Punxsutawney Spirit, 1908-06-29

              m (Cisgi ffee Innlittkuifiei! Butfit te—L—i Mun Who Sunk Pick In Country! lirvust in lln" Tolls After a Month's I'riviliini. THE WEATHER VOL. II—NO. 245 MARKET WEAKEN CHANCES BRYAN'S Mt'wrs. Fairman mill Miilson, With Their \Vlves, Will U-ave lor Uonvcr. 2IMI Ofllcrc* In Nturi'li for McCrpa's Slayer—I'lelghi Cars l.oolcil. OFF TO THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION BUFFALO INFESTED WITH CUTTHROATS PUNXSUTAWNEY, OLDEN TIME MIXUP PA., MONDAY JUNE 29, 1008 Cigars, Cigarettes and Chewing Tobarco Taken by Burglar*.Highly lt<>N|M>(>to<l and Much I<ov«l Woman Expires Suddenly.PRICE TWO CENTS MRS. MARGARETTA WILLS DIED SUNDAY EVENING MARZONI'S STORE ROBBED SECOND TIME AND COKE FOR COAL DEMAND SUPPLIES Punx'y Police Busy Gathering In Law Breakers Saturday Night William Fairman, Esq., and wife, of this place, and Mack Matson and wife, of Brookville tomorrow will leave for Denver, Col., where next week Messrs. Fairman and Matson will at- Here Iron And Steel Trade Advancing—Grand Trunk Officials TWO FREE FOR ALL SCRAPS Possibility Of Democratic President Has Bad Effect On Finances In General USE 300,000 TONS A YEAR A BARE POSSIBILITY T M. McHattle, superintendent of motive power of the Canadian Grand Trunk Railroad Company, and wife and daughter Lily, of Montreal. Can- The burglars effected an entrance through the transom of the back door, and succeeded In making off with two sacks of flour, box of Wild Indian cigars, Some Spearhead ami Town Talk chewing tobacco, clgar«ties and cigarette papers, and perhaps many more articles, the loss of which has not yet been discovered. No clues have yet been unearthed that give hope of loading to the Identity of the robbers. For the second time .luring the The Saturday night robbery was not discovered until about noon yesterday, when Mike Marzoni went into the store. month of June the grocery store ot George & Mike Marzoni, West End, was burglarized, the last raid being made Saturday night some time, and the flrsf on the night of June 9. JMIIOMOBIIIST KILLED Erk» Anderson Dead and Two Other Warren Resident* Are Dying.Funeral services will be held at tHo home on Morrison Avenue Tuesday afternoon at live o'clock. Burial will be made in Circle Hill Cemetery. Rev. Charles A. Clark will officiate. Two children, Samuel, assistant postmaster, of this place, and Eleanor, survive her. Three brothers and three sisters also mirvlve her, M. R. Bruce and Dr. VV. W. Bruce, of Casey, Illinois; J. M. Bruce, Mrs. J. L. Allison, of Wilkinsburg, Mrs. John Simpson, of Indiana, and Miss Laura Bruce, of Wllklnsburg. Mrs. Margaretta J. Wills, wife of Andrew H. Wills, deceased, die J Sunday evening at six o'clock, after a very brief illness, aged forty-seven jears. In her usual health she was seised Sunday morning at ten o'clock with a stroke of apoplexy, ami grew steadily worse until death came. Born and raised In Indiana, the daughter of James Harvey Bruce, the deceased came to this place eighteen years ago, and has been a resident here slnet. that time. She had been a life long member of the Presbyter.oa Church. MUSE VICTORIOUS Win Hoth KIrIiI and Four Oam| Races at P<>uK-tikee|M*ie. Other appointments made by the committee on convention arrangements and which will probably be made permanent, were as follows: General Secretary, Urey Woodson, of Kentucky; assistant general secretary, Edwin Sefton, of Washington, 1). C.; sergeant-at-arms, John L. Martin, of Missouri; chief assistant sergeant-atarms, J. C. Fenn, of Indiana; chief doorkeeper, Fugen W. Suilivin, of Illinois; parliamentarian, X. D. Critchtield, of Kentucky; chaplain foj opening day, Right Kev. James J. Keane, archbishop of Wyoming; official stenographer, M. W. Blumberg, of Washington, D. C. After the Democrats have named their candidates and normal conditions have been restored in the milehigh city, Mr. and Mrs. Fairman will leave for Springfield, 111., to visit Mrs. Fairman's brother, James Jefferson. At Saturday's meeting of the Committee on arrangements in Denver, the Democrats selected Congressman Theodore A. Bell, of California, to be temporary chairman of the convention.tend the National Democratic Con\entlon as delegates from the 27th Congrsslonal district of Pennsylvania. The Jeffer.-mn County delegates and their wives will reach Denver Frldav morning and on Saturday will spend the Fourth of July on the topmost l Innacle of Pike's Peak, some four miles higher than those who will take part In the great patriotic demonstration In Punxsutawney. EDUCATIONAL CONVENTION Mrs. Knabb and the Misses Ander- | win, who were also In the car, were lea* seriously Injured. All of tho members of the party are prominent and well-known In Warren. By United Press. WARREN, Pa., June 29.—Hurled from a Hying auto which turned turtle on a stet p grade near here, Eric Anderson Is dead, and his wife and R. M. I Knabb, who had accompanied him, are dying as the result of fractured I skulls. THAWS REQUEST GRANTED <!0t!i Annual Meeting of Kducational Association. 25,000 Persons In Cleveland to Attend Court Authorize* Jury to Inquire Into the Mental State of White's Slayer. By United Press. I WHITE PLAINS, N. Y.. June 29.— Harry Thaw Is to have his desire that a jury pass upon the question of his wnity granted. While (he habnes corpus proceed! ings were In progress today his cour.- sel, A. Russeli Pea body, in a statement to the United Press stated that Justice Mills had promised that he would grant a hearing by a Jury on the question of Thaw's sanity at the October term of court. SMITH FOR COMMISSIONER THE ECLIPSE "When JaMowlez was espied i'i Broadway yesterday at noon by Patrolman L.lpp ho was a considerable distance from the officer, and when Llpp started for him. the man ran. He went through Detroit Street, and 11,11 half a dozen blocks, finally disappearing In th'* railroad yards. It was then the police were notified and the bigegst man-hunt witnessed in the city was begun. Probably since tinslayer of President McKinley was arlested never have there been so many police oftlcera detailed to look after one person." The thoroughness of the hunt for the McCrea slayer was described In the Buffalo Courier as follows: "Untiringly, with Inspector Donovan in the lead, about 100 policemen I and detectives, stuck to the trail of the hunted man till sunrise today. Superintendent Regan was in the chase himself until after last midnight, and was in FJast Buffalo again today at dawn. Most of the men were In plain clothes, and nobody was permitted to enter or depart from the railroad yards without giving the police a good account of himself. Half a dozen persons, who couldn't or would not give the desired information, were sent to the Broadway and the William Street police stations. Later they were freed. The murder of Officer McCrea, who was in pursuit of Stephen Jablowicz, alias Palack Sullivan, one of the gung, and the man who inflicted the fatal wound, has brought matters to a crisis, and the entire police force of Buffalo in working to run down the murderer*. It is said thai the gangs which now In I est Buffalo are most difficult to unearth, as whenever a suspicious character is arrested he can find scores of persons ready to come forward with evidence concocted to prove an alibi. According to a.lvlce* received by the local police Buffalo, N. Y., has b< en infested recently by .he most c-eyperate gang of looters and cuttnroats In he history of the city. As demonstrated by the assassination of B., ft. & P. Railroad Detective Daniel F. McCrea, about a week ago, the villains stop at nothing, including murder, in order to prosecute their reign of plunder and murder. Last week several bold robberies took place in boad daylight, when the rulfians drove up to freight cars, smashed In the doors and drove off \\ith all the goods they could haul. Included among the plunder secured in one raid recently were four parrels of alcohol cansigned to flecker. dorn & Company, wholesalers, of this place, and a barrel of gin consigned to a Yatesboro dealer. Descriptions of the leaders of the nefarious gangs have been sent to every town along the railroads, including Punxsutawney, for 200 miles or more, in the hope of tracing some of the loot and looters. Hrookville Man Has Taken Out Nomination Paiwrs on Democratic Ticket. GASOLENE MUD ada, were the guests of Rochester &. Pittsburg Coal & Iron Company officials .Saturday and Sunday. The party came to Punxautawney Friday morning on Mr. Robinson's private car Ruth, and left last night with their speeial attached to the midnight flyer. Saturday Mr. McHattle made a tour of the mines in this section. He was accompanied by A. VV. Calloway, general superintendent of the K. Sc P. I Company, and other local officials 0t the company in Mr. Calloway's tottf- I Ing car. Ah was stated recently In The Spirit, the a rand Trunk la one of the "R. \nd P. Coal and Iron Company's beat 'uatomeri. Durlni a recent visit to this place of several officials of IH« _ company a large contract was placed, and Mr. McHattle'a mitotan here waa to Inspect and aelect the quality of Illy coal which his company will use. Before leaving for his home Mr. McHattie expressed himself as erttlrely satisfied with the quality of * duced by the R. & P. Coal A Iron Company and allied companies. Mr. McHattie waa very much impressed with the magnitude of coal and coke production in the Punxsutawney field as well as the modern equipments and unsurpassed facilities for mining- mid marketing the products. ' The Canadian Grand Trunk owns and operates about 12,000 miles of railroad and during the year will require a maximum of about 800,000 tons of coal. From advices recently received by local coal officiate during the pa*t week business In the Iron and steel ndustries of the United States Is retiming at an astonishing rate. The 1* companies are now disposing of heir supplies at a rapid rafe, and by August 1 expect to be in the market for all kinds of raw material. On ths heels of new orders will come a demand f«»r large supplies of coal and coke, and It is expected that by the middle of August dial operations will , be back to normal or even better conditions than before the panic of last fall. The Improvement In the Iron tra le Is being f»lt at the Punxsutawney Iron Works, where the shipment!* of I ig metal, whhh were almost at a standstill earlier in the season, have teen showing a marked Improvement recently The big stock which was stacked up 1" the local yards during the slump is being gradually moved, and the shipments are Increasing with each week. Moon's Shadow on Sun Wan Quite Ap|HIrelit in I'liim'y Yesterday. FIGHTING III MEXICO POUGHKEEPS1K, Jun»» 29. — All records for eight and four-oared boat races were smashed here Saturday. Syracuse won, leading Columbia by less than one third of a length, and Cornell by a bare length. Syracuse's time was 1®:34 1-5. The record, made by Cornell on July 2d, 1*01. Is 18:65 1-6. The contest was one of the flercei the 'varsity shells. and most Interesting In the elevenyear history of collegiate racing on i the Hudson. For three good miles of the four never a slice of water showed between the first crew and the fifth of The crew from Syracuse won by  power behind her blades and by superior watermanship. Qolumbla and Cornell rowed splendidly throughout, the contest and pressed the winner hard in the last mile. Pennsylvania's I eight made the pace for nearly three I miles and then went to pieces, finish- I Ing six lengths behind Cornell. Wisconsin was reckoned as a con| tender until the three-mile mark was passed at Poughkeepsle bridge, when J. W. VVilce, No. 2, collapsed and put , the Western crew out of the contest. He soon recovered and the Wisconsin men rowed bravely on, even though Wflce fell over his oars again. again revived sufficiently to swing an oar as the Wisconsin crew swept over the finish line, more than a minute behind Syracuse. Syracuse also won the four-oar contest.for the second successive time, the race for the university four-oared shells for the Kennedy challenge ttoph.v, leading the Pennsylvania crew by nearly two lengths and covering the two miles In 10.24 4-5. Columrria was third, three lengths behind Pennsylvania, which had fouled the Columbia crew in the last half mile of the contest. The Judges disqualified Pennsylvania and awarded Colombia place honors. Syracuse was the actual winner, but many felt that but for a mishap Cornell would have won this race, which was the tlrst one of the day. Brlghet Gasolene, the man who on May SO sunk a pick Into the breast of a fellow Italian at Bowersvllle, wa< yesterday arrested by members of the [stale Police at Cloe. Mr. Smith met with flattering encouragement, and while here Saturday secured more than double the number of names necessary to Insure his being Klveii a place on the ticket l'\ nomination papers. E. T. McOaw, of Brookvllle, the present Democratic member of the l>oard of county commissioners, will be his oppon<|it. Thus with two candidates for County .Commissioner, the Democrats of Jefferson I'ounty will have an Issue which may inject some life Into what otherwise would have been a very onesided campaign. A. C. Smith of .Hrookville, former- ly Democratic County Chairman, was in town Saturday In the Interest of his candidacy for County Commissioner.The decision before the primaries to have but one candidate for County Commissioner failed to satisfy all elements In the party, and Mr. Smith has been prevailed upon by his friends to take out nomination papers,- and later to Inaugurate an aggressive campaign. Formidable bodies of revolution-] lsls are reported to be marching on both Torreon and Matamoras. Netthof the two towns has sufficient protection to withstand an attack for any considerable length of time. Great Interest has been aroused! here by reports that an uprising Is In progress at the mines owned by Americans and that the assassination of United States officials Is planned by | the Revolutionists. The Immediate purpose of these plans, it is said, is to precipitate trouble between ihe United States and Mexico. By United Press. KI< PASO, Tex., June -9.—Further lighting In Mexico is threatened before the day Is over, according to edvices which have been received here. WOltK IN THE COVER D'ALENE Although the eclipse lasted but about thfee hours at any one point the haziness resulting therefrom was appreciable during most all of the day. Perhaps few people in Vunxsutawney yesterday neglected to view the ellipse of the sun through smoked glass or by other simple means. The curious did not need to be told that something unusual was coming off in the heavens, for the atmosphere took on a peculiar tint soon after the moon's shadow began to obscure the more powerful celestial luminary, and when the adumbration was at Its height the resultant darkness was quite appreciable. The shadow of the moon, as viewed hereabouts, entered the sun from the west at about 9:45, was at its maximum at about 11:15, and passed oil to thu east at about 12:30. At the moment of greatest obscuration about seven-twelfths of the sun's disk was covered, only a crescent shaped portion being unaffected by Cynthia's tenebrostty. We are reliably informed that In the southern part of the United States, the eclipse was complete, that Is the moon's shadow resti d full on the sun, only a small rim of which was visible. SHERMAN ALMOST WEIJi CLEVELAND, O.. June 29.—The forty-sixth annual convention of the National Educational Association formally today. The ilrst of the general sessions was held In the auditorium of the new Hippodrome, and sessions of the departments were held in halls throughout the city. It is estimated that more than 25,000 persons have come to Cleveland to attend the convention. Several thousand more are expected, and It is anticipated that the attendance will break all previous records of the association.The Hippodrome has a seating capacity of several thousand, but had the structure been live times as large, it would not have accommodated the crowd today. Addresses of welcome were made by Samuel Mather, chairmail of the Citizens' committee, Mayor Tom L,. Johnson and Dr. Charles S. Howe, president of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce. The response on behalf of the visitors was made by Dr. William O. Thompson, president of the Ohio State University. The convention will remain In ses S-Ion till Saturday. The election of of ilcers ami other business will tak> place at noon Wednesday. The exer risen of the convention will close Krl •lay afternoon by a "School Play ground festival," an outdoor athletii entertainment by children of the pri mary and grammar grades, in Rocke feller Park, where many thousands o spectators can be accommodated. A distinguished array of speakers including some of the prominent edu pators of the world, will be heard dur Ing the week. Among the number an David Starr Jordan, president of Le land Stanford university; Jane Ad lams, of Hull House, Chicago; An Irew F. West, of Princeton University Andrew S. Draper, Commissioner o Education of New York State; W. H Vlaxwell. superintendent of the school* If New York City; Joseph Swain, pre* dent of Swarthmore College; Cliarlef 5". Thwing, president of Western He(erve University; Cloudesley S. H irereton, division inspector for thi London Council; J. G. Wilis, president >f Louisville University; Booker T. iVashington. principal of Tuskegee Initltute; Martin O. Brumbaugh, city uperlntendent of Philadelphia; Elmer 5. Brown, United States Commissioner ,f Education; William T. Harris, forner United States Commissioner of education; Sarah Louise Arnold, dean ,f Simmons College, and James Baker, .t the University of Colorado. ' Returning to the bastile In a few minute* he entered the cell corridor just in time to hear Emley relating to the crowd how he had biffed someone during the melee in front of the bank. Chief Palmer opened a cell and, addressing Emly, said: "This is your cell." "You are not going to lock me up," replied Emly in tones that betrayed defiance. "You are locked up now," replied the Chief, closing the door behind the self-confessed thum pologlst. Sunday morning Hassett and Emly paid their fines and were released, and Small will be given a hearnlg this evening. Inning the scrimmage one of the participants hail a glass eye crackel, iin.l Small wan pretty badly us-d up. It l» *ald that tin- party who really was responsible for the wordy battle that preceded the fisticuff, made 1'' before the arrival of the officers. A Poiander, who gave his name as Martin Raber, was taken int 1 custody by B., R. & 1*- Railroad Detective Wind. The man. who seemtt to be out of his head, was caught riding In a box car. When told to loav •• he refused and his arrest followed. He will be held until his men:a: state U inquired into. Another resident of the lower end of town, who has been getting into the tolls quite frequently of late. was arrested late Saturday nlghr by Chief Palmer and Night Watchman Gray. He was fined the usual amount of J4.2G, and released. Anoth'-r llstlc encounter t >oU pluce ' on the corner of Penn Street anij Farmers' Alley. Before the two mit artists had bruised each other to any considerable extent, they were conducted to the office of Burgess ".ir.iwn, who Imposed a tine of $0.25 apiece upon them. They paid the sum and v. ere released. Too much Barleycorn started the mixup. Mike Slulka, an Italian from Walston, succeeded In keeping the people of West End awake for an hour or more with his yelling and carousing. He was placed under arrest by Michael daynor and a charge of drunk and disorderly lodged against him. The usual fine of $0.25 was Imposed and paid. In addition to the ten men arrested Warden Ferry took care of a number of lodgers, who were released Sunday morning and told to leave the town at their earliest opportunity.It was like going back to ye olden tones in Punxsutawney Saturday. During the day and evening the local police gathered in an even ten law breaker®, whose offenses ranged from that »if common drunk to assault with intent to kill. The doings among the lawbreakers wound up at about 11:80 o'clock, when a quartette of night hawks met i 1 front of tin* Punxsutawney National Bank, and kicked up an old-fash- IcneJ street row. A man, loaded down with packapes which he had purchased at the \arious storeg during the early part of the evening, had a wordy argument wtih Arthur Hassett, a painter Alex. Em ley and David Small chimed hi on behalf of the man with the packages and matters began to warm up. Hassett expressed the opinion that he could take care of the entire trio one at a time and the challenge was no sooner made than Small, who Is a large man, made a pass at Hassett, who Is a small man. In less than twenty seconds after Small swung out, he was a licked man, lying In the middle of the street, with Haspett sitting on top. Constable Jce Graff, of the Fifth Ward, seeing *.he dlstuibance, rushed up and while he was trying to bring order out of chaos, some one landed on him with his flst. Several men then camo up and while 'they were endeavoring to get a line on who had hit who, Chief of Police Palmer hove In sight. Small and Hassett were taken to the lockup and placed In cells and then Chief Palmer caine out on Main Street to procure evidence as to what started the row. It will be remembered that durln* the course of a drunken brawl Gaso- I. ne grabbed a pick, and swinging It with all his might, sunk the Implement to the hilt In one of the brawlers' breasts. Contrary to all expectations, (he injured man, after spending ' three weeks in a local hospital, recovered and seems to be none tin worse for the puncture In hi* an*N ciny. Mr. "Benzine" escaped after toe y fray and. although Captain has been several times close upon MS capture. It was not unt<* TOT he was located. Vpo* l*fr*"Wr his whereabouts Jg patched Troopers Hopegood to make tl»» found nun « «be I«*«»«£ Mend, near Cloo snd made ta»n«- mt with little or no trqame 2? Sw "Kerosene" ha. ba*» In hiding Mf R«yOOldlVlW#' | By United Press. CLEVELAND, O., June 27.—Unlesi there are unexpected developments In his case. Congressman James 8. Sherman will leave Lakeside H««Pltal Wednesday for his home In Utw»-_ Sherman's physician* todff^. d tlMlt. WASHINGTON. D. C.. June 29.— Showers and cooler tonight. Fair Tuesday. SPOKANE, Wash., June 29.—(Spe- | clal)—Reports from the various camps in the Coeur d'Alene mining district, east of Spokane, are that all the big producers have resumed operations, with more than 4,000 men directly employed. The" operators arc continually adding to their forces and more llrst-class miners are required. When the smaller prospects begin work several hundred additional men will be needed to carry on development In various parts of toe dWrtci , Martin Kartlk, their alleged assail ant, is under arrest. By United Press. BRIDGEPORT, Pa., June 29.-7.I0hn 01a.v is dead and Michael Keela and Andrew Tonelli and Michael are seriously wounded as the result of injuries received in a stabbing affray early today at their home at Barton, I near here. HENRY CLEWS. speculative activity. There are no clouds In the monetary outlook, and we seem more likely to be afflicted with a redundancy of currency than a scarcity. Special to The Spirit. NEW YORK, June 29.-—In anticipation of Mr. Taft's nomination for the Presidency, the stock market underwent a considerable and prolonged advance. Upon announcement of the event prices, as usual, reacted; early buyers having taken profits and left the market with inadequate support. With the Denver convention close at hand, and the probabilities of Mr. Bryan's nomination daily strengthening, there is more or less shrinking in values, and the market is discounting his nomination by a display of weakness, much in the same fashion that it anticipated Mr. Taft's nomination by a show of strength. Moreover, all persons are not equally confident of Mr. Taft's election In November next. A goodly number consider the outlook still doubtful and act upon their convictions; and while they may be in error they are sufficiently strong numerically to give the political situation a moderate degree of uncertainty, which may be expected to last until the final outcome in November next. The platform soon to be announced from Denver Is expect- stand him in good stead during the ed to be more or less radical and disturbing. There Is a large element of discontent throughout the country aggravated by general business det preroion! and it must be remembered I hard times always work adversely to the party in power. Nevertheless, Mr. Taft's strong, good sense; his ability, courage and Integrity, not to speak of his winning personality, will campaign, and are likely to ultimately win for him much greater populart ity among the voters than he possesses even today. In the business outlook there Is little change, and a very quiet summer for all lines of Industry Is lr. It is quite evident that a prospect. ol' over enthusiastic prosperity boom further period of rest will be necessary for convalescence after the severe crisis of last October. Hecovery will require more time than .some impatient people will admit. The situation is steadily Improving, and the outlook is certainly hopeful! but this Is not a time to be over-sanguine, and mo.lorate anticipations are much more likely to be realized than those ers, whose wishes are too often father • to the thought. The unsatisfactory condition of railroad affairs is still an element to be reckoned with. Latest reports of earnings continue unsatls/ factory; the gross returns of railroads ' repoted in May, showing a los* of over 24 per cent, compared with less than 20 per cent, loss In April, 14 per cent. Ir. March. 10 per cent, in February and 9 per cent. In January. It has thus taken seven months for the railloads to feel the full consequences of the panic. These consequences have grown steadily worse. The first effect was to render it Impossible for the railroads to raise money for carrying out projected improvements: the next effect was a decrease 111 earning power, and a compulsory cutdewn In expenses. Then dividends began to decline, and now the companies find themselves In a somewhat serious dilemma, out of which there are only two ways of escape, either 1 recovery In earnings through business improvement, or a still retrench ment in expenses. Should the latter be necessary, it a cdt-down lr. wages, or a withdrawal of the advances granted to labor in 1906 and 1907. It is to be hoped such a step will not be necessary, and that a sat. ((factory solution will be found in business revival. There has been serious tulk of an advance in freight rates, but this would be unwise policy; since it would check rather than stimulate traffic, and revive public hostility to railroads, which after having done sufficient harm ,s now really abating. The most favorable feature of the railroad situation is that the number of idle cars Is beginning to decrease. It is to be hoped the railroads have experienced the worst of the depression, and will before long begin to reflect the Improvement in general business. Clearing house returns are already making better exhibits; the declines now running In the Vicinity of 15 per cent., compared with 30 per cent and over a few week* •go, and this in spite of diminished ' ' i •a m