Punxsutawney Spirit, 1908-08-05

              >v'4 jjjBgp* • ■$%£** r$k..> ■ *'**8 ':; "'•' ' '■*' /4 * *,v * *•?** jl? K ■'$ ' ;.* > * ' >* H " * *■ *' » '"f*' road DiLcli. l.o\c<l Woman. ■lavages of Dropsy—\ Much TWENTY KILLED (•iovaiii Pa pi WanUnl For Attempted Murder of Contractor Near Kant*. STORM RAISED HAVOC IK ran AND VICINITY YESTERDAY BOY FATALLY INJUR WHEN STREET CARS CRASH AT DUBOIS PRICE TWO CENTS WORK OF THE GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION BAD MAN CAPTURED AT DUBOIS YESTERDAY PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING AUGUST 5t 1006 ATTEMPT TO KILL FAMILY AND WRECK SALOON FAILS TTEiPT TO TAKE :the LIFE OF THE SULTAN OF TURKEY VOL II—NO. 278 Mtro-(il}mrlne Giplodni I'mler Doorway Wreck 11 ik the Front—No One Is Injured. OFFICE OF ELDRED glass company is TO BE TRAKSFERHED Wliltl llie Lycoming- County <)ruiml<- ation Hits AiiiiiiiiiUsIhiI In .Sliort Time. iat [of Mail Abdul HamidFrom Assassin's ' Knife. .  James Bader Fatally Hurt and Four Others Slightly Injured Near Brewery. Spirit Office One of a Number of Buildings That Was Struck By Lightning. business of Institution Being Closed at Eldred Preparatory to Moving Here. HAIL FELL IN PLACES HEAD ON COLLISION WORK PROGRESSING BEY RECALLED As the result <»f a head-on collision between a Sykesvllle trolley car and A. L. Tessler, Ij'is wi/e and Ave children, wlio worn asleep in an npartmetn over the saloon, were rendered unconscious by the shock, l>nL otherwise wero not injured. BRICK THE DITCH place A bottle of nltro-glycerine was exploded in the doorway of the saloon, completely wrecking the front of the CHICAGO, Aug 5.—An attempt to blow lip the saloon of Jacob Tessler and kill the owner, his brother, A. L. Tessler, the latter's wife and live children, was made today. By United Press. \Valt»r !»«v Continuance ol' Kail- SrHJ'Ps Could ll«' Iti lriM'd of Surface The guarJj quickly followed the asllant into tho Sultan's room ami erpowored him, placing- hint under rest. The young man tried to rape the guards hut his movements ire hindered by a bag of gold which ! carried, and which is believed to ve been paid him for committing: e deed. So v|olent was the blow that tho lint of the knife was broken off. his body. This deflected the life thrust, which otherwise would tve enterd his heart. The message states that the only ing that saved the Sultan's life was e coat of mail which ho wears next •vement. lenders of the young Turkish V a minor official of the palace, ac»rding to a telegram which was relived here today from Constantinople GENEVA, Switzerland, Aug. 5.— lltan Abdul Ilamid, of Turkey, was abbed in the breast in his apartenta in Vildiz Kiosk, Monday night Hy United Press, CAMPING OK LIIIIE GREEK Strano, the last victim of his murderous attack, is in a hospital at Kane and is not expected to recover. Pa pi has boasted of killing several men and is known to be one of the most vicious Hlark Hand operators in this State. Yesterday morning Pa pi was discovered by his brother-in-law, Homeo Capalletty, boarding a P. 1{. H. train at DuHois for Philadelphia. Hy a clever ruse the DuUois man prevented his murderous relative from boarding the train until the arrival of officers, when Papi was arrested and taken to Sm ethport. Papi lied in this direction ami on Saturday was known to have been in VVishaw. The State Police in tills place were notified and a detail sent to VVishaw, but the man had tied. If the police of DuBois are not badly fooled the lockup of that place yesterday held t"r a time one of the most desperate outlaws that Europe has sent to this country. His name is said to be Glovani B. Papi, and his latest offense was the attempted assassination last Thursday of Pllleguno Strano, a paperwood contractor of Kane, Pa. Having refused to pay Papi a sum of money which was de- I rnanded on penalty of his life the victim tried to escape, but was terribly slashed about the head and throat before he succeeded in evading his murderous assailant. Turtles By tl»o Score. Local Hoys Are Catching Fisli and b the Turkish Ambassador, Afo[mmed Ali Bey. While th<> report fs not been continued, it is generally eepted as the truth. CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. r,.—It is ported here this morning that the Itan has recalled from Washing- BARN DES7I0YED 'mature HciongiAg to tlanu's London, nft Biff IS mi. Struck l»y Lightning. DOUBLE TRACKING 8. K.! P. causes tho tHllug- of the Findley Street sewers, and the Hooding of that thoroughfare. '|ho continuance of this ditch along tlif railroad tracks to West 10nd ultimately to the creek, would cost but little. Properly bricked and of sutlieient depth, the ditch would carry away nearly all the surface water that pours from the hills on the North side in time of rains. The surface water is what undoubtedly Several cheaper ways of relieving the situation have been .suggested, one of which seems highly practical to the layman. Starting a: tho bend of the street car track near Ridge Avenue and extending west along the railroad track for quite a distance, is a ditch, which carries away considerable surface water from the hills of the North side. At the season of heavy ra'ns which is upon us now the »«ver-pressi::g sewer question is uppermost. That a new sewer system, such as is proposed by the Council, will he adequate to relieve the situation is beyond loubt, yet the cost will be considerable.— AIRSHIP BURNING UP Continued on Pago Two "We have started an era of road improvement throughout this section which it is confidently believed will roads. "(1) — We have secured the co-operation of the entire press of this section of the State for the spreading <»f information that will eventually result in the improvement of all our highways. (2)- Wo have held in this county the large*: and most ' representative meeting to consider the subject of (Joud I toads, exclusively, ever held in Pennsylvania. (3) — \Ve have brought here the foremost authority "ii Good I toads io suggest and explain how they mav be obtained quickly and at ;in expense much less than is now incurred in their maintenance. (<t> We have already caused more than 100 Split Log Hrags to be built and used on township, borough and city highways, producing marvelous improvement when properly used. (5)—We have offered $1,- 000 in prizes to Township Supervisors for 'lie greatest general improvement in roads, causing keen rivalry which promises splendid returns. ((») — Our energy has prompted the State Highway Department to renewed activity for the promotion, construction' and repair of Slate Highways in Lycoming County, there being at this time no less than four advertisements for bids for the construction of such "Tills Association was recently organized to promote the cause of Good Itoads in Lycoming County. \y,. assume that von know some of the results accomplished during the past two months, but desire briefly to rectum! a few of the more important: In this issue It is our purpose to present some of the practical results obtained this year alreadv by the foremost Good Roads Association of this State, that of Lycoming County, with Ralph Gibson, of Wllliamsport, as secretary. Writing concerning what the association has accomplished in a few months, Mr. Gibson says: The first installment of this article dealt with good roads, the split-log drag, and Good Roads Associations in general. (Continued Prom Yesterday.) p the storm, at six o'clock p. fn, yes*day, was struck by lightning, and tally destroyed by the fire which mlted, entailing a loss of about pie large frame barn belonging to rnes London, of near Rig Run, dur- in llig Tunnel .Near Umpire. Steam Shovels Tearing oul the Karlli >lolor of lingo .Airship ol' Count Zo|»- polin lireaks Causing hrlay In Flight. PREPARINGOFOH FLEET The vacation which takes one to the big seaside resort or a city is usually worse than no vacation at all. Hotli mind and hotly are more fatigued at the end of the whirl than before leav- . ing. A week or two in ;v tent «>11 the banks of a good tlshing stream such as the Utile Mahoning should be as attractive an outing as the most fastidious could wish. There is a popular idea that in order to enjoy a proper outing one must either take in a few cities, get burned to a crisp at Atlantic City, or go tlshing somewhere in the wilds of the North. The eight youn men who are camping on the Little Mahoning ('reek near Goodvllle, are fast dispelling that idea. During their three days' stay oil the banks of the Little Creek, the boys have caught something over a hundred fish, mostly chubs of course, (hut where would you lind a gamer llsh?), a dozen or more snapping turtles and in addition are acquiring an Atlantic tan. There are now about 120 men employed nil tlx- construction work of the buildings, three of the largest of which are about under roof. ;:nd are being painted a substaatial red color.As soon as convenient after the office has been moved to Punxsutawney, the ofl leers of the association will make application to have the name of the company changed from "The 101 - d red Window <»lass Company" to "The Punxsutawney Window Class ("ompany." Although the buildings up at the new plant are being constructed of tiebest new material that can be found in the market, much of the equipment, which is modern in every respect, and as good as new, will be brought here from Kldred. Next week the company will begin the erection, back of the plant, of a modern office building. It will be 4fix50 feet, one story high, and will be fitted up as becomes the office of a modern plant, such as that now hearing completion in Elk I'un. Although the company still has interests and property in Eldrecl. the office Is to be moved to this place at once. For the present it will be located in the tool and supply house which now occupies a small building within the Immense flattening building.This incident, not only speaks well for the quality of the glass made by the new company, bu; it is an indication that glass, at least such as they make, Minis a re a ly market. Another pleasing feature is due to the fac; that since tin- company began building ia I'unxsutawney, the price of gla s, whic h had boon depn ssingly low, has advanced, and the prospects are that by the time the company gets its first "burn" ready the price will b,. still higher and the demand .brisker. The company ha.I on hands, when they dceided to locate in Punxsutawney about 1 :.'.000 boxes of window glass, all of which have been sold. When the Eldred people decided to move t!i«-ir plant to this place eleven members of the eonjpany, who had other interests in that town, withdrew from the association,* the 152 shares which they owned, having been taken over by the other members of the company. tin- institution, preparatory to moving tie offl. e to Punxsutawney. the company i:i the former home of lor IS Id red to cIosp up the affairs of Charles NVragney, secretary of the Eldrcd Glas.s Company, left yesterday New Zealand Will llold <jala Festival lor Xmcrican Sailor Hoys. It !<• reported that the large barn Daniel Sheesely, who lives in iskill Township, was also de.stroy, but up to the hour of going to ess. the report could not be con- in smoke. Mr. Jjondon carried insurance of $500. The barn, which was valued at $1,- 0, contained among other things, tons of hay, 15 tons of straw, and 00 worth of farm machinery, two igons, buggies, hack, sleigh, grain d forty chickens, all of which went ed, the horses and- other cattle not ing in the barn at the time. One colt and three pigs were res- ic family was in the house when ; bolt struck, but before they got the barn the interior of the strue*e was a mass of (lames. WELL KNOWN WOMAN DEAD An Investigation will be held today to determine, if possible, t ha cause of the collision. Moth ears were completely pu4 out of commission. The scene of the accident presented .1 wierd appearance at the time of the collision. When the occupants of the city car saw that a collision was Inevitable they jumped, some of them lolling down a twenty-foot embankment, while the car tracks for several rods were strewn with bruised and frantic people. Voting Bader, who had been in Sykesville, was In the vestibule with Motorman Johnston when the crash came. Johnston escaped by being knocked through the vestibule into the ear. jumping. Mot or urn it .Inhusoit, cut about face and hands by broken lass and badly Injured. Several others were slightly bruised either by jumping or by broken glass. Young Hader, who was pinioned bo- *_ tween the wall of the vestibule  the car, was rescued and taken fi§ the Harris home, nearby, where Jio was given proper surgical attention. From the nature of his injuries It was thought that he could not survive many hours, hut he was still alive at noon today, and his physicians and relatives now entertain strong hopes for his recovery. Moioriimn Lyons, right hand badly lacerated and otherwise Injured. Miss Bowers, cut and bruised while Those who received Injuries were described in this morning's Issue of the Courier, as follows: •lames Hader, twelve years old; large gash in back, head cut, left leg badly cut and internally injured. The Sykesville car was driven back several feet hy the impact, both vestibules were smashed und some of the occupants were hurled several feet. speed. ery, and opposite the cemetery, enroute from Sykesville to DuBois, when Motorman Johnston saw the city car coming on the same track. The motorman blew his whistle, reversed his power and had come to a complete stop when the other car came up, evidently going at high The Sykesville car, which was the largest of the pair, was rounding the curve, some distance below the brew- a DuBois city lino car at '.ho Main Street and Spring Avenue crossing In DuRols at about eleven o'clock last night, twelve-year-old Jomen Bader, son of tfmanuel Bader, a fruit dealer, wan perhaps fatally injured an.I four others badly hurt. SENATQB ALLISON DEAD med, Mrs. Susanna Rowers Succumbs to lit*d Steles Senator Succumbs to Complication of Diseases. AUCKLAND, Aug. 5. -New Zealand is putting the finishing touches to the preparations for the entertain men! of the American battleships, and is awaiting the arrival of the ships at the end of this week with the greatest interest. The city will be decorated in honor of the occasion and doubtless will be thronged with visitors from all parts of the coun- Speeial to The Spirit As October 1, the lime t fo- beginning the actual making of glass, approaches, the officials of t'ie t mpany and the contractors, feel greater contldence than ever that the plant will be ready to s«art as scheduled.Although they ha\ • not all f und permanent dwellings tliey are i11 comfortably housed and expert to take some time in looking up dwellings t«» suit them. Hctwecn forty and fifty families, who formerly lived at Kldred, are lie re, and there are about llfteen or twenty families yet to come. DEATH LIST LOWERED Not withstanding the damage done by lightning and storm it is .said that thi- advent of rain yesterday wa« most welcome to the farmers in this section as the drought was beginning tn tell on the corn and other crops, and it is estimated that the rainfall yesterday was, excepting in a few isolated instances, a great blessing to the community. cloudburst, all of the streams having had more water than they could ..ike cure of, from bank to bank. Although the rainstorm in this section was the heaviest of the season, it is .said over in Indiana County, with Ham 11 as the center, the precipitation amounted almost to a During the second .storm, which occurred between t;:.'{rt and 7:.10 o'clock, a bolt of lightning struck a telephone pole on South Penn tSroet, Bubeek Addition. The bolt split the pole about five feet from the top, after, which it left no traces or clues. j Out at the Country Club golf links a severe hail storm came up which, it is said, lasted for fullv twenty minutes. When the players, who had taken shelter in the club house, ventured out after the storm, the porches and ground were covered with hall to tin* depth of an inch in some places, and be was a lucky golfer who did not have to run the gauntlet of a fusllade of snow balls. The edge of the hail storm caught the barracks, but very little, if any, fell, in the main part of town. I Of the three telephone systems two I did not suffer, but the Summervllle was hard hit. * Communication was i ut off with DuBols and Indiana, and about three dozen phones were put t out of commission. Linemen were busy today on repairs, but it will be a couple of days before normal conditions are restored. At Horatio the lightning struck the big tree to which the guy ropes of the swinging bridge at No. 0 niTH«4 are ar tached. Willie the bolt was splitting the tree from branch to root, the storm was at work and the tree was blown to the ground. The guy wires held fast, a circumstance which caused the bridge to turn half over and render it impassable for traffic. The lightning spilt the tree on a line with the Iron bolt which held the guy wire Indicating that the thunder bolt struck the wire first and . passed to the tree. A moment later the Jefferson Electric Light, H«at *.<r Power Company's power house had a similar experience, the establishment escaping with slight actual damage. About 5:15 o'clock a bolt of lightning struck a conduit on the outside of The Spirit office and, passing to the inside of the composing room, made junk out of about five feet of inch pipe and started a good sized fire which soon filled the building with smoke, which was put out without having caused much damage. no less than half a dozen places having been struck by lightning, while rain fell in torrents and hail stones hit the high places hard. es yesterday afatrnoon and evening, exceptional meterological disturbance Punxsutawney was the center ol PURSE FOB PASTOR It will take all next winter to complete this tunnel, as it has to be wide enough for the double tracks of the road. Nearly all the men employed on this contract are colored people. The big tunnel at Kmpirc will be 1,800 feet in length and they have a hole clear through the hill al the top of the tunnel, but tis is only a small part of the work, there being oceans of earth to remove yet. They have the work in such shape now that they can use the steam shovels and move a big lot of earth each day. Some sixteen hundred men are employed on this work at one time and have scattered a lot of money in Klk county for their living expenses and supplies. The work is at such a stage now that many of the man can be spared and they are leaving almost every day, perhaps two-thirds of them being gone already. The big task of double tracking the li., It. & r. railway from Carman to Hrockwayville, which has been going on for many months, is now well under way, says the Ridgway Record. In fact the grading is about completed, excepting lite big tunnel at Kin pire and a big ••ill some miles north of Hrockwayville. Many Were Drowned. I.r»0 Lives Lost in Canariiun IHre— Visit in Now York Cily. Rev. McmIIcs ami leave for DIVORCE II Turning the vessel slightly toward the northwest, Count Zeppelin steered it over Mulhausen and directed i* flight northeasterly to Stra-ssburg, thence following the valley of the Rhine northward to Mayence, a distance altogether of more *han two hundred and fifty miles. The Count left Freidrlchshaffen early yesterday morning for Mayenee and return. The trip to Mayenee was made on schedule time, but when at Nackenheim, eight miles out from Mayenee, on his return, something went wrong and the machine was; brought to earth. In four hours' time I be balloon was again sent up to a distance of 4 00 feet and, crossing the lake, circled the town of Constance, then, turning, retraced its path and, describing a perfect circle, passed over Kreidrichshafeii, and soared westward over the lake to Basic, on the Swiss frontier. It required several hours to repair the injuries to the motor, making it Impossible for the Count to return to Kreidrichshafeii within the pre si i ibed time. HKRL1N, Aug 5.- Count Zeppelin's projected twenty-four hour flight in his huge airship was first interrupted by a break down in the motor, when near Stuttgart, which resulted in bringing the airship down to earth. STTTTTMART, Aug. r». -count Zeppelin's big airship was torn from its moorings this afternoon during « fierce electrical storm. The ship caught lire and sailed away. Several persons working on the ship were severely injured, though the Count escaped. No one was in the ship when it disappeared, and it is certain that the big vessel will be destroyed. By United Press. Hail ho lived to tho oncl <»f tho torm 5 was holding at the timo of his with he would havo served his State ( consecutive years in the Senate. Senator Allison will Ions bo remem>red, not only in Iowa, but throughit the whole country. lie rendered ost useful service to the nation durg a pubic career which for length is scarcely a parallel in the history ' the United States. red Senator was kept from the pub? as much as possible, and his death i,nie as a surprise to his thousands friends in this city. Only the more timito friends of the family were vare of his critical condition. News of the serious illness of the DUBUQITR, la., Aug. 5.—United ates Senator W. B. Allison died at s home in this city yesterday afterion of heart disease. The end came the result of a serious sinking spell, le to a prostatic enlargement, fornicated with kidney diseases and in a •riod of unconsciousness which had Bted since Saturday afternoon. The loss of life occurred in the mountains. The landslide crashed down into the center of the town, wrecking the post olllce, and spreading out, formed a dam which stopped the flow of the water and flooded the town. The town is stiuated between two canyons, heavy damage being caused by every flood. Today's flood was the worst in the history of the town. KL PASO, Tex., Aug. .1.—An enor- By United Press. mous property loss has been caused, and twenty persons are believed to have lost their lives in the landslide and cloudburst that hit Bisbee, Arizona, a town of twenty-five thousand popular and the metropolis of the Warren mining district. on account of Rev. Madtes* absence there will be no preaching services in the Baptist Church on the fttli or 23rd of August, but regular services will be held Sunday, August 16. Having heard that their pastor was about to take a vacation, the parishoners of the church last week raised a handsome purse of money which on Sunday was placed in a now purse and presented to the delighted pastor. Rev. Henry Aladtes, pastor of the First Baptist Church »>f this placw, and daughter Vorna, this morning left for New York City, where they will visit at the home of Kev. Madtes brother. Jacob Madtes, and other relatives for about ten days. The freedom of the city will be glven to the bluejackets of the fleet and many features are being arranged for their special entertainment. There will be baseball games, football, boxing and wrestling matches and in addition to these there will be many forma of entertainment characteristic of the New Zealand aborigines. The fleet is to remain here four days, and during that time there will be an almost continuous round of festivities. By general consent the day of arrival will be made a semiholiday at Auckland. The Federal officials and the mayors and other representatives of the chief cities »»f New Zealand will be here to participate iii the welcome by the governorgeneral, Lord Plunkei. will be made a separate event. In addition to the dinners, receptions and other social functions to be field in this city thenwill l>e a number of excursions for the officers and men to points of interest, some of them a hundred miles1 and more distant from Auckland. A considerable part of the four days' entertainment will consist of these trips. After her marriage to Andrew Bowers the couple lived in Gasklll Township for a number of years, moving to Punxsutawney, twelve years ago. The deceased was an ardent church member, a loving mother and wife, well known and highly regslxNd by all her acquaintance* °n» *!"*/ also survives her. Ml* "" Mitchell, ,of Vandergrlft  Burial Will I- mad. at nine o'clock In Cemetery at Frostbur*. Hev. V. u. H. Kerachner will iBorn near Corsica In 184 2, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hughes, two of the pioneer settlers in this region. When twenty-two years of age she became the wife of Samuel Redding, now deceased. To this union a number of children were born, I live of whom survive, namely: Mrs. David Naylon, of this place, Mrs. Thomas Wetzel, of Cambridge Springs; i'. Nl. Ueddlng, of West End; Theodore, of this place, and Samuel ,of Cambridge Springs. mx years. Mrs. Susanna Bowers, wife of Andrew Bowers, died last evening at t»:30 o'clock at her home on Orchard Avenue. Klk Hun, aged sixty-six years, after an aeute Illness of several months. A complication of diseases i estuling in dropsy caused her death. | Sh»- had been an invalid for the past . H. Reed, of Desire, recently gave Irth to twin calves, a male and a imale. Contrary to the experience of lost bovlnes born under such circumances the calves are both well torm-3, of normal size, and both are doing nc. They are as alike as two pro&rblal peas, and will have no excuse >r deteriorating an the cow is said to p giving about a wash boiler full of fccteal fluid daily. TWIN CALVES. A fine Jersey cow belonging to ST. LOUIS. Mo., Aug. 5.—Returns from Missouri's first State-wide primary indicate the nomination of YV. S. Cowherd, of Kansas City, for governor on the Democratic ticket. David A. Ball is pushing him more closely than expected. THE WEAHTER WASHINGTON, I>. C„ Aug. 6.— The weather Indications are: Fair tonight and Thursday; nearly stationary temperature. Reports that the town of Michel, where the flames had been desperately fought off for days, ha*? been burned, have just been received in this place. i In fact the full list of the dead will never be completed, for many were drowVied in the st'reams, in which they Jumped to escape being roasted to death and fnany were burned to ashes in the terrific conflagration.At Fernle thirty-one bodies have been dragged from the smouldering ruins, but no attempt has been made to foot the list of missing as yet, because scores of families are scattered far and wide. VAN COIJVER, B. ('., Aug 5.— With the financial damage as the result of the great forest tire still estimated at from eight to ten millions, tt>o estimated number of dead has now dropped to lf»0. By United Press. The mechanics on the Canadian Padtie Railroad, emplyed here, struck at ten o'clock this morning. AUviqes from other towns along the line have not yet been received, but reports from Toronto say the. men have not quit there. WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Aug. 5.— Mrs. Hall is now in North Carolina, with her parents, and Dr. Denham is in Missouri at Pleasant Hill, where he is conducting a revival. NEW YORK, Aug. 5.—E. Bartol Hall, the Long Island millionaire, today began a suit for absolute divorce from his beautiful wife, whom he accuses of having gone west with the Kev. Dr. H. Den ham, pastor of the First Christ Church, of this city. By United Press. m ■.. - . ">*■ 8. mm