Punxsutawney Spirit, 1908-07-16

              r.nirRc Tuhc'I, Brained Hurry SipHli-r, mid Tlu'ii \IIi iii|i|s to Kill (Guards. YANKEE WINNING ATHLETES LARGEST SINGLE SALE OF TIMBER LAND VOL. II—NO. 239 INJURY DIED OF SPINAL *2.000.000 For $2,000,000 Acres of or llnrilu'ooil In "llu> A|i|inlacliliin Mountiiins. INSANE SLEW INSANE PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., THURSDAY EVENING JULY 16, 1008 POPULAR COUPLE UNITED IN MARRIAGE PRICE TWO CENTO UP THE SPONGE THREW NEW CLUE IN DREW MURDER MIkm lllaiiclie States Hrromcs tin* Itrido of A. K. Yost at tlie For* liter's Home. Special to The Spirit. WASHINGTON, D. July 1 fi.— What is said to be the largest single Fred Lockard, Injured in Ball Game Seven Weeks Ago Succumbs BURIAL FRIDAY CAMPING OUT ItclntivoN nntl I'l'lnuls Ku prise >frs. Joseph Armstrong on Anniversary of her Birtli. GKOCKltY STOKE TOlt SAI/E Sheridan Won the Discus Throw—Americans Take all the Points Mia* Blanche (J. States, daughter 01 Poor Attendance at Summer Chautauqua Caused its Discontinuance Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Stat**, and A. K. Yi.st, both of Cloe, yesterday at high in on, were married at the home of the Police Discover That Murdered Girl Had Sweetheart She Visited OLYMPIC RECORD CONFLICTING STORIES LOSING MONEY FAST Until today Tusel had always been considered docile. He was pjlishing a chandelier when lie came up in Speller, who was lying on a bench nearby. Without a word lie brought down the ten-pound brush on tho other's head. Speiler died early today.PTTTSBURG, July 1C.—Seized with a mania to kill, George Tusel, an insane patient in the Allegheny City Home, brained Harry S\peijler, also infane, with a heavy polishing brush. After that Tusel attempted to kill two of the guards, but was overpowered. By United Press. Party of Brackcurhlge Young .Mimi Touting al; Good ville. In the finals Martin Sheridan, of the Irish-American Athletic Club, won, making :v throw of 134 feet two inch In the Fifth section, M. F. Tlorr, of Ihe Irish-American Athletic Club, won with a throw .>f 129 feet five inches. feet, 0.5 Inches, In (he fourth section J. G. Garrets, of Chicago, won with a throw of 133 In the third section A. K. Dearborn, of the New York Athletic Club, .wan with a throw of I 2(J feet 4.5. In the discus throwing the flrsl and second sections combined. \Y. G. Burroughs, of fhieago, won with a throw of 122 feet 9.5 Inches. confident of narrowing the gap between their total points and those scored by Groat Britain. ietes entered the Olympic contests LONDON, July 10—With i ho discus throw ami shot put on the program for today thp United States aih- By United Press. City League teams, injured his spine s while sliding to second. He was taf ken to Grube'sjjlTospital. He grew 4 gradually worsen and in a short time | became completely paralyzed. An |/ operation was performed, but to no avail. One week ago he. was taken f home, arid since that time his decline I had been rapid. i He was a young man of excellent I promise, known and liked by every\ body in town, and no death of recent years has cast such a pall of gloom over the young people of this place. ( He had not yet reached his twentieth / year. J The deceased !s survived by his parf crits, one brother, and a sister, Ralph, superintendent at Sagamore, and Hazel, at home. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afteronoon at the home in West End. Burial will be made in Circle Hll Cemetery. Rev. S. T. Ilimes, of the First English Lutheran Church, will officiate. / On Friday, June 12, the deceased, 1 who was a member of one of the / After lingering for seven weeks with an injured spine, Fred Lockard, son ; of Mr. and Mrs. James Tv. Lockard, of West End, di<*d last night, shortly , after ten o'elocV ( The stripping of the forest cover from a region so large and so mountainous will be watched with interest by those who study the effect of the soil cover on stream flow. North of this tract, but drained by the .,ame streams, lies another holding c-f 129,000 acres, recently secured by pulp company. This is covered with spruce and hemlock, with many patches of hardwoods. Development of the property, it is said, will begin in the immediate future. The two bodies of land, lying in the same region. aggregate more than 500 square miles of prlmeal forest about to be turned into marketable products. The land lies in a mountainous region drained by northeastern tributaries of the Great Kanawha which empties into the Ohio about 300 miles from Pittsburg. It is one of the largest atfd most valuable bodies of hardwood timber remaining in the Appalachian region. Many of the mountain ranges which cross the tract, are from 3.000 to 4,000 feet high, and covered to their summits with rich forests. The purchasing company has mills at Kidgeway and at <'amden-on-the- GfiUley, within reach of the tract. The combined capacity of its mills is 3">0,- 000 feet a day. Two million dollars is the reported price paid for 200,- 000 acres of hardwood, chiefly virgin forest, containing yellow pop!a», cherry, oak, maple, birch, ash and many other valuable woods. sale of tlmbcrland in tin* his!dry of West Virginia has been made by the lialtimore and Ohio Itairoad Company to a corporation which will at once begin development. STANDARD RAISED BIRTHDAY PARTY Ralph Rose, of the University of Michigan, won the linal in the shot put In London. onds. Tn the ten mile walk the first heat was won by Webb, of England, in cno h >ur, 20 minutes and 18 4-5 sec- es. Griffiths, of the American team, was second, llorr third. Sheridan broke i.is own Olympic record of 132 feet BLUEJACKETS AT HOHOLULU Another Stage of the Battleship Fleet's (■lnl>c-girilliiig .Journey ltcnchc<l. 140 .Aspirants For Teaching Vox In Jefferson County Failed to Push Examinations. BeFid.es Chef Grim and Councilman Henry Daumb, the party include*) Donald and William Grimm, Fred, William, otto, Milton and Charles l.ippey, Charles Rice, John liassau, Albert Simpson, Dennis Clancey, Daid Boyd, H6nry and Ell Geary, John O'Malley" and Barney Cooper. They have had eminent success angling for lisli, and have captured enough turtles to keep Chef George Grim busy making soup twenty-four hours a day. The Flip Van Winkle membership is made up of young business men who « ai'Ii year camp out about a month. tending the time (tailing, hunting is ml running wild, as it were. The party has been (here about a week, and they expect to remain until after the annual Buckwheat Picnic, which will be held there Thursday, August G. About twenty men, members of the Kip Van Winkle Hunting and Fishing (Mub, of Brackenridge, near Tar< r.ium, who are camping on the GoodvIlie picnic grounds, were in Punxsutawney Tuesday, looking over the llowe Shows and procuring supplies for their commissary. FORMER PUNXS'Y FOLKS IN LOVING MIXUP Hazel Drew was there. Smith met Hazel Drew last winter when she was stopping with he; uncle. He knew her well. Smith is said to have told his father on Sunday about finding her body In the pond the day before. This fact is said to I have been communicated to the girl's ] uncle on Sunday. After Sm'.th saw Hazel Tuesday night on the road he mentioned the fact to Frank Richmond, who works on the Taylor farm. He also told liis mother that he saw Hazel Drew. Later he called at the homes of neighbors and inquired if When questioned by the district attorney why ho made mo many Inquiries about tin* girl tin- boy said he wanted to learn where she was. District Attorney o'Rrien says that the statements made by Frank Smith, tin* young man who claims to have met Hazel on the Taborton Road al 7:30 o'clock on the night of July 7. are unsatisfactory. Smith lives on a farm near that of William Taylor, Hazel's uncle, and he was one of those who assisted in taking the murdered girl's body from the water. He told the District Attorney that he was passing along the road at the time and was haiied and asked to assist. At that time he did not suggest that the girl might be Ila/.el drew, nor did In tell the District Attorney about meeting the girl on the road the Tuesday night previous. The finding of the dead girl's missing suit case and purse checked in the Union Station, here, proves that >>ht was alive Tuesday afternoon, but reveals no motive fur her trip to Teal Pond where the body was found. TROY, X. Y., July 16.—The discovery that Hazel Drew, whose murder has stirred this city and surrounding country, had a mysterious sweetheart, whom she had visited in New York. Providence ami Boston, has given the police authorities a new line upon which to investigate. By United Press. T. II. Jones Brings Suit Against Joseph Straw bridge for $.">.000 at Pittsburg. 11011 FROM EIE4M Miss Virginia Dodson, Smlcksburg,' Miss Etta Burchfleld, Ridgway; W. J. Evans, (\ R. Sutter and James Cook, Horatio; Rev. George A. Barnard and w ife, (!loe; Ed and Fay Grinder, Carl and Frank Corey, Mioses Clara and Florence Corey, Zula and Leila Grinder, Mr. and Mr.s. James Daugherty, Mr. and Mrs. William Van Dyke. M.\ , ;;nd Mrs. Harry f>owdell, Mr. and Mrs. ! Albert, Drew, Mrs. W. A. Jlaney, Mr. J and Mrs. James McGee, Mrs. Floral [Grinder, Mis.; Emma Velte, Misses! [Gwendoline Fagley and Bertha Daugherty, of Cloe; Mr. ami Mrs. Joseph E Stales and United Slates, of Itldgway; Mr. and Mrs. E. H. States. Punxsulawney, and Marshall States, of Cloe. Following is a list of the gueatu who witnessed the ceremony: The happy couple, both popular among a large circle of friends, left <»'.i the 3:15 passenger train over the P. R. R., for a two-weeks' wedding trip to Philadelphia, New York Atlantic City and Washington. The bride, who is tin- only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel States, was educated at the Clarion Slate Normal School, subsequently completing e thorough musical education. Mr. Yost is the chief clerk in the Berv. ind-White Coal Mining Company's office at Horatio. His business qualifications and associations are such as to assure his rapid advancement, as they have already secured the confidence of his employees and the admiration of his friends. After congratulations the guests In* sped Jed the wedding girfts, which formed :i handsome display, following which a charming wedding dinner was served by chef 11. E. Beatty, of Punxsutawney. George Fulton, of Horatio, and Mis.» Minnie Frederick, of Cloe, a cousin of the bride, officiated as best man and best lady, respectively. The spacious States residence was handsomely decorated with cut flowers, the color scheme being pink and white. Tin pretty ring ceremony and ritual of th»' Methodist Episcopal Church were employed. The bride was given away by her father, the wedding party entering the parlor to the impressive strains of Lohengrin's Wedding March, piaye.l by Miss Zula Grinder, cousin of the bride. I ride's parents, by Rev. Ernest Prickhind, pastor of the M. E. Church ai Youngwood, Pa. THE THIRD ANNUAL SKIDOO OUTING West Kiul Mum'IkiII Team Soaked the Hall and t'amo oil' Victorious.Tucnly-Tlmv Members Willi Several Invited (iiK'sis Knjoycd the (V|. ehratiou of Celebrations. Punxsutawncy is almost as well DAMAGE IIS FOII £950,000 "Well filled baskets furnished the material for. an elaborate spread, w. icli *vas served in the orchard grove, and many tokens of esteem were presented. eluded a huge basket of edibles and I' sweet meats for the conductor and | train crew, who made it convenient / for the party to go and come. sumptuous than the dinner, and in- To show that their hearts were r'ght the guests stayed for, and provided, a supper that was even more , About forty relatives and friends of Mrs. Joseph Armstrong yesterday gathered at the Armstrong home near Cloe and tendered the lady a com|y plete surprise, the occasion being Mrs. J Armstrong's birthday anniversary. The party, most of whom were from Punxsutawney and Cloe, induced the conductor to stop his train, which almost nibs elbows with the Armstrong dwelling, so to speak, and when they alighted it required some time for Mrs. Armstrong to decipher what it was all about. Mr. and Mw Jones are natives of Milliard, anil were married live years ago. They have a child live years a go. PlTTSBURrj, July 1G.—Alleging Ifhat Joseph Strawbridge made love to his wife, Mary Jones, in Sunday School and passed endearing notes to her across tin* church pew, thus alienating her affections, Thomas It. Jones, a foreman in the Standard mine at Milliard. today brought suit to recover $5,000. The Jones family is one of tlie most prominent in Milliard, and Strawbridge is superintendent of 'he I'ennsylvania mine. ones. Eighteen Want l,ai'ge Sum From Pittsburg* Coal Company as liesuit of Mine Disaster. There are eighteen plaintiffs — the wives or fathers and mothers of the victims of the disaster. They are all represented by Attorneys W. S. Anderson and Son, of Youngstowwn, Ohio. By United Press. PITTSBURG, July 10.—Suits for damages aggregating $950,000 were entered in the United States Circuit today, against the Pittsburg Coal Company, as the result of the Darr mine disaster. (Continued on Page two.) Out .side of th«' first inning the Klcanorians put up a ganii* that had many warm features and thereafter Stoekdale's capturc, after a long sprint ot what looked like a threesackt r from Madden's bat in the lirst, kept the lanky one from ballinr 1.000, which 'tenn'yrate included a threesacker, a single and a base on balls. Sixteen stolen bases and a total of eleven errors during the game, included part of the offenses committed thereat. The Eleanorians, mixed good with l>:ol h;»ll and had it not been for some lightning work on two occasions when the bases were full and i<.body out, tlie locals would haw had an enormous score. two runs. the third Inning. Hunter had an off day, having made a wild throw hit » l!i • bleachers, which cost the visitors Phillips, who was on the mound (or the West tinders, gave a pretty exhibition of pitching, as did J. Pollock, who succeeded Hunter for Kleanora, !n Yesterday afternoon at East End Park. Marge's West End minion* flay« I the Kleanora ball tossers, winning i lit by a score of S to 5. KILLED IN WRECK mini: wohkkks to mi:t:t White Mountain Express is DiU'hed Near East Slumlord. Ouhu is the principal island of the* group. The city of Honoluu is situated on it, and over two-thirds of the population and wealth are on the island. The entrance to the harbor of Honolulu is one of the most charming in the whole world. The water is a peculiar deep blue, and the great crcscqnt bay is fringed by rolling hills that rise one a hoe another and are green-thatched by thousands of picturesque cocoanut trees, waing palms and banana trees. Tn the background rearing themselves several thousand feet high, are to be seen torn and serrated lav« mountains, enveloped in verdure of the richest hue. la riii in dryness on the leeward side, the w hole island group is a natural sani- he windward and almost absolute thousand feet aboe th • ocean level, with an almost daily gentle rain on Situated within the tropica, but swept by the trade winds, with a boundless expanse of sea on every si,:e, and mountains towering thirteen thousand miles fr im San Francisco and about throe thousand miles from ihe nearest mainland to the far west. No where in the world is there to be found a more attractive and delight fill country. Fight islands comprise the group. Hawaii, Oahu, Kauai. Maui and Molokai are the principal The Hawaiian group, tropical, volcanic, beautiful, lies more than two the capital of Hawaii teH of elaborate plans that have been made for the entertainment of tin; officers and men of the fleet during their week's visit there. Of all the places to be visited by the fleet on its cruise around the world it is safe to .say that none offers more attractions for tin- visitor than Honolulu anil the Hawaiian Islands, which were annexed to the raited States in 1 SJ>7. Its globe-girddlag journey when It drops anchcr in the harbor of Honolulu today. Recent dispatches from WASHINGTON, D. <\, July 10.— The American fleet of sixteen battleships will mark off another stage of Special to The Spirit, Teachers who expect to draw $r>0 under tlie Minimum Salary Law should procure certificates oC proficiency Tills should be done 'al once. A new one must hi- secured each year. Send sell' addressed stamped envelope and a statement of where you taught. Tills Is Important and directors who are depending on the State paying the difference between $40 and $r,0 should insist on seeing these certificates, when hiring." 1 make this explanation in order that all may know that the requirements have been made greater, and that no one may feel that he or she has been singled out for failure. Those who are worthy will endeavor to meet the conditions. essarily fail. Salaries and conditions generally demand this advance in the standard. It will doubtless work hardship to a few who expected to teach this year, and would have In en permitted to do so had there been no change in the requirements. Hut this will be for the best interests of the schools and the pupils. And in tinend it will be for the best of those who failed this year; for those who are worthy will make the, more thorough preparation required, and will •;.us come into the profession stronger teachers. Many who failed this year have good natural ability, but have failed to reach the passing mark in scholarship. Grades have been sent all applicants, which give full credit for the work done. Hut should any feel that they have not received as high a grade as they have earned, it they will come to my office, I will show them their papers. At the teachers examinations held this year 377 applicants were examined; of this number 237 were granted certificates, and 140 were refused. The standard is higher this year and some who expected to pass will nec- County Superintendent L. Mayne Jones, of Brookvilie, having completed the series of school teachers* examinations, has made the following report:PMBinnT IH CONFUSION The failure of the movement in this town is more deplorable because of the efleet it will have in discouraging the men who were backing it and who will doubtless look askance when they are importuned by others for assist-* j ance in such enterprises. '.lie worth of their money, while the 1..4 00 who remained away have tho >0 cents, but missed hearing one of the best lecturers that the American platform has produced . Taking last night's lecture by Senator Dolllver as an example, thero should have been 1,500 people present, at 50 cents per. Using the price <•{" general admission as a basis, the 1. dure was worth $750. The 100 i persons who heard it, therefore, ac■ t ording to these figures, each received *7 50 worth. In other words, those 1 who were present, received 15 times The little handful of enthusiasts who attended the sessions of the local Chautauqua Tuesday and Wednesday are unanimously agreed that each attraction thus far was the best of It* kind they had ever heard. One oC them puts it in this light. Chautaquas in successful operation in the United States, about 100 of them being located in Iowa, Senator Dolllver's home State. noted the t'.o t that I'unxsutawney is doing a lot of building Just at present. Others are of the opinion that this is not the time of the year for such things, disregarding the fact, however, that there are now about GOO Most people attribute the indifference of Punxsutawney people at this time to the fact that they are especially busy. This is the view also taken by Senator Dolllver, who last night lectured to about 100 people, but notice. I town and community should turn down such an extraordinary opportunity to hear the best that the American platform has produced, Is simply dumbfounding, and h;\s caused t ha men backing it to si: up and take towns where Chautauquas have been organ led. That the citizens of any Thi.s is a deplorable state of affairs, ande one that has arisen in but few About forty persons had subscribed for seas >•» tickets, and only a small percentage of them turned out to hear the lectures. The character and quality of the entertainments were such that those who did attend fell that they already have had the worth of the money, and they  that the stay-at-homes wlUr-ffiot expact anything in the nature of a rebate. If there are any such they can have their claims adjusted by leaving their ticket with F. B. Hastings, treasurer of the Association. As it now stands about a score of guarantors will be compelled to dig down for the $350. not willing to proceed than $150, while the expenses will be about $500. The guarantors will lm compelled to dig down already for about $350, and therefore they were ncluding ast night, amounted to less The action taken by the local man* agement became imperative unless the thirty men who agreed to back tho enterprise would consent to face a deficit of about $1,000. The receipts. All of the other attractions am! lecturers were notified of the demise of the Punxsutawney Chautauqua, as was the management of the parent Chiutaqua at Columbus, Ohio. It was too late to got 'he word to Dean Henry L. Southwick. .so that he arrived here on schedule time, but did not speak thU afternoon. erminated. Accordingly a meeting, which was attended by about a dozer, of tho guarantors, was held In the Jefferson Theatre this forenoon, when it was decided that the Chautnqua should be brow up the sponge. tare .ist night, the directors and guarantors of the enterprise 'oncluded to Lack of public support has been so conspicuous that, following the lec- wo days. The Punxsutawney Chautaqua Assembly this forenoon, passed out of exi lence, after having been in session A wrecking train and crew, and nurses and physicians, have been rushed to the sceen of the accident, the details of which are meager. By United Press. EAST STAMFORD. O., July 10.— One person was killed and several injured in a wreck here when the White Mountain Express was ditched n few miles east of here this morning The present three-year agreemnt expires April 1 next, it being a renewal of the award of the Anthracite Strike Commission of 1902. SCHANTON. July 1G.—The executive board of the three anthracite districts of United Mine Workers of America yesterday ordered a call issued for a joint convention In Scranton on October 12, at which matters dealing with a new wage agreement will be considered. No Candidate Yet Settled Upon Definitely—Worked AH Wtrlrt on Resolutions. n m:\voitKs i:\ima>i>k—a kiluco Py United Prew. BOSTON, July 16.—Three men were killed and a dosen injured, one 9$ them fatally, by the explosion of lireworks toady In the Boetoii and Hfclife Railroad freifht houee. cnty-flve per rent, grade. At Perry;* ville the caravan halted and rendered •i few of the latest melodies for tho edification of the residents, and at eleven o'clock the bunch pulled into I Punx'y, tired but extremely happy. push a pair of bakly horses up a sev- At eight o'clock the bunch hitched up and started for home. A half hour v.as pleasantly passed in trying to At twelve o'clock Bud Drummond, who was in charge of the ammunition wagon, served a spread that m.ule all other similar repasts look like a free lunch. Atfer indulging in athletic spi.rts of various kinds and denominations, Including a few foot races and wrestling matches, another layout, similar to the one served at the noon hour, was carefully, but speedily stowed away. Never in the history of that organization has such an enjoyable day been passed. A ball game in t he morning and a ball game in the afternoon of such speed and closeness as to make one hot around the neck band, were puled off. A few became y* heated that they removed their shirts—both top and under. brat ion, hied themselves to the scene of the day's outing, for the third annual cele- neur Perrysviile The Skidoo Club assembled at nine o'clock at Mclirlde'.- pool room and a short time after lie home of James J. Hamilton its name. The outing of the year that helps keep the town in the eye ol the people of this great and gloilous univcrst was held yesterday nea* known for Its social standing as a town, as it is for the peculiarity of Ry Untied Press. ■COLUMN US, O., July 16.—The Prohibitionist leaders are ali at sea today as to who shall head their ticket, whereas forty-eight hours ago they had hopefully looked forward to the I have a first-class grocery store for ■ale. Business paying and located in good section of town. Lex N. Mitchell, Weber Building.—59t2 The schedule for today's business calls ofr the adoption of the various planks of the platform and the placing lit nomination as candidates for president, the various aspirants to that of- Pce, before the recess at noon, and at the afternoon the schedule calls for a l.allot on those nominated. Today the convention entered upon the real work of adpoting a platform of principles. The platform committee wrestled all night with the phraseology of the resolutions, in order to be ready to support them today. nomination of Joshua Levering. has a wife and family at Punxsutawney and Mrs. Jones, learning of this, has turne dagainst her "affinity." The strange situation is thus presented of a wife whose affections are ai'eged to have been alienated, asisting in the j ros-tution of her /?r-»whl1e lover. T1IE WEATHER WASHINGTON. D. C.. July I«.— Fair and warmer tonight and Friday. I Read "The Port at MlmtDf Maa"— bffflna Saturday. "Jones took his wife back to the house, but he alleges she did not love him because of an .infatuation for Strawbridge, who, she thought, was her afTinUy. "Jones followed at a distance aniV saw the pair meet in the woods. Ho I hid behind a fence and watched. Be- | ing satlstied that Stnawbridge was making love to his wife, Jones sprang upon the pair. Strawbridge, it is alleged. escaped by vaulting a fence and running into a thicket. "Jones now alleges that Strawbridge "Jones saw the two meet in the post office after supper that evening. On leaving his supper Jones had told his wife he was going to the meeting of the Knights of Pythias, but after he saw the postoffice meeting he decided to shadow his wife. Strawbridge was seen to walk towards the woods above town, and Mrs. Jones, after awhile, went In the same direction by another route. "According to his declaration filed today, Jones was convinced of the alleged purpose Strawbridge to win his wife's affections on June 29. He declares that the defendant on that date 'wrongfully, wickedly and unjustly influenced Mrs. Jones to turn against her husband.' ''In li's declaration Jones alleges that Strawbridge entered ardently into church affairs in which his wife wns associated. regular attendant. "Six months ago Strawbridge came to Milliard from Punxsutawney to t ike charge of the Pennsylvania mine, lie took a special inferesf in work in the church to which Mrs. Jones belonged, the Methodist, and was a Last night's Pittsburg Leader gave the following details of the affair: ' : : i '*>1% y —r Gity Edition n