Punxsutawney Spirit, 1908-07-17

              ( 6ity Edition | J[||f $ttf|££ttfctll)ttt]! l^=E~=l BACK BROKEN nil* HIS ROLL THE WKATHEIl ARTIFICIAL 1-IMBS Well Known Newspaper Man of Brookville, Buried This Afternoon lire, Hclleviil In He of Iileedlnrv Origin, Causes f.350,000 I,oss— 200 >I<mi Out of Work. Seventeen <»iiii.n From Ibitlrry All■Huineed Ills Arrivul—Oe- msioii INfr Drills. DIED WEDNESDAY GOVERNOR ST'I ART AT N. G. P. ENCAMPMENT VOL. II—NO. 260 itig Mate of Chicago Lawyer and [Lecturer HOME CHAFIN THE NOMINEE \j OF PROHIBITIONISTS S. Watkins The Runn- RECORD YEAR OF AMERICAN SHIPBUILDING PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., FRIDAt EVENING JULY 17, 1906 !.*•«« Vessels I>r 5H8.A27 Gross Toils Built In the lulled Slates. KILLED BY ROCK FALL AT WALSTON AN ABSENT MINDED TRADER OF HORSES PRICE TWO CENTS FUNERAL OF W. S. WEAVER Man WImi Said Horse Was Six Years OKI, Forgot to Put a Two In Front. ELK TANNING COMPANY PLANT BURNED AT EVERETT Patrick Kelliher of West End Meets Death With Son Nearby WHERE JU FELL The scarcity of water seriously hampered tlip firemen In their efforts to extinguish the flames. The damage is estimated at $350,- 000, and about two hundred men artthrown out of employment. By United Press. EVERETT, Pa.. July 17.—Fire, believed to lie of incendiary origin, this mornins destroyed the plant of the Elk Tanning Company, here. The blaze .started in the hair room and confnunicated itself to the steam tanning department and hide storage house. Now yiiMMt Unbroken Wilderness— His Last Words Carved on tin* Monument. The hearing will take place this evening before 'Squire Corey. Such mistakes seem hut natural, and a small matter like forgetting to affix tin- two to the six, seems a light matter to be arrested for. Frank Alello, a horse-trader, of Horatio, of considerable ability In his line, was yesterday caught at one of his tricks, and the man whom he had successfully worked, swore out a warrant for his arrest, charging him with false pretense. A short time ago Aiello and Joe Yorko got together in a horse deal, and Aiello, who had a fairly goodlooking piece of equine flesh, represented the horse as being six years old. Following the amount of bar- Raining necessary in such deals Yorko was separated from $150, and re? reived in turn the horse. A few days after the transaction Yorko began to feel that he might have been done and induced a friend, who was up on horses, to have a look at th<» beast. The friend, after looking the animal over, told Yorko that Aiello had only made a mistake of a two in the horse's age, and that instead of being six years old the horst* was twenty-six. Yorko at once had a warrant sworn out for Aiello's arrest and Chief Palmer yesterday afternoon served it. OLD TALE REVERSED "From Poverty to College President" Heads "From College President lo Poverty." Tliis year steel vessels built numbered 142 of 417,167 gross tons compared with 3(S0,6«.r> tons built last year. These two are the years of the largest steel construction In the United States. The tonnage built is entirely for domestic transportation, no vessels exclusively for foreign trade haing been built In the United States. Of the 142 steel vessels, X5 exceeded 1.000 gross tons each, 5.r> on the Great Lakes, the largest being the William M. Mills of J.9(i2 tons and 30 on the seaboard, the largest being tile Columbian, of S.579 tons, built at San Francisco lor trade to Hawaii. Four wooden sailing vessels exceeding 1,000 tons each were built during the year, the largest being the Edward J. Lawrence of 3,350 gross tons. H.v United Proas WASHINGTON, T>. C., July '.7.— Tho fiscal year ended Juno 30, lias been the record year of American ■shipbuilding, according to reports to tho Bureau of Navigation, and the center of the industry Is on theOreat Lake:!. During the year, l.BOfi vessels of r>S8,B27 gross tons were hullt and numbered In the United States, of which seventy steel steamrs of 304,- 3 70 grofes tons were built on the Oreat Lakes, The largest annual output heretofore was in the year 1365, when 2,024 vessels of r.83,4fi0 tons were built. In tha* year the Groat Lakes built only 263 vessels of 45,423 tons. GAS FROM WATER WELL GETTYSBURG, July 17.—The chief event of the N. G. P. Encampment thus far was the advent of Governor Edwin S. Stuart, who arrived at the camp from Harrlaburg at 4 o'clock, yesterday. The car bearing the Governor and his private secretary, A. n. Miller, was drawn to a point near the dlvlson officers' tents over a spur from the Heading Railroad. The Governor's salute, 17 guns, boomed from the artillery of Battery C as ho stopped off the car and greeted Adjutant General Thomas J. Stewart, Major Fred R. Drake, representing Major General John A. Wiley, and Division Quartermaster William Richardson. The arrival of Governor Stuart was the occasion of much Impressive military ceremony, and with the exercises attending the opening of tile camp yesterday was among the first events attracting visitors. The first fatality in connection with tile encampment occurred early yesterday morning when Artificer n. C. Frame, a member of the advance detail of Company I of West Chester, Sixth Regiment, First Brigade, was accidentally killed on his way here. When tlie train carrying the detail stopped at Reading, Frame stepped oft and fell under a moving train. RO OLYMPIC CHAMPIONSHIP The first fatality in the Walston Mine* for a number of years occurred yesterday, shortly after twelve o'clock, wren Patrick Kelliher, of the West End. was caught underneath a falling rock, and instantly killed. Kelllher and hi.** oldest son were two I of the few English speaking miners employed at Walston. Yesterday the two had been working together, and shortly after the noon hour Kelllher left his son and went Into another room. He had just entered the room and was stripping over for some purpose or other, when a rook came crashing from the roof, and struck him just below the neck, breaking hi# hack. The impact crushed him to the ground, his head striking on the floor and crushing his skull. Miners working nearby heard the fall and rushed to the room to find him dead. His body was at once removed and taken to the undertaking rooms of A. Uobinson and Son, of this place. The deceased was thirty-nine years of age, and is survived by his wife and four children, all of whom reside in the West End. He had been a resident of this place for ten years and was known as an industrious, steady man, one whosw loss the neighborhood will deeply feel. Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at nine o'clock. Burial will be msde in the Catholic Cemetery, West End. WIT PMUOE OF ELKS Joseph Fitzgerald, of Plimivlllc, Discovers Sf run- Flow of Cias Beside Pump. Criticism of Scoring McUmhIn Deckles London Olympic Association to Make No Award. lYstllvtles of Aniiiinl Convention Close With Finest Pageant Ever Seen in Dallas. ~ Eugene W. Chafln, who leads the Prohibiton party this year, is an at:orney. He is a native of Waukesha "ounjfey, Wis., and for several years •racAJced law there. He was at one Irtne candidate for Governor of Wls- onsin on the Prohlbton ticket, and ras this vear placed in, the running if the same position in Illinois by i© Prohibitionists of that State. The moon session of the convention devoted to the discussion and of a platform, which is prob- the shortest on record, contain- H|g not more than 350 words. On the first two ballots Mr. Chafln did not show a great amount of strength, receiving but 195 out of 1,083 votes on the first and 376 out 'otcd largely for Daniel R. Sheen, of ofj 1,087 on the second ballot. His nomination was assured, however, When the roll call began for the third ballot. His own State, which had jPeoria, and the New York delegtaion, followed by those of Indiana and Wisconsin, came over to Mr. Chafin, and on the third ballot he received a total [>f 636 votes. .'hatin was Rev. William B. Palmore, if St. Louis, who received 274 votes on he first ballot. The strongest competitor of Mr. By United Press. COLUMBUS, O., July 1 7.—Today tjne delegates, nominees and leaders of 'Jhe National Prohibition Party, are flurrying home, with their conventfon work done. )Not a candidate, and with his own solidly for another favorite son, aind proposed by a delegate from a distant State, Eugene Wilder Chatln,, a'Chicago lawyer and lecturcr, was nominated tor President last night amid scenes of enthusiasm seldom) sfcen In any National Convention. 1 ) Aaron S. Watkins, instructor in the Northern Ohio University was choson vice presidential candidate. t Both candidates have been at one time nominees for Governor on the Prohibition Ucket, in their respective States. PICNIC AND DANCE MmikI Eekard unci Kathcriiie Qulnlisk the Hostess By United Press. LONDON, July lT—On account of criticisms having been made of the itiethod of scoring used, the British Olympic Association is said to have decided to award no championship in the Olympic games held in London, or in the sports held in the Stadium. In the 100 meter back-stroke swim, the first heat of the semi-finals, Risberstein, Germany was first; time, 1:25 3-5. The second heat was taken by Haresmapc, England, time 1:28 1-2. KILLED FOUR COWS S. C. Ilazelctt, of Gwrgoville, Lot»es Quartette of Bovliics Through Lightning Holt. Several Punxsutawney veterans have requested The Spirit to reprint the following story from the pen of J. Harry Shannon, In the Illustrated Sunday Magazine: "Twelve miles southwest of Fredericksburg, Va.—a city rich in memories of the Cololnial Revolutionary and j Civil War periods—stands a simple stone monument which marks the place where Stonewall Jacks m fell, on the evening of May 2, 1863. The j monument stands by the lonely roadside where the pines and woods and ! thickets of the horror-fteld of Chancellorsvllle are densest. Chancellorslvlle is much as It was when Hooker crossed the Rappahannock to | llank Lee at Fredericksburg, where he was by Lee and flanked by Jackson. It is still a thickly wooded country for Chancellorsvllle Is three miles deep in the Wilderness and the ground on which ; was fought the campaign of Chancel- | lorsville overlaps the ground on which the campaign of the Wilderness was fought in the following year. "The name 'Chancellorsville' is misleading-. It never was a village. Near where the Orange Turnpike and the Plank Road from Fredericksburg to Lynchburg and the west Intersected In the Wilderness a man named Chancellor buit a road house which became an Important stopping pla.ee for the stages and travelers over those roads. A ' wide clearing was made around the Chancellor House and this clearing exists today—the only clearing one sees after passing the eastern edge of the Wilderness and for many miles beyond. Continued on Page Two. "Hooker made his headquarters in the Chancellor House, and it was destroyed by Confederate artillery. After the war, and after tlie skeletons of the men who fell there, had been From eight until 10:30 o'clock they danced an(,l from the latter hour until nearly twqivo, they partook of a delicious picnic spread served in the grove near the pavillion. About thirtylive couple? were present. Misses Maud Eckard and Katherine Qulnlisk last night were hostesses at i picnic and dance given in the Jefferson Park, in honor of Miss Mary No- lan, of Johnsonburg the guest of Jhe Misses Clark, and Miss Josephine Speaker, a nurse in the South Side hospital, Pittsburg, who is spending lor vacation with her parents in this sity. CiKOCKRY STOKE FOIl SALE Joseph Fitzgerald last spring bought a lot from Squire John St. Clair, mayor of Plumville», erected thereon a dwelling, and dug a well 57 feet deep. The other day Mr-. Fitzgerald heard a peculiar noise issuing from a hole beside the pump stock, and being of an inquisitive temperament struck a match, and held it to the hole. An instant later Mr. Fitzgerald recovered from the shock, which had hurled him about ten feet from the pump. His face and hands were blistered, and he had accumulated a large assortment of contusions, also an idea. Securing a piece of regulation gas pipe with thumb screw attachment, he adjusted it to the hole and again applied a match, the second time with much more satisfactory results. Being able to control the fluid, it was piped into the house, a gas burner provided, and now Mr. Fitzgerald's women folks are cooking, and heating the house, with gas, and have* enough left, it Is estimated, to supply four or live more families. There are seventeen feet of good, pure water in the bottom of the well all the time, and Mr. Fitzgerald is giving the neighbors a demonstration of how a family may obtain gas and water from the same well. . So says 'Squire John St. Clair, mayor of Plumville, winter residence, Punxsutawney. BIG RUN GIRL A BRIDE I have a first-class grocery store for 'sale. Business paying and located in good section of town. Lex N. Mitchell, Weber Building.—5912 ASSISTANT DISTINCT ATTOHNEY COMMITS SUICIDE Defeased was an earnest and enthusiastic member of the Masonic fraternity. He held membership in n»>- bah Lodge No. 27fi, P. and A. M., and Jefferson Chapter, No. 225, R. A. M., at Brookville, Bethan Commandery, No. 83, a Knights Templar, of Du- Bois, and Jaffa Temple, A. A. O. N., Mystic Shrine, of Altoona. Bethany Commandery conducted the burial serices at Brookville thi.s afternoon. Several members from this place were in Attendance. Por many years the deceased was a member of the Brookville school board and was for a long time treasurer of thp board. He was known as a man of Mound judgment and ability in his profession and his death i.y the cause of sorrow, not only to his immediate family, but to all who knew him. Mr. Weaver last week, accompanied [ by his wife and daughter Lucile, ageA sixteen years, had gone to Philadelphia, where the daughter, underwent a slight operation at the Jefferson Medical College • Hospital. While watching over his daughter, following the operation, Mr. Weaer became ill, uraemic poisoning having suddenly developed. So rapid was his decline that the most eminent physicians of the institution realized that the end was near. W. S.. Weaver, of Brookvllle, brief mention of whus- death Wednesday morning, was made in The Spirit, toj day at 2 o'clock, p. m., was buried in the Brookville Cemetery. Rev. J. A. Mct'amey, pastor of the M. E. Church, of which the deceased was for many years a zealous member, officiated. Business places were closed, and practically the entire town was in mourning because of the loss or one of its best known and foremost citizens.Mr. Weaver was one of the best known newspaper men in this part of the State. He became connected with the Brookvilie Republican in the early seventies, coming to that place from Westmoreland County. Later be married Misg Brechwill, of Leechburg. and two daughters, Ethel and Lucille, were born to them. In August, 1R97, his wife died and in 1000 he married Miss Emma Cora Kelts, a daughter of the late Edward Reitz, of Stanton, Pa. Ethel, the eldest daughter, died last fall. When he first became associated with the Republican it was under the i-ontrol of J. R., now f&ofessor of law In the Depaw University, Mich., and F. A. Weaver, who is employed in the Interior Department, Washington, I). <Later Homer J., a younger brother, became connected with the enterprise under the firm name of W. 8. and H. J. Weaver, the two older brothers retiring. After the illness of H. J. Weaver in 1904 a corporation was formed wtih the name of the Re- I publican Printing Company: W. S. and H. J. Weaver and Thomas V. Hendricks were the principal stockholders in the new company and the former was made president. In 1005 H. J. Weaver died and the firm passed under the control of W. S. Weaver and T. V. Hendricks. Miss Myrtle Hawthorne and Harry Jones United ill Marriagc.LEG CRUSHED IN MINES •foe >la<lroskl Caught By Fnll of lt(K'k in (ho Kleanom Shaft. By United Press. PITTSBUHG, July 17.—While pre-1 partitions wore being made for his remoal to a hospital this morning. Charles W. Hamilton, Assistant District Attorney of Allegheny County, seized a revolver and shot himself through the head, dying several hours later. He had been in poor health for some time. Michael Skibosh, of YValston, who yesterday morning found himself languishing in Warden Ferry's domains, when interviewed by Burgess Brown, plead guilty to the charge of d and d, and was fined the usual $0.25. Michael asked permission to go to Walston to get the necessary mazuma, but was informed by the Burgess that the- Borough did not need the money as badly as it needed street work. Michael then obtained permission to retire to his cell, whereupon he returned with the $6.25, which was part of a roll that he had secreted underneath his bunk. His liberation followed close upon the heels of the financial transaction. CAM. issued ran n ation - All BANK STATEMENTS The course ->f the bolt could scarcely be traced on the trunk of the tree, and there were no marks on the cows, that were visible to the naked eye. The logs was not only a great inconvenience to the family, but the nmount considerable, as the cows were valued at from $50 to J60 each. section Monday, brought great di.?- T. C. Kerr, the Georgeville merchant, who was in town yesterday, stated that the storm that visited that tress to the family of Samuel C. Hazeiett, who lives on the road between Georgeville and Ambrose. Not long after the storm had subsided Mr. Hazelett went back over the hill to bring th<- cows. There were four of them, and although it was milking time, none of the bovines had yet come up to the bars, as they were in the habit of doing at that time. Mr. Hazelett called to them and receiving <io response, went in search. Arriving at a favorite shaded spot he found his four cows dead under the spreading branches of a chestnut tree. The animals had all evidently been lying down when a bolt of lightning struck and descended the trunk of the tree, passed to the cows and snufTed out their lives. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 17.— The weather indications are: Showers tonight and Saturday. Cooler Saturday.DALLAS, Texas, July 17.—Festiv- ities in connection with the annual national reunion of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks culminated today in a parade which was the finest pageant Dallas has ever witnessed.In rich and picturesque garb the "best people on earth" turned out in full force just to show their appreciation of the hospitality showered upon them by Dallas. There were In fine nearly 15,000 Elks, representing about one hundred lodges scattered from Maine to Honolulu and from Canada . to Mexico. The line of march extended over a large part of the business section and through streets which J were handsomely decorated with flags and' bunting. Visitors poured into the city in the early morning hours to witness the pageant and the route was lined from end to end with thouslinds of enthusiastic and delighted spectators who loudly cheered th« stellar features of the big show. The bands, of which there were more than a score, also came in for a large share of the applause from the appreciative public. The start of the parade was made between nine and ten o'clock this morning. Grand Esquire Sullivan acted as grand marshal. The first division consisted of a police escort, officers and members of the grand lodge In decorated carriages and the Dalian lodge acting as escort of honor. Following this division New York Lodge No. 1. the Parent organization of the order, held the place of honor, with other State lodges following. Tens of thousands of dollars were represented in the costumes of the marchers. Hundreds of those in lino wore blue serge or white duck suits and straw hats with purple bands. But many more were garbed in rich or fantastic costumes that represented considerable outlay. Some of the j lodges from Pennsylvania and Ohio I attracted particular attention because <»f their line appearance and a picturesque show was made also by some of the lodges from Mexico and from Colorado and the States of the far West. Many magnificent floats, illustrative of the cities whose lodges provoded them, were also in the parade. SKI.KING INTOXICANTS WITHOUT A LICENSE After the ceremony a bounteous wedding supper was served. The young couple left this morning for Buffalo and Niagara Falls, to bo gone about a week. On their return they will take up housekeeping at Ernest, where Mr. Jones has charge of the meat market of the Coal Company. Thursday afternoon, at the home of the bride* smother. Miss Myrtle Hawthorne, daughter of Mrs. Q. S. Reams, of Big Run, and Harry Jones, of Ernest, were united In marriage. The bride Is a popular young lady of Big Run, well known and highly respected. The brldegr.iom is a young man of excellent prospects, who holds the respcct of all who know him. By United Press. WASHINGTON, D. C.. July 17.— Tho Comptroller of Currency has Issued a call for the reports of condition of national banks at the close of business Wednesday, July 15. MOTHEK DEAD—SON IN PANAMA DETAINED BY SICKNESS TO. X. li. P. ENCAMPMENT He was taken to the Adrian Hospital where his wounds were dressed; The flesh of the limb is badly crushed and the bone is broken in several places. It is not thought, however, that amputation will be necessary. * Joe Madroski, a foreign miner, had his left log badly crushed in the Eleanora shaft yesterday by a fall of rock. The man. who has been employed at Eleanora for a number of years, had put in a blast and men who were working near him said that he lingered too long. The. blast was an especially heavy one, and a falling rock pinned his leg to the ground before he could get away. L. R. Huth, who yesterday was scheduled to go with a crowd to pick huckleberries in Boone's Mountains, was unable to leave on account of the serious Illness of his little daughter, Blanche. Adam Rassavonlc, alias Mike Ra»- savonlc, was taken into custody early this morning by Constable Wall, of this place, at the his home in Cloe. ,Two warrants were served upon the man, one wherein he was charged with selling liquor without a license, and the other "assault and battery". Both warrants were founded on tho Information of Mike Estok. Rassavonlc will be given a hearing this evening before 'Squire Corey. Continued on Page Two. "Therefore, we, his old students and friends. fetJlnp the sting of thlft humiliation, sympathizing with him In this deprivation hardship, do most heartily move that ftov. K. C. I finally deprived of his chosen means of livelihood, has been forced, after a long, laborious so 1 vice in the cause of education, to give up his comfortable home and take rooms oa the second floor of a very old building which has store and running machinery beneath, thereby depriving both him and his estimable wife in their old age of that rest and peace to which they are so Justly euM'led, Best now manufactured, and their superiority Is well known East, West, North ami South. We can give the best of refrondwl all over the lTnltt>d States and In foreign land*. Write li* and W- *«• have a representative call to wk J*8 with samples and fflve you otMr Information that n'lll he at beiiem to Artificial I-'mb Mf*. Co_. •41 Liberty Art., opposite Smlthfleid St., pltubur*. Pa.—MM Councilman Irwin Simpson and Samuel Barrett, proprietor of the Haley House, West End. left today to attend the N. G. P. Encampment at Gettysburg. They expect to be absent ten days. On the 20th day < f May, 1008, a meeting of former students of Ed Inboro State Normal School was hel I In the parlors of Park View Hotol, Erie, Pa. Among those present were Dr. I. C. Ketler, Grove City, Rev. R. C. McMlnn, Edinboro; Prof. J. R. Burns, and Attorneys R. L. Roberts and A. A. Freeman, Erie. After a full and frank discussion of how to fionor our faithful friend and teacher, Pro. J. A. Cooper a temporary organization was effected, a committee wa« I Appointed and reported the following resolution: "Whereas, our faithful friend and teacher, Prof. J. %A. Cooper, having for years battled against an unfortunate combination if circumstances and A copy of a circular letter addressed to the alumni and students of Edinboro State Normal School, reached this ofllce yesterday. The letter embodies an appeal to the former students of the historic institution for funds with which to provide a home for Professor and Mrs. J. A. Cooper.The statement which accompanies the appeal only hints at the tragedy which caused Prof. Cooper, after 30 years of sacrifice, to give up his position as president of the college, broken in spirit and almost penniless. Most young men and women who have been students at Edinboro are aware of the fact that Prof. Cooper— "Dear old Jack" as he was affectionately called—was deprived of his place at the head of a school, which he def veloped from its infancy until it became the leading institution of the kind in the State, by the wickedest, most reprehensible methods that ever wrecked a school, and for many years destroyed the usefuless of the institution.The men who accomplished Prof. Cooper's undoing and wrecked the school have passed out of the councils of the institution, and will be seen no more in Edinboro, but the harm they did was great, and reached its climax when a few days ago Prof. Cooper was compelled to give up his comfortable home, just across the street from the school he .loved so well, and with Mrs. Cooper take dingy quarters on the second lloor of an old building. J. fjjiwrence Hawke, of St. Louis, a graduate of Edinboro, writing to the Association which will have charge .»f the fund, savs: "How I should like to take Prof. Cooper by the hand today and thank him again and again for the wholeseme lessons he stamped upon our lives while we were under his care." How many hundreds of former stud< nts of Edinboro would like to do just that same thing, or, better still, sit once more in assembly hall an.l go over tho««e never-to-be-forgotten chapel exercises; hear him say: "Get your pencils. Write: 'If a six-horse team can draw six tons of bricks, all pulling together, how many tons can they draw if one of them balks?' "Are you a balky student?"' How many former students of Edinboro under the Cooper regime would like to hoar "Jyek" say: "Bedibus Nino O'clocklbus." Annn M. Derk, wife of Perclval Derk, of Shamokln, and mother of Mrs. Jane Sheridan, of this place, died at her home In Shamokln Tuesday, July 14, of a complication of diseases. One of her children is in Panama, and was unable to attend the funeral, which took place this afternoon. Mrs. Sheridan, of this place, was with her mother at the time of her death. Do not miss the opening chapters of The Port of Missing Men tomorrow. Tohnorrow begins The Port of Missing Men In The Spirit. Our readers should not miss this. ■ iipj * 4 >• ■ ■