was awarded to a syndicate of bankers at 104.299, which gives the city $252,- 56t», that will become available for municipal purposes as soon as the bonds are delivered. There was some hesitancy manifested by town councllmen Thursday night In voting to put $40,000 of authorized bonds on the market, because of the conditions of the money mar- Wet. That the conditions are just the opposite and .tin* time is auspicious for the sale of municipal and corporation bonds is the opinion expressed in the following article reprinted from the Harrlsburg Star-Independent : TO AVERT STRIKE Mayor* Tom L. Johnson hi Conference Willi IMdenl of Sln>ct Kallmii,v Company. Primary Election i<> Determine If Senator Bulley Shall Be Kleetcnl Delegate to Convention. The writ of habeas corpus granted on application of Harry K. Thaw is returnable at Poughkeepsle next Thursday, on which day District Attorney Jerome is expected to be present to oppose the proceedings for Thaw's release from Mat tea wan. The hearing: of the appeal of the Standard Oil Company from -the fine of $29,240,000 imposed by Judge Landis is set to take place in Chicago next Thursday and Friday. Other political events of Interest v»ill be the Republican State conventions In Connecticut, Kentucky, New Jersey, Montana, Utah and Wyoming: •to select delegates to the national conventions and the Democratic conventions In Massachusetts. The quadrennial general conference or the Methodist Episcopal Church will convene Wednesday in Baltimore and remain in session throughout the month of May. The big battleship fleet under command of Rear Admiral Evans will cast anchor in San Francisco Bay next Wednesday, after a voyage of four months and twenty days from Hampton Roads. 80 much has been writtin in advance of the elaborate arrangements made by the people of San Francisco and the neighboring cities for the entertainment of the fleet that the general plans have become familiar to the public. Secretary Metcalf will be on hand to officially welcome the fleet. The grand naval review is fixed to take place Friday, the second day after arrival. On Saturday, Rear Admiral Evans, -having successfully completed his remarkable cruise, will haul down his flag, to be temporarily succeeded by Rear Admiral Thomas, commanding the second squadron of the fleet. The two political events of the week that probably will attract most attention will be the primary in California for the selection of delegates to the national convention, and the Democratic State Convention in Ohio to name a State ticket, and also delejrates-at-large to the Democratic /national convention. In California a bitter factional light for the control of the Republican State organisation I* involved. In Ohio a fierce fight for the control of the State Convention U on between Mayor Tom L. Johnson, of Cleveland, and the Pattiscn-Garber faction of the Democratic party. Special to The Spirit. WASHINGTON, D. t\, Hny 2. — The arrival and reception of the battleship fleet at San Francisco, and political happenings with reference to the Presidential campaign will furnish the "big" news of the next seven days. FROM {SO,000 TO S600 The citlzcna of Knoxdale and especially those who live in th«j vicln- that a tragedy had taken place during it> of the Swinefords, about half-way b< tween Knoxdale and Rrookville, up- were he night. Frank Swineford, who lives near the The principals on awakening .this morning learned home of his father, Schlemoel Swine- Pcrd, and an unknown burglar, who met his death at tin4 hands of Swlne- About 10 o'clock Mr. Swineford learned by telephone from his neigh- burs that a man was prowling about. rying to enter it he dwellings in that •om munity. hild, had retired, when they heard some one trying to enter the door. Mr. Swineford thought little of the »rt u til just after the family, in- . U'ilr.f; himself and wife and one Mr. Swineford called -to the man he ran downstairs and secured a re- Icave, and upon receiving no answer volver. Soon after Frank had returned to the upper apartments the door wan broken in. Mr. Swineford warned the intruder to go away, and in order to emphasize his command, discharged his weapon through an open window. The prowler made no repiy, but hastened to rifle the bureau drawer, and open chests, etc. A second and a third shot were ftred, but the man be- Inw gave the warning about the same ■ consideration as If he had been invited to help himself to whatever ha wanted. the upper apartments. Mr. Swine- After prowling through the lower. apartments the disturber started for bout thlrty-flvc* years old. had not ford then came to the head of the stairs and warned the approaching man that lie must go away or take the consequences. As the burglar came rushing on, he met a chargo from a revolver which sert him reeling to the foot of the stairs. The bulled struck him just below the right shoulder and passing through the body, severed a large artery. He died in a few minutes from an internal hemorrhage. The dead man. who is an Italian, of the boily. I been identified at noon today. I Dr. J. D. Sleiner, health officer, of . Knoxdale. was summoned this morn- I Jng, as was Acting1 Coroner Walker, of ! Ilrookvlile. As there was no doubt j of how the man had met his death It was derided that the county commissioner should bo asked to take charff* medical sociaty in Philadelphia. If (he dead man is not identified by tonight thi' body will be shipped to a IS IT A FAVQR? The Mayor Is admittedly desirous of averting" a ela.sh, as it is less than a week sinee he won a great victory for the three-cent fare. The strike, occurring at this stage of the game, might seriously threaten the success of the llrst big municipal experiment in the United States. f On the result of this conference largely hinges whether peace or war shall reign. By United Proas. ■CLEVELAND, O., May 2.—To avert. If possible, th«* threatened .strike on the part of it lit' Cleveland street car men, Mayor Tom L. Johnson hurried back from Columbus today, and at once entered in»/ a conference with , President Dupont, of the street car men's union. COW SUPEIIITENDE1T Second: School Directors in a school district merged into a city or borough having a borough superintendent by consllidation since the list Monday of June, 1907. and whose terms expire at the end of the school year ending June, 190S, have the right to vote for County Superintendent on the first Tuesday of May, 1008. The presumption of law is that a public officer elected by the people is entitled to all the privileges of the office held by hltn during his continuance therein, and that presumption must prevail in the absence of any legislation limiting those powers under particular circumstances. One of the duties imposed upon a person holding the office of School Director is that every three years he is to meet with his fellow-directors of the county and proceed to elect a County Superintendent to serve for the next three years. If, for any reason, his right to vote in such an election Is questioned, the proper place r the determination of that matter is in the courts, and any candidate for County Superintendent or other Interested person who feels thai School Directors not entitled to vote have exercises that function, has a , full and adequate remedy at law. For these reasons 1 have the honor to .submit the following answers to your questions: First: School Directors regularly elected or appointed who have taken the oath of office and organized in districts established since the tirst Monday of June. 1907, have the right to vote at the election of County Superintendents on the Irst Tueday of May, 1898. I have examined these questions carefully and huve been unable to find any discussions of the (?ourts covering either of them, and I am, therefore, obliged to decide them under the terms of the Act creating the offce of School Director and defining its duties. Second: In ca.se a school district is merged into a city or a borough having a borough superintendent, by consolidation, since the first Monday of June, 1 DOT, have the school directors merged and whose term of office expires at ,the expiration of the school year ending June 1908, the right to vote for County Superintendent on the first Tuesday of May, 1908? Frederic W. Fleitz, Deputy Attorney General, Ilarrislmrg, Pa., being asked by N. r. Shaffer, Superintendent of Public Instruction, concerning the right of certain school directors to vote for county superintendent at the coming election M:iy, ft, replied as follows: Sir;—I am in receipt of your letter of today (April 22), in which you submit two questions, and ask for an official opinion thereon. First: Have School Directors in districts established since the first Monday of June, 1907, the right to Vote at the election of County Super- Inte\ndent, on the first Tuesday of May, 1908? Report of Money Stolen From Exprow* Magnified Wonderfully— Desperados Still at Large. Director* of .IciTcrwm County Will Meet May 5 to Name llctul of School*. EXHORBANI HIE Very truly yours, FREDERIC W. FLEIT55. Deputy Attorney General. Junior League, song; Clare Moyer, opening address; Dale Aul, solo; Mary Miner and Margaret Brown, duet; Robert Snyder, recitation; Irene Smith, piano solo; Catherine Emrick, Mary Miner, Geraldine Kurtz, Margaret Brown, dialogue; Clare Moyer and llyron Flegal, duet; Ruth Evans. recitation; Marguerite Penman, piano solo; Earlmond Evans, recitation; Pauline and Catherine Emrick, duet; June Orube, piano solo; Maude Huth. recitation; Geraldine Cromlcy, recitation; Ellen Hess, piano solo; Rachel Milliard recitation; Gene White and brother, diaj if'gue; Jane Miller, recitation. Following is a list of the entertainers:The festival was preceded by a literary program In which the Junior Leaguers furnished the entertainment. The little folks covered themselves with literary glory, and made many a papa and mamma feel proud ol* them. One woman purchased 45 cents worth of tickets and then sat down to wait till the rush was over, but before she could get to the tables there was nothing left to eat. Her money was refunded, and not a few had a similar experience. The Junior Epworth League was organized about nine weeks ago by Mrs. R. D. Emrick and Miss Mary NeflP, and this, their first experience in entertaining, was a huge success. The League realized $36.90 from last night's doings, and it might as well have- been double that amount They promise next time to have larger quarters, and accommodations for al! comers. So rapidly did the victuals disappear that before many of the older ft Ik could get to the booths they were depleted of everything but the table cloths. Everything sold at a penny per, and it only required ubout 15 cents to buy a Delmonlco bill of fare full. Appetizing cake, coffee' sandwiches, crullers, deviled ami hard-boiled eggs, chipped beef, besides home-made candies of every sort, pickles, peanuts, lemonade, went like hot cakes The children swamped the ticket sellers, mobbed tin* waiters and put the lemonade stands out of commission In 15 minutes. When the Msthdlsts have a festival 1< ok out for breakers. A.t such times ull denominations look alike for something to eat. It was that way lust night at the First M. E. Church, of Punxsutawiiey, where, under the auspices of the ,Junior Epworth I.eague, a penny social attracted a crowd of about 400 children, with a large sprinkling of adults. There were Methodists, liaptlsts, Presbyterians, Lutherans, Episcopalians, Catholics, Hebrews, Univeraallsts, Congregationalism, Reformers, and in fact every denomination in the town and community looking for gc.od, old-fashioned eatbies, such as ■'he Methodist ladles and lassies know S-) well how to prepare. Early in the evening, with a cold rain pouring down, the managers of the affair wore long faces, as the vision of" a small crowd and a lot of leftover eatbles loomed up. Hut in this they were happily mistaken. Refore the conclusion of the literary program the Sunday School auditorium was packed from cellar to dome, and just 28 minutes after the ticket seller.-. opened up shop there was not as much as a cruller, or a thimbleful of cc-ffee left. TO WED GRAND DUCHESS Lawrence County Attorney Claims •Minority Tarty is Not Kntillcd to Coniiuis*ioiicrsl»i|). Special to The Spirit, DALLAS, Tex., May 2. — A special primary election to determine if Senator Bailey shall be elected as a dclc:?ate-at-large to the Democratic na- tional convention is in progress throughout Texas today. The primary will determine the personnel of the entire Texas delegation, numbering twenty members in all. that will uttend the Denver convention. The i results of the primary will be ratified ! by the State Convention which Is to I meet in Fort Worth on May 26. I Baileyism, so-called, is the one and only issue of the fight, which has been the most bitter political contest ever recorded In Texas. The tight against S» nator Bailey has been going on ever since the exposure of his alleged deals with the Waiters-Pierce ar.d Standard Oil people more than a| yt.ar ago. Texas has probably been the most bitter and persistent foe that tiie Standard Oil Company ever J went up against. After fighting the company in the courts for years, it was finally forbidden t«» do business in j the State and State officials have been lying awake nights ever sine» in an endeavor to find something bei longing to the Standard Oil Company upon which they might levy to satisfy the judgments. JAPAN'S EMPEROR REPLIES Prince Wlllielni of Sweden Will Marry Marie Pavalona Tomorrow.lit'RHl Firms I" Washington, 1>. C., Mulct' UiircuHonalilt' IK-iwimls For Pension ApplUiUlon. Answer* tlie President's Mt'ssafte of Condolence Over Itcoent Accldrill in Cruiser Mntsuslliliut. By Unite, 1 Press, WASHINGTON, I). C., May 2.— President Roosevelt today received in answer to his message of condolence over the recent accident to the cruiser Matsushima, the following cablegram from tin* Emperor of Japan: Reports having come to Alfred j Frampton, deputy game protector, of this place, to the effect that dogs artdestroying rabbits and other wild game in the woods and fields hereabouts, as well as tame animals, .such a* chickens, Mr. Frampton has concluded to serve notice that all dogs runing at large contrary to law, will be considered as nuisances, and killed.Mr. Frampton states Hint almost every morning, Just before daybreak ili fix by twos and threes may bo heard and seen chasing rabbits and birds through the Melds and woods, and he doubts not but that many game animal* have been killed hare- o bouts. The dogs no! only kill wild game, but they invade the premises of farmers and gardeners and help themselves to the fat of the land. Ellsworth Clawson, who lives on the road between Punxsutawney and doe, reports that he has lost seventeen chickens 'through the depredations of piowllng canines, and he has asked for protection. The dog law to which Mr. Frntnp ton direi-ts attention reads as follows "Any dog, off land controlled by the owner of said dog;, pursuing or following upon the track of any game quadruped, or gume-blrd, or other wild bird, protected by exlst- I Ing law, during what Is known a* the close season for such quadruped* | lor birds. In this Commonwealth, Is] hereby declared a public nuisance, and may be killed by ithe owner or lessee of land whereon it is found, or by a game-protector, deputy game*pro-1 or any other officer of the State, whose,! aty It U to protect the game of this Jtate, when seen upon the track of uch game or wild bird, unless such log: shall wear a collar having atached thereto a metallic tag or plat, ipon which shall he plainly Inscribed n English, the name and address o ho owner of such dog; and any do/ waring a collar thus inscribed, pur iuing game off land controlled by -th iwner of such dog, during what i ciown as the close season for sucl fame, may be killed by the owner o essee of any lands upon which sucl log may bo found, or by a. game »rotector, deputy game-protector fame-warden, forestry-warden, or an: »fficer of the Sta>te whose duty it Is t< »rotect the game of the State, wher uch dog is seen upon the track o uch game, after notice i;i writing rom that particular person, or froir he secretary of the (lame Commls ion, to the owner or reported own«" >f such dog, to the effect that th« log in question is in th<> habit of purning or following on the track o jame or wild birds, contrary to tlv provisions of this act. The owner o a dog thus killed in conformity to tin law, shall be liable to a penalty o ••• < •;!>• live dollars for each deer or fawn pursued, and fifty dollars f<>r each deer or fawn killed, or caused t«> be killed, by such dog running at large without the aid or direction of its master: Provided, That dogs, when accompanied by and under the control of their masters, may be trained upon any of the living wild- game or birds of this State, excepting deer and fawn, from the llrst day of August to the first day of January next following, so long as no injury is Inflicted upon said game or birds." Mr. Frampton also directs the attention of hunters to the law relating to the capture of frogs and terrapin (turtles) which reads as follows: "It shall be unlawful to catch, take or kill any bullfrogs, only from the tirst day of July to the first day of November, and terrapin, save only from the tirst day of November to I the fifteenth day of March, in each year. "Section 2. Any person or persons j offending against the provisions of this act shall be liable to a tine of twenty-five dollars for each and every offense, which shall be payable to the school district in which such offense is committed, and may be sued for and recovered before any alderman or justice of the peace of the proper county." Next Tuesday, May 5, the director* of Jefferson County will meet In the court house, in BrooUvllle, for the purpose of electing ti County Superi Intemlent for the three ensuing years, says the Urookvllle Democrat. This is an office that demands a strong, forceful man. We have four candidates in the field for the po- I tion, all of them men of ability. As we have stated before we are the champin of no one candidate, but Justice and common fairness demands that w. s;>y that the people generally and also the teachers, are of the opinion that Prof. Jones has made an excellent Superintendent. in his short term of office he has reorganized the local institutes, held one of the very best County Institutes we have ever had, aroused a healthy educational sentiment, and made a helpful via It to every school in the county. Having been so strikingly successful In the short time in which he has filled the position, it is only a square deal that he should be elected for the coming term, and from what we leftTll the directors pretfv generally UMW this view of it. Whether oi*n-o| Uirare is law which makes it compulsory that one member of the minority political party be a member of tin* Board of County Commissioners in each county, is a question that has arisen in Lawrence County, and which will probably attract wide-spread attention. it. M. Leslie, of Moravia, who was | an unsuccessful candidate for the i commissionership at the reefnt primaries in Lawrence County, has had an Investigation made into the question and it is declared that there is no law which entitles the minority party to one County Commissioner. It is claimed that in some of the eastern counties, where it has been the practice to allow the minority party one Commissioner, that such a custom has been dropped. Mr. Leslie's attorneys have advised him, according to the New Castle News, that he would have the right to have his name inserted on the official ballot at the fall election and In the event of three Republican candidates securing the highest number of votes, they would be legally elected.(Signed) MUSTUHITO. The groat sympathy which you have so earnestly expressed of the terrible disaster to our warship has touched me deeply, and I hope you will accept for yourself and the American people my sincerest thanks. Survivors of the civil War and friends of the old soldi'1 rn hore are very much incensed over the action of a number of legal llrms at Washington, I). a.s regards obtaining pensions for widows, says a dispatch from Tltusviile. Under the new law they are not obliged to apply for a pension In the ordinary form. Several law firms at Washington have taken advantage of the Ignorance of some of the widows in this vicinity by corresponding with them with a view of obtaining pensions for them. The ordinary fee for this is between $8 and $0, while In several j instances the legal people In question ! have demanded as hifcil as $45. The local survivors propose taking the matter before the Department at Washington in an attempt to have the attorney? barred from practice. A number of ambassadors and ministers of the various countries and oiher high officials also will be present at .the wedding celebration. Special to The Spirit. ST. PETERSBURG. May 2. — Arrangements have been completed for the wedding of Prince Wllhelm of Sweden and the Grand Duchess Marie Pavlona, which is to take place tomorrow at Tsar.^koe-Seio. The ceremonies will be attended by representatives of nearly all the rryal families of Europe. In addition to the members of the Russian and Sweedish royal families. the guests already arrived Include tho King and Queen of Greece, Prince Frederick William of Prussia, and the Crown Prince of Denmark. Prince Wllhelm was accompanied to St. Petersburg by his father. King Gustave of Sweden, and Prince and Princess Carl. the wbamobh. CANOE RIDGB (0®W Weatherwork«) — *Mr ""H®" •r tonlfht. 8u«<Uy «»|r. YORK, Pa. — Cra«ed over the death of his 18-year-old daughter Na! thaniel Devtnney, 44 years old, com- I mltted suicide by hanging at the county almshouse. He used a bed- spread for a rope. BUTTE, Mont., May 2. — All the passengers and trainmen who were on be ard the west-bound Burlington flyer which was blown up near thU city late last night, have been accounted for itoday, with the exception of Engineer Bussey. ' By United Press. BATTLE CREEK, Mich., May 2.— Joseph B. Blunt, of this city, early today shot and killed his mother-in-law and father-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Jones. PHILADELPHIA, May 2. — (Special) — As was anticipated, at the meeting of the directors of the Pennsylvania Kailroad yesterday, it was decided to cut down the semi-annual dividend from three and one-half per cent, .to three pe cent., thus placing the stock on a six Instead of a seven per cent, basis. READING. Pa.—The Reading Railway Company has put Its 650 car shop employes on ten hours a day, who have been on nine hours. t In now pretty well established hat the robbers did not get over »600, of which 1441.71 wan, in cjw* rency In three packages and thvJMance in several small packagw'of merchandise, presumably Jewelry. The robbers cast aside a number of valuable paokages that were bulky, and evidently were after nothing but cash. MARION. O.—Mrs. Enoch Hoch. wife of a farmer, ate colored candy and is suffering from ptomaine poi- Express Messenger Noah If. Koshen, 53 years of age, an old employe of the express company, who was alone In the ear when the robbery was committer, was ordered to return to Pittsburg when the train feacshed Columbus early ytesterday and from the time of his arrival here until late In the afternoon was in conference with the officials and detectives, part of the time undergoing a sweating process. At the end of this ordeal he left for his home, of - ficials of the company stating that there was no charge against him and that he was not even kept under surveillance.lay 2.—Ol of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and the Adams Express Company tonight hiave but little more accurate Information on the daring robbery of the express car on the fast New York and St. Louis Express at WllkerVt Mills, just beyond the city limits of Pittsburg, than was given them In the first report of the theft, telegraphed when the train reached ®teubenvlll*\ Ohio. . A-c -V- ; • - - mmmm